To the Right Honoble. Thomas Lord Parker< no role >
Baron of Macclesfield Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain

Answr. of Ld. Mayor. &
Cot. of Aldermen of London
to the Representacon of
Justices of Peace of Middx

The Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman of the City of London having by
Your Lordships Order received Informacon That Your Lordships has been
applyed to from several Justices of the Peace of the County of Middx in
Quarter Sessions Assembled Complaining that some Application had been
made to the late Lord Chancellor where by the inserting some of their
Names in the Comission of Goal Delivery of New gate had been prevented
And that they have Offered Several Matters to Your Lordship's
Consideration to Induce Your Lordship to think that their Expectacons
may be Answered in this Particular for the Time to Come

The Lord Mayor and the said Court doe humbly presume it was
at their Instance that the Late Lord Chancellor was pleased to Pass the
Present Commission without inserting any other Persons Names than those
there in Contained And as the Commission so passed is not only according
to the Antient but modern Precidents (Except a very few Instances
the Precidents of which Times are not for very Just reasons to be much
regarded) And as the Ends of the Comission have always been hither to
sufficiently Answered They humbly beg Leave to lay before Your
Lordship their Observations on those Reasons which they understand
are Offered to preval with Your Lordship to make the Allterations
desired in the said Commission and they are willing to pay all due regard
to the Worthy Gentleman in the Commission of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex and there fore are Inclined to take Notice of their
Consideracons in the Order as they have placed them.

That the Comission of Goal Delivery of Newgate is holden at the Old
Baily as well for the County of Middx as for the City of London And that
since the late great Increase of Inhabitants & Buildings in the
Suburbs there have been a greater Number of Malefactors tryed for
Offences comitted in the County of Middx than in the City of London

Answer 1

As to the first Assertion in this Paragraph its true and it is by Usage Time
out of Mind that the Goal Delivery of Newgate is held for the County of
Middx as well as for the City of London at the Old Baily a Place in the City
As to the Number of Malefactors they are generally more in Middx.