To the Worshipfull his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex at their General Session of the Peace now assembled

The hbe Petition of the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of the
Hamlet of Ratcliffe in the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney in the County
of Middlesex

Sheweth

That by an Order Under the Hands & Seals of Samuel Surbey< no role > and
John Levy< no role > Esquires two of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the County of
Surry bearing date the Fourteenth day of August last past Ann Brock< no role > the wife
of John Brock< no role > gone away from her waw removed from the Parish of Saint
Saviour Southwark in the said County of Surry to the before mentioned Parish
of Saint Dunstan Stepney as the place where the said John Brock with his said
Wife was & is last legally setled & that the said Pauper together with the said
Order of Removal was delivered to the Overseers of the Poor of the Hamlet of
Ratcliffe aforesaid where the said John Brock< no role > now & for some time past hath
dwelt & gone by the name of Benjamin Buck< no role >

That your Petitioners soon after applied to the said John Brock< no role > a lies
Benjamin Buck< no role > to provide forth said Ann his Wife but he absolutely refused
whereupon they abtained a Warrant against him and he was thereupon
apprehended & on the thirteenth day of November last was comtted to
Clerkenwell Bridewell as a Vagabond but on the Sixteenth following was
bailed out form thence

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Worships will
appoint a time this present Session for the said John Brock< no role > alies [..] for
appear before this Court then and there to hear & abide by the
Sentence & determination there of as to Your Worships shall
seem meet

And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.

J. Seacome Agent for the
Hamlet of Ratcliffe
7th. Decr: 1767