Middlesex

At the General Session of the Peace of our Lord the King
holden for the County of Middlesex at Hicks Hall in Saint John
Street in the said County (by Adjournment) on Thursday the Ninth
day of December in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Third King of Great Britain Etc.

Upon Reading the Petition of William Aldwin< no role > of Harrow Weald in the
Parish of Harrow on the Hill in the County of Middlesex Tallow Candlor [..]
Settingforth That the Petitioner has to the best of his Skill and Judgement
Executed the Office of one of the Chief or High Constables of the Hundred of Gore
in the said County of Middlesex for the Space of one Year and would chearfully
continue so to do but that he finds the said Office is a great Detriment and less of
timeto him in his Business the Duty of his said Office taking him from his
Business very much That there are Several proper persons to Serve the said
Office the names of some of whom the Petitioner had inserted at the Foot thereof
and Therefore humbly praying to be Discharged and that some other Person
may be appointed to serve the Office of High Constable In His stead and this
Court being Satisfed in the Premises Doth Appoint Joseph Read< no role > of
Wembley in the said County of Middlesex Farmer to be high Constable
within the said Hundred in the Place and Stead of the said William Aldwin< no role > and
doth Order that the said Joseph Read< no role > on Notice hereof Do appear at the next
General Quarter Session of the Peace to be holden for this County on Saturday
the Fifteenth day of January next at Twelve of the Clock at Noon to take
his oath for the due Execution of his said Office and that from and after the said
Joseph Read< no role > 's taking the said Oath the said William Aldwin< no role > is to Stand
absolutely Discharged from his said Office

By the Court
Butler