To the Worshipful Sir John Hawkins< no role > Knt .
and to the rest of the Justices now assembled at
Hicks Hall

The humble Petition Jessy Bates< no role >

Most humbly Sheweth

That your poor Unhappy petitioner was this day
Convicted before your Worships and was ordered to be imprisoned
for the space of five Weeks and to be publickley Whipped

That your Petitioner is both Fatherless and Motherless
and was the Son of very reputable Parents in Worcastershire
and was left by them in tender Years and afterwards put an
Apprentice to one Mr Henry Creamer< no role > in Spencer's Street in
Shoreditch Weaver where he served for the term of seven Years
as a faithfull and honest Apprentice who will give your Petr
a good Character and will other persons of Credit whose Name
are underwritten and who has known your petitioner from
his Childhood

Your Petitioner Therefore implores your
Worships to extend your Mercy and lay
some mulder punishment on your Petr and
have compasion on our Petitioner is Youth
has your Petitioner is now in a bad state
of health in case he shall undergoe the
punishment already inflicted on your petrd.
will be your Petitioner death or ruin

And your Petitioner as in duly bound
shall ever pray

The underwritten persons
hereby certify that what is
[..] tained in the above petr is true

Creamer
Th [mark] Mark of) of Spencer Street Shoreditch his Master
Henry

Tho [..] marke of Saror Smith< no role > of white
Shetton
[mark] Street R Richard