That your Petitioner has a Wife (just ready to lie in)
and two small Children who must together with Your
Petitioner greatly Suffer if he is continued in Confinement, as
the leaving the Management of his house to the care of
Servants must inevitably be attended with great Losses In
Consideration whereof with your worships approbation he is willing
to ask paid or in the [..] News papers

Therefore [..] Under Compassion to himself and
Family [..] weth himself prostrate at your
Worships Feet in all humility imploring your
Worships to consider his distresses and to restore
him again to Liberty or otherwise as to your
Worships shall seem meet

And your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray

We whose Names are hereunder written
Neighbours of the above named Petitioner) do humbly
[..] unto your Worships that he has always bore an
[..] ceeding good Character about the Neighbourhood, and
[..] firmly believe was always well attached to his King
and Country}

Joseph Cookson< no role > Ministers
Richd. Wright< no role > Church warden
John Davis< no role > over

John Ellis< no role > Baker
Holywell Lane Shod:
John Hall< no role > Cheesmon
ger Curtain Road