To the Worshipful Sir John Hawkins< no role > Knt One
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex and to the rest of the Worshipful Justices of
the Peace for the same County in their Quarter Sessions
of the Peace assemble.

The humble Petition and Appeal of Timothy Marshall< no role > of West Drayton in
the County of Middlesex Farmers

Sheweth

That Year Petitioner is a Parishner and an Inhabitant of West
Drayton aforesaid in the said County of Middlesex and holds a Farm there
of £67 Annum and no more by Lease bearing date the 14th day of
August 1775 and made from George Cowdery< no role > of the Parish of West Drayton
aforesaid to your Appealand for the Term of 21 Years

That at a Vestry held in the said Parish of West drayton on the 20th
day of May last an Assessment was made for the necessary relief of the Poor
and for the other Purposes mentioned relating to the poor, or Six pence in the
Pound being the first rate for the present Year 1778

That your Petitioner was assessed at the said Vestry to pay Six
pence in the pound for the Rent or Sum of £ 85, 10s Tho he pays no
the for Ground Land and Premes he hold by the said Lease than £ 67
Rent Year which is Six pence in the pound for £ 18, 10s more than
he has a right to pay And also at the said Vestry was assessed at £60 a Year
for his own Freehold his [..]

That your Petitioner concerning himself agrieved
thereby doth humbly appeal against the same
and humbly pays such Relief in the Premisses
as to your Worships shall seem meet And that
this Court will be pleased to appoint a day at this
present Sessions of the Peace for the Comfilt and
all other Persons concerned to attend this Court to
hear and abide the Judgement and determination
of the said Appeal.

Timothy marshall< no role >