To the worshipful Sa. John Hawkins< no role > Knt . & the
rest of his Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace
in & for the County of Middlesex .

The humble Petition of William Brooks< no role > of the Parish
of St. George Hanover Square in the said County of
Middlesex .

Sheweth

That the Churchwardens & Overseers of the said Parish of
Saint George Hanover Square in a certain rate by them made
for the a chief of the Poor of the said Parish have assessed your
Petitioner for and on account of his new erected Dwelling House
in Saint James Street within the said Parish upon a Rent
of £ 500 p Annurn

That your Petr. hath not any Stable Coach house or
other Outbuilding whatever belonging to the said Dwelling House

That your Petr. is informed that the said Churchwardens
& Overseers have assessed your Petitioner upon the sd. Seem
of £500 P Anmum by reason of its having been represented
to them that the erecting of your Petrs. said House amounted
of an expence of £10,000 at the the same in fact did
not amount to that Sum

That there are within the said Parish several
very magnificent Houses (the building whereof very
considerably exceeded in point of expence your Petrs. said
(House) which are rated at no more than the Sum of
£300 p Annum particularly the Houses of his Grace
the Dake of Devonshire & the Earls of Shelburne &
Chesterfield

That the Rule for Assessing Houses within the
said Parish is at the rate of two thirds of the real annual
value so that your Petr. according to that, proportion is
rated upon a rent of £750 P Annum.

That your Petr. in consequence of such
unequal assessment conceives himself aggrieved
by the said rate & therefore humbly prays
your worships to amend the same so far as
relates to your Petr. & to award him his Costs
touching the making of this appeal

And your Petr shall ever pray