To the worshipfull Chairman And Others
of the Majestys Justice's of the Peace Assembled
at the Quarter Sessions for the County of Middlesex
Held at Hicks Hall Octor. 13. 1781.

The Humble Petition of Several Debtors
Confired in Clerkenwell Bridwell

Sheweth

That the Said Prison being Originally
Intended for the Reception of Criminal Offenders
only, It Is in many Respects Destitute of those
Conveniences Necessary to the Preservation of your
Petitioner Health In Particular they have at
Present bo Room to Dwell in Except that wherein
they Keep, which Having no fire place they are
Obliged to Send their Provisions out of the Prison
to be Cooked, at an Expence and Loss which
many of them are Unable to Support, and when
brought Back they are Obliged to Congregate
Under the Gateway, where they must Remain
In the most Inclement Season of the year now
to be Expected

Therefore they Humbly Pray that your worships
Would be Pleased to Indulge them with
a Dutch Stove of about Sixteen Inches
in front, in the Room wherein they now
Sleep, And that they may be Allowed to
Sleep in the Same Room appointed for