To the Worshipful William
Mainwaring< no role > Esquire Chairman and to the
Rest of the Justices Assembled at the Present Quarter
Sessions of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

The Appeal of William Hodges< no role > of the
Hamlet of Hammersmith in the Parish of Fulham
in the said County of Middlesex .

Sheweth

That your Appellant hath Rented a
House, with a Garden and about Six Acres of
Meadow Ground in the said Hamlet of Hammersmith
for the Space of two years and half at the yearly
Rack Rent in the whole of £46..16..0 Some
part whereof is held by two Leases And the
Remainder as Tenant at Will.

That at a Vestry held for the said
Hamlet on the Twentieth Day of September last
your Appellant was Rated in the Parish Books
at the Yearly Rent of Seventy Pounds And
the first Rate for the Relief of the Poor of
the said Hamlet from Lady Day last to Lady
Day next being then made at One Shilling
in the Pound by the Church Warden and Overseers
of the Poor and other Inhabitants of the said
Hamlet your Appellant was and is Rated in
the Books of the Hamlet aforesaid at the yearly
Rent of Seventy Pounds And is thereby called
upon to pay the Sum of three Pounds ten
Shillings for the said first Rate Whereas
your Appellant paying no more than the