To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace acting in and for the County of Middlesex in
General Session of the Peace for the said County assembled

The Humble Petition and Appeal of Robert
Lewis< no role > Esquires , Thomas Robinson< no role > Esquire and
Robert Kilby Cox< no role > Esquire

Sheweth

That the Reverend James Waller< no role > is Vicar of rhe Parish of
Saint Mary Abbots Kensington in the said County of Middlesex and that
your Petitioner are Trustees and Assignees of the Vicarage of the said
Parish and of the Trythes there to belonging

That by an Act of Parliament passed in the 17th. Year of the
Reign of his present Majesty entilled "An Act for the better Relief
and Employment of the poor of the parish of Saint Mary Abbots
Kensington in the County of Middlesex and for other the Purposes therein
mentioned" it is amongst other Things enacted that certain Rates on
Assessments shall be made by Virtue of that Act for the Relief of the
Poor of the said Parish

That before the passing of the said Act the said James Wallen< no role >
and his Predecessors were never rated or assessed towards the Relief of the
Poor of the said Parish more than £4. a Year by two equal half Yearly
Rates or Assessments

That soon after the passing of the said Act Vizt in the Year
1777 or 1778 the said James Wallon< no role > having been surcharged to the Poor
of the said Parish in Respect of his vicarial property under the said Act
he appealed therefrom and in Regard that it appeared that he and his
Predecessors had never been rated more than £4 a Year as aforesaid and
that he had been in the Habits of burying the poor of the said parish