To the Right Worshipful His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace
acting in and for the County of Middlesex
at their
General Quarter Session of the Peace assembled and holden
at the New Session House on Clerkenwell Green
in and
for the said County
The Humble Petition and Appeal of John Wright< no role >
of
Kingsbury
in the County of Middlesex
aforesaid Butcher
on behalf of himself and divers other Inhabitants and Occupiers
of Houses and Lands in the said Parish of Kingsbury
Sheweth
That on or about the 4th. day of June last past a Rate or
Assessment for the relief of the Poor of the said Parish of Kingsbury
was made and signed by the major part of the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish and afterwards allowed and
confirmed by two of his Majesty's Justices of the Purse
in and for
the County of Middlesex
That your Petitioner humbly apprehends himself aggrieved
by the said Rate or Assessment And has (as he conceives) divers
material Objections against the same
First
For that your Petitioner is rated in the said Rate or Assessmt.
at the Yearly Rent of £210: for a Farm called Grove Farm
and 89.
Acres of Meadow Land with a House and Out buildings thereon
Whereas he only pays for the same the Yearly Rent of £170 exclusive
of the Land Tax which is £21..5s..Pr Annum making together
the Sum of £191..5s..
Second
For that your Petitioner is also rated in the said Rate or
Assessment. at the yearly Rent of £13. for a Field called Quarters
Field which ought to be rated at £9 Pr Annum only. Also for a
Field called Lewins at £24 Pr Annum which ought to be rated at
£21 Pr Annum only Also for Thirty one Acres of Meadow Land
and two small Houses at £86 Pr Annum which ought to be
rated at £70. Pr Annum only
Third
For that a Capital House and 54 Acres of Meadow Land
in the Occupation of
Thomas Allsop< no role >
an Inhabitant of the said Parish
of Kingsbury
is rated in the said Assessment at £100. Pr. Annum only.
Whereas the same ought to be rated a £140 Pr. Ann.