To the Worshipful His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the County of
Middlesex in General Session of the Peace
for the said County Assembled

The Petition and Appeal of Joseph Cooper< no role >
an Inhabitant of the Parish of Chiswick in the
County of Middlesex .

Sheweth

That by certain Rate or Assembled made
for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish of Chiswick in the
County of Middlesex on the thirty First day of August One
Thousand seven hundred and Ninety seven Intitled
"Chiswick in the County of Middlesex A Rate or Assessment
made by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor and
other Inhabitants at a Vestry lawfully called and held this
31st: day of August 1797 for the necessary Relief of the Poor of the
Parish of Chiswick , This being for two Quarter Commencing
at Lady Day and Ending on Michaelmas day One Thousand
Seven hundred and Ninety Seven at One Shilling and three
Pence in the Pound to collected Quarterly" Your Petitioner
and many other Persons who on the said thirty first day of
August One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Seven were
Inhabitants and Occupiers of Houses and lands in the said
Parish are in and by the said Rate or Assessment Charged
and Assessed in Several Sums of Money for the Relief of the
Poor of the said Parish

That in as much as by the Title of the said Rate or
Assessment many Persons who were Inhabitants of the said
Parish on the thirty first day of August One Thousand Seven
hundred and Ninety seven may have been Charged and Assessed