City Borough & Town
of Westminster in the
County of Middlesex }

At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord the
King held at Westmr in & for the Liberty of the Dean & Chapter
of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westmr of the City
Borough & Town of Westmr in the County of Middlesex and
Saint Martins Le Grand London by Adjornment on Wednesday
the eighth day of August in the Seventh Year of the reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of
Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the
faith before Sir John Gonson< no role > Knight Robert Midford< no role >
Richard Manley< no role > Thomas Deveil< no role > Esquires and other
their Fellowes Justices of our Said Lord the King assigned
to keep the Peace in the said Liberty & also to hear and
determine divers Felonys Trespasses and other Misdeeds
done & committed in the Liberty aforesaid.

Whereas Edward Gregory< no role > a Prisoner for Debt under the custody of
Francis Geary< no role > Keeper of the Prison of the Gatehouse within this
Liberty hath this day exhibited his humble Petition to this Court
Setting forth that the Comon Side of the said Prison wherein the Said
Petitioner is confined is much out of repair particularly the Ceiling of
the Said Comon Side & the Prisoners therein much annoyed by the Smoak of
a Chimney belonging to a Shed adjoyning to the said Gaol and that
the said Comon Side of the Said Gaol is much darkned by the Said Gearys
Stopping up a great part of a Window therein, that the said Geary
refuseth the Said Gregory his Share of the charity received by the
begging box, & also that the said Geary hath not putt up in the Said
Gaol the Clause of an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of his
late Majesty King Charles the Second altho the Same was
formerly ordered to be putt up by this Court and thereby praying Such
releif in the Premisses as this Court, Shall think proper Now this
Court taking into consideration the matter of the Said Petition doth
hereby recommend & referr the Same to Rodney Fane< no role > Richard
Farwell< no role > William Burden< no role > Ludbey & Miles Harper< no role > Esquires five
of his Majestys Justices of the Peace of this Liberty or to any two of
them desireing them to enquire into the truth of the premises and
to report their Opinion thereupon to this Court on the next adjornmt.
day of this present Session to the End that Such Order may be made
thereupon as the Justice of the Said Petitioners Case requires

by the Court
Forbes