Westminster

To the Worshipfull Sir John Fielding< no role > Knight
and the rest of the Justices for the City and
Liberty of Westminster in the Present
General Quarter Session Assembled

The Humble Petition and Appeal of John
Flockton of the Parish of Saint James within the
Libertys of the said City Yeoman

Sheweth

That your Petitioner was by An Order under the Hands
and Seals of the said Sir John Fielding< no role > Knight and William
Kelynge Esqr : (two of the Justices of the peace for the said City and
Liberty) bearing Date the 14th. Day of March last Adjudged to
have Forfeited the Sum of fifty Pounds For that he did at the Time
and place in such Order mentioned Act Represent and Perform
and Cause to be Acted Represented and performed for Hire Gain
and Reward a certain part of a certain Farce Called the Upholsterer
to wit the part of Rasor in the said Farce Called the Upholsterer
without Authority by Virtue Of Letters Patent from his Majesty< no role >
or any of his Predecessors and without Licence from the Lord
Chamberlain of his Majestys Household for the Time being
Against the Form of the Statute in such Case made and Provided

That your Petitioner thinks himself greatly Aggrieved
by the said Order and Adjudication and therefore appeals
against the same and every part thereof

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays of this
Honourable Court that the said Order and Adjudication
may be Quashed and that your Worships will be
pleased to Grant him such further and other Relief
in the premisses as the Nature of his Case may require
and to Your Worships seem meet

For which as in Duty Bound he will for ever Pray

John Folckton< no role >