To the Worshipfull His Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace of the
City and Liberty of Westminster in their michaelmas Quarter
Session of the Peace for the said City and Liberty Assembled

The Humble Petition of John Whitehead< no role >

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner hath been Annually favoured
with your Worships Licence for keeping a certain House called the
new Theatre in the Haymarket in the Parish of Saint Martin
in the Fields for Publick Musick Dancing and other Publick
Entertainments of the like kind 'for several years last 'past' and
unto this present Time

That your Petitioner hath taken great Care and so
will continue that nothing shall be Exhibited therein contrary
do decency Sobriety and good manners and a strict
Conformity to the Act of Parliament in that behalf

Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays
that your Worships would be pleased
to grant him a Licence for the purposes
aforesaid for the ensuing Year

And Your Petitioner as in duty
bound shall ever Pray Etc

J Whitehead