To the Rt. Honorble . Sr : Francis Child< no role > Knt . Lord Maior
of the City of London And to the Rt. Worll his Maties. Justices
of the Peace in the Generall Quarter Sessions Assembled

The humble peticon & Appeale of the Churchwardens Overseers
of the Poore & Parishionrs of the Parish of St. Ethelburgh
within Bishoppsgate London

Sheweth

That the Clarke of yor. Petrs. Parish by mistate in a Returne to the
Precept directed to them from the Right Honoble. the Late Lord Maior
of this City to give an account of their Poore and the charge of mainteyning
than hee made a returne of the sume of £133. for one yeare which was the
totall sume of all the Pavements made me every respott for & concerning the
same Whereas intruth the true charge of their Poore amounts to no more
than about £45. Yearely

And their said Parish being charged by virtue of the late Act of Comon
Councill to pay 66:10:2 to the Corporacon established by the said Act
for setting the Poore on worke

Now yor. Pertrs. in respect of the Smallnesse of their Parish And
the greate number of Poore therein which they have to
mainteyned Desire that yor. Hopp. and Worpps. will be pleased to
releice yor. Petrs. and to order the abatement of the said sume
of £66:10s:2 to such sume in & Pencon To what doth truely a wise
by their assessment for mainteyining the Poore of their said
Parish They being only releivable by this Courte

And they Shall Pray Etc