To the Right Honoble . 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 Parishioners of
the Parish of St. John Evangelist to London

Sheweth

That yor. Petrs. said Parish being very small consisting but of
23 house their Churchwarden by mistakeing 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
them Certified £38:3s:9d as for the charge of their Poore for one Yeare
which said sume was the charge of their Poore for 3 severall yeares
to witt for the yeares 1695 1696 & 1697

And their said Parish being charged by virtue of the late Act.
of Comon Councill to pay £19:1s:9d to the Corporation established
by the said Act for setting the Poore on worke

Now yor. Petrs. in respect of the smallnesse of their Parish
And the greate charge of Poore therein which They have
to mainteyne desire that yor. Lopp. & Worpp. will be pleased
to releive your Petrs And to order the Abatement of the
said sume of £19:1s:9d to such sume in Pportion to what
doth truely arise Yearely for mainteyining the Poore of their
said Parish They being only releivable by this Courte

And they shall Pray Etc