To the Right Honble Sr. Charles Poors< no role > Knt : Lord Mayor of the
City of London and the Right Worpll.: the rest of his Majesties
Justices of the peace At the Generall Quarter Sessions of the peace
Assembled.

The humble Petition and Appeale of Rich: Harrison< no role >

Humbly Sheweth

That your Peticoner is an Inhabitant in the
Parish of St: Mary Somersett London where your Peticoner hath
Lived severall yeares and paid the Sess or rate that hath been
Charged upon him by the severall Churchwardens and Overseers
of the poor of the same parish for Support of the Poor thereof
But your Peticoner being now greived by the present Sess or
rate for the Poor made upon the Inhabitants of the said
parish by the present Churchwardens William Brewer< no role > and
Henry Marriott< no role > and the present Overseers Francis Foster< no role >
William Long< no role > and Thomas Beaton< no role > the said rate being very
unequall and imposed in an usuall and different manner
from all the Poors rates heretofore made in the Sd: parish
and your Peticoner thereby rated and assessed much higher
than many other of the Inhabitants of the said parish who
are of greater Ability and also much higher than your Petr.
used to be rated Whereas such said other Inhabitants are
by the said present rate rated much Lower than they used to
be for that your Petr: is by the present Sess or rate rated at
19s. P Ann in one Book and it is intended by the Sd: Churchwardens
& Overseers to make & Collect 4 Books of the Like Asses in this
year which will make £3:16s P ann whereas your Petr: was never
rated more then 52s.

Wherefore your Petrs: humbly prays Your Honour & Worpps
to releive them therein and Order the Churchwardens & Overseers
of the poor of the said parish to appeare & [..] the sd [..] into at a day & time as
by your Honrs: shall be appointed to Shew Cause why your Petrs: should not
be eased in the Sd Sess or vote as aforesaid.

And yor: Petrs shall ever Pray Etc.