To the Right Honorable William Beckford< no role > Esquire
Lord Mayor of the City of London .

The humble Petition of the Comon Council
and Inquest men of the Precinct of the
Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn , in the
Ward of Farringdon without in the said
City & other Inhabitants of the same
Precinct, whose names are hereto sub-
scribed,

Sheweth

That a comon Alehouse, Known by the
sign of the One Tun, at the end of Field-Lane
near Holborn bridge , in the said Precinct, has
for a long time past, given great offence, and
uneasiness to many of your Petitioners, and
other reputable and substantial Inhabitants
of Holborn-bridge , Holborn-hill , & the Neighborhood
the said Alehouse being frequented, chiefly, &
for the most part, by very disorderly and bad
people, who dwell in, has cut, to iter about, and
resort to Black-boy-alley , Check-lane, Field Lane
& other such like places thereabout.

That the Comon-Council-men & Constables,
have several times, within the last year or two,
been at great trouble & some of pence in apprehending
Street walkers, & other suspected persons, resorting
to the said House & Neighborhood, & caused them
to be taken before the Magistrates of the said City,
to be dealt with, according to Law, in order and
with design, if possible, by that means, to have
the so great cause of offence discontinued, but
have not been able so to do, by reason most of the
persons so apprehended, have, by the lenity of the
Magistrates, been dismissed unpunished.