To the Right Honourable William Nash< no role >
Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London
and to the Worshipful the Aldermen his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the same
City at their General Quarter Sessions of
the Peace Assembled

The Humble Petition
of the Master, Wardens and Society
of Innholders of the City of London
on behalf of themselves and the
rest of the Consumers of Oats
within the City of London and
the Liberties thereof

Sheweth

That for some Time past the common
market Price of Midling English Oats at the new Corn
Market in Mark Lane hathexceeded the Sum of
sixteen Shillings the Quarter, the Continuance whereof
your Petitioners apprehend, must prove very detrimental
to the City of London in General, and to your Petitioners
in particular.

That your Petitioners are ready to make the
Truth hereof appear, and to prove the same in such
manner as by the Statutes in that behalf is required

Your Petitioners therefore
humbly pray that this honourable
Court will take their Case into
Consideration and proceed to examine
and determine the common Market
Price of midling English Oats as the
same is now, and hath been lately
bought and sold in the Markets of
this City and to certify the same to
his Majesty's Chief Officer and Collector
of the Customs in such manner as by
the Statutes in this behalf is required

And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc