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To the Right Honble The Lord Mayor< no role > of the City of London
And the Rest of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace in and for
the said City at their Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the said
City assembled.

The Humble Petition of William Gill< no role > an
Inhabitant of the Parish of Saint Sepulchre

Sheweth


That a Certain Rate or Taxation for Relief of the Poor of
said Parish of Saint Sepulchre in the City of London was Made and Published
on theday of1780

That Your Petitioner Apprehends himself Aggrieved by the in equality
of the said Plate Conceiving the same is Partial and unequal For that your
Petitioner Rents a House Yard and Premises of the Yearly Value of One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds and is for the said House Yard and Premises
Absolutely Rated by the said Parish to the full Extent thereof. When Richard< no role >
Hall an Inhabitant of the said Parish Holding as House Yard and premises
of the Yearly Value of Fifty Pounds is rated only Forty Common And
Further That Moses Cale< no role > or Ritchard Holding< no role > a Shop House and Premises at the
Yearly Value of Seventy Pound is rated only at Forty Five Pounds And
For that Messrs Wetherhead and Company Holding a large House Shop
and Other premises of the Yearly Value of One Hundred and Two Pounds is rates
only at [..] Eighty Five Pounds And For that Thomas Clarke< no role > Messers Stevens
Guest, Spills bree, Sugden and All the Inhabitants of Clarkes Buildings
Naggs head Court together with Several others in the said Parish are
Rates in the proportions aforesaid and not to the Extent nor in any wise
upon an Equality with you Petitioner which he apprehends is partial
and unjuct

That your Petitioners has a Material objection to
the said Rate a Taxation and appretends himself to be Aggrieved
thereby, by Reason of the unequal and unjust Manner of Rating
as aforesaid And Therefore humbly appeals against such Rate
or Taxation

May 81




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