Dep of Blay & Cross
referred to [..]
Smith & Mr Pritchard
to examined [..] rates
at psons concerned [..]

Order made

To the Right Worll. their Maties: Justices of the Peace
for the County of Midds

The humble peticon of Lawrence Cross< no role > and
Thomas Blay< no role > of ye Sish of St Giles in the fields

Sheweth

That yor petrs. rents about thirty acres of Land each in ye Sish of St
Pancras That on the nineteenth day of October last your petd Cross
pd William Child< no role > Overseer of the poore of St Pancras ye Sume of one
pound one shilling & four pence being rated & assest upon him for & towards
the necesary relief of the poore of ye Sd Sish being for one whole yeare
comenceing from Easter last past

That in ye Sd Month of October Gonnes Roakes< no role > one of the Churchwarden
of the Sd Sish demanded the Same of Tenn Shillings & eight pence of
your petd Cross pretending that they had made another halfe
years Rate for the poore

That Since the Sd Churchwarden hath p cured a warrant against
your peticonrs: & others Some of wth hath been forced to pay the
Sd rate & your peticoners Stand now bound to appeare in this
Court by the worll: Justice Higden to answer ye Same

Yor peticonrs: humbly pray (the prmises considered) that ye Sd
Churchwarden who is also bound over may give an account
to this Cort: of the additionall rate there being every few
poore in ye Sd Pish & your petd not doubting but to make

And yor petr Shall pray Etc it appeare that ye money is misapplyed

The humble peticon
of Lawrence Cross< no role >
& Thomas Blay< no role >