To Ye:
Honoble their Majesties Justices of the Peace
County of Middx

The humble Peticon of Edward Danson< no role > late One of the Overseers of the
of Finchley in the said County

Sheweth

That yor Petr: dureing such time as he was Overseer of the said Pish was Ordered by the Vestry to pay to One Mason then Constable [..]
And by an Ordr: of Sessions ye: Seaventeenth of Aprill last Thirteene pounds Thirteene Shillings & Nine pence upon Suggestion
That yor: Petr: had moneys Sufficient of the Poores [..] his hands to pay ye: same Notwithstanding yt: yor: Petr Informed [..]
contrary & desired ym: to state his Ants: Which they would not doe But caused yor: petr: to be bound over by Recognizance [..]
his Contempt of ye: said Order

That ye: aforesaid proceedings were out of mere Malice to yor: Petr: Upon Accounte of former differences betweene ye: sd: Parish [..]
his Mothr: in Law who lives with him For which reason severall of them refused to pay yor: Petr in due time what they were [..]
have not yett paid him

Therefore yor: Petr: alledging he had not Sufficient in his hands obtained an Ordr: of Sessions 22o. Maij last for ye: said Parish [..]