To the Chaireman and the rest of ye Wor [..]
Justices of the Peace Siting of Hickshall

The Humble Peticon of Jon. Richer< no role > of [..]
powder maker and Protestant [..]

Sheweth:

That yer petr sonn Peter Richer< no role > did in March last [..]
an Apprentice to Willm Hopkins< no role > of Fullham Hatmaker

That yr Sd Apprenticed die often Complaine unto yer petr [..]
father & other Neigbours yt ye pr Trade was to hard & laborcons [..]
tender & weake [..] Constitucon and found himselfe [..]
especially since ye he has beene forced by his Mar to worke [..]
in ye weeke all might and be allowed noe rest in ye day [..]
wt task was imposed upon him by finished

That ye Sd Mar being Sensible of ye weakness of his said [..]
Apprentice offered to Release him for twenty shilling rent of [..]
upon tender retracted his word requireing more merry

That not only yer petnr but Severall neighbou [..]
Apprentice before, are ready to take he their oath That ye [..]
doth wast & decay Since his being bound & to his prsent Mar

That yer Petner being informed ye this is a just reason [..]
Complaint & may Soone bring ye sd Apprentice to his Grace

May it pleas yer wr ps to Releive yer poor [..]
and his only weake Sonn ye sd Apprentice [..]
Case, by dischargeing ye sd Apprentice p [..]
said hard Mar And to grant a Ben [..]
for ye sd Mar, his Apprentice & other [..]
to appeare before yen at a certained day of [..]
sd Complaint

And yer Petner shall pray Etc

Jon richer< no role >