To the Honorable: Bench of Justices How Seting
in the shisen House at Hickes Hall

The Humble Petition of the Convicted Prisioners Now in Clerkenwell Bridewell
Most Humbly Sheweth yr Honourable: Bench that without your assistance
in order for the Debeatment of yr Great abuse your petitionrs Do Dayly
suffer by a Man which is Lately Come to this place to oversee yr prisionrs
at their hard Labor by Dayly Beating & bruseing of their Limbs & backs
with an unmarcyfull Bulls pessell that your petitionrs for yr most part
of them that Do worke is very Likely To Loose yr use of their Limbes
His Name is huntsman yesterday yr 14 Instant upon mistress that
one of yr Comuct prisionrs Did chang a pony of Himp ye said huntsman
with his Bulls pessell In Marcyfully Gane yr prisionr a bone a 100 &
20 Strokes upon his body & Limbs so that your petitionr this Morning
was by yr same Cause Blooded to ye value of 18 ounces of blood to prene [..]
Sickness These are therefore Most humbly To pray & Beseech ye
Honourable Bench of Justices To take ye miserable Condition of your

Petionrs into your serious
and Charitable Concederation in order for yr
Reliceuse of your poor petitionrs from yr
Vilont Hands of yr said huntsman that any
other sinceable Good man may be put in
his place over [..] & your petitionrs in generall
Bound Shall as in all Duty Ever Pray