To the Honoble Bench of Justices at
Hickes Hall

The petition of Thomas Ballan< no role >

Humbly sheweth

Tatit your petitionr being a poore Blind man
near fourstore yeares of age and haveing
received a pention from the parish of St Giles in the
Feilds for upwards of Eighteen yeares and haveing
the same now taken from me Notwithstanding I house
stood in the Church Booke so long for that time above
said and the Overseers have now blotted out your
petitioner out of the parish Booke

Your petionr therefore humbly prays That Your
Honors. will be pleased to take into consideracon the deploreab [..]
Condition of yor petitionr and cause the parish to restore
him to his former pention being unable to walke as he
used by reason of haveing two ribbs brokeby a Coath pale
and another another rib by reason of his blindness in falling
into a Cellar so as you petitconr is not able to goe abroad
as ab hath done prays therefore yor Honors Charity towards
restoreing him

And as in Duty bound he shall over
pray