To the Right Worshipfull the Bench of Justices
Assembled in their Quarter Sessions at
Hickes Hall
The Case of Mr. Copeland Yes & Mr. John Wilton< no role >
the prsent
Overseers of the poor
of the Liberty of the Rolls in the County of
Middx.
That the said Overseers having reced the Ordrs. of this Court either to
pay to the Said Mr. Joseph Hill< no role >
& Mr. John Mac Adams< no role >
the last years Ovrseers
of the said Liberty the same of thirty four pounds Seventeen Shillings and four
pence therein menconied or else to wart on this Worshipfull Bench to Shewgood
cause to the contrary:
The prsent Overseers are now come to shew cause & their case is thus.
The said Overseers Mr. Copeland Yeo has hitherto assisted been willing to Serve
the Liberty with his own many to pay off ye poor before he reced any from the
Inhabitants of the said Liberty & has been hitherto peaceable in his Office without
either giving this Worshipfull Bench or any Single Justices of the Peace any
trouble with the complaints of the poor & what the said Overseers have hitherto
gathered in is already distribuited to the use of the poor of the said Liberty & the
Said Overseers have no moints of the Liberty remaining in their hands to pay the said
Sume of £34:17s:4d withall Therefore the said Overseers cannot pay the late
Overseers the said mony without exhausting their Substance to their very great
detriment
That the sd. late Overseers might in a freindly manner(without troubling pr
Worships) have called a Board & had their mony paid by the Ancient Mard who
always lent their mony to pay off, the Overseers Arrears as it was always
usuall to doe.
That if yor. Worships are pleased to Ordr. a rate upon the Inhabitants of the
Said Liberty to pay off the said Arrears the said Prsent Overseers humbly hope
yor Worships will be pleased to Ordr. the sd. late Overseers to gather it themselves
till their demands are satisfyed, the prsent Ovrseers being already obliged to
neglect their own business to serve the Liberty ingathering in & distributing the
mony to the poor.