[..] Worsppll his Maties Justices of the Peace for the County of
[..] ddx

The humble Peticon and Appeal [..]
John Ker< no role > m Dr : of the Parish of St. James
Clerkenwell in this County.

Humbly Sheweth,

That your Petitr: is possessed of the Remains of the Abbey of
[..] called of late [..] Chappell [..]
ending Michaelmas 1715. In all which time your Petitr. paid all
Collectors their severall Demands tho' taxed much above his
proportion, as will appear by other Bookes, But inspeciall by
that of the Lane Tax: Wherein your Petitioner is Sessed & ever
before the Reduction paid & £12 Between, besides Deficiency: yet your
Petitr: never Complained, till this yeare after having paid
Thirty Shillings to the Window Lights and upon an exact
[..] It was Reduced to Twenty Shillings. Your Petitr
[..] int is now, against the Collectow of the Scavenger
[..] ns Lead of, first Eight Shillings, Least year, ax [..]
[..] pay Sixteen Shillings, and this Year Demand.
Twenty Shillings

your Petitr. humbly prays. If may be Considered his Dwelling
house adjoyning the said Chappell is empty, one of two other
Tenements untenanted and these with the Rent of the said
Chappell never Cleared the Parish Bookes.

Your Petitr: therefore humbly prays
such Relief of in the premises As to this
Courts shall be thought meete.

And yor Petitr. shall. ever pray Etc.
John: Ker< no role > .