Middx ss

To the Right Worshipfull the Chairman and to the
others the Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the
peace of the County of Middx at their General
Quarter Sessions assembled

The Humble petition of Faithfull Isham,

Sheweth

That yr petitioner did yesterday plead Guilty to
an Indictment preferred against me by Mary
Morgan< no role > for an assault on hearing the Merrits of the
Cause yr Worships was pleaded to order yr petitioner to
agree with the prosecutor, which yr petitioner, have
Endeavored to Da yr petitioner have offered ten
Shillings and to Give a Release to her husband
and selfe to free them from any prosecution in ye
Commons and all at my own Cost which the prosecutor
absolutely Refuses and Insisteth on forty shillings
which said summ yr petitioner is unable to pay yr petitioner did
bleive it to be the full Design of this Worshipfull
Court to Obleidge yr petitioner, to Give a Release
for to precent any farther proceedings in the
Commons in Obedrence to which ye petitioner
was Willing to Consent yr petitioner leas nothing
to Support her Self but what she Earns by Washing
and scowring

Therefore yr petioner humbly prays that
this Worshipfull benek would be please [..]
to take the premyes into yr. Consideration
and to order to ye petitioner as to yr
Worships shall Seem meet and yr
petitioner as in Duty bound shall
Ever pray Etc

Faithfull Isham< no role >