To the Worshipfull ye Bench
of Justices at Hicks Hall

The Humble Petition of
Richard Wilson< no role >

Sheweth.

That Your Petitr. humbly makes
bold to acquaint Your Worships that he
has languished under the Goal Distemper
for this Month past insomuch. That Your
petitrs. poor wife and Family are reduced
to want & Necessity by making away what
they had to sustein Your Petitr. and are
now in such Necessity that they must needs
be trouble some to a parish if Your Petitr:
is much longer confin'd

That as Your Petitr. is now to receive
his Sentence for the past by him [..]
comitted

He humbly prays That this
Honble Court (in consideration of
his wife & two Small Children)
will be so mereifull and good as
to comiserate his Condition whereby
he may be enabled to Support his
distressed Family in his lawfull
calling.

And Yor. petitr. shall ever pray Etc.