To the Right Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the peace
in Quarter Sessions Assembled

The Humble Petition and appeal of Guise Hall< no role > and Tho. Hill< no role > Esqrs.
Humphrey Ambler< no role > Reginald Heber< no role > and Edward Benton< no role > Gentlemen
on behalf of themselves and the rest of the gentlemen Inhabiting within
the Liberty of the Rolls

Sheweth

That Severall Gentlemen Trademen and the overseers of the Poor Inhabiting
within the said Liberty met on Midsumer Day last in order to make a proper and
Equal rate for the Maintenance of the Poor and an Equal Rate was accordingly
have at one Shilling in the Pound according to the Rent of Each Inhabitants House
and was Signed by Severall Inhabitants and the said overseers and Carryed to
the House of one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace resideing within the said Liberty
to be confirmed

That the Said overseers took away the Said Rate before the Justice had
Leajure to peruse it and at another meeting amongst the Tradesmen without
acquainting any of the Gentlemen they made another Rate and thereby Assessed
themselves at Eight pence and the Gentlemen at Twelve pence in the Pound and
Carryed the Said New Rate to two Justices of the Peace Distant from the said
Liberty and Concealed from them the Equal Rate which had been made and instead
thereof Shewed them a Rate made by the Tradesmen the year before which agreed
with that then made and thereby and on pretence that there were no Justices of the
Peace within the said Liberty prevailed with the said Justices without the Liberty
to Sign the same.

That the said Rate so made and Signed as aforesaid is a Partial arbitrary and
unequal Rate that Sr. Joseph aylife and Mr. Griffin who were two Justices resideing
within the Liberty were Generally therein two or three Days in a week and the
Concealing of the Said equal Rate and the Reasons given for Confirming the
other were Impotsitions on the said Justices

Your Petrs therefore humbly appeal agt. the said Rate
so Confirmed and pray the said overseers may attend
your worshipps and produce both the said Rates and that
the said unequal Rate may be set aside