To the Worpfull the Bench of Justices
now Sitting in open Sessions Att Hicks
Hall in St: John Street

The humble peticon of Stephen Prosser< no role > of the pish
of paddinton in the County of Middx & Labourer

Humble Sheweth

That Yor. poore petr: hath Lived
In ye. parish aforesaid As a Covenant Servant &
Otherwise for the Space of [..] Twenty five Yeares, That
Yor. Peticonr. hath nothing to Depend upon but his
owne Labour & Industry And for this five yeares
Last past hath been very Sick & weake haveing
All most Last his Eye Sight and Incapable of
doeing any Mannr: of Service By meanes whereof
he is reduced to Greate Missery & Extreame poverty.

Yor. Poore Peticonr. therefore most
humbly desires Yor. Worps to Consider
his deplorable Condicon, And that Yor.
Worpps will be pleased to admitt of him
as petitionr: in the said parish or to ordr:
his some Relife as in Yor. wonted
Charity & Cumpassion shall seem most
meet.

And yor. petr. as in duly bound shall Ever
pray Etc

The humble
Peticon of
Stephen Prossre< no role >

Refr to Mr Lender
Mr Ellis [..]