That your petitioner hath been known to John Willan< no role >
Esquire the Contractor for Artillery for Forty Years and
upwards who has kindly Taken the part of Your petitioner in
this Business well knowing that Your petitioner hath been
much Oppressed by the said Richard Cook< no role > who is a Tenant
of the said John Willan< no role > Esqr .

That in Consideration of your petitioners having been
so many Years in the Service of the late Lord Ligonier And
of his late and present Majesty as aforesaid And in
Regard That your petitioner was greatly provoked by the
said Richard Cook< no role > at the time of Your petitioners offending
against the Laws of his County and in Consideration of
your petitioners such Wife and Family And your petitioner
Hereby faithfully promising to be particularly careful of
his Conduct in future

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
That your Worships Will be pleased to take
the promises into your Worships consideration
And that your Worships Will be pleased
to Order your petitioner to be Liberated from
his present Confinement Or that your Worships
Will be pleased to Grant to Your petitioner such
other Relief in the premises as to your Worships
shall seem meet

And Your petitioner shall ever pray Etc

Recommended to the favour
of the Worshipful Bench by}
John Willan< no role >