To the Worshipful William Mainwaring< no role > Esquire
Chairman and the rest of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex in General Quarter Session
Assembled

The Humble Petition of John Abrahams< no role > of Tottenham
Street Tottenham Court Road Bricklayer Thomas
Richardson< no role > of Grays Inn Lane Cow Keeper and Henry
Head< no role > of John Street Tottenham Court Road Taylor on
behalf of themselves and others the Parishoners and
Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Pancras in the said County

Sheweth

That the Parishoners of Saint Pancras have always
been Accustomed to Assemble in often Vestry early
on the Tuesday in Easter Week in pursuance of a notice given on the
preceding Sunday for the purpose of returning proper persons to the
Magistrates of the Division to be by them appointed to the respective
Offices of Church Wardens Overseers of the Poor and Constables for
that Parish

That there being Three Divisions in the Parish with a separate
Overseers for each and Two or more persons having always been
nominated for each division at the Vestry the Parishoners have always
proceeded to make their Election by Scratching against the Names of the
respective Nominees and that on a return being onside by the Vestry
Clerk of the proceedings of the Parishoners to the Magistrates the
Magistrates have invariably appointed such persons has have and
the Majority of Scratches in their favoru0r

That on Tuesday in the last Caster Week as open Vestry was field
for the purpose aforesaid for pursuance of a notice given on the