City Borough Town
of Westmr in the County
of Middx and St Martin
Le Grand London}

At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord the King held for the Liberty
of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westmr the City Borough
and Town of Westmr in the County of Middlesex and St Martin Le Grand London by
Adjournment on Friday to with the Twenty third day of June in the Twelfth year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord< no role > George the Second now King of Great Britain France and
Ireland Defender of the Faith before Thomas Deveil< no role > Esqr Richard Lilly< no role > Docter in Physick
Richard Farwell< no role > Thomas Rea< no role > Esqrs . and other their Fellows Justices of our said Lord
the King assigned to keep the Peace within the said Liberty and also to hear and
Determined diverse Felonys Trespasses and other misdeeds done and Comitted within the
said Liberty

Richd Lilly< no role >

Upon reading the Humble Peticon of Bartholomew Hyatt< no role > Exhibited to this Court
thereby Shewing that the said Petitioner had Served his said Master George Alsop< no role > Staymaker
after the Manner of an Apprentice above three Years during which time his sd Master
had upon very Slight Occasions beat the said Petitioner & had at other times to
Gratifye his Passionate Temper attempted to stead the said Petitioner with an
Instrument used in the Stay making Trade Called a Poker & at other times with a
Knife and had put the said Petitioner in such dread of his Life that it had been
with the utmost Difficulty that the said Petitioner had Performed the Duty of an
Apprentice And that the same things had been Repeated often with Little or no
cause Given & that the Deponent of the said George Alsop< no role > the Master in his
Neighbourhood had Caused him to be Judged a Madman

Richd: Farwell< no role >

That the said Peticoner cannot with any Safety remain in such a Masters
Service and as a further Proof of his the sd George Alsop< no role > the Master's Disordered
mind the said Petitioner setts forth that for his Pleasure has often kep the said
Petitioner while Days without Permitting him the said Prisoner to Eat or to Drink which
the said Petitioner had been oblidged to Submitt to least the said George Alsop< no role > the Master should
take away the said Petitioners Life should the said Petitioner Contradict the said George
Alsop will and as the said Petitioner would make it appear that the said George Alsop< no role > had