At Guildhall London

To the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor
Alderman and the rest of the Justices of Our Lord
the King in the General Quarter Sessions of the peace
in and for the City of London Assembled

The Humble Petition and Appeal
of Charles Best< no role > of the Crescent near the minories in the
Parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate London Merchant

Sheweth

That your Petitioner now possesses and Resides in a New Built Dwelling
House with the appurtenances situate in the Crescent near the Minories in the Parish
aforesaid and held the same as Tenant thereof at the Yearly Rack Rent of £50, being the full
Value thereof, but your petitioner doth not keep any shop or warehouse in the said premises or
any part thereof

That your petitioner as such occupier of the Premisses aforesaid is by the
Rate or assessment made for the present your for the Relief of the poor of the same Parish rated
and assessed at the sum of Five Shillings a week being at the rate of £15, by the year

That there are divers other New Built Dwelling House well situated
for Trade with shops warehouses and other Conveniences with the appurtenances situate
in the Minories aforesaid in the said Parish and wherein great and extensive Trades
are carried on particularly those in the several Occupations of Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John
Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Sawyer< no role > , and which they severally hold as Tenants
thereof at the Yearly Rent of £50, or thereabouts, and which said several premises with the
appurtenances and in respect as well to the Costs of the Building thereof as to the goodness
of their situations for Trade well worth the above several Rents

That nevertheless the said Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role > , Charles
Mitchell and John Sawyer< no role > are severally by the said Rate on assessment Rated or
assessed to the poor of the said Parish in the sum of Two Shillings and six pence a [..]
for the present year and no more, whereby there is very great and Manifest disproportion and
inequality in the said Rate or assessment between the said several Rates or assessments upon
the said John Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Sawyer< no role > severally and
the said Rate or assessment upon your petitioner to the great injury and detriment of your
petitioner

Your petitioner therefore thinking himself aggrieved by the said
Rate or Assessment most humbly appeals against the same and humbly
prays that the said rate or Assessment upon your petitioner may be
lessened and reduced to a level with the said rates or Assessments upon
the said Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Saw< no role > [..]
who pay an equal Rent with your Petitioner for their several pre [..]
or that your Worships will grant such other Relief to your peti [..]
premises as to your Worships shall seem meet.

And your Petitioner shall [..]