To His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the
General Session of the Peace holden in and for the County of Middlesex at
Hicks Hall in Saint John Street on Monday the Seventeenth day of February
1777 assembled

The Humble Petition of the Grand Inquest
for the said County of Middlesex sworn and
charged at the same Session to enquire for the body
of the said County On behalf of themselves and
such other Persons as may from time to time
be Summoned to serve on Grand Juries for the
said County at Hicks Hall aforesaid

Sheweth

That your Petitioners being mostly persons in Trade are
Often called upon to Serve upon the Jury aforesaid and at such times as
they are upon that Service they Encounter the following Inconveniencies Vizt.
The Room in which they sit to do the Business for the County is in so ruinous
a State so Cold and Damp that many of the Jury feel the Effects of the long
Attendance in the loss of Health

John Cay Foreman< no role >

That the Grand Juries are obliged to provide fire at their
own Expence as also Candles Pen Ink and Paper and many other Articles
That they are obliged to adjourn for want of necessary Accommodations to some
house in the Neighbourhood for such Refreshment as they are in need of
and that in Consequence of such Adjournments the Business of the County is
much retarded and their Attendance protracted to an unusual length

Matthew Witton< no role > John Powell< no role >
Henry Banner< no role > John Stubbs< no role >
Geo Bewley< no role > Chrissr Young< no role >
Gall Cotton< no role > Robt Bryant< no role >
William Clarke< no role > Richd Chaney< no role >
Jern: Wilkinson< no role > John Doll< no role >
Richd. Bayley< no role > Rd. Forster< no role >
Thos Griffin< no role > James Baddeley< no role >
W Cranke James Walker< no role >
Orson Stane< no role > Francis Homby< no role >
Willim. Moorman< no role > Geo: Slater< no role >

Your Petitioners therefore pray that the Court
will take these inconveniencies into Consideration
and grant such Relief in the premises as to them
shall seem meet And that the Court will be pleased
to believe that the petitioners are Actuated by no other
motives whatever than those of forwarding the public
Service and the preservation of the Health ad Safety of such individuals
as are called upon the above Duty, And your
Petitioners will ever pray Etc.