Heatcote did thereupon inform your Excellency's Petitioner's, that your Excellency had been pleased to direct that some of the Justices which lived without the precincts, should make inquiry into that matter and make report thereof to your Excellency, but the Justices not being able before this" time to get in the list of estates was the cause of the delay of that return, so hope your Excellency will pardon our not leavying what was layd upon us, by the late Vestry, and will, in your great goodness and justice, protect us from paying more than our fair and equal proportion, which we shall always most readily do, so long as your Excellency shall think fitt to continue us joyned to that Parish. We are exceeding thankful that your Excellency hath been pleased to direct Mr. Rartow to preach sometimes amongst us, for we assure your Excellency that 'tis our earnest desires to come under the Regulation of the Church of England

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER.

as by law established, and so is our minister, Mr. Morgan, for which reason we are desirous to continue him amongst us, and maintaine him by subscription untill such times as your Excellency shall think fitt to have the parishes in the County otherwise divided, which are at present so very ineonvenieut, that not half of the people can have the benefit of the ministry. Your Excellency we find by the return of the Justices, that our divident of the late rate ought not to have been more than .£'7 5s. 6d., and the Vestry have layd £15 10s. upon us, and there being i'7 10s. layd on the parish, besides the Minister's rate and the Constable's allowance for leavying the same, under the name of incidental charges, and that some, by the inequality of the division falling wholly upon us ; we therefore, most humbly implore your Excellency to direct that we may pay no more at this time than £S, and for the future only our equal divident, and as in duty bound, your Excellency's Petitioners shall Ever Pray, &c.