5: if a tax ]:!as been laid and a Roll made out liave ye Constables Collected it if t]iey have has it been by them paid to the Church wardens, if they have not, have tliey been informed against and the fines Levyed if not why has it been neglected. Have the Church wardens received the Tax or any and what part of it, and have they paid you anytliing and how much and what remains unpaid, if they have received any part of this Tax and have not paid it to you, why do you not inform against or prosecute them for the penalty inflicted for each default I am

Reuerend S'^

Yo^'s

REV^^ ME. FOYER'S ANSWER TO THE PRECEDING.

May it please Yo"" Excellency

In Obedience to yo^ Excellencys Letter of tlie 26"' Instant, I humbly say, that it is with y«^ greatest Concern I find myself taxed v>'ith a LiiJcewarmness towards y- Ex^J"^ kind oilers for my Reliefe from y^ hardships I have long lain under.

The frequent applications I have formerly made to your Excellency proving ineftectual, have obliged me patiently to sit down under the burden of tliem for about ffifteen months Last past without the least complaint, but wliether these applications were particular or too generall, I humbly refer your Excellency to the memorialls & petitions I iiave, in relation to this matter presented to you, hy Wliicli I hope it will appear (with all submission to yo Ex'^^) that I have exerted myself in tliis affair with, a zeal suitable to my function, and nothing inconsistent with that, will, I presume, be expected from me.