Civil War Petitions

Gratuity: No gratuity
Pension: No pension
Notes: Petitioned the court that her husband, Robert Cully/Culley had been impressed for parliament's service about eighteen weeks ago and that this had left her in a poor condition, with two children to maintain. She had been compelled to sell some 'smale goods'. Her husband had left her in a house called the Tilehouse, which was since sequestered to the State’s use and is in dispute of ownership between Sir Edward Richards and Mr Thomas Seymour. The rent demanded for the house was £4 per annum, which Dorothy was unable to pay and so was forced to leave the house. Upon selling her goods, she bought some timber and set up a cottage on the waste ground with the consent of the parish, which they then rescinded and have presented Michaell Culley, her father-in-law, for erecting the cottage, even though he had nothing to do with it. It was therefore ordered that Dorothey be permitted to reside in the cottage which she had erected, until the magistrates had consulted Sir Henry Midlmay. If Mildmay opposed the erection of the cottage then Dorothey was to be permitted to carry away the timber and other materials from the building.
Record of payment: Hampshire Quarter Sessions, Winchester, 7 April 1646