The petition for Margarett Hughes of Wrexham, Denbighshire, 16 June 1664
To the right Ho[noura]ble & Wor[shi]pp[fu]ll the Justices of the peace for this County sitting at [blank] in open Quarter Sessions held there for the s[ai]d County
The humble petic[i]on of Margarett Hughes of Wrexham widdowe, late wife of Edward Hughes deceased
That yo[u]r petic[i]on[e]rs late husband Edward Hughes was a low Countrey soldier for severall yeares and vpon the brakeing out of the late vnhappie warrs in this Nac[i]on hee returned hither where he faithfully & valiantly served his late Ma[jes]tie of blessed memory a{s} Lieut[enan]t to Capt[ain] Robinson in the Regim[en]t of S[i]r Thomas Salisburye kn[igh]t att Edg=hill, Branford Newbery & in diverse other places in this Nac[i]on, where hee received many wounds, and being aged was Forced to retire home to yo[u]r pet[itione]r the product of whose hard Labo[u]rs was his onely maintenance. And yo[u]r poore pet[itione]r exceedingly impoverished her selfe in the vse of means in order to the healing of the s[ai]d wounds, where of hee dyed, & Left her with Five small Children, and but her hard shift to maintaine them. And it hath pleased the almighty to add unto your petic[i]on[er]s misery in depriveing her of her Eyesight by reason whereof, and of her great age shee is become a burthen to her children, And for her future reliefe & their ease, shee hath bin advized by severall gent[lemen] of quality thus humbly to address her selfe vnto yo[u]r wor[shi]pps to the end some p[ro]vision may bee made for her subsistence the litle time she is like to Continue
The pr[e]misses Considered, May it please yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps to order yo[u]r poore petic[i]on[e]r such a Penc[i]on or quarterly allowance (to pr[e]vent the misery shee is like to grieue groan & p[er]ish vnder) as to yo[u]r graue considerac[i]on shall seeme meet.
And shee as in duty bound shall ever pray &c.
16th June 1664
We whose names are subscribed doe certifie that the substance of this petic[i]on is true and that the widdowe deserveth releef
Tho[mas] Powell
Hugh Roberts
John Roydon
Hum[phrey] Lloyd
Jo[hn] Edwardes
Da: Edwardes
Elis Price
Ellis Sutton
Nanney Lloyd
Put in 11 July 1664.