The petition of Alice Carawaye of Rode, Somerset, Trinity 1650
To the Wor[shipfu]ll the Treasurears For Sick & Maymed Souldiers Sittinge att Ely house:
The Humble petic[i]on of Alice Carawaye Widd[ow] of John Carawaye:
Sheweth
That yo[u]r peti[ti]o[ne]rs Husband about six yeares Since was taken Prisoner in Woodhouse garrison (in the Countie of Som[er]sett) by S[i]r Francis Dorrington where he and thirteen more of his Fellowe Souldiers were imediatly hanged for theire Faithfull Service to the Parliament in Considerac[i]on whereof the Comittee there did allowe yo[u]r peti[t]io[ne]r, towards her releife and maintenance Fiue pounde a yeare out of the said Ser Francis his Estate, and after a yeare and a quarter, tooke it from her againe, by reason whereof yo[u]r peti[ti]o[ne]r is brought to Exceedinge great want and missery and is constrayned to travill a hundred myles to make her adresses to the Parliam[en]t for some future releife, where yo[u]r peti[t]io[ne]r hath attended Longe butt can haue noe redress haueinge spent all her Estate and is nowe readye to perrish:
In tender considerac[i]on whereof That yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps would out of your accustomed Christian Charitie to such distressed widdowes as haue Lost theire husbands in the service of the Parliam[en]t to allowe vnto yo[u]r peti[ti]o[ne]r some weekely allowance towards her mayntenance [illegible] soe longe as yo[u]r peti[ti]o[ne]r shall be necessitated to attend the Parliam[en]t for her future releife in the Cuntrye:
And yo[u]r peti[tione]r shall praye &c
This pet[itione]r hath bine here att this pr[e]sent sessions to desire some releiffe but ye maymed sould[ie]rs already taken in to pention are soe many that ye stocke will not serue to suply any other
Jo: Gorges Tre[a]s[ure]r
5 li. to be paid by the Tresurer of the south p[ar]te