The petition of Ann Edge of Broomhill, Cheshire, Michaelmas 1651
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To the Wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of ye peace att ye Quarter Sessions att Northwich
The humble petition of Ann Edge of Bromhill
Shewing
That yo[u]r pet[itione]rs husband being a poore labouring man liueing in Bromhill in ye Parrish of Barrow was prest and away sent for the service of Ireland leaueing behind him two small children and yo[u]r Pet[itione]r great with child of the third and nothing to mainetaine them w[i]th all
May it therefore please yo[u]r Worshipps to com[m]iserate the deplorable estate of yo[u]r Pet[itione]r and to grant her some maintenance towards the releiuing of her & her poore children
And shee shall eu[er] pray &c
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