The petition of Elizabeth Lindopp of Wybunbury, Cheshire, Trinity 1651
To the Right Worshipfull the Justices of Peace vpon the Bench at the Quarter Sessions at Namptwich.
The Humble Petition of Elizabeth Lindopp of Wibunbury. Widow.
<Sheweth>
That yo[u]r poore petitioner had heretofore graunted to her husband forty shillings p[e]r annum, hee being admitted a pensioner, which saide sume was for divers yeeres paid by the Treasurer. That yo[u]r petitioners husband being dead, her three sons in the States service, & shee nothing left to subsist vpon) she petitioned the Hono[u]rable Bench at Knottsford Jan[uary] 21 1650 where shee had an order graunted for the payment of twenty shillings p[er] annu[m] to her till further order.
Shee humbly petitioneth.
That yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps will be pleased according to the former order to continue her the saide pension of twenty shillings p[er] annum to be paide her by the Treasurer, & shee shall ever pray &c.