The petition of Elizabeth Plummer, residence unknown, 27 September 1648
<Widdow Plum[m]ers petition.>
To the Right Hon[oura]ble the Com[mi]ttee of Lords and Comons for the Army.
The humble Petic[i]on of Elizabeth Plummer widdow
Sheweth:
That yo[u]r petition[e]rs late husband John Plummer was Cornett of Capt[ain] Pennyfathers Troope in Col[one]l Butlers (was Col[one]l Hortons) Regim[en]t vnder the Comand of his Ex[cellen]cie the Lord Fairfax: And since the late Seruice in the North finding some distemper to seize vpon his Body obtayned leaue to retire to his Home where he continued in a Languishing condition for about ten dayes, & then dyed, leauing yo[u]r peti[tione]r [two illegible words] with a great Charge of Children & in a very Low condition to support & maintaine them
Now for as much as she is Administratrix to her sayd husband her most humble Suit is: That according to yo[u]r accustomed goodnes extended to others in the like condition you would be pleased to order that payment be made vnto her of what remaynes in the Arreare, & due for his Seruice afores[ai]d
And shee shall pray &c.
I know the contents of this petition to be trew as to her husbands seruice sicknesse and death, and doe verely belieue the remaininge part, as to her great Charge, and little means to Support the Same; w[hi]ch is Humbly Certefied by
James Standish
State & Pay.
<Att ye Com[m]ittee of Lords & Com[m]ons for the Army 27o. Septemb[er]. 1648.>
<Ordered>
<That ye Com[missa]ry Generall of ye Musters or his Deputy doe forthwith certify this Committee how ye pet[itione]rs husband stood vpon the seuerall Musters of the Army & doe affix the same to this petic[i]on.>
<Rob[ert] Scawen.>