The petition of Elizabeth Rowbotham, Derbyshire, 7 October 1647
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To ye ho[noura]ble ye Comittee for ye County of Derby.
The humble petic[i]on of Elizabeth Rowbotham
<Sheweth> yo[u]r petic[i]oners husband was a souldier in Derby, wounded against Ashby, lay sicke two yeares & lame & dyed, about a yeare & a halfe since, there is much dew & in areare & shee had noe monyes since ye death of her husband & hath a poore Childe to mayntaine.
Shee therefore prayeth releife &c.
October 7th 1647.
It is Ordered by the Com[m]ittee at Derby that Mr Henry Buxton Treasurer pay to the petic[i]oner Twenty shillings when theise Two paym[en]ts of the Sould[ie]rs are past.
Geo[rge] Pole Tho[mas] Sanders: Geo[rge] Gresley