The petition of Jacob Lowe of Denton, Lancashire, Easter 1656
To the right wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of Peace and Quoru[m] within the hundred of Salford
The humble Petition of Jacob Lowe late of Denton within the parish of Manchester webster
humblie sheweth
That your poore Pet[itione]r was borne and brought vp in Denton aforesaid where hee had his c{alling} till hee was appointed to serue in the late warrs, vnder the Com[m]aund of the rig{ht ?honourable} Richard Holland: That your Pet[itione]r havinge a wife and two children, but no howse {?of his} his owne; did lately compound with one Richard Hobson of the parish of Ashton {?for a} dwellinge howse for the space of three yeares, But your Pet[itione]r must by no mea{ns ?stay} anie longer then till the last daye of this Aprill instant; Not for anie miscarriage {illegible} that they fynde him guiltie of, but onely because your distressed Pet[itione]r is not {illegible} to the officers of that parish, such security for his remoueall and for sauing {?himself} harmeles and Indempnifyed as they require. So that your Pet[itione]r knowe {s ?not how to} subsist, nor where to have a restinge place for himself, and his wyfe (now of {illegible} and his Children.
The pr[e]misses considered, your poore Pet[itione]r humblie craueth your {?Worships in} your graue and pious considerac[i]on, his pittifull and p[er]plex{ed ?condition considered,} graunt him such an Order as in your wisedomes you shall {?think mete} whereof hee may enioy the benefitt of some conve{nient ?house} for himself his poore wife and Children, So {?your petitioner} (as in dutie hee ought) to pray etc.
<wee conceave his last setlm[en]t was in Denton & ought to>
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