The petition of Jane Cooke of Garthiffe, Cheshire, Michaelmas 1657
To the Right Wor[shipful] the Justices of the peace for the Countie of Chester
The humble Petition of Jane Cooke of [?Gathiffe] within the said Countie widow
Sheweth
That George Cooke your petitioners husband was slaine att Midlewitch when the defeate was there giuen to the Parliaments Forces (the said George being then a souldier for the Parliament vnder the Comand of Capt[ain] Edmund Shelmerdine) att which time your petitioner was Left with fiue smale Children haueing nothing but her handie Labor wherewith to maintaine her selfe and them: therefore vppon her humble Adresse to the honor[a]ble: Sessions she was [illegible] Admitted a pensioner by which meanes through the Lordes goodnes her selfe and litle ones haue subsisted hitherto: Now for Asmuch as your petitioner is att pr[e]sent so visited with a Languishing distemp[er] that she is not able to earne her owne Liueing some of her Children allso being vnable for themselues so that if they bee depriued of the benefite of the pension formerly alowed they are like (diverse of them) to begge theire bread:
The pr[e]mises Considered your poore petitioner humbly Craues that she may bee Continued a pensioner as formerly vntill the lord shall please to restore health to herselfe and such of her said Children as att pr[e]sent are verie weake: And your petitioner will ever pray &c
John Worthington
Reginal Ryle
Richard Baxter
John Paulden Henry Barlow
Peeter Hackney Robeart Baxter
John Massie John Goodyeer
Renalde [?Gamclrofte]
[?Hinleme] Warde
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