The petition of Joane Robinson of Horninglow, Staffordshire, September 1651
<Staff[ord] S[ession]s>
To the Right Wo[rshipfu]ll ye Justices of ye peace at the Quarter Sessions of the peace for this Countye.
The Humble Petic[i]on of Joane Robinson of Harninglowe in the aforesaid County Widowe.
Humbly sheweth
That whereas y[ou]r poore pet[it]on[e]rs husband was at the Siege of Tutbury Castle in the Parliam[en]ts Service Depriued of his life; from whome & by whose industery (when liueinge) y[ou]r pet[it]on[e]r receiued & enioyed the greatest p[ar]t of her liuelehood & subsistence since whose death y[ou]r poore pet[it]on[e]r is falne into a very poor & indigent condic[i]on, & not any way able to gett maintenance & subsistance for her selfe & her fatherlesse Children w[it]hout some releife from this Hon[oura]bl[e] Benche. May it therefore please y[ou]r worships to take the pr[e]mises into y[ou]r seriouse consdierac[i]ons, & to allowe y[ou]r pet[it]on[e]r such releife as your worships shall thinke meete for the maintenance of her selfe & her poore fatherless Children.
And y[ou]r poore pet[it]on[e]r shall euer pray &c.