The petition of Margarett Milnes, Derbyshire, 27 May 1647
To the right Wo[rshipfu]ll the Com[m]ittee att Derby.
The humble petic[i]on of Margarett Milnes, widdowe.
<Sheweth>
That yo[u]r petic[i]o[ne]rs husband, Thomas Milnes was a souldier vnder S[i]r William Waller, for a certayne time, and after was vnder Colonel Gell of the grey Coates company whoe demeaned himselfe honestly in the p[ar]liam[en]t[s] service, and haueing marryed a Wife, daughter of Robert Gissop of Keydlaston. And it seems yo[u]r sayd petic[i]one]rs husband was desperrately killed by one Richard Cockerom another souldier, who left his wife w[i]th Childe, haueing no Releefe nor succour after her said husbande was slayne, but what she hath had from her father, who hath mentayned her yo[u]r Wo[rshi]ps said petic[i]on[e]r, and her childe euer since, to his greate hinderance being but a poore man & haueing a Charge beside.
In tender Com[m]iseratc[i]on therefore yo[u]r petic[i]on[e]r most humbly intreateth these Wo[shi]p[fu]ll Com[m]ittee to take into considerac[i]on they poor, & distressed Case, of this widdowe yo[u]r petic[i]o[ne]r & to yealde her som[m]e meanes & Releefe, as in Conscience & equity yo[u]r Wo[shi]ps shall thinke fitting: for w[hi]ch (according as in dutye bounde) yo[u]r said petic[i]o[ne]r shall daily pray &c.
Derby May 27th 1647
It is Ordered by the Com[m]ittee that Mr Henry Buxton Treasurer pay to the petic[ione]r Twenty shillings towards her maintenaunce of her selfe and child when money comes to his hand [several illegible words]
Fr[ancis] Reuett John Gell H Wig{fall}
Tho[mas] Sanders Edw[ard] Charlton
Geo[rge] Pole