The petition of Mary Buckley of Wrexham, Denbighshire, 11 January 1653
To the Right wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of Peace sittinge at the Quarter Sessions holden at Ruthin for the County of Denbigh the xith day of January 1652.
The humble petic[i]on of Mary Buckley of Wrexham the Late Wieffe of Samvell Buckley Lately deceased in Wrexham
Sheweth
That yo[u]r poore pet[itione]rs husband did alwayes serve in the Parlament Army And did alwayes serue in Scotland since the beginninge of the Warrs there And taken his sicknes in Scotland came vnto Wrexham in March last past and deceassed in Wrexham where yo[u]r pet[itione]r then Lived yo[u]r pet[itione]rs husband was a sergant in Col[one]l Maleverye Regiment yo[u]r pet[itione]r haveinge no meanes to mayntayne her and haueinge two small Children to Maytaine is driven vnto great Necessity and hath been constrained to pawne and sell all that shee hath for the Mayntaynance of herself and her poore Children
Yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps petitioner humbly prayeth that you wil be pleased to take these particulers to yo[u]r Charitable Considerac[i]on. And to doe her and her poore Children all lawfull favour as belongeth to poore fatherlesse Children. And yo[u]r poore pet[itione]r shal be ever bound to pray &c
noe penc[i]on granted she being not w[i]thin the compasse of the act