The petition of Mary Greene of Westhoughton, Lancashire, Midsummer 1651
To the right wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of Peace att the Generall Sessions of the Peace houlden att Manchester.
The Humble petic[i]on of Mary the wyffe of John Greene of Westhaughton.
Humbly sheweth vnto yo[u]r good worships That whereas yo[u]r petic[i]oners husband beinge a listed Souldier in the States service whoe att the tyme of his entringe into service lefte his wife your petitioner with two children borne and with child with another, with smale meanes to releeue her and her children & noe habitac[i]on but vppon A racke rent and soe maie it please yo[u]r good worships that yo[u]r petic[i]oners husband haueinge beene soe longe from her & sent her litle or noe releeffe shee is destitute of habitac[i]on haueinge nothinge to subsist withall [illegible] but is like to starue together with her litle children for want of habitac[i]on.
In tender Commisserac[i]on maie it please yo[u]r good worships to take the premisses into your serious Considerac[i]on and to grant Order that yo[u]r peticoner maie bee releeued for her self and her children with habitac[i]on; it beinge a deed of Charitie shee not knoweinge whether shee shall ever or never see her husband againe and [illegible] your petic[i]oner shall praie &c.
Ch[urchwardens] & ou[er]seers to p[ro]vide her a place
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