The petition of several widows and maimed soldiers of the artillery train, 10 December 1645
<pet[ition] of the widdows & Traine of Artillery>
To the right Hon[oura]ble the Knights Cittizens & Burgeses of the Com[m]ons howse of Parliam[en]t
The Humble petic[i]on of Manye poore widdowes & others of the Trayne of Artillery.
Sheweth
That yo[u]r poore petico[ne]rs haueing beene longe in Expectation to Receiue the Arrears due vnto them for the service of theire Husbands whoe haue beene slaine in the service of ye Parliam[en]t belonging to the Trayne of Artilery vnder his Excellencye ye Earle of Essex, whose necessitye beeinge soe Extreame that w[i]thout some pr[e]sent helpe are likely to perish haueinge often had hopes to Receiue some smale p[ar]t of theire said Arrears (as others haue donn) butt yett could neuer obtaine one penny thereof to keepe themselues & theire Children from a starvinge Condition. This Hon[oura]ble howse haueinge appoynted a Com[m]ittie to take care of yo[u]r pettic[i]o[ne]rs (whereof Mr Noble is in the Chaire) and alsoe theire accompts to bee cast vpp by the accomptants of the Kingdome, & are not retourned to this Hon[oura]ble howse, whereby some course may bee taken for theire releife,
Theire Humble desire therefore is, That this Hon[oura]ble howse wil bee pleased to Order that yo[u]r petic[i]o[ne]rs accompts (beinge p[er]fected by the said accomptants) may bee retourned to the said Com[m]ittie & that a speedye Course maye bee setled for theire paym[en]t & yo[u]r petic[i]o[ne]rs thereby kept from p[er]rishinge.
And they shall as in Dutye bound pray &c:
Com[m]itee for Petic[i]ons
10th Decemb[er] 1645.
Ordered that the p[er]sons menc[i]oned in ye list of the trayne of Artillery be referred to the Com[m]itee of Accompts of the Kingdome to examine their demands & Certify the same to this Com[m]ittee w[i]th speed.
Jo[hn] Goodwyn
Ex Entred
Mary Bywater wife of John Bywater
Mathew Warde wife of Phillip Warde [sic.]
Ursula Bason wife of John Bason
Jane Deane wife of Nathanell Deane
Elizabeth Gutteridge wife of William Gutteridge
Sara Horne widow late wife of Lewis Horne
Jane Jenkins wife of Thomas Jenkins
Joyce Collins wife of John Collyns
Elizabeth Mann wife of Joseph Mann
Eliz[abeth] Arnold wife of George Arnold
Edie Jackson wife of Thomas William Jackson
Marie Lyde wife of Edward Lyde
Anne Webb wife of Will[ia]m Webb
Eliz[abeth] Gibson wife of Thomas Gibson
Judith Wright wife of Lawrence Wright
Mary Simpson wife of John Simpson
Eliz[abeth] Williams wife of Thomas Williams
Anne Walker wife of Henery Walker
Ellen Bateman wife of Richard Bateman
Bridgett Bowell wife of Thomas Bowell
Anne Greeneway wife of John Greeneway
Marie Crabb wife of Symon Crabb
Anne Curtis wife of John Curtis
Angellus Rogers wife of Roger Rogers
Frances White wife of Miles White
Marie Rowe wife of Edmunde Rowe
Mary Layton wife of Jeremie Layton
Mary Motte wife of Thomas Mote
Martha Wall wife of John Wall
Mary Cobham wife of Nathaniel Cobham
Mary Mott wife of Thomas Mott
Sara Davies wife of Evan Davies
Elizabeth Starte wife of Thomas Starte
John Wyill
Briget [?Skipse]
John Robale
Thomas Webb
Nicholas Munday
Katherine Richardson
Richard Deane
William Breaman
Barbery the wife of John Humphreys
Richard Faroe
John [?Reehitniff]
Iohn stone
Philipe robinsonne the wif of iohn robinsonne [sic.]
Christopher ouertun
The wif of thomas borne
Margret street ye wif of iams street
Denies fordam wif of georg fordam
issabell grouer the wife of iohn grouer
Dorithie snow ye wife of iohn snow
George Hoffey
Theophilus Lewies
Francis Cooper
Anne Goodfellow widdow
Dorythie snow the Wife of John snow
Isbel gouer the Wife of John gouer
Denis Fordeam the Wife of george fordeam
Margere street the Wife of Jeames street
[blank] the Wife of Thomas borne
Christopher Ouertun
Phillep Robinson the Wife of John Robinson [sic.]
Jone Stone
Die Martis ixo Decembr[is] 1645.
Ordered by the Commons assembled in parliament, that the humble petic[i]on of many poore widowes and others of the Trayne of Artillery be referred to the Committee of petic[i]ons, where Mr Goodwin hath the Chaire.
H[enry] Elsynge Cler[icus] Parl[iament] D[omum] Com[mons]
Order of ye howse of Com[m]ons
A petic[i]on w[i]th an order From ye Com[m]ittee of peticons Concerning ye poore widdowes and others of ye trayne.
No: 2.