The petition of William Huett, Cheshire, 20 January 1652
To the wor[shipfu]ll Justices of Peace for this County of Chester nowe assembled at Knutsford the xxth day of January 1651
The vmble Pettic[i]on of William Hvett
Sheweth:
That where as yo[u]r Petticioner, hath a sun in lawe, one Robert Worsley: whoe went aboute twoe yeares agoe w[i]th Collo[ne]ll Daniell in to Scotland, since w[hi]ch tyme he doth remayne there a Souldier, and hath left a Child behind him: the w[hi]ch Child yo[u]r Poore pettic[i]on[e]r hath keept euer since, for w[hi]ch the sa[i]d Worsley promised me paym[en]t and left a not [sic.] w[i]th mee of some goods w[hi]ch he had left in the hands of one Thomas Gill of Cudington, and yo[u]r pettic[i]oner hath demaund the said goods from the said Gill but he denieth to deliu[e]r them
May it please yo[u]r wor[shi]pps therfore to be informed that yo[u]r poore Pettic[i]oner is a man of but a very lowe estate and not able to keepe the Child any longer (except he may receaue the s[ai]d goods from the said Thomas Gill accordinge as was promised yo[u]r poore Pettic[i]oner [illegible] by the s[ai]d Worsley his sun in lawe, Thus humbly Crauinge yo[u]r Order here in that I may haue the s[ai]d goods deliuer[e]d: the poore Child Shall haue much Cause to pr[ay] for yo[u]r healths and happines long to Continue.
<Thomas Gill is [to] deliu[er] the goods or else w[i]thin 10 dayes after notice hereof to pay what they were apprized to bee worth & if Gill refuse still then the next Just[ice] to send for him & bind him ou[er] to the next sessions>
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