The Rt Worpfull his Maties
Justices of the peace for the County of
Midds

The humble peticon of Mary Staples< no role > This name instance is in set 4832. wife of Joseph Staples< no role >
of Limehouse Butcher

Humbly Sheweth
That Yor petr Said husband about eight Yeare Since
turned your Petr out of his house (without any just or reasonable cause) &
lately & sevrall times before barbarously & inhumanly beat & missed yor
Petr & neglected & refused to allow her necessary whife for & towards
maintenance & likelyhood whereupon this Court were pleased to make an order
that yor petr said husband should allow & pay your petr the weekly Sume of
three Shillings, and by another order the Sume of three Shillings Weekly
& the anears of the monys due upon the first order for & towards her
maintenance which order have been removed into this Maties Court of
kings Bench att Westr & were in Michmas Terne now last past beth
quashed for insufficiency (without notice to your petr) altho the said
order were made by consent of the sd Joseph Staples< no role > , and he now
threatens yor Petr ruiue & will not receive your pell, or allow her any many
for & lowards her releife & maintenance, and hath alsoe spoke verry undecent &
[..] words of this Wapfull Court.

That by reason of yor Petr Camenesse & often sicknesse your pell can [..]
very seldome wherelly to gett any monys towards a livelyhood & is oftertimes
in great necessity

Yor Petr therefore humbly prays that yor Wapps would be
pleased to order the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poore
of thesd Hamblett of Limehouse or one of them for the
time being to allow & pay unto yor petr such weekly pencon
as to your [..] Worpps shall seem, for & towards yor Petr livelyhood

Stud Yor Petr shall ever pray Etc
Mary Staples< no role > This name instance is in set 4832.

G Rolse
[..]