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The Rt Worpfull his Maties
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Humbly Sheweth
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That Yor petr Said husband about eight Yeare Since
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turned your Petr out of his house (without any just or reasonable cause) &
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lately & sevrall times before barbarously & inhumanly beat & missed yor
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Petr & neglected & refused to allow her necessary whife for & towards
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maintenance & likelyhood whereupon this Court were pleased to make an order
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that yor petr said husband should allow & pay your petr the weekly Sume of
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three Shillings, and by another order the Sume of three Shillings Weekly
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& the anears of the monys due upon the first order for & towards her
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maintenance which order have been removed into this Maties Court of
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& were in Michmas Terne now last past beth
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quashed for insufficiency (without notice to your petr) altho the said
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order were made by consent of the sd
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, and he now
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threatens yor Petr ruiue & will not receive your pell, or allow her any many
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for & lowards her releife & maintenance, and hath alsoe spoke verry undecent &
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words of this Wapfull Court.
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That by reason of yor Petr Camenesse & often sicknesse your pell can
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very seldome wherelly to gett any monys towards a livelyhood & is oftertimes
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in great necessity
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Yor Petr therefore humbly prays that yor Wapps would be
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pleased to order the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poore
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of thesd Hamblett of
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or one of them for the
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time being to allow & pay unto yor petr such weekly pencon
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as to your
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Worpps shall seem, for & towards yor Petr livelyhood
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Stud Yor Petr shall ever pray Etc
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G Rolse
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