To the Worshipfull his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middx in their General Quarter Session of the peace
Assembled

The humble Petition of Mary< no role > the Wife of William
Pentloe< no role > Keeper of New prison at Clerkenwell

Sheweth

That your petitioner was lawfully married to the said Willm. Pentloe< no role > in the month
of February in the year 1752 accoding to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of
England by one Mr William Wyatt< no role > a Minister in the Liberties of the fleet :

That your petitioner Continued to live with the said William Pentloe< no role > as his Wife
very unhappily till within about 12 Months since the said William Pentloe< no role > heard
your petitioner Out of Doors pennyless and Soon after came to an Agreement to
allow your petitioner Six Shillings Pweek to Subsist upon & he Continued such
Weekly payments till about Easter last when he absolutely refused to pay or allow
your petitioner any more Money

That your petitioner being Destitute and friendless and unable to provide for
herself owing to a most Inhuman piece of Cruelty done to her by the said William Pentloe< no role >
in breaking her Right Arm Short in Two with an Iron Poker Your petitioner
applied to the said Pentloe for her said weekly allowance in stead of which without
any other provocation whatsoever the said Pentloe threatned your petitioner to
murder her or Cause her to be hanged or Transported

That your petitioner was soon after taken up by Vertue a Warrant from
John Fielding< no role > Esqr . in the parish of St. James Clerkenwell by the Name of Graves ats
Deering for a Supposed Offence done by her as Charged in the Warrant of Committment
hereunto annexed and was Instantly hurried before the said Mr Fielding who Sent her to
the Gate house prison where She remained from the 30th day of April last past to the
second day of July following when a Discharge was Sent by the said Magistrate at
the Instance of her husband as a means to prevent your petitioner from laying her
Complaint before the Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace for the City and liberty
of Westminster .

That your petr. was well known to Mr Fielding to be the Wife of the said William
Pentloe< no role > and that if any Offence was Committed by her in Breach of the peace (which the
solemnly denys) that the same was done in the County of Middlesex & not in the City and
Liberty of Westminster .

That your Petitioner is now so reduced that She must Inevitably Perish
without the Interposition of your Worships

Your