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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Howsman of Ammersley sheweth That whereas your worships poore peticioner hath served in Ireland in the late Queene … unto your good worship is for Godes cause to consider his poore and lamentable estate and graunt that hee may either … and gather in the said towne sufficient releef for the poore inhabitantes according to the statute and assesment …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… may have some convenient cotage for themselves and theire poore inphantes to be shrowded therein, who ar now … good worshipps sett downe, and therein bothe he and his poore distressed wief shall ever pray for the longe … The humble peticion of one of the overseers, of the poore of the parish of Longdon in the behalf of a poore man. …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… desire unto your lordshipp is, for that he is a verye poore man, and dwellinge in the parishe of Saint Marten neare … that the saide John Wright may be ordered, to cause youre poore peticioner to continue his tenaunte of the premisses, … as for= merly he was wonte, and the rather, then those poore people, whom Christe Jesus hathe dearely boughte, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… holden for the county of Wigorn The humble peticion of the poore prisoners of the castle of Worcester Humbly sheweth unto your good worships that there are many poore men to the number of thirty persons and upwardes who … hunger cold and nakednes, some of them alsoe haveing many poore children like to be left to the wide world May yt …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… county labourer. Humbly sheweth. [illegible] whereas your poore petitioner hath for many [yeares?] togither, lived in … parish of Eldersfield, [where?] he was borne, and hath a poore wife and two [...le?] children, and is willing to labour to mayntayne [illegible] poore family by his labour, if he had a convenient place to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… and [poor?] beggers and all, none excepted for example, a poore wandringe fellow came (nott longe since) to my doore … passage and after told ytt to me and my wiffe an other poore fellowe who professed hymself an extraordynary carder … Crowle [illegible] o September [1633?] [illegible] poore [neighbour?] [illegible] servant to command Thomas …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… first acquainte the [churchwardens?] and overseers of the poore of such parishe of the name of such tenant person or …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… of Worcester The humble peticion of Richard Powell a poore and indigent soldier Humbly sheweth That your poore peticioner haveing beene formerly a soldier under our … Richard Crispe Pearcicall Browning overseers for the poore to putt themselves to worke otherwise to bee sent to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… peticioner humbly prayes your worshipps to consider his poore condition and encrease his pay according to your … mason. Humbly sheweth that wheras the said Thomas Harvy a poore inhabitant of the parish of Leigh liveing in a cottage … he had good work much declineing upon this scandall: your poore petitioner with his family (his wife being old and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… no way been encreased since, but rather lessened, your poore petitioner by reason of his poverty having been forced … or [illegible] of [illegible] [...nce?] [illegible] poore [illegible] as may be [illegible] ever pray for your … heretofore your petitioner and her husband being exeeding poore and having five small children are utterly unable to …