Cheshire Quarter Sessions: 1698

Anne Stube of Witton, widow. QJF 125/4/8 (1698)

[Com?] Cestria

To his majesties justices of the peace att this quarter
sessions hold att Northwich in the said county

The humble peticion of Anne [Stube?] of Witton in the
said county widdow.

Humbly [sheweth?] that about six weekes agoe your petitioners husband
departed this life leavinge behind him foure very small children,
both younge and sickly, that your petitioner without some assistance
and releife is not able to support them and herselfe beinge left
very poore by her deceased husband and herselfe very weake and
infirme

May it therefore please your worshipp to allow your petitioner
such releife and maintenance for herselfe and children
as you in your discrecion shall thinke fitt and your
petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Elin Ryse of Northwich, widow. QJF 125/4/9 (1698)

To the honourable justices of the peace for the county
of Chester at their generall quarter sessions at Northwich
the 11 of January 1697.

The humble petition of Elin Ryse of Northwich in the
said county of Chester widow humbly sheweth unto your
worshippes:

That your poore petitioner is a very weake, deafe, infirme
person of the age of three score and fourteene yeares and
upwards and have not as yet bin much burdensome to my
neighbours and have wrought as long as possible for my livelyhood
but am now alltogether unable to help my selfe or to contribute
any thing to my present maintenance and am like to starve
and perish unlesse your worships charity bee forthwith extended
to your petitioner who is now by reason of her great age
impotency and weaknesse not able to worke or to goe abroad
to aske the charity and benevolence of the neighbourhood
and your poore petitioners most deplorable [illegible] estate
and condition is well knowne to the inhabitants of the said towne=
ship of Northwich who by the knowne lawes of this land and
the principles and dictates of right reason, and Christianity
ought to provide for your poore petitioners reasonable support
and maintenance:

May it therefore please your worships the premises being tenderly
considered to take your poore petitioners most weake and deplorable
estate and condition into your most pious and Christian consideracion
and to afford and order your poore and necessitous petitioner such
speedy releif (by an order of this present sessions) for the stay
and support of life as to your worshipps shall seem most fit and
meet and your poore petitioner will as in duty bound ever pray
for your worshippes health and happinesse etc.

Mary Brooks of Northwich, widow. QJF 125/4/10 (1698)

To the honourable justices of the peace for the county
of Chester at their generall quarter sessions held at
Northwich the 11th day of January 1697: the humble
petition of Mary Brooks of Northwich in the said county
widow humbly sheweth unto your worshippes.

That your poore petitioner is a very weake, infirme, lame, and
decrepit person of the age of sixty eight yeares of age and upwards
troubled allwayes with a distemper called the kings evill alltogether
unable to help herselfe or to contribute any thing at all to her present
maintenance and subsistance and is like to starve and perish unlesse
your worshippes charity and candour bee forthwith extended to your
poore petitioner who by reason of her great age, extreame paine
lamenesse and impotency is not able to worke or goe abroad to
aske the charity and benevolence of the neighbourhood as formerly
she hath done and your poore petitioners deplorable estate and
condition is well knowne to the inhabitants of the said towneshippe
of Northwich who by the knowne lawes of this land and the
principles and dictates of right reason and Christianity ought
to provide for your poore petitioners reasonable support and
maintenance.

May it therefore please your worshippes the premises being tenderly
considered to take your poore petitioners estate and condition into
your most pious and Christian consideracion and to afford and order
your poore and necessitous petitioner such speedy releife for
the stay and support of life (by an order of this present sessions)
as to your worshippes shall seem most fit and and meet and your poore
petitioner will as in duty bound every pray:

James Feild of Northwich, labourer. QJF 125/4/11 (1698)

[Com?] Cestria
sessions

To the right worshipfull his majesties justices of the
peace at the quarter sessions held at
Northwich the 11th day of January 1697
for the county of Chester.

The humble petition of James Feild of Northwich
in the county of Chester labourer.

Humbly sheweth,
That your poore petitioner haveing lived neare
40ty yeares in the towneship of Northwich
and all the time of his being there hath with
hard labour got a smaul livelyhood, but
being now aged neare 70ty yeares old
is not able to worke haveing alredey sould
all his goods to mainteyne him, and haveing
noe freinds to help him if not speedely
releived is like to be lost for want of
maynteynance.

May it therefore please your worshipps
the premises considered to grant your
order to the overseers of the poore for
the towneship aforesaid to allow him
some weekely maynteynance as in your
wise judgements you think fitt, and
your poore petitioner will ever pray
for your worshipps healths and all
happynes long to continue.

Richard Wood senior, a prisoner for debt in the castle of Chester. QJF 126/1/2 (1698)

To Sir Thomas [Bellott?] knight and barronett George
Booth esquier and Thomas Aldersey esquier and the rest of
his majesties justis of the peace for this
county the humble petition of Richard
Wood senior a pore distressed prisoner
in the castle of Chester for debt

Humbly sheweth
that your worshipps petitioner is in avery
poore indigent and low condition, and
hath beene a prisoner twelve monthes and
more and hath not wherewithall to subsist
on without the charity of well disposd [assistians?]

Wherefore your poore petitioner
humbly implores your worshipps
to take his miserable condition
into your charitable consideracions
and to order him the Kings
bread for his reliefe to
prevent his starving and your
petitioner as in duty bound will
ever pray for your long lives
health and prosperity

Robert Lomas, a poor prisoner in Chester gaol. QJF 126/1/3 (1698)

To the right worshipfull Sir John Mainewaring and George
Booth esquier and the rest of his majestyes most honorable
justis of the peace for the county of Chester

The humble petition of Robert Lomas apoore
miserable and destressed prisoner in Chester gaole

Most humbly sheweth
that your worshipps petitioner hath beene a prisoner in Chester
gaole for debt this nigh twelve monthes and had long
since starvd had it not beene for the charity of well disposd
Christians, and hath wanted bread for foure or fives
dayes togeather, and hath not any or the least subsistance
and that unlesse your worshipps will allow him the Kings
bread for his support of maintenance your worshipps
petitioner cannot live but must inevitably starve

Wherefore your worshipps petitioner most
humbly implores your worshipps to take
his sad and miserable condition into your
tender considerations and to order him the
Kings bread to prevent his starving

And your petitioner as in duty bound will
ever pray for your worshipps long life
health and prosperity etc

Richard Massey, a poor prisoner in Chester castle. QJF 126/1/7 (1698)

To the right worshipfull Sir John
Mainwaring Sir William Glegg
and George Booth esquire and the rest
of his majestyes justyes of the peace
of this county

The humble petition of Richard
Massey apoore prisoner in Chester
castle

Humbly sheweth
that your worshipps petitioner hath
beene a prisoner twelve monthes and
more and hath livd in a most sad and
deplorable condition having not one
farthing to buy bread, and that without
your worshipps will allow him the Kings
bread for his reliefe hee must
unavoidably starve

Wherefore your poore petitioner
humbly implores you to take his
miserable condition into your [consideration?]
and to order him the King bread for his
reliefe and your petitioner as in duty
bound will ever pray etc