Petitions to the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions, 1589-1799.
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The poor prisoners in the county gaol. Q/SR/440/5 (1699)
October 3d. (99)
To the Right Worshipfull his Majestyes Justices of the
peace for this County at theire quarterly Sessions att Stafford
In most humble wise wee poore debtors and prisoners in the common
Goale of Stafford aforesaid being in very great want and necessity and
not haveing wherewith to supply natures want, and not haveing
friends nor estates to releive and support us in this our great
extreamity. many of us, for some dayes togather, not haveing
bread to sustaine our hungry pineing carcasses, and to aggravate
our misseryes whilst we are heare lamentably confined, our
poore familyes att home are utterly ruined and dispersed and releived
by the charitable benevolence of well disposed Christians, and
att the charges of the particular respective parishes, where
theire abodes [illegible] are. The serious consideration hearof, might
mollify the hardest harted Christian, and move him to sympothize,
[illegible] and compassionat our deploreable estates, we therefore doe
[illegible]y beseech your Worshipps, to commisserat our lamentable
[illegible]reable condicion, and be gratiously pleased to take som speedy
[illegible] for the future supply of our great wants and indigences.
there being nothing allowed to us poore debtors out of the
County, but what the fellons onely have, and we shall ever pray
for you
We whose names are hear
subscribed are the poorest of
[debters?], which onely appertaine
to the County Chamber
- George Swann William Garbett
- Roger Baggaly John Johnson
- Thomas Bentley Thomas Grice
- George Amerye Daniel Cantrell
- Goorge Rawlin Thomas Nightingall
- Samuel Weston Walter Middleton
- Joseph Felkin William Clemson
- Benjamin Pearson John Stevenson
- Thomas Harker
- Thomas Dutton
s out
The poor prisoners in the county gaol for debt. Q/SR/437/12 (1700)
To the Worshipfull the Justices of Peace att the
Generall Quarter Sessions, held for the County of
Stafford upon Tuesday the ninth day of January
1699
The humble peticion of the poore
prisoners in the County Goale for debt
Sheweth
That whereas you were pleased by your order of
the last Sessions to grant unto us poore prisoners for debt
an allowance of eight shillings by the weeke in bread which
hath been carefully distributed by Mr Dolphin amongst
us, for which wee returne our humble thanks, and pray the
continuance of your charity to us, for we are reall objects
of the same, and as in duty bound your poore petitioners
shall ever pray. etc.
- George Swann
- George Amery John Jones
- William Garbett ` Mary Stafford
- Thomas Baker Roger Bagnall
- Thomas Grice Humphry Orme
- Walter Midleton
- John Stevenson Richard Sharpe
- Samuell Weston William Steen
- Daniell Cantrell Will Puce
- Joseph Felkin
- Benjamin Pearson
- George Rawlin
- William Clemson
- Thomas Edwards
- Thomas Dallaway
- William Smallwood
- Thomas Nightingall
5li granted and to be raised with
the next public money