28 Records of the Rising in the West, A.D. 1655. 
selfe in the late warrs. Now whereas Nicholas Love hath received above twenty 
thousand pounds of your Petitioners ffortune with which he hath purchased a 
great part of that estate which is nowe forfeited to your Ma**. Your Petitioner 
hopes that since he hath ever ffaithfully serv’. and suffered for your Ma“. it 
being now in your Maes power to make him some reparation for his great 
losses.* 
That your Mati* would be pleased to consider him out of Love’s estate to 
which he hath so good a Title both in Lawe and Equitie Particularly that your 
Matie will confer one Tenement or ffarme called Norton worth 240£ per ann. 
Lying in the parish of Wonston in the County of Southampton.+ 
And your shall ever be bound to pray &c.” 
Vol. xx. No. 87. A similar petition to No. 86. 
The next concludes the story so far as he is concerned, State 
Papers Domestic, 1662-3, January :— 
‘¢ Petition of Frances relict of Edward Penruddock to the King. States her 
case of distress, and begs £2000, or some pension to preserye her from ruin.” 
Annexed is :— 
‘Case of Frances, relict of Edw. Penruddock. 
Her husband purchased the office of one of the six clerks in Chancery in 
reversion for £2500 in 1632, and gave £5500 more for possession of it in 1638, 
but Nick. Love obtained a grant of it, during the usurpation, und purchased 
an estate therefrom, which is granted to the Duke of York. Penruddock was 
promised satisfaction, but died before obtaining it. 
January 23rd, 1663. Order to Lord Colepepper to pay £1000 to Sir George 
Penruddock for the Benefit of the widow and children of Edward Penruddock, 
late one of the six clerks in Chancery, who died after enjoying the place only. 
a. short time.” 
And thus His Sacred Majesty dealt with the prime agent and his 
widow. 
How fared the family of Robert Duke? It is strange to read 
of his being sent to the East Indies, not “ Barbadoesed ” like the 
other prisoners, but this may be an error of the draughtsman of the 
petitions. 
6* State Papers, Domestic. A.D. 1660. Vollxx. No. 79. Anne Duke’s 
Petition. 
To the Kings most Excellent Ma**, 
The humble Petition of Anne Duke the disconsolate widdow of Robert Duke 
deceased in the East Indies Humbly sheweth 

* 87 omits these words. 
+87 ‘will be pleased to grannt your petitioner a tenement or fferme called Norton and you 
titioner shall be willing to pay forty pounds a yeare to whome your Matie, shall assign it, And 
ges eyer bound to pray, at 
