1665.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 271 



&quot; To the King s most excellent Majesty, the humble 

 petition of Edward Marquis of Worcester. 



u SHEWETH, 



&quot; That whereas your Petitioner and his late 

 father did heretofore lend to serve his then late Majes 

 ty s urgent necessities the sum of two hundred thousand 

 pounds and upwards, (ninety-five thousand pounds 

 whereof appears under his late Majesty s hand and seal, 

 and the rest the Petitioner, if permitted, will make 

 appear), besides other great sums the Petitioner employed 

 in other his Majesty s service, by which means your 

 Petitioner s estate was encumbered, and continued en 

 cumbered with vast debts, insomuch that to the Petitioner 

 and his family there is left but a small pittance for a 

 mean livelihood ; the Petitioner s estate being charged 

 with the debts so contracted for his late Majesty s service, 

 and your Majesty s, as aforesaid. 



&quot; That the Petitioner by bond from himself and others 

 (his sureties) in 1643, amongst other engagements, 

 became bound in six thousand pounds to Henry Hall, 

 Esq. ; which bond was sued in his Majesty s Exchequer 

 by John Hall, Esq. administrator of the said Henry 

 (not only against your Petitioner, but also against his 

 sureties, the Lady Lingen, and Charles Price, Esq. 

 whom the Petitioner is bound to save harmless, great 

 sufferers for their loyalty in his Majesty s service), who 

 thereupon hath obtained judgment against your Peti 

 tioner for six thousand pounds, and as particular receiver 

 of some part of your Majesty s revenue hath assigned 

 the same as debtor unto your Majesty, whereupon an 

 extent is in the sheriff s hands (by the said Mr. Hall s 

 prosecution) to extend your Petitioner s estate for the 

 use of your Majesty, whose prerogative intervening, 

 that extent (as your Petitioner is advised by counsel) 

 will take place (although subsequent in time of all 



