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&quot; The Lord of Worcester petitions the King in regard 

 he had expended, and lent towards his late Majesty s 

 service the sum of 92,500, for which and his other 

 very many and considerable losses, to the utter im 

 poverishment of himself and family, he never yet 

 received any compensation or satisfaction. His Ma 

 jesty would be pleased to take the state of the Petitioner 

 into his gracious consideration, &c. 



u His Majesty is graciously pleased to refer this peti 

 tion unto Mr. Attorney or Mr. Solicitor. Mr. Solicitor 

 reports to his Majesty matter of fact in the petition 

 mentioned to be true, and further adviseth it is not safe 

 for his Majesty either to supersede or discharge the 

 said judgment, but that likewise the Earl doth justly 

 merit his Majesty s just and favourable consideration, &c. 



&quot; Whereupon the Earl of Worcester prayeth, that in 

 regard what he petitioned for, was for the satisfaction 

 merely of creditors, and not to his mediate or imme 

 diate advantage, and his fortune totally disposed of to 

 his Majesty s service, other than what is settled as afore 

 said to the payment of his many creditors, which in 

 honour (his only livelihood now left him), he is bound 

 to see satisfied, the which as the present case standeth 

 with my Lord cannot be, without his Majesty extend- 

 eth his favour, either by payment of the money, or some 

 other means equivalently satisfactory, &c. 



&quot; His Majesty will be graciously pleased to confer the 

 honour of Baron on J. B. being fitly qualified, and whose 

 estate suits in proportion with the charge that dignity 

 requireth, by which means his Majesty will not be out 

 of purse and the Petitioner indemnified.&quot; 



On Christmas day the Marquis wrote a long epistle 

 (but to whom is unknown) requesting the favour of a 

 letter by means of which he could obtain the services 

 of Lord Arlington and Lady Castlemaine, probably to 



