288 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1666. 



&quot; The humble Petition of Margaret, Marchioness of 

 Worcester, wife of Edward, now Marquis of Worcester. 



&quot; HUMBLY SHEWETH, 



&quot; That the said Marquis for his services to his 

 Majesty did expend many vast sums of money, and 

 thereby contracted great debts ; that although the said 

 Marquis, since his Majesty s happy restoration, hath 

 paid above fifty thousand pounds of those debts so con 

 tracted, as aforesaid, yet there remains so many great 

 debts, that the said Marquis his estate is all seized on 

 by his creditors upon judgments, statutes, and recog 

 nizances, insomuch that the said Marquis is deprived of 

 his whole estate; and nothing left for his and your 

 Petitioner s support and maintenance. 



&quot; That in particular the said Marquis his estate was 

 extended by one Mr. John Hall* in March last, upon a 

 judgment of six thousand pounds for money borrowed 

 by the Petitioner s husband in 1642, to pay the garrison 

 of Monmouth, then in a mutiny. 



&quot; That the said extent is assigned now to the Lord 

 John Somerset, who now threatens (having got most 

 part of the estate) to turn the Petitioner out of Worcester 

 House, so that she will be destitute of an habitation 

 and maintenance. 



&quot; The Petitioner humbly prayeth your Lordships 

 consideration of the Petitioner s most necessitous con 

 dition, and to find out a way for her relief, and also 

 your Lordships recommendation of her case to the 

 Eight Honourable the Lords and Commons of England. 



&quot; And your Petitioner shall pray. 



&quot; WORCESTER.&quot; 



&quot;Die Jovis, 7 die Febr. 1666. 



&quot; Upon reading the humble Petition of the Lady 

 Marchioness of Worcester, it is ordered by the Lords 



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