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 tie . Your Petitioner 

 hopes that since he hath ever ffaith fully serv d . and suffered for your Ma tie . it 

 being now in your Ma lie 's powe*? to make him some reparation for his great 

 losses.* 



That your Ma* ie 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 

 Ma tie will confer one Tenement or ffarme called Norton worth 240£ per ann. 

 LyiDg in the parish of Wonston in the County of Southampton. f 



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 

 ease of distress, and begs £2000, or some pension to preserve her from ruin." 



Annexed is : — 



" Cas@ 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. Penrudplock 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 pf 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. 



s< State Papers, Domestic. A.D. 1660. Vol! xx. No. 79. Anne Duke's 

 Petition. 



To the Kings most Excellent Ma tie . 



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 

 petitioner shall be willing to pay forty pounds a yeare to whome your Matie, shall assign it, And 

 be ever bound to pray." 



