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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD>To the <HI>PARLIAMENT</HI> of the Com|mon-wealth
of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI>
The Humble Petition of <HI>Anne Hen&s;haw</HI> Widow, late Wife and Exe|cutrix
of <HI>Benjamin Hen&s;haw</HI> E&s;quire decea&s;ed, on the
behalf of her &s;elf and her &s;even children.</HEAD>
<OPENER>In mo&s;t humble manner &s;heweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat your Petitioner was left the di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Widow of her &s;aid
hu&s;band, having the &s;ole care of 8 children left to her to be
provided for, out of certain debts due to her &s;aid husband;
the chief of which was owing by the late Earl of <HI>Carli&s;le,</HI>
which &s;he could no way get a&s;&s;ured, unle&s;s &s;he could procure <HI>4000l.</HI>
more, which &s;he did rai&s;e, by getting together her childrens portions
&s;ecured in the Chamber of <HI>London,</HI> and by the credit of her friends,
and engaging of her whole e&s;tate, by which means the debt was
made <HI>12000l.</HI> And an a&s;&s;ignment legally pa&s;&s;ed to your Petitioner
from the &s;aid Earl of <HI>2000l. per an:</HI> (til the &s;aid debt of <HI>12000l.</HI> &s;hould
be fully &s;atisfied) out of an Annuity of <HI>3000l. per an:</HI> granted upon
valuable con&s;iderations to the &s;aid Earl by the late King, out of the
old and other Cu&s;tomes; The which Annuity was received untill
<HI>4000l.</HI> of the &s;aid <HI>12000l.</HI> was paid and no more: And then in
the year 1641. the Hou&s;e of Commons alone took all the &s;aid
Cu&s;tomes into their own di&s;po&s;all, and ever &s;ince that time have
imployed them wholly for &s;upply of the publick nece&s;&s;ities, though
the Order it &s;elf exempts the old Cu&s;tome<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">, out of which your
Petitioner was to be paid, and which were legally ve&s;ted in the
Crown, and by due cour&s;e of Law pa&s;&s;ed and confirmed to your Pe|titioner;
And by rea&s;on of which diver&s;ion and occa&s;ion of the late
troubles, &s;he hath lo&s;t above <HI>20000l.</HI> in good debts, which are now
de&s;perate and irrecoverable, whereby &s;he and her children are re|duced
to a very mean condition.</P>
<P REND="indent italic">The Petitioner therefore mo&s;t humbly prayeth, that the &s;aid debt of 8000l.
which is <HI>JUSTLY DUE</HI> unto her, and intere&s;t for the &s;ame,
ever &s;ince the year 1641. may be allowed for the relief of her and
her children; And that your Honours will be plea&s;ed to give Order
that &s;he may receive the &s;ame out of the &s;aid old Cu&s;tomes, according
to the former a&s;&s;ignment made to her, and which are chargeable
therewith by <HI>LAW,</HI> being continued by the Book of Rates agreed
by the Commons in Parliament, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1642. otherwi&s;e your
Petitioner and her children who have never been Delinquents in
the lea&s;t degree, mu&s;t inevitably be ruined, unle&s;&s;e it &s;hall plea&s;e the
Lord to &s;tir up your hearts to commi&s;erate the &s;ad condition of her
and her 7 children.</P>
<CLOSER>And they &s;hall pray, &amp;c.</CLOSER>
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