Catalogue description Petition of Nicholas Lock, and Eleanor Lock, alias Williams, ... the late wife & adminstratrix of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Williams, deceased, to Ormond : written from [Dublin]

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Details of MS. Carte 60, fol(s). 545
Reference: MS. Carte 60, fol(s). 545
Title: Petition of Nicholas Lock, and Eleanor Lock, alias Williams, ... the late wife & adminstratrix of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Williams, deceased, to Ormond : written from [Dublin]
Description:

The Petitioner Eleanor's late husband served his Majesty faithfully, in the wars of Ireland, & also, for three years, as Mayor of Dublin by the Duke of Ormond's commission. He was slain at Drogheda fighting against the late Usurper Cromwell. Petitioner was then so despoiled as to be freed to marry her present husband, a poor tradesman, for her subsistance.

 

Petitioners jointly pray that the deceased Lieutenant Colonel's arrears as Mayor of Dublin may be stated & allowed. ...
Date: 17 January 1663
Held by: Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical condition: Original

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