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50.725605, 1.614883, Boulogne, France
51.500152, -0.126236, London, England
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==Overview==
Anne Whyttney vs. John Symmys and Joan Whytthede: plaintiff's claim to the goods of her late husband, a victualler to His Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard at Boulogne, France. 

==Dates==
1545 Apr 22-1546 Apr 21

==Locations==
* London, England
* Boulogne, France

==People==
* Anne Whyttney [Whitney], widow
* John Symmys [Sims]
* John Whytthede [Whitehead]

==Hand==
The document is written in a ''King's Remembrancer Hand''.

==Transcription==
Too the Kynge[s] maieste o[u]r moost dread sov[er]yng Lord

Peruossly complanyng Shewyth unto yo[u]r Noobyll g[ra]ce yo[u]r pore oratrix & dayly Goodwoman Annes Whyttney who dothe 
susteyn grett wronge wych ys to her undoyng & castyng away / except yo[u]r maieste of yo[u]r mere m[er]cy do command yo[u]r pore
Goodwoman the berer hereoff to have her right & that she may have suche goode[s] as was her husbonde[s] now deceasyd pleasyth
yo[u]r grace to understand that the husbond of yo[u]r pore bedewoman was a vyttyllars at yo[u]r graces town off bulleyn to diverse of yo[u]r maiestes
yoman of the Garde & dyd ffor them as they wyll testyffy to the utter most of ther powers infomyth husbond retornyd in England for vyttall
Wyth all the money that he had & at london in one John Symseys housse died yo[u]r pore bedewoman beyng at Bulleyn / and when
she hard ther off havyng lyttyll ther so shortly as she culd passe on' she cam up & demandyd such goode[s] as was hys and she can have
nothing ther off and she ys not abyll to seke the lawe but only to yo[u]r maieste in the way of peticyon humbly besechyng yo[u]r
gr[ace] for the lone of craft to ayde yo[u]r pore bedewoman in her right wherby she may cum to her own goode[s] wich are wytholden
by the sayd John Symmys & one John Whytthede / And yo[u]r sayd oratrix now beyng a pore goodwoman of yo[u]r graces and a wedow
shall not only be bound to tak paynes for her lyvyng in yo[u]r graces warres as she hath donn in thyes tyme[s] past but also during her
lyff to pray to almygh[t]ey god for the p[re]s[er]vacyon of yo[u]r graces p[ro]ssperus grace in helth wych hono[u]r long to endewer Amen


Annes Whyttney
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