Archive:REQ 2/6/181
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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
