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         Pettus, Katherine.
      
       
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             Novemb. 1. 1654. Katherine Pettus, plaintiffe, Margaret Bancroft, defendant in chancery
             Pettus, Katherine.
          
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             1654]
          
           
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           Pettus, Katherine -- Early works to 1800.
           Bancroft, Margaret -- Early works to 1800.
           England and Wales. -- Court of Chancery -- Cases -- Early works to 1800.
           Debt relief -- England -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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             Novemb.
             ●…
             .
             1654.
             
          
           
             
               Katherine
               Pettus
               ,
               
                 Plaintiffe
              
               In
               Chancery
               .
            
             
               Margaret
               Bancroft
               ,
               
                 Defendent
              
               In
               Chancery
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           
             Plaintiffe
          
           a
           poore
           Widow
           ,
           oppressed
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Defendent
          
           and
           her
           friends
           in
           this
           suit
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           now
           of
           23.
           yeares
           continuance
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             Plaintiffe
          
           sueth
           for
           an
           Orphans
           portion
           against
           the
           
             Defendent
             ,
          
           the
           Widow
           and
           Executrix
           of
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Bancroft
             ,
          
           the
           Executor
           that
           raised
           his
           whole
           Estate
           by
           his
           Executorship
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Plaintiffe
          
           through
           this
           Suit
           is
           above
           2000.
           l.
           in
           debt
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           her
           Creditors
           are
           ready
           to
           perish
           for
           want
           of
           their
           Moneys
           ,
           is
           brought
           to
           sue
           
             in
             forma
             Pavperis
             ,
          
           hath
           sold
           and
           pawned
           all
           the
           Goods
           and
           meanes
           shee
           had
           any
           waies
           for
           her
           subsistence
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           and
           is
           forced
           to
           take
           up
           money
           at
           Brokage
           after
           20
           ,
           40
           ,
           and
           60.
           l.
           in
           the
           hundred
           ,
           and
           hath
           nothing
           left
           to
           live
           upon
           ,
           but
           is
           supported
           upon
           Almes
           and
           Charity
           ,
           her
           whole
           Estate
           ,
           for
           her self
           ,
           her
           Fatherless
           children
           ,
           and
           Creditors
           ,
           being
           in
           and
           upon
           this
           Suit.
           
        
         
           The
           Orphans
           portion
           is
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           ,
           the
           Orders
           of
           Court
           ,
           Cast
           up
           ,
           and
           Certified
           by
           a
           Master
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           to
           amount
           unto
           6720.
           l.
           upon
           the
           first
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           1651.
           (
           and
           after
           6.
           l
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           since
           commeth
           now
           unto
           7795.
           l.
           )
           ;
           yet
           the
           Master
           hath
           taxed
           but
           100.
           l.
           for
           the
           
             Plaintiffes
          
           Costs
           ,
           whereas
           the
           
             Plaintiffe
             ,
          
           and
           her
           late
           Husband
           the
           Orphan
           have
           spent
           in
           this
           suit
           ,
           neere
           2000.
           l.
           if
           not
           ●ull
           so
           much
           .
        
         
           The
           sa●d
           
             Thomas
             Bancroft
             ,
          
           the
           Executor
           ,
           above
           18.
           yeares
           agoe
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           and
           within
           three
           weekes
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           when
           this
           Suit
           had
           continued
           above
           Foure
           yeares
           against
           him
           ,
           left
           to
           the
           
             Defendent
          
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           ,
           being
           onely
           three
           Daughters
           ,
           whereof
           the
           two
           elder
           were
           richly
           Married
           before
           ,
           and
           hee
           had
           given
           them
           answerable
           Portions
           ,
           a
           personall
           Estate
           of
           above
           5000.
           l.
           and
           a
           reall
           Estate
           of
           300
           l.
           a
           yeare
           Lands
           of
           inheritance
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ;
           All
           which
           hee
           raised
           and
           bought
           ,
           after
           hee
           had
           possessed
           himself
           of
           the
           Testators
           estate
           ,
           and
           this
           Orphans-portion
           .
        
         
           The
           Defendent
           
             Margaret
             Bancroft
             ,
          
           after
           shee
           had
           stood
           out
           all
           processe
           of
           Contempt
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           and
           obscured
           her self
           ,
           for
           almost
           Seven
           yeares
           together
           ,
           was
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Plaintiffes
          
           procurement
           ,
           with
           much
           trouble
           ,
           searching
           ,
           and
           charges
           to
           the
           
             Plaintiffe
             ,
          
           arrested
           by
           a
           Serjeant
           at
           Armes
           upon
           the
           6th
           day
           of
           
             July
          
           1648.
           and
           was
           Committed
           to
           the
           
             Fleet
             ,
          
           where
           after
           she
           had
           been
           about
           a
           yeare
           Imprisoned
           ,
           she
           removed
           her self
           from
           thence
           by
           a
           
             Habeas-corpus
             ,
          
           unto
           the
           Prison
           of
           the
           
             Viper-Bench
          
           where
           shee
           st●ll
           remaineth
           ,
           obstinatly
           refusing
           to
           make
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           
             Plaintiffe
             ;
          
           And
           the
           Estate
           o●
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Bancroft
             ,
          
           is
           so
           fraudulently
           passed
           away
           ,
           by
           himself
           and
           the
           
             Defendent
             ,
          
           si●ce
           the
           b●ginning
           of
           this
           Suit
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Defendent
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Children
           ,
           that
           the
           poore
           
             Plaintiff
          
           can
           get
           no
           fruit
           nor
           benefit
           of
           her
           Suit
           ,
           though
           shee
           hath
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           of
           the
           8th
           of
           
             August
          
           1643.
           
           That
           shee
           should
           receive
           the
           fruit
           and
           benefit
           of
           her
           Suit
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           and
           Authority
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Plaintiffe
          
           humbly
           representeth
           this
           short
           part
           of
           her
           Case
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Committee
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Bill
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           Creditors
           and
           poore
           Prisone●s
           ,
           most
           humbly
           praying
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           said
           Bill
           there
           may
           bee
           some
           speciall
           provision
           made
           for
           such
           like
           Cases
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           words
           in
           the
           late
           Act
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           Creditors
           and
           poor
           Prisoners
           (
           
             But
             a
             settlement
             or
             Graunt
             made
             by
             such
             Prisoners
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             or
             any
             part
             thereof
             ,
             or
             made
             by
             any
             other
             Person
             for
             whose
             debt
             the
             said
             Prisoner
             is
             Imprisoned
             of
             his
             or
             her
             Estate
             reall
             or
             personall
             ,
             or
             any
             part
             thereof
             ,
             to
             any
             of
             their
             Children
             or
             Heyres
             apparent
             ,
             vpon
             Marriage
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             after
             a
             Debt
             contracted
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             accompted
             a
             Purchase
             or
             Conveighance
             to
             bee
             allowed
             ,
             further
             then
             to
             cause
             restitution
             of
             the
             Money
             ,
             which
             was
             really
             payed
             to
             ,
             and
             received
             by
             ,
             such
             Prisoner
             ,
             or
             other
             person
             vpon
             such
             Conveighance
             or
             Graunt
          
           )
           may
           bee
           put
           into
           the
           said
           Bill
           and
           like
           Act
           to
           bee
           made
           ;
           which
           Words
           will
           save
           much
           trouble
           in
           the
           proof
           of
           fraudulent
           Deeds
           ,
           which
           the
           leaving
           out
           thereof
           in
           the
           late
           Ordinances
           would
           have
           put
           unto
           :
           And
           that
           there
           may
           bee
           .
           Understanding
           ,
           upright
           ,
           and
           impartiall
           Judges
           .
        
      
    
    

