THE firſt beginning of their Tragical ſcene, of Miſery above others, was occaſion'd by the unfortunate Mr. Foulkes's appearing ſo early in Arms, in defence of this Government; for which he and ſeveral of his Relations, who were Perſons of Emenency and Note in that Kingdom, were taken Priſoners, and Condemned to be Hang'd, Drawn, and Quartered; upon which ſad ſentence his unfortunate Familly, being more fill'd with the Conſideration of the unhappineſs, then thoughts of a remedy; had whil'ſt others were ſending their Families and Effects for England, all their Worldly ſubſtance Seaz'd and taken from them as Traytors Goods, long before King James Landed, or any Perſon ſuffer'd in that Kingdom; but having in the Priſons of Gallway and Doublin ſeveral Reprieves ſent them, was after the breach of the Boyne, releaſed by His preſent Majeſty: But upon the ſaid Mr. Foulks's recovery of a great fit of Sickneſs, occation'd by his long Confinement, he to Signalize his Loyalty and Zeal farther, went with his Nephew Colonel Foulkes to the Battle of Aghrim, where he and one of the Petitioners Brothers loſt their lives together, which Compleared the unhappy Number, ſince and before, of five Brothers and a Huſband with their whole Fortune; Loſt in the ſervice beſides ſeveral other Relations too Numerous to Mention. That the ſaid Eliz. Wandsford's Aged Mother being ready to ſink under the Oppreſſion of too juſt a grief for the loſs of ſo many Sons, had inſtead of the leaſt Compaſſion, her Choiſe reduc'd to two very ſad Neceſſeſities; whether ſhe ſhould be burnt in the Houſe, or otherwiſe deſtroy'd if ſhe came forth; But being no longer able to hold out in the Flames, was forc'd to to expoſe her ſelf and Family to the mercy of the Enemy, and after being Pillag'd and Plunder'd by them, ſhe and thoſe poor Orphans attempted to make their eſcapes to Corke, or where ever elſe their pittileſs Fortune ſhould lead them; but the Enemy ſoon purſu'd their unhappy wandring Lives, and with an inflixable Cruelty barborouſly Murther'd one of the Petitioners Brothers, but to him was more mercifully Cruel then to the reſt, for her Aged Mother, Siſter and Children, they ſtript even of their very Shifts; with the Terrour and Cold of which, her Siſter and Child died the ſame Night in the Fields, and by the hardſhips they endur'd ſhorten'd the Lives of ſeveral of the Petitioners own Children alſo, that the miſerable ſurvivers of them lay a conſiderable time in a very weak Condition, in a Waſt and deſolate Part of the Country, having no friends Left a this ſide the Grave, that would haſſard the bringing them out of the Enemies Quarters, where during the War: the Weſt being the Seat of It, they ſuffer'd more then Tongue and Pen could Expreſs; that Her Maieſty upon the Lords Juſtices of Irelands Letters, in behalf of the Petitioners, was therefore Graciouſly pleaſed, in Compaſſion to their Misfortunes, to Grant them a Pention of 200 l. per Ann. which was as appears the expreſs words of the Patent, to be concinu'd to them till their Majeſties could make a Proviſion more ſuitable to their Sufferings for them, as appears by the annext Certificate, that His Majeſty in Order to make good Her promiſe, of ever bleſſed Memory, did upon the Petitioners ſurrender of their Pention, Grant them a Cuſtodiam, and laſt Spring His Letter for paſſing a Leaſe of Ninety nine Years of two hunder'd Pounds per Ann. out of the Forfeitures in Ireland. At the paſſing of which the Petitioners were in the Valluation of thoſe Lands, to be Repriſed and conſider'd for three Years loſs of the Incum of their Pention, which the Governments Report's ready to be produc'd ſets forth, having receiv'd no benefit of the ſaid Cuſtodiam, by reaſon of the Incumbrance that after appear'd upon thoſe Lands after they paſſed Cuſtodiam for them, upon the Solicitation of which, they may juſtly Charge their ruin, having with Toyl of Body and Mind made eight Voyages too and from that Kingdom, in obtaining, fixing and exchanging thoſe Grants, which has not only eaten up the benefit of His Majeſties intended bounty, but run the Petitioners more in Debt, then the Inheritance of ſo ſmall a Grant can poſſible be worth: That the Petitioners having already ſmarted under a ſucceſſion of trouble and a Afflictions of the heavieſt kind, did therefore to avoid the Charge and Fitague of attendance, not ſeek for the benefit of Her Majeſties Gracious promiſe, of making a more ſuitable proviſion then the ſaid two hunder'd Pounds per Ann. for ſo Large and diſtreſſed a Family.

That the ſaid Eliz. Wondesford notwithſtanding her ſtraight Circumſtances, being not able to ſee her own human Nature, Pineing and Sterving in the Perſons of ſuch near Relations, did therefore ſend for her Aged Mother and ſeveral Orphans left by her Brothers, in order to pertake of what ſmall Fortune God Almighty had bleſſed her with; but her Mother being too Feeble and Aged for ſuch an undertaking, unfortunately broak her Thigh by a fall lately on her Journey to this Kingdom, which muſt render the ſmall remnant of Life very Miſerable; but much more ſo, if depriv'd of the Means that ſupports her, and the helpleſs Family of Children, whoſe whole dependance under God, is upon this ſmall Eſtate, tho its the ſorrowfulleſt Bread they ever Eat, that's purchaſed with the Lives of their neareſt and deareſt Relations. The Caſe therefore being ſo very hard, and to Cruel to be Patterned amongſt the worſt of their Countries; its therefore humbly hoped, they being both ſufferers, and by giving up their Pention Purchaſers, that their Caſe will not be look'd upon as a Common Caſe, being in its ſeveral Circumſtances not to be parallel'd in the whole Kingdom, the Conſideration of which together with the particular regard Her Majeſty had to it, as appears by the annext Certificate of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, will they humbly hope Incline this Honourable Houſe to Eſtabliſh them in their Grant, or give them ſomething equivalent to the ſaid two hunder'd per Ann. and the three Years loſs of the Incum of their Pention of two huudr'd a Year, according to His Majeſties derections and Intentions towards them, otherwiſe the Aged Grand-mother, and helpleſs Famaly of Children, whoſe whole dependance was upon this ſmall Grant; muſt be expoſed to all the miſery Imaginable, and for ever lye wrapt in the Ruins of their Parents fate, except the Mercy and Goodneſs of this Honourable Houſe enterpoſes between them, and the great Danger that threatens thoſe Lives, which could never by them be own'd with Comfort, ſince ſo Miſerably reduc'd and perſecuted by fortune.

WE do hereby Certifie, that upon Mrs. Foulkes applying her ſelf to Her Majeſty, after the loſs of her Husband and five Brothers in Their Majeſties ſervice; it was Her Majeſties deſire and perticular Order to Ʋs at our coming into this Kingdom, that notwithſtanding any ſtop put to other Pentions, hers of two hundr'd Pounds a Year ſhould be well paid and Continued to her, till Their Majeſtys could Conveniently give her ſomething better and more ſuitable to her ſufferings in Liew of it: In Compliance therefore to Her Majeſties Commands, and to prevent any ſcruple or difficulty ſhe ſhould for the future meet with on that account. We Certify this to be Her Majeſties pleaſure and expreſs Commands to Ʋs at our coming into this Kingdom.