Petition to the king from the widows of the men executed for their part in the Cato Street conspiracy (catalogue reference HO 44/6/271)
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To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty the humble petition of Susan Thistlewood, Sarah Davidson, Elizabeth Ings, Mary Brunt and Mary Tidd.
Most humbly sheweth,
That your petitioners are the unhappy widows of the unfortunate men who have this day suffered the sentence of the Law. And we humbly beseech and implore your Majesty that you will be graciously pleased to alleviate the acute sufferings of your petitioners, by allowing them to take away the mutilated remains of their deceased husbands, in order that they may be consigned to their silent graves, and your petitioners will in grateful remembrance ever pray –
Mary Brunt
Sarah Davidson
Ann Bolland for Susan Thistlewood
Celia Ings
Mary Brunt for Mary Tidd