THE HUMBLE PETITION OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF Old Braintford, TO The Honourable the Commons assembled in Parliament, for some speedy course for relief of such great damage and loss as they received by his Majesties Forces of the twelfth and thirteenth of this present November.  
Together with an Order for the Ministers of Middlesex, and partly of London, to read in their Parish Churches on the next Fast day the Relation of the sufferings of the Inhabitants of old Braintford lately printed for Ed. Husbands and Jo. Frank, and to excite the people to a compassionate consideration of them.  

Ordered, That this Petition and Order be forthwith printed and published.  
H. elsing, clear. Parl. D. come.   
LONDON, Printed for Edward Husbands and John Frank, November 27. 1642.   

TO The Honourable Assembly of the COMMONS House of PARLIAMENT, The humble Petition of all and every the Inhabitants of the town of old Braintford, in the County of Middlesex  
Sheweth,  
THat it is too manifest to the world, how that your Petitioners on the twelve and thirteen daies of this present month were plundered and bereaved of their several and particular personal estates; as money, plate, householdstuff of all sorts, and other necessaries, of what condition soever, by his Majesties Forces, then happening amongst them: the grief whereof it more piercing unto them, then your Petitioners are able to express.  
The consideration of whose loss amounting to near four thousand pounds, as by particulars may appear, together with the miserable and sad condition they are brought unto, your Petitioners humbly leave to the consideration and wisdom of this honourable Assembly,  
Humbly craving some speedy course may be thought of, and taken, for the relief of your Petitioners in this their great distress, by such ways and means as in your great and grave wisdoms shall be thought meet.  
And they shall ever pray, &c.   

Die Sabbathi 26. Novemb. 1642.  
IT is this day ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That the Ministers of Middlesex, and of those Parishes that are partly Middlesex, and partly of London, do the next Fast day read in their several Parish Churches the Relation of the sufferings of the Inhabitants of old Braintford on the twelfth and thirteenth of this month by his Majesties Forces, and that they do excite the people to a compassionate consideration of them, and that whatsoever shall be collected upon the next Fast day within the Parishes aforesaid, may be employed for the relief of the Inhabitants of old Braintford aforesaid, and of such of new Braintford as have been plundered and ruined by the Forces aforesaid.  
H. elsing, clear. Parl. D. come.   

Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this Petition and Order be forthwith printed & published.