Petition to, and copy order, 5 Dec. 1677, of Richard Raynsford, lord chief justice. That a petition has been preferred on behalf of William Morgan, esq., signifying that Dame Elizabeth Dayrell his wife is departed from him and has since committed several extravegances, by reason of some distemper afflicting her, which physicians advise may be taken off or abated by confinement and the use of physic, and that Dr Thomas Allen is a fit man to use in this case.

These, therefore, for the prevention of the breach of HM's peace, require you with the assistance of the friends and relations of the said William Morgan, to take Dame Elizabeth Dayrell into custody and carry her to the said Dr Thomas Allen, and to leave her in his care and custody.

One of the endorsements is entirely unrelated, being to the effect, Richard Ballard to Corneles [Cornelius] Vanbesler on the Hopewell [prize?] Jeremiah Cobb from the Canarys to London at 4% £25. Perhaps this is some memorandum, or the wrapper of a letter, since lost?