Civil War Petitions contains petitions to the state from veterans and their families for welfare payments as a result of injuries and bereavement sustained during the English Civil Wars. It aims to share information on the human costs of this devastating conflict, which continued to affect communities long after the fighting was over. For more information, please visit the About the Project page.
Use the buttons below to explore these petitions, along with the supporting certificates from military commanders, medical practitioners and local communities. You can also browse the payments given to petitioners, as well as all the people, injuries, military events and places mentioned in the documents.
John Balshaw's Jigge: Singing, Star-Crossed Lovers and Signing a Civil War Petition
'Meamed and Lamed': Approaching Civil War Petitions through the Lens of Disability History
‘Lost and impoverished for ever’: The effect of the Civil Wars on Local Communities as seen through Civil War Petitions
Civilian Suffering in the Civil War: the case of Tysoe in Warwickshire
'Battle-Scarred': The Civil War Petitions Summer School
The Persistent Petitioner: Mary Burden, Oliver Cromwell and the Wiltshire Justices of the Peace
‘The hungry jaws of want’ – Basing House and the Maw of War
'The endeavours of your servants': Oliver Cromwell, Military Welfare and Civil War Petitions
A Vengeful Vicar and a Martyred Mother: The Petition of James Bamlett
Aristocratic Widowhood and Bereavement: The Household Accounts of Katherine, Lady Brooke
The petition of Elizabeth Frances, City and Liberty of Westminster, September 1660
The petition of Henry Crooke of Marlborough, Wiltshire, September 1660
The petition of Dame Sarah Brett, unknown residence, September 1660
The petition of the six children of George Bowcher of the City and County of Bristol, September 1660
The petition of Ann Bard, Viscountess Bellamont, residence unknown, September 1660
The second petition of Dame Elizabeth Mucknell of Poplar, Middlesex, September 1660
The first petition of Dame Elizabeth Mucknell of Poplar, Middlesex, September 1660
