The certificate for Judeth Worth of Brixton, Devon, Midsummer 1648
<Devon S[ession]s>
To his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid.
The certificate of Christopher Savery & Arthur Perriman Esq[uire]s two of his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the Peace for the s[ai]d Countye.
Whereas there was a late Ordinance of the Lordes & Commons assembled in Parliam[en]t for the reliefe of maimed souldiers & poore widowes who have lost theire husbonds in the Parliam[en]t service: And whereas it evidently appeareth unto us that Judeth Worth of Brixton hath in those late unhappye warres lost her husband in the Parliament s[er]vice, on whose life depended a tenem[en]t worth 20 li. p[er] annum; and is left haveinge sixe small children: (the pr[e]misses considered) wee thinke it very fit that she the said Judeth Worth shall have 4 li. p[er] annum towardes her maintenance in this behalf: In testimony whereof wee have hereunto sett our hands.
Chr[istopher] Savery.
Arth[ur] Perreman