The certificate for Richard Bye of Chippenham, Wiltshire, 3 January 1659
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Att the request of some honest men Wee haue Examined the sadd and Poore Estate of Richard Bye of of [sic.] Chippenham a pencioner And we doe finde that he is a very poore man And that he Lost the vse of his Limbes and Eye sight in the service of the Parliam[en]t And therefore we think fitt If the Courte soe please that his Penc[i]on of 3 li. yearely be Augmented to fiue pounds p[er] Ann[um] And because of of [sic.] his greate want and necesitye to take place from the Last quarter Sessions
<Chepenham January 3th [16]58>
W[illia]m Eyre
Nich[olas] Greene
Allow 40 s. Tre[asure]r of the North & his penc[i]on to continewe