The certificate for Richard Jacob of Tytherington, Wiltshire, 20 December 1653
<Wilts[hire] s[essions]>
ye 20th of December 1653
Theise are to Certifie whom It may Concerne that the bearer hereof Richard Jacob was A Trooper in the late warr for the service of the State, vnder my Comaund in the Regim[en]t of Collonell Edmond Ludlow; And that he behaued himselfe honestly faithfully & stoutly And that he the s[ai]d Richard Jacob Received such dangerous wounds in the s[ai]d s[er]vice, As haue made him vncable [sic.] of any further service. In testimony whereof I haue heerevnto sett my hande & seale ye day & yeere afores[ai]d.
W[illia]m Ludlowe
That the s[ai]d Richard Jacob was dandgerously woonded in the Par[liam]ent Seruis is attested by me
James Hely
<2 li. 13 s. 4 d. penc[i]on out of the Tresurer of the South p[ar]te & 13 s. 4 d. in hand to be paid>