The certificate for William Adderton of St Botolph Without Aldgate, Middlesex, 9 June 1662

I do certefy that the bearer herof Will[iam] Adderton did come as a volentier to the seruise of his late M[ajes]tie in the beginninge of the Warrs vnder the command of Earle Riuers and was at Edge Hill fight and so continewed in the seruise vnder my command vntell the end of the said Warr in which he receiued seuerall shots as are to be seene upon him, and therfor I conceaue fite to be prepared for by the Act for the relief of poore and maumed souldiers

Jo[hn] Boys

<June the 9th 1662>

Key Facts

Date of certificate

9 June 1662

Name of petitioner

William Adderton

Type of petitioner

Maimed Soldier

Declared allegiance

Royalist

Injuries sustained;
ailments experienced

Authority petitioned

  • Quarter Sessions
    County of Cheshire (exact location undefined/uncertain)

Outcome of petition

  • Unknown

Petition signature

Signature

Further information in this certificate

Events mentioned

  • Battle of Edgehill, 23 October 1642

Places mentioned

  • There are no known places

People mentioned

Archive information

Location

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

Shelf mark

QJF 90/3, fol. 94