The certificate for William Jude, Sussex, 4 October 1649
<To his honored freind Coll[onel] Morly Esq[uire] these pr[e]sent>
S[i]r
I am desired by this Bearer W[illia]m Jude to crave y[ou]r favour yt hee may have reliefe out of the mony raised in o[u]r County for maimed Souldiers, hee haveing ben in the Paliam[en]ts service almost eu[er] since ye warres began & haveing lost almost the vse of his right hand in these wars, Had I not ben hindred by illnes I had intended to have wayted on y[o]u & spoken for him, But hopeing That Mr Baker will doe that, I rest S[i]r
y[ou]r humble servant
Nat[haniel] Studley
<5th Octob[e]r 1649.>’
<Cosin Hay>
<you see Mr Studleys letter the bearer is the p[ers]on concerned pray further his request for y[ou]rs>
<Harbert Morley>
[Overleaf:]
Mr Awcock you are to draw up a grant for a pension for this bearer William Jude for fortie shillings p[er] an[num] to be p[ai]d q[ar]rterly dated this 4th October 1649
<Anth[ony] Stapley>
<Henry Shelley> <John Baker>
<William Hay> <Peter [?Famder]>
<Thomas Springett>