The certificate for William Perry of Bratton, Wiltshire, 1 April 1650
These are to Certify yow That the Bearer hereof William Perry hath faithfully served the state vnder my Comand as Dragooner, and in the s[ai]d service received certayne {w}ounds (vizt) he hath lost the vse of his left arme, and had the Tooes of his left foote Brooken, & alsoe his left legge, by meanes whereof he is disabled to take paines for a livelyhood for him & his wife That he haveing receiued a Penc[i]on till of late from yo[u]r Worshipps you in respect of his said impotencie to worke being a mayned [sic.] man. It is my desire that he may be againe taken in to yo[u]r Care, & that he may haue the same penc[i]on as form[er]ly, although he went not out of this Citty or subburbs, when first he went out in the service of the state; he now having taken vp his Constant abode here; & if he should be put of to the Countrye out of which he went forth twill be a Ruine both to himselfe & wife Giuen vnd[e]r my hand the first of Aprill 1650.
Yo[u]r humble servaunt
Edm[und] Ludlowe
<To the Trea[sure]rs at Elye house.>
[Overleaf:]
4 li penc[i]on yearly from the Tresurer of the south.