The certificate for William Umphry of Hoo Hundred, Kent, 27 September 1661
Wee whose names are vnder written doe Certifie that this Bearer William Vmphrey of the Hundred of How is a man verry well knowne and duelie beloved amongst us for his active loyaltie to his Ma[jes]ty and suffering the displeasure of vsurping powers for the same (whereby he hath beene brought into a deplorable and long povertie) for his long Constancy to the Church of England and for his honest peaceable and sober Conversac[i]on. And that hee was at his Ma[jes]ties service at Colchester eldest serjeant under the command of captaine W[illia]m Goteer in Colonel Clarkes regim[en]t in which Service sharpe and hard he endured constant and was desperatlie wounded in the shoulder and shott in the legg to his continuall greife and povertie as May appeare. In considerac[i]on whereof Wee humblie conceive him a person worthy to bee so farr cherrished in his old age as is usuall in the like case according to his pet[ition].
In Testimonie whereof wee herevnto Subscribe our names dated the 27th of September. 1661.
Fran[cis] Clerke
Geo[rge] Newman
Rob[er]te Watson
Geo[rge] Mays
Will[iam] Goteer