The first certificate for William Scott of Fillingham, Lincolnshire, 29 November 1658
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I doe hereby Certifiie yt the bearer hereof William Scott of Fillingham in ye County of Lincolne labour[e]r as by did voluntaryly engage himselfe as a soldjer vnder my Com[man]d for ye parliam[en]t: And was also afterward in the Regim[en]t of Collonel Christopher Legard, & in his owne Troop was dangerously wounded att ye fight att Nantwitch, & thereby made incapable of getting his Liveing by his labour in testimony whereof I haue herevnto subscribed my hand this 29th of November 1658.
J Wray
I desire this poore man hauing bin disabled in the seruice of ye countrey may haue a pention
Edw[ard] Whalley