The letter on behalf of an unnamed maimed soldier, probably Robert Steevenson, Cheshire, 21 January 1651
Good Broth[e]r
I wrote to you formerly concerning this poore lame man wounded you know in Norton house where you wer present & know that it was vpon a sally [two illegible words] I haue beene a releife to him 3 quarters of a yeare by taking him for my keep into Halton Castle, w[hi]ch place now is vacated by the Contractors for Kings Lands & I am no more Constable so that now hee is Like to come to great want except you stick to him w[i]th my broth[e]rs this Sessions to procure him his arrears due by yo[u]r owne Order to the treasurer, & to continue the same: I know you wish the poore man as well as my selfe does, therefore I forbeare furth[e]r to trouble you.
Yo[u]r faithfull louing broth[e]r
Richard Brooke
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