The order for James Dawson of Pilkington, Lancashire, 22 July 1669 (updated Michaelmas 1678)
Ad session pacis die regis tent apud Manc[h]est[e]r in com[itatus] Lanc[aster] die Jovis vid[elice]t vicesimo s[e]c[un]do die July A[nn]o R[egni]R[egis] Carol[us] s[e]c[un]d[us] Angli[e] &c xx [sic.] 1669
It is ordered by this Court that James Dawson of Pilkinton a poore Indigent souldier who hath faithfully served his Ma[jes]tie that now is and his Royall father deceased in the Late warrs shall haue the yearely penc[i]on of tenn shillings the same to bee payd him by the Treasurer of the maymed and Indygent souldi[e]rs of Salford Hundred for the tyme being dureing his life or further ord[e]r of this Court
Kenyon
Ex p[er] Henry Rowe
deput[atus] cl[er]i[cu]s pacis
<this Court doth Order the sume of ten shillings to be allowed as and given vnto James Dawson as an augmentation to his former pension.>
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