The order for John Madock of Stoke, Cheshire, 1 December 1673
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Apud Nether Knuttesford xxio die Octob[e]r Anno R[egni]R[egis] Carol[u]s Secund[i] nunc Anla[iae] & c xxvo
Vpon the humble petic[i]on of John Maddocke of Stoake and vpon Reading a Certificate in the behaulfe of him the sayd Maddocke vnd[e]r the hands of Tho[mas] Cholmondeley Hen[ry] Legh and Rich[ard] Walthall Esq[uire]s setting further that hee was a faythfull souldyer in his Late Ma[jes]t[y]s service vnd[e]r the Comaund of Col[one]l Marrowe, This Co[u]rt thinkes fit that the sayd John Maddocke bee admitted a Penc[i]on[e]r att the next Vacancy W[hi]ch is referred to his Ma[jes]t[y]s Justices of the Peace of the Hundred of Edisbury to certifye for him hee now Liueing att Wardle in that hundred
W[illia]m Cobbe dep[utatus] cl[ericus] pac[is]
1st December 1673
Accordinge to the purpose of this order wee admitt John Maddocke a pentioner in the roome of George Leens formerly a Pentioner late deceased; wittnes our hands the day & yeare aboue written
Phi[lip] Egerton
Tho{mas] Cholmondeley
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