Civil War Petitions

Gratuity: No gratuity
Pension: £5.0s.0d.
Pension frequency: Annual
Notes: The petition of John Balls, gent., sets forth that he served his late Majesty and his father in their civil and foreign wars, both at sea and land, in the capacity of a lieutenant, and therein received wounds of which he never obtained a perfect cure, but has now become aged, infirm and very impotent, unable to maintain or provide for himself, and thereupon has besought this court with great humility to consider his low condition. The court, taking the matter into their tender consideration, has thought fit to order him a pension of £5 a year, to be yearly paid him by the treasurer for maimed soldiers of this division.
Record of payment: Suffolk Quarter Sessions, Bury St Edmunds, 4 May 1685