Payment details

Gratuity

20s

Pension

No pension

Notes

fol. 14: It was ordered by the court that John Baxter, who took up arms in the county and was wounded in Parliament’s service, be paid a gratuity of 20 s. It was further ordered that the Overseers of the Poor for Chalk, where Baxter was now settled, provide work for him so that he could earn 2 s. a week and in default thereof, they were to pay him the sum themselves.

Record of payment

West Kent Quarter Sessions, Maidstone, 19 April 1653

Payment made to

Title

Unknown

Name

John Baxter

Described occupation

Yeoman

Place of residence

Chalk (Chalk Parish), Kent