Payment details

Gratuity

20s

Pension

40s

Pension frequency

Annual

Notes

"Forasmuch as it appeareth … by certificate under the hand & seale of Richard Crossing of Exon Esquire a Commissionate officer yt Lewis Stapleton borne in St Gyles in the county of Devon was a souldier in the service of the common wealth under the command of the said Richard Crossing in which said service he received severall wounds whereof he is disabled to get his subsistence & is in a most sad & deplorable condicion, It is therefore ordered yt the Treasurer … doe forthwith pay unto the said Stapleton twenty shillings for his present reliefe & forty shillings yearly pencion by quarterly payments till farther order."

Record of payment

Devon Quarter Sessions, Exeter Castle, 12 January 1658

Payment made to

Title

Unknown

Name

Lewis Stapleton

Described occupation

Occupation unknown

Place of residence

St Giles On The Heath (St Giles On The Heath Parish), Devon