Payment details

Gratuity

10s

Pension

40s

Pension frequency

Annual

Notes

Upon the petition of Mathew Drake of Hartshead showing that he was a soldier under the command of Sir Francis Armitage Bt and was very badly wounded (including losing two fingers and stripped and exposed to much hardship), it was ordered that he be entered in the pension roll in the room of Anthony Hepworth, deceased, and that Hepworth’s last quarter’s pay be given to Drake as a gratuity.

Record of payment

West Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions, Wakefield, 13 January 1670

Payment made to

Title

Unknown

Name

Matthew Drake

Described occupation

Occupation unknown

Place of residence

Hartshead (Dewsbury Parish), West Riding of Yorkshire