The first petition of Captain Mathew Peniall, Sir William Courteney’s Regiment of Horse, on behalf of William Jackson, residence unknown, July 1660
<The Petition of Capt[ain] Math[ew] Penyall.>
To the Kings most Ex[cellen]t Ma[jes]tie
The humble peticon of Capt[ai]n Mathew Peniall
Sheweth
That yo[u]r Pet[itione]r for his Loyalty and fidelity to yo[u]r Royall father of ever blessed memory and to yo[u]r most Sacred Ma[jes]tie by Sea and Land, hath shared deeply in the late Calamitous times and sufferred by imprisonments and otherwise, And yo[u]r Pet[itione]r having taken care to bring up & educate a Sisters Child of his named William Jackson (whose father was slayne in yo[u]r Ma[jes]ties service) and he being apt in Learning & fitt to be received into Eaton Colledge to be further educated, & yo[u]r Pet[itione]rs disabilitys by Poverty occasioned by his great losses hindering him to traine up the said Child according to his desire.
Yo[u]r Pet[itione]r most humbly prayeth yo[u]r Ma[jes]tie wil be gratiously pleased to Grant yo[u]r Royall Letter of Mandamus to the Provost & Fellowes of Eaton Colledge to admitt him the said William Jackson at the first Election there
And yo[u]r Pet[itione]r shall ever pray &c: