The petition of Adam Crosse of Goosnargh, Lancashire, Easter 1672
To the wor[shi]p[fu]ll his ma[jes]ties Justices of peace
The humble pettic[i]on of Adam Crosse of Goosnargh
Sheweth that yo[u]r petic[i]oner was heretofore A souldier in his late Ma[jes]ties service in the tyme of war vnder the Comand of {Sir} Thomas Tildesley and that he yo[u]r petic[i]oner in that service rec{eived} severall hurts and maimes wounds by w[hi]ch he became ma{imed} and hath beene soe ever since, And for that was admitted a {?pensioner as} other of the maimed Souldiers to receiue the yearly p{ension of} ten shillings: But in that yo[u]r petic[i]oner hath beene wo{rking} vpon his trade being a brycke Layer at Yorke for the most {?part} of three yeares last past And at his comeing home Mr Joh{n} Cottam treasurer for the Maimed Souldiers sayeth he fynds him not retorned in his list soe that yo[u]r petic[i]oner though verie much aged sore maimed & blynd cannot receiue his pay vnless by yo[u]r wor[shi]ps Order for that purpose
The premisses Considered yo[u]r petic[i]oner doe humbly pray that yo[u]r wor[shi]pps will give Order he may be admitted to receiue his pay as form[e]rly as alsoe he yo[u]r petic[i]oner being soe aged lame & blynd and haueing nothing wherewith to releife him being destitute of [illegible] mantainance that the Churchwardens & overseers of Goosnargh afforesaid may be Ordered to give him a Further mantainance and yo[u]r petic[i]oner as in duty bound will ever pray &c
ordered to bee in the list againe & haue his former penc[i]on