The petition of Francis Macey of Tavistock, Devon, 1675
To the Right Wors[hi]p[fu]ll S[i]r Thomas Carew Kn[igh]t & the rest of his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the peace at the quarter Sessions held for the County of Devon, now Assembled
The humble petic[i]on of Francis Macey of the Towne of Tavistock labourer
Sheweth
That whereas your poore petic[i]oner was a souldier in the service of his late Ma[jes]tie of famous memory, and served vnder the Command of Captaine George Cutteford in S[i]r Nicholas Slannings Regiment in which service he received divers wounds to his mayming whereby he is vtterly vnable to gett his livelyhoode, but hath for a long time since beene maintayned by his father, who dyed about Twelve yeares since leaving to your petic[i]oner an annuity of fifty shillings a yeare to continue during the terme of Ten yeares next after his said fathers death, which said terme is Fullie expired, and your petic[i]oner is left vtterly destitute of Maintaynance, and by noe meanes able to get a livelyhood by his labour, the truth of the pr[e]misses hath beene made to appeare to his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the peace at a privie Sessions lately held at Tavistock
The Petic[i]oner therefore humbly prayeth that in tender considerac[i]on of the pr[e]misses your Wor[shi]pps would be pleased to grant him a yearly pension for his subsistance out of the Treasury for maymed souldiers as his Condic[i]on (in your Wor[shi]pps Charitable Judgem[en]t) shall require, And your petic[i]oner as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
Fran[cis] Macey
We beleeve ye contents of this petition to be true
Francis Drake
John Hore
40 s. p[er] ann[um]
[Overleaf:]
Fran[cis] Macyes petic[i]on maymed souldier