The petition of George Gibbs of Holsworthy, Devon, Michaelmas 1649
To the right Wor[shipfu]ll Bench sitting in the Goale garden in Exon
The humble petic[i]on of George Gibbs of Holsworthy
<Right Wor[shipfu]ll>
The Luster of your noble disposic[i]on & ready inclinacon to heare the cryes & to receiue the Just Complaints of the poore shineing soe transparrantly throughout this County, hath emboldned your poore peticioner to make his humble addresse, & to pr[e]sent your wor[shi]pps w[i]th his Greviances in hope & confidence of redresse.
Whereas yo[u]r poore petic[i]oner hath euer since the begining of those distractions aduentered his life & fortunes in & vpon the p[ar]liam[en]t service & receiued many dangerous & desperate wounds in the same Viz: Att Modberry fight his hand splite asunder, the Sunday fight att Plymouth shoote in the left shoulder, Att Mount Edgcombe howse, dangerously shoote in the head; w[i]th the Earle of Essex in Cornewall one shoote aboue the theigh of eighteene Inches, And drawen from Foy vppon A waggon as farr as Wardon beeing of A weake & sickely constituc[i]on often tymes depriued of the faculty of vseing his Lim[m]es, haueing 3 smale Children whose liuelihood wholely depends vpon your poore petic[i]oner, who hath not A foote of meanes nor any money to depend vpon for his owne or their subsistance, but is likely to want, w[hi]ch is very well knowen to those whose names are herevnder subscribed, w[hi]ch your poore petic[i]oner here p[ro]duceth for A Certificate most humbly beeseeching yo[u]r wor[shi]pes in Com[m]iserac[i]on of his sadd Condic[i]on to p[ro]cure some yeerely pay for & towardes his, his wife & Childrens maintenance
And your poore peticoner as in duty bound shall euer pray for your wor[shi]ppes happy successe in all yo[u]r noble enterprizes
<I doe knowe ye Petitioner to have bin long a soulgier in ye Parliaments service, & to haue receaved diverse woundes. I doe therfore willingly subscribe my name to advance his releife, w[hi]ch will be an acte of much Justice & charity.>
< [?I ?Leem:] Saunders> Samuel Maynes
Tho[mas] Halsay Maior de Plymouth William Corry
John Penrose of the same troope W[illia]m Penrose
Sam[uel] Larke L[ieutenan]t Richard Perin
William Bligh Edward Palmer quarter
Methusala Bligh master of the same trupe
Urell Sheere Tristram Penrose
Ben[jamin] Wyatt Robert Pearce Command[e]r
Rich[ard] Neelland of the same company
Will[iam] Strulake knowinge
this petic[i]on to be trewe
[Overleaf:]
Peticion of George Gibbs of Hollsworthy: 50 s.