The petition of Henry Holwell of Fosters Booth, Northamptonshire, Easter 1662
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To the r[igh]t wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of the peace for the county of North[amp]ton[shire].
The humble Petic[i]on of Henry Holwell
Sheweth
That whereas {your Petico[n]er} was for severall yeares a Soulder of {his late Ma[jes]t[y]s} in his Garrison of Banbury vnder the Com[m]and of the r[igh]t ho[noura]ble the Earle of Northampton and receaued severall woundes in the said service in w[hi]ch haue disabled him in getting his Livelyhood by his Labor:
And therefore humbly prayeth that a Penc[i]on may be conferred vpon him towards the reliefe in this p[re]sent exigents and necessities And yo[u]r Petiico[n]er shall pray &c
xx s. a yeare allowed out of the west division.