The petition of James Dobson of Leagram, Lancashire, 11 July 1661
To ye worshippfull his Majestyes Justices of ye Peace at the Sessions holden at Preston vpon Thursday ye eleaventh day of July in the thirteenth yeere of the Raigne of o[u]r said soveraigne Lord Charles ye second kinge of England &c
The humble petic[i]on of James Dobson of Lagram in ye County of Lancaster husbandman.
Humblie sheweth yt yo[u]r petitioner was a listed Souldier in ye late warrs in his late Majestyes Service, vnder the Comand of Major John Hughes in w[hi]ch service (by yo[u]r petition[e]r by his faithfull service) yo[u]r petition[er] [illegible] was at the Battell at Kigley in ye County of Yorke maimed & hath ever since wanted ye vse of one of his leggs by reason of w[hi]ch maime hee hath beene altogether vnable & vnfitt since that tyme hee received it to follow his former inploym[en]t as before yt tyme hee could have done, by reason whereof hee is driven into poverty & want & is [illegible] not able to mantaine himselfe his wife & children w[i]thout releife:
Wherefore yo[u]r Petition[e]r doth humbly desire that yo[u]r worshipps in considerac[i]on of his maime & poverty would bee pleased to grant him an ord[e]r thereby appointinge the Treasurer to pay him ye pay of a maimed souldier as much & in such manner as yo[u]r worshipps shall thinke fit & yo[u]r petitioner shall ever pray &c
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