The petition of Jeremy Ballard of Bromham, Wiltshire, undated
To the wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of ye Bench
The humble petic[i]on of Jeremy Ballard of Brumham sheweth, That yo[u]r peticio[n]er was a souldier vnder the Com[m]aund of Col[onel] Tho[mas] Eyre for the space of one whole yeare in w[hi]ch service the peticio[n]er at the siege against the Devizes the peticio[n]er was maimed w[i]th a great shott, as by the Certificate of the most truely wel affected & substantiall Inhabitants of Brumham afores[ai]d at large appeareth; and haueing by the said shott lost one of his hands, whereby hee is vtterly disabled to mainteine himselfe, by reason whereof the petic[i]o[n]er is growen to be 20 li. in debt and is like (without yo[u]r wor[shi]pps lenetie) to perish through want
May it therefore please yo[u]r wor[shi]pps (according to an ordinance in yt case made & p[ro]vided) to Order for reliefe of the petic[i]o[n]er as in yo[u]r wor[shi]pps wisdomes shall seem meet & the peticio[n]er (as in duty bound) shall ever pray.
allocatur 4 li. p[er] ann[um] quarterly from the th[reasur]er of the North p[ar]te to begin from this Sess[ion]s vpon Mr Eyres Cirtific[ate]