The petition of John Bickerton of Wrenbury, Cheshire, Trinity 1661
To the Right Wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of the Peace for the County Palatine of Chester.
The humble Peti[ti]on of John Bickerton of the p[a]rish of Wrenbury
Humbly sheweth
That in the beginninge of the late warres of Ireland your poore Petic[i]oner wente a volluntyre souldier into Ireland vnder the Com[m]aund of my Lord Duke of Albermere then Colonell Munckes and continued there vnder his Commaund Twoo yeares and vpwards: And afterwards was vnder the Commaund of Collonell Warnes. And after made a Sargant, vnder the Com[m]aund of Colonell Russell in Captayne Wards Company which was slayne by the Shott of a Cannon, and Continued in the same Regiment till the late Kings Armyes were scattered: dureinge which tyme y[ou]r poore Petic[i]oner receiued seu[er]all wounds and shottes and by those shotts and hurts as much weakened and vnable to followe his Trade beinge a Shoomaker, and haueinge a wife and Three small Children is like to come to much wante and pou[er]tie.
In Considerac[i]on whereof y[ou]r poore Petic[i]oner humblie beseecheth your Wor[shi]pes out of your Pious & Godly Charity to graunt him some Pention towards the mayntenance of him his wife and Children: And as in duty bound hee shall ever pray &c
Jospeh Ottiwell minister
Geo[rge] Starkey}
William Wilson } Churchwardens
George Beckett
Edward Hamnett
Tho[mas] Gray
Thomas Bewmorris
Tho[mas] Wade
George Pue
Tho[mas] Whittingha[m]
Geo[rge] Bradderton
Tho[mas] Cliffe
Thomas Sanders
Rob[ert] Farr
Lett this humblie Certifie your wor[shi]pes that I very well knowe this Bearer and his brother to bee att Yorke fight & in Collonell Warrens Regiment.
Beinge deputie Comissary vnder Captaine Hassall & servinge him & his brother w[i]th p[ro]vision in the march to Yorke. Geo[rge] Bickerton
Ar[thur] Cartwright
Hugh Whittney
I know this poore Petit[i]oner to be reall & Honest & beleeue that hee was A soldier in the Late kinges Armies Rob[er]t Gryffith
Jasper Rutter
Cha[illegible] [?Hyleby]
Gabriell Hortonn
Edward [?Speek]
Samuell Bridge
Randle Ankars the Elder
Randle Ankars the younger
William Grosvenor
John Massie
John Palyn
Thomas Massie
William Greene
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