The petition of John Blunden of Edmonton, Middlesex, Michaelmas 1650
To the Hono[urab]ll Bench Sittinge at Marlebrough
The humble petition of John Blunden
Sheweth
That yo[u]r pet[itione]r Was a Shouldyer prest From Edmonstone to goe ag[ain]st the Scots and hath p[er]formed Faithfull service vntell such time that he was mourtally wounded, He had once a pentio[n] in the Country already but tell such time that he had such a great charge of children that he could noe Way subsist anny Longer w[i]thout yo[u]r worships ayd and assestance, therefore I doe humbly beseech Mr Read and the rest of the Hono[urab]ll Binch to be pleased to take it into yo[u]r serious consideratio[n] and to grant him such a pentio[n] toward the maintenance of yo[u]r poore peitioner his wife and Seven Small Children as yo[u]r Hono[ur]s shall be pleased to thinke fitt for since he had 2 Brothers in the Country he did not much complaine but they beinge both gone Gunners for Scotland in the servis for the State vnder my Lord Crumwell and had a habitation in London as longe as they were but they beinge gone I beinge not able to pay rent was put out of it & soe I and myne ar altogether harberless now I besech yo[u]r Hono[u]rs to Consider of And yo[u]r peti[ti]oner shal be euer bound to pray for yo[u]r Hono[u]rs health and happyness.
Fyue pound [illegible] to be paid by the Treasurer of the South p[ar]te to helpe to passe him to London, soe that he neuer trouble this County againe.