The petition of John Brownston of Morchard Bishop, Devon, 1693
<Devon s[ession]s>
<Morchard B[isho]pp>
To ye right Wor[shi]p[fu]ll ye Judge of ye Generall Sessions & ye rest of their Ma[jes]ties Justices at ye same Sessions of ye peace Assembled
The Humble Petition of John Brownston of the p[ar]ish and county aforesaid Sheweth
That your poor Petitioner in the tyme of Kinge Charles the first of ever blessed memory beinge a Souldier in the Regim[en]t of the Hon[oura]ble S[i]r John Barkley in that troope whereof Henry Barkley his brother was Capt[ain] Dureing the rebellion against him & at the Towne of Barnstable did receive divers wounds which now doe very much greive & disable him to get his livelihood therfore Humbly prayes this Hon[oura]ble Bench to order him some Pention for his more comfortable subsistance Dureinge the short remaineder of his life
And your Petitioner shall ever pray &c.
<Wee belieue this petition to be true>
<Richard Lee>
<John Quicke>
Wee whose names are subscribed doe Certifie the truth of the abovewritten Petition
John Wilcox Rect[o]r
William Parker Con[sta]ble of hundred
Andrew Ellworthy }
John Peage } Con[stabe]lls
Anthony Wilson }
George Comyns } Churchwardens
[Illegible] Meare }
William Shobrooke
Henry Pope
John Webber
Rob[er]t Bond
John Shobrooke } ov[e]rseers
John Meare }