The petition of John Edge of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, 14 July 1657
To the Right Wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of the peace at the Generall Sessions of the peace holden at Stafford the 14th July 1657.
The Petic[i]on of John Edge of Vttoxeter in the County aforesaid maimed souldier.
<Humbly> Sheweth that yo[u]r poore petic[i]on[e]r hath beene Ever a faithfull servant to the States, in whose service hee hath receiv[e]d sundry wounds whereby hee is made vncapiable by worke or otherwise to gett a Livelyhood, whose weake estate being formerly taken into Considerac[i]on hee had by order of the Bench a stipend of 40 s: p[er] ann[um] allowed him which being taken of the last sessions, it is therefore his humble Request that yo[u]r worships would haue that Comiserac[i]on of him as to afford it him againe whoe otherwise is like for want of maintenance to fall into a miserable Condic[i]on, and yo[u]r poore petic[i]on[e]r as in duty Bound shall ever pray &c.
John Edge
To consider of this.