The petition of John Fletcher of Sevenoaks, Kent, 1661
To the Right Wor[shi]pful the Justices of his Ma[jes]ties peace for the County of Kent.
The humble Petition of John Fletcher.
Sheweth
That y[ou]r humble Pet[itio]n[e]r was born in Kent, & hath been allwaies true & faithful to ye Royal Interest, particularly in his service at Colchester where under ye Command of Collonel John Till, he was so dangerously wounded, yt his bowle & gutts was taken out of his belly, and his body in other parts greivously hurt
That through his then tedious Imprisonm[en]t & other sufferings, he is disabled without y[ou]r releif and succour, to maintein himself his wife & three small children, w[hi]ch must otherwise fal to ye care & charg of ye Parish of Sevenokes he now liveth in; in regard his body is unable for work by these sad accidents.
He humbly praies yt in respect of his services & sufferings you would commiserate his sad condicion, & supply his urgent necessities with al convenient care & speed, by w[ha]t waies & meanes y[ou]r Wor[shi]pps in y[ou]r wisedomes shal think most fitting & expedient.
And as in duty bound he shal ever pray &c.
A Certificate under their hands yt know him to be a sufferer and an honest man & faithful to his Ma[jes]ties Interest as is above alledged.
Tho[mas] Lambank Ro: Heath Fra[ncis] Heath
Jno Collenbill Thomas Weston
John Stubbersfill Edmund Burges
Richard Bosse John Hall Thomas Whalker his leftenant
John Jakinge
Richard Cronke Edmund Weston
Sidney Francis Richard Rundell William Cakott his Insine
Thomas Larance Francis Best
William Weston Richard Salmon William Staple
John Thornton Nicho[las] Taite
Thomas Wickenden
William Cooke John Willson Sargant under Collonell Francis Hathe
John Cronke