The petition of John Pane of Barrow, Cheshire, 11 September 1676
To this Honourable Bench
The humble Petic[i]on of John Pane now Aged fourscore & one having a wife & children
Humbly declaring yt whereas in all ye Civil wars I was a souldier under Colonel Marrow, Major Phillips, and Capt[ain] Prigeos, till the time they were some of them unhappily slain And the rest dead and have been a great sufferer according to my condic[i]on and have ever been true & faithful to his Majestie and never desired any relief till now I am past my labour: was I now any thing able to work I should not be so troublesom to this hono[u]rs Bench. So yt in all humbleness I beg and crave yt you will consider me as the rest of my fellow souldiers and grant yt I may have a releif according to my necessity,
and yo[u]r humble Petitioner shall as in all duty bound ever pray for you &c
We the Parish[i]on[e]rs of Barrow in the County of Chest[e]r whose names are und[e]r subscribed doe humbly certify that y[ou]r wor[shi]pps Petic[i]on[e]r was a souldier in the kings Ma[jes]ties service according as it is sett forth in & by the abou[e]s[ai]d Petic[i]on Witnesse our hands the Eleaventh day of Septemb[e]r Annoq[ue] domini 1676
William Sephton
Thomas Pike
Ralph Phillipps
Rich[ard] Clooke
Tho[mas] Petters
Mor{ga}n Jones
Thomas Lightfoot
Richard Lightfoot
John Peacock
Petter Deakin
<to bee admitted next vacancy>
<illegible>
Wee whose names are hereunto subscribed doe further Certifie we haue knowne the petitioner within names for the space of {illegible} yeares, And that hee hath always beene a faithfull subiec{t} {to his} ma[jes]tie and a great sufferer to his power
I doe conceiue the subst{ance} of this Certificate to be true
H: Lacy
Tho[mas] Cholmondeley
John Dauenport
Will[iam] Lunt maior
Anthony Booth
Edward Moorcroft
Hen[ry]Clarke
<humble petic[i]on of of [sic.] John Payne>
<to haue and to holde to him and his heyres>
<The humble petic{ion}>