The petition of John Rowlinson and Richard Warburton, both of Warburton, Cheshire, Epiphany 1663
To ye right wor[shipfu]ll his Ma[jes]t[y’]s Justices of ye peace at ye generall Quarter sessions of ye peace held at Nether Knotsford
The humble petition of John Rowlinson and, Richard Warburton of Warburton in ye County of Chester husbandman [sic.]
Sheweth
That your petition[er]s did faithfully serue the late Kings Ma[jes]ty dureing all the late warres and were thereby soe impouerished by [illegible] that they haue noe competent subsistence or liuelyhood as by the annexed Certificate may appeare
May it therefore please you the pr[e]mises considered to order your petitioners such an Annuall pention as in reference to ye Act of Parliam[en]t in that case provyded, you in yo[u]r wisdomes shall thinke fit And your petitioners as in duty bound shall eu[er] pray &c
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