The petition of John Slonas of Stokesley, North Riding of Yorkshire, 1685
To the hon[ou]rable & Right Wor[shi]pfull his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of Yorke
The humble Petition of John Slonas of Stokesley within the sayd Rideing Taylor
Humbly sheweth
That your Petic[i]oner was a Trooper under the Comand of Captaine Henry Yoward in the service of his late Ma[jes]tie King Charles the first of happy memory and was alsoe a Corporall in the Troope of Captaine Beilby att the siege of Hull and alsoe served his sayd late Majestie under the Com[m]and of Collonell Errington att Yorke fight and always continued faithfull & loyall to his sayd Majesty & never would take part with the Rebells although often thereunto solicitted. And your Petic[i]oner received severall wounds in the said service and never had any penc[i]on or gratuity & being now growne aged & infirme & indigent & not able to worke of his Trade as hitherto he hath done for the maintenance of himselfe & his wife therefore
Y[ou]r Petic[i]oner humbly prayes you will please to take his Case into y[ou]r Considerac[i]on & afford him such releife as you shall thinke fitt & y[ou]r Petic[i]oner as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
Wee whose names are hereunto subscribed being all Inhabitants in Stokesley doe humbly Certifye the Contents of this petic[i]on to be true & that the Petic[i]oner hath all along behaved himselfe honestly & lived credibly amongst his neighb[ou]rs & hath (as long as he was able) followed his Trade & maintained his wife & family without being burthensome to the Towne & is now very poore & indigent.
The truth hereof I verily believe
Ra[lph] Yoward
Ma: Yoward
Gab[riel] Gibbon
George Potter
Tho[mas] Gibbon
Th[omas] Pennyman D.D. Rector of Stokesley
Will[ia]m Peirson
Geo[rge] Jackson
James Pootter
Thomas Hunt
x s. as a gratuity