The petition of Joseph Bennett of Warminster, Wiltshire, Trinity 1650
To the wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of ye Bench
The humble petic[i]on of Joseph Bennett of Warmi[n]ster
Sheweth That yo[u]r peticio[n]er was pressed to serue in the service of the Parliam[en]t in w[hi]ch service yo[u]r peticio[n]er continued a souldier in the Regim[en]t of Col[onel] Ewer neere foure yeares, as by his dibenture signed by his said Col[onel] may partly appeare and haueing receiued a bruise in his legge by a great shott when ye siege was ag[ains]t Colchester yo[u]r peticio[n]er through the anguish thereof is not onely made infirme in his legge, but alsoe in all his limbes soe yt hee is vtterly disabled to gett his livelyhood, & is thereby (w[i]thout yo[u]r wor[shi]pps lenitie) like without intermission to become a spectacle of miserie hee haueing been brought out of Devonshiere (where his leg was alsoe broke) from [illegible] tithing to tithing
May it therefore please your wor[shi]pps to take yo[u]r peticio[n]ers deplorable condic[i]on into considerac[i]on & to determine for his reliefe as is most consonant to lawe in yo[u]r wor[shi]pps wisedomes And (as in duty bound) yo[u]r peticio[n]er shall ever pray.
<Wee whose names are vnder written doe hereby certifie yt ye peticio[n]er was pressed by vs (being then Constables of Warmi[n]ster to) to serue the Parliam[en]t>
<Robert Gardner>
<Humfrey Buckler.>
40 s. from the Tre[asure]r of the South.