To the Ho[noura]ble Com[mitt]te of the House of Comons for Peticons.

The humble Petic[i]on of Nathaniell Hill Brother and Administrat[o]r to Captaine William Hill deceased.

Humblie sheweth

That yo[u]r pet[itione]rs said Brother having a Comission to raise a Troope of Dragoons From his Ex[cellen]cy ye late Earle of Essex & having an Ord[e]r of both houses of Parliam[en]t to receaue pay for ye same out of ye County of Glouc[este]r Hee Repayred into ye s[ai]d County. & being not there supplied according to his Expectac[i]on, yo[u]r said pet[itione]rs Brother desired yo[u]r pet[itione]r (being then Vnd[e]r sheriff of the s[ai]d County) to furnish him for the pr[e]sent w[i]th Money to buy him horse & saddles for ye Compleating of his Troope w[hi]ch yo[u]r pet[itione]r vpon his earnest sollicitac[i]on & promise of repaym[en]t was willing to doe (having at that time in his hands seu[er]all som[m]es of Money belonging to other men w[hi]ch hee had rec[eive]d vpon Execurc[i]ons and otherwise by virtue of his office) & it being likewise for the Service of ye Parliem[en]t (wherein yo[u]r pet[itione]r himself (as is well knowne) hath beene alwayes actiue and forward both in Armes and otherwise in appr[e]hending & bringing vp some of the first who began to raise Arms in that Countie ag[ains]t the Parliam[en]t & other Services). And therevpon yo[u]r pet[itione]r did furnish him w[i]th seu[er]all som[m]es of Money at seu[er]all tymes both to compleate his Troope & to pay his Souldiers.

That yo[u]r pet[itione]rs s[ai]d Brother having for the space of aboue twoe years behaved himself faithfully & valiantly in ye Parliam[en]ts service he then came from ye Army to London sicke & wounded & there languished and dyed leaving the s[ai]d seu[er]all som[m]es of Money soe borrowed of yo[u]r pet[itione]r wholly vnsatisfied. As also for ye Charge of his sicknes & funerall expences w[hi]ch yo[u]r pet[itione]r as Adm[ine]rstrat[o]r is lyable to pay.

The pr[emis]ses considered & for that now it hath pleased God to give ye Parl[iamen]t victory over their Enemies whereby men may now quietly come to London, yo[u]r pet[itione]r is required to pay in ye Money he rec[eive]d when he was Sheriffe, w[hi]ch hee sent his Brother as afores[ai]d w[hi]ch yo[u]r pet[itione]r is not able to doe But is likely to bee ruin’d w[i]thout some speedy Course may bee taken whereby yo[u]r pet[itione]r may receave his s[ai]d Brothers Arreares w[hi]ch amount to about 1000 li of w[hi]ch noe penny hath beene yet rec[eive]d

& therefore he humbly desires yo[u]r Hono[u]rs ord[e]r to the Com[mit]tee of Acc[oun]ts of ye Kingdome for ye stating of his Brothers Acc[oun]ts that soe yo[u]r pet[itione]r may apply himself for some speedy satisfacc[i]on And &c