The petition of Raph Pickmeire of Wirral Hundred, Cheshire, Easter 1670
{To} his Mag[est]ies Justices of {the Peace} {illegible}
{asse}mbled {illegible}
{Illegible} Raph Pickmeire
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{Illegible} blessed memorie in his late warres as a Foote {illegible} {?Earl Ri}vers vnder the Comande of Captaine Peter {illegible} {illegible}vers other places and Feights and at Nubury {illegible} { s}everall other wounds in his bodie, yett never {illegible} but still continued firme and faithfull till the {illegible} the last of his Ma[jes]ties Garrisons as by the Articles {illegible} peace Nowe so it is (may it please yo[u]r wor[shi]ps) {illegible} eares his wounds receaved in the said service and {illegible} {b}odie and disinabled him and haveinge a wiefe {illegible}pp that hee is altogether destitute of any {illegible} vp his said Children but like to p[er]ish vnlesse {illegible}
{The prem}isses tenderlie considered to take it {illegible}ns the weake and deplorable condition {illegible} that yo[u]r Petic[i]onor may be Admitted a {illegible} maynteynance and subsistance {illegible} {And a}s in duty bound will ever pray for {illegible}
{I} beleeue this to be trueth {and have} receaued information off it {from c}redible Hands
Tho[mas] Cholmondeley
{Illegible} the effect of this Petic[i]on {to be tr}ue
{Wi}lliam Litler
<The humble Petic[i]on of Raph Pickmeire>