The petition of Richard Cocombe (alias Cover) of Coleford, Gloucestershire, 20 January 1644
To the right honourable Edward Massie Collonell Governor of the Cittye of Gloucester
The humble petic[i]on of Richard Cocombe of Colford, al[ia]s Cover
Most humbly beseechinge
That in regard hee hath (almost for all the tyme since the first raiseing of this Warr) beene and ys come forth a troope soldier of the Parlyam[en]te and hath beene taken prisoner & suffred much miserie & extremitye by the kings p[ar]tie, & was sorelie wounded, and ys now greviously visited w[i]th sicknesse & his wife and bigg w[i]th childe & expecteth eu[er]y momet moment her deliverye and his daughter Sister who of purpose came from her freinds to keepe him & his wife in his & her sicknes & {illegible}ge downe likewise sick & in the Iudgment of the Phisitian and {illegible} to escape, And for that hee is much behynde of his pay, and {illegible} all his goods & estate, And is now destitute of releefe for {illegible} his wife and his sayd Sister, and hath not a penny nor a {illegible} to buy them bredd, fyer, or other necessaryes but are all {illegible} vnlesse yo[u]r favour be extended towards them speedily. Your {illegible}rably pleased to Order for the reasons before shewed That the {illegible} at Warr doe make payment of such reasonable some of {illegible}as in yo[u]r grave Iudgment shal be thought meete & necessarye {illegible} present releef & preservac[i]ons, And to grant them your {illegible} or Tickett for the haveinge of a Loade of Wood or other {illegible} make them fyer And they will ever pray for your hono[u]rs.
Capt[ain] Blany I pray pay this woman for her husbands necessity
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Edw[ard] Massie