The petition of Richard Lathey, Sussex, April 1654
<Sussex s[ession]s>
To the right Wor[shi]pp[fu]ll the Justices of peace sitting in Chichester.
The humble petition of Richard Lathey
Humbly sheweth vnto yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps, That whereas yo[u]r poore pet[itione]r was ympressed for Ireland for service there who continued there as a soldatt by the space of two yeeres & a halfe vnder the comaund of Capt[ain] Fleck and since his releasement from thence into England, w[hi]ch hath beene since his arivall about three monethes & better w[hi]ch since his comeing home by reason of his hardnes & cold lodgeing in the field that have caused yo[u]r poore pet[itione]r to be in such a sadd condic[i]on in his lymbes that he is not able to doe any worke to comfort & releife him selfe wherevpon he humbly craveth you wil be pleased to take it into yo[u]r serious considerac[i]ons the sadd & deplorable estate he is in and to graunt him some speedy releife for his mainetainance whereby he might not p[er]ish for want of sustaineance
And yo[u]r poore pet[itione]r shall dayly pray &c.
Ordered that the Tre[asure]r for maymed souldiers or charitable vses doe pay vnto the pet[itione]r Twenty shillings towards his present releefe.
R[eceive]d of Petworth
John Smith Const[able] of Rotherbridge July