The petition of Richard Lawson of Alnwick, Northumberland, Michaelmas 1687
To the Right worshipfull his Magestys Justices of the Peace att the gen[er]all quarter sessions of the Peace holden at Alnwick for the county of Northumberland
The humble petic[i]on of Richard Lawson of Alnwick in the county of Northumberland gent
Humbly sheweth
That yo[u]r peticoner served his late Ma[jes]tie King Charles the first of ever blessed memory and was a Capt[ain] under his said Ma[jes]tie and was certifised accordingly as an indigent Officer and gott butt small Releife and was vtterly ruined and undone in that vnhappy warr May it there for please this Hon[oura]ble Bench serio[u]sly to Consider the Poverty of your power Petic[i]oner and to grant Him such Releife as in yo[u]r wisdom shall be thought fitt and yo[u]r petic[i]oner as in duety bound
shall ever pray &c.