The petition of Richard Overall, Edmund Booth, John Pate, Peter Brooke, Edmund Haslome, James Dawson, Gyles Dawson, Hugh Dawson, John Dawson, William Dawson, Richard Ramsbothom, William Read, and Jane Morrice, all of Bury and Pilkington, Lancashire, Midsummer 1673
To the wor[shipfu]ll his ma[jes]ties Justices of the Peace at the gen[er]all Quarter Sessions of the Peace now houlden at Manchester for the hundred of Salford
The humble Petic[i]on of Richard Overall, Edmund Booth, John Pate, Peter Brooke, Edmund Haslome, James Dawson, Gyles Dawson, Hugh Dawson, John Dawson, William Dawson, Richard Ramsbothom, William Read & Jane Morrice widow all liveinge within Bury and Pilkington
Shew
That yo[u]r petic[i]oners beinge maimed souldiers in the service of his late ma[jes]tie of ever Pious memorie And have received Penc[i]ons since his ma[jes]ties happie restaurac[i]on (vizt) each of yo[u]r petic[i]oners 10 s. a peice And for as much as verie many of the maimed souldiers (Pentioners) [illegible] whoe received consid[e]rable sumes of money are now deceased
The Premisses Considered yo[u]r poore petic[i]on[e]rs humbly beggs that the residuarie parte of the moneys which is Collected for that purpose may bee divided equallie amongst yo[u]r poore petic[i]on[e]rs as a further augmentac[i]on of their Penc[i]ons And yo[u]r poore Petic[i]on[e]rs shall eu[er] pray &c
To consider of thir necesity. This at the next [sic.]