The petition of Richard Yeoman of Cuddington, Cheshire, 19 April 1659
To the Right wor[shi]pp[fu]ll the Justices of the peace in Sessions Assembled the 19th day of Aprill 1659:
The Humble Petic[i]on of Richard Yeom[an] of Caddington
Humbly Sheweth
That yo[u]r Petic[i]on[e]r was wounded and Maimed in the seruice of the Parliam[en]t in the Late warrs in the yeare of o[u]r Lord 1643 whereby hee is disinabled to worke or to Maintayne himselfe his wife and Children and in Consederac[i]on thereof he had a Penc[i]on allowed him of fifty shillings p[er] ann[um] and that since then there is ten shillings of the said Penc[i]on taken of before yo[u]r Petic[i]on[e]r had notice to shew Cause why it should not bee Taken of and that hee still Remayns wholly disinabled and grown into greater pouerty then Euer before and Therefore Humbly desires That hee may haue the Arrears of the ten Shillings paid him and his said Penc[i]on of fifty shillings still Continued to him as well as others that are Less Maimed then hee is
And yo[u]r Petic[i]on[e]r his wife and Children as in duty Bound shall Euer pray
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