The petition of Robert Burgus of Wigan, Lancashire, Epiphany 1667
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To the right Worshipefill his Ma[jes]ties Justices of the peace and quor[um] at theire Sessions holden at Wigan in the County of Lanc[aste]r
the humble petition of Robert Burgus of Wigan sheweth
That yo[u]r petitioner haith faithfully served his Ma[jes]t[i]e and his Royall father in the late wars, hee humbly desireth that yo[u]r good worships would to grant him some yearely penc[i]on, yo[u]r petitioner hath not rec[eived] any yett he humbly desireth that you would take into Considerac[i]on his poore and needy Condition and to sett downe what he must haue and hee will eu[er] pray &c.
to haue next penc[i]on that falls