The petition of Robert Okell of Wharton, Cheshire, 10 July 1677
To the right Wor[shi]p[fu]ll his Maiesties Justices of the Peace & Quor[um] att theire generall quarter Sessions held att Namptwich July the 10th Anno domini 1677
The humble Petition of Robert Oakell of Warton but now a Prisoner in the Castle of Chester (for dett) humblely [sic.]
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That yo[u]r sayde Petition[e]r euer was a cordiall, Faythfull and actuall souldier, and seruant dureinge all the time of the late warrs, both to his deceased Maiestie and allsoe to this his now Maiestie; w[i]thout any reuoultinge and hath sustayned sequestration, and many other greate losses to his well neare vtter vndowinge all w[hi]ch his sayde sufferings haue now (in his Aged, and declyneinge dayes) brought him into a Prison.
The pr[e]mises tenderly considered itt is by yo[u]r sayde Petitioner humbley craued that this his Fortune condition may seriousely bee taken into your [illegible] consideration, and that hee may (by vertue of an Order vnder all or some of your sayde wors[hi]pps haue) bee admitted as a Pentioner and receiue [illegible] what is allowed to others in the like condition, and in thus doeinge hee as in duty will euer pray For your sayde Wors[hi]pps eternall Felicyties.
done