The petition of Robert Perry of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, Easter 1658
To the right wor[shipfu]ll the Justices of the Peace for the countie of Wiltes[hire] sitting at the Deuizes at the generall Sessions of ye said Countie
The humble petic[i]on of Rob[er]t Perry of Greate Bedwin in the sayd Countie laborer
Sheweth
That yo[u]r pet[itione]r serued in this Com[m]on Wealth & for the seruice there; in w[hi]ch seruice yo[u]r pet[itione]r receiued diuers wounds and alsoe gained such a benumnednesse in his lymbes, that yo[u]r pet[itione]r is vtterly vnable now to gaine a subsistance towards his liuelyhood. It hath formerly pleased yo[u]r wor[shi]ps to conferr a pencheon [sic.] on yo[u]r pet[itione]r towards his sayd Maynetenance, w[hi]ch will not in any wise support nature w[i]thout the helpe of some of yo[u]r pet[itione]rs friends; yo[u]r pet[itione]rs friends being not able any longer to be assistant to yo[u]r pet[itione]r, yo[u]r pet[itione]r is like to p[er]ish without yo[u]r fauorable Clemency towards his releefe, seing now it hath so fallen out that some of yo[u]r petic[i]on[e]rs fellow pention[e]rs are dead, and that it lyeth in yo[u]r wor[shi]ps power to augment yo[u]r former pencheon [sic.] bestowed on yo[u]r pet[itione]r
Yo[u]r pet[itione]r doe therefore humbly pray that yo[u]r wor[shi]ps wil be pleased to augment yo[u]r pet[itione]rs sayd Pencheon [sic.] that yo[u]r pet[itione]r may not perish w[hi]ch otherwise of necessity yo[u]r pet[itione]r must doe, as by the certificate herevnto annexed appeareth
And yo[u]r pet[itione]r shall euer be bound to pray &c
Augm[en]t his penc[i]on to 4 li. p[er] Ann[um] out of the Tresury of the North the first paym[en]t to begin att this Sess[ions]