The petition of Robert Warburton of Warburton, Cheshire, 14 October 1662
<Com[itatus] Cestr[iae]>
To the right wor[shipfu]ll his Ma[jesty’]s Justices of peace at their Quarter Sessions held at Knotsford ye 14th day of Octob[e]r [16]62
The humble petic[i]on of Robert Warburton of Warburton in ye county of Chester labourer.
<Sheweth>
That yo[u]r petic[i]oner was a souldier in the troope of Richard Massie of Rixton in ye county of Lancaster Esq[ui]r[e] under the com[m]and of S[i]r Rob[er]t Byron, as may appear by a Certificate hereunto annexed and that your petic[i]oner in ye sayd service lost his horse, sadle bridle, sword & pistolls all worth seaven pounds, & never received any pay, and hath euer since continued faithfull to his in his service to his late Maj[e]stie and his Maj[e]stie that nowe is & neu[er] tooke up armes against his s[ai]d Ma[jes]ty but [illegible] all waies continued faithfull to his trust, and now is a very poore men and hath noething but what he getteth with hard labour
the pr[e]misses considered your petic[i]oner humbly prayeth yo[u]r wor[shi]ps in reference to the Act of parliam[en]t in that case p[ro]vided and yo[u]r petic[i]oner as in duty bound will allwaies pray &c
<referred>
<Dec[ember] 2 1662>
<The Petitioner Robert Warburton is allowed to bee an pentioner by us.>
<P[eter] Leicester>
<Edw[ard] Legh>
this your poore peti[tion]or is a very poore man and hath nothing to mantain himself his wife and his great Charge of small Children but what hee gets with his hard labor and by Reason of his shoulder beeing broken is not able to fowlou sum kinds of labore whervnto wee the Churchwardnes [sic.] and Constables doe witnes and set our hands
John Yate William Drinkwater
James Grovnar Rowland Warburton