The petition of Thomas Aynsworth, John Cowper, Roger Noble, and Chrestofer Pearson, Lancashire, Michaelmas 1663
To the Right wor[ship]ffull his mag[is]tie[s] Justices of peace of the Count[y] palantyne of Lancaster
The humble pettic[i]on of vs maymed souldiers Thomas Aynsworth, John Cowper, Roger Noble, Chrestofer Pearson
May it therfor please you[r] good wo[r]ships to take into consideration the humble pettic[i]on of yo[u]r poore pettic[i]oners lamed men and not able in ther ould Age help them sellues to Releue vs with some competent releefe that wee may not begge in ou[r] ould dayes for our [illegible] Realety to ou[r] Kinge and service haueinge pencion granted both by kinge and parl[ia]men[t] whereof beeinge nyne wee had but eighteene and ten pence a yeare and foure of them hath Receaued the new modall pay which wee beeinge fouer haue Receaued none since midsomber was A twel[ve]month and now [?pat] of vs dead.
In tender consideration
May it therfor please you[r] good worsh[i]pps to take into considerat[io]n the humble pettic[i]on of you[r] poore pettic[i]oners wee will as in duty bound pray for you[r] health and hapines with much encreas of longe to contuny to gods good will and pleasure Amen
Those whos names Receaued the modele pay
Bryan Coper Robert Skruton Thomas Lawson Robert Washinton
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