The petition of Thomas Netleton of Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, October 1673
<West Riding, com. Ebor>
To the Hono[ura]ble his Maj[es]ties Justices of the peace att their Gen[er]all Sessions of the peace holden att Wakefield.
The humble petition of Thomas Netleton of Batley:
Humbly sheweth
That yo[u]r petition[e]r was a Souldger in his Late Maj[es]ties Service of ever blessed memory in the Regim[en]t of the Hono[ura]ble S[i]r Willi[a]m Sauile Bar[o]n[e]t: vnder the Com[m]and of Capt[ain] John Copley and never deserted the same, and Rec[eive]d such wounds in his Arme, besides other places, as depriued him of the vse of it ever since; and hauing Receaued noe pension or reward as yet, and now being fallen into great poverty:
Humbly Requesteth of this Hono[ura]ble Bench that he may be Entered into the pension role in the rome of Miles Attock deceased and Reci[e]ue his pension and yo[u]r petition[e]r shall da[i]ly pray &c:
<I doe know the contents of his petition to be true witnesse my hand:>
<Walter Caluerley>
<Edward Copley>
<Fra[ncis] Whyte>
To receive enter into pr[e]sent pay.