The petition of Thomas Still of Warminster, Wiltshire, 10 April 1648
<decimo die Aprilis 1648>
To the wor[shipfu]ll his Ma[jes]t[y’]s Justices of the bench &c.
{T}he humble petic[i]on of Thomas Still of Warminster
{H}umbly Sheweth, That your petic[i]o[n]er hath been a souldier in the Regim[en]t of Col[one]l John Birch three yeares (as by Certificate may appeare) in w[hi]ch service the petic[i]o[n]er receiued many grievous wounds, whereby hee hath vtterly lost the vse of his right arme, w[hi]ch extends to the vtter destruction & overthrow of the petic[i]oner whiles life lasteth, vnlesse this wor[shipfu]ll Bench vouchsafe (according to the wonted lenitie of pr[e]ceding tymes) to com[m]isserate the petic[i]o[n]ers deplorable & almost destroyed condic[i]on w[hi]ch he hopeth the God of mercie will opperate in yo[u]r hearts to doe, And afford him reliefe in his miserie as shall seeme most corespondent to law in yo[u]r wor[shi]ps wisedomes
And the petic[i]o[n]er shall (as in dutie bound) ever pray &c
allocat of 4 li. p[er] ann[um] p[er] tr[easure]r south Mr Bennett to pay 20 s. in hand
P. 24o
to attend the 2 next Justices Mr Bennett & Mr Toppe whoe are desired to proceede accordinge the ordinance of parlyam[en]t