The petition of William Johnson of Gretton, Northamptonshire, Trinity 1668
To the Right Wor[shi]pp[fu]ll the Justices of the Peace for the County of North[amp]ton[shire] att ye Generall Quarter Sessions.
The humble petic[i]on of William Johnson of Gretton.
<Humbly sheweth.>
That yo[u]r petic[i]on[e]r was a soldier in ye service of his Late Maiestye of Euer blessed memory & hath rec[eiv]ed seu[er]all wounds therein to the disenabling him to worke for wife & Three small Children, & is now reduced to great want & poverty & had formerly a Penc[i]on of Forty shillings yearly till within one yeare att Epiphany Sessions last past: 1666
May it therefore please yo[u]r Wor[shi]pps to Continue your poore petic[i]on[e]r his pension who is a very Object of Charity. Otherwise your petic[i]on[e]r & his wife & Children is like to perrish for wante of bread by reason of his sickness & Continuall indisposition beeinge nott able to worke.
And your petic[i]on[e]r shall daly pray &c:
Yo[u]r Petic[i]on[e]r was verie sicke & not like to liue att the time that the Justices assigned to regulate pensions had a meetinge & therefore makes his application to your Wo[rshi]pps:
<May 2th 1668>
We haue Examined the peticioner upon Oath according to ye Act & ye severall Qualification upon Oath prescribed maid at ye Sessions & thinke him a fite p[e]rsone to Continued a Pentioner, and to be paid fourty shillings yearly.
Cullen
R[oger] Norwich
The petic[i]on[e]r is allowed 40 s. a yeare.