The petition of William Leaver the elder of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 13 July 1704
<Buck[ingham]s[hire] s[ession]s>
To the Right Worshipfull the Justices of Peace at the Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Ailesbury for the said County the 13th Day of July in the Third year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Anne by the Grace of God Queen of England &c Annoq[ue] Dom[ini] 1704
The humble Petition of William Leaver the Elder of Ailesbury aforesaid
Sheweth unto Your Worships That whereas your Petitioner hath been allowed a Pension as a maimed soulder by this Worshipfull Bench for divers years past to his great Comfort the sume of Forty Shillings per Annum But forasmuch as Your Petitioner is now upwards of Eighty Years of Age and is become thereby very feeble and is also fallen almost Blind whereby he is rendered very helpless poor, and a further Obiect of Your Worships Christian Charity & Compassion
Your poor Petitioner therefore most humbly prays your Worships in tender Consideration of his great Age and infirmitys and his necessary Charges Consequent thereof that of Your great goodness you will be pleased to Augment his antient Pension aforesaid to the sume of Four pounds per Annum
And your poor Petitioner (as in all duty bound) shall ever pray &c