The petition of William Pickford of Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, July 1698
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To the R[igh]t Worthy and Ho[noura]ble Bench His Ma[jes]tie Justices of the Peace at The sessions holden at Rotherham &c
The humble request of Will[ia]m Pickford of Mexborough &c
With promise never to trouble Yo[u]r Bench any more in the nature of any Addition of Allowance being much ashamed and very sorry that he is forced to another appear[anc]e be{ing} {n}ot able to pay the rent (unjustly imposed) much less {illegible} thing out of 4 s. ii d. week things being so dear and at s {illegible} es. Humbly requests (this once) the grant of {illegible} for 6 s. 8 d. the week (the sallary would be 6 s. 8 d.) ye w[hi]ch is but small to procure p[ro]vision it will reach no further. This is the only one request of him who will ever pray for Gods recompence to yo[u]r Ho[noura]ble Bench &c.
And further it is requested upon bended knees that this allowance may be continued to his wife who [illegible] hitherto (vnder God) kept him (me) alive if she survive (untill the sallary be paid) who hath been a sufferer for King Charles ye first: both her first husband Mr Thomas Pollet an c[lergy]man put forth of his Benefice in Olivers time for being a true Loyalist [illegible] and also her dear father Capt[ain] Young was slain at Colchester in K[in]g Charles ye first service (These things I hope may be considered) when S[i]r Charles Lucas and S[i]r George Lisle were put to death &c so that they have been all of ym sufferers &c