To His Royal Highness the COMMANDER IN CHIEF, and Others His MAJESTY’S COMMISSIONERS for the Management of the Affairs of the Royal Military Asylum.
| THE HUMBLE PETITION of . . . |
| in Behalf of . . . |
| the Child of . . . Soldier |
| in His Majesty’s . . . Regiment of . . . |
| SHEWETH, that the said . . . is the |
| lawful Child of . . . as by the |
| annexed Certificates will appear. |
| That . . . [70a] |
Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays, that the said . . . may be admitted into the Royal Military Asylum; and if this Prayer be granted, your Petitioner hereby agrees, that the said Boy shall remain in the Asylum as long as the Commissioners thereof shall think fit; and that, when of proper Age, he shall be disposed of at their Discretion, as an Apprentice, or Servant; or placed, with his own free Consent, as a Private Soldier, in the Regular Army.
† [70b]
CERTIFICATE
FOOTNOTES.
[69] Here state whether the Soldier is still in the Regiment; or dead; or discharged: if dead, whether he died in the Service; and, if discharged, the Date of his Discharge, and whether he was recommended to Chelsea.
[70a] Here state the Service and present Situation of the Father; the Situation of the Mother (if living), and Number and Age of their other Children (if any).
[70b] To be signed by the Parent, or Person who has Charge of the Child.