The
Case
of
several
of
the
Band
of
Gentlemen
Pensioners
,
and
Band
of
Yeomen
of
the
Guard
,
Servants
to
King
Charles
the
Second
,
humbly
offer'd
to
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
.
THAT
the
Parliament
in
the
late
Reign
,
by
an
Imposition
upon
Tobacco
and
Sugar
,
raised
a
Summ
of
Money
for
paying
the
Wages
or
Sallaries
due
to
the
Servants
of
the
late
King
Charles
the
Second
.
That
there
were
several
Payments
made
in
the
late
King's
Reign
,
but
a
great
part
of
the
said
Salleries
or
Wages
remain'd
unpaid
;
but
since
their
present
Majesties
happy
Accession
to
the
Crown
,
that
Fund
was
appropriated
,
all
except
Sixty
Thousand
Pounds
to
other
Uses
,
which
Sixty
Thousand
Pounds
fell
short
of
Payment
of
what
was
intended
to
be
paid
the
said
Servants
by
the
former
Act.
That
there
is
also
due
to
your
Petitioners
,
several
Wages
and
Sallaries
from
his
late
Majesty
King
James
,
all
which
appears
in
the
Account
annext
to
the
said
Petition
;
And
whereas
your
Petitioners
,
and
many
others
in
the
same
Imployments
,
in
the
present
Reign
are
turned
out
of
their
places
which
they
purchased
,
to
the
ruine
of
many
Families
,
without
receiving
what
was
and
is
still
due
and
oweing
to
them
,
though
they
never
were
charged
with
any
inqualification
,
or
other
matter
or
thing
which
in
any
wise
did
or
doth
render
them
uncapable
for
the
Offices
or
Employments
they
were
in
.
The
equity
of
all
which
is
humbly
offer'd
to
the
Consideration
of
this
Honourable
House
.