That whereas y^e Right hon^{ble} our very good Lord the now Earle and Marquisse of Worcester after about twenty yeares absence comforteth and honoureth us w^{th} his p^rsence to y^e great sattisfaction of all your Maj^{ties} most loyall & devote^d subjects, Wee become most humble petition^{rs} to your Gratious and most sacred Maj^{tie} that you wilbe pleased to incuredge his Exelency to make his cheife residance heer, which by longe and suffitient experience wee well know will much conduce to your Maj^{ties} intherest, and seruice, and to the good and great sattisfaction not onely of this but of all y^e adjacent Counties, his Lords^p having always been a disinterested Governor and freind to us all, as most espetially a most faithfull zealouse and powerfull promoter of seruices to y^e Crowne, yett with care and sweetnesse euer shewed towards your Maj^{ties} Loyall subjects, and nowayes partiall to those of his owne perswation and religion, where ever his Excelency hath had command looking but vpon his kings intherest and y^e peoples justifiable pretentions neither can his greatest enimies make appeare y^e least profe to y^e contrary. May itt therefore please your most Excelent Maj^{tie} vpon this our most humble petition suplycat^g to Joyne his Lords^{pp} with his most deseruing sonne, the Lord Herbert, in the Liuetenancie of this Countie, and wee esteeme it wille soe far from derogateing from my Lord his Sonne who we must hon^r that it wilbe an adit^~on of coumfort and hon^r to his Lords^{pp} to have his beloued father Joyned with him, as his Grandfather was with his Father the Lord Privie Seale, that wise and stout Privie counsellor: his Lords^{pps} great grandfather and predecessor neither doe wee looke with lesse awfullnesse and respect vpon our now Lord Marquisse of Worcester, if he reside amonghst us in a poore Grange of his then whilst he dwelt in his most sumptuous Castle of Ragland, like a Prince attended, esteemeing his now pouertie in respect of his then opulancie, but as a badge of Loyaltie, and as readilie and cheerfully shall wee obey his commands who our harts attend, as much as then, if Impower^d by your Gratious Maj^{tie} to bee our Joynt Lord Lieutenant which hon^r and power wee most humbly begg may be againe conferred upon his Excelency. And wee shall euer pray, &c. May it please y^r Grace