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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	law_n	parliament_n	session_n	2,595	5	10.2891	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81287	The case of several of His Majesties loyal subjects, very much oppressed, contrary to the laws of this land as they are advised, humbly represented to the consideration of the right honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled.	Cadman, Thomas.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; England and Wales. Act for Licensing and Regulating Hackney Coachmen.	1690-1699 (1699)	Wing C984D; ESTC R173551	1,174	1

The CASE of several of His Majesties Loyal Subjects very much oppressed contrary to the Laws of this Land as they are advised humbly represented to the Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament assembled 1. BY Act of Parliament in the Year 1663. 400 Hackney Coachmen were Licensed to ply in and about the Cities of London and Westminster during that Parliament and untill the first Sessions of the next Parliament and no longer except continued 2. The said Parliament being Dissolved and another Called and also Dissolved and nothing done in that Affair the Act expired 3. We the number of 100 Ancient Coachmen who have served persons of Honour and Gentlemen of Quality all of us Loyal Subjects and many of us sufferers for our Loyalty and Affections to King Charles the First of ever Blessed Memory presented our Petition to the then next Parliament praying for the reasons following to be added to the 400 formerly Lycenced Reasons 1. That the Buildings and the Inhabitants were so much increased that there was more occasion for 500 then for 400 when the Act was made 2. That we being Ancient Coachmen bred up only to that Imploy and had no other way to get Bread for our selves and poor Families 3. That we supposing that after the expiration of the aforesaid Act of Parliament the same liberty might extend to us that all other Coachmen had did lay out all our little Substance in buying Coach Horses and other Conveniencies for our Calling and accordingly followed our Calling untill about May 1683 we were by an Act of Common-Council prohibited from letting our Coaches to Hire in the City and Liberties of London and had several of our Coaches seized and carried to the Green-yard and forced to redeem them with Fines sometimes 20 s others 40 s and some 50 s and some have paid 5 l. in ten days time Others have been sold by them both Coach and Horses according to the will and pleasure of those Arbitrary Law-makers Some of our persons imprisoned and there kept for the space of three months others till they could get Bail and then put Fines upon them as they please 4. And by the exercise of this cruelty upon us the Coachmen pretended to be Licensed by the Common-Councel did joyn together and appoint 27 of their number to meet and hold Consults for raising of money amongst themselves to suppress and ruine us in our Calling in the City and Liberty of Westminster also and did with money hire men and keep us from our Imploy until we did make our Agrievance known by our humble Petition to his most Gracious Majesty King Charles II. of ever-blessed Memory and the better to effect their design to ruine us they have raised at several times 3200 l. and upwards 5. and lastly We the oppressed have to our ruins stood several Suits with the said 400 and in all the said Suits cast them but now our small Substance being spent and they having a great Stock of Money we must suffer under their Prosecution unless prevented by the Goodness of this Parliament Wherefore we most humbly beseech your Honours to take the premisses into your serious consideration that when our Petition shall be presented unto your consideration to vouchsafe us relief according as to your Wisdoms shall seem meet and we and all the rest as in duty bound shall ever pray Tho. Cadman Tho. Whittle Peter Welch Lewis Morris Tho. Genings