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A74117 A letter written to an honorable member of the House of Commons Hobson, John fl. 1648. 1648 (1648) Thomason 669.f.13[58] 1,688 1

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A Letter written to an Honorable MEMBER of the House of COMMONS SIR THe jealousies that are against certain Members of the Parliament concerning their failing in their places and Trust give us sensible occasion as to call to minde the severall happinesses which we of this Corporation have received in your part of representation of us so for your further incouragement in well doing to expresse your thankfulnesse for the same as to God so to your self Sir We do thankfully acknowledge that for more then eight yeers past as you were freely chosen by us so you have freely and cheerfully all this time taken this charge upon you of serving your Countrey as one of the Burgesses of this Burrough To which place we had the more reason to make choice of you most of us having plentifull experience of your fitnesse in sund●ie respects and of your fidelitie manifested in former Parliaments in which we found your readie willingnesse not onely to be active for pub●ick good but to suffer also with cheerfulnesse in the publick cause of the Common-wealth Sundrie of us well know and thankfully remember your carriage against the Loan money and other projects tending to publick detriment though much to your particular hazard in bearing witnesse against them And as for this present Parliament which hath past the greatest hazards trials and oppositions of any for maintenance whereof as we of this Town have from the first all along to this day been ingaged with them against the common Enemy so you in particular have alwayes countenanced and incouraged us therein as well in your personall as other affitance in the same common cause As for your carriage in this Parliament though we could not be spectators eye and eare witnesses thereof yet we have not been wanting to be inquisitive after the same The result of which Inquisition ever rendred you to us a diligent attendent as of the House so of the particular Committees and one that ever closed with that party of the House th●t most endeavoured Reformation of things am sse both in Church and Common-wealth A●d as to such particular occasions as thi Corporation hath had in this Parliament both for our Church and our Garrison we thank you for it your endeavours have been most readily extended to the utmost on our behalfs And for your carriage in the Countrey at such times as you have had liberty to come amongst us we thankfully acknowledge that in order to the weal publick both as a Justice of the Peace and as a Commissioner of the Parliament you have been very active in discountenancing persons i●l-aff●cted or any wayes obstructing or impeding the publick Service of the Parliament and incouraging and advancing the payment of taxes and execution of the Ordinances of the Parliament We well remember your seiz●ng and sending to the Parliament the high Sheriffe that was of this County and your proceedings against other potent Enemies of this County And to this day we have observed your adhering to the first principals as well by expressing the like activity for the Parliaments occasions here in the Countrey as by your Letters which some of us have seen as also by your rejoycing at the successes of the Parliaments Army under his Excellency the Lord Fairfax and your bewailings of the sad condition of the Kingdom upon the Scots Invasion this Sommer of which also some of us are witnesses And surely your own advantage to your particular estate h●th not been an Ince●tive to all this for as for recompence from us You were nobly pleased to way ve it and serve us freely so we beleeve that you have as freely at your own charge served the Common-wealth For we well observe and understand that in this time of your ●ong absence your Estate here i● considerably impaired which though you lightly esteeme being it is for the servic● of the publick yet we have reason to acknowledge it with thankfulnesse Sir We write not thus to flatter you or to make way for any designe of putting you to any increase of service in our own particulars but in way of testifying our hearty thankfulnesse unto you and to incourage in that furthee publick Service which your place and trust calls for from you And so with our very loving remembrance to your Self and your Honorable Lady we rest Boston Linc. Sir Your very loving friends to serve you Reginald Hall Mayor Aldermen John Hobson Sam Cust Andrew Baron Thomas Ceny Francis Vaughan John Ellis John Atkin. Henry Mawbray Disertion Cosen John Tooly Robert Atkin. Sam Beetson W●lli Leverington George Metcalfe John Adams John Letsham Henry Rosse Matthew Harris●n Edward Mould Thomas Cave Henry Calverley Edward Tilsen John Whiteing Reginald Hall Thomas Asham Thomas Lawe Charles Empsen Thomas Tooly Thomas Welbye William Wight John Tilson Edward Adlard For our much honoured Friend Sir Anthony Irby Knight these present Decemb. 20 1648 Vera Copia