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A82159 The declaration of the gentry, of the county of Norfolk, and of the county and city of Norvvich 1660 (1660) Wing D680; Thomason 669.f.23[21]; ESTC R205564 532 1

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THE DECLARATION Of the GENTRY of the COUNTY of NORFOLK And of the COUNTY and CITY of NORVVICH VVE the Gentry of the County of Norfolk and County and City of Norwich being deeply affected with the sence of our sad Distractions and Divisions both in Church and State and wearied with the miseries of an Unnatural Civil War the too Frequent Interruptions of Government the Imposition of several heavy Taxes and the loud Out-cries of multitudes of undone and almost Famished People occasioned by the General decay of Trade which hath spread it self throughout the whole Nation and these Counties in particular and having met together and consulted what may best remedy and remove our and the Nations present Grievances and Distractions Do humbly conceive that the chief Expedient will be the recalling of those Members that were secluded in 1648 and sat before the Force put upon the Parliament We of the County of Norfolk being by such Seclusion deprived of any Person to represent us in Parliament and also by filling up the Vacant Places thereof and all to be Admitted without any Oath or Engagement previous to their Entrance which being done We shall be ready to acquiesce and submit in all things to the Judgment and Authority of Parliament without which Authority the People of England cannot be obliged to pay any Taxes This Declaration subscribed by three hundred Gentlemen was delivered to the Honourable Will Lenthall Speaker of the Parliament on Saturday the Eight and Twentieth of January 1659. By the Lord Richardson Sr John Hobart and Sr Horatio Tounsend Baronets