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Two petitions of the counties of Buckingham and Hertford presented to His Excellencie S. Thomas Fairfax at S. Albans.
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Buckinghamshire (England); Hertfordshire.
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1647
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Wing T3502; ESTC R23903
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TWO PETITIONS of the Counties of BVCKINGHAM and HERTFORD Presented to his Excellencie S. THOMAS FAIRFAX at S. ALBANS CAMBRIDGE Printed by Roger Daniel Printer to the Universitie 1647. TO His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall of the Forces raised for the defence of the Kingdome c. The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the County of Buckingham-shire May it please your Excellency WE blesse God for you as the Instrument whom he hath raised up and made eminent in putting an end to the sad and dreadfull warre wherein this Kingdome was involved not many moneths since our eyes are still upon you and our prayers for you that God would crown your labours with an happy period of our miseries ending in the injoyment of our due and native liberties which are the things we have chosen our fellow Subjects serving in Parliament to obtain for us They are the things for which we have adventured our lives and estates freely being the first county that appeared for them They are the things we have so often petitioned for and could not have so much as expected a delay of answer to these our just desires But to our grief we speak it we have been rejected and are become hopelesse of satisfaction by some men who have not onely prevailed in discountenancing our just petitions the proper way of the subjects addresses but have almost made it a fault for the Subjects to petition even for things that are due to them both by common birth-right and the law of the Kingdome and which frequently have been confirmed unto us by severall ordinances and Declarations of Parliament we are not ignorant that even some men amongst them whom in due time we shall not stick to name are such as by their subtill thoughts have endeavoured to render your Army odious to the Parliament and Kingdome which rather then they shall not obtain they will not stick to inflame the Kingdome in a second unnecessary and unjust warre That being the onely help under God left us of having a firm peace settled in this Kingdome These things being come to this passe we take upon us the boldnesse to beseech your excellency being a person whom your justice courage fidelity and zeal for the common good have made eminent and given so great an interest in the hearts and affections of all men who have any sense of their common good and just liberties That you will be pleased to mediate in our behalf to the honourable Court of Parliament for the obtaining of our so dear and near concernment without the injoyment whereof even our lives will be uncomfortable to us And although this our addresse may seem strange or hazardous unto you yet we doubt not but the justice of our desires will preserve you As for our own parts we are resolved in the mediation hereof to assist you to the uttermost of our power c. FINIS To the Right Noble His Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax Captain Generall of the Forces raised for the preservation of the Kingdome THE HUMBLE PETITION Of divers Knights Gentlemen Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of HERTFORD May it please your Excellency WE do with much thankfulnesse acknowledge the great care and pains that have been undergone by those our faithfull and well betrusted Worthies of Parliament who even in the saddest of times when deserted by many of their own Members have not spared the hazard of their lives estates and fortunes for the preservation of the just Liberties Immunities and Franchises of the free-born Subjects of this Kingdome being desperately and strongly invaded by a powerfull and malignant party And have also made many solemne protestations and declarations of their aimes intents and purposes whereby we have been greatly incouraged to yield all chearfull and due assistance in so necessary a work yet now to our great grief observing by reason as we conceive of the machinations and contrivances of some desperately affected to the weal and quiet of the publick in generall and to the honour of your ever honoured Army in particular many obstructions daily to intervene and fâ—ll in whereby both they and we notwithstanding the still reall intentions of our forenamed worthies are as yet cleaâ—ly debarred the fruition of these our often promised much wisht for prayed for fought fâ—â— rights and priviledges whereof we had â—â—ll hope long since to have been partakers Wherefore we your said Petitioners do most humbly intreat and beseech your Excellency whom God hath eminently and highly honoured we wel know to have a tender compassionate care over the distresses of this miserable afflicted Kingdome to use your utmost endeavours withal expedition before the disbanding of the Army now under your Excellencies command that those Firebrands and Incendiaries who have endeavoured new divisions in the Kingdome or by their slanderous tongues to fix undeserved reproches upon the Army may be brought to condigne punishment and that we your Petitioners with the rest of our faithfull brethren in the Kingdome may have a certain relief in our grievances hereunto annexed And as in duty bound we shall not fail to yield our best assistance with our persons purses and prayers I. That divers Counties and Corporations in this Kingdome viz. Devonshire Cornwall Wales formerly in open hostility for the present wholly disaffâ—cted to the proceedings of Parliament have notwithstanding retained eqâ—ally with the most cordiall to the State their priviledges of electing members a thing very destructive to the safety of the Common-wealth which is the chief end of Parliaments and one main cause of many present grievances Wherefore we desire that such Elections may be revoked and the place declared uncapable of any such priviledge during the sessions of this Parliament or untill such time as it shall appear that their former enmity and rancor against the Parliament be laid aside II. That whereas the honourable houses have raised up the expectations of the well affected by promising the improvement of their time and care to apply remedies against their pressing evils as appears more fully in their declaration the 17. of April 1646. yet the said Commons have to their great grief been frustrated of their hopes and instead of being relieved have to their great grief been vexed imprisoned and otherwise molested III. Our Petitions to the Parliament are not as in former times either received or answered whereby no redresse can be had to our pressing grievances as in particular those against tythes that for the enlargement of our fellow Commoners long and as we humbly conceive unduely detained in prison IV. The putting in of Mâ—lignants Neuters and persons who have not shewen any affection or done any service for the Parliament during these troubles that have layen upon the Kingdome into places of honour trust and profit as governours of Towns Castles Forts Justices of peace Commissioners of Excise Committees of Accounts c. whereby the most cordiall friends of the Parliament are slighted disregarded and upon very slender causes indicted committed imprisoned V. That the body of the Kingdome consisting much of Copyholders who for the most part have been very cordiall and faithfull to the Parliament may not now be left finable at the will of the lord in regard the generality of them have been very malignant and much dis-affected to a Parliamentary or through reformâ—tion and from whom they cannot but expect very severe dealing VI. That all men who have received any State-moneys as well Parliament men as others may be called to an account for such moneys And that Committees not as now for the most part Neuters or Malignants but of approved fidelity may be elected for that purpose VII That one Cordwell a man of a most notorious lewd life conversation withall a most desperate Malignant did procure a Warrant for the apprehending three Souldiers under the command of Col. Albom Cox brought them before one King of S. Albanes a Justice of Peace where their said Colonell did appear with them and made it very clear and apparent to the said Justice that what they did was by command from their Captain and no more then what was expresly contained within their Ordinance which the said Justice did acknowledge and was fully satisfied in their Ordinances authorizing them thereunto yet notwithstanding the said King would have committed them to Hertford Goale had not their said Colonell and Captain become bound for their appearing at the next Sessions And the said Cordwell did preferre a bill of Indictment against them and had it not been for two or three honest men that served of the Grand Jury the said bill had been found to the great perill of the lives of the said Souldiers there being but little favour or mercy to be had for Parliament Souldiers by the Justices of our County FINIS