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A88256
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To every individuall member of the Honourable House of Commons: the humble remembrance of Lieutenant Col. John Lilburn.
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Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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1648
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Wing L2184; Thomason E461_36; ESTC R205207
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to_o every_o individual_a member_n of_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_z the_o humble_a remembrance_n of_o lieutenant_n col._n john_n lilburn_n honour_a sir_n september_n 4._o 1648._o vouchasafe_v to_o take_v notice_n and_o serious_o to_o consider_v that_o the_o first_o week_n this_o present_a parliament_n sit_v which_o be_v now_o almost_o full_a eight_o year_n ago_o i_o present_v a_o humble_a petition_n to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o for_o justice_n and_o right_n against_o the_o cruel_a judge_n of_o the_o high_a commission_n court_n and_o the_o starchamber_n and_o i_o have_v the_o honour_n the_o same_o day_n it_o be_v present_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o prisoner_n in_o england_n that_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n by_o this_o parliament_n and_o also_o receive_v a_o speedy_a full_a fair_a and_o candied_a proceed_n in_o the_o hear_n and_o examine_v of_o my_o tyrannical_a suffering_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o multiplicity_n of_o public_a business_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o be_v able_a to_o attain_v to_o the_o full_a end_n of_o my_o legal_a and_o just_a expectation_n and_o right_n viz._n reparation_n for_o my_o long_a sad_a and_o torment_a suffering_n by_o the_o foresay_a unjust_a and_o unrighteous_a judge_n be_v please_v also_o favourable_o to_o take_v notice_n that_o upon_o the_o first_o of_o august_n last_o there_o be_v a_o humble_a petition_n present_v to_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_o subscribe_v by_o many_o thousand_o of_o honest_a citizen_n etc._n etc._n humble_o to_o desire_v you_o to_o put_v i_o in_o the_o full_a possession_n of_o all_o your_o by_o past_a just_a vote_n about_o my_o foresay_a suffering_n upon_o read_v and_o debate_v of_o which_o petition_n as_o inanswer_v to_o that_o particular_a of_o it_o your_o house_n be_v please_v to_o make_v this_o ensue_a order_n die_v martis_n 1_o augusti_fw-la 1648._o lord_n car_n sir_n john_n maynard_n sir_n peter_n go_v worth_a col._n bossell_n col._n ludlow_n m._n copley_n m_o holland_n it_o be_v refer_v to_o this_o committee_n or_o any_o five_o of_o they_o to_o consider_v how_o col._n john_n lilburne_n may_v have_v such_o satisfaction_n and_o allowance_n for_o his_o suffering_n and_o loss_n as_o be_v former_o intend_v he_o by_o this_o house_n henry_n elsing_n cler._n dom._n com._n unto_o which_o say_v committee_n at_o there_o first_o sit_v i_o present_v a_o petition_n the_o copy_n of_o which_o thus_o follow_v to_o the_o honourable_a the_o committee_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o appoint_v to_o consider_v of_o lieut_n col._n lilburn_n business_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o starchamber_n the_o humble_a petition_n of_o lieutenant_n col._n john_n lilburn_n showeth_n that_o beside_o your_o petitioner_n suffering_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o banishment_n into_o the_o low_a country_n he_o be_v i_o commit_v by_o d._n lamb_n gwin_n aylet_n 1637._o and_o afterward_o have_v 3_o year_n imprisonment_n in_o the_o common_a gaol_n of_o the_o fleet_n be_v 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of_o the_o laud_n which_o they_o be_v swear_v to_o preserve_v and_o for_o that_o the_o reparation_n in_o the_o say_a ordinance_n assign_v do_v scarce_o amount_v to_o what_o your_o petitioner_n spend_v in_o his_o three_o year_n sad_a captivity_n and_o his_o now_o almost_o eight_o year_n chargeable_a attendance_n in_o sue_v for_o it_o beside_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o rich_a &_o profitable_a trade_n for_o eleven_o year_n together_o and_o his_o wound_n torment_n smart_n and_o disgrace_v sustain_v by_o his_o say_a tyrannical_a sentence_n he_o therefore_o humble_o pray_v the_o favour_n and_o justice_n of_o this_o honourable_a committee_n for_o some_o considerable_a augmentation_n of_o his_o say_a reparation_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o his_o fellow_n sufferer_n doctor_n bastwick_n have_v 4000_o li._n reparation_n allot_v he_o who_o suffering_n he_o submissive_o conceive_v be_v nothing_o nigh_o so_o great_a in_o torment_n pain_n and_o shame_n as_o your_o petitioner_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o now_o lord_n coventry_n son_n and_o heir_n to_o the_o foresay_a lord_n coventry_n have_v walk_v in_o his_o father_n step_n in_o enmity_n to_o the_o law_n liberty_n and_o freedom_n of_o the_o nation_n by_o be_v in_o arm_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o parliament_n and_o make_v his_o peace_n with_o the_o earl_n of_o essex_n for_o a_o small_a matter_n and_o have_v since_o disert_v the_o kingdom_n live_v in_o france_n private_o receive_v the_o profit_n of_o a_o vast_a estate_n which_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o and_o forasmuch_o as_o his_o say_a father_n the_o late_a lord_n coventry_n be_v the_o active_a man_n in_o the_o infringe_n the_o law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o nation_n although_o a_o lawyer_n and_o judge_n sit_v on_o the_o supreme_a seat_n of_o justice_n and_o a_o person_n as_o be_v ground_o conceived_a who_o get_v a_o great_a estate_n by_o corruption_n and_o particular_o a_o man_n that_o principal_o pass_v as_o chief_a judge_n of_o the_o court_n both_o the_o aforesaid_a sentence_n against_o your_o petitioner_n and_o inregard_n the_o estate_n of_o the_o say_a lord_n cottington_n and_o sir_n francis_n windebank_n by_o subsequent_a order_n of_o both_o house_n upon_o urgent_a occasion_n be_v much_o entangle_v and_o alter_v from_o the_o condition_n they_o be_v in_o in_o 1646._o when_o the_o lord_n order_v your_o petitioner_n 2000_o mask_n out_o of_o they_o and_o for_o that_o the_o estate_n of_o james_n ingram_n can_v be_v find_v nor_o at_o present_a come_v by_o your_o petitioner_n therefore_o most_o humble_o pray_v that_o the_o great_a part_n if_o not_o all_o your_o petitioner_n reparation_n may_v be_v fix_v upon_o the_o say_v now_o lord_n coventry_n estate_n to_o be_v immediate_o pay_v your_o petitioner_n or_o else_o that_o his_o rent_n &_o the_o profit_n of_o his_o wood_n and_o good_n may_v be_v seize_v in_o the_o respective_a county_n where_o they_o lie_v for_o the_o satisfy_n thereof_o that_o your_o petitioner_n may_v no_o long_o run_v the_o hazard_n of_o ruin_n to_o he_o and_o he_o by_o tedious_a delay_n have_v already_o contract_v the_o debt_n of_o many_o hundred_o of_o pound_n occasion_v by_o the_o chargeable_a prosecution_n hereof_o and_o that_o if_o you_o shall_v think_v of_o conjoin_v any_o other_o with_o he_o that_o it_o may_v be_v principal_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o law_n who_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v pilot_n and_o guide_n unto_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o judge_n of_o that_o court_n who_o be_v lord_n and_o person_n not_o know_v the_o law_n and_o your_o petitioner_n shall_v ever_o pray_v etc._n etc._n john_n lilburne_n after_o the_o read_n of_o which_o they_o enter_v into_o a_o serious_a debate_n of_o the_o whole_a business_n and_o thereupon_o pass_v several_a vote_n to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o a_o ordinance_n to_o be_v draw_v up_o and_o report_v to_o the_o house_n by_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n car_n chairman_n to_o the_o say_a committee_n who_o according_o report_v the_o proceed_n and_o vote_n of_o the_o say_a committee_n to_o your_o house_n who_o approve_v of_o the_o say_a vote_n and_o order_v a_o ordinance_n to_o be_v present_v to_o the_o house_n consonant_n thereunto_o which_o be_v according_o do_v by_o the_o lord_n car_n which_o ordinance_n have_v be_v once_o read_v in_o your_o house_n the_o copy_n of_o which_o thus_o follow_v a_o ordinance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n for_o the_o raise_n of_o three_o thousand_o pound_n out_o of_o the_o real_a estate_n of_o the_o late_a thomas_n lord_n coventry_n late_a lord_n keeper_n of_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n for_o and_o towards_o the_o reparation_n and_o damage_n of_o john_n lilburne_n gent._n which_o he_o sustain_v by_o verâ—ue_n &_o colour_n of_o two_o sentence_n give_v and_o make_v against_o he_o in_o the_o late_a court_n of_o starchamber_n the_o one_o the_o 13._o of_o february_n 1637._o and_o the_o other_o the_o 18._o of_o april_n 1638._o whereas_o the_o cause_n of_o john_n lilburn_n gent._n concern_v two_o sentence_n pronounce_v against_o he_o in_o the_o late_a court_n of_o starchamber_n 13._o febr._n 13._o car._n regis_fw-la and_o 18._o april_n 14._o car._n regis_fw-la which_o be_v voted_n the_o 4._o may_v 1641._o by_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o to_o be_v illegal_a and_o against_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o subject_a and_o also_o bloody_a wicked_a cruel_a barbarous_a and_o tyrannical_a be_v transmit_v from_o the_o say_a house_n of_o commons_o unto_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n who_o thereupon_o by_o one_o order_n or_o decree_n by_o they_o make_v 13._o febru_n 1645._o adjudge_v and_o declare_v the_o say_v proceed_n of_o the_o say_a starchamber_n against_o the_o say_a john_n lilburn_n to_o be_v illegal_a and_o most_o unjust_a and_o against_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o subject_a and_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o unfit_a to_o continue_v upon_o record_n etc._n etc._n and_o by_o another_o order_n or_o decree_n make_v by_o they_o the_o say_v lord_n the_o the_o 5._o march_v 1645._o they_o assign_v to_o be_v pay_v unto_o the_o say_v john_n lilburn_n the_o sum_n of_o two_o thousand_o pound_n for_o his_o reparation_n and_o the_o say_a house_n of_o peer_n then_o fix_v that_o sum_n upon_o the_o estate_n real_a and_o personal_a of_o francis_n lord_n cottington_n sir_n francis_n windebanck_n and_o james_n ingram_n late_a deputy_n warden_n of_o the_o fleet_n and_o afterward_o for_o the_o present_a levy_v thereof_o with_o allowance_n of_o interest_n in_o case_n of_o obstruction_n while_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v in_o levy_v and_o of_o such_o part_n as_o shall_v not_o be_v forthwith_o levy_v the_o say_a house_n of_o peer_n do_v cause_v a_o ordinance_n to_o be_v draw_v up_o and_o pass_v the_o same_o in_o their_o house_n the_o 27._o april_n 1646._o and_o afterward_o transmit_v the_o same_o to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o for_o their_o concurrence_n with_o who_o it_o yet_o depend_v and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o since_o that_o transmition_n all_o or_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o say_a lord_n cottington_n and_o sir_n francis_n windebanck_n be_v since_o by_o both_o house_n dispose_v of_o to_o other_o use_n and_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o say_v james_n ingram_n be_v so_o small_a and_o weak_a and_o so_o entangle_v with_o former_a encumbrance_n that_o it_o can_v afford_v little_a or_o no_o part_n unto_o the_o say_v john_n lilburn_n of_o the_o say_a reparation_n and_o for_o that_o the_o say_v late_a lord_n coventry_n be_v the_o principal_a judge_n and_o chief_a actor_n in_o the_o give_n of_o both_o the_o say_v illegal_a sentence_n in_o the_o say_a court_n of_o starchamber_n and_o for_o the_o barbarous_a inflict_v of_o punishment_n thereupon_o therefore_o and_o for_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o say_v two_o thousand_o pound_n and_o for_o the_o increase_n of_o reparation_n unto_o