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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84746	The foure petitions of Huntington Shire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Ioyntly concerning the libertie of the subiects, to the honourable Assembly of the High Court of Parliament. Vnanimously concurring to the rootiug [sic] out of papists, and their religion from our kingdome; and the removing of the popish lords, and bishops from their votes in the House of Peeres: and that there may be a speedy reformation of religion in our church, according to the word of God. The petition of Huntington-shire, particularly containing the behalfe of the Lord Kimbolton.		1642 (1642)	Wing F1664; Thomason E132_20; ESTC R212758	2,054	7

THE FOVRE PETITIONS OF HVNTINGTON SHIRE NORFOLK SVFFOLK AND ESSEX Ioyntly concerning the libertie of the Subiects to the Honourable Assembly of the High Court of PARLIAMENT Vnanimously concurring to the rooting out of Papists and their Religion from our Kingdome and the removing of the Popish Lords and Bishops from their Votes in the House of Peeres and that there may be a speedy Reformation of Religion in our Church according to the Word of God The Petition of Huntington-shire particularly containing the behalfe of the Lord Kimbolton LONDON Printed for Iohn H●●mond 1642. To the right Honourable THE KNIGHTS CITIZENS AND BVRGESSES of the House of Common now assembled in Parliament The Petition of the Countie of Huntington Sheweth THat Your unwearied labours and indefessive endevours for the publike good and safety of the whole Kingdome have exstimulated us not onely to acknowledge obsequiously the same but also have respectively induced us to present our lives and estates at your command and Order The grievances which for a long-time hitherto have sorely oppressed us have partly beene cleared by our endevours and partly remaine still to the great mollestation of us all which we really suppose to bee retarded by a malignant patty which are acknowledged to be the sole obstacles of your proceedings Our humble addresse is therefore to Your Honours that You would bee gratiously pleased to devote the Popish Lords Bishops and others from the House of Peeres and exenterate those evill Councellours from that Illustrous Assembly For wee finde that by their mischievous designes your endevours are not onely frustrated but the very priviledges of the Parliament broken and the liberty of the Subiects debilitated and the Members of both Houses unassured of their lives to the great preiudice of the whole Kingdom especially a Religious member of the House of Peeres the Lord of Kimbolton in our Shire who was impeached by his Maiestie of High Treason but wee are confident of his Loyaltie and have so absolute an opinion of him that he is not guiltie of the least of these Articles wherein hee was arraigned Wherefore we humbly implore your Honours that hee and the orher may enioy the freedome and liberty of the Parliament according to the legall progresse of Law and the ancient customes and Rights of Parliamentarie tryalls To the granting of which Petitiory desire we recommend our Service and Zeale unto your Honours humbly beseecning you to reflect upon our Petition To your Petitioners will be bound to pray c. THE PETITION OF THE COVNTIE OF NORFOLKE To the Honourable House of Commons c. Sheweth THat the manifold pressures and multiplicity of grievances which have disturbed our Countie have been intollerable and almost insupportable and whereas wee have presented our many Petitions to your Honour we have been frustrated and have had little or no redresse from you the cause whereof we neither iudge nor imagine to be retarded by you but wee absolutely believe that it appertaines rather to the Popish Lords and Bishops in the House of Peeres who hinder and nullifie many things which are endevoured by your Diurnall vigilancy To the avoyding of which future hindrance and obstacle in your pious determinations we doe now make the humble tender of our service and devotion unto you beseeching with all humilitie and ardency of affection ●o the universall good of this Common-wealth that those afore-mentioned Lords and Bishops may be devoted from the upper House that the cleare spring of your sacred and unanimous resolulutions may runne like a pure fountain of Iustice without either the hindrance or let of any as also without the corruption of any malignant or ill-affected member to the prosperous alacrity of this whole Nation And then your Petitioners shall be for ever bound to pray c. THE HVMBLE PETITION OF the Countie of Suffolke To the Right honorable Court of Parliament Humbly sheweth THat wheres infinite pressures and grievous impositions have for these many years been urged upon us to the great griefe and disturbance of the Kingdome the redresse where of wee impartially confesse hath been with excessive labour endeavoured by you in the space of the fourteen moneths past to bring all thing to a regular reformation yet notwithstanding your endeavours have been contrariwise frustrated and our servent expectations retarded by the ill-disposed-members of some in the House of Peeres where the Popish Lords and Bishops having their vote do repercusse those good determinations which are intended by the House of Commons Our humble supplication is therefore that you would be respectively pleased to remove these dusturbers of the Common-wealth that doe not onely hinder the zealous laffected Commons from their demonstration of vigilant sedulity but d●● also procrastinate and deferre the common safety and prosperity of the whole Kingdome in the name of which in genera●l and not in the behalf of our selves in particular wee dev●●●ly present our Petition unto your Honours umbly claving your assent and consent thereunto And your Petitioners shall bee ever bound to pray c. THE HVMBLE PETITION OF the County of Essex To the right Honorable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament Sheweth THat the preposterous divisions of our Religion have been so confused amongst us and the numerous grievances of our County have been so voluminous that they could easily bee expressed And although wee have daily waited in expectation of a reformation yet wee have been frustrated and nothing but incivility disorder and prophanesse is introduced into the distracted Church Our humble request is therefore that you would expell those who are rhe cause of our miserable calamities from your Assembly viz. Popish Lords and Bishops with others that Religion may be piously confirmed sacredly established and respectively embraced by all people according to the decencie of the Church and as the holy Scripture requires that the consciences of men may be disburdened the various distractions in the Church mitigated and the regularity of pious devotion instituted to the immortall honour of the Parliament And your Petioners will be bound to pray c.