Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	john_n	sir_n	thomas_n	191,434	5	9.6258	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54883	To the Kings most excellent Majesty the humble petition of Sir Thomas Pilkington, kt., Lord Mayor of London, Slingsby Bethell, Esq., Samuel Swinock, John Deagle, Richard Freeman, John Jakell, John Key, and John Wickham, in behalf of themselves, and of the respective executors and administrators of Sir Thomas Player kt. deceased, Henry Cornish, Esq., deceased, Samuel Shute, Esq. deceased, and of Francis Jenks deceased.	Pilkington, Thomas, Sir, d. 1691.; William III, King of England, 1650-1702.	1690 (1690)	Wing P2235A; ESTC R6356	830	1

TO THE Kings most Excellent Majesty The humble Petition of Sir Thomas Pilkington Kt. Lord Mayor of London Slingsby Bethell Esq Samuel Swinock John Deagle Richard Freeman John Jakell John Key and John Wickham in behalf of themselves and of the respective Executors and Administrators of Sir Thomas Player Kt. deceased Henry Cornish Esq deceased Samuel Shute Esq deceased and of Francis Jenks deceased Sheweth THat Your Petitioners and the said deceased Persons were in the Year 1682 and 1683 by the Contrivance and Confederacy of Sir John Moor Kt. Sir Dudley North Kt. Sir Peter Rich Kt. Sir Edmond Saunders Kt. late Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and some others prosecuted and convicted for a Ryot the Fact objected against them being no other in truth than the peaceable doing their Duties as Citizens of London and Englishmen in Election of Sheriffs for the said City and County of Middlesex That in the Proceedings upon the said pretended Ryot many Notorious Violations of the Law were committed and Your Petitioners denied Common Justice by the Combination and Confederacy of the Persons last above-named and others insomuch that Your Petitioners and the said deceased Defendants were by Judgment of the Court of Kings Bench in Trinity Term 1683 Unreasonably Fined 4100 l. and were by Imprisonment and otherwise Forced to pay the same which Sum of 4100 l. was long since paid into the Exchequer That at Your Petitioners Prosecution the said Judgment was Reversed the last Parliament as Erroneous whereby Your Majesty stands by Law liable to make Restitution of the said Sum of 4100 l. as Your Petitioners are advised Now forasmuch as Your Majesties Generous Undertaking in coming into this Kingdom tended only for the Vindicating and Establishing our Religion Laws and Liberties and for Relieving the Oppressed and for that it is agreeable to Equity that such as did the Wrong should make Restitution And Your Petitioners hoping the Parliament now Assembled will take the whole Matter into their Consideration and pass a Bill for Relief of Your Petitioners out of the Confederates Estates and not leave them to be satisfied by Your Majesty Your Petitioners therefore humbly beseech Your Majesty That the said Confederates the Prosecutors of Your Petitioners and the Judges and Others concerned therein may be Excepted in the Act of Grace intended by Your Majesty as to All they did in Relation to the Prosecution and Judgment upon the pretended Ryot above-specified And Your Petitioners shall always pray c.