My lord, we the commons of London, in Common-Hall assembled, being deeply sensible that many of the mischiefs and grievances that we at present groan under are occasioned by the misbehaviour and irregular carriages of some of the principle officers of this city, particularly of Sir George Jefferies, Knight, our present record ... This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A51665 of text R33605 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing M3171). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A51665 Wing M3171 ESTC R33605 13530049 ocm 13530049 99982 2240900102

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A51665) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 99982) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1553:5) My lord, we the commons of London, in Common-Hall assembled, being deeply sensible that many of the mischiefs and grievances that we at present groan under are occasioned by the misbehaviour and irregular carriages of some of the principle officers of this city, particularly of Sir George Jefferies, Knight, our present record ... 1 broadside. s.n., [London : 1680] Title from first six lines of the text. Imprint suggested by Wing. Dated in ms. at bottom: 17. Octob. 1680. Reproduction of original in Harvard University Library. eng Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, -- Baron, 1644 or 5-1689. We the commons of London, in Common-Hall assembled. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo My lord, vve the commons of London, in Common-Hall assembled, being deeply sensible, that many of the mischiefs and grievances that we at present groa [no entry] 1680 1 505 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Petition of the City of London to the Ld Mayor against the psent record Sr George Jefferyes . My Lord ,

WE the Commons of London , in Common-Hall Assembled , being deeply sensible , that many of the Mischiefs and Grievances that we at present groan under , are occasioned by the Misbehaviour , and irregular Carriages of some of the principal Officers of this City , particularly of Sir George Jefferies , Knight , our present Recorder , who , by very confident but false Affirmations , hath endeavoured to mislead the Common-Council , in Matters of highest Moment : And also , contrary to the Duty of his Place , and the greatest Trust reposed in him , hath , as we have just reason to believe , frequently made other false Suggestions and Misrepresentations to his Majesty , of our most Loyal and Dutiful Actions and Demeanours . And finding , that he hath maliciously contrived , to subvert one of the great Foundations of our English Liberties , by menacing and threatning Juries , thereby to make them bring in Verdicts , not according to their Conscience , but his own Will and Pleasure ; and discharging others contrary to Law , before they had compleated all the Business for which they were sworn : as doth notoriously appear , by his late and terrible Usage of the Grand-Inquest of this City , at the Sessions of Peace holden in Guild-Hall . And lastly ; That he doth frequently affront , and most scurrilously intreat Witnesses , appearing to give their Testimonies in the several Judicatures , whereby they many times become affrighted and confounded : Tending to the great Oppression of his Majesty's Subjects , to the Scandal and Dishonour of the City , and to the disquieting of the Peace and Unity thereof ; to the perversion of Justice , and dangerous Prejudice of the Publick-Weal of this Kingdom . By which ill Carriages , and most insolent Behaviours , he hath rendred himself most obnoxious , and insupportably burdensom in that Office .

We do therefore most humbly pray your Lordship , to consider with your Worshipful Brethren the Aldermen , of the most speedy and effectual Way that can be taken , for the immediate removing of the said Sir Geo. Jefferies , from the Place of Recorder of this City , as a Person dangerous and destructive to the Publick Peace , Vnity , and Prosperity thereof : To the end that some other more fit and honest Person , learned in the Laws , of known Loyalty , Modesty , Integrity , and undoubted Zeal for the true Protestant Religion , may be Elected into the same : Which , We humbly conceive , may be the best and most expedient Means , conducing to the Remedy of these Mischiefs , and Preservation of the good Government of this renowned City .

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