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. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A54883 of text R6356 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P2235A). 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 A54883 Wing P2235A ESTC R6356 12987534 ocm 12987534 96241 2248533831

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54883) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96241) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 818:24) 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. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1690] Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. Attributed to Thomas Pilkington. cf. Wing. eng Political crimes and offenses -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702. Broadsides eebo To the Kings most excellent Majesty. The humble petition of Sir Thomas Pilkington Kt. Lord Mayor of London, Slingsby Bethell Esq; Samuel Swinock, John [no entry] 1690 1 476 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. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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.