The town of New-Castle upon Tine having elected Sir William Blacket, Baronet; and Sir Ralph Carr, Knight. their burgesses, in the late Parliament, dissolved by his Majesties proclamation, bearing date the 18th. day of January 1680. Sir William Blacket had the honour of dying in that service, upon which the said town unanimously chose their present mayor Nathaniel Johnson Esq; who accordingly this last session of Parliament gave his attendance at Westminster, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by his Majesty. Sir Nathaniel's residence being at present in London, the said town of New-Castle sent him the following letter Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Town Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A63015 of text R213560 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T1977A). 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. 2 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 A63015 Wing T1977A ESTC R213560 99825913 99825913 30305 2240859323

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A63015) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30305) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2100:15) The town of New-Castle upon Tine having elected Sir William Blacket, Baronet; and Sir Ralph Carr, Knight. their burgesses, in the late Parliament, dissolved by his Majesties proclamation, bearing date the 18th. day of January 1680. Sir William Blacket had the honour of dying in that service, upon which the said town unanimously chose their present mayor Nathaniel Johnson Esq; who accordingly this last session of Parliament gave his attendance at Westminster, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by his Majesty. Sir Nathaniel's residence being at present in London, the said town of New-Castle sent him the following letter Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Town Council. Maddison, Henry. aut Johnson, Nathaniel, Sir, d. 1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1681] Signed and dated: New-Castle 22d. January 1680 [i.e. 1681]. Henry Maddison, Deputy Mayor [and 6 others]. Year given according to Lady Day dating. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Carr, Ralph, -- Sir, 1633 or 4-1709. Blackett, William, -- Sir, ca. 1620-1680. England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- History, (17th century) -- Early works to 1800. Newcastle upon Tyne (England) -- History, (17th century) -- Early works to 1800. eebo The town of New-Castle upon Tine having elected Sir William Blacket, Baronet; and Sir Ralph Carr, Knight. their burgesses, in the late Parliament, dis Newcastle upon Tyne . Town Council 1681 1 291 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. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 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

The Town of New-Castle upon Tine having Elected Sir William Blacket , Baronet ; and Sir Ralph Carr , Knight . Their Burgesses , in the late Parliament , Dissolved by his Majesties Proclamation , bearing date the 18th . day of January 1680. Sir William Blacket had the honour of dying in that Service , upon which the said Town Unanimously chose their present Mayor Nathaniel Johnson Esq ; who accordingly this last Session of Parliament gave his attendance at Westminster , and had the Honour of Knighthood Conferred on him by his Majesty . Sir Nathaniel's Residence being at present in London , the said Town of New-Castle sent him The following Letter .

Sir ,

WE receiving an Account from several hands of his Majesties Declaration in Councel , to dissolve this present Parliament ( and call another in March next ) had a general Meeting this Morning of the Aldermen , who came to this Resolution as an acknowledgment of the good Service you have done the Corporation , to make it our request to you and Sir Ralph Carr , that you would please to continue our Representatives , and our Service and Endeavours shall be used herein , which we hope will be a means to preserve Unity in this place , and avoid the great Disorders formerly committed in these Affairs , and doubt not but the same will produce an Unanimous Election ; So desiring your ready Compliance herein , and your Answer to ,

Sir , Your humble Servants , Henry Maddison , Deputy Mayor . Timothy Davison . Ralph Jennison . Robert Roddam . Nicholas Fenwick . George Morton . Joseph Bonner Sheriffe . New-Castle 22d . January 1680.