To all ministers of Gods vvord church-wardens, maiors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, tything-men, and other officers whatsoever, to whom these may concerne, greeting. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94394 of text R211150 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.14[38]). 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 2017 A94394 Wing T1326A Thomason 669.f.14[38] ESTC R211150 99869883 99869883 163026 2240946694

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94394) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163026) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f14[38]) To all ministers of Gods vvord church-wardens, maiors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, tything-men, and other officers whatsoever, to whom these may concerne, greeting. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1649] Signed at end: Savill Ratcliffe, [and 4 others]. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Charity -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A94394 R211150 (Thomason 669.f.14[38]). civilwar no To all ministers of Gods vvord, church-wardens, maiors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, tything-men, and other officers whatsoever, to who anon. 1649 1 500 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. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To all Ministers of Gods Word , Church-wardens , Maiors , Sheriffes , Bayliffes , Constables , Tything-men , and other Officers whatsoever , To whom these may concerne , Greeting .

WHereas the Bearers hereof John Idsforth with his Wife and Children , living at Walton in the County of Lancaster , ( by profession a Chandler ) and Richard Dyneley of the same Towne and County Tanner , with his Family , people of good esteeme and repute amongst their Neighbours , were ( by the Scottish and English Armies meeting together upon the place of their Residence ) grievously wounded , utterly ruinated and undone , their dwelling Houses being burned downe to the ground in the battaile that was fought the Seventeenth day of August last past , before the date hereof , by the said Armies , and all the rest of their Goods , graine and provision then spoylod , wasted , consumed and brought to nothing , so that by this lamentable accident , the sad and heavie visitation of Sicknesse , the extreame Dearth and Scarcity that is amongst the Inhabitants of that County , and the Countries mighty impoverishment , these poore Bearers grievances are become very great not being able to relieve themselves or others as formerly , and their losses amounting to Nine hundred pounds and upwards . Now wee whose Names are here subscribed , at our generall meeting holden at Preston in Andernesse this third of June 1649. professing our selves willing to requite kindnesses of this nature , certainly knowing the truth and reality of all these things , and the honest and good meaning of these Bearers , have thought good to certifie the truth hereof under our hands , humbly requesting and recommending these to the favourable protection and assistance of the Honourable Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster , for and towards these Bearers quiet , free and safe passage from one place to another without molestation by Souldiers or others , and also the courtesie , love and charity , prayers , Collection , reliefe , and Contribution of all pious and well-affected Ministers , Parishes , and people wheresoever these miserably distressed Bearers shall come , towards their great losses , and their present and future maintainance and livelihood , none knowing how soone they may fall into the like or greater Calamities : We have hereby granted that the Bearers hereof may have these Published on the next Lords day after the Receit thereof , and also we have granted the said Bearers Twelve moneths after the date hereof for their said travels and Contribution , the said Bearers promising to be truly thankfull , as in duty bound . Given under our hands at Westminster this tenth of June , 1649.

SAVILL RATCLIFFE , Justice of Peace and Quorum . WILLIAM STARKY , Justice of Peace . RICHARD SHVTTLEWORTH . GEORGE RIGBIE , and WILLIAM CALVERLIE , Minister .