The declaration of Thomas Lord Fairfax, and the chief of the gentlemen and free-holders in the county of York. With their letter to the Lord General Monck.. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B21119 of text R233154 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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. 5 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 B21119 Wing D777A Interim Tract Supplement Guide 190.g.13[318] ESTC R233154 99882477 ocm99882477 194121 2248523687

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B21119) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 194121) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C29:2[319]) The declaration of Thomas Lord Fairfax, and the chief of the gentlemen and free-holders in the county of York. With their letter to the Lord General Monck.. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for John Johnson, London, : 1659.. Praying for a Free Parliament. Signed: Thomas Fairfax [and 47 others]. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. York (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. eebo The declaration of Thomas Lord Fairfax, and the chief of the gentlemen and free-holders in the county of York. : With their letter to the Lord General n/a 1659 1 594 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. 2013-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2014-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-02 Sampled and proofread 2014-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE DECLARATION OF Thomas Lord FAIRFAX , AND The Chief of the Gentlemen and Free-holders in the County of YORK . With their LETTER to the Lord General MONCK .

WEe being deeply sensible of the Grevious pressures , under which We by the extream danger whereunto We are exposed at this time , through the violent alteration of Government , and mutation and interruption of Parliaments , having no Representative to expresse or remedy our Grievances , have thought it meet according to the example of other Countries , to Declare and Desire , That the Parliament begun November 3 , 1640. be yet continued , the Members that were secluded in 48 , be forthwith Restored to the Exercise of their Trust , that right may be done to their Persons , the Parliament and People that have chosen them . If otherwise , That a Parliament may be presently called , without the imposing Oaths or Engagements , the greatest prejudice to Civil or Christian Liberty : or requiring any Qualifications saving what by Law are already established . And until this , or the one of these be done , We cannot hold Our selves obliged to pay the Taxes that are , or shall be imposed , We not enjoying the Fundamental Rights of the Nation , to consent to our own Lawes by equal Representatives .

To the LORD Generall MONCK , My Lord .

WEe find Our selves constrain'd by writing to supply the omission of acquainting your Lordship with Our thoughts and desire , when you passed through Our County , which we had then done , if upon so short notice , we could have met for a mutual understanding . Your Lordship will find in the enclosed Declaration the sum of Our apprehensions ; We thought it not necessary to multiply perticulars , but leave all other things to a duly Constituted Parliament : neither have we been Solicitors to multiply Subscripsions , trusting more to the weight of Our Proposals then the number of Subscribers ; Yet We may safely affirm this to be the sense of the generality of the County , as your Lordship sees it is of others . We have only to add , Our earnest desires to your Lordship , that you will be pleased to further the accomplishment of what we have presented with such seasonable speed , as that the fear of Friends and the hopes of Enemies may be prevented .

Thomas Fairfax . Barrington Bourcher , H. Sheriff . Charles Wigfield . Thomas Wharton . Francis Boynton . William Cholmly . Thomas Harrison . John Dawn . John Hotham . Roger Langley . Thomas Slingsby . Thomas Rumington . Henry Cholmly . M. Robinson . John Gibson . William Fairfax . James Noyser . Thomas Hublethwait . Thomas Hutton . Gustavus Boynton . Thomas Yerburie . William Adams . William Dawson . William Dalton . Bryan Laton . Richard Chinly . Thomas Lovel . Walter Bethel . Robert Winfield . John Pearson . William Rooksby . John Dawson . Robert Bell. Henry Bethel . John Richards . John Mucklewhaite . Robert Withy . Fran. Diffield . Nicholas Bethel . Richard Levet . Walter Lacock . Thomas Crookland . William Woodyeare . Iohn Legate . Iohn Watson . Henry Fairfax . George Harwood . Richard Redman .

Many other Noble Persons Subscribed , but could not be presently read , their Names being their own Hands .

LONDON , Printed for John Johnson , 1659.