At the court at Whitehall, November the 22th, 1682. Present the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in council. Whereas a petition was this day presented ... from several thousands of the poor distressed sea-men, ... and other late inhabitants of Wapping, ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B21732 of text R224599 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB 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 B21732 Wing E825 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.9[35] ESTC R224599 ocm99885540

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 eng Fires -- England -- Early works to 1800. Wapping (London, England) -- Fire, 1682 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo At the court at Whitehall, November the 22th, 1682. : Present the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in council. Whereas a petition was this day presented . England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1682 1 453 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. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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AT THE COURT at WHITEHALL , November the 22th , 1682.

PRESENT The KINGS Most Excellent MAJESTY in Council .

WHEREAS a PETITION was this Day presented to his MAJESTY in Council from several Thousands of the poor Distressed Sea-Men , Sea-Artificers , Labourers , and other late Inhabitants of WAPPING , and the Parts adjacent ; setting forth , That the Poor Petitioners , by the Suddeness and Violence of the late Dreadful FIRE which happened lately in WAPPING , were expell'd and forced out of Their Houses and Dwellings , and scarce had time enough to preserve Themselves and Their Families from perishing in the Flames ; By Means whereof most of Them have lost All , or the Gratest part of Their Goods , and are exposed to lie in the Streets , Church-Yards , and Fields ; And therefore Praying His MAJESTY , out of His wonted Clemency and Mercy , to Order , That a Collection may be made for Their Relief . His MAJESTY in Council was thereupon Graciously pleased to Direct his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London , and the Deans of Westminster and St. Pauls , to Recommend their Sad and Deplorable Condition to the several Parishes of London , Westminster , and the Places Adjacent , to make a Charitable Collection for the Poor Petitioners ; And that They do give Directions , That the Money so Collected be paid unto Mr. Roger Hudson at the Sign of the Exchange and Grasshopper in Lombard Street , to be Disposed of among the PETITIONERS by the Persons hereafter mentioned , as They shall think fit , who are hereby Appointed Trustees to that effect ; Namely , The Lord Mayor of London , the said Lord Bishop or London , the Sheriffs of London for the Time being , Sir Henry Johnson , Mr. Raynsford Waterhouse , Mr. Robert Hastings , Mr. William Wood , Mr. John Kent , Mr. Edward Alsoppe , Mr. Isaack Woodgreen , Captain Hugh Till , Captain Bendall , and Mr. Philip Gardner , and any Three or more of Them , whereof the Lord Mayor , or the Lord Bishop of London to be One , who are to take the Advice of the Ministers , Church-Wardens , and Overseers of the respective Parishes of the Poor Petitioners so Destroyed , in making the said Distribution . And it is Recommended to the Lord MAYOR of London , to give all due Encouragement and Countenance to this Charitable Work .

Francis Gwyn .