The
humble
ADDRESSES
of
several
close
Prisoners
in
the
Gate-house
Westminster
,
to
the
Kings
Majesty
and
Council
,
to
the
Lord
high
Chancelor
,
and
the
Lord
chief
Justice
,
and
Judges
of
the
Kings
Bench
;
to
manifest
their
Innocency
,
and
to
obtain
their
Liberty
.
ALbeit
out
illegal
Apprehending
,
and
cruel
close
Detainor
,
administred
to
us
and
our
families
just
occasion
of
Sorrow
,
yet
that
which
aggravated
our
misery
,
was
the
odious
Infamy
cast
upon
us
and
our
Relations
,
both
in
City
and
Country
,
as
if
we
,
amongst
others
,
were
Actors
or
Contrivers
of
some
horrid
Plot
,
and
being
publickly
aspersed
as
those
who
necessitated
the
loading
the
Nation
which
more
Taxes
,
by
which
our
Credits
and
Reputations
were
not
a
little
wounded
;
and
even
our
Friends
in
many
places
blaming
our
silence
,
as
if
we
had
neglected
our
humble
Addresses
to
his
Majesty
,
or
Applications
to
the
Honourable
Judges
of
the
Law
,
for
the
Vindication
of
our
innocency
and
Fidelity
;
for
whose
better
information
and
satisfaction
we
have
caused
our
Proceedings
to
be
published
,
whereby
it
may
appear
that
the
Circumstances
of
our
Condition
considered
,
there
hath
been
no
means
left
unattempted
.
We
shall
forbear
to
mention
the
Addresses
of
our
Wives
apart
to
his
Majesty
and
Council
,
taking
no
pleasure
to
remember
how
many
weeks
,
some
coming
from
far
,
and
continuing
here
to
no
little
charge
,
they
attended
the
Council
every
day
of
their
fitting
,
reaping
no
other
benefit
thereby
to
this
day
,
than
Order
for
some
of
them
in
the
presence
of
the
Keeper
to
see
their
Husbands
;
by
converse
with
whom
,
being
fully
confirmed
of
what
before
they
were
not
in
the
least
suspicious
,
(
viz.
their
Innocency
and
Integrity
)
were
further
encouraged
to
present
their
joynt
Petition
to
his
Majesty
and
Council
,
an
followeth
.
To
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
and
to
the
Lords
of
his
Majesties
most
Honourable
Privy
Council
.
The
humble
Petition
of
the
Wives
of
several
Persons
Close-Prisoners
in
the
Gate-house
.
Humbly
sheweth
,
THat
your
Petitioners
Husbands
were
apprehended
by
Messengers
at
their
own
houses
,
about
twelve
weeks
since
,
and
carried
to
the
Gate-house
,
where
with
all
patience
they
have
endured
a
close
and
chargeable
Imprisonment
,
not
knowing
any
Accuser
or
Accusation
;
nor
can
they
by
any
means
address
themselves
to
this
honourable
Council
,
being
denyed
Pen
,
Ink
and
Paper
:
Some
of
your
Petitioners
,
by
Order
,
have
obtained
leave
to
visit
them
,
and
do
finde
that
they
are
altogether
ignorant
of
any
Plot
or
Design
against
his
Majesties
Person
or
Government
,
and
that
if
any
thing
of
that
nature
be
charged
on
them
,
they
would
be
glad
that
they
might
be
brought
to
a
legal
Tryal
,
that
so
their
Innocency
might
be
vindicated
.
And
forasmuch
as
your
Petitioners
Husbands
,
for
the
most
part
,
are
very
poor
,
having
nothing
left
but
their
own
Industry
to
maintain
themselves
and
Families
;
and
that
as
it
hath
been
their
Care
,
so
we
are
confident
shall
be
,
to
live
peaceably
under
his
Majesties
Government
.
Therefore
your
Petitioners
do
most
humbly
pray
,
That
your
Majesty
and
this
honourable
Council
would
be
pleased
to
grant
your
Petitioners
Husbands
their
Liberty
,
or
otherwise
that
they
might
be
brought
to
a
speedy
Tryal
according
to
Law
,
That
so
them
and
their
Families
may
not
utterly
be
destroyed
,
and
that
for
the
future
they
may
have
the
Protection
of
the
Law
,
to
encourage
them
to
follow
their
Callings
.
And
your
Petitioners
shall
pray
,
&c.
-
Susanna
Lytcott
.
-
Alice
Reade
.
-
Mary
Gladman
.
-
Anne
Chassin
.
-
Sarah
Wilkes
.
-
Martha
Kenwrick
.
-
Sarah
Wansey
.
-
Elizabeth
Packer
,
-
Jane
Mason
-
Susanna
Newman
.
Which
Petition
being
read
,
Answer
was
returned
by
one
of
the
Clerks
attending
the
Council
,
That
a
Committee
would
be
appointed
to
give
their
Husbands
a
speedy
Dispatch
,
which
caused
their
further
constant
attendance
;
but
not
hearing
of
any
such
Committee
,
they
about
a
month
after
humbly
presented
to
several
of
the
Lords
,
as
they
were
going
to
sit
in
Council
,
the
following
Memorial
.
Right
Honourable
,
BE
pleased
to
Remember
the
sad
and
deplorable
Condition
of
our
Husbands
,
Close
Prisoners
in
the
Gate-house
,
presented
by
our
Petition
to
his
Majesty
and
Council
about
a
month
since
;
they
having
been
near
sixteen
weeks
under
a
severe
Confinement
,
and
not
conscious
of
any
Crime
;
So
that
except
your
Honours
out
of
tender
Compassion
give
a
speedy
Answer
to
our
humble
and
just
Desires
,
they
and
their
Families
must
suffer
inevitable
Ruine
.
And
upon
their
attendance
that
Council-day
,
Answer
was
given
,
that
nothing
would
be
done
at
the
Council
,
the
business
being
referred
to
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
;
But
hearing
nothing
further
thereof
,
the
Term
also
near
the
end
,
We
did
humbly
conceive
,
by
the
advice
of
our
Friends
,
it
might
be
most
satisfactory
to
his
Majesty
,
and
expeditious
for
our selves
,
to
be
brought
before
his
Lordship
by
the
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
which
being
sued
forth
and
made
Returnable
immediatly
,
was
also
served
upon
the
Keeper
,
Sir
Edward
Broughton
,
on
Saturday
the
8th
of
February
1661
,
our
Solicitor
having
acquainted
the
Atturney
General
with
this
Proceeding
,
desiring
there
might
be
no
delay
,
but
if
any
thing
were
against
the
Prisoners
,
the
Court
might
be
acquainted
therewith
upon
their
appearing
at
the
Bar
,
which
they
expected
should
be
the
Monday
following
,
The
Deputy-keepers
having
told
them
the
Writs
would
be
obeyed
,
unless
their
Master
,
Sir
Edw
.
Broughton
,
received
Orders
from
the
Secretary
to
the
contrary
;
who
notwithstanding
disobeyed
his
Majesties
Writs
,
and
injuriously
broke
his
Promise
with
us
,
which
lost
our
opportunity
of
taking
out
second
Writs
,
and
occasioned
our
humble
Address
to
the
Honourable
the
Judges
by
the
following
Letters
presented
to
,
and
read
by
them
,
the
Court
sitting
.
To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
of
the
Kings-Bench
at
Westminster
,
these
humbly
present
.
MAy
it
please
your
Honour
to
be
informed
,
That
our selves
and
divers
others
within
this
Prison
,
have
by
our
Wives
and
Friends
petitioned
and
solicited
his
Majesty
and
Council
these
sixteen
weeks
and
more
to
procure
our
Enlargement
,
but
can
neither
obtain
that
,
nor
so
much
as
knowledge
wherefore
we
are
committed
,
nor
a
Copy
of
our
Mittimus
;
but
were
some
few
dayes
since
informed
by
a
Clerk
of
the
Council
,
that
We
and
our
Case
were
referred
to
your
Lordship
,
the
which
hath
invited
our
Friends
to
procure
an
Habeas
Corpus
to
bring
us
this
day
before
your
Bar
;
but
our
Keeper
,
Sir
Edward
Broughton
,
having
abused
us
,
by
exacting
of
Fees
and
Chamber-Rent
,
refuseth
to
bring
us
before
your
Lordship
.
We
therefore
humbly
desire
,
that
a
Tipstast
may
be
sent
to
morrow
for
such
of
us
as
have
shewed
out
our
Habeas
Corpus
,
so
that
your
Honour
may
not
onely
be
informed
of
the
cause
of
our
close
Imprisonment
(
the
which
we
are
ignorant
of
)
but
also
the
cruel
usage
we
have
and
do
daily
suffer
in
our
Persons
,
Estates
,
and
Names
,
even
to
the
Utter
Ruine
of
some
,
and
almost
Undoing
of
the
rest
,
as
the
inclosed
Case
of
one
of
our
number
will
more
particularly
manifest
,
who
was
forced
thus
to
present
it
,
fearing
the
Keeper
will
not
bring
him
to
your
Bar
with
the
rest
.
The
truth
of
all
which
will
be
made
good
,
if
we
shall
have
the
happiness
to
be
brought
before
your
Lordship
:
which
is
the
humble
Petition
and
Desires
of
your
Lordships
most
humble
Servants
.
From
the
Gate-house
Westminst
.
Febr
.
11
,
1661.
-
William
Kenwrick
,
-
John
Mason
,
-
Henry
Wansey
,
-
Leonard
Lytcott
,
-
Timothy
Wilkes
,
-
William
Newman
,
-
John
Chassin
.
To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
of
the
Kings-Bench
at
Westminster
,
these
humbly
present
.
Right
Honourable
,
UPon
the
26th
of
October
last
,
being
in
my
Shop
in
Threedneedly-street
,
London
,
I
was
taken
by
Pursevants
,
or
Messengers
,
who
said
they
had
Order
to
carry
me
before
one
of
the
Secretaries
of
State
at
White-hall
,
to
answer
the
breach
of
a
Bond
I
had
formerly
given
when
discharged
from
my
Imprisonment
in
the
Tower
of
London
;
but
they
,
without
carrying
me
before
the
said
Secretaries
,
or
any
other
Magistrate
,
had
me
to
Sir
Edward
Broughton
the
Keeper
of
the
Gatehouse
Prison
,
who
said
to
me
,
You
are
my
Prisoner
,
and
to
be
kept
close
,
I
asked
him
by
what
Authority
,
and
desired
a
sight
and
Copy
of
my
Commitment
:
He
read
me
the
first
line
of
the
Warrant
,
and
said
,
It
was
enough
for
me
to
know
it
was
his
Majesties
pleasure
I
should
be
so
kept
.
I
then
told
him
,
that
my
Estate
was
taken
from
me
,
and
but
little
left
besides
my
Watch-making
Trade
to
keep
me
alive
,
and
that
if
I
had
my
Tools
and
accommodation
to
work
,
I
could
both
pay
him
my
Chamber-rent
,
and
maintain
my self
,
and
otherwayes
I
could
not
do
it
.
Sir
Edward
Broughton
then
promised
me
upon
his
Honour
,
that
,
except
my
Imprisonment
,
I
should
have
all
the
Civility
I
could
desire
,
and
wished
me
to
send
my
mind
to
Secretary
.
To
which
I
replyed
,
Sir
,
how
can
I
do
that
,
which
am
immediately
to
be
your
close
Prisoner
?
He
then
promised
me
to
acquaint
the
Secretary
Nicholas
with
my
desires
;
Notwithstanding
he
sent
me
to
lodge
upon
a
very
hard
Flock-bed
,
much
worse
than
are
some
Mats
,
whereon
,
after
I
had
tyred
my
body
for
some
nights
,
I
desired
but
a
Truss
of
Straw
rather
than
such
a
Bed
,
and
offered
him
payment
for
it
,
yet
could
not
obtain
the
same
;
and
because
I
could
not
comply
with
his
exactions
,
to
pay
ten
shillings
a
week
for
a
Bed
;
twenty
shillings
for
turning
the
Key
;
five
shillings
for
use
of
a
pair
of
Sheets
;
five
shillings
Garnish
;
and
five
pounds
for
Iron
Fees
,
at
nine
dayes
end
(
although
in
all
that
time
neither
Wife
,
Children
,
nor
Friends
were
permitted
to
see
or
come
near
me
)
I
was
carried
down
two
part
of
stairs
into
a
very
strait
Room
,
not
above
two
steps
wide
,
without
a
fire-place
,
and
there
lockt
up
for
ten
dayes
,
not
permitting
me
to
come
forth
to
ease
nature
in
fifteen
or
sixteen
hours
together
;
and
often
when
I
called
for
Ale
,
either
the
bottom
of
some
old
barrel
,
or
Ale
and
Urine
mingled
,
they
brought
me
to
drink
,
which
after
tasted
by
two
Prisoners
Wives
,
I
was
enforced
to
throw
it
away
,
and
for
divers
dayes
to
drink
fair
Water
:
But
at
length
when
they
understood
I
was
about
to
petition
his
Majesty
for
Relief
,
I
was
put
into
another
Room
for
twelve
dayes
time
,
whose
windows
were
sore
broken
,
and
no
means
by
Glass
,
Paper
,
or
otherwayes
afforded
to
stop
them
,
although
daily
promised
;
all
which
ill
usage
had
so
much
distempered
my
body
,
that
my
life
was
thereby
endangered
;
and
because
I
could
not
comply
to
answer
their
Exactions
,
I
was
often
threatned
to
be
put
into
the
Hole
,
when
as
I
had
neither
money
to
buy
my self
or
family
bread
;
and
by
their
own
defaults
in
keeping
me
without
my
Tools
,
I
was
disabled
to
pay
the
premises
:
And
,
to
manifest
their
further
cruelty
,
when
as
my
Wife
by
Petition
obtained
his
Majesties
Order
to
have
my
Tools
into
the
Prison
,
and
be
continued
in
the
Room
I
was
then
placed
in
for
the
better
accommodation
of
my
Trade
,
Sir
Edward
Broughton
,
by
his
Deputy
,
took
from
my
Children
my
Tools
,
not
only
depriving
me
of
the
use
of
them
for
these
fifteen
weeks
past
,
but
doth
yet
detain
them
in
his
hands
,
and
will
not
restore
them
to
my
Wife
or
Children
;
so
that
herein
by
the
Keeper
I
have
suffered
the
losse
of
fifteen
pounds
that
I
could
have
gotten
by
my
labour
,
and
my
Tools
are
of
value
near
five
pounds
,
which
he
hath
in
his
hands
or
possession
,
and
further
demands
seven
shillings
a
week
for
a
Bed
,
in
a
Room
heretofore
set
but
for
seven
groats
,
with
the
aforesaid
Fees
:
whose
due
,
and
much
more
than
the
Law
doth
direct
,
for
quietness
sake
I
have
often
offered
to
pay
,
so
as
he
would
but
restore
my
Goods
,
and
give
a
Receipt
under
his
hand
,
to
manifest
a
full
Discharge
,
(
because
't
is
usual
to
demand
Chamber-rent
there
after
it
hath
been
once
paid
)
or
else
refer
himself
(
as
I
desire
)
to
any
Magistrate
that
he
shall
chuse
;
But
this
my
Keeper
refuseth
to
agree
to
,
and
24
dayes
ago
,
notwithstanding
the
Kings
Order
,
he
caused
my
Bed
,
Bedding
and
Mats
to
be
all
taken
from
me
,
and
refused
to
permit
me
have
in
a
Bed
of
mine
own
,
or
so
much
as
a
Trusse
of
Straw
to
lodge
on
;
and
his
Deputy
the
18th
of
February
last
openly
said
,
That
whereas
all
the
close
Prisoners
Wives
had
petitioned
his
Majesty
,
desiring
their
Husbands
Liberty
,
or
that
they
might
be
brought
to
a
speedy
Tryal
according
to
Law
,
he
said
,
their
Petition
should
be
spoiled
,
and
that
Sir
Edward
Broughton
was
gone
to
Whitehall
for
that
purpose
;
and
two
dayes
after
they
had
taken
from
me
my
Bed
,
four
of
his
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
his
Deputy-turnkey
,
Attendants
,
and
the
very
Tapster
(
being
Souldiers
)
took
me
up
,
being
upon
a
Mat
I
had
procured
to
lodge
on
,
and
by
force
carried
me
out
of
my
Room
through
the
Gallery
to
a
close
Room
in
the
remotest
part
of
the
house
,
called
the
Troploft
,
allowing
me
but
the
boards
to
lodge
on
for
these
twenty
four
nights
past
,
nor
would
the
Keeper
permit
my
son
to
bring
me
a
bolster
of
Straw
,
but
doth
threaten
often
to
board
up
my
Window
,
so
as
then
I
shall
have
no
Air
to
breath
in
.
My
Lords
,
it
was
the
Bishop
of
Worcester's
good
Counsel
to
his
Majesty
at
his
Coronation
,
A
Prince
should
say
,
as
Nehemiah
,
Should
such
a
one
as
I
,
representing
God
in
Greatness
and
Goodness
,
Rewarding
such
as
do
well
,
and
punishing
such
as
do
evil
;
shall
I
do
any
thing
that
is
mean
,
base
,
sinful
,
unjust
,
cruel
,
or
dishonourable
to
Him
whom
I
represent
?
Now
,
my
Lords
,
shall
you
the
Judges
of
the
Law
know
those
Cruelties
to
be
exercised
on
me
under
his
Majesties
Government
,
and
not
relieve
me
?
God
forbid
.
Examine
the
truth
of
my
Complaint
:
once
I
have
Sworn
;
twice
I
have
given
Security
;
four
times
I
have
been
Imprisoned
by
malicious
Contrivances
;
I
have
my
Habeas
Corpus
granted
,
but
cannot
be
brought
forth
:
I
desire
your
Lordships
to
Release
me
,
or
Remove
me
from
this
wretched
place
of
torment
;
And
if
I
must
be
detained
,
after
above
fifteen
weeks
Imprisonment
,
not
knowing
any
cause
thereof
,
let
me
be
dealt
with
as
a
Man
,
and
used
and
provided
for
as
the
Kings
Prisoner
ought
to
be
by
Law
during
my
Restraint
.
Which
is
all
at
present
from
your
Lordships
most
humble
oppressed
Prisoner
,
From
my
close
Captivity
in
the
abominable
Prison
of
the
Gatehouse
,
Westminst
.
Febr
.
11.
1661.
Henry
Wansey
.
Which
Letters
being
read
by
the
Judges
,
the
Lord
chief
Justice
demanded
who
was
the
Presenter
of
then
,
and
being
owned
by
our
Friend
,
he
also
humbly
prayed
that
his
Lordship
would
be
pleased
to
hear
a
Motion
upon
them
:
which
being
granted
,
Mr.
Serjeant
Bearmould
seeing
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Gatehouse
had
not
onely
disobeyed
the
first
Writ
,
but
also
an
Order
of
Court
made
the
day
before
for
bringing
the
Prisoners
to
the
Bar
,
under
the
penalty
of
forty
pounds
,
That
an
Atachment
might
be
granted
against
the
said
Keeper
,
or
that
the
Prisoners
might
be
brought
before
the
Lord
chief
Justice
(
this
being
the
last
day
of
the
Term
)
at
his
Chamber
,
that
Bail
might
be
put
in
before
him
there
;
but
could
not
be
obtained
:
But
the
Court
did
agree
that
it
was
fit
to
grant
an
aliis
Habeas
Corpus
Returnable
fifteen
dayes
after
Easter
,
with
a
lusty
Fine
,
because
that
Keeper
usually
disobeyeth
the
Orders
of
the
Court
;
which
was
done
occordingly
,
under
the
Penalty
of
100
l.
And
the
Prisoners
doubting
that
their
usage
was
like
to
be
worse
from
their
Keeper
than
before
,
by
Mr.
Serjeant
Newdigate
moved
the
same
day
,
That
an
Order
might
be
made
for
their
Solicitors
,
Atturneys
and
Friends
to
come
to
them
,
and
to
allow
them
the
liberty
of
the
Prison-house
:
which
was
granted
,
as
desired
,
and
being
traslated
into
English
,
is
as
followeth
.
Wednesday
eight
dayes
after
the
Purification
of
the
blessed
Mary
,
in
the
fourteenth
year
of
King
Charles
the
second
,
our
Lord
the
King
.
Against
the
Keeper
of
the
Prison
of
the
Gatehouse
.
IT
is
Ordered
,
That
the
Keeper
of
the
said
Prison
permit
the
Solicitors
,
Atturneys
and
Friends
of
William
Kenwrick
and
the
other
Prisoners
in
his
Custody
,
to
come
and
speak
with
the
aforesaid
Prisoners
;
and
to
allow
them
the
liberty
of
the
Prison-house
,
upon
the
Motion
of
Mr.
Serjeant
Newdigate
.
By
the
Court
.
Which
said
Order
being
the
next
day
served
on
Sir
Edward
Broughton
the
Keeper
,
he
seemed
to
yeeld
obedience
to
it
,
affording
the
benefit
of
it
for
one
day
;
but
by
his
Deputies
the
day
following
exercised
as
much
strictness
as
formerly
,
locking
us
up
from
the
liberty
of
the
house
,
denying
our
nearest
Relations
and
Servants
with
necessaries
access
to
us
;
our
Solicitor
also
being
then
with
us
,
was
uncivilly
commanded
away
,
and
threatned
to
be
made
a
Prisoner
the
ensuing
morning
:
for
all
which
,
when
we
demanded
a
Reason
,
urging
the
Iudges
Order
to
the
contrary
:
they
replyed
,
The
Secretary
would
bear
them
out
,
and
that
the
Keyes
for
locking
us
up
in
the
day-time
was
their
Order
.
Being
thus
,
after
all
our
Expences
and
Endeavours
to
be
brought
forth
to
Tryal
,
and
for
obtaining
our
Liberties
,
through
the
injurious
dealing
of
our
Keeper
,
and
his
high
contempt
of
Authority
,
frustrated
in
our
Expectations
;
and
our
taking
this
legal
course
after
other
humble
submissive
means
failed
,
made
rather
as
an
aggravation
of
a
crime
against
us
by
our
mercinary
Keepers
,
who
are
all
Souldiers
in
pay
,
and
in
their
own
esteem
out
of
the
reach
of
the
Law
;
we
were
necessitated
to
represent
our
sad
Condition
to
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
High
Chancelor
,
and
to
the
Honourable
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
,
and
other
the
Iudges
of
the
King's
Bench
,
in
these
following
Addresses
.
To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
high
Chancellor
of
England
,
these
humbly
present
.
MAy
it
please
your
Lordship
,
We
take
the
boldness
,
being
not
a
little
oppressed
,
humbly
to
spread
before
your
Lordship
our
Complaint
,
who
have
been
kept
(
as
we
conceive
)
through
misinformation
four
months
Close
Prisoners
in
the
Gatehouse
,
and
more
severely
dealt
with
than
those
taken
in
open
Hostility
,
or
guilty
of
the
highest
Treasons
.
And
my
Lord
,
to
clear
our selves
,
and
make
our
Innocency
appear
,
we
have
(
by
our
Wives
)
used
all
imaginable
submissive
petitionary
means
to
his
Majesty
and
Council
,
who
,
through
their
weighty
Affairs
,
neither
admitted
us
a
hearing
,
nor
afforded
us
Relief
,
or
so
much
as
Answer
;
but
only
his
Majesties
Secretary
acquainted
our
Wives
,
that
we
and
our
Case
were
referred
to
my
Lord
Chief
Iustice
Foster
,
the
which
necessitated
our
Relations
to
endeavour
by
Writ
to
bring
us
last
Term
to
the
Kings
Bench
Bar
,
that
his
Lordship
and
the
whole
Nation
might
publickly
know
that
we
are
saithful
,
peaceable
,
and
obedient
Subjects
.
But
,
my
Lord
,
the
Writ
being
disobeyed
by
our
Keeper
Sir
Edward
Broughton
,
we
have
no
means
lest
us
to
endeavour
our
enlargement
till
the
next
Term
,
save
only
by
our
Addresses
to
your
Lordship
,
the
Seat
of
Equity
,
being
much
encouraged
thereunto
by
the
Act
of
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
,
and
your
Honours
many
favourable
Speeches
thereupon
.
Now
forasmuch
as
we
are
innocent
persons
,
and
not
guilty
of
the
breach
of
any
known
Law
,
having
been
lately
in
like
manner
imprisoned
(
some
of
us
three
or
four
times
)
And
that
my
Lord
Chief
Justice
(
to
whom
we
apprehended
our selves
referred
)
is
prevented
at
present
(
through
the
wilful
and
injurious
neglect
of
Sir
Edward
Broughton
)
to
afford
us
Relief
,
other
than
ordering
us
the
legal
favour
of
Converse
with
our
Friends
,
and
the
liberty
of
the
Prison-house
to
breath
in
;
the
which
by
our
Keepers
was
after
one
day
denyed
us
with
more
strictness
than
before
.
We
therefore
humbly
pray
,
that
your
Lordship
will
in
tender
compassion
represent
our
sad
condition
to
his
Majesty
,
minding
his
Majesty
of
his
gracious
Act
of
Indempnity
,
and
mediating
for
our
present
Liberty
and
future
Protection
,
so
that
sudden
and
speedy
Destruction
do
not
utterly
ruine
those
,
who
through
their
many
late
great
Losses
and
Imprisonments
have
hardly
left
wherewith
to
buy
Bread
.
Thus
craving
your
Honours
charitable
and
favourable
Aspect
on
our
Condition
,
we
are
your
Lordships
most
humble
Servants
.
Febr
.
15.
1661.
William
Kenwrick
,
Leonard
Lytcott
,
Timothy
Wilkes
,
John
Mason
,
Henry
Wansey
,
William
Newman
,
John
Chassin
.
To
the
Honorable
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
,
and
other
the
Judges
of
the
Kings-Bench
,
these
humbly
present
.
MY
Lords
,
we
cannot
but
with
much
thankfulness
acknowledge
your
just
Favour
,
upon
our
Motion
made
by
Mr.
Serjeant
Newdigate
upon
the
last
day
of
the
Term
,
ordering
the
Keeper
to
suffer
our
Solicitors
,
Atturneys
,
and
Friends
to
come
to
us
,
and
allowing
us
the
liberty
of
the
Prison-house
after
sixteen
weeks
close
Imprisonment
,
in
which
time
our
Friends
have
been
detained
from
us
,
to
our
great
Impoverishment
and
almost
utter
undoing
;
Only
one
day
the
Jaylor
yeelded
obedience
to
your
Order
,
but
the
next
day
they
pretended
Order
for
our
close
Confinement
,
as
formerly
,
which
they
put
in
practice
,
not
shewing
upon
our
demand
any
Order
for
the
same
.
Might
we
but
obtain
leave
to
make
our
just
Grievances
known
to
your
Lordships
,
we
believe
they
are
unparallel'd
.
Endeavours
are
used
(
as
is
privately
intimated
to
us
)
to
prevail
with
your
Honour
to
make
a
new
Rule
,
which
if
once
done
,
will
extend
to
a
Confirmation
of
our
close
Imprisonment
,
as
if
done
by
Law
:
this
we
are
not
easily
induced
to
believe
,
that
your
Lordship
should
suffer
our
Bonds
to
be
made
stronger
by
any
proceedings
from
that
Court
from
whom
we
expect
relief
.
Whilst
we
were
preparing
to
present
these
few
lines
to
your
Lordships
by
our
Solicitor
,
the
Under-keeper
forceth
him
from
us
,
and
ships
by
our
Solicitor
,
the
Under-keeper
forceth
him
from
us
,
and
openly
declared
before
witness
,
That
your
Lordship
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Judges
,
denyed
you
made
any
such
Order
,
although
the
Solicitor
proved
before
his
face
he
delivered
it
to
Sir
Edward
Broughton
;
and
the
Under-keeper
had
confessed
the
day
after
the
Term
it
was
delivered
to
Sir
Edward
,
and
further
said
,
he
was
as
glad
as
if
he
had
an
hundred
pound
given
him
,
it
would
not
rejoyce
him
more
than
that
we
had
such
Liberty
granted
,
as
our
freedom
from
close
Imprisonment
:
Yet
since
our
Servants
are
denyed
to
bring
us
necessaries
,
or
to
let
us
know
whether
our
Wives
and
Children
are
dead
or
alive
,
some
of
them
being
very
sick
;
The
which
usage
doth
not
only
increase
the
Afflictions
of
all
our
Relations
,
but
much
aggravate
our
own
Sufferings
,
who
are
your
Honours
most
humble
Servants
.
From
the
Gatehouse
Westminst
.
Febr
.
15.
1661.
William
Kenwrick
,
Leonard
Lytcott
,
John
Mason
,
Timothy
Wilkes
,
Henry
Wansey
,
William
Newman
,
John
Chaffin
.
It
was
our
Intention
to
have
inserted
the
Answer
to
these
last
Addresses
,
but
hearing
it
was
the
design
of
some
great
persons
,
instead
of
making
us
Reparations
,
to
send
us
to
remore
places
,
we
are
disappointed
;
only
our
Friend
that
presented
them
,
conceives
the
Lord
Chancellor
disapproved
of
this
injurious
dealing
with
his
Majesties
peaceable
Subjects
,
and
that
the
Judges
discovered
a
purpose
not
to
recede
from
the
Order
for
taking
off
our
close
Imprisonment
,
both
in
respect
of
the
Justice
and
Legality
thereof
,
and
likewise
,
being
granted
the
last
day
of
the
Term
,
it
could
not
duly
be
altered
;
and
until
we
see
a
better
Order
than
this
granted
by
his
Majesties
Judges
in
Westminster
Hall
to
the
contrary
,
we
hope
to
be
excused
in
our
daily
continuing
to
demand
our
Liberty
therein
allowed
us
,
though
the
Insolency
of
those
Souldiers
(
our
Under-keepers
)
is
such
,
as
still
to
debar
our
Friends
,
Solicitors
and
Atturneys
access
to
us
,
shewing
us
(
when
demanded
)
the
Keyes
for
their
Order
;
and
,
in
a
provoking
manner
,
snatched
a
Pen
out
of
the
hand
of
one
of
our
number
,
whilst
writing
our
some
part
of
our
former
Addresses
;
The
benefit
and
supply
of
Pen
,
Ink
and
Paper
being
gained
upon
the
Order
for
taking
off
our
close
Imprisonment
,
and
whereof
we
are
unwilling
(
but
by
violence
)
to
be
deprived
;
which
we
could
little
have
expected
from
those
hands
,
remembring
that
when
we
made
known
to
them
our
purpose
of
endeavouring
our
Liberty
this
way
,
they
not
onely
professed
how
glad
they
should
be
if
we
might
attain
it
,
but
one
of
them
brought
us
word
that
after
the
first
Writ
was
served
upon
Sir
Edward
Broughton
,
he
was
sent
from
him
to
the
Secretary
,
from
whom
(
if
his
Master
received
not
Orders
to
the
contrary
)
we
should
be
brought
to
the
Bar
;
and
both
at
that
time
,
and
formerly
,
told
us
,
his
Master
cared
not
if
we
were
discharged
,
knowing
where
to
find
others
to
sill
up
his
Prison
.
Thus
having
in
all
Reality
discharged
our
Conscience
,
and
humbly
endeavoured
to
manifest
to
his
Majesty
and
Council
,
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
and
the
honourable
Judges
,
our
Innocency
and
Faithfulness
;
and
also
,
in
part
,
the
causless
Sufferings
of
his
Majesties
peaceable
and
quiet
Subjects
,
We
shall
in
all
Christian
patience
wait
till
the
LORD
in
his
Mercy
shall
graciously
send
Deliverance
,
being
encouraged
both
from
his
Word
and
Promises
to
hope
and
expect
seasonable
Supports
;
as
also
by
the
Experiences
of
some
,
our
next
Chamber-fellows
,
who
have
lain
more
than
thirteen
months
Close
Prisoners
in
this
wretched
House
of
bondage
,
under
the
threats
and
menaces
of
our
Jaylors
,
having
for
some
season
worn
very
weighty
Iron
Chains
on
both
legs
day
and
night
,
and
to
this
time
knowing
no
more
than
we
,
either
Accuser
or
Crime
laid
to
their
charge
.
Yet
if
by
the
good
Providence
of
God
our
happiness
shall
be
made
so
great
by
some
charitable
hand
,
as
to
present
this
our
suffering
Condition
to
his
Majesties
view
,
with
this
assurance
,
That
neither
directly
nor
indirectly
we
have
acted
any
thing
against
the
present
Government
,
but
have
lived
in
all
peaceable
submission
thereunto
;
As
also
,
acquainting
his
Majesty
the
great
disservice
done
by
those
persons
that
make
and
continue
Distinctions
amongst
his
Majesties
good
Subjects
,
or
endeavour
to
withdraw
his
Majesties
Affections
from
them
;
we
cannot
then
but
hope
his
Majesty
will
no
longer
suffer
us
to
be
thus
severely
used
,
but
will
afford
us
Liberty
and
Protection
according
to
our
native
Right
,
and
the
good
old
Laws
of
this
Kingdom
.
Febr
.
20.
1661.
FINIS
.