His Majesties most gracious and free-pardon to several prisoners in Newgate at an adjournment of the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, held for the city of London and county of Middlesex on Saturday the 21th day of March, 1684/5, and in the first year of His Majesties reign. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1685 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46488 Wing J212 ESTC R26818 09550834 ocm 09550834 43601 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46488) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 43601) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1334:19) His Majesties most gracious and free-pardon to several prisoners in Newgate at an adjournment of the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, held for the city of London and county of Middlesex on Saturday the 21th day of March, 1684/5, and in the first year of His Majesties reign. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 broadside. Printed by George Croom, London : 1685. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Executive power -- England. 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion HIS MAJESTIES MOST GRACIOUS AND FREE-PARDON , TO Several Prisoners in Newgate , at an Adjournment of the Sessions of the Peace , and Oyer and Terminer , Held for the City of London and County of Middlesex , on Saturday the 21 th . Day of March , 1684 / 5 ; . And in the First Year of His Majesties Reign . WHereas at several Sessions , last past , held for the City of London , and County of Middlesex , divers Felons and other Criminals had received Sentence of Death and Transportation , it pleased His Most Sacred Majesty out of His Inherent Clemency peculiarly Resident in his Royal Line , in Imitation of His Mercifully Famous , and ever to be Remembred Ancestors , to extend the favour of His Free and Gracious Pardon to the several Prisoners here under Named . In order whereunto , at the late Sessions of Oyer and Terminer , Held for the County aforesaid , on the 25 th 26 th , and 27 th , Days of February last past , an Adjournment was there made till Fryday the 6 th of March Instant , and from thence to the 21 th . of the same Month ; where the Right Honourable Sir James Smith , Kt. Lord Mayor , of the City of London , Sir Thomas Jenner Kt. one of his Majesties Serjeants at Law , and Recorder of the said City , together with others of the Worshipful the Aldermen of the said City , the same Day about three of the Clock in the Afternoon , did call over the several Prisoners here under Named , for whom a General Pardon was there Read , which they severally on their respective Knees pleaded : which the Court was pleased to Allow of ; and accordingly the said Malefactors were thereby Pardoned : which being over , the Court was pleased to Adjourn the next General Sessions for the Peace at Guild-Hall , to the 27 th of April , and for London and Middlesex at the Old-Bayly , to the 29 th . of the said Month. GOD SAVE the KING . 29 Free Pardoned , Viz. THomas Potts , Joseph Curtis , John Den , Edward Hubbard , John Mole , John Smith , Edward Paine , John Leneve , Thomas Benson , Dorothy Waller , Christopher Redmain , Richard Scott , James Walden , James Rothwell , Roger Mercy , Thomas Brown. Charles Cartmore , Mary Shelton , John Richardson , Anne Smith , Henry White , Mary Cale , Joane Johnson , George Casky , Francis Pevinson , Daniel Valentine , Joshua Bludworth , John Davis , Jonathan Parson , in the Kings-Bench , and made an Escape . 47 To be Transported , Viz. RIchard Enos , Captain of the Pickpockets . Elizabeth Ratcliffe , Christian Bromfield , Robert Tod , Mary Voss , John Pell , John Fuller , Sarah Carter , Barbara Williams , John Thorougood , John Morgan , Dorcas Morgan , John Harwood , William Fincham , Mary Rives , John Walker , Edward Perkins , John Holmes , Thomas Smith , John Walbanck , Henry Curley , William Temple , William Buttler , Thomas Viccars , William Peirce , Jane Bourn , Jane Arnox , Joseph Key , William Thomas , Silvan Morris , John Harrab , Roger Adams , Katherine Cotterel , Philemon Adams , Richard Scarlet , Francis Abraham , John Holton , George Clark , Henry List , Ralph Harrison , Charles Buckler , Thomas Stevenson , John Hayes , William Williams , John Clutton , William Clark , Elizabeth Townesend , I Do Appoint George Croom to Print His Majesties Most Gracious and FREE-PARDON , and that no other Person or Persons presume to Print the same . James Smith , Mayor . London , Printed by George Croom , at the Blue-Ball in Thames-street , over against Baynard's-Castle . 1685.