by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of somersett. england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of somersett. england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) charles i, king of england, - . sheet ([ ] p.) by l. lichfield, [oxford : ] "given at our court at mayden-head, this ninth day of november, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." with engraving of royal seal at head of document. place and date of imprint from wing. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng pardons -- great britain -- early works to . somerset (england) -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of somersett. england and wales. sovereign a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion cr honi soit qvi mal y pense royal blazon or coat of arms by the king . ¶ a proclamation of his majesties grace , favour , and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of somersett . whereas we have taken notice , that by the malice , industry and importunity of severall ill-affected and seditious persons in our county of somersett , very many of our weak and seduced subjects of that our county have not only been drawne to exercise the militia , undercolour of a pretended ordinance , without and against our consent ( a crime of a very high nature , if we would strictly enquire thereinto ) but have made contributions of plate , money and horses towards the maintenance of the army now in rebellion against vs ; we doe hereby publish and declare , that we are graciously pleased to attribute the crimes and offences of our said subjects of that county to the power and faction of their seducers , who , we beleeve , by threates , menaces , and false informations compelled and led them into these actions of undutifullnesse and disloyalty towards vs ; and we doe therefore hereby offer our free & gracious pardon to all the inhabitants of our said county of somersett , for all offences concerning the premises committed against vs before the publishing of this our proclamation , except iohn pine , iohn ashe , and william strode of streate esquires , against all which wee shall proceed according to the rules of the law , as against traitours and stirrers of sedition against vs , and whom wee doe hereby require all our officers and ministers of iustice , and all our loving subjects whatsoever , to apprehend and cause to be kept in safe custody till our pleasure be further knowne . provided that this our grace shall not extend to any person , who after the publishing this our proclamation shall presume by loane or contribution to assist the said army of rebells , to assemble and muster themselves in armes without authority derived from vs under our hand , to enter into any oath of association for opposing vs and our army , or to succour or entertaine any of the persons excepted in this our proclamation , or in our declaration of the . of august . but we must and doe declare , that whosoever shall hence forward be guilty of the premises , or of either of them , or shall give any obedience to any warrants concerning any musters , leavies , or contributions for leavies whatsoever , under any pretence of authority whatsoever , either from the said iohn pine , iohn ashe , and william strode , or from any other persons whatsoever , without our expresse consent declared under our great seale or signe manuall , shall be esteemed by us as an enemy to the publike peace , a person disaffected to vs , and to the religion and lawes of the kingdome , and shall accordingly receive condigne punishment , of which we give them timely notice , that they may proceed accordingly at their perills . and we doe hereby will and require our high sheriffe , iustices of the peace , and all other our officers , and loving subjects to resist , oppose and apprehend all such persons as shall presume to make any leavies in that our county , under what pretence soever without authority derived from vs under our hand . and we likewise will and require them and every of them to be assistant to all such as shall either command the traine bands of that our county , or make any leavies in the same by virtue of commission under our great seale or signe manuall . ¶ given at our court at mayden-head , this ninth day of november , in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne . god save the king . the county of somerset divided into several classes, for the present setling of the presbyterial government. prynne, william, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason e _ ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing p thomason e _ estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; :e [ ]) the county of somerset divided into several classes, for the present setling of the presbyterial government. prynne, william, - . , [ ] p. printed by r. cotes for michael sparke at the bible in green-arbor, london : . signed at end by william prynne (and others). annotation on thomason copy: "march "; the in imprint date is crossed out and replaced with a . reproduction of the original in the british library. eng church of england -- government -- early works to . somerset (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . a r (thomason e _ ). civilwar no the county of somerset divided into several classes,: for the present setling of the presbyterial government. prynne, william c the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the c category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the covnty of somerset divided into severall classes , for the present setling of the presbyterial government . heb ddiev heb ddim printer's or publisher's device london , printed by r. cotes for michael sparke at the bible in green-arbor , . right honorable , we humbly conceive the county of somerset , in regard of its spaciousnesse and multitude of parishes ( when sufficiently furnished with able ministers and elders ) is fit to be divided into nine distinct classes ; viz. the classis of bath , wrington , wells , bruton , ilchester , ilmister , taunton , bridgwater , dunster ; but by reason of the scarcity of fitting ministers and elders to constitute so many classes , we have been necessitated to reduce them for the present into four , in form following : com. somerset . the classis of bath and wrington . axbridge bath city bath easton bathewick batheford brackley bedminster bishporte banwell b●●…ington broadweston blagden , & bleydon burnett bourton barrow brockley backwell butcombe berrington in wri brislington , alias busselton beluton buckland charlecome comehay camerton charlton churchill compton bishop chedder cameley chill compton compton congersbury claverton corston & curston compton dando compton david clutton clevedon chewstock chew magnum chelvey coldhenton chewton compton martin chewton keynesham chelworth combe neer bath dundrie dunkerton easton gordan , alias st. georges eastharpetree easton katharine enborowe freshford farmeborowe forcot , alias foxcot● farrington farleigh felton hampton hemington hutton hinton charterhouse hardington henton blewett high littleton inglescombe keynsham kenn kilmersden kilveston kingston semer lytton loxton lokinge laverton langridge lullington laurance weeke lye long ashton markesbury midsoner norton nemnett nailsey northstock norton malereward newton st. loe orchardley publowe & pensford philips norton portebury priston portshut , alias portshead puckston paulton radstocke roborowe rode swayneswick south stock staunton prior stowey saltford stone easton stanton drew sheepham stoke near claverdon telesford timesborowe tickenham twiverton thrubwell ubley uphill widcombe , neer westhapetree witcombe , neer bath walton winford weston super mare weston gordan wellowe woodspringe worle walcott welton weston near bath wrington westharptree wolley whitchurch wriggleton wolverton wraxhall winscombe yatton . the bounds of this classis are from axmouth and river , by , and including blayden , axbridge , stone , easton , chilcompton , bluckland , brackley , where it ends on wilts-shire . and when they are in capacity to subdivide , then the classis of bath is to bee divided from stone , easton , including in it cambley , stowe , pensforde , publowe , keynesham , and busselton , where it goeth out . ministers mr. samuel crook de wrington mr. anthony parker de blagdon mr. william gregory de backwell mr. samuel westoby de nailsey mr. john luffe de chew mr. joseph bowden of bath , and the ministers of the said city for the time being . mr. thomas codrington de keynsham mr. will. tompson de hillington mr. william long de priston mr. william thomas de ubley mr. sam. tilly de compton martin mr. james ashton de kilmersden . elders alexander popham de hunstero esq edward popham esq of the same john ash de freshford , esq john harrington de kelson , esq clement walker de charterhouse , esq william prynn de swanswick , esq richard cole of nailsey , esquire iohn buckland de westhartery , esq john hippesley de stone easton , esquire . henry corges de batcombe in chedd , esq tho. hippesley de camerton , esq tobias venner de bath , doctor of physick john burges de stanton drewe peter lock de chew magnum william hall de brackley ben. pitt de sanderwick james rowsell de comchey john collins de priston john curle de freshford john wood de bath thomas wornall de wraxhall john amery de wrington richard arthur de backwell thomas baynard senior , de blayden richard grimston de yatton henry plomley de easthartrey james wrenckmore de axbridge herculer comer de chedder james nash de compton martin john salmont de easton katharine henry hurle de st. george edmond keene de wrington . the classis of wells and bruton . atford abbots combe ascott ashwicke allerton bruham burnham bimger babington bruton bradley badgworth brayne , alias breane bradley batcombe bitsham buckland blackford , castle carie charlton musgrave cucklington chereton catcott croscombe corton chester blade cloford compton compton pansford doulting ditchere dinder donyett elme east cranmere ever creech east lidford east brent east pennard froome selwood gothill glastonbury gillingham gedney henstridge holcombe halton horsington kilmington limpersham lye under mendhipp levington lamyeat luckington marston bigott milton meere melles marke maperton milborn port north barrowe north wotton nunny north cadbury poyntington priddie polesham pill pitcombe pilton rodney stoke redlinche shapwhick south wotton stratton on the force stokeland stoake sutton epi. south brent stone staffordell south cadburie shepton mallet south barrowe shepton mountague stowell street temple combe upton noble wells city wookey week & wike worseway west cramere west combe wyncanton wydcome weare walton wales west lidford whethill vvanstrowe vvedmore vvestbury vvest pennard vvhateley yenston yarlington . the bounds of this classis are from axmouth and river by and including bitsham , weare , priddie , chewton , froome , frary , cuclington , henstridge poyntington , corton , south barrow , lidford street , walton , shapwick over ba●●nbridge , and ends at grange mouth , and when they they are in a capacity to subdivide , then the classis of wells is to be divided from east lidford , including in it stone doulting and stokeland . ministers . mr. sam. oliver de wells mr. fletcher de meere mr. robert balsum de shepton mallet mr. purifie middleham de westbury mr. john whiteburne de crosecombe peter glasbrooke de streete mr. ben. whitchott de north cadbury mr. richard allen de ditchett mr. richard allen de batcombe mr. william parker de bruton m. christopher reede de cloforde mr. richard fairecloth de melles mr. william wright de froome mr. iohn darli●de temple combe elders sir john horner of melles knight sir robert gorges of redlinch knight mr. justice rolle of shapwicke george horner of cloford esq william strode of downeside esq lisl . bone long of stratton esq thomas horner of lye esq thatcher of queen cammell henry alben of upton john sanders of bruton william cornish of alhampton stephen ashford of north cadbury francis plympton of wincanton john keene of wincanton william ridout of charlton musgrave richard bingham of henstridge john accort of rodden thomas millard of preistley jo. pranket of bayford william bennet of bruham john weare of temple combe george millard of shepton william tucker of doulting thomas salmon of wells stephen hasket of wells joseph gallhampton of wells aaron mito of croscombe richard dale of glaston richard hippesley of wookey jeffery austen of glastonbury abraham gundery of streete william meade of streete . the classis of ilchester and ilmister . ashington abbots he adber ashhill bingham barrington broadway babcarie berwick butleigh brympton chisleburrowe compton dandon crewkehorne charde chilton combe st. nicholas chilterne domer clauseworth cudworth chynnocke chellington curry evill cricket thomas chilton donyett dunington east charlton east coker evill burrowe east dolish evylton alias yeauylton fivehead george hynton alias henton hewish hislegrave alias hilsgrave higheham hasilbere plucknett hardington marsh ilbruers ilchester burrowe illton ilmister kingsburie kingstone kingesdon kings weston kingsbury knoll lynington long sutton lambrooke lang porte luston longeham michael seving● middle chenocke mudford martock parish and hundred marston muche lucy milton mountague norton under hamden north over north parrot odcombe pendomer preston plucknet pytney puckington queen camell rimpton alias rymeton stoke under hamden seavington marie stockings magdalen samford orcas sparkeford stoklinsh seaburrow somerton stamford sutton binghe shepton swill tyntenhall thorne trent west charlton west coker westchinock wayford whites taunton white lakington weston zoyland west camell . the bounds of this classis are from or neere walton by and including butleigh , babearie , weston , trent , pendoner , parrott , winsham , chard , whites , taunton , combe st. nicholas , broadway , ashhill , abbots , isle fiveheads , auler , higham , & out of walton . and when they are in a capacity to subdivide , then the classis of ilchester is to be divided from clausworth to auler including them both and chinocke odcomb , and martock ; currirevell and out at auler . ministers mr. ed. bennet of south pederton mr. john moore of auler mr. james elliott of shepton beacham mr. maine of puckington mr. thomas budd of kingsburie mr. tim. batt of ilmister mr. rainold leslie of doniett mr. christopher laurence of odcombe mr. braine of lymington mr. nath. debancke of martocke mr. jacob tomkins of crewkerne mr. wyatt of puddemore mr. matthew randall of higham . elders henry henly of lye esq john saintbarbe of ashington esq henry bonner of combe st. nicholas esq rich. trevillian of drayton , gent. george gibbs of crewkerne james burford of martocke will. redbeard of norton sub ●anden thomas patten of chistleburrowe . robert webb of ilmister thomas collins junior of ilmester george sampson of lopen charles warren of pendomer robert dunn of crewkerne edward atkings of charde peter higdon of merson william atkins of charde william strode of charlton adams francis carswell of charde george sampson junior , of kingsbury barnard gold of ilchester . the classis of taunton , bridgewater , and dunster . ash-holt , alias ashcott anglesby andrey ashbrittle st. andrewes burrowe st. mich. bishops lydeard bushford bridgwater bicknell buckland fee beere broomfield bicknaller brumpton rafe brumpton regis bawdripe bagborowe me●t braford badleton bitts combe chelton cheripoole crookham combe florie curry mallet culbone cutcombe clatworthy cart upton chaire finch cotherstone creech cattcott chedsey cheddon fitz paine cassington chilton corse combe with chipstaple dodington durston durley dunster enmore eddington exford exton eastquantock fitzhead grenton goathurst holeford hawkridge hunspill hatch hewish champflower hill bishops haules kingston kittsford kilton kilve laurance lydeard langford langridge luxburrowe linge luckcombe morlinche middlesay michaels church margarets church margarets thorne marke silver preston minehead mary stoake munckton north pedderton nether stowley norton fitzwarren nettlecombe nine head oake orchard oldcleeve oterhampton otterford oure paulett perriton pitmister purlocke rinton , alias rumington riston reddington sutton mallet stockland staple beacham samford sainford bret staveley , alias stawley stowell selworthy strengston skilgate st. decumans spaxton stogummer staple grove taunton thurlebeere tolland trull treboroe timberscombe thurloxton upton westbuckland williton wemdon wiltscombe , alias wivelescombe westquantocke wollavington winsford weston wellington west hatch wotton courtney whitbey poole withey hill yarcombe the bounds of this classis are from grange or brewemouth , by , and including hunspill , wollavington , cassington , eddington , cattcott , grainton , michaels burrowe , curry mallet , buckland , yarcombe , samford , stavely , wilscombe , alfoxton , strengston , and listoake going out at seavern ; and also dunster-classis , from kilve upon seavern , by , and including the quantocke , coockham , clatworthy , highleigh , reddington , skilgate , dulverton , hawkergidge , oure , parlocke , and goeth out at seavern . ministers mr. robert crosse of luckham mr. george bindon of angerslee mr. alexander robinson of norton mr. rob. tirling of taunton james mr. george newton of taunton magdalen mr. richard smith of creech mr. john baker of curry mallett mr. forward of pittminster . mr samuel pretty of weston . mr. henry james of chedsey . mr. john norman of bridgwater mr. tho. walrond of hunspill mr. barth. yoe of selworthy mr. vvilliam chapple of kingston mr. john langford of exford mr. john hill of elworthie mr. barth. safford of bicknaller elders iohn palmer of taunton esq george searle of taunton esq sir tho. worth of northpedderton knight robert blake of bridgwater esq john pyne of curry mallet esq thomas nicholas of taunton john gardiner of rinton thomas gatchell of anglesby thomas coombe of petmister roger hill of ponsford esq william andrewes of bridgwater richard newton of northpedderton robert good of perriton thomas summers of andrey hill of weston thomas musgrave of rinton edward warre of chipley esq tho. francis of combeflorie gent. charles stenings of selworthy esq hatfell , alius whitfield of mynehead thomas beadon of stogumber john street of bicknaller robert quicke of minehead iasper chaplin of taunton humphry blake of bridgwater thomas courte of north pedderton . this is humbly desired that the countie of somerset may be made one entry province and divided into nine distinct classes as aforesaid , when it shall be furnished with able ministers and elders to supply the same . in obedience to the commands of the high court of parliament signified in a letter directed to us whose names are hereunto subscribed , wee have with the advice of godly ministers and others considered how the county of somerset may be most conveniently divided into distinct classicall presbyteries ; and what ministers and others are fit to be of each classis ; which diuision and nomination of persons is here accordingly certified and presented to the honorable houses of parliament , by your most humble servants , john horner roger gorges william prynne hen. fenley william thomas george newton . finis . to the parliament of the common-wealth of england, scotland and ireland. the humble petition of nathaniel iones of bridgewater, in the county of sommerset, clerk. jones, nathaniel, of bridgewater. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing j thomason .f. [ ] estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) to the parliament of the common-wealth of england, scotland and ireland. the humble petition of nathaniel iones of bridgewater, in the county of sommerset, clerk. jones, nathaniel, of bridgewater. sheet ([ ] p.) s.n., [london : ] imprint from wing. protesting against the illegality of the sequestration of his estates. annotation on thomason copy: "septemb: ". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng england and wales. -- parliament. -- committee for sequestration of delinquents' estates -- early works to . attachment and garnishment -- england -- early works to . somerset (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no to the parliament of the common-wealth of england, scotland and ireland. the humble petition of nathaniel iones of bridgewater, in the count jones, nathaniel, of bridgewater. a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion to the parliament of the common-wealth of england , scotland and ireland . the humble petition of nathaniel iones of bridgewater , in the county of sommerset clerk . sheweth , that your petitioner was most illegally sequestred in the year , . without any charge of delinquency , or the least testimony against him . that your petitioner appealed to haberdashers hall for relief , but they being not impowred to give any in such cases , your petitioners name was inserted into the act of parliament for sale , bearing date the . of nov. . whereby he was forced to prosecute his complaints before the honourable committee for petitions , in the last parliament , who sent severall orders to the committee of the county of sommerset , commanding them to certifie how your petitioners case stood , and the grounds of his sequestration . that the committee of sommerset accordingly certified , that you petitioner was clear from any matter of fact against the state , and was onely sequestred as a scandalous minister , not as a delinquent , there being never any such charge against him ; whereupon the committee of petitions ordered your petitioners case to be reported to the parliament for his relief ; but they dissolving before his case was reported , your petitioner petitioned his highness for relief , who granted your petitioner a reference to the commissioners of haberdashers hall , for them to certifie the grounds of your petitioners sequestration ; and they have likewise certified , that your petitioner had never any delinquency charged upon record against him ; but this present parliament soon after assembling , his highness pleasure was not known thereupon . in tender consideration of the premises , and for that your petitioner never committed the least act of delinquency against the state ; nevertheless hath been deprived , not onely of his spiritual estate , and his own temporal means sold from him , but had lately a copyhold estate , held onely by the life of his wife , sequestred and sold also , to the utter ruin of your poor petitioner , his wife and family . your petitioner most humbly beseecheth this high and honourable court to do him justice , and restore unto him his temporal estate , so unjustly sold and detained from him ; and the lord will not only bless your immediate proceedings , but you will highly engage the oppressed soul of your petitioner to bless the lord also on your behalf . and be bound for ever to pray , &c. nathaniel iones . septemb : a letter sent from mr. anthony provvse minister of gods vvord at shaston, in summerset-shiere to a friend in london, august . . prowse, anthony, b. or . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing p thomason .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) a letter sent from mr. anthony provvse minister of gods vvord at shaston, in summerset-shiere to a friend in london, august . . prowse, anthony, b. or . sheet ([ ] p.) printed for e.p., london : [ ] publication date from wing. respecting military operations in somerset-shire. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng military maneuvers -- great britain -- early works to . somerset (england) -- history -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no a letter sent from mr. anthony provvse, minister of gods vvord at shaston, in summerset-shiere to a friend in london, august . . prowse, anthony c the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the c category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a letter sent from mr. anthony provvse , minister of gods vvord at shaston , in summerset-shiere to a friend in london , august . . sir , i have often receiv'd newes from you i doe now exchange , the newes is past with us , this weeke you have heard i beleeve how marquesse hartford came this weeke to summerset for the array , it began on munday last at vvells , the place of the rendevous , there came . troopers bravely horst from the lord pawlet , lord digby , lord cottington , sir john strell , sir r●lph hopton , and other knights and gentlemen in that county , and others for that service , and at the first tooke away all the ammunition that the troopes brought with them . on thursday last the troopers rangeing from place to place , to bring in all companies that might assemble to annoy them , meet with . souldiers comming from bridgewaters side with colonell pine , the parliement man , and were surprised by lunsford , who by an ambush slew two of the company , hurt . more , and routed that company , and tooke their armes , and the captaine preston tooke quarter , and was brought to wells ; but this friday there are above . well appointed men assembled on mendipp for king and parliament , and have taken the hill adjoyning to wells , where they have planted their cannons , and have the towne at command , and there are . more speedy to come , and comming from all parts of sommersetshiere : glouc. wilts , devon . and wales , insomuch that the marquesse with all his royallists the chiefe of those parts are now in feares , and this day are endeavouring to get away , and wee all beleeve they will steale away in the night , for they are threatned to be brought to the parliament , what i write you i have from sure hands , who were present at this . if you meete sir vvalter earle suddenly , i pray you acquaint him with what i write dated shaston . august . a. prowse . london , printed for e. p. to the honorable, the commons assembled in parliament the humble petition of divers gentlemen, ministers, and well-affected inhabitants in the county of somerset, ... this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing t thomason .f. [ ] estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) to the honorable, the commons assembled in parliament the humble petition of divers gentlemen, ministers, and well-affected inhabitants in the county of somerset, ... england and wales. parliament. house of commons. sheet ([ ] p.) printed for edward husband, printer to the honorable house of commons, london : jan. . [i.e. ] order to print signed: h: elsynge, cler. parl. d. com. prays that god's peace be accepted and not their enemies'. that justice be done on great offenders. that the armies be encouraged and paid, that the ministry may have a settled sufficiency. the answer of the speaker is given -- cf. steele. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . somerset (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no to the honorable, the commons assembled in parliament: the humble petition of divers gentlemen, ministers, and well-affected inhabitants in england and wales. parliament. a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion to the honorable , the commons assembled in parliament : the humble petition of divers gentlemen , ministers , and well-affected inhabitants in the county of somerset , sheweth , that your petitioners calling to minde the continuate actions of your enemies for years past ( especially those mentioned in your several declarations ) and their late design for a second war , finde their ayms destructive , and their malice adusted , and can expect no peace from them ( their specious pretence notwithstanding : ) but when your petitioners reflect their thoughts on that powerful providence which hath still attended your preservation ( even to the height of miracle ) and frustrated that late design ( laid confidently for your ruine ) by the hands of a few of your dispersed army , weakned by neglect of friends , and fighting a potent enraged enemy ( emboldened with assurance of success ) we your petitioners rest in admiration of gods mercy towards you ; and do hope shortly to enjoy a well-grounded peace ( if the vote of no further address be not too much forgotten ) and a reformation , according to the word of god ( the result of our wishes and prayers ) and to see justice executed , the ends of the national covenant . in pursuance of which we humbly pray , that you accept of that peace which god , your protector , tenders , and not take one from flesh , or from the hands of your enemies , lest the kingdom , your selves , and we , become their prey . that a reformation be speedied and setled , according to gods word . that iustice be done on great offendors ( a second time brought before you ) in satisfaction of the blood shed in your quarrel , confessed by your very enemies to be innocent , and not to be quieted ( we are confident ) by an act of oblivion , or otherwise , then by an impartial iustice . that your armies ( approved faithful ) be encouraged , duly paid , not laid aside , until your enemies have laid down their thoughts of blood and slaughter . that the pious ministery may have a setled sufficiency , and not deprived of their augmentation ; the fruits of your iustice , and reward of their sufferings . die lovis , decembr . . the house being informed , that some gentlemen of the county of somerset were at the door , they were called in ; and there presented a petition , which was entituled , the humble petition of divers gentlemen , ministers , and well-affected inhabitants of the county of somerset , which after the petitioners were withdrawn , was read : the petitioners being afterwards called in , mr. speaker gave them this answer ; gentlemen , the house hath read your petition , which consists of three points , which sheweth your great care of iustice , safety and religion ; wherein you deserve extraordinary thanks , and the house hath commanded me to give you thanks , and i do give you thanks accordingly . and the house hath commanded me to tell you , that it is their resolution with all speed to take into their serious consideration the three points of your petition , consisting of iustice , safety and religion . ordered by the commons assembled in parliament , that this petition be forthwith printed and published . h : elsynge , cler. parl. d. com. london , printed for edward husband , printer to the honorable house of commons . jan. . . the case of the petitioners, william strode and john speke, esquires approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing c b estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) the case of the petitioners, william strode and john speke, esquires strode, william, esq. speke, john. sheet ([ ] p.) s.n., [london : ] caption title. publication data suggested by wing. imperfect: one line blacked out in ms. reproduction of the original in the lincoln's inn library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng england and wales. -- parliament. -- house of commons -- contested elections -- early works to . elections -- corrupt practices -- england -- somerset -- early works to . somerset (england) -- politics and government -- th century -- early works to . broadsides -- england -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - john pas sampled and proofread - john pas text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the case of the petitioners , william strode and john speke , esquires . in the burrough of ivelchester , in somerset , it hath been the custom and usage , for only all house-keepers , to give votes for choosing members to serve in parliament . joseph winter , a barber , being baliff on the election day , did partially , contrary to the custom , when he had polled himself , and called for all that were polled for sir edward wyndham , baronet , and mr , william helyar , admitted of several non-residents , tablers and lodgers , amongst them , whereas they were all severally excepted against , by some of the inhabitants , to have no right ; alledging , that they did not rent houses , and could not be called house-keepers . whereupon , the petitioners clerk marked the names of fifteen of that poll he took when they were thus objected against : so afterwards , mr. strode and mr. spekes , voters , waiting in the hall , at length were allowed to poll for mr. strode . there were fifty two unquesionable house-keepers , whereof fifty were also for mr. speke ; but then , at last , some real house-keepers , who offered to poll for the petitioners , were refused . there are but fifty eight , on the poll , for sir edward wyndham and mr. helyar , whereof not above forty three are house-keepers neither have they there any freemen , or other electors , then house-keepers , who are not effectively one hundred in all the burrough ; so that the petitioners will plainly prove , a good majority of the said house-keepers , as they now stand on the poll , without adding those who were refused them ; and consequently , the petitioners are duely chosen . as for the charter , it gives none any right to choose members for parliament , it only makes a corporation consisting of a baliff and twelve capital burgesses : and by the express words of the said charter , the baliff , and said capital burgesses , upon death or removal of any , they are required to go to a new choice of some inhabitant to be a capital burgess : altho' , contrary hereunto , the balisf and burgesses of late years , have elected four gentlemen , non-residents , and did allow one of those gentlemen to be their baliff , for some years successively whilst living at least three miles then out of their burrough . a speech spoken by sr. thomas wroth knight, in the honourable house of commons: vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of somerset. february . . together with the petition of the said county then delivered. wroth, thomas, sir, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason e _ e _ ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w thomason e _ thomason e _ estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; :e [ ], :e [ ]) a speech spoken by sr. thomas wroth knight, in the honourable house of commons: vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of somerset. february . . together with the petition of the said county then delivered. wroth, thomas, sir, - . [ ] p. printed for h. s., london : . thomason e. [ ] has the caption title: "to the honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses of the house of commons, now assembled in parliament.". annotation on thomason copy: " ". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng england and wales. -- parliament. -- house of commons. speeches, addresses, etc., english -- early works to . somerset (england) -- history -- sources -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- sources -- early works to . a r (thomason e _ e _ ). civilwar no a speech spoken by sr. thomas wroth knight, in the honourable house of commons:: vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentleme wroth, thomas, sir f the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the f category of texts with or more defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - robyn anspach sampled and proofread - robyn anspach text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion to the honourable the knights , citizens and burgesses of the house of commons , now assembled in parliament . the humble petition of the knights , gentlemen , freeholders , and other principall inhabitants of the county of somerset in behalfe of themselves and many thousands of their county : sheweth , that whereas in stead of a setled peace and safety ( the long expected fruit of your faithful endeavours and our cheerefull contributions ) great distractions and dangers are dayly multiplied and increased , threatning the utter disappointment of our hopes , & the overthrow of the very foundation of our weale and liberty , to our extreame griefe and sorrow , especially for the late breach of the priviledges of parliament upon your persons in an unparraleld manner , by the wicked counsels and devises of a malignant party ( as we conceive ) of popish lords and bishops and others . we being struken with the sence and horror of so desperate a mischiefe , do hold it high time to declare the sincere and ardent affection of our hearts , which we are ready to seale with our purest blood , in defence of our religion , his sacred majesty , our deare country ; and that which is the life of our liberty , the rights and priviledges of parliament . may it therefore please this honourable assembly to assist the earnest desires of your petitioners , that all priviledges of parliament ( the inheritance and safety of the subject ) may be made firme , that popish lords and bishops be forthwith removed from voting in the house of peeres , that all evill counsellors and other delinquents may receive condigne punishment ; that a sufficient remedy be provided against the scandalous ministers , that to secure us from all home●●●● and forraigne practises , this kingdome be 〈…〉 put in a posture of defence , and that 〈…〉 efe and safety of our distressed brethren 〈…〉 and be effectually prosecuted . and we shall incessantly pray , &c. a speech spoken by st. thomas wroth, knight in the honourable house of commons vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen and freeholders of the county of somerset february , : together with the petition of the said county then delivered. wroth, thomas, sir, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing w ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing w estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; :e , no or :e , no ) a speech spoken by st. thomas wroth, knight in the honourable house of commons vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen and freeholders of the county of somerset february , : together with the petition of the said county then delivered. wroth, thomas, sir, - . [ ] p. printed for h. s., london : . reproduction of original in thomason collection, british library. eng somerset (england) -- history -- sources. great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- sources. a r (wing w ). civilwar no a speech spoken by sr. thomas wroth knight, in the honourable house of commons: upon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen, wroth, thomas, sir a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - jonathan blaney sampled and proofread - jonathan blaney text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a speech spoken by sr. thomas wroth knight , in the honourable house of commons : vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights , gentlemen , and freeholders of the county of somerset . february , . . together with the petition of the said county then delivered . london , printed for h. s. . a speech spoken by sir thomas wroth knight , in the honourable house of commons upon his delivery of a petition from the knights , gentlemen , and freeholders , of the county of somerset , february , . . mr. speaker , the high and glorious assembly of the three estates in parliament , hath a neere resemblance to the day of judgement ; for in parliament we are called to account for our actions both good and evill ; here wee heare the voice of ite and venite ; from this venite , the knights , gentlemen and freeholders of the county of somerser have been encouraged to entrust us humbly to present their petition to this honourable house . it coms not attended with a numerous or multitudinous troop , but guarded with some thousand of hands to attest their approbation and assent . by reason of our remotenesse , divers other countries have had the honour to presede ours in the like expressions of loyalty and duty , which precedency may much disadvantage our cordiall intentions , if this house be not candid . mr. speaker , it is our humble supplication to this great senate in behalfe of them that sent us and our selves , that neither the paucity of our attendance , nor the circumstance of time in the exhibiting this petition , may make it or us invalid or unacceptable , since we have hearts and hands as zealous and ready to maintain whatsoever is contained in our petition , as any of the preceding countries . the labourers who entred into the worke at the shutting in of the day , received as much wages as those that came early . it is the earnest desire of our hearts that this honourable and prudent councell would vouchsafe us such wages ( gratious-acceptance ) and that our petition may be honour'd with a reading . sr , i have but one thing more in charge ; whilst this petition was ambulatory in our country for hands , that renowned act concerning bishops and others in holy-orders , never to be forgotten , and ever to be memoriz'd with thankfulnesse to god , his maiesty , the peeres and commons , passed , to the unspeakeable content of all the well-affected christians of this kingdome ; for which , i am commanded to give this honourable house all humble and hearty thanks . and mr. speaker , might it be lawfull in humility to speake my own thoughts , when the bill of pluralities ( the next great worke towards the blessed reformation ) is perfected , i will then say , lord , now let thy seruant depart this world in peace , for mine eye hath seen the great salvation thou art beginning to worke for england . god blesse england .