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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69549	Two petitions from the kingdome of Ireland hvmbly presented to the honourable, the House of Co[m]mons now assembled in Parliament.	Beecher, Henry, 17th cent.; White, Richard, 17th cent.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1641 (1641)	Wing B1685; ESTC R21185	1,372	8

TWO PETITIONS FROM THE KINGDOME OF IRELAND HVMBLY PRESENTED TO THE HONOUrable the House of Commons now assembled in PARLIAMENT C ◆ R LONDON Printed for I. Reynor 1641. TO THE HONOVRABLE THE KNIGHTS CITISENS and Burgesses now assembled in PARLIAMENT The humble Petition of Henry Beecher Gent. and Richard white Marchants Inhabitants of Baltamore in Ireland in the behalf of themselves and divers others whose sad and deplorable Condition they are desired to represent unto this Honorable Assemblie Humbly sheweth THat your Petitioners having by the violence of the barbarous and bloody Rebels lost all their Lands and Estates and meerly by the providence of Almighty God escaped with their lives as As by the Certificate annexed may appeare do humbly crave leave to declare that all the South and Soutwest parts of that County is subiected to the force and tyranny of those cruell Rebels except the Castles scituate in the Ports of Baltamore Castle-haven and Crook-haven wherein there are a thousand English But h●ve no Commission or force whereby to defend themselves from the power and force of their Enemies whereby not onely their persons but also the said Castles are exposed to extream danger and vnlesse very speedy succours be sent unto them must miserably perish by those bloudy hands Which Forts being sustiate on the Sea Coast in the South Southwest parts of Ireland are of great consequence being well manned and supplyed with Victuall and Ammunition for the security of those parts from any forreign Invasion but being lost will be very advantagious to the Rebels and a great helpe to a forrein Enemy The Consideration whereof your Petitioners are confident cannot but move this Honourable House to pitty and Commiseration And therefore they humbly implore that for the p●eservation of the lives of those who are yet left the security and safeguard of those Castles and Posts the regain of what is there already lost a Regiment of 500. men for the present together with sufficient Arms and Victuals may be speedily sent Either of which being done by Gods blessing may be an effectuall meanes to preserve the lives of the said Inhabitants and the said Castles and Ports But the delay thereof will be inevitably produce ruine and distraction to them All which they humbly leave to the grave wisedome of this Honourable Assemblie And your Petitioners together with many more who escaped to Bristoll but want meanes so that they can come no further together with that remnant of English which yet are left in those parts of Ireland shall pray for the good successe of it TO THE HONOVRABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS In this present Parliament The humble Petition of Richard White Gent. who hath formerly Petitioned this Honourable House in the behalf of the Inhabitants of Baltamore Crook-haven and Castle-haven in Ireland THat your Petitioner being an Inhabitant in the Parish of Alphadown a mile from Baltamore was surrounded with those fierce and bloudy Rebels in the County of Cork in Ireland who threatned distraction unto your Petitioner and all the English there Whereupon your Petitioner was forced to leave his habitation and to provide for the security of himself his wife and Children leaving two Sons within the Castle of Baltamore together with victuals to the value of 100. l. ster. and some Ammunition without which Victuals the said Castle could not have subsisted and so with his wife and his other Children repaired into England As by the Certificate from Bristoll may appear Your Petitioner being thus deprived of all stay of maintenance for himself and family humbly desires this Honorable House that his said two Sons left in the said Castle may be imployed in his Maiesties service in those parts the one as a Lieutenant and the other as an Ensign having bin both bred souldiers and that your Petition may have likewise some impl●yed in that service for the keeping of the store and provisions of the said Castle and Army or otherwise as to this Honourable Assembly shall seeme meet And your Petitioner shall pray c.