Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	house_n	sir_n	william_n	3,051	5	7.6129	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78237	The case of the children of Sir William Curtius Baronet, late resident for the crown of England to the princes of the empire		1688 (1688)	Wing C1027aA; ESTC R229518	4,354	4

Sir Henry de Vic at Brussels Sir William Boswell at the Hague Mr. Avery at Hambourg Mr. Taylor at Vienna Sir Gilbert Talbot at Venice Sir Oliver Flemming in Switzerland as long as they severally resided there He likewise entertained Correspondency in most of the Courts of Germany the only Port of Letters in so many years Negotiation is a Charge too great for most private Men to sustain CHARLES R. WE have perused this Account Copia and do allow and approve the same And as we have a just and gracious sense of the constant Integrity and Affection which Our said Trusty and Well-beloved Servant Sir William Curtius has expressed to the Service of Our most Dear and Royal Father of Blessed Memory and of Our Self and of what he has done and suffered for the same so We do oblige Our Self Our Heirs and Successors for the true and faithful Payment of the said Debt of Fourteen thousand Two hundred Fifty five Pounds Sterling to him the said Sir William Curtius his Executors or Assigns as soon as it shall please God to restore us to Our Rights And in the mean time We do promise to pay him from time to time such part of it as can possibly consist with Our most urgent Occasions 〈◊〉 l. ●…55 Dated at Collen the 1st day of November 1654 in the Sixth year of Our Reign By His Majesties Command EDWARD NICHOLAS L.S. Sir William Curtius made his Application to King CHARLES the Second for satisfaction of his Debt and was very graciously received and had a Privy Seal for 2000 l. to defray the Charges of his Journey with a Promise of the whole but of the 2000 l. he never receiv'd more than 500 l. And about the year 1678 died at Francfort in the Service of the Crown leaving Five Children and the said Debt from His Majesty unpaid That Adolphus Curtius second Son of the said Sir William about a year since came into England to solicit the payment of the said Debt on behalf of himself his Brothers and Sisters and Petitioned the late King JAMES the Second who referred him to the Lords of the Treasury But before any thing was done further therein the late happy Revolution occur'd The said Adolphus Curtius hath now made Application to the Honourable House of Commons in a Petition as is under-written To the Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in this present Parliament Assembled The humble Petition of Charles Curtius Adolphus Ernest Curtius Mary and Katherine Curtius Sons and Daughters of Sir William Curtius Baronet Deceased Sheweth THat the said Sir William Curtius spent the greatest part of his Time and Fortune in the Service of the English Crown and Nation during the Reigns of King Charles the First and King Charles the Second as their Resident to the several Princes of the Empire And his late Majesty King Charles the Second became so sensible of his Services that he ordered him to bring in his Accounts of the Mony due to him for his Salary and which he lent and expended in that Service which His said Majesty stated and allowed of at 14255 l. as appears by the said Account signed by His said Majesty who was also pleased to grant him a Private Seal for 2000 l. whereof only 500 l. was paid as appears by Certificate under the Hand of Sir Robert Howard That Sir William Curtius Your Petitioners late Father dying in the said Employment and the said Debt all save the 500 l. remaining unpaid Your Petitioner Adolphus Curtius in behalf of himself and his Brothers and Sisters applied himself unto his late Majesty King James the Second for Satisfaction of the said Debt which His Majesty took cognizance of and referred the Consideration of it unto the Lords of the Treasury But before His Majesty's and their Lordships pleasure and determination could be further known and obtained the late Revolution hapned and nothing more was done therein That Your Petitioners Father having much impoverished his Family in the said Service and being a Publick Minister and the Honour of the Nation being concerned that Justice in this respect be done unto his Children especially at this time when the small remainder of their Fortunes are ravished from them by the barbarous Invasion of the Palatinate Your Petitioners Native Country by the French Your Petitioners humbly implore the Compassion and Justice of this Honourable House to recommend them to their MAJESTIES Royal Consideration that some Satisfaction may be made to Your poor Petitioners in such ways and methods as to the great Wisdom of this House shall seem expedient And Your Petitioners shall ever pray