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A94511 To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty a petition presented to the Kings Majesty at York, the first of April, by the inhabitants of the county of Nottingham, and the county of the town of Nottingham, subscribed by 4540 hands of knights, esquiers [sic], gentlemen, freeholders, and the maior, aldermen, and other inhabitants of the town of Nottingham. 1642 (1642) Wing T1496bA; Thomason 669.f.6[6]; ESTC R211826 1,301 1

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❧ To the Kings most excellent Majesty A Petition presented to the Kings Majesty at York the first of April by the Inhabitants of the County of Nottingham and the County of the Town of Nottingham subscribed by 4540 hands of Knights Esquiers Gentlemen Freeholders and the Maior Aldermen and other Inhabitants of the Town of Nottingham We your loyall and peacefull Subjects Inhabitants of the County of Nottingham and of the Town of Nottingham do humbly crave leave to shew and pray as followeth THat whereas after many straight Yoakes and heavy burthens in the late long intermission or interruptions of Parliamentary Justice by the predominance of evill Councells imposed on us and with much patience borne by us though to the extream pressure of our persons consciences and estates we were in the mid'st of many troubles dangers and extremities to which this Kingdom was thereby reduced at last by Your Majesties grace in calling this Parliament relieved and eased and by so happy a constitution of a Parliament as this in many blessed effects hath appeared together with the late mutuall correspodence of both Houses we were revived with fresh and pregnant hopes that all our former evills with the cause of them should by this Parliament with Your Majesties gracious Assent be henceforth removed and greater good wrought and established to us than we or our fore-fathers have seen Yet now by Your Majesties late withdrawing both Your Person and former grace to such a distance from Your Parliament we feel our hopes fainting and almost extinct new fears raised of the old and greater evills toward us and foresee all ordinary remedie like to be removed or the timely application thereof to extreme danger retarded Especially by the advantage which the malignant persons within us and our enemies abroad both in Ireland and elsewhere may make of such your distance from your Parliament and distrust of it to the promovall and accomplishment of their mischievous designes by your Parliament faithfully represented and the overwhelming of this Kingdom in the sad effects of intestine discord We your poor Subjects therefore from deep and bleeding sense of miseries of all sorts thus growing on your Self on Yours on us on all do humbly presume to beg That your Majesty weighing the premisses in your Princely Thoughts would be pleased to vindicate your Kingdoms from approaching ruine your Self to security and restore us to our now-languishing hopes 1. By rejection of evill counsels and counsellors as have fomented Jealousies or differences between your Majesty and Parliament and therein or other wayes obscure your Native lustre from your people making you appear lesse amiable then we believe you are and next without which we can expect no good 2. By a timely return to some place neer your Parliament where they may have such ready recourse as the exigencies of the times require and your Royall Ancestors have ever vouchsafed their Parliaments and also to your good opinion of them and trust in them as the best supporters of your Wealth Honour and Soveraignty And if your Majesty shall be pleased to renew and continue this your wonted gracious regard to and concurrence with the best advice of your Parliament for manage and settlement of your Kingdoms Affairs which their fidelity may deserve and your frequent promises have made your people expect the effects will undoubtedly prove the glory of God your Majesties truest Honour the terrour of your enemies safety of your Kingdoms and joy of your good Subjects especially of us who shall so clearly according to our Protestation with our Lives and Fortunes maintain and defend your Majesties Royall Person Honour and Crown With the Power and Priviledges of Parliament The Rights and Liberties of your Subjects And the Power and Purity of Protestant Religion And we shall ever pray c. April 13. London Printed for Joseph Hunscott 1642.