A few words to the King and both Houses of Parliament vvorthy their consideration in a weighty concern; to wit, the effect of the execution of the late act, made against meetings and conventicles, so called; through which very many of the innocent people of God have, and do deeply suffer.

To the right honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled: The humble petition of many thousands of wel-affected inhabitants of the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertford, Berks, Buckingham, Oxford, Bedford, Sussex, Northampton, Dorset, Somerset, Lancaster, Lincoln, Chester, Durham, Cumberland, Warwick and Worcester, against the intolerable oppression and undoing grievance of free quarter.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.In this edition line two has the word "Parliament".Recites the suf...

To the right honourable the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of thousands wel-affected persons inhabiting the City of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, hamlets and places adjacent.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.Recounts the history of the war. Urges that the Commons are the su...

The Christian conventicle, or, the private-meetings of God's people in evil times, vindicated and warranted by the Word of God Being some-time since delivered in several sermons, and now published for publick benefit.

January 1670

56 p.Place of publication suggested by Wing.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

To the king and both houses of Parliament, (who have made laws and decrees, and caused them to be put in execution, to restrain and prohibit people from having the liberty of their consciences in the exercise of the worship of God) : this is sent as a warning from the Lord.

Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.
England and Wales. Parliament.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)

1 sheet ([1] p.)Signed: ... Kingstone upon Thames the 5th of the 9th month, 1664 ... Jo. Coale.Appea...

The declaration of both houses of Parliament concerning His Maiesties letter to the privy councell of the kingdome of Scotland And the petition of the noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, &c. of Scotland, to the Lords of the Privy Councell.

England and Wales. Parliament.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Parliament has read a letter from the King and a petition of Scots nobility, &c., to...

For the King and both Houses of Parliament being a brief, plain, and true relation of some of the late sad sufferings of the people of God called Quakers for worshipping God and exercising a good conscience towards God and man : by reason whereof 89 have suffered till death, 32 of which dyed before the King came into England and 57 since of which 57, by hard imprisonment and cruel usage, 43 have dyed in this city of London and Southwark since the Act made against meetings / from the people of God called Quakers.

1 broadside.Society of Friends.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library

An ansvver to the order of the Middlesex justices, dated the 20th of December last, touching the suppressing of conventicles which order is here compared with the act of the 22d of this king, on which the same is grounded : wherein it will appear that the said order is lame and insufficient for any constable, or other officers to act by : being an answer to a letter received from a friend in Middlesex : wherein is also laid down some directions to the officers touching the execution of that act, according to the true intent and meaning of that law / by D. R.

Whitaker, Edward.

January 1682

11 p.Caption title.Finials of name given on t.p. instead of initials. Cf. Halkett and Laing.Reprodu...

England's petition to the two houses assembled in Parliament, or, An Humble petition of the distressed and almost destroyed subjects of England to the two houses, containing (in the judgment of the wise) the very sense of all the truehearted of the kingdom ... / N.R.

N. R.

8 p.Imperfect: ink show-through, pages stained with loss of print.Signed: "Your fellow subjects thro...

By the King. A proclamation against numerous conventicles.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.

January 1669

1 sheet ([1] p.).Dated at end: Given at our court at Whitehall this 16th day of July, in the one and...

Nottinghamshires petition to the King: humbly imploring his sacred Majesty to returne and joyne with both his Houses of Parliament, being delivered by them personally to His Majesty the 30 day of August, opening therein the manifold dangers this distracted kingdome is like to fall into by reason of his Majesties withdrawing his splendent beams of comfort from both his Houses of Parliament. Also a petition presented unto his Majesty for the taking downe of his standard. Likewise a relation of the misdemeanors of some of the cavalliers towards the petitioners, and how thereby they were like to fall on both sides to a dangerous skirmish.

[2], 8 [i.e. 6] p.Page 6 is misnumbered as 8.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Act for securing the publick peace. At Hally-rude-house, the 14. day of February, 1678.

Scotland. Privy Council.
Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693.

January 1678

1 sheet ([1] p.)Caption title.Royal arms at head of text; initial letter.Signed at end: Al. Gibsone,...

An humble addresse to the right honourable Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament in vindication of kingly power and government against the damnable positions of Jesuits and phanatiques desiring they would be pleased to call in the king without dishonourable conditions according to his just right / written by the author of a letter to a member.

Author of A letter to a member.

January 1660

[2], 16 p.Verso has royal arms.Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library

The Case of present distresses on non-conformists examined in the execution of an act, entituled, An Act Against Seditious Conventicles ...

January 1682

4 p.Caption title.Imprint from colophon.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library

By the King. A Proclamation warning all His Majesties good subjects no longer to be misled by the votes, orders, and pretended ordinances, of one, or both Houses by reason the Members doe not enjoy the freedome and liberty of Parliament. With His Majesties gracious offer of pardon to the Members of both Houses, and of protection to such of them as shall repair to him.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.

January 1643

1 sheet ([1] p.)Dated at end: Given at Our Court, the 20 day of June, in the 19 year of Our Reigne.R...

To the Right Honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons of England in Parliament assembled.: The humble petition of firm and constant friends to the Parliament and Common-wealth, presenters and promoters of the large petition of September 11. MDCXLVIII.

England and Wales. Parliament.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Caption title.Complains of Parliament's censorhip of the press, nominally aimed at m...

To the right honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled: The humble petition of many thousands of wel-affected inhabitants of the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertford, Berks, Buckingham, Oxford, Bedford, Sussex, Northampton, Dorset, Somerset, Lancaster, Lincoln, Chester, Durham, Cumberland, Warwick and Worcester, against the intolerable oppression and undoing grievance of free quarter.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.In this edition line two has the word "Parliament".Recites the suf...

To the right honourable the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of thousands wel-affected persons inhabiting the City of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, hamlets and places adjacent.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.Recounts the history of the war. Urges that the Commons are the su...

The Christian conventicle, or, the private-meetings of God's people in evil times, vindicated and warranted by the Word of God Being some-time since delivered in several sermons, and now published for publick benefit.

January 1670

56 p.Place of publication suggested by Wing.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

To the king and both houses of Parliament, (who have made laws and decrees, and caused them to be put in execution, to restrain and prohibit people from having the liberty of their consciences in the exercise of the worship of God) : this is sent as a warning from the Lord.

Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.
England and Wales. Parliament.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)

1 sheet ([1] p.)Signed: ... Kingstone upon Thames the 5th of the 9th month, 1664 ... Jo. Coale.Appea...

The declaration of both houses of Parliament concerning His Maiesties letter to the privy councell of the kingdome of Scotland And the petition of the noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, &c. of Scotland, to the Lords of the Privy Councell.

England and Wales. Parliament.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Parliament has read a letter from the King and a petition of Scots nobility, &c., to...

For the King and both Houses of Parliament being a brief, plain, and true relation of some of the late sad sufferings of the people of God called Quakers for worshipping God and exercising a good conscience towards God and man : by reason whereof 89 have suffered till death, 32 of which dyed before the King came into England and 57 since of which 57, by hard imprisonment and cruel usage, 43 have dyed in this city of London and Southwark since the Act made against meetings / from the people of God called Quakers.

1 broadside.Society of Friends.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library

An ansvver to the order of the Middlesex justices, dated the 20th of December last, touching the suppressing of conventicles which order is here compared with the act of the 22d of this king, on which the same is grounded : wherein it will appear that the said order is lame and insufficient for any constable, or other officers to act by : being an answer to a letter received from a friend in Middlesex : wherein is also laid down some directions to the officers touching the execution of that act, according to the true intent and meaning of that law / by D. R.

Whitaker, Edward.

January 1682

11 p.Caption title.Finials of name given on t.p. instead of initials. Cf. Halkett and Laing.Reprodu...

England's petition to the two houses assembled in Parliament, or, An Humble petition of the distressed and almost destroyed subjects of England to the two houses, containing (in the judgment of the wise) the very sense of all the truehearted of the kingdom ... / N.R.

N. R.

8 p.Imperfect: ink show-through, pages stained with loss of print.Signed: "Your fellow subjects thro...

By the King. A proclamation against numerous conventicles.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.

January 1669

1 sheet ([1] p.).Dated at end: Given at our court at Whitehall this 16th day of July, in the one and...

Nottinghamshires petition to the King: humbly imploring his sacred Majesty to returne and joyne with both his Houses of Parliament, being delivered by them personally to His Majesty the 30 day of August, opening therein the manifold dangers this distracted kingdome is like to fall into by reason of his Majesties withdrawing his splendent beams of comfort from both his Houses of Parliament. Also a petition presented unto his Majesty for the taking downe of his standard. Likewise a relation of the misdemeanors of some of the cavalliers towards the petitioners, and how thereby they were like to fall on both sides to a dangerous skirmish.

[2], 8 [i.e. 6] p.Page 6 is misnumbered as 8.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Act for securing the publick peace. At Hally-rude-house, the 14. day of February, 1678.

Scotland. Privy Council.
Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693.

January 1678

1 sheet ([1] p.)Caption title.Royal arms at head of text; initial letter.Signed at end: Al. Gibsone,...

An humble addresse to the right honourable Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament in vindication of kingly power and government against the damnable positions of Jesuits and phanatiques desiring they would be pleased to call in the king without dishonourable conditions according to his just right / written by the author of a letter to a member.

Author of A letter to a member.

January 1660

[2], 16 p.Verso has royal arms.Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library

The Case of present distresses on non-conformists examined in the execution of an act, entituled, An Act Against Seditious Conventicles ...

January 1682

4 p.Caption title.Imprint from colophon.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library

By the King. A Proclamation warning all His Majesties good subjects no longer to be misled by the votes, orders, and pretended ordinances, of one, or both Houses by reason the Members doe not enjoy the freedome and liberty of Parliament. With His Majesties gracious offer of pardon to the Members of both Houses, and of protection to such of them as shall repair to him.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.

January 1643

1 sheet ([1] p.)Dated at end: Given at Our Court, the 20 day of June, in the 19 year of Our Reigne.R...

To the Right Honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons of England in Parliament assembled.: The humble petition of firm and constant friends to the Parliament and Common-wealth, presenters and promoters of the large petition of September 11. MDCXLVIII.

England and Wales. Parliament.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Caption title.Complains of Parliament's censorhip of the press, nominally aimed at m...

To the right honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled: The humble petition of many thousands of wel-affected inhabitants of the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertford, Berks, Buckingham, Oxford, Bedford, Sussex, Northampton, Dorset, Somerset, Lancaster, Lincoln, Chester, Durham, Cumberland, Warwick and Worcester, against the intolerable oppression and undoing grievance of free quarter.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.In this edition line two has the word "Parliament".Recites the suf...

To the right honourable the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of thousands wel-affected persons inhabiting the City of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, hamlets and places adjacent.

1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.Recounts the history of the war. Urges that the Commons are the su...

The Christian conventicle, or, the private-meetings of God's people in evil times, vindicated and warranted by the Word of God Being some-time since delivered in several sermons, and now published for publick benefit.

January 1670

56 p.Place of publication suggested by Wing.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

A few words to the King and both Houses of Parliament vvorthy their consideration in a weighty concern; to wit, the effect of the execution of the late act, made against meetings and conventicles, so called; through which very many of the innocent people of God have, and do deeply suffer.

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A few words to the King and both Houses of Parliament vvorthy their consideration in a weighty concern; to wit, the effect of the execution of the late act, made against meetings and conventicles, so called; through which very many of the innocent people of God have, and do deeply suffer.

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