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To the Honovrable the House of Commons assembled in High Covrt of Parliament: the humble remonstrance and petition of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Councell assembled

Archive Print Item: BC CW 1646/6

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Type of record: Book

Title: To the Honovrable the House of Commons assembled in High Covrt of Parliament: the humble remonstrance and petition of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Councell assembled

Other titles: To the Honourable the House of Commons assembled in High Court of Parliament: the humble remonstrance and petition of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Councell assembled

Level: Item

Classmark: BC CW 1646/6

Creator(s): City of London. Corporation

Additional creator(s): Great Britain. Parliament (Other); City of London. Corporation (Other)

Publisher: printed by Richard Cotes

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1646

Language: English

Size and medium: [2], 9, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/285462

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002133549705181

Description

Petition of 26 May for the suppression of heresy, for peace with the King and with Scotland, for an end to Parliamentary immunity to proceedings for debt, and other ways to reduce the financial burden on London. This version is considerably longer than the same petition addressed to the Lords, and has 17 points in the 'representation' instead of 14. Without a 'reply', but with the same order for printing from the Lords to Colonell John Bellamie.


Published May 26 (Thomason).


Title within decorative border; headpiece, initial.


Indexed in: Wing T1447.

Additional description

Ms. notes in contemporary hand on title-page, and in margins of other pages. Spine lettered: London remonstrance. - 1646

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