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A remonstrance of many thousand citizens, and other free-born people of England, to their own House of Commons. Occasioned through the illegall and barbarous imprisonment of that famous and worthy sufferer for his countries freedoms, Lievtenant Col. John Lilburne. Wherein their just demands... is express'd; calling those their commissioners in Parliament, to an account ... [etc.]

Archive Print Item: BC CW 1646/7

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Type of record: Book

Title: A remonstrance of many thousand citizens, and other free-born people of England, to their own House of Commons. Occasioned through the illegall and barbarous imprisonment of that famous and worthy sufferer for his countries freedoms, Lievtenant Col. John Lilburne. Wherein their just demands... is express'd; calling those their commissioners in Parliament, to an account ... [etc.]

Level: Item

Classmark: BC CW 1646/7

Creator(s): Overton, Richard (fl.1646)

Additional creator(s): Walwyn, William (1600-1681) (Other)

Related people: Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657; Walwyn, William

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): Printed in the yeer, 1646

Language: English

Size and medium: 20 p., frontis. (port.)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/285464

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002133829705181

Description

Burned by order of the Commons on May 22d, 1647, at the old Exchange in London and in the new palace yard at Westminster--McAlpin Catalogue.


Published July 7, 1646 (Thomason).


Anonymous. By Richard Overton, with William Walwyn (McMichael and Taft, The writings of William Walwyn, p.223).


Place of publication from Wing.


Engraved frontispiece portrait of John Lilburne behind bars.


Indexed in: Wing(2) O632B.

Additional description

Wanting engraving of Lilburne in prison. Tears in G1-G2, slightly affecting text many tears in margins. Interleaved with blank sheets. Spine lettered: Lilburne. - Remonstrance. 1646

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