To the right honourable the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of the Company of worsted-weavers of the City of Norwich, and county of Norfolk
         Loyal Society of Worsted Weavers in the city of Norwich (England)
      
       
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             To the right honourable the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of the Company of worsted-weavers of the City of Norwich, and county of Norfolk
             Loyal Society of Worsted Weavers in the city of Norwich (England)
             Gedney, Job. aut
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1655?]
          
           
             Imprint conjectured by Wing.
             Signed at end in MS.: Job. Gedney.
             Reproduction of the original in the Guildhall Library, London.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Loyal Society of Worsted Weavers in the city of Norwich (England) -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A42566  R218312  (Wing G447A).  civilwar no To the right honourable the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of the Company of worsted-weavers of the City of Loyal Society of Worsted Weavers in the city of Norwich 1655    324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text  has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription.  
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           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           OF
           THE
           COMMON-WEALTH
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           The
           humble
           Petition
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Worsted-Weavers
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           and
           County
           of
           Norfolk
           .
        
         
           
             Humbly
             Sheweth
             ,
          
           
           THat
           whereas
           upon
           the
           Complaint
           and
           Petition
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           
             Worsted-Weavers
             ,
          
           and
           others
           in
           the
           City
           and
           County
           aforesaid
           ,
           of
           great
           abuses
           done
           to
           their
           Trade
           by
           certain
           Persons
           ,
           calling
           themselves
           a
           Company
           of
           
             Wooll-Combers
             ;
          
           who
           by
           their
           deceits
           in
           making
           false
           
             Yarns
             ,
          
           have
           undone
           many
           of
           your
           Petitioners
           ,
           and
           spoiled
           their
           Manufacture
           .
        
         
           That
           your
           Honours
           were
           pleased
           ,
           to
           refer
           the
           said
           Complaint
           to
           the
           hearing
           of
           a
           Committee
           .
           That
           the
           said
           Committee
           ,
           after
           many
           hearings
           of
           the
           parties
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           did
           report
           the
           same
           to
           this
           Honourable
           Parliament
           .
           That
           upon
           hearing
           of
           the
           said
           report
           ,
           made
           by
           the
           said
           Committee
           to
           this
           Honourable
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           was
           Ordered
           that
           an
           Act
           should
           be
           drawn
           ,
           whereby
           provision
           should
           be
           made
           against
           the
           irrigularities
           of
           the
           said
           
             Combers
             .
          
           That
           the
           said
           Act
           hath
           been
           read
           and
           recommitted
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           long
           time
           hath
           been
           ready
           to
           be
           produced
           .
           That
           your
           Petitioners
           finding
           a
           decay
           of
           Trade
           still
           to
           encrease
           ,
           and
           that
           many
           Families
           ,
           are
           daily
           ruined
           for
           want
           of
           a
           just
           regulation
           ,
           are
           forced
           to
           be
           thus
           solicitous
           with
           your
           Honours
           ;
           and
           humbly
           do
           pray
           ,
           
           
             That
             your
             Honours
             would
             be
             pleased
             ,
             to
             consider
             the
             case
             of
             your
             poor
             Petitioners
             ;
             who
             have
             waited
             above
             thirteen
             Moneths
             to
             their
             great
             expences
             ,
             and
             grant
             that
             the
             said
             Act
             according
             to
             your
             Order
             ,
             of
             the
             thirtieth
             of
             
               July
            
             last
             ,
             may
             be
             this
             day
             read
             and
             determined
             .
          
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioners
           shall
           ever
           pray
           .
        
         
           
             Signed
             in
             the
             Name
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             appointment
             of
             the
             Company
             of
             
               Worsted-Weavers
            
             in
             
               Norwich
            
             and
             
               Norfolke
               .
            
             Per
             me
             _____