To the supream authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of William Caddy of Taunton, and Nicholas Ward of Chard, in the county of Somerset. Caddy, William. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78548 of text R212083 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.19[12]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A78548 Wing C191 Thomason 669.f.19[12] ESTC R212083 99870734 99870734 163350 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78548) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163350) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f19[12]) To the supream authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of William Caddy of Taunton, and Nicholas Ward of Chard, in the county of Somerset. Caddy, William. Ward, Nicholas, of Chard. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1654] Imprint from Wing. Praying for compensation for persecution suffered at the hands of Sir John Stawell -- Thomason Catalogue. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Septemb: 1654". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Reparation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A78548 R212083 (Thomason 669.f.19[12]). civilwar no To the supream authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of William Caddy of Taunton, and Nicholas Ward Caddy, William. 1654 891 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 C The rate of 11 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-05 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-06 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-06 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion To the Supream Authority , the PARLIAMENT of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND . The Humble Petition of William Caddy of Taunton , and Nicholas Ward of Chard , in the County of Somerset . SHEWETH , THat your Petitioners have faithfully served your Honours with the expence of their dearest blood and estates , from the very beginning of the late rroubles , in opposing the late King and his Party , and especially Sir John Stowel , and his bloody Adherents , who was the first that drew blood from your friends in the West of England . That your Petitioners , ( besides the plunder and losse of their estates , by the said Sir John Stowel and his Party , ) have received such woundes and maimes in their bodies , that they are disabled to labour in their lawful Callings ; And your Petitioner Caddy hath lost three Sons in your service , ( who were as the staffe of his age , ) and himselfe cast into a loathsome Goale at Ilchester , where he was fourteen moneths together laid in irons , by the immediate Command of Sir John Stowel , for no other cause but his faithfulnesse to the Parliament . And your Petitioner Ward for the same cause , had his Nose and one of his fingers cut off , and one of his eyes cut out , with twenty six wounds at the same time , by Sir John Stowels own eruel hand , and that in cold blood , your said Petitioner Ward being unarmed , and all this without any provocation from your Petitioners . That your Petitioners are by this meanes utterly undone ; and whereas heretofore they were ( by the blessing of God , ) able to relieve others , they are now like to perish for want of food , with their Wives and Children . That your Petitioners in Order to their relief , six yeares since brought their several Actions against Sir John Stowel , wherein they obtained Judgements , namely your Petitioner Caddy for 212 li . and your Petitioner Ward for 107 li . 10 s. That these judgements have been so farre from being a remedy , that they have proved a great increase of their misery , in respect they can get no benefit thereby , and have spent as much money in their journeyes and attendance , as the said judgements amount unto . That your Petitioners , yet further to increase their misery , have been lately summoned by Sir John Stowel from their countrey , ( sevenscore miles from London , ) to appear and answer his Petition before the Honourable Commissioners for Articles , in relation to their said judgements , where he hath caused your Petitioners to attend for the space of eight weeks last past , their Wives and Children like to starve at home in the mean time , your Petitioners no way able to relieve them ; They petitioned the Honourable Commissioners for Articles , and are only permitted into their countrey , till further order of Summons from the said Sir John Stowel as may appear by the Copy of the said Order hereunto annexed . Your Petitioners therefore in this their great extremity , do humbly addresse themselves to your Honours , as their last Refuge ; And do humbly beseech you ( amidst your many weighty affaires , ) so farre to cast your gracious eye on this their sad and just complaint , that some relief may be afforded them by your means , that they with their poor Wives and Children may not utterly perish , and be ● longer a reproach to your enemies , who are incouraged to insult over them . For prevention of which , your poor Petitioners humhly prostrate themselves ; and their lamentable condition at your Honours feet , begging the Lord to move your hearts to pity , and to finde out some way for their relief either out of the Joynture of the Lady Stowel , or her fifth , which she now enjoyeth by the favour of your Honours ; or in some other present and effectual way , as to your wisedomes shall seem best and most fitting . And your Petitioners , their Wives and Children , shall ever pray , &c. WILLIAM CADDY , NICHOLAS WARD . Excheq . Chamber Westm. Wednesday Feb. 9. 1652. By the Commissioners appointed for relief upon Articles of Warre . Upon motion made by Nicholas Ward and William Caddy , summoned by themselves , or some one authorized for them , to give answer unto the Petition of Sir John Stowel , depending before this Court , praying to be discharged their further attendance , having delivered a Petition into this Court , which is by the consent of the said Sir John Stowel declared by his Councel , accepted as their answer thereunto . It is by the like consent of the said Sir John Stowel declared as aforesaid , ordered , That the said Defendants be permitted to repaire to their several habitations , there to remain until this Court shall finde cause to give further order in that behalf . Tracy Panncefote Regist.