To the Honourable the House of Commons the humble petition of Colonell Edward King of the County of Lincoln Esquire.
         King, Edward, of Marton, Lincolnshire.
      
       
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             To the Honourable the House of Commons the humble petition of Colonell Edward King of the County of Lincoln Esquire.
             King, Edward, of Marton, Lincolnshire.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London :
             1646]
          
           
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           To
           the
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           humble
           Petition
           of
           Colonell
           
             Edward
             King
          
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           Sheweth
           ,
        
         
           THat
           Your
           Petitioner
           in
           this
           just
           War
           hath
           by
           all
           means
           indeavoured
           to
           approve
           himself
           faithfull
           ,
           having
           taken
           up
           Armes
           ,
           and
           hazzarded
           his
           life
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           lowest
           condition
           ,
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           happinesse
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           in
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Orders
           ,
           induring
           with
           much
           patience
           imprisonment
           ,
           necessities
           ,
           distresses
           ,
           and
           dishonour
           ;
           choosing
           with
           constancy
           rather
           to
           suffer
           the
           spoyling
           of
           his
           goods
           ,
           and
           sequestring
           his
           estate
           by
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           then
           to
           assist
           them
           ,
           or
           take
           Armes
           against
           his
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Country
           :
           being
           well
           assured
           that
           according
           to
           the
           Declaration
           of
           both
           Kingdomes
           of
           the
           30
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1643.
           
           The
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           in
           their
           Wisedomes
           and
           Justice
           would
           not
           see
           him
           neglected
           ,
           much
           lesse
           ruined
           by
           those
           that
           are
           in
           authority
           under
           them
           :
           Notwithstanding
           which
           though
           Your
           Petitioners
           losses
           have
           been
           great
           ,
           his
           estate
           become
           of
           little
           value
           to
           him
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           been
           forced
           to
           flye
           from
           their
           habitation
           at
           such
           time
           as
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Newcastles
          
           Army
           was
           prevalent
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           yet
           Sir
           
             Hamond
             Whichcott
          
           Knight
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Lister
          
           Esquire
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Archer
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Committee
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           have
           of
           late
           put
           in
           Execution
           obsolete
           Ordinances
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           long
           since
           expired
           for
           the
           taxing
           and
           collecting
           of
           money
           upon
           Your
           Petitioner
           and
           his
           tennants
           for
           taxes
           due
           when
           the
           County
           lay
           under
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           was
           plundred
           and
           wasted
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           by
           colour
           thereof
           issued
           out
           Warrants
           to
           treble
           the
           sums
           taxed
           upon
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           to
           sequester
           their
           estates
           and
           imprison
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           not
           regarding
           your
           Ordinances
           ,
           of
           their
           extort
           power
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           third
           of
           
             Aprill
          
           1645.
           for
           assessing
           and
           taxing
           the
           sum
           of
           2800.
           l.
           a
           moneth
           upon
           the
           County
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Horse
           ,
           Foot
           ,
           and
           Dragoons
           supposed
           to
           be
           raised
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           same
           for
           their
           necessary
           Defence
           ,
           have
           taxed
           and
           levyed
           divers
           great
           sums
           of
           money
           upon
           Your
           Petitioner
           ,
           and
           his
           Tennants
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           true
           meaning
           and
           intent
           thereof
           ,
           refusing
           out
           of
           their
           corrupt
           and
           unfaithfull
           ends
           ,
           to
           approve
           of
           such
           Officers
           as
           were
           nominated
           by
           the
           County
           at
           a
           free
           and
           full
           Election
           ,
           misusing
           ,
           altering
           ,
           and
           subverting
           Your
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           exposing
           the
           County
           to
           be
           taxed
           ,
           plundred
           ,
           and
           wasted
           ,
           by
           the
           Enemie
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           defended
           had
           they
           dealt
           faithfully
           and
           approved
           of
           the
           Officers
           nominated
           as
           was
           Ordained
           .
           At
           this
           present
           
             Robert
             Dawson
          
           Your
           Petitioners
           Tennant
           is
           in
           prison
           by
           colour
           of
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           ,
           though
           long
           since
           expired
           and
           out
           of
           date
           :
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           sheweth
           that
           he
           being
           by
           Commission
           under
           the
           hand
           and
           Seal
           of
           the
           right
           Honourable
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Manchester
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           eleventh
           of
           
             October
          
           1643.
           authorized
           to
           put
           in
           execution
           all
           Ordinances
           for
           the
           raising
           of
           money
           within
           the
           County
           of
           
             Lincolne
             ,
          
           did
           cause
           divers
           woolls
           and
           other
           goods
           of
           Malignants
           to
           be
           seized
           apprised
           and
           sold
           and
           the
           money
           paid
           unto
           the
           Treasurer
           according
           to
           his
           Lordships
           appointment
           ,
           since
           which
           time
           one
           
             Nehemiah
             Rawson
          
           Gentleman
           and
           _____
           
             Gainesborough
          
           to
           trouble
           and
           vexe
           Your
           Petitioner
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           that
           were
           imployed
           by
           him
           in
           the
           said
           service
           ,
           have
           brought
           severall
           actions
           at
           the
           Common
           Law
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           them
           ,
           pretending
           a
           property
           in
           the
           States
           goods
           ,
           though
           Your
           Petitioner
           and
           those
           imployed
           by
           him
           did
           not
           any
           thing
           but
           in
           Execution
           or
           performance
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           for
           sequestrations
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           pray
           to
           be
           protected
           ,
           and
           saved
           harmelesse
           ,
           by
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           is
           expressed
           ;
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           sheweth
           ,
           That
           divers
           false
           ,
           malitious
           ,
           and
           untrue
           complaints
           ,
           have
           been
           preferred
           against
           him
           ,
           before
           the
           Honourable
           Committee
           of
           both
           Kingdomes
           ,
           by
           
             William
             Berry
          
           Gent.
           one
           of
           the
           Committee
           of
           
             Lincolnshire
             ,
          
           by
           the
           subornation
           of
           
             Thomas
             Lister
             ,
             Iohn
             Archer
             ,
          
           and
           some
           others
           of
           the
           said
           Committee
           ,
           and
           prosecuted
           with
           much
           violence
           ,
           and
           countenanced
           very
           unjustly
           ,
           with
           an
           intention
           and
           determination
           to
           ruine
           and
           undoe
           him
           ,
           against
           whose
           injustice
           ,
           and
           malice
           Your
           Petitioner
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           defended
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           being
           put
           to
           great
           and
           excessive
           charges
           ,
           obtained
           neither
           dammages
           nor
           costs
           against
           them
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           or
           some
           of
           them
           taking
           incouragement
           have
           prosecuted
           your
           Petitioner
           this
           two
           years
           with
           unjust
           complaints
           before
           severall
           Committees
           to
           his
           great
           dammages
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           :
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           sheweth
           ,
           That
           being
           nominated
           High
           Sheriffe
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Lincoln
          
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           God
           1643.
           after
           he
           had
           received
           his
           Patent
           ,
           and
           took
           his
           Oath
           ,
           he
           served
           you
           with
           cheerfulnesse
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           better
           performance
           of
           the
           said
           Office
           ,
           raised
           ,
           and
           armed
           a
           Troop
           of
           Horse
           by
           Commission
           from
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
          
           and
           maintained
           the
           same
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           country-men
           :
           and
           when
           he
           received
           Orders
           from
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
          
           for
           their
           pay
           expecting
           incouragement
           from
           the
           Committee
           of
           
             Lincolne
          
           for
           undergoing
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           and
           imployment
           according
           to
           Your
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           twenty
           ninth
           of
           
             January
          
           1643.
           
           Your
           Petitioner
           was
           not
           onely
           denyed
           by
           them
           ,
           the
           pay
           due
           unto
           him
           and
           his
           Troope
           ,
           but
           received
           many
           discouragements
           from
           some
           of
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           as
           yet
           hath
           not
           received
           any
           allowance
           for
           his
           extraordinary
           Charges
           expended
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           said
           office
           ;
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           sheweth
           that
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           is
           a
           debtor
           unto
           him
           in
           the
           summe
           of
           2625.
           l.
           as
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           his
           accompt
           delivered
           upon
           Oath
           to
           the
           Grand
           Committee
           of
           Accompts
           may
           appear
           .
           624.
           l.
           3.
           s
           :
           6.
           d.
           of
           which
           money
           was
           assigned
           upon
           the
           27.
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1644.
           according
           to
           Ordinance
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           by
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
             ,
          
           the
           Commissary
           Generall
           and
           two
           of
           the
           standing
           Committee
           at
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           and
           ought
           long
           since
           to
           have
           been
           paid
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           Your
           Petitioner
           had
           an
           Order
           from
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Manchester
          
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           same
           :
           Notwithstanding
           all
           which
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Trollope
             ,
             Thomas
             Lister
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Committee
           of
           Sequestrations
           have
           sent
           for
           your
           Petitioner
           and
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           demanded
           from
           them
           the
           summe
           of
           250.
           l.
           as
           a
           debt
           due
           by
           them
           to
           Mr
           
             Edward
             Standish
          
           of
           
             Newarke
          
           whose
           estate
           is
           sequestred
           ;
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           That
           by
           undue
           practices
           ,
           false
           suggestions
           and
           untrue
           surmises
           ,
           they
           have
           shamefully
           slandred
           him
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           Gentlemen
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           to
           suppresse
           them
           procured
           their
           names
           to
           be
           left
           out
           of
           all
           Committees
           ,
           nominating
           Malignants
           and
           men
           of
           mean
           qualitie
           to
           serve
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           to
           the
           oppression
           and
           undoing
           of
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           well
           affected
           ,
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           your
           Ordinances
           :
           Your
           Petitioner
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           That
           contrary
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           this
           honourable
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           commands
           of
           the
           Right
           honourable
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Manchester
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           been
           by
           the
           manifold
           crafts
           of
           
             Thomas
             Lister
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Committee
           discouraged
           and
           outed
           from
           all
           his
           Commands
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           discredit
           and
           wrong
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           your
           affaires
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           decay
           and
           impoverishing
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Lincolnshere
             ,
          
           by
           which
           undue
           practises
           your
           Petitioner
           hath
           been
           caused
           to
           spend
           above
           500.
           l.
           in
           his
           just
           defence
           ,
           and
           is
           without
           all
           remedy
           by
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Realm
           not
           having
           any
           whither
           to
           fly
           for
           reliefe
           but
           to
           your
           Justice
           .
           And
           lastly
           your
           Petitioner
           sheweth
           that
           upon
           the
           28.
           of
           
             October
          
           last
           there
           being
           an
           Election
           to
           be
           made
           at
           
             Grimsby
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Lincolne
          
           for
           a
           Burgesse
           to
           serve
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           Your
           Petitioner
           declaring
           himselfe
           to
           stand
           for
           that
           place
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           procurement
           of
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Wray
          
           served
           with
           a
           Warrant
           upon
           the
           17.
           of
           the
           said
           Moneth
           to
           appear
           before
           the
           
             Northerne
          
           Committee
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           within
           eight
           dayes
           after
           to
           answer
           words
           conteined
           in
           a
           Paper
           supposed
           to
           be
           spoken
           by
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           performed
           ,
           and
           none
           being
           present
           to
           make
           proofe
           of
           the
           Charge
           against
           him
           ,
           was
           for
           the
           present
           dismissed
           and
           thereupon
           made
           his
           return
           into
           the
           County
           with
           a
           Resolution
           to
           stand
           for
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           
             Grimsby
          
           upon
           the
           27.
           of
           the
           said
           Moneth
           ,
           he
           was
           informed
           by
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Burgesses
           That
           upon
           the
           21.
           day
           Sir
           
             Christopher
          
           came
           to
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           by
           threats
           forced
           the
           mayor
           to
           proceed
           to
           Election
           upon
           the
           day
           following
           ,
           where
           being
           present
           ,
           by
           undue
           practises
           and
           threats
           ,
           he
           gained
           and
           procured
           voyces
           for
           Mr
           
             William
             Wray
          
           his
           son
           ,
           being
           then
           and
           yet
           an
           Infant
           and
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           caused
           an
           Indenture
           to
           be
           signed
           and
           sealed
           by
           the
           Mayor
           for
           him
           ,
           against
           whom
           and
           others
           your
           Petitioner
           complained
           before
           the
           Committee
           of
           Elections
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             November
          
           following
           ,
           and
           hath
           according
           to
           Order
           ever
           since
           the
           11.
           of
           
             February
          
           attended
           with
           his
           Councell
           and
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           Charge
           ,
           the
           discontent
           and
           discouragement
           of
           his
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           as
           yet
           cannot
           obtain
           an
           hearing
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           what
           a
           sad
           and
           slavish
           condition
           your
           Petitioner
           is
           in
           ,
           having
           wasted
           and
           consumed
           all
           his
           substance
           in
           your
           service
           ,
           being
           thus
           oppressed
           by
           his
           fellow
           Subjects
           as
           before
           is
           mentioned
           ,
           He
           refers
           to
           the
           Justice
           ,
           Wisedome
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Consideration
           of
           your
           Honourable
           House
           ;
           Humbly
           praying
           he
           may
           be
           releeved
           in
           the
           premisses
           ,
           and
           receive
           such
           Moneyes
           as
           are
           due
           unto
           him
           ,
           to
           supply
           his
           necessities
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           faith
           wherewith
           Your
           Honourable
           House
           stands
           ingaged
           unto
           him
           ,
           by
           Your
           Covenant
           ,
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           Declarations
           ,
        
         
           
             And
             Your
             Petitioner
             ,
             &c.