To the honorable the House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the inhabitants of VVatford, in the county of Hertford. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94478 of text R210861 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[52]). 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 A94478 Wing T1443 Thomason 669.f.5[52] ESTC R210861 99869614 99869614 160765 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. A94478) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160765) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[52]) To the honorable the House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the inhabitants of VVatford, in the county of Hertford. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) for John Bellamy and Ralph Smith, Printed at London : 1642. Offers 50 serviceable horses and riders and recommends John Bird as captain. -- Steele. Read, approved, and ordered to be printed by the House of Commons Die Veneris 1. Julii. 1642. Order to print signed: H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Do. Com. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Hertfordshire (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. A94478 R210861 (Thomason 669.f.5[52]). civilwar no To the honorable the House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the inhabitants of VVatford, in the county of Her England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 940 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. 2007-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion To the Honorable the House of Commons , Now Assembled in PARLIAMENT . The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of VVATFORD , in the County of HERTFORD . Sheweth , THat the Petitioners having with all duty and affection taken notice of Certaine Propositions of both Houses of P●rliament concerning the raising of Horse , Horsemen and Armes , for the defence of the King and both Houses of Parliament ; And being assured that whatsoever shall be brought in , shall not be imployed upon any other occasion , then To maintain the Protestant Religion , the Kings Authority , and his Person in his Royall Dignity , the free course of Justice , the Laws of the Land , the Peace of the Kingdome , and the Priviledge of Parliament , against any Force which shall oppose them : The Petitioners , ( although but a small handfull ) mindfull of their late Protestation , doe , in all humility and rervencie of affection , offer to this Service 1270. li. in Money and Plate , ( the greatest part whereof is already brought in , and the rest shall forthwith be made up ) and likewise have provided 50. able and serviceable Horses and Riders ready to be Listed ; Not intending to rest in these proportions , but resolving to part with all they have , if need be , in pursuit of their said Protestation ; Which as they seriously considered of , before they took it , so they resolutely prepare themselves to make it good to the last drop of their blouds : And they neither doe , nor can desire better security for what they now or hereafter shall bring in , then The Publique Faith of both Houses of Parliament . They therefore most humbly pray , That this Honourable House would vouchsafe to accept of this Present of their Duty , and to take into your grave Consideration the Propositions and humble Desires of the Petitioners hereto annexed , and to recommend them likewise to the most Honourable House of Peeres , if in your wisdome you shall think fit to grant the same : And that you would move their Lordships to concur with this Honourable House herein , for the encouragement of the Petitioners , and of all others that shall desire to follow , or rather to out-goe them in this necessary Service . And they shall ever pray , &c. Propositions humbly offered by the Petitioners . 1. THat in consideration of the great summe already advanced , and the hope of inlarging it , there may be compleat furniture of Saddles , Bridles and Armes for such Horse and Horsemen as they shall enroll , and cannot be furnished and armed by themselves ; And the same Furniture and Armes to be delivered to John Leonard , and Zachary King , Gentlemen , who shall be responsall to both Houses of Parliament for them , at all times , upon reasonable warning , unlesse the same happen to miscarry in any Service appointed by the said Houses . 2. That you would give the Petitioners leave to recommend unto You John Bird Gentleman to be Captaine of the said Horse , and that they may nominate the rest of the under-officers thereto pertayning , and that they may bee admitted to exercise the same so long as they shall behave themselves worthy of that trust and service . 3. That for the better satisfaction of both Houses of Parliament in the exercising and preparing of the said Troope of Horse for the service intended , you would please to receive into your present pay a Lieutenant , and one Corporall that have had experience in service , and are expert in their duties , who shall be recommended to you by the said Master Bird , and the rest of the Petitioners , if you shall finde no cause to refuse them . 4. The Captaine and the rest of their officers may recover their pay so soone as monies shall come in to defray that Charge . 5. That the said troope of Horse may continue at Watford ( it being not distant above 15. miles from Westminster ) and be trayned and exercised there , or neere thereabout , untill both houses of Parliament shall please to command their service elsewhere . Die Veneris 1. Julii . 1642. AFter the Petition had beene read , and the Propositions assented unto , one of the Petitioners was called in , and Master Speaker by command of the House told him , Your Petition hath been read and well accepted , and all your Propositions assented unto . That this liberall offer and subscription of a businesse so neerly concerning the safety of the King , Religion , and Kingdome , is an acceptable service to the Common-Wealth . Therefore this House hath commanded me to give you thankes for your Zeale for the publique , and the good service you have done herein , and desire you to returne their thankes to the rest of the Petitioners who have given so ample Testimony of their good affections . Die Veneris 1. Julii . 1642. ORdered that the Petition of the Inhabitants of Watford , in the County of Hertford , this day read and approved of by the House of Commons , be Printed , H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Do. Com. Printed at London for JOHN BELLAMY and RALPH SMITH . 1642.