THE COPY OF A LETTER, Sent from divers Knights and Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire, to the Knights serving for that County in PARLIAMENT.  
〈◊〉 1 july. 1642.   Tudor rose  Scottish thistle  French fleur-de-lis  depiction of Irish harp 
YORK: Printed by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: And by the Assigns of JOHN BILL. 1642.   

To our much Honoured Friends, Sir Thomas Hutchinson Knight, and Robert Sutton Esq. Knights of the Shire, for the County of Nottingham.  
Gentlemen,  
FInding to our great grief (by divers printed Declarations) the unhappy differences betwixt his Majesty and His Parliament, and from thence apprehending great fear of further distractions, we have thought fit to impart our hearts freely unto you as men chosen by us, and entrusted for us, to represent us, and our desires in Your Honourable House of Commons. Where, in the first place, upon all occasions, we desire you to tender the acknowledgement of our humble & hearty thanks for those many good Laws, which by their Care and Wisdom, together with his Majesty's Grace and Favour have been obtained for us, both for the securing us in the point of our Property, and also for the fre●ing us from the unlimited power of Arbitrary government: And herein His Majesty having concurred with you in all that we could expect or can desire both for our Persons and Estates, & at several times promised to join with his Parliament, for the reforming and reducing both the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church to the best and purest times since the Reformation; And if this were done, what others would expect we know not, we desire him for the future. This is the clear expression of our hearts; this is that we desire you to consent in for us. And we shall hearty pray that we might be an example to many others to make the like expressions: And then we should not doubt but this would bring a right Understanding betwixt the King and his people, and take away all fears and jealousies, and settle a firm peace amongst us. We should gladly, with all humility, have petitioned your Honourable House but still to this purpose. And we Understand some Countries have done so, which hath been displeasing unto them because contrary to their sense, and we, perhaps, through ignorance might fall into the same error. Yet we hope it will not be displeasing unto you, that we give you our sense freely, for you are us, and we hope you will not be unwilling to follow our sense, so far as you conceive it to be the sense of your County whose you are, and for whom you serve.  
And so we rest your very loving Friends, and Countrymen. 

JOhn Digby, High Sheriff.  
john Byron.  
Richard Parkyns.  
William Apleton.  
Robert Pilson.  
George Lascells,  
Matthew Palmer.  
Roger Cooper.  
Isham Parkyns.  
Io. Wood  
G. Hollis.  
Richard Byron.  
Io Nevile.  
Edmund Hastings.  
Edward Andrews  
Thomas Blackwall.  
Wiliam Sands.  
Tho. Longford.  
jervas' Sanford.  
Rich. Harper.  
Gabriel Armstrong.  
Acton Burnell.  
Sam. Bolles.  
Rowl. Pand.  
john odingsell's.  
Anthony Gilby.  
Robert Eyre.  
Park Cressy.  
Thomas Houlder.  
Robert Saunderson.  
john Walker,  
Thomas Fox.  
I. B●lles.  
Gri. Devil.  
William Smyths.  
Nich. St●yt.  
Tho. Hollwell.  
Rich. Draper,  
Tho. Atkinson.  
Launcellot Rolston.  
Tho. Newton.  
William Wild.  
Herbert Leek.  
Tho. Brown.  
William Smythson.  
Io. Gosling.  
William Oglethorpe.  
Geo. Lascells.  
john Day.  
Geo. Milford.  
William Needham.  
Rich. Brough  
john Butterworth.  
Tho. Poole.  
john Lee.  
Io. Worsdale.  
William Shipman.  
Charles Leek.  
William Apsley.  
Francis Cavendish.  
Charles North.  
Matthew Palmer.  
Rich. Holliwell.  
Roger jackson.  
john Leake.  
Rich. Simman.  
Stephen Broome.  
William Colby.  
john Newport.  
Hen. Caldecott.  
Hdw. Holland.  
Hen. Broome.  
William Hacker.  
james Forbeny.  
job Holden.  
Rich. Boyer.  
William Pocklington.  
Hen. Green.  
Walter Garrington.  
john Grundy.  
G. Flower.    
FINIS.