TO THE KING'S Most Excellent MAJESTY THE HUMBLE PETITION of the Knights, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the County of York.  
With their Humble Request to His Majesty for the removing of unruly Soldiers billeted in the said County.  
Whereunto is annexed A Copy of a Writing which hath been lately dispersed amongst the Catholics in England, by Sir john Winter, Her Majesty's principal Secretary and Master of Requests, touching and concerning a contribution of Money towards his Majesty's supply of his Army.  
Novemb. 25.  
London, Printed for JOHN Hanson. 1642.   

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty. A Copy of an humble Petition presented to his Majesty at Colebrook, from the knights▪ Gentlemen, and Freeholders' of the same County of York, with their humble request to his Majesty for the removing of unruly Soldiers, billetted in their said County.  
MAy it please Your most Excellent Majesty,  
your most humble Subjects show unto Your most sacred Majesty, that in all humility this County both endeavoured to fulfil your Majesty's command, with the forwardest of your Majesties' Subjects in the executions of your Majesties' royal commands about the military affairs, have expended an hundred thousand pounds to our great impoverishment, and far above the proportion of other Counties, which although we have been willing to serve your Majesty, yet for the future, the burden is so heavy that we cannot nor are able to forbear, now upon this our cheerfulness to serve your Majesty, we hoped to have found equal favour with the other Counties.  
But so it is most gracious Sovereign to our great grief, as we conceive your Majesty's intentions are wholly against the Parliament to the great disservice of your Majesty, we find ourselves oppressed with the billeting of unruly Soldiers, whose speeches and actions tending to burning of our villages, an● houses, and to whose insolencyes and villainies we are so daily subject, as we cannot say, we possess our wives and children and estates in safety, wherefore we are emboldened humbly to present this our complaint, beseeching that as the billeting of Soldiers in any of your Subjects houses against their will, is contrary to the ancient laws of this Kingdom, confirmed by your Majesty in the Petition of right.  
We most humbly desire your most sacred Majesty, that this insupportable burden may be taken from us, lest by their insolences some bad accident may happen, as will be much displeasing to your sacred Majesty, and your most loyal Subjects will never cease to pray for your Majesty's happy reign.  


Philip Wharton.  
Thomas Gower.  
Richard Raniugton.  
Thomas Heblewayte.  
Peregrine Stapleton.  
William Sheffield.  
John Ramsden.  
Jngram Hopten.  
George Freby.  
Henry Fairefaz.  
John Hotham.  
William Franckland.  
Christopher Percy.  
Edmond Stanhop.  
Richard Darly.  
Hugh bethel.  
Abraham Anderson.  
George Moorewood.  
Thomas Hishith.  
William Stricklaud.  
George Wentworth.  
Thomas Leger.  
John Fowleshy.  
Hugh Cholmly.  
John Ansuby.  
John Stappleton.  
Thomas Connington.  
Will. Morlesby.  
George Butler.  
George Crotter.   Cum multis aliis.   

A Copy of a Writing which hath been lately dispersed amongst the Catholics in England, by Sir John Winter, Knight, Her Majesty's principal Secretary and Master of Requests, touching and concerning a contribution of money towards His Majesty's supply of His Army.  
BY Her Majesty's Command to the Catholics in England, Greeting,  
We have so good a belief of the loyalty and affection of His Majesty's Subjects, as we doubt not but upon this occasion for the defence of His Majesty's Honour and Dominions, you will express yourselves so affected as her Highness hath always represented your Obedience to His Majesty, so in this common consent which hath appeared in the Nobility, the Judges, Gentry and others, to forward His Majesty's service by their persons and estates, her Majesty hath made no difficulty to answer for the same correspondency in his Catholic Subjects, notwithstanding they have already concurred to His Majesty's service, according to the qualities and values of each several Gentleman's estate: Therefore having already by other means recommended to Her Majesty this earnest desire of yours, to assist and serve His Majesty by some considerable sum of money, Her Majesty freely and cheerfully presented, her Majesty hath thought fit, to the end that this her desire may be the more public, and the more authorized, hereby, commanding me to give you Commission and Direction to distribute Copies under hand of this Testification thereof unto those that have met at London by Her Majesty's direction about this business, and unto the several Collectors of every County, and as her Majesty presumes the sum that shall be raised will not be unworthy our presenting to the King, so will Her Majesty be very sensible of that, as a particular favour to her Majesty in the most efficacious manner her Majesty can, to improve the merit of it, to remove any apprehension of prejudice to any who shall employ themselves towards the success of this business, by this they may be assured, that Her Majesty will secure them from all objected inconveniencies. And Her Majesty is very confident, that Her Majesty's first recommendation will be so complied withal, as that it may not only afford Her Majesty her particular satisfaction, but also facilitation towards their own advantages.  
FINIS.