The declaration and address of the gentry of the county of Essex, who have adhered to the King, and suffered imprisonment, or sequestration, during the late troubles. 1660 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A74189 Wing D523 Thomason 669.f.25[1] ESTC R211882 99870558 99870558 163806

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74189) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163806) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f25[1]) The declaration and address of the gentry of the county of Essex, who have adhered to the King, and suffered imprisonment, or sequestration, during the late troubles. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Gabriel Bedell, and Thomas Collins, at the middle Temple-gate in Fleetstreet, London : [1660] "A letter dated Chelmsford, April 17, enclosing the declaration and hoping for peace. A declaration that they entertain no thought of revenge and submit to the resolution of the next Parliament for a settlement of Church and State." -- Cf. Steele. Date of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "April 28". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Albemarle, George Monck, -- Duke of, 1608-1670 -- Early works to 1800. Royalists -- England -- Essex -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE DECLARATION and ADDRESS of the GENTRY of the County of ESSEX, who have adhered to the KING, and ſuffered Impriſonment, or Sequeſtration, during the late Troubles.
May it pleaſe Your Excellency,

WEE the Gentlemen of the County of ESSEX, taking notice how induſtrious ſome pernitious and deſperate perſons have been to raiſe a jealouſie, that all who adhered to the KING have ſuch a Settlement of rancour and revenge in their hearts, againſt thoſe who were of a different party, that the bleſſing of a firm and laſting PEACE, ſo long wiſht for and now hoped to be in a near propinquity, is not likely to take its due and deſired effect, Have thought fit to expreſs the true ſence of our hearts, in a Declaration which we have incloſed herein, Conceiving it very fitting, not to make the ſame more publique, till it hath firſt arrived at the view of your Excellency, whom God hath been pleaſed to make ſo ſignally eminent in the delivering of this Nation from thoſe preſsing miſeries it hath ſo long lain panting and groaning under; and for which, as we can never enough magnifie his mercy, ſo can we not ſufficiently expreſs that high Honour and reſpect which we retein in our hearts to wards Your Excellency, the great and worthy inſtrument he hath been pleaſed to make uſe of therein.

Chelmesford, April 17. 1660. MY LORD, We ſubſcribe our ſelves, Your Excellencies moſt Humble and Devoted Servants.

This was ſubſcribed by the Gentry, whoſe names are expreſſed under the ſubſequent Declaration, and ſuperſcribed To His Excellencie the Lord General MONCK.

The DECLARATION.

WHereas Almighty God hath raiſed this diſtracted Nation to ſome hopes of Re-ſettlement on Juſt, Known, and Laſting Foundations: We magnifie his Mercy from the bottom of our hearts, and ſhall ever pay a moſt grateful Acknowledgment to his EXCELLENCY the Lord Gen. MONCK as the ſignal Inſtrument of ſo great a Deliverance.

And whereas ſome pernicious and deſperate Perſons have laboured to raiſe a Jealouſie, that thoſe who adhered to the KING do ſtill in their hearts retein Revenge againſt ſuch as were of a different Party: We think our ſelves bound to declare to all the World (in the preſence of God) that we deteſt and abhorre all thoughts of Animoſity or Revenge againſt any Party or Perſons whatſoever. For as we could wiſh the late Diviſions had never been begotten, ſo we deſire they may for ever be buryed, and ſhall think thoſe Perſons the greateſt and common Enemies of our Country who ſhall offer to revive them. And we alſo declare, That we will thankfully ſubmit and attend the Reſolutions of the next enſuing Parliament, for a juſt and happy Settlement of Church and State, that ſo at laſt (by Gods bleſſing) thoſe odious marks of Sides and Parties may for ever be blotted out, and a perfect Union may again be reſtored to this diſtreſſed Nation.

Edward Ruſsel, Eſq Sir Henry Appleton, Baronet. Sir Benjamin Ayloff, Baronet. Sir Denner Strutt, Baronet. Sir Humfrey Mildemay, Knight. Sir John Tirell, Knight. Sir Cranmer Herris, Knight. Sir Edmund Peirce, Knight. Sir Henry Wroth, Knight. William Ayloffe, Eſq James Altham, Eſq Gamaliel Capel, Eſq Anthony Browne, Eſq Charles Fytche, Eſq Thomas Argall, Eſq Stephan Smyth, Eſq Salter Herris, Eſq Henry Pert, Eſq John Fanſhaw, Eſq Thomas Roberts, Eſq Richard Humphrey, Eſq John Lynn, Eſq Dr. John Michaelſon, Richard Symonds, Eſq Anthony Kempſon, Eſq William Herris, Eſq William Bramſton, Eſq John Brown, Gent. Nicholas Serle. John Vavaſour, Gent. John Greene, Gent. James Cookſon, Gent. Edmund Coole, Gent.

This Declaration and Addreſs was agreed-upon by the Subſcribers at a General Meeting, at Chelmesford in Eſſex, April 17. 1660. Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, and Sir Edmond Peirce being then appointed and deſired to preſent them to his Excellency, which was done accordingly at St. James's the 19th of the ſame Month.

LONDON, Printed for Gabriel Bedell, and Thomas Collins, at the middle Temple-gate in Fleet ſtreet.