A letter sent to the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, by Lieutenant Colonel Kiffin, Captain Gosfright, Captain Hewling, and Lieutenant Lomes, touching the seizing of their persons, and searching their houses for arms; and also shewing the forgery and falsehood of a scandalous pamphlet, intituled A manifesto and declaration of the Anabaptists, and other congregational churches, &c. published Febr. 28. 1659. 1660 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A88025 Wing L1623 Thomason 669.f.23[72] ESTC R211646 99870356 99870356 163729

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A88025) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163729) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f23[72]) A letter sent to the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, by Lieutenant Colonel Kiffin, Captain Gosfright, Captain Hewling, and Lieutenant Lomes, touching the seizing of their persons, and searching their houses for arms; and also shewing the forgery and falsehood of a scandalous pamphlet, intituled A manifesto and declaration of the Anabaptists, and other congregational churches, &c. published Febr. 28. 1659. Kiffin, William, 1616-1701. City of London (England). Lord Mayor. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills dwelling in Aldersgate-street, next door to the signe of the Peacock, London : 1659. [i.e. 1660] Signed: William Kiffen [and 3 others]. Dated at end: in London the 28 February 1659. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 2. 1659". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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A Letter ſent to the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, by Lieutenant Colonel Kiffen, Captain Gosfright, Captain Hewling, and Lieutenant Lomes, touching the ſeizing of their Perſons, and ſearching their houſes for Arms; and alſo ſhewing the forgery and falſehood of a ſcandalous Pamphlet, Intituled A Manifeſto and Declaration of the Anabaptiſts, and other Congregational Churches, &c. publiſhed Febr. 28. 1659. May it pleaſe your Lordſhip,

THe very much unexpected, undeſerved, and Illegal uſage which we lately found from the hands of ſome Officers and Souldiers, (they declaring for juſt liberty) hath enforced us to make this application to your Lordſhip, as the Patron of this City, from whom we hope we may juſtly expect common freedom and ſafety with other the Citizens thereof: In order whereunto we crave leave to acquaint your Lordſhip, That the other night about midnight, ſeveral parties of ſoldiers came to our dwellings, who (without any VVarrant from the Parliament, Council of State, your Lordſhip, the Magiſtrate of this City, or any other civil Authority, (A preſident not to be paralleld that we know of in the City, in all our late ſad inteſtine wars) demanded admiſſion; And to the great affrightment and aſtoniſhment of our wives, children, with other relations, apprehended our Prrſons, being quiet in our habitations, and ſome of us ſick in our beds, ſearched our houſes, carried, and detained our perſons as Priſoners at the Guard at Pauls, till that day noon, and then no otherwiſe ſuffered us to be removed from thence, but as being ſtill under confinement, and to return at their pleaſure, giving us to no account of the reaſon of this action, but ſaid they had Order from General Monck, which they refuſed to let us read: we deſired to know our accuſers or accuſations, but could not underſtand the leaſt crime laid to our charge. Being thus uſed as evil doers, expoſed to ſcorn and reproach, hindred in our Callings, and prejudiced in our Credits, We cannot be ſo injurious to our ſelves (with other Citizens) as to ſuffer this wrong, without endeavouring our juſt vindication and reparation. We are not willing to conclude that this hath befallen us in reference to our judgement and practiſe, in matters of Religion, which we are not aſhamed to own, as being agreeable to the mind of God revealed in the holy Scriptures; as alſo within the liberty that the General himſelf hath held forth to be enjoyed by us, equally with other perſons, truly fearing God, Why then ſhould we thus ſuffer, having to our utmoſt in all our capacities, endeavoured the common peace and welfare of this City and Nation, and nothing to the contrary? Surely my Lord, as the Preſident it ſelf is of moſt dangerous conſequence to the Inhabitants of this place, ſo will it ſound very harſh in the ears of other people in the Nation, who may reckon themſelves expoſed to the like uſage, if this and ſuch like actions paſs without due obſervation; and therefore for their ſakes (as our own) we cannot be altogether ſilent; Beſides that even now when moſt men are ſeeking for ſettlement, ſuch undertakings, how greatly they tend to diſſettle mens minds, and fill the Land with diſturbances and diſtractions, we leave to your Lordſhip to judge. My Lord, We ſue to your Lordſhip for nothing, but that right may be done us; If we have done any thing contrary to the Laws of the Nation, or the City, we refuſe not, but ſeek a legal tryal; But if otherwiſe (as indeed we are not conſcious to our ſelves, that we have (in the leaſt) offended againſt this City or our Rulers) We do claim our right, and humbly conceive your Lordſhip engaged to endeavour that we may be ſet at liberty from our confinement; But if your Lordſhip ſhall think it fit and requiſite, that application be in this caſe made to the Parliament or Council of State, we then humbly pray, That we, being Members of this City, your Lordſhip will pleaſe to move for preſent redreſs in this our grievance, and future protection and ſecurity (with others our neighbours) in out habitations.

My Lord, the day following they ſeached our houſes for Arms, there being reports of great numbers found there, which were no more in all our houſes but as followeth, viz.

Lieuetenant Colonel Kiffen, 2 Drums, 1 Pattiſan, 5 old Pikes, and 6 Swords.

Major Mallery, 3 Piſtols, 2 Swords, and his ſons Fouling piece.

Captain Gosfright, 3 Drums, 1 Leading ſtaff, 1 Sword, and 3 Birding pieces belonging to a Dutch Merchant, and another friend.

Captain Hewling, 7 Pikes, 12 Muskets, and 17 Swords, whoſe arms being gathered in by the States Order, to be returned into the Tower. The ſaid Captain Hewling gave notice before to the Clerk of the Delivery, to cauſe them to be fetcht in accordingly, who hitherto had omitted it.

Lieutenant Lomes, 3 Muskets, 3 Pikes, and 1 Sword.

And whilſt we were writing this Letter to your Lordſhip, there was brought to our view a printed Libellous paper, this day publiſhed, ſtiled A Serious Manifeſto and Declaration of the Anabaptiſts, and other Congregational Churches, touching the preſent tranſactions of the affairs of this Commonwealth, both in Church and State. Touching which, although we doubt not but all ſober minded people will perceive it to be (as it is) forged, falſe and ſcandalous, and done by prophane and luxuriant Incendiaries, who makes lies their refuge, and under falſehood hide themſelves, deſigning to foment diſtractions and confuſions in this City and Nation, yet we think fit, without further, troubling our ſelves therewith, to certifie your Lordſhip our diſowning and deteſting thereof, with our confidence and aſſurance of the like diſowning by all thoſe upon whom its unworthily patroniſed, humbly deſiring, that ſuch Printers and Publiſhers being ſearcht out, may be made exemplary, or at leaſt, that ſuch abuſive and ſcandalous papers, may be ſpeedily and effectually ſuppreſſed according to Law, there being neither Names of Author, Printer, or Stationer annexed thereunto. We are, my Lord,

Dated in London the 28 February 1659. Your Lordſhips humble Servants, To the Right Honorable, Thomas Alleyn, Lord Mayor of the City of London. William Kiffen. George Gosfright. Benjamin Hewling. Thomas Lomes.

London, Printed by Henry Hills dwelling in Alderſgate-ſtreet, next door to the Signe of the Peacock 16 ••…