To the right honourable the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament the humble petition of many of the gentry, ministery, free-holders, and other inhabitants of the county of Kent; the city and county of Canterbury, and other corporation within the said county agreed on at the generall quarter sessions, holden at Maidstone Aprill 20. 1642. 1642 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) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A94652 Wing T1679 Thomason 669.f.5[13] ESTC R210523 99869311 99869311 160726

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eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Kent (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Ireland -- History -- 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Right HONOURABLE THE Lords and Commons now aſſembled in Parliament, The Humble Petition of many of the Gentry, Miniſtery, Free-holders, and other Inhabitants of the County of KENT; the City and County of Canterbury, and other Corporations within the ſaid County agreed on at the Generall quarter Seſſions, holden at Maidſtone Aprill 20. 1642. Moſt Humbly ſheweth,

THat your Petitioners or many of them have heretofore exhibited to both Houſes of Parliament, a Petition concurring with thoſe of the Renowned City of London, and other ſeverall Counties of this Kingdome, expreſſing their zeale to true Religion and the pure worſhip of God, and their loyall affections to the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty, both Houſes, and Kingdomes.

That your Petitioners doe with all humility, returne their utmoſt thanks unto this Honourable Aſſembly, for your favourable and gentle acceptance of their Petition, your great care, vigilancy and unceſſant labours, for the advancement of the true Reformed Religion, the honour and welfare, of his Majeſty and his Kingdome. For your continued endeavours for a right underſtanding between his Majeſty and Parliament. For your inſtant addreſſes to his Majeſty, to diſſwade him from his perſonall expedition into Ireland, and eſpecially for that to us ſo welcome a Declaration of the Lords and Commons Aprill 9. 1642. concerning your pious intentions for a neceſſary Reformation which revives our hopes, and will further your reckoning in the day of the Lord. And that your Petitioners doe moſt heartily rejoyce to behold the happy Union of both Houſes of Parliament, and the mutuall concurrence of them and the whole Kingdome, wherein under his Majeſty, the ſafety of the three Kingdomes doth conſiſt,

Yet your Petitioners cannot but plainly expreſſe with what ſad hearts they thinke on the many evill occurrents which interrupt your unparalleld paines and intercept the fruit of your faithfull Councells from us, among which this is not the le ſt viz. A Petition as wee humbly conceive of dangerous conſequence, contrived by ſome and publiſhed the laſt Aſſizes, holden for this County at MAIDSTONE. And then, yet advanced for Subſcribers and intended to be exhibited to this Honourable Houſe the Petition of the whole bodie of the County, to cauſe the whole Kingdome to beleeve that Petition to be the Act of the whole County of Kent or the major part thereof, whereby a great ſcandall is brought upon this loyall and peaceable County, the ſame Petition being ſtiled the Kentiſh Petition, which we know is not the Act of the County, as it ſeemes to ſpeake, for as much as it was diſavowed by many of the then Grand Jury and Juſtices of the Bench, and ſince by all us your Petioners whoſe names are under written.

Wherefore your Petitioners humble and earneſt prayer is, that your Honours would be pleaſed to accept this our Vindication of our ſelves and County, who utterly diſclaime the ſaid Petition, humbly leaving it to the wiſedome, juſtice and clemency of this Honourable Aſſembly, to difference betweene the active Contrivers and Promoters and unadviſed ſubſcribers of it.

To liſt up your hearts above all diſcouragements in the wayes of the Lord, according to that your ſo religious reſolution of reformation in the Church, for a conſultation with godly and learned Divines, and for the eſtabliſhing of a Preaching Miniſtery throughout the whole Kingdome.

And we your Petitioners (being ſenſible, that to oppoſe or ſleight his Majeſties Parliament and the Orders thereof, were to hazard the ſafety of his Royall Perſon and all his Kingdomes, and to further the deſignes of our enemies, who hope by cauſing our diviſion, to triumph in our confuſion) are unanimouſly reſolved to maintaine and defend as farre as lawfully wee may, with our lives; powers, and eſtates his Majeſties Royall Perſon and dignity, as alſo the Power and Priviledges of his Parliments, according to our Proteſtation.

And ſhall daily pray, &c.
Iovis. 5. Maii, 1642. The Lord Keeper by the directions of the Houſe of Peeres, gave the Petitioners this Anſwer, which was agreed and penned by order of the Lords. (viz.) Gentlemen,

I Am commanded by the Lords to let you know that they are very ſenſible, and receive much content in the good affection which you have expreſſed to his Majeſty, the Parliament, and the whole Kingdome in this your Petition, wherein you have vindicated ſo conſiderable a County as Kent, from that imputation which ſome few malignant and ill affected perſons by their undutifull and ſedicious practices were likely to have caſt upon the whole County, which is the more ſeaſonable in reſpect of the danger that ſuch evill deſignes aymed at. The Parliament hath faithfully adviſed the ſtay of his Maieſties Journey into Ireland, and humbly Petitioned his returne to his Parliament. There ſhall be (as you deſire) no endeavours wanting on their part for a happy ſettlement of the government, both of Church and State.

Jovis 5. Maii. 1642.

ORdred by the Lords Aſſembled in Parliament, that this Petition and the anſwer therunto ſhall be forthwith Printed and publiſhed.

John Browne Cleric. Parli.

London Printed for John Wright. 1642.