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  To the right honourable the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, the humble petition of the prisoners in the Fleet
  Date of publication:
  1646
  

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  Place and date of publication from Wing (2nd ed.). Filmed preceding: To the honble the House of Commons now assembled in the high court of Parliament, the humble petition of John Lilburne, Leift. [sic] Colonel, in all ...
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  For every individuall member of the honourable House of Commons
  Date of publication:
  1647
  

  Author(s):

  Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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  Caption title. Signed and dated at end: Iohn Lilburne. From my lawless, tyrannicall and most uniust captivity in the Tower of London this 11 No. 1647. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb: 13. 1647". Reproduction of the ...
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  The prisoners plea for a habeas corpus, or an epistle writ by L.C. Joh. Lilburne prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London the 4. of Aprill, to the Honourable Mr. W. Lenthall Speaker of the House of Commons. In which is fully proved, that the judges are bound by law and their oaths to grant a habeas corpus to any prisoner ... and to deny it ... is to forsweare themselves, for which they may be in law indicted for perjury, and upon conviction, are for ever to be discharged of their office, service and councell. In which is also declared the usurpation of Mr. Oliver Crumwell, who hath forcibly usurped unto himselfe the office of L.G. in the Army, for almost 12. moneths together, and thereby hath robbed the kingdome of its treasure, under pretence of pay, which he hath no right nnto [sic], and by the power of the said office hath tyrannized over the lives, liberties, and estates of the freemen of England ... all which John Lilburne will venture his life according to the law of the land to make good, unto which he hath annexed his epistle which he writ to the prentices of London the 10th of May 1639 ...
  Date of publication:
  1648
  

  Author(s):

  Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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  Caption title. Place of publication from Wing. Dated on B3r: 4. April, 1648. Signatures: A-B⁴. Imperfect: tightly bound with loss of text. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 4th 1648". Reproduction of the original in the ...
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  The lawes funerall. Or, An epistle written by Lieutenant Col. John Lilburn, prisoner in the Tower of London, unto a friend of his, giving him a large relation of his defence, made before the judges of the Kings bench, the 8. of May 1648. against both the illegal commitments of him by the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, ...
  Date of publication:
  1648
  

  Author(s):

  Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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  Caption title. Signed at end: John Lilburne. Tower the 15. of May. 1648. The final page is unnumbered; the 2 preceding pages are misnumbered 31 and 23. In this edition, the initial "A" of the epistle is surrounded by a ...
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  The prisoners mournfull cry, against the Iudges of the Kings Bench. Or an epistle writ by lieut. col. John Lilburne, prisoner in the tower of London, unto Mr. Iustice Roll : declaring the illegall dealing of himself, and Mr. Justice Bacon with him, in reference to his habeas corpus. Vnto which is annexed his two petitions to the said Iudges, and the petitions of Mr. William Thompson, and Mr. Woodward &c. in which are contained a lash for Mr. Oliver Cromwell and other his spaniolised creatures. With divers other remarkable things worth publique view.
  Date of publication:
  1648
  

  Author(s):

  Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
  Description:
  Caption title. Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 9th 1648". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  To the Parliament of the commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, assembled at Westminster the humble petition of Humphrey Bagaley.
  Date of publication:
  1654
  

  Author(s):

  Bagaley, Humphrey.
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  Imprint suggested by Wing. Asking for a legal trial. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
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  The arguments upon the writ of habeas corpus, in the Court of Kings Bench. Wherein, are learnedly discussed, not onely the severall branches of the said writ, but also many authorities as well of the common as statute law: and divers ancient and obscure records most amply and elaborately debated and cleared. Together, with the opinion of the court thereupon. Whereunto is annexed, the petition of Sir Iohn Elliot Knight, in behalf of the liberty of the subject.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Eliot, John, Sir, 1592-1632. ; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.
  Description:
  The first leaf is blank. Includes a petition by Sir John Eliot. Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 13 1648". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  An Authentick account of the proceedings against John Wilkes, Esq; Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, and late colonel of the Buckinghamshire militia. Containing all the papers relative to this interesting affair, from that gentleman's being taken into custody by His Majesty's messengers, to his discharge at the Court of Common Pleas. : With an abstract of that precious jewel of an Englishman, the Habeas Corpus Act. : Also the North Briton no. 45. Being the paper for which Mr. Wilkes was sent to the Tower. : Addressed to all lovers of liberty.
  Date of publication:
  1763
  

  Author(s):

  Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N07474) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 9542) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9542)
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