The humble petition and desires of the commanders, masters, mariners, younger brothers and sea-men of the shipping belonging to the river of Thames: (whose names are subscribed to the number of 558), presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, on Thursday the 29 of June, 1648. Together with all their transactions concerning a personall treaty with His Majesty : and their undertaking for the timely reducing of the revolted ships, &c. John Kersey, Clerk of Trinity-House. With deliberate answers of the Lords and Commons suitable to the importance of the said petition. John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. Henry Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.
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The humble petition and desires of the commanders, masters, mariners, younger brothers and sea-men of the shipping belonging to the river of Thames: (whose names are subscribed to the number of 558), presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, on Thursday the 29 of June, 1648. Together with all their transactions concerning a personall treaty with His Majesty : and their undertaking for the timely reducing of the revolted ships, &c. John Kersey, Clerk of Trinity-House. With deliberate answers of the Lords and Commons suitable to the importance of the said petition. John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. Henry Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.
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1648.
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Great Britain -- History
Charles -- King of England, -- 1600-1649
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"The humble petition and desires of the commanders, masters, mariners, younger brothers and sea-men of the shipping belonging to the river of Thames: (whose names are subscribed to the number of 558), presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, on Thursday the 29 of June, 1648. Together with all their transactions concerning a personall treaty with His Majesty : and their undertaking for the timely reducing of the revolted ships, &c. John Kersey, Clerk of Trinity-House. With deliberate answers of the Lords and Commons suitable to the importance of the said petition. John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. Henry Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A86747.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.
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THE HƲMBLE TENDER and Declaration of many wel-affected Mariners and Seamen, Commanders of Ships and members of the Trinity-House, li∣ving in and about the City of LONDON,
Presented to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Trinity-House the 21 of June, 1648.
IT is humbly offered by us whose names are here under-written, be∣ing Mariners and Seamen, That there may be forthwith a Petition drawn in the behalf of Seamen and Mari∣ners, and presented to the Honourable Hou∣ses of Parliament: wherein our humble de∣sires may be represented for a personal Trea∣tie with His Majesty, as the onely remedy for the present distempers of this distressed
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Kingdom, and the reducing of the Shipping revolted from their trust. And that it is hum∣bly conceived by us, that we are obliged and bound, according to the Protestation and so∣lemn League and Covenant formerly taken by every of us, to maintain and defend with our lives, powers and estates the true reform∣ed Protestant Religion, his Majesties Royall Person, Honour and Estate, and also the pow∣er and Priviledges of Parliament. And we do further declare, That if it shall appear that a∣ny of those revolted Ships shall indeavour to impede or hinder the Kings personal Treaty with his two Houses of Parliament, that we will unanimously indeavour with our lives and fortunes to bring them to condign pu∣nishment, according to our Covenant and Protestation formerly taken as aforesaid.
Witnesse our hands the day and yeer above∣said.
Subscribed by 90 eminent Commanders and Sea-men as aforesaid.
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