To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and to all and every the Honourable the Judges of either Bench, Barons of the Exchequer, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol-delivery for this sessions held for the city of London and county of Middlesex / the humble petition of Edward Whitaker Gent, prisoner in the Tower of London.
Whitaker, Edward.
1681
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To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and to all and every the Honourable the Judges of either Bench, Barons of the Exchequer, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol-delivery for this sessions held for the city of London and county of Middlesex / the humble petition of Edward Whitaker Gent, prisoner in the Tower of London.
Whitaker, Edward.
Ward, Patience, Sir, 1629-1696.
England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)
1 sheet ([2] p.)
Printed for Richard Janeway,
London :
1681.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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Ward, Patience, -- Sir, 1629-1696.
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To
the
Right
Honourable
Sir
Patient
Ward
Knight
,
Lord
Mayor
of
the
City
of
London
:
And
to
all
and
every
the
Honourable
the
Judges
of
either
Bench
,
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
Commissioners
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
and
Gaol-Delivery
for
this
Sessions
held
for
the
City
of
London
and
County
of
Middlesex
.
The
Humble
Petition
of
Edward
Whitaker
Gent.
Prisoner
in
the
Tower
of
London
,
Most
humbly
sheweth
,
THat
your
Petitioner
having
lain
under
a
Close
Imprisonment
,
in
the
said
Tower
,
for
about
the
space
of
Four
months
,
by
vertue
of
a
Warrant
of
Commitment
for
High-Treason
,
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
Sir
Leoline
Jenkins
Knight
,
one
of
His
Majesties
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
of
Middlesex
,
as
by
the
Copy
of
Commitment
appears
;
who
by
colour
of
his
being
Secretary
of
State
,
committed
your
Petitioner
(
though
but
a
mean
Commoner
)
to
the
said
Tower
,
not
only
against
the
Common
Law
of
this
Land
,
but
also
against
the
Statute
made
in
the
Fifth
year
of
Henry
the
Fourth
,
which
provides
,
That
no
Justice
of
Peace
shall
commit
any
Person
but
to
the
Common
Gaol
;
nor
is
there
any
Provision
in
that
Statute
,
that
a
Secretary
shall
have
power
to
commit
to
an
unlawful
Gaol
,
more
than
other
Justices
of
Peace
.
That
by
Law
there
is
no
Prison
of
State
in
England
for
Commoners
,
nor
was
the
Tower
of
London
ever
made
use
of
as
a
Prison
of
State
,
but
by
Parliament
,
and
the
King
and
Council
,
for
great
Personages
,
out
of
respect
to
their
Quality
.
Your
Petitioner
lying
under
this
Oppression
,
petitioned
this
Court
last
Sessions
to
be
Tried
or
Bailed
,
according
to
the
Statute
of
the
31
of
this
King
;
and
then
prayed
your
Honours
who
were
of
the
Degree
of
the
Coif
to
grant
your
Petitioner
a
Habeas
Corpus
upon
the
said
Statute
,
to
bring
your
Petitioner
before
your
Honours
,
in
order
to
such
Ends
:
He
believing
then
(
as
still
he
doth
)
that
such
Writ
could
not
be
denied
him
,
without
the
Forfeiture
mentioned
in
the
said
last-recited
Act
;
which
Act
was
never
intended
to
be
defeated
or
evaded
by
any
Tower
or
Fort
in
England
.
For
that
your
Petitioner
well
knows
,
that
a
Commission
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
being
in
Execution
in
any
City
or
County
,
the
Commissioners
that
act
therein
have
power
to
bring
any
Person
before
them
,
from
any
Prison
whatever
within
the
said
City
or
County
,
to
be
tried
or
acquitted
by
the
Course
of
Common
Law
;
much
more
since
the
making
of
the
said
Statute
for
securing
the
Liberty
of
the
Subject
,
which
was
so
intended
,
and
not
that
the
said
Tower
,
which
is
in
London
and
Middlesex
,
should
debar
any
Person
from
having
the
Liberty
of
a
Subject
,
contrary
to
the
known
Law
of
the
Land.
That
your
Petitioner
being
an
innocent
Person
,
and
a
free
born
Subject
of
England
,
cannot
but
expect
the
full
Benefit
of
the
Law
,
as
his
just
due
;
and
is
well
assured
,
that
if
an
Indictment
was
found
against
him
at
this
or
any
other
Sessions
,
the
Writs
of
Habeas
Corpus
ad
deliberandum
&
recipiendum
would
certainly
be
of
power
enough
to
bring
your
Petitioner
to
that
Court
to
be
Tried
,
without
any
Scruple
in
Law
,
as
also
any
other
Habeas
Corpus
upon
the
said
Statute
.
And
your
Petitioner
conceives
there
is
the
same
Justice
in
granting
your
Petitioner
such
VVrits
,
to
discharge
him
,
if
nothing
be
against
him
after
so
long
Imprisonment
,
as
to
bring
him
to
be
Tried
and
Condemned
.
That
your
Petitioner
conceives
the
Laws
of
the
Land
are
the
only
Bulwarks
which
preserve
the
Nation
,
and
every
individual
Commoner
(
in
their
just
Rights
)
from
Violence
:
The
Kings
of
England
being
sworn
to
maintain
the
Laws
;
and
such
of
your
Honours
as
are
Judges
are
sworn
to
administer
Justice
indifferently
between
the
King
and
His
Subjects
,
and
not
delay
or
deny
Justice
to
any
Person
.
Upon
these
Considerations
,
your
Petitioner
not
being
the
last
Sessions
,
according
to
his
Petition
,
Tried
or
Bailed
,
as
was
then
prayed
,
and
your
Honours
not
granting
him
his
Habeas
Corpus
,
as
desired
,
according
to
the
said
Statute
of
this
King
;
Tour
Petitioner
therefore
now
most
humbly
prays
your
Honours
(
as
his
Right
by
Law
)
to
be
discharged
from
his
Imprisonment
this
Sessions
:
And
that
your
Honours
will
grant
your
Petitioner
an
Habeas
Corpus
to
the
Constable
or
Lieutenant
of
the
Tower
,
to
bring
your
Petitioner
and
set
him
before
your
Honours
,
in
order
to
be
discharged
from
his
Imprisonment
according
to
Law.
And
your
Petitioner
shall
ever
pray
,
&c
,
Edward
Whitaker
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Richard
Janeway
,
1681.