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A33726	Cole, William, 1615 or 16-1698.	Legal and other reasons (with all humility) presented to His most Excellent Majesty, King Charles II. and to both his Honorable Houses of Parliament, why the subjects of England, should not be imprisoned for debt or damages, or any thing thereunto relating	1675.0		.xml	application/xml	6822	114	30	THat it may be lawful for the Lord Chancellor , or Lord Keeper for the time being ( upon Request to him by such Prisoner to be made ) to issue out Commissions , to be directed to such Persons as shall be thought fit , authorizing them , ( or any three or more of them ) in their respective Counties ) to Summon and send for the Creditors of all such person and persons , as now is , or are in prison ( or at any time during this Session of Parliament ) shall be in Prison in any of the Prisons in England , and Wales , upon any Action or Actions upon Measne Process for Debt , Accounts or Trespass ; which actions by a prosecution of Law , may come to be Judgements for Debts or Damages ; or that have Judgements entered of Record against them , or charged in Execution , or imprisoned upon Attachments for Debts or upon Outlawries before or after Judgements for Debt ; or upon Statutes , Recognizances , Extents , or upon any other Action , or any other Process whatsoever , issuing out of any Court of Law , or Equity , for the cause of Debt or Damages or Costs , or for Money ordered or decreed in any Court of Equity , at the suit of any person or persons whatsoever , or upon or by reason of any Process issuing upon them , any or either of them respectively ; as well those persons , for whose Debt and Debts the said Prisoner and Prisoners is , and are imprisoned ; as all other person and persons , to whom such Prisoner and Prisoners is , or stands indebted : As also to send for such Prisoner or Prisoners , by Summons , to come before them ; which Summons the Prison-Keepers are to obey , upon the penalty of 100 l. And ( at the same time ) to certify the Cause and Causes of such Prisoners imprisonment . Now , for that it is clear as the light , how highly valuable , and dearly precious , the Liberties of Mens persons were ( by the Common Law of the Land ) it is ( in most humble and submissive manner ) proposed , that ( as well for the general good of all His Majesties Subjects , as for Prisoners ) the antient Common Law may be restored , and that great Liberty of the Freedome of all the Subjects of England and Wales , from Imprisonment ( for Debt or Damages ) may ( by the Grace and Favor of His Majesty , and of both His Honorable Houses of Parliament ) be again retreived , and brought back with Honor , to the people of this Kingdome ; and that the ancient forms and ways for recovery of Debts , may be ( as for several hundred of years it was ) by Original Writ , distress infinite , Fieri facias , and Levari facias ; and as ( by the ancient Common Law ) it continued ( with great and happy peace and tranquillity ) for such great length of time as aforesaid .	cache/A33726.xml	txt/A33726.txt
