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         Crisp, Nicholas.
      
       
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             To the Right Honourable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Sir Nicholas Crisp Knight.
             Crisp, Nicholas.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1660]
          
           
             Imprint from Wing.
             A petition requesting the funds necessary to release the petitioner, Nicholas Crisp.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Debt, Imprisonment for -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Claims -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           The
           COMMONS
           of
           ENGLAND
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           The
           Humble
           Petition
           of
           Sir
           NICHOLAS
           CRISP
           Knight
           .
        
         
           SHEWING
           ,
        
         
           AS
           God
           hath
           made
           You
           Instruments
           of
           Glorious
           things
           ,
           in
           being
           the
           Restorers
           of
           many
           Distressed
           ,
           and
           the
           Repairers
           of
           the
           great
           Breaches
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           hoped
           and
           prayed
           by
           Your
           Petitioner
           ,
           that
           yet
           before
           You
           rise
           ,
           You
           will
           give
           Relief
           to
           Your
           Petitioner
           ,
           whose
           hard
           and
           most
           deplorable
           Case
           ,
           is
           scarce
           to
           be
           parrall'd
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           Who
           before
           the
           late
           Long
           Parliament
           was
           Owner
           of
           a
           great
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           thriving
           Condition
           ,
           as
           any
           man
           in
           that
           time
           of
           his
           Quality
           :
           Who
           only
           for
           being
           a
           Farmer
           of
           the
           Customes
           ,
           but
           for
           Two
           Years
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Loyalty
           in
           adhering
           to
           His
           late
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           ever
           blessed
           Memory
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           bound
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           his
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           spoyled
           and
           plundered
           of
           all
           he
           had
           ,
           even
           the
           very
           Bed
           his
           Wife
           lay
           on
           :
           But
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           of
           Afflictions
           ,
           He
           is
           now
           a
           Prisoner
           for
           above
           200000.
           
             l.
          
           of
           the
           Late
           KINGS
           Debts
           ,
           for
           mony
           lent
           and
           advanced
           for
           the
           furnishing
           of
           his
           Navy
           ,
           and
           Bread
           for
           his
           Houshold
           at
           
             Whitehall
             ;
          
           which
           Debt
           stands
           reported
           before
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           253200
           
             l.
          
           paid
           in
           mony
           to
           the
           
             Exchequer
             :
          
           For
           the
           discharging
           whereof
           ,
           and
           freeing
           the
           Farmers
           ,
           the
           Long
           Parliament
           took
           of
           them
           165000.
           
             l.
          
           (
           which
           discharged
           their
           Two
           Armies
           ,
           assuring
           them
           to
           free
           them
           of
           the
           Debt
           of
           253200
           
             l.
             
          
           Both
           which
           Sums
           amount
           to
           418200.
           
             l.
          
           which
           with
           the
           Interest
           ,
           swelleth
           the
           Sum
           to
           about
           a
           Milleon
           ,
           the
           Farmers
           Petition
           only
           being
           to
           this
           Honourable
           House
           )
           to
           state
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           253200
           
             l.
          
           upon
           the
           remaining
           forraign
           Excise
           ,
           Taxe
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           delivered
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           and
           be
           just
           to
           their
           Creditors
           ;
           which
           though
           lengthned
           in
           the
           time
           for
           payment
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           comfortable
           to
           those
           that
           have
           lain
           languishing
           ,
           now
           ,
           neer
           Twenty
           years
           prisoners
           :
           Which
           if
           it
           prevaileth
           not
           with
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           for
           the
           Farmers
           in
           general
           ,
           He
           humbly
           hopeth
           and
           prayeth
           ,
           in
           that
           his
           Case
           differeth
           from
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Partners
           the
           Farmers
           ,
           who
           besides
           this
           being
           involved
           with
           them
           in
           that
           great
           Debt
           ,
           was
           deprived
           by
           a
           Seizure
           of
           his
           Stock
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Castle
           of
           
             Guinny
             ,
          
           which
           cost
           him
           in
           the
           Discovering
           and
           Setling
           of
           it
           ,
           above
           50000
           
             l.
          
           clear
           out
           of
           purse
           ,
           which
           he
           may
           plead
           as
           a
           merit
           from
           his
           Nation
           ,
           being
           the
           first
           Discover
           and
           Setler
           of
           that
           Trade
           ;
           from
           whence
           he
           imported
           half
           a
           Milleon
           of
           Gold
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           Castle
           is
           now
           possessed
           by
           the
           
             East
             India
          
           Company
           ,
           who
           from
           thence
           yearly
           have
           the
           Gold
           they
           mannage
           the
           
             East
             India
          
           Trade
           with
           ,
           and
           will
           yearly
           yeild
           to
           the
           Nation
           for
           ever
           50
           or
           60
           Thousand
           pound
           a
           year
           :
           To
           which
           his
           merit
           ,
           your
           Petitioner
           may
           add
           (
           by
           his
           industry
           )
           the
           erecting
           of
           Allome-works
           ,
           Copperise-works
           ,
           bringing
           the
           Invention
           of
           
             Pan-tyles
             ,
          
           Growing
           and
           Making
           
             Madther
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           which
           above
           a
           thousand
           persons
           are
           every
           day
           imployed
           and
           fed
           ;
           Your
           petitioner
           and
           his
           Wife
           having
           sold
           their
           Land
           and
           Houses
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           have
           freed
           and
           discharged
           themselves
           of
           above
           100000
           
             l.
          
           of
           those
           Farm
           Debts
           ,
           (
           more
           then
           his
           Partners
           )
           that
           he
           might
           quit
           himself
           from
           being
           a
           prisoner
           ,
           to
           pursue
           those
           things
           which
           may
           provide
           for
           his
           numerous
           Family
           (
           now
           in
           great
           distresse
           )
           and
           employ
           his
           remaining
           time
           in
           his
           Service
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           not
           dye
           in
           prison
           .
        
         
           His
           Humble
           Prayer
           to
           this
           Honourable
           House
           is
           ,
           (
           the
           Premisses
           being
           considered
           )
           there
           being
           due
           to
           Your
           Petitioner
           for
           what
           he
           hath
           payed
           out
           of
           his
           own
           estate
           ,
           toward
           this
           great
           Debt
           ,
           about
           30000
           l.
           
           That
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           out
           of
           somewhat
           ,
           to
           order
           the
           Payment
           of
           20000.
           to
           Your
           Petitioner
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           discharge
           himself
           from
           the
           Remain
           of
           these
           great
           Debts
           ,
           and
           free
           himself
           out
           of
           Prison
           ,
           which
           will
           render
           him
           not
           only
           ,
           after
           the
           long
           misery
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           comfort
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           give
           him
           a
           capacity
           to
           serve
           his
           Country
           ,
           in
           his
           great
           undertakings
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           a
           Badge
           upon
           him
           of
           this
           Honourable
           Houses
           good
           affection
           towards
           him
           ,
           for
           his
           Signal
           Loyalty
           ,
           Doings
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           in
           not
           letting
           him
           to
           suffer
           for
           it
           ,
           under
           the
           marks
           of
           greatest
           dishonour
           ,
           as
           to
           dye
           a
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           not
           pay
           his
           Engagements
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           a
           greater
           affliction
           unto
           him
           ,
           then
           the
           highest
           torture
           of
           the
           eminentest
           Rebells
           ,
           Dishonour
           being
           the
           greatest
           wound
           that
           a
           man
           can
           suffer
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           which
           falleth
           upon
           him
           only
           for
           his
           Loyalty
           :
           All
           which
           he
           hopeth
           will
           prevail
           with
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           that
           before
           Your
           Rising
           ,
           some
           or
           all
           of
           you
           ,
           to
           whom
           this
           Petition
           cometh
           ,
           shall
           obtain
           it
           to
           be
           read
           ,
           and
           doe
           something
           for
           the
           releiving
           of
           the
           Farmers
           in
           general
           ,
           or
           Your
           Petitioner
           in
           particular
           ;
           That
           he
           may
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           not
           break
           his
           Heart
           ,
           which
           certainly
           will
           be
           his
           portion
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           nothing
           for
           him
           ,
           for
           then
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           being
           hopelesse
           ,
           will
           be
           more
           violent
           then
           ever
           .
           Your
           Petitioner
           being
           yet
           confident
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           ever
           commemorate
           the
           great
           Deliverance
           received
           from
           Your
           Hands
           ,
        
         
           Shall
           ever
           pray
           for
           Your
           Prosperity
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
    

