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         Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.
      
       
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             To the high and mighty states, the knights and burgesses in Parliament assembled (Englands legall soverainge power) the humble appeale and supplication of Richard Overton, prisoner in the most contemptible goale of Newgate.
             Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1646]
          
           
             Imprint from Wing.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "ber 9th 1646".
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Detention of persons -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A90248  R210627  (Thomason 669.f.10[91]).  civilwar no To the high and mighty states, the knights and burgesses in Parliament assembled: (Englands legall soverainge power) the humble appeale and Overton, Richard 1646    516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text  has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription.  
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           To
           the
           high
           and
           mighty
           States
           ,
           the
           Knights
           and
           
             Burgesses
          
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ;
           
             (
             Englands
             legall
             soveraigne
             power
             )
          
           The
           humble
           Appeale
           and
           Supplication
           of
           RICHARD
           OVERTON
           ,
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           most
           contemptible
           Goale
           of
           
             Newgate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Humbly
             sheweth
             ;
          
        
         
           THat
           whereas
           your
           prisoner
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           Criminall
           fact
           being
           in
           a
           warlike
           manner
           brought
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           to
           be
           tried
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           put
           to
           Answer
           to
           Interogatories
           concerning
           himselfe
           ,
           both
           which
           your
           Petitioner
           humbly
           conceiving
           to
           bee
           illegall
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           naturall
           rights
           ,
           freedomes
           ,
           and
           properties
           of
           the
           free
           Commoners
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           confirmed
           to
           them
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           the
           Act
           for
           the
           abolishment
           of
           the
           Star-chamber
           :
           hee
           therefore
           was
           imboldened
           to
           refuse
           subjection
           to
           the
           said
           House
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           expressing
           his
           resolution
           before
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           infringe
           the
           private
           rights
           and
           properties
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           one
           Commoner
           in
           particular
           ,
           or
           the
           common
           rights
           and
           properties
           of
           this
           Nation
           in
           generall
           :
           for
           which
           your
           Petitioner
           was
           by
           them
           adjudged
           contemptuous
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           order
           from
           the
           said
           House
           was
           therefore
           committed
           to
           the
           goale
           of
           
             Newgate
             ,
          
           where
           ,
           from
           the
           11
           of
           
             August
          
           1646.
           to
           this
           present
           he
           hath
           lyen
           ,
           and
           there
           commanded
           to
           be
           kept
           till
           their
           pleasures
           shal
           be
           further
           signified
           (
           as
           a
           
             coppy
          
           of
           the
           said
           order
           hereunto
           annexed
           doth
           declare
           )
           which
           may
           be
           perpetuall
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           may
           have
           their
           Wils
           ;
           for
           your
           Petitioner
           humbly
           conceiveth
           that
           thereby
           he
           is
           made
           a
           Prisoner
           to
           their
           Wils
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           except
           their
           Wils
           may
           be
           a
           Law
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           your
           leige
           Petitioner
           doth
           make
           his
           humble
           appeale
           unto
           this
           most
           Soveraigne
           House
           (
           as
           to
           the
           highest
           Court
           of
           Iudicature
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           appeales
           thereof
           are
           to
           centure
           ,
           and
           beyond
           which
           ,
           none
           can
           be
           made
           )
           humbly
           craving
           (
           both
           in
           testimony
           of
           this
           acknowledgment
           of
           its
           legall
           regality
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           due
           submission
           thereunto
           )
           that
           your
           Honours
           therein
           assembled
           ,
           would
           take
           his
           cause
           (
           and
           in
           his
           ,
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           free
           Commoners
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           whom
           you
           represent
           ,
           and
           for
           whom
           you
           sit
           )
           into
           your
           serious
           consideration
           and
           legall
           determination
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           either
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Law
           be
           repossessed
           of
           this
           his
           just
           liberty
           and
           freedome
           ,
           and
           thereby
           the
           whole
           Commons
           of
           
             England
          
           of
           their
           thus
           unjustly
           (
           as
           he
           humbly
           conceiveth
           )
           usurped
           and
           invaded
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           with
           due
           repairations
           of
           the
           damages
           susstained
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           he
           may
           undergoe
           what
           pennalty
           shall
           in
           equitie
           by
           the
           impartiall
           severity
           fo
           the
           Law
           ,
           be
           adjudged
           against
           him
           by
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           in
           case
           by
           them
           he
           shal
           be
           legally
           found
           a
           transgressor
           herein
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           (
           as
           in
           duty
           bound
           )
           shall
           ever
           pray
           ,
           &c.
           
        
      
    
    

