England and Wales. Parliament. A message sent unto His Majesty, by a speciall committee of both houses, concerning the present dangers of this kingdom

Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714: I, 2004
Folger bibliographic ID: 229999
ESTC number: R36393
Wing number: E1661
Folger call number: 265- 637b
Folger holdings ID: 276209
Accession Number: 265637

Parliament has legal authority over the militia, and despite the King's earlier denial of their request, resolves to take control

Bibliographic format

full sheet

General notes

Headed: March 1 Dates appearing on the resource are calculated according to Lady Day dating, that is, accounting March 25 as the first day of the new year Roman type. Headpiece. The last word of the first line of text is 'finde'; the word at the lower right-hand corner of the initial is 'pected'; the last word of the last full line of text is 'have'. A different edition (Crawford I, 2005; ESTC R226239) has 'finde' 'expected' 're-'

Item information about Folger 265- 637b

Number '[120?]' in ink in early hand, mostly trimmed off; number '28' in pencil, overwritten with '29' in pencil and red ink. Mounted on stiff paper backing. Disbound from the first of four volumes of the Ouvry-Rosebery Collection of English Civil War Broadsides. Acquired from C.R. Johnson, 2009-12-16

Uniform title: Miscellaneous documents. 1642-03-01
Alternate titles: March 1. A message sent unto His Majesty, by a speciall committee of both houses, concerning the present dangers of this kingdom

Great Britain

issuing body: England and Wales. Parliament
bookseller: Hunscot, Joseph
former owner: Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881
former owner: Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929
addressee: England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)