To the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons, now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of many of the gentry, ministers, free-holders, and other inhabitants of the county of Kent, the cities of Canterbury and Rochester, and the county of Canterbury, the Cinque Ports and their members, and other corporations within the said county

Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714: I, 2113
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661: 669.f.6[18]
Folger bibliographic ID: 232420
ESTC number: R211867
Wing number: T1680
Folger call number: 265- 672b
Folger holdings ID: 280901
Accession Number: 265672

Bibliographic format

full sheet

General notes

Concurs with the City of London repudiating the Maidstone petition; thanks the House for preventing the King going to Ireland; rejoices in the union of Parliament. A draft of Crawford I, 2112; ESTC R210523; Wing T1679 Roman type. Headpiece. The last word of the first line of text is 'Petition'; the word at the lower right-hand corner of the initial is 'most'; the last word of the last full line of text is 'Subjects:'

Item information about Folger 265- 672b

Number '176' in ink in early hand; number '76' in pencil and red ink. Mounted on stiff paper backing. Disbound from the second of four volumes of the Ouvry-Rosebery Collection of English Civil War Broadsides. Acquired from C.R. Johnson, 2009-12-16

Alternate titles: Humble petition of many of the gentry, ministers, free-holders, and other inhabitants of the county of Kent, the cities of Canterbury and Rochester, and the county of Canterbury, the Cinque Ports and their members, and other corporations within the said county

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 England and Wales. Parliament Kent (England) Cinque Ports (England) Great Britain Ireland

subject: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
subject: England and Wales. Parliament
bookseller: Blackmore, Edward, -1658
former owner: Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881
former owner: Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929
addressee: England and Wales. Parliament