01846nam 2200373 n 450 99639268260331620200824121721.0(CKB)4940000000111866(EEBO)2240931533(UnM)99870299e(UnM)99870299(EXLCZ)99494000000011186619940823d1653 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|To his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell and to the rest of the Right Honourable the Councel of State, patriots and defenders of the common-laws and liberties of the Common-wealth of England[electronic resource]The humble petition of many thousands of prisoners for debt, in severall prisons of a[l]lthe counties of England and Wales; remonstrating the illegality of the arrests, out-lawries and imprisonments for debt, being the saddest grievance, and of the most considerable concernment to all the free people of this nation[London s.n.1653]1 sheet ([1] p.)Imprint from Wing.At end: Signed by Sir William Smith K. in the behalf of himself and the prisoners aforesaid.Annotation on Thomason copy: "July 1. 1653".Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0018Debt, Imprisonment forEnglandEarly works to 1800Debt, Imprisonment forSmith WilliamSir,1616 or 17-1696.1016254Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996392682603316To his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell and to the rest of the Right Honourable the Councel of State, patriots and defenders of the common-laws and liberties of the Common-wealth of England2382484UNISA