Shelfmark
Fs.4.08(29)
Title
A protestation of the gentlemen prisoners in the Tower of London dated October 1647· Made by them upon the occasion of an order of the house of Commons for their sudden removall thence to severall other prisons where by reason of the sequestring them of all their estates (contrary to the known and fundamentall laws of England, contained in Magna Charta and the petition of right, &c. so often sworn to be maintained and inviolably observed by this present Parliament) and denying unto them according to the known law of the land, allowance for their maintenance) they must in reason be necessitated to sterve and perish. Unto which is perfixed their letter, which the 14 of October 1647. was delivered to the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : s.n.], Printed in the year. 1647.
Physical description
7, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
Signed at end: Henry Vaughan [and six others].
Note
Place of publication from Wing.
Note
Signatures: A⁴.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R18005
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), P3867A
Provenance
Ms. inscription of William Boothby at foot of t.p.
Binding
Tipped onto guards of ?early 20th-century pamphlet volume; sprinkled calf half binding; light grey book cloth boards; red morocco spine label lettered in gilt "Broadsides - 1640-1649".
Copy-specific note
Ms. list of volume contents inside front cover.
Subject
Civil rights Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Charles I, 1625-1649.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B40973