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<HEAD><HI>The</HI> CASE <HI>of &s;everal of His Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects, very much oppre&s;&s;ed, contrary to the Laws of this Land as they are advi&s;ed, humbly repre&s;ented to the Honoura|ble the</HI> Knights, Citizens, <HI>and</HI> Burge&s;&s;es, <HI>in</HI> Par|liament <HI>a&s;&s;embled.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. BY Act of Parliament, in the Year 1663. 400 Hackney Coachmen were Li|cen&s;ed to ply in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> during that Parliament, and untill the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ions of the next Parliament and no longer ex|cept continued.</P>
<P N="2">2. The &s;aid Parliament being Di&s;&s;olved, and another Called and al&s;o Di&s;&s;olved, and nothing done in that Affair, the Act expired.</P>
<P N="3">3. We, the number of 100 Ancient Coachmen, who have &s;erved per&s;ons of Honour, and Gentlemen of Quality, all of us Loyal Subjects, and many of us &s;uf|ferers for our Loyalty and Affections to King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t of ever Ble&s;&s;ed Me|mory, pre&s;ented our Petition to the then next Parliament, praying for the rea&s;ons following to be added to the 400 formerly Lycenced.</P>
<P><HI>Rea&s;ons.</HI> 1. That the Buildings and the Inhabitants were &s;o much increa&s;ed that there was more occa&s;ion for 500 then for 400 when the Act was made.</P>
<P N="2">2. That we being Ancient Coachmen bred up only to that Imploy, and had no other way to get Bread for our &s;elves and poor Families.</P>
<P N="3">3. That we &s;uppo&s;ing that after the expiration of the afore&s;aid Act of Parliament the &s;ame liberty might extend to us that all other Coachmen had, did lay out all our little Sub&s;tance in buying Coach, Hor&s;es, and other Conveniencies for our Calling, and accordingly followed our Calling, untill about <HI>May</HI> 1683, we were by an Act of Common-Council prohibited from letting our Coaches to Hire in the Ci|ty and Liberties of <HI>London,</HI> and had &s;everal of our Coaches &s;eized and carried to the <HI>Green-yard,</HI> and forced to redeem them with Fines, &s;ometimes 20 <HI>s</HI> others 40 <HI>s</HI> and &s;ome 50 <HI>s</HI> and &s;ome have paid 5 <HI>l.</HI> in ten days time: Others have been &s;old by them both Coach and Hor&s;es, according to the will and plea&s;ure of tho&s;e Arbitrary Law-makers: Some of our per&s;ons impri&s;oned, and there kept for the &s;pace of three months; others till they could get Bail, and then put Fines upon them as they plea&s;e.</P>
<P N="4">4. And by the exerci&s;e of this cruelty upon us, the Coachmen pretended to be Licen&s;ed by the Common-Councel, did joyn together, and appoint 27 of their number to meet, and hold Con&s;ults for rai&s;ing of money among&s;t them&s;elves, to &s;uppre&s;s and ruine us in our Calling in the City, and Liberty of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> al&s;o, and did with money hire men, and keep us from our Imploy, until we did make our Agrievance known by our humble Petition to his mo&s;t Gracious Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> II. of ever-ble&s;&s;ed Memory; and the better to effect their de&s;ign to ruine us, they have rai&s;ed at &s;everal times 3200 <HI>l.</HI> and upwards.</P>
<P N="5">5. and <HI>la&s;tly,</HI> We the oppre&s;&s;ed have to our ruins &s;tood &s;everal Suits with the &s;aid 400, and in all the &s;aid Suits ca&s;t them: but now our &s;mall Sub&s;tance being &s;pent, and they having a great Stock of Money, we mu&s;t &s;uffer under their Pro&s;ecution, unle&s;s prevented by the Goodne&s;s of this Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>Wherefore we mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech your Honours to take the premi&s;&s;es into your &s;e|rious con&s;ideration, that when our Petition &s;hall be pre&s;ented unto your con&s;ideration, to vouch&s;afe us relief according as to your Wi&s;doms &s;hall &s;eem meet; and we and all the re&s;t, as in duty bound, &s;hall ever pray.</HI></P>
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<ITEM>Tho. Cadman,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Whittle,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Peter Welch,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lewis Morris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Genings.</ITEM>
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