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<HEAD>To the KINGS Mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY, And to the Right Honourable the Lords and others of His Maje&s;ties Mo&s;t Honourable Privy-Councel.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>The Several PETITIONS of</HI> JAMES PERCY, <HI>Humbly Sheweth</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty in Councel.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"> <HI>The humble Petition of</HI> James Percy, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Horton, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Pavenham, <HI>who was Son of Sir</HI> Ingelram Percy, 3<HI>d. Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>5th. Earl of</HI> Northumberland: <HI>De|&s;cended of that Line that is clear from the Attainders and Con&s;piracies in the days of King</HI> Henry VIII. <HI>Queen</HI> Elizabeth, <HI>King</HI> James, <HI>and King</HI> Charles I. <HI>of ever ble&s;&s;ed Memory, and by which De&s;cent he is the next &s;urviving Heir-male of the body of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>5th. Earl, and Cou&s;in, and next Heir-male in bloud to</HI> Jo&s;celine Percy <HI>late 11th. Earl of</HI> Northumberland, <HI>Decea&s;ed; and is proved by the</HI> Percies <HI>Pe|degree at &s;everal times:</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat Your Loyal Subject, and Petitioner, hath been labouring near 12 years to obtain his Birth-right, but is &s;till ob&s;tructed by Oppre&s;&s;ion, and the Potency of his Cou&s;in the Lady <HI>Elizabeth Percy,</HI> alias <HI>Ogle,</HI> and now <HI>Thynn;</HI> and all her Agents have &s;upplanted, and put by Your Petitioners Tryals, not only in Parliament, but at the Bar al&s;o, as by tho&s;e Prints pre&s;ented to this Honourable Board the <HI>9th</HI> of <HI>December</HI> la&s;t appears, not|with&s;tanding Your Maje&s;ty was &s;o graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, (in the year 1670.) as to refer Your Petitioner to the Law. But the very Truth is, Your Maje&s;ty being mi&s;-inform'd by that <HI>Gazette</HI> which publi&s;h'd him in Print to be an <HI>Impo&s;tor,</HI> which thing cau&s;ed Your Maje&s;ty to di&s;po&s;e of the Title and E&s;tate; All which encourageth the Coun&s;el for the Opponents, and puts a Fear and Terrour upon Your Petitioners Coun&s;el. And finding his Ju&s;t and In+nocent Cau&s;e too high for the lower Courts; therefore&punc; and for fear there &s;hould be &s;ome|thing done to his prejudice before the Parliament &s;its again: &s;o that the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">etitioner is forc'd to make his Addre&s;s to Your Royal Maje&s;ty and this Honourable Board for Ju&s;tice.</P>
<P>That the Daughters of <HI>Zelophehad</HI> did &s;ue for their Fathers Inheritance, and were com|mended, and had Ju&s;tice done them, (&s;ee <HI>Numb.</HI> 27. to ver&s;e 11. and the la&s;t chap<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">er of <HI>Numbers</HI> confirms the &s;ame;) then great rea&s;on that Sons, and true Heir-males, &s;hould &s;ue for their Birth right and Inheritance, till Ju&s;tice be obtained for them al&s;o.</P>
<P>That the world may &s;ee that the hand of God makes way for Ju&s;tice; for when the Lord <HI>Ogle</HI> would have a&s;&s;umed the Name of <HI>Percy</HI> God cut him off, and E&s;q; <HI>Thynn</HI> had no &s;ooner entred upon <HI>Percy</HI>'s Lands, but the hand of Providence cut him off al&s;o; and if his Cou&s;in, the young Lady, &s;hould now marry a &s;tranger, there is no rea&s;on that the Inheritance &s;hould be tran&s;ported, that belongs to the Title and Name of <HI>Percy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Therefore Your Petitioner most humbly be&s;eeches Your most Sacred Maje&s;ty, and that this Honourable Board will be graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to intercede with His Maje&s;ty to re&s;tore the Lands that are annexed to the Crown, Title and Name of</HI> Percy, <HI>even as they were f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r|merly &s;ettled by Your Royal Ance&s;tors upon Your Petitioners Noble Predece&s;&s;ors and their Heirs-male for ever, (the Lady</HI> Ogle <HI>having no right therein, as witne&s;&s;ing her purcha|&s;ing the Crown-Lands, and other Lands, to which &s;he hath no right, as &s;he is an Heir-fe|male.) That the Lands of the Heirs-male may be &s;eparated from the Lands of the Fe|male; and this will put an end to the Petitioners long Tr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ubles and Charges,:</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>And <NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Upon this Petition he had advice to go to the Heralds Office, to fix the Pedegree.</P></NOTE> Your Petitioner (as in duty bound) &s;hall ever pray,</HI> &amp;c. James Percy.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the <HI>9th.</HI> of <HI>March</HI> 1681/2 Your Petitioner attended the Heralds, to have his Pede|gree &s;igned by them, and they could not deny the Truth of the Pedegree, but &s;aid it belong|ed to the Earl Mar&s;hal of <HI>England</HI> to &s;ign; and further &s;aid, the Heralds Office did no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> concern them&s;elves with the Collateral Lines of great Families, till they had an Order from the Higher Powers.</P>
<P><HI>The Petitioner most humbly earne&s;tly and further prays, That this Right Honourable Board will be graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to cau&s;e the Hera<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ds to bring the</HI> Percies <HI>Pedegree before Your Lord&s;hips, to examine the Truth thereof; &s;o that the Pedegree may be confirmed, without which the King and Kingdom are di&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tisfied, by rea&s;on the Lord Chief Ju&s;tice</HI> Scroggs <HI>bawk'd the Petitioner, as by that Tryal in the Printed Book appears, (the Court of Wards is not) and the Earl Mar&s;hal and Heralds have neglected. God pre&s;erve all Your Noble Families from the like Troubles.</HI></P>
<CLOSER>Is the Cordial Prayer of <SIGNED>Your Petitioner.</SIGNED>
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>By advice, the &s;ame was annexed to that Petition now at Coun&s;el-Board.</P></NOTE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To His Grace HENRY Duke of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> Earl-Mar&s;hal of <HI>England.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"> <HI>The humble Petition of</HI> James Percy, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Horton, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Pavenham, <HI>who was Son of</HI> Sir Ingelram Percy, <HI>third Son of</HI> Henry Percy, <HI>fifth</HI> Earl <HI>of</HI> Northumberland, <HI>de&s;cended of that Line that is clear from tho&s;e Attainders and Con&s;piracies in the days of King</HI> Henry <HI>the eighth, Queen</HI> Elizabeth, <HI>King</HI> James, <HI>King</HI> Charles <HI>the fir&s;t of ever Ble&s;&s;ed Memory: By which de&s;cent he is the next &s;urviving Heir-male of the Body of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>fifth Earl, and Cozen and next Heir-male in the whole Blood to</HI> Jocelin Percy, <HI>late and eleventh</HI> Earl <HI>of</HI> Northumberland <HI>Decea&s;ed,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>And hath &s;o proved his Pedegree at &s;everal Tryals.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat Your Petitioner hath Petitioned the King in Councel, and the Lords directed Your Petitioner to go to the <HI>Heralds</HI> to Sign the Pedegree.</P>
<P>That upon <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the <HI>9th.</HI> of <HI>March</HI> 1681/2. the expected Chapter day, he attended the <HI>Heralds Office,</HI> at Dr. <HI>Commons</HI> with his Pedegree Witne&s;&s;es, Depo&s;itions, and Re|cords; and de&s;ired them to Sign his Pedegree, and was ready to pay them their Fees, (for they did not deny the Truth of the Pedegree,) but &s;aid, it belonged to the Office of the <HI>Earl-Mar&s;hal</HI> of <HI>England;</HI> for he was the proper Judge in all Ca&s;es of Honours, and Ti|tles; and to Sign and Confirm the Pedegree of Noble Families.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore Your Petitioner mo&s;t Humbly Prays Your Honour, to hear his Witne&s;&s;es, and his Depo&s;itions, &s;ee the Records, and Sign the Pedegree according to Equity, Truth, a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d Ju&s;tice, for which, I have brought them, and do wait; Moreover the Pedegree was done according to Sir</HI> Edward Walkers <HI>directions, and he would h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ve Signed it had he Lived, but he Died the very next Morning the Pedegree was fini&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><HI>And <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;ented the <HI>27th.</HI> of <HI>March</HI> 82. This Petition was refer'd to the Deputy <HI>Earl-Mar&s;hal.</HI></NOTE> Your Petitioner &s;hall ever Pray,</HI> &amp;c. <SIGNED>James Percy.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To His Royal Highne&s;s <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York</HI> and <HI>Albany.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"> <HI>The Humble Petition of</HI> James Percy.</HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat his Petition is now before the Councel Board, praying for Ju&s;tice, and that God will in his infinite Wi&s;dom, Mercy, and Ju&s;tice, continue the Right of Succe&s;&s;ion in your Royal Family; for tho&s;e people that dare oppo&s;e the Succe&s;&s;ion of a Prince, rejoyce at the downfal of a Peer.</P>
<P>That Lord that is admitted Tenant in <HI>Capite,</HI> is Sworn to Loyalty, as all his Tenants in tho&s;e Lands under him, are Sworn to Fealty.</P>
<P>That Lady that hath forfeited her Fealty with her Lord, cannot be expected a good <HI>Deborah</HI> for the King.</P>
<P>That my Prayer is, hath been, and ever &s;hall be, that God may continue the Suc|ce&s;&s;ion of the Crown in the Right Line; and the King may in Ju&s;tice, continue the law|ful Succe&s;&s;ion of his Peers and Loyal Subjects.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore Your much oppre&s;&s;ed Petitioner Humbly and Earne&s;tly Prays and be&s;eeches Your Royal Highn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;s, to Intercede with the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty for &s;peedy Ju&s;tice.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And Your Loyal Petitioner as in Duty bound, &s;hall ever Pray for Your Royal High|ne&s;&s;es Pro&s;perity and Peace here in this World, and Eternal Joy in Heaven here|after; For I &s;hall ever remain a Loyal Subject.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><NOTE PLACE="marg">This Petition was pre&s;ented the <HI>11th</HI> of <HI>April</HI> 1682. And on the <HI>12th.</HI> another of the &s;ame, with the following Breviate.</NOTE> James Percy</SIGNED>
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<P>Fearing the many Vi&s;itors ye&s;terday &s;hould prevent the reading of that Pe|tition, therefore the Petitioner pre&s;ents this to Your Royal Highne&s;s; humbly to put into remembrance for this 12 years he hath groaned under oppre&s;&s;ion, and cannot obtain Ju&s;tice, by rea&s;on the <HI>Court of Wards</HI> is not, and the <HI>Heralds Office</HI> is no Court of Record.</P>
<P>Therefore there is a Petition before the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty in Council, pray|ing for a hearing at that Right Honourable Board: or that a po&s;itive Order may be made to the Deputy Earl Mar&s;hal of <HI>England,</HI> to call a Chapter to prove his Pedigree down to Sir <HI>Ingleram Percy</HI> by Books, and Records in their Office; and the Petitioners Witne&s;&s;es may be heard, and read the Depo&s;itions, that will prove <HI>James Percy</HI> to be Son of <HI>Henry Percy,</HI> who was Son of <HI>Henry Percy</HI> elde&s;t Son of Sir <HI>Ingleram Percy</HI> 3<HI>d.</HI> Son of <HI>Henry Percy 5th.</HI> Earl of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> who was Great Great Grandfather of Your Petitioner; So that the Collateral Line may be fixed to the head Line, and the Pedegree confirmed as in Ju&s;tice it ought to be</P>
<P>For if a Court be Abolli&s;ht that maintained the peoples Right of Succe&s;&s;ion, and no|thing in lieu of it, to pre&s;erve the peoples inheritance, it is hard for the Subject</P>
<P>It is the Glory of a King to remove &s;uch grievances: Delay of Ju&s;tice is abominable before God: And oppre&s;&s;ion a ju&s;t man abhors.</P>
<P><HI>And the Pettioner &s;hall ever pray, that God will wellcome Your Royal Highne&s;s into</HI> England <HI>with Health and Pro&s;perity, and multiply Your days here in peace and happine&s;s hereafter, is the daily Prayer of Your Petitioner,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>James Percy</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty in Councel.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>The Humble Petition of</HI> James Percy,</HEAD>
<OPENER>Humbly Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat the following Petition concerns the Deputy Earl Mar&s;hal of <HI>England</HI> in Councel, as he is the proper Judge for Honours, Titles, and Pedegrees.</P>
<P>That he finds the Opponents are labouring to &s;et up Mr. <HI>Francis Percy, Stone-cutter</HI> in <HI>Cambridge,</HI> pretending his Title to the Earldom of <HI>Northumberland;</HI> And likewi&s;e en|deavours to Arre&s;t Your Petitioner in 3000 <HI>l.</HI> Action, on purpo&s;e to keep Your Petitioner in Pri&s;on, whil&s;t they bring their purpo&s;es to pa&s;s.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore Your much Oppre&s;&s;ed Petitioner mo&s;t humbly Prays Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that a fai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">earing may be had, and a &s;hort day appointed, with an Order to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ummons his Witne&s;&s;es, and to give notice to the other &s;ide, &s;o that a true Deci&s;ion may be made who&s;e right it is; And if the Petitioner doth not prove his Pedegree, he is then free by Your Maje&s;ties Gracious leave and permi&s;&s;ion to return home</HI></P>
<CLOSER><HI>And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound &s;hall ever Pray,</HI> &amp;c. <SIGNED>James Percy.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To the Right Honourable <HI>Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Bruce,</HI> Earl of <HI>Aylsbury,</HI> &amp; <HI>Elgin</HI> Deputy Earl mar&s;hal of <HI>England</HI> at Councel Board, &amp; the Lord Pre&s;i|dent, &amp; the re&s;t of tho&s;e mo&s;t Honourable Lords &amp; others in Councel.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>The humble Petition of</HI> James Percy, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Horton, <HI>Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>of</HI> Pavenham, <HI>Elde&s;t Son of Sir</HI> Ingelram Percy, <HI>who was</HI> 3<HI>d. Son of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>5th. Earl of</HI> Northumberland: <HI>De&s;cended of that Line, that is clear from tho&s;e Attainders and Con&s;piracies, in the days of King</HI> Henry <HI>the</HI> VIII. <HI>Queen</HI> Elizabeth, <HI>King</HI> James, <HI>and King</HI> Charles <HI>the</HI> I. <HI>of ever Ble&s;&s;ed Memory; By which de&s;cent he is the next &s;urviving Heir-Male of the Body of</HI> Henry Percy <HI>5th. Earl of</HI> Northumberland, <HI>and Cozen and next Heir-Male in the whole Blood to</HI> Jocelin Percy, <HI>late and 11th. Earl of</HI> Northumberland <HI>Decea&s;ed,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>And hath &s;o proved his Pedegree at &s;everal Tryals.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat the Petitioners Witne&s;&s;es, their extream occa&s;ions have called them home and being oft di&s;apointed they are re&s;olved never to come again, without a po&s;itive Order, which Order will command them in &s;ix days time.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore the Petitioner mo&s;t Humbly Prays, that a &s;hort day may be appointed and that a hearing may be had to prove the above Pedegree; And if the Petitioner doth not prove his Pedegree, and &s;atisfie and clear his own Innocency in the former mi&s;takes, then let him be Recorded for an Impo&s;tor.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><HI>And <NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>&rindx; This Petition the Deputy Earl-Mar&s;hal refu&s;ed, and hath not ordered a Chapter while the Petitioners Witne&s;&s;es were in Town: He therefore fur|ther prays, that his Cau&s;e may be heard before this Honourable Board, or that an Order may be made to the Deputy Earl-Mar&s;hal, to call a Chapter to fix and confirm the Pedegree according to proof; Is the Prayer of Your Petitioner. <HI>James Percy</HI></P></NOTE>he &s;hall ever Pray,</HI> &amp;c. <SIGNED>James Percy.</SIGNED>
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<P>For the King hath &s;aid, God forbid We &s;hould hinder an Heir.</P>
<P>And all ju&s;t men &s;ay, God forbid an Heir Male &s;hould be condemned before his cau&s;e be fully heard: let his Petition be read I pray and grant an order &s;peedily for a hearing, If he proves not his Pedigree&punc; and removes not the former mi&s;takes, then Record him for an Impo&s;tor.</P>
<Q><L>A whipping &s;ets a School-boy free,</L>
<L>Twelve years Law is too hard for me.</L></Q>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Pre&s;ented to the King in Council <DATE><HI>12th. April</HI> 1682.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>The Humble Petition of</HI> James Percy,</HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat Your Petitioner hath Petitioned Your Sacred Maje&s;ty in Council &s;everal times, But as yet never could obtain an order upon any one of them.</P>
<P>That the <HI>12th.</HI> of <HI>April</HI> 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">82. Your Petitioner pre&s;ented a double Petition to Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty in Council, both of them are very &s;hort.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore Your Petitioner mo&s;t humbly and earne&s;tly be&s;eecheth Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, to cau&s;e that Petition pre&s;ented</HI> 12th. <HI>instant, to be read the next Council day, and that an order may be had according&punc; to the Prayers therein. Speedy Ju&s;tice, will put a &s;peedy &s;top to</HI> 12 <HI>years troubles.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Pre&s;ented into his Sacred Maje&s;ties Hand <DATE><HI>April</HI> 13. 1682.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>And the Petitioner as in Duty bound &s;hall ever pray.</HI> James Percy.</SIGNED>
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<P>May it plea&s;e Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, The Lord Pre&s;ident, Deputy Earl Mar&s;hal, and the re&s;t of tho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e Right Honourable Lords &amp; others of the Privy Council at the Council Board. &rindx; This I have done to &s;et forth what is before that Honourable Board, that you may &s;ee as well as hear: By doing Ju&s;tice for Your Petitioner, You will pre&s;erve Your own Families another day: make but the <HI>Heralds Office</HI> a Court of Record in the nature of the <HI>Court of Wards,</HI> this will pre&s;erve Your Families and enheritances another day: when Ju&s;tice and Truth is incouraged&punc; then is God Glorifi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d; His Maje&s;ty's Crown Dig|nified, all Loyal Subjects &s;atisfied: and all &s;hall rejoyce in peace together.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>And the Petitioner as in Duty bound &s;hall ever Pray, James Percy</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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