The free-mans freedom vindicated. Or A true relation of the cause and manner of Lievt. Col. Iohn Lilburns present imprisonment in Newgate,: being thereunto arbitrarily and illegally committed, by the House of Peeres, Iune 11. 1646. for his delivering in, at their open barre, under his hand and seal, his protestation, against their incroaching upon the common liberties of all the commons of England, in endeavouring to try him, a commoner of England, in a criminall cause, contrary to the expresse tenour and forme of the 29. chap. of the great charter of England, and for making his legall and iust appeal to his competent, propper and legal tryers and judges, the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled.

Title

The free-mans freedom vindicated. Or A true relation of the cause and manner of Lievt. Col. Iohn Lilburns present imprisonment in Newgate,: being thereunto arbitrarily and illegally committed, by the House of Peeres, Iune 11. 1646. for his delivering in, at their open barre, under his hand and seal, his protestation, against their incroaching upon the common liberties of all the commons of England, in endeavouring to try him, a commoner of England, in a criminall cause, contrary to the expresse tenour and forme of the 29. chap. of the great charter of England, and for making his legall and iust appeal to his competent, propper and legal tryers and judges, the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled.

Author

Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.

Publication

[London :: s.n.,

1646]

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Subject terms

Civil rights -- England

Detention of persons -- England

Lilburne, John, -- 1614?-1657 -- Imprisonment

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"The free-mans freedom vindicated. Or A true relation of the cause and manner of Lievt. Col. Iohn Lilburns present imprisonment in Newgate,: being thereunto arbitrarily and illegally committed, by the House of Peeres, Iune 11. 1646. for his delivering in, at their open barre, under his hand and seal, his protestation, against their incroaching upon the common liberties of all the commons of England, in endeavouring to try him, a commoner of England, in a criminall cause, contrary to the expresse tenour and forme of the 29. chap. of the great charter of England, and for making his legall and iust appeal to his competent, propper and legal tryers and judges, the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A88189.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• THE FREE-MANS FREEDOME ƲINDICATED. OR A true Relation of the cause and manner of Lievt. Col. Iohn Lilburns pre∣sent imprisonment in Newgate, being thereunto arbitrarily and Ille∣gally committed, by the House of Peeres, Iune 11. 1646. for his delive∣ring in, at their open Barre, under his Hand and Seal, his PROTES∣TATION, against their incroaching upon the Common Liberties of all the Commons of England, in endeavouring to try him, a Com∣moner of England, in a criminall cause, contrary to the expresse ten∣nour and forme of the 29. Chap. of the great Charter of England, and for making his legall and iust appeal, to his competent, propper and legal Tryers and Judges, the Commons of England, in PARLIAMENT assembled.
• To the right Honourable the chosen and Representative body of England Assembled in Parliament.
• A Postscript, containing a generall Proposition.
• addendum