John Lilburne
1614? – 1657
99 works on record
Works
Come out of her my people
An impeachment of high treason against Oliver Cromwel and his son in law Henry Ireton Esquires, late members of the late forcibly dissolved House of Commons
The triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne
L. Colonel Iohn Lilbvrne his letter to his dearly beloved wife Mrs. Elisabeth Lilbvrne
Innocency and trvth jvstified
A True relation of the materiall passages of Lieut. Col. Iohn Lilburnes sufferings,bas they were represented ... before ... the House of Peeres ... the 13 day of this instant Feb. 1645. Vnto which is annexed their Lordships order made upon the hearing of the cause
England's Miserie And Remedie, In A Jvdiciovs Letter from an Utter-Barrister to his speciall Friend, concerning Lieutenant Col. Lilbvrn's Imprisonment in Newgate, Sept. 1645
The trial of John Lilburn and John Whartonfor printing and publishing seditious books
Malice detected, in printing certain informations and examinations concerning Lieut. Col. John Lilburn, the morning of his tryal
The Ivglers Discovered, In two letters writ by Lievt. Col. John Lilburne, prero- gative prisoner in the Tower of London, the 28. September, 1647. to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Captaine Generall of all the forces in England and Wales, discovering the turn-coat, Machiavell practises, and under-hand dealings of Lievt. Gen. Cromwell, and his soone in law, Commissary Generall Ireton, and the rest of their Hocus Pocus faction in his Excellencies Counsell of Warre, the first of which Letters thus followeth. Unto which is annexed some advice to the private Soldiers
Vox Plebis, Or, The Peoples Out-cry Against Oppression, Injustice, and Tyranny. Wherein the Liberty of the Subject is asserted, Magna Charta briefly but pithily expounded. Lieutenant Colonell Lilburnes Sentence published and refuted. Committees arraigned, Goalers condemned, and remedies provided. ... (14 lines)
A plea, or protest, made by VVilliam Prynne, esquire, and by him sent unto J.M. knight, one of the eleven impeached members
A Remonstrance Of Lieut. Col. John Lilburn
A just reproof to Haberdashers'-Hall
The Engagement Vindicated & Explained, Or The Reasons Upon which Leiut. Col. John Lilburne, tooke the Engagement. Published by a Well-wisher to the present Authority, on pur- pose to satisfie scrupulous minds in the lawfulnesse of taking the said Engagement. January 22. 1650. Licensed according to Order, and entered into the Register Book at Stationers Hall
The Legall Fundamentall Liberties Of The People of England Revived, Asserted, and Vindicated. Or, An Epistle written the eighth day of June 1649, by Lieut. Colonel John Lilbvrn to Mr. William Lenthall Speaker to the remainder of those few Knights, Ci- tizens, and Burgesses that Col. Thomas Pride at his late purge thought convenient to leave sitting at Westminster who pretendedly stile themselves the Parliament of England, intrusted and authorized by the consent of all the people thereof, whose Representatives by election they are; although they are never able to produce one bit of a Law, or any piece of a Commission to prove, that all the people of England, or one quarter, tenth, hundred, or thousand part of them authorized Thomas Pride, with his Regiment of Souldiers, to chuse them a Parliament, as indeed he hath de facto done by this pretended mock-Parliament
A light for the ignorant, or, A treatise shewing, that in the New Testament, is set forth three kingly states ...
A letter sent from Captaine Lilbvrne, to divers of his friends, citizens, and others of good account in London ...
An Impeachment Of High Treason Against Oliver Cromwel, and his Son in Law Henry Ireton Esquires, late Members of the late forcibly dissolved House of Commons, presented to publique view; by Lieutenant Co- lonel Iohn Lilburn close Prisoner in the Tower of London, for his real, true and zea- lous affections to the Liberties of his native Country. In which following Discourse or Impeachment, he engageth upon his life, either upon the principles of Law (by way of indictment, the only and alone legall way of all tryals in England) or upon the principles of Parliaments ancient proceedings, or upon the principles of reason (by pretence of which alone, they lately took away the Kings life) before a legal Magistracy, when there shal be one again in England (which now in the least there is not) to prove the said Oliver Cromwel guilty of the highest Treason that ever was acted in England, and more deserving punishment and death ... (14 lines). In which are also some Hints of Cautions to the Lord
Ionahs Cry out of the Whales belly : Or, Certaine Epistles writ by Lieu. Coll. Iohn Lilburne, unto Lieu. Generall Cromwell, and Mr. John Goodwin
An Agreement Of The Free People of England. Tendered as a Peace-Offering to this distressed Nation
The humble and further demand of Iohn Lilburn ... in order to the inabling of him to plead to the bill of indictment preferred against him
Certaine Observations Upon The Tryall Of Lieut. Col, John Lilbvrne
The Recantation Of Lieutenant Collonel John Lilburne, Prisoner in the Tower. Opening All the Machinations of the Independent Partie : Their Various Practises and Judgements. With the Reasons or Grounds of his unexpected Revolts from that Party
Londons Liberty In Chains discovered. And, Published by Lieutenant Golonell John Lilburn, prisoner in the Tower of London, Octob. 1646. ...
Foundations of Freedom; Or An Agreement Of The People
Regall tyrannie discovered
Plaine Truth vvithout Feare or Flattery
Innocency and truth justified. First against the unjust aspertions of W. Prinn, affirmed in ... his pamphlet, called, A fresh discovery of prodigious new stars ... Next, by a just moderate reply, to his other pamphlet, called The lyar confounded ... As also by a cleere manifestation of the ... malitious indeavour of W. Prinn, unjustly to take away L.C. Lilburns life, by groundlesse accusing him of high treason ... Unto which ... is annext a coppy of a letter written by L.C.L.
The Free-Mans Freedome Vindicated. 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
The upright mans vindication, or, An epistle
The People's Prerogative and Priviledges
The Legal Fundamental Liberties Of the People of England, Revived, Asserted and Vindicated. Or an Epistle, Written the 8. of Iune, 1649. By Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn to Mr. William Lenthal, Speaker to the remainder of those few Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, that Colonel Thomas Pride, at his late purge, thought convenient to leave sitting at Westminster who pretendedly stile themselves The Parliament of England, intrusted and authorised by the consent of all the people thereof, whose Representatives by Election in their Declaration last mentioned, pag. 27. they say) they are; although they are never able to produce one bit of a Law, or any piece of a Commission to prove, That all the people of England, or one quarter, tenth, hundred, or thousand part of them au- thorized Thomas Pride, with his Regiment of Souldiers, to chuse them a Parliament, as indeed he hath de facto done by this pretended Mock-Parliament
The peoples Prerogative and Priviledges, asserted and vindicated, (against all Tyranny whatsoever.) By Law and Reason. Being A Collection of the Marrow and Soule of Magna Charta, And of all the most principall Statutes made ever since to this present yeare, 1647. For the pre- servation of the peoples Liberties and properties. With cleare proofs and demonstrations, that now their Lawes and Li- berties are nigher Subvertion, then they were when they first began to fight for them, by a present swaying powerfull Faction, amongst the Lords, Commons, and Army, that have already de facto, levelled our Lawes and Liberties to their Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Wills plea- sures, so that perfect Vassalage and Slavery (by force of Armes) in the nature of Turkish Ianisaries, or the Regiments of the Guards of France is likely (to perpetuitie) to be setled, If the people doe not speedily look about them, and act vigorusly for the preventing of it
Strength out of weaknesse, or, The finall and absolute plea of Lieutenant-Col. John Lilburn
The prisoner's most mournful cry against the present oppression and tyranny that is exercised upon him, Or, An epistle written by John Liburn esq
A copie of a letter
Liberty Vindicated against Slavery. Shewing, That Imprisonment For Debt, Refvsing To answer Interrogatories, long impri- sonment, though for just causes. Abvse Of Prisons, And cruell Extortion of Prison-keepers, are all destructive to the fundamentall Laws and common Freedomes of the people. Published for the use of all the Free- borne of England, whom it equally con- cernes, by occasion of the House of Lords commitment of Lieut. Col. John Lilburn, close prisoner, first to New-gate, and next to the Tower
The Devil In His Dumps
The resurrection of John Lilburne, now a prisoner in Dover-Castle ...
The tryal of lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne
A Declaration of some proceedings of Lt. Col. Iohn Lilburn, and his associates, with some examination and animadversion upon papers lately printed and scattered abroad
The Christian Mans Triall : Or, A Trve Relation of the first apprehension and severall ex- aminations of Iohn Lilbvrne, With his Censure in Star-Chamber, and the manner of his cruell whipping through the Streets : where- unto is annexed his Speech in the Pillory, and their gagging of him
A plea at large, for John Lilburn gentleman, now a prisoner in Newgate ...
Rash Oaths unwarrantable
A Remonstrance Of Many Thousand Citizens, and other Free-born People of England, To their owne House of Commons. Occasioned through the Illegall and Barbarous Imprisonment of that Famous and Worthy Sufferer for his Countries Freedoms, Lievtenant Col. Lilburne. Wherein their just Demands in behalfe of themselves and the whole Kingdome, concerning their Publike Safety, Peace and Freedome, is Express'd; calling those their Commissioners in Parliament to an Ac- count, how they (since the beginning of their Session, to this present) have discharged their Duties to the Vniversallity of the People, their Soveraigne Lord, from whom their Power and Strength is deri- ved, and by whom (ad bene placitum), it is continued. (ornament)
A Worke Of The Beast, Or A Relation of a most vnchristian Censure, Execu- ted vpon Iohn Lilbvrne, ( Novv prisoner in the fleet) the 18 of Aprill 1638. With the heavenly speech vttered by him at the time of his suffering. Very vsefull for these times both for the encouragement of the Godly to suffer, And for the terrour and shame of the Lords Adversaries. ... (6 lines; device)
An Anatomy of the Lords Tyranny and iniustice exercised upon Lieu. Col. Iohn Lilburne, now a prisoner in the Tower of London. Delivered in a speech by him, Novem.6.1646. before the honorable Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider of the priviledges of the Com- mons of England : The originall Copy of which, he in obedience to the order and command of the said Committee, delivered in writing to the hands of Col. Henry Martin Chairm-man of the said Committee
The Second Part Of the Triall of Lieut. Col. John Lilburn : By An extraordinary or speciall Commission of Oyer and Terminer, at the Guild-Hall of London; the 24 25, 26, of October, 1649. Being exactly the first dayes work of the Judges, &c. With Judge Keeble's large Speech to the Grand-Jury. In which is also contained, divers Additions aud Amendments of the First Part of his Triall
The resolved mans Resolution, to maintain with the last drop of his heart blood, his civill Liberties and freedomes, granted unto him by the good, just, and honest declared lawes of England, and never to sit still, so long as he hath a tongue to speake, or a hand to write, til he hath either necessitated the Adversaries, the house of Lords, and their Arbitrary Associates in the house of Commons, either to doe him ju- stice and right, by delivering him from his causelesse and illegal imprison- ment, and handing out unto him, legall and ample reparations, for all his un- just sufferings, or else send him to Tyburne
To every individuall Member of the Honou- rable House of Commons
The just man's justification
The prisoners mournfull cry, against the iudges of the Kings Bench, Or, An epistle
Regall Tyrannie discovered : Or, A Discourse, shewing that all lawfull in- stituted power by God amongst men, is by common agreement, and mutual con- sent. Which power ought always to be exercised for the good, benefit, and welfare of the Trusters, and never ought otherwise to be administred
Liberty vindicated against slavery
The Triall Of Mr. John Lilbvrn, Prisoner in Newgate, At The Sessions of Peace, Held for the City of London, At Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily; sitting upon Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 13,14,15, and 16 of July,1653. (ornament)
A preparative to an hue and cry after Sir Arthur Haslerig
A Declaration Of some Proceedings of Lt. Col. Iohn Lilburn, And his Associates : With Some Examination, and Animadversion upon Papers lately Printed, and scattered abroad. One called The earnest Petition of many Free-born People of this Kingdome
An vnhappy game at Scotch and English; or, A full answer from England to the Papers of Scotland...Wherein their Scotch mists and their fogs; their sayings and gain-sayings; their juglings, their windings and turnings; hither and thither, backwards and forwards, and forwards and backwards again; their breach of covenant, articles, and treaty, their king craft present design against the two houses of Parliament, and people of England, their plots and intents for usurpation and bovernment over us and our children detected, discovered, and presented to the view of the world, as a dreadful omen, and warning to the kingdome of England ...
Tvvo Letters VVrit By Lievt. Col. John Lilburne, Prerogative pri- soner in the Tower of London, to Col. Henry Mar- tin, a Member of the House of Commons, upon the 13. and 15 of September. 1647 the contents of which are very necessary to be taken notice of by all just men in the Present age. Vnto which is annexed some other Letters of great concernment
A Preparative To An Hue And Cry After Sir Arthur Haslerig, For his severall ways attempting to Murder, and by base plots, conspiracies and false Witnesse to take away the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilbvrn now Prisoner in the Tower of London
The First Dayes Proceedings, At The Tryal of Lieut. Col. John Lilburne, in Guild-Hall, which was omitted in the precedent Impression
The Picture Of The Councell of State, Held forth to the Free People of England
The Copy of a Letter From Lieutenant Colonell John Lilbvrne, to a Friend
The Picture Of The Councel of State, Held forth to the Free people of England
Englands Birth-Right Justified Against all Arbitrary Vsurpation, whether Regall or Par- liamentary, or under what Vizor soever. With divers Queries, Observations and Grievances of the People, declaring this Parliaments present Proceedings to be directly con- trary to those fundamentall Principles, whereby their Actions at first were justifyable against the King, in their present Illegall dealings with those that have been their best Friends, Ad- vancers and Preservers
An anatomy of the Lords tyranny and iniustice exercised upon Lieu. Col. Iohn Lilburne, now a prisoner in the Tower of London
The lawes funerall, Or, An epistle
Strength out of vveaknesse .
To the supreme Authority, the People assembled in Parliament. The humbe Petition of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne
Englands New Chains Discovered; Or The serious apprehensions of a part of the People, in behalf of the Commonwealth; (being Presenters, Promoters, and Appro- vers of the Large Petition of September 11. 1648.) Presented to the Supreme Authority of England, the Re- presenters of the people in Parliament assembled
A Jury-Man's Judgement Upon the Case of Lieut. Col. John Lilburn
The Ivst Mans Ivstification
The second part of Englands new-chaines discovered: or A sad representation of the uncertain and dangerous condition of the Common-Wealth
The grand Plea of Lievt. Col. John Lilburne, Prerogative Prisoner in the Tower of London, against the present tyrannicall House of Lords, which he deli- vered before an open Committee of the House of Com- mons, the twenteth day of October, 1647. Where Mr. Iohn Maynard the Lawyer had the Chaire
The ivglers discovered, in two letters. bto his excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax ... discovering the turn-coat, Machiavell practises, and underhand dealings of Lievt. Gen. Cromwell ... Unto which is annexed some advice to the private soldiers
VValwins VViles
The Oppressed Mans Oppressions declared
The Exceptions Of John Lilburne Gent. Prisoner at the Barre, To A Bill of Indictment Preferred against him, grounded upon a pretended Act, intituled, An Act for the Execution of a Judgement given in Parliament against Lieutenant Collonel John Lilburn
An Vnhappy Game At Scotch And English. Or, A Full Answer from England to the Papers of Scotland. Wherein their Scotch Mists and their Fogs; their sayings and gainsayings; their Juglings, their windings and tur- nings; hither and thither backwards and forwards, and forwards and backwards again; Their breach of Cove- nant, Articles and Treaty, their King-craft present design against the two Houses of Parliament, and People of Eng- land, their plots and intents for Usurpation and Govern- ment over us and our children detected, discovered, and presented to the view of the World, as a dreadful Omen, and Warning to the Kingdome of England. ... (4 lines)
A Plea, or Protest, Made By VVilliam Prynne, Esquire, And By him sent unto J.M. Knight, one of the eleven impeached Members. Wherein he declares the injustice and illegality of the Lords, Commons; and Grandees of the Armies Proceedings against him. Whereunto is annexed the Case of A.B. truly stated, in re- ference to a pretended impeachment of Treason depending in the House of Peers against him : With an Answer to certain Que- res framed thereupon
A Whip for the present House of Lords, Or The Levellers Levelled. In an Epistle writ to Mr. Frost, Secretary to the Committee of State, that sits at Darby House, in answer to lying book said to be his called a declaratio, &c. By L.C.Io. Lilburne, Prerogative Prisoner in the Tower of London, Feb.27.1647. Into which is inserted his speech against the House of Lords Legislative and Iudi- cative power, made at the barre of the House of Commons, on the 19. of Ianuary, 1647. In which is punctually proved, both by reason, and the Parliaments own Declarations, that though the present House of Lords, (de facto) exercise a law making, and a law iudging power, yet (de jure) they have no right to either, be- ing meer prerogative Usurpers, and that the House of Lords, exercising their pretended Legislative power, is destructive to the Libertie and Freedomes of England, it alone having been the chiefe cause of all the late warrs, and blood shed in England, for which as the Bishops were, they deserve
A Discovrse Betwixt Lieutenant Colonel Iohn Lilburn Close Prisoner in the Tower of London. And Mr Hugh Peter
The engagement vindicated & explained; or, The reasons upon which Lieut. Col. John Lilburne, took the engagement ...
Innocency And Trvth Jvstified. First against the unjust aspertions of W. Prinn, affirmed in the 17th. page of his Pam- phlet, called A fresh discovery of Prodigious New wandering blazing Stars and Fire Brands, in eight lines of which there is above a dozen of untruths, cleerly laid open. Next, is a just moderate reply, to his other pamphlets, called The Lyar con- founded, in which the case of Lieu. Coll. Lilburns imprisonment is truly stated, Legally discussed, and vindicated, from the miserable mistatednesse therof by William Prinn. As also by a Cleere Manifestation of the strong and malitious indeavour of W. Prinn, unjustly to take away L.C. Lilburns life, by groudlesse accusing him of High Trea- son, in designing and plotting to suppresse and cut of this present Parliament by Force of Armes; But Lieu Coll. Lilburn challengeth William Prinn and all his associats in Enland to justifie and legally prove the same, if he can. Unto which reply is annexed a Coppy of a Letter written by L.C
The second Part Of Englands New-Chaines Discovered : Or a sad Representation of the uncertain and dangerous condition of the Common-Wealth
A manifestation from Lieutenant Col. John Lilburn, Mr. William Walwyn, Mr. Thomas Prince, and Mr. Richard Overton ...
Lieu'. Colonel J. Lilburns, Apolo- getisch verhael, nopende sijn onwet- tigh en onrechtvaerdigh Bannissement, onlanghs tegen hem uytgesproken
Englands weeping spectacle : Or, The sad condition of Lievtenant Colo- nell John Lilburne
London's liberty in chains discovered
A Iust Reproof To Haberdashers-Hall
As you were, or, The Lord General Cromwel and the grand officers of the armie their rememberancer ...
Ionahs cry out of the whales belly : bor, Certaine epistles writ by Lieu. Coll. Iohn Lilburne, unto Lieu. Generall Cromwell, and Mr. John Goodwin
To every individuall member of the supreme authority of the Parliament of the commonwealth of England, but more especially to Colonell George Thompson chairman to the committee for regulating the new impost of excise, and particularly for that of sope
A remonstrance of many thousand citizens, and other free-born people of England, to their owne House of commons, occasioned through the illegall and barbarous imprisonment of that famous and worthy sufferer for his countries freedoms, Lievtenant Col. John Lilburne
Tvvo letters vvrit by Lievt Col. John Lilburne
The grand plea of Lieut. Col. John Lilburne, prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London, against the present tyrannicall House of Lords, which he delivered before an open committee of the House of Commons, the twentieth day of October, 1647, where Mr. Iohn Maynard the lawyer had the chaire
London's liberty in chains discovered, and, published by Lieutenant colonell John Lilburn, prisoner in the tower of London, Octob. 1646
The Christian mans triall, or, A trve relation of the first apprehension and severall examinations of Iohn Lilbvrne