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An appeal to the House of Commons, : desiring their ansvver: vvhether the common-people shall have the quiet enjoyment of the commons and waste land; or whether they shall be under the will of lords of mannors still. Occasioned by an arrest, made by Thomas Lord Wenman, Ralph Verny Knight, and Richard Winwood Esq; upon the author hereof, for a trespass, in digging upon the common-land at Georges Hill in Surrey

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Printed in the year, 1649.
Call number: 27566
Creator: Winstanley, Gerrard (1609-)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated people: Barker, John,; Star, Thomas.
Associated organization: England and Wales.
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