During James II’s reign, Thomas Cartwright was one of his biggest supporters when it came to defending James II’s decisions while in power; as one of James II’s faithful Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Cartwright thought it was necessary for him to try to defend his kings view of the constitution (A Sermon Preached 71). The Declaration by William III was actually just a compilation of his thoughts from English and Scottish exiles, along with some of his English Friends about preserving the Protestant religion and for restoring the laws and liberties of England; the official document was written by several people including Gaspar Fagel and the product was eventually transcribed into several thousand copies throughout England ( 39). William III of Orange wanted to bring awareness to how over time public peace, liberties, customs, etc. became subject to less than adequate standards.
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The councilors were able to gain enough power to intimidate and take privileges from majority of the towns while also dividing up the town’s rights among new magistrates who they could trust and confide in their puppets (The Declaration 40). One solution William III expressed, was for Parliament to unite and bring charges up against those who clearly created “Open violations of law … their plots and conspiracies against the Protestant religion” (The Declaration 41). William III’s final appeal was to demand everyone able to help with execution of his plan while also telling people how they will be able to take part of the redress of the English Constitution (The Declaration 43). William III saw he rapidly customs were changing due to the councilors and decided that a movement needed to be formed to restore