Petitions to the House of Lords: 1696

The Royal Lustring Company. HL/PO/JO/10/1/479/984 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the Royall Lustring Company for makeing
and dressing alamodes renforces and lustrings in England

Humbly sheweth

That your petitioners having pattent for the [illegible] [...keing?] of plain black alamodes
and lustrings in England for fourteen yeares which was obtained by the consent and wel likeing of
the Weavers Company at which time there was [but?] one or two looms in England and these were set
up by the pattentees since which your petitioners have [increased?] them to about seven hundred and your petitioners
have now sent considerable quantities of the woollen manufacture to Piedmont to furnish that country
therewith, that the Duke of Savoy may the better [illegible] enabled to prohibit the commerce with France
from whence he has hitherto been supplied with [illegible] woollen manufacture but your petitioners have many
enemies to hinder them in this publick good. Those of Lyons in particular having [resolved?] to use
all possible means to destroy the said company

That your petitioners understand there is a bill [illegible] most honourable house which has been once read
intituled An Act to Supply the Defects of an Act [illegible] the Last Session of Parliament Intituled An Act
for Granting to His Majesty Certain Duties upon [illegible] Stone and Earthen Bottles, Coates and [C...?]
for Carrying on the War Against France, and [illegible] same should pass into an act, it would destroy
your petitioners pattent and utterly spoil that trade [illegible] thereof that manufacture will return to France
from whence it came; to the great joy and [advantage?] of his majesties enemies and the ruine of many
hundreds of families in England now imployed by your petitioners.

Your petitioners therefore humbly [pray?] they may be heard at the barr of this most honourable
house to give their reasons against the said bill in such manner as your lordships
great wisdom shall think fitt

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• Peter Lekeux
• Lewis Gervaize [secretary?]
• [illegible]


• John Blondel
• William Sherards
• Thomas Firmin


• William Lewen deputy governor
• Paul [Clawdisley?]

James Grahine, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/479/985 (1696)

To the right honorable the lords spirituall and temporall in
Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of James Grahine esquire

Sheweth

That whereas the 14th day of January last past your petitioner presented his peticion of
appeale before your lordshipps to be releived against a decree made in the Court of
Chancery upon the 27th day of May in the yeare of our Lord 1691 whereby the timber
and wood in Barowfeild and other places in the county of Westmerland were
decreed in sale to Richard Harnage Jaques Wiseman John Singleton George
How Joseph Devonish John Prigge Richard Sutton James Paulett William Smith
William Blinkherne and Peter Essington who offered themselves purchasers
thereof for the payment of their debts and other debts due to like creditors of
Allan Bellingham esquire and the said appeale comeing to be heard the 2d day
of this instant March your lordshipps did not think fitt to proceed therein
for that Francis Mollineux Richard Rigby William Hudson Jeremy Davis
John Bignall William Phillipps Richard Sill William Hart and David Allen
who are also plainants in the said cause in Chancery though not purchasor under
the said decree and William Bellingham esquire brother heire and
residuary devisee of the said Allan Bellingham Charles Pigeon esquire
and Robert Hilton gentl trustees of the said Allan and defendants in the said
cause in Chancery were not made respondents to the said appeale

May itt therefore please your lordshipp to grant leave to your
petitioner to add and make the said Francis Mollineux Richard
Rigby William Hudson Jeremy Davis John Bignall William
Phillipps Richard Sill William Hart David Allen William
Bellingham Charles Pigeon and Robert Hilton respondents
to the said appeale and that all the said parties
being in towne a short day may be appointed for them
to answer thereunto

And your petitioner shall pray etc

James Grahme

Francis Mollineux, Richard Rigby and others. HL/PO/JO/10/1/479/985 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Francis Mollineux
Richard Rigby William Hudson Jeremy Davis John
Bignall William Phillips Richard Sill and William
Hart.

Sheweth

That your peticioners on Thursday last were served with an order of
this honourable house made the third of this instant upon the peticion of James
Grayham esquire by which order your peticioners are made parties to an
appeale of the said James Graham depending in this honourable house, and
your peticioners by the said order are required to put in theire answer to
the said appeale tomorrow being Tuesday

That the matters appealed from are orders reports and decrees made in the
High Court of Chancery.

That one Richard Tolson who was formerly your peticioners solicitor hath
gott all your peticioners orders reports decrees and papers in the said cause in his
custody and your peticioners altho they have often applyed them selves to him (and
altho nothing is due to him your peticioners having his receipt in full) cannot get the
same papers from him, without recourse to which your peticioners cannot make sufficient
answer to the said appeale.

Your peticioners therefore most humbly pray your lordshipps
would be pleased to order the said Tolson to deliver to your peticioners
theire said papers and to assigne your peticioners a further day to
answer the said appeale and your peticioners will accordingly put
in theire answers to the same

And your peticioners will ever pray etc.

• William Phillipps
• Richard Sill
• William Hart


• Francis Molyneux
• Richard Rigby
• William Hudson
• Jeremy Davis
• John Bignall

The humble peticion
of Francis Mollineux
Richard Rigby and others

The dean and chapter of Saint Pauls and Lewis Rogell, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/480/989 (1696)

George Smith and
Margaret his wife appellants

The deane and chapter
of Saint Pauls and
Lewis Rogell esquire respondents

To the right honourable the
lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the
respondents

Sheweth

That the appellants the 22th of January last exhibited
their appeale against an order in Chancery made
above tenn yeares since for allowing of a
demurrer put in by the respondent Rogell to a
bill brought by the appellant Margaret to
compell the then deane and chapter of Saint Pauls
to receive a peticion in the nature of a writt
of false judgment to reverse a common
recovery suffered in their mannour forty three
yeares agoe upon pretence of errors in the
proceedings

5 February instant the respondents put in their answer to the said
appeale since which the appellants have
not stirred one stepp.

Wherefore and for that there is nothing
in the said appeale designed but
vexation and to put the respondents to
charge, and keep a pretence on foot to
the prejudice of the respondents title

It is humbly prayed that a
day may be appointed for
the hearing of the said
appeale.

Lewis Rogell

Merchants trading to the Eastland countries. HL/PO/JO/10/1/480/994 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of severall merchants tradeing
to the Eastland countryes whose names are subscribed
on behalf of themselves and divers other merchants

Sheweth

That your peticioners understand a bill is past
the House of Commons for the incouragement of privateers
and is now before your lordshipps in order to passe into
an act

That should the said bill as the same is now worded
passe into an act, it would not onely bee a great prejudice
to your peticioners, but to trade in generall

Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray this
most honourable house that they may be
heared by their councell to give their
reasons in such manner as to your lordshipps
great wisdomes shall seem meet

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc

• Theodore Jacobsen
• William Benson
• Robert Bloome
• Thomas Stiles
• Paul Darby
• Peter Joye
• David Debary
• Joseph Martin

William Oldiss, doctor of laws. HL/PO/JO/10/1/480/995 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of William Oldiss doctor of lawes.

Sheweth

That whereas Charles Domville did in Trinity terme
last recover a judgment upon a prohibicion in his majesties Court
of Exchequer against your peticioner, which said judgment was in
Michaelmas terme following affirmed in the Exchequer chamber
whereupon your peticoner did on Monday the seaven and twentieth
day of January last past bring a writt of error retorneable in
Parliament to reverse the said judgment given against him, and did
on Monday the second day of this instant February (according to the
rules in that case made) by his councell assigne errors, whereunto
the said Charles Domville has joyned issue with your peticioner.

Your peticioner therefore humbly prayes that
your lordshipps will please to appoint a certaine
day for the hearing councell on both sides upon the
said writt of error.

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc.

William Oldys

John Norwood. HL/PO/JO/10/1/481/1007 (1696)

John Norwood appellant

Thomas Norwood clerke
and Elizabeth Norwood widdow respondent

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion and appeale of the said John Norwood from an order of dismission in the High
Court of Chancery on the 5th day of December 1694 in a cause wherein the said peticioner was
plantiffe against the said Thomas Norwood clerke and Elizabeth Norwood defendants

Most humbly sheweth

That Francis Norwood your petitioners late father being possessed of the mannor of Leckhampton with the appurtenances in the county of Gloucester and haveing six sonns
(videlicet) Richard Charles John Francis William and Thomas besides severall daughters and being indebted and desireous to raise money to satisfye the same and for porcions for his
children and to settle his said estate for the preservacion and advantage of his family on the 19th of August 1674 did enter into articles with Collonel Henry Norwood a relacion to the effect following videlicet

That the said mannor and lands should bee conveyed to the sayd Henry Norwood and his heires and the stock of goods corne and cattle upon the same to be assigned over
to him att the vallue the same should bee appraised upon payment off 4450 pounds for dischargeing of debts and porcions and upon settling of three annuityes (videlicet) 60 pounds per annum to
the said Francis the father and 20 pounds per annum a peice to Francis the son and Jane one of the daughters of their respective lives and that the said Henry Norwood should give
security to pay the same or otherwise to pay 950 pounds more in respect of the said annuityes makeing in all 5400 pounds which was agree by the said articles to be for the absolute
purchase of the demeasne lands onely of the said mannor and the said Henry Norwood was also to secure the money to be paid for the said stock and goods and to pay interest att 6 pounds per
centum per annum untill the whole money should be paid and to execute (to some persons in trust for the said Francis the father and his family) a lease of the whole estate for 1000: yeares with a provisoe (videlicet)
that if the said Henry should by any act in his life tyme or by his last will settle and assure the said mannor and premisses imediately after his decease to the said Francis the father for life
and after to Richard the first sonne for life (in case they should be then liveing) and after to the use of such of the issue male of the said Francis and the heires male of his and their bodyes
issueing as the said Henry Norwood should thinke fitt soe as the same should descend and come to some one of the posterity of the said Francis Norwood or in default thereof if
the said Henry Norwood should execute to the said Francis or such as hee should appoint and his and their heires (or in default of such appointment to the said Francis Norwood and his
heires a good estate in law of the services and coppyholds of the said mannor and of all other the tenementes [lett?] for old rentes and also should pay unto him or them all summes of
money which hee should have received in the meane tyme for the cheife rents or herriotts of the said tenementes or should have raised by fines for reneweing of estates in the same and
also that the household stuffe in the mannor house of Leckhampton to be left in the same should be vallued [att?] together with damages for the same then and in eyther
of the said cases the said estate and terme were to be void

September the 28th and 29th by lease and release the said mannour and premisses were conveyed to the said Henry Norwood in pursueance of the said articles
to hold to him and his heires for ever

October the 1st 1674 the said Henry Norwood in pursueance of the said articles executed a lease for 1000 yeares to William Brent and David Williams esquires in trust for the said Francis
the father and his heires and has thereby covenanted that from and after the breach of the provisoe therein mencioned the said trustees should hold the estate freed of incumbrances

March the 20th and 24th 1687 the said Henry Norwood in consideracion of a marriage had betweene William Norwood (one of the younger sons of the said Francis) and Elizabeth his wife
and 1500 pounds to be paid to the said Henry for her porcion and for provideing a joynture for the said Elizabeth granted the said mannour and premisses to persons in trust to the use of himselfe for life
then to Richard Norwood for life then to the said William for life then to the said Elizabeth his wife (as to parte) for her joynture then to the issue male of William and Elizabeth and for want of such issue then
to other issue male of the said William and for want of such issue then to the use of Thomas Norwood the now respondent and his issue male and for want of such issue then to the heires male
of the said Richard and for want of such issue then to the use of Charles John and Francis successively and their issue male and then to the right heires of Francis the father for ever
with liberty for every one in possession to make leases and joyntures etca

That the said Francis the father dyed in the yeare 1682 and the said Henry Norwood and Richard the [1st?] son of Francis both dyed in the yeare 1689 and the said William Norwood dyed without issue in the
yeare 1693 soone after whose death the now respondent Thomas Norwood gott into possession of the said mannor and premisses (dureing your petitioners absence beyond the seas) and hath ever since held and enjoyed the same

That as soone as your petitioner came into England hee exhibited his bill as eldest issue male of the said Francis then liveing) into the said High Court of Chancery against the now respondentes and others to have an
account of the profitts of the premisses and for recovery of the possession thereof and the said respondentes being served with process appeared and put in their severall answeres and the cause being att issue diverse wittnesses were
examined on both sides and the cause comeing to be heard before the right honourable the Lord Keeper of the great seale of England on the 5th day of December 1694 his lordship was pleased to dismiss your petitioneres
said bill out of the said court.

Which said order of dismission (as your petitioner is advised) is erroneous and contrary to equity and your petitioner ought to have been releived upon the said bill

Wherefore your petitioner doth most humbly appeale from the same unto your lordshipps in Parliament and doth most humbly pray that the said respondentes may
answer the premisses and that the said order of dismission may be reversed and sett aside and that your petitioner may have such releife in the premisses as
to your lordshipps shall seeme meete

And your petitioner will ever pray etca.

John Norwood

Hugh Jones junior, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1010 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion, and appeal of Hugh Jones juniour gentleman

Sheweth

That in or about Easter terme 1686 your petitioner as he was advised exhibitted his bill in the High Court of Chancery against Hugh Jones seniour your
petitioners father Sir Jeffery Shackerly, and John Massey thereby setting forth that Edward Jones your petitioners grandfather being seized in fee of certain tythes
in the county of Denbeigh, in consideracion of a marriage betweene the said Edward, and Anne Massey your petitioners grandfather and grandmother the said
Edward did grant the said tythes to John Massey and his heires in trust that the said tythes after the decease of the said Edward Jones, Anne his wife and
Hugh Jones senior your petitioneres father, should come to the eldest issue male of your petitioneres father successively, and that the same after the decease of your petitioners
father ought pursuant to the said settlement to descend and come to your petitioners his father haveing no power to dispose thereof from your petitioner and that your petitioners
father haveing contracted severall debts that were very uneasy to him, your petitioner being willing to contribute his assistance towards their satisfaccion at the
desire of his said father did enter into articles with him dated the 10th day of Aprill in the 31th yeare of the reigne of his late majestie King Charles the second
and your petitioners did thereby covenant to pay and secure to his said father the payment of 80 pounds (videlicet) 40 pounds at the sealing the said articles and 40 pounds more within foure
months next after. That your petitioners said father did covenant in the said articles that he would at or before the 1st day of June then next following
convey the said tythes to the uses in the said articles limmitted (videlicet) a moiety to the use of himselfe for life, with power in case he dyed within
the terme of seaven yeares then next comeing to dispose of the profitts of the remainder of that terme to any person he should appoynt, and the
other moiety, and reversion of the first moiety to your petitioner for life, remainder to the issue of his body in tayl generall, remainder to the right heires of
your petitioners father with power to your petitioner to charge the premisses in default of issue with any summe not exceeding 100 pounds and power to settle a joynture
in the moyety of the premisses on any wife your petitioner should marry.

That your petitioner in pursuance of the said articles became obliged to pay the said debts of his father, and performed the said agreement on his part, and was
and still is ready to performe on his part what farther may be thought necessary to be done and for seaven yeares enjoyed the moiety of the said tythes, and paid his
proporcion of the cheife rent, notwithstanding which your petitioners father refused to performe the said articles on his part, and to convey the said premisses to your petitioner, but
instead thereof entred into a treaty with Sir Jeffery Shackerly in or about Aprill 1686, about selling to him the premisses which your petitioner hearing of gave the
said Sir Jeffery notice that his said father could make him no good tytle thereunto by reason of the articles before mencioned which he had entred into with your
petitioner notwithstanding which notice the said Sir Jeffery proceeded in his said treaty and as he pretends purchased the said premisses of your petitioners father which if he did, he
purchased the same at not above halfe the vallue thereof, and tooke security from your petitioners father to indempnifye him against your petitioner and all other persons
claiming any title to the premisses or any part thereof, soon after which the said Sir Jeffery possessed himselfe, and still continues possessed of the said premisses by which unjust dealings
of the said Sir Jeffery Shackerly, and your petitioners said father your petitioner being very much injured, prayed in his said bill that his father might be compelled to settle the
premisses aforesaid on your petitioner according to the articles aforesaid.

That the said Sir Jeffery Shackerly and your petitioners father haveing put in their answers to the said bill, and witnesses haveing been examined on both sides and the said
cause being heard the twelfth day of December in the 3d yeare of the reigne of his late majestie King James the 2d before the right honourable George Lord Jefferys
then Lord High Chancellor of England your petitioners said father and the said Sir Jeffery obtained an order against your petitioner whereby it is declared that the said Lord
Chancellour saw no cause in equity to give your petitioner any releife in any of the matters for which, by his said bill he sought releife and therefore thought fitt and did order
that your petitioners bill should from thenceforth stand clearly and absolutely dismissed out of the said court without costs, which dissmission hath since been
signed and enrolled, since which your petitioner brought a bill of review in the said court, praying thereby a rehearing of his said cause but could never obtain the same.

That your petitioner is advised that he ought not to be bound by the said order and dismission he haveing proved in the said cause the said settlement made by his
said grandfather Edward Jones and the said articles entred into between your petitioner and his said father concerning the premisses, and likewise his haveing
performed what was incumbent on him from the said articles, and also his haveing given notice to the said Sir Jeffery of the said articles entred into between
your petitioner and his father and that therefore the said purchase (if any) made of the premisses by Sir Jeffery Shackerly from your petitioners father ought not to barr your petitioners
right and tytle thereunto, wherefore your petitioner most humbly appeals from the said order, and dismission unto your lordshipps in that supream judicature in
Parliament, for the judgment and determinacion in the premisses

May it therefore please your lordshipps to order the said Hugh Jones senior being your petitioners father and the said Sir Jeffery
Shackerly to appeare and answer before your lordshipp this your petitioners humble peticion of appeal, and that the said bill answers, and all other
the proceedings may be removed out of the said Court of Chancery before your lordshipps and that upon hearing thereof upon the whole
proceedings, the said order and dismission may be reversed and that your lordshipps would be pleased to give your petitioner such releife in
the premisses as to your lordshipps greate wisdome and justice shall seem most meete

And your petitioner shall allwayes pray etc

Hugh Jones

Hugh Jones junior. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1010 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Hugh Jones junior

Humbly sheweth

That your peticioner hath brought his appeale
into this most honourable house against an order of dissmission of
your petitioners bill made in the High Court of Chancery in Michaelmas
terme in the 3d yeare of the reigne of the late King James the 2d
wherein your petitioner was plainant against Sir Geoffery Shackerly
knight and Hugh Jones senior defendants

That your pettitioner by reason of his poverty was admitted
to prosecute his suite in the said court in forma pauperis and
the persons assigned for his councell (save onely the [honourable?] Master Finch doe
not now practice the law as will appeare by a coppy of an
order thereunto annexed

Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays your
lordshipps will be pleased to admitt your petitioner to
prosecute his said appeale in forma pauperis.
And to assigne Sir Thomas Powis and Sir
Bartholamew Shores knights for his councell

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

• Hugh Jones

Hugh Jones junior, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1010 (1696)

Hugh Jones junior gentleman appellant

Hugh Jones senior and
Sir Jeffrey Shackerly respondents

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall in
Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the appellant

Humbly sheweth

That your petitioner having brought
his peticion of appeale [illegible] this most
honourable house the [respondents?] have put in
their answer thereunto

Your petitioner therefore
most humbly prays that
a short day may be
appointed for the hearing
[on?] the same at the barr of
this most honourable house

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Hugh Jones junior

The justices of the peace, gentlemen and freeholders of Wormelow. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1017 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the justices of the peace gentlemen and others the substantial
freeholders of the hundred of Wormelow in the county of Herefford whose names are
subscribed and annexed

Sheweth that your petitioners are by the votes of Parliament informed that there is a bill passing in your
honorable house for makeing the rivers of Wye and Lugg in the said county navigable or
portable, and that your petitioners doe in noe wise oppose the same neither doe they envy
the inhabitantes of the citty of Herefford and the upper partes of the said county the advantage
and beniffitt that may thereby redound unto them, but wee humbly desire to bee excused
from contributeing towards the charge of the said navigacion being able to prove (allmost to
demonstracion) that wee shall bee so farr from receiveing any benifitt there by that it will bee
very prejuditiall to us on many accountes as in our meadows, in raiseing the price of lime
and coale, and lessening the price of our corne and in other particulars too many to bee here inserted
the foards allsoe being taken away (as they must bee when the navigacion is perfected which wee
esteem a very doubtfull undertakeing) the commerce betweene the inhabitantes of
each side the river will be very difficult. And the dayly trouble of crosseing by boates
greate and chargeable, besides the marketts of Monmeth and Rosse are soe neare us and soe
conveniently scituated that they are very suffitient either to supply us with what nessesarys
wee want or receive from us what wee have to spare which will is now and allwayes will
bee done sooner and cheaper and with more certainety by land then water, by which it plainely
appeares that if the rivers were navigable it would bee noe advantage to us and wee doe
further say that wee doe not desire to have any beniffitt of portage upon the said rivers
any further or otherwise then now wee have and are contented that they who beare
the charge shall take the proffitts and soe hopeing this honourable house will consider the
matters and truths herein expressed to wherein your petitioners are soe much concerned

And your petitioners as in duty bound
will ever pray etc

• John Williams
• William Gwillym senior
• William Gwillym junior
• Guy Hill
• John Hoskyns
• E Hoskyns
• Roger Scudamore
• John Scudamore
• Rouland Scudamore
• Oswald Hoskyns


• William Jones
• John Hereford
• John Baskervile
• Thomas Marrett
• Richard Gwillym
• Joseph Watts
• Richard Kidley


• John Rogers
• Titus Nove
• Thomas Rogers
• James [Lamearne?]
• Walter Rogers
• John Bodenham
• James Williams
• George Eckly
• John Gwatkin
• William Phillips
• Edm Gomonds
• John Gomonds
• Edmund Gomonds
• Thomas Rooke
• William Osborne
• John Rogers
• John Wellington
• William Coldikott


• R: Powells
• John Higgs
• John Jones
• Jacob Pridith
• Rud: Betham
• Walter Gwatkin


• Robert Geathing
• Walter Baker


• Joel Howe


• Thomas Gwillym
• Edward [Morse cleric?]
• Edward Morse
• William Gwatkin
• John Ballard
• Phillip Woodward
• Thomas Gwatkin
• John Mathews
• Charles Hunt
• John Sayse
• David Sayse
• William Watkins
• Richard Harris
• Thomas Morgan
• Richard Wilcox
• Richard Jones
• Edward Jones
• John Coldicott junior
• John Collicott senior


• Gyles Parsons
• John Davis
• John Willim clerke
• Edward Powell
• Thomas Bennett
• Thomas Smyth
• John Gwatkin
• Francis Webb
• Geordge Webb
• Willim James
• John [Rooke?]
• John Smith
• Thomas Rogers
• John Willim
• Richard Garrell his marke


• Gilbert Nourse
• John Nourse
• John Puckmore


• William Prideth
• William [Stoch?]
• James Drew
• William [Teysell?]
• John Powell
• Charles James
• William Roberts
• Phillip Cowles
• William Peirce
• Walter Parry
• John Peirce
• William Donne
• John Powell
• William Rodd
• Thomas Colley senior
• Thomas Colley junior
• Walter Roocke


• Thomas Morgan
• William Phillips
• Luke Price
• William Reece
• Walter Edwins
• Charles Harris
• William Phillpotes
• James Man
• William Philpots
• John Williams
• John Philpots
• George Drew
• Thomas Cook
• James Jones
• Benjamin Mason
• Thomas [Cope?]

The mayor, comon council, gentlemen, and inhabitants of Monmouth. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1017 (1696)

Monmouth town

To the most reverend most noble most honourable and right
reverend the lords spirituall and temporall now in
Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of the mayor, bayliff, comon
councell, gentlemen, and other inhabitants of the
town of Monmouth in the county of Monmouth

Whereas we are given to understand that the honourable House
of Commons have passed the bill for makeing the river of Wye
navigable and sent the same to your lordshipps for your concurrence
these are therefore most humbly to beseech your lordshipps to suffer us to
be heard at the barr of your house or our councell against the said
bill by whom we hope to give your lordshipps such prevaileing argument
as will induce your lordshipps to [reject?] the said bill for if it passes your
most honourable house, it will be the utter ruine of this towne and county.
We therefore most humbly beseech your lordshipps to take this our petition
into your most serious consideration not to inrich one citty by the
ruine of a whole county. Soe we take the boldnes to subscribe [ourselves?]

Your lordshipps most humble and [most?] obedient servants

• John Fortune
• [Richard?] Vaughan
• John Jones
• Charles Green
• Thomas Lewis
• James Campbell
• Michael Bohune
• James [..ey?]
• Phillip Watkins
• [illegible]
• [illegible]
• William Stephens
• Thomas Stephens
• John Hill
• Joseph Michell
• James Barrow


• Thomas Belchien
• Edward Bevan
• Benjamin Andrews
• Edward Jones
• William King
• John Norton
• Lewis Watkins


• [T?] Morgan


• Daniel Lewis mayor
• Samuell Pye
• William Daniell bayliffs
• Phillip Meakings
• John Phillpott
• William Macklon
• Henry Barnes
• Adam Addams
• Thomas Edwards
• Francis [Stephnes?]
• [illegible] [...kins?]
• Richard [illegible]
• Peregrine Lewis
• John Middleton

The gentlemen, freeholders and other inhabitants of Saint Briavels. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1017 (1696)

To the right honourable the [lords?] spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the gentlemen free [holders?] and others the
inhabitants of the parish and hundred of Saint
[B...ells?] in the said county
whose names are subscribed

Sheweth that the makeing the rivers Wye and Lugg navigable for which there is a bill now
passing this honourable house [will?] manifestly impoverish the our whole hundred by
discouradging tilladge on which we cheifely depend and otherwise.

Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that you would be pleased to
take the same into your serious consideracion soe that the said bill may
not passe and that your petitioners may be heard by their councell
att the bar of this honourable house and your pettitioners
shall ever pray etc

• George Nicolson
• William Gough
• Richard Byrkin
• [A..m?] Ricketts
• Edward Barrow
• James Borrow
• William Morgan
• Edward Morgan
• George Huling
• John Roberts
• Bryan Griffith
• Warren Griffith
• Arthur King
• Edward Dale
• Richard Gough
• William Prichard
• Richard King
• Thomas Price
• John Dowle
• John Dowle
• John Tyler
• William Dowle


• Edmund Bond
• Richard Barrow
• William Gough
• Richard Barrow
• [George N...?]
• Walter Price
• Richard Church
• Thomas Barrow
• John Church
• Richard Tiler
• [Warran Tiler?]
• Thomas [Barrow?]
• [Chales?] Gough
• George Blunt
• Joseph Constant
• Christophor Thorn
• Arthur Pitchard
• Thomas [Wreight?]
• Cristifer [Phill?]
• William Davis
• Warran Silcoke

The mayor, aldermen, common council and inhabitants of Gloucester. HL/PO/JO/10/1/482/1017 (1696)

To the most honourable House of Lords now assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of the maior aldermen sherives common councill and inhabitants of
the city of Gloucester.

Humbly sheweth

That whereas there is sent up into this noble house a bill for the making
the rivers of Wye and Lugg navigable within the county of Hereford and in case the same should
pass into an act the same will be very much prejudiciall and of ill consequence to the said city of
Gloucester and adjacent places by reason our marketts are chiefly served with all sorts of corne
and graine bacon and other provisions from the said county of Hereford and vast numbers of familyes
who are imployed in carrying of the same will be destitute of their livelyhoods and whereas we
have now very plentifull marketts whereby the poor of this city and neighbouring parishes (who
are very numerous) are supplyed upon reasonable termes and prices who otherwise must be
putt to great distress and likewise the tolls and customes which greatly help to the support
and maintenance of our corporacion will wholy fall or come to very little we therefore
humbly pray the premisses may be taken into the consideracion of this honourable house and [that?]
the said bill may not pass. Dated under our common seal the twelfth day of February
anno domini 1695.

The lord mayor, aldermen and commons of the City of London. HL/PO/JO/10/1/483/1028 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the lord mayor aldermen and commons
of the City of London in common councill assembled.

Sheweth

That there is a clause in a bill lately past the honourable House
of Commons and now depending before your lordships to disable persons
to serve in Parliament not having estates according to the
qualifications of that bill which may very much limitt the
elections of this city (as your petitioners humbly apprehend) by
rendring very many eminent merchants and traders of great
estates knowledge and fittness, uncapable to represent this city
in Parliament.

Your petitioners doe therefore humbly beseech
your lordships that they may be heard at
the barr of this most honourable house
by themselves or their councell against the said
clause soe farr as it relates to the City of London
or may be otherwise releived by your lordships
therein as to your great wisdome shall seem meet

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc

Goodfellow

The mayor, aldermen, common council and citizens of Exeter. HL/PO/JO/10/1/483/1028 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of the mayor aldermen and common
councell of the city of Exon, and cityzens of the same.

Sheweth.

That there is a clause in a bill lately past the honourable House of Commons, and now depending before your lordships
to disable persons to serve in Parliament not having estates in land according to the qualifycations of the
said bill, which may so limit the elections of members to serve for this city (as your petitioners humbly
apprehend) that many eminent merchants and other cityzents of great personall estates, knowledge
and fitnesse will be thereby rendered uncapable to represent the said city.

Your petitioners do therefore humbly beseech your lordships that they may be
heard at the barr of this most honourable house by themselves or their councell
against the said clause so farr as relates to the said city of Exon, or may
be otherwise releived by your lordships therein as to your great wisdom shall seeme
meete.

And your petitioners (as in duty bound) shall ever pray etc

• Francis [Lydston?]
• Philip Hooper
• John Adams
• John Poole
• Benjamin Brimley
• Thomas Jeffery
• Clement Weekes
• Richard Hooke
• Richard Hooke junior
• Edmond Cock
• John Mortimer
• Thomas Foxwell
• Thomas Atkey
• Nicholas [Minckley?]
• John Vowler
• John Dell
• Francis [Bere?]
• Thomas [Tacke?]
• Roger Prowse
• William [Bury?]


• James White
• John Stephens
• Joseph [illegible]
• John Chears
• [William?] Atkins
• William Marker
• Thomas Foxwell
• John Rowe
• Nicholas [Ca...en?]
• John [Brigham?]
• David Robinson
• Gabriel Mayne
• Richard Burges
• James Gould
• [illegible]
• Henry Harris
• James Horswell
• John Wakeham
• Samuel Ford
• John Becket
• Thomas Townsend
• Joseph Pince


• [illegible] [Pym?]
• Hugh Palmer
• John [Dally?]
• Anthony Vicary
• Benjamin Heath
• Robert Pearce
• Benjamin Hawkins
• Joshua [Mechoe?]
• William [Mauduit?]
• Robert Wolcombe
• John Butson
• Thomas Wood
• Richard White junior
• Hugh Bidwell
• Thomas Sommers
• Edward Spicer
• Henry Hugh
• George Cary
• Alexander [Bonnell?]
• Robert Dacie
• John Alford
• Edward Rowe


• Richard White
• Tristram Whitter
• William Sealy junior
• John Starr
• Josiah Sealy
• [illegible]
• John Pyle
• Francis Bere
• John [Youatt?]
• Peter Stephens
• Abraham [...vill?]
• James Fortescue
• Peter Menheir
• James [Clarke?]
• Francis Bidwill
• John Hardy
• Christopher Taylor
• John Rice


• Bernard Goddard
• Thomas Turner
• Samuell Munckley
• [Jerem?] King
• Daniel Clutterbucke
• Josh: Jordaine
• William Butler
• Thomas Butler
• Symon Mayow
• Jonas Pinsent
• Michael Hide
• William Arnold
• Richard Veale
• Henry Marker
• Robert Heath
• George Powell
• Francis Galhampton
• John Keese junior


• Gilbert Yard maior
• George Tuthill
• [S Wotridge?]
• Joseph Mauduit junior
• Christopher Coke
• Daniell Ivie
• [Richard P...m?]
• Isaac Gibbs
• John Munckley
• Joshua Hickman
• William [Bohthoe?]
• Philip [Pear?]


• George Blatchford
• Gregory Bryant
• John Osmond
• William [Hullett?]
• Isaac Searle alias [Savery?]
• William Lobb
• John Carwithen
• Nicholas Browne
• William Pitfield
• [Hu?] Knowlton
• John Slade
• John Atken
• John Atkin junior
• George Gould
• Richard Atwill
• Edward Bayly

Dodington Mason, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/483/1029 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition and appeal of Dodington Mason gentleman against and from a decree of the High Court of Chancery made in
a cause there lately depending between Thomas Berrington esquire son and heire of Humfrey Berrington esquire deceased plainant and George
Mason esquire and Sarah Mason widow your petitioners late brother and mother deceased defendants which Sarah was the sole daughter and heire of
George Dodington esquire long since deceased.

Sheweth

That the said Humfrey Berrington being seized of the mannors of Pixley and Catley and the impropriate tythes of Kinaston and a wood called Maynes Wood
in the county of Hereford being together of the yearly value of 93 pounds or thereabouts and having before and during the late civill warrs contracted severall great debts by mortgage
statutes and otherwise and his said estate being under sequestration for 650 pounds charged upon the same for his delinquency in those times and he by reason thereof under such great and
pressing trouble and necessities that he had not any meanes or prospect of extricating himself out of the same but by an absolute sale of the premisses he did for that purpose
apply himself (amongst others) to Benjamin Mason your petitioners late father who thereupon proposed the same to the said George Dodington being a moneyed man and his father
in law and prevailed with him to purchase the same.

That thereupon your petitioners said father for and on behalf of the said George Dodington your petitioners said late grandfather treated and came to an agreement with the
said Humfrey Berrington for the absolute purchase of the premisses and pursuant thereunto by indenture bearing date on or about the 2d day of February 1652 and made between
the said Humfrey Berrington of the one part, and George Mason John Wingfeild and John Alderne of the other part (being persons nominated on the behalf and in trust for your petitioners
said grandfather) the said Humfrey Berrington did for the considerations therein mencioned absolutely grant and convey the premisses unto the said George Mason John
Wingfeild and James Alderne and their heirs for ever as by the said indenture may appeare.

That the said purchase cost your petitioners said grandfather above 1900 pounds which was the full value of the same at above twenty years purchase.

That the said Humfrey Berrington having before made a mortgage in fee of part of the premisses to one Thomas Geers for security of 600 pounds principall money and the same
being took in by and assigned and conveyed to your petitioners said grand father and the said George Mason and Thomas Hobbs and Henry Upton (trustees for your petitioners said grandfather) and their heires
the said Humfrey Berrington by indenture did on or about the 15th day of February aforesaid for perfecting your petitioners said grandfathers title to the said mortgaged premisses did
release to him and his said last mencioned trustees and their heirs all his right and equity of redemption of the same as by the same indenture may appear.

That the premisses being so vested and settled in your petitioners said grandfather and his said trustees as aforesaid they by indenture bearing date on or about the 25th day of
Aprill 1653 (pursuant to articles of agreement made upon the marriage of your petitioners said father and mother) did convey and settle the said mannor of Pixley and impropriate
tythes and glebe of Kinaston to the use of your petitioners said father for his life remainder to the use of your petitioners said mother for her life the remainder to the use of the heirs of the body
of your petitioners said father on the body of your petitioners said mother to be begotten the remainder to the use of the right heirs of your petitioners said father for ever as by the same
indenture may appear.

That your petitioners said grandfather dyed in or about the year leaving issue behind him only your petitioners said mother his daughter and heir to whom as such the said
trust of the rest of the premisses descended upon the death of your petitioners said late grandfather.

That your petitioners said father dyed in or about the year 1665 leaving issue behind him of his body on the body of your petitioners said mother (amongst others) the said George
Mason his eldest son [illegible] Benjamin Mason his second sonn who is dead without yssue and the appellant Dodington his third sonn

That your petitioners said eldest brother dyed sometime since as is hereinafter mencioned without issue and your petitioners said mother dyed very lately as is hereinafter also
mencioned and thereby your petitioner became intituled unto and ought now to have and enjoy the premisses that is to say the said mannor of Pixley and the glebe and tyths aforesaid to him and the
heirs of his body by virtue of the said last mencioned settlement and the rest of the premisses to him and his heirs as heir at law (as your petitioner sheweth he is) to his said late mother.

But your petitioner farther sheweth that the said Thomas Berrington in or about the year 1674 and not before (athough his said father dyed in or about the year 1658 and he the said Thomas Berrington
was then of full age and your petitioners said father had been so long dead as aforesaid) did pretend and give out that the said conveyance of the 12th of February aforesaid was in trust for your petitioners said father
but subject and in trust to pay and compound the debts of the said Humfrey and to take off his sequestration and raise portions and make provision for his children and after that was done the
premisses to be preserved for the said Humfrey and his heirs and thereupon exhibited his bill into the said court against your petitioners said mother and brother to have a discovery of such pretended
trust and an account of the rents and profits and a reconveyance of the premisses and the said Humfrey having in the said year 1652 made a lease for his own life of the mannor of Bishopstone in
the said county of Hereford to your petitioners said father at the yearly rent of 50 pounds which (though in truth an absolute lease) had some colour of a trust for the said Humfrey the said Thomas Berrington
did therefore to give colour to the rest of the premisses being also a trust as before pretended set forth and charge the same in his said bill (but untruly) to be a trust to help to raise money
for the purpose aforesaid.

That your petitioners said mother and brother putt in their answers to the said bill and absolutely denyed the said pretended trust and insisted (as the truth was) that the said George Dodington was an absolute purchaser to his
own use.

That the said Thomas Berrington nevertheless proceeded in his said suit and after examinacion of severall witnesses on both sides brought the same to a hearing on the 30th of Aprill vicesimo septimo Caroli
2di before the then Lord Chancellor Nottingham and then with much difficulty (his witnesses being suspected persons and his proof but slender and uncertain obtained an order for a tryall at law to be had on
these issues that is to say whether the said lease of Bishopstone was in trust for the said Humfrey and his heirs and whether the said conveyance made the 2d February 1652 was an absolute sale of the premisses
therein contained or of any part thereof or whether the estate after the consideracion of the deed was satisfyed was in trust for the said Humfrey or not.

That your petitioners said mother and brother conceiving it not only very hard to have such a tryall directed after above twenty years quiet enjoyment without any pretence of such trust either by the
said Thomas Berrington or his said father but also that there was not any sufficient proof in the said cause to induce or warrant such direction the said Thomas Berrington's proofs being not only
suspected and uncertain as aforesaid but also tending cheifly to some generall and uncertain words that had passed from your petitioners said father concerning a trust and which the said Thomas Berrington's
witnesses without caution and sufficient reason seemed to apply to a trust of the said purchased premisses although he had not in truth any power to declare any trust of the said premisses your petitioners
said mother and brother petitioned for and obtained a rehearing on the 16th day of July then next following but his lordship then declared that before he could deliver any finall judgment it
was necessary for the satisfaction of the conscience of the court to have a tryall at law and ordered the same accordingly upon the issues aforesaid.

That accordingly a tryall was had at the then next assizes for the county of Worcester a place where the said Thomas Berrington was well known and had many relations and friends
but where your petitioners said mother and brother were utter straingers and the jury then (but contrary to the judges direction who tryed the said issues) gave a verdict for the said Thomas Berrington
in both the said issues but the same being contrary to the judges directions aforesaid and the said Thomas Berrington's witnesses at the said tryall being not only persons of little or no credit and
suspected, and their evidence cheifly relating to and being about some generall words that had fallen from your petitioners said father and the same and a matter of a trust being given generally in evidence
when the same might as in all probability they did (if any such were ever spoken) relate only to the said lease of Bishopstone which was the only part of the said Humfrey's estate that
your petitioners said father had from the said Humfrey or to the trust expresly mencioned in the said deed of the 2d of February aforesaid for payment of some particular summes of money therein mencioned
and agreed to be paid as part of the consideration thereof the said judge declared himself much dissatisfied with the said verdict and that there was not sufficient evidence for the same and so
certified into the said Court of Chancery to the said Lord Chancellor who thereupon and upon mocion made on the 2d day of May next after such tryall by your petitioners said mother and brother for
a new tryall did then accordingly order the same and to be had at the then next assizes at Hereford on the said issues.

That soon after before the time for such new tryall was come the said Thomas Berrington petitioned for and obtained the said cause to be set down for his lordshipps finall judgment on the equity
reserved without such new tryall and thereupon on the 7th day of July vicesimo octavo Caroli 2di his lordshipp did order and decree your petitioners said mother and brother to account before a master of the said court for
the rents and profitts of the said lands in question and also to reconvey and reassigne the same to the said Thomas Berrington or whom he should think fit discharged of incumbrance as by the said decree may appear

That the said Thomas Berrington soon after by vertue of the said decree gott the possession of the premisses and hath ever since held the same.

That your petitioners said mother and brother being dissatisfyed with and conceiving themselves [illegible] injured by the said decree [illegible] the same being [illegible] such as ought not to
have been made there not being sufficient proof in the said cause without the said verdict (which ought not to have been regarded or of any weight [illegible] as humbly [illegible] to warrant
such decree and on the contrary [illegible] sufficient proof on your petitioners said mothers and brothers parts and behalfs to [illegible] [evidence?] the said deed of the 12th day of February aforesaid to have been an absolute
conveyance without any such pretended trust as aforesaid they your petitioners said mother and brother did never submit to or comply with the said decree and reconvey or reassigne the premisses pursuant to the same:

That your petitioners said mother and brother did not nevertheless at any time contest the said decree and costs that they were ordered to pay for such new tryall being very excessive and she your
petitioners said mother then having severall young children to maintain and she and your petitioners said brother by the said suit and loss of the said estate and other misfortunes that befell them in the world being
reduced to low and straighened condicions and so utterly incapacitated to do the same and so that your petitioners said brother was soon after necesitated to go and try his fortune in the West Indies where
he continued to the time of his death which happened about 8 or 9 years agoe and your petitioners said mother continued in such condicion and incapacity to the time of her death which happened
in the moneth of December last past.

That although your petitioner by the death of his said mother and brother as aforesaid is become intitled unto and ought to have and enjoy the said mannors of Pixley and Catley and the said impropriate
tythes and wood as aforesaid yet he or his trustees (although they have all the deeds and evidences of and belonging and which make out your petitioners said right and title to and would enable him at law to
recover the same) cannot take any effectuall course at law for such recovery while the said decree (which is enrolled) doth stand in force and in his way and may be sett up against your petitioner
and his said just right and title at law.

Therefore and forasmuch as the said decree is erronious and [illegible] inequitable and such as ought not to have been made or to stand in your petitioners
way but ought for the reasons aforesaid to be reviewed [illegible] or reversed your petitioner doth humbly pray releif in the premisses from your
lordshipps in this his appeale according to equity and justice after the usuall method and course of proceedings in appeals in this most
supream court of judicature and that the said decree may be reversed and sett aside and your petitioner restored to the premisses and
to that end that your lordshipps will be pleased to order the usuall summons to the said Thomas Berrington to appear before your
lordshipps and putt in his answer hereunto

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Dodington Mason

Dodington Mason. HL/PO/JO/10/1/483/1029 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Dodington Mason apellant in a cause now
depending in this honourable house against Thomas Berrington esquire
respondent

Humbly sheweth

That your petitioner exhibited his appeale in the sayd
cause the last session and had an answer thereunto and by
order the same was to have been heard towards the
end of the sayd session but the sayd session was concluded
before the sayd cause could be brought to a hearing

Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your lordshipps
to appoint such time for the hearing
of the sayd cause as to your lordshipps
shall seeme meet

And your petitioner shall ever
pray etc

• Dodington Mason

Robert Lucy, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/483/1035 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Robert
Lucy esquire

Most humbly sheweth

That your peticioner hath exhibited to his grace the Archbishop
of Canterbury many articles against Thomas Lord Bishop
of Saint Davids for sundry notorious crimes and misdea=
=meanors and particularly

For symoniacall compacts and agreements, for exacting extra=
=ordinary fees rewards and gratuityes for procurations
collations institutions ordeining of priests and deacons
and for doeing of other parts of his episcopall function.

And likewise for not tendring the oath of fidelity to severall
priestes and deacons who were ordeined by him, and yett
certifyeing for some of them that they had taken the
oath of fidelity, though neither tendred or taken by them

And alsoe for takeing away the revenue of severall churches
and the profitts of severall antient officers and applying
them to his own private use to the ruining of many
persons, and the overthrow of the charitable constitutions
of those churches.

For the getting of the charters and evydences of the churches
of Saint Davids and Brecon into his hands, which belong to
the chapter to keep, and refuseing to redeliver them.

For pomoteing of ignorant and infamous men in the church
all which and much more are conteined in the said
articles

The said Lord Bishop of Saint Davids was summoned to attend
his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in order to
answer the said articles, and your peticioner camme from
the towne of Brecon being six score miles off, to the citty
of London to prove the trueth of the said articles, butt
the said Bishop of Saint Davids insisted upon his
priviledge as a peer of the realme declareing that he was
advised by some great lords that he could not wave
his priviledge without offending this honourable
house, and thereby hath retarded your peticioner's
further prosecution of him to his great trouble
and charge to the ruine of severall persons whose
just rights he deteines, and to the unspeakable
scandall of the church and ecclesiasticall con=
stitution.

Your peticoner therefore humbly
prayes that your lordshipps will
order the said Bishop of Saint David's
to wave his priviledge and permitt
your peticioner to proceed against the
said Bishopp upon the said articles

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc

Robert Lucy

Bennett Swaine. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1038 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall, and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of Bennett Swaine.

Sheweth

That Benjamin Middleton did heretofore commence and prosecute
an action upon the case against your petitioner in the Court of
Kings Bench upon which a speciall verdict was found and thereupon
the Court of Kings Bench gave judgement for the said Benjamin
Middleton against your petitioner upon which judgement your
petitioner hath brought a writt of error retornable in Parliament
before your lordships whereby the record of the said judgement
is now removed before your lordships, and your petitioner hath
assigned errors upon the said record

That the said Benjamin Middleton is lately dead haveing made his
will, and thereof William Fawkener and John Lane executors,
who have duely proved the said will.

Your petitioner therefore humbly
prays your lordships to order the
said William Fawkner and John
Lane to appear before your lordships,
and to joyne in the said errors.

And your petitioner shall pray etc:

• Bennet Swayne

William Fawkener and John Lane. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1038 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of
William Fawkener and John Lane

Humbly sheweth

That Benjamin Middleton your peticioners testator did bring his accion in the
Kings Bench Courte att Westminster by bill and not by originall against Bennet
Swaine the now plainant in the writt of error and did obtaine judgment 3 yeares since.
That the said Bennett Swaine hath brought his writt of error upon the
said judgment before your lordshipps and did 19th of this instant March serve
your peticioners as executors of the said Benjamin Middleton with an order from
this honourable house beareing date the 16th instant whereby your peticioners
were required on Fryday the 20th of this instant March to joine issue in the
errors att 10 of the clocke in the forenoone.

Your peticioners not haveing had time yet to gett
a coppy of the errors assigned or to advise with
councell humbly pray your honours to grant your
peticioners a few dayes time to get a coppy of the
errors assigned and to joyne issue therein as they
shall bee advised by their councell.

And your peticioners as in duty bound
shall ever pray etc

Bennett Swayne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1038 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Bennett Swayne

Sheweth
that your peticioner hath lately brought a writt of error
before your lordships upon a judgment given in the
Kings Bench for Benjamin Middleton against your petitioner
and the matter being now at issue upon the said
writt of error before your lordships

Your petitioner humbly prays your
lordships to appoint a day
for the hearing of the said
cause

And your shall ever pray etc

• Bennet Swaine

Thomas Davis. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1039 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of Thomas Davis

Sheweth

That your petitioner is servant and one of the messengers to his majestie and employed
in his majesties affaires both at home and abroad, more particularly at this juncture, in
the serving divers warrants against severall persons in case of high treason.

That one Joseph Whiston and John Benn his attorney well knowing your petitioner
to be his majesties servant, and his said employment, notwithstanding have taken out a writt
and warrant against your petitioner directed to one Edward Boyce a bayliff, whom your petitioner
informed that he was a messenger, and then actually upon his duty in serving one of
the said warrants for high treason; yet the said bayliff and his followers did on Munday
the 9th of this instant March 1695 arrest and carry him to Newgate whence he
hath been forced to remove himself by habeas corpus to the Fleet where he now remaines
for want of room to lodge in Newgate it being so full and his health in danger, by
which meanes your petitioner was then and is now hindered in performing his duty and service to his
majestie.

That although the right honourable the Lord Chamberlain did [issue?] [illegible] [his?] warrant on
your petitioners behalfe yet the parties [concerned?] brought a habeas corpus and have
still proceeded against your petitioner

Your petitioner most humbly prayes your lordships to take his case into
consideration, and to give such orders therein for your petitioners releif and
discharge as to your lordships shall seem most meet.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

• Thomas Davis

The peticion of Thomas Davis

Rupert Browne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1040 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Rupert Browne

Sheweth

That a bill haveing been sent from the House of Commons to your lordships for
the vacating certain letters patents of the honor of Tutbury and Forrest of
Needwood and other things therein specified

And your petitioner haveing severall demands upon the premisses, and severall legall
securities for the payment of great summes of money by him advanced and lent by and
under the said letters patents, which said securities will be all avoided, and your
petitioners money lost in case the said bill, as it is now brought up to your lordships
(should pass into a law) to the almost utter ruin of your petitioner

Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays your lordships that
he may be heard by his councill against to the said bill

Rupert Browne

Sir Edward Smyth, baronet. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1040 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall assembled
in Parliament

The humble peticion of Sir Edward Smyth barronet

Sheweth

That Colonell Edward Vernon deceased in the yeare 1683
did borrow of the peticioner 300 pounds for the secureing
the repayment thereof with interest; made a mortgage
to the peticioner of the castle and scite of the castle
of Tutbury and other lands therein specifyed in the
county of Stafford; which were leased to the said Collonel
Vernon or his trustee severall yeares before by his
late majestie King Charles the second for a terme of
yeares yett in being

That neither principall nor interest being paid the peticioner
about the yeare 1687 brought an ejectment and recovered
the possession; and hath ever since continued in the
possession thereof, being of the yearely value of 10 pounds

That a bill being sent to your lordshipps from the House
of Commons for the vacateing certaine letters patentes
of the honour of Tutbury Forrest of Needwood and
other lands made to Browne and Boheine, under
which your peticioner doth not clayme, yett by the
generall words in the said bill, your peticioneres interest
(as hee is advised) will bee concluded; the saveing in
the said bill not being large enough to secure your
peticioner.

Your peticioner therefore humbly prayes your
lordshipps that hee may bee heard by his
counsell for his interest before the said
bill doe passe

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc.

Edward Smyth

Several merchants and owners of ships trading to the plantations. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1047 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of severall merchants and owners of
ships trading to the plantations.

Sheweth

That the ingrossed bill for preventing frauds and regulating
abuses in the plantation trade now before your lordships (if passed
into a law) will restrain the subjects of England to trade in English
shipping forreign built directly to and from the plantations, which will
greatly tend to the prejudice of your petitioners who are the real owners of
severall forreign built ships, which by the Acts of Navigation and
Frauds were not debarred tradeing thither, paying aliens customs for
the goods imported in such as are not made free.

That the present want of ships to bring off the yearly product of
the plantations, occasions high freights and few goods, and if such
forreign built ships should be prohibited the said trade, it would be
very much to the prejudice of this kingdome for want of the plantation
goods which already are so scarce and dear.

May it therefore please your lordships to take
the same into your consideration that such forreign
built ships which at this time are possessed by English
owners may be made free or else that forreign built
ships so owned, may have the liberty to trade to and from
the plantations directly paying aliens dutys, as to your
lordships in your great wisdom shall seem fitt.

And your petitioners will pray etca.

• John Couleir
• [illegible] Woolfe
• [Joseph?] Woolfe


• Joseph Martin
• Samuel Eyre
• James Clarke

Several graziers and many dealers in cattle at West Smithfield. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1048 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of severall grasiers renting severall farmes under large rents per annum, and many others who are traders
and dealers in cattle bought and sold in the markett of Westsmithfeild, London, and of severall talesmen and factors, who receive and pay
moneys for cattle bought and sold in the said markett

Humbly sheweth,
that Westsmithfeild is the onely markett for buying and selling of live cattle for the support of the inhabitants of the citty of London and parts adjacent
thereto, in which markett is returned about fifty thousand pounds weekly in that commodity

That for want of lawfull sylver, the onely coyne they have traded with, hath been and is guineas received and paid att thirty shillings each guinea for about
a yeare past, and guineas received att the price aforesaid are the onely moneys remaineing in the hands of themselves their factors and agents in London and
most parts of this kingdom

That in most faires and marketts in England, cattle can not be bought or sold but for guineas there being not sylver sufficient to trade with, and that which is
being very small and badd, should guineas by a law be reduced to two and twenty shillings it would tend to the utter ruin of your peticioners and theirs and
thousands of familys in this kingdom.

That this is the season of the yeare for severall of your peticioners to stock their lands and they can not buy any cattle but with guineas not haveing sylver,
and should they sustayne soe greate a loss thereby as eight shillings in every guinea, it would totally render them uncapable of paying their rents and
oblige them to surrender their farmes into their landlords possession, notwithstanding the consequences will tend to the undoing of them and their
familys

Your peticioners therefore humbly pray your lordships to take the case of your peticioners into
consideracion and to help them by such methods as to your lordshipps shall seeme just and reasonable
and your peticioners shall etc

• William [Slimpson?]
• John Dewks
• James Hubbard
• Thomas Woodward
• Thomas Recklis
• Thomas Ellis
• Henry Hubbard
• Thomas Burdikin


• [Tym?] Ellis
• Fran: Grantham
• Edward [Sh...er?]
• John Clarke
• Thomas Mottrum
• William Blaikley
• Richard Filkin
• John Gedney
• Richard Stevens
• Robert [Stinnitt?]
• William Gibson
• Knightley Harrison
• William Grant
• Daniell [Howett?]
• Roger Ubancke
• Henry Higley
• Thomas Wage
• William Bostons
• John Harrod
• John Clarke
• John [Harding?]
• Charles Carter
• Thomas Cannon
• John Mane
• Samuel Searl


• John Sharp
• Richard Gawton
• Joseph Booth
• John Highlord
• George Crips
• Joseph Crips
• James Bissell
• John [Dunfal?]
• the mark of John Wynne
• Henry Boone
• John Broune
• the mark of Morrise Holt


• the marke of Edward Burton


• Richard Hatton
• Thomas Chamber
• Samuell [Trowell?]
• George Newland
• John Wynd
• Thomas Vaughan
• The marke of Anthony Bunn


• Charles Hatton
• Edward Greenberry
• George Clarke
• Simon Beckley
• Jaspar Harmar


• [Henry?] Frances
• Richard Tart
• Moses Boddicott
• Samuell Neill
• John Davis
• Robert Stevenson
• Richard [Wellear?]
• Edward Yardley
• John West
• Edmond Cottnam
• Richard [Badham?]
• Hugh Jones
• [illegible] [.anmer?]
• Richard Grover
• William Thomas
• Andrew Davies
• John Willis
• Philip Watkins
• John Bassett
• Robert Anthone
• Simon Applebee
• John [Shulleworth?]
• George Mawer
• Samuel Deane
• Joseph Cash
• John [illegible]

The calico printers. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of the callicoe printers on behalf of themselves
and a great number of people imployed in that trade.

Sheweth

That whereas there is a clause added to the bill for restraining the
wearing of all wrought silks, Bengalls, and dyed printed or stained callicoes
imported in these words, videlicet or, that are or shall be printed in this
kingdome; or else where. Which clause doth not only tend to the ruine
of your petitioners, but also to the utter destruction of a trade which by
reason of its usefullness and cheapness is very beneficiall to the publick

Therefore your petitioners humbly pray to be heard by
their councell att the barr of this most honourable house in
relation to the said clause before the bill doe pass.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• William Sherwin
• John Spencer
• Benjamin Naylor
• Harmon [Mackillcin?]
• John Hopkins
• Louis Rossiere
• John Edwards
• John [Line?]
• Edward Allin
• James Merick
• John Coleman
• Jobe Brocos
• John [Meck?]
• Georg Powell
• Richard Payne
• George Briggs


• Joseph Bundy
• William Hamand
• David Pechell
• [Ca... Memygantie?]
• Robert Smith
• John Morris
• John Taylor
• John Lee
• Richard Langly
• Christopher Needle
• Charles Hunt
• John Briggs
• Samuel Burroughs
• John [Peasley?]


• James Watson
• Charles Hill
• Henry Ayscough
• Richard Lewis
• James Parbery
• John Woodfild
• Henry Harding
• Richard Boyfeild
• Joseph Mobs
• Joseph Dumbleton


• D Richards
• Nicholas Dean
• [Pr?] Mauvillain
• Thomas Steed
• Thomas Gibbons
• Joseph Hull
• John Hutton
• John Parbery
• J Dombleton
• William [Levis?]

Several silk dyers, on behalf of themselves and many others. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of severall dyers of wrought silkes,
whose names are hereunto subscribed, in behalfe of
themselves and many others of the same trade.

Most humbly sheweth.

That whereas we understand to our unspeakable
trouble a bill prohibiting the wearing of wrought silks from India and Persia hath passed
the honourable House of Commons and now lyes before your lordships: we do with all humility beg
your lordships to lay to heart how fatall the consequence of that bill will be to your poor
peticioners for our trade which consists wholly in dying such silks, will be thereby utterly
destroyed; and our selves, apprentices and families, ruined; being left destitute of
any honest meanes by which we may gett our bread, so that if we will live, we must be forced
to that which to a freeborne subject of England lookes as the last and most dreadfull of all
callamityes, to quitt our native country and transport our selves and families to some
forreigne one, where encouragement is given to that trade which we have been brought up to.

Wherefore we most earnestly beseech your lordships to have compassi=
=on upon us, and our families, and not suffer us, who now live comfortably
by our honest labour, to be reduced to so deplorable a condition.

And your peticioners shall ever pray etc.

• George Fry
• Thomas [Hagger?]
• Olliver Gennitt
• Danill Feilde
• Richard [Hanchett?]
• James Gunnell
• John Barton
• Jos: Frampton
• Thomas [Mellencon?]
• George Killingly
• William Whitehead
• Samuel Phillebrone
• John Maning
• Timothy Sharp
• Jose Abbats
• John Crowter
• John Weekes
• Thomas Orton
• William Bland
• Samuell [Watom?]
• Ralp Raullins
• John Booth
• John [Orton?]
• John Shaw
• Charles Cope
• Gideon Jordaine
• Henry Bryerley
• Richard Lindsey


• Sabastian Lee
• [Allutharus?] Foskey
• John [Greys?]
• John Hale
• Edward Godson


• Ambrose Vincent
• James Swain
• Joseph Dowell
• John Crary
• Leonard Jenner
• James Royce
• Thomas Church
• Lewiss White
• Samuell Hunt
• Thomas Wise
• Thomas Mould
• John Piggitt
• Joseph [Pickmor?]
• Henry Compart
• Charls Monk
• Samuell Tayler
• John Lord
• William [Pettit?]
• Samuell Brandis
• William Jackson
• Thomas Sands
• Eli: Weblin
• Jon: Jonson
• [Jean?] Lake
• Jon: [Hearres?]
• John Searle
• John [Donenton?]
• Isak Pullen
• Thomas Davall


• Joseph Whiston
• Joseph Hagger
• Joseph Nun
• [Hunp Sittliffe?]
• Mary Orme
• Ephraim Styles
• William Hicocke
• Edward Smith
• Thomas Mitchell
• Ann [Baker?]
• Thomas Broumfeild
• William Clarkson
• John Balldwin
• John Walker
• Thomas Scholay
• Ralph Walker
• George Lawrence
• Matthew Goodred


• [William?] Biggs
• Henry Cole
• Joseph Weekes
• Jon Porter
• Peirce Orton
• William Baynam
• Edward Gardyner
• James Cooper
• John Leigh
• John Thacker
• William [Huet?]
• Richard Grundey
• John Child
• Thomas Wells
• Thomas Pilkington
• Richard Irons
• Robert Burtin
• Jon [...ter?]


• John Watson
• Thomas Smith
• Mary Graye
• John Honeyman
• Margaratt Danily
• Fr Cartwright
• Jonas Foster
• Samuell Steell
• Richard Andrews
• Giles Barlow
• Chearles [illegible]
• Edmond Cantrell
• Richard Preston
• Peter Williams
• John Collins
• John Knight
• Hugh Davenport


• Williams Collins
• Matthew Willkinson
• John Reeve
• Charls Brag
• John [Petty?]
• Thomas Cole
• James Smith
• Robort Smith
• Anne Briges
• Jon: Chearle
• Samuel Tuck
• Danill Reeve
• William Woodard
• Ann Cunstable
• Brian Tillford
• Richard Munke
• Cristofor Parot
• William Lamboth
• Mary West
• Roger Pewe
• Charlls Smith
• John Grundy
• Robert Smith
• Francis Chapman
• Steven Grene
• John [Thomoll?]

Several gentlemen's sons, apprenticed to linen drapers. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parlement assembled.

The humble peticion of severall gentlemen's sonn's being apprentices to linnen drapers:

Sheweth

That whereas a bill for restraining of the wearing of East India wrought silks, Bengalls,
printed, and dyed callicoes, is now depending before this most honourable house.

And whereas the said bill concernes the trade of the linen drapers, and tends to
the great detriment of your petitioners in particular, whose freinds have given considerable summs
of mony to our masters to instruct us in the said trade, the greatest part of which
will be lost if this prohibition should pass into an act.

Your petitioners most humbly pray that your honours will
take our case into your serious consideration

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etc

• William Belfield
• Richard Arnald
• George Lovell
• Arnold Warren
• John Elson
• Richard Hammond
• Nicolas Clegg
• Thomas Bainbrigge
• Thomas Stone
• Pyers Williams
• Robert Brooke
• Callow Cary
• John Higdon
• Samuel Davis
• Daniell Binckes
• Thomas de La Bere
• Joseph Frost
• Jeremy Lister
• Thomas Cromwell
• William Hyett
• Ambrose Birch
• Thomas Jackson
• Law Hill
• Humphrey Rogers
• John Cuttler
• [Rice Herbert?]
• Richard Dolphin
• Giles Sadleir
• Peter Tickle
• William Fazakerley
• John Browne
• Edward Fazakerley
• Henry Child
• Edward [Swanne?]
• Gilbert Lacy
• John Cales
• Henry Fanshaw
• Michaell Colley
• Isaack Parish


• Miles Barne
• Charles Hickes
• Jacob Wilmer
• Thomas Goodall
• [illegible]
• Benjamin Dod
• Thomas Chester
• Thomas Hughes
• Philip Wells
• John [Siar?]
• Thomas Wallis
• Thomas Phipps junior
• Robert Salter
• Thomas Wyse
• Richard Aston
• William [Lane?]
• Roger Gathorne
• Henry Savage
• Andrew Pitt
• Robert Sedgwicke
• Michaell Brixey
• A Caerlyle
• Lawrence Andrewes
• Thomas Barnard
• Adam Gouldney
• John Osgood
• Thomas Shaw
• Clement Buckby
• George Turner
• Henry Lovell
• Edward Stanley
• John Walker
• Richard Raynsford
• John Grundy
• Henry Nicholls
• Benjamin Higham
• Edward Fenwick
• Steven Cross
• William [Cupper?]


• Samuell Papillon
• Nathaniell Maidstone
• John Coxe
• Thomas Bowater
• James Donaldson
• Laurence Fashion
• Benjamin Shute
• John Papillon
• John Frampton
• Thomas Karver
• Joshua Reynolds
• St John Bennett
• Richard Garbrand
• John [Rosher?]
• Const Vernatti
• Henry Pennyman
• Thomas Garbrand
• John Nurse
• Thomas Woolley
• Robert Wright
• Samuell Fowler
• John Whitworth
• George Sibley
• Valen: [illegible]
• Thomas Kent
• Samuell Pratt
• William Moseley
• William [Wouster?]
• [Henry?] Payler
• William Read
• Thomas Byrd
• Mathew Snablin
• Edward Howel
• Anthony Mountague
• Bulstrode Peachey
• William Eaton
• George Shortridge
• Hugh Bonfoy
• Charles Buckingham


• Henry Bownter
• Thomas Treebody
• Robert Atkins
• William Wood
• John Barnard
• John Dee
• Walter Acton
• Samuell Pindar
• William Twigger
• Anthony Arrowsmith
• John Markham
• John Barnard
• David Welldish
• Walter Lukin
• Jasper Cullum
• [Pers: Cocks?]
• John Daye
• Samuell Tomlyns
• Thomas Skinner
• Richard Moreton
• John Eston
• Samuel Stable
• Isaac Grey
• John [Pistor?]
• Simon Wallis
• John Smith
• Jos: Paris
• Jos: Edmonds
• Richard Eyton
• Christopher Michell
• Richard Watts
• William [Voyce?]
• Richard Baron
• Robert Brooke
• John Spillett
• Arnold Beebey
• Richard Slater
• Daniel Vandewall
• Joseph Antrobus
• Matthias Morton
• [Benjamin?] du Bois
• Fra: Whaley


• Benjamin Roberts
• Samuell [Elyatt?]
• John [...brell?]
• John Crook
• Barnard Whalley
• Thomas Relch
• Richard Bridgman
• Job: Willcocks
• Samuel Boys
• Jason Withers
• Stephen Harvey
• John Haskins
• Edward Fane
• John Clarke
• William Vinall
• Thomas [Nood?]
• Thomas Briscoe
• Anthony Goddard
• John Arnald
• John Coxe
• James Watts
• John Freeman
• Robert Shard
• Benjamin Skutt
• Richard Hodgkinson
• John Starkey
• George Reynolds
• James [Allin?]
• Thomas Tracy
• George Langmore
• John Goddard
• James Browne
• Richard Meynell
• Peter Burnett
• Pole Bereresford
• William Luce
• Thomas Opie
• Henry Lambe
• Thomas Needham
• Ralph Street


• Edward Farmer
• John Payne
• Zac: Newberry
• George Woolley
• John Toovey
• James Sale
• Cesar Chester
• John Brome
• Thomas Woodroffe
• Stephen Ashby
• Walter Combes
• William Theed
• John Wells
• Nevill Parker
• John Parker
• William Hamond
• Daniel Cole
• Samuel Symonds
• Percivall Chandler
• Hastings [Heyte?]
• George [Sleighton?]
• Samuell Rawling
• Adam [Smart?]
• Thomas Miller
• Robert Newham
• Bernard Bolen
• John Ellis
• John Cowan
• Thomas [Coman?]
• Simeon Guidott
• John Lupton
• John Taylor
• John Dolphin
• Nathaniell Hale
• Robert Atkyns
• John Stanley
• Simon Mayne
• Thomas Hayward
• William Henley
• Nicolas Bigsby
• Willim Man
• James Astry
• Charles Manjoy


• J Grinley
• Walsingham Candler
• Samuel [Gannel?]
• Ralph Harrison
• Charles Packe
• John Mason
• Richard Fouke
• Samuel Amery
• William Peele
• John Birkhead
• Thomas Mott
• John Thorpe
• Charles Layng
• Charles Mandon
• Jacob Hugon
• John Kent
• Andre Vedeau
• John Vedeau
• William Vickery
• Phillip Haynes
• John Smyth
• Caeser Giffard
• Benjamin Stroude
• Thomas Carruthers
• James Alkins
• Thomas Harrington
• John Irving
• Archibald Cunningham
• William Moorhead
• Thomas [Hopton?]
• Hugh Crawford
• William Houston
• Anthony [Stewart?]
• Francis Grunwin
• James Child
• Lister [Tigh?]
• Joseph Speed
• John Baker
• John Richardson

The governor and company of merchants trading into the East Indies. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the governour and company of
merchants of London trading into the East Indies.

Humbly sheweth

That the petitioners do humbly apprehend that the bill
intituled An Act for Restraining the Wearing of All Wrought Silks
Bengalls Printed or Stained Callicoes Imported into the Kingdom of
England of the Product and Manufacture of Persia and the East Indies
now lyeing before your lordships is very prejudiciall to the interest of the
trade of this kingdom in generall and particularly to the East India
trade.

The peticioners therefore do most humbly pray that they may
be heard by their councill before the passing of the said bill.

And the peticioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etca:

Signed by order of the governor and company

Robert Blackborne [ser?]

People who have lent money on the customs arising from various goods. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of divers persons in behalf of themselves and others who have
lent moneys on the customes arising from wines, vinegar, tobacco, and East
India goods.

Humbly sheweth

That the petitioners have advanced severall great sums of money on the publick faith of the kingdom to
[illegible] majestie and the nations occasions: for repayment whereof they have talleys struck on the said funds.

That the petitioners were fully perswaded when they advanced their moneys that they should have had the whole custome
of those goods as it then stood for their security.

That the petitioners are informed there is a bill depending before this most honourable house prohibiting the
wearing of East India silks, Bengalls, and [printed?] callicoes whereby the custome of those goods which is between twenty
and thirty per cent of their whole value will abate and the security for their money be much lessened.

The petitioners do therefore most humbly pray that they may be heard by their councill
at the bar of this most honourable house against passing the said bill.

And the petitioners as in duty bound shall pray etca.

• Peter Godfrey
• Samuel Lethieullier
• [illegible]


• W. Gore
• [illegible]
• A. Houblon
• Thomas Goddard
• R [Raworthe?]
• Nathaniell [Te...?]
• Ambrose Asty
• [illegible]
• Anthony Burren
• Edward Whitehall
• Thomas Philp
• William [Stonehener?]
• James Whitchurch
• Richard Bowater

Several upholsterers, on behalf of themselves and many others. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parlement assembled

The humble peticion of severall upholsters in behalf of themselves
and many other

Humbly sheweth

That whereas a bill for restraning of the wearing of East India wrought
silks, printed and dyed callicoes, is now depending before this most
honourable house.

Which restriction tends to the great detriment of trade in generall
and more perticuler to your petitioners

Therefore your petitioners humbly pray to be heard by their councell at
the barr of this most honorable house before the bill do pass into
an act

Your petitioners shall ever pray
as in duty bound

• Thomas Pain
• Thomas Ketterich
• John Reynolds
• James Rowe
• Christopher Redknap
• Richard Crane
• Thomas Rudden
• Reuben Parke
• Joathan Wells
• Henry Heasman
• John Alder
• William Harvy
• Nathaniel Carpenter
• Joseph Bellamy


• Samuell Rolfe
• John Scott
• George Darby
• Arthur Calcott
• Jonathan [Halley?]
• Francis Righton
• William Morgan
• Josiah Casimire
• Edward Wood
• Joseph Devenish
• Thomas Johnson
• Thomas Grosvener
• Samuel Cookman
• William Cocke
• Robert Long


• John Watson
• Nathaniell Troughton
• [Lascells?] Metcalfe
• John Cowper
• John Hoole
• John Oakes
• John Pinckard
• Richard King
• Francis Delapre
• Seth Spinckes
• William Langmore
• Edward Fenwick
• John Ellis
• Samuel Grosvenor


• Samuel Hooker
• John Cox
• Thomas Hearne
• John Harris
• George Smith
• Thomas Dixon
• Nathaniell Hunt
• Thomas Ferrers
• Robert Gamlyn
• Michael Brett
• Robert Seale
• Charles Blunt


• Joseph Richardson
• William Barbon
• Thomas Freeman
• Michael Miles
• Thomas Crosse
• Stephen Langley
• Timothy Rutter
• John Bernard
• Samuel Metcalfe
• James Simes
• Richard Woodyeare
• Benjamin Powell
• Joseph Howes
• Edmond Caper


• Lyonell Bristow
• John Ward
• William Humphreys
• [Daniell?] Woodrooff
• Richard Sleeford
• Richard Harris
• John Parker
• Matthew Wing
• Ezekiell Rickards
• John Mathews
• William Ackland
• William Peirce
• Richard Page
• Thomas Lyon

Packers, clothworkers and clothiers of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in
Parliament assembled

The humble petition of severall packers and clothworkers in behalf of
themselves and the clothiers of Gloucestershire Wiltshire and Worcestershire

Humbly sheweth

That your peticioners have of late years provided for the East India trade very great
quantity's of the woollen manufactures whereby some thousand family's have been sett on work which
before were reduced to great necessity's for want thereof that the peticioners are informed there is a bill
depending before your lordships for prohibiting the consumption of severall sorts of East India goods in this
kingdom great part whereof are purchased with the said English commodity's. Which bill as the petitioners
humbly conceive tends to the diminution of the said trade and consequently will lessen if not wholly prevent
the exportation of English manufactures thither whereby your petitioners will be very great sufferers together
with many thousand familys depending on them

Your peticioners therefore do most humbly beseech your lordshipps to take the
premisses into your compassionate consideration and to doe therein for
their relief as to your lordshipps great wisdom shall seem meet

And your peticioners as in duty bound shall pray etca.

• William Barnsley
• Thomas Williams
• Edward Eaton
• Thomas Andrews
• [Lawe?] Cheffinch
• Thomas Allen
• Richard Hunt
• Simon Lloyd
• William [Loalbrey?]
• William Roberts
• Robert Hollis
• Richard [Routlidg?]
• Isaac [Loiffe?]


• James Boddington
• Henry King
• Thomas Pattinson
• George Benton
• John Eakins
• John Blake
• Henry Barnesly
• Edward Ebbitt
• Thomas Baker
• John Roberts
• Richard Saunders
• Josiah Bayfeild
• Thomas Hazell
• Richard Hazell


• Samuel Bowes
• Robart Lee
• Robert Beachcroft
• Richard Greenaway
• Robert [Tredd?]
• Lewis Jones
• Edward Brailsford
• Mathew Hebert
• John Young
• Thomas Clare
• John Coleman
• Richard Davies
• James Fage


• Roger Darby
• Charles Great
• Thomas Bayly
• Edward Holmes
• Giles Aynsworth
• Paul Darby
• Edward Gilbirt

The calico and linen dyers. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the callicoe and linnen dyers
on behalf of themselves, and all the callicoe dyers in
England.

Sheweth.

That whereas there is a clause added to the bill for restraining the wearing
of all wrought silks, Bengalls, and dyed printed or stained calicoes imported in
these words videlicet or that are or shall be dyed in this kingdom or else where,
which clause tend to the ruine of your petitioners and familyes and a great
many that have served apprenticeshipps to the said trade.

Therefore your petitioners humbly pray your honours that
the said restriction may extend only to dyed callicoes
imported.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• John Evans
• [illegible]
• Henry Symonds
• John Battin
• Peter Sand
• Bernerd Stanstoll
• William Cowley
• Bernard Noble
• Stephen Cleeve
• James [Shuter?]
• William Toone
• John Granshaw
• Thomas Reynolds
• Thomas Brown
• [...ng Meredith?]
• Ann [Baten?]
• [Isa: Franshaw?]
• Benjamin Ollive
• John Grandy
• William [Phillups?]
• Ralph Toone
• Jos. Robinson


• Petter Flavill
• James [illegible]
• Benjamin Noble
• Francis Knight
• Thomas Owen
• Thomas Roadley
• William Willis
• Nicholas Darke
• Thomas Phillips
• William Rogers
• John Dolton
• Hugh Noden
• John Arsby
• William Rogers
• Richard Catrick
• Henry Rose
• Jonathan [Foolow?]
• John Rose
• John Earsby
• Edward Bushell
• James [illegible] Simones
• Luke Reynolds
• William Cooke
• Thomas Hughs
• Edward Fox


• Thomas Bellsted
• Robert Tyler
• William Mumford
• William Ewen
• Nicholas Mabank
• Thomas Cliffe
• John Conham
• John Staines
• Joseph Hackney
• Thomas Rittleby
• Richard Nedwell
• Silvester Cobery
• Joseph Long
• Thomas Cowley
• Thomas Moris
• William Moullder
• Stephen Cleeve
• John Wontley
• Robert Stephens
• Heugh Whit
• John Hill
• Edward Crabb
• Moses Bright
• Samuell [Abbutt?]
• William [Stevven?]
• Anderew Hiddon
• Robert [Jocelder?]
• Richard Styller
• William [Cr...?]
• Robert Person


• John Hill
• [Vinciet?] Andrewes
• John Winington
• Richard Carton
• Thomas Hill
• Samull Parsons
• Richard [Boneiter?]
• John Chaplin
• John Sumnor
• Nathaniel Wiyatt
• Robert Bilton
• John Mitchell
• John Harris
• John Joanes
• [illegible] Evans
• Danell Watts
• Edward Bond
• William Farmer
• Samuell Farmar
• Thomas Buswell
• Gabrill Kent
• Richard [illegible]
• Nathell Wilkes
• Amboos [.aranb..?]
• John Jarratt
• Robert Bladon
• Andrew Halford
• John Robinson
• Nathan [Payn?]
• John [E..ll?]
• Philip Barret


• [Lar?] Gooding
• John [Fox?]
• Thomas Jones
• [Lar?] [illegible]
• John Haris
• John [Hadland?]
• John Hill
• John [illegible]
• John Marshall
• [Simon?] [illegible]
• Thomas [Branes?]
• John [Simons?]
• Robert [Janson?]
• James [illegible]
• William [Sam?]
• John [Shalle?]
• William [illegible]
• Thomas Matthews
• [Roberd Hatton?]
• Jane Guy
• Ann Haris
• Charles Conham
• George [Griffen?]
• Michael [Br...?]
• Henry [Hine?]
• George Shepard
• Edward Jackson
• John Hill
• Edward Cooke
• John [Pery?]
• Thomas Wheler
• John Allin
• John Moris

The callenders in the City of London. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of the callenders in about the Citty of
London

Sheweth

That whereas, there is a bill in this most honourable house for restraining the
wearing of all wrought silks, Bengalls, and dyed printed or stained callicoes, imported,
which tend to the ruine of your petitioners and familyes and a great number who
have served apprenticeshipps to the said trade

Therefore your petitioners most humbly prayes your honours, in
pitty and compassion to your petitioners and the distressed circumstances
of their familyes, that the said bill may not pass.

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etc.

• Richard Farmer
• John Parsons
• John Poxon
• Plowman Bostock


• James Lloyd
• Jonathan Brittell
• John Whitecake
• Richard Pider
• Richard Jaye
• Robert Dennison
• Walter Rigbuy
• Frances Carter
• John Anderson
• Thomas [Forafin?]
• John Whood
• [Chales Fommin?]
• William Marshall
• Thomas Jakes
• Francis Truss
• John Pickle
• Willim Mountfort


• Edward Lamming
• John Tombe
• William Ward
• John Powell
• [Tob Harbord?]
• Samuell Leadbeter
• John [Suley?]
• Thomas Coles
• Joseph Hookes
• Mathew Bibye
• Nicholas Bennett
• Thomas Newton
• Robert Wheable
• Benjamin Hickman
• Robert Browne
• William Burdett
• Benjaman Pixley
• Isaack [Troute?]
• Richard Daviss
• John [Mommey?]
• John Webb
• John [Cromp?]
• Thomas Bull
• Anthony Danser

The glazers and buckerum stiffeners in the Citty of London. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the glazers and buckerum stifners
in and about the Citty of London on behalf of themselves and a great
number of people employed in the said trade.

Sheweth

That whereas there is a clause added to the bill for restraining the wearing
of all wrought silks Bengalls and dyed printed or stained calicoes imported in these
words videlicet or that are or shall be dyed in this kingdom, or else where -
which clause tend to the ruine of their trade of glazing and stifning of callicoes.

Therefore your petitioners humbly pray your honours that the
said restriction may extend only to dyed and printed
callicoes imported

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etc.

• Isaac I S Savage


• Matthew Rosecroft
• Samuel [Thonasman?]
• Thomas Stephens
• William Toone
• John Johnson
• Ralph Turner
• John Stone


• William [Annos?]
• Thomas Pendleton
• William Amos
• Richard Foy
• John Eaton
• Robert Newton
• George Marshall
• [Jamor?] Crawfor
• [Ben?] Thwaites
• Edmond Kirkman

Shopkeepers and warehouse keepers trading in silks and painted calicos. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of divers shopkeepers and warehouse keepers trading [in East?]
India Persia and China silks Bengalls and painted callicoes in and about the City of London

Humbly sheweth

That your peticioners have been bred in the said trade and thereby provided for themselves and families
that they doe understand a bill is now lying before your lordshipps for prohibiting the retailing
and wearing East India Persia and China wrought silks Bengalls and painted callicoes in
this nation, which if past into an act would utterly deprive your peticioners of the greatest part
of their livelyhood and render them uncapable of maintaining their family's

Your peticioners do therefore most humbly intreat that they may
be heard by their council at the bar of your lordshipps house before the
said bill doe pass

And they as in duty bound shall ever pray etca.

• Mary Pyke
• Samuell Dudly
• [Pell?] Jones
• John Cutts
• William Woolfe
• Isaac Knight
• William Cartwright
• Ann Yalden
• Evan Mackpherson
• Margarett Kidd
• Jane Deards
• Elizabeth Crouch
• Samuell Dunklyn
• John Bell
• Dellepoole Corbet
• Barnabas Browne
• Charles Bolder
• William Barne
• Edmond Harvey


• Elizabeth Barne


• John Rudyerd
• James Maskall
• Andrew Mason
• Jeremiah Smart
• John Anderton
• William Grover
• James Alehorne
• John Gess
• George Bingley
• John Barne
• George Noble
• Elizabeth Casstillion
• Mary Browster
• Daniel Bowman
• John Clarke
• Alice Barne
• Edward Fairbarne


• John Andrewes
• Mary Dyer
• Ann Worlock
• Thomas Hutchinson
• William Higgs
• Anne Bowdler
• Anne Acton
• Mary Dowdeswell
• Samuell Bolingham

Several merchants of London trading into foreign parts. HL/PO/JO/10/1/484/1051 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of severall merchants of London
tradeing into forreign parts.

Sheweth.

That your petitioners trading into his majesties plantations in the West Indies
and other parts beyond the seas have frequent occasion to buy parcells of Persians and
other East India silkes and callicoes.

That your petitioners understand a bill is now depending in this honourable house for prohibit=
=ing the retailing and wearing of East India and Persian silkes Bengalls and painted callicoes
in this nation wherein there is a clause that no quantity of the said goods of less value
than fifty pounds shall be sold in this kingdom whereby your petitioners haveing frequent
occasions to buy severall quantityes of the said goods for forreign exportation of
much less value than fifty pounds will be very much prejudiced in their respective
trades

Your petitioners therefore do most humbly pray your lordships that they may be
heard to the said bill so far as relates to the said clause before the same be
past into an act.

And your peticioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etca:

• Walter Kent
• Benjamin Scott
• [Mel?] Holder
• Thomas Peach
• W Morgan


• John Gellatlay
• John [Fentrell?]
• William Fisher
• John Cooper
• Isaac Millner
• [illegible] Corbin


• Andrew Crauford
• John Browne
• Richard Mead
• Abraham Beake
• Samuel Winder
• Robert Heysham

The merchants, clothiers and others in woollen manufacture in Exeter. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1054 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of the merchants, clothiers, fullers, tallow-
[chandlers?] and others concerned in the woollen manufacture in the
city and county of Exon

Sheweth

That the said city (being anciently a free port) did yearly in wooll and other commodityes from Ireland import
more than the value of forty thousand pounds, most of which was wrought up in this city but it being
enacted in the fowerth and fifth yeares of the reigne of his present majesty King William and the late
Queen Mary that no wooll should thence be imported from Ireland into our said port of Exon
wee thereby sustaine extraordinary prejudice and disappointment in our said trades: for that those commodityes
being brought into none but the northern ports (which are remote from us) are there bought up before we
know of their arrivall, and carryed to other marketts; so that since the said act, they are advanced
with us more than twenty pounds per centum, and a sufficiency of them cannot be procured at any price
to imploy our multitudes of poore that wholy depend upon the woollen manufacture

Wee therefore humbly pray your lordships to take the premisses into consideration
and redresse this our great grievance, by allowing us the same freedome
of trade with Ireland, as we had before the commencement of the said act.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• William Mauduit
• John Keese senior
• John Crosse
• Elias Skibbone
• Richard Warren
• Thomas Foxwell
• William Clarke
• Ezekill Stevens
• Roger Cheeke
• John Lavers
• John [Heald?]
• John [Aymors?]
• John Ellery
• Joseph Hooper
• John Eastabrooke
• John Dell


• Nicholas Seaward
• William Staplehill
• John Salter
• Thomas Wood
• Edward Edmonds
• Richard Atwill
• Josiah Sealy
• Edward Spicer
• Christopher Taylor
• Matthias Coombe
• John Harris
• John Freke
• Henry Cudmore
• John Norton
• Francis Bidwell
• John Heath


• Peter Prew
• Thomas Atherton
• Benjamin Conway
• George Brelland
• Henry [illegible]
• William Lobb
• Philip Tamlyn
• John Starr
• Nicholas Purchase
• Henry Harris
• Abraham Page
• John Dowler
• Hugh Knowlton
• John Philleps
• Thomas Atkey


• Thomas Townsend
• John Bingham junior
• Roger Browne
• Clement Weekes
• Roger Prowse
• John Minterne
• [Peter Battithill?]
• Thomas Whithson
• William Spiller
• William Arnold
• Thomas Sampson
• [illegible]
• William Atkins


• Thomas Jefferey
• Thomas Sommers
• William Sanford
• Tristram Whitter
• Jos Cheeke
• John Rowe
• Richard Hobitch
• Thomas [Treharne?]
• [illegible] Pym
• [Edward Pierce?]
• Richard Hooke junior
• Alexander Bennett
• Henry Hugh
• Robert Luke


• James White
• Francis Lydston
• Henry Arthur
• Abraham Trowte
• Benjamin Hawkins
• Benjamin Brimley
• James Gould
• [illegible]
• John Mortimer
• Jacob Rowe
• Joseph Mauduit junior
• [Be... Sampson?]
• Nicholas Munckley
• Samuell Munckley


• John Carne
• Benjamin Bake
• Thomas Turner
• [Jonathan J...?]
• Jos Marshall
• William Carthew
• John Newcombe
• Bartholemew Parr senior
• Nicholas Row
• Aaron Atkins
• Thomas [illegible]
• Walter Dight
• Anthony [illegible]
• William [illegible]


• John Poole
• John Goswell
• James Tucker
• Richard [White?]
• [Jona: Lavington?]
• John Atken
• George Manning
• Samuel Mathew
• Henry Harris
• George Stoning
• Richard White junior
• John [Hard...?]
• John Hayne
• John Shukburgh
• Richard Dawkins
• [John?] Lethbridge

The Company of Distillers of London. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1056 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the Company
of Distillers of London.

Sheweth.

That a bill is passed the honourable House of Commons and brought
upp to your lordshipps for a duty of two pence per gallon to be laid upon low wines
which is a comodity not drinckable nor worth above five pence per gallon to be sold
in which bill there are severall clauses and provisions that tend to the ruein
of many hundred famelyes of the distillers in England and to carry the trade
into forreigne parts to the hindrance of the consumpcion of corne and fruite
of the growth of this kingdome.

Your petitioners doe therefore most humbly pray your honours
to take the said bill into consideracion and to heare your
petitioners by theire councill to severall clauses therein whereunto
as they humbly conceive there is most just excepcions as
upon readeing thereof will plainely appere.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• Francis Heath
• John Heath
• John Elwycke
• Edward Shaller
• George Clarke
• Thomas Fountaine
• Thomas Read


• Robert Taylor master
• John [Russonn?]
• Thomas Rawlinson wardens
• Richard Wilcox
• Mark Jarvis
• John [Elvyoke?]
• Thomas Willes
• Thomas Stagg

Roger Sawrey, esquire, and Jeremiah Sawrey, his son. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1065 (1696)

To the right honourable the lordes spirituall and
temporall in Parlament assembled

The humble peticion of Roger Sawrey esquire and Jeremiah
Sawrey his son

Humbly sheweth

That at the last assizes held for the county palatine of
Lancaster a tryall was had in an accion of ejectment comenced in the
office of pleas of his majesties Court of Exchequer at Westminster brought by
Robert Spenser upon the demise of the right honourable the Earle of Derby
against your petitioner for the manour of Broughton and other landes in the said
county whereof your petitioneres or one of them have had near 40 years
quiett possession and upon the said tryall a verdict passed for the said
Earles lessee against your petitioneres for that your petitioneres defence in greate
measure depended upon a private act of Parliament of 4o Jacobi 1mi
which was not admitted to be read at the tryall because itt was
not written upon stampt paper notwithstanding the order made
by your lordshipps the 22d of November 1694 that such coppyes shall
be authentick

That your petitioneres by the rules of the said court have 4 dayes within this
present Michaelmas terme to move to stay judgment and for a new tryall and
have as they are advised by their councell good groundes to make
such mocion in the said cause and for that purpose your petitioneres caused
notice to be given to the agents for the said plainant Spencer that the said
court wold be moved on Saturday last to stay judgment and that your
petitioneres might have a new tryall and your petitioneres had retained and
instructed councell accordingly. But some persones agents or pretending to be
soe for the plainant gave your petitioneres councell and solliciters severally notice that
the said Earle did insist upon his priviledge and that in case your
petitioneres councell moved the said court, the said Earle wold complaine
to this honourable house for a breach of priviledge

And your petitioneres further humbly shew that after the said 4 dayes
expird the said plainant may by the rules of the said court enter upp
judgment and take out execucion and turne your petitioneres out of possession in case in
the meane time the said court be not moved, which your petitioneres have
not presumed to doe before humble applicacion made to this
honourable house

Wherefore and inasmuch as your petitioneres whole fortune
lyes at stake and to move the said court is
only in your petitioneres owne defence, your petitioneres
humbly pray liberty for their councell to move
the said court for the purpose aforesaid and that
the entring of judgment in the said court may be
in the meane time stayed

And your petitioneres shall ever pray etc

Jeremiah Sawrey

William George Richard, Earl of Derby. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1065 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of William George Richard
Earl of Derby.

Sheweth

That att last summer assizes att Lancaster a verdict was had in
favour of your petitioner against Roger and Jeremiah Sawrey esquires for the mannour of Broughton
etc upon the obtaineing of which verdict your petitioner authorized his steward one Edmond
Gibson a person altogeather unconcerned in the said suite to repaire to the said mannour
and call a court and take the attornments of such of the customary tennants as would be then willing
and ready to attorne which accordingly the said Gibson did by vertue of the said authority and
to the number of about eighty two did attorne and on the twenty sixth of October last
your lordshipps were pleased upon the peticion of the defendants setting forth amongst other
things that they were deprived of the benefitt of their best defence the court
not admitting an act of Parliament to be read att the tryall it not being upon
stampt paper and the Lord Cheife Baron and Master Justice Turton were then of
opinion that it was not evidence or could be ready whereupon your lordshipps were
pleased then to order that in case the petitioners or their councell should move the Court
of Exchequer for a new tryall or in arrest of judgment it should not be interpreted
to be a breach of priveledge of Parliament upon which order the defendants did not onely
move the said court for a new tryall which was granted them but did by their councell
move for a rule for your petitioners steward to come two hundred miles to attend the said
court that terme which accordingly he did and afterwards the court bound
the said Master Gibson to appear the first day of Hillary terme last which he
did and att the last ordered him to be examined upon interrogatories and the
last day of the said Hillary terme, the court committed the said Gibson to the
prison of the Fleete where he still remaines for refuseing to deliver up the said
attornments whereas it did appear by severall affidavits of the tennants themselves
and of the said Gibson that the said attornments were free and voluntary and noe
threats or promise of reward made them all which actings and doeings exceed
your lordshipps said order as your petitioner humbly conceives and noe way relateing
towards a new tryall but tend very much to your petitioners prejudice in the recovery
of the just right and possession of his estate which for one hundred and fifty years
and upwards were in his ancestours possession all which your petitioner doth humbly offer to
your lordshipps consideracions as a high violacion of your petitioners priveledge as well as to
the commitment of his servant without just cause.

Your petitioner therefore most humbly prayeth your lordshipps
would be pleased to sett att libertie and discharge the
said Master Gibson and that the defendants and their councell
may be dealt withall as your lordshipps shall think
fit for the breach of your petitioners priveledge.

• Derby

The
Earl of Derby's peticion
versus
Sawrey

Roger Sawrey, esquire, and Jeremiah Sawrey, his son. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1065 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall in Parliament
assembled

The humble peticion of Roger Sawrey
esquire and Jeremiah Sawrey his son.

Sheweth

That your petitioner Roger Sawrey by and with the
full consent of Charles then Earl of Derby the father of the
present Earl did above 40 years ago bona fide purchase
the [illegible] manor and lands in [question?] called Broughton in the
county of Lancaster of one Master Lee and really paid about
4300 pounds for the same although the said estate is only worth about
200 pounds per annum. And your said petitioner haveing had a long and quiet
enjoyment did some years since upon his said son's marriage
settle the said estate upon him and the issue of that marriage
with a reservacion of a moiety to himselfe and his wife
for their lives.

That the present Earl of Derby did at the last Lancaster
assizes proceed to a tryall in ejectment for the recovery of
the said estate and by a surprize upon your petitioners obtained
a verdict which verdict was set aside in the last Michaelmas
terme and a new tryall directed

That in September last one Edmond Gibson an attorney
at law in the name of the said Earl and under pretence of an
authority from him called a court within the said manor
and perswaded and invited the tenants to attorne to the said Earl
but not being able by fair meanes to effect his ends he
threatened that the said Earl would sue them for 18 years
rent of their severall tenements and also made and executed
a covenant to save the tenants harmless in case they would so
attorne, and thereby prevailed on 82 of the said tenants to
signe an instrument of attornment to the said Earl which
(as your petitioners are advised) is in effect a change of the possession
as to those tenants from whom your petitioners have not since been
able to receive any rents or fines

That the Court of Exchequer (where the accion doth depend)
did in the last Hillary terme thinke fitt to committ the said
Gibson to the Fleet for the contempt and abuse by him
comitted as aforesaid.

That your lordships being moved on the 2d day of March last
and informed that the said Gibson was steward or servant to
the said Earl did thinke fitt to sett the said Gibson at liberty and
to referr the matter of the said comittment to the lords
comittees for priviledges.

That in truth the said Gibson is a common attorney at law as
well as a sollicitor in Chancery and has thereby gained a considerable
estate and never claimed any priviledge under the said Earl
from whom he lives above 50 miles distant nor did he
ever any business or service for his lordship save as aforesaid
wherein and especially in giving the said covenant of indemnity
he exceeded all colour of authority from the said Earl as your
petitioners are advised

That it being contrary to your lordships order of the 7th of November
1691 to allow any priviledge to attorneys or sollicitors and
your petitioners being by unjust and illegall meanes stripped of the
possession of a great part of their said estate which is all they
have in the world, and your petitioner Roger Sawrey and his wife
being each of them about 80 years old and haveing only an
estate for lives as aforesaid their loss of possession is and will
be irreparable without speedy releife.

Your petitioners therefore most humbly pray your lordships
that all attornments gained from their tenants since
the said tryall may be vacated and that they may
be put in the same state and condicion they were
at the time of the said tryall, or at least that
your petitioners may without incurring your lordship's
displeasure be at liberty to proceed at law as
they shall be advised, against the said Gibson and
the severall tenants who have signed attornments to
the said Earl.

And your petitioners shall pray etc.

• Robert Sawrey
• Jeremiah Sawrey

Ralph, Earl Montagu. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1066 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The peticion of the right honourable Ralph Earle Montagu.

Sheweth.

That the right honourable John Earle of Bath and your peticioner the twenty eighth day of
November one thousand six hundred ninety and three did under their hands declare and
agree that they and each of them would at all times there after and in all courts causes and
places waive their priviledge and would never at any time or in any cause claime or
insist on their priviledge for themselves or their servants touching any matter in question
then depending or thereafter to depend relateing to the estate reall or personall of the
late Duke of Albemarle.

That there have been severall accions brought by the said Earle of Bath against your
peticioner or his tenants and also by your peticioner against the said Earle of Bath or his
pretended tenants for severall lands which were formerly the lands of the late Duke of
Albemarle and more particularly one of the said causes wherein Robert Rickards one of the
pretended tenants of the Earle of Bath was plainant and Henry Corneforth bayliffe to your
peticioner defendant for a distresse taken upon the lands of the said late Duke came to be tryed in
his majesties Court of Common Pleas in Trinity terme last at the prosecucion of the said Earle
and after a long tryall a verdict was given for the defendant against the Earle of Bath's
pretended tenant.

That your peticioner expecting to goe on to enter judgment for the defendant upon the said
verdict as by law he ought to have done the said Earle of Bath notwithstanding the abovesaid
agreement did under his hand and seale the three and twentieth day of June last signify
to the prothonotarys and other officers of the said Court of Common Pleas and to your
peticioners councell agents sollicitors and attorneys that he the said Earle of Bath
did insist on his priviledge of Parliament as a peer of this realme and did forbid all
and every the prothonotary's and other ministers and officers of the said Court of
Common Pleas to signe any judgment or tax any costs on the said verdict during the
time of priviledge of Parliament.

And also whereas there were severall other accions brought by the Earle of Bath's
pretended tenants and at the said Earles prosecucion in his majesties Court of Kings Bench
against your peticioners servants for taking distresses upon the lands of the said late
Duke two whereof were ready for tryall and two jury's ready in the hall to try the same
the last terme but the said Earle of Bath as the jury were calling and going to the barr
then came by himself and his agents and did signify as before that he did insist upon his
priviledge of Parliament and thereby did deterr your peticioners councell attorney's and
sollicitors from going on with the said causes.

Your peticioner therefore hopes that this honourable
house considering the agreement above mencioned
will not suffer the said Earle of Bath to reassume
his priviledge but suffer your peticioner to proceed
notwithstanding the same in any cause or causes
brought or to be brought by your peticioner relating
to the estate reall or personall of the late Duke
of Albemarle.

And your peticioner shall ever pray
etc

Montagu

John, earl of Bath. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1066 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of John Earle of Bathe.

Sheweth.

That upon the late debate of this most honourable hous touching your petitioners insisting on his priviledge in certain
actions by him contested with the right honourable Ralph Earle of Montague on your petitioners title to the estate of the late
Duke of Albemarle, your peticioner declared he intended to insist on his priviledge noe longer then untill he could procure
certain informations to be tryed, which he had exhibited for perjury in the King's Bench against severall witnesses
produced as evidences on the behalfe of the said Earle of Montague at a tryall in the Court of Common Pleas in
Trinity terme last; the said Earle of Montague having declared before your lordshipps, that he would defend his said
witnesses, and that there should be noe obstruction on that side from having the said informations speedily tryed, and
withall proposed six monthes for your petitioner to bring on the same, which your petitioner declared his acceptance of, being well
assured, that if the said Earle of Montagues agents should act conformably to his lordships proposall, that your peticioner
should then be able to bring on the said tryalls in the next terme at farthest, your peticioner being well content to insist
noe longer on his priviledge then the said tryalls.

That your peticioner rested under these apprehensions without any distrust of having the tryalls against the said
witnesses, either delayed or obstructed.

But your petitioner is now informed by his attorneys, that the said Earle of Montagues agents doe not only obstruct the
said causes from being brought to tryall the next terme, by refusing to plead to the said informations this terme, but
doe alsoe refuse to agree, that the tryall in the Court of Common Pleas wherein the perjury was committed should be
entered up of record, without which they very well know your peticioner cannot proceed to tryall against the said
criminalls, the said record being most necessarily referred unto by the said informations, and must be given in evidence.

Your petitioner alsoe sheweth, that the said Earle of Montague having on his promise aforesaid (and your petitioners beleife
that the said tryalls should be determined the next terme) drawne your petitioner to declare that he would not insist on his
priviledge longer then six monthes; your peticioner is by the contrivance of the said agents (to protract the said tryalls
above six monthes) likely to be defeated of the justice intended your peticioner by this most honourable house.

And your petitioner further sheweth, that the said Earle of Mountagues agents have taken upon them in his
lordships name to insist on his priviledge without limittation, in all causes relating to the late Duke of Albemarle's
estate, as by the annexed copy appeares.

Your petitioner therefore humbly prays, that the said right honourable the Earle of Montague may
as he hath solemnly declared before your lordships his readinesse to expedite the said tryalls, direct
his attorneys to plead to the said informations this present terme, and not to obstruct by pretence
of priviledge the entering up of record the said late tryall in the Court of Common Pleas, soe that your
petitioner may bring on the same next terme; or otherwise that your petitioner may have his time of priviledge
enlarged untill some reasonable time after your peticioner shall by the ordinary rules of law, be able
to compell the said criminalls to tryalls for their notorious perjuryes.

And that the said Earle of Montague may not reassume his priviledge indefinitely, when
your petitioners stands restrayned to a limitted time

And your petitioner shall pray etc

• Bathe

Petition.

Earl of Bathe

Ralph, Earl of Mountagu. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1066 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled:

The humble petition of Ralph Earle of Mountagu:

Sheweth

That the first day of the last term when a jury in
Westminster Hall was ready according to the usuall
course of that place to have tryed the cause between
the Earle of Bath and your petitioner upon the meritts
thereof, the Earle of Bath then reassumed his
privilege contrary to his agreements in writing and to
his protestation in this most honourable house before your
lordshipps for waiving the same, and contrary (as
your petitioner humbly insisteth) to the rules of this
honourable house to your petitioners great losse and
damage and to the obstruction of common justice; some
of your petitioners materiall witnesses being now dead:

Your petitioner therefore humbly prayes your
lordshipps that he may not incurr the censure of
this honourable house by proceeding in such accions
and suites as he shall be advised against the
said Earle of Bath according to his said agreements
to waive his privilege; and humbly insisteth
it to be no breach of priviledge that he should
so do:

And your peticioner shall pray etc.

Montagu

John, Marquess of Normanby. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1067 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of John Marquess of Normanby.

That in Aprill last your petitioner exhibited his bill in the Court of Chancery against
against John Lord Berkley of Stratton, and William Duke of Devonshire, to have an
execution of an agreement in writing made on the 21th day of February by and between
your petitioner and the Lord Berkley, and mutually signed by them for your petitioner's
purchasing of Berkley House; for which it was given out since the said agreement that
the Duke of Devonshire pretended to have also contracted.

That the Lord Berkley waved his priviledg, and put in an answer, but the Duke of
Devonshire insisted on his priviledg for some time, so that a stop was put thereby to the
said sute. But at last the Duke of Devonshire came to your petitioner one day at Master Davis's
house in Saint Alban Street, and there assured him he did wave his priviledg, which your
petitioner accepted of and told severall persons of it, as hoping to come to an end of the
suit speedily, and depending intirely on the said Duke's waver. That accordingly the Duke
of Devonshire appeared to your petitioner's suit, and put in his answer; but your petitioner
being lately informed by accident that the Lord Berkley was intending to put the Duke of
Devonshire into possession of the said house, pending the suit, notwithstanding that your
petitioner had sent long before a proposall to both the said lords that he would join issue
and go to a summary tryall at any time within three weeks after the Lord Berkley would
put in a full answer, your petitioner was advised to move the Lord Keeper that the
possession of the said house might not be changed; but that all things might remain
as they were at the exhibiting of the bill till the hearing of the cause, and also that
the Lord Berkley might shew cause why a sequestration should not go out against him
for not obeying the order of the court by putting in a better answer, and that the
hearing of the cause might be speeded. Upon which the Lord Keeper having
ordered all partyes to attend on the matter of the said petition, and councell for your
petitioner, for the Lord Berkley, and for the Duke of Devonshire attending accordingly on
the 18th of September last, the defendant's councell alledged that in June last the
Lord Berkley had conveyed Berkley House to the Duke of Devonshire, and that he was
making some alterations therein, but no wayes prejudiciall to the said house,
whosoever should prove to be the purchaser: and that the defendants were as
desirous as the petitioner to have the cause heard; whereto your petitioner's councell
agreed that, in case there were any conveyances executed or possession delivered, the
same was done since the answers of both the defendants, and so could no wayes
alter the right of the purchaser; but yet, if the Duke should thinck to resume his
priviledg (which they had not feared if he had not intimated so much in a letter)
then the hearing of the cause might be obstructed; and therefore they desired to
know of the Duke's councell if the Duke would not endeavour to resume his
priviledg; and the Duke's councell Master Dobbins there declared he did not doubt of
the Duke's signing any paper to that effect, desiring only time to attend on the
Duke for it, but on condition, if the Duke did sign such a paper, that then your
petitioner would accept of the Lord Berkley's last answer put in the day before,
and reply, and also consent that Sir Cloudesly Shovell should be examined forthwith
as a witness for the defendants: so it was ordered by the Lord Keeper that both
sides should give each other their answer in three dayes to the respective
proposalls, and after such answers given, the court would make such order
as should be just; as by the said order annext appears.

That the next day after your petitioner's agent attended on the Duke's
councell for the Duke's confirmation of what his councell had engaged for, to
whome the said councell owned they had since been with the Duke, and knew his
mind therein, but would not declare it till your petitioner had first given his
answer as to the proposalls on their side; upon which your petitioner, being
informed of that by his agent, sent him back immediately to the Duke's [councell?]
to tell him and accordingly the said agent did tell him from your petitioner that
he consented to both their said proposalls on condition the Duke made good theirs
upon which the Duke's councell then declared that he had been with the Duke
since the said hearing, that the Duke did wave his priviledg, and that a paper
should be signed for that purpose, but said it was too late that night to do it,
and accordingly your petitioner and the Lord Berkley have signed such papers
to that purpose as were agreed by the said councell to be signed.

That your petitioner relying thereon, accepted the said further answer of the
Lord Berkley and replyed thereto, and the defendants also have examined Sir
Cloudesly Shovell against your petitioner, and yet his agent has attended the
Duke's agent for that paper the Duke was to sign, which was promised for
severall dayes after, but to this day there is none signed; on the contrary,
your petitioner is at last positively assured by the Duke's agents that he
resumes and stands on his priviledg, whereby all proceedings are stopped and
the Duke is making alterations in the said house as if it were his own,
while himself only only is thus pleased to obstruct the having it judged whether it ought
to be his or no.

That in as much as the Duke of Devonshire did many
months ago wave his priviledg, appear to the suit, and put in
his answer accordingly; and whereas by these last proceedings also
the defendants have had the fruit of their own proposalls by your
petitioner's complying therewith on that express condition alledged
your petitioner humbly hopeth the great honour and justice of this
house will not suffer him to be prejudiced in so unusuall a
manner by his consenting to what the defendants themselves
proposed in open court before the Lord Keeper and confirmed
so solemnly afterwards; and prayeth that your lordships will be
pleased to direct that the Duke of Devonshire shall not resume his
priviledg in order to protect such a sort of possession and conveyance
made pendente lite, by which all further proceedings in Chancery
will be obstructed, where the cause is now depending, and ready
to be decided, and where by all partyes it was solemnly agreed
to be determined.

• Normanby

Sir Edward Baesh, knight, and Dame Anne his wife. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1072 (1696)

Waad vid
versus
Heath

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Sir Edward
Baesh knight and Dame Anne his
wife

Sheweth

That your petitioners in the name of Charles Heath
their lessee have recorded a verdict and judgment
in ejectment upon a triall had att the Kings Bench
barr in Easter terme last for the mannour of
Battleshall and other lands and tenements in the county
of Essex and the said Anne Waad for delay and
only to prevent your petitioners from takeing out a writt
of possession on the said judgment hath brought a
writt of errour before your lordshipps which hath beene returned before
your lordshipps above a fortnight since and the said Anne
Waad the plainant in the said writt of errour hath
not yett assigned errour therein

Your petitioners therefore humbly [pray?] your
lordshipps to appoint a day to the said
Anne Waad to assigne errours in the
record of the said judgment now before
your lordshipps or in default thereof that
the record of the said judgment may
be remitted to the said Court of Kings
Bench

And your petitioners shall pray etc

• Edward Baesh
• Anne Baesh

Sir Edward Bash, knight, and Dame Ann his wife. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1072 (1696)

Heath
versus
Wade in a writt of error

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall in Parliament
assembled

The humble petition of Sir Edward
Bash knight and Dame Ann his wife

Sheweth

That your peticioners caused a copy of
your lordshipps order hereunto annexed to be
served on Master Turner the defendant Ann Wade's
attorney on Thursday the nineteenth day of
November instant whereby the said Ann Wade
was ordered peremptorily to assigne errors in
this cause on or before Monday the three and
twentieth day of this instant November and in
default thereof the record to be remitted to the
Court of King's Bench

That the said Ann Wade hath not hitherto
assigned errors by which it plainely appeares
the writt of error was brought into this most
honorable house meerly for delay she haveing
since brought a bill in Chancery

Your peticioners therefore most humbly
pray your lordshipps will please to order
the said record to be remitted to the Court
of King's Bench

And your peticioners shall ever pray

• Edward Baesh
• Anne Baesh

Henry Winchester and Ann his wife. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1074 (1696)

To the lords spirituall and temporall in Parliament
assembled

The humble peticion of Henry Winchester and Ann
his wife

Sheweth

That your peticoners have exhibited their peticion of
appeale before your lordshipps and that the respondent
Elizabeth Fowke hath putt in her answer thereto and
the cause is now ready for your lordshipps judgment

Your peticioners therefore humbly
pray your lordshipps to be pleased
to appoint a speedy day to heare
the said appeale all partyes being
in towne

And your peticioners as in duty
bound shall ever pray etc.

• Henry Winchester
• Anne Winchester

Izabella Dillon, widow of Wentworth Dillon, late Earl of Roscomon. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1075 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Izabella Dillon widow Countess of Roscomon
relict of Wentworth late Earl of Roscomon in the kingdom of Ireland

Sheweth

That your petitioner having obtained a writ of error retornable into
Parliament upon a judgement in the King's Bench for the reversal of a
judgement against Thomas Walcott deceased who had been attainted of
high treason. The said writ of error is lodged before your lordshipps and the
attorney general has assigned errors and particularly that whereas it
is supposed by the said record that John Walcott the son of the said Thomas
put in his stead one Benedict Browne his attorney to prosecute the
first writ of error yet the said Benedict Browne had no warrant of
attorney filed of record which allegation being grounded upon matter
dehors or not appearing within the record now before your lordshipps.

May it please your lordshipps to order the cursitors of
London and Middlesex to make out a certiorari to the
Lord Cheif Justice of the King's Bench to certify whether
any warrant of attorney be upon record to authorize
the said Benedict Browne to prosecute the said first writ
of error or to enquire into the said matter in such
manner as your lordshipps in your great wisdom shall
think fitt.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

I Roscomon

Isabella Dillon, widow, relict of Wentworth Dillon, late Earl of Roscomon. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1075 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal
in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of Isabella Dillon widow Countess
of Roscomon relict of Wentworth Dillon esquire late Earl of
Roscomon in the kingdom of Ireland:

Sheweth

That a judgement haveing passed in the Kings Bench to
reverse the attainder of Thomas Walcott esquire who had been executed for high
treason your peticioner who claims the estate of the said Thomas Walcott
under a grant thereof to her said husband being advised that there is
manifest error in the said judgement of reversal has obtained his majesties
writ of error which is brought up before your lordshipps. And the Attorney
General has assigned errors thereupon.

May it therefore please your lordshipps
to appoint a short day for John Walcott gentleman
son of the said Thomas to joyne issue or reply
as he shall think fitt

And your peticioner shall ever
pray etc.

I Roscomon

Isabella Dillon, widow, relict of Wentworth Dillon, late Earl of Roscomon. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1075 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of Isabella Dillon widow Countess of Roscomon relict of
Wentworth Dillon late Earl of Roscommon in the kingdom of Ireland.

Sheweth

That your petitioner having lodged before your lordshipps a writ of error
upon a judgment of the Court of King's Bench for reversing the attainder of
Thomas Walcott esquire who had been attainted of high treason against the life
of King Charles the second. The Attorney General has assigned errors to
which Master John Walcott son of the said Thomas has rejoyned. Your peticioner
also sheweth that while the matter was depending in the King's Bench upon
a writ of error brought by the said John Walcott the said court for their
farther information ordered one Master Tanner to attend with the original
indictment and original record of the judgement against the said Thomas
Walcott which had not been removed by the writ of error before them, as
may appear by the rule of that court hereunto annexed.

May it therefore please your lordshipps
to appoint a short day for hearing the cause
now before your lordshipps upon the writ of error
for reversing the said judgment of the Court of
King's Bench and to order Master Tanner who hath the
custody of the said original indictment and original
record of the said judgment to attend your lordshipps
with the same at the arguing of the said cause
now depending before your lordshipps

And your petitioner shall
ever pray etc.

• I Roscomon

The Countess of
Roscomon's
petition.

John Browne and Thomas Sands. HL/PO/JO/10/1/485/1078 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion and appeale of John Browne and Thomas Sands from a dismission
made in the High Court of Chancery wherein the said John Browne and Thomas Sands
were plainants against Sir Robert Dashwood John Perry esquire Sir Samuell Dashwood Edward
Noell executours of George Dashwood esquire deceased Edward Buckley and others defendants

Sheweth

That John Hind late of London goldsmith being concerned with the defendants in the farme of the duty
ariseing by hearth money itt was agreed Hind should have accesse constantly to the bookes of account
and once ayeare the account to be audited

But the defendants the farmers (expecting an oppertunity of getting Hinds interest whilst Hinds creditours sett
upon him) did prevaile with him to [transferr?] his interest in the farme to the said George Dashwood deceased
and thereupon to take upp of him att interest upon the same 24000 pounds which being afterwards [satisfied?]
Hind demanded an account of the farme and sight of the bookes but was denied the same nor could
he gett anymore money unlesse he would give them a generall release and then they promised they woud
pay him 32000 pounds which they affirmed was all that was due to him which hee being then under greate
pressures was forct to take and give releases accordingly without seeing the bookes

That after the releases given Hind discovered there was a dividend made unknowne to him of 4543 pounds: 5 shillings: 9 pence
whereof a 3d parte being 1514 pounds: 8 shillings: 7 pence belonged to Hind besides the 32000 pounds and if the bookes were producet itt
would appeare that when Hind gave the said releases there was justly due to him more then the 32000 pounds att
least 15000 pounds besides the 1514 pounds: 8 shillings: 7 pence concealed from him as aforesaid.

And to discover soe manifest a fraud and have the bookes produced and the releases set aside and to be lett
into the account Hind in Michaelmas terme 1680 exhibited his bill in the High Court of Chancery.

But before the cause was heard Hind became insolvent and a comicion of banckrupt being awarded against
him and the appellants assignees of the said comicion and Hind being dead the appellants did exhibite
theire bill of revivor praying they might bee lett into the account and stand in Hinds place and the cause
comeing to heareing the 28th of January 1689 before the late lords commissioners itt was decreed the defendants
should produce theire bookes before Master Samuel Terrell and hee to inspect the account and report the
matter to the court and then the court would give further judgement.

But the defendants being then members of Parliament the appellants could not compell them to produce
the bookes but was forct to wave the benefitt of the said decree and consent to have the cause
heard before the right honourable the now Lord Keeper.

That the cause in the absence of the Lord Keeper comeing to be heard before the late Master Justice Giles
Eyres the 23d of February 1693 he dismist your peticoners bill without releiveing the appellants
against the said releases

That in Easter and Trinity terme 1695 the appellants obtained severall orders to reheare the cause
before the right honourable the Lord Keeper but the defendants haveing unknowne to the appellants
inrolled the said dismission his lordshipp was opinion he could not by the strict rules of the court
lett the appellants into a reheareing of the cause

That the appellants though they could not for the reasons aforesaid obtaine a reheareing in the Court of
Chancery yett are advised that the said dismission made by the said Master Justice Eyre is erroneous
and that your peticoners ought to have been releived against the said releases.

Wherefore your peticioners doe humbly appeale to your lordshipps
from the said dismission and pray the same may be reversed
and that your peticoners may be releived

And your petitioners shall pray etc.

• John Browne
• Thomas Sandes

William Fuller. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1080 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal; and to the
honorable the commons of England in Parliament assembled:

The humble petition of William Fuller.

Sheweth

That your peticioner hath long groaned under intollerable misfortues, occasioned through the immaturity
of his judgement, which was too easily imposed on, by the perfidiousness of Collonel Thomas Dalleval, and Master George Hayes;
for whose appearance your petitioner engaged to the honourable House of Commons, (intentionally for the nation's service,
though the event proved contrary,) and for their failure, incurred the displeasure of the same.

Your petitioner humbly presumes, that most in the House of Commons were present, when his information was
read; as also, the Lord Preston's, and Master Crone's confessions, which did both confirm, what your petitioner affirmed;
particularly, Master Crone asserts it upon oath.

Your petitioner submissively flings himself on the justice and wisdom of both houses, now assembled in
Parliament humbly conceiving, that he can have no redress from the wrongs he suffers, but by your wise examinacion
of the whole management of the affair; into which your petitioner was so cunningly ensnared, by the artifices of the
French court, and their private adherents in this kingdom; by whose subtle device, the honourable House of
Commons (as well as your petitioner) was abused; it being, at that time, the greatest design, and for the interest of
the French court, and their friends in England, to stifle what ever discovery should be then made: for, the April
following, they purposed an invasion; and accordingly provided all necessary provisions at La Hogue etc.

And, for as much as your petitioner can plainly prove, that Dalleval and Hayes did come over; and
the method of their whole intriegue in this base designe, in which they had great assistance in this kingdom;
as also, the manner of their going off;

Your petitioner, with entire submission, most heartily wishes, for the nations present, as well as future security)
that of your great wisdom, you shall examine into the management of the whole intriegue; which cost the
French court so much pains and money.

By this inspection, it will be plainly proved, who they are that have so long betrayed, and part of them yet
continue to betray his present majesties council, and this kingdom in general.

That your petitioner was the first, which discovered to King William Collonel Parker's and Chevalier
Granvils design of assassinating his most sacred majestie, your petitioner can fully prove.

And that his former informations were a true narrative, even of the last intended invasion and
conspiracy, in most particulars: and, that those former, and these latter designes, were much alike managed
by the same conspiring hands and hearts; will plainly appear, on the perusal of the said information.

Your petitioner, after all this, has been reduced to the most extream miseries, and suffered publick
disgrace, occasioned by other's villanies; and has also been exposed to several hard shifts, and extremities

Your petitioner therefore humbly prayes.

That (for the nation's good, as well as for his vindication from the intollerable
injuries your said petitioner has so long groaned under) he, your petitioner, may have some
redress, by your mature consideration of his unhappy case; that justice, and truth, may appear
on every side, and, that such necessary provision may be made for your petitioner (who left his
friends, interest, and imploy in France, to serve this present governmen) as to your highly
judicious wisdoms shall seem expedient: your petitioner further prays, that he
may have leave to publish a full and perfect account of all he knows, relateing to the
former conspiracies against the present government.

And your petitioner
shall ever pray etc

James Fell. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of James Fell

Most humbly sheweth

That your peticioner having your lordshipps order
whereby he was directed that Sir John Fenwick
should bee allowed pen, inke, and paper, to bee
used only in the presence of your petitioner and such other
person as the Secretary of State should thinke fitt
your petitioner through inadvertency did permit the said
Sir John Fenwick to have pen, inke and paper in your
petitioners presence only, to write a letter to the Lord Keeper for
his applicacion to your lordships, for which your petitioner hath
incurred your lordships displeasure, and is now prisoner
in the Gatehouse for the said offence.

That your petitioner is very sensible of his offence, and most
humbly begs your lordships pardon for the same, and the
sessions beginning at the Old Bayly on Wednesday the
ninth instant, your petitioners presence will bee required there
to officiate the duty of his place.

Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays
your lordships that you will bee pleased
to order that your petitioner may bee discharged
from his confinement

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

James Fell

James Fell. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of James Fell

Most humbly sheweth

That your petitioner receiving the order of this most honourable house
whereby he was directed that Sir John Fenwick should be allowed pen ink and paper
onely in the presence of your petitioner and such other person as the Secretary of State
should think fitt, your petitioner through inadvertency did permitt the said
Sir John Fenwick to have pen ink and paper only to write a letter to the Lord
Keeper for his application to your lordshipps which letter your petitioner saw
sealed up and was put into the petitioners own hand who delivered itt to
Sir Fleetwood Sheppard who imediately delivered the same to the Lord Keeper
to be presented to this house, for which your petitioner has incurred your
lordshipps displeasure and remains now a prisoner in the Gatehouse for his said
offence for which he is really and heartily sorry and most humbly begs pardon
of this most honourable house. And

Your peticoner most humbly prays your lordshipps
that you will be pleased to order your peticoner may
be discharged from his confinement which otherwise
will be to his utter ruine.

And your peticoner shall ever pray etc

• James Fell

Sir John Fenwick, baronet. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Sir John Fenwick baronett

Sheweth

That by your lordshipps order dated the 1st of this instant
December your lordshipps were pleased to order that you would hear
councell for and against the bill now before your lordshipps
intituled An Act to Attaint Your Peticioner of High Treason.

And on Thursday the 3d of this instant December there was
another order left with your peticioners sollicitor whereby
your lordships are pleased to give leave that witnesses
may be produced on either side

That your peticioner (perceiving by your lordships first order
that your intencions were onely to hear councell for and
against the said bill) has not provided his witnesses against
this day and having two materiall witnesses that live neer
one hundred miles distant from this towne and which
he could not have here in soe short a time.

Your peticioner therefore most humbly
prayes your lordshipps that you would
be pleased to give your peticioner a
convenient time to send for his said
witnesses and to prepare himselfe for
his defence against the said bill.

And your peticioner shall ever pray
etc.

John Fenwicke

Lady Mary Fenwick. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticon of the Lady
Mary Fenwick:

Sheweth

That heretofore your peticoner had free access to her
husband who is now a prisoner in Newgate but of late is
debarred from seeing him; and there being now a bill
of attainder passing before your lordshipps for the
attaintinge of your peticoners said husband:

That there being many things your peticoner might
assist her said husband in, which might enable him to
make his defence against the said bill of attainder if
your peticoner had liberty to goe to her said husband

Your peticioner therefore most
humbly prayes your lordships
that you would vouchsafe to
grant your peticoner liberty of
goeing to her said husband, and
being with him in private

And your peticioner shall ever
pray etc

• Mary Fenwicke

Peticon Lady
Mary Fenwicke

Sir John Fenwicke. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Sir John Fenwick baronet

Sheweth

Whereas Master Porter hath given evidence as against your
peticioner that one Master Clancy did endeavour to disswade
him from appeareing as a witnesse against your peticioner
which was urged by the counsell on the behalfe of the
King as evidence against your peticioner.

And whereas the said Master Clancy is now in execucion
whereby your peticioner cannot produce him without
the order of this honourable house.

Your peticioner therefore most humbly
prayes your lordshipps order for the
bringing the said Master Clancy to the
barr of this most honourable house to
give evidence on the behalfe of
your peticioner.

And your peticioner shall ever pray
etc.

• John Fenwicke

The peticion of
Sir John Fenwicke

Sir John Fenwicke. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Sir John Fenwick baronett

Sheweth

That by your lordshipps order dated the 18th of this instant
December your lordshipps are pleased to order that your petitioner
shall have notice that the bill before your lordshipps for
attainting your peticioner of high treason was read a
2d time that day and is ordered to be read a third time
as this day.

Your peticioner therefore most humbly
prayes your lordshipps that you
would be pleased to hear your peticioner
at the barr of this honourable house before
the said bill be read a third time.

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc

• John Fenwicke

The peticion of
Sir John Fenwicke

Mary, Duchess of Norfolk. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parlement assembled

The humble petition of Mary Dutchess
of Norfolke

Sheweth

That your petitioner is enformed that severall wittnesses
have bin produced by the Earle of Mounmouth
and examined before your lordships with intention to
defame your petitioner, and if any impression remaines
upon any one of your lordships your petitioner humbley
prays she may be admitted before your lordships to
vindicate hir selfe from thar reflections

And your petitioner shall ever pray

• Mary Norfolke

Lady Mary Fenwicke. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of the Lady Mary Fenwicke.

Humbly sheweth

That whereas your wretched petitioner's unfortunate husband stands condemned by a bill of
attainder and that the King has thought fitt to sign a warrant for the execucion of the fatall
penalty annexed to the said bill whereby your peticioner is seized with the utmost disorder and
distraccion of mind! She has made applicacions to his majesty whose royall clemency she hopes
may incline (as his power does enable him) to releive the afflicted; but there is nothing could
give your distressed peticioner greater incouragement for successe than the intercession of your
lordshipps, and since mercy is as inherent and inseperable to your lordshipps, as justice, she
humbly implores your lordshipps powerfull mediation, (there being severall instances of those
who have fallen under the weight of a bill of attainder without experimenting the
utmost severity of it.)

The greatest motive your peticioner can lay before your lordshipps is the happinesse Sir
John Fenwicke had (neer two yeares since) both as a Christian and as a man of honour to
prevent a base and villanous design against his majesties person the perticulers whereof have beene
communicated to some noble peeres and a more exact account annexed hereunto which she
humbly desires may be taken as a part of this peticion, the truth of which your peticioner has
witnesses to manifest (if they may be indempnified for soe doeinge.)

May the merritt of this action soe farre prevaile upon your lordshipps as to importune and
sollicite his majesty out of his great clemency and tendernesse to spare the life of your peticioners
most unfortunate husband and in the meane time your peticioner most humbly begs your
lordshipps to intercede with his majesty to grant a repreive for a weeke by reason your petitioners
husband has not had any divine with him till three of the clock yesterday, nor have
any of his freinds or relacions yet beene suffered to goe to him.

May all the blessings of the mercifull attend your lordshipps and your noble familyes
and may your peticioner all her life time acknowledge with all possible respect and
gratitude the unspeakeable favours that your lordshipps shall conferre upon.

Your most humble and most afflicted petitioner.

• Mary Fenwicke

The humble peticion of
the Lady Mary Fenwicke.

Lady Mary Fenwicke. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall
in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of the Lady Mary Fenwicke.

Humbly sheweth.

Whereas your distressed petitioner has made her most humble
acknowledgments to his majesty for his great grace and favour in
deferring the execution of her unfortunate husband, she thinks
herself also obliged to return her most humble thanks to your
lordshipps who were pleased to intercede with his majesty on his behalf.

Your most afflicted petitioner does moreover lay before
your lordshipps the merrit of that action, which is attested
under Sir John Fenwick's own hand, whereby he had the happiness
to save the King's life; all which your petitioner's husband is
ready to make out, if the witnesses may be indemnified for
such misprision.

And if your petitioner's husband had noe such merrit, as
is thereby represented to your lordshipps yet the condicion of a
condemned person is such; that (by perpetual imprisonment or
banishment) all future dangers to his majesties person and
government may be as effectually prevented, (as by his death).

And therefore your petitioner humbly prayes your
lordshipps to intercede with his majesty to spare his life.

Wich shall ever be acknowledged with all
dutyfull respect, and gratitude by
your most afflicted petitioner

• Mary Fenwicke

The humble petition of
the Lady Mary Fenwicke.

Charles, earl of Monmouth. HL/PO/JO/10/1/486/1081 (1696)

The humble petition of Charles Earle of Monmouth.
To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall in
Parlament assembled.

Sheweth.

That your petitioner hath for ten weeks last past been a prisoner
in the Tower, and still continues under comittment there, by vertue of an
order of this most honourable house, and your petitioner humbly sub=
=mitting to your lords pleasure therein, is extreamly concerned he should
in any wise encurr your lords disfavour.

May it therefore please your lords (by reason
of his long emprisonement, his indisposition att presant, and some particular affaires
that necessarily require his looking after them) [illegible]
[illegible] to take [what methods?] your lords shall think proper in order [to?] his dis=
=charge from his [confinement?], as soon as your lords in your great wisdome shall
think fitt:

Monmouth

Elizabeth Kettle. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1087 (1696)

Elizabeth Kettle and
Joseph Kettle
her son an
infant appellants

Edward Townshend respondent

To the right honourable the lords
spirituall and temporall in
Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the appellant
Elizabeth Kettle

Humbly sheweth

That by reason your peticioner is now liveing in
Cambridge, and not in a condition to travell to London she
cannot enter into a recognizance to answere costs (in case
your lordshipps shall think fitt at the hearing of the
appeale to order her to pay any

Wherefore she humbly prays your
lordshipps will be pleased to order that Joseph
White of Drury Lane turner may enter into
a recognizance for the purpose aforesaid in
her stead

And your peticioner will ever pray etc

Elizabeth Kettle

Edward Townsend of Highgate in Middlesex, brewer. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1087 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual
and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Edward Townsend of
Highgate in the county of Middlesex brewer

Humbly sheweth.

That about a month ago one Elizabeth Kettle widow and Joseph
Kettle her son exhibited their peticion of appeal into
this most honourable house against your petitioner in order to
reverse a decree made by the late lords commissioners in February
1691 and diverse proceedings subsequent thereunto.

That your petitioner (pursuant to your lordships order for that purpose)
did put in his answer to the said appeal on the 21st
of December last

Wherefore and for that the said appellants have no
just cause to complaine of the said proceedings
but the said appeal was lodged merely for delay,
your petitioner most humbly prays your lordships to
appoint a short day for hearing and determining
the matter of the said appeal.

And your petitioner shall pray etc.

Edward Townsend

John Tilly, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1090 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition and appeal of John Tilly esquire.

Sheweth

That in 1692 there was a bill brought in this most honourable house (which afterwards passed the royall assent) to
enable Thomas Bromhall an infant (inter alia) to sell his interest in the office of warden of the Fleet with the appurtenances for
payment of debts chargeable thereon and the residue to be imployed for his beneffitt.

That when the said bill was refferred to a comittee of your lordshipps one Thomas Richardson prefferred a petition
in the names and (as he thereby pretended) on behalfe of himselfe and severall others who lived above one hundred and twenty miles
distante (and as since appeares without there privity) praying to be heard before the said bill passed

That your petitioner being concerned to transact the passing the said bill and the then sessions of Parliament drawing to
a close and your petitioner foreseing that the said infant who was seized of the premisses in fee would have been ruined if the said
bill had not passed was necessitated to give the said Richardson a bond of one thousand pounds penalty for payment of five hundred
pounds if the said bill should passe that session.

That your petitioner brought his bill in Chancery to be releived against the said bond as being made unduely and without
valueable consideracion obtained and the cause comeing to be heard before the Master of the Rolls in July 1695 his honour decreed
your petitioner to pay the principall mony due on the said bond by installements without interest or [illegible] costs in this court, but in
default of payment the bill to be dismissed from which decree your petitioner haveing exhibited a supplementall bill)

Appealled to the right honourable the Lord Keeper of the great seale of England who in November last confirmed the
same.

From which decree your petitioner humbly appeals to your lordshipps in regard the said bond was obtained without any
valueable consideracion and the said petition (which was the artiffice made use of to procure the same) founded upon untrue
suggestions and insinuacions, and prefferred without the privity of the persons mencioned therein on purpose to bring about the said
Richardsons own sinister ends

And humble prays your lordshipps order that the said Richardson may answer
the premisses, and that your lordshipps will be pleased to hear the said cause upon
the pleadings and proccedings therein and thereupon to releive your petitioner as to
your lordshipps wisedom and justice shall seem meet.

And your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray:

John Tilly [appellant?]

John Tilly, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1090 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual
and temporal in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of John Tilly esquire

Sheweth

That your petitioner having a petition of
appeal depending in this honourable house
wherin Thomas Richardson is respondent
and your petitioner having the misfortune
to fall under the displeasure of the honourable
House of Commons and now actually in
custody of the sarjant at armes attending
that house;

Your petitioner most humbly pray's
your lordships will be pleased to
put of the hearing of the said
cause to a farther day and your
petitioner shall ever pray:

John Tilly

John Tilly, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1090 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of John Tilly esquire

Sheweth

That your petitioner [unfortunately?] falling under the displeasure
of the honourable House of Commons [illegible] [custody?] of the serjeant at armes
the 25o January last obteyned your [illegible] order to adjourne the
hearing of his appeale [depending?] [illegible] your lordshipps against one
Richardson to the 4th of February instant on condicion your petitioner should enter
into a recognizance to answer costs as is usuall in like cases.

That your petitioner being this day discharged from his said confinement
hath in obedience to the said order entred into a recognizance but is
by meanes thereof rendred alltogether unable in soe short time to be
prepared to prosecute his said appeale with effect

Your petitioner therefore most humbly prayes
your lordshipps will be pleased to adjourne
the heareing of his said appeale to a
further day

And your petitioner shall pray etc

• John Tilly

George Hastings, son and heir apparent of the Earl of Huntington. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1091 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of George Hastings commonly called Lord Hastings son and heire apparent of
the right honourable the Earle of Huntington.

Sheweth

That your peticioner is tenant in taile of the mannor or barony of Bradley and Collingham the rectories of
Bradley and Collingham and of all other hereditaments in Bradley Collingham Wyke Bowley Rigton Micklethwaite
Compton Clifford and elsewhere in the county of Yorke which were formerly the inheritance of his mother Elizabeth Countes
of Huntington and from and after the decease of the said Countess your peticioner became intitled to the imediate
possession of such parts thereof as the Lady Sarah Lewis his grandmother doth not hold for her life for her joynture

That imediately after the death of the said Countess (who dyed about the four and twentieth of December one thousand
six hundred eighty and eight the said Earle as guardian to your peticioner being then about eleaven yeares old tooke
upon him to receive the rents and profitts of the said estate of the yearely value of six hundred pounds or thereabouts
and continues still so to doe, and hath gott into his power and custody the deeds of settlement and other writings which
should manifest your peticioners title to the said lands.

That your peticioner having no allowance from the said Earle for his maintenance or other provision for his support
applyed himself to the tenants of the said lands and required them to pay their rents to him but by reason the said Earle
insists upon his priviledge as a peer of Parliament and by himself or agents hath threatned the said tenants with breach of
priviledge they dare not pay their rents unto your peticioner nor can your peticioner take any course att law or otherwise against
the said tenants or for recovery of the possession of the said lands without incurring the breach of priviledge whereby your
peticioner is utterly deprived of any meanes for his support

And there being a long terme of yeares created of some part of the premisses for the enabling the said Earle to
borrow and take up the summe of four thousand five hundred pounds or some such summe for his then present occasions
upon agreement that the said Earle should repay the same and discharge your peticioners estate thereof and which hath
accordingly been repaid by him and the said terme ought to have been surrendred and if the same be continued on foot
itt ought to be in trust for your peticioner yet the said Earle and his agents give out that the said terme is assigned
to freinds of the said Earle to be made use of against your peticioner and his title to the said lands.

And although your peticioner is not conscious to himself of having given any just occasion of offence to his father
yett itt greivously afflicts him to have any contest with him and nothing but absolute necessity and his present insupportable
condicion could inforce him thereunto and hopes your lordshipps will putt a favourable construccion upon this his proceeding

And therefore forasmuch as the said Earle hath been onely concerned in the management of this estate as
guardian and trustee for your peticioner your peticioner humbly praies your lordshipps to give him liberty
to proceed in any court of law or equity as he shall be advised for the discovering and obtaining the said deeds
of settlement and gaining the possession of the said lands and procuring the said tenants to pay their rents to
your peticioner without incurring any breach of priviledge claimed by the said Earle

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Hastings

Sarah Shoebridge, John Berryman, Robert Cock, Francis Asplin and others. HL/PO/JO/10/1/487/1092 (1696)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Sarah Shoebridge (the
poor widdow of Thomas Shoebridge deceased) John
Berryman, Robert Cock, Francis Asplin, James
Allison, John Byatt, and Richard Neale

Most humbly sheweth

That the right honourable the Earle of Nottingham has
been (for near six years last past) indebted to the estate of the said Thomas
Shoebridge, and to your petitioners John Berryman, Robert Cock, Francis Asplin,
James Allison John Byatt, Richard Neale

(severally) in severall considerable summes of
money, for work done and materialls found, goods sold and delivered, and moneys
laid out to and for the use of his lordshipp.

That your petitioners have often (not without much pains, expence, difficulty,
and loss of time) made humble applicacion to his lordshipp and his agents for payment of
the said debts; but his lordshipp has been pleased to refuse or delay the payment thereof;
although your petitioners doubt not to make out the justice of their severall demands
against his lordshipp, if they might but be permitted to have fair tryalls at law for
that purpose

But the sessions of Parliament have (for more then six years last past)
been so frequent and long, that there has not been any intervall of priviledge
(dureing that time) long enough to commence suits and have such tryalls; and your petitioners were
willing to wait a long time, in hopes his lordshipps goodness would at lenght extend so far
as to satisfy the said debts, and being willing to shew as much humble duty and respect to his
quality as could in any reason be expected

That most of your petitioners are reduced to great streights (and some of them to
extream poverty) for want of the moneys oweing to and deteyned from them respectively
by his lordshipp.

That your petitioners are advised (if speedy remedy be not had) their severall debts
may be rendred utterly irrecoverable by vertue of the statute for limitacions; the
same haveing been now due very neer six years

Your petitioners therefore humbly implore your lordshipps commiseration of
their case, and that your lordshipps would (now) be pleased to grant
them leave (severally) to commence and prosecute their severall
accions at law against the said Earle for obtaining their said
severall debts or at least to sue out originalls and sumon his lordshipp thereon and procure a return thereof or otherwise to order for your petitioners releif
as to your lordshipps in your great wisdom shall seem meet

And your petitioners (as in duty bound) shall ever pray etc.

• John Berryman
• James Allyson
• Robert Cock


• Richard Nealle
• the mark of John Byett
• The marke of Sarah Shoebridge

Sign
Francis F Asplin