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<HEAD>To the honorable A&s;&s;embly of the Commons Hou&s;e of Parliament.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The humble Petition of <HI>Robert Harri&s;on</HI> of <HI>Marleborough,</HI> in the Coun|tie of <HI>Wilts</HI> Inkeeper.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Mo&s;t humbly &s;hewing,</OPENER>
<P>THat fiue yeares &s;ince the Petitioner bargained with one <HI>Stephen Barber</HI> alias <HI>Laurence,</HI> for the Inne called the <HI>White-hart</HI> in Marleboroogh and certaine goods therein for 350. li. whereof 50. li. was for the Lea&s;e, and 300. li. for the goods. The Petitioner at diuers times agreed vpon, paid all the &s;aid 300. li. except onely 100. li. for &s;ecuritie whereof, <HI>Iohn Booth</HI> and <HI>Iohn Gold&s;mith,</HI> be|came bound in a Bond of two hundred pound to <HI>Barber,</HI> and for their indemnpitie, the Pe|titioner a&s;&s;igned ouer to them all the goods which hee had bought of <HI>Barber,</HI> beeing worth 300. li. the goods neuerthele&s;&s;e to remayne in the Petitioners po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion till the Sureties were damnified. Afterwards <HI>Barber</HI> being di&s;plea&s;ed with the Petitioner (for not permitting him to build a Barne on the backe &s;ide of the Inne, threatned to roote him out, and euer afterwards &s;ought means to vndo him, &amp; the better to compa&s;&s;e his malitious purpo&s;e, he combining with the &s;aid <HI>Booth,</HI> and <HI>Gold&s;mith,</HI> procured them (although they were neuer damnified) priuately to confe&s;&s;e a Iudgement vnto him vpon the &s;aid Bond of two hundred pound, and therupon &s;ued out a <HI>Fieri facias,</HI> which being deliuered to the vnder Sheriffe, he entred into the Inne, and &s;ummoning a Iurie there: inquired what goods were there of the &s;aid <HI>Booth</HI> and <HI>Gold&s;mith</HI> towards &s;atisfaction of the Execution, and there not only extended the goods which the Petitioner bought of <HI>Barber,</HI> beeing worth as afore&s;aid 300. li. but al&s;o (contrary to Lawe,) extended vpon all the re&s;t of the Petitioners proper hou&s;hold|&s;tuffe and bedding, worth at the lea&s;t 200. li. more, all which the vnder Sheriffe cau&s;ed to be vnder|valued but at two hundred and eight pound, for which, with the Lea&s;e the Petitioner was by one Ma|&s;ter <HI>Wydley</HI> then lately offered eight hundred pounds, which their indirect practi&s;es to vndoe the Peti|tioner being perceiued, he &s;hewed vnto them a Protection from his Ma&s;ter M^r. <HI>Iohn</HI> S^t. <HI>Awbin</HI> a mem|ber of this Hou&s;e, hoping vpon the &s;ight thereof (in reuerence to this honourable A&s;&s;embly,) they would forbeare to doe him wrong. But they made a &s;corne therof, <HI>Booth</HI> &s;aying he cared not a fart for the &s;ame, and <HI>Cockes</HI> the Bailiffe &s;aid in de&s;pight of the Protection, hee would carry the Petitioner to Pri&s;on for tenne Groats recompencene, all the re&s;t laughing and ie&s;ting at the &s;ame. Then the &s;aid Ma&s;ter <HI>Wydley</HI> pretending great friend&s;hip to the Petitioner &s;atisfied the Execution and tooke the goods from the vnder Sheriffe into his hands, and then Ma&s;ter <HI>Andrew Holdipp</HI> a friend to the Pe|titioner offering to pay vnto him 140. li. for the Redemption of the goods (which was as much as he was to pay for the &s;ame) he vtterly refu&s;ed to deliuer the &s;ame, &s;aying, That his throate &s;hould be cut rather then the Petitioner &s;hould keepe that Inne againe, and thereupon carryed the goods out of the Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>The Petitioner further &s;heweth, That making declaration vnto Sir <HI>Thomas Richard&s;on</HI> the Speaker of this honourable A&s;&s;embly, of the contemptuous behauiour of the &s;aid parties, and of the wrongfull taking away the Petitioners goods without lawfull authoritie as afore-&s;aid, Ma&s;ter Speaker (commi&s;e|rating the Petitioners di&s;tre&s;&s;ed e&s;tate,) did write to the High Sheriffe, and the re&s;t that were Actors in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, wi&s;hing them to deliuer to the Petitioner his goods &s;o wrongfully taken from him. But the High Sheriffe &s;aid that he was &s;ufficiently &s;ecured by his Vnder Sheriffe, and the re&s;t regarded not the me&s;&s;age nor would deliuer the goods. By which meanes not only the Priuiledges and Liberties of this honourable Hou&s;e are violated and contemned, and the Petitioner his Wife and nine Children are vtterly vndone. But al&s;o his Maie&s;ties Subiects trauailing into tho&s;e parts are de&s;titute of lodging and entertaynment, it being one of the chiefe&s;t Innes of Receipt betwixt London and Bri&s;toll.</P>
<P>The Petitioner, therefore mo&s;t humbly prayeth that the contemners of the Priuiledges of this ho|nourable H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;e may an&s;were their contempt, and that by order of this Hou&s;e the Petitioner may be re|&s;tored to his goods wrongfully taken from him. And he &s;hall daily pray, &amp;c.</P>
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