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<HEAD>Mr. <HI>WOOLLASTON'</HI>s
CASE,
In Relation to a Breach of PRIVILEGE Committed
by Mr. <HI>ROBERT THOMPSON,</HI> and others.</HEAD>
<P>MR. <HI>Woolla&s;ton</HI> in <HI>October</HI> 1697. came to an Agreement with
one Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> to Hire of him <HI>Woodhall-Park,</HI> and
other Lands in the County of <HI>Hertford;</HI> being the E&s;tate
of one <HI>Philip Butler,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> an Infant. He the &s;aid <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> being
then Tenant to the Premi&s;&s;es, and was to Pay 60 <HI>l. per Annum</HI>
Rent, be&s;ides &s;ome Veni&s;on and Rabbits; and was to give the &s;aid
<HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> Twenty Guineas to procure him a Lea&s;e of the &s;aid Pre|mi&s;&s;es
for Five Years. And in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Agreement,
the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woolla&s;ton</HI> entred upon the Premi&s;&s;es, and was thereof
Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and Paid all Pari&s;h Duties, and other Taxes and Charges
in Keeping and Maintaining of the Deer all the Winter long, and
al&s;o in Keeping and Repairing the Hou&s;e and Gardens: And that
he made little or no Benefit or Advantage of the &s;ame, although
in quiet Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion until the Sixth of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t; being the la&s;t Day
but one of the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ions of Parliament. At which time, when
the Profit was to be made of the Premi&s;&s;es by the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Wool|la&s;ton,</HI>
then Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> Mr. <HI>Samuel Robin&s;on, John Plummer,
John Crane, Samuel Seagins, Jo&s;eph Biggs, John Crabb, Richard Na&s;h,
James Pendrid, Nicholas Bickerton, William An&s;ell, Thomas Waller,</HI>
and <HI>Edmund Chambers,</HI> with divers others, came in a Riotous man|ner
with Clubs, Staves, and other Weapons, when they knew
Mr. <HI>Woolla&s;ton</HI> was Ab&s;ent, and in the Service of the Hou&s;e the la&s;t
Se&s;&s;ions of Parliament, and Entred the &s;aid Premi&s;&s;es, kept his Ser|vants
Pri&s;oners all that Day and the next Night, and while they
kept his Servants Pri&s;oners, they went and Killed the Deer in the
Park; and then came and Entred the Hou&s;e with a great Rabble,
and turned the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woolla&s;ton</HI>'s Servants out of Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of
the &s;aid Hou&s;e, and &s;eized upon his, and his Servants Goods, and
his Cattle in the Park, as al&s;o upon a Gentleman's Goods that
was then in the Hou&s;e, a Friend of the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woolla&s;ton;</HI> and
that in &s;o Inhumane and Barbarous a manner, that they would not
&s;o much as leave a Bed for him or his Wife or Children to lie on:
And likewi&s;e &s;et on &s;everal Men to Mow down the Gra&s;s, preten|ding
all this was for Arrears of Rent, whenas indeed there was no
Rent due.</P>
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