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<HEAD>THE CASE OF D^R^. JOHN JONES RESPONDENT, Upon the APPEAL of WILLIAM BEAW, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>THE Office of Chancellor, Principal Official, and Vicar-General of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Lan|daffe</HI> was, and is an Antient Office, and has been antiently before the Reign of Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> u&s;ually grantable, and granted to Two Per&s;ons, to hold for their Lives, and the Life of the longer Liver of them.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">7. Septemb. 1671.</NOTE><HI>Francis</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Landaffe,</HI>  by Letters Patents under his Epi&s;copal Seal, granted this Office to Dr. <HI>Richard Lloyd</HI> and the Re&s;pondent <HI>John Jones;</HI> to hold to them joyntly and &s;everally, and to the longer Liver of them. Which Grant was duly confirm'd by the Chap|ter of that Church, and accordingly the &s;aid Dr. <HI>Richard Lloyd,</HI> for &s;everal Years, by the Re&s;pondent's con&s;ent, quietly held and enjoyed the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">20. March 1674.</NOTE>The &s;aid Lord Bi&s;hop died,  and Dr. <HI>William Lloyd</HI> &s;ucceeded in that Bi&s;hoprick; and upon his Tran&s;lation to the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Norwich,</HI> Dr. <HI>William Beaw</HI> &s;ucceeded, and is now the pre&s;ent Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Landaffe.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">June 1686.</NOTE>The pre&s;ent Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Landaffe,</HI>  having in his Cu&s;tody the Original Grant of this Office to Dr. <HI>Richard Lloyd,</HI> and the Re&s;pondent Con&s;tituted Commi&s;&s;ioners to Execute the Office, and refu&s;ed to admit the Petitioner to Execute and Enjoy the &s;aid Offices, as by Law he ought.</P>
<P>Whereupon the Re&s;pondent brought an Action at Law again&s;t the Appellant, and others for the Profits of the Office by them received; which Action, by the Death of One of the then Defendants abated.</P>
<P>Afterwards, the Re&s;pondent brought his Bill in Equity again&s;t rhe Appellant, to have an Account of, and Satisfaction for the Profits of the &s;aid <HI>Office,</HI> to which the Appellant an&s;wer|ed, and confe&s;&s;ed the Patent and Grant to the &s;aid Dr. <HI>Richard Lloyd</HI> and the Re&s;pondent; whereupon the Re&s;pondent proceeded to try his Right and Title to the &s;aid <HI>Office</HI> in an Acti|on at the Common Law again&s;t the Appellant; and at <HI>Glouce&s;ter</HI>-A&s;&s;izes, on full Evidence, obtained a Verdict, and had Judgment thereupon.</P>
<P>That afterwards the Court of <HI>Chancery</HI> Ordered, That a Trial at Bar &s;hould be had upon an Action of the Ca&s;e for Trial of the Title of the &s;aid <HI>Office;</HI> whereupon, a Trial was had at the <HI>Kings-Bench-Bar;</HI> and upon full and long Evidence, a Verdict was given for the Re|&s;pondent, and upon the Importunity of the Appellant's Coun&s;el, the Ca&s;e was Stated, and Argued before all the <HI>Judges</HI> of the &s;aid Court of <HI>Kings-Bench;</HI> who on Hearing &s;everal Ar|guments on both Sides, were all of Opinion, That the Letters-Patents and Grant made to Dr. <HI>Richard Lloyd,</HI> and the Re&s;pondent were good in Law; and that the Re&s;pondent was well Intituled to the &s;aid <HI>Office</HI> for his Life.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">20 Novemb. 1691.</NOTE>That the &s;aid Cau&s;e coming to be Heard in <HI>Chancery,</HI>  on the Equity re&s;erved in the Pre|&s;ence of Council on both Sides, the Lords-Commi&s;&s;ioners were of the &s;ame Opinion; and Decreed an Account to be taken of the Profits of the &s;aid <HI>Office,</HI> and the Re&s;pondent to be quieted in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and Enjoyment thereof.</P>
<P><HI>Which Decree, the Re&s;pondent hopes is Ju&s;t; and that it &s;hall be Confirmed.</HI></P>
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