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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Ca&s;e of Mr. <HI>Robin&s;on</HI> and Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> truly Stated. In An&s;wer to the Complaint of Mr. <HI>Woola|&s;ton,</HI> for a pretended Breach of Privilege.</HEAD>
<P>MR. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> complain'd to this Honourable Hou&s;e again&s;t Mr. <HI>Ro|bin&s;on,</HI> Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> and others, for a Breach of Privilege; pre|tending, That he had been for &s;everal Months in the quiet Po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion of <HI>Woodhall</HI> Hou&s;e and Park; and that the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Robin&s;on</HI> and Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on,</HI> with &s;everal others, in a Riotous and violent manner, du|ring the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ions of Parliament, entred upon the &s;ame, and turn'd the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI>'s Servants out of Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>The Truth of the Fact is &s;hortly thus, <HI>(viz.)</HI></P>
<P>Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> was Tenant of the Premi&s;es by virtue of an Order of the Court of <HI>Chancery,</HI> and obliged not to a&s;&s;ign to any Per&s;on, without Order from that Court; (The Premi&s;es being part of the E&s;tate of <HI>Philip Boteler,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> an Infant, now, and for &s;ome years pa&s;t under my Lord Chancellor's Guardian&s;hip): And Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> de&s;iring to take the E&s;tate, Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> told him he could not a&s;&s;ign him the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, without Leave of the Court; neverthele&s;s the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> was willing to permit the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woola|&s;ton</HI> and his Friends to be in the Hou&s;e, and to hunt in the Park, whil&s;t Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> was in <HI>London;</HI> and thereupon in the <HI>pre&s;ence</HI> of Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> writ to his Keeper, <HI>then</HI> and <HI>ever &s;ince</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, this Order following, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Mr. <HI>Crane,</HI></SALUTE>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>October</HI> the <HI>26</HI>th. <HI>1697.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>MY Affairs not permitting me to come into the Country this Winter but very little, and Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> having de&s;ired that he and &s;ome Friends of his may have the <HI>Liberty</HI> of the Park and the Hou&s;e, untill I come down; Th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="3 letters">+fore this is to acquaint you, That I would have you to ob&s;erve all Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> Orders and Directions <HI>in my Ab&s;ence,</HI> as much as if you had my Ord<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="2+ letters"> for any thing he de&s;ires; and kill what Deer and Rabbits Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> orders&punc; and di&s;po&s;e of them as he directs; and this &s;hall be your Authority.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours, Robert Thomp&s;on.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>This is further to let you know, That I expect you kill no Deer, without Mr.</HI> Woola|&s;ton <HI>'s Order.</HI></P>
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<P>Which the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> delivered to the &s;aid Keeper, and only by virtue thereof had the u&s;e of the Hou&s;e, and liberty to hunt in the Park for about 6 Months. But the Court of <HI>Chancery</HI> ordering that Mr. <HI>Robin&s;on</HI> &s;hould &s;ucceed <HI>Tenant</HI> to Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on;</HI> and the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> ju&s;tly fearing that the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> would (upon being di&s;appointed of &s;ucceeding him) u&s;e too great a Liberty, (for which Mr. <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> mu&s;t have been an&s;werable to the Court;) he did thereupon turn &s;uch out of the Hou&s;e as he had per|mitted to be there with his Keeper; and did then order his Keeper no longer to permit the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Woola&s;ton</HI> or any of his Friends to hunt in the Park.</P>
<P><HI>Now fora&s;much as the &s;aid Mr.</HI> Woola&s;ton <HI>was never in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Pre|mi&s;es, but there only by the</HI> Permi&s;&s;ion <HI>afore&s;aid: It's humbly hop'd the Honourable Committee will not adjudge the &s;aid Mr.</HI> Thomp&s;on <HI>guilty of a Breach of Privilege, only for turning &s;ome out of his <HI>own</HI> Hou&s;e; of which him&s;elf (by his Keeper) <HI>Then had,</HI> and &s;till doth</HI> keep <HI>the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE>
This Complaint is to be heard before the Committee on <DATELINE><DATE><HI>Friday</HI> the 6th of this In&s;tant;</DATE></DATELINE> when you are de&s;ired to be pre&s;ent.</CLOSER>
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