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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>LATELY</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> AND <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> Pre&s;ented to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> affected Per&s;on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>J&V;ST<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI></P>
<P>By WILLIAM BALL</P>
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> tweene one <HI>Edward</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>England,</HI> Gent. and one <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> in the County of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ecks,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Mappe, may be &s;een <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> undue, and fraudulent <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Arbitrary oppre&s;&s;ion, as the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">|&s;trate.</P>
<P>On the 7. of <HI>November,</HI> 1650. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;pecious pretences procured his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the late Hou&s;e of Parliament, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>That his Uncle, one</HI> Thomas Bullock <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>time, if true, had been above three&s;core <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Petition was exhibited) morgaged the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of</HI> Arberfeld <HI>and</HI> Barkham <HI>in the County <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> Edmond Standen <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> <HI>for</HI> 4000 l. <HI>with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">|demption</HI> (as Bullock did alledge) <HI>and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> corrupt practices betweene the afore&s;aid <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> and the Lord Keeper</HI> Egerton. <HI>The <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">|tified by Decree on behalfe of</HI> Stan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>further con&s;ideration.</HI> To that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the Parliament gave &s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="3"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> late) <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> who were cho&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">tion, &s;hould give credit to &s;uch a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">:<NOTE PLACE="marg">1.</NOTE> For fir&s;t, How could their late Honours &s;upport, that a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> (if any &s;uch had beene) <HI>touching a M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">gage</HI> would not have beene complained of, and al&s;o redre&s;&s;ed or relieved in the time of &s;o many &s;ucceeding Lord Keep<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">, or Parliaments, during the &s;pace of &s;ixty, yeares;<NOTE PLACE="marg">2.</NOTE> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">, the true Ca&s;e betweene <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">der</HI> and <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">llock</HI> afore&s;aid is a Book ca&s;e reported by the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Cook</HI> in his third Book in <HI>Twines</HI> Ca&s;e, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> in <HI>G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">s</HI> Ca&s;e; &s;o that &s;uch Lawyers as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> might (as according to their tru&s;t they ought <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;uch a frivolous and &s;candalous <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the late Honourable Mr. <HI>Speaker</HI> did his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> therein] unle&s;&s;e &s;uch Lawyers feared, as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> they &s;hould have been thwarted by &s;ome of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">. Thirdly, the matter of that Petition <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of equity (as alleadged) and fora&s;much as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> was of great concernment, it ought in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> have beene Committed to the Lord Keepers, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">oners of the Great Seale to have heard, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the Ca&s;e <HI>according to the Rules of Equity con|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> For Equity is but a Candid, or milde in|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of the Law, not an abolition thereof or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> ca&s;e ought to have beene referred to &s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">ery to have examined, heard, and re|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">u&s;e: but the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e ought not to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the Committee of Indempnity (of which <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> might at his plea&s;ure become
<PB REF="3"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>England</HI> might <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Plea|&s;ure,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"></NOTE> wherefore I &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Pe|tition to in&s;tan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">.</P>
<P>Three things <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> other Power in <HI>England</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> become Tyrants, Oppre&s;&s;ions, or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> to their Co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">y) to witt,</P>
<P N="1">1. To deliver over this people to a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Go|vernment.</P>
<P N="2">2. To deliver over the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ati|on ill Benefit</HI>) of this people <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> di&s;tinct in Law and Government.</P>
<P N="3">3. To deprive this people <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the <HI>their Nationall Right:</HI> to witt, to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Right</HI> a|gain&s;t <HI>Law in Being;</HI> in regard <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> is only <HI>Effectively</HI> or <HI>Efficaciou&s;ly</HI>) not <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> to the La<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> [nor hath any Parliament in <HI>England</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> otherwi&s;e] &s;o that the Parliament <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Law (howbeit not again&s;t the Law of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> as &s;uch a Law is in Being, neither the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> any other power can of <HI>a legall matter <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">|trary.</HI> The rea&s;on of all is, For that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> ought to be <HI>Regular,</HI> in order unto the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> (THE SVPREAME LAVV) not any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">|ry tending to their de&s;truction.</P>
<P>Wherefore if the Parliament, or any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> at any time give, or grant the right of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> meerely becau&s;e it &s;hall be their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;hould violate the right of one <HI>Act<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">
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<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Petition; after he had obtained the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> in &s;tead of producing <HI>the Deed of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> in&s;i&s;ted upon</HI> (as by the &s;aid Petition it doth, and may appeare) <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">llock</HI> moved the Committee for Indempnity (&s;ome of whom were his Complices for another Order into the Country to exa|mine Witne&s;&s;es on his behalfe, touching the pretended Morgage afore&s;aid, and that Committee (although they were no way warranted by the Parliaments Order) gran|ted unto him an Order, or Commi&s;&s;ion to that end, wherewith <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">llock</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">er came into the Countrie, va|pouring of his great friend&s;hip, and acquaintance with Parliament men, and that they were &s;ure to have the Manours and Lands mentioned in the Petition afore&s;aid; by which &s;ubtill deportment, and by promi&s;es of courte|&s;ies, and friendly&punc; Neighbourhood, &amp;c. <HI>Bullock</HI>'s Bro|ther (one <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">ock</HI>) craftily-won unto him&s;elfe many ignorant and credulous people in and about <HI>Wocking|ham,</HI> e&s;pecially &s;uch as were of his owne Name, Kinred, and Friends; &s;ome of whom (allbeit but Cottagers and &s;uch like) by vertue of the <HI>undue Order or Commi&s;sion</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Committee of Indempnity (for they had no <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> to grant it) were induced to depo&s;e; and depo&s;ed, <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> heard &s;ay, that the Mannors, and Lands men|tion<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> morgaged for</HI> 4000 l. <HI>that they had heard &s;ay, that the Lands were worth</HI> 800 l. per ann. <HI>at the time of &s;ale; that they heard &s;ay, that the Woods and Timber were worth, &s;aid one,</HI> 8000 l. <HI>&s;ayes another,</HI> 10000 l. &amp;c. With tho&s;e depo&s;itions, <HI>Bullock</HI> and his Brother excee|dingly boa&s;ted, and at <HI>Westmin&s;ter</HI> moved the afore&s;aid
<PB REF="4"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>De|cr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Standen</HI> the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> made <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> undenyable Re|c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> under the Great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Bullock</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">|ther produ|ced any &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> Decree, no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> is any &s;uch producible.</NOTE> that the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Lands were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">. After <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> his Bro|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Progre&s;s in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">, they then beg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> af|ter the Commi&s;&s;ioners for I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ber|da&s;hers</HI> Hall) were in&s;tituted <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> in <HI>June</HI> the 23. 1652. which <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> without any <NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> power given them by the &s;aid <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;cope of the Act is meerely for matters <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> for any ca&s;e referred by &s;peciall Order of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> to the late Committee) did voluntarily undertake to re-heare the &s;aid ca&s;e (betweene <HI>Bullock</HI> and <HI>Standen</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> on the fir&s;t of <HI>October</HI> 1652. The very day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">hich re-hearing, <HI>Bullock</HI> had procured one fellow to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ome|what more then his former Deponents, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">nden</HI> the Defendant did make the contrary <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> and undenyable Records (and certainly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of men, who may po&s;&s;ibly, yea probably, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> in this ca&s;e on <HI>Bullock</HI>'s behalfe, ought to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> with Records) yet the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> heare the ca&s;e, to the great charges and tro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">+den</HI> the Defendant; and not long before the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of the late Parliament ordered <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> both <HI>Bullock</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Standen</HI> &s;hould pre&s;ent their ca&s;ts &s;everally in writin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">|der their <HI>Hands</HI> unto Mr. <HI>Brereton</HI> of Councel for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="5"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> would <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"></P>
<P>Howe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">|tion, both <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">|fence punctually <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">|fore the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> unto Mr. <HI>Brereton</HI> afore&s;aid, under the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> Hand; ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ing that here<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"> &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> proceedings whereby any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> danger <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">; but that according for the Lord Generalls late Declaration (<HI>April</HI> the la&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">.) <HI>The <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> of the Land &s;hall be ob&s;erved and obeyed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>William Ball.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>May the</HI> 25. 16<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Supreme Au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">ity <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">|tion, the Parliam<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> The humble Petition of <HI>Edward Bullock</HI> Gentle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">, an Inhabitant of <HI>New-England.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEVVETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat <HI>Tho: Bullock</HI> your Petitioners &V;nkle being &s;eized of two Mannors to him and his heires males for ever, <HI>viz.</HI> the Mannor of <HI>Arbeifeld</HI> and the Mannor of <HI>Barkham,</HI> and divers other Lands lying in the County of <HI>Berk</HI> of the yearly value of <HI>800. l.</HI> or thereabout, the timber growing then upon the &s;aid lands being worth <HI>10000. l.</HI> and upwards. And the &s;aid <HI>Tho: Bullock</HI> above <HI>70.</HI> yeares &s;ince mortgaged all the &s;aid lands to one Ma&s;ter <HI>Edmund-Standen</HI> for <HI>4000. l.</HI> with a full power of Redemption, (as by the Deed of Mortgage appeareth.) And your Pet. further &s;heweth, That the &s;aid <HI>Tho: Bullock</HI> &s;hortly after dyed, leaving the redemption of the &s;aid Lands unto his Brother <HI>William Bullock</HI> your Pet. Father, who was Heire at Law to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas.</HI> Whereupon <HI>Will: Bullock</HI> exhibited a Bill in Chan|cery again&s;t the &s;aid <HI>Standen,</HI> whil&s;t <HI>Edgerton</HI> was Lo: Keeper: but the &s;aid <HI>Standen</HI> being powerfull with the &s;aid Lo: Keeper, upon Bill and An&s;wer obtained a Decree or Order in ratifioation of the &s;aid Mortgage, without paying any more money for the &s;aid Lands, though it was then well known the Lands and Timber growing thereupon, were worth above <HI>20000. l.</HI> more then they were mortgaged for. And your Pet. farther &s;heweth, That the &s;aid <HI>Will: Bullock</HI> his Father was committed to the Fleet, and there remained a Pri&s;oner by the space of five years, meerly for speaking in his owne Cau&s;e at the time of Hea|ring, which was to the ruine of him, his wife and ten children then li|ving. Afterwards <HI>Will: Bullock</HI> dyed and left foure &s;ons living, <HI>viz. Thomas, William,</HI> your Petitioner <HI>Edward,</HI> and <HI>F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">eet. Thomas</HI> and <HI>Will:</HI> dyed without i&s;&s;ue, &s;o that your Pet. is now Heire at Law, and hath the onely equitable intere&s;t for redemption of the &s;aid Lands. And your Pet. further &s;heweth, that the &s;aid <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> long &s;ince dyed, leaving all the &s;aid mortgaged lands to one <HI>William Standen</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> his onely child, who about ten years &s;ince dyed without i&s;&s;ue. But
<PB REF="6">&s;o it is, (<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">y it plea&s;e this Honourable A&s;&s;embly) that one <HI>William Sp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">n</HI> laid Citizen and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> of <HI>London,</HI> hath gotten into the po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of all the &s;aid mortgaged lands, in&s;i&s;ting upon the validity of the &s;aid D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"> or Order, re&s;ol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ing to hold the lands again&s;t your Pet. having the pre&s;ent advantage of all the rents and profits of the &s;aid lands, being now worth <HI>1000. l. per ann.</HI> or thereabouts.</P>
<P>Now fora&s;much as your Pet, (an inhabitant of <HI>New-England</HI>) re|ceiving encouragement by &s;everall eminent acts of Justice to o|thers of the like nature to attend this Honourable A&s;&s;embly for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">fe against that corrupt Decree or Order made by the &s;aid Lo: Keeper in behalfe of the &s;aid <HI>Standen.</HI></P>
<P>Your Pet. humbly implores this honourable A&s;&s;embly, That the whole proceedings touching the obtaining of the &s;aid Decree or Order, together with all the foule and corrupt practi&s;es therein may be referred to the examination of a Committee of P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rl. That &s;o your Pet. may at length by the ju&s;tice of this renowned P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">l&punc; be re&s;tored to the due inheritance of his Ance&s;tors of more than <HI>500.</HI> years &s;tanding, in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion. And your Pet. &s;hall not onely &s;ubmit to what your Honours &s;hall think equall and ju&s;t, but</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>He and his Fathers hou&s;e &s;hall pray, &amp;c. <HI>Edward Bullock.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD><HI>THE TRUE STATE OF The Ca&s;e of</HI> William Standen; <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Defendant, again&s;t Mr. <HI>Edward Bullock</HI> Petitioner Complainant, as it hath been lately made appeare before the now Commi&s;si|oners for Indempnity &s;itting at <HI>Haber|da&s;hers</HI> Hall, <HI>LONDON.</HI></HEAD>
<P><MILESTONE N="1">_THe Mannors, and Lands in the Petition mentioned, and complained of, or pretend|ed to have been Morgaged by <HI>Thomas Bullock,</HI> in the &s;aid Petition mentioned, unto <HI>Edmund Standen,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> in that Peti|tion al&s;o mentioned, were by the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Bullock</HI> &s;old outright for 4000. l. by Deede of Bargaine and Sale, bearing Date the 4. day of <HI>June,</HI> in the 31. yeare of the Reigne of Queen <HI>Eliz.</HI> unto <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> afore|&s;aid, and to his Heires, and A&s;&s;ignes for ever.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and prove by a Copy of the Deed of Bargaine and Sale, taken one of the Rolls; which Copy was proved true by</HI> Joh: Wrightington,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Since when re&s;tored.</NOTE> <HI>and left &s;ometime with the Commi&s;sioners afore|&s;aid.</HI></P>
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> The &s;aid Mannors and Lands, were ab&s;olutely Ratified, and confirmed unto the afore&s;aid <HI>Edmond Standen,</HI> and to his Heirs, and A&s;&s;ignes for ever, by a Relea&s;e of Intere&s;t with warranty, bearing Date the 5. day of <HI>August,</HI> in the 31. yeere of the Reigne of the afore&s;aid Queen.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by the Deed of Re|lea&s;e of Intere&s;t</HI> (Enrolled) <HI>and produced before the Commi&s;sioners afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> The &s;aid <HI>Thomas Bullock</HI> had full and Legall Power to &s;ell and convey the &s;aid Manors, and Lands, notwith|&s;tanding an Act or Deed by him formerly made, pur|porting certaine u&s;es, and bearing Date the &s;econd day of <HI>January,</HI> in the 28. yeere of the Reigne of the afore&s;aid Queen, and within the reliefe of the Stat. of <HI>Eliz.</HI> 29. in regard the &s;aid Deed was not onely afterwards adjudged fraudulent, but al&s;o for that the &s;aid Deed was made with full power of Revocation of him the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Bullock</HI> at his plea&s;ure, during the terme of his Naturall life, by writing &s;ealed and delivered before &s;ixe credible Per&s;ons.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by</HI> Tho: Bullock <HI>his Deed</HI> (Enrolled) <HI>bearing Date as afore&s;aid, and produced before the Commi&s;sioners afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> The &s;aid <HI>Tho: Bullock</HI> did afterwards actually revoke all, and every the u&s;es, Intents and purpo&s;es of the afore&s;aid Deed in his life time, by a Deed of Revocation in wri|ting by him the &s;aid <HI>Thomas</HI> &s;ealed, and executed before &s;even per&s;ons therein nominated, and Dated the 8. day of <HI>December, Eliz.</HI> 31.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by a Copy of Deed of Revocation taken out of the Rolls, which Copy was proved true, by</HI> Iohn Wrightington <HI>afore&s;aid,</HI> and left &s;ometime of late with the afore&s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<PB N="11" REF="7">
<P><MILESTONE N="5"> The Mannors and Lands afore&s;aid, were by &s;everall Fines and Recoveries at Law &s;etled, and confirmed upon <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> the Purcha&s;or, and on his Heires and A&s;&s;ignes for ever.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by Fines, and Re|coveries exemplified under the Great Seale of Queen</HI> Eliz. <HI>Dated the</HI> 5. <HI>day of</HI> November, <HI>in the</HI> 36. <HI>yeer of the &s;aid Queens Reigne, and produced before the Commi&s;sioners afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="6"> The afore&s;aid <HI>Tho: Bullock</HI> did ab&s;olutely confe&s;&s;e, and acknowledge, that he had &s;old the Mannors, and Lands afore&s;aid outright for 4000 l. <HI>and that he had a Deed of de|fea&s;ance of the &s;aid Mannors,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> <HI>and Lands for the Terme of his Naturall life, yeelding and prying therefore</HI> 150 l. <HI>per annum;</HI> and did farther acknowledg the &s;aid <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> to have been the be&s;t chapman he could meet withall, upon valuable con&s;ideration for the &s;ayd Lands; and did moreover acknowledg the &s;aid <HI>Edmund Standen,</HI> his friendly dealing with him the &s;aid <HI>Bullock.</HI></P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by a Bill of</HI> Ed|mund Standen <HI>afore&s;aid, filed in Chancery to di&s;|cover Incombrances) and by the an&s;wer of</HI> Thomas Bullock <HI>afore&s;aid unto the &s;aid Bill; both which are exemplified under the Great Seal of Queen</HI> Elizabeth, <HI>Dated the</HI> 15. <HI>day of</HI> February,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Since when re&s;tored.</NOTE> <HI>in the</HI> 36 <HI>yeare of the &s;aid Queens Reigne;</HI> and left &s;ome time of late with the afore&s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners; <HI>al&s;o, This was made appeare, and proved by a latter Deed (in the &s;aid Bill, and an&s;wer mentioned) bearing Date the</HI> 30. <HI>day of</HI> May, Eliz. 32.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="7"> The Decree in Chancery made by the Lord Keeper <HI>Egerton</HI> complained of by the Petitioner <HI>Edward Bullock</HI> to have been corrupt,<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> and to have ratified a Morgage
<PB N="12" REF="8">of the &s;aid Lands (as in the Petition &s;ugge&s;ted) doth not on any point or clau&s;e in&s;tance one tittle of a Morgage of the Mannors, and Lands afore&s;aid, much le&s;&s;e ratifie any &s;uch pretended Morgage; but the &s;aid Decree made by the afore&s;aid Lord <HI>Keeper,</HI> by, and with the a&s;si&s;tance of Sir <HI>John Popham</HI> Knight, chiefe Ju&s;tice of the Queens Bench, and of Sir <HI>Edmond Ander&s;onne</HI> Knight, chiefe Ju&s;tice of the Queens Court of Common Pleas, doth ratifie and confirme the Mannors, and Lands afore&s;aid, in equity unto <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> Complainant, again&s;t the unju&s;t claimes and pretences of <HI>William Bullock</HI> the now Petitioners Father, as by the &s;aid Decree it doth and may appear, grounded upon the rea&s;ons therein &s;pecified; &s;ome whereof are al&s;o mentioned by Sir <HI>Edward Cooke,</HI> in the third book of his Reports, <HI>in Twines Ca&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by the &s;aid Decree, exemplified under the Great Seale of Queen</HI> Eliz. <HI>Dated the</HI> 5. <HI>day of</HI> June,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Since when re&s;tored.</NOTE> <HI>in the</HI> 39. <HI>yeer of the &s;aid Queens Reigne;</HI> and left &s;ometime of late with the Commi&s;sioners afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="8"><HI>William Bullock</HI> the now Petitioners Father, pretended a Lea&s;e of 800. yeers, of the afore&s;aid Mannors, and Land demi&s;ed unto him by <HI>Thomas Bullock</HI> afore&s;aid, [had there been a Morgage of the &s;aid Mannors, and Lands as is now pretended, he needed not to have &s;eined &s;uch a Lea&s;e, but to have de&s;ired Redemption] and to tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> end the &s;aid <HI>William Bullock</HI> &s;uborned, and endea|voured to &s;uborne Evidence, or Witne&s;&s;es; and for forging, or feining of the Lea&s;e afore&s;aid, and for other his notorious practi&s;es, the &s;aid <HI>William Bullock</HI> was cen|&s;ured in the Starre-Chamber.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by a Deecree of Starre-Chamber, exemplified under the Great Seale
<PB N="13" REF="8">of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> 30. <HI>of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> of the &s;aid Queens Reigne;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Si<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"></NOTE> and left <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> of late with the Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="9"> At the time of the purcha&s;e, Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e <HI>Dorothy Bullock,</HI> wife of <HI>Thomas Bullock</HI> afore&s;aid, had Right of Dower, and enjoyed Dower afterwards for a long &s;ea&s;on.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by a Deed of A&s;|&s;ignement of Dower, under the &s;aid</HI> Dorothy <HI>her hand, and &s;eale; Dated the fir&s;t day of</HI> July, Eliz. 37.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="10"> At the time of the Purcha&s;e, there were four Lea&s;es in being for 15. or 16. yeers of a good part of the Demea&s;|ne&s;&s;e of the Premi&s;&s;es, at &s;mall Rents, which the Le&s;&s;ees (whereof <HI>William Bullock</HI> afore&s;aid was one) were to en|joy again&s;t the Purcha&s;or <HI>Standen,</HI> although the vendor <HI>Bullock</HI> &s;hould dye.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by the Covenants in the Copy of the Deed of Bargaine, and Sale a|fore&s;aid; al&s;o by the afore&s;aid an&s;wer of</HI> Thomas Bullock <HI>exemplified,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>al&s;o by the Decree in Chan|cern fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">erly mentioned, al&s;o by the depo&s;ition of</HI> John <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">anner, <HI>taken by Order of the former Commit|tee for I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">ity.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="11"> The mannors and Lands afore&s;aid, are &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">uat in the Forre&s;t of <HI>Wind&s;or,</HI> and at the time of the &s;ale of them to <HI>Edmund Standen</HI> afore&s;aid, &s;ubject to the &s;trict execution of the Forre&s;t Laws, which made them of le&s;&s;e value and e&s;teeme.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare and proved by the &s;everall Depo|&s;itions of</HI> Stephen Ro&s;e, Wiliam Bullock, Anne Hamlyn, John Planner, <HI>and</HI> Richard Bullock, <HI>taken by Order of the Committee afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="12"> The Mannors and Lands afore&s;aid, are averred to have been (according to con&s;tant Report) &s;old out-right.</P>
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<P><HI>T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"> of</HI> Anne Hamlyn, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">on, <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> by Order of the Committee afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="13"> The &s;uits between <HI>Edmond Standen</HI> and <HI>Will: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">,</HI> the now Petitioners Father, were not upon any Morgage, but upon other points and debates at Law, mentioned be|fore, Numb. 7.</P>
<P><HI>This was made appeare, and proved by the Chancery, and Starre Chamber Decrees afore&s;aid; and al&s;o it doth and may farther appeare by &s;everall non-&s;uits, in the Kings-Bench, and Common-Pleas; as al&s;o by a verdict, Iudgment and Execution</HI> Termino Pa&s;chae; <HI>Iac.</HI> 3. <HI>again&s;t the &s;aid</HI> William Bullock.</P>
<P>The Mannors and Lands in the Petition mentioned, are not now worth 800 l. <HI>per annum:</HI> after above 60. yeers improvement, as it is generally knowne in the Country where the Lands lye; and if the Deponents on <HI>Bullocks</HI> behalfe have averred, and depo&s;ed otherwi&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> per&s;ons ought not in Ju&s;tice to be credited, who <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;ed, &amp; gaine-&s;ayed undeniable Records touching <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">.</P>
<P>Concerning the Woods and Tim<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">tition mentioned, all Impartiall men kno<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Woods at the time of the &s;ale of the Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"> and Lands <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ayers of Records as afore&s;aid, may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under my h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">d the</HI> <DATE>31. <HI>day of</HI> March, 1653.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">den.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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