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<HEAD>THE Lord Craven's CASE.</HEAD>
<P>_COn&s;iderations humbly offered for the reading the Lord <HI>Cravens</HI> Petition, in order to his Relief, again&s;t the &s;ud|den Confi&s;cation of his E&s;tate, and the Sale, which thereupon en&s;ued.</P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">See Mr. <HI>Luke Robin&s;ons</HI> Re|port from the Council, and the Letters from Sir <HI>Charles Coot,</HI> and the many Re&s;olves pa&s;t that day; all relating to <HI>Ireland</HI> onely.</NOTE>I. For that, towards the latter end of the long Parliament (<HI>March 6.</HI> 1650) he was declared an Of|fender within an (<HI>Iri&s;h</HI>) Re&s;olve of Parliament, of the 24 <HI>August,</HI> 1649. Grounded upon Letters from Sir <HI>Charles Coot,</HI> then in <HI>Ireland,</HI> relating to the Earl of <HI>Ardes,</HI> and other per|&s;ons who had <HI>de&s;erted</HI> the Parliaments Service <HI>there,</HI> and revolted to the Enemy; and ordered to be &s;ent into <HI>Ireland, there</HI> to be put in execution; the Lord <HI>Craven</HI> (being then by leave of Parliament (dated 10 of <HI>May,</HI> 1641.) re&s;iding beyond Sea, attending his Military Command there, had his<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">For the truth of this, &s;ee the Journal of Parliament.</NOTE> E&s;tate confi&s;cated upon the penalty of the &s;aid (<HI>Iri&s;h</HI>) Re&s;olve, the &s;ame <HI>moment,</HI> the Informations were read again&s;t him.</P>
<P N="2">II. Without any
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<ITEM>Charge, </ITEM>
<ITEM>Impeachment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For the truth of this, &s;ee the Journal of Parliament.</NOTE></ITEM>
<ITEM>Legal Summons,</ITEM>
<ITEM>or Hearing.</ITEM>
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<P N="3"><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the Sum|mons in Print and in the Journal.</NOTE>III. Four moneths <HI>after</HI> Confi&s;cation, there was a Re&s;olve of Parlia|ment (in nature of a Summons) dated 3 <HI>July,</HI> 1651. Printed, requiring the Lord <HI>Craven</HI> to appear the Third of <HI>September,</HI> 1651. which he was to take notice of at his peril.</P>
<P>(But) Fir&s;t, It was not directed to be &s;erved upon his per&s;on according to the Laws of the Land, he re&s;iding then in a State in Amity with <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, And in ca&s;e of Per&s;onal notice, and a failer, to appear, It was by the Law but a Sei&s;ure of his E&s;tate <HI>Quou&s;que,</HI> unt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> he come, admitting there had been a Charge.</P>
<P>Thirdly, It required him not to An&s;wer to any Charge or Impeach|ment depending again&s;t him in Parliament, or el&s;ewhere; for (indeed) there was not then, nor at any time &s;ince, any Charge or Impeachment ever drawn up again&s;t the Lord <HI>Craven.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the Sum|mons in Print, and in the Journals of Parliament.</NOTE>Fourthly, The Summons only required him to An&s;wer to &s;uch things <HI>as &s;hould be objected again&s;t him.</HI> A proceeding without Pre&s;i|dent, upon future Objections never reduced into Writing in na|ture of a Charge, nor made a Record, for the party &s;ummoned to
<PB N="2" REF="2">An&s;wer unto; to expo&s;e to &s;ale by Act of Parliament an E&s;tate of a Peer and <HI>Free man</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> as forfeited upon &s;uch a failer.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">For the truth of this, &s;ee the Petition read in Parliament and &s;till re|maining on Record there.</NOTE>Fifthly, The time for his Appearance was but two Moneths, he be|ing at the time of that Printed Summons then in <HI>Upper Germany,</HI> near Five hundred Miles di&s;tant hence; and <HI>leave</HI> being formerly de&s;ired by Petition, read in Parliament, to &s;end to the Lord <HI>Craven</HI> to give him notice of the Proceedings again&s;t him here, it would not be granted.</P>
<P N="4"><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the Peti|tions remain|ing on Record in Parliament.</NOTE>IV. For that &s;everal Petitions were pre&s;ented and read in the long Parliament before the Bill of Sale did pa&s;s, by, and on the behalf of the Lord <HI>Craven,</HI> de&s;iring to be heard, and thereby offering to prove;</P>
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<ITEM>1. That <HI>Faulconer</HI> the &s;ingle Witne&s;s (as to matter of Crime, men|tioned in the Petition at <HI>Breda,</HI> wherein the Parliament was &s;tiled by the name of Barbarous and Inhumane Rebels; upon which the Confi&s;cation was grounded) was a perjured per&s;on in what he &s;ware in that particular again&s;t the Lord <HI>Craven,</HI> then offered to be proved by his own Hand-writing, and &s;everal Witne&s;&s;es then ready to be produced.</ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the In|dictment. And Petition remaining in Parliament.</NOTE>2. That, not being granted, <HI>Faulconer</HI> was indicted, (&s;itting the Parliament) for the &s;aid Perjury, before the &s;aid Bill of Sale did pa&s;s; and the Parliament was made acquainted therewith by Petition that he was indicted; again praying, That they would hear the Lord <HI>Craven</HI> before his E&s;tate &s;hould be Enacted to be &s;old; but it could not be obtained.</ITEM>
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<P N="5"><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the Con|viction under Seal.</NOTE>V. For that the &s;aid <HI>Faulkoner</HI> (relief not being had in Parliament) was &s;oon after convicted of P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rjury in the Upper-Bench, after five hour. Evi|dence for that <HI>very Depo&s;ition</HI> of his again&s;t the Lord <HI>Craven.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Several Mem|bers of this pre&s;ent Parli|ament can witne&s;s this, who were pre&s;ent at the Tryal.</NOTE>Where al&s;o it was proved
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<ITEM>1 That he drunk a Health to the <HI>Devil</HI> on his knees.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 That he u&s;ually &s;aid Chri&s;t was a <HI>Ba&s;tard,</HI> and the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> a Whore.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 That he had been in <HI>Alisbury</HI> Goal and Newgate for Robbery and Felony.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 That he attempted a fact, wor&s;e then all the&s;e (if wor&s;e can be) here forborn to be menti|oned.</ITEM>
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<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg">See the Jour|nal of Parlia|ment for the Mini&s;ters Ex|amination, and <HI>Faulconers</HI> con|fe&s;&s;ion, and a|bove 100 Members of this pre&s;ent Parliament heard the &s;ame te&s;tified at the Bar of the Hou&s;e the la&s;t Parlia|ment.</NOTE>VI. Since his Conviction before an earthly Judge, he hath been con|victed by the <HI>great Judge</HI> of Heaven and Earth, with great <HI>terror</HI> and <HI>horror</HI> of <HI>Con&s;cience,</HI> in&s;omuch, as upon his Death-bed calling people to him to bear witne&s;s.</P>
<P>He confe&s;&s;ed
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<ITEM>1 That he had mo&s;t <HI>fal&s;ely</HI> and <HI>wickedly</HI> &s;wore again&s;t the Lord <HI>Craven.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 That being reduced to a low Condition, <HI>Lucre</HI> and <HI>Gain</HI> was a great inducement to it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 That his <HI>Soul</HI> was afflicted and <HI>wounded</HI> for the thought of it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 And de&s;iring Pea, Ink, and Paper, in the pre&s;ence of the people pre&s;ent, writ down how he was drawn to this horrid &s;in of <HI>Perjury;</HI> And &s;ealing the truth thereof, by receiving the <HI>Sacrament,</HI> &s;oon after died.</ITEM>
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<P N="7">VII. For that the Lord <HI>Craven</HI> hath continued his <HI>Appeal</HI> ever &s;ince the Confi&s;cation and Sale, and di&s;&s;olution of the long Parliament, to be relieved.
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<ITEM>1 To the <HI>Little</HI> Parliament, but they were &s;hortly after di&s;&s;ol|ved.<NOTE PLACE="marg">This appears by the &s;everal Addre&s;&s;es to the &s;everal Parliaments, and Govern|ments.</NOTE></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 To the Lord <HI>Protector,</HI> who in the In&s;trument of Govern|ment, in&s;erted a Provi&s;oe, for hearing <HI>Appeals</HI> depending again&s;t Bills of Sale.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 The Lord Protector and the Council (in the Interval of Parlia|ment) ordered a &s;top of Sale of the &s;mall remainder of that E&s;tate un&s;old.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 To the Parliament (1654.) who read and committed his <HI>Petition,</HI> and the Ca&s;e was fully heard, but were di&s;&s;olved that day they were ripe for a Re&s;olution.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 That Parliament voted al&s;o a confirmation of that Clau&s;e, That all <HI>Appeals</HI> depending again&s;t Sale &s;hould be heard.</ITEM>
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<P N="8">VIII. For that mo&s;t of the <HI>Members</HI> and others who have purcha&s;ed that E&s;tate, have by beneficial Bargaines made thereof, and by the va&s;t de|&s;truction and profitable &s;ale of Woods, and pulling down of &s;tately hou&s;es, and &s;elling the Materials thereof to great advantage, <HI>Reimbur&s;ed</HI> them|&s;elves what they have been out of pur&s;e, in the purcha&s;e of any part of that E&s;tate.</P>
<P N="9">IX. For that the la&s;t Parliament, <HI>Ann.</HI> 1656. were plea&s;ed to hear the Lord <HI>Cravens</HI> Ca&s;e at the Bar of the Hou&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">This appears by the Jour|nal, &amp; known to the pre&s;ent Members.</NOTE> which did not take up above an hour and halfs time, and nothing was produced in evidence again&s;t the proceedings of that Parliament which confi&s;cated his E&s;tate, but the Jour|nals of Parliament, and the conviction of Perjury, exemplified under Seal, and the Examination of the Mini&s;ter, who was pre&s;ent at <HI>Faulconers</HI> Con|fe&s;&s;ion on his Death bed.</P>
<P>For all which Rea&s;ons it is humbly prayed on behalf of the Lord <HI>Craven,</HI> that his Petition of Appeal may be &s;peedily read, and a time appointed to be heard at the Bar of the Hou&s;e, and that he may have the <HI>Leave</HI> of Parliament to come over in per&s;on to attend the hearing of his Ca&s;e upon the &s;aid Petition.</P>
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<P><HI>The Lord Cravens CASE.</HI></P>
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