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A57415 A whip for the marshalls court and their officers the petition of Robert Robins gent. to the House of Commons against the abuses practised in the marshalls court, and a discovery of the jurisdiction and priviledge of that court, with some of the particular greevances the subjects suffer under the pretended authority threof ... written for the releife and redresse of all that have, or hereafter shall be arrested or wronged there : with directions where to repaire for advice and assistance therein, and how and where to get restitution for the same / by Ro. Robins. Robins, Robert. 1648 (1648) Wing R1646A; ESTC R25102 18,763 31

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A WHIP For the Marshalls Court and their OFFICERS The Petition of ROBERT ROBINS Gent. to the House of Commons Against the Abuses practised in the MARSHALS COVRT AND A Discovery of the Jurisdiction and priviledge of that COVRT with some of the particular greevances the Subjects suffer under the pretended Authority thereof maintained by ill Members of the Common-wealth Written for the Releife and redresse of all that have or hereafter shall be Arrested or wronged there with directions where to repaire for advice and Assistance therein And how and where to get restitution for the same By RO. ROBINS London printed for the Author And are to be sold at the Signe of the three Pigeons in Kings Street Westminster TO THE READER SIR HAving by the malice of the false and cruell Marshalls mens periuries an opportunity to ●ivulge what I long since intended their false swearing the last Term procuring me a Prison leasure to manifest the Iurisdiction of that Court and to discover some of their abuses and vile extortions by the assistance of the Printers Presse to your view hereby intreating you to perruse this little booke and then to repaire to me either in the Fleete or at the three Pigeons in King-street Westminster where I shall not faile to bee and satisfie you the true course that the Law of England hath in this Case provided whereby you may recover not only what expence or charge or summes of money it hath cost you or you have paid by any arest or suit there but also dammage for your false imprisonment thereby susteyned by due and iust Course in Law every Arrest by a Marshalls man made being cleerely as I shall shew you false Imprisonment And I shall shew you Iudgements for president in the Case and shall let you farther to know where to levy any Iudgement upon Persons whose Estates are responceable untill which time I am Your most humble Servant to Command RO. ROBINS From my Iron Cage in the Fleet 29th of August 1647. A WHIPE For the Marshalls Court and their OFFICERS ABout a yeare since at the Sessions of the Peace for Westminster holden in Westminster Hall before the Kings Majesties Justices of the Peace sitting there in open Court by good advise of Councel I Indicted two of the Marshalls men amongst other of their Confederates for an assault and battery made by them upon me this is one of their Arrests and by force deteyned me in their Custody untill I did deliver them five shillings and six pence lawfull money of England of my owne proper monyes numbred which Bill was upon positive and full Evidence to the Grand Jury given found and by them in their Virdict delivered in Billa vera and the Justices the grand Jury the Constables and inhabitants within that liberty feeling and well knowing what a mis●rable oppression they and the Dwellers there suffered by Arrests Suits and Actions commenced in that Court against them upon idle and frivolous pretences did joyfully seeme to joyne with me in the endeavouring a Rectification thereof and then promised me that if I would draw a Petition to that purpose to the Houses of Parliament they would procure it to be read thereby humbly desiring the Houses to settle that Court in its just Jurisdiction and Priviledge And take away the abuse of it to which I condiscended though contrary to my opinion knowing and acquainting them that I could very well doe it at Common Law if I could once come to a Tryall at the Common-pleas Barre with them concerning their Jurisdiction to hold plea in actions between party and partie not being of the Kings house and their extorted fees which Petition I herein verbatim set forth being drawne in my owne name on the behalfe of all the Inhabitants in generall within 12. miles round about the sitting of the same court within which is their pretended Veirge and for the avoyding of Tumults and Crowdes of People to waite on the houses with it therefore I did it not doubting but most of the Members of both Houses know very well the oppression the greived Communalty live under by that Court To the Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses Assembled in Parliament The humble Petition of Robert Robins Gent. SHEVVETH THat your Petitioners by the desire of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the City and Liberty of Westminster at a Generall Sessions of the peace houlden in Westminster Hall about a yeare since as also by the request of many of the Inhabitans within the said City and Liberty and divers House-Keepers aswell Commanders Gentlemen and others and especially poore Tradesmen within twelve miles about London doth present unto your Honors consideration the intollerable misery and oppression they live under in a perpetuall dayly feare of arrests by a pretended Jurisdiction of a Court called the Marshalls Court alias the Court of the Kings palace of Westminster weekely on Fridayes houlden in Southwarke contrary to the Lawes and Statutes of the Kingdome kept by Colour of a Pattent granted by the Kings Majestie to Sir Edward Sidenham Knight Marshall of England under the old Great Seal of England since the twenty second of May 1642. Which pattent is by vertue of an Ordinance of both houses of Parliament concerning the Great Seale of England void The great and heavy pressures thereby laid on the Shoulders of the Free-born Subjects of this Kingdome as well Inhabitants as Lodgers and Country gentlemen here in Towne about their affairs and within twelve miles about London which is within the Veirge of that Court as the Marshalls men Steward Attorneys and others their Officers very untruly affirm justifie and maintain are so violently injuriously and extortiously and contrary to the knowne Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome and the liberty of the Subject put in execution by the Officers of the said court that many hundreds are thereby ruined and others in a most sad desperate and lamentable condition in that crewell Jayle starved and dye And the Parliaments Commanders attending here for their arreares for their good service done notwithstanding their extream wants are by the Marshals men dayly arrested and forced in that prison to take up their quarters for life for the prevention where of and for the releefe of all Freeborne Subjects that desire to live under and be governed by the ancient and good Lawes of England Your Petitioner humbly prayeth That your honors will be pleased to order that the said Court may bee and continue in its just Iurisdiction and privlledge for fees and all other rights perquisits and pleadings and to the same intent and purpose as it it was first ordained for provided and granted by the severall Acts of Parliament and that the late pattent granted to the said Sir Edward Sidenham and all other Pattents and authority they sit by contrary to the first institution of the severall Acts of Parliament and the said court thereby confirmed may be to all intents and purposes void and utterly