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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25341	Antient testimony of the primitive Christians and martyrs of Jesus Christ revived against tythes, or, A relation of the sufferings of William Dobson of Slade-end in the parish of Brightwell in Barkshire because for conscience-sake he could not pay tythes ... and for thirteen years was much exercised by imprisonment and loss of goods and the last day of the 3d month call'd May 1677 dyed a prisoner for the same : to which is annexed a short account of the sufferings of Michael Reynolds ... because he could not for conscience-sake pay tythes ...		1680 (1680)	Wing A3074; ESTC R25883	11,756	16

pay Tyths And the Lord in these troubles which he permitted him to be exercised withal did wonderfully uphold and preserve him and blessed his endeavours that notwithstanding all the endeavours of his Adversaries which might tend to his ruine yet he thrived in his outward Estate which hath ben taken notice of by many and that the eminent hand of the Almighty God was manifested greatly for his good every way which is matter of encouragement unto all that are or hereafter may be called by the Lord ●o suffer for the same Testimony Now William Dobson having thus by the as●istance of the Lord's Power fought the good Fight of Faith and kept the Word of his Patience laid down his head in Peace and finished his course and upon the last day of the 3 d. month called May 1677. he died a Prisoner for the Truth and his name is recorded in the Book of Life amongst ●…e faithfull Sufferers and Martyrs for the ancient Testimony of Jesus ●hrist against that great Oppression of Tyths Here followeth A Brief RELATION Of the late Sufferings of Michael Reynolds Of Farringdon in the same County because he could not for Conscience-sake pay Tyths to ROBERT PYE Impropriator IN the 7 th month 1678. Michael Reynolds was Arrested for Tyths at the Suit of Robert Pye and kept by the Bayliffs Prisoner at an Inn one day and one unknown to Michael who pretended himself an Attorney promising to appear for him he was le● go And Robert Pye prosecuted his Suit having no Defence ma●… at all against him and procured an Execution for sixty Pound And on the 19 th day of the 6 th month 1679. there came Joh● Pullen and James Clark of Abingdon and William Tombes of Farringdon Bayliffs with the said Execution and seized on and Drov● away nine of Michael Reynolds's Cows and a Colt of two years old and likewise seized on a Barn full of Corn and the same day al●… they arrested Michael Reynolds in the Suit of Robert Pye and kept hi● Prisoner at an Inn most part of a day and when they saw he could 〈◊〉 ●…ploy an Attorney but was given up to endure Imprisonment they let ●…m go And the 22 d. day of the same month two of the fore-mentioned ●ayliffs viz. James Clarke and William Tombes took away a Mare ●…m Michael upon the same Execution and in a little time after the ●…e Bayliffs sent two men to thrash out Michael's Corn in the Barn ●hich they seized on before whose Names were William Farmer and ●…arles Bray of Farringdon and they thrasht and winnowed all the Corn ●…at Barn which was carried away and sold Again the 10 th day of the 8 th month following the said Bayliffs ●…me again to Michael Reynold's House and said they had not yet ●…ken enough and then they seized on the other Barn full of Corn 〈◊〉 the two Thrashers again to Work and they thrasht out the Corn in that ●…rn also And the 25 th day of the 9 th month following the two Thrashers ●…y the appointmnnt of John Pulline took Witness and delivered 〈◊〉 the Key and Lock of Michael Reynolds's Barn to him and gave an ●…count under their hands that the Corn thrasht by them and winnowed ●hich was carried away and sold to answer the Execution before-men●…oned was in all of Barly 56 Quarters and a half and was by them ●…ged worth at the times when it was carried 17 s. a Quarter one with 〈◊〉 other which came to   49 l. 8 s. 9 d ●…so of Beans and Pease 9 Quarter at 8 l. 8 s. 0 d ●…d the Cattle taken away as before mentioned were worth 40 l. 0 s. 0 d Which amount to in all 97 l. 16 s. 9 d. All this was taken away for one years Tyth from Michael Reynolds ●nd the whole Rent of the Land he holds is but 55 l. a year and of ●…at there is in Medow where they took the Tyth by Force and in pasture ●here Robert Pye claims none to the value of 20 l. a year So that the ●hole Rent of that Land which he had any Colour of Law to sue for ●…ll not amount to 40 l. a year And it may be supposed that the Tyth ●annot in all likelyhood exceed a 4 th part of the Rent which at utmost ●annot be above 10 l a year And therefore it is evidently manifest how cruelly and unjustly Robert ●ye hath dealt in this Case with his Neighbour Michael Reynolds although 〈◊〉 other Cases we have not had much Cause to find Fault with him who 〈◊〉 the denial of scarce 10 l. demanded hath caused to be taken away 〈◊〉 Cattel and Corn the value of 97 l. 16 s. 9 d. which is near ten times 〈◊〉 much more Oh horrible Injustice that ever such Actions should be found amongst such as profess Christianity is great pity and is a sha●… to the professors thereof And besides all this the Servants of R. P. in the Harvest-time 16●… did take away from Michael Reynolds both of Hay and Corn what t●… pleased upon the account of Tyths The Truth hereof hath been so public●… knovvn in and about the Tovvn 〈◊〉 Farringdon that it needs no furt●… Prooff But is subscribed to by a S●●ferer for the Truth against Oppr●●sion MICHAEL REYNOLDS THE END