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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40025	Fourtie articles in the High Court of Parliament, against William Lang, who was vicar in the parish of Bradworthy, in the county of Devon, but now prisoner in the city of London. With a petition to the Right Honorable House of Commons, shewing the odiousnesse of his life and actions, desiring that his triall may not be prolonged, nor his execution hindred, being one of the late tribe of lordly bishops.	Judd, Robert, fl. 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing F1621A; ESTC R202628	4,356	10

Lewis Dennis Robert Terdrew John Yee and when he could not prevail with them to give him composation for to cease the suit he used means to the Examiner Greenhill that upon their appearance they could not be examined for 7. weeks and at last foure of them were forced to give 30. s. a peece to be examined Which cause lay dead almost a yeer then they moving to be dismist with costs Vicar Lang served them with Processe never seen in Court to bring in their Answers whereupon they came and produced the Processe which were Langs own hand writing whereupon the Examiner being Clark confessed he did it at Langs perswasion So the Court fined Greenhill 20. s. But Lang escaped unpunished or reproved 20 That he hath lately got himself made an Officer by some unjust way as is conceived of purpose to vex and oppresse his Parishioners with causelesse Suits in the Stannery Court and hath already done so 21 That he hath affirmed that if his Chancell were full of gold and silver he would spend it all to be revenged of his enemies and that he would never give over his Parishioners with suits untill he lay down like the Ha re before the hounds 22 That during his suits with his Parishioners he dealt with one Christopher Pugsl●y to poyson 4. of his Parishioners viz. Thomas Vigers Richard Facye Robert Bishop and Thomas Boundye and did give 20. s. 6. l. to the said Pugsl●y to buy Ratsbain with promise of a certain sum of money upon the fact committed which Pugsl●y attempted three times And besides there is more then suspicion that he poysoned his predecessors wife whose estate he had and was tied to maintain her for the same during her life 23 That the said Lang did conspire the death of his predecessor Mr. Twiggs and in all probability poysoned his widow dying suddenly whose estate he had and was bound to maintain her during his life for to that purpose the said Lang procured a Potion as can be proved 24 That he carried a Pistall to kill Mr. Thomas Vigurs one of his Parishioners and there in suit with him and did threaten Thomas Wondroffe a Minister who revealed the same to the said Thomas Vigurs that unlesse he would deny before a Justice the words that he had told Thomas Vigurs he would lay Felonie to his charge and his man Jewell should sweare it 25 That he dealt with the aforenamed Pugsley to burne the Barn and Corn-mowes of Samuel Chappell one of his Parishioners and at that time in suit with him 26 That he hath committed divers forgeries since he hath been Vicar of Bradworthie 27 That he farmeth the Tythes of two Parishes to the great oppression of the Inhabitants in forcing them to pay much more then formerly they did for fear of Law suits and London journeys 28 That he hath left his Cure to follow Suits whereby there hath been neither Sermons nor Service in the Parish Church many times for a moneth together And in his absence above 7. yeers since he left Matthew Lile a Miller and using that Trade and no Minister to read prayers in the Church who hath severall times by his appointment publiquely read Divine Service in the Church there And since that Philip Natt a Taylor hath by the appointment of Lang and in his absence publiquely read Divine Service as well on the Sabbath as other holy dayes 29 That he causeth Dorothy Lang his daughter to catechise the Parishioners publiquely in the Church which she hath done severall Sundayes together by the appointment of the said William Lang. 30 That he being required to baptize a childe bade the woman that required him to cast a dish of water in the face of it and call it John or Joane as it was in the name of the Father c. and that would be well enough Which childe lived nine or ten weeks after and died unbaptized 31 That he obtained licence to sell wine and hath kept a Tavern in the Vicaradge house for 4. yeers last past 32 That a childe being at the Font to be baptized the woman that held the childe softly and modestly asking the said Lang whether she should put back the childs head-clothes he answered Go thy wayes home and teach thy maid to whip her Cat. 33 That the said Lang being requested by one of his Parishioners to christen his childe answered him thus What wilt thou have me to christen thy old Sow 34 That the said Lang caused the Body of Roger Neile of his Parish deceased to be kept unjustly ten dayes unburied and the same to stand open two Sabbath dayes to the great annoyance and grief of his Parishioners 35 That the said Lang doth affirm that the Book of Canticles in the old Testament was but a kind of baudy Song My Love my Dove my faire one c. 36 That the said Lang said in a Sermon that the holy Ghost was a created corporall substance or words to that effect 37 That the said Lang went up into the Pulpit and told them he was not able to discharge the Office of a Minister amongst them because the people were so sinfull and that God had sent him for a scourge amongst them 38 That the said Lang doth make infamous Libels against his parishioners to their great scandall and unjust vexations 39 That he never preacheth or catechiseth in the afternoon on Sabbath dayes but goes constantly to the Alehouse and makes himself so drunk that he could not go nor stand 40 That the said Lang doth usually serve Writs and Citations upon his parishioners upon the dayes of Easter and other generall Communions which he might conveniently do on the week day with lesse breach of charitie FINIS