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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44361	For the King and both Houses of Parliament being a brief and general account of the late and present sufferings of many of the peaceable subjects called Quakers, upon the late act against Conventicles, for no other cause but meeting together to worship God according to their perswasions and consciences.	Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.	1675 (1675)	Wing H2661; ESTC R749	9,600	20

FOR THE KING And both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT BEING A brief and general Account of the late and present sufferings of many of the Peaceable Subjects called Quakers upon the late Act against Conventicles for no other Cause but Meeting together to Worship God according to their perswasions and Consciences For the Oppression of the Poor and the Sighing of the Needy I will arise saith the Lord c. Printed in the Year 1675. FOR THE KING And both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT WHereas many of the said People have of late been and still are greatly disquieted and severely used many poor Families Ruined as to their Livelihoods the Fatherless and Widdows greatly Oppressed many honest Trades-men discouraged Trading in many places much stopt and decayed the Poor wanting Bread by reason of the great spoyl and havock that 's made upon many Innocent Industrious Families only for the exercise of their tender Consciences as by the following Relation will appear Which sufferings have been occasioned by some idle and dissolute persons who being not willing to take pains for an honest Livelihood in the Creation as other men do are turned Informers going from place to place on purpose to find out such Meetings troubling the Magistrates and instigating such as are willing to gratifie them that they may make a prey upon the said Peoples Estates and Livelihoods ruining and destroying these Peaceable Protestant-Subjects under pretence of doing the King Service We therefore entreat your Patience to peruse the following account and take it into your serious Considerations to afford the Sufferers some effectual and speedy relief by stopping such Inhumane proceedings for the future that they and their Families may not be utterly destroyed Huntington-shire 1670. FOr meeting together to worship God Eighty persons have been fined at several times 254 l. 5 s. for which there hath been taken from them Sheep Cowes Horses Hoggs Wool Oatmeal Carts Pewter Panns and Potts and other Goods to the value of 276 l. 5 s. Note Tho. Lister was fined 2 l. For which they took a Horse from him worth 6 l. and a Cow worth 2 l. they sold the Horse to Hen. Williams called a Justice for 25 s. and the Cow to another Justices man for 16 s. 6 d. Christopher Maidston for being at two Meetings fined 20 s. for himself and his Wife upon the Oath of John Blake and Will Scot Informers who swore falsly for the Woman was not at the Meeting Jasper Lister having all his Goods taken away he went to John Hieron called a Justice for a Bed which he refusing he desired he might have a Blanket to cover him but it would not be granted though he had Three Children and himself so lame that he goes on Crutches and when no body would buy the Goods in the Market the Justices would meet at an Inn and sell them by the inch of Candle selling them to Informers Justices themselves buying some their Clarks and their Kindred many times for a great deal less than half the worth of them Justice Hieron coming to a meeting at Godmanchester asked them what they did there one answered meet to worship God he said you have said enough to condemn your self and all that be here and fined them John Arthur fined 5 l. 10 s. had all his Goods taken away not leaving him so much as a Dish or Spoon nor the Dung in his Yard though he had sold it before for 6 s. And when the Officers returned that there was no Goods left but Forms and Stools Rob. Apreice called Justice bid them take the friends Coat off his back if he had two and the other things they might carry out and set sire on them Lincoln-shire TAken for several meetings Goods and Cattle in the Years 1670. 72 and 74 To the vallue of 391 l. 18 s 4 d. for 94 l. 10 s. fines Will. Lewis a Priest and John Ward a Parish Clark Informers One John Obrey Priest of Anderby setting the Informers on threatning that he will starve the Quakers by this Act. Richard Frisby and Edward Greaves two other Informers swore that one John Peachell spoke in the meeting when not one word was spoken by him nevertheless one called Justice Therrald fined him 20 l. The aforesaid Distresses were taken although no Testimony ever came in against them but that they were met together in peace and quietness and no outward exercise of Religion nor pretence of any proved against them and some of them never called to answer nor no witness sworn in their sight against them but the witnesses examined in private and that counted a Conviction Cambridg-shire TAken from several persons in this County in the Year 1670 1673 1674. Goods viz. Pewter-dishes Wood Brass Linen cloath Shop-goods and Working-tools to the very Shoomakers lasts and Womens Coats Head-cloths Gloves and Patens and Cowes and Horses in all to the vallue of 608 l. 16 s. 3 d. They took from George Thorrowgood of Ely his Bed and Goverleds and left the poor man to lodge on straw and afterwards for standing in the street before his own door was fined 10 s. by Parteridge and Lamy called Justices for which his Sheets Pillowbeers and very Shirt was taken from him though he was very sick in body at that time Edward Cook Miller for 5 l. 5 s. fine had taken his two Loading Horses his Houshold-stuff to the Bedds and Bedsteads the children lay on and childs Cradle to the vallue of 12 l. 15 s. so that the children were fain to lye on Straw upon the Boards by which means they fell sick and one dyed since Stephen Perry Tinker Simeon Priest Barber The two grand Informers in this County Cornwall TAken from 69. Persons for 311 l. 5 s. fines laid upon them in the yeares 1670.1673 1674. In Goods and Cattle to the value of 497 l. 13. s. 8. d. Henry Williams a poor man stript so near that they left him neither Breeches to ware nor Bed to lye on and took his very Hatchet he should work withall from another poor man for 15 s. fine they took his wives wearing apparel And there are lately several persons fined to the value of 147 l. for which distresses are not yet taken Also many are proceeded against upon an old statute against Popish Recusants and returned into the Exchequer for a Seizure of two thirds of their Estates and a writ of enquiry sent down to Commissioners to enquire into their Estates Darby-shire SIxty Persons fined also for Meeting 293 l 2 s. 8 d. or there abouts had taken to the value of 366 l. 4 s. 10 d. in Cowes Swine Shoes Leather Corn Hay House-hold Stuff to the Dish and Spoon and working Gear and from the Smith his Bellows and Tools sweeping all away both within doores and without William Cooper had taken his Cow Corn Hay houshold-goods to his wearing Coat and the meat he had provided for his Wife and three small Children Norfolk TAken from several persons in the yeares