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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43230	To the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament at Westminster. The humble petition of Robert Heblethwait sometimes preacher of the word by authority of Parliament at Great Snoring in Norfolke. As also a narrative of his grievances concerning the uniust proceedings against him, of some malevolent spirits of the standing committee at Norwich, occasioned by the false and malicious informations of malignant persons in Snoring, and elsewhere. And the Iesuiticall suggestions and complots of the idolatrous delinquent, Edw. Dobbs, with his popish representative Charles Devill.	Heblethwaite, Robert, d. 1648.	1647 (1647)	Wing H1348A; ESTC R216846	11,279	16

this command in Linne to my evident misfortune and disadvantage the Committee being willing to revive their quarrell against the Col. and revenge it for present upon my felt did againe command my appearance to shew them cause why according to the Order of the said Earle I had not paid a fifth part To which when J came intentionally to resolve them they waved their summons in lieu whereof they produc'd and read an information as related to me See Order of 8. March 1644. The particular Orders related to this narrative are according to the citation in the margent expressed at full in the end of the Papers and signed as they pretended by twenty of mine own Parishioners wherein they charged me with the seizure of a barne of Corne in 1643. And with the sale of about 7. Tuns of lead belonging to the old ruined Parsonage house whose downfal valued by them at 300. l they did not only lay to my charge but did also demand security of me for the rebuilding of the same Wherin my innocency in the occasion became my justice in the refusall And because I could not produce the Col. aforesaid Orders for my possession by them as shamefully demanded as detained in stead of relief they committed my to the custody of a Trooper for a moneth to my great charge and disgrace nor would they suffer me to go home to visit my wife distressed at the newes of their hard usage of me unlesse I would set my hand to an acknowledgement of a forfeiture of 300. l to the Speaker of the house upon a non returne within 5. dayes which I did and for ought I know yet remains inforce against me they seized my profits to the value of 80. l they turned me out of my Church not only unjustly but disgracefully and suffered if not countenanced the entertainment of notorious Malignants to officiate in my vacancy and absence in my proper cure Vpon which commitment the Earle of Manchesters power being then determin'd and expir'd In August following my injuries and indurance being above sufferance I made my Appeale to the Honourable Committee for Plunder'd Ministers at Westminster See Order the 4. Aug. 1645. who having received both information and satisfaction converning my title they did nobly and iustly confirme me in it and therewith ordered the County Committee to returne a Narrative why I stood committed and from whence the severity used against me received occasion which by them was not only neglected but in stead thereof Articles of infamy and scandall promoted under the politicall pretension whereof my repossession was delayed and my profit detained untill June 1646 since when as also before every slender and frivolous occasion administred plentifull matter to them for my further vexation and imprisonment For the proof whereof amongst the variety of affronts especially in that intervaile from August 1644. See the warrant the 15. Iuly 1645. untill Iune 1646. Let this one for brevity be the evidence and conviction o●… their inveteracy For presenting my self to officiate on the Lords day by vertue of the fore recited Order of the 4. of August 1645 the strength of their spleen was so predominant and they so remote from any sufferance of me therein that rather then faile they revived an antiquated warrant of their own gained while I was in London by the authority whereof I was arrested by one Iohn Flemming and committed into the only and proper custody of one Nich. Smith an Ale-house keeper whose Ale-house for his extravagant and notorious deboishments I had formerly procured to be put down Jn revenge whereof the feare of my escape as he pretended ingag'd him to secure me with a strong guard in the next roome but in the interim afforded me a visit which brought this comfort only to me to expect no more favour then could be prepared in the Stocks or the Spitle-House In order to which the very next morning though they failed in the manner they did not in the matter of their calumny for I had a Convoy to the Committee with staves and swords and such revilings as might easily prompt me to the remembrance of a more primitive persecution and consequently ingage me with much more patience to be silent and yeelding to those reproaches whose only end principally aimed at was a malicious exposure of my credit and fortune into an utter disgrace and falling Give me leave to allude to that saying of David Ps 35.15.23.25 In mine adversit they reioyced and gathered themselves together against me yea the abiects gathered themselves together against me they did tear me and ceased not Stirre up thy self and awake to my indgement ever unto my cause See Order 4 Iune 1646. my God and my Lord Lee them not say in their heart ah so we would have it let them not say we have swallowed him up But to leave this digression as though they were resolved to deny obedience to all manner of Rule and orders and though severall orders for repossession and confirmation did daily issue and were as daily cotemned In Iune 1646. notwitstanding their pretension of Articles Yet the honourable Committee for plunderd Ministers did order mee possession with the Tythes in Arrears as also a stay of prosecution untill the accomplishment of that Order wherein my Prosecutors were likewise sentenced to imprisonment See Order 4. Iune 1646. But in that as in the remainder their obedience was equall and my self as in the rest as totally defeated of what was legally awarded me Succeeding to this was their severall indictments of me at the Sessions at Norwich their suits at law to exigents their severall procuremēts of me under the custody of the Marshal at Norwich and their neglect or rather waving of their Articles upon the validity of which they durst not depend yet rather then want an aggravation they ingag'd one Devil in my prosecution upon a presentation that had reference to the death of Mr. Dobbs the outed Delinquent but the pretence of that was so visibly delusive that the Committee being convinced the said Devil not daring to appeare See Order 13. Sept. 1646. I had a dismission and confirmation thereupon Yet the practises of this Devill were rather altered then determined For his second summons cald me coram againe upon a presumption of a Lapse by the said Delinquents non residence which comming to a hearing the 8. of May following and Devill neglecting this as the former it was deferred to the next 11. of Iune and in the interimmy self was ordered to officiate and receive profits which day being come still Devill did play the least in sight yet with a naturall and fraudulent subtilty by the aduantage of my absence he possessed himselfe by order from the Bishop of the Diocesse and challenged the tythes of the Parishioners with great threatnings and to keepe me the better from the hearing of my cause or the appearing at my cure the height of their