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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38869	An exact account of the trial between Sr. William Pritchard, Kt. and alderman of the city of London, plaintiff, and Thomas Papillon, Esq, defendant in an action upon the case at the sessions of nisi prius holden for the Court of King's Bench at the Guild-Hall in the city of London, on Thursday the 6th of November, 1684, in Michaelmas term, in the 36th year of the reign of King Charles the Second, before Sir George Jefferies, Kt. and Baronet, then Lord Chief Justice of the said Court of King's Bench : to which is added, the matter of fact relating to election of sheriffs, as it was printed in the year 1682.	Pritchard, William, Sir, 1632?-1705, complainant.; Papillon, Thomas, 1623-1702, defendant.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1689 (1689)	Wing E3587; ESTC R12402	61,421	42

AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL BETWEEN Sr. WILLIAM PRITCHARD Kt. And Alderman of the City of London Plaintiff AND THOMAS PAPILLON Esq Defendant In an Action upon the Case At the Sessions of Nisi prius holden for the Court of King's Bench at the Guild-hall in the City of London on Thursday the 6th of November 1684. In Michaelmas Term in the 36th Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second Before Sir GEORGE JEFFERIES Kt. and Baronet then Lord Chief Justice of the said Court of King's Bench. To which is added The MATTER of FACT relating to ELECTION of SHERIFFS as it was printed in the Year 1682. LONDON Printed and sold by Richard Janeway in Queens-head-Court in Pater-Noster-Row MDCLXXXIX Pasche xxxvi to Car. Secundi Reg. London ss WIlhelmus Pritchard Miles nuper Major Civit. praedict quaerit de Thoma Papillon in Custod Marem c. pro eo videlicet quod cum duodecimo die Februaris Anno nostri Domini Caroli Secundi nunc Regis Angliae c. tricessimo quinto ipsem idem Wilhelmus Pritchard ac antea abinde pro separat menses ex tunc prox sequend extitit Major Civitat ' London praedict in Officium Majoratus illius debito modo elect praefect jurat ac secundum Consuetudinem Civitat London praedict a tempore cujus contrar memoria hominum non existit in eadem usitat approbat Officium suum Majoratus illius indies intendere debuit pro assiduam diligent ipsius Wilhelmus in regimine Civitat illius pro ipsum secundum debitum Officii sui praedict exequend performand ad honorem dignitat ad Officium illud spectant pertinen praedictus tamen Thomas existens unus de Commitat Civitat praedict sub regimine dicti Wilhelmi virtute Officii sui praedicti praemissor non ignarus sed machinans false ac malitiose invidens felici statui ipsius Wilhelmi in Officio suo praedict necnon ipsum Wilhelmum in executionem Officii illius minus juste inquietare disturbare praedicto duodecimo die Februarii Anno tricesimo quinto superdicto idem Thomas Papillon pro vexatione praefat Wilhelmo adhibend eodem Thoma ad tunc non habente aliquam legitimam vel probabilem Causam Actionis versus ipsum Wilhelmum false malitiose prosequunt fuit extra cur dicti Domini Reg. coram ipso Rege nunchit scilicet apud Westmon in Com. Middlesex adtunc adhuc tent ' existem quoddam Breve ipsius Dom. Reg. de alias Capias versus ipsum Wilhelmum per nomen Wilhelmi Pritchard Militis adtunc Coronator Civitat ' London praed direct ' per quod quidem Breve idem Dominus Rex nunc eidem tunc Coronatori praecepit quod capet ipsum Wilhelmum Pritchard si invent ' foret in Civitat ' London praed ea salvo custodiret ita quod herent Corpus ejus coram Domino Rege apud Westm die cur ' prox post quindenum Pasche ex tunc prox sequend ac respondend praefat ' Thomae Papillon pre nomen Thomae Papillon Armiger de placito trangres quod idem tunc Coronator haberet ibi tunc breve illud Et praedictus Thomas Papillon ex ulteriori nequitia malitia sua praecogitat ' versus ipsum Wilhelmum postea ante retorn ' Brevis praedicti scilicet vicesimo quarto die Aprilis Anno tricesimo superdicto apud London praed videlicet in Parochia Sanctae Mildredae Virginis in Pulletria in Warda de Cheap London praedicum Breve de alis Capias cuidem Johanni Brome Gent. adtunc Coronator Civit ' London praed existem deliberavit exequend ac adtunc ibidem apud Wilhelmum adtunc Major ' Civitat ' London praed ut praefert ' existem praetextu Brevis illius pro Corpus suum capi arrestari ac in Prisona sub Custod ejusdem tunc Coronator per spatium sex horarum ex tunc prox sequem detineri malitiose minus juste procuravit in vituperator ' derogation ' vilipendium praedici Wilhelmi Officii Majoratus ipsius Wilhelmus praed necnon ad damnum prejudicium gravamen ipsius Wilhelmi manifest ' ubi revera de facto praedictus Thomas Papillon praedico tempore captionis arrestionis detentionis ipsius Wilhelmus in Prisona sit ut praefert ' fact ' non habuit aliquam justam vel probabilem causam Actionis versus ipsum Wilhelmum in Premisis praed unde idem Wilhelmus dic ' quod ipse deteriorat ' est damnum habet ad valent ' decem mille librarum inde produc ' sertam c. Die Jovis 6º Novemb. Anno Dom. 1684. Mich. Ter. 36º Car. 2o. B. R. At the Session of Nisi prius for the City of London held at Guild-hall Pritchard versus Papillon London ss SIR William Pritchard late Lord Mayor of the City of London having in Easter Term last brought an Action upon the Case for falsely maliciously and without probable Cause procured him to be arrested and imprisoned in his Mayoralty against Thomas Papillon Esq The Defendant pleaded not Guilty and thereupon Issue being joyned it came this day to be tried before the Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys and the Jury sworn to try this Cause were these Bartholomew Ferryman Thomas Blackmore Thomas Symonds William Whatton John Green Thomas Amy Jospeh Baggs Daniel Chandler John Reynalds John Allen Joseph Caine and William Withers jun. Mr. Mundy May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of this Jury Sir William Pritchard Knight late Lord Mayor of the City of London is Plaintiff and Thomas Papillon Esq is the Defendant And this Gent. is in a special Action upon the Case wherein the Plaintiff does declare That whereas the 12th of Februaery in the 35th Year of this King and before and after for several Months then next ensuing he was Mayor of the City of London being duly elected and sworn into the Office of Mayoralty of the said City and according to the Custom of the said City time out of mind he ought daily to attend the said Office in the diligent Government of the said City according to the Duty of his said Office which he was to execute to the Honour and Dignity belonging thereunto That the Defendant Thomas Papillon being one of the Commonalty of the said City and under the Government of the Plaintiff by virtue of his Office aforesaid not being ignorant of the Premises but contriving and falsly and maliciously envying the happy Estate of the Plaintiff in his said Office as also unjustly to disturb the Plaintiff in the Execution of his said Office the said 12th day of February in the 35th Year aforesaid the Defendant for vexation to the Plaintiff not having any lawful or probable Cause of Action against the Plaintiff falsly and maliciously did prosecute the King 's Writ of alias Capias out of the Court of King's Bench against the