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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41363	Phanatical tenderness, or, The charity of the non-conformists exemplified in the practices of many of them in Bristol and others their favourers and accomplices in that city, in London and Pembrokeshire against Thomas Godwyn, sometime Vicar of St. Philips and Jacobs Church in Bristol, and now Rector of Poulchrohan in Pembrokeshire : humbly offered to His Most Sacred Majesty, to His Royal Highness James Duke of York &c. and the lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council.	Godwyn, Thomas.	1684 (1684)	Wing G1001; ESTC R8476	57,008	39

her life and no apparent sense of that misery did not spur me on thus to mention so great an Object of Compassion on whom I beseech God to have mercy In the same year of Mr. Morgan's Mayoralty Sir Iohn Knight and Mr. Aldworth being the principal Contrivers I had two more admirable Trials of my Patron 's affection The first was the old Project of Scandal and were not my Evidence Mr. Burroughs then Swordbearer now dead I would more plainly say Subornation of Perjury to render me scandalous to the carrying on of which they busily tampered with such as were esteemed meet for their purpose whom while supplied with drink they found ready to say any thing that might gratifie their Masters Their chief Factor was one Thomas Warren whose employment it was to pick up Merchants of Fame Of such seaven Men and Women were selected as able to carry on the work whose Names and the Substance of what they were to Testifie being brought to Mr. Aldworth he drew them up in form ready for Oath and Signature This was discovered by Mr. Burroughs a zealously loyal Churchman who gave me the respect of a visit and to advise me to look to my self for that he overheard some whisperings of design against me and saw Papers handed from one to another by the Mayor Townclark and others upon that day dining with the Mayor In short the Mayor and other Particles of Iustice were on a certain day drawn together into the Council Chamber of the City to sit as in a Council of War to determine of a Poor Vicars Repute and Thomas Warren was File-leader of the Executioners For two of the seaven appeared not at all The five managed one by one by Warren and brought to Aldworth who stood in the Stairs leading to the Chamber to preexamine and instruct denied to swear what they had said Warren was angry and Aldworth askt them what they came thither for if th●● would not Swear To whose question they answered That Mr. Warren made them drunk and that whatever they had said in their drink they would not swear what was read to them out of Mr. Aldworth's Papers for all the world So the Right Worshipful and Worshipful departed as wise and honest as they came Their intentions had been buzzed about the City among the Conventicling Parties before Mr. Burrough's discovery although not so privately but that some of the Ort●odox Party discerned somewhat of contrivance against me though they knew not what it was the day only being known when something of an high nature was to be proved against me This brought the Factious Birds in Flocks and the uncertain rumour brought the ingenious sorrowful men to be spectators Diverse of these last saw Warren busie in whispering and introducing the Witnesses one by one but Mr. Burroughs only heard the words spoken by and to Mr. Aldworth having by virtue of his Office more liberty than others to come within hearing This Holy Stratagem was improsperous but Malice being alway active they are furnisht with a new Devise Matter of Scandal was some years laid aside but in the same Mr. Morgan's Mayoralty I was sent for to the Toulzy by a Serjeant and there brought up into the Council House where Sir Iohn Knight twatled at his accustomed rates demanding of me particularly by what pretence of right I received Tithes within the liberties of the City my Answer was As lawful Incumbent of the Vicaridge of St. Philip of Jacob within the City Sir Iohn replied That the City by its Charter was exempted from all payments of Tithes the Chamber paying fourteen to the best of my remembrance pounds yearly to the Abby of Tewkesbury part of the Queens Dower pro omnibus Decimis Villae Bristol I justified the Tithes my right as being received by my Predecessors so long as that the memory of man could not alledge to the contrary and that I would defend the Rights of my Church to the utmost of my power not fearing Gods blessing upon endeavours and a Cause so just The Parishioners such as were Phanatical and willing to contribute to ruine the Church had private notice to be ready and the Chief of them called up into the Council House and commanded to pay no more Tithes to me or any succeeding Vicar of that Parish assuring them that if I brought any action against any of them their charges should be reimbursed out of the Chamber stock I urged that the Rector of St. Michaels in the City received Tithes time out of mind for Lands within the liberties of the City and that the City Chamber paid the Incumbent of little St. Augustines an annual Composition for Priors Hill in regard it was made common to the Citizens for certain uses and ceased to be beneficial as formerly together with other Lands within that Parish upon which Buildings were erected Sir Iohn learnedly confuted me with saying that that of St. Augustines was matter of benevolence and the other should be enquired into I departed and in pursuance of my Promise served Thomas Warren and others with Subpenaes out of the Exchequer for non-satisfaction for my Tithes They defended the Cause for a while but after considerable expences coming to the succeeding Mayor Alderman Stevens with a Bill of Charges and to Petition for an Order for Reimbursement according to the former Assurance the Mayor although very forward in encouraging them the preceding year and as forwardly concerned in the former practises against me had considered of the matter and answered that no such Order should be granted That Alderman Morgan galloped too fast in promises but that he would trot on considerately in performancies of his engagements in rash attempts This answer cooled my Adversaries and for that time they came to Composition neither did I find any further trouble from the following Mayors or other than due respects But the turbulent Spirit of Phanaticism began by banding together to bring to pass by their own Purses and Subtilties what they failed of effecting by the Magistrates To this end divers of them fourteen in number entred into a Combination and mutual engagement to detain my Tithes not only within the Liberties of the City but those parts of the Parish which lay without the City The Names of these were Iohn Dowl Thomas Warren Iohn Teage Richard Winston Robert Miles and Francis Bell Principal Conspirators with whom associated in Councel Thomas Edwards Thomas Wright Henry Lang not sued but promoters of the others obstinacy The rest were rather drawn in and therefore after some time left them But three years they held me in Law making Affidavits of one sort or other and bringing down Commission upon Commssion At length when they had almost worn me out they began to suspect and disagree among themselves For the Greater charged the Meaner with such Large Bills in Parnership from time to time that they began to fear themselves ensnared and to shew their Bills This I by accident hearing was not