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edward_n bowland_n priest_n for_o tithe_n norfolk_n william_n tilney_n of_o bellow_n imprison_v at_o the_o suit_n of_o john_n phillip_n priest_n for_o tithe_n the_o 21_o of_o the_o seven_o month_n 1660._o and_o remain_v a_o prisoner_n benjamin_n lynes_n commit_v to_o prison_n the_o 24_o day_n of_o the_o 8_o month_n at_o the_o suit_n of_o nicholas_n barwick_n for_o tithe_n surrey_n arthur_n standbridge_n commit_v to_o prison_n for_o tithe_n at_o the_o suit_n of_o henry_n hollowel_n priest_n richard_n newman_n imprison_v for_o tithe_n at_o the_o suit_n of_o charles_n blackwel_n priest_n thomas_n avery_n imprison_v because_o he_o can_v not_o pay_v tithe_n to_o leonard_n litchford_n priest_n robert_n tribe_n imprison_v because_o he_o can_v not_o pay_v tithe_n to_o george_n vauhan_n george_n brick_n stock_n commit_v to_o prison_n for_o tithe_n richard_n web_n john_n adam_n richard_n beard_n imprison_v at_o the_o
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and_o child_n out_o of_o the_o possession_n which_o he_o buy_v and_o pay_v for_o and_o that_o for_o no_o other_o cause_n but_o because_o he_o can_v not_o swear_v though_o he_o express_v his_o willingness_n to_o serve_v if_o he_o may_v have_v be_v accept_v without_o a_o oath_n sussex_n abraham_n chrichenden_n nicholas_n beard_n imprison_v for_o tithe_n this_o nine_o month_n 1660._o buck_n john_n lucas_n and_o two_o more_o in_o alisberry_n goal_n for_o tithe_n southampton_n twenty_o one_o take_v out_o of_o a_o peaceable_a meeting_n and_o because_o they_o can_v not_o promise_v not_o to_o meet_v any_o more_o be_v keep_v several_a day_n prisoner_n not_o suffer_v their_o food_n to_o be_v bring_v to_o they_o eleven_o of_o which_o be_v afterward_o release_v but_o ten_o still_o remain_v prisoner_n wilts_n giles_n shurmur_n john_n garner_n and_o two_o more_o commmit_v to_o prison_n for_o tithe_n huntingtonshire_n francis_n i_o ambe_v of_o elton_n imprison_v the_o eight_o day_n of_o the_o nine_o 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