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A23851 An Abstract of the case of Francis Rockley, Esq. hereunto annexed Rockley, Francis. 1666 (1666) Wing A125; ESTC R1338 15,524 12

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occasion should so require and to Assigne the said Statute of 1800 l. for making the same good unto them to the said Hayfords use notwithstanding the said Mr Rockleys Applications made to the said Brooke before the said Confaederates upon secure terms to the said Brooke to grant the same unto him and though all such pretensions also are satisfied which the said Mr. Rockleys estate is kept from him upon then by most sinister practices the said Confaederates endeavoured upon the said Statute of 1800 as well to evict what is payable by the said Lionell Copley only by Covenant unto the said Mr. Rockley and therefore not extendible as the rest of the said Mr. Rockleys estate from him by supply thereof to accord with the said Mr. Rockleys Creditors by means of his own estate to purchase the same from him To the High and Honourable the House of Peers in Parliament Assembled The Humble Petition of Francis Rockley of Rockley in the County of York Esq now Prisoner in the _____ Sheweth THat your Petitioners most humble Suite is being to be relieved against several most horrid practises cheats and combinations exercised upon your Petitioner by means of an Imprisonment for debts contracted upon him by his Fathers and his own Loyalty by Confaederacy of one William Hayford a ●●te Maenial Servant of your Petitioners held with Margaret his Sister now the wife of Thomas West John Spencer James Brooke William Wilkinson and Robert Beard whereby your Petitioner is and hath been after a most barbarous manner bereft of his Liberty and of an Estate of 850 l. per annum and of most of the same for most of the time of eight years last past and of a great personal Estate to the hazard of anutter ruine upon your Petitioner and his Family of very great Antiquity and having no relief at Law against him for the same as by the annexed Case more fully appears nor at equity of Law for what he is thus bereft of the said Hayford having pleaded Outlawries unto a Bill which your Petitioner exhibited against him for the same in Chancery and thereby abated your said Petitioners proceedings That this most Honourable House will cause all the said Confaederates to appear in this Court there to answer the Petitioners Case exhibited against them and will cause them to produce all the several Evidences which each of them have claim'd any of your Petitioners Estate real or personalby and all your Petitioners other Evidence Bonds or of what nature soever in their or any of their hands and will stay the said Confaederates from committing any more waste in your Petitioners Estate and from taking away the product of what they have committed and will stay entrance of Judgement upon any Verdict obtained by them against any of your Petitioners Tenants the last Assizes held at York till the hearing and determination of this cause and will give order for the Right Honourable the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England to award his Majesties Writ of Ne Exeat Regnum to secure the said Hayfords appearance before this Court the said Hayford having committed so many and so enormous misdemeanors and engrofs'd so great sums of money out of your Petitioners Estate to his own use that it must be reusonably apprehended the said Hayford intends to withdraw himself and avoid question And that this most Honourable House will be pleased further to Order the said Right Honourable the Lord Keeper to award his Majesties most gracious Writ of Habeas Corpus to the _____ for your Petitioners Liberty to attend the prosecution of this cause till the same be ended and that upon a full hearing such satisfaction and reparation may be given your Petitioner for his damages losses and sufferings and such punishments may be inflicted upon the Delinquents as the Justice and Merits of your Petitioners cause shall require And your Petitioner as bound shall Pray c. The Case OF Francis Rockley Esq FRancis Rockley being seized in June 1649 in his Demeasne as of Fee of and in the Mannor of Rockley with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and of the Capital Messuage Rockley and the Demeasne Lands thereof and divers Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Mills Woods Underwoods and Mines within the Parishes of Silkeston and Darfield in the County of York to the said Mannor belonging then much lessened in their value by the injury of the late commotions Robert Rockley Father of the said Francis during his lise time and the reft of his Family throughout all the said troubles having been solely ingaged in the Service of his Majesty King Charles the First against the late pretended Parliament and being rightfully possessed of the Mannor of Worsbrough and lawfully seized of and in divers Messuages Lands Tenements Mill● Woods Underwoods and Mines part and parcel of the Mannor of Worsbrough in Darfield aforesaid which last mentioned premises in Worsbrough aforesaid besides the Mines were then in possession and Reversion of the yearly value of 400 l. per annum and upwards The said Francis Rockley being of all the said premises so lawfully feized or possessed and being heir ar Law and Executor of the said Robert Rockley his Father the said Robert Rockley the Father dying in or about November 1644 and being become indebted unto divers and sundry persons in several great sums of Money for payment of portions to his Sisters and contracted upon him by his Fathers and his own Loyalty to his said Soveraign The said Francis Rockley towards the payment and satisfaction of his Composition with the late pretended Parliament for his estate sequestred from him for his said Loyalty after the especial direction of his said Majesty King Charles the First near the clause of his days given unto the said Francis Rockley so to do and for and towards payment and satisfaction of some of his debts and for the better managery of his estate so laid waste as above About the 8th day of June 1649. the said Francis Rockley acknowledged a Statute staple of 800 l. before the then Lord Chief Justice of England to the use of Sir Roger Bradshagh of Haigh in the County of Lancaster and William Bradshagh Esq upon the loan of 400 l. sterling made to the said Francis _____ And On the 5th day of February 1652. the said Francis Rockley did borrow of one James Brooke Alderman of the City of York the sum of 900 l. in money upon agreement that the said Francis Rockley should demise 1st The Capital Messuage or Mannor house of Rockley aforesdid with all the Scite and Cir●●●● of the same Barnes Staples and other Out-howses Buildings Yards Closes Orchards Gardens Grounds and Easements contained within the said Scite and Circuit together with the Demeasne Lands Arable Meadow and Pasture Woods and Vnderwoods conte●ning by estimamation 550 Acres and upwards better worth than 250 l. per annum _____ And 2ly All the appurtenances to the same viz. The Mines Streams