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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25341	Antient testimony of the primitive Christians and martyrs of Jesus Christ revived against tythes, or, A relation of the sufferings of William Dobson of Slade-end in the parish of Brightwell in Barkshire because for conscience-sake he could not pay tythes ... and for thirteen years was much exercised by imprisonment and loss of goods and the last day of the 3d month call'd May 1677 dyed a prisoner for the same : to which is annexed a short account of the sufferings of Michael Reynolds ... because he could not for conscience-sake pay tythes ...		1680 (1680)	Wing A3074; ESTC R25883	11,756	16

him a Prisoner with the rest of his Friends whom he came in kindness to visit and continued a Prisoner two years and a half and then it pleased the Lord so to order it contrary to expectation that VVilliam was released with the rest of his Friends from their long Imprisonments by the King's Letters Patents in the 8 th monh called October 1672. And in the time of his Imprisonment on Excomunicat ' capiendo Ralph VVhistler and his Servants in the Harvest time took away VVilliam's Corn in the Field what they pleased somtimes a whole Land of Corn together after it was cut down upon the account of Tyths and at several times after a scambling manner so that the value thereof which in that two years and a halfs time was taken away in Corn could not easily be computed But VVilliam being again out of Prison and through the blessing of Almighty God had a little increased his Stock Ralph VVhistler pretending that the former Execution was not yet Levied upon the 24 th day of the 1 st month 1673 4 he sent John Button a Bayliff and VVilliam Robins Assistant of VVallingford who seized on and drove away 4 Cows and 3 Horses which were valued to be worth 27 l. And the 28 ●… day of the same month VVilliam having borrowed a Horse for he could not keep any of his own his Man was drawing a Cart and Wheels with the Horse in VVallingford street where Moses Slade the under Sheriff laid violent hands on the man and took the Cart and Wheels away from him which were judged to be worth four Pound Again VVilliam having bought some more Horses to Plow withal it being about or in the Seed-time could not well be without supposing by that time surely Ralph VVhistler was satisfied but the 13 th day of the 3 d. month 1674 John Button the Bayliff took away from VVilliam's Servant out of his Team two Colts with their Harness on which were judged to be worth 9 l. upon the former Execution as they pretended So that for two years Tyth demanded at 4 l. 10 s. a year which came to 9 l. these cruel and unreasonable men for so they have made their actions to render them to all that shall take a view thereof took away and sold as much Cattle viz. Cows Horses Hoggs and other good and wearing-cloaths from VVilliam Dobson as was worth 78 l. which was about eight times the single value that Ralph VVhistler demanded which is very unreasonable and will surely be a blot and bring a line of reflection and that justly too upon him and his Posterity though thereby he might think to increase his Riches 't is well if it prove not as a Canker in his Estate as to some others such gain has proved which by Oppression is heaped together And the memory of such unneighbourly proceedings will remain upon Record when Ralph VVhistler is gone to his Grave and the Lord if it be his Will forgive him and lay not this to his charge in that day when God shall open the Book of every mans Conscience and give righteous Judgment to every man according to their Deeds done in these Bodies whether they are Good or Evil. But to return again to the matter that 's yet behind In the beginning of the 3 d. month 1675 VVilliam being then at Liberty was served with a Subpoena to appear before the Barons of the Exchecquer at the Suit of Ralph VVhistler and about the middle of the month following he was arrested by VVilliam Child Bayliff with the Sheriff's Warrant but through the Sheriff's means was not sent to Goal until the beginning of the 7 th month called September at which time the Goaler sent for him to Prison and after a little time VVilliam with 20 mor● of his Friends that were then Prisoners were by the Goaler Joh● Tharp shut up in two very close Wards over the Dungeon where th● Felons lay sick of the Small-pox and one of them dying in the Dungeo● with that Distemper John Thorp caused the Muckle and nausty Straw whereon the Felon dyed which was in a very sad and loathsom condition to look upon to be burnt there in the Dungeon underneath those Rooms where William and his Friends were shut up and th● Smoak and infectious Dain thereof was so offensive as is hard to expres● the same which seized on several besides William and the same day he and several of the others grew ill and had the Distemper and some● died in a short time after and William was so nigh death that few tha● saw him could think him a man likely to continue and was given up by those that were about him as a dying man And at that season the living Power of God as a spring of Love and Life fill'd his heart and burst ou● as a Stream in uttering forth many heavenly Expressions and wholso● Exhortations to his Friends and Brethren to prize the Love of God an● to be faithful unto him signifying how good the Lord had been unto him And much more to the same effect he spoke with fervent zeal and clearness as if he had been in perfect strength to the comforting his Fellow prisoners And speaking so loud some of the Goaler's Family viz. Walter Cowdry and the Maid-servant came up into the Wards to hear and see what was the matter and when he had fixt his eyes on them he spoke very sensibly to them and also concerning John Thorp and Walter Cowdry the then Turn-key their cruelty towards him and his Friends and with great zeal he thunder'd out God's dreadful Judgments that he said would suddenly be poured out against the Goaler and his Confederates in that barbarous proceeding against the Innocent in such Wickedness and Cruelty Also signifying that the day of their visitation was near at an end And much more he spoke to that effect to the admiration of all that were present And the Goaler and his Wife are since both dead But it pleased Almighty God with whom all things are possible that after a long time of weakness William Dobson recovered a little strength of body and had a little Liberty to take the Air and somtimes to go to see his Family and be there to look a little over his outward concerns but remained weakly in Body and never recovered his former strength from that time And notwithstanding the Priest of the Parish of whom Ralph Whistler rented the Tyth was dead and Whistler off from the Bargain of renting it and had counted with the Priest before he dyed and abated to the Priest what he valued the Tyth of William's Farm to be worth Yet Ralph Whistler kept him a Prisoner for non-payment thereof to ●is dying day though he owed him nothing which said William in his ●ife-time is a further manifestation of Ralph Whistler's cruelty and un●easonableness in his actinggs towards him for the space of thirteen years because for the space of thirteen years he could not for Conscience-sake

pay Tyths And the Lord in these troubles which he permitted him to be exercised withal did wonderfully uphold and preserve him and blessed his endeavours that notwithstanding all the endeavours of his Adversaries which might tend to his ruine yet he thrived in his outward Estate which hath ben taken notice of by many and that the eminent hand of the Almighty God was manifested greatly for his good every way which is matter of encouragement unto all that are or hereafter may be called by the Lord ●o suffer for the same Testimony Now William Dobson having thus by the as●istance of the Lord's Power fought the good Fight of Faith and kept the Word of his Patience laid down his head in Peace and finished his course and upon the last day of the 3 d. month called May 1677. he died a Prisoner for the Truth and his name is recorded in the Book of Life amongst ●…e faithfull Sufferers and Martyrs for the ancient Testimony of Jesus ●hrist against that great Oppression of Tyths Here followeth A Brief RELATION Of the late Sufferings of Michael Reynolds Of Farringdon in the same County because he could not for Conscience-sake pay Tyths to ROBERT PYE Impropriator IN the 7 th month 1678. Michael Reynolds was Arrested for Tyths at the Suit of Robert Pye and kept by the Bayliffs Prisoner at an Inn one day and one unknown to Michael who pretended himself an Attorney promising to appear for him he was le● go And Robert Pye prosecuted his Suit having no Defence ma●… at all against him and procured an Execution for sixty Pound And on the 19 th day of the 6 th month 1679. there came Joh● Pullen and James Clark of Abingdon and William Tombes of Farringdon Bayliffs with the said Execution and seized on and Drov● away nine of Michael Reynolds's Cows and a Colt of two years old and likewise seized on a Barn full of Corn and the same day al●… they arrested Michael Reynolds in the Suit of Robert Pye and kept hi● Prisoner at an Inn most part of a day and when they saw he could 〈◊〉 ●…ploy an Attorney but was given up to endure Imprisonment they let ●…m go And the 22 d. day of the same month two of the fore-mentioned ●ayliffs viz. James Clarke and William Tombes took away a Mare ●…m Michael upon the same Execution and in a little time after the ●…e Bayliffs sent two men to thrash out Michael's Corn in the Barn ●hich they seized on before whose Names were William Farmer and ●…arles Bray of Farringdon and they thrasht and winnowed all the Corn ●…at Barn which was carried away and sold Again the 10 th day of the 8 th month following the said Bayliffs ●…me again to Michael Reynold's House and said they had not yet ●…ken enough and then they seized on the other Barn full of Corn 〈◊〉 the two Thrashers again to Work and they thrasht out the Corn in that ●…rn also And the 25 th day of the 9 th month following the two Thrashers ●…y the appointmnnt of John Pulline took Witness and delivered 〈◊〉 the Key and Lock of Michael Reynolds's Barn to him and gave an ●…count under their hands that the Corn thrasht by them and winnowed ●hich was carried away and sold to answer the Execution before-men●…oned was in all of Barly 56 Quarters and a half and was by them ●…ged worth at the times when it was carried 17 s. a Quarter one with 〈◊〉 other which came to   49 l. 8 s. 9 d ●…so of Beans and Pease 9 Quarter at 8 l. 8 s. 0 d ●…d the Cattle taken away as before mentioned were worth 40 l. 0 s. 0 d Which amount to in all 97 l. 16 s. 9 d. All this was taken away for one years Tyth from Michael Reynolds ●nd the whole Rent of the Land he holds is but 55 l. a year and of ●…at there is in Medow where they took the Tyth by Force and in pasture ●here Robert Pye claims none to the value of 20 l. a year So that the ●hole Rent of that Land which he had any Colour of Law to sue for ●…ll not amount to 40 l. a year And it may be supposed that the Tyth ●annot in all likelyhood exceed a 4 th part of the Rent which at utmost ●annot be above 10 l a year And therefore it is evidently manifest how cruelly and unjustly Robert ●ye hath dealt in this Case with his Neighbour Michael Reynolds although 〈◊〉 other Cases we have not had much Cause to find Fault with him who 〈◊〉 the denial of scarce 10 l. demanded hath caused to be taken away 〈◊〉 Cattel and Corn the value of 97 l. 16 s. 9 d. which is near ten times 〈◊〉 much more Oh horrible Injustice that ever such Actions should be found amongst such as profess Christianity is great pity and is a sha●… to the professors thereof And besides all this the Servants of R. P. in the Harvest-time 16●… did take away from Michael Reynolds both of Hay and Corn what t●… pleased upon the account of Tyths The Truth hereof hath been so public●… knovvn in and about the Tovvn 〈◊〉 Farringdon that it needs no furt●… Prooff But is subscribed to by a S●●ferer for the Truth against Oppr●●sion MICHAEL REYNOLDS THE END