Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	remainder_n	son_n	tail_n	4,526	5	11.0915	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57925	The Tryal of Thomas, Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon an impeachment of high treason by the Commons then assembled in Parliament, in the name of themselves and of all the Commons in England, begun in Westminster-Hall the 22th of March 1640, and continued before judgment was given until the 10th of May, 1641 shewing the form of parliamentary proceedings in an impeachment of treason : to which is added a short account of some other matters of fact transacted in both houses of Parliament, precedent, concomitant, and subsequent to the said tryal : with some special arguments in law relating to a bill of attainder / faithfully collected, and impartially published, without observation or reflection, by John Rushworth of Lincolnes-Inn, Esq.	Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641, defendant.; Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1680 (1680)	Wing R2333; ESTC R22355	652,962	626

thereunto he would imprison her and fine her Five hundred pounds that if she continued obstinate he would continue her Imprisonment and double her fine every month by means whereof she was enforced to relinquish her Estate in the Lands questioned in the said Petition which shortly after were conveyed to Sir Robert Meredith to the use of the said Earl of Strafford And the said Earl in like manner did imprison divers others of His Majesties Subjects upon pretence of Disobedience to his Orders Decrées and other illegal Command by him made for pretended Debts Titles of Lands and other Causes in an Arbitrary and extrajudicial course upon Paper-Petitions to him preferred and no Cause legally depending The Article was opened by the Manager THomas Hibbott's Petition to my Lord of Strafford was read setting forth That Sir Thomas Hibbot's being seized of certain Land conveyed the same to the use of himself for life after death to the Petitioner in Tail and divers Remainders over That Sir Thomas of the said Lands became seized for life and died the Petitioner being in England and not knowing of the Conveyance That Dame Mary Hibbots Iohn Hoy her Son and others taking advantage of his absence combined to get the Deeds touching the Lands into their hands That they caused one Booky to come into England to perswade the Petitioner to go into Ireland and he went accordingly and was brought to the place of the said Ladies abode who pretended that she had an estate in the Lands during life That by this means before he could be advised he was drawn to contract for the Lands at half value and he entred into Bond to perform Agreements That the Petitioner was more willing thereunto in respect of a desire to buy other Lands of Iohn Martin's and agreed for it and was to receive 1800 l. of the said Lady which Martin was to receive and the greatest part paid out at the time and place appointed That a Deed-Poll was drawn from him to Seal to and acknowledge a Fine and deliver Security for great part of the purchase-money That notwithstanding a Fine acknowledged and Security given up the Lady Hibbots refused to let Martin have the said money and so the Petitioner disappointed of the Bargain and therefore prays that the Evidences Deed-Poll Fine and Bond might be delivered up and the Agreement discharged being surreptitiously obtained The Lord-Deputies Warrant was subscribed and read bearing Dated 15. October 1635. viz. That the Lady Hibbot c. should on sight thereof forthwith deliver the said Deeds c. to Sir Paul Davis and to appear at Council-Table the 20th of this instant October The Manager observed That the Petition was preferred in the name of Thomas Hibbots though in truth he had never knowledge of the exhibiting of it and that the first Bargain with the Lady Hibbots was made 22. September 1635. the Petition exhibited 15. October 1635. The Decree was read Iohn Hoy attesting it to be a true Copy wherein the Petition is recited and the time and it is set forth that the Courts of Justice were not then open that the Petitioner being a Stranger it was not fit he should long attend That the Defendants denied the fraud charged To which the Plaintiff Replied the Defendants rejoin time given to examine Witnesses and a day for hearing set down That at the hearing it appears the said Lady brake into her deceased Husbands Study possest her self of the Deeds and Writings That Booky was sent over as might be conceived to circumvent the Plaintiff That getting him to her house she contracted with him for 1600 l. before he knew of the value that understanding it to be worth 2250 l. he refused to proceed and then the Lady raised the price to 2500 l. That by not payment of a part of it the bargain with Mr. Martin the cause of his treaty with the Lady was disappointed That the Lady pretended an Estate for life in the Lands when she had only an Estate in part for 99 years if she lived so long and no Estate in other parts thereof which the Plaintiff knowing not of could not suffer a Praecipe quod reddat without her joyning whereas being but Lessee for 99 years he might That it appears by the Deeds that the Plaintiff intended not to sell the Lands for that he knew them not as appeared by Circumstances which the Order doth more particularly set down That the criminal part should be reserved to be made use of by the King's Council that for the civil part the said Bargain was Ordered to be void That the Fine not yet recorded but remaining unreturned shall be cancelled if the Plaintiff shall require it And the Lady to have only such Estate as she had before and no other And both Parties are hereunto to yield Obedience 24. November 1635. Adam Loftus Chancellor Ormond Valentia Moore Dillon Sherley Lowther Wainsford Manwareing Tiringham George Ratcliffe The Manager opened the Nature of the Cause observed the particular parts of the Order shewing that there was a Conveyance executed a Fine levied though not returned by his Order no Witnesses examined though she denies the Fraud and Arguments are made to convince her by observation of circumstances and so concluded to overthrow a Bargain in October before That it is pretended to be when the Courts of Justice were shut though it was heard in full Term 24. November 1635. the Term there beginning as in England but adjourned to the 2. of November and the said Order was contrary to the Vote of the Council-Board That when that Bargain was overthrown the Lands were purchased by Sir Robert Meredith and others for 3000 l. to the use of the Earl of Strafford and he sold them back to the Lady Hibbots for 7000 l. That when this Petition was preferred Thomas Hibbots desired to be gone and have his money applies himself to Sir William Parsons for advice Whether he might not withdraw his Petition he sends him to Sir George Ratcliffe Sir George opposes it the Petitioner goes to my Lord of Strafford and he tells him Do not withdraw your Suit 500 l. more in your purse will do you no hurt Iohn Hoy was first produced as a Witness and sworn My Lord of Strafford offered to their Lordships Consideration that the Witness is to have the Inheritance of the Lands and so swears directly for himself But the Manager Answered That if he shall have the Inheritance his Lordship knows the terms he hath paid 7000 l. for it And Mr. Maynard added that if the Decree were of force against him it were something but the Land is since paid for and whether the Decree be good or bad he can neither lose nor win by it for he comes in as a Purchasor Yet my Lord of Strafford prest it that the Witness complained and seeks Relief against the Decree But the Manager Answered It was for his Mother not for himself though upon my Lord Stewards