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A31164 The Case of the inhabitants of the town and parish of Croyden in the county of Surrey concerning the great oppressions they ly under by reason of the unparallel'd extortions and violent illegal and unwarrantable prosecutions of Doctor William Clewer, vicar of the said parish. 1673 (1673) Wing C1092; ESTC R26442 20,131 18

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same giving him in some cases but the twentieth in others the twelfth tenth sixth or fourth part of what was demanded which in many cases was more than they ought to have paid Nevertheless they most readily submitted thereunto and all of them paid the same in hopes of the Doctor 's being removed so that they may not further be troubled with him the which he seemed to insinuate his readiness unto and was the great Motive that in many cases invited us to do what we did excepting some poor Alms-men from whom he had gotten Judgments for several sums of money who being unable to pay the same the Parish rather than they should go to Goal offered to pay a Part thereof Whereupon finding little or no ground for the said Judgments we reduced the sums demanded to a third part and the Parish undertook to satisfie the same with which the Doctor rested satisfied and also two or three small sums not exceeding five pounds in the whole for payment whereof we have given some short time And we did determine all the Cases that came before us except one of Christopher Joyner deceased of whose Executors he demanded ten pounds per annum for ten years arrears of Tithes when as he had not above twenty pounds per annum in the Parish and Sir Purbeck Temple and Thomas Bowers Cases the difference between whom had been before submitted to References and Awards made therein Nevertheless they submitted to our determination And Sir Purbeck Temple tendered the money according to his Award which would not be acepted And excepting also the Case of Edward Harvy the which had also been submitted unto Reference and one Award made therein though he be not able to pay any part of the money which Cases we were forced to leave as we found the Doctor refusing to refer himself to us therein And having thus proceeded being weary with these delayes we left the said Parishioners who most humbly and unanimously implore your good Lordships Favour to remove from amongst them the said Doctor and that a good man may be placed amongst them In which Suit we also humbly joyn to your Honours as a thing which for the reasons aforesaid we do judge very convenient All which nevertheless we humbly submit to your Lordships Judgments and remain My Lords Your Lordships most humble Servants Adam Brown William Haward Croydon Septemb. 10. 1673. This Report is not the tenth part so bad as the matter appeared against the Doctor the particular Cases decided are too long to insert but if they were it would not be possible for any man to believe there could be so many horrid Oppressions and Frauds put upon poor People by any Clergy-man living Of this Report there were two Copies signed the one of them the Referrees presented to my Lords Grace of Canterbury the other to the late Lord Chancellor who thereupon promised to do what in them lay to remove the said Doctor accordingly he was sent for promised his Grace that he would resigne and came to the Lord Chancellor and told him the same also And that when-ever his Lordship should desire the same he would do it adding that his Grace commanded him to tell his Lordship that he would present to Croydon such a Person as his Lordship would appoint And upon this Consideration the Lord Chancellor promised the said Clewer to provide for him some other Living bidding him rely upon his Honour for it assuring him he should have the first convenient Living that fell in his gift or to that effect Whereupon the said Doctor promised to conform to his Lordships desires but neglected to do the same shuffling and endeavouring to put tricks upon their Lordships This necessitated the Parishioners to petition his Majesty and Council once more therein setting forth what the Referrees had done annexing their Report to the said Petition shewing the Necessity of the Doctor 's being removed or the Towns being ruined Therefore humbly implored his Removal or that they might have his Majesties Royal leave for to insert a Clause into the Act of Parliament then drawing to settle the 160 l. per Annum on the Vicar to make the said Doctor incapable of any preferment in Church or State This Petition being read the Kings most Excellent Majesty Present the Parishioners were called in and told by the Lord Chancellor that their Petition had been read and that his Majesties Royal pleasure was that in Case the said Doctor did not surrender before the Bills designed to be brought into Parliament for setling the maintenance aforesaid should be presented to the Parliament that then they should put in such a Clause into the said Bill wishing the Parish to hasten the said Bill This the Lord Chancellor declared to them in his Majesties Presence Besides this the Order following was made At the Court at Whitehal Octob. 15. 1673. Present The Kings most excellent Majesty in Council UPon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Croydon complaining against Dr. William Clewer their Vicar and praying that he may be removed for several Reasons at large set forth in the Petition His Majesty in Council hath this day declared That when the Inhabitants of the said Parish of Croydon shal provide to settle a hundred sixty pounds by the year as a maintenance for the Vicar of the said Parish according to their Proposal in the said Petition in order to the passing of an Act to confirm the same for ever on the Vicarage of the said Parish then his Majesty will give effectual Order for removing of the present Incombent Doctor Clewer Robert Southwel Upon this the Parishioners immediately went home and Published in the Market and at the Church his Majesties Gracious Answer desiring all the Inhabitants to meet at the Vestry to sign a Declaration testifying their Consents to the Passing of the Bill aforesaid and accordingly most of them did meet Signed and Sealed such Certificate of their Consents and their humble Petition to both Houses of Parliament to Pass the said Bill and impowering a Sollicitor to prosecute the Passing thereof This done a Bill was drawn and such a Clause as aforesaid was contained therein when drawn the same was copied and one Copy carried and left with his Grace of Canterbury the other with the then Lord Chancellor They having perused the same My Lord of Canterbury referred the Amendment thereof to Mr. Phillips of the Inner-Temple his Graces Counsel and the Lord Chancellor to Mr. Attorney Montague both were attended and they made their several Amendments with which the same was fairly copied and put into Sir Adam Brown's hand to present in October last But the Prorogation of Parliament prevented the same All this time the said Doctor had notice of it knew of the Clause Promised to surrender so it might be left out went to both his Grace of Canterbury and from him to the Lord Chancellor frequently declaring the same And my Lord Chancellor offered him an other Living which he kept void for him and so in truth it was till the very day his Majesty was pleased to send for the Seal from his Lordship But the Doctor resolving to persist in his Villanies to ruine the Parish of Croydon as he frequently declares he will do before he leaves it refused to surrender but continues to go on in his horrid oppressions and vexations commencing suits against his Parishioners without colour of Cause to their unspeakable damage Under these sad Oppressions the poor Parish having lain these thirteen years languishing they now become humble Supplicants to the Parliament of England To Enable them by an Act to give such Maintenance to a succeeding Minister as may be an Encouragement to a Sober Learned Orthodox and Peaceable Man to come and settle amongst them To do the Church that Right as to remove so wicked and scandalous a Person out of it and for the Honour and Vindication of the Religion of the Church of England to make him for ever uncapable of serving in the Church again than which no greater advantage can be done to the Church of England at this time For the said Doctor is a frequenter of houses of debauchery particularly a blind beggarly disorderly Alehouse in a by-place within the Parish of Newington notoriously infamous for entertainment of lewd Persons where the Officers having notice given them about midnight so and him upon search hid in a Garret and were carrying him to the Counter or Prison in the Burrough till he discovered himself to be a Clergy-man and befought their civility entreating that they would not disgrace him publickly whereupon they released him But the House s●o●● after was in danger to be pulled down for a Baudy-house It is humbly submitted Whether this man be fit to be continued in the Church or to be made a Publick Example to deter other Clergy-men from such wicked practices for the future FINIS