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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

Humfry out of his Alms-house when he could no longer afford to pay him four shillings a month according to the said Bond which Humfry is now turnd out by the said Doctor 2. That when at the Sacrament money hath been collected for the Poor he took a third part of it to his own use saying None was poorer than the Vicar and kept it which hath since prevented mens Charity 3. That he sent for a man from London pretending he would pay him some money which he owed his Father who was dead the poor man came to Croydon to his house and was made welcome and had good meat and drink after which he was carried by the Doctor into the Garden made eat Fruit which done he sent him away without a penny of money but that was not all for soon after he arrested the poor man in an Action of Trespass of two or three hundred pounds dammage for coming into his ground kept him a Prisoner till he was forced to seal him a general Release and so cheated him of his Debt which was about thirty pound and grew due to his Father Mr. Preston as aforesaid for officiating as Curate for him at Ashton in Northamptonshire 4. They proved that the Doctor had two special Bayliffs that do all his business one of them hath been burnt in the hand the other a vile Rogue as is in the Country these Arrest his Parishioners then bringing them to his house there they are kept Prisoners till he force them to agree to what he pleaseth which done he draws them into Judgments instead of pretended Notes and these are they whom he useth together with a most excellent Gentlewoman Mrs. Reams 's Daughter in law who went there by the name of Mrs. Clewer who by the report of the whole Country and People at Westminster had a Child before her Marriage lay in at Westminster and the Doctor was much with her and she went for his Wife though her Mother was then alive now lives in the Doctors house wholly governs him to say no worse makes him oppress the People as she pleaseth and is his constant Witness to all his Agreements 5. They proved that when the Doctor hath gone into the Pulpit to Preach he hath dropt bundles of Writs out of his Pockets taken out against his Parishioners and being taken up and perused have been found to be raz'd in the Dates and in the Names and new Dates and new Names put into them which was a frequent thing with him he making twenty Warrants out against twenty Persons upon one single Writ and making each person pay seven shillings six pence for charges when the Writ cost him not above three shillings so that he got above seven pound by a Writ and made a property of his Majesties Court of Exchequer to the enriching himself and impoverishing his Parishioners And after when he should have been Preaching on Sundayes did use to ride to London to follow Suits against his Parishioners leaving them without any one to Preach or read Prayers for them 6. That he sent for the Parishioners to come to his house to pay their Tithes and when they had so done frequently Arrested some of them in Actions of Trespass for coming upon his ground thereby putting them to great charge and ruined some of them 7. That he hired a Carrier to bring his goods to London which was done and in London an old Desk was stole out of the Carriers Warehouse by his letting his goods lie there three weeks after brought up but the man that stole it was catcht the Desk brought back to the Inn was opened not knowing whose it was and there was only in it a pair of Slippers and one old Law Book The Doctor arrests the Carrier declares against him for 190 l. pretended to be in the said Desk The Carrier telling his Landlord thereof he produced the said Desk with the things aforesaid in it so that Suit ceased 8. He hath caused the Gentry to leave the Town to the Ruine thereof spoiled the School so that no Gentlemens Sons come at it He hath caused Lands and Houses to fall in their Rents brought down the Price of them in their Sale above three years Purchase makes Tenants that they will take no Lease unless Landlords will Covenant to secure them against him which they dare not do and so the Houses and Lands stand empty and lie waste And he hath forced the Parishioners to leave their Parish-Church and to keep from receiving the Sacrament insomuch that there are not above ten or twelve in the Parish besides Almspeople who are obliged that will come to the Church or Sacrament but if a stranger at any time do Preach there comes at least six seven or eight hundred Lastly That the said Doctor endeavoured to part Husbands from their Wives raising false Stories of them offered himself to sue out Divorces And many more Crimes of this nature These matters and also the aforesaid Articles being clearly proved the said Doctor only for defence offered that the Parishioners would pay him no Tithes thereupon was forced to Sue them for his Dues and pray'd time to make defence Whereupon the Order following was made At Whitehall the fourth of April 1673. Present The King 's most Excellent Majesty His Royal Highness the Duke of York His Highness Prince Rupert Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer Duke of Lauderdale Duke of Ormond Marquess of Worcester Earl of Ogle Earl of Ossory Lord Great-Chamberlain Earl of Bridgwater Earl of Northampton Earl of Anglesey Earl of Carlisle Earl of Craven Earl of Arlington Earl of Carbury Viscount Hallifax Mr. Secretary Coventry Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy Master of the Ordnance HIS Majesty having this day heard at large the complaints of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Croydon in Surrey against Doctor Clewer Vicar of that Place concerning several exorbitant Courses by him practised for recovery of his Tithes was pleased to refer the whole matter to his Grace the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and to the Earle of Shaftsbury Lord High Chancellor of England who requiring the said Doctor and some of the principal persons of the said Parish to attend them are to endeavour to settle the business for the future quiet of the Parishioners and that there may be a constant maintenance for the Vicar there which if their Lordships shall not be able to effect they are to return their Opinion and Advice to his Majesty what they conceive fit to be done therein John Nicholas With this Order his Grace the Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury and the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of England being attended they were pleased to appoint a day in May last past when both parties with their Witnesses should attend their Lordships at Lambeth-House where the matters aforesaid were made manifest As also That the said Doctor Clewer was a notorious and common Theif that used to come into Booksellers Shops and steal Books and carry them away