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A75403	An answer of the purchasers of the lands, late of Sir John Stawel, by act of Parliament, exposed to sale for his treason to a pamphlet, intituled, The humble remonstrance of Sir John Stawel: together with the answer of John Ashe Esquire, to divers scandals mentioned in that remonstrance. As also a petition and several reasons for establishment of publick sales; tendred by Wil. Lawrence Esq; one of the judges in Scotland.	Lawrence, William, 1613 or 14-1681 or 2.	1654 (1654)	Wing A3300; Thomason E1072_3; ESTC R208226	62,646	64

And also saith That he was fined by the said Sir John Stawel in the sum of Forty pounds whereof upon the payment of Fifteen pounds he fled away George Treagel Alexander Kingsland did then likewise depose to this effect That Anno 1643. Sir Iohn Stawel was Governor of Taunton for the King and did imprison this Deponent and divers other well-affected and kept them in Irons until they had paid great sums for their enlargement Henry Dunscomb did then likewise swear to this effect That Sir John Stawel committed him to Ilchester Goal to lie there till he did rot if he would not take up Arms against the Parliament Robert Audrey also upon his Oath did affirm to this effect That Sir Iohn Stawel being Governor of Taunton this Deponent for his affection to the Parliament was indicted for High Treason at Wells and Sir John Stawel said That he would see this Deponent hanged drawn and quartered for being against the King and would hang his quarters upon the Gates of Taunton Some Particulars of the Remonstrance of Sir John Stawel Knight Answered by Christopher Taylor the now Major of Taunton November 28. 1653. NOtwithstanding the fair gloss that Sir John Stawel endeavored by his Remonstrance to put upon the cruel dealings with many of the Inhabitants of this Town which were well affected to the Parliament I do certifie as followeth That whereas Sir Iohn sets forth that there were Eight thousand pounds imposed on this Town in the pain of a Fine to prevent plundering and his fair dealing with the Inhabitants thereof as he was their Governor I do certifie That there were great plunders committed by his Party here And for my own part I was put unto Three hundred pound Fine whereof I paid One hundred and fifty pound and for Fifty pound of it was inforced to engage my Taunton-Dean Land Before the payment of which One hundred and fifty pounds I was often threatned with imprisonment if I did not pay it according to his Order And that on the payment of my last Fifty pound I being much unprovided at that time I desired him that he would accept of Twenty pounds parcel thereof for that time and that the payment of Thirty pound residue might be respited until the Thursday following which he would not admit of but by his command I stood committed for some time and longer had continued in custody had not Mr. John Syms engaged to see it paid And afterwards besides the extorting of the said One hundred and fifty pound from me he commanded a house of mine to be pulled down near the Castle-gate which I had not long before built and erected and at this time if it stood would have yeelded Ten pound by the year And as if the pulling it down had not been enough he would not suffer me though my Wife importuned him thereunto to save the Tyle-stones which by computation were worth about Ten pound but telling her he had nothing else to imploy his Soldiers about So they beat them down and spoiled them and carried away the whole stones being about One hundred loads And Sir Iohn having during his Government commanded the Fast appointed to be kept Wednesdays to be kept Fridays the Congregation on Sabbath-days and Fasting-days being very thin by reason of the inability and disaffection of the Minister which Sir Iohn assigned here to Preach required two of the Company to go into every Street of the said Town and learn who resorted to other places to hear the Word Preached Whereupon Sir John once having had intelligence of many Women that went to other Congregations he said in my hearing That he would appoint a Party of Soldiers to meet them who should strip them to their Smocks and that that act should not be taken as done by the Soldiers but by himself To set forth in part the cruel dealings of Sir John Stawel towards us the Inhabitants of the Town of Taunton in the time of the late Wars I Matthew Quash of Taunton do certifie as followeth AT the coming in of the Kings Army into our Town of Taunton aforesaid I had no sooner put off my Arms but was extremely plundered and my two Sons taken prisoners and for one of them I must pay Twenty pound for his ransom or else he must be hanged Sir Iohn Stawel being then Governor of this Town In a few days after there was a Fine of Eight thousand pounds imposed on us the said Inhabitants and thereupon my self and others were called up together in the Market-place by the said Sir Iohn Stawels command where they demanded of us our Fines which were very hard for us in our plundered condition and on our refusal of payment thereof I and the rest were presently committed by Sir Iohn Stawel unto the Castle where I was kept for the six first days without any bit of Victuals unless I would come to their Ordinary of Fourteen shillings a week which was too hard for me And indeed I was loath to strengthen then against my Friends by any supply of money as they desired but my necessity compelled me to Petition to have such provision as I could of my own or to have a Joyner to make me a Coffin For in such a condition I could not long subsist And thereupon liberty was granted me to have Victuals of my own In a few weeks after this we were removed from the Castle and committed prisoners to the Bridewel by Sir Iohn Stawel he saying though our imprisonment was so grievous That whilst these Townsmen have so much ease in the Castle they will not go from their money And in the said Bridewel we were kept in Irons night and day for a long while Mr. William Mills now in London was the man whose Leg was fettered with Irons to my Leg and he can witness it No Petition could prevail with Sir John Stawel for my enlargement for he said That I was the basest Rogue in all the Town and termed me a Tub-Preacher But if need require I could have One thousand hands for my own and Childrens faithfulness to the Parliament and that cause for which I have suffered much loss in my Estate Which Testimonies fully declare Sir Johns disposing of the Estates and Persons of the chiefest of those Inhabitants at his will and contrary to all Law And therefore some of them upon their Actions brought against him for these Injuries obtained respective Verdicts and Judgments upon full Evidence on both sides and by Testimony satisfactory to a Forreign Jury a Jury at the Guildhal London Neither were persons and Estates the bounds of Sir John Stawels rage He breathed out threats and persecution against their Consciences styling them Puritans Tub-Preachers He fined Mr. Powel Ten pound for being absent from Sir Johns Fasts when sick He forbad Mr. Mills and his Fellow-prisoners either to pray or sing Psalms in prison telling them If they did he would be so neer unto them as to hinder their long Prayers or to