TRimCOPIE
OF THE SENTENCE
of Warre pronounced againil Sir
Francis Annefley Knight,and Baron
vorris, in the Realme of Ireland, in the Ca¬
ttle Chamber at Dublin in Ireland3 the
12,of December 1635-
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Together
WITH HIS LORDSHIPS
Petition againft Earle of
.Sto^onfaxhibited into the honourable
affembly of the Commons houfe of
7 Parliament the feventh of
November, 1640.
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LONDON,
Printed for 1641
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THE
PETITION OF SIR
Francis Annesley Knight,
and Baron Mountno, in the
Rcalmcof IrtUnd.
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To the Honorable affembly, the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, of
the Commons houfe of
Parliament.
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Umblj fhewing that whereas Your t'eifc
tioner for divers yearespaft^ hath betnt
imployed by his Majejty, and his last
Roy all Father in divers offices y and em¬
ployments of great trufc and eminence
within the Realme ^/Ireland, wherein to the vtmojt
of his power, heehath faithfully difeharged the truft hi
him repofed with the publike approbation and fatisfafti-
on both of this, and that State and Realme^ in Tefiimd-
nj whereof \ his Majcftie was pteafid to djzntfic yoft
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hold the [aid office and pewtim
rendery according to
tent xiyetupon
by your Petitioner to his Lordfhips brother ^ Sir George
Went worth .• his Lordjhip obtained a furrender to bee
made by the [aid ftr Dudley Norton, in or about the
12. day of Inly, inthctenth yeareof his hops Majejlies
raigne^ and contrary toad right and jufiice procured the
faid offices, and fees to bee conferred upon fir Philip
Man waring ,who notwithfianding your petitioners of¬
ten requefis and petitions to his Lordjhip for releefe fiiU
holds the fame under the protection of the power and
greatneffe of his Lordjhip.
Whereas his now Majtjly by his HighneffcLetters pa¬
tents,bearing datethe xxx.day tfMay,tn thefirfiytart of
his Bighneffe raigne, Aid Appoint your petitioner to be hit
Vice-treafurer, and generall receiver of his revenues
within the faid Kealme of Ireland during his Majefiies
pleaftireyivith the fees and profits thereunto btldhging;
and appointed your Petitioner to be Treafurer at wane*
in the faid King dome by his Majejlies Letters of the tfi
oflune 1632. And whereas your Petitioner did reftife
at his Lordfhips felicitation to ma ke a diffonOufahle fa(b
of thefaid offices,the fiid-Earle being therewith enraged-
and thereupon endev oaring to. captivate not onUyyour
petitioners faid Qfficesfimt alfb his honour and Itftfie his
i&dfhipspower and
pjfilike peace and firemty within thatxRealmefihei^
day of December 1635. -did call a Coance/laf&arfoZ
ayfidid^ccufe yoHr\petitime
bofi^tfinding
in his LordjhipsfiraynedconftrufimmlfidiCfurba^cdff.
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many grave and wife Commifsioners fent from hence into
Ireland for examination of the grievances of his UijeBies
Subjects in that Realme ; the Lord deputie and Cowed
are not to meddle upon Titles of Inheritance betweene forty
and party ^ or in bufinejfe belonging to the Cognisance of
other Courts; or to alter poifefiion: yet his Lord [hip upon a
paper petition to him preferred by Kichard Rolfton a-
gainft your petitioner touching the mannour ofT eemore in
in the faidRealme ^after 18. ytares (juiet pojfefiion thereof
by your petitioner, hath decreed the Jaid lands to the faid
Rolfton, and by his owne warrant removed your petitio¬
ner out of pojfepon thereof \
7. Whereas alfo by the faid lawes of that Kingdome^and
by the faid declaration, proceedings before the Lord Deputy
and Counted for things remediable in other Courtsyor by pa-
p er-petitions, and the abufes ofHabeas corpus within that
Realme are prohibited^ et upon a paper Petition preferred to
his Lordjhip, and the Councell by one Walter Peppard,
touching land of Inheritance in thePttitioners pojfefiion,his
Lordflnp hath retained the faid Caufe for his hearing ^not-
withjlanding your Petitioners legad exception thereunto.
And upon the like paper petition preferred to his Lor djhip
Arthur Manwaring pis Lordfhip hath for diversyears
delayed.^ and frufirated the benefit of an execution which
your Petitioner had againfihim for a debt by bonded yet
m end of the faid Manwarings vexations fetes before his
Lordjhip,<& fitch other Referrences as his Lor djhip appoint si
8. His Lor djhip Rated your petitioner for the payment
of his Majefiies Subfidies in 1000. pounds in the Kings
iookeswhereas men offiarre greater, vifiblfcrnd hnowne
tfetesare not charged with halfvthap prcpdrtim.,your Pe¬
titioners cfiate being very wane to fupport the condttyon
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and qualitieofthe honours gracioufy conferred upon him
by his Atajeflte, and hts Roy all Father in acceptance of his
faithfull fcr vices5 and his wife and eleven children.
Now, for of much asyour Petitioner is no wayes guilty of
theoymes under which he hath fuffered\ and yet it hath
beene the height of his Lordjhips indevour5 not onely to be¬
reave your Petitioner of his honour and fortunes> but alfo
( as much as in him lay )of his innocence by the [aid ex¬
torted (ubmiflton, and obtruded pardon fee here rclinquifr¬
et hall advantage of defence by thefaid pardon, and freely
fiibwits the Crymes to him imputed to the fcruting and de¬
termination of this honourable andimpart ia 11 afftmbly: and
forafmuch as the faid opprefions fujlained by your Peti¬
tioner doe not onely in the highefl degree cone erne your Pe¬
titioner in his innocence, honour, liberty 3 and fortunes5 but
alfotend to the publike abufe, and fcandall of the Lawes,
liberties5 and juflice of both Realmes? and to the intro¬
ducing an Arbitrary forme of government,your Petitioner
humbly offers the premises to the con [deration of this Ho¬
nourable Affembly ^ And humbly prayes fuch reparation
therein, as to this Honourable Afftmbly [ballfame to fland
with right and juflice,
And your Petitioner fhall daily
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an incitement to a revenge in thefe words, but bee heu *
brother that would not take fuch a revenge. Which incite¬
ment might have given encouragement to that Brother,
being then and now in this Kingdome,and Lieutenant of
the laid Lord Meunt-norris, his foot Company, to the
faid Anne [ley, himfelfe being continually io neare the
perfon of us the Deputy and Generally or to fome other
to have taken uprefolutions of dangerous confequences,
and the manner of fpcaking the words , doe fo farre ag¬
gravate them , as there is no place left for any indulgent
conftru<ftion to be made of them, nor indeed any con-
ftru&ion but fuch, as renders the fpeaker a delinquent
in a high and tranfeendent manner againft the perfon of
his General!,and his Majefties authority; whence wee
derive our power. This Counoeli alfo tookeitinto con-
fideration, that if the like words had beenefpoken of
the facred perfon of our dread Soveraigne Lord the
King,they had amounted to little lefle then high trcafon,
which by fome ride of relation apply themfelves even
to his Majefty, being directed to the perfon of his De¬
puty , and the revenge thus infolently vaunted to have
bcenc taken upon him, being done when we the Depu¬
ty and Generall had that great and high Honour (which
we alwayes efteeme our fclfe in our felfe,farre unworthy
ofjastobee apparelled, and robed with his Majefties
owneRobeof Majefty and Soveraignty. We confide-
red likewife the time when thefe words were fpoken,
when part of the Army was in motion, and when there
were divers Companies of foot, and troops of horfc
in towne, and daily in ex rrcifing and training, whereat
for the moft part wee the Deputy were prefent, and the
towne full of people from all parts of the Kingdome,
as then unreturned back to their owned wellings , from
their fitting in Parliament. In the next place tor the
punifhment due to his offence, we judge it to be an
C 3 apparant