Severall grounds, reasons, arguments, and propositions, offered to the Kings most excellent Majesty, for the improvement of his revenue in the first-fruits, and tenths annexed to the petition of James, Earl of North-hampton, Leicester, viscount Hereford, Sir William Farmer, Baronet, George Carew, Esq; and the rest of the petitioners for a patent of the first-fruits and tenths, for the term of one and thirty years, at the yearly rent of threescore thousand pounds.
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             Severall grounds, reasons, arguments, and propositions, offered to the Kings most excellent Majesty, for the improvement of his revenue in the first-fruits, and tenths annexed to the petition of James, Earl of North-hampton, Leicester, viscount Hereford, Sir William Farmer, Baronet, George Carew, Esq; and the rest of the petitioners for a patent of the first-fruits and tenths, for the term of one and thirty years, at the yearly rent of threescore thousand pounds.
             Carew, George, Esq.
          
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           SEVERALL
           GROUNDS
           ,
           REASONS
           ,
           ARGUMENTS
           ,
           AND
           PROPOSITIONS
           ,
           Offered
           to
           the
           Kings
           Most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           ,
           For
           the
           Improvement
           of
           His
           Revenue
           in
           the
           
             First-Fruits
             ,
          
           and
           
             Tenths
             :
          
           Annexed
           to
           the
           Petition
           of
           
             James
             ,
          
           Earl
           of
           
             North-hampton
             ,
             Leicester
             ,
          
           Viscount
           
             Hereford
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             William
             Farmer
             ,
          
           Baronet
           ,
           
             George
             Carew
             ,
          
           
             Esq
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           for
           a
           Patent
           of
           the
           
             First-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Term
           of
           one
           and
           thirty
           Years
           ,
           at
           the
           yearly
           Rent
           of
           Threescore
           Thousand
           Pounds
           .
        
         
           THAT
           Whereas
           in
           the
           
             26th
             .
          
           Year
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eight
           ,
           The
           Lords
           Spiritual
           ,
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           His
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           did
           Ordain
           ,
           and
           Enact
           ,
           That
           the
           King's
           Highness
           ,
           His
           Heirs
           ,
           and
           Successours
           ,
           Kings
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           should
           have
           and
           enjoy
           for
           ever
           ,
           the
           first-Fruits
           ,
           and
           Profits
           for
           one
           year
           ,
           of
           every
           Person
           ,
           and
           Persons
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           Nominated
           ,
           Elected
           ,
           Presented
           ,
           
           or
           by
           any
           other
           Ways
           ,
           or
           Means
           appointed
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           Arch-Bishoprick
           ,
           Bishoprick
           ,
           Deanry
           ,
           Prebendary
           ,
           Parsonage
           ,
           Vicarage
           ,
           or
           other
           Dignity
           ,
           or
           Spiritual
           Promotion
           whatsoever
           within
           this
           Realm
           ,
           of
           what
           Name
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           or
           Quality
           soever
           they
           be
           ,
           or
           to
           whose
           Patronages
           ,
           or
           Gifts
           soever
           they
           belong
           ,
           the
           first-Fruits
           ,
           Revenues
           ,
           or
           Profits
           ,
           for
           one
           year
           of
           every
           such
           Dignity
           ,
           Benefice
           ,
           or
           Spiritual
           Promotion
           ,
           whereunto
           any
           such
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           shall
           be
           Nominated
           ,
           Presented
           ,
           Elected
           ,
           or
           Appointed
           ;
           And
           that
           every
           such
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           before
           any
           Actual
           and
           Real
           Possession
           ,
           or
           medling
           with
           the
           Profits
           of
           any
           such
           DIgnity
           ,
           Benefice
           ,
           Office
           ,
           or
           Promotion
           Spiritual
           ,
           should
           satisfie
           ,
           content
           ,
           and
           pay
           ,
           or
           agree
           to
           pay
           to
           the
           Kings
           Vse
           ,
           at
           reasonable
           Daies
           and
           Times
           ,
           upon
           good
           Sureties
           ,
           the
           first
           Fruits
           and
           Profits
           for
           one
           whole
           year
           ,
           to
           the
           Kings
           Treasury
           .
           ☞
           And
           it
           was
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Authority
           aforesaid
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           of
           the
           Rolls
           ,
           for
           the
           Time
           being
           ,
           and
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           at
           their
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           should
           name
           and
           depute
           by
           Commission
           ,
           or
           Commissions
           ,
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           ,
           fit
           Persons
           to
           examine
           and
           search
           for
           the
           just
           and
           true
           Values
           of
           the
           first
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           Profits
           ,
           by
           all
           ways
           and
           means
           that
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           to
           compound
           and
           agree
           for
           the
           Rate
           of
           the
           said
           first
           Fruits
           and
           Profits
           ,
           and
           to
           limit
           days
           of
           Payment
           upon
           good
           Security
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           
             Statute
             Staple
             .
          
        
         
           AND
           Whereas
           it
           was
           Ordained
           and
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Authority
           aforesaid
           ,
           That
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           His
           Heirs
           ,
           and
           Successours
           ,
           Kings
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           shall
           yearly
           have
           ,
           take
           ,
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           receive
           ,
           united
           ,
           and
           knit
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           for
           ever
           ,
           one
           yearly
           Rent
           or
           Pension
           ,
           amounting
           to
           the
           Tenth
           Part
           of
           all
           the
           Revenues
           ,
           Rents
           ,
           Farmes
           ,
           Tythes
           ,
           Offerings
           ,
           Emoluments
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           Profits
           ,
           as
           well
           called
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           Temporal
           ,
           now
           appertaining
           ,
           
           or
           belonging
           ,
           or
           hereafter
           that
           shall
           belong
           to
           any
           Arch-Bishop
           ,
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           Dean
           ,
           Prebend
           ,
           Parson
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           or
           other
           Benefice
           ,
           Spiritual
           Dignity
           ,
           or
           Promotion
           whatsoever
           ,
           within
           any
           Diocess
           of
           
             England
          
           or
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           said
           yearly
           Pension
           ,
           Tenth
           ,
           or
           Annual
           Rent
           ,
           shall
           be
           yearly
           paid
           to
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           His
           Heirs
           or
           Successours
           ,
           Kings
           of
           this
           Realm
           for
           ever
           ,
           which
           was
           confirmed
           by
           several
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           
             32
             Hen.
             8.
          
           and
           
             34
             H.
             8.
          
           and
           
             37
             H.
             8.
          
           and
           
             2
             Edw.
             6.
          
           and
           
             7
             Edw.
             6.
          
           and
           the
           
             1
             Eliz.
             
          
           ☞
           And
           it
           was
           also
           further
           Enacted
           and
           Ordained
           by
           the
           said
           Authorities
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           yearly
           Rent
           ,
           Pension
           ,
           or
           Tenth
           Part
           ,
           shall
           be
           Taxed
           ,
           Rated
           ,
           Levied
           ,
           Received
           ,
           and
           Paid
           to
           the
           Kings
           Vse
           ,
           in
           Manner
           and
           Form
           following
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ;
           The
           Lord
           Chancellour
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           the
           time
           being
           ,
           shall
           have
           Power
           and
           Authority
           to
           direct
           into
           every
           Diocess
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           several
           Commissions
           in
           the
           Kings
           Name
           ,
           under
           His
           Great
           Seal
           ,
           to
           such
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           as
           the
           Kings
           Highness
           shall
           name
           and
           appoint
           ,
           Commanding
           ,
           or
           Authorising
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           or
           Three
           of
           them
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           Examine
           ,
           Search
           ,
           and
           Enquire
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Ways
           and
           Means
           that
           they
           can
           ,
           by
           their
           Discretions
           of
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           true
           ,
           just
           ,
           and
           whole
           intire
           yearly
           Values
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Mannours
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Tenements
           ,
           Rents
           ,
           Tythes
           ,
           Offerings
           ,
           Emoluments
           ,
           and
           Hereditaments
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Profits
           whatsoever
           ,
           as
           well
           Spiritual
           as
           Temporal
           ,
           appertaining
           to
           any
           such
           Dignity
           ,
           or
           Spiritual
           Promotions
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           ordinary
           Deductions
           to
           be
           defalked
           out
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           that
           the
           several
           Bishops
           should
           be
           charged
           with
           the
           Collection
           of
           the
           said
           first-Fruits
           and
           Tenths
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           and
           respective
           Diocesses
           .
           And
           that
           upon
           the
           Bishops
           Certificate
           any
           Incumbent
           ,
           refusing
           to
           pay
           his
           Tenths
           ,
           shall
           be
           discharged
           of
           his
           Living
           .
        
         
           BY
           the
           Grave
           Advice
           ,
           and
           Consultations
           of
           all
           Estates
           in
           so
           many
           Parliaments
           ,
           the
           first
           Fruits
           and
           Tenths
           were
           granted
           and
           confirmed
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           the
           better
           Maintenance
           ,
           and
           Support
           of
           the
           Royal
           Estate
           .
           
           And
           if
           the
           People
           are
           since
           multiplied
           ,
           whereby
           there
           is
           a
           further
           encrease
           of
           Rents
           and
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Value
           upon
           all
           Commodities
           ,
           the
           Crown
           Revenue
           should
           be
           Improved
           towards
           the
           King's
           innumerable
           Charges
           for
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           well-being
           of
           those
           People
           ,
           and
           holding
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           all
           Forreign
           Princes
           ,
           for
           their
           Trade
           and
           commerce
           .
           As
           lately
           the
           Spanish
           Trade
           was
           restored
           at
           the
           King's
           Charge
           .
        
         
           KIngs
           ,
           and
           Queens
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           gave
           most
           of
           the
           Lands
           ,
           Tenements
           and
           Hereditaments
           belonging
           to
           these
           Ecclestastical
           Dignities
           and
           Promotions
           ,
           and
           have
           also
           Erected
           divers
           Foundations
           ,
           Colledges
           ,
           and
           Houses
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           given
           Large
           Inheritances
           ,
           and
           Endowments
           thereunto
           ,
           whereby
           most
           of
           the
           Clergy
           have
           their
           Educations
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           fit
           for
           these
           Dignities
           ,
           and
           other
           Ministerial
           Offices
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           great
           Charge
           to
           their
           Families
           ,
           or
           Relations
           ,
           therefore
           good
           Reason
           the
           first-Fruits
           and
           Tenths
           of
           all
           their
           Dignities
           and
           Benefices
           ,
           should
           be
           paid
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           whom
           they
           hold
           of
           ,
           as
           Patron
           Paramount
           ,
           and
           as
           Supream
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           THe
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           established
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           are
           made
           for
           the
           full
           Payment
           ,
           and
           whole
           intire
           first-Fruits
           and
           Tenths
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Clergy
           themselves
           had
           their
           Votes
           in
           Parliaments
           .
           And
           it
           it
           is
           as
           great
           Injustice
           for
           
           the
           Clergie
           to
           withold
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Kings
           Dues
           ,
           as
           others
           to
           deny
           them
           any
           Part
           of
           their
           Predial
           ,
           Personal
           ,
           or
           Mixt
           Tythes
           ,
           the
           Subject
           in
           general
           suffers
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           is
           abated
           ,
           which
           of
           Right
           belongs
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           Every
           private
           person
           may
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           improve
           his
           own
           Revenue
           ,
           when
           occasion
           serves
           .
        
         
           THe
           Meanest
           Subject
           is
           allowed
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           does
           him
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           Maintains
           his
           Property
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Common
           and
           positive
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           .
           The
           King
           may
           expect
           the
           same
           ▪
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           require
           His
           own
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           by
           those
           Rules
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           which
           all
           men
           are
           bound
           to
           observe
           and
           obey
           .
        
         
           
             Three
             Objections
             raised
             against
             Payment
             ,
             of
             first-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             ,
             Answered
             by
             the
             Petitioners
             .
          
           
           
             
               THat
               the
               first-Fruits
               and
               Tenths
               ,
               is
               an
               Innovation
               obtruded
               upon
               the
               Clergy
               of
               late
               Times
               ▪
            
          
           
             To
             this
             they
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             first-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             ,
             were
             paid
             in
             the
             
               Saxons
            
             Time
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             
               Bedes
               Ecclesiastical
               History
               ,
            
             and
             have
             so
             contiued
             ever
             since
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             to
             this
             very
             day
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             Payments
             or
             Tributes
             ,
             
             
               Bede
            
             calls
             
               Vectigal
               ,
            
             which
             signifies
             a
             
               Badg
               of
               Subordination
               of
               the
               Clergie
               to
               the
               supream
               Civil
               Magistrate
               ,
            
             and
             where
             they
             have
             cast
             off
             this
             Tribute
             ,
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             hath
             been
             subordinate
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
           
             
               THat
               the
               first-Fruits
               and
               Tenths
               ,
               are
               of
               a
               Popish
               Institution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             It
             may
             be
             satisfactory
             ●●ough
             ,
             that
             this
             Tribute
             of
             first-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             ,
             have
             been
             paid
             to
             all
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             since
             the
             Reformation
             in
             
               Henry
               the
               Eighth's
               
            
             Time
             ,
             without
             any
             Repeal
             of
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Statutes
             :
             but
             in
             the
             Time
             of
             ●opery
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             in
             the
             2.
             and
             3.
             of
             
               Philip
            
             and
             
               Marie
               ,
            
             The
             Act
             for
             paying
             of
             first-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             was
             repealed
             ,
             but
             confirmed
             again
             in
             the
             very
             first
             year
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeths
            
             Reformation
             of
             Religion
             
             from
             Popery
             ,
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             
               1.
               Eliz.
               chap.
               4.
               
            
             With
             a
             Recital
             and
             Ratification
             of
             all
             former
             Statute●
             ,
             that
             confirmed
             the
             same
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             have
             continued
             in
             Force
             ever
             since
             :
             So
             that
             if
             the
             Tythes
             be
             
               Jure
               Divino
               ,
            
             payable
             to
             the
             Clergie
             for
             their
             Administration
             of
             the
             Word
             and
             Sacraments
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             the
             first-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             
               Jure
               Politico
            
             are
             payable
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             their
             Soveraign
             Lord
             ,
             for
             His
             Administration
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             maintaining
             the
             Rights
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             both
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             .
          
           
           
             
               THat
               the
               Clergie
               of
               all
               Orders
               and
               Degrees
               ,
               have
               lately
               suffered
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               raised
               in
               their
               first
               Fruits
               and
               Tenths
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             That
             the
             King
             hath
             suffered
             more
             ,
             and
             His
             Revenue
             much
             diminished
             by
             the
             late
             detestable
             and
             irreligious
             War
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             fomented
             ,
             and
             encouraged
             by
             many
             thousands
             of
             the
             Clergie
             ,
             now
             confirmed
             in
             their
             Livings
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             Commons
             of
             
               England
            
             would
             more
             willingly
             pay
             their
             Tythes
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             sensible
             the
             first-Fruits
             ,
             and
             full
             Tenths
             were
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             they
             lately
             expressed
             in
             their
             desires
             upon
             the
             like
             Occasion
             of
             improving
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Kings
             Revenue
             .
             
          
           
             THe
             Incumbents
             have
             ,
             and
             do
             daily
             take
             Advantages
             for
             their
             Tythes
             ,
             of
             new
             Tillage
             ,
             and
             other
             Improvements
             of
             Land
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             proportionably
             answered
             to
             the
             King
             .
             The
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Persons
             in
             Spiritual
             Dignities
             and
             Promotions
             ,
             may
             raise
             a
             full
             Tenth
             Part
             to
             be
             paid
             by
             their
             Tenants
             ,
             who
             offers
             now
             to
             advance
             so
             much
             besides
             the
             old
             reserved
             Rents
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             repair
             the
             Ruins
             of
             their
             Cathedral
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
           
             Six
             Proposals
             to
             the
             King
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THat
             the
             said
             Petitioners
             will
             discharge
             the
             said
             Debt
             of
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             due
             from
             the
             Crown
             ,
             as
             mentioned
             in
             their
             Petition
             ,
             and
             give
             good
             Security
             for
             the
             payment
             of
             sixty
             thousand
             pounds
             yearly
             Rent
             unto
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
             His
             Heirs
             or
             Successours
             ,
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             during
             the
             said
             Term
             of
             one
             and
             thirty
             years
             ,
             without
             any
             Defalkation
             ,
             other
             charges
             ,
             or
             reprisal
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             THat
             the
             Petitioners
             will
             not
             take
             any
             first-Fruits
             or
             Tenths
             ,
             of
             such
             Benefice
             or
             Living
             ,
             which
             is
             appropriated
             to
             the
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             that
             upon
             due
             Examination
             and
             Enquiry
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             indifferently
             found
             and
             returned
             at
             the
             full
             yearly
             Value
             of
             thirty
             pounds
             upon
             the
             Survey
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             THat
             no
             Hospital
             ,
             Colledge
             ,
             or
             Schole
             shall
             pay
             any
             first-Fruits
             or
             Tents
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             THat
             the
             Bishop
             shall
             not
             be
             troubled
             with
             the
             care
             or
             charge
             of
             Collection
             of
             first-Fruits
             or
             Tenths
             ,
             within
             his
             Diocess
             :
             but
             be
             wholly
             busied
             in
             the
             other
             spiritual
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             .
             
          
           
             5.
             
             THat
             all
             Ministers
             who
             were
             settled
             in
             Livings
             ,
             before
             the
             
               29th
               .
               of
               May
            
             la●
             1660.
             and
             have
             already
             compounded
             for
             their
             first
             Fruits
             ,
             shall
             be
             discharged
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             THat
             the
             Petitioners
             will
             prepare
             a
             Bill
             That
             the
             said
             Patent
             for
             one
             a●d
             thirty
             years
             may
             be
             confi●med
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             (
             with
             His
             Majestyes
             Concurrence
             )
             to
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             containing
             such
             Covenants
             ▪
             Clauses
             ▪
             
             Provisoes
             ,
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             Agreements
             ,
             as
             the
             Attorney
             General
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Council
             ,
             Learned
             in
             the
             Law
             shall
             reasonably
             Advice
             and
             direct
             ,
             whereby
             all
             legall
             Power
             and
             Authority
             may
             be
             granted
             and
             confirmed
             to
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             to
             Tax
             ,
             Levie
             ,
             and
             Receive
             the
             said
             first-Fr●its
             and
             Tenths
             ,
             in
             as
             large
             and
             ample
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             said
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             ,
             the
             same
             were
             granted
             to
             the
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Three
             Proposals
             offered
             to
             the
             Clergie
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THat
             upon
             the
             Nomination
             ,
             Appointment
             ,
             Election
             ,
             or
             Presentation
             of
             a●●
             Spiritual
             person
             ,
             into
             t●e
             said
             Dignities
             ,
             Benefices
             ,
             or
             Promotions
             ,
             and
             before
             they
             enter
             into
             the
             Actual
             possession
             thereof
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             bound
             in
             a
             Recognizance
             ,
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Statute
             Staple
             ,
             with
             two
             sufficient
             Sureties
             to
             pay
             the
             first
             Fruits
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             full
             value
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             returned
             upon
             a
             Survey
             ,
             payable
             within
             four
             years
             ,
             after
             such
             Nomination
             ,
             Election
             ,
             presentation
             ,
             or
             Entrance
             ,
             at
             eight
             severall
             payments
             ,
             by
             equal
             portions
             ●very
             six
             Moneths
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             years
             Tenths
             of
             every
             such
             Dignity
             ,
             Benefice
             ,
             or
             promotion
             ,
             shall
             be
             deducted
             out
             of
             the
             said
             first-Fruits
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             THat
             whereas
             by
             the
             Liberty
             and
             Disorder
             of
             the
             late
             depraved
             Times
             ,
             the
             Clergie
             were
             not
             held
             in
             such
             Reverence
             and
             Esteem
             by
             the
             Common
             People
             ,
             as
             the
             Dignity
             of
             their
             Calling
             requires
             .
             And
             they
             have
             been
             forced
             to
             commence
             several
             Actions
             for
             their
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             Contentio●s
             and
             distempered
             Spirits
             ,
             the
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             hath
             been
             unprofitable
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             have
             taken
             aprejudice
             against
             the
             Ministery
             .
             
             Therefore
             a
             short
             Bill
             shall
             be
             prepared
             by
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             the
             Parliam●nt
             ,
             that
             an
             Act
             may
             be
             passed
             for
             the
             speedy
             Recovering
             of
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             two
             next
             Iustices
             of
             the
             peace
             adjacent
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             may
             have
             power
             upon
             Complaint
             of
             any
             Minister
             ,
             or
             other
             person
             to
             whom
             the
             Tythes
             do
             ,
             or
             shall
             belong
             ,
             to
             issue
             their
             Warrants
             yo
             distrain
             the
             Goods
             and
             Chattels
             of
             any
             person
             or
             persons
             refussing
             to
             pay
             their
             Tythes
             to
             whom
             they
             shall
             become
             due
             and
             payable
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             That
             Love
             and
             Vnity
             may
             be
             preserved
             between
             the
             Ministers
             and
             their
             Congregations
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             THat
             it
             shall
             be
             proposed
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             That
             forthwith
             Conmissions
             m●y
             be
             issued
             out
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Name
             throughout
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             to
             examine
             and
             finde
             out
             the
             full
             Values
             of
             all
             Dignities
             ,
             Benefices
             ,
             Parsonages
             
             and
             other
             Spiritual
             Promotions
             aforesaid
             to
             return
             the
             Surveys
             ther●of
             ,
             with
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             Patrons
             ,
             and
             present
             Incumbents
             ,
             (
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             to
             suspend
             all
             proceedings
             in
             the
             first-Fruits
             Office
             )
             And
             that
             His
             Majesty
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             appoint
             
               Thomas
               Coleman
            
             to
             be
             Secretary
             for
             Pres●ntations
             ,
             (
             of
             all
             such
             Livings
             as
             shall
             be
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Dispose
             )
             who
             is
             a
             fit
             person
             for
             that
             Imployment
             ,
             and
             will
             wholly
             intend
             His
             Majesties
             Service
             therein
             :
             To
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             His
             Majesty
             may
             be
             fully
             informed
             of
             the
             true
             Value
             of
             those
             Livings
             ,
             that
             well
             qualified
             persons
             may
             be
             preferred
             ,
             answerable
             to
             such
             promotions
             .
             And
             whereas
             for
             the
             Ease
             of
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             Several
             Livings
             and
             Promotions
             were
             heretofore
             in
             the
             Lord
             Chancellour
             ,
             or
             Lord
             Keepers
             Dispose
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             continued
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             new
             Return
             of
             a
             greater
             value
             .
             
               Further
               Arguments
               will
               be
               given
               by
               the
               Petitioners
               ▪
               in
               convenient
               Time
               ,
               conducing
               both
               to
               the
               Advantage
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Benefit
               of
               the
               Clergy
               as
               occasion
               requires
               .
               All
               which
               is
               humbly
               submitted
               to
               the
               Considerations
               of
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Chancellour
               ,
               Lord
               High
               Treasurer
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               G.
               C.
               
            
             
               October
               the
               5th
               .
               1660.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A80231e-30
           
             Note
             ,
             The
             Current
             Money
             of
             
               England
            
             much
             infeebled
             since
             those
             Times
             .
          
           
             See
             the
             severall
             Presidents
             and
             Commissions
             with
             Returns
             of
             full
             values
             in
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth's
            
             Time
             .
          
           
             Felix
             nullo
             que
             ut
             esse
             modo
             populus
             ,
             cujus
             gubernandi
             potestas
             non
             penès
             Regem
             sit
             divitem
             .
          
           
             Felicia
             illa
             olim
             tempora
             ,
             in
             quibus
             majus
             subditorum
             animis
             insedit
             utilitatis
             Regiae
             studium
             ,
             quam
             rerum
             suarum
             curae
             fa
             
          
           
             As
             King
             
               James
            
             was
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vide
            
             Lord
             
               Burley's
            
             Speech
             to
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               .
            
          
           
             ●elode
             se
             est
             ,
             quisquis
             de
             jure
             regali
             demit
             .
          
           
             The
             present
             yearly
             Revenue
             not
             fifteen
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             all
             Charges
             deducted
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Selden
            
             upon
             Tyhes
             of
             the
             Eastern
             Countries
             .
          
           
             
               Vide
            
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Yelverton's
            
             advice
             to
             King
             
               James
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vide
            
             Doctour
             
               Iohn
               Gerson
            
             in
             his
             Treatise
             called
             
               Regulae
               Morales
               .
            
          
           
             Necessary
             that
             an
             Assistant
             be
             to
             the
             Secretaries
             of
             State
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             m●ny
             other
             ●eighty
             affairs
             .