Grey - BX9329 G7 1736

HoryofthePuritans, examin'd. 225 refted for it by a Serjeant at Mace, and a Warrant gone for Harrington. Sets. 20. Walker (above- ` laid) convented before the Bithops, Pent to the lower Houle to beg Pardon of the Prolocutor, ' and Houle, which he did, and was difmiffed pro tempore. Sell: 32. Harrington brought upon his knees, for ferving a Subpoena upon the Prolo- =cutor,' * May i=6th, 1618, the Privileges of the Lower Houle of Convocation having been violated, by arrefting a Servant attending one of their Mem- bers, they befought Redrefs of the Lords, (as was ufual) in a Petition; which I will print here, from the Original. To the Right Honourable, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Higher Houle of Parliament, af- fembled, The Humble Petition of the Lower Houle ofConvo- cation; HumblyAewi ig to your Lcrdeips, Hereas a Member of their Houle, one lames Whitney, Batchelor ofDivinity, had his Ser- ' vant Richard Golly lately arrefted by one john Dios,Ünder- Sheriffof the County of Hereford,con- trary to thePrivileges ofthis Hou/e ; the Paid Servant Chewing his Privilege immediately upon his Ar- reft : yet neverthelefs his laid Servant was impri- foned, and detained four Days ; the faid Under- ' Sheriff not only denying his Releafe, but ufing unreverend Speeches, prejudicial to the whole Houle of Convocation, as diall appear by the a Schedule annexed, and will be proved. Their humble Petition therefore is, That your Lordfh.ips would be pleated to take the Premiffes * The Parliamentary Original, and Rights of the Lower iloufe of Convocation, .ckar'A, &c. P. 3. Q into

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