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try to the contrary hereof, in any wise notwithstanding. And for the more speedy levying of the said sum of 3,000l. it is further or 'dered and ordained, that the several and re'spective sheriffs, of the several and respective 'Counties within England and Wales, wherein 'any of the said lands, tenements, or hereditaments do lie, shall forthwith upon sight, and by virtue of this ordinance, cause an inquisi'tion to be made and taken, by the oaths of 512 or more lawful men, where the same lands 'do lie, and what the same are and do contain, ' and of the clear yearly value thereof, over and ' above all charges and reprises: and after such 'inquisition so made and taken, the several and respective sheriffs shall deliver unto the said 'John Lilburn true copies in parchment of the same inquisitions by them taken, and shall 'then also deliver unto the said John Lilburn 'the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments, ' which shall be so comprised or mentioned in the said inquisitions, to have and to hold, to him the said John Lilburn, and his assigns, 'without impeachment of waste and until he 'shall have received out of the issues and pro'fits thereof (to be estimated according to the yearly values contained in the said inquisi'tions) the said sum of 3,000l.; together with all reasonable charges and expences to be sus

liberty of the subject, and Magna Charta, and unfit to continue upon record, &c. And by another order or decree, made by them the said lords the 5th of March 1645, they assigned to be paid unto the said John Lilburn the sum of 2,000!. for his reparations; and the said house of peers then fixed that sum upon the estates real and personal of Francis lord Cottington, sir Francis Windebank, and James Ingram, late deputy-warden of the < Fleet: and afterwards for the present levying 6 thereof, with allowance of interest, in case of 'obstructions, while the same should be in levying, and of such parts as should not be forthwith levied; the said house of peers did cause an ordinance to be drawn up, and passed the same in their house, the 27th of April 1646, and afterwards transmitted the same to 'the house of commons for their concurrence; with whom it yet dependeth. And forasmuch as since that transmission, all, or the greatest, ' of the estates of the said lord Cottington, and sir Francis Windebank, is since by both houses disposed of to other uses; and the estate of the said James Ingram is so small and weak, and so entangled with former incumbrances, that it can afford little or no < part unto the said John Lilburn of the said reparations: And for that the said late lord Coventry was the principal judge, and chieftained from henceforth for obtaining the said

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sum of 3,000l. And all and every the said several and respective sheriffs, and all other person and persons whatsoever, that shall any ways act or assist in obedience to this ordinance, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, shall be therefore defended and kept harmless, by the authority of both houses ' of parliament.'

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" upon. Therefore,and for satisfaction of the said 4 2,000l. and for the increase of reparation unto the said John Lilburn for his extraordinary wrongs, sufferings, and losses thereby sustained, and the long time hitherto elapsed without any satisfaction; the lords and commons assembled in parliament do ordain, and be it hereby ordained by the said lords and commons, and by authority of the same; That the said John Lilburn shall receive the sum of 3,000l. out of all, or any the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, whereof he, the said late Thomas lord Coventry, or any other person or persons to or for his use, or in trust for him, was or were seized in fee-simple, or fee-tail, or otherwise, at the time of the said sentences or decrees, or of either of them, in the said late court of StarChamber, or since within the kingdom of England, or dominion of Wales, any order or ordinance heretofore made by either or both houses of parliament for the employment of "the estate of the said late Thomas lord Coven

But the lord Roberts, the lord Wharton, &c. told me several times, if their estates bad ❝ not been under sequestration by ordinance of parliament, they would never have gone about to fix my reparations by ordinance, (which they must needs then do, to take off the sequestration) but have issued out a decree and extent under the Great Seal, immediately to have put me in present possession of 6 my 2,000l. which they said was their right by 6 law to do.'

Be pleased to take further notice that after the foresaid Ordinance was once read, it came to a debate in your house for to be read the second time, which was carried in the negative by a majority of voices; and I cannot but appre hend that there were divers in the house unsatisfied in the ordinance itself, in regard the house was divided upon the debate and vote, which I cannot but apprehend must flow from one of these two considerations: First, either because that the whole reparations is fixed upon the lord Coventry's estate singly, who had many co-partners in the sentences, and who also it may be supposed hath expiated his crime by his death. Or else, secondly, because in some men's thoughts, some of my late actions are, or have been so evil in themselves, that they may seem to them to over-balance the merits of all my ancient sufferings.

However, on my presenting my Reasons to the house for reading it, my Ordinance was called for to be read the second time, which Elsynge the clerk pretended he had laid ready upon the table before him; but what betwixt his knavery, old Henry Vane's, the Speaker's, and young Montague's, my Ordinance was stolen, and could never after he found; so that I was sent to out of the house to get another fair copy writ over presently; which being long in doing, my friends went away, not expecting it

Die Martis, Sept. 5, 1613. 0.dered by the 'commons assembled in parliamen', that the 'suin of 3,000l. be allowed and paid unto leut. 'col. John Liburn, for reparat. n of his damages sustained by colour of the Sentences given against him in the late court of StarChamber, where lord Carr had the chair, with the addition of Sir John Danvers, and colonel Rigby, to consider of, and present to this house an Ordinance for settling of lands to him and his heirs, to the value of 3,000l. at 12 years * purchase, out of the estates of new delinquents in the insurrections, not yet sequestered.

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would any more be medited with that day, so the 13th Feb. decimo 13 Car. regis, and that when most i trem were & Jue, my adver- if the 10th April, 14 Car. regs, (which were saries took the ads ant ge to call for it, and in ¦é voted the 4th of May, 1641, by the house of at in wouse remit the second time, aid upon • Comtuous, to be megal, anu against the Liberty debate threw it out of doors; and at present to of the subject, and so bloody, wicked, cruel, stop my mouth, voted me 2004, ready money barta.ous and tyrannical) were transmitted (as they pretended, out of Sir Charles heulisse's from the sand house of commous unto the Composition, to enable me for present subsist- 'house of Dords; in which the house of peers ence, and to to`l w my business; and also made 'cncurred ia jod_ment; and the 13th Feb. this firther Order: 1015, declared the sad proceedings of the sa:1 Star-Chunber, aguust the said John Laborn, to bei leg, mst unjust, and against the aberty of the subject, and law of the land, and Magna Charta, and unst to continue upon record, ac. The said lords and commions taking into their serious consideration, the extraordinary sufferings and barbarous tyranny, that by colour of the said unjust decrees were indicted upon the said heut, col, John Lilburn; and the long time hitherto |‘elapsed without any satisfaction, do conceive it most just, equitable and reasonable, to re'pair him in some considerable manner; and therefore, in pursuance of two orders of the 'hou-e of commons, one of the 924 Aug. 1643, and the other of the 5th Sept. 1648, have ordained; and be it hereby ordained by the lords and commons assembled in parliament, aud by the authority of the same; That the said John Lilburn shall have and receive the sum of 3,000l. to be paid unto him or his assigns, by the committee of sequestrations for the county of Durhamn, out of "the first profits of the sequestered estates, But when my Ordinance came to the lords, both lands and goods of sir Heary Gibb, they disabled me to cut down any more timber kat.; sir Henry Beilingham, knight and ba trees than what were already felled, which I ⚫ronet; and Thomas Bowes, esq. lying and judged fitter for me to content myself with, than being in the county of Durham, having all to struggle any longer to get it pass, as the house 'been active in the late Northern insurrections, of commons had sent it up. So the lords in and aiding and assisting to the most wicked two or three days dispatched it, and sent it invasion of duke Hamilton. And the said down to the house of commons for their concur- committee are hereby authorized to fell all rence, according to those abridgments they had such woods (except timber-trees now standmade in it; and taking my opportunity to speaking) as may conveniently be spared, and now to those in the house of commons I had intereststanding upon the said lands (or already felled), in, I intreated them to dispute it no more, but or any of them. And if the said sir Henry pass it as the lords had gelded it; and accord- Gibb, sir Henry Bellingham, and Thomas ingly they did; the Copy of which thus followeth:

H. ELSYNGE, Cler. Part. Com. Dom.' Of which when I fully understood, I was troubled, but knew not how to help myself; and having already met with so many difficult es, and received so many bailes as I had done, I thinght it was better being almost wearied out with struggling) to take half a loaf, than to go away without any bread at all. So after many petitions and letters to the sequestrators, &c. the committee caused an Ordinance to be drawn up.

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Bowes, or any of them shail compound for their estate, so much of the said 3,000l. as then shall remain unsatisfied shall be paid ⚫ unto the said John Lilburn, or his assignees, out of their, or the first of their compositions. And this ordinance or copy thereof, attested

‹ Die Jovis, 21 Dec. 1648. An Ordinance of the lords and commons assembled in parliament, for raising of 3,000l. out of the se' questered estates and compositions of sir Henry Gibb, knight; and sir Henry Belling-under the hand or hands of the clerk, or clerks, 'ham, knight and baronet; and Thomas Bowes, esq., lying and being within the county of Durham; to be paid unto lieut. col. John Lilburn, by the Committee of Sequestrations of the said county, for and towards the Repara'tion and Damages of the said John Lilburn, which he sustained by virtue and colour of two unjust Sentences, or Decrees, given and made against him in the late Court of StarChamber, the one the 13th Feb. 1637, the other the 18th April, 1638.

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burn, concerning two Sentences pronounced against him in the late court of Star-Chamber,

of one or both houses of parliament, shall be 'a sufficient warrant to the said committee of sequestrations in the said county of Durham to pay the said 3,000l. as is before expressed, 6 unto the said John Lilburn or his assigns; and likewise to indemnity and save harmless, all and every person or persons, that shall any way act in the performance of the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance.

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JOH. BROWN, Cler. Parliamentor. 'H. ELYSINGE Cler. Part. Dom. Com However, lieut. col. Lilburne, after great trouble and much expence, got but little of the money ordered him.

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149. The Trial of THOMAS HARRISON, Clerk,* at the King's-Bench, for a Misdemeanor in speaking reflecting Words of Judge Hutton: 14 CHARLES I. A. D. 1638. [Cro. Car. 503. Hutt. 131. 3 Rushw. Appendix, 268. Tanner's MSS. in Bib. Bod.]

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disturb, and the administration of justice in the said court to hinder, the 4th day of May, BEFORE this time, that is to say, upon in the 14th year of the reign of our lord 1 hursday next after the Octaves of the Holy Charles by the Grace of God, of England, Trinity in the said term, before our sovereign Scotland, France, and Ireland, king, defender lord the king at Westminster, upon the oath of the faith, &c. at the city of Westminster in ⚫ of twelve Jurors, it is presented, That whereas the county of Middx', viz. in the great hall of the court of our lord the king of Common Pleas there, the court of our said lord the < Pleas is, and from the time to the contrary of king, that is to say, the court of our said lord which there is no memory of man, hath been 'the king before him the king, the court of an antient court of record of our said now 'Chancery, and the court of our said lord the lord the king and his progenitors and ances'king of Common Pleas, in the aforesaid great tors, kings and queens of England, for the ad- Hall of Pleas aforesaid open, and the Justices ministration of justice to the subjects of this of our said lord the king in the court aforesaid kingdom of England, and others in Common then there present, and judicially sitting, in Pleas, moved and arising through all the assiduously attending and hearing the matters < kingdom of England: And whereas it is and causes of our said lord the king, his peoagainst the crown and dignity of the king's ple and kingdom of England, and in minismajesty, and against the law and custom of tering the laws of the kingdom aforesaid to this kingdom of England, for any person or 'the subjects of our said lord the king; the persons to disturb the court aforesaid, or any aforesaid Thomas Harrison to the bar of the Justices of the said court, the said court 'aforesaid court of our said lord the king of being open, and the Judges of the said court 'the Common Pleas, then and there violently being present, and judicially sitting: And and by force and arms, &c. came, the said whereas Richard Hutton knight is, and for court of Common Pleas then and there in the divers years now last past hath been, and yet 'aforesaid great Hall being open as aforesaid, is one of the Justices of our said now lord the and the aforesaid Richard Hutton knight, and king of this court: nevertheless one Thomas the other Justices of our said lord the king of • IIarrison of Creeke in the county of North- the court of Common Pleas aforesaid in that ampton, clerk, not having God before his court, then there as aforesaid being present, eyes, but by the instigation of the Devil and judicially sitting; and the aforesaid Thomoved and seduced, maliciously with himself mas Harrison, then and there out of his mere imagining, and in his mind compassing by malice, evil mind, and wicked intention, in what means he might, the aforesaid Richard the presence and hearing of the aforesaid jusHutton knight, there and then, and yet being tices of the aforesaid court of Common Pleas, one of the Justices of our said now lord the and divers serjeants at law, and many veneking of the Common Pleas aforesaid, many 'rable men, and other faithful subjects of our ways to defame and scandalize, and contriv- said now lord the king, falsely, wickedly, and ing and maliciously intending, as much as was 'maliciously accused the aforesaid Richard in his power, to bring the said Richard Hutton Hutton knight, of high treason, and then and into scandal, ignominy, contempt, and vile there falsely, wickedly, and maliciously, these character, and the said Richard Hutton of his scandalous, venomous, defamatory English life and goods and chattels, lands and tene- words, openly, publicly, and with a loud voice ments, wickedly and maliciously to deprive; said, published and spoke, viz. I (him the as also the displeasure and indignation of our "said Thomas Harrison meaning) do accuse 'said now lord the king against the said Richard Mr. Justice Hutton (the aforesaid Richard Hutton to stir up and provoke, and using his Hutton knight, one of the justices of our said • utmost endeavour to make the said Richard lord the king of the Common Pleas, meaning) Hutton be held and esteemed a Traitor as "of high treason:' to the great hurt and derowell by our said lord the king and the peers'gation of the crown and dignity of our said of this kingdom of England, as by all the loyal subjects of our said lord the king. And the 'aforesaid court of our said now lord the king ' of Common Pleas, and the justices of our said lord the king of the said court in the said court being present, and judicially sitting to

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lord the king, and of his royal power, and the manifest contempt and scandal of his courts aforesaid, and of the justice and laws of our 'said lord the king, his kingdom aforesaid, and 'the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and the justices of our said lord the king, and 'administration of justice in the said court, to the most evil example of all other offenders hereafter in the like case, and to the more

grievous scandal, infamy, disgrace, and final destruction of the aforesaid Richard Hutton knight, and against the peace of our said now lord the king, his crown and dignity, &c.”*

To this the said Thomas Harrison hath pleaded Not Guilty, and hath put himself upon the country, and the king's Attorney of this court likewise. You are now to enquire whether the said Thomas Harrison be guilty of this crime, Yea or No.

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rison, a clerk) being moved with malice against the person of Mr. Justice Hutton, and intending to bring Mr. Justice Hutton into the king's high displeasure, and to hazard the losing of his life and his estate, and the forfeiture of his goods, and to disturb the peace of the king, and the court of justice sitting, did falsely and maliciously the 4th of May last in Westminsterhall in the city of Westminster, the court being sitting, this court and the court of Chancery, and the court of Common Pleas, this defendant, boldly, audaciously, and maliciously, did rush to the bar of the said court of Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Hutton and Mr. Justice Crawley then and there sitting, there attend

Mr. Serjeant Heath. May it please your lordship, and you gentlemen of the jury do hear, that by reading of the record, that there is an Indictine t preferred on the behalf of the king against Thomas Harrison who is now at the bar, and that it is for a notable and inso-ing to the service of the said court, there with a lent Contempt in this hall against justice Hutton and the laws of this kingdom. The Indictment sets it out to us: That the court of Common Pleas is an ancient court, and that it is against the crown and dignity of the king, and the Courts of Justice, that when the said courts were sitting, they or any of the ministers of the said court shall be disturbed. It is further said, that Mr. Justice Hutton is, and for many years last past hath been one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas; and that the Defendant who is now at the bar (Mr. Har

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The original Record is as follows:
REX versus HARRISON for a Misdemeanour.
Trin' 14 Car' 1.B. R.

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loud voice spake to Mr. Justice flutton sitting as a judge: I do accuse Mr. Justice Hutton of high treason.' This offence being committed in this manner and in this place, and with such a boldness, is laid to be of a high nature, and to the contempt of the crown, and dignity of all the courts of justice, where the king is wholly interested. Whether this offence may be punished, that is the force and intent of this Indictment. My lords, to this the Defendant hath pleaded Not Guilty: we that be of the king's counsel shall make it appear, that

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'miniam, contempt', et vilipend' inducere, ipsumq' Ricardum Hutton de vita sua, ac de 'bonis et catallis, terris, et tenementis suis praviter et malitiose deprivare, necnon ad displacentian et indignationem dict' domini regis nunc erga præfat' Ricard' Hutton incitand' et provocand', ac ipsum Ricardum Hutton pro proditore tam apud dict' dominum regem, et magnates hujus regni Angliæ, quam apud omnes ligeos subditos ejusd' domini regis haberi et existimari satagens, ac ad præd' cur', dict' do'mini nunc de communi banco, et justiciar' dict' domini regis, ejusd' cur,' in cur' ill' præ

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" Alias, scilicet die Jovis prox' post octal' sanctæ Trin' isto eod' termino, coram domino rege apud Westm', per sacrament xii. jur' ' extitit præsentat', quod cum cur' domini regis 'de communi banco est, et a tempore cujus 'contrar' memoria hominum non existit, fuit antiqua cur' de recordo dicti domini regis nunc, et progenitor' et antecessor' suor' reg' et reginar' Angliæ, pro administratione jus-sent', existent' et judicialit' sedentibus, distur titiæ subdit' hujus regni Angliæ, et aliis in 'band', et administrationem justitiæ in cur ill' communibus pl'itis per tot' regnum Angliæ impediend' quarto die Maii, anno regni domini præd' motis et emergentibus. Cumque est nostri Caroli, Dei gratia Angliæ, Scotia, contra coron' et dignitat' regiæ majestatis, Franc', et Hibern' regis, fidei defensores, &c. necnon contra legem et consuetudinem hujus decimo quarto, apud civitat' Westm' in com regui Angliæ, pro aliqua persona, vel aliqui- Midd', viz. in magna aula pl'itorum ibidem, cur bus personis cur' præd', seu aliquos justiciarios ipsius domini regis coraia ipso rege cur' cancelejusa' cur', ead' cur' aperta existen', et jus-lar',et præd' cur' communi banco in præd' magticiar' cur illius in cur ill' præsentibus, et na aula pl'itorum præd' apert', ac justic' ejusd 'judicialiter sedentibus, disturbare. Cumq'' domini regis in cur' præd' tunc ibidem præRic' Hutton miles est, et per diversos annos sentibus, et judicialiter sedentibus, materias 'jam ult' elapsos fuit, et adhuc est, unus jus-et causas domini regis, populi sui, ac regni sui ticiar' dict' domini regis nunc præd' cur' suæ; 'Angliæ assidue attendent' et audient', legesq' regni præd' subdit' ipsius dømini regis minis trant', præd' Thomas Harrison ad barram 'præd' cur' dicti domini regis de communi banco, adtunc et ibidem violenter, vi et armis,&c. 'accessit præd' cur' de communi banco adtune 'et ibidem in præd' magna aula, ut præfertur, aperta existen', ac Ricardo Hutton milit', et aliis justiciar' dicti domini regis cur' de com 'muni banco præd', in cui' illa tunc ibidem (ut præfertur) præsentibus, et judicialit' se dentibus, et præd' Thomas Harrison adtune

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this Defendant did do this, and in this manner as it is set forth.

Mr. Attorney. (Sir John Banks.) I desire that this Examination may be read; but let him see it, whether it be his hand, yea or no.

Harrison. It is my hand.

"The Examination of Thomas Harrison, of Creeke, in the county of Northampton, clerk; being examined before my lord chief justice Brampston, saith, that it is true, that whereas Mr. Justice Hutton and Mr. Justice Crawley sitting in the court of Common Pleas, he came to the bar, and there did publicly charge Mr. et ibidem, ex sua mera malitia, malo animo, et malevola intentione, in præsentia et audit' præfat' justiciar' præd' cur de communi banco, ac diversorum servien' ad legem, multor' viror' venerabilium, et alior' dicti domini regis fidelium subditor', falso, nequit, et malitiose 'præfat' Ricardum Hutton milit' de alta proditione accusavit, et adtunc et ibidem falso, 'nequit', et malitiose hæc scandalosa, venenosa, defamatori Anglicana verba, palam, publice, et alta voce dixit, I (ipsum præfat' Thomam Harrison innuendo) do accuse Mr. Justice Hutton (præfat' Ricardum Hutton milit', ́ ́ un' justiciar' dicti domini regis de communi banco præd' innuendo) of High Treason,' in ⚫ dicti domini regis nunc, coron', dignitat', et regiæ potestatis suæ læsionem et derogationem, et cur' suæ præd' contempt', et scandalom manifestum jurisque, et legum ipsius 'domini regis regni sui præd', ac cur' de communi banco præd', et justiciar' dicti domini regis, cur' illius, et administration' justitiæ in 'ead' cur', in nequissimum exemplum omnium aliorum malefactorum tali casu delinquent', et ad gravissimum scandalum, infamiam, dede'cus, et final' destructionem præd' R cardi Hutton milit', et contra pacem dicti domini regis nunc, coronam, et dignitates suas, &c. Cum per quod præcept' fuit vic', quod non omittat &c. quin venire fac' eum ad respondend', &c. Cum et niodo, scilicet die Veneris prox' post 'octabas sanctæ Trin' isto eod' termino, coram 'donino rege apud Westm' ven' præd' Thomas Harrison clericus, custod' Henrici Hopkins arm', guardian' prisonæ dicti regis de la Fleete, < virtute brevis dicti regis de habend' corpus ad subjic', &c. ei inde direct', ad barr' bic duct' in propria persona sua, qui committ' præfat' 'marr', &c. Et statu' præmissis eo alloquunt' qualiter se inde acquietari, dicit, quod ipse non est inde culpabil', et de hoc ponit se super patriam. Et Johannes Keeling ar', cleric' coronæ, et attornat' domini regis in cur' ipsius regis, coram ipso rege, qui pro eod' domnino rege in hac parte sequitur, similiter, &c. Jo' 'ven' inde jur' coram domino rege apud Westm' ' die Lunæ prox' post quindenam sanctæ Trin', et quia nec, &c. ad recogn', &c. quia tam, &c. ' Idem dies dat' est tam prætat' Johanni Keeling, qui sequitur, &c. quam præd' Thomæ Harrison clerico, sub custod' præd' marr' in'terim commisso salvo custodiend', quousq', ' &c.'

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Justice Hutton with High-Treason. He charged him first with denying the king's Supremacy, next with moving the people to Sedition; and these be the points on which he charged him with High-Treason, as aforesaid. Farther, he was asked why he charged him with the first, and how he doth deny the king's Supremacy: He answers, For that by common fame upon saturday last in the Exchequer-Chamber he did deliver his opinion, that the king had no lawful power to levy the Stap-Money. Being asked whether he heard the Argument; he answered, He heard it not, but received it from the common report of others. Being further asked why he charged him with stirring up the people to Sedition; he answered, That was because by the report of divers near to the place where this Examinant dwells, the people go on more and more in their stubbornness, refusing the paying of Ship-Money; the which is contrary to the opinion of all the Orthodox divines of this kingdom; and in that Mr. Justice Hutton riding that circuit, hath given the people such an encouragement to their disobedience. Being farther asked, whether any other person did know of this his intent; he answered, that there were two other persons with him, but they did not know any thing of his intentions, till they heard it spoken at the bar. Being asked why he made choice of this public way; the reason he saith was, because he delivered his opinion publicly, therefore he thought that to be the best way; and if it had been done in a private way, he thought it fit to acquaint hin with it in a private way.

THOMAS HARRISON."

Mr. Attorney. May it please your lordship, and you of the jury, the prisoner at the bar, Mr. Harrison, stands indicted of a very foul and horrible offence, of a forged accusation framed and contrived out of his own brain. It should seem it was out of some rotten and inveterate malice, a thing for which there is no colour nor appearance of truth, and he confesseth it was upon the ground of common fame. Now you know what common fame is, a mendar: he charged this reverend judge, as you have heard, that he did deny the king's Supremacy; and the reason was, because he heard by common fame, that the Judge had delivered his opinion, that the king had no power to levy Ship-Money. Secondly, because he stirreth up the king's subjects to Sedition; and he giveth that for a reason, in that the people of Northampton do go on in the denial of the payment of Ship-Money.

My lord, it is a beavy thing to accuse any man of Treason, whereby he shall forfeit his lands and goods, and lose his life: and surely by the old law, this false Accuser should undergo the same punishment as he should, that is accused, if found guilty.

My lord, the place of a Judge is a place of great honour and trust of Honour, for they be reckoned in the old statutes among the magnates regni, 2 Ric. 2, &c. And these people that be the authors and publishers of these

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