"of the Lands of the said Lord Archbishop of Yeorke, "called Plumtrie Parke, and that there did belonge to "the said Hospitall one Close in Scatworth-carr, called "the Priest-close, contayninge six Acres, one Close at "the ende of Martin Woods, called the Riddings, con"tayninge eight Acres or more; and that the Rent"Charge of six and twentie Shillings eight Pence had "bene payed had beene payed" from the said Lord "Archbishop of Yeorke to the use of the Maister of that "Hospitall, and that there had beene a Chappell in the "said Hospitall, wherin divine Service had beene done "there accordingly by divers Maisters; that, time out "of minde, the said Hospitall had beene of the Pas "tronage of the Archbishop of Yeorke for the time "beinge, and that her Highnes, and her Majestie's Pro"genitors, in the Vacation of that Sea, by reason of "the Temporaltis of the said Sea. And that they knew "Doctor Claybrough, John Wiseman, and the said "Brewster, Clerks, successively collated thereunto by "the said Archbishops of Yeorke, and enjoyed the Ho"spitall, and the sayd Possessions, as afore, accordingly, "and that Robinson the Defendant, within two yeares "past, had proplíaned the said Chappell, and defaced, 66 or carried away, all, or the greatest parte, of the Ornaments and Furniture of the same Chapell, namely "the 3 Stales or Seats, and the Leade that was aboute the Steeple, and altered it from a Chappell to a House to keepe Swine in; And that the said Defendant Robinson had offered to sell the Free stoun of the said Chap"pell, and that they said they would pull it downe; And

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"that the saide Pension of five Pounds, six Shillings, 66 eight Pence, was allowed and payed by her Majestie's "Receyver Generall for the Countie of Yeorke to the "use of the said Maister. Upon hearinge of which "Cause for decaynge and entringe upon the said Hospi" tall, so claymed by the Plantif to be an Hospitall of "the said Lord Archbishop's Patronage, and by the De"fendant to be a Chantrie or Free-Chappell, and con"cealed from her Majestie, untill of late the same had "beene leased for Yeares, or purchassed, as concealed "for Triall of the Title and Right thereof; it was or"dred by the Court, that the said John Cooper clerke, "who was collated to, and made Maister of, the said 66 Hospitall, should forthwith bringe an Action of Tres66 pass against the said Robinson in the Office of the "Pleas in this Court, and should suppose thereby, that 66 certayne Quantities of Corne and Hay, growinge upon the said Grounde in variance, did come to the "Defendant's Hands in some Places of Midlesex, al"ledginge the Defendant to have converted the same to "his proper use, wherunto the Defendant, within fower

Dayes after Declaration putt in, should plead the ge"nerall Issue, not guiltie, to be tryed the next Terme, "And if the Verdict should fall out with the Plantif, the " said Cooper should be stablished in possession of the "House, Lands and Tenements in variance, and the "said Plantif should not be driven, at the said Triall, to 66 prove any Entrye into the Grounds in variance, nei"ther the Defendant's occupation, or takeinge of the "Haye and Corne, growinge upon the said Grounde.in "variance, nor of the comminge thereof to the Defen"dant's hands, for that the Defendant had, in open "Court, confessed his occupation of the same Grounds

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"by fower or five yeares last past; but the Evidence at "that Triall should bee only uppon the right, whether "the same be Chantrie Lands, or Hospitall Lands; And "if there should be any delay in the said Robinson, in proceedinge to the same, then the Court would sta"blish the Possession with the said Cooper, Maister of "the said Hospitall, upon such Delay. And thereupon "the said John Cooper, in Michaelmas Terme last, 66 brought an Action of Trespasse against the said Thomas Robinson accordingly, alledginge, in his Declara"tion, that, whereas the said John Cooper, beinge "seized in his Demeasne, as of Fee, in the right of the "said Hospitall, of, and in, the said Hospitall of St. "Marie Magdalen aforesaide, and of, and in, twenty "Acres of Land, twentye Acres of Meadow, and threescore Acres of Pasture, with thapurtenances, in Harworth, in the said Countie of Nottingham, belonginge "and appertayninge to the said Hospitall of St. Mary "Magdalen aforesaid, and Parcell of the same; And "whereas the said John Cooper, the twentith day of 66 November, in the xxxviii. yeare of her Majestie's "Raigne, that now is, at Islington, in the said Countie of "Middlesex, was possessed of ten Cart lods of Rye, every "Cart load whereof of the valewe of fower Pounds, ten "Carte Loads of Oates, every Load of the valewe of fower "Pounds, and of twentie Loads of Hay, every Load of the "valewe of ten shillings, comminge, and arisinge and 16 growinge of, in, and upon, the said twentie Acres of "Land, and twentie Acres of Meadow, as of his proper "Goods and Chattalls, and beinge so possessed thereof, "the said twentie day of November, and in the eight " and thirtith yeare aforesaid, did casually lose out of his

"Hands and Possession the said Goods and Chattalls at "Islington, in the Countie aforesaid, which said Goods "and Chattals afterwards, the same day, at Islington afore, "said, beinge the proper Goods and Chattals of the said

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John Cooper, the said Thomas Robinson hath taken "and carryed awaye with Force and Armes, which "Corne and Haye, comminge of the said twentye Acres of Lande, and twentie Acres of Meadow, beinge Par, cell of the Possessions of the said Hospitall, and that the said Robinson had taken and converted the same "to his owne proper use, against the Peace of our said "Soveraine Lady, and to the Damage of the said John Cooper of one hundred Pounds,

"Whereunto the said Defendant pleaded not guiltye; "And the matter beinge heard, Veneris sexto Februarii 1595. by Nisi prius, before all the learned Barons of "this Court, in the presence of Maister Soliciter, and "others for the Defendant's Councell, after longe Evi"dence given by the Councell of both Parties, Verdit passed for the Plantif, and assessed Damages to the "Some of and for Costs "of Suite; whereupon Judgment is since given accord❝ingly. Whereupon it is ordred, and decreed, this pre"sent Terme, by the right honorable William Lord "Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, Sir John "Fortescue, Knight, Chanceler of this Court of Exchequer, and the Barons of this Court, that the said John "Cooper, Maister of the said Hospitall, and his Suc"cessors, shall have, hould, and enjoy the said Hospi"tall, and all the said Lands, Pencions, Rents and other "Things, so proved as aforesaid to belonge to the same, "to be applyed towards the Reliefe of certayne poore

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"People, and of a Maister, beinge an Ecclesiasticall Person, as by the said Bill is claymed, and by the "said Witnesses is proved.

"And further, for that it is proved to this Courte, that "the Defendant hath defaced and prophaned the said "Chappell, and other Howses and Woods growinge 66 upon the same, and taken the Profits thereof by the "Space of five yearcs since the said first Suite begann, it " is further ordred and decreed, that the said John Coo"per, either by Commission out of this Courte, or by "Action at the Common-Law, may recover his Damages "thereby sustayned, to intent the same Hospitall, Chap66 pell and other Buildings of the same, may be reedified "and continued in their former Estate.

Veritas viget:

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Exa. per me Tho. Fanshaw,

And God scattereth the Devises of the craftie, so that their Hands cannot accomplishe that whiche they doe enterprise.

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Now, after the Death of John Cooper, it pleased the most Reverend Father in God, Tobie, late Archbishop of Yeorke, to collate and make John Slacke, Clerke, Mr. of Arts, Maister of the said Hospital, and that the said John Slacke hath endevored to enter into the Possessions of the said Hospitall, and other the Premisses, but was denied and withstood by one John Bradley, Thomas Truswell and Bartholomew Wofendalle, who