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were Tenants to the said Hospitall, and other the Pre misses, to the said John Cooper, and paied him six Pounds Rent per annum for the same, whilest he lived; but, sithence the Death of the said Mr. Cooper, are turned, and become, Tenants to one John Noble, Thomas Short and Thomas Robinson, who pretend some Interest in the Premisses under the said Robinson: And also that the Auditor of the said Countie doe refuse to paye unto the said Mr. Slacke the yearly Pension of five Pounds, six Shillings, eight Pence, per annum, and so did for the Space of one yeare in the time of his 'Predicessor, and, therefore, I moved the Court for Relief herein; And thereupon it was ordred by the Court, Veneris xxiii. die Novembris, anno octavo Regis Jacobi, that a Subpoena, under the Seale of this Courte, shalbe di rected to the said John Bradley, Thomas Truswell, Bartholomew Wofendall, and to the said John Noble, Thomas Short and Thomas Robinson, commandinge them by the same to appeare in this Courte crastino Purificationis of the next Hillarie Terme, and shew good cause, why they should not performe the said Decree made as before; and why the Possessions of all the Premisses should not be established, accordinge as the same was at the Death of the said Cooper.

Ex parte remanenti Regis.

Mercurii xiii die Februarii termino
Scti Hillarii, anno octavo Regis Jacobi.

"Nottingham.

"Whereas in the matter heretofore dependinge in this "Courte, by Englishe Bill, betweene the most Reve

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"rend Father in God, Mathew late Archbishop of Yeorke "deceased, and Thomas Robinson, Defendant, beinge "for and concerninge an Hospitall, founded for the Re"lief of certayne poore People, and for a Maister beinge "an Ecclesiastical person, called Mary Magdalen Ho"spitall, neare Bawtrie in the Countie of Yeorke, neare "unto the Confines of the Countie of Nottingham, and certayne Lands, Tenements and other Possessions, with "one Pencion or Rent Charge of five Pounds six Shil "lings and eight Pence, issuinge out of the Lands and "Possessions of the Priory of St. Oswald's, and one Rent Charge of xxvi. eight Pence, issuinge out of the Lands "of the said Archbishop of Yeorke, called Plumtrie Parke, belonginge and appertayninge, claymed by the Plantif "to be an Hospitall of the said Archbishop's Patronage, "and by the Defendant to be a Chantrie or Free Chap66 pell, concealed from the late Queen's Majestie; It was "ordred by the Court, the sixt day of February, in the

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XXXVIIIth yeare of the Raigne of the late Queene Eli“zabeth, that John Cooper, then Maister of the said Hospitall, and his Successors, should have and enjoy "the same Hospitall, and all the said Lands, Pencions, "Rents, and other the Premisses aforesaid, belonginge "to the same, to be imployed towards the Relief of a "Maister, and certaine poore People, as by the said De"cree more at large it doth appeare: And wheras the "Court was informed, that the said Cooper was lately "deceased, and that the now Lord Archbishop of Yeorke "did collate, and make, one John Slacke, Clerke, Maister of the said Hospitall, and that he the said Mr. "Slacke hath indevored to enter into the Possessions of "the said Hospitall, and other the Premisses aforesaid, and

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"that he was denied, and withstoode, by one John Brad"ley, Thomas Truswell and Bartholomew Wofendall, "some tymes Tenants of the said Hospitall, and other "the Premisses, to the said John Cooper, and sithence "his Death are turned, and become, Tenants to one "John Noble, Thomas Short, and Thomas Robinson, "who pretende some Interest in the Premisses under the "said Robinson; And also that the Auditor of the said "Countie doth refuse to pay unto him, the said Maister "Slacke, the said yearly Pencion of five Pounds, six "shillings, eight Pence per annum, and therefore he "moved the Courte for some relief herein; It was there, "upon ordred by the Court, the xxiiith. day of Novem"ber, in Michaelmas Terme last past, that a Subpoena, "under the Seale of this Court, should be directed to the "said John Bradley, Thomas Truswell, Bartholomew "Wofendalle, and to the said John Noble, Thomas "Short and Thomas Robinson, commaundinge them to

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appeare in this Courte, crastino Purificationis, this "terme, to shewe Cause, why they should not performe "the said Decree, made as before, and why the Pos "sessions of all the Premisses should not be established, "accordinge as the same was at the Death of the said "Cooper, as by the said Order more at large also it doth appeare, Now upon readinge of the said De"cree, and upon hearinge the Councell, as well on the "behalf of the said Mr. Slacke, as of the said John No

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"Decree shal stand in force, and that the said Mr. Slacke "shall have and enjoy the Possessions of the said Hospi"tall, and all the said Lands, Pencions, Rents, and other

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"the Premisses, without the Lett or Interruption of the "said John Noble, Thomas Short, Thomas Robinson "and Thomas Hurst, or any of them, or of any other

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person, or persons, whatsoever, claminge by, from "or under them, or any of them, or under the title of "the said Thomas Robinson: and that an Injunction "shalbe awarded accordingly to establishe the Possession "of the said Mr. Slacke in the Premises.

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"And it was further ordred by the Court, that the "Auditor of the said Countye of Yeorke shall, from "hence forth, pay to the said Mr. Slacke the said year"ly Pencion or Rent Charge of five pounds, six Shillings, eight. Pence, graunted out of the Possessions of "the said late Priory of St. Oswald's, as afore saide, to"gether with the Arreareages thereof. Provided al66 wayes, and it is neverthelesse ordred by the Court, "that if the said John Noble, Thomas Short and Tho

mas Hurst have any new, or better, matter to prove "their pretended Interest in, and to, the said Premisses, " then heretofore they have shewed, that then they shal"be at liberty to exhibite an English Bill upon the said "new and better matter.

Babb pro Querente.

Stanton pro Defendente,

Ex, per Henricum

Fanshawe.

Now after I gott the Possession at my greate Charges, I builded up the decaied Chappell, I repayred the Windowes with Stone, Iron, and Glasse, I made new Seats, and the Pulpitt, and bought the Bell now in the Chappell,

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So I conclude and say with Mica 7. 8. rejoyce not against3, oh mine Enemy; though I fall, I shall arise; when I sitt in Darkenesse, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

There is a free Rent of a pounde of Peper to be payed out of the Hospitall yearely to the Mortons, whos Ancestors were Founders of this Hospitall.

Matthew. "Harsnet. 3 Adde, me.

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