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A66455 Jus appellandi ad Regem Ipsum a cancellaria, or, A manifestation of the King's part and power to relieve his subjects against erroneous and unjust decrees in chancery collected out of the authorities of law / by Walter Williams ... Williams, Walter, of the Middle Temple. 1683 (1683) Wing W2774; ESTC R7919 45,013 145

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first part which was formerly Decreed for him his Lordship made doubtful whereupon Smithwick Petition'd to the Lord Chancellor to have his Money again and he had it It appears further by the said Journal Books that several days were in a great part Employed in taking Examination of Witnesses in proving and detecting the Briberies and Corruptions of that Lord Chancellor which being ended and collected were order'd to be Transcrib'd with the Proofs and on the 24th of April following were order'd to be sent to his Lordship with a Message that the Lords requir'd his Answer with all convenient speed The Corruptions as they are mentioned to be prov'd in the Journal of the Lords House of the said 24th of April are as followeth That in the Cause between Sir Rowland Egerton and Edward Egerton his Lordship received on the part of Sir Rowland Egerton before he decreed for him 500 l. Item of Edward Egerton in the said Cause 400 l. Item in the Cause between Hodie and Hodie a dozen of Buttons after the Cause end ed of the value of 50 l. Item of the Lady Wharton 310 l. Item of Sir Tho. Munke 100 l. Item of Sir John Trevor 100 l. Item of one Young 100 l. Item of one Fisher 106 l. Item in the Cause of Kenday and Valore of Kenday a Cabinet worth 800 l. Of Valore borrow'd at two times 2000 l. Item in the Cause between Scot and Lenthall of Scot 200 l. Item of Lenthall 100 l. Item of one Wroth who had a Cause between him and one Mannering 100 l. Item of Sir Ralph Hansby 500 l. Item in the Lord Mountaine 's Cause of the Lord Mountaine and more promis'd at the end of the Cause 600 or 700 l. Item of one Mr. Dunch 200 l. Item in a Cause between Raynold and Peacock 200 l. in money and a Diamond Ring worth 5 or 600 l. 700 or 800 l. Item of Peacock 100 l. Item in a Cause of Barker 700 l. Item there being a reference from his Majesty to his Lordship of a business between the Grocers and Apothecaries he had of the Grocers 200 l. Of the Apothecaries besides a rich present of Ambergreece 150 l. Item of the French Merchants to constrain the Vintners of London to take 1500 Tuns of Wine to accomplish which he used very indirect means by colour of his Office and Authority without Bill or other Suit depending as threatning and imprisoning the Vintners for which he receiv'd of the Merchants 1000 l. Lastly That he had given way to great exactions by his Servants in respect of private Seals and sealing Injunctions By the Journal-book of the 25th of the said month it appears that Baron Denham and Mr. Attorney-General reported their delivery of the Charge of the Lord Chancellors corruptions to his Lordship and that he said he would return the Lords an Answer whereupon the Lords soon after sent a message by Baron Denham and Mr. Attorney to know if he would make his Confession or stand to his Defence to which they brought answer That his Lordship would make no defence to the charge but meant to acknowledge corruption and to make a particular confession to every point and after that an humble submission but he humbly crav'd liberty that wherein the charge was more full than he finds the truth of the Fact he may make declaration of the truth in such particulars the charge being brief and not containing all circumstances Whereupon the Lords sent the same Messengers back to him to let him know they had granted him time till Monday next being the 30th of April at 10 in the morning to send such Confession as his Lordship intended to make On the 30th of April the Lord Chief-Justice Leigh who then executed the place of Lord Chancellor in the Lords House signified to their Lordships that he had received a Letter and paper Roll sealed up which being delivered to the Clark of the Lords House and being opened found directed to their Lord ships it was read and began thus To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the High-Court of Parliament assembled The Confession and humble Submission of Me the Lord Chancellor UPon advised consideration of the charge descending into my own conscience and calling my memory to an account so far as I am able I do plainly and ingeniously confess that I am guilty of Corruption and do renounce all defence and put my self upon the Grace and Mercy of your Lordships The particulars I do confess and declare to be as followeth To the first Article of the charge viz. in the Cause between Sir Rowland Egerton and Edward Egerton the Lord Chancellor received 500 l. on the part of Sir Rowland Egerton before he decreed the Cause I do confess and declare Upon a reference from his Majesty of all Suits and Controversies between Sir Rowland Egerton and Mr. Edward Egerton both parties submitted to my award by Recognizance reciprocally in 10000 Marks apiece and thereupon after divers hearings I made my award with advice and consent of my Lord Hobbart and the award was perfected and publish'd to the parties which was in February Then some days after the 500 l. mentioned in the charge was delivered to me Afterwards Mr. Edward Egerton fled from the award Then in Midsummer Term following a Suit was begun in Chancery by Sir Rowland to have the award confirm'd and upon that Suit was the Decree made which is mention'd in this Article To the second Article viz. That in the same Cause he received from Edw. Egerton 400 l. I confess and declare That soon after my first coming to the Seal being a time when I was presented by many the 400 l. mentioned in the charge was delivered unto me in a Purse and I now call to mind from Mr. Edward Egerton But as far as I can remember it was exprest by him that brought it to be for favours past and not in respect of favours to come To the third Article of the charge viz. in the Cause between Hodie and Hodie he receiv'd a dozen of Buttons of the value of 50 l. about a fortnight after the Cause was ended I confess and declare That as it is laid in the charge about a fortnight after the Cause was ended it being a Suit of great Inheritance there were Gold Buttons about the value of 50 l. as is mentioned in the charge presented unto me as I remember by Sir John Perient and the party himself Thus far it is verbatim as it is in the said Journal book and after the same form he proceeds and confesseth the receipt of all the money and other things in the charge and some particular sums more but with some little endeavours to extenuate the Crime as that the money was sent as a present after the Causes ended and confessed that he had imprisoned some of the Vintners because they refused to take off the French Wines and that it was a great fault in him that he