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parliament_n	house_n	king_n	officer_n	2,496	5	7.4181	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45674	The lamentable cry of oppression, or, The case of the poor, suffering & persecuted people called Quakers in and about Fakenham in Norfolk shewing the cruelty, injustice and inhumanity of several magistrates, officers and informers in those parts against the said people for these many years, in the great spoil and havock of their goods and estates ... / by ... Joseph Harrison.	Harrison, Joseph.; Cater, Samuel, d. 1711. Postscript.	1679 (1679)	Wing H898; ESTC R31092	29,850	90

his Supper as his Wife says as well as ever he did and after he had sup't suddenly fell down on the Floar and his Daughter skreck't out and he stared on her it seems and so dyed very full of Vermine and he had a nasty stinking Body by his Life time and so he dyed and it was very hard to get any Body to carry him to burying only the Over-seers for the Poor hired four men to carry him Note also That notwithstanding all the Money and Goods that he had gotten from the Sufferers by his Informing the Parish was fain to keep him before he dyed and be at the Charge of burying him and also now are fain to keep his Wife who was a Companion with him in this Wicked Work Note also That John Richmond a Companion of the aforesaid Watt in his Informing who having had before pretty well about him is since come to take Collection of the Parish Attested by Joseph Harrison Anne Harrison Edmund Peckover Margaret Peckover Tho. Watson and his Wife Joseph Peckover Upon the 16th day of the 6th moneth 78. John Hilyard Priest and Justice so called issued out a Warrant to levy 20 l. upon the Goods of Joseph Harrison for a Meeting which the said Warrant said was at his House the 14th of July 78. not expressing the Informers Names and in pusuance of this Warrant the 12th of the 7th moneth 78. the Officers of Fakenham viz. Tho. Bretland Warden Tho. Salmon Constable Hen. Gogney Over-seer came to Joseph Harrison's Stall as he stood in the Market and took from him seven stone and twelve pound of Beef worth 18 s. The 19th day of the same moneth Tho. Salmon and Edward Beston Constables Hen. Gogney and Rob. Dolton Over-seers came again to Jos Harrison's Stall in the Market and took from him seven stone and nine pound of Beef worth 16 s. The 26th of the same moneth the said Officers went to Joseph's stall again and took eight stone seven pound of Beef worth 18 s. The 10th of the 8th moneth Hen. Gogney Rob. Dolton Rich. Pawly and Tho. Bretland came again to his Stall and took eight stone and four pound of Beef worth 18 s. The 23d of the same the said Officers came again with T. Garret the Butcher Constable came to Joseph's House and finding the Shop door locked asked him to open it which Joseph refused Bretland said He must break it up Ioseph told him It was more than the Law required Bretland replyed He cared not for that he was ordered so to do so they brake open the Door and took 5. quarters of Beef 2. Tallow-loaves-2 H●des in all worth 3 l. 10 s. The 6th of the 9th moneth some of the same Officers came again to the House of Joseph Harrison to levy for the same fine and threatned to break open the Door for they had such Order they said from the Magistrate Ioseph replyed They had no such Order from the King and Parliament yet they brake open the Door and took to the value of seven quarters of Beef and two Tallow-loaves worth 3 l. 15 s. Note It s credibly reported that some of the Officers sold this Beef for 8d per stone though Joseph sold of the same for 2 s. 4 d. per stone and the Tallow for 8 d. a stone and Joseph sold his Tallow about that time for 3 s. 8 d. per stone at fourteen pound to the stone The 14th of the same moneth Tho. Bretland Warden Tho. Garret Butcher Fran. Page and Rich. Pawly Constables Rob. Dolton Overseer went to Joseph Harrison's when he was from home and they brake up several Doors and took away about fourteen stone of Beef three quarters of Mutton four Tallow-loaves worth together 2 l. 5 s. The same day in the afternoon Page Dolton Gogney and Pawly came into the Market to Joseph's Stall and took away from him eight stone of Beef worth 16 s. The 12th of the 10th moneth the Officers came again to his Stall and took as much Beef as was worth above 18 s. The 19th day they came again to his Stall to levy and took nine stone of Beef worth 18 s. The same day Ioseph's Son brought two Bullock's Hides into Market they took them also away which were worth above 1 l. The same day Ioseph brought more Beef into Market for his Customers and as soon as he had cut it out Bretland Gogney Garret and Pawly came again and took it all not suffering him to sell any to his Customers it was worth about 16 s. Upon the 9th of the 7th moneth 1678. Will. Leverington Iohn Ditchwell and Iohn Williamson Officers of Walsingham came to Natahaniel Vrine of the same Town with a Warrant from the aforesaid Iohn Hilyard and for a fine of 10 s. imposed on him for himself and his Wife being at the Meeting at Joseph Harrison's the 14th of the 5th moneth aforesaid and they took from him 15 l. of Tobacco cut and dryed worth 12 s. besides a Box with it The 17th of the 6th moneth 1678. Tho. Bretland Warden Tho. Garret Tho. Salmon and Edw. Beston Constables and Robert Dolton Overseer come to Edmund Peckover's Shop with a Warrant granted forth by John Hilyard the said Priest Magistrate to strain for 10 s. for Margaret his Wife being at a Meeting at J. Harrison's House the 14th of the 5th moneth and they took in Money 10 s. they took 5 s. more at the same time for their Son Walker Peckover although not mentioned in the said Warrant The 18th of the 12th moneth Tho. Bretland Rob. Sheldrake Wardens Hen. Gogney and Rob. Dolton Over-seers and Francis Page a Constable come to Edmund Peckover's Shop with a Warrant from Iohn Hilyard aforesaid to strein for 15 s. for a Meeting at Joseph Harrison's for which they took a piece of fine Holland of about twenty two yards worth about 3 l. About the 12th of the 12th moneth 78. J. Hilyard aforesaid granted a Warrant against Edm. Peckover to have him brought before him and to bring Sureties for his Good Behaviour because being Over-seer for the Poor in the Town of Fakenham he refused to strein the Goods of Joseph Harrison for a Meeting the fourteenth of the fifth moneth at the House of the said Joseph Harrison whereupon the said Iohn Hilyard granted a Warrant to strein 5 l. upon the said Edm. Peckover's Goods for which fine of 5 l. Tho. Bretland with some other Officers went to a Chest of the said E. P's where some of his best Goods were and took 4. whole pieces of Searge with 5 other pieces of Stuff about 12. yards of Hair-Camblet and ten yards of Hair Grogrin they returned part of these Goods but kept for the said 5 l. fine to the value of 13 l. and upward Rob. Curby of Holt was fined for a Meeting at the same Town upon the 30th of the 10th moneth 78. the sum of 10 l. 5s More the said Robert was fined for a Meeting at Holt