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A42634 Interrogatories on the part and behalf of the people of England prepared for the use of the Committee of Grievances by R.G. and P.B. R. G.; P. B. 1689 (1689) Wing G54; ESTC R11479 3,685 2

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Interrogatories on the part and behalf of the People of England prepared for the Vse of the Committee of Grievances By R. G. and P. B. 1. Concerning the Clergy HAVE any of them broken the Laws and which and where and when Who read King Charles the Second's Declaration of Reasons for dissolving the Oxford Parliament without Order from their Diocesan Who read the late King's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience without the like Order who first omitted the Prayers for the late King and Royal Family without Order from Diocesan or Convention Which of them did two years since preach up the Sovereign Supreme Dispensing Power Which of them did seven Months since preach down the just and legal Prerogatives of the Crown Which of them do now preach down the genuine and fundamental Authority of an English Parliament that is for King James against King James and for King James again And lastly which of them have borrowed Pulpits to proclaim their aversion to their present Majesties and at the same time seem to pray for them Do you know of any that have done all these or any and which of them and when and where and in what words declare your knowledge 2. Concerning the Observator What Pension had he from Court by whose procurement and who paid it What Encouragements from Parsons and Lawyers and other of their followers and when and how collected and by whom tell the Names times and Sums as you know believe or have heard Pray Sir declare your knowledge what Gratuity he and his Amanuensis had and from whom and by whom paid for Sir Edm. Godfrey's Vindication Declare the like concerning Oats's his Tryals and the Preparations for them Ben't afraid 3. Concerning the Popish Plot Whether any of Godfrey's Murtherers did confess and unto whom and what is become of that confession have you heard tell the truth who was the first acquitted in that time of what Country by what Jury before what Judges who were the Witnesses What did these swear and what did those direct and how they were received at Court afterwards Declare your knowledge How was the second and third Acquittal Tell likewise in particular as if every question of the first were repeated Who were present at Wakeman's Tryal how was the Judges demeanour what did they say what was said by those of the Kings Bench the first day of the Term following Tell which of the Judges did not speak which did and what Speak out whether you have heard that all Coleman's Letters were printed or not and if not all how many and which were omitted and by whom Declare how Oats and Dangerfield were handled and what became of them and after that I 'll ask you about Prance 4. Concerning Corporations Companies Charters c. What do you imagine is their number in England what may each Charter cost to be renewed how many were so how many were voluntarily surrendred and which and by whom and what Encouragements or Rewards before or after had they for their Consent how many were sued and stood out Who was the first Adviser to Quo Warranto's what Judges or Counsel or Agents concerned or did any refuse declare your knowledge How many were renewed what new Clauses were inserted and by whom what Persons were turned out what Clerks or other Officers removed and who put in their places and what did they pay Who certified for the latter as very Loyal and the former as Whiggish disaffected Persons where were die Certificates made at which Devil Tavern in Fleet-street or other where who was present what Lawyers Chancery-men Common Councel-men Scriveners or other Shop-keepers Who represented a Loyaller and fitter man than himself for a damn'd Whigg and so put him by an Office he had agreed and paid for and got it himself Does he enjoy it yet Speak out th● Nation 's concern'd in these things Who were sent to manage Corporations to repeal the Test c. who paid their charges what Instructions had they who were Closetted for Members how many of them promised to do it declare their Names and Abodes and what Rewards they had 5. Concerning Judgments in Westminster-Hall Where did great Fines begin who set them and upon whom and for what Have you heard of 30000. l. set on a Peer for a Fillip on the Forehead what Judges were present which pronounced it did all consent whether did a Commitment follow and by whose motion speak out When came up the fashion of whipping through the streets upon whom inflicted and by what Judges and for what Crimes c Declare your knowledge who were Judges in Sir Edward Hales's Case what Judgment gave they did any dissent and when and where and before whom did they declare it speak the whole truth 6. Concerning Juries When was the trade of packing them first invented who were the Abhorrers of Petitioning for a Parliament and who was Knighted for it Do you know the Queens-head Tavern in Pater-noster-Row the Wonder Tavern on Ludgate-Hill the Feathers in Cheapside the Globe in Hatton Garden and the Sun at Westminster Were you ever in Pater-noster-Row when Juries were impannelled who was there beside who sate as Chair-man who wrote their Names who dictated whose Character was of best credit for right men to be on a Jury whose Names were refused whose allowed tell us their Trades Qualities Fortunes and places of abode who read the Pannel who carried it away who deliver'd it to the Secondaries were those men returned did they appear did they do the business cleverly have you not heard of the same thing afterwards at the other Taverns were you never invited to meet some honest Justice Jury-men and whom by Name at who altered the free-holders book and what artifices were used at the Tryal of the Seven Bishops and who gave the Instructions to the Jury before-hand and what were those Instructions and which of the whole pannel were sure Men did you never observe a sett of Security Men and whom by name plying in the Hall as the Watermen at the Stairs did you never know and how often a Worshipful Deputy pack a Jury and make himself foreman of it what gratuity have you known in such case and what difference as to that made between a criminal cause and a civil and between a Tryal at the Bar and th' old Bayly Fray tell in did you never see a Jury treated at Westminster or elsewhere after a criminal Tryal what entertainment and by whom what Money too and to which of them given to distribute Come come out with it tell us what did the Gang use to say upon those occasions you need hot sear the heads are in the Tower now 7. Concerning State Tryal What Judges Counsel Jury and Witnesses were in Colledge's Tryal who took his Tapers away and who did mannage it and how declare the like concerning Russel's Sidney's and Cornish's and who pronounced the Sentence and the same for the Soldiers what Justice of Peace committed them what