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February 1720 desired to attend on Wednesday the first of March instant
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To give an answer to the said Complaints; but did not; but sent a Letter
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Signed by himself, but wrote in another hand alledging he was very much
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indisposed with a Feavor so that he could not attend and desiring the
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Complaints might be reduced into writing and sent him that he might
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give his answer thereunto. Whereupon by direction of the Court another
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Letter was that day wrote and sent to him by the Clerk of the peace
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with a coppy of the said Complaints, To which he was desired to give an
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answer on the Friday following (Vizt.) the third of March or To make it
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appear to the Court that he was not able to come to
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by reason
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of his Indisposition, otherwise that the Court had resolved to draw up
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a Representation against him to the Lord High Chancellour for his
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irregular proceedings, but on the said Friday the said Sr.
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did not appear, but sent another Letter Signed by himself but wrote in
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another hand by a porter dated
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March
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the third, alledging he was then so much indisposed with a Feavor and
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other distemper that he could not go out without putting his life in
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the greatest danger, though the porter who brought the said letter
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acquainted the Court that he had the said Letter a very little while
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before from the said Sr.
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Wee think ourselves obliged to lay the premises before your Lordship
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although the said Sr.
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hath not been heard before us
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concerning the same in as much as it is manifest (as wee humbly
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apprehend) that the said Sr.
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, doth by false Suggestion sand
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plain misrepresentations of the State of his Health Endeavour to impose
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upon the Court , in Order to Evade giveing any answer to all or any the
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Premises, (otherwise than he has thought fit to do in his last Letter to
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the Court relating to the case of
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,) which with the other Letters
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and papers relating to the matters above Stated wee have hereunto
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anexed for your Lordships Consideration.
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And wee do humbly Submit To your Lordship whether the said Sr.
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hath not been Guilty of very great abuses of the power
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granted by the Comission of the peace, and whither he hath not by
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colour thereof very much oppressed the said
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and his wife in amesning them before him
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from very remote places by special Warrants without just reason to
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to their great and unnecessary trouble and expence; and for causes of
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which he the said Sr.
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the peace, or else without any cause at all assigned to as they might
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know to what they were to answer and whither he hath not greatly
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