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woul d have so much for it, or else he would not part with it ; and that he wouldanswer the same, whenever he should be called or Words to that effect.

To the twenty-fourth Article, this Defendant answereth and denieth, thathe ever endeavoured to draw the Inhabitants of Norwich to pay 2 s. in theFound, in Lieu of Tythes to the Ministers, much less to draw them to itagainst their Will.

He also denieth, that he did by any Suggestions, much less by any false or un-due Suggestions, procure his Majesty to declare his royal Pleasure as is alledged.

But this he faith, that some of the Ministers in Norwich came to this De-fendant, and (hewed him a Petition, which they were to put up to the King,for Means of Maintenance in that they lived, almost, wholly upon Benevo-lence. They also (hewed him, that in the Year 1606, there was a Bill twiceread in the Commons House, of 2 s. in the Pound for them ; but then, atthe Request of Sir Henry Hobart , Knight, Burgess for Norwich , it was laidasleep, and by his Direction, there was procured from the King, to theCouncil, an Order of Relief for the said Ministers; which Order, thoughonce again received from the Council-board, yet was since then wholly neg-lected. Hereupon this Defendant procured for them an Opportunity of de-livering their Petition to the King, and in January 1637, the said Ministerswith the King’s Attorney as their Counsel, and some of the City with theirCounsel, appeared before his Majesty at the Council-board, where this De-fendant was also by a Messenger commanded to attend. After long Debate,the King asked, if they would wave all other Pleas, and submit to his Ar-bitration ; both Parties consented, and so they were ordered to appear againafter Eajier, and to bring their Submissions ; they for the City, under theCity Seal, and the Ministers under their Hands, attested by the Seal of theConsistory. This then was done accordingly, and this Defendant certified thesaid Act of the Consistory, touching the Consent of the said Ministers, underhis episcopal Seal, and as Diocesan gave Consent, quantum de jure potuit , tothe said Submission, for three or four Churches in the City which werethen void.

Within a few Days after, this Defendant was translated to Ely , and so wasno further interested in the Business, but in July following, the Petitionersrepaired to this Defendant, and (hewed him, that the King had now givenOrder, for the drawing up of his royal Award and Arbitration, betwixt themand the City. And that the Attorney General had willed them, in that hewas full of great Business, and not very well versed in Forms of that Nature,to bring him a Draught of that which they desired, and then he would con-sider of it, how agreeable it was to Law, and to the King’s Intentions, and sowould form it, and prepare a Bill for the King’s Signature. They thereforeprayed this Defendant to peruse what they had drawn, and to give them hisAdvice therein ; particularly insisting, that unless they might sue, whenNeed was, in the Consistory of Norwich , and be free from Prohibitions,they should be no whit profited by any Award. This Defendant replied,that he had not Skill enough in the Law to judge of that ; but yet, for thathe remembered, that in the Charters of the University, the Cognisance of allCauses was referred to the Consistory, and that it was particularly granted,in such and such Cases, Quod prohibitio nojlra non curret, therefore, theymight put it in, and leave it to the Attorney’s Judgment, whether in a Caseof Arbitration, the King might fitly do so or no. Not many Days after, theyreturned again to this Defendant, and complained, that they should lose th®Benefit of all his Help and Advice in making the Draught, for that Mt*Attorney’s Clerk had lost the fame. But yet recollecting the fame as well2 as