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sufficient warrant.

Given under

my day of

hand and seal at

in the

in the said county, the year of the reign of

If he also refused to pay the charges, these words may be added: satisfactory security for the same: And whereas the said hath likewise refused, and doth refuse to pay the sum of one shilling, which I have settled and ascertained as and for the charges and proceedings against him touching the premises, and hath refused and doth refuse to give satisfactory security to pay the same; these are therefore to require you, &c. for the space of sixteen days, &c.

No.5. Warrant to levy Penalty for Profane Swearing, under 19 Geo. 2. c. 21. s. 5.

County of to wit. Whereas

in

To the constables, churchwardens, and over-
seers of the poor of the parish of
the county of

of in the said parish of

in the

county aforesaid, hath been legally convicted before me W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, of profanely swearing one oath within the said parish

of

upon the

day of

These are therefore

the sum of

in his majesty's name to charge and command you and every of you forthwith to demand of the said for the use of the poor of the said parish of , according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; and if he shall refuse to pay the said sum, that then you forthwith levy the same by distress and sale of his goods, for the use aforesaid, rendering to him the overplus (if any), and in default of such distress that you set him publicly in the stocks by the space of [one] whole hour. Hereof fail not. Given under my hand and seal at

day of

hundred and twenty

in the county aforesaid this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

TITHES.

No. 1. Complaint for Tithes, due from any Person on the 7 & 8 W. c. 6. and 53 Geo. 3. c. 127.

To

and

esquires, two, [or esquire, one] of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of

of

of

in the said county, clerk, humbly complaineth, That he the said complainant did by the space of twenty days and upwards before the day of the date hereof, demand of in the parish of in the county aforesaid, yeoman, the tithes, offerings, oblations, and obventions justly become due, within two years now last past, from him the said unto him the said complainant, to the value of

;

and that he the said did upon the said demand refuse and doth yet refuse to pay and compound for, and hath not paid nor compounded for the same, nor any part thereof; the said complainant therefore prayeth such redress in the premises as to you shall seem meet, and as to the law doth appertain. Signed the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

day of

No. 2. Summons for Tithes due from any Person, on the 7 & 8 W. c. 6. and 53 Geo. 3. c. 127. s. 4.

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Whereas complaint in writing hath been made unto me W. R. esquire, one [or us, W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, two] of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, by of in the said county, clerk, that

in the parish of in the said county, yeoman, hath for above the space of twenty days before the time of the said complaint so made unto me [or us] as aforesaid, refused to compound for or to pay unto him the said and hath not yet compounded for nor paid the tithes, offerings, oblations, and obventions, justly due from him the said to him the said These are therefore to command you forthwith, upon sight hereof, to summon the said to appear before us [or me, and such other of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county as may be present] at the house of in the said county on day of this present month of in the forenoon of the same day, to answer unto the said complaint. And be you then there to `certify what you shall have done in the premises. and seals [or, my hand and seal] at day of in the

hour of

the

the

in

at the

Given under our hands in the said county,

year

of

No. 3. Order for Payment of Tithes due from any Person, on 7 & 8 W. c. 6. and 53 Geo. 3. c. 127. s. 4.

County of

Whereas complaint in writing hath been made unto us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires,

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to wit. two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, by vicar of the parish of in the said county, that of in the said parish of in the county aforesaid, yeoman, did refuse for the space of twenty days next before the time of the said complaint so made unto us as aforesaid, to pay or compound for his tithes, offerings, oblations, or obventions, arising in the said parish of and due to him the said ; We therefore the said justices, being neither of us patron of the parish church of aforesaid, nor any ways interested in any of the said tithes, offerings, oblations, or obventions, having duly summoned the said before us, and having duly examined the truth and justice of the said complaint upon oath, do find that there is justly due from the said to the said

the sum of being the value of the said tithes, offerings, oblations, and obventions, become due within two years last past; and do therefore adjudge and order the aforesaid or cause to be paid unto the said

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to pay

the aforesaid sum of

and also the sum of ten shillings for the costs and charges of the said in prosecuting the said for the recovery of his said just dues. Given under our hands and seals at in the said county, the

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day of

No. 4. Distress for Tithes due from any Person, on the 7 & 8 W. c. 6. and 53 Geo 3. c. 127.

County of

to wit.

To the constable of
in the said county,
and to the churchwardens of the parish of
in the said county, and to every of
them.

vicar of

Whereas upon the complaint in writing of the parish of aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, of in the said parish, in the county aforesaid, yeoman, hath been duly summoned to appear before us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, to be examined for the nonpayment of the tithes, offerings, oblations, and obventions due unto the said ; and whereas we the said justices, being neither of us

patron of the parish church of aforesaid, nor any way interested in any of the said tithes, offerings, oblations, or obventions, have been duly examined the truth and justice of the said complaint, and have ordered him the said

unto the said

the sum of

to pay

, being the value of the tithes, offerings, oblations, and obventions, become due from him the said to him the said

within two

years next before the said complaint so made unto us as aforesaid, together with the sum of ten shillings for the costs and charges of the said for the recovery of his said just dues; making in the whole the sum of

: And whereas

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it appeareth unto us the said justices, that the said due notice of our said order for the space of ten days and upwards before the day of the date hereof, but hath refused to pay and hath not yet paid the said sum of nor any part thereof: These are therefore to command you jointly and severally, that you, or some or one of you, do forthwith distrain the goods and chattels of the said and in case the said sum of together with your reasonable charges of making and detaining the said distress be not paid, or tendered to be paid by him the said in [four days] next after such distress made, that then you do make public sale of the said goods and chattels so distrained as aforesaid, and out of the money arising from such sale, that you pay or cause to be paid unto him the said and thereout also deduct and detain your reasonable charges of making, keeping, and selling the said distress; and if any overplus shall remain after such payment and deduction as aforesaid, that then you do render the same unto him the said upon demand. Given under our hands and seals at in the said county, the

year of

the said sum of

day of

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in the

No. 5. Complaint for Quakers' Tithes, on the 7 & 8 W. c. 34. 1 Geo. 1. st. 2. c.6. and 53 Geo.3. c. 127. To W. R., and E. R. M., esquires, two [or W. R. one] of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of in the said county

rector of the parish church of [or as the case shall be] humbly complaineth;

That

of

in the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, yeoman, being a person commonly called a quaker, hath refused to pay unto him the said

or to compound

for the tithes and other rights, dues, and payments belonging

to the church of

said

from him the said

aforesaid, and justly due to him the ; the said complainant therefore prayeth such redress in the premises as to you shall seem meet, and as to law doth appertain. Signed the

day of

in the

year of

No. 6. Summons of a Quaker for Tithes, on the 7 & 8 W. c. 84. 1 Geo. 1. st. 2. c. 6. and 53 Geo. 3. c. 127.

County of

To the constable of

in the said county.

to wit.

in

Whereas

clerk, rector of the parish church of

the said county, hath complained unto us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, two [or unto me W. R. esq. one] of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, that

of

in the

from him the

parish of aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, yeoman, being a person commonly called a quaker, hath refused to pay unto him the said or to compound for, the tithes and other rights, dues, and payments belonging to the church of aforesaid, and justly due to him the said said : These are therefore to require you forthwith to summon the said to appear before us [or, me and such other of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, as may be present] at the house of

said county, on

at the hour of

the

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day of this present month of in the forenoon of the same day, to answer unto the said complaint. And be you then there to certify what you shall have done in the premises. Given under our hands and seals [or, my hand and seal], at

in the said county, the of the reign of

day of

in the

year

No. 7. Order for Quakers' Tithes, on the 1 Geo. 1. st. 2. c. 6. and 53 Geo. 3.

County of

to wit. county, that

7 & 8 W. c. 34. C. 127.

Whereas complaint hath been made unto us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said vicar of the parish of in the said of the parish of aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, being a person commonly called a quaker, hath refused to pay to or to compound with him the said

county, by

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