The Case of Robert Hastings, of the parish of St. Pauls Shadwel, in the county of Midlesex This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35638 of text R9666 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C976). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A35638 Wing C976 ESTC R9666 11810254 ocm 11810254 49505 2264187194

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A35638) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 49505) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 19:12) The Case of Robert Hastings, of the parish of St. Pauls Shadwel, in the county of Midlesex 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 168-?] Place and date of publication from Wing. eng Hastings, Robert. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The case of Robert Hastings, of the parish of St. Pauls Shadwel, in the county of Midlesex. Hastings, Robert 1685 1 396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CASE OF ROBERT HASTINGS , Of the Parish of St. PAULS SHADWEL , in the County of MIDLESEX .

THat he is Prothonotor of a Court of Record , within the Manours of Stepney and Hackney , in the County of Midlesex ; and hath been so for this Eight Years , last past ; which Court holds Plea only in Personal Actions , under the Value of Five Pounds .

That he hath a Free-hold Estate therein , for his own Life and his Sons Life , worth about 200 l. Per An. Communibus Annis .

That he depended thereon , as a good Provision for him and his Son . And therefore upon coming into the said Place , left of his Practice as an Attorney , and hath discontinued the same ever since .

That the residue of his Estate , lyes most in new Ground-Rents , and new Foundations , proposed to be taxed , towards the defraying the necessary Charge of the Navy .

That he hath been always ready to Serve the Publick , and hath served in several Commissions , both of the Peace , Militia , and others ; from the Year 1680 , until dismist , for Refusing to Consent , to take of the PENAL LAWS and TEST .

That in Case the Bill pass , for Erecting A Court of Concience in the Tower Hamlets . The said Prothonotor's Place , will be of little or no Value , by Reason the Court holds Plea , but for so small a Sum ; whereby the said Robert Hastings , will be left Destitute of a reasonable In-come , for the Maintainance and Provision of himself , his Wife , and Children .

He therefore Refers himself to the Honour and Justice of this Honourable House , where he cannot but hope , towards making up the Losses he is likely to sustain ( for the Reasons aforesaid ) to have his Name incerted in the said Bill , for The Tower Hamlets , as Register and Clerk , with the Powers thereunto belonging , preferable to any others ; he having lived there , ever since he was Burnt out , by the Great Fire of London : And therefore well known to the Inhabitants , and the Inhabitants well known to him .