A
BREVIATE
Of
the
Distressed
Suffering
Case
of
William
Goodridge
,
JAmes
Crossman
,
Vicar
of
Banwell
,
sued
William
Goodridge
,
by
Bill
in
the
Exchequer
for
Small
Tithes
,
caused
him
to
be
Imprisoned
about
Twelve
or
Thirteen
Years
;
and
then
on
a
new
Bill
exhibited
against
him
in
the
said
Court
,
in
the
Year
1687
,
which
,
in
regard
of
his
tender
Conscience
towards
God
,
he
could
not
answer
upon
Oath
;
The
said
Crossman
taking
advantage
thereupon
,
swears
he
believes
his
Tythes
to
be
worth
Six
pound
ten
shillings
per
Annum
(
which
in
Twelve
years
amounts
to
Seventy
eight
pounds
,
)
when
indeed
worth
but
about
Forty
shillings
per
Annum
.
And
then
the
said
Crossman
procures
an
Order
of
Court
for
the
Sequestring
the
said
Goodridge's
Estate
,
and
did
Levy
One
hundred
and
fifty
pound
Seven
shillings
and
Six
pence
,
of
the
said
Goodridge's
Personal
Estate
,
as
by
the
Plantiffs
own
shewing
in
an
Order
of
Court
,
by
him
obtained
the
Third
of
Novemb.
1688.
doth
appear
.
And
by
a
Writ
of
Assistance
out
of
the
said
Court
,
the
said
Crossman
also
had
Possession
given
him
by
the
Sheriff
,
of
the
said
Goodridge's
Real
Estate
of
Sixty
pound
per
Annum
;
and
seized
Goods
and
Chattels
of
one
Avery
,
the
said
Goodridge's
Tenant
,
to
the
value
of
Ninety
four
pound
,
and
turned
him
out
of
Possession
,
and
keeps
the
said
William
Goodridge
Prisoner
,
and
hath
turned
his
Wife
,
a
La●●e
Woman
,
out
of
Doors
,
and
left
them
both
in
a
ruinous
Condition
,
as
more
at
large
doth
appear
in
his
Appeal
Presented
to
the
House
of
Lords
:
by
whom
,
he
Humbly
hopes
to
be
Relieved
.
Observe
from
the
foregoing
Relation
|
|
l.
|
s.
|
d.
|
Value
of
Goods
of
W.
Goodridge
Seiz'd
|
150
|
7
|
6
|
|
Value
of
Goods
of
his
Tenant
Seiz'd
|
94
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
244
|
7
|
6
|
|
|
l.
|
l.
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
Value
of
Tythes
sworn
Cost
of
Suit
|
78
20
|
98
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
l.
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
Taken
more
then
the
said
demand
|
146
|
7
|
6
|
Also
dispossest
him
of
his
Real
Estate
of
Sixty
pounds
per
Annum
,
and
he
still
kept
Prisoner