An
ANSWER
to
a
Lying
Pamphlet
,
Entituled
,
The
CASE
of
THOMAS
PRICE
Esq
;
THE
Rectory
of
Llanywllyn
in
the
Diocess
of
St.
Asaph
did
never
belong
to
any
Monastery
,
but
was
a
Presentative
Living
with
Cure
of
Souls
:
And
Dr.
Ellis
Price
,
Great
Grandfather
of
the
said
Thomas
Price
,
was
Rector
thereof
,
both
before
,
and
at
the
time
of
Dissolution
of
Monasteries
,
and
for
many
Years
after
,
in
all
for
above
Sixty
Years
.
Towards
the
end
of
which
time
,
Thomas
Price
and
his
Heirs
;
who
by
Collusion
with
them
that
should
have
done
the
Church
Right
in
this
Matter
,
turn'd
this
Rectory
into
an
Impropriation
,
and
in
stead
of
100
l.
per
Annum
,
(
as
the
Complainant
saith
)
left
it
only
6
l.
per
Annum
as
a
Stipend
for
the
serving
of
that
Cure
of
Souls
.
The
first
Bishop
after
the
King's
Restauration
offered
this
Rectory
to
several
Clerks
,
but
none
would
be
at
the
Charge
to
Sue
for
it
.
But
the
Account
that
he
left
of
the
Churches
Title
in
Writing
,
put
the
present
Bishop
upon
a
farther
search
:
By
which
,
finding
that
it
was
undoubtedly
a
Presentative
Living
,
he
gave
Institution
to
Robert
Wynne
the
present
Incumbent
;
who
came
to
a
Tryal
with
Peter
Price
the
pretended
Impropriator
,
at
Salop
Assizes
in
Summer
1683.
Thence
,
by
consent
of
both
Parties
,
the
Cause
was
ordered
to
be
Tryed
at
the
Exchequer-Bar
;
and
the
Issue
to
be
,
Whether
the
Incumbent
had
good
Right
to
the
Rectory
of
Llanywllyn
?
Accordingly
it
was
Tryed
in
Easter-Term
following
before
all
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
;
and
after
a
Tryal
of
Five
Hours
,
it
was
given
for
the
Incumbent
,
by
a
Jury
of
Gentlemen
,
whose
Names
are
Printed
here
for
the
Honour
of
their
Virdict
:
Sir
Edward
Smith
of
Holburn
Baronet
,
Sir
William
Turner
of
Bromley
Knight
,
Sir
John
Elwayes
of
Fulham
Knight
,
Jonas
Morley
of
Hamersmith
Esq
;
Edward
Shaw
of
Covent
Garden
Esq
;
Samuel
Rouse
of
Holburn
Esq
;
Richard
Gower
of
Highgate
Esq
;
Jeffrey
Nightingale
of
Cripplegate
Esq
;
Thomas
Harriot
of
Islington
Esq
;
John
Shales
of
Fulham
Esq
;
Thomas
Ernsby
of
Hamersmith
Esq
;
and
Walter
Moyle
of
Ealing
Esq
;
After
this
Tryal
at
Bar
,
in
Trinity-Term
following
,
Mr.
Thomas
Price
moved
the
Court
on
his
Fathers
behalf
for
a
new
Tryal
;
which
was
deny'd
him
,
by
reason
he
could
produce
no
other
Evidence
than
what
had
formerly
been
produced
at
the
Tryal
at
Bar.
But
whereas
in
the
Order
of
the
Assizes
at
Salop
is
was
not
said
that
the
Possession
should
follow
the
success
of
this
Tryal
,
therefore
the
Incumbent
was
forced
to
bring
his
Cause
to
Tryal
at
another
Assizes
held
at
Salop
in
Summer
1684
,
and
there
he
obtained
a
Verdict
for
the
Possession
.
After
these
Tryals
and
Verdicts
,
the
Incumbent
being
now
in
Possession
,
Edward
Vaughan
Esq
;
for
Three
Years
,
if
he
continued
so
long
Rector
,
reserving
an
Annual
Rent
to
himself
;
About
Three
Years
ago
the
said
Peter
Price
brought
his
Declaration
of
Ejectment
against
the
Tenants
in
Possession
of
this
Rectory
,
to
be
Tryed
in
the
County
of
Merioneth
.
And
at
the
Assizes
,
the
Bishop
being
Patron
,
and
Mr.
Vaughan
being
Lessee
of
the
said
Rectory
,
After
this
he
lay
quiet
till
June
last
,
then
finding
that
by
Reason
of
the
Adjournments
of
Parliament
,
Mr.
Vaughan
could
not
attend
,
and
much
less
the
Bishop
,
with
whom
his
Secretary
who
attended
the
Tryal
at
Bar
,
and
who
only
understood
the
Records
,
was
then
at
London
,
he
took
this
Occasion
to
give
Notice
of
a
Tryal
at
the
Assizes
to
be
held
in
September
last
.
There
Council
appeared
for
the
Bishop
and
Mr.
Vaughan
,
and
Pleaded
their
Priviledge
of
Parliament
;
and
Mr.
Vaughan's
Lease
was
publickly
read
in
Court
,
and
an
Affidavit
was
Filed
,
That
the
Bishop
being
in
London
,
and
his
Secretary
attending
him
there
,
who
had
been
employ'd
in
all
the
Tryal
,
had
the
Papers
in
his
Custody
,
they
could
not
possibly
Try
it
.
But
their
Council
offered
to
wave
their
Priviledge
,
and
to
Try
it
next
Assizes
by
a
Jury
of
Gentlemen
of
the
County
,
who
are
only
fit
to
Try
such
a
Cause
.
But
Mr.
Thomas
Price
,
and
his
Attorney
Mr.
Henry
Mostyn
Rejected
that
Offer
,
and
without
Regard
to
Priviledge
of
Parliament
,
proceeded
to
Tryal
,
and
had
a
Verdict
,
no
Defence
being
made
.
Thereupon
Mr.
Richard
Green
(
tho'
being
warned
of
the
Breach
of
Priviledge
)
granted
a
Writ
for
Possession
;
and
pursuant
to
this
Writ
,
on
the
7th
of
October
last
,
William
Wynn
the
Under-Sheriff
,
turn'd
out
Mr.
Vaughan's
Tenants
,
and
put
Edward
Price
in
Possession
of
the
Houses
and
Gleab
belonging
to
the
said
Rectory
:
All
which
Proceedings
(
with
humble
Submission
)
are
a
Breach
of
the
Priviledges
of
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
.
This
is
the
true
State
of
the
Case
,
whereof
divers
material
things
are
industriously
concealed
in
that
Pamphlet
,
which
has
been
lately
spread
about
the
Coffee-Houses
and
other
Places
.
There
are
also
many
Things
said
,
which
are
no
more
true
than
they
are
pertinent
to
the
purpose
:
But
the
design
of
those
Lyes
is
only
to
Defame
them
that
dare
trust
the
World
with
their
Good
Names
,
presuming
they
are
so
well
known
,
that
they
need
not
Answer
such
Slanders
and
Calumnies
.