The case of the promoter of the bill for erecting a court of conscience for the tower hamblets comprehended within the weekly bills, of mortality, &c. Caine, John. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08613 of text R176222 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C208AA). 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 B08613 Wing C208AA ESTC R176222 61296889 ocm 61296889 180477 2240859613

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08613) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180477) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2831:10) The case of the promoter of the bill for erecting a court of conscience for the tower hamblets comprehended within the weekly bills, of mortality, &c. Caine, John. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1685?] Caption title. Attributed to John Caine. Cf. Wing (2nd ed.). Date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Sutro Library. eng Caine, John -- Trials, litigation ,etc. Courts -- England -- Early works to 1800. Liberty of Conscience -- England -- Early works to 1800. Judgment of God -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714 -- Sources. Broadsides -- 17th century. eebo The case of the promoter of the bill for erecting a court of conscience for the Tower Hamblets, comprehended within the weekly bills, of mortality, &c [Caine, John, 1685 1 350 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. 2013-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-07 Sampled and proofread 2013-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CASE OF THE Promoter of the Bill for Erecting a Court of Conscience for the Tower Hamblets , comprehended within the weekly Bills , of Mortality , &c.

THat Mr John Caine , ancient Inhabitant , and yet living within the Tower Hamblets , for nigh fourteen years last past , hath concerned himself in endeavouring to obtain an Act of Parliament , for Erecting a Court of Conscience , for the above-mentioned Tower Hamblets ; and hath been at great Pains and Charge , and often , and manifold attendences , Soliciting for the passing a Bill , for the said Court of Conscience in the several preceeding Parliaments , but by the sudden Adjurnments , Prorogations and Dissolutions of the said Parliaments , his endeavours missed of desired effect , to the Damage of the said Undertaker , who now upon a fresh incouragement , and the Request of several of the Inhabitants , of the aforesaid Tower Hamblets , the matter is brought to such an Issue .

That the Bill lying before the House of Parliament , likely to pass into an Act , there being several Persons unknown , to the Undertaker , Petitioning and making their Application , to have thir names inserted , as Clerk and Register of the Tower Hamblets , although they have not been at one Penny expence , nor taken the least Pains in the management of it , &c.

The Undertaker doth humbly refer himself , to the Honour and Justice of this Honourable House , and hopes and prays , as a recompence , of his Trouble and Charge , and as an Incouragement for the future to others , to undertake things of the like nature for a publick good , that he may obtain the name of Evan Christian , Barrester at Law , his Son in Law , to be incerted in the Tower Division , as Register and Clerk , he being a person of unquestionable Honesty and Integrity , and also sufficiently quallified for the said Office .