To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lords
Keepers
of
the
Great
Seal
of
ENGLAND
.
A
few
of
many
Instances
by
way
of
Articles
,
in
pursuance
of
a
more
General
Charge
humbly
tendred
to
your
Lordships
by
John
Armiger
Gent
.
against
Robert
Jermy
Esq
;
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
of
Norfolk
.
Imprimis
.
THat
John
Stileman
,
John
Tidde
,
John
Grove
,
and
divers
others
,
being
resolved
,
forceably
and
riotously
to
enter
and
take
possession
of
a
Ship
called
,
The
Tryal
of
Wells
,
in
the
year
1650.
did
repair
to
the
said
Mr.
Jermye
for
his
advice
,
who
did
thereupon
incourage
the
said
persons
to
proceed
in
their
said
Intentions
,
telling
them
,
it
would
be
but
a
Sessions
Businesse
,
and
he
should
be
there
,
and
if
they
were
questioned
there
,
he
would
bring
them
off
for
their
Fees
:
That
accordingly
the
said
persons
did
enter
upon
the
said
Ship
by
force
,
wounding
some
of
them
that
were
in
possession
of
her
,
and
turning
them
forth
;
and
brake
a
House
,
and
took
away
several
Goods
:
That
complaint
being
made
thereof
to
the
said
Mr
Jermye
,
he
refused
to
grant
a
Warrant
against
the
said
Riotors
,
but
there
being
one
after
granted
from
Mr.
Ward
another
Justice
,
the
said
persons
were
carryed
before
the
said
Jermye
,
who
refused
to
binde
them
over
,
untill
he
was
threatned
to
be
complained
of
:
That
at
the
said
Sessions
,
he
procured
the
said
Riotors
to
be
discharged
for
their
bare
Fees
,
and
did
there
countenance
them
,
and
discourage
and
discountenance
those
which
would
have
prosecuted
them
.
II
.
That
about
seven
years
since
,
one
Seele
being
complained
of
to
Thomas
Cook
Esq
;
since
deceased
,
and
then
another
Justice
of
Peace
in
that
County
,
for
Buggery
;
upon
which
,
the
said
Justice
issued
forth
his
Warrant
to
apprehend
him
,
the
said
Mr.
Jermy
(
being
then
a
Justice
of
Peace
)
being
informed
of
it
,
wrote
to
the
said
Justice
on
behalf
of
the
said
party
,
and
desired
him
to
recall
his
Warrant
,
and
to
punish
the
Prosecutor
;
which
Mr.
Cooke
refusing
,
he
advised
the
said
Seele
to
flie
the
Countrey
untill
after
the
Assizes
then
for
that
County
.
III
.
That
one
John
Stileman
being
complained
of
for
the
Felonious
taking
away
of
certain
Evidences
or
Writings
from
one
Robert
Hastings
,
out
of
his
Cloak-bagge
)
to
the
said
Mr.
Jermy
,
he
thereupon
about
six
years
since
,
being
then
also
a
Justice
of
Peace
,
committed
the
said
Stileman
to
the
Custody
of
a
Constable
,
as
being
guilty
of
,
or
charged
with
the
said
Felony
,
where
the
said
Stileman
remained
for
some
dayes
:
And
after
,
the
said
Mr.
Jermy
discharged
him
,
without
further
prosecution
,
first
having
instructed
him
how
to
make
a
fallacious
Oath
touching
the
said
Businesse
.
IV
.
That
he
without
any
authority
,
compelled
one
Doctor
Witherly
to
allow
Mris
.
Katherine
Fox
16
l.
per
annum
,
and
to
suffer
her
to
take
what
Wood
she
pleased
off
his
Ground
,
and
after
enticed
Mris
.
Fox
to
meet
him
at
a
private
lone
House
,
where
he
with
much
violence
and
incivility
attempted
her
Chastity
:
And
further
,
to
prevail
with
her
,
he
told
her
,
he
had
hanged
one
of
her
Brothers
,
and
the
other
was
fled
;
and
if
ever
he
came
again
,
by
the
interest
he
had
,
he
would
hang
him
also
,
and
would
make
her
Heir
to
the
Estate
:
And
in
the
mean
time
would
make
Doctor
Witherly
repair
the
Houses
,
and
commanded
him
with
threats
to
do
it
:
And
advised
her
,
to
keep
company
often
with
two
Ministers
Wives
,
that
he
might
keep
her
company
without
stain
to
his
Reputation
.
But
she
refusing
to
yield
to
his
Lust
,
and
divulging
his
Actions
,
he
so
violently
prosecuted
her
,
upon
frivolous
and
feigned
Informations
,
that
she
was
necessitated
being
over-powred
with
him
,
to
flie
the
Countrey
.
V.
That
the
said
Mr.
Jermye
about
six
years
since
preferred
a
Petition
to
the
Commissioners
for
Indemnity
at
Habberdashers
Hall
,
in
the
name
of
John
Stileman
,
John
Grove
,
William
Bowman
,
and
others
;
and
did
before
the
said
Commissioners
,
swear
that
the
substance
of
the
said
Petition
was
true
,
which
afterwards
the
said
three
persons
above
named
,
upon
their
Oaths
disowned
the
said
Petition
to
be
any
Act
of
theirs
,
and
that
the
substance
thereof
was
false
:
And
upon
hearing
the
said
Cause
,
wherein
the
said
Jermye
was
examined
as
a
Witnesse
,
the
said
Commissioners
also
adjudged
the
substance
thereof
to
be
untrue
.
VI
.
That
the
said
Mr.
Jermye
commenced
an
Action
against
the
said
Mr.
Armiger
for
saying
these
words
of
him
(
You
sit
upon
the
Bench
as
a
Justice
of
Peace
to
maintain
Roguery
and
Villany
,
and
I
have
told
you
as
much
to
your
face
upon
the
Bench
)
which
came
to
a
tryal
before
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
Glynne
at
Guild-hall
London
,
21
of
June
1656.
and
then
the
said
Mr.
Armiger
waving
his
plea
of
not
guilty
,
pleaded
Justification
,
and
upon
proof
of
these
and
other
like
misdemeanours
,
the
Jury
sound
for
Mr.
Armiger
,
which
Verdict
is
exemplified
.
J.
Armiger
.