The case and justification of Sr. John Pettus, of the county of Suffolk, knight, concerning two charitable bills now depending in the House of Lords under his care. One for the better settling of Mr. Henry Smith's estate, according to the donor's true intention. The other for settling of charitable uses in the town of Kelshall, according to the desire of the chief land-owners and inhabitants there. Humbly represented to the Lords and Commons in Parliament. For the better regulating of them for the future. Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B28072 of text R225205 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B28072 Wing P1904 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.16[31] ESTC R225205 ocm99885933

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 eng Great Britain. -- Parliament -- History -- Early works to 1800. eebo The case and justification of Sr. John Pettus, of the county of Suffolk, knight, : concerning two charitable bills now depending in the House of Lords Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690. 1677 3 456 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. 2014-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-06 Sampled and proofread 2014-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE Case and Justification OF Sr. JOHN PETTUS , Of the County of Suffolk , Knight , Concerning Two Charitable BILLS now Depending in the House of Lords under his Care .

One for the better settling of Mr. Henry Smith's Estate , according to the Donor's true Intention .

The other for settling of Charitable Uses in the Town of Kelshall , according to the desire of the chief Land-Owners and Inhabitants there .

Humbly Represented to the Lords and Commons in PARLIAMENT .

For the better Regulating of them for the future .

Printed in the Year 1677 / 8.

MY LORDS ,

I Joyn these two Bills together in one Case , because they are both now manag'd by vertue of two Decrees obtain'd ( as I conceive ) by mis-representations ; and both of them also manag'd ( at present ) by Persons not suitable or proper ( as is conceiv'd ) for the Trusts of them : So as these Acts are intended to make the Trusts more publick , and Obligations to the performers of the Charity intended by both .

In relation to Your Lordships grandeur : I could not well reduce them into a lesser shape ; and though they appear in a greater bulk then is usually presented , yet I assure Your Lordships they do not take above seven minutes to the reading of them ; and I hope they will prove so satisfactory , that the concerning of my self in them , will be attributed rather to my Charitable disposition , ( for I intend a good to 224 Towns , in 32 Counties in England and Wales ) then an injury to any man . My aim being , that so great a Charitable Gift may not be hid under a Bushel , but set in a publick place , ( as it deserves ) and also manag'd by publick Persons , so as the light and reputation of it , and my clear intents , may be seen by Your Lordships , and the Representatives of those Counties and Towns where they are .

Protesting , that neither favour nor affection , or hopes of reward in this World , have in the least invited my endeavours for the settling these two Bills into Acts , for I have sufficiently contented my self , that I have given Your Lordships the opportunity of doing a great Good , by passing one , and giving the other a serene progress to the House of Commons : both being humbly submitted to Your Lordships wisdoms , by ,

My Lords , Your Lordships most obedient and humble Servant , Jo . Pettus .