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 eng Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Reasons humbly offered by the six-clerks of the Court of Chancery, to repeal or explain the latter part of a clause, :in an act of the last sessions o England and Wales. Six Clerks Office. 1700 4 1002 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. 2014-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
REASONS Humbly offered by the Six-Clerks of the Court of Chancery , to Repeal or Explain the Latter Part of a Clause , in an Act of the last Sessions of Parliament , made for the Amendment of the Law , and the better Advancement of Justice .

THAT no Copy , Abstract , or Tenor of any Bill in Equity , do go with the Dedimus or Commission for taking the Defendant's Answer .

The Latter Part is this ;

But in Lieu and Recompence thereof , the Sworn-Clerks of the Court of Chancery , shall take to their own Use , in all Causes , the whole Termly Fee of 3 s . 4 d . and also the whole Fee or Fees of all small Writs , made by the Sworn-Clerks .

The Fee for the Tenor of the Bill , did belong to the Six-Clerks , as appeared by Presentment 40 Eliz . which , Anno 1635 , among other Increase of Allowance , they gave to their Under-Clerks , in Consideration of their Faithful Dealing with the Suitors , and the Records of the Court . But the Under-Clerks instead of their Fair Dealing with the Suitors , have by grosly abusing That which was of Admirable Use in its first Institution , most deservedly lost the Advantage of that Fee . And therefore , no Reason they should have a Recompence .

But suppose , ( what cannot be Proved ) that it is Reasonable , That the Under-Clerks should have a Recompence , why should the Equivalent be taken out of the Six-Clerks Pocket ?

1. The Six-Clerks never did Insure the Tenor to the Under-Clerks : 2. Nor did they ever Insure against the Under-Clerks Forfeiture , or Abuse of it : 3. Neither have they contributed any thing to the taking of it away : 4. The Six-Clerks have an undoubted Right , and Freehold in their Offices and Fees belonging to it for their Lives : 5. The Under-Clerks might as justly have pitch'd upon the Office , Possession or Property of any other Subject , to have made up their Recompence as the Six-Clerks .

The Six-Clerks most Humbly Represent , That they are ready to make Oath , that none of them since their Admission into their Offices , have made 700 l. per Annum one Year with another . And that their Expences in executing their Offices , is near 200 l. per Annum each .

The Under-Clerks have made it out more fully than any Thing they attempted , That the Latter Part of the Recompencing Clause , takes from each Six-Clerk 400 l. per Annum ; so that the Six-Clerks are stript of their Livelyhood , without any Fault assigned against them .

The Six-Clerks further Humbly insist , That from the Time of their Admission into their Offices , they are Intituled to all Fees , Perquisites , Profits , and other legal Rights their Predecessors formerly enjoyed , ( and that under a far stronger Title , than their Under-Clerks can pretend to have by the Ordinance of 1668 ) which they have no ways Forfeited .

Their Application to the Business and Duty of their Places , have intirely diverted their Intentions from any other Means of Livelyhood , They have most of them Families , who Depend upon them as their only Support . Marriages have been Encourag'd upon the visible Credit and Income of these Places ; and it is very Evident , if this Clause stands , That the Six Clerks and their Families , without the Aid and Assistance of this Honourable House , must unavoidably Suffer , and be reduced to Poverty .

Therefore it is most Humbly Submitted , Whether the Clause is not fit to be Repealed or Explain'd ? Or whether the Six-Clerks shall not be repair'd some other Way ?

TheSix-ClerksbegLeavetoshowtothis Honourable House , whatwillbeanexactRecompencefortheUnder-ClerksLossoftheTenoroftheBill,iftheyaretohaveaRecompence. The Under-Clerks prov'd by Mr. Nichols , Mr. Nichols surrendered his Seat in the Six-Clerks-Office to be an Evidence for the Under-Clerks , the very Morning of that Day the Committee sat last . l. s . d . THAT the Under-Clerks Loss in Dedimus Causes , amounts to 20 s . computing Bills in Chancery , one with another , at 40 Sheets 01 00 00 Note , The Under-Clerk was at the Charge of ingrosing the Dedimus-Bill , for which he paid 1 d . per Sheet , which for 40 Sheets was 3 s . 4 d . besides the Parchment , which at the least came to 8 d . which added to the 3 s . 4 d . makes the Charge to the Under-Clerk in each Dedimus Cause . 00 04 00 Deduct the 4 s . out of the 20 s . there remains a clear Loss to the Under-Clerk of 00 16 00

TheExactRecompencefortheUnder-ClerksLossarisesthus; DEdimus Causes ( i.e. Country-Causes ) one with another , are not ended under less than Six Terms ; and , if so , then the Six-Clerks Fee for Six Terms amounts to in each Cause 00 12 00 The Six-Clerks Fee for the Dedimus in each Cause was 00 04 00 Which makes up an Exact Recompence , being 00 16 00

So that the Advantage arising by the Clause doth infinitely exceed the Loss , since thereby the Plaintiffs Under-Clerk in Dedimus Causes ; And the Plaintiffs and Defendants Under-Clerks in all other Causes ( wherein they receive no Loss ) are intituled to the whole Termly-Fee , and also the Fees of all small Writs .

THE Six-Clerks REASONS .