Petition from Lewis Girard, gent., to the House of Commons, setting forth that he has made discoveries of lands settled for the maintenance of Jesuits and seminary priests, so that upon an inquisition already executed they have found in Oxfordshire alone lands to the value of £50,000 so appropriated, and praying that an Act of Parliament may be introduced to enable them to prosecute their search, providing that no such discoveries extend beyond the first year of K. James, and that the prosecutor pay all costs in case of vexatious and unreasonable prosecution
MS. Rawl. C. 421, fol. 208
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Title
Petition from Lewis Girard, gent., to the House of Commons, setting forth that he has made discoveries of lands settled for the maintenance of Jesuits and seminary priests, so that upon an inquisition already executed they have found in Oxfordshire alone lands to the value of £50,000 so appropriated, and praying that an Act of Parliament may be introduced to enable them to prosecute their search, providing that no such discoveries extend beyond the first year of K. James, and that the prosecutor pay all costs in case of vexatious and unreasonable prosecution
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MS. Rawl. C. 421, fol. 208
Date
6 Mar 1701
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson C: History, Theology
A collection of papers chiefly relating to Oxford and Salisbury, with draughts of petitions in the time of Charles II. and James II.; probably, for the former part, collected by R. Baylie, D.D., President of St. John's College and dean of Salisbury
Petition from Lewis Girard, gent., to the House of Commons, setting forth that he has made discoveries of lands settled for the maintenance of Jesuits and seminary priests, so that upon an inquisition already executed they have found in Oxfordshire alone lands to the value of £50,000 so appropriated, and praying that an Act of Parliament may be introduced to enable them to prosecute their search, providing that no such discoveries extend beyond the first year of K. James, and that the prosecutor pay all costs in case of vexatious and unreasonable prosecution
