The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . for Proof of their feveral Al- ward, he moved the Queen to require the faidBifhop to alienate it to him, with the Garden ;which to do, he made an humble Denial to theQueen, fignifying to her, by a well-penned Let-ter in Latin, not only the Inconveiiiency thatwould hereby come to him and his SuccefTors,viz. i hat they fhould want an Orchard and*< Ground, and that they fhould be too much« ftreightened; but that in his Confcience he could not do it, being a Piece of Sacrilege. That when he became Bifhop of Ely, he had
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . for Proof of their feveral Al- ward, he moved the Queen to require the faidBifhop to alienate it to him, with the Garden ;which to do, he made an humble Denial to theQueen, fignifying to her, by a well-penned Let-ter in Latin, not only the Inconveiiiency thatwould hereby come to him and his SuccefTors,viz. i hat they fhould want an Orchard and*< Ground, and that they fhould be too much« ftreightened; but that in his Confcience he could not do it, being a Piece of Sacrilege. That when he became Bifhop of Ely, he had The Confideration of all which Matters, afterdivers and fundry Debates, was agreed, fhouldbe referred to the two Chief Juftices ; and thatthey fhould make their Report, and give theirOpinions touching the laid Matter, and in whomthe Right refted. And the Chief Juftices having advifedlyweighed and confidered the feveral Proofs, andafterwards being prefent in the Star-Chamber,together with the faid Sir Nicholas Bacon, andSir Walter Mildway, the 9th of June, in the 12th of. Book II. ^HISTORY ^/LONDON. of Queen Elizabeth, Anno 15J0, did make Re-port and Declaration of their Opinion, touchingthe faid Controverfy, viz. That the Right of the Law, as far as theycould yet difcern, fcood for the faid Mayor andCommonalty : And that the faid Tenements,called Ely-rents in Holborn, were and be withinthe Liberties, Franchifes, and Jurifdiclion ofthe faid City, for and concerning the Matter inControverfy. It was therefore by the Arbitrators (exceptthe faid Earl, who was then abfent, and the faidBifhop and his Counfel, being likewife abfent)ordered and decreed, the faid 9th of June, Thatthe faid Mayor and Commonalty of the City ofLondon, and their Succeffors, fhould from thence-forth peaceably and quietly have, ufe, enjoy,and exercife, within the faid Tenements, all andevery fuch Liberties, Cuftoms and Jurifdiclions,as they may ufe within any other Place withinthe Liberty and Freedom of Londo
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