Note 84 — Chapter IV
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Dom. Charles II., 1681, November 15. I find, dated November 25, “The names of such Nonconformists who being presented in the Attorney-General’s name, are actually served with subpœnas returnable on Monday last:—
“John Collins, D.D.
“John Owen, D.D.
“Samuel Annesley, D.D.
“Thomas Jacomb, D.D.
“Thomas Watson.
“Matthew Meade.
“Robert Fergusson.
“Edmund Calamy.
“Thomas Doolittle.
“Samuel Slater.
“Nicholas Blackley.
“Sir,
“There are two informations filed against every one of the above-named Nonconformist ministers, i.e., one on the Statute for not repairing to Church, upon which they forfeit £20 per mensem. This information is laid for twenty months. The other is on the Oxford Act, prohibiting Nonconformist ministers, &c., to reside within five miles of any corporation, upon the penalty of £40. So that the penalties against the persons above-named, if recovered, and not remitted, will amount to the sum of £4,840.
“Yours,
“Wm. Shermar”