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             The case of Thomas Christy of Bedford, esquire
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           THE
           CASE
           OF
           
             THOMAS
             CHRISTY
          
           of
           
             Bedford
             ,
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           THE
           Precept
           for
           the
           Choice
           of
           two
           Burgesses
           for
           
             Bedford
             ,
          
           was
           made
           by
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           and
           delivered
           to
           the
           Mayor
           the
           18th
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           who
           kept
           the
           same
           in
           his
           hands
           above
           14
           days
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           until
           the
           5th
           of
           
             March
          
           before
           he
           would
           Execute
           it
           ,
           allthough
           Mr.
           
             Christie
          
           sent
           daily
           to
           him
           to
           know
           what
           day
           he
           would
           appoint
           ,
           that
           his
           Friends
           might
           not
           be
           surprized
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Answer
           he
           would
           give
           ,
           was
           that
           he
           should
           have
           Legal
           Notice
           by
           Proclaiming
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           till
           
             Monday
          
           Evening
           ,
           and
           the
           Election
           on
           
             Wednesday
          
           after
           .
        
         
           And
           altho'
           the
           Mayor
           took
           so
           much
           time
           ,
           yet
           he
           chose
           to
           appoint
           the
           Election
           upon
           
             Ashwednesday
             ,
          
           a
           Solemn
           Fast-day
           ,
           knowing
           it
           would
           please
           the
           
             Anabaptists
          
           and
           other
           Dissenters
           ,
           who
           are
           numerous
           in
           that
           Town
           ,
           (
           and
           were
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Regulators
           for
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklynn
          
           )
           but
           would
           be
           an
           offence
           to
           the
           Church
           Men
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           five
           Parishes
           there
           ,
           could
           none
           of
           them
           performe
           their
           Duties
           in
           the
           Churches
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           the
           whole
           Town
           Attending
           the
           Election
           .
        
         
           Whether
           that
           delay
           was
           made
           at
           the
           instance
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklin
             ,
          
           who
           lodged
           at
           the
           Mayors
           House
           all
           the
           while
           and
           spent
           profusely
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Mayor
           being
           a
           common
           Brewer
           ,
           and
           serving
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Inns
           and
           Alehouses
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           for
           his
           private
           Lucre
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           question
           .
           But
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Mayor
           was
           wholy
           directed
           by
           him
           in
           all
           things
           touching
           the
           Election
           ,
           both
           before
           ,
           at
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           appoint
           a
           time
           ,
           until
           Mr.
           
             Christy
          
           (
           being
           loaded
           with
           Libels
           and
           Slanders
           ,
           and
           other
           illegal
           Practices
           )
           they
           thought
           themselves
           secure
           of
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           Voters
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
        
         
           That
           all
           Precepts
           are
           directed
           to
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Bayliffs
           ,
           but
           the
           Mayor
           would
           not
           shew
           the
           Precept
           to
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Thomas
          
           the
           Eldest
           Bayliff
           ,
           who
           had
           equal
           Power
           with
           the
           Mayor
           ,
           nor
           acquaint
           him
           with
           the
           day
           of
           Election
           or
           any
           other
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           .
        
         
           Upon
           
             Ash-Wednesday
          
           (
           the
           day
           of
           Election
           )
           the
           four
           Candidates
           ,
           were
           Sir
           
             Anthony
             Chester
             ,
          
           Barronet
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
             ,
          
           Knight
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Hillersdon
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Christie
             ,
          
           Esquires
           :
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Hillersdon
             ,
          
           having
           joyned
           their
           Interest
           from
           the
           beginning
           :
           And
           five
           Persons
           were
           appointed
           by
           the
           Mayor
           (
           by
           consent
           of
           the
           Candidates
           )
           to
           take
           the
           Polls
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           one
           for
           each
           Candidate
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           himself
           ,
           who
           Poled
           all
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           next
           day
           till
           Noon
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           more
           Persons
           coming
           to
           Vote
           on
           any
           side
           ,
           after
           three
           Proclamations
           the
           Poll
           was
           closed
           ,
           and
           the
           Mayor
           adjourned
           the
           finishing
           the
           Election
           ,
           unto
           the
           
             Swan-Inn
          
           (
           the
           Treating-House
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
          
           )
           at
           three
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           ,
           
             John
             Backwel
             ,
          
           Esquire
           ,
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           was
           nominated
           to
           be
           a
           Teller
           for
           Sir
           
             Anthony
             Chester
             ,
             John
             Hervey
             ,
          
           Esquire
           ,
           for
           Mr.
           
             Christie
             ,
          
           and
           then
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Hillersdon
             ,
          
           being
           desired
           to
           name
           their
           Tellers
           ,
           they
           refused
           to
           nominate
           any
           .
           The
           Eldest
           
             Bayliff
          
           desired
           they
           might
           proceed
           to
           finish
           the
           Election
           :
           but
           the
           Mayor
           and
           the
           other
           
             Bayliff
          
           by
           direction
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
             ,
          
           adjourned
           the
           Telling
           and
           Examining
           the
           Poll
           untill
           
             Friday
          
           the
           morrow
           seavenight
           after
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           refusing
           to
           give
           any
           reason
           ,
           though
           the
           said
           Mr.
           
             Backwell
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Hervey
          
           declared
           they
           should
           be
           out
           of
           the
           Country
           at
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           At
           which
           
             Friday
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Christie
             ,
          
           demanded
           that
           the
           Polls
           might
           be
           opened
           ,
           Examined
           and
           Compared
           one
           with
           another
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           number
           of
           Votes
           for
           each
           Candidate
           might
           be
           Counted
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           who
           had
           the
           Majority
           should
           be
           proclaimed
           .
        
         
           That
           each
           Candidate
           should
           have
           one
           of
           the
           five
           Polls
           that
           were
           taken
           ,
           or
           Coppies
           thereof
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           ,
           were
           desired
           by
           the
           Eldest
           
             Bayliff
          
           also
           ,
           but
           denyed
           by
           the
           Mayor
           at
           the
           instigation
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
             ,
          
           who
           told
           the
           Mayor
           that
           he
           was
           the
           sole
           Judge
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           might
           if
           he
           pleased
           count
           the
           Polls
           in
           private
           ,
           and
           declare
           who
           were
           to
           be
           returned
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Mayor
           adjourned
           again
           until
           the
           next
           day
           to
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           Mr.
           
             Christie
          
           repeated
           his
           former
           demands
           ,
           and
           the
           Mayor
           unsealed
           the
           Polls
           ,
           giving
           out
           two
           of
           the
           Originals
           to
           the
           Persons
           who
           took
           them
           ,
           but
           refused
           to
           compare
           them
           or
           count
           the
           numbers
           ,
           or
           Proclaim
           those
           who
           had
           the
           Majority
           ,
           but
           kept
           the
           other
           three
           Polls
           himself
           Unsealed
           ,
           and
           Adjourned
           until
           the
           Tuesday
           after
           ,
           at
           three
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           being
           but
           one
           whole
           day
           before
           the
           sitting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           pretending
           that
           
             he
          
           would
           make
           a
           Scrutiny
           for
           unqualified
           Voices
           ,
           but
           was
           told
           ,
           that
           he
           assumed
           the
           business
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Comittee
           of
           Elections
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           his
           Power
           to
           expunge
           whom
           he
           pleased
           ,
           and
           was
           asked
           what
           the
           qualifications
           were
           ,
           and
           what
           did
           disable
           any
           to
           Vote
           ,
           which
           he
           refused
           to
           declare
           ,
           and
           was
           told
           by
           Mr.
           
             Christy
             ,
          
           that
           then
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           be
           prepared
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Legality
           of
           the
           Electors
           Voices
           ,
           and
           although
           the
           Electors
           with
           much
           importunity
           ,
           pressed
           the
           Mayor
           to
           Proclaim
           those
           who
           were
           chosen
           ,
           yet
           he
           refused
           and
           Adjourned
           to
           
             Tuesday
          
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           when
           he
           knew
           that
           Mr.
           
             Christy
          
           would
           be
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Rode
           for
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           attend
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           the
           Mayor
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Bayliffs
           have
           returned
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Hillersdon
             ,
          
           altho'
           it
           appeared
           upon
           counting
           of
           the
           Polls
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
          
           had
           249
           Voices
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Hillersdon
          
           284
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Christie
          
           291
           Voices
           ,
           so
           as
           Mr.
           
             Christie
          
           had
           the
           Majority
           of
           all
           the
           Candidates
           ,
           and
           42
           Voices
           more
           than
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklin
             .
          
        
         
           Note
           ,
           
           That
           on
           
             Monday
          
           morning
           ,
           the
           Mayor
           sent
           for
           such
           Persons
           as
           he
           pleased
           to
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           (
           who
           all
           had
           Voted
           for
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
          
           )
           and
           in
           their
           Presence
           ,
           without
           giving
           notice
           to
           Mr.
           
             Christie
             ,
          
           had
           expunged
           out
           of
           the
           Poll
           ,
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Mr.
           
             Christies
          
           Voices
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           give
           unto
           the
           said
           Eldest
           Bayliff
           ,
           who
           demanded
           the
           same
           ,
           (
           and
           who
           was
           also
           to
           make
           a
           Return
           )
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Persons
           which
           he
           had
           so
           put
           out
           of
           Mr.
           
             Christies
          
           Voters
           ,
           or
           the
           Reasons
           why
           he
           did
           so
           :
           Whereupon
           the
           Eldest
           Bayliff
           (
           finding
           that
           Mr.
           
             Christy
          
           had
           the
           Majority
           of
           Voices
           by
           above
           forty
           ,
           Proclaimed
           Mr.
           
             Hillersdon
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Christie
             ,
          
           and
           Sealed
           an
           Indenture
           accordingly
           ,
           which
           the
           Sheriff
           hath
           also
           returned
           with
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Note
           also
           ,
           
           That
           on
           the
           Evening
           before
           the
           Election
           ,
           the
           Mayor
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Francklyn
          
           and
           200
           others
           (
           summoned
           or
           invited
           thither
           by
           them
           )
           met
           Tumultuously
           and
           Riotously
           in
           the
           Town-Hall
           ,
           where
           one
           Mr.
           
             Easton
          
           a
           Draper
           ,
           read
           publickly
           in
           the
           Hall
           before
           all
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           a
           Libellous
           Paper
           against
           Mr.
           
             Christie
             .
          
        
         
           So
           the
           Irregularities
           and
           Partiality
           of
           the
           Mayor
           appears
           in
           these
           particulars
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               He
               did
               not
               shew
               the
               Precept
               to
               the
               Eldest
               Bayliff
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Nor
               acquaint
               him
               of
               the
               day
               of
               Election
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               But
               kept
               the
               Precept
               from
               the
               18th
               of
               
                 February
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               5th
               of
               
                 March
                 ,
              
               and
               delayed
               the
               Execution
               ;
               being
               a
               common
               Brewer
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               gave
               but
               one
               whole
               days
               notice
               of
               the
               Election
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               And
               then
               chose
               to
               execute
               it
               upon
               
                 Ash-Wednesday
                 .
              
            
             
               6.
               
               And
               refused
               to
               tell
               the
               Poll
               and
               declare
               the
               Numbers
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               But
               Adjourned
               from
               the
               6th
               to
               the
               15th
               ,
               then
               to
               the
               16th
               ,
               then
               to
               the
               18th
               of
               
                 March.
                 
              
            
             
               8.
               
               All
               these
               Adjournments
               against
               the
               consent
               and
               protestation
               of
               the
               Eldest
               Bayliff
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               And
               were
               made
               to
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Francklynn's
              
               Inn
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               the
               Town-Hall
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Kept
               the
               Poll
               Unsealed
               three
               days
               in
               his
               own
               hands
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Expunged
               whom
               he
               pleased
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Made
               himself
               Judge
               of
               the
               Qualifications
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Refused
               the
               Eldest
               Bayliff
               ,
               a
               Note
               of
               the
               Names
               and
               Disabillities
               of
               the
               Persons
               expunged
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               And
               summoned
               a
               Tumultuous
               and
               Riotous
               Assembly
               to
               the
               Town-Hall
               ,
               where
               were
               read
               defamatory
               Libels
               against
               Mr.
               
                 Christie
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           So
           if
           Mayors
           may
           Return
           whom
           they
           please
           ,
           whether
           duly
           Elected
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           punished
           for
           such
           Misdemeanours
           ,
           then
           they
           and
           not
           the
           Electors
           choose
           Parliament-Men
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           the
           Mayor
           to
           colour
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           so
           unjustly
           ,
           with
           some
           pretence
           gives
           out
           ,
           that
           none
           have
           Voices
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           pay
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Poor
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Usage
           or
           Custom
           hath
           been
           time
           out
           of
           Mind
           ,
           that
           all
           House-Holders
           have
           Voices
           who
           do
           not
           receive
           Collection
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           will
           be
           proved
           for
           eight
           or
           ten
           Parliaments
           successively
           ,
           and
           such
           is
           the
           Custome
           in
           many
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           here
           now
           they
           were
           all
           admitted
           to
           be
           Polled
           on
           both
           sides
           .
        
         
           
             To
             be
             heard
             on
             
               
                 Friday
              
               the
               4th
               of
               
                 April
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
  

