| Title: | Copy Letter In Hand ?, Bishop Of Kilmore To Hartlib |
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| Dating: | 9 August 1641 |
| Ref: | 5/26/11A-12B |
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Sir
your letters of the 12 of Iuly brought me very welcome newes of the comming of Mr Dury into this kingdome where he may without giving vp his former enterprise helpe vs against the common Adversaries <H?: and> (which I have ever accounted a parte of the high worke of Pacification) endevour to bring Gods people out of Babell To which purpose that being no small furtherance & expedient the recommendacion of worthy men to be preferred by the Lord Leivtenante & much more to be taken into the number of his Chaplaines I can not but give him advertisement of one who (as it is given out here) is to come hither with <his> Lordship in that ranke. It is one Mr William Bayly a Country man of mr Durees a Nephew to one that is of his Majesties Bedchamber & very likely to be earnestly recommended to his Lordship as he was to the former Lord Leivtenante. This man if we should be led by outward appearance is a comely personage & fayre spoken & hath been Chaplain to the Lord Primate recomended to him by the Lord Clanboy who was sometimes his Graces Tutour. I would remitt them & enquire of him to his Grace if I did not know his goodnes & not willing to speake ill even of bad men. This I will say of mr Bayly that having by me been admitted to a Benefice intruded[H alters from intended] himself into another of my collation with a dispensacion to be resident on which he pleased being sworne to residence vpon the former but had not either Howse or chamber in either of both for a moneths space in 2 yeares. That after he intruded[H alters from intended] himself into another benefice of one mr King an Irish man [catchword: whome]
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(whome I had employed to translate the old Testament into the Irish tongue) for which obstinately denying to restore him to the [H: profession] thereof he was excommunicated & complayning to the Lord deputy by order of the Bishop of Derry he was adjudged as one super instituted to quitt the profitte for the tyme past but to have some liberty to prosecute mr King before the High Commission or where he pleased & if he evicted him to take a new title from the Crowne. He promoted certayne scandalous Articles against him & the man being sicke of the fluxe & vnable to follow his cause yet having written his defence
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with the Lord Leivtenant. Mr King hath renewed his Peticion against the Bishop of Derry, whereof the Issue will appeare att our next sitting.
Sir I cannot expresse in the short compasse of a lettre many circumstances which concerne this busnes This only I desire mr Dury may be advertized of if such Pluralists idle debauched & scandalous Chaplaines do shelter themselves vnder the Lord Leivtenants protection neither will Gods worke go forward nor will it be his Lordships honour nor the Comfort of mr Duree himself To whome with your selfe I do heartily wish all Content & a prosperous Iorney to him into these partes. And rest
Dublin August your very loving Brother
9th 1641 W. Kilmoren
our Parliament here is adjourned vnto the 16 of november. nothing is hitherto moved touching Episcopacy only there hath been shoving att the leases & emprovement made in the late Lord Leivtenantes tyme: The Bishops have defended themselves by praying ayd of the King & are now resolved to send an Agent (the Proctour of the High Comission Court one Sharpe) into England that Court is here by the Howse of Commons voted downe./
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To the worshipfull & my very
loving friend Mr
Samuell Harlib
at his Lodging in
the Dukes
place these
[delivered?]
London.