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A series of letters relative to Howell’s surrendering the mastership of the free school in the parish of St. Mary Axe, London, 28 Apr 1707 to 20 Dec 1708

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MS. Rawl. D. 842, fols. 36-50

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On account of his nonjuring principles, to Rev. Thomas Price, curate, or reader, to Dr. Robert Brabant, rector of Berkhampstead St. Peter.
  1. (fols. 36-7) i. Copy by Howell of a letter from him to Dr. Brabant, informing him that he proposes, in order to please the parish, to resign in favour of Price, on condition that Price appoints him usher with half the profits.
  2. (fol. 38) ii. Brabant's reply; has writtent to Price to express his satisfaction with the proposal; 28 Apr. 1707.
  3. (fol. 40) iii. Howell to Brabant; Price has made another proposal very wide of the matter.
  4. (fol. 41) iv. Howell to Brabant; bitterly complaining of Price's conduct; will allow the parish to get him turned out at Michaelmas, "with all the ignominy that so unchristian an act can attract to them"; complains of not having been protected by Brabant; 23 Aug. 1707. "I livd undisturbd in my employment under three of your predecessors; nay, in Dr. Towerson’s time, who was as rigid as most men against any of my sentiments, yet it was his opinion, and he often said it, as long as I was quiet and did not disturb the government I ought to be protected, and he was as good as his word".
  5. (fol. 42) v. Reply by Brabant; has written to Price on Howell's behalf, and will approve himself Howell's friend if he have apportunity; Barkhamstead, 26 Aug. 1707.
  6. (fol. 44) vi. Howell to Brabant; "You cannot be insensible of the hardships I suffer by your reader violating the agreement between [us]. ... I demand justice of you"; 30 Oct. 1708.
  7. (fol. 45) vii. Howell to Brabant, in terms of violent indignation; finds he is not to expect more manners than fair dealing, having had no reply; charges Brabant with forbidding his curate to make agreement with him for above a year; will lay the whole affair before the bishop of London; 3 Dec. 1708.
  8. (fol. 47) viii. Brabant's reply; finds that Howell treats him as he does others, with scurrilous words and an angry style; has succeeded in settling the school with an endowment of £10, which had been offered for Howell's acceptance; never saw the agreement with Price; has often pressed the latter to perform whatever he promised; 4 Dec. 1708. Addressed to Howell "at his house in Cooke’s Court, in Camomill Street".
  9. (fol. 46) ix. Reply from Howell; sends a copy of the agreement, which he questioned not but Brabant had seen or heard before; he left Price in possession of thirty boys. Addressed to Brabant "at his house in Warwick Court in Warwick Lane". "Could it enter your hard heart you would pity a perishing family, who must in the bitterness of their soul curse you as the cause of all the miseries they do and are like to endure by protecting and countenancing a perfidious wretch of most scandalous fame".
  10. (fol. 49) x. Agreement by Price that he would pay Howell quarterly, for three years, the third part of the profits or income of the school; 16 Sept. 1707 (enclosure).
  11. (fol. 50) xi. Brabant's final reply, suggesting the referring of the dispute with Price to arbitrators; has pressed the latter to perform what he promised, who blames Howell for not performing the condition on his side; 20 Dec. 1708. "This is all a man gets by medleing with men of such heat and temper as you and he are".

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  • Creation: 28 Apr 1707 to 20 Dec 1708

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  • English

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MS. Rawl. D. 842, fols. 36-50

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