PRESENTS. CCXXXV11 



According to the custom of the times, a suit of hangings 

 for furniture, worth about &amp;lt;160, was presented to the 

 Lord Chancellor, on behalf of Fisher, by Mr. Shute, who, 

 with Sir Henry Yelverton, was one of his counsel in the 

 cause, (a) 



This present was not peculiar to the cause of Wraynham 

 and Fisher, but presents on behalf of the respective suitors 

 were publicly made by the counsel in the cause, and were 

 offered by the most virtuous members of the community, 

 without their having, or being supposed to have any influ 

 ence upon the judgment of the court. 



In the cause of Rowland Egerton and Edward Egerton Egerton 

 400 was presented before the award was made, on behalf j 1 &quot;^ Eger &quot; 

 of Edward, by the counsel in the cause, Sir Richard Young 

 and Sir George Hastings, who was also a member of the 

 House of Commons, but the Lord Keeper decided against 

 him : (b) and 300 was presented on behalf of Rowland, 



as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of 

 what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all 

 with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.&quot; 



(a) This appears in the charge of bribery, afterwards preferred against 

 the Chancellor. To the eighth article of the charge, &quot; In the cause 

 between Fisher and Wrenham, the Lord Chancellor, after the decree 

 passed, received a suit of hangings worth one hundred and threescore 

 pounds and better, which Fisher gave him by advice of Mr. Shute :&quot; I 

 confess and declare, that some time after the decree passed, I being at that 

 time upon remove to York House, I did receive a suit of hangings of the 

 value, I think, mentioned in the charge, by Mr. Shute, as from Sir Edward 

 Fisher, towards the furnishing of my house, as some others, that were no 

 ways suitors, did present me with the like about that time. 



(6) The second article of the charge, namely, &quot;In the same cause he 

 received from Edward Egerton 400 :&quot; I confess and declare, that soon 

 after my first coming to the seal, being a time when I was presented by 

 many, the 400 mentioned in the said charge, was delivered unto me in a 

 purse, and, as I now call to mind, from Mr. Edward Egerton ; but as far 

 as I can recollect, it was expressed by them that brought it to be for 

 favours past, and not in respect of favours to come. 



