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account, at Length he prefixed a day for chosing. 
and then a Majority of the aldermen and comon 
councel went out of the town, but he went to 
election being but present viz. the May. Justice 
Bligh, m r Ginnys. Aldermen. Jno. Read 
Heal. phil. Collins. J. Webb, Jn° Fletcher 
and chose m r Hewgo a very good man every 
way. and 2 justices refusing to open the chest 
to seale the presentation. It was forced as once 
befor on y e Like occasion 1680. in m r Simond's 
mayoralty : the other party put in caveat at his 
admission. It came to tryal befor the L d Bishop in 
Exeter, and the Election voted good by y e Jury, 
accordingly m r Hewgo was Instituted and Inducted, 
but the generallity of the town were so averse to 
him, and him that by an Illegal way chose & pre- 
sented him that they first turned him out of his 
office of Mayor by vertue of a power given in the 
first charter of Incorporation (a Copy of w ch is in 
this book) and then sued him and Hewgo upon a 
Quare Impedit but just as it was come to the time 
of the Assize, the B p of Winchester who was for- 
mirly of this diocess. and m r Hewgos friend, advised 
him relinquish the Benefice upon some considera- 
tions; which he did. and doctor Monkton one of 
Liscard succeed him in our new church. Roche 
who was enough hated befor. now was became 
odious to both partys. the Torys for Losing an 
opportunity by his folly & madness to have undone 
all that S r FD. had done to the advantage of the 
fanatick & whigg Interest in this town, the form 
of y e process at turning out Roche, and w c passed 
at Westminster on an hearing there on a Quo 
Warranto is in a bundle of papers. 
[In the margin is written against the account of 
the election :] NB. Jn° Read, an atturney and Bro. 
in law to Roche governed this affair alone, and by 
Ignorance, Trechery, &c, lost all. Hewgo was forced 
to quit and Roche to endure the Infamy and Re- 
proach (on Record at Westminster and Plim 0 ) of 
