282 Assembly Proceedings, April—May 1682.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Came M^r Carvile and Captain Brandt from the Lower house
and present to this house a Petition Exhibited by Ioseph Tilley
Complainant against George Parker craving a hearing before
the Assembly and that Council may be Assigned him to
Manage his Cause—
They also request the Articles of Peace made with the Piss-
cattaway Indians Anno 1666 for the perusall of their house—
Ordered that the Same be Searched for and Transmitted to
the Lower house by a Member of this house; They return to
their house
Joseph Tilleys Petition read and Ordered that M^r Parker
against whom the Complaint is Exhibited be called into this
house to Satisfie this house whether the Persons Named in the
Petition for the Petitioners Council have been retained by him
or made privy to his Business—

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M^r Parker called in and to the Querie of this house, as
above makes Answer that those Persons Named in the Petition
for the Petitioners Council were never Employed by him, So
cannot prejudice him in that case, he only Craves that the same
may not come illegally before this house; he is Dismissed
The said Petition was thus Endorsed Viz^t

Lower house 6th May 1682—
This house have read the Petition within written, and do
recommend the Same to the Consideration of his Lordship and
the Upper house that there be Councill Assigned him to State
his Case in Order to the hearing his Grievance in the Assembly
Signed p^r Order Tho^s Grunwin Cl of the Lower house.

and thus Answered Viz^t/ Upper house 8th May 1682
Let the Persons Named in the Petition for Council to be
Assigned the Petitioner State the Case so as to make appear
and Satisfie this house how it may properly and Legally come
before them, and then this house will take the Same into their
Consideration Voted that M^r George Parker go with Coll:
Stevens to the Lower house with this Message, and that the
Lower house be desired to Intimate to this house what time
the State of the Case may be prepared, that M^r Parker may
also have Liberty to hear the same, and make his Defence
thereto,—
Signed p^r Order p^r Iohn LLewellin Cl of the Assembly.

Brought into this house by the Clerk the Articles of Peace
made with the Pisscattaways Anno 1666 and Confirmed 1670,
and Sent together with the Petition of Ioseph Tilley to the
Lower house by Col Tailler & Coll: Stevens, as also the Articles
last made with the Emperor Assateage and the Eastern Shore