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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	county_n	esq_n	sir_n	15,591	5	8.4827	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89431	Musgrave muzl'd: or the mouth of iniquitie stoped. Being a true and cleer vindication of Sir Arthur Hazelrige from a false and scandalous accusation of John Musgrave, in his late pamphlet intituled, A true and exact relation of the great and heavie pressurs and grievances the well-affected of the Northern bordering counties lye under by Sir A.H. misgovernment. With a true but not exact character of the said Musgrave in some discoveries of him.	Price, John, Citizen of London, Attributed name.	1651 (1651)	Wing M3157; Thomason E625_11; ESTC R206469	26,199	39

it was this Musgrave And Sir A. doth acknowledg that he never suffered so much disgrace by preferring any man to any place of Trust as he hath received by him for the Commissioners of Goldsmiths-Hall have most justly turned him out of Commissions for his corrupt and wicked actings and that you may see a true character of this John Musgrave his great Zeal for this Commonwealth and against Papists-Delinquents and who is the truer Friend unto Papists and Malignants and more faithful to their Trusts Sir A. H. or this John Musgrave read this ensuing Letter from his Fellow Commissioners of that County For the Worshipful Tho Craister Esq Major of the City of Carlisle haste haste in Newcastle SIR About the 15 day of October Mr Clement Skelton brought in an Order from the Commissioners for Compounding to the Commissioners for Sequestrations in Cumberland to examine the validity of a Deed produced to them touching the clearing of Andrew Huddleston's Estate a Papist in Arms worth 120 l. per annum The said Mr Skelton bringing the said Order before us and the said Deed was demanded wherefore he did not seek his Interest in that Estate before that time the same being under Sequestration for four or five years The said Mr Skelton replyed He could never get a man for his purpose until he met with Mr John Musgrave and being asked How the said Order was got He answered Mr Musgrave knew better then himself whereupon Mr Musgrave was called and at his coming in said 'T is true he had 10 l. to sollicite that business It being replyed He was not sent for to know what he had for so doing but what the Commissioners for Compounding said to the matter in dispute and what he thought of it himself To the first he answered That Mr Winslow did engage to send the said Order and that he conceived if we could not prove the said Skelton to have made away the Estate to the said Huddleston the Deed was valid and so it did behove us to certifie whereupon he withdrew The said Mr Skelton being further asked When he had the aforesaid Estate in possession and what Rent he had received of the said Mr Huddleston He thereupon was silent whereupon we told the said Mr Skelton That if any man went about to conceal a Delinquents Estate that same Act made him liable to Sequestration and further we produced before him the late Committee Book wherein it did appear the said Mr Skelton had farmed the said Estate of the late Committee in the year 1647 and payd the Rent due for the same without claiming any Interest therein whereupon the said Mr Skelton withdrew and never since appeared to claim any Title therein But since the said Mr Andrew Huddleston paying in his Rent due for the same confessed that he had given to Mr John Musgrave himself 10 l. and sent him up to London 5 l. more and about the day aforesaid Mr Musgrave being asked Why he would take 10 l. for solliciting a business of that nature against the State and his Conscience at the very time when he was Commissioner for Sequestrations for the State contrary to his Trust and Oath which he either had or should have taken He replyed He was a Sollicitor as well as a Commissioner and would not forego his Solliciting for being a Commissioner It is to be noted That about the 27 of April 1650. the said Deed was produced before Mr Craister Tho Langhorn and Mr Musgrave then Commissioners for Sequestration The said Commissioners returned the Deed with this Answer That it was to be cleared above whereupon the said Mr Musgrave by his expressions seemed to undertake that business as it appears he did and also at that time spoke in other Delinquents behalf so much as gave occasion to his Fellow-Commissioners to have some Jealousies of his actings and presently after the said Tho Langhorn saw the said Mr Musgrave receive a sum of Mony from the said Mr Huddleston and the said Mr Musgrave went presently after to London and stayd there above three moneths which caused Mr Craister and Tho Langhorn to desire the Commissioners for compounding either to joyn with them such as would act faithfully and fully for the Publick or else excuse them from the service the affairs of Sequestrations speedily requiring diligence and action upon which desire of theirs the said Musgrave was outed and others put in before the said Mr Skeltons Order was examined but Mr Musgrave took his discharge so ill that he did vehemently threaten that the said Tho Langhorn and others should have Lex Talionis and further that Sir Arthur Haslerig to stop his mouth had made him a Commissioner but now being outed his mouth was open To which one replyed It seems a great place will stop your mouth Also at that time he was outed of being Steward of the honor of Penrith and the said Mr Musgrave being poor his Estate not being possible to be made worse we do verily beleeve put him upon printing his Book notwithstanding we desire to forgive him and the Lord to give him Repentance which is all we can offer to you at this time The truth of what is said shall be sufficiently by our selves and others proved We desire you to finish that Letter to the Commissioners above whereof you took Instructions at Carlisle with the tender of our Service to all the honorable persons with you We remain Your Friends and Servants Tho Langhorn Tho Sewell Pearith 6 Januar 1650. Thus have you the several Articles exhibited by this Northern Article-Maker against Sir A. H. with particular Answers thereunto and that you have compleat satisfaction touching Sir A. his innocency in respect unto them all is my perfect presumption I had almost said that a doubt herein all things considered renders the doubtful not so much a man as a Musgrave And although it is beneath a man advanced but one degree in ways of wisdom and discretion to waste his time in setting forth the vileness and baseness of the principles and practices of so worthless a person it being but actum agere he himself having been his own Limbner in this very Pamphlet which he made against Sir A. H. where you may see as in a glass as many ill qualities as can likely croud together in one man yet if you can bear the savor see him anatomized in some few Instances First Observe his covetousness dishonesty and to speak it out his plain knavery in this Instance following in a Certificate under the hand of a Minister and an eye-witness thereof A Certificate from a Minister touching Mr Musgrave's base offering to compound to desist prosecution of an honest man by him accused for a certain sum of Mony About the beginning of February 1648. Captain Crakanthorp and John Musgrave procured an Order from the Committee for Complaints at Westminster to summon several Gentlemen within the County of Cumberland to appear before the said Committee to answer