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A89428 A true and exact relation of the great and heavy pressures and grievances the well-affected of the northern bordering countries lye under, by Sir Arthur Haslerigs misgovernment, and placing in authority there for justices of the peace, commissioners for the militia, ministry, and sequestrations, malignants, and men disaffected to the present government, set forth in the petition, articles, letters and remonstrance, humbly presented to the councel of state, with his apologie to the Lord President, for publishing thereof. / By John Musgrave. Musgrave, John, fl. 1654. 1650 (1650) Wing M3153; Thomason E619_10; ESTC R206368 38,763 55

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said Sr. Arthur is a protector of Papists and Delinquents forbidding the Subsequestratours and Sollicitours for Sequestration in Bishoprick to Sequester Papists Ordered to be Sequestred of which the Papists and Delinquents do much boast and honest men thereby are much cast down 7. That Sr. Arthur Haslerigge hinders and obstructs the ordinary proceedings of Law and Justice in favour of Papists and did take out of the Sheriffes custody Ralph Lampton a notorious Papist and Delinquent being under arrest and formerly arraigned for poisening his wife with which Lampton the said Sr. Arthur is very kinde and familiar 8. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge procured Ralph Delivall Esq a Delinquent in arms against the Parliament and dis-affected to the present Government this last year to be high Sheriffe for Northumberland 9. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge contrary to an Act of Parliament suffered Lieutenant Colonel John Jackson a notorious Delinquent and in arms against the Parliament both in the first and second War a great plunderer to go and ride up and down the Countrey with his arms and against law put the said Jackson in possession of certain grounds and Colleries in Bishoprick belonging to men well-affected whom the said Sr. Arthur by strong hand dispossessed thereof without Law and the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge against the fundamental Law of the Land most arbitrarily and Tyrannically did by his power take from the now high Sheriffe of Bishoprick the said Jacksons goods taken in Execution after Judgement and restored the said goods to the said Jackson contrary to all the rules of the Law 10. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge is very familiar and keepeth company with Thomas Wray a Papist in arms against the Parliament and upon search for a Popish Priest there was lately found in the said Wrayes house Copes and other Popish Relickes and much Gold and mony most whereof Sr. Arthur Haslerigge caused to be returned back to M. Wrayes wife a Papist And the said Sr. Arthur by his Souldiers put sundry Honest men out of possession of the Colleries settled upon them by Law under colour the same belonged to the said Wray whose Debts Sr. Arthur Haslerigge undertook to pay as Wray confessed for the said Colleries being worth 10. pounds per diem as the said Sr. Arthur giveth forth to the utter undoing of the owners of the said Colleries 11. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge doth comply with and countenance Colonel John Hilton a Delinquent in arms both in the first and second War and assists the said Hilton to defraud the poor in sundry Parishes in Bishoprick of great legacies given by the said Hiltons Elder Brother 12. That Sr. Arthur Haslerigge brought Colonel Hacker into the Country who contrary to an Act of Parliament Quarters his Souldiers and others under the name of Souldiers who are none upon the well affected in Bishoprick and would but pay what they pleased and in some places nothing but upon complaint Colonel Hacker gave the people no relief but threatned them to have them before Sr. Arthur Haslerigge for complaining afterwards Captain Thomas Lilbourn brought the matter in question before a Councel of War at Whitehall but by Sr. Arthurs power it could never be fully heard which if it had there would have appeared many thousand pounds kept wrongfully from the Souldiers besides the great oppression of free Quarter some Examinations whereof were taken by Mr. Margets which Sr. Arthur Haslerigge keeps hitherto from reading and the said Sr. Arthur sore threatned the said Captain for appearing for the Souldiery and Countrey against him and Colonel Hacker 13. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge to disable M. George Lilbourn to serve his Countrey and the more to discourage the well effected in Bishoprick caused him to be put out of the Commission of Peace Ministery and Militia and much endeavoureth to Sequester the said M. George Lilbourn who hath commonly been reputed the most active stirring and suffering man for the good of this Nation both before the Parliament began and since of any that hath been or is in the Countrey 14. That Sr. Arthur Haslerigge hath displaced all the well-affected men in Bishoprick that were of the Committee for Sequestrations there and put in their stead one Thomas Haslerigge his Kinsman and a stranger and doth continue one Colonel Frauncis Wren who in the head of his Regiment upon his first march into Scotland was disgracefully and justly cashiered by the now Lord General Cromwel for plundering and other grosse and foulmisde-meanours and one Thomas Dalaval an arch Malignant and dis-affected to the present Government who lived in the Enemies quarters all the time the Earl of New-Castle had his Forces there 15. That the said George Lilbourn being Surveyer of the Bishops Lands in Bishoprick with one Edward Colson which said Colson joyned with one Saunders and counterfeited M. Duncalfes hand without his privity for the abatement of a thousand and odd pounds meerly to cofin the State thereof which cheat and cousenage the said George Lalbourn discovered But the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge much laboured and Sollicited the said George Lilbourn to conceal the said cheat and forgery of the said Colson and though the said Colson be a man dis-affected to the present Government and married to a Papist yet doth the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge much countenance the said Colson and made him a Commissioner for the Ministery and his Court-keeper 16. That your Petitioner hath been much Sollicited by the well-affected in his Countrey to present their grievances and oppressions and crave relief in their behalf as appears by their Letters Copies whereof are hereunto annexed 17. That your Petitioner hath lately discovered sundry concealed and unsequestred Delinquents of great Estates which will bring in to the State 10. thousand pounds and more if the Commissioners for Sequestration made by Sr. Arthur Haslerigge were honest and faithfull men but in regard most of the said Commissioners are Delinquents and Sequestrable themselves and all of them dis-affected to the present Government they do what in them lies to hinder your Petitioner in the prosecution thereof Articles Exhibited by John Musgrave against the Justices of the Peace Commissioners for the Militia Commissioners for the Ministery and Commissioners for Sequestrations in the County of Cumberland at the desire and Request of the well-affected there INprimis Thomas Lamplongh now Justice of the peace a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry took the Oath for the Earl of New-Castle against the Parliament subscribed the same set out Horse and arms for the Enemy Voluntarily contributed to the Enemy and had his Estate protected by the Enemy a great persecutour of honest men under the name of Independents a countenancer and protector of Papists Delinquents and Malignant Ministers and did justifie the Enemies Colonels Orders were good orders and ought to be obeyed 2. John Stoddert now a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry aman Sequestrable was a Lieutenant in Arms for the enemies against the Parliament under Captain Rolf
many favours and great incouragements to serve suffer for my Countrey and not to fear nor be cast down with the greatness of person which I have received from you many years since even when you were in a more private condition finding no change in you when thus eminently placed yet no lesse then your worth and vertue merit are the inducements to present these my weake endeavours which I have undertaken without any sinister or by-ends for the good of my poor Countrey only to your Lorship craving your Lordships favour and that you will procure me protection and indempnity while I prosecute the following charges and other great discoveries which will bring to the State ten thousand pounds and more some whereof of considerable values upon my own charge and travel are already returned if nothing else would speak for me in excuse yet the very relation of the barbarous unmanly and inhumane cruelty of Thomas Craystor Major of Carlile and Lieut. Col. Briggs used towards one Trefena Carter wife of one Christopher Ca●ter then a Souldier in Carlile Garison and now a Lieutenant of Horse in the Army in Scotland particularly for her judgment crossing Presbytery would and will in some measure set forth the inviterate malice this Craistor who is Sir Arthurs Viceroy of Cumberland for all Officers Justices of peace and Cummissioners of the Militia Ministry sequestrations Sir Arthur H. wholly leaves to his nomination and none must bear in any Office whom Craistor approves not beareth towards such as inclined not to the Presbytery and comply not with this Scottish Interest This Trefina Carter this last summer living in Carlile went into a visited house the same being unknown to her then Craystor then Maj of Carlile hearing of it bearing a grudge to her for her judgement Commanded her to house but not allowing any woman to be with her being great with Child and near her account she venturing forth for a pint of Wine another she had not to send for it Lieut. Col. Briggs meets her asked her how she durst come out of her doors contrary to the Majors Order she modestly replyed if the Major would let some bring unto her what she needed for she had none with her she would not go out of her house Briggs makes no answer but draws his Rapier offering to run at her therewith with many execrable Oaths swearing he would have her out of Town for it was the Majors pleasure to have it so he sent her home with a file of Musketeers and a Century is set at her door to hinder any to come at her she falls in travel the Midwife was sent for there being but one in the Town who durst not go till she knew the Majors pleasure he bids the Mid-wife go but tells her withall if she did she should be shut up the Woman is delivered after strong labour without Womans help she procured a Nurse to keep her and her Child but the fifth day after her delivery the Major takes her Nurse from her the Child and she being very weak more likely to dye then live and not any with her for none durst but her own Nurse fearing the Majors displeasure In this extremity the poor Woman was forced to rise out of her bed and goes to the Majors house desiring to know why he took her Nurse from her he answered for a Clenser is that your Conscierce said she the Major replyed never stand questioning me begone we know your judgement and till some honest Officers of the Garrison went to the Major hearing of this uncivil and unchristian usage the Major would not suffer any to come at her though her house was never visited and I hear the Woman is undone therewith and inall likelihood will never recover her former health and strength thus you see my Lord we complain not without cause when Child-bearing Women in their travel and Infants new born are thus extreamly cruelly dealt with in those parts for no other cause then their judgments crossing Presbytery if these men will not pitty nor spare Women and Children but so vehemently persecute them for their judgement what can we expect from them or you imagine they would do to us if the Lord General being so near us did not hinder I hope I need not further apologize nor need say more to move you to pitty our condition and help to ease and bring these your and our enemies to account for rhe breach of their trust and the great oppressions and wrongs they have done to us and our Countrey I will present to your view in the first place the Petition and charge against Sir Arthur H. with the Articles exhibited against him the Justices of peace Commissioners of the Militia Ministry and Sequestrations in Cumberland with Letters of the Congregated Church at Broughton and other Letters to me from some Ministers and other my suffering Friends setting forth therein their misery and sad condition after you have the Councel of the States Declaration with my Remonstrance upon the Declaration And in the last place my Letter to Sir Tho Withrington formerly printed which relates to our former sufferings and how cunningly our Adversaries have long undermined us abused your Friends such as Parliament men as they thought favoured us they drew Mr. Lisle now one of the Lords Commissioners for the great Seal of ENGLAND to make a report against me telling him I carried on a contrary Interest and the Scottish Design and long it was before my Lord LISLE could be perswaded I was a Friend but upon better understanding his prejudice against me was removed and upon his motion in the House of COMMONS after two years Imprisonment I was set at liberty and now my Lord not doubting your favourable acceptance hereof and your ready assistance in procuring me a fair hearing and tryal herein I recommend my selfe and Cause to your Justice and Clemency and remain Your Lordships obliged and humble Servant JOHN MUSGRAVE 9.12 month 1650. TO THE Right Honourable the Councel of State sitting at White-hall The Humble Petition of John Musgrave for and in the behalf of Thomas Worsley Esquire John Worsley Elizabeth Worsley Captain Richard Crackenthorp Mary Blaythwaite and the rest of the well-affected in the Counties of Cumberland Westmerland Bishoprick and Northumberland Humbly sheweth THat your Petitioner John Musgrave above a year since Remonstrated his own and his Countreys sad and distressed condition and how the Enemies of this Common-wealth in those parts do still with unwearied and undefatigable endeavours labour to carry on their designs in strengthening the hands of Malignants ' and weakning the hands of your friends and the better to effect wicked purposes got several incendiaries and such as have born Arms and engaged against the Parliament in the first and second war and still complies with the Scottish interest to be Justices of the peace Sheriffs c. and to have the whole authorities there in their hands by which
means they much Tyrannize and oppresse your Petitioners and the well-affected and with lesse difficulty may invite the Enemy into these parts That this Honourable Councel upon reading the said Remonstrance declared they would provide for your Petitioners relief and redresse of their grievances and upon another Petition unto this Honourable Councel your Petitioner by the Articles thereto annexed set forth how M. Charles Howard was made high Sheriffe of Cumberland which Articles Sr. Arthur Haslerigge undertook to examine but wholy failed in the same And the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge is so far from providing for your Petitioners relief and the Countries safety as he hath of late procured such as be Enemies to the Common-wealth to be Justices of the Peace Sheriffes Commissioners for the Militia Ministry and Sequestrations oppressing the well effected and countenancing your Enemies as appeareth by the Articles annexed and exerciseth an Arbitrary power without rule of Law or Act of Parliament That Sr. Willfrid Lawson Henry Tolson Thomas Curwen Miles Halton Justices of Peace contrary to an Act of Parliament at the last Sessions of the Peace in the County of Cumberland fined one Lancelot Fearon 10. pounds for refusing to swear upon a book and the justices and Commissioners for the Militia there much oppresse the well affected and threaten to commit them for their meetings to prayer and Divine Worship boasting they have an order from Sr. Arthur Haslerigge so to do Your Petitioner humbly prayeth this Honourable Councel to take his long and chargeable attendance into consideration and put his former Remonstrance Petitions Articles with this Petition and the Articles annexed against Sr. Arthur Haslerigge in a speedy way of examination for relief and redresse of your Petitioners and take a review of your own Declaration made upon your Petitioners former Remonstrance And humbly prayeth the benefit of presenting of additional Articles as he shall see just cause and that without delay or procrastination for the good and safety of this Nation That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge the chief cause of all the present Northern miseries may be sent for as a delinquent to answer the several matters laid to his charge in the Articles annexed and that at his comming up he may not be admitted to sit as a Judge in his own cause but stand in the capacity of a Delinquent till he hath undergone his tryal your Petitioner being ready at his uttermost peril to make good his charge either before this Honourable Councel or the high Court of Parliament That all the other charges against Sheriffe Howard the Justices of the Peace Commissionters for the Ministery and Militia in Cumberland may be put into a speedy way of examination and such as shall be found unfit removed from their places That Thomas Worsley who is aged four-score years may have his Petition read and relieved and that according to your Declaration upon your Petitioners Remonstrance your Petitioner and such Petitions as you declared to recommend to the Parliament may no longer be deferred the Petioners being utterly undone by attendance And lastly the Justices of Peace who contemned your Authority in fyning men for refusing book-swearing contrary to the Act of Parliament made in favour of tender consciences may be sent for to answer their contempt and provision made in the future that none in the Northern Counties be admitted to execute civil Office in the administration of Justice but such as are known to be well affected to the present Government And your Petioners shall pray as in their former Petitions Articles exhibited by John Musgrave Gentl. to the Councel of State against Sr Arthur Haslerigge Knight and Barroner Governour of New-Castle and the Northren bordering Counties The exceptions were brought in upon an Order of the Councel of State dated the 31. of Iune 1649 1. THat Sr. Arthur Haslerigge * contrary to his Engagement to the Councel of State and Councel of States Declarations upon the Petitioners exceptions procured lately such in the County of Cumberland to be Justices of the Peace Commissioners for Sequestrations Commissioners for the Ministery and Commissioners for the Militia there as were known Delinquents and such as are disaffected to the present Government and complying with the Scottish Interest as by the charge against them hereunto annexed and another charge against them formerly exhibited to the Councel of State may appear 2. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge being the chief and leading Commissioners for the Ministry at New-Castle approved of such Ministers in Cumberland at New-castle as refused the Engagement were scandalous and Delinquents And such Ministers as were well affected without any charge removed from their Ministery and put them out of their places whereby he discovers his dis-affection to the present Government by upholding and countenancing the Malignant party in Authority and keeping under the Parliaments friends all which this Petioner is able to prove and further refers himself to the Copies of Letters hereunto annexed the Originals being in the Petitioners hands 3. That Sr. Arthur Haslerigge undertook to the Councel of State to examine the Articles exhibited by the Petitioner to the Councel of State against M. Charles Howard high Sheriffe of Cumberland but neglected the same came privately into the Countrey to Naward and there feasted with the said Sheriffe who is a dangerous and most notorious Delinquent as appears by the charge exhibited against him by the Petitioner to the Councel of State Captain Howard is son to the Lord Howard a Member of the Councel of State no Souldier and never did any service for his pay 4. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge suffers Captain Howards Troop to lie upon free Quarter upon the Countrey for these four Moneths last past and doth coutnenance one Dobson Captain Howards Lieutenant who cheated the Troop of 1350. pound And when complaint was made to Sr. Arthur Haslerigge he never punished him for the same 5. That the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigge gave Commission to Edward Brigs to be Lieutenant Colonel for Carelile Garrison and made him a Commissioner for the Militia Ministry in West-merland a man known dis-affected to the present Government and lately cashered for his drunkenness and other miscarriages by the now Lord General Cromwel That the said Sr. Arthur gave Commissions to Thomas Craystour Cuthbert Studholme Captain Brown and others to be Captains and Lieutenants in Carelile Garrison men known to be dis-affected to the present Government profest Enemies to honest men most of them having now laid down their Commissions when they were to march into Scotland And the said Sr. Arthur doth countenance none in Cumberland but such as are profest Enemies to the honest party and are for the Scottish Interest 6. That by the said Sr. Arthur Haslerigges intrusting the Authorities and Militia in the hands of Delinquents and men for the Scottish Interest the well-affected in Cumberland and Bishoprick ly under greater oppressions then formerly under King and Prelates And the
his Delinquency his friends in the house of Commons provided an Order to the contrary and for his stay in the Countrey which he received ten dayes before he left the Countrey and came to London under colour to answer his charge but before he came away he caused all the Arms of the Countrey to be brought into his Isle upon the Counties charge and made Governour thereof one Bewley a vain drunken man and one that was disaffected to the Parliament who shortly after delivered up the same with the Arms therein to Sr. Edward Musgrave and Richard Musgrave Lawsons brother in Law and though Lawson raised great sums of money for maintenance of 30. men allowed him for the Isle he kept but 3. who upon the first summons delivered it up upon Sr. Philip Musgraves coming into the Countrey with 16. Horse at most the Committee gave him way to muster the Countrey without making any resistance and Carlile was taken in by 17. men which could never have been but by the treachery of Lawson and the Committee While Sr. Philip Musgrave thus raised men and money by the Committees compliance Lawson and Major Barwis he here at London and under pretence of their present going down got orders for auditing their accounts amounting to many thousands which they sold whereas in truth they had raised double the pay upon the Countrey and then lay a long time in London privately having caused the Parliament to be made acquainted they were gone into Cumberland while they were here in Town and whither they never went till after Preston battel That though Sr. Wilfrid Lawson was not in Commission in his travel from London he with his Lady and servants took free quarter and Countrey mens Horses from them in Bishoprick And after the surrender of Carlile to Sr. Arthur Haslerigge he procured Captain Fenwicks Horse to raise him great sums of money of the poor Countrey people for his pretended losses having no Order nor Act of Parliament for so doing whereof one of the brethren of Mr. Serjant Birket came to the Parliament to complain but the bad successe others had before in the like ease deterred him and so he returned without relief or redress That Sr. Wilfrid Lawson and the Committee to keep the favour of Sr. Philip Musgrave suffered his Lady to enjoy her Husbands Estate under colour of farming the same till Duke Hamleton came into Cumberland Sr. Wilfrid Lawson did for a long time take the profits of Rose-demesnes part of the Bishop lands to his own use whereof we came to the Parliament to complain But the Knights and Burgesses who served for those Counties were so far from assisting us to get our grievances redressed as to this day not one of them would ever yet present a Petition for us All such as were Countreymen for their Delinquency having since left the House but when any Delinquents of the County came to compound at Gold-smiths hall they never wanted some of our Parliament men to attend them thither and Sollicite for them The Earl of Northumberland who hath had 10000. l. for his pretended losses procured Mr. Allen a Gold smith of London to be elected Burgesse of Cockermouth in Cumberland who though he professed better things would not present a Petition for any of the Parliaments friends there Mr. Allen hath had Widdow Blaithwaits Petition in his hands more then three years yet unpresented who after she had attended above two years returned home without relief M. Allen kept the Petition of Thomas Gibson in his hand near two years a man committed by the Commissioners of Array and laid in irons for the Parliaments cause the poor man was glad to return home with nothing but empty promises from Mr. Allen to bear his changes near 300. Miles Mr. Allen kept the Petition of John Musgrave and Captain Crakanthorp so long as glad they were to take it from him Yet doth the said Earl imploy or intrust not any there in any Office but such as are professed Enemies to the Parliament And when the Earl was desired to present some Petitions to the House or Lords for some distressed in Cumberland he refused to do the same saying the never presented any such thing By the Earles imploying of the grand Enemies of the Common-wealth and Mr. Allen. neglect of his duty the Parliaments friends there still lie under greater oppressions then when the Enemy was possessed of the Countrey Sr. Wilfrid Lawson and the Committee with the countenance of Mr. Howard who raised two Troups for the Enemy under Duke Hamleton and resorted to the Enemy in Carlile and sent them Venison and other presents by the Votes of Malignants of Carlile of late got the Lord Howard Mr. Howards Father in Law returned Burgesse for Carlile and thereby they doubt not but to uphold their interest still knowing the Lord Howard will not present any thing to the Parliament whereby the oppressed Countrey and distressed friends of the Parliament may obtain any Justice from the Parliament as we have found the same too true by sad experience for being sollicited to present some Petitions to the Parliament for some of the Parliaments suffering friends after several dayes attendance he desired to be excused for he would not present the same So that without the assistance of your good Lordship and this Honourable Councel the well-affected of those Counties are hopelesse ever to come from under the oppression of their Enemies all Authorities there being in the hands of the sworn and professed Enemies of the Common-wealth some of the Committee there now residing in this Town being Justices of the Peace and having other great places and Offices of trust upon their coming thence declared they could not now Act with the Parliament which was the cause of their leaving the Countrey as they have said to some of their friends here There is not a Committee-man in Cumberland nor Justice of Peace in either County Cumberland or Westmer-land saving one or two at the most but many wayes have discovered his Malignancy and disaffection to the present proceedings of this Parliament And without the same be prevented it will be a means to draw an Enemy thither knowing they shall have no resistance Lancashire the next adjacent County who by their Petition to the Parliament against Sectaries subscribed with 12000. hands have manifested their disaffection will be upon all occasions likewise ready to entertain an enemy thence not a Member of the house there would ever yet present Mr. Worsley and his childrens Petition unto the Parliament who by the oppression of wicked Judges and the Prelates persecution are ruined in their Estates and every year have their goods taken away for their non-conformity to the book of Common prayer as in the Prelates dayes and to add to their affliction some Parliament men there namely Mr. Holcroft have banisht them the Countrey for Sectaries and by his Souldiers seised their rents there for these five years and still take up the
a drunkard a pleader for Delinquent and scandalous Ministers an Enemy to honest men and the Parliaments suffering friends 3. Robert Hutton now a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry a man Sequestrable took the Oath for the Earl of New-Castle against the Parliament a countenancer and upholder of Malignant and scandalous Ministers and such as Act for the Scottish Interest a common Ale-house-haunter and a great drinker 4. Cuthbert Studholme now Commissioner for the Militia Ministry and Sequestrations a private Captain in Carlile Garrison a Farmour of Sequestred tithes at far undervalues when other would have given and offered greater sums a countenancer and upholder of such ministers as oppose the Engagement and he is for the Scottish Interest against the Parliaments friends 5. Thomas Craister now a Commissioner for Sequestrations for the Militia and Ministry a professed Enemy and persecutour of all the Parliaments suffering friends there under the name of Independants an upholder and maintainer of Malignant and such Ministers as refused the Engagement and are for the Scottish faction threatned those that informed against such saying they went in John Musgraves way he discountenanced witnesses produced against Thomas Millington a Malignant Minister who since the Act and Proclamations against King and Kingship prayed for all Kings and Princes and especially for those that pretended Title to this Nation and for bad men to speak against the King and said the Kings Laws would yet be in force and Lawfull and that the Parliament could not order England he doth still Church women and take money for Burials all this and much more was proved before the said M. Craister M. Langhorn M. Lamplongh M. Cholmeley and Edward Winter yet by M. Craister power and Countenance the said Minister is still Countenanced and continued in his personage being worth 100. l. per annum and more 6. That Thomas Craister refused to joyn with the said John Musgrave to receive discoveries against Delinquents whereby the Common-wealth is hindered 10000. l. and Delinquents inabled to raise a second War 7. That the Commissioners for the Militia in Cumberland suffer Delinquents to ride with their armes and to go from their homes at pleasure some 10. some 20. some 60. miles without Sequestring or questioning them for it contrary to the late Act of Parliament 8. Thomas Cholmely now a Justice of Peace a Commissioner for the Militia Ministry and Sequestrations a man Sequestrable left the Parliament for his delinquency in the first War was in arms and joyned with the Enemy against the Parliament and Voluntarily lent the Enemy fifty pounds in the second War kept Intelligence with the Scots and sent a man and horse to the Enemy into Scotland took the Oath for the Earl of New-Castle against the Parliament a great Enemy to the Parliaments friends and them them call Independants joyned with M. Briscoe Sr. Wilfride Lawson M. Lamplongh M. Henry Tolson M. Thomas Curwen and M. John Barwis in committing diverse honest men for not coming to the Book of Common-Prayer since it was taken away and caused them to be indicted at the quarter Sessions for the same and a little before the Scots received the last great overthrow by the now Lord General the said M. Cholmley said the Scots were his brethren in Covenant and it was against his conscience to fight against the Scots he is a great upholder of such Ministers as are against the Engament and he complieth with the Malignant and Scotish party 9. Edward Winter a man of a private condition never appeared for the Parliament where danger was a countenancer and maintainer of Malignant Ministers and such as are against the Engagement and procured by M. Craister and M. Langhorn to be a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry to vote with them 10. John Crosthwait a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministers a man that lived peaceably in the Enemies Quarters while they had power never Acted nor appeared for the Parliament where danger was holds his Estate in Tenantbright under Sr. John Lowthernant and was Bailiffe and receiver of his Rents when Sr. John was a Commissioner of Array he is a fearfull low-spirited man and procured by M. Craister to be a Commissioner to vote and Act with him 11. William Mawson now a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry never Acted nor appeared for the Parliament where danger was a great favourer and protector of scandalous and Malignant Ministers and procured by M. Craistor and M. Langhorn to vote with them and uphold their Interest 12. Thomas Langhorn now a Commissioner for Sequestrations the Militia and Ministry a Man sequestred took the Oath for the Earl of New castle against the Parliament A great enemy to them they call Independents refused to joyn with the said John Musgrave in discovery of Delinquents when presented unto them an upholder of Mr. Balwyne a Minister that refuseth the Engagement to preach on Thanksgiving-dayes or preach for the Parliament or Army disaffected to the present Government and joynes with Mr. Craistor to keep under such as favour the Parliament and such as are called Independents 13. Thomas Garth named Agent for Sequestrations a man sequestrable took Oath for the Earl of Newcastle was Cornet to Sir Henry Fletcher and Quartermaster to Sir Phylip Musgrave a great favorer and protector of Malignants while he was Solicitor to the old Committee for Sequestrations 14. Henry Robinson imployed as Agent for Sequestrations now by Mr. Craistor and Mr. Langhorne voluntarily gave to the Enemy five pounds to buy a Horse and ingaged he would never act for the Parliament protesting what he did for the Parliament he did it for a livelihood saying alas alas he was for the King in his heart 15. Thomas Curwen now a Justice of Peace in the last Warre set out Man and Horse for the Enemy was protected in his Estate by Baronet Curwen and continued at the said Baronet Curwens house all the time of the last Warre and after the County was reduced to the Parliament he protected the said Baronet Curwens Estate kept his Goods from being sequestring and in a threatning manner told some whom he called Independents that it was such as they that caused the last Warre 16. That all or most of the Delinquents there injoy their real Estates and most of their personal and those that have compounded with Sir Arthur Hazlerig did not compound to the half value of their Estates 17. Sir Wilfride Lawson now a Commissioner for Ministers and a Justice of Peace was a Commissioner of Array and acted upon the same took the Oath for the Earl of Newcastle and was in Arms with the Enemy against the Parliament hath great summes of money of the County not accompted for a professed Enemy to honest men a favorer and Protector of Papists and Delinquents 18. That the Commissioners for the Militia are great favourers of Malignants very unequally raising the Horse on the poorer sort and