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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

by parties to York and Newcastle for the service of the State and fetching in of Sequestrations upon contempt of Orders or else we have been upon duty along the Borders near Scotland And I have understood since I came from his Excellency the Lord General Cromwel that in Lieut. Dobsons time being Lieutenant of the Troop before I came the Souldiers paid their quarters and the said Lieut. Dobson having detained in his hands of the Souldiers money near forty pounds the honorable Sir Arthur Haslerig upon notice thereof did cause the said Lieut. Colonel to enter into Bond with security to make good the said sum to those Souldiers to whom it is owing and when he had given good security the said Sir Arthur Haslerig did dismiss him from his Command Dated at Carlile this 3 of Janua 1650. DANIEL FREIND Lieut. to Capt. Cecil Howard and somtime Martial General to his Excellency the L. G. Fairfax By all which you may see if this famous slanderer had quite omitted that foul untruth of Sir Arthurs countenancing and not p●●ishing this Dobson and had abated 1300. l. of his assertion and said he had cheated the Troopers of 50. l. only he had done service to the Prince of this world and obeyed the 〈◊〉 of Liars after the rate of above twenty in the hundred 〈◊〉 had been a more profitable servant unto him then many of his children and servants are though the wages of such work except he leaves it in time will not be very acceptable in the latter end Artic. 5. That the said Sir Arthur Haslerig gave Commission to Edward Brigs to be Lieutenant Colonel for Carlile Garison and made him a Commissioner for the Militia and Ministry in Westmerland a man known disaffected to the present Government and lately cashered for his drunkenness and other miscarriages by the now Lord General Cromwel That the said Sir Arthur gave Commissions to Thomas Craystour Cuthbert Studholm Captain Brown and others to be Captains and Lieutenants in Carlile Garison men known to be disaffected to the present Government profest Enemies to honest men most of them having now layd down their Commissions when they were to march into Scotland and the said Sir Arthur doth countenance none in Cumberland but such as are profest Enemies to the honest party and are for the Scotish Interest 1. This Brigs was the only man when Hamilton came into Westmerland that did raise a Regiment of Foot for the Parliament Service and he hath been always faithful to the Parliament when such as this Accuser have undermined their Interest who having rais'd his Regement as aforesaid Sir A. H. with the advice of the now Lord General Carlile being then rendred by the Scots did put that Regiment into Carlile and made Col. Fitch the Colonel and this Brigs Lieut. Colonel of his own rais'd Regiment 2. Sir A. H. did never hear the least complaint against Leiut. Col. Brigs until of late for which he was brought to a Councel of War and upon proof made of his misdemeanor he was put out As for the rest of this Article it is so notoriously false and scandalous that it is worth no other Answer only it is wish'd that this Master-slanderer of the North had the least tang and savour of that Spirit of Piety and Religion as Mr Thomas Craystour hath if so mens ears had not been abused with such notorious untruths as these are Artic. 6. That by the said Sir Arthur Haslerigs intrusting the Authorities and Militia in the hands of Delinquents and men for the Scottish Interest the well-affected in Cumberland and Bishoprick lie under greater Oppressions then formerly under King and Prelates And the said Sir Arthur is a Protector of Papists and Delinquents forbidding the Subsequestrators and Sollicitors 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 This is general containing whole clusters of the grapes of Sodom as if gathered from a Sodomite himself having in its bowels as much spawn of malice scandal and falsities as so few words are capable of Artic. 7. That Sir Arthur Haslerig hinders and obstructs the ordinary proceedings of Law and Justice in favor of Papists and did take out of the Sheriffs custody Ralph Lampton a notorious Papist and Delinquent being under arrest and formerly arraigned for poysoning his wife with which Lampton the said Sir Arthur is very kind and familiar This Ralph Lampton came to the Committee to make complaint against Mr George Lilburn and Mr George Grey for detaining a very great sum of moneys due to the State and desired a fifth part for his twelve poor Children he being sequestred as a Papist and Delinquent which Case is returned up and now lies before the Commissioners at Goldsmiths Hall the Committee appointed a day of hearing the same while this Mr Lampton was coming according to Order to the Committee he was arrested and as it was informed the Committee by Mr Lilburns procurement hereupon the Committee and not Sir Arthur Haslerig thought fit to secure him from Arrests during his coming unto continuing at and returning from the Committee in prosecution of that complaint onely for as much as it was the Service of the Common-wealth and no more then the Committee had Authority to do and what is practised in all Courts of Justice and Committees of Parliament whatsoever and this was all that the Committee did upon that business and who but a Musgrave would not judg it equitable Artic. 8. That the said Sir Arthur Haslerig procured Ralph Delival Esq a Delinquent in Arms against the Parliament and disaffected to the present Government this last year to be High Sheriff for Northumberland Sir A. H. never heard neither was there ever complaint made unto him that Mr Ralph Delival was a Delinquent in Arms against the Parliament and the truth is he was nominated by another and not by Sir A. H. but if he had done it he would have justified it for he conceives it would have been for the publique Service Artic. 9. That the said Sir Arthur Haslerig contrary to an Act of Parliament suffered Lievtenant 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 Country 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 Sir Arthur by strong hand dispossessed thereof without Law and the said Sir Arthur Haslerig against the Fundamental Law of the Land most arbitrarily and tyarnnically did by his power take from the now High Sheriff of Bishoprick the said Jacksons goods taken in Execution after Judgment and restored the said goods to the said Jackson contrary to all the Rules of the Law As for this Article wherein this black-mouth'd man in whose tongue and pen the

had not this Musgrave more familiarity with a lying Spirit from beneath then Sir A. H. hath had with this Hilton he had never been so countenanced and assisted in framing so many false and scandalous untruths as he hath been Artic. 12. That Sir Arthur Haslerig 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 them no relief but threatned them to have them before Sir Arthur Haslerig for complaining afterwards Captain Thomas Lilburn brought the matter in question before a Councel of War at Whitehall but by Sir 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 Sir Arthur Haslerig keeps hitherto from reading and the said Sir Arthur sore threatened the said Captain for appearing for the Souldiery and Country against him and Col. Hacker That Sir A. H. did bring Colonel Hacker into that Country he doth acknowledg and justifie the same if he or his Souldiers have done any thing unworthy he is very sufficient to answer it and is ready to give an account thereof at any time and it is notoriously known that Sir A. H. did exceedingly press to have the Complaints against his Souldiers to come to hearing and he is fully perswaded that the aspersions layd upon Col. Hacker are very false and the proceedings in the Country against him were unjust Artic. 13. That the said Sir Arthur Haslerig to disable M. George Lilburn to serve his Country and the more to discourage the well-affected in Bishoprick caused him to be put out of the Commission of Peace Ministry and Militia and much endevoreth to Sequester the said M. George Lilburn 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 Country Concerning Sir A. H. leaving Mr George Lilburn out of Commission he conceives that he had done nothing but his duty and doubts not but he can give satisfaction to any honest and well-affected man to this present Government in what he hath done and for his endeavors to Sequester the said George Lilburn it is notoriously known that he was accused at the Committee long before Sir A. H. came into the Country upon these three ensuing Articles First That he had signed Warrants with his own Hand and Seal with Sir William Carnaby Sir Tho Riddal and Sir Tho Liddal for carrying Arms and Ammunition which came out of Holland into Newcastle and were sent unto the late King after he had set up his Standard which were used against the Parliaments Forces at Edghil Battel two of which Warrants were produced Secondly That he gave the late Kings Oath to several persons in the County of Durham when the Earl of Newcastle had the whole power of the County Thirdly That he compelled his servant Thomas Chilton to serve in Col. Hiltons Regiment against the Parliament which Regiment being broken by the Parliament Forces at Marston Moor the said Chilton returned to his said Master George Lilburns House Artic. 14. That Sir Arthur Haslerig hath displaced all the well-affected men in Bishoprick that were of the Committee for Sequestrations there and put in their stead one Thomas Haslerig his Kinsman and a stranger and doth continue one Colonel Francis Wren who in the Head of his Regiment upon his first march into Scotland was digracefully and justly cashiered by the now Lord General Cromwel for plundering and other gross and foul Misdemeanors and one Thomas Dalaval an arch Malignant and disaffected to the present Government who lived in the Enemies quarters all the time the Earl of Newcastle had his Forces It is well if those that were displaced appear well-affected to the Publick and faithful to their Trust surely that was no cause of their ejection if unfaithfulness was not their sin it will never be their sorrow as for Col. Wren he hath ever been faithful to the Parliament and in Arms for them from the very beginning and did ascend unto his Colonelship by degrees and when his Regiment went into Scotland after Hamiltons defeat so soon as they came into Scotland they did conceive they might have plundered in Scotland as the Scots had done in England immediately before as supposing themselves legal Executioners and that without Commission of the Law of Taliation and that they might act the Scotch-men in their own Countries and thereupon they were very unruly the Lord General being very much offended thereat desired the Colonel to return back into his Country but he was not cashiered as is here falsly asserted As for Mr Haslerig he hath a very good Estate in the County of Durham and is very well known to be an able and well-affected man and very fit for the employment and so is Mr Tho Dalaval and Sir A. beleeves Musgrave can never prove him an arch Malignant onely his work is to slander and he loves to be doing Artic. 15. That the said George Lilburn being Surveyor of the Bishops Lands in Bishoprick with one Edward Colson which said Colson joyned with one Saunders and counterfeited M. Duncalss hand without his privity for the abatement of a thousand and odd pounds meerly to cozen the State thereof which cheat and cozenage the said George Lilburn discovered But the said Sir Arthur Haslerig much labored and sollicited the said George Lilburn to conceal the said cheat and forgery of the said Colson and though the said Colson be a man disaffected to the present Government and marryed to a Papist yet doth the said Sir Arthur Haslerig much countenance the said Colson and made him a Commissioner for the Ministry and his Court-Keeper This hath been discovered and published in print by the said George Lilburn about two years since and then also answered by the said Saunders and Mr Colson and why did not Mr Lilburn then print Sir A. Haslerigs desire for his concealment of that cheat and forgery surely there was never such intimacy between Sir A. H. and Mr Geo Lilburn as that Sir A. H. should commit such a base secret unto him and he abhors the practice of such baseness he could never Musgrave it after that manner and as for Sir A. putting in Mr Colson to keep his Courts it is well known that he was appointed to keep those Courts by the Committee when they were under Sequestration before Sir A. H. bought the Manors that Colson is a Commissioner for the Ministry it may be numbered among the rest of Musgraves it 's utterly false Artic. 16. That Your Petitioner hath been much sollicited by the well-affected in his Country to present

their Grievances and Oppression and crave Relief in their behalf as appears by their Letters Copies whereof are hereunto annexed Whereas this proud Boaster glories that the well-affected in his Country did become so many Sollicitors unto him that he would be pleased to be their Sollicitor-General to present their Grievances and Oppressions c. and in the Title-page of his Book takes in the Northern bordering Counties I thought fit to let you see how the County of Northumberland do throw the falshood of it in his face as appears by this ensuing Letter from the grand Jury of that County occasioned by the sight of this scandalous Pamphlet and sent up Post unto the Councel of State Right Honorable We the Grand Jury for the County of Northumberland at the now Sessions of the Peace having seen a Book published by one John Musgrave who therein pretends the great and heavy Pressures and Grievances the well-affected of the Northern bordering Counties lie under by Sir Arthur Haslerigs Misgovernment and placing in Authority men disaffected to the present Government and having perused the Book and finding our selves therein much concerned as being the most Northern bordering County to Scotland we presume humbly to acquaint Your Lordships That as the Author of the Book is altogether unknown to us so also all his Relations Complaints and Petitions without our consent And we cannot but wonder that any man durst assume so much boldness as to present to this Honorable Councel in the name of the well-affected in the four Northern Counties such false and scandalous things We shall not trouble your Lordships with the particulars in his Book few of them concerning our County but having diligently perused the Book we find it chiefly endeavors to make the world believe that Sir Arthur Haslerig is a Countenancer of Delinquents a Friend to the Scots and an Enemy to honest men and the present Government We hope we need not say any thing to wipe off those seeming stains Sir Arthur is well known to the Parliament and his actions have sufficiently testified his affections and faithfulness to the Publique Interest and good of this Nation yet we being his neighbors and having seen his just and equal dealings and being partakers of exceeding much good by him cannot hold our peace and we dare say if all the four Counties may have leave to speak their own words they would tell your Lordships more then we can say on his behalf It is strange to us that Sir Arthur should be counted a Friend to Delinquents surely he is not so in these parts We very well remember that long before the Parliament made an Act to restrain Papists and Delinquents Sir Arthur Haslerig caused those that had been in Arms against the Parliament in our County especially the Gentlemen and those that had been Officers to be apprehended and those that were active and dangerous he continued under strict bond not to go from their own houses and others about a mile from home none above five and none of them to keep Arms in their houses nor to speak or do any thing against the Authority of the Parliament and divers desperate men he kept prisoners in Newcastle and we suppose he took the same course in other Counties and for his being an Enemy to honest men we must needs tell your Lordships those that fear the Lord bless God for him and the mercies they enjoy by him Those that love the Parliament amongst us will acknowledg his care and tenderness of them and his unwearyed Endevors to preserve them and the Interest of the Parliament and all the poor people will confess the happiness and benefit they have received by his means they are exceeding sensible of the Miseries and Oppressions they long groaned under and of the Ease and Freedom they are now partakers of And for those Gentlemen now intrusted by the Parliament with the Power of this County we know not how nor by whom they were placed in Authority whether by recommendation of Sir Arthur Haslerig or others but we are sure they are those that have been most active in promoting the Parliaments Interest and have kept firm through all changes to the service of their Country and their righteous dealings in their Trust have made their Names famous among the people and we hope they are not afraid to give an account of themselves when Authority shall require it And for Sir Arthur Haslerigs being a Friend to the Scots Faction let his activity care and industry to raise men against them speak for him and after our Army was gone into Scotland his pains and labor to furnish them with Provisions and Supplies without which they had been forced to retreat as we have heard My Lord We could renumerate our late last Grievances and our present Mercies and instance in many particulars what benefits we have reaped by Sir Arthur Haslerig and those in Authority amongst us but it would too much trouble your Lordship onely we make bold to say we exceedingly wonder that such scandalous Complaints should be suffered to pass in print which though they receive not much credit in our days yet may lay a stain upon the posterity of those whose Names are precious and deserve to be had in perpetual remembrance We doubt not of Your Lordships Justice in acquitting the Just We are my Lord Your Lordships most faithful and humble Servants Richard Hearon Robert Pearson John Midford Rich Dawson Thomas Pye William Lawson Thomas Watson George Marshal Henry Lawson Robert Dalton Thomas Megison Cuthbert Fenwick John Shafto Thomas Fenwick Ro Megison George Hoslop George Wharton Morpeth in Northumberland 16 January 1650. Arric 17. That Your Petitioner hath lately discovered sundry concealed and sequestred Delinquents of great Estates which will bring in to the State ten thousand pounds and more if the Commissioners for Sequestration made by Sir Arthur Haslerig were honest and faithful men but in regard most of the said Cōmissioners are Delinquents and Sequestrable themselves and all of them disaffected to the present Government they do what in them lies to hinder Your Petitioner in the prosecution thereof Whereas this Musgrave boasts of his discovery of Delinquents Estates to the value of 10000 l. if the Commissioners made by Sir A. H. had been honest and faithful the truth is this Musgrave came with Mr Can to Sir A. H. his Chamber the last time he was in Town which was about April last and gave the like Information whereupon Sir A. H. conceiving that if Musgrave had power he would be the better enabled unto a through discovery and bringing in unto the State those great sums of Mony thought fit to move the Commissioners for Compounding to make him one of their Commissioners for Sequestration for Cumberland which accordingly they did and Sir A. confesseth that he was exceedingly mistaken in Mr Musgrave and if there was any dishonest and unfaithful that he put in or was an occasion of being put into Commission