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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

of Cockermouth who refused to take the Engagement he keeps in sundry Town-Officers that refuse the same manifesting by sundry other actions that what ever his pretention is yet his intention is not for the present power My dear love to your self from him who is Your and the Common-wealths servant J. Bywater Octob. 15. 1650. I do well approve of this other relation concerning Mr. Lampit for Mr. Craister manifested as much harshness as he could To his very good friend M. Musgrave ALl men may see by this Letter of L. Fearon the rage of the Justices made by Sr. Arthur H. have against honest men that the poor Church of Broughton complain not without cause what would not these Justices do if Armed with Law and countenance by the higher power when they thus despise the Acts Ordinances of Parliament for it is more then a year since the Act for liberty to swear without layingh and on a Book was passed and published Mr. MUSGRAVE I Was sommoned to appear at the last quarter-Sessions of the Peace at Cockermouth where I did appear and being returned to be one of the Jury because I could not swear upon a book Mr. Henry Pearson then Clerk of the Peace fined me 10. pounds and would not suffer me to be of the Jury I shall desire you to help me and other of our friends who are troubled for the same that we may have the benefit of the Act of Parl. concerning Book-swearing Mr. Antrobus and Francis Smith are troubled for the like by Mr. William Tubman Steward to the Earl of Northumberland in Egremont-Court the Justices that sate upon the Bench the last Sessions when I was fined in 10. pounds are Sr. Willfrid Lawson Henry Tolson Thomas Curwen and Miles Halton I pray you do this for us for the Parliaments suffering friends are much oppressed by their Enemies Sir I am Your loving friend Lancelot Fearen Lamplongh the 15. of October 1650. For Mr. John Musgrave Steward of the Honour of Peureth Mr. Appleby who writ this following Letter is a Cumberland Gentleman and was forced through the Malignancy of the Justices and the Committee of his Country and withdrew into Yorkshire Worthy Sir AFter my kind love to you presented though unacquainted yet I conceive by my wife and son they have been much beholden to you and if I had been intimate with you when you had Sr. Willfride Lawson in question at London I could have been a means to have accomplished your pursuit and desire and if occasion hereafter fall I will give you instructions which I hope will yet work effect Sr. I conceive my wife preferred a Petition by your advice and furtherance unto the Councel of State whereof she got no answer so I heartily desire to know the event thereof and withall your advise and furtherance in the prosecution of my causes for I have sustained great losses and wrongs as any man in the Countrey not onely from the Enemy but from our Committee and Justices also meaning in Cumberland I will justifie and prove that great Delinquents and Papists have had and still have more favour from them then any real and well-affected persons who have adventured life and Estate for them in their service I intended to have been at London not long since but the times have been very bad and difficult with us but upon any notice from you I will not fail to be with you before this Tearm end God willing So good Sir let me have your help and upon receipt of your answer expect me with all speed Halton in Craven Octob. the 18. 1650. Yours to serve you quantum in me LANCELOTH APPLEBY To his Honoured friend M. John Musgrave at London I Could not without ingratitude and doing wrong to the Councel of State who hath done so much for setling this Common-wealth in peace of security but publish this their Declaration made upon reading my Remonstrance Die Lune 27. August 1649. At the Councel of State at White-hall UPon reading the Remonstrance of John Musgrave on the behalf of himself and others well-affected in the Counties of Lancashire Westmerland and Cumberland particularly of Thomas VVorsley Esq Iohn VVorsley his son and Elizabeth VVorsley his daughter Capt. Richard Crakanthrop and Mary Blaithwait widow and upon hearing Mr. Musgrave himself consideration had of the matters remonstrated and desired to be done It is ordered and declared That care shall be had and taken of putting the particulars specified into a way of examination and redress and the Councel will endeavours that a Reformation shall be had of the grievances complained of some of which as that of putting the Militia into trusty hands are already under consideration And this Councel further declares that they will use their endeavours that the particular Petitions of Mr. Musgrave and the rest may be presented to the House and there read and ordered In respect of the long attendance of the parties as soon as with conveniency the same may be done and as the publick affairs of the House will permit Ex. Gualter Frost Secr. HEre Reader thou hast my Remonstrance it self upon which the Councel of State made their Declaration To the Right Honourable the Lord President and the Councel of State sitting at White-hall The Remonstrance and humble supplication of John Musgrave for and on the behalf of himself Thomas Worsley Esq John VVorsley his son Elizabeth VVorsley his daughter Captain Richard Crackanthorp Mary Blaithwait Widdow Thomas Gibson and the rest of the well-affected in the Counties of Lancaster Westmerland and Cumberland IT is not to be doubted but as Justice and treasure are the chief supporters of all Common-wealths Kingdoms so the neglect of the one by male-administration and unduely raising and mispending the other have ever proved fatal to the present Governours and Ministers of States as by wofull experience the greatest Monarchs and States often but ever too late have found The mis-government of Eli and Samuel sons made Israel change their Government as well as their Governours Sauls misorder transferred the Kingdom from his family to David the great burdens and many Taxes of Rehobeam caused the defection of ten tribes which never returned again to the house of David and after few generations all Israel with their Kings and Princes were displanted and carried away into captivity for their oppression and injustice and for that sin the Scepter was taken from Judah and they brought tributary to the Roman Common-wealth as the Prophets complained in Judahs defection and before their fall Judgement was turned away backward and Justice stood then afar off for truth was fallen in the street and equity could not enter Is 59.14 Rome then kept faith with nations executed Justice and judgement for which she was a long time famous and thereby became Mrs over the whole world But when she began to oppresse her Senators corrupt and partial in judgement Soon followed the ruine of that long flourishing Empire The Rebellion of the Moors

one of the Deputies Creatures to Carlile Castle upon my return home after my attendance upon the Tryal upon my own charge but John Musgrave was never after owned My prosecuting against our Malignant Committees though I got a prison yet you gained both honour and friends thereby Vpon your encouragement I brought a list of the concealed Delinquents of our Countrey and proved the same before the Committee of Lords and Commons for Sequestrations which cost me in attendance near 100 l. I return you again your Order I hope you will so order the business for if you please I know you can do it that I may have some proportionable satisfaction for my former service losses and sufferings and some right done to my suffering friends Sir Wilfrid Lawson for his pretended losses by Hambelton without either Law or Act Order or Ordinance of Parliament could raise 3000 l. for his losses from the poor Countrey that never did him wrong the Countrey being then delivered up to Hambleton by the Cowardise and treachery of Lawson and his Confederates there But the poor Widow Blaithwait cannot be heard I desire you to peruse Mr. Worsley and my poor Mothers Petitions with others I sent you that I may obtain so much favour as to procure us common right I may be thought in remembring my former actings to hunt after praise or reward truly I had been altogether silent even as I was in my former troubles in the Fleet and buried the same in oblivion if I and my suffering friends of the North for whom I agitate had receeived any common right or justice from the Parliament which if you procure us we shall with all thankfulness acknowledge the same and you will obliege me to be ever as truly I am Your Lordships humble Servant JOHN MVSGRAVE 21. June 1649. For the Right Honourable John Bradshaw Lord President of the Councel of State sitting at White-Hall Here I though good to insert a letter written to Sr. Thomas VVitherington formerly printed in regard it relates to our former and present grievances SIR I Expected ere this to have heard of your report to have been made to the House upon the vote passed for M. Cracanthorp and my self for the great losses that we have sustained by the Enemy the Iustices of the peace and Com. of Array in Cumberland and Westmerland I here attended the last winter 13. weeks before I could get the Petition presented to the House six moneths upon the Committee I waited before I could get any vote passed upon the Petition since the vote of the Committee was made which you are to report unto the House it is now nigh four moneths yet nothing done which makes me much fear that little good is intended us and that we shall be made more miserable in seeking the recovery of what we have lost then in losing the same undergo more hardship and be brought to greater straits by waiting on you then by lying in the Enemies prisons for you You know the deferring of Iustice in Law is holden for denyal of Iustice The Parliament put us to an oath to maintain the lawfull liberty of the Subject the Enemy because I would not joyn with them in the breach of it and in betraying my Country forced me into Exile and seized on that little Estate I had now again upon the report of M. Lisle after his many differings and puttings off even to the hazard of the losse of our Countrey and if Sir John Brown as is well known with his Scottish forces upon Cumberland forces deserting him by his valour had not prevented it the Enemy by some of our seeming friends who joyned with them had without any great difficulty no opposition being made by Col. Lawson effected their designs in that Country Of my pretended refusal to answer which I did not but onely desired the Interrogatories to advise of before I answered for matter of Law which contrary to Law he resused to grant me though earnestly desired all which may fully appear by my answer and reasons given for not answering then to the Interrogatories before the Committee and taken in writing by M. Lisle himself before the same Committee and some other members of the House and which was then read unto me am I again cast into prison and condemned thereunto unheard and my greatest fault if any be in this case is my Lawfull maintenance of our common freedoms and my doubting and desire to be resolved before I should act that which seemed to me then and now I know to be not agreeable to Law and here I lie in prison for this while Traitors and the grand Enemies to the State are by this means suffered to walk London streets even they of whom I complain for which I cannot but blame M. Lisle being thus injured by him and my Countrey almost undone For as Sr. Edward Cook well observeth it is the greatest Injustice when the Innocent is oppressed under colour of Justice whereby we ought to be protected I am perswaded that if that Honourable House by whom I was committed were truly acquainted with my suffering condition and knew the ground thereof they would not suffer me to lie in prison one day longer and if they rightly understood the unsetled state of our Countrey and what harm the neglect thereof hath been to both Kingdoms this and Scotland and what advantage to the Enemy and also what further evil may ensue thereupon I believe we had not been so slighted as we have been neither our Countrey men have had such just cause to have complained of delay and neglect as they by their letters to me sent daily do neither had the adversary I suppose been so born out As long as honest men are thus slighted neglected and kept under their just complaints thus delayed and suppressed while Traitors Papists and Delinquents be thus countenanced and protected as those of whom we complain have been and still are while the greatest places of trust and command are conferred on and continued in the hands of Traitors and the grand Enemies of the State as hath been and now is with us and still they are kept up in their Authorities while the Parliaments and the Kingdoms faithfull friends and servants are thus molested oppressed and shut up in prisons for their good affection forwardnesse and willingnesse to serve the State and their Countrey How can we expect the restauration of our ancient and long lost Liberties How can we look for an end of these our troubles While things are thus carried on little peace can be hoped for this poor and distressed Kingdom Let us no more cherish the Serpent in our bosom which having got strength will again wound us if not destroy us I could wish that these troublers and Enemies of our State against whom onely I inform and with whom I onely contend may no longer be suffered to escape but may be brought to condigne punishment according to the Law and merit of their

A true and exact RELATION Of the great and heavy PRESSURES AND GRIEVANCES THE Well-affected of the Northern bordering Counties lye under by Sir Arthur Haslerig 's misgovernment and placing in Authority there for Justices of the Peace Commissioners for the Militia Ministry and Sequestrations Malignants and Men dis-affected 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 Vt jugulent homines Surgunt de nocte lationes Vt teipsum serves nonne expergisceris Latet anguis inserba Quod verum atque deceus curo et rego et omius in hoc sum London Printed Anno Dom. 1650. The Apologie of John Musgrave to the Right Honourable John Bradsham for his publishing his Petition and Charges against Sr Arthur Haslerigge and others put in Authority by him with several Letters and his Remonstrance to the Councel of State My Lord KNowing my own weaknes and imbecillity and the power and greatness of my opposites if I had looked only upon outward helps I should wholly have been deterred from entering the lists with those great ones whom I have to deal with and no doubt but of many of my friends I shall be blamed and of others as much or more envied for undertaking this quarrel as David was of his Brethren for leaving his Fathers Sheep and taking the Philistins challenge to fight with him whom the whole Host of Israel feared and be accounted no less proud and foolish then Eliab did his Brother David But when they shall behold this great Giant and mighty Nimrod of the North with his whole Host and Militia wherewith he is guarded thrown down and broken without any other Armory but by the strength of truths discovery by me one whom he so much disesteemes and see him and them as suddenly fall as the great Philistine did when smitten with the stone cast out of Davids sling My Countreymen will be then rather ashamed of their faint-heartedness to have sat still and bin only as idle spectators while I for mine and their Countries liberty did contend with these Cedars and Sonnes of Anack And though for sundry years while I have thus strugled and contended I have often found these Sonnes of Zervia too hard for me yet when I was as a Man without hopes seeing no way of escape even then God sent me an unexpected delivery which makes me more bold and with lesse carefulness to wait upon the good hand of Gods providence to carry me on in this business whereon the welfare and safety of so many thousands depends I will not deny but in this very thing I have too much consulted with flesh and blood and rested more then I should upon the rotten props of outward means and by the deceitful blandishments of the adversary speaking fair and promising peace I was almost taken in the Phylistines Trapp and ready to be inchained up in their fetters if by a sudden Alarum of a new enemies approach I had not been awaked out of my sleep of security wherewith I was very much overtaken for after two years hard and cruel imprisonment in the Fleet committed to that Prison for no other cause as your Lordship well knowes then for the like discovery as this prosecuting some powerful enemies who then satt in the great Councel of this Nation having under the false vizard of friends got themselves into the greatest places of Authority and trust in our parts being restored to my liberty upon the Lord Generals taking notice of my wrongful imprisonment I was fully resolved not further to have busied my self with matters of State but wholly left the same to the care and ordering of those that sat at the sterne only applyed my self to my home business lived retired but in this I was much deceived for I was no sooner retired to my Countrey but I understood some men now in great favour now highly promoted and intrusted by our Governour and Sejanus of the North were upon a Clandestine design ready to be put in execution for bringing in the Scots to force the Parliament and seize upon us before we should mistrust or be in any wise able to prevent the same So as of a sudden being secure as we thought we were surrounded with our enemies on every side and had been without recovery if by the valour and gallantry of the now victorious Gen. in the overthrow of the great Duke of Scotland we had not been rescued and after taken under his Excellencies protection and though the General stayed but a very little time amongst us for he gave himself no rest there while the enemy had any strength unbroken yet by his presence and countenance for the time he was with us we were much refreshed but the L.G. Cromwel withdrawing we thence were left to the care and charge of Sir Arthur H. Governour of the bordering Counties and Garisons a man in whom we had great hopes and had promised great matters sed Magistratus inditat virum he deceived our expectation he takes for his Friends favourites Councellours and bosome acquaintance such as were professed enemies to this Commonwealth and preferrs none other he slights derides and keep under all the cordial and well affected and whom the now L. Gen had preferred and owned Sir Arthur with disrespect laies aside which caused me constrained by necessity for no other with us would or durst unwillingly durum telum necessitas once again to put my self forth by a Remonstrance to the Councel of State for by no hand could I have access to the Parliament set forth the sad and lamentable condition of our Countrey and the great and heavy oppressions we lay under by the disorder and misgovernment of those placed in Authority by Sir Arthur Haslerig 's procurement and recommendation in which Remonstrance I had that tender regard and respect to Sir Arthur H. conceiving him to be abused and deceived in this his complying with the malignant party through their subtil insinuations he being a stranger in that Countrey as I did not so much as once mention his name in my Remonstrance though I had been many wayes provoked thereunto I must ever with all thankfulness acknowledge your Lordships favour and benignity for by your only means I must confess I had access unto and audience before that Honourable Councel of State as I have had sundry times since who were pleased to take cognizance of my Remonstrance and upon reading the same and hearing my self made their Declaration promising relief and redress as well of particular as of publick grievances therein complained of but by other greater business of State hath bin hindered in the proceed thereof so as contrary to their intention as I believe we have not had any fruit thereof My Lord it is not to be believed what rejoycing this your Declaration was to your Northern Friends and how

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

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 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

taken into like consideration 6. That John Musgrave for his discovery of concealed Delinquents in Cumberland and his attendance upon the Committee of Lords and Commons for sequestrations may be taken into consideration 7. That a way may be provided that the grievances of our Northern Counties the oppressions of the Justices of peace Committees there may be removed and such as have unjustly suffered by them may be repaired to the end we may not be constrained after 300. miles travell hither to consume the little that is left us by the adversary in a fruitless and chargeable attendance for moneths and years as for these 8. years and more we have done upon such men as will not nor ever did present a Petition for us themselves for the most part having by some irregular way undue election by the votes of Malignants or Letters of some petty Tyrants or Lord being returned Knights and Burgesses for our Counties JOHN MVSGRAVE This following Letter I writ to my Lord President who thereupon sent for me and shortly after procured me audience before the Conncel of State upon reading my Remonstrance which I at the request of some friends have published as in thankfulness to his Lordship so to satisfie and inform friends how and for what Interest I have ever acted and suffered My Lord SInce my Letter to you by Mr. Rumsey of the 18. of the first moneth I did forbear any wayes to be troublesome unto you neither would I now if I could have found a door open unto me for justice which hitherto as to me and my suffering friends hath been altogether shut up And now I am constrained as the most probable means to attain my wished desires to make my supplication to you and though I could not in spirit go along with you in your last actings towards the late King by the reason of the many oaths and engagements made and taken on his behalf yet I have ever held it my duty to submit without resistance to such Powers and Authorities as the Lord of Heaven in his wayes shall set over us accirding to the Apostles Rule Rom. 13.1.2 Yet I cannot but put the Lords on earth in mind how the same Apostle saith in the same place that Rulers ought not to be a terrour to good works but to the evil But while oppression and injustice in any is either connived at or past by upon complaint unpunished the wicked growe bold by their impunity and the Magistracy becomes a terrour and the Law no other then a snare to all honest men My Request to you now is neither for place nor promotion though these be due to deserving men as the rewards of vertue Therefore I shall never envy nor upbrayde any upon whom the same are conferred by a State or other but give me leave to tell you while the poor are neglected the oppressed unrelieved and justice not done freely in your gates that is openly and not in Chambers security or comfort you cannot long have in the enjoyment of them I have wearied and wasted my self ever since the Parl first sate down in seeking to remove oppressors from their Seats and gaining justice for poor people but never to this present day could I bring my purpose to passe for which I blame not the Parliament but such as sit there in right of our Countrey who only mind themselves and do their own work regardless of us and our Countrey For by fitting there they become great purchasers of Lands and Mannours fare Dives like while we at home are spoiled of all and here disreregarded Lazarous-like lies at their doors begging for justice but never yet could taste the least of their Crums so as from them I am hopeless ever to obtain any good If I had been a Solicitor or Agent for Cavaliers at Goldsmiths-Hall to the Committee of Sequestrations or to the Parliament I might have got Wealth and had the countenance of the great ones and found ready dispatch of business I know one poor Solicitor that way hath gained 2. or 3000 l. at the least But I agitating for a poor plundered People could never gain the favour as the reading of a Petition Mr. Allen hath had poor Widow Blaythwaits Petition one whom you sometimes owned and did good to in his hand near 3. years yet could never find opportunity to present it he held me in hand more then a year he would present mine and Captain Crakanthorps Petition but in the close finding no real dealing with him glad I was to take it from him by no hand could I get access unto justice When I came the other day to present my Petition to the Councel of State I desired * A Member of the Councel of State Mr. Scot to bring it in before you he told me it was not proper for you before he read or knew the Contents of it If I had told him some prety story of some hidden treasure I should then have had ready admittance and well rewarded but while he Dog-like snatcht at the shadow he lost the Gold in his hand Let all such covetous wretches be so served I forbear to particularize it is a story fitter for Pasquile or Tarleton then your graviry I remember when the Earl of Strafford came first President to York and for sundry years after the same being the usual Custome of the Kings learned Councel there every day after dinner for an houre and a half before he went to Court or entered upon any other business of state suiters by turns were called in their Petitions read being before received from them of course by the Clarke of the Petitions there being two that attended every other week for that purpose who had their diet and a constant salary for that purpose so as the reference and attendance to the suitors was no way chargeable none being necessitated to wait for answer longer then two days at the most a good president for you and the Councel of State to follow By which doings for sundry years he kept the North free from oppressions and mightily gained upon the affections of the people The which when he gave over and begun to be proud and covetous his Table became a snare to him and his glory departed and soon after followed the down-fall of him and that Court and how he was after prosecuted with the envy of the people his tryal and death is enough to mention Vpon his tryal I was by the Lord Whitlock brought before the Lords in Parliament and presented to them as a ruinated Gentleman by him without me it was then said they could not have made forth any considerable thing against him of his illegal regal actings in the North then I had the plaudite and thanks not only of that Committee but of many other eminent Members of the House with many and large though then undesired promises to procure me justice and do great matters for which service I was committed by Justice Dikes