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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

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

therewith their dying spirits were revived as if they had bin already delivered from under the hand of their cruel Egyptian Taskmasters who exacted their stinted number of brick without allowance of any straw and hoped their bondage should have ended in the first year of Englands Freedom but alas their sunne was soon overclouded and an unexpected storm of a sudden doth arise ready to over-whelm them in a Sea of new ttoubles when their Ship was ready to arrive at the Haven of their wished desires Mr. Howard a most dangerous and notorious delinquent in Arms against the Parliament both in the first and second War a man of great wealth and very powerful in his Countrey who in the last War raised great Forces and mustered 8000 men for the enemy who at his Muster declared for the late King said he was to meet the Prince at Barwick causing his Souldiers to shout a King a King in holding up their naked swords in his house hath for his Councellour one Followfield a Lawyer a dangerous Papist being but the other day with the Rebels in Ireland and for his Chaplain a Malignant-Priest late Preacher to the King at Oxford in his Garison there I say that Mr. Howard by whose recommendation I know not if not by Sir Arthur Haslerig within two moneths that I had presented my Remonstrance as aforesaid is made High Sheriff of Cumberland to the lifting up the Malignant spirits I complain to Sir Arthur H. of this he slights it or rather approves of it few days after Sir Arthur H. as of purpose to set up the enemy with high hand presents to the Councel of State for Commissioners of the Militia for our Countrey Mr. Howards Vassalls and Creatures known Delinquents and men professedly enemies to the present Government openly and liberally I speak against Sir Arthur H. for so doing he procures an Order and convents me before the Councel of State to give in my exceptions and the reasons of my exceptions to the men thinking by his greatness and power to have born me down but after long debate upon my exceptions he promised to the Councel of State to lay these men aside as unworthy that trust and imployment pleads misprision and how he was abused by Thomas Craystor Major of Carlisle whose Letters for these men he shewed but upon our Noble and ever to be honoured Generals return from Ireland and his march for Scotland Sir Arthur H. procures the before excepted men to be Commissioners for our Militia a boldness not to be paralleld and a fault not excusable acting as if he were above Law above the Parliament After he returns into the Countrey to Newcastle he convents our Ministry before him the Engagement he mentions not nay some are threatned with imprisonment for desiring the same to be tendered to some Scottish Malignant Priests which are beneficed with us he establishes in the Ministry malignant scandalous and such as be opposite to the Engagement our honest Ministers and your friends he discountenanceth silenceth and sequesters putting in their places men disaffected and Mr. Nichols Sheriffe Howards Chaplain whom before I spoke of upon the recommendation of Mr. Craystor as from a good hand is certefied me since I came thence he hath placed at Aicton where before Mr. Lampit served faithfully the cure I pray your Lordship consider whether if your enemy in Armes were possessed of that Countrey could do you this way more disservice and more injure your friends but why complain I alone read these following Letters am I not blamed for my long silence as either conniving at consenting or at least concealing Sir Arthur H. exorbitancy and oppressions therefore least I should prove guilty herein of betraying my own and Countries Liberty I have as Esther did in the like case and extremity present her self before the King put all to hazard and contrary to your Law and Order come thus into your presence and rather then this grand impostor of State should not be unmasked I have cast my self upon your bounty and if I perish I perish pardon my Lord this my presumption consider our condition and speak peace unto us we are brought to the like exigency and strait as the Lepers of Samaria if we now hold our peace we dye and if we put our selves out our condition cannot be worse nay I had rather be in your prison then live as we do under Sir Arthur H. in liberty which very thing and no other is the cause that without an Imprimatur I have thus published his illegal irregular actings his breach of faith and trust and what manner of men he imployes and intrusts and how they order things and behave themselves in their publick Offices but if any object and say that I strengthen the enemy by thus discovering breaches amongst our selves I answer the enemy within the Rib of the Trojan Horse in one night burned that great City which the Princes of Greece in ten years Warre with all their powers could never enter and is not Sir Arthur H. made Guardian and Keeper of your strong Holds and Cities bordering upon the perfidious Scot your unreconciliable enemy and by the laying open the rottonness of these men the enemy will be much frustrated of their hopes and prevented in their design when they cannot have a party among us longer undiscovered to uphold their interest by the Sword of Authority and such hereafter as we shall intrust and imploy when they know they cannot escape unpunished if they should falsifie their trust will be more careful to discharge their duty And such have been Patriots of their Countrey who have minded the good of the Common-wealth and not their own Wealth as blessed be God for it many there be placed in several seats of your highest Judicatures will be incouraged to act with higher resolutions without fear for the Honour of the State there the good and comfort of the People and be to their own verlasting praise the causes of all the late tumultuous risings insurrections here in Wales the North were occasioned by no other then some of your bosom enemies such have been the cause of these distractions and the continuance of this War thus long amongst us and till justice be done impartially your corrupt Ministers of State be brought to account you can expect no end of these troubles Slight us not herein it concernes your peace your security for if such men as we complain of be kept in Authority by new divisions through their misgovernment will indanger if this Warre were ended and all your enemies broken to foment raise new troubles greater and more dangerous combustions then any we have had or yet undergon premoniti premuniti Therefore my Lord you being so concerned and your interest so great and your welfare so much depending upon the States prosperity besides your love of Justice your great courage and your unparalleld actings beyond any other in Authority tending thereunto with the

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