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pie_n william_n lawson_n thomas_n watson_n george_n marshal_n henry_n lawson_n robert_n dalton_n thomas_n megison_n cuthbert_n fenwick_n john_n shafto_n thomas_n fenwick_n ro_n megison_n george_n hoslop_n george_n wharton_n morpeth_n in_o northumberland_n 16_o january_n 1650._o arric_n 17._o that_o your_o petitioner_n have_v late_o discover_v sundry_a conceal_v and_o sequester_v delinquent_n of_o great_a estate_n which_o will_v bring_v in_o to_o the_o state_n ten_o thousand_o pound_n and_o more_o if_o the_o commissioner_n for_o sequestration_n make_v by_o sir_n arthur_n haslerig_n be_v honest_a and_o faithful_a man_n but_o in_o regard_n most_o of_o the_o say_a commissioner_n be_v delinquent_n and_o sequestrable_a themselves_o and_o all_o of_o they_o disaffect_v to_o the_o present_a government_n they_o do_v what_o in_o they_o lie_v to_o hinder_v your_o petitioner_n in_o the_o prosecution_n thereof_o whereas_o this_o musgrave_n boast_v of_o his_o discovery_n of_o delinquent_n estate_n 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be_v reply_v he_o be_v not_o send_v for_o to_o know_v what_o he_o have_v for_o so_o do_v but_o what_o the_o commissioner_n for_o compound_v say_v to_o the_o matter_n in_o dispute_n and_o what_o he_o think_v of_o it_o himself_o to_o the_o first_o he_o answer_v that_o mr_n winslow_n do_v engage_v to_o send_v the_o say_a order_n and_o that_o he_o conceive_v if_o we_o can_v not_o prove_v the_o say_a skelton_n to_o have_v make_v away_o the_o estate_n to_o the_o say_a huddleston_n the_o deed_n be_v valid_a and_o so_o it_o do_v behoove_v we_o to_o certify_v whereupon_o he_o withdraw_v the_o say_a mr_n skelton_n be_v further_o ask_v when_o he_o have_v the_o aforesaid_a estate_n in_o possession_n and_o what_o rent_n he_o have_v receive_v of_o the_o say_a mr_n huddleston_n he_o thereupon_o be_v silent_a whereupon_o we_o tell_v the_o say_a mr_n skelton_n that_o if_o any_o man_n go_v about_o to_o conceal_v a_o delinquent_n estate_n that_o same_o act_n make_v he_o liable_a to_o sequestration_n and_o further_o we_o produce_v before_o he_o the_o late_a committee_n book_n wherein_o it_o do_v appear_v the_o say_a mr_n skelton_n have_v farm_v the_o say_a estate_n of_o the_o late_a committee_n in_o the_o year_n 1647_o and_o pay_v the_o rent_n due_a for_o the_o same_o without_o claim_v any_o interest_n therein_o whereupon_o the_o say_a mr_n skelton_n withdraw_v and_o never_o since_o appear_v to_o claim_v any_o title_n therein_o but_o since_o the_o say_a mr_n andrew_n huddleston_n pay_v in_o his_o rent_n due_a for_o the_o same_o confess_v that_o he_o have_v give_v to_o mr_n john_n musgrave_n himself_o 10_o l._n and_o send_v he_o up_o to_o london_n 5_o l._n more_o and_o about_o the_o day_n aforesaid_a mr_n musgrave_n be_v ask_v why_o he_o will_v take_v 10_o l._n for_o solicit_v a_o business_n of_o that_o nature_n against_o the_o state_n and_o his_o conscience_n at_o the_o very_a time_n when_o he_o be_v commissioner_n for_o sequestration_n for_o the_o state_n contrary_a to_o his_o trust_n and_o oath_n which_o he_o either_o have_v or_o shall_v have_v take_v he_o reply_v he_o be_v a_o solicitor_n as_o well_o as_o a_o commissioner_n and_o will_v not_o forego_v his_o solicit_n for_o be_v a_o commissioner_n it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o about_o the_o 27_o of_o april_n 1650._o the_o say_a deed_n be_v produce_v before_o mr_n craister_n tho_n langhorn_n and_o mr_n musgrave_n than_o commissioner_n for_o sequestration_n the_o say_a commissioner_n return_v the_o deed_n with_o this_o answer_n that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v clear_v above_o whereupon_o the_o say_a mr_n musgrave_n by_o his_o expression_n seem_v to_o undertake_v that_o business_n as_o it_o appear_v he_o do_v and_o also_o at_o that_o time_n speak_v in_o other_o delinquent_n behalf_n so_o much_o as_o give_v occasion_n to_o his_o fellow-commissioner_n to_o have_v some_o jealousy_n of_o his_o act_n and_o present_o after_o the_o say_a tho_n langhorn_n see_v the_o say_a mr_n musgrave_n receive_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n from_o the_o say_a mr_n huddleston_n and_o the_o say_a mr_n musgrave_n go_v present_o after_o to_o london_n and_o stay_v there_o above_o three_o month_n which_o cause_v mr_n craister_n and_o tho_n langhorn_n to_o desire_v the_o commissioner_n for_o compound_v either_o to_o join_v with_o they_o such_o as_o will_v act_v faithful_o and_o full_o for_o the_o public_a or_o else_o excuse_v they_o from_o the_o service_n the_o affair_n of_o sequestration_n speedy_o require_v diligence_n and_o action_n upon_o which_o desire_n of_o they_o the_o say_a musgrave_n be_v out_v and_o other_o put_v in_o before_o the_o say_a mr_n skelton_n order_n be_v examine_v but_o mr_n musgrave_n take_v his_o discharge_n so_o ill_a that_o he_o do_v vehement_o threaten_v that_o the_o say_a tho_n langhorn_n and_o other_o shall_v have_v lex_fw-la talionis_fw-la and_o further_o that_o sir_n arthur_n haslerig_n to_o stop_v his_o mouth_n have_v make_v he_o a_o commissioner_n but_o now_o be_v out_v his_o mouth_n 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