Petitions to the House of Lords: 1661

Henrie Ascoe, prisoner. HL/PO/JO/10/1/303 (1661)

To the right honourable the committee of lordes for appeales:

The humble petition of Henrie Ascoe prisoner

Shewinge:
that your lordeshippes appointed to heare the petitioners councell on the 18th daie of this
instant month of Aprill as to the justice of the decrees and notice havinge beene given
to two of the saied parties John Anton and Cocke the younger, whoe doe
alleadge the adjournement of this present Parliament, but cannot serve Cocke
[illegible] [sollicitor?] livinge
in London having notice of the saied order, maie refuse to appeare for
the saied parties, that your petitioner entringe into bond of 600 pounds to remaine a true
prisoner to the warden of the Fleete, havinge formerly agreed they extorte sixe
poundes a yeare moore from him beinge in forma pauperis attending your lord=
shippes.

The petitioner therefore humblie praies that your petitioner may have libertie to
attend his cause, and not bee restrayned, and that notice beinge
given to the saied parties, or their sollicitours by leavinge true copies
of the saied order at their severall abodes maie bee a sufficient
service, and that in case the Parliament adjorneth whereby your
petitioners order will beecome fruitlesse as they alleadge that the cause
maie stand for hearinge the first Frydaie of the meetinge of the
Parliament without further notice

And your petitioner shall ever pray

Joseph Bastard, servant to Lord Mohun. HL/PO/JO/10/1/303 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres assembled
in Parliament

The humble peticion of Joseph Bastard
servant to the right honourable Warwick Lord Mohun

Humbly sheweth.

That your petitioner was a domesticke servant to the said Lord
Mohun in the time of the last Parliament and had the protection of his said lord
under his hand and seal which he produced and shewed to the sheriffe of Middlesex
and had an allowance theirof at the sherriffes office where the same was
entred as also had like allowance theirof with the bailiffe of Westminster
nevertheless uppon the malicious prosecution of one [Neve?] who had notice
of your petitioners protection your petitioner was arrested by a warrant of the sherriffe
of Middlesex by his bailiffes before the expiracion of twenty daies after the
dissolution of the last Parliament being then the servant of the said Lord Mohun
and hath thereupon bene detained a prisoner in Newgate and the Fleet
ever since by the said sheriffe who refuseth to deliver your petitioner from his
said imprisonmentt, contrary to the priviledges of peeres in Parliament, and
to your petitioners great charge and sufferings.

Your petitioner theirfore humbly praieth
this honourable house to cause him to be
delivered from his unjuste imprisonmentte
and that your petitioner may have such releife
and reparacion against the said parties
for the great dammages he hath susteined
by the said prosecution and imprisonmentte
as to your wisdomes shall seme just and
meet.

And your petitioner shal, as in duty
bound ever pray for your honours

Joseph Bastard

Freeholders and commoners in the fens between Bourne and Kyme. HL/PO/JO/10/1/303 (1661)

To the right honourable the lordes comittees appointed
for Lindsey Levell of fenns in Lincolneshire

Humbly sheweth
that wee whose names are hereunder written being freeholders and commoners
bordering upon the fenns lying between Bourne and Kyme [ea?] in the said county
doe on the behalfe of our selves and others in the said parts become humble
suitors unto your honours.

That, not onely the commons to the number of many thousand acres [illegible]
but alsoe severall inclosures pastures meadow and arrable being now altogether
uselesse by reason of the great weight of water lying upon them; and alsoe
the highwayes and passages being become soe dangerous to as that without
guides, there is noe passing into or out of the countrey; occasioned by severall
dammes, made by malicious persons, over the draines and rivers made by the
undertakers which drayned our said countrey

Your peticioners therefore pray your honours that an order may bee
granted to impower us to cut the said dammes, whereby wee shall
bee eased of our said waters, and that yow will please to take into
consideration the sadd condicion of our countrey

And your peticioners shall ever pray

• Richard Greenhillhis marke
• Humphrey Cutt
• Thomas Cardinall
• [Marsh Sea?]
• Richard Graves


• R: Cust
• John Lockton
• Edward Lea:
• Edmund Ogar
• Robert Greenhill

John Wynyarde. HL/PO/JO/10/1/303 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of John Wynyarde

Sheweth
that your pettitioner having faithfully executed the place
of yeoman usher all the last Parliament and by a warrant
from the Lord High Chamberlaine being in waiting
this Parliament till yesterday when it was denied him
to attend without the doore by Sir John [Feton?] according to your lordshipps
order

He humbly therefore prayes your honours wilbee
pleased to order him to attend without the doore
and that his exclusion from waiting within
may not be a prejudice to any priviledges or
advantages belonging to him.

And your pettitioner shall ever pray etc

John Wynyarde

George, Lord Berkeley. HL/PO/JO/10/1/303 (1661)

To the Kings most excellent majestie.

The humble peticion of George Lord Berkeley for his place in this
present Parliament, above and before the Lord de La Ware:

Sheweth
that Robert Fitz Harding (grandsonn to the King of Denmarke) your petitionours lineall ancestor, had
the honor of Berkeley granted to him and his heires, by your royall ancestor King Henry 2; to hold
by barony: that from the said Robert disended William, whoe being created Marquesse Berkeley by
Kind Edward 4 and entaileing the said honour for want of issue male of his owne boddy upon King Henry 7
and the issue male of his boddy, died without issue, whereby the said honour came to, and was in the crowne
untill the death of King Edward 6 grandsonn and heire male to the said King Henry 7:

That Sir Maurice Berkeley knight nephew and heire to the said Marquesse being sumoned to Parliament in
14 Henrici 8 did by reason of the entaile sit noe otherwise then as a puney baron, and that upon the
death of King Edward 6 without issue Henry Lord Berkeley nephew and heire to the said Maurice being
not till that time in a capacity to challeng the place of his ancestors was then under age:

That since hee came of age partly by reason of minorityes of the Lords Berkeley and de La Ware
and partly for that two of the Lords de La Ware were long in Virginia, there hath bene noe proper
oppertunity for any of the said Lords Berkely to exhibite theire claime till now:

Your petitionour therefore most humbly prayeth that your majestie will be gratiously
pleased that hee may be admitted to make proofe of this his claime and
by the advice of your greate councell now assembled in this your Parliament to
ordaine that he may have his place therein in your royall presence in such
sorte as his ancestors Lords Berkeley before that entaile soe made by the
said Marquesse Berkey had and enjoyed:

And your petitionour shall ever pray

Berkeley

William, earl of Bedford, and adventurers for draining the great level of the fens. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres of England
assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of William Earle of
Bedford participante, and adventurers for dreyneing
the greate levell of the fennes.

Sheweth
that the said levell having beene drained at your petitioners inestymable chardge
for the recompence of 95000 acres [illegible]
[illegible]

That by one act made in the Parliament begunn at Westminster 25o April 1660 the possession
of the said 95000 acres is setled and quieted as the same then was untill the 29o
May instant within which tyme it was conceived an act of Parliament might have
beene obteined for a perpetuall settlement of that busines but that not effected and
the time being neere expiringe some attemptes have beene lately made and a
greate banke made at Swacy for preservacion of the said levell ryotously cutt to
the endangering of the drowneing of a greate part of the said levell and your petitioners have
just cause to feare further attemptes wilbee made after the said 29th day of
May instant.

That your petitioners for the future maintenance of the workes of dreyneing and government
of the said levell and setling of the said 95000 acres have presented a bill to the
Commons Howse of Parliament which hath beene once read

Your petitioneres humbly pray that (untill their bill may receive a just and full
examinacion in Parliament where all persons interessed may be fully heard) your
honours will be pleased to quiete the possession by order of this honourable howse
to continue as now it is and forbid all unlawfull force ryottes and assemblyes
within the said levell and the cutting of any bankes sasses sluces or other
workes made by your petitioners for dreyneing of the said levell and that your petitioners
may be quieted in their possessions as aforesaid untill the Parliament shall
take further order therein or an eviccion be had by due course of lawe and
more over to direct that your lordshipps order being published in the parrish
churches and chapples the same shalbe taken as sufficient notice to the
respective inhabitantes within the said levell.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc

• Bedford
• Richard Gorges
• [Henry?] Hammond

Sir Symon Fanshawe, knight. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Sir Symon Fanshawe knight.

Sheweth

That in the yeare 1657 one Thomas Impey exhibited his bill into the Court of Exchequer against your petitioner
and others for discovery of what assetts had come to or were in his handes, of the personall estate of Knighton Ferrers
esquire deceased by your petitioners intermarriage with his widdowe and executrix and what estate had beene devised by his
last will and testament or otherwise settled for the payment of his debts, the said Impey alleadging that hee being
formerly tennant to the said Knighton Ferrers because bound with him unto one Richard Wood in two severall bonds
condicioned for the payment of 104 pounds a peece and had a counterbond of 800 pounds to save him harmelesse but had beene compelled
to pay the same with interest, and that a great personall estate of the said Knighton Ferrers had come to your petitioners hands
and thereupon prayed to have satisfaccion from your petitioner, for such moneyes as had bin payd by him for the debt of the
sayd Master Ferrers, that your petitioner in his answeare confessed to have received of the personall estate of the said Master Ferrers
the summe of 1300 pounds and 2000 pounds more by the sale of the copyhold lands in pursuance of the will of the said testatour yett withall
that your petitioner had payd of the just debts of the said Master Ferrers the summe of one thousand pounds more then hee had received
and in a scedule annexed to his answere perticulerly expressed the severall debts and judgments which hee then had or was
lyable to satisfie and discharge that the sayd cause being afterwards brought to a heareing by the said Impey before those
persons that then were appoynted by Oliver the late pretended protectour to heare causes in the Exchequer namely Baron
Nicholas Baron Parker and Baron Hill (some of which did not only denye justice to your petitioner but did openly professe
much animosity against the whole family your petitioner then being very ill and almost sick unto death as appeares by your petitioners
affidavit read in court) the said judges or barons before your petitioner had examined any wittnesses and being unable to attend
at the heareing did decree the summe of 513 pounds - 8 shillings - 4 pence to bee payd by your petitioner unto the said Impey and granted there
decree upon that part of the petitioners answere wherein hee confessed what money or personall estate came to his hands but
tooke noe notice of the other parte which mencioned what judgments were obteyned against your petitioner and what debts hee had
paid and was to pay of the said Master Ferrers nor did they order or decree the said Impey to deliver upp his said counterbond
but still permitt him to keepe the same and though your petitioner hath often moved to bee heard as to the meritts of the cause
or to have the benefitt of a tryall at lawe whether any assetts at all remayned in his hands wherewith to pay the said
513 pounds - 8 shillings - 4 pence which your petitioner is informed is seldome denyed to any man yett your petitioner could never prevaile to obteyne that
ordnary justice whereupon your petitioner did lately preferre his bill of revieu in the said Court of Exchequer to bee releived
against the sayd decree as being for the reasons aforesaid unduely made but in regaurd the said Impey had gotten the
same to bee inrolled the Lord Cheife Baron and other the present barons of the Exchequer declared they could not upon the
grounds aforesaid admitt a review thereof to bee had before them but they notwithstanding conceived that your petitioner had
good cause to bee releived before your lordshipps in Parlyament who are not soe strictly tyed upp to the formes and rules
of proceedings as the Court of Exchequer is.

Wherefore your petitioner humbly prayes that your lordshipps will bee pleased for the reasons aforesaid
to reheare the sayd cause and to order the said Impey to appeare before your lordshipps within
a short time and to shewe cause why your petitioner ought not to bee releived against the said decree
and have the same reversed by your lordshipps or to goe to a tryall at lawe whether your petitioner
at the time of the suite aforesaid had any assetts in his hands for the estate of the said Knighton
Ferrers beyond what would satisfie the debts mencioned in his answere aforesaid and that
upon the examinacion of the judges and the clerks that drew upp the decree your petitioner may
receive such reparacions for his great losses hee hath received by theis unjust proceedinges
as to your lordshipps seemes meete and in the meane time and untill further order from your lordshipps
that all proceedinges upon the decree may bee stayed.

And your petitioner shall pray etc.

Simon Fanshawe

Goddard Leigh. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Goddard Leigh now prisoner in the Fleet for fower
yeares last past.

Humbly sheweth

That in the yeare 1624 your peticioner was seized for terme of his life of a rentcharge
of 50 pounds per annum yssueing out of the priory of Caldwell in the county of Bedford.

That about the yeare 1654 your peticioner att the instance of Lewis Conquest purchasor of the
said priory and for the consideracion of 550 pounds to be paid to your peticioner for the release of the said rent charge
joyned in the sale of the said priory

That for the consideracion of the said 550 pounds soe due to your peticioner by the said Lewis Conquest and of five
pounds more paid to Lewis Conquest and Sir Richard Conquest knight lord of the mannour of Dame Ellingsbury
in the said county of Bedford, the said Lewis Conquest and Sir Richard Conquest conveyed the said mannour unto your
peticioner and his heires by deed of bargaine and sale enrolled by vertue whereof your peticioner was and is seized in fee of
the said mannour:

That one Sir Henry Piggott in the time of warre and in the absence of the said Lewis Conquest in his late
majesties service intruded upon your peticioners possession but then upon pretence to preserve it from sequestracion and
since pretended some title to the same precedent to your peticioners title.

That your peticioner for the evicting of the possession from the said Sir Henry Piggott brought his accion in
ejectment to trye the title betweene him and the said Sir Henry Piggott att the assizes att Bedford but Sir Henry Piggott
exhibited his bill in Chancery against your peticioner and the tryall was by injuncion stayd after the court had ordered a
tryall att law

That Sir Henry Piggot brought the cause to hearing before the late Master of the Rolls att which time one Master East
your peticioners cheife witnes came into court to bee examined viva voce according to order and was not permitted by the
Master of the Rolls to speake his knowledge in the matters then in judgment before the said master.

That hand over head it was decreed by the said master that your peticioner should convey the mannour of
Dame Ellingsbury unto the said Sir Henry Piggott and his heires by such assurance as the said Sir Henry Piggotts councell
should advise or devise for nonperformance whereof your peticioner was committed to the Fleete and is still a prisoner
for the same, and Sir Henry Piggott in possession of your peticioners lands without title or any vallueable consideracion for the same
other then the decree of the said court.

Forasmuch as your peticioner hath noe other subsistence for himselfe and family but the said mannour and
the meane profitts thereof since the intrusion of the said Sir Henry Piggott, and for that your peticioner sought
releife by his cross bill in Chancery against the said Sir Henry, which was dismissed without answer
and for that hee moved the court that he might prosecute his bill of reveiw to reverse the said decree but
was denyed soe as your peticioner is now totally debarred his tryall att law for recovery of his right by the
said decree your petitioner being destitute of all possible remedy att law or equity in the condicion hee now stands.

May it please your lordshipps to take your peticioners sad case into your lordshipps consideracion
and to examine the said decree and to send for the said Sir Henry Piggott and William Lenthall
late Master of the Rolls to shew cause if they can why the said decree should not be made null
and voyd by your lordshipps authority and justice, and your peticioner discharged of his imprisonment and
left to the common law for the tryall of his title to the said mannour without restrainte notwith=
standing the said pretended decree.

And hee shall ever pray etc.

• Goddard Leigh

The peticion of
Goddard Leigh.

James Davenport, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the house of peers.

The humble peticion of James Davenport gentleman.

Sheweth

That your petitioner anno 1656 haveing exhibited his bill in the High Court of Chancery against Sir Edward
Longville and Thomas Longvill his sonne to bee releived against a bond of 500 pounds for performeance of covenantes
was thence dismisst without any dampnificacion found by verdict.

Whereupon your peticioner brought his bill of reveiw which likewise was dismissed contrary to the constant
course of that court as by the case annexed appeareth whereby your peticioner is become remedilesse except
this supreame judicature releive him.

Your peticioner therefore doth appeale from the sayd decree and humbly prayes your
lordshipps to convene before you the sayd Sir Edward Longville and Thomas
Longville to shew cause why the sayd decree should not bee reversed and the direccion
of a triall at law ordred upon which your petitioner will acquiesce and pay what shalbee
found they are really damnified and doth humbly pray your lordshipps order to the judges
of the Kings Bench that they issue an habeas corpus directed to the marshall of
that court for your peticioners liberty dureing the time of his attendance on your honors
and your petitioner doth humbly submitt to what otherwise your grave wisdomes shall seeme
consonant to equity and justice.

And your peticioner shall pray

• James Davenport

The participants of the level of Hatfeild Chase. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the participants of the levell of
Hatfeild Chase

Sheweth
that your peticoners have made due publicacon of your lordshipps order of the
20th of December last, whereby the quiett possession of the 7400 acres within the
mannor of Epworth was setled with your peticioners

That contrary thereunto, and in contempt of your lordshipps order John Maw John
Starkey, Daniell Chapman John Jakes, and other commoners within the said
mannor have publiquely disturbed the petitioners tenantes and riotously drove
away theire goodes and deteined them against lawe, untill they inforced them to
paie such summes of money as they demaunded,

That since your lordshipps have nowe mett togeather severall of the said
commoners doe keep guards upon the said 7400 acres, and ryotously committ
severall outrages upon the peticioneres tenantes and servantes

Your peticioners humblie praie that the
said ryotors may be sent for upp in custody, least
that the rest of the commoneres may receive encouragementes
from the impunity of those insolencies and the whole
possession which hath beene setled with soe much charge
and difficulty bee againe lost thereby

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

The peticion of the
participantes of the
levell of Hatfeild
Chase

John Viner, clerk. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of John Viner clerk.

Most humbly sheweth.

That your petitioner beinge many yeeres since lawfully presented instituted and inducted into the parsonage of
Kinnersley in the county of Hereford had due perception of the profits thereof, untill about eight yeeres since he
was ejected and dispossest of the same; as beinge no proper favorite for the enemies of God and the Kinge:
your petitioner havinge publiquely protested in print against shedding the most innocent and sacred bloud of his late
majestie of glorious memory before the execution of that most hellish treason and murther.

Whereupon your petitioner claymed the benefit of the late act of Parliament for the confirming and restoringe of ministers
but by the power and policy of one Master Pit who pretends to be patron thereof, yet presumed to sit as a commissioner, contrary
to the express provision of the sayd act: your petitioner received severall delayes and after the expence of 400 miles travaile
was at last utterly denyed the reliefe intented him by the act. The commissioners Master Humphrey Cornewall Master John
Booth Doctor Aldern Master John Vaughan and Master Gregory refusinge without any cause to restore your petitioner to his
parsonage.

May it therefore please this most honourable howse the refuge and sanctuary of the oppressed to
releive your most oppressed petitioner in the premises. And for that your honours gratious intentions in
in publishinge the sayd act are declared to be to settle peace and to prevent suites of lawe: your
petitioner beinge utterly disinabled to any course of lawe for recoveringe his right, his smale meanes
having been so longe detained from him by one Samuell Mathews who was put into your petitioners
parsonage by the late usurped power and still continueth there contrary to the sayd act: your petitioner
his wife and children beinge in the meane time exposed to starvinge:

Your petitioner further most humbly prayeth your honours would be gratiously pleased to vouchsafe
him a hearinge upon the whole matter

That your petitioner may be restored to his parsonage, and have the moity of the last
yeeres profits accordinge to the act.

That he may be repaired in his dammage and charges in the aforesaid journeys.
That the sayd Pit and Mathews and the aforenamed commissioners may be sent for
to awnswere their abuse of your high authority in slightinge and contemninge your act
of Parliament.

And your petitioner as in all duty bownd shall ever pray

John Viner.

Ellen Bristoe, widow, one of the daughters of Sir John Drake deceased. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of Ellen Bristoe widdowe one of the daughters of
Sir John Drake late of Ash in the county of Devon knight deceased.

Sheweth
that your peticioners said father did in anno 1636 settle certaine lands upon Sir
Henry Rosewell since deceased and other trustees for raysinge portions for his sixe
daughters, whereof your peticioner was one, and theire father shortly after dyed duringe
your petitioners infancy; and Sir Henry tooke upon him the trust for your peticioner, and received
her porcion; whereof havinge payd to her a small part, he refused to pay any more, upon
pretence that your peticioners late husband John Briscoe deceased did serve his majesty in the late
wars, whereupon they did exhibit theire bill in Chauncery against Sir Henry and the other
trustees, and there it appeareinge upon hearinge the cause in July 1652, that Sir Henry
had received all her portion, which was then ascertayned to 1628 pounds 8 shillings besides what hee had
paid, hee was decreed to pay the same; but before any payment made hee dyed without issue seised
of the mannour of Lymington in the county of Somersett, worth 300 pounds per annum and other lands of
a good yearely vallue, and by will devised it to Dame Dorothy Rosewell his then wife and her
heires, but hath left noe personall estate, out of which your petitioner cann have any satisfaction.

That ever since his death the said Dame Dorothy his relict hath entred into the
said mannour and lands and hath ever since received the rentes and proffittes
thereof

Now forasmuch as your petitioner is destitute of all releife in the
ordinary courtes of justice, and cannot make the lands lyable to
her said decree but by an act of this High Court of Parliament
and forasmuch as the said money is all the subsistance that
your peticioner hath for herselfe and her fower poore father
lesse children, who are all reduced to a very sad and necessitous
condition.

Shee humbly prays, that this honourable
house would please upon consideration hereof
to pass an act, that such a proportion of the
said mannour may be sold by some persons in the
said act, named, as will satisfy your petitioner for her
said porcion with damages.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Abraham Vandenbenbe, esquire, heir of John Vandenbenbe. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of Abraham Vandenbenbe esquire heire of John Vandenbenbe
who was sonne of one of the daughters of Sir Peter Vanlore thelder knight decesed.

Humbly sheweth
that the said Sir Peter Vanlore in his life tyme that is in the moneth of July in the third
yeare of the raigne of the late King Charles over England by his indenture bearing the same date did
settle (amongst divers mannoures and lands the farme of Beenham in the county of Berkshire of the yearely
value of 200 pounds to the use of his sonne Sir Peter Vanlore for life, the remainder to the heires males of
his body and for want of such yssue, then one fifth part thereof to the heires females of the said Sir
Peter, one other fifth part to his daughter Mary the wife of Sir Edward Powell, one other fifth to
his daughter Katharine the wife of Sir Thomas Glenham, one other fifth part to his daughter Elizabeth
your petitioneres mother, and one other fifth part to his daughter Anne Cesar wife of Sir Charles Cesar and
to their severall and respective heires; that Sir Peter the elder dyed, that Sir Peter Vanlore the
younger dyed without yssue male leaving three daughters, that thereupon the severall persons aforesaid
into their severall partes aforesaid entred and by vertue thereof your petitioner with the rest of the said persons
are tenantes in coulour of the said farme of Beenham amongst other things

That Thomas Levingston esquire and Anne his wife daughter and heire of the said Anne Cesar who is deceased
about fower yeares since, entred and possessed themselves of the said farme, and have ever since received
the whole rentes and profittes thereof, and within that tyme have felled asmuch tymber and wood growing
upon the premisses as was worth 1600 pounds and upwardes and refuseth to give your petitioner any allowance for the same

That your petitioner exhibited a bill into the Chancery hoping thereby to have gayned an injunccion
for stopping of wast, but could not in respect your petitioner and the said Levingston and his wife
were tenantes in common, whereby your petitioner unles releived by your honoures is likely to loose
his part and share in the said wood and tymber and of the arreares of rent;

Your petitioner therefore humbly prayeth, that your honoures
wilbe pleased to give your petitioner such releife herein as to
your wisdomes shall seeme meete

And your petitioner shall
ever pray etc

• Abraham van den Bemde

The inhabitants of Lowestoft. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres of England
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the inhabitants of the towne of Lowestoft
in the county of Suffolke

Sheweth,
that your petitioners having time out of mind exercised a free trade of fishinge, and buying
herrings of the westerne fishery in the roades of Lowestoft aforesaid without molestacion untill lately the
inhabitants of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk taking advantage of your petitioners poverty occasioned by the
late warre, and a lamentable fire since consuming above 140 houses with their goods and tacklin in their
said towne, have by force and violence disturbed your petitioners in their buying of herrings, in the aforesaid roades
which tendes to the utter ruine and destruccion of your poore petitioners, and to the great hinderance and
damage, not only of the whole westerne fishery, consisting of many thousands (as appeares by their
certificate, but alsoe of this whole kingdome in generall

And whereas your petitioners did lately by peticion make their humble addresse to the Kings most excellent
majesty praying releife in this their sad condicion, whereuppon his majesty was graciously pleased in person together [with?]
the right honourable the lords of his Privy Councell to heare your petitioners said greivances. And thereuppon it was
ordered that both partyes should attend Master Attorney Generall who uppon consideracion of divers charters
acts of Parliament and orders, was to report unto his majesty the true state of the whole matter.

By vertue whereof Master Attorney Generall did heare and examine the whole businesse, and
did certefy his majesty the true state of the whole matter

Whereupon the third day of May instant it was ordered by his majesty in councell (in regard that the
determinacion of the difference depends uppon the validity of severall charters, acts of Parliament and [orders?]
of councell) that your petitioners should apply themselves to your lordshipps assembled in Parliament, to consider their [complaint?]
and to afford them such redresse, as your lordshipps shall uppon examinacion of the whole matter find to bee
just and fitt.

Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray, that your lordshipps would bee pleased to take the
examinacion of the matters in difference betweene your poore petitioners and the rich inhabitants
of Yarmouth into your honnours consideracion, whereby your petitioners may have such
releife, in this their sad condicion, the fisherry may bee preserved from decay
and ruine; and such inconveniencyes as tend to the damage and prejudice of
this nation in generall may bee taken away and removed; as to your honnours
grave wisdome, shall seeme most just and meete.

And your petitioners as in all duty bound shall for ever pray etc

Peticion of the inhabitants
of Lowestoft in the county
of Suffolke

Dorothea Gifford, widow. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Highe
Court of Parlyament.

The petition of Dorothea Gifford widdow humbly
sheweth

That whereas there hath bin tedious suites, depending in Chancery, betweene your petitioner
and one Master Cambell, for the recovery of her just right in thirty six messhuages in Saint
Giles, in the Feilds, in the county of Middlesex, to your petitioners almost utter ruine of her
selfe; and children; and whereas for the prevention thereof by joynt consent of parties
it was long since referred to the finall determination of Challoner Chute esquire
whoe accordingly did award, that the profitts of the estate in question should be enjoyed
by Master Cambell, till the sixt of May 1660 and noe longer, and that then the
posession thereof should be delivered to your petitioner to hould during the residue
of the terme to come, which was accordingly decreed in Chancery, yet notwithstanding
your petitioner hath not enjoyed, the benefitt of that decree, or any part there of,
but was forced to commence her suite att lawe for the same; and Mistress [Cambell?] the
relict of the said Master Cambell did last Michelmas terme move in Chancery to stop your
petitioners proceedings att lawe, which was then denyed by that honourable court, and your petitioner
left att liberty to proceede; whoe last Hillary terme commenced an action of ejectment in
his majesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster for the recovery of the said thirty six
messhuages whereupon it was moved by councell this Easter terme that the Lord
Mohun might be admitted defendant therein, but the court being satisfied that Mistress
Cambell did sue in Chancery as administratrix and that the interest was only in
her did not thinke fitt to allowe it, unlesse his honour whould wave his privelidge
of Parlyament and goe to tryall; since which tyme there is an order of this honourable
house to stay your petitioners further proceeding att lawe to the ruine of her and seaven
children, the lease of the estate in question being neare expiring:

The premisses considered
your petitioner humbly prayeth that your honours whould be pleased
to repeale the said order and to permitt your petitioner to
proceede att lawe for the recovery of her right

And your petitioner shall ever pray

Henry, earl of Sterling, Sir Robert Crooke, Suzan his wife, Henry Alexander and Jacoba his wife. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Henry Earle of Sterling and heire of Mary Countes of Sterling deceased
Sir Robert Crooke knight and Dame Suzan his wife and Henry Alexander alias Zinzan esquire and Jacoba
his wife, the said Countes Dame Suzan and Jacoba being daughters and heires of Sir Peter Vanlore the
younger deceased who was only sonne of Sir Peter Vanlore the elder deceased, and cousins and coheires
of Dame Mary Powell late wife of Sir Edward Powell deceased one of the daughters of old Sir Peter

Sheweth
that your peticioners did in the late Parliament begun and held at Westminster upon the 25th of Aprill in the 12th yeare of his
majesties raigne humbly peticion your lordshipps that certaine fynes and the indentures leading the uses thereof
whereby your petitioners are disinherited might be vacated as being obtained by force and fraud from the said Dame Mary
Powell, by Thomas Levingston esquire and Anne his wife and their complices.

That after a long examinacion of the matter of fact, and the witnesses and councell on both sides fully heard, your lordshipps
upon consideracion of the premisses were pleased upon the 24th of November last to resolve that the said fynes were
obtained by force and after on the 26th day of the said November, your lordships ordered that a bill should be
brought in to your lordshipps for the vacating of the said fynes, which being done and passed by your lordshipps was afterwards
sent downe to the House of Commons, where it was once read, but by reason of the shortnes of the Parliament and
other busines of publique concernement interveneing, it could then proceed no further:

In tender consideracion whereof, and forasmuch as your petitioners do still suffer the losse of
a very great inheritance by occasion of those assurances so illegally and unjustly obtained
as your lordshipps have formerly heard:

May it please your lordshipps to admitt your petitioners to tender the like bill to
your lordshipps this present session of Parliament or to vacate, (if not the fynes)
at least the indentures leading the uses thereof by some judiciall order
that the same may never more bee given in evidence in any courte
whatsoever:

And your peticioners shall pray etc.

• Susan Croke
• Robert Croke Sterling
• Harry Zinzan

Henry Evett, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled
in Parliament

The humble peticion of Henry Evett gentleman

Sheweth
that in Trinity terme 1657 your petitioner obteyned a judgment against one Richard
Ayleworth esquire in the Court of Common Pleas for 260 pounds damages in an accion of the case
which judgment the sayd Ayleworth by writt of errour removed into the Court of Kings Bench where
the same was affirmed in Easter terme 1659

That the sayd Ayleworth to further charge and delay your petitioner after two other writts of
errour by him brought retornable in the late pretended Parliament did in December last bring
another writt of errour retornable before your honours in the last Parliament and hath never
prosecuted the same nor assigned any errour thereupon

The premisses considered your petitioner humbly prayes that your honours wilbee
pleased to appoynt the sayd Ayleworth within a short tyme to assigne
errour or else to remitt the record whereby your petitioner may have the benefitt
of his judgment and increase of costs according to lawe

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Henry Evett

Thomas Bushell, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the House of Peeres.

The humble peticion of Thomas Bushell esquire.

Sheweth
that whereas your peticioner had an order from your lordshipps in the late Parliament to the gaoler of
Newgate to attend them de die in diem upon complaint of the great sufferings of your peticioner by a
wrongfull imprisonment and contrary to Parliament articles made by consent of his late majestie
for debts contracted in his service

Now soe it is may it please your lordshipps that by the malicious practice of one Crofts, Mary
Edney and Ogden an attorney of the Court of Exchequer sueing the sherriffe for an escape your peticioner
was brought back into prison when hee was upon his bedd of sicknes dureing the session of the said
Parliament contrary to all president and fundamentall priviledges of Parliament

And now in regard common sence would never have suffered your peticioner (then so
sencible of his said condicion) to have come within the verge of a bailiffes or sergeants arrest
had hee not bin assured of those articles of honour graunted him by the House of Peers
to bee punctually made good in protecting your peticioners person untill by the restoracion of
his estate hee were capable of satisfying his creditours.

Itt is therefore humbly prayed that your peticioners articles may bee ratified by
your honours clemency after soe longe and great sufferings, and that the order for
the commitment of the aforesaid Crofts Mary Edney and Ogden together with
one Dyer another of your peticioners refractory creditours may bee renewed
whereby they may bee made exemplary for their contempt and opprobrious
language against your lordshipps that the same measure of justice may bee shewed
to those who conspired such an affront against the authoritie of your supreame
power as your predecessours did when your peticioner was first arrested
upon the same score as by the said order appeareth since your peticioners losses
are thereby irreparable, all those his conscionable creditours dissatisfied
and your peticioner utterly ruined by the crueltie and inhumanitie of these
their unchristianlike proceedings

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc.

• Thomas Bushell

Bridgett Robinson, widow of John Robinson. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall in the upper house of Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Bridgett Robinson widdow of
John Robinson deceased.

Sheweth
that your petitioners husband (being an able orthodox devine (was
well beneficed in the diocesse of Cloyne in his majesties kingdome of Ireland)
and somtime chaplaine to Bishopp Sing) served his late majestie (of blessed
memory) in the late warr, as well by the sword, as with the word, in England Ireland
and Wales, till the fight at Worcester, about which time he lost his life, haveing
before that lost all his estate (being of considerable value) for his loyaltie
as appeares by certificate under the hands of divers persons of honour here
unto annexed. And your petitioner being left with five small children, haveing
nothing where with all to support them, by reason of her said losses, and hath
hitherto had no reparacion, so that she is reduced to a very meane condicion
and likely to come to great want and misery unlesse she be speedily releived.

Wherefore your petitioner humbly prayes; that this
honourable house will be pleased, (in consideracion of the sad
and lamentable condicion of your petitioner) to contribute some=
=thing to the necessities of your petitioner or to afford her such
releife for the maintenance of her and her children
as this honourable house in wisdomes shall seeme meette

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

Sir Allen Zouche. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords
assembled in Parliament

The humble petition off Sir Allen Zouche

Humbley sheweth
that your petitioner is one off his majesties sworne
servantes in ordinary, gentleman pentioner and that
by the unfortunatenesse off the late troubles hath
involved himselfe into a greater debt, then att
present he cann possible satisfie he havinge
greater debts owinge unto him farre then he doth
owe: which beeinge recovered he might satisfie all
his creditors and that by the violence and malice
off some off his creditors hee is closely imprisoned
whearby hee is impeded to doe his majesty servise
accordinge to his oath or to recover what is
due to him:

Humbly prayeth
that your lordshipps will please to grant him
a habeas corpus, to bringe his person
and causes before your lordshipps and to shew
him such favoure, as your lordshipps shall
thinke meet. And hath been demonstrated
to to others in precedent Parliaments
in the like case, as presidents cann
be produced: and are anixed hearunto

And your petitioner shall
ever pray etc.

• Allin Zouche

The bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres of England in
Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the bayliffs of the towne of Great
Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk in behalfe of themselves and
that corporacion:

Sheweth
that your petitioner having on the 30th of May last past and not before beene served with an
order made by your honours in Parliament assembled for hearing the matter betweene the
inhabitants of the towne of Lowstoffe in the county of Suffolk and the inhabitants of the said towne of
Great Yarmouth concerning a free trade of fishing and buying herings of the westerne fishery before
your honours on the seaventh day of this instant June.

And that in regard of the distance of the place being a hundred miles from the citty of Westminster
the bringing thither of many aged and other witnesses some whereof are at present at sea, the
searching above for private acts of Parliament and other records had and made on the behalfe of your
petitioners the assembling and holding a common councill of the said corporacion for taking out of the
comon custody there, and sending upp many ansient and later charters and other evidences and for
the impowring and instructing of partyes to defend adviseing with councill and other requisites
therein, your petitioners cannot in so short space bee duly prepared and fitted to attend the said hearing
and to assert and prove their right in the matters complained of, the same having of long time beene
controverted, yet ever established and continued with your petitioners to this day.

Wherefore your petitioners most humbly pray that your honours would bee
pleased to appoint some further day for hearing the said cause as (the
premisses considered) to your honours shall seeme meete.

And your petitioners shall pray etc.

• Nicholas Cutting
• James Symonds baylifes

The humble petition of
the bayliffs of Great Yarmouth

Francis Lovelace, esquire, son of Richard Lord Lovelace, deceased. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Francis Lovelace esquire second sonne to Richard Lord Lovelace baron
of Hurley deceased.

Sheweth
that your peticioner being inveigled to marry without the privity of his relacions
and much belowe his quallity and condicion and without any porcion, afterwards by the like
circumvencion and cozenage was induced to settle his whole estate of a considerable valew
to feffees upon trusts to the seperatt seperate use of his sayd wife.

That in short time after the petitioner was and still is unjustly excluded not onely from enjoying
the estate soe setled to his wives use, which in justice (though as in her right) hee ought to partake
of but alsoe from cohabitacion with her.

That there being noe judicature now in being the courts of the Starre Chamber and High
Commission being dissolved (in which such misdemeanors and practises were usually punished
and redressed) for the petitioner to appeale unto but to your lordshipps in Parliament.

Your peticioner humbly prayes that your honors would please to send
for the confederates in the cozenage and circumvention aforesayd
whose names are hereunder written and give a heareing to your peticioners
case by the paper annexed the same is stated and to give such remeady
and redresse to the petitioner as shalbee just.

And your petitioner shall pray etc.

• Francis Lovelace


• Ann Kinge widdow.


• Ann Lovelace.


• George Day esquire.


• Rowland Jewekes esquire.


• Dennis Andrews.

Henry Ayscoughe, prisoner in the Fleet. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords and peeres assembled in the
Parliament

The humble peticion and appeale of Henry Ayscoughe prisoner in the Fleete.

Sheweth
that John Anton of Halton Holgate in the county of Lincolne, to free Richard Catterton his suerty as farr as able 1622 conveyed his lands
with a chattell lease, and certaine goods for 700 pounds thereof and then rann his country, leaving Catterton att stake to pay all debts bound for, whereby
hee dyed in greate debt, leaving the lands to be ingaged upon a statute, which after Anne his relict in hopes to hold if redeamed [illegible] tooke letters of
administracion bought in the statute, and married with your peticioner, who paid all other debts for which causes they had the lands decreed till repaid by
Cattertons heires.

That Anton lived long after Catterton neither claiminge lands or accompts of your peticioner but one John Anton after his death getting all Cattertons
counter deeds and accompts given his unckle sweares falsly hee was dead intestate, soe gott letters of administracion files his bill in Chancery against
your peticioners and Cattertons coheires in Michaelmas term 1646 to recover the lands, and bring your peticioner to accompt as Cattertons administrator
his wife being dead (for his unckles goods spent by paying his debts 20 yeares before and for profitts of the lands decreed as aforesaid.

That in Trinity tearm 1649 the plaintiff brings this cause to heareing yet gott noe decretall order but after by combinacion with John Cock the father
his solicitor procures one John Caterton the coheires unckle for a bribe of tenn pound and his charges borne, presently to come to London with the
plaintiffe to John Cock the sonne, who gott an answer drawne for the said Catterton and him sworne thereto and sent away without heareing the bill
read, or what was in the answer, being illiterate; and the said Cock getting the bill from the file in Trinity vacation scroles out the coheires
names, and over them inserts there unckles leavinge in your peticioner and files this answer all which acts was long kept private.

That in Michaelmas tearme next the plaintiffe and his confederates gott a decretall order upon readinge this now defendants answer without
permitting your peticioner to make any answer to this altered bill, or have his deeds and proofes read in court, or the coheires called to defend there
title; whereupon your peticioner was against law and equity forced to account for the aforesaid goods and profitts of the lands whereupon two false reports
[weere?] made and two decrees thereon against your petitioner; all in his absence, caused by extreame sickness and other greate afflictions through
witchcraft upon these aforesaid actings.

That by [one?] decree this now defendant was to reconvey the lands although hee disclaymed to have any right whereas the coheires scroled out claymed the same and there title
yet undetermind by the court and the plaintiff in May 1651 tooke the lands unlawfully from your peticioner without payment of a penny contrary to his bill and
true intent of the decretall order, there beinge 2000 pounds due to your peticioner in justice and equity and the plaintiff to gett an injunction to hold the lands sweares
again most falsly and soe gott the same and dams up the law against your peticioners proceedings that hee could never since have releife for want of justice.

For that by the other decree your peticioner is charged with 564 pounds said for profitts of those lands soe decreed upon him there being noe proofe hee had made soe much as paid
yett for non payment thereof your peticioner upon a pretended contempt though not served with the decree for the lands in May 1652 was dragged
out of his naked bed blinde, deafe, and soe sick and weake hee was not able to remove himselfe but haled into a [cart?] and hurryed upp and doone 3
weekes in that miserable condition [that?] the plaintiffe and his cruell agents and soe layd doone att the Fleete Gate where hee lay 3 houres upon the stones ere
receaved in, where also hee hath lyen long in a miserable condicion to his farther damage of 2000 pounds

That although those decrees are erroneous, unrighteous and illegally obtayned, yett soe tender weere the lords comissioners of decrees once
passed under seale though never so surreptiously [illegible] gott your peticioner could not procure a review and heareing the [errours?] misdemeanours
and proofs upon the merritt of his cause for that by taking away his estate hee is disabled to pay the 564 pounds soe farther unjustly charged against
him by which dealing, if still permitted any man may be undone and your peticioners cause made a precident and hee distroyed in prison for
want of justice if your honours (whome the greate God of Heaven hath called againe to doe justice will not releive him.

May itt therefore please your honours heare this cause and doe him justice comanding the said Anton and his
confederates come before your honours and answer the premisses; and that hee may produce all such wrytings [as?]
heretofore come to his hands touchinge the same which by view thereof with your peticioners deeds, and proofes in wrytings
upon oath will cleere his sad complaint whereby in justice hee may bee discharged from his long imprisonment
and have satisfacion for his greate damages susteyned by his cruell oppressors.

And your peticioner with his wife and children as ever bound shall
pray for your honours etc.

Henry Ayscough

Henry Aysscoughe, gentleman, prisoner in the Fleet. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the right honourable the Parlament of England in
the Lordes House of Peers assembled

The humble pettion of Henry Aysscoughe gentleman prisoner in the Fleet

Sheweth
that your pettioner presented his pettion and appeale to your honours the last Parlament which
continued on fyle the 5 or 6 cause untill the end and remaines yet on file
being dayly persued ever since the first fyleing therof which pettion sheweth
thoe in short for the severalityes of the matters your pettioner hath beine kept
in prison ever since May 1652: through perjuery scroleing out defendantes names
with your pettioners and leaveing in his after the heareing the cause and incerting one
who swore to an answere got drawne by the plainants sollicitor he never heard
read for a bribe of 10 pounds which new cause was presently heard upon that pretended
answere and a decretall order made ther upon against your pettioner without permitt
ing him either deedes or proves read in court and upon that order two
falce reportes in your pettioners absence caused by witchcraft which tooke
away his eye sight a longe tyme strikeing him deafe ever since March
1649: with other great afliciones to his great damages as by your pettioners
afforesaid pettion and appeale to your honours is truly shewed

The premisses duly considered may it please your honours permitt your pettioners
afforesaid pettion to be read for obteyning your order of sommones to
heare his cause soe longe duly attended wherby in justice he may
be discharged his imprisonment and restored in his estate and damages
susteyned by his crewell adversaries

And your pettioner with his wife and children shall ever pray etc

Henry Aysscoughe

Scudamore Pitt, esquire, and Dame Katherin his wife. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

The petition of
Scudamore Pitt and
Dame Katherin his wife

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Scudamore Pitt esquire and Dame Katherin his wife
the relict of Sir Thomas Brumley knight deceased

Sheweth
that in Easter terme 1647 the petitioners exhibited their bill of complaint in the High Court of Chancery against Henry Bromley esquire
sonne and heir of the said Sir Thomas Bromley, Sir Richard Lee knight and Joseph Walsh esquire defendantes the scope whereof was to enjoine the
defendant Sir Richard Lee and Walsh to assigne unto the petitioners the remainder of a terme for years of the mannour of Wyke in the countie of
Worcester worth 500 pounds per annum, which they held in trust for the peticioner Dame Katherin by grant from Sir Thomas Bromley or Sir Henry
his father for your petitioner Dame Katherins jointure, in recompence of 2000 pounds marriage porcion which was paid to her said husband Sir Thomas
Bromley and for the mean profittes of the premises received by the defendant Henry Bromley from the death of the father which then amounted to 4000 pounds
or thereaboutes.

That in Trinitie term 1650 the cause came regularly to be heard at the rolles before the then Master of the Rolles assisted with two
judges, where upon full debate by councell learned on both sides, and upon reading the proofes taken in the cause, it was decreed that the petitioners should
have the possession of the said mannour, to hold during the residue of the term, if your petitioner Dame Katherin should soe long live, and that the defendant
Henry Bromley should pay arrears to the petitioners due from the death of the said Sir Thomas Bromley: which decree was drawne up, and signed by
the said Master of the Rolls accordingly; but the signing of the same by the then lords commissioners for the great seale of England was then powerfully staid
by the said Henry Bromley and obtained the cause to be reheard before the said then comissioners in the said Court of Chancery, where the then
comissioners for the said great seale Master Whitlock, Master Kible and Master Lisle taking prejudice against your petitioner Scudamore Pitt for loyaltie to his late
majestie and of your petitioners disaffection to the then government told your petitioners in court that if they would not take 150 pounds per annum and release the arrears and
levy a fine of the said mannour unto the defendant Henry Bromley, that your petitioners should have nothing at all; for that the former decree should
not passe, and gave your petitioners a weekes time to consider of it, and give answere thereunto.

That your petitioners being much terrified with the said peremptory prosecucion and resolucion of the said comissioners were inforced to consent and agree to
the said proposalls and thereupon at an other day (to your petitioners great disadvantage) the former decree was sett aside and a new decree made to the
purpose aforesaid and that thereby the said Henry Bromley should paie the petitioners during the life of your petitioner Dame Katherine 150 pounds per annum and noe
more. To the damage of your petitioners 4000 pounds for the arrears, and 350 pounds per annum for the value of the said mannour ever since.

That your petitioners for feare of ruine and perpetuall imprisonment in case of contempt, have bin inforced to submitt to the said unjust
decree.

The premises considered and forasmuch as the said Henry Bromley and Joseph Walsh are since dead, and the said Sir Richard Lee
is the surviving trustee, and for that the petitioners have noe ordinary releife in Chancery to reverse the said decree by reason of the
submitting to the proposalls of the said comissioners which is by the said decree taken to be and amount unto a voluntary consent, and is soe
expressly sett downe in the said latter decree; in regard the said proposicion was in abuse of justice and in an arbitrary way, and if
there were ground to give 150 pounds per annum, there was in like manner for the whole estate, there being nothing in yssue concerning 150 pounds
per annum, and your petitioners consent ought not to bind them, being soe unduely extorted from them by threats that if they would not accept that
they should have nothing and your petitioners doe onely desire that the cause may be judicially heard and determined and not smoothered
in such an unjust and arbitrary proceeding.

May it please your good lordshipps to vouchsafe to give a hearing to the cause, and to grant the petitioners the sum=
=mons of this honourable court, to be directed unto Henry Bromley esquire sonne and heir of the said defendant Henry Bromley
and Sir Richard Lee to attend this honourable house at the hearing thereof; to shew cause if they can why the said
first decree made at the rolls, should not be enrolled and the said latter decree should not be reversed and
made null and voyd; or the cause be heard before your lordshipps and your petitioners releived therein according to
what your lordships shall find just

And your petitioners shall pray etc

• Scudamore Pytts

Nicholas, earl of Banbury. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the Kings most excellent majesty

The humble peticion of Nicholas Earle of Banbury

Humbly sheweth
that your majesties royall father King Charles by his letteres patentes under the great seale
of England beareing date 18o Augusti 2o Caroli for the great and many services done by your
petitioners father Sir William Knollis knight and Viscount Wallingford granted to him and the heires males
of his body issueing the name title and dignity of Earle of Banbury with all priviledges of seate
and voice in Parliament as other peeres of the kingdome had as by the said letteres patentes more fully
appeares.

That the said earle after marrying Elizabeth daughter of the Earle of Suffolke had issue by her
Edward his eldest sonne who dyed without issue, and your petitioner was borne in January 1630 about
a yeare and halfe before the said earles death.

That your petitioner as sonne and heire of the said late earle sate in the last Parliament as Earle of
Banbury as of right he might, and hath used and had all priviledges as other earles there, but
haveing noe writt of sommons to this present Parliament from your majesty as other the peeres have
hath forborne to sitt there, although he hath done nothing to deprive him of his title thereunto
nor to his knowledge to incurr your majesties displeasure.

Your petitioner therefore [humbly?] prayes that your majesty wilbe graciously pleased that
he may have a writt of summons to this Parliament as Earle of Banburie and enjoy all
the precedencyes and priviledges thereunto belonging granted by your majesties royall father
by the said letteres patentes.

And your petitioner shall acknowledge your majesties justice therein with due
gratitude and with all alacrity and fidelity endeavour to serve your majesty with his
life and fortune, and ever pray for your majesties long and happy raigne

Banbury

Roman Catholic subjects. HL/PO/JO/10/1/304 (1661)

To the most honourable the House of Peeres in this present Parliament
assembled

The humble petition of divers of his majesty his most loyall and most
obedient Roman Catholick subjects in the name of themselves
and [illegible] others of that perswasion

Humbly sheweth

That whereas your petitioners having for the space of 80 yeares
and upwards with all patience and submission groaned under grievious afflictions through
the heavy penalties and incapacities layed upon those of theire religion by severall
laws still in force against them, but (above all) by having theire unalterable loyalty
to his majesty his sacred person, crowne and dignity brought daily in question by the
pressing upon them certain oathes which they in no wayes refuse to take for any
expression in them necessary to the assurance of theire exact fidelity, duty and allegiance
doe at length presume to implore the favor of this honourable house towards the procuring
them some ease and relief in theire sad condition. They are farre from laying aspersions
upon the former times, wherein such severe lawes were made against them it hath beene
Gods will to make the generality of Catholicks suffer so long for the faults of [some?]
ill men, but they humbly conceave that they may with modesty enough
represent unto your lordships the unblemishable fidelity wherewith all those of that
profession (without exception) have adhered unto his majesty in times of so great
defection from loyalty and (upon that ground) that they may reasonably hope
not to be excluded from the benefitt of his majesty his gracious intentions
to all his subjects in generall in point of tender consciences which he
hath beene pleased soe piously to expresse in severall declarations and particularly
in the poinct of oathes so penned as might occasion scruple

And your petitioners being most confident that (upon
this humble representation) your lordships will
lay so just a suite to heart they do (as to
the manner of obtaining it) leave all
to your great wisdome and piety

And shall daily pray etc

• Thomas Arundell
• Francis Carington alias Smith
• G [Blounts?]
• William Courtenay
• Samuel [Tuke?]

Lord Mohun. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled

The humble peticion of the Lord Mohun

Sheweth
that Joseph Bastard a servant of your petitioners was arrested by
Master Bolton at the suite of one [Neve?] within the twenty dayes after
the dissolution of the last Parliament, and still detayned prisoner
contrary to the priviledges of Parliament

That your petitioner doth hereby avow to your lordships that the
sayd Joseph Bastard is servant to your peticioner, and was so at the
time of the arrest and hath been so for severall yeares

That this business haveing been complayned of, and heard by
your lordships you were pleased to order that your peticioners sayd
servant should bee released in case your peticioner would avow
him to bee his servant

Now in regard your peticioner hath satisfied your
lordships in that poynt

Hee humbly prayes the order of this house for
release of his sayd servant, and such exemplary
justice upon Bolton and [Neve?] for breach of
priviledges as to your lordships justice and
wisedome shall seem meet

And your peticioner shall pray

Mohun

Colonel Thomas Veale. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the Howse of Lords

The humble peticion of Collonel Thomas Veale

Sheweth
that your petitioner about 20ty yeares since became bound with, and as surety for Arthur Keymis
of Weetweek in the county of Gloucester esquire and for William Keymis his sonne and heire in 3 severall
bonds the one of 200 pounds for payment of 100 pounds another of 200 pounds for payment of 100 pounds or thereabouts and a 3d
of 100 pounds for payment of 50 pounds or thereabouts

That the said Arthur being seized of an estate in landes to the value of 5000 pounds did entaile the same
specially upon his heires [etc?], and died soe seized

That the said William died before his said father, and noe issue male surviveing the said estate
by vertue of the said entaile is descended to Annis now the wife of Master Robert Browne Isabell late
wife of Master Collett Katherine now the wife of Master Francis Coalman and Sara Keymis spinster
daughters sisters and coeheirs of the said William

That the said bonds being altogether unsatisfied your petitioner is sued on the same and the obligees
threaten to inforce your petitioner to pay the penalties therof notwithstanding the said coheirs and their
husbands refuse to pay the same or discharge or save your petitioner harmles pretending the said landes
came to them by right of the said entaile, and soe they are not lyable to discharge the said bonds
but will lay the whole burthen therof on your petitioner

Now forasmuch as your petitioner hath no remedy in law or equity to inforce the said coeheirs or
their husbands to discharge the said bonds though they ought to doe the same haveing soe
great an advantage by the death of the said William and his heirs males, and the rather in
regard your petitioner hath been a very great sufferer in these late times for his loialty to his
majesty and his late father of ever blessed memory having raised a regiment of foot and a
troop of horse at his owne charge, and never received any pay and hath [lost?] and expended
above 12000 pounds to his utter ruine and must lie in goale for those debts unles releived

And forasmuch as the said money was borrowed and imployed for the purchase of other landes
which have since been enjoyed by the said coeheirs and their husbandes or some of them

Your petitioner therefore humbly beseecheth your lordshipps to take your petitioners sad
condicion into your pious consideracion, and order the said coeheires, and
their husbandes to appeare before your lordshipps, and shew cause (if they cann)
why they should not discharge and save your petitioner harmles from the said
bondes

And your petitioner (as bound) will pray etc

• Thomas Veel

Colonell Veales
peticion

Challenor Chute, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of Challenor Chute esquire

Sheweth
that Sir Edward Powell and Dame Mary his wife having aboute in Trinity terme 1651
by fine acknowledged before one of the then judges of the Common Pleas and deed duely executed setled the
castle and parke of the Devizes in Wiltshire upon Mistress Ann Levingston the Lady Powells neice and her heires. And
the said Lady Powell whose inheritance the premisses were dying afterwards before the said fine was
perfected, complainte was made by the Countess of Sterling and others that claymed as coheires to Sir Peter
Vanlire in the Court of Comon Pleas against the said fine and other fines acknowledged by the Lady Powell
as gotten by some fraud.

That thereupon all the judges of that co court after 16 severall dayes spent in examinacion of that
complaint and upon hearing of the testimony of very many witnesses then produced concerning the same and
[illegible] did adjudge that the said fine should bee proceeded
in and perfected.

That afterwards your peticioners father did in 1656 purchase the premisses in Wiltshire of the said Mistress
Levingston and her husband at the price of [7205?] pounds being the full value thereof

Your peticioners therefore humbly prayeth that in as much as fines are the
highest assurance which any man can have in this kingdome for the
enjoying of his estate, your honours would not by a subsequent law disinheritt
your peticioners but that the said fine after soe solemne examinacion and
allowance by the judges may stand at least as to the supportacion of your
peticioners interest, hee being noe wayes concerned in the procuring of the said
fine by but clayming by purchase for valuable consideracions under it.

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc.

Chaloner Chute

Constantine Skynner, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Constantine Skynner esquire

Sheweth
that your petitioner in July anno domini 1656 did purchase of Thomas Levingston esquire and Anne his
wife landes in Barkshire and in severall other countyes of the yearely value of about 350 pounds for which he
payd the summe of 6500 pounds and your petitioner hath quietly enjoyed the same under the said conveyance and is
still in the possession thereof, but understanding that by some persons who claime as heyres of young Sir
Peter Vanlore a bill is presented to your lordshipps to vacate the same and thereby defeate your petitioners
estate,

Your petitioner humbly represents to your honours that before his purchase he was assured by eminente
counsell learned in the lawes of this kingdome that the said Thomas Levingston and Anne had a good
estate both in law and equitie unto the said land derived unto the said Anne by severall fynes levyed by
Sir Edward Powell and Dame Mary his wife (one of the daughters of Sir Peter Vanlore the elder) almost 10
yeares past and in Hillary terme 1651 adjudged to be perfected by the judges of the Court of Common Pleas
after two whole termes examinacion of all things objected against them (that court being the proper
court for examinacion of fynes and reguler levying thereof) and that your petitioner might securely
purchase the same,

And therefore doth humbly pray that he may not bee devested of his freehold and
inheritance but that he may bee permitted to enjoy what he hath soe dearely purchased
according to the knowne established lawes of this kingdome,

And your petitioner shall ever pray, etc.

Constantine Skynner

Awbrey de Vere, earl of Oxford. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the Kings most excellent majestie

The humble petition of Awbrey de Vere Earle of Oxford

Sheweth
that your peticioner is lawfully entitled to the office and place of Great Chamberlaine of England with
all the rights and priviledges thereunto belonginge.

That in or about the first yeare of the raigne of your royall father a peticion was exhibited to his majestie
against your peticioners father, by the father of the Earle of Lyndsey that now is.

In which peticion the Earle of Lyndsey's father claymed both the earledome of Oxford and office of Great
Chamberlaine of England, and the matter of that peticion was referred by your majesties royall father to
the peeres then sitting in Parliament to the end that they by the advice of the judges assistant might
certifie their opinions to his majestie.

That upon this reference the right of your peticioners father to the earledome of Oxford was certified to
be cleare, and that without one dissenting voyce

But as to his right to the office of Great Chamberlaine there was an equall difference of opinion for some
tyme, the Lord Cheife Baron Walter and the Lord Cheife Justice Crew being fully satisfied that the right
was in your peticioners father, though Justice Dodridge and Justice Yelverton were of another mynde
untill at last by the casting voyce of Baron Trevor who came in at the end of the debate as your
peticioner hath beene informed, the opinions were made three against two, and thereupon their lordships
were induced to advise his late majestie to conferre the said office on the Earle of Lyndsey.

Ever since which tyme the said office of Great Chamberlaine hath beene held by the said Earle of
Lyndsey and his sonne Mountague Earle of Lyndsey who claymeth it as his inheritance.

Now forasmuch as the right of your peticioner stands prejudiced by that single opinion only and
that the weight of this case may well deserve a more full and cleare determination.

Your peticioner humbly prayeth that your majestie would be graciously pleased to appoynt the
case concerneing the said office of Great Chamberlaine of England to be reheard by the peeres
now sitting in Parliament. And that they with the assistance of the judges may re-examine your
peticioners title to the said office that so your majestie being fully informed, right may be
done to your peticioner in the premisses and that the said Mountague now Earle of
Lyndsey may shew what right and title he hath unto the said office and chamberlaineship
and make answere unto the premisses and your petitioner shall ever pray for
your majesties long and happy raigne

Charles, earl of Derby. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the King's most excellent majestie

The most humble peticion of Charles
Earle of Derby.

Sheweth
that Edward Vere late Earle of Oxford and
Lord High Chamberlaine of England, had issue onely
one sonne Henry and three daughters videlicet Elizabeth
Briget and Susan, and dyed anno domini 1604 after
whose death his sonne Henry was Earle of Oxford and
Lord High Chamberlaine and dyed some yeares since
without issue, by and since whose death the sayd office
of Lord High Chamberlaine ought to descend and come unto
your peticioner he being grand sonne and heire of Elizabeth
the eldest sister of the sayd Henry, wherefore he humbly
prayeth

That your sacred majestie would be graciously
pleased to referre the hearing and determining
of your peticioners right and title to the sayd
office to the most noble peeres assembled
in Parliament who with the assistance of the
reverend judges, may doe your peticioner
right according to the merit of his cause.
And your majesties peticioner (as however by duty
and allegeance bound shall ever pray
for your majestie's long and happy reigne

Derby

Giles Date of Blackfryers, London, weaver. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled
in Parliament

The humble peticion of Giles Date of Blackfryers
London weaver.

Sheweth
that wheras by an order of the House of Peeres (a copy
wherof is hereunto annexed) the right honourable Edward Marquis
of Worcester was restored to all his possessions, and the tenantes
were required to stay all rentes, yet notwithstanding one
Andrew Wonley gentleman hath sued your peticioner for the rent
of a house in Blackfryars upon a pretended title from the
state (soe lately called) which was part of the possessions of the
said marquis, and your peticioner is like to be taken in execucion
for his obedience to the order aforesaid

Your peticioner humbly prayes your lordshipps
wilbe pleased to order the stay of the said
Wonleys proceedings, or take some other order
for your peticioners releif

And your petitioner shall pray etc

Giles Date

Leticia Bedloo. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Letitia Bedloo widow relict of Erasmus
Bedloo sonne of Isaac Bedloo merchant deceased.

Humbly sheweth
that the participantes of the levell of Hatfeild Chase did about the 12th
yeare of his late majesties raigne engage your petitioners father in law Isaac Bedlow to build a
church and ministers house in that levell and promised to pay him for the same.

That he did build a church and ministers house for them, but he received very
little moneys.

That your petitioner humbly preferred a peticion to your honours at your last sitting desiring your lordships that
some provision might be made for satisfaccion of the remainder of the said debt,
which remainder besides interest amounted to 1159 pounds. 3 shillings. 9 pence; your lordships were pleased
to make some progresse in the same

That thereupon Master Gibbons Master Defleet and severall other of the most eminent
participantes (to the end your petitioner should not any wise obstruct their busines before your lordships)
desired her to desist, and promised that they would forthwith pay her what was remayning
of the said debt, and gave her a writing under their handes accordingly.

That your petitioner relying on the honour and justice of the said gentlemen did desist and returned your
lordships her humble thankes for haveing interposed therein, and desired your lordships on their
behalfe that they might have an order, for their possession, they haveing given
her satisfaccion for her debt as aforesaid.

That your petitioner hath severall times since attended them in demand thereof but hath
not got one penny towardes the same.

Now for as much as your petitioner hath very pressing occasions for her
moneys and is like to be long delayed and put to trouble to gett the same unlesse
she shall by your honoures favour.

Shee humbly prayes that your lordships will please once more to
interpose, that she may have the money's so long due and so often
promised to be paid before your honours proceed to confirme the
said levill to the said participantes.

And she shall ever pray etc.

• Letitia Bedloo

The humble petition of Leticia
Bedloo

The masters and owners of shipping trading to and from several ports. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of the masters and owners of shipping
tradeing to and from severall portes in this kingdome.

Sheweth.
That it being necessarie to your petitioners to use ballast for the sayling their shipps, and often to
exchange the same in the severall ports of this nation, which they have tyme out of mind done without
payeing any thing or very smale duties for the same except in the River of Thames.

That of late a ballast office is erected in every port towne by James Halsall, Edward Halsall, and
John Walter under pretence of a pattent to them graunted unto whome your petitioners are constrained to
pay such excessive fees and duties as many times farr exceedes all the profitt they make upon their
voyages with the hazard of their lives and estates not only exacting great rates upon the ballast wee gett
at our owne cost and labour but many times constrayneing us to pay for fower times asmuch as wee
really take, and alsoe takeing money from us, when wee take no ballast at all, all which wee humbly
conceive to bee directly against the lawe, inconcistant with the priviledges wee have soe long enjoyed, and
if not speedily prevented by your lordshipps will necessarily prove a great discouragement if not a great
distruccion to navigation.

Your petitioners therefore most humbly pray that your lordshipps would bee pleased
graciously to releive them in the premisses that soe they may enjoy the benefitt of
their owne labour which is purchased with (no lesse then the daily hazard of their
lives and estates.

• James Dixon
• Thomas Jobson
• William Rogers
• James Elliott
• Richard Webster
• Robert Pulmam


• John Bowles
• George Starman
• Hugh Stevens
• Simon Rogers
• Peter Williams
• John Jenkins


• John Dobson
• William Aston
• John [J..ton?]
• Richard Foster


• Benjamine Randall
• Thomas Collier
• Richard Thomson

Sir Symon Fanshawe, knight. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in
Parliament.

The humble peticion of Sir Symon Fanshawe knight.

Sheweth
that your petitioner haveing a cause depending before your lordshipps against one
Thomas Impey Robert Nicholas John Parker and Roger Hill late barons of the
Court of Exchequer before whome the sayd cause was formerly heard and alsoe John
Smith and Thomas Hall who were attorneyes for the said Impey, that upon the day
appointed for the heareing of the said cause before your lordshipps Master Hall Impeyes
attorney did offer your petitioner if hee would forbeare prosecuteing before your lordshipps
his clyent would consent to a new heareing in the Exchequer and suffer your petitioner to
examine witnesses in the cause which hee had not formerly done before the former
heareing in the Exchequer, this being the maine scope of the peticion your petitioner did
accordingly forbeare whereupon your lordshipps did order the cause to stand to bee [heard?]
(sine die) soe it is may it please your lordshipps that the said defendant Impey doth utterly
refuse to stand to the sayd agreement

Your petitioner therefore humbly desires that your lordshipps
would bee pleased to retaine the sayd cause
and appoint a day for the heareing of it before
your lordshipps upon your petitioneres former peticion to
your lordshipps.

And your petitioner shall pray etc.

Simon Fanshawe

Thomas Impey, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble petition of Thomas Impey gentleman

Sheweth
that in Hillary terme 1657 your petitioner haveing duely obtained a decree in
the Court of Exchequer against Sir Symon Fanshaw knight, for the summe of
five hundred thirteene pounds eight shillings and fower pence but before your
petitioner could reape any benefitt by the said decree, the said Sir Symon
Fanshawe did petition your lordshipps sitting in the last Parliament to reheare
the said cause in this honourable house, wherupon it was ordred by your lordshipps
December the 11th 1660, that all further proceedings upon the said decree in
the Court of Exchequer should be staid, untill the sixth day of the sitting of
this present Parliament, and that councell on both sides should be heard before your
lordshipps att which day your petitioner with his councell did attend your lordshipps
accordingly, but the said Sir Symon not attending, but within a fewe dayes then
after reviveing his petition before your lordshipps, it was ordred the 18th day of
May 1661, that all parties concerned, with their councell should be heard upon
Thursday then next following, when your petitioner did againe accordingly attend,
but the councell for the said Sir Symon alledgeing they were not fully instructed,
it was againe ordred May the 30th 1661 that the same should be further heard
upon June the sixth last, on which day, your petitioner againe attended your lordshipps
with his councell, but the said Sir Symon nor any councell for him attending, it
was left by your lordshipps sine die, and no further proceedings hath since that time
bin made therin, by all which, your petitioner hath bin putt to great costs and charges,
and hetherto hindred from takeing the benefitt of his said decree.

The premisses considered and for that your petitioner being very aged, neare
fowerscore, and infirme, is not like to survive the end of this suite
without speedy prosecution to effect, therfore your petitioner most
humbly prayeth, that your lordshipps will be pleased to leave your
petitioner at liberty, to proceed upon his said decree in the Court
of Exchequer

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Colonel Guy Moulesworth, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the peares of England assembled
in Parliament

The humble peticion of Colonel Guy Moulesworth esquire

Sheweth
that your petitioner in the yeare 1649 (being then an inhabitant in the iland of Barbados)
by the malice and fals suggestion of Leutenant Colonel James Drax now Sir James Drax
Colonel Humphery Waldrond Lieutenant Colonel James Browne Lieutenant Colonel John Burch
and Sergeant Mayor William Consitt, without any just cause was made a close
prisoner and continued prisoner by the space of three months in the said iland and after by the
malitious prosecution of the said persons calling themselves a court of warr, they endeavered
by tortures and other barbarous proceedings used towards severall persons to compell
them to accuse your petitioner that they might have some preten's to take away your petitioners
life, which because they could not effect by proveing any thing against him (they
being willing to remove out of the peoples sight that person whose injurys continually
might reproach them for their unparrall'ed malice and cruelty) proceeded therefore
to banish your petitioner whereby his interest in that iland then being very considerable
was totally lost and your petitioner was forced to sea with his wife and children and forty
person's in his family and there exposed to all hazards in a vessell of noe force and by
that meanes fell into the hands of pirates to your peticioners utter undoeing and
damage of 20000 pounds.

In tender consideracon whereof these proceedings being soe enormous
your petitioner humbly prayes that your lordshipps would cause the said Sir James
Drax by some short day to appeare before your lordshipps and that the
other persons now in Barbados may likewise, at such time as your
lordshipps shall seeme meete be required in like manner to apeare and
answer the premises and that your peticioner may have such recompence
herein as to your lordshipps in your grave wisdomes shall seeme agreeable to justice.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Francis Farrington, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Francis Farrington esquire.

Sheweth
that hee haveing lived many yeares in the Barbadoes and gained an
estate of 1000 pounds per annum and entrusted with the estates of other persons to the vallue of 5000 pounds
more; and haveing suites and differences there with one Edward Chamberlane his
brother William Chamberlane of London merchant, caused your petitioner by violence to be seized
upon, and forthwith brought prisoner to England, where hee was without cause
kept in dureance for two yeares, and endeavouring to repaire himselfe by due course
of law against the said William Chamberlane; hee and one Joseph Briggs comebyneing
together charged your petitioner with many feigned accions of a pretended high vallue, hopeing
your petitioner should not have procured baile to them but faileing therein, they by violence
procured your petitioner to be againe imprisoned without cause and there kept soe closse and
in soe great ignorance that they recovered against your petitioner in most of them not to force
any money from him (for they had gott and dampnified him in all his estate to the
vallue of 20000 pounds before) but to gett a discharge or release from your petitioner; whereby to debarr
him from obteineing satisfaction for his soe great injuries; which your petitioner to obteine his libertie
and indeed to preserve his life (for assuredly otherwise hee had before this tyme perished
in prison) was constrained to doe; whereby hee is become uncapable of releife in any ordinary
course of justice and only releivable by your lordshipps in the premisses.

And therefore hee most humbly beseecheth your lordshipps to take the premisses
into your judicious consideracion and give him such releife therein as to
justice shall apperteine.

And hee shall ever pray etc.

Francis Farrington

Lady Frances, Duchess Dowager of Somerset. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of the Lady Frances Duchesse Dowager of Somersett.

Sheweth
that your petitioner hath lately seene the copie of an order of your lordshipps made the 11th of this instant June
(which is hereto annexed) for the stay of proceedings in the Court of Delegates, in the a cause of appeale there
depending betweene your petitioner appellant, and the right honourable the Earle of Northumberland and Oliver St John esquire
the surviving executours of the pretended last will and testament of Robert late Earle of Essex (your petitioners brother) deceased
and the right honourable Edward Earle of Manchester Lord Chamberlayne and William Pierrepont esquire executours of the last will of
Robert late Earle of Warwicke deceased, the other pretended executours of the said pretended will of the said Earle of Essex
appellates; wherein she humbly craves leave to lay before your lordshipps the whole matter of fact touching the proceedings in
the suits concerning the last will of the said Earle of Essex.

That upon the death of the said Earle of Essex in 1646 there was a suit depending before Sir Nathaniell Brent
deceased, the then pretended judge of the Prerogative Court, betweene the said earles of Northumberland and Warwicke
and Oliver St John (pretending themselves executours of the said will) on the one part, and your petitioner on the other part: in which cause
your petitioner did duely appeale from severall greevances done unto her by the said pretended judge, and alsoe from an unjust sentence
given against her in the said cause; which appeale still stands good, and in force.

That severall suits have likewise bin prosecuted by the said pretended executours and others in the Chauncery and other
courts against your petitioner and her late deare lord deceased, upon the said pretended will. That the said earles of Northumberland
and Warwicke and Oliver St John have under their hands consented to waive and take noe benefit of priviledge of Parliament
in any suit brought or to be brought against them or any of them, by your petitioner or her late lord or either of them concerning the
estate of the late Earle of Essex, as by the originall writing under their hands hereto annexed doth appeare: and your petitioner
and her deceased lord have on their parts consented under their hands to the same effect, mutatis mutandis: and in conformity thereunto, being
defendants in many suits commenced by the said earles and Oliver St John, never claymed the benefitt of any priviledge of Parliament.

That after 5 or 6 yeares suit in Chauncery, that court directed a triall att common law, upon this issue, whether the
two sheets of paper produced in that court, were the last will and testament of the late Earle of Essex, as to the mannours and lands
therein conteyned. Upon which triall after a full evidence of 5 or 6 houres (at such a tyme when your petitioner could expect noe [favour?])
a verdict was given in the court then called the Upper Bench, against the said will, and judgement entred accordingly.

That upon the happy retorne of his majestie to his crowne and dominions (the due administracion of justice being till then
obstructed) your petitioner obteyned a comission of delegates to examine the proceedings of the late pretended judge of the prerogative,
that she might at length have justice done unto her in the said cause, wherein upon pretence of priviledge of Parliament she hath
bin delayed about a whole yeare already.

Now for as much as the said pretended executours have already by their owne act and writing under their hands waived
all priviledge of Parliament in all suits concerning the estate of the late Earle of Essex: and for that they have likewise
appeared in this cause before the delagates by their [proctour?] in whose presence (he being by law dominus litis) the undue
proceedings of the judge from whome it is appealed, may be rightly examined, and justice therein administred without any
personall apparance of the said pretended executours.

Your petitioner humbly prayes that your lordshipps would be pleased to revoke the said order of the 11th of this instant
June, that she may be at libertie to proceed in the said appeale, to the finall determinacion of the said
cause, she having bin delayed neare 15 yeares already. And she shall pray etc.

John Owen, citizen and grocer of London. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of John Owen cittizen and
grocer of London.

Humbly sheweth
that your peticioner at the request of the right honourable Charles Earle of
Derby purchased part of his lands in Lancashire and Cumberland, according
to articles of agreement then made under his hand and seale; but instead of
performance (although hee received part of the money) makes entrance on the
premisses under pretence of an order of this honourable house.

Your peticioner therefore humbly praies your honours hee
may bee heard and releeved before the said earles bill for
restoreing him to his landes passe this honourable house.

And your petitioner shall pray etc

John Owen

Henry Bressey. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Henry Bressey.

Most humbly sheweth.

That Edmond Bressey your petitioners great grandfather being seized in fee of certaine messuages and landes in Hogsden in Middlesex worth
about 80 pounds per annum did in pursuance of an agreement made with one Francis Fuller upon the marriage of Isaac his son unto Judith the daughter in lawe of the
said Francis by his deed quadrupartite bearinge date the 20th day of June 2o Jacobi settle the said landes upon James Scamber and others and their heires, to the
use of the said Isaacke and Judith and the heires of their bodyes.

That Isaacke and Judith afterwards had issue Susan whoe married John Owfield and by him had issue Francis.

That afterwardes John Owfeild and Susan his wife exhibited a bill into the High Court of Chancery against the survivinge trustees to have the landes conveyed
to them and without any opposicion (the heire of Edmond Bressey being noe party thereunto) 25o Septembris 22o Jacobi obtained a decree that the said trustees should
convey the premisses accordinge to the trust, but before the assurance was executed the said Susan dyed, and the said trustees afterwards by deed dated 1o Maii
7o Caroli conveyed the premisses to Francis Fuller Samuell and John Owfeild and their heires, to the use of the said Francis the son of Susan, and the heires of
his body, the remainder to John Owfield for life, and the remainder in fee to Francis.

That the said John Owfeild dyed, and about 23 yeares since Francis alsoe dyed without issue, after whose death Mary Babb as cozen and
heire of Francis by color of the decree, and the trustees conveyance aforesaid entred, and shee and William Babb her husband enjoyed the said landes ever since
and have gott the deedes of the premisses, and the said quadrupartite indenture into their custody.

That after your petitioner came of age hee made his entry, for that the estate tayle setled by the said quadrupartite deed being spent by the death of
Francis Oufield whoe dyed without issue, the fee simple of the premisses discended to your petitioner as heire of the said Edmond Bressey his great grandfather
but your petitioner not being able to make out his title without the deedes and quadrupartite indenture, exhibited his bill into the High Court of Chancery
against the said Babb and his wife to discover the same and to bee releeved upon the said trust against the said decree and conveyances made in
pursuance thereof unto the said Francis Owfeild under whome they clayme without any valuable consideracion or any penny of money paid and
the said cause comeinge to hearinge the 7th of July 1656 before the then Commissioner Lisle itt was decreed that the then defendants should pay unto your petitioner
300 pounds and that your petitioner should seale a release of the premisses although the truth of your petitioners right to the whole estate in question did plainely
appeare, and that the feoffment by which the said Babb and his wife doe now clayme the premisses was tortious and noe way pursuant to the said
first decree, which was made ex parte alsoe, and the heire of the said Edmond Bressey noe party thereunto, and although itt was in proofe
that the said Babb offered your petitioner 500 pounds for his right to the said premisses.

That your petitioner being served with the said decree and knowinge the unjustnes thereof stood out in contempt for not yeildinge obedience thereunto
but att last being imprisoned for not obeyinge itt, was inforced by the power of the court att those times to seale the said release, and to
accept of the said 300 pounds. Att which time hee did declare in the presence of very credible wittnesses, that what hee had done was upon force
and that hee receaved the said 300 pounds but in parte and noe otherwise.

That the landes are worth about 1600 pounds and the said Babb and his wife never paid one penny for the same save onely the said 300 pounds
which your petitioner was forced to receave as aforesaid, and in regard of your petitioner executinge the said release, hee is utterly remedilesse in the
premisses unles releeved by your lordshipps

Your petitioner therefore humbly prayes your lordshipps to take the same into your serious consideracion
and that you would appointe some time for the hearinge and determininge the same, and that a
summons may accordingly issue against the said Babb and his wife, to the end the said decree
may bee reversed, if your lordshipps shall see cause, and the said Babb may account for the
profittes receaved, or else that your lordshipps will bee pleased to direct the said Court
of Chancery to reheare the said cause, soe that your petitioner may have justice done him.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Henry Bressy

Sir John Trevor, George Twisselton and Andrew Ellis. HL/PO/JO/10/1/305 (1661)

Sir John Trevor etc peticion

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Sir John Trevor George
Twisselton and Andrew Ellis

Humbly sheweth
that your petitioners being informed that there was a bill before your lordshipps which under pretence
of restoring the Earle of Derby to his lands did tend to dispossesse your petitioners of their just and
lawfull estates in certaine mannours and lands in the county of Flint purchased by your petitioners of the
said earle and assured to them by conveyances fynes and recoveryes and the best estate the law can give
them your petitioners did humbly pray your lordshipps justice that before any thing were determined to their
prejudice they might be heard before your lordshipps

Now your petitioners being assured that your lordshipps will thinke it most reasonable to graunt them
a full and open hearing before a new law be introduced to subvert their just and lawfull
title: doe againe most humbly and most earnestly pray that before any further proceedinges bee made
in this bill to the prejudice of their estate, they may have the favour to be heard at the barr of this
honourable house to evidence before your lordshipps the justice of their title and the injustice of this bill

And your petitioneres shall ever pray etc

• John Trevor
• George Twisleton
• Andrew Ellise

Daniell Bridge, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres of England assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Daniell Bridge gentleman.

Sheweth
that whereas John Cary esquire and Sir Richard Tracy barronett did exhibitt their peticione before your lordshipps this last Parliament
against Ann Crumwell thereby setting forth that in a case depending in Chancery in the one and twentith yeare of the reigne of the late King
James betweene the said John Cary plainant and Henry Crumwell and Ann Crumwell defendants for the settlement of the mannour and farme called
[Poile?] Farme and other lands being in Stanwell in the county of Middlesex it was then ordered and decreed that the mannour and premisses should be
settled on the said John Cary and Dame Elizabeth Tracy and the heires of their 2 bodyes lawfully begotten and in case they did not intermarry then the
same should be settled thone moyety to the said John Cary and his heirs and thother moyety to the said Dame Elizabeth and her heirs. And although the said Henry
Crumwell did exhibitt his bill to reverse the the said decree and the said Ann Crumwell did in (1645) exhibit [hepeticion?] into this honourable house
to have the same reversed yet they were both dismissed and the said John Cary and Dame Elizabeth did hold and enjoy the said landes until about the
yeare 1649 att which time the said Ann Crumwell did procure the then comissioners to adnull and reverse the said originall decree and also to order the
the said John Cary and [Sir Hinnebry?] to pay to the said Ann Crumwell 500 pounds for the measne proffitts thereof by reason whereof they being
remidilesse att law did appeale to your lordshipps and pray that the said order and all proceedings thereupon may be sett asside reversed and taken of the file
and recordes of the Courte of Chancery and that they may be putt into possession of the premisses and have liberty to enforce the execucion of the originall decree
upon heerein which cause your lordshipps on the 5th of December laste paste did order that the reversall of the said originall decree and all proceedings
thereupon be revoaked sett asside and made void and to be taken of the file and recordes of the Court of Chancery and the said petitioner be att liberty to enforce
the execucion of the originall decree.

That your petitioner further sheweth that he is a purchaser of Poyle Farme part of thaforesaid premisses for a valluable consideracion and att a 4th degree and that neither he
nor any purchasour under whome he claimes were summoned to appeare before your lordshipps to make their defence att the heareing of the said cause neither did know
anything concerninge the same untill your petitioners tennant did refuse to pay him rente or yeild him possession of his said landes by vertue of your lordshipps said
order whereupon your petitioner [is?] turned out of his freehold and inheritance and served with an injunccion of the High Court of Chancery to stay his proceedings att common
law and is left wholly remidilesse either to the enjoyment of his said landes or for the reimburseinge of the purchase money which he paid for the same unlesse
your lordshipps please to grant him aid and releefe therein.

Wherefore he humbly appeales to your lordshipps and pray that you would be pleased to heere your petitioners right
title and claime to that parte of the said premisses which he purchased in regard he was neither heard nor summoned neither
did knowe of the said heereinge neither were your lordshipps made acquainted (as by the sayd order appeareth) that there
were any conveyances made thereof or of any parte thereof but that the same still continued in the possession of the said
Ann Crumwell and that upon your petitioners makeinge his right justly to appeare that the said order may be sett asside and
reversed to such part as concernes your petitioners lands or else that your lordshipps would order that your petitioner should be
reimbursed his purchase money with damages which he disbursed for the purchase thereof

And your petitioner shall for ever pray etc.

Daniell Bridge

William, Lord Viscount of Stafford. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords asembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of William Lord Viscount of Stafford.

Humbly sheweth that your petitioner being lawfully seized and possessed of and in the mannours of Wyboston and
Soakes in comitatu Bedford that one Edmund Ellis (a person unknowne to your petitioner suggesting himselfe
to be a lessee to Sir George Bennyon knight) causes severall declarations in ejectment to be delivered
to James Coote Thomas Palmer Richard [Noakes?] and severall others of your petitioners tennantes in the
said mannours in Hillary vacacion last brought by him the said Ellis against one William
Wincelow a faigned ejectour aperson likewise unknowne to your petitioner.

That your petitioner understanding the disturbance given to his said tennantes in the beginning of Easter
terme last moves the Court of Common Pleas that he might be made defendant to the said accions but his
mocion was denied unlesse he would wave his peerage and your petitioner being encourraged by his councell
to assay an other mocion moves againe to the same purpose the last day of the same terme which mocion
was likewise rejected and thereupon Ellis his attorney the very same day signes judgment upon
a nihill dicit against Wincelow the casuall ejectour and hath since entred up judgment and eyther
hath or speedely may take out a writt of habere facias possessionem

Your petitioner humbly beseecheth your lordshipps that in regard theise
proceedinges were since the comencement of this Parliament and that the
plainant Ellis cannot be ignorant that your petitioners title is imediatly concerned
(hee by his councell making defence against your petitioners severall mocions
att law) that your petitioner may have the benefitt of his privilidge and that
neyther hee nor his tennantes may be disturbed in their possessions
under pretence of this judgment surreptitiously gained but that a
faire and legall may be had att law and your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Stafford

Thomas Levingston, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Thomas Levingston esquire.

Sheweth
that whereas complaint hath been made to your lordships that your peticioner
hath caused Master Browne's hand (the clerke of your lordships house) to be sett to a paper
for a witnesse to attend in your lordshipps house on Satturday last without his privity, by which
your peticioner is charged with the crime of forgery.

Your peticioner humbly prayes that your lordships will be pleased to
afford him a time to make his defence by his councell and otherwise to the
said complaint and charge, whereby hee may have meanes to vindicate
his reputacion, soe deeply wounded by that scandall, and in the meane
tyme not lye under your lordships displeasure, untill hee hath been heard
what can be said in justificacion of him and his innocency: and that
your peticioner may have your lordships order for such witnesses to attend as
hee shall have occasion for.

And your peticioner shall pray etc.

Edward Bullock, gentleman. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Edward Bullock gentleman.

Sheweth
that your petitioners unkle Thomas Bullock esquire seized for life onely of mannours and landes in the county of Berkshire descended to him from his ancestours and had bin in the
name for about five hundred yeares borrowed foure thousand poundes of one Edmond Standen then one of the clarks of the pettibagg: and for security thereof
mortgaged all the said lands being of the yearely value of about eight hundred poundes per annum and the woodes then growing on the premisses worth about ten thousand
pounds that your petitioners unkle dyed in possession of all the premisses the foure thousand poundes being then unpaid to the said Standen and the day of payment lapst
by the said Standens owne meanes and your petitioners father William Bullocke being his eldest brother and heire and the next in remaynder entred on the premisses
and enjoyed the same three yeares and was felling of timber to raise mony to pay the said Standen the foure thousand poundes with intrest, but so it was that the said Standen
haveing by fraudulent practise with one Mead servant to your petitioners said unkle gott the defeasance of the said deed of mortgage and divers other evidences of your
petitioners fathers into his handes the said Standen preferred a bill in Chancery against your petitioners said father and therein pretended that hee made wast upon
the said Standens inheritance and prayed onely an injunction against wast, and upon that bill and answer the said Standen obtayned a decree for possession
of all the premisses although hee had not prayed for it in his bill, that upon pretence of that unjust decree so obtayned the said Standen by force of armes
without any legall officer did by many unknowne persons breake into the premisses and turned your petitioners mother and ten children out of doores after which your petitioners father
with many other gentlemen in the countrey came to the said Standen to tender the mony, but hee would not accept of it, resolving to keepe the estate, whereupon
your petitioners father during his life did sue the said Standen for his due inheritance but could not obtayne being barred by that unjust decree and want
of those evidences hee the said Standen had gotten: att length Standen dyed leaving William his onely child who kept all the premisses during his
life and dyed without issue. That about seaventeene yeares since another William Standen who is neither heire to nor purchaser from the former Standen
gott into the possession of all the premisses and hath and doth make great wast thereon, and still unjustly deteynes them from your petitioner under color of Edmond
Standens title. That your petitioner about the time of his fathers death went beyond the seas where hee hath continued untill of late yeares, and hee
presently after his coming over was advised by his councell to peticion the then power in being for redresse, and hee so doeing had a commission
granted for examining of witnesses who were aged and not fitt to travell, which commission was duely executed and the witnesses crosse examined and
the deposition safely sealed according to order returned, but no releife as yet to your petitioner and many of those witnesses are since dead and other
unable to travell.

Hee therefore humbly prayes your honours pious and serious consideracion of his long suffering and sadd condition
and (in regard hee hath no remedy in the premisses either in law nor equity nor elsewhere but before your honours) to
summon the said Standen to answer the premisses, to permitt your petitioner to make use of the proofes already taken of witnesses dead
and such as are not able to travell and to give him such releife in the premisses as in your honors wisedome shalbee most
agreeable to equity and justice.

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc.

Edward Bullock

Owen Owens, esquire, son and heir of Rice Owens deceased. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Owen Owens esquire sonne and heire of Rice Owens esquire
deceased, late brother and heire of Morgan late Bishopp of Llandaffe deceased and of
Morgan Owens sole surviveing administrator of the said late bishop

Sheweing

That by the cuning forgeries and abuses of one Owen Price late of Monthway in the county of Carmarthen
gentleman heretofore a servant to the said Bishop of Llandaffe deceased your petitioners have to their great wrong been defrau
ded and deceaved of the greatest parte of the said late bishops estate the perticulers whereof are more fully
stated in the paper hereunto annexed and are not any way pardoned or discharged to the said Owen Price

Their most humble suite to your lordshipps therefore is that your honours will please to take the same
into your grave considerations and to grant your lordships order for sumoning the said Owen
Price to appeare before your honours to answer the premisses and alsoe your petitioners witnesses
who are to proove the same

And your petitioners shall ever pray:

• Owen Owens

Anne Browne, on behalf of John Browne, Norris Browne and William Browne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled.

The humble peticion of Anne Browne widdow and relicte
of George Browne deceased in behalfe of John Browne
her sonne an infant of an year and an halfe old and Norris
Browne and William Browne the younger brothers of Sir
Anthony Browne.

Humbly sheweth
that John Browne of Weald Hall in the county of Essex being seized in fee of divers mannors landes and tenements
in the said county of the yearly value of 1200 pounds per annum or there aboutes did 25o December 1650 settle parte of those
lands upon Sir Anthony his eldest sonne and the heyres of his body begotten on the body of Mary Yeend the intended
wife of the said Sir Anthony and other parte of his estate upon the said Sir Anthony for life remainder to the first
sonne of the said Sir Anthony on the body of the said Mary Yeend begotten and so to the tenth sonne remainder to
John Browne the father, and the heyres males of his body remainder to the father in fee

Mary Yeend [dyes?] leaving only a daughter

John Browne the father and Sir Anthony doe by fine duly levyed and deed October 1657 settle the said landes on Sir Anthony
for life remainder to his first sonne and to the heyres males of such first sonne and so to the tenth sonne remainder
to George Browne husband to the petitioner Anne for life remainder to the first sonne of the said George and the heyres
males of such first sonne and so to the tenth, and for want of such issue in like manner to the rest of your petitioners
younger sonnes of the said John Browne successively according to their seniorityes

This settlement was made to continue the lands in the name blood and posterity of the said John Browne and that
Sir Anthony might not have power to sell the same

The last Parliament Sir Anthony exhibited a bill to your lordshipps to sett aside the settlement of 1657 but your lordshipps did
in justice refuse to passe the bill since which time George Browne father to the infant is dead Sir Anthony hath
exhibited a new bill in Parliament to set aside the said settlement, and that it may be in his power to sell all the said
lande although the petitioners are not unwilling that soe much may be sold as will be sufficient for payment of his debtes

Your petitioners doe therefore humbly pray the continuance of your justice and favour, that in regard
the said settlement was made solemnely made by the father whoe had the remainder in taile in him
and by Sir Anthony himselfe to the end to continue the land in their name and blood your honours will not
passe the said bill thereby to put it in the power of the said Sir Anthony to sell all the said mannors
landes and tenements and totally to disinherit the said infant and the rest of the peticioners which hee
hath threatned to doe when it shall be in his power.

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc

Cuthbert Morley, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Cuthbert Morley esquire

Humbly sheweth
that your peticioner by the late usurped authority had all his estate sequestred and sold.

That since his majesties happy returne to his just dominions, your peticioner in order to the recovery of his right
sealed leases of ejectment to Master Roger Lee, of the mannours and lands of Hawnby, Lackenby, and Normanby.

That att the last assizes held att Yorke, your peticioner had verdictes for the said mannours of Hawnby and
Lackenby, but for the mannour of Normanby by the practices of John Hill an attorney, and purchasour of
the same, none of the jury appearing, your peticioner could have noe tryall, and now Henry Pownell
and George Jackson the purchasoures of the other two mannoures and premisses, have brought writtes of errour
all conspiring to delay your petitioneres recovery of possession, they receiving the profittes of his estate; to
disable your peticioner by longe and chargeable suites at lawe for the recovery of his right; and in
trueth, they having the possession and profittes of his estate, and your peticioner having noe other
meanes towards his owne mentaynance, and towards the mentaynance of theis chargeable suites
past, but by the assistance of freindes, hee is utterly disabled for the future for want of meanes
to attend the issue of theis dilatory proceedings att lawe, soe that hee hath not only lost the
yearely revenues for almost 20 yeares last past, but is like to loose the inheritance, unlesse your
lordshipps extend a just and tymely releife

In tender consideracion whereof may itt please your lordshipps to command the said
John Hill Henry Pownell and John Jackson to attend your lordshippes, and if they
can shew noe other cause but their purchase from the late usurped
authority (as in trueth they cannot) that your lordshippes would bee pleased to
order Master Roger Lee, your peticioneres lessee, the possession of the said premisses
(your petitioner being putt out of possession upon noe other accompte, but for his
faithfull service to his late majesty)

And your peticioner shall pray etc

Cuthbert Morley

Edmond Chaloner, son of James Chaloner, deceased. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Edmond Chaloner sonne of James Chaloner
esquire deceased.

Humbly sheweing.

That whereas your peticioners said father was excepted in the Act of Indempnity as a person then liveing
only to such paines and penaltyes as by another act to that purpose should bee inflicted on him, the house
judging his crime not to bee of soe deepe a dye, as those which presumed to sitt upon the day of the execrable
sentence and signed the warrant for the execucion of his sacred majestie; and your peticioner presumes to
represent to your honourable consideracion, that his said father was never taken to bee of a turbulent or
violent nature against any of his majesties good and loyall subjects; but contrariwise hath binn ever most
tender to preserve what in him lay the lives and estates of his majesties good subjectes, and gave particuler
testimony thereof in being instrumentall to save the life of Sir John Owen when hee was unlawfully
condemned, as by his acknowledgement hereunto annexed. And likewise hee was absolutely against the forceable
seclusion of the members and against the abolition of the most honourable House of Peeres, as by the
journall booke of the House of Commons will appeare.

And lastly the said peticioners father upon the first appeareing of the Duke of Albermarle for the bringing
in of his majestie did endeavour to secure the Isle of Man where his command then lay to his majesties service in
order to his now blessed restauracion and was uppon the account clapt close upp in a dungeon in
Peele Castle in the said island by order from those who were then in power at Wallingford House
and who looked on your petitioners father as a person devoted to the royall interest; the truth whereof is
attested by a certificate from the right honourable the Countesse Dowager Derby hereunto annexed, and
the addresse of the whole countrey to his majestie at his retourne and dureing his said imprisonment
your petitioners said father being of a tender and weake constitution tooke his deaths sicknes whereof hee
shortly after dyed, being before the Act of Indemnity passed leaveing your petitioner and two sisters unprovided
for being at his death in his majesties service by comission

Your petitioner therefore humbly implores your honours tender consideracion that your peticioners
said father may not bee put in the same ranck with those cursed regicides in the intended
act and thereby receive the greatest of punishmentes and reproaches that cann bee inflicted
on him being dead, next the ruine of his innocent children by being deprived of his
smale fortune and of your petitioner who hath binn a sufferer with his said father upon his
now majesties account; and howsoever your lordshipp shall thinck fitt to deale with his said
fathers estate, your petitioner is resolved (by Godes blessing) to live and die a true and faithfull
subject to his majestie

And shall ever pray etc

• Edmond Challoner

Ancient tenants of lands of the patrimony of the Church of England. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of diveres ancient tenantes of lands parcell of the patrimony of the
Church of England.

Sheweth
that your petitioners with most hearty thanks to almightie God for restoreing the King to his throne and the profession of the gospell to decency and
order, doe sincerely rejoyce to see the most ancient and most apostolicall government of the church (episcopacy) flourish againe in this
nation, for reduction whereof many of your petitioners have in the late defections hazarded their lives in armes and lost their
fortunes in sequestracions etc hopeing that those landlordes whose revennues they contended to secure or restore would use your petitioneres with
such kindnesse at least, as their predecessours generally afforded our ancestours, who had noe other pretences to their favours, but the
continueance of their tenancies.

That some of your petitioners to preserve their tenancies purchased from the late usurperes the revercion of their owne tenements to preserve the
churches patrimony from devastacion, and themselves from the insolent dominion of sacrilegious landlordes, others of them, not sattisfied in the
justnesse thereof, chose any losse; rather than to invade the rightes of the church, yet of them both his most gracious majestie hath beene
pleased to have soe tender a regard, that in his declaracion from Breda, he hath engaged his royall word for the sattisfaction of the one
and hath since expressly recomended the other to his grace the Lord Arch Bishopp of Canterbury to see the old tenantes of the church
favourably dealt with

That in further sence of the loyalty and fidelitie of your petitioners and most divine goodnesse to all his subjectes his sacred majestie hath comissionated
many most honourable lordes and other worthy personages to mediate betweene the church and the ancient tenantes, and where their
labours have prooved ineffectuall hath himselfe taken much paines though without that exemplary successe as was justly expected
from the patterns of loyaltie and obedience.

Wherefore they most humbly pray that your honours wilbe pleased by comissioners in
that behalfe to be nominated and appointed, or otherwise, as to your lordshipps shall seeme
expedient to provide for your petitioneres releife in the premisses.

And your petitioners shall pray etc.

• Richard Hardres
• Thomas Culpeper
• Thomas Steward
• [W Hott?]


• William Balam
• John [Pester?]
• Walter Breames
• Lewis Stockett

Six hundred distressed protestants who lost all they had in the rebellion in Ireland. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

The humble peticion
of above six hundred
distressed protestantes of
Ireland.

To the right honourable the House of Lords.

The humble peticion of above six hundred distressed protestantes
most of them haveing famelys, who lost all they had by the
rebellion in Ireland.

Most humbly sheweth
that the late King Charles of famous memory and both houses of Parliament, in the yeare 1641
were graciously pleased to pass an act, for a generall collection in England and Walls for your
petitioneres releife, who are undoubtedly the most misserable objectes of Christian compassion and
persons of extreordinary sufferinges by that prodigious irruption there by vertue of
which act 55000 pounds was collected and brought into the chamber of London of which 15000 pounds was
distributed amongst some particuler persons, not your petitioneres and the resedue misconverted
that suddenly afterwardes there was another collection in Holland to that use amounting to
31242 pounds: 12 shillings: 9 pence which was likewise disposed to contrary uses for want whereof many of your
petitioneres fellow sufferers, have perished, and the surviveing dayly perish sithence, they
have continued from time to time, suplicateing the pretended powers and in [fine?]
were referred, to a comittee of publique debtes, to whome they did, by theire sollicitour
discover severall sums of mony which lay dormant, in severall persons custodyes
and alsoe of eighteen countyes who had not made any retorn of theire collections, and
thereupon much monyes was by them received but not any part thereof extended, towardes
the releife of your languishing petitioneres and forasmuch as theyre distressed condicion
is, and hath long bin apparent, to the whole kingdome, as well as to his sacred majesty
who of himselfe is not in a capacety to releive them, therefore hath thought fitt
to inform your petitioneres that there wronges are soe great and sufferinges as greate that
none but your honoures can releive them and give them redress who if enabled soe to
doe, would repaire to Ireland, and desist from ever troubling his majesty or your honours futurely

Therefore they humbly beseech your mercifull honours in tender pitty and
compassion, to theire most deplorable case, to raise some
speedy releife for them either by a generall and suddaine collection as
formerly, or otherwise, the valuacion of theire misconverted collection
out of such mens estates as hath evedently defrauded them, that
soe they may be inabled to retorne, to Ireland and to subsist when they
gett thither, therby your honoures will be eased of the shrill cryes
of many hundredes widowes and orphantes. And they ever bound to pray

The poor cripples that have lost their limbs in his majesty's service. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of the poore cripples that have lost their limbs
in his majesties service.

Sheweth
that your peticioners with much sorrow of heart have these many yeares suffered much
calamitie, being denyed all manner of releife by reason of our loyaltie and in the late usurpers
tyme divers of us were whipt out of towne upon informacion that wee had lost our limbs in his
majesties service whereas others had considerable allowance made for them, who had beene maimed in the
service of the usurper.

Now since it hath pleased the lord to crowne our praiers with successe in restoreing our gratious
soveraigne to us againe and yow unto him.

Your peticioners therefore humbly pray your honours to order some constant
releife for the residue of us who have soe patiently indured our tedious distresse
to which end your lordshipps would bee pleased to order the collection of the last fast
(not yet disposed of) to bee distributed among us for our present subsistance who
are utterly disabled for any undertakeinge but the charity of good Christians.

And your poore distressed peticioner
as in duty bound shall ever pray etc

• Richard Stubbs
• Richard Watson


• Captain Robinson
• John Pierce
• Darby Kelley
• Henry Simpkins

Dorothy, Lady Dacre, widow of Richard Lord Dacre. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of Dorothy Lady Dacre widow of
Richard Lord Dacre deceased.

Shewth
that your peticioner sometimes the wife of the said Lord
Dacre late a peere of this kingdome is eagarly pursued
in an ejectment in the Common Pleas whearein one Jonas
Moore is made ejector on purpose to surprise hir and
turne hir out of hir house which shee hath quietly enjoyed
for some yeares last past without any interrupcion.

Whearefore, forasmuch as shee is advised that the
auncient and undoubted priviledges of the peers,
of this realme to bee free from sutes and troubles
both in their persons and estates dureing the
Parliament by your lordships favour aught to bee
extended unto hir

Your peticioner humbly prays your lordships
order that shee may receive the benefitt
of the said priviledge in the cause
aforesaid.

And your peticioner shall pray etc

Dorothy Dacre

Edward, Marquess of Worcester. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

The petition of Edward Marquesse of Worcester

Humbly sheweth

That your peticioner havinge contracted many debts in the service of his
late majesty of blessed memory, in the late warres, somme of the
creditors have obteyned judgments against your petitioners estate, which
judgments somme of them are now extendinge against upon your petitioners
estate, now for asmuch as the said judgments were obteyned many yeares
since, and a great part of the estate which your petitioner then was
seized of is now in the hand of somme member, or members of the
Howse of Commons, who became first seized therof by the late pretended
publicke purchases, [illegible] and by vertue of their priviledge as
members of that howse have procured orders for the stayinge of all
processe against the estate in their handes duringe the sitting of this present
Parliament. Perticularly in the case of John Petre esquire one of your petitioners
creditors

Your petitioner humbly prayeth that by reason of his
attendance in the present Parliament, hee may by
order of this honourable howse have the like priviledge
affoarded him otherwise that litle estate in his handes
which is left for his subsistance wilbee solely
lyable to satisfy the said debts.

And your petitioner shall pray

Worcester

The president and fellows of Magdalen College. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

Peticion of the president and fellowes of
Magdalens Colledge in Oxford

To the right honourable the peeres of England assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of the president and fellowes of Magdalen College in Oxford

Sheweth

That in anno 1646 by colour of an order of this honourable howse for seizing popish reliques Michaell
Baker a messinger then belonging to that howse tooke and carryed away out of the said colledge a mitre, crosiar
staffe copes and other things (being the venerable remaines of their founder) esteemed and reputed
to bee worth about 2000 pounds

That the said mytre and other thinges were as the said Baker pretends delivered unto Master
Alexander Thane then usher of the black rodd

That the said Thane and one Wheeler a goldsmith (since deceased) without order from this howse
or other lawfull authority understood by the said petitioners, have either concealed the said mitre and other thinges
or otherwise converted the same to their owne use, never rendring any accompt

In regard your petitioners were dispossessed of their said goods by vertue or colour of an order of
this honourable howse, and therefore are remedilesse in any other judicature: they humbly pray
that the said Baker Thane and the executors of the said Wheeler, may bee summoned to
appeare before your lordshipp to give accompt of the premisses, and that in case the said goods shall
bee found in specie, they may bee restored, and if they have converted them; then they may
answer the value, or that such releife bee given the petitioners as in your honours eminent wisedome and
justice shall be thought meete

And they shall pray etc

• H: Yerbury Magister Artium Collegii Magdalanae Socius


• Nathaniell Chytes Artium Magister Collegii Magdalanae Socius

Francis Warner and William Love, late sheriffs of London and Middlesex. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the righte honourable the lords in Parlement assembled.

The humble peticion of Francis Warner and William Love
late sheriffes of the Citty of London and Middlesex.

Humbly sheweth.
That whereas your lordships upon the humble peticion of your peticioneres for justice
against Mary Edny, one Crofts, and Ogden an atturny, who sued your peticioneres
for obeying your lordships order, for giving liberty to Master Thomas Bushell to at=
tend your lordships untill the determination of his cause depending beefore the honourable
House of Peeres, were pleased by an order of the 17th of December 1660 to
commande them to attend appeare beefore your lordships to answeare their contempt
but they not appeareing your lordships were pleased to grante another order for
the committing of the said Mary Edny, Crofts, and Ogden; but the Parlement
beeing suddainely after dissolved, the said order beecame voide and your peti=
coners yet remaine much damnifyed, by theyr continued sute at
law

May it please your lordships

In consideration of the premisses, to grante an order for the renewing
of the said order for the committment of the said Mary Edny, Croftes
and Ogden untill they shall discharge your petitioneres from the
said sute and obey your lordships order

And your peticioneres shall ever pray etc.

• Francis Warner
• William Love

Good Christians. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords
in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of divers good Christians.

Sheweth

That whereas the conscience cannot bee compelled but God alone can persuade the
heart and that the Kings majestie was pleased in his declaracion from Breda, and also in his
declaracion concerning ecclesiasticall affaires once and againe saith in a word, wee doe againe
renew what wee have formerly said in our declaracion from Breda for the liberty of tender
consciences that no man shalbee disquieted nor called in question for differences of opinion in
matters of religeon which doe not disturb the peace of the kingdome.

May it therefore please your lordshipps that such Christians as intend only to seeke the makeing of
their calling and election sure and to discharge a good conscience in their generall and
perticular relations towards God and man, being desireous to live a peaceable life in
all godlinesse and honesty may have the liberty to meet together, to praise and glorify God
and to the edifying one another, in the spirit of meeknesse, love, and charity without
incurring the forfeiture of any penall lawe, or any displeasure of his majesty or any
under his authority; which being granted unto us according to our humble peticion wee
doubt not but will procure a blessing from heaven for the establishing his majesties long and
happy raigne and government over us. (Since wee are enclined by love as well as obedience to
the same.)

Now that almighty God may guide and direct you into the same love wherein
hee dwelleth are the unfeighned prayers of

• Basill Hearne
• Richard Young
• William Lee
• John Newton
• Robert Callow
• Robert Callow junior
• Nicholas Mitchell
• William Whyte
• Simon Dring
• Richard Farrar
• Humphry Blunden


• Robert Gell Doctor of Divinity


• John Sparrow:
• [Millia?] Parker
• Edmund Jordan
• Israell Longe
• Francis Rich
• John Young
• George Farmer
• Thomas Grindon
• Henry Pinnell

People commonly called anabaptists. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of [divers?] persons comonly called ana=baptists
in the behalfe of them selves and others.

Sheweth,
that the Kings majestie being gratiously pleased both in his declaration from
Breda and also in that concerning ecclesiasticall affaires to graunt indulgence to such of his
subjects as in some things relateing to the worship of God doe conscientiously differ from the
publique profession held forth and established in the nation; your peticioners doe with
humble gratitude to his majestie acknowledge that they have thereby enjoyed that liberty and
protection in the service of God according to their conscience as hath been very pretious to them.

That yet notwithstanding the said declarations and his majestyes very gratious
condescention and indulgence therein held forth to tender consciences some of your peticioneres
and many others have been disturbed and imprisoned for such the exercise of their consciences
in the worship of God. And your peticioneres doe feare they are still lyable to be further troubled
and debarred of the liberty soe gratiously indulged to them by his majestie if some statutes
or clauses of statutes requireing an exact conformity to the worship and discipline estab=
lished should be rigorously put in execution against them.

That some of your peticioneres did thereupon in behalfe of themselves and others
make their humble application to his majestie for the continuance of his favour towards
them, and did indeavour to manifest (as they hope they did to his majestyes satisfaccion)
that they had not abused nor made any evill use of his most gracious indulgence.

That his majestie was pleased to refer your peticioneres to the then succeeding and
now sitting Parliament in whose power it would be with his royall assent by a
generall and publique law to establish liberty to all tender consciences.

Your peticioners doe therefore humbly pray that they may not by virtue or
under pretence of any law of this kingdome be compelled or by penalties or
otherwise any way constrained to any outward forme of worship whatso=
ever contrary to the liberty and persuasion of their judgementes and
consciences but that they may be protected in their liberty of professing
and exerciseing their respective faith and worship as well in publique
as private from all force injury and molestation whilest they behave
themselves peaceably and soberly in the use of the said liberty any law
statute usage or custome to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray etc:

• John Gosnold
• Thomas Cooper
• Samuell [Stanford?]


• John Tombes
• William Kiffin
• Christopher Blackwood

Sir Richard Braham, a member of the House of Commons. HL/PO/JO/10/1/306 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament:

The humble peticon of Sir Richard Braham knight a member of the
Comons House of Parliament:

Sheweth that your petitioner upon great and valuable consideracions before the late warre purchased an equall interest with Sir Henry
Vane knight the elder in the subpoena office in the High Court of Chancery for and dureing the lives of Edward Lord Gorges Sir
Theobald Gorges and Sir Robert Gorges knights

That your petitioner from the begining of the late wars untill the rendition of Oxford continued in the service of the late Kinge Charles of ever
blessed memory and his lands were sequestred twice, and his life once drawne into question for his loyalty by the late unlawfull
powers

That the said Sir Henry Vane in your petitioners absence and whilest he was in his majesties service as aforesaid and since without any
athority from the late pretended Parliament or powers received all the profitts of the said office which belonged to your petitioner amounting to above
4000 pounds the greatest part of which hee converted to his use, and dyed, and after his decease Sir Henry Vane Sir Walter Vane knights
Charles Vane and William Vane esquires sonns of the said Sir Henry Vane or some or one of them possessed themselves of all the
personall estate of their said father and of the 4000 pounds of the petitioners money, and pretending a new interest in the said office by deede
from their father by virtue or couler of a grant thereof made unto their said father by King James for the terme
of forty yeares to commence after the determinacion of the said estate for lives; have possessed themselves of the said office,
and haveing made fraudulent agreementes amongst themselves to deceive your petitioner of his just debt doe now
refuse to make any satisfaccion to your petitioner for the profitts of the said office of right belonging to your petitioner and received by
their father as aforesaid

That about three yeares since the last of the said three lives dyed whereby your petitioners interest in the said office
determined forasmuch as your petitioner hath noe remedie to recover the proffitts of the said office soe unjustly received
by the said Sir Henry Vane and his said sonnes by reason of their secret practises used by and betweene them to defraud
him thereof being long since transacted in his absence.

The petitioner humbly prayeth that this honourable house will referr it
to a comittee to examine the matter of fact and report it to this
house and in respect of his faithfull services losses and damages
either to order him to receive out of the profitts of the said office for the tyme
to come soe much money with damages susteyned as hath beene
received and unjustly withheld from him as aforesaid, or otherwise to
releive him as to your wisdome shall seeme meete

And your peticoner shall pray etc

John Stevens. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled

The humble peticion of John Stevens

Sheweth
that wheras by an order of the House of Peeres (a copie whereof is hereunto
annexed) the right honourable Edward Marquis of Worcester was restored to
all his possessions, and the tenantes were required to stay all rentes, yet not=
=withstanding Andrew Wanley gentleman hath sued your peticioner for the possession
of a house in Blackfryars upon a pretended title from the state, lately soe
called which was part of the possessions of the said marquis, and also one
Robert Barker who claymeth under the said Wonley hath sued your
peticioner for the rent of the said house all which hath bene by
reason of your peticioners yeilding obedience to the order aforesaid.

In consideration wherof your peticioner humbly prayes
your honoures will be pleased to order the stay of the
proceedings of the said Wonley and Barker or take
some other order for your peticioneres releif.

And your peticioner shall pray etc

• John Stephens

Chaloner Chute, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled
in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Chaloner Chute esquire.

Sheweth
that in the yeare 1656 the peticioners father did for a full and valuable consideracion
of 7200 pounds really purchased the castle and parke of the Devizes in the county of Wiltshire of Master
[Lemingston?] his wife and trustees who claimed the same under a fyne levyed by the Ladie
Powell which was leavyed in Trinity terme in the yeare of our lord 1651.

That the heires of Sir Peter Vallore doe impeach the said fyne before your honours, as
obteyned by Master [Lenningston?] by force and fraud

That if the said Master [Lemingston?] were guilty of such force and fraud acted upon
the Lady Powell yet nether the present peticioner nor his father were any parties thereunto but
under the strength of the legall assurance of a fyne which was as good a title at law as
counsell could advise, the peticioners father became a purchaser as aforesaid, and hath really
paid (and by mortgage of his owne landes) secured all the purchase money aforesaid.

The peticioner therefore in all humility humbly praies that (hee
who was never party to the said fine) may not suffer for the crime of
others by any bill to bee passed by your honours for vacating of the said
fine; but that your honours would bee pleased to save the peticioners estate
interest by the provisoe annexed to bee added to the bill)

And your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever
pray etc

• Chaloner Chute

William, Lord Stourton. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble petition of William Lord Stourton.

Sheweth

That your peticioner in Easter terme 1655 exhibited his bill in Chancery against William
Lord Petre and his trustees to be releived touching the summe of 3000 pounds the residue 6000 pounds payable before the late warrs
for the marriage portion of Mary eldest daughter of Robert Lord Petre father of the said William Lord Petre to Edward
Stourton sonne and heire of your peticioner; and brought the cause three severall times to hearing, and att the last hearing
the said William Lord Petre having noe other refuge, claymed his priviledge of peerage, as by the order 9o July hereunto
annexed appeareth.

Now forasmuch as this cause hath continued soe long undetermined and is betweene peere, and peere, and
for that your peticioner is very ould and hath noe other meanes for payment of his debts and provision for younger
children hee having setled all his lands on his eldest sonne in marriage which the said Mary sister to the said William Lord
Petre whoe hath left issue a sonne still living.

Your peticioner doth therefore most humbly pray that your lordshipps will either vouchsafe to heare
and determine this cause in this most high and honourable court or else that your lordshipps wilbee pleased to
order that the said Lord Petre doe waive his priviledge, and that hee shall not insist on, or clayme the
same in the Court of Chancery.

And your peticioner shall pray etc

John Petre, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of John Petre esquire

Humbly sheweth.

That the right honourable Edward Marquis and Earle of Worcester was justly indebted unto
your petitioner in the summe of 8000 pounds lent unto him in and before the yeare 1640 beinge long before hee was any way ingaged
in his late majestyes service, for satisfacion of which just debt hee acknowledged a judgement of 16000 pounds to your petitioner.

That the debt having beene 20 yeares due your petitioner was content to accepte his principall without interest
and did thereupon come to an agreement to receave the summe in 4 yeares with interest only whilst it was in payeing
which sumes his lordship promised to pay accordingly it beinge to his advantage above 8000 pounds

That on the eight of March last his lordship by a writinge under his hand and seale consented that your petitioner should
extend any of his lands for satisfacion of the said judgement accordinge to which consent your petitioner sued out an elegit to extend
the said marquis his lands in the county of Southampton which was accordingly executed the 3d of Aprill last

That notwithstanding the said consent the said lord marquis upon his peticion to this honourable house hath procured
an order that your petitioner should not proceede in the said extent to his greate prejudice and damage

Now for as much as the said debt due to the petitioner is the greatest part of his fortune and was contracted
before the warres in satisfacion whereof hee was willing to accept of his principall after 20 yeares
forbearance, and the extent sued out for the payment thereof was prosecuted by the said marquis his consent
your petitioner humbly prayes that hee may by your lordships favour bee admitted to prosecute the said extent for
satisfacion of his said debt without in curring any breach of the priviledge of Parliament due to the said
marquis as a member of this most honourable house

And your petitioner shall ever praye etc:

John Petre

Six hundred distressed protestants, late sufferers by the horrid rebellion in Ireland. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the House of Lords assembled

The humble peticion of above six hundred distressed protestantes
late [sufferers?] by the horrid rebellion in Ireland

Humbly sheweth
that your petitioneres unparralleld sufferinges by that prodigious irrupcion
in Ireland, have bin often stated, and made known to your honoures
and have long waited for releife all these late tymes of troubles
out of the collection monys in 41 in England, and soone afterwardes in
Holland, but was defeated of all to theire inevitable ruine which
constrained your perishing petitioneres to adress themselvs to your honours
who hath bin graciously pleased to referr the examination of
theire condicions to a comittee of peticions yett notwithstanding
hath not, nor cann not gett audience, by reason the comittee for
them never yett satt, and by reason they were once [1700 petitioneres?]
but now through want and distress are reduced to 600: languishing
soles. And in regard your honoures suddenly adjorne, before your
petitioneres sad and deplorable exigences be comisserated and releived

May it therefore pleas your lordships of your great goodnes
to apoint or select a comittee at a certaine time
before your honoures adjornment for your petitioneres examinacion.
That soe they may be the more nerer releife by
your honoures compassion, and as duty bindes them

They and theires shall ever thankfully
pray etc.

Robert Pory, chaplain in ordinary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Robert Pory clark chaplaine
in ordinary to the Lord Archbishopp of Canterbury his grace

That one Matthew Hardy joynt purchaser of Lambeth House,
(belonging to the see of Canterbury) with that infamous and lately executed
traytor Scot, and particularly of that part of the said house wherein the chappell
standeth, was possest of the said chappell and therein of the monument and body
of Matthew Parker sometime Lord Archbishopp of Canterbury of pious memory
that the said Hardy having bin alwayes an utter and profest enemy to that
venerable order, out of a sacriligious and covetous mind caused the said
body to be taken out of its tomb, and for the base gaine of the lead wherin
it was wrapt, to be stript and leudly throwne into some obscure hole,
which the said Hardy will by noe perswasions be induced to discover

Your petitioner therefore out of a just resentment of soe vile
a fact as is the invading and robbing the sepulcres of the dead
presumes humbly to pray that by authority of this honourable
house; the said Hardy be at least convented and required
to reveale where the bones of that reverend person
were laid, to the end they may be restored to the place
where they were at first reposited in the said chappell, (which
is now repairing) the monument being still extant and capable
of being againe fixt in the place where originaly it was erected

And he shall pray etc.

Robert Pory

James Wainewright, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of James Wainewright esquire

Humbly sheweth

That your peticioner at the importunity of the right honourable Charles
Earle of Derby purchased of the late usurped powers part of the said
earles fathers mannors and hereditaments (videlicet) the mannors of
Ormeskirke and Westderby, all the said earles lands and tenements
in Kowsley except the demesnes thereof and foure tenements within the
mannor of Lathom all of them in the county of Lancaster, and the demesnes
and watercorne milnes of Arneside in the county of Westmerland, but
before any purchase by him made his now lordshipp contracted with your
petitioner for his lordshipps redempcion thereof, but without any payment
made the said now earle did upon pretence of severall orders made in
this honourable house the last Parliament forcibly enter upon the premisses
and hath ever since kept your petitioner out of the possession without giveing
him any manner of satisfaccion although the said earle doth very well
knowe that your petitioner had never intermedled with his estate but at the
desire of the said earle and of some of your petitioners neare relacions whoe at the
said earles request sollicited your petitioner on the said earles behalfe.

Wherefore your petitioner humbly prayes that by order from this
honourable house hee may bee restored to the possession of the
premisses soe held from him as aforesaid.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

James Waynwright

Sir John Trevor, Colonel George Twisleton and Andrew Ellise. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticon of Sir John Trevor knight Colonel George
Twisleton and Andrew Ellise esquire.

Most humbly sheweth:
that your peticioners did purchase the manours of Hope and Mowld in the
county in Flynt from the right honourable Charles Earle of Derby by severall
good assurances and conveyances in law, and have held and enjoyed the
quiett possession therof ever since untill under the pretence and colour of an order
from your lordships in the last Parlaiment dated the 14th of June 1660 (a copy
wherof is hereunto annexed) the rentes of the said manours have been stayed
in the tennantes handes, and the royalties therof togeather with one mill called
Colliford Mill haveinge 200 measures of corne therin, tymber cutte
downe and sold. Have been seised and deteyned by one Edward Price in
the name and on the behalfe of the Earle of Derby

Your peticioners therefore most humbly pray

That the stay of rentes seisure of the mill and corne, royalties,
and tymber as aforesaid may bee revoaked by your lordshipps
order and your peticioners be restored to such possession of the
said manours as they enjoyed before the said order.

And your peticioners will ever pray

• John Trevor
• George Twisleton
• Andrew Ellise

Sir Thomas Allen and other adventurers in the draining of the great level of the fens. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Sir Thomas Allen and John Arthur on the behalfe
of themselves and others concerned with them as adventurers in the
draining of the great levell of the fens.

Sheweth
that a bill being preferred into the last Parliament and an other into this Parliament and endeavoured to bee past into
a lawe for settling the drayning of the great levell of fens and setling 83000 acres on the Earle of Bedford
and other 10000 acres (a considerable parte whereof belongs to your petitioners) upon others without any satisfaccion to be given
for the same to the petitioners who became adventurers with the earle in the beginning of the worke, disbursed
40 shillings the acre to begin the worke when as the earle and his other participants disbursed but 2 shillings 6 pence and have since
disbursed 20 shillings the acre more in bettering the workes and improveing the land they applied themselves to the
Houses of Commons for reliefe who referred their peticions to the severall committees appointed to consider of
the said bills, but before your petitioners could be heard in the last Parliament, the Parliament was dissolved yet a
short act was past whereby the petitioners possession was confirmed untill the 29 of May last, and the title of his majesty
and which any other person or persons then had or might have or pretend to have to any part of the 95000 acres
whereof the 10000 acres was a parte was reserved unto them and now this Parliament draweing towards
an adjournment and the committee not haveing time to heare the petitioners councell an other short act is tendred
or ready to be tendred to your lordships to be past into a law whereby without hearing of the petitioners their land is
past away from them after 9 yeares quiet possession when as the petitioners as by the case annexed may
appeare have in all respects the same title in law and equity to their proporcions of land as the earle
and his other adventurers (whose shares are still continued in their possessions) have to the residue

The petitioners therefore humbly pray your lordshipps to consider their case and
proposall annexed to this their peticion, and not to turne them out of
possession, and graunt their land from them without a legall hearing
but that their possession may bee continued as in the former act,
untill the whole busines of the draining be fully setled by act
of Parliament

And your petitioners shall ever pray etc.

• Thomas Alleyn
• John Arthur

Sir James Thynne, knight. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble petition of Sir James Thynne knight

Sheweth
that Sir Thomas Thynne your petitioners father by his first wife, the Lady Mary, had divers sonnes, and after her death, entermarried his second wife
the Lady Katherin, without any porcion, exceeding 500 pounds, and by her he had yssue Sir Henry Fredrik Thynne.

The Lady Katherin, having a passionate desire to advance her said sonne, and obtaine a disherison of the said Sir Thomas Thynn's children by his
former wife, did endeavour by untrue suggestions, to alienate his affection from those his children and especially from your petitioner Sir James
Thynne, and prevailed with Sir Thomas Thynne in the extremitie of his sicknes, and a short tyme before his death, to sett his hand to a deed, wherby
it is pretended divers mannours and lands in the counties of Salop, Gloucester, and Wiltshire were setled on Sir Henry her sonne being of the value of
neare 4000 pounds per annum and foure times more then he gave his second sonne by his first wife and shee also procured him to give all his
personall estate unto her, which shee had, amounting to above sixtie thousand pounds, which was asufficient provision for her=
=selfe and the said Sir Henry, who became her administratour shee having also claimed and enjoyed dower of the whole estate

That the same deed was void in law, and soe adjudged for your petitioner upon a verdict after full evidence, and afterwards, upon the same title
for part of the same lands your petitioner had a judgment by default, yett Sir Henry Thynne exhibited his bill in Chancery against your petitioner to have
the estate and deed made good in equitie, pretending that it was made in pursuance of an agreement made between the Lord Keeper Coventry
and Sir Thomas Thynne upon an intended marriage between Sir Henry and his now lady being the Lord Coventries daughter, and brought his
cause to hearing before the then pretended commissioners Keeble and Lisle who made a decree against your petitioner that Sir Henry Thynne should enjoy
all the said mannours and lands according to the void deed

Which decree, was utterly illegall and unjust, for that there was never any such agreement made between the Lord Coventrie and Sir Thomas
Thynne for the marriage, or settlement, or any portion to be paid by the Lord Coventrie, but what treaty had been was broken off, and
Sir Thomas Thynne dyed before any agreement and the marriage was consummated upon a new agreement and articles made between Sir Henry
Thynne and the Lord Coventrie after the death of Sir Thomas.

That the deed, being void in law, and made without valuable consideration and meerly voluntarie, by the constant rules in Chancery
cannot be there releived

That Keeble and Lisle upon hearing the cause, declared it to be of great weight, and that they would desire the opinion of judges, but without
any assistance or advice, through their ignorance or corruption made the decree against which your petitioner hath noe remedie
but before your lordships there being noe releife to be had in any other course of justice

And your petitioner being informed that there is now depending a bill before your lordships for settling the said lands on the said Sir Henry Fredrick Thynne

May it therefore please your lordships to take the premisses into consideracion and examine the grounds
of the said decree, and that your lordships wilbe pleased to heare your petitioner by his councell at your barre before
the passing of the said bill, and doe therein as your lordships shall find just

And your petitioner shall ever pray for your lordships prosperitie etc.

James Thynne

Robert Hampson, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres assembled in
Parliament.

The humble petition of Robert Hampson esquire.

Sheweth
that the 27th June 1661 your petitioner was served with an order of this honourable house
whereby your petitioner (not haveing beene heard) is ordered to make upp certaine rolls in the
Statute Office for the yeares: 1634: 1635: 1636: 1637: 1638: 1639: and 1640 within 3 weekes
which your petitioner humbly conceives cannot bee transcribed by much industry in many months

That although your petitioner humbly conceives (with submission to this honourable house)
hee is not compellable by the knowne lawes of this nation to make up the said rolls being
but an executour, yet your peticioner is willing to yeeld obedience to your said order soe as hee
may have convenient tyme for the doeing of the same, after his returne to London which wilbe
about the beginning of the next terme and your petitioner will dureing his stay in towne give copies
of such statutes as there is any present occasion for, if any such bee.

Your petitioner therefore humbly praies your honours wilbe pleased to give
your peticioner such convenient tyme after the 15th October to make up
the said recordes as a busines of that length and paines will require.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Robert Hampson

The inhabitants of Lowestoft. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the peeres of
England in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of the inhabitantes of the towne
of Lowestofte in the county of Suffolke

Sheweth

That your lordships having been graciously pleased uppon the humble suite and
prayer of your poore petitioners to heare the difference between them and the rich inhabitants of
Yarmouth, concerning the herring fishing. And to referr the matter of lawe, to the
reverend judges, to consider whether the statute of the 31 of Edwardi 3 chapter 1 et 2 bee repealed
by the statute of 11 Ricardi 2 chapter 7 or by any other statute: and your petitioners having accordingly made their
humble addresses to their lordshipps to appoint a day for the councill on either side to attend them,
who by reason of the great and weighty affayres of the nation, and the assizes approaching cannot
answere your lordships desires therein, before the months of October or December next. And
least in the meane time your petitioners and the poore fishermen should bee disturbed in the
free exercise of their trade of herring fishing now suddenly approaching to the threatning
ruine of them and their familyes, as the men of Yarmouth practised the last yeare by force
and violence

They therefore most humbly pray that your lordships would bee pleased out of your great
wisdome and pious regarde to your poore petitioners to afford them such releife in this their
sad condicion; and after soe great sufferings in the late warres, a lamentable fire
and great expences; they may not bee rendred the most miserable people, in all
his majestyes dominions, but that they may by your lordships proteccion, bee incouraged to
exercise their free trade of herring fishing, without molestacion of the Yarmouth
men, for the purchasing a present subsistance for their familyes, untill the
judges shall deliver their opinion to your lordships in pursuance of the orders.

And your petitioners as in all duty bound shall ever pray etc

Peticion of the [inhabitants?]
of Lowestofte

John Walker, reading clerk to the House of Lords. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

The peticion of
John Walker.

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament
assembled.

The humble peticion of John Walker reading clarke
to the House of Peeres.

Sheweth that your peticioner during the sitting of the last, and
of this Parliament, hath dayly, and diligently attended,
and performed the service of his place, both in the house,
and at all committees of the lords in Parliament, where
much of the publique busines hath been transacted.

That upon passing private bills, there is no allowance
made unto the reading clarke, nor any considerable
advantage (other than the creditt of so honourable a
service) accrewing to the said office.

Your peticioner therefore humbly beseecheth your
honours, so to consider of his paines in the
faithfull and constant discharge of this his imployment
as to order for him such recompence, as to your
honours shall seeme reasonable.

And he (as in duty bound) shall pray etc

John Walker.

The doorkeepers of the House of Lords. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in
Parliament assembled

Humbly sheweth.
that your lordshipps doore keepers and petitioners haveing given their dayly attendance from your
lordshipps first sitting of the last sessions of Parliament till this present time and have not
as yet received any sallary. And in regard your lordshipps adjournment (as your peticioners are
informed is nigh at hand and they haveing no other way of livelyhood, but what
now depends on this their service and attendance upon your lordshipps

Wee humbly pray your lordshipps to be pleased before such your adjournment
to establish such sallary or gratuity for the time they have served
and for their future provision or otherwise) to consider of them
as your lordshipps grave judgment shall seeme meet.

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray
for your lordshipps long lives and happiness.

The sixteen serjeants at arms in ordinary to his majesty. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of the sixteene serjeantes at armes in ordinary to his majesty

Most humbly sheweth

That your petitioners have according to your lordshipps order constantly attended in the Painted Cham=
=ber and thereabouts for the preventing disorders, and shall allwayes bee ready to obey such commands
as they shall receive from your lordshipps but the serjeants at armes heretofore haveing constantly had
an allowance from the Kings majesty for every spetiall dayes attendance, and in regard they are now like
to give a greater attendance then of late hath been required from them and for that the sallary
they have from his majesty is but 12 pence per diem [illegible] to each serjeaunt, and that
soe difficult to be gott, that your petitioners reape very little benefitt thereby though the same was setled
above 300 yeares since; at which time 12 pence was more then five shillings is now, [and?] your peticioners
have never since had one farthing addicion but are every way in a worse condicion then the serjeauntes at
armes were in those dayes, their priviledges and advantages being then farr greater then now they are
and there being scarse any other of his majesties servants, though of much lower quality but their allowances
and perquisites are both greater then your petitioners.

They doe therefore

Humbly pray your lordships wilbee pleased to recommend them to his
majesty for such a convenient allowance as may incourage them to
performe the duty expected from them, and in some measure
afford them a support answerable to the quallity of their places
and that the same may bee charged upon such place as may make sure
payment thereof.

And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray etc

• [Francis?] Langton
• John Barrett
• [Richard?] Thorne
• Miles Bull
• Francis Williamson


• Richard Bishop
• Henry Bulstrode
• James [Beike?]

William, Lord Mounson. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the House of Peeres in Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of William Lord Mounson.

Sheweth

That your petitioner (without his knowledge or consent) was unhappily nominated by the then pretended Parliament
to bee one of the judges to sitt upon the tryall of his late sacred majestie (of ever blessed memory) and that your petitioner unfortunately and
contrary to his inclynacions for which he humbly beggs [pardon?] of God, his now majestie, and the world, did sitt at the first, though
[with designes?] of duty and loyalty if possible to prevent that horrid murder by [joyning?] others to oppose it, but findeing theire
[violence?] and bloody designe, was not to bee [declyned?], hee withdrew himselfe with a great abhorrence of it, as hee is
able to proove

That notwithstanding this and the last Parliaments intentions of mercy to him, in excepting him from a justly
[deserved?] death hee is now under a sentence, soe much beyond it as hee had rather chose to dye a thousand tymes then to
outlive the shame and ignominy of itt

Therefore your petitioner humbly prayeth that since hee is more tymely sorrowfull for his fault, then his misfortune, your
lordshipps would bee pleased to looke upon him as a person fitt for mercy and that out of your wonted clemency
and goodnes you would be pleased to remitt such parte of his sentence especially what is most ignominious
in it, as you shall thinke fitt since his crime proceeded rather from an error in judgment then
disaffection

And your petitioner shall pray etc:

• William Monson

Sir Henry Mildmay. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in
Parliament assembled.

The humble petition of Sir Henry Mildmay

In all humility sheweth.

That your petitioner being most deepely sensible of the just displeasure of
the honourable House of Commons declared against hym and others in the bill there
latelie passed for paines penalties and forfeitures and now depending before
your lordshipps, the offence therein charged against him being for sitting and
acting in that pretended high court of justice for trying and judging of his
late majestie of blessed memorie; the onlie end which your petitioner proposed
to hymselfe for his appearing in that pretended court was that hee
might by his being there present, and observing of theire proceedings, bee the
better able to improve his utmost care and industry according to his alle=
geance, and special dutie to his late majesty, to preserve his said majesties
life, which your petitioner endeavored with all his diligence; and then also did
(as hee now doeth) in the sinceritie of his heart, declare his utter abhorren=
cie and detestacion of that most wicked murther of his late majestie.

And inasmuch as the suddennes of your petitioners last appearing before
the honourable House of Commons was such that hee had not then tyme
to make proofe there of this his allegation.

His most humble prayer therefore to your lordshipps now is, that
before the said bill bee passed your lordshipps most honourable house, your
petitioner may have liberty to produce his testimony to your lordshipps for
cleering soe much of the integrity of his intentions, which, however
it may weigh with your good lordshipps, hee shall humbly submitt to
your righteous judgment; beseeching your lordshipps in the bowells of
your compassion to him and his distressed children to commiserate
his sad condition

And (as in duty bound) hee shall etc

• Henry Mildmay

Robert Wallop, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in
Parliament.

The humble peticion of Robert Wallop esquire.

In all humblenesse sheweth
that (lying under the insupportable burthen and sense of the just displeasure
of the honourable House of Commons manifested in theire sentence lately pronounced against
him; and being apprehensive that the cause inducing that honourable house soe to proceede
against him was for his appearing in the pretended high court of justice for tryal of his late
majestie) your petitioner ever did, and doeth from his soule abhorre and detest that most horrid
and execrable murther of his late majestie; and his appearing in that pretended court was for
noe other cause but that hee might gaine an advantage thereby of being instrumental in the
uprightnes of his heart to preserve the life of his late majestie.

That being surprized with the suddennesse of his last appearing before the honourable House of
Commons hee had not opportunity by any other evidence then his owne personal assertion and
protestacion to prove the truth of what is herein alleaged.

That the bill for paines penalties and forfeitures (wherein your petitioner is most unhappily included
being transmitted from the House of Commons to your lordshipps

Your petitioner doeth therefore most humbly beseech your good lordshipps to commiserate
his just sad and deplorable condicion, and to extend your mercie to him and his
distressed wife and children; and for cleering the integrity of his intentions in this
matter, that hee may have libertie before the passing of the sayd bill to produce his
testimony and proofe before your lordshipps

And your petitioner (as in duty bound) shall ever pray etc

• Richard Wallop

Lady Harrington, the distressed wife of Sir James Harrington. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of the Lady Harrington
the distressed wife of Sir James Harrington

Humblie sheweth
that your peticioner was the daughter of Sir Edmund Wright whoe was a loyall and affectionate
subject and greate sufferer for his late majestie by fine and imprisonment in his life tyme.
That shee is the unfortunate wife of a miserable gentleman of an ancient family whoe is justly
fallen under the displeasure and censure of his majestie and the Parliament and reserved to paines
and penaltyes which like a terrible cloud are now ready to fall not only upon himselfe alone, but
alsoe upon your innocent peticioner and 12 poore undisposed children whoe must (except you bee
gracious) all suffer and perish with him. That amongst the rest her eldest sonne whoe was
alwaies of a knowne loyall mind is soe farr engaged in the vast debts of his father, that hee is
forced to hide his head and to lye as it were already buried under the ruines of his family:

In this most sad condicion your lordshipps poore and most afflicted petitioner in the
behalfe of her selfe and all her innocent children out of the affrighting
apprehensions of your approaching sentence doth in all humility att your honours
feete begg and implore that yow will bee pleased with some compasion to consider
her and graciously to mittigate the severer doome of the House of Commons
and at least to preserve unto her that small proporcion of her owne fathers
inheritance wherein her said husband never had any estate but in the right
of your peticioner that soe the punishment of her miserable husband may not
extend to take away the bread of his innocent relacions but that they
may by your lordshipps pitty bee saved from utter ruine and thereby bee
obleiged for ever to pray for your honours happinesse and lasting prosperity

Katherine Harington

The creditors of Sir James Harrington. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

Creditors of Sir James Harrington

To the right honourable the House of Peers

The humble petition of the creditors
of Sir James Harrington

Sheweth
that your lordships petitioners some of them beinge widdows and others
orphans did all of them long before Michaelmas 1659 lend
unto Sir James Harrington severall sums of monie upon bond and
for which some of us have since 1659 obteined judgement at
law though not all and understanding your lordships are upon the
consideration of a new law for confiscation of the said Sir James
as being one of those reserved to paines and penalties.

Wherefore we your lordships petitioners being innocent
persons doe most humbly pray your justice may
be graciously extended unto us (some of us beinge
concerned for our whole estates that we have in
this word) whereby we may not be debarred our said
just debts to the end we and our families may not
perish but may have cause to pray for your lordships as
we are bound

• Judeth Cotton
• William Fisher
• John Fountayne
• Richard Woodward
• William Chomley


• Anne A Winnald


• Anne Molter
• Katharine KB Boll


• John Thompson
• Richard Pigot
• Nichol Golde
• Laurens Carter

Sir John Smyth, knight. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lordes assembled
in High Court of Parlyament

The humble petition of Sir John Smyth knight

Sheweth.
That Sir Henry Wallop deceased, and Robert
Wallop esquire his sonne, weare ingaged to your
petitioner or to some intrust for him in seve=
rall sommes of money upon bond and judgment
thereon which your petitioner could never
recover from the saide Robert Wallop in all
those late unhappie tymes by reason that
the said Robert was ingaged with the
userped power, and your petitioner knowne
by him to bee of the royall partie, for which
your petitioner hath much suffered. And
for asmuch as the landes and estate of the
said Robert Wallop are forfeited or declared
to bee forfeited by this present Parlyament
your petitioner humbly beseecheth your
lordships in regarde hee hath a greate charge
and it maye bee an infinit prejudice to
his poore children who are manie and
small and your petitioner verie aged
that the proviso heare annexed maye bee
incerted into the said acte of forfeiture

And your petitioner shall ever pray

• John Smyth

Nicholas Delves, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled
in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Nicholas Delves esquire

Humbly sheweth
that Sir Henry Norton sonn and heire apparent of Sir Gregory
Norton deceased entred into a statute of 700 pounds to your peticioner the 12th of March 1659
your peticioner being moved to furnish the said Sir Henry Norton with this money
the rather for that your peticioner had often heard that Sir Gregory Norton had
disinherited the said Sir Henry Norton for his affeccion to the interest of
his majestie that now is

That the said Sir Henry was involved in a long and expensive suite at
law before he could regaine the said estate

That your peticioner did not know at the time he lent the said money to
Sir Henry that his father was any way concerned in his late majesties death

That the Parliament haveing beene pleased to allow all statutes etc
upon the estates of such persons as are reserved to paines and penalties
untill September 1659 your petitioner had hopes his just debts had beene
therein comprehended and secured but finding the bill passed the House of Commons
and your petitioner therein excluded only in pointe of [illegible] time.

Your peticioner humbly beseecheth your
lordshipps that the equity of his case may bee
considered your peticioner haveing been alwaies
wel affected to the cause and interest of his majestie
and that in case your lordshipps shall thinke fitt
to take away the estate of the said Sir Henry
Norton yet your lordshipps will please to allow your
peticioners statute by way of proviso to this bill,

And your peticioner as in duty bound shall
ever pray etc

• Nicholas Delves

Peticion of Nicholas
Delves esquire

Angell Grey. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords of England in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of Angell Grey

Sheweth
that the right honourable the Lady Elizabeth Griffin mother to your petitioners wife out of her affection to Audlay, Henry, Katherine and
Elizabeth Grey his younger children and her grandchildren, did agree with your petitioner to put the summe of 3000 pounds into his disposing
upon this trust that he should answer interest for the same unto her during her life, and after her decease should dispose
the same amongst his said younger children for their preferrment for the true performance of which trust your petitioner gave
security out of his estate by indenture dated the 24th of January 1637 as by the said indenture appeareth.

That after severall offers of security for the said moneys the said Lady Elizabeth Griffin gave consent to accept a bond
of Sir John Danvers, together with Thomas Lawley esquire John Bellew gentleman his suretyes for the said 3000 pounds with interest
and accordingly the said Lady Elizabeth Griffin sent the same to be paid by your petitioner unto him, upon sealing of which bond
and at the payment of the said moneys it was declared unto the said Sir John Danvers, that your petitioners name was only used in
trust in the said bond as above, and that the said moneys was the money of the said Lady Elizabeth Griffin and by her
disposed as above.

That your petitioner serving his late majesty of ever blessed memory King Charles the first in the late unhappy warrs compounded
upon the articles of Oxford paying the fyne imposed on him and inserted the trust of the said bond and indenture in his perticuler
yett the commissioners sitting at Haberdashers Hall combyning with the said Sir John Danvers did compell your petitioner and the said Lady Elizabeth
Griffin to produce the said bond and leave the same in their treasury, and afterwards the said bond was delivered upp unto the
said Sir John Danvers by the said commissioners they pretending that the debt was forfeited unto the late usurped comonwealth for your
petitioners delinquency, wherby the good intention of the said Lady Elizabeth Griffin towards his children is not only frustrated
but your petitioner also (who was but a trustee hath bin and still is forced to pay interest for the same to the said Lady Elizabeth
Griffin during her life and must also answer the principle unto his children out of his own estate after her decease
so that the goodnes of a kind grandmother towards her children is, by the said unjust proceedings made the occasion of
distroying your petitioner and his whole family.

Wherfore your petitioner who hath ever bin loyall and faithfull to his majesty and late royall father and therby hath
suffered very much in his person and estate (to his utter ruin) doth humbly pray your lordships that you will
be pleased to graunt to your petitioner satisfacion for the said 3000 pounds and damages out of the estate of the said Sir John
Danvers (his estate by his majesties most gracious act of pardon being lyable to all paines penaltyes and
forfeitures as by another act of Parliament intended to be passed for that purpose shall be
expressed and declared as to your lordships in your great wisdomes shall seeme most just and meet.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc:

• Angell Grey

Thomas Clarke and Jane his wife, widow of Nicholas Bourne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the committee of lords appointed
for regulateing the abuses in printing.

The humble peticion of Thomas Clarke and Jane his wife, the late wife, and
executrixe of Nicholas Bourne late cittizen and stacioner of London deceased

Humbly sheweth.

That the said Nicholas Bourne did purchase for his copy a certaine forme for printing bills of
lading in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch, and one other forme for printing indentures
for binding servants to persons which are planters in his majesties islands of Virginia, New England
Barbadoes, Saint Christophers and the Summer Islands etc and also one other forme for printing
bills of debt for money, tobacco, muscavadoe sugar etc. And according to a decree of Star=Chamber
bearing date the 11th day of June in the 11th yeare of the raigne of his late majesty King Charles the first
(of ever blessed memory) concerning printing, did enter the said severall formes into the publique
register for his owne perticular copyes (and that by order of a full court of assistants of the
Company of Stacioners London.)

Which said severall copyes as well by the said decree, as by the orders of the said Company of
Stacioners ought not to bee reprinted by any other person without the consent of the said
Nicholas Bourne, or of your petitioners (whose just right they now are); yet notwithstanding during
the late licentious times the same have been and still are by severall persons printed and reprinted
at their owne pleasures to your petitioners great losse and damage.

Your petitioners therefore most humbly pray your honours would please to take the premisses into your
grave and serious consideracions, to the end that there may bee such provisions made in
the act now under your honours consideracion as may secure your petitioners interest in the
said printing formes, for which hee the said Nicholas Bourne did pay a valuable
consideracion.

And your petitioners (as in duety nevertheles bound) shall ever
pray etc.

• Thomas Clarke
• Jane Clarke

Peter Cole. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honorable the
lords spirituall and temporall in
Parliament assembled

The humble petition of Peter Cole.

Humbly sheweth
that your petitioner hath layd out his estate and the estates of divers orphans
amounting to above 5000 in the purchase of the copies and printing divers
bookes of anatomy chyrurgery and physicke and cutting larger fairer
and better brass plates for severall sortes of the said bookes than ever
were printed in England before very much of which is alreaddie printed
and above 5000 sheets more are at vast charges made reddie for the press
which if hindred by the charges of licenceing or otherwise it will spoile
the sale of those that are printed they being but parts of what is yet
to print and so ruin your petitioner and thirteen orphans whose estates
is layd out in the copies and printing the bookes aforementioned a
catalogue of those that are printed and those that are printing is here
unto annexed with the retaile prises

May it therefore please your honors that the
proviso annexed to this petition may pass in the
bill intended for regulating printing

And your petitioner as in dutie bound
shall ever pray etc.

• Peter Cole

Goddard Leigh, prisoner in the Fleet. HL/PO/JO/10/1/307 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament.

The humble peticion of Goddard Leigh, now prisoner in the Fleet

Humbly sheweth

That in the yeare 1624 the petitioner was seised for terme of his life of a rent charge of 50 pounds per annum issuing out of the
priory of Caldwell in the county of Bedford.

That about the yeare 1654 the petitioner at the instance of Lewis Conquest purchasour of the said priory, and for the consideracion
of 550 pounds to be paid to the petitioner for the release of the said rent charge joyned in the sale of the said priory.

That for the consideracion of the said 550 pounds soe due to your petitioner by the said Lewis Conquest and of five poundes more paid to
Lewis Conquest and Sir Richard Conquest knight lord of the mannour of Dame Ellingsbury in the said county of Bedford, the said
Lewis Conquest, and Sir Richard Conquest conveyed the said mannour to the petitioner and his heires by deed of bargaine and sale enrolled by
vertue whereof the petitioner was and is seised in fee of the said mannour

That one Henry Piggott esquire in the time of warre and in the absence of the said Lewis Conquest in his late majesties service intruded
upon the petitioners possession, but then upon pretence to preserve it from sequestracion and since pretendes some title to the same precedent to the
petitioners title.

That the petitioner for the evicting of the possession from the said Piggott brought his accion of ejectment to try the title betweene him and
Piggott at the assisses at Bedford. But Piggott exhibited his bill in Chancery against the petitioner and the tryall was by injunccion stayd after
the court had ordered a tryall at law

That Piggott brought the cause to hearing before the late Master of the Rolls, at which time one Master East the petitioners cheife witnesse came
into court to be examined viva voce according to order and was not permitted by the Master of the Rolls to speake his knowledge in the
matters then in judgment before the said master.

That hand over head it was decreed by the said master that the petitioner should convey the said mannour of Dame Ellingsbury unto
the said Pigott and his heires by such assurance as the said Piggottes councell should advise or devise for non performance
whereof the petitioner was committed to the Fleet and is still a prisoner for the same and Piggott in possession of the petitioners landes without
title or any valuable consideracion for the same other then the decree of the said court.

For as much as the petitioner hath noe other subsistence for himself and famyly but the said mannour and the measne proffittes
thereof since the intrution of the said Piggott and for that the petitioner sought releife by his crosse bill in Chancery against
the said Piggott which was dismissed without answeare, and for that hee moved the court that he might prosecute his bill
of revivour to reverse the said decree but was denyed so as the petitioner is now totally debarrd his tryall at law for the recovery
of his right by the said decree, the petitioner being destitute of all possible remedy att law or equity in the condicion hee
now standes.

May it please your lordshipps to take the petitioners sadd [case?] into your lordshipps consideracion and to examine the said
decree, and to send for the said Henry Piggott, and William Lenthall esquire late Master of the Rolls to shewe
cause if they can why the said decree should not bee made null and void by your lordshipps authority and
justice and the petitioner discharged of his imprisonment and left to law for the tryall of his title to the
said mannour without restraint notwithstanding the said pretended decree.

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

Goddard Leigh

William Clerke, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/308 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall assembled in Parliament.

The humble petition of William Clerke esquire

Sheweth

That there was a private act of Parliament passed in
the Parliament begun the five and twenteth of Aprill in the 12th
yeare of his majesties raigne for the settling and disposing of the man=
nours lands and tenementes of Sir John Clerke knight and baronett your
petitioners father which said act is now before your lordshipps to
be confirmed amongst divers other private actes with sundry expla=
nations and altirations as by the same will appeare,

Now forasmuch as your petitioner is eldest son and heire to the said Sir
John and that all the said landes are settled in taile upon your petitioner which
cannot be disturbed or altered to the disadvantage of your petitioner
but by act of Parliament.

May it therefore please your honours to referre the said bill
(which hath had one reading before your lordshipps) to some com=
mittee to the intent your petitioner may be heard by his
councill to the severall alterations therin made that although
your petitioner out of his ready obedience unto his fathers
commaundes be willing to consent unto what was then settled
yet his just exceptions to what is new and added with such explana=
tions to what concernes your petitioner and his family as your petitioner
shall then humbly offer may be heard before his right
and interest be concluded by your lordshippes judgement.

And your petitioner shall pray.

William Clerke

John Apsley of Grays Inn, esquire. HL/PO/JO/10/1/308 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and temporall assembled
in Parliament.

The humble peticion of John Apsley of Graies Inne esquire.

Most humbly sheweth
that the tennants of the honour of Clitherow in the county of Lancaster being by
severall decrees in the dutchy court in the yeares, 1618, and 1619 ordered and decreed to pay unto his late majestie King James
3604 pounds: 9 shillings: and 2 pence with interest.

That his late majestie King Charles the first being indebted unto Sir Allen Apsley the leiuetenant of the Tower for
dyett for prisoners and other things in the 5th yeare of his raigne, did by letteres patents graunt the same unto the said Sir Allen
his executours and assignes, to the use of the said Sir Allen Apsley his executours and assignes in part of his debt.

That in the yeare 1630 the said Sir Allen Apsley dyed much indebted and made your petitioner his executour and having an
intangled estate your peticioner was inforced in the prosecucion, and defence of suites to expend greate summes of money
amongst which suites your peticioner in the yeare 1640 obtained an order in the dutchy court for the tenements of Clitherow to pay
unto him the said 3604 pounds: 9 shillings: and 2 pence with damages for the forbearance of the same it now being twenty yeares since.

That the said Collonel John Apsley went into his late majesties service shortly after whereby he could not take the
benefitt of his order and there comanded a regiment of horse and continued in his majesties service to the end of the warrs
whereof John Holt and diverse others pretending themselves creditours for victualls delivered to his late majesties navy
taking advantage did confederate themselves together, and by the power then in being agreede to devide the said Sir
Allen Apsleys estate amongst themselves, and in order thereunto intending totally to out your peticioner of his executourshipp
hee having disbursed and expended therein att the least 2000 pounds for which hee was constrained to mortgage his owne estate
combyned with the tenants of Clitherow, whoe knew that the money payable by them did belong to your peticioner as
executor to Sir Allen Apsley and agreed to take 4000 pounds [there?] being due to your peticioner from them by the said decree
13000 pounds and received and devided the said 4000 pounds accordingly and to colour their agreement in the yeare 1650 prepared
an act of Parliament to indempnify the said tenants from payment of the same to your peticioner.

And now the said tenantes have procured an act of Parliament to be passed in the Howse of Commons for confirming
the pretended act of Parliament in 1650 and for the confirmacion of the said agreement made betweene the tenants
and the rest of the confederates on purpose to debarre your peticioner from the benefitt of his order, and which is
alsoe lying now before your lordshipps to be passed in like manner.

Your peticioner therefore humbly prays that your honours would bee pleased to
suspend the passing of the said act soe farre as concernes him, and that hee may have a
day of hearing sett downe for the making good the contents of the peticion.

And your peticioner shall pray etc

John Apsley

Colonel John Apsley. HL/PO/JO/10/1/308 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall and
temporall assembled in Parliament:

The humble peticion of Colonell John Apsley

Humbly sheweth
that whereas your peticioner hath new matter and evidence which till now
he could not attaine unto to enforce the truth and equitie of his former
peticion exhibited into this honourable court

Your peticioner therefore humbly prayes that he may be
further heard upon such evidence as he hath humbly
to offer to your lordships before the bill be passed

And your peticioner shall pray etc

John Apsley

Thomas Combe. HL/PO/JO/10/1/308 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spirituall
and temporall assembled in Parliament

The humble petition of Thomas Combe

Sheweth,
that your petitioner (who formerly had a good estate) is now even
ruined and undone by the late pretended lord commissioner Whitelocks
illegall and irregular references and proceedings out of the High
Court of Chauncery and elsewhere against your petitioner and by his
referrees videlicet John Whitfeild esquire Master Henry Gooding
Master William Hyde and Master William Finch but now upon his
majesties blessed and happy returne and restauracion unto his crown
and dignity and your lordships comfortable, happie and joyfull meeting
here, to doe justice and to relieve the oppressed your petitioner hath
great hopes of reparacion and satisfaccion for his wrongs
and doubts it not, if your honours will vouchsafe to see and
heare his case with his grievances which your petitioner hath
hereunto annexed

May it therefore please your lordships to take his said
case and sad condicion into your serious consideracion
and soe to order that the said commissioner Sir Bulstrode
Whitelock Master John Whitfeild Master Henry Gooding
Master William Hyde and Master William [Finch?] may be summoned
in before your lordships to shew [cause why?] your
petitioner should not be relieved and have satisfaccion
for the wrong and injuries he hath sustained by
their meanes and procurement

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

• Thomas Combe

Dorothy and Elizabeth Lake, daughters of Sir Thomas Lake, deceased. HL/PO/JO/10/1/308 (1661)

To the right honourable the lordes and peeres assembled in the High Court of Parlament.

The humble petition of Dorothy and Elizabeth Lake daughters to Sir Thomas Lake knight and Dame Dorothy his wife deceased.

Humbly sheweth,
that above 25 yeers since the said Sir Thomas Lake took to wife the sayde Dame Dorothy, sister to the right honourable John now Earle of Ruttland, with whom hee had a large portion, and
uppon the sayde marriage the mannors of Stanmore and Sunbury in the county of Middlesex and the mannor of Gaynes in the county of Huntingdon, and divers other mannors landes tenements and hereditaments of aboute
the yeerly valew of 3000 pounds per annum were settled part for the joynture of the sayde Dame Dorothy, and part for the present maintenance of the sayde Sir Thomas and Dame Dorothy, and that all the sayde
mannors and premises or a greate part thereof should after theyr deaths, come and descend uppon the heyres males of the body of the sayde Sir Thomas, on the body of the sayde Dame Dorothy
neverthelesse charged for the raysing of 3000 pounds a peece unto Mary and Bridgett your petitioners auntes, and 3000 pounds a peece to, and for the use of your petitioners for their portions and praeferment in marriage

Butt soe it is, that your petitioners sayde mother dying many years since, and leaving your petitioners younge infants of very tender years, and Thomas Lake their brother alsoe an infant, the only sonne and heyre
of the sayde Sir Thomas Lake by the saide Dame Dorothy. And their father in his life time havinge (according to the settlement afforementioned) made payment of such monies as were after
agreed to bee payd to Mary and Bridgett your petitioners sayde auntes, for the better settlement of the said landes and estates in himselfe, and to his heires generalls, and for the better raysing of
portions for your petitioners, hee the sayd Sir Thomas Lake your petitioners father cutt of the intayle of the landes mentioned, and nott long after hee the sayd Sir Thomas tooke to wife one Frances Dubbleday
with whom hee had noe portion or estate, and (may it please your lordships) though the sayd Sir Thomas theyr father in his life time often minded the raising of your petitioners portions (according
to the settlement afforementioned) yett aboute 8 years since dying suddenly, and thereby beinge prevented of such his intentions, the sayd Frances his relict survivinge, possessed her selfe of all
the deedes and evidences relating and belonging to theyr sayde fathers estate, and shee the sayde Frances by agreement, suffered one Christopher Jacob your petitioners saide father's cook, a man
of meane condition, to take foorth letters of administration of their father's estate, and hee the sayde Jacob and Frances possessed themselves of whatt they could gett into their handes of your petitioners sayde father's es=
=tate, and never have given any accompt thereof.

That afterwards shee the sayde Frances married and tooke to husband one Freeman, a man of noe estate or fortune, and shortly after the sayde Frances, and Freeman her husband dyed and lately
the sayde Jacob is dead alsoe, and all the deedes evidences concerning your petitioners sayde father's estate, and all his personall estate, which hee lefte att his death, is by the meanes of the sayde Jacob
Freeman, and Frances imbezilled, concealed or cancelled; soe that your petitioners know nott how, or where to sue for the same, or to gett any reliefe for their portions butt by your lordships justice in Parlament.

And the rather, for that the sayd Thomas Lake the heyr to your petitioners father, and your petitioners only brother, yett under age is lately married to one Mistress Wroth, by whom (as your petitioners are informed)
hee hath had little if any portion, who, though hee hath often promised, and seemed to bee very willinge to make good your petitioners saide portions to them, yett being of a yielding [illegible]
nature, and unwillinge to displease his wives kindred (a necessitated sorte of people who have runne him into vast debts) by their insinuations, counsells, and perswasions, they have kept
and hindred their sayde brother nott only from paying or securing of your petitioners portions, butt from the sight of his neerest freindes; whilst in the meane time, they indeavour (as your petitioners are credibly
informed) soe soone as hee the sayde Thomas Lake their brother comes of age, to gayne the wholl estate of the sayde Sir Thomas Lake their father to themselves, and thereby deprive your petitioners of
theyr portions: pretending, that hee the sayde Thomas Lake is very much indebted to themselves, and that the afforesayde deedes for securing your petitioners portions are lost, and by reason thereof,
that theyr saide brother is thereby free from any obligation to pay your petitioners any portions.

And your petitioners alsoe shew, that uppon sale of the mannor of Cannons in the county of Middlesex, beinge part of the landes formerly belonging to Sir Thomas Lake the petitioners father and parte
of the settlement afforsayde, which since your petitioners saide father's death was sold to Sir Lancellott Lake (unckle to your petitioners) be the [illegible] Lady Wylde, (to whom the saide lordship was either
sold or morgaged by the saide Sir Thomas their father) there is about the summe of 3000 pounds of the sayde purchase mony belonging to their father, and intended for the payment of your
petitioners portions (as your petitioners are credibly informed) which yett remaines either in the handes of the saide Ladie Wylde, or in the possession of the said Sir Lancellott Lake their unckle, untill sufficient discharge
can bee given therefore by the saide Thomas Lake their brother, (who is yett under age) and which your petitioners are informed the sayde Sir Lancellott Lake is willinge should bee payd to your petitioners, soe as hee might bee
well discharged thereof, which would bee a greate comforte and releefe to your poore petitioners for theyre more certayne maintenance and subsistance they havinge nothing for the present to subsist by or live uppon,
butt of courtesy and charity of their brothers evill counsellours; soe that if theyr saide brother should dye before payment of, or security for theyr sayde portions, they must bee lefte to the mercy of
strangers; and if hee should live, beinge a younge man, very ill advised and withdrawne by them that are aboute him (who seeke to gayne his estate if nott timely rescued by your lordships justice
and mercy to theyr family) hee the saide Thomas Lake will soone bee rendred incapable ever to give your petitioners any sattisfaction for theyr saide portions, and your petitioners inevitably like to perish, or
live in perpetuall wante

Wherefore your petitioners most humbly pray,
that your lordships would be pleased to call before you the saide Thomas Lake their brother, and to intimate to Sir Lancellott Lake (now of the House of Commons) your [desins?] that hee would sig=
=nifye his knowledge of the praemises, and after of your tender compassion to take course for the praeservation of theire saide brother's estate from ruine, by recommending him to the custody
of some of his owne freindes to take care of him and his estate, untill hee come of age, (which will now bee within halfe a yeere or little more) and in the meanetime, that their sayde
brothers estate, and purchase mony remaininge in the handes of the said Sir Lancellott Lake or Lady Wylde, or either of them, may bee made lyable for payment of their portions,
for which end, the afforementioned settlement was made and intayle cutt off; and this the rather, for that your petitioners (as orphans) have noe other courte of judicature to appeale unto
for releefe, butt to your lordships in Parlament.

And they will ever pray etc

• Dorothy Lake
• Elizabeth Lake

Robert Pory, chaplain in ordinary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Robert Pory chaplaine in ordinary
to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his grace.

Sheweth.

That Mathew Hardy notoriously convict before a committee of this
honourable house of a most sacrilegious and inhumane act of taking up the body
of Mathew Parker some time Archbishop of Canterbury, despoyling it of the lead
wherein it was wrapt, and throwing it into a dunghill, upon report made by the said
committee, was ordered by this honourable house the 24th of July last to take up the bones
of the said archbishop where they are now laid and put them in the same place
where they were first buried, and that he should forthwith erect a tombe
over the said place of his buriall as formerly, of which order a true copy was
delivered soone after into the hands of the said Mathew Hardy, who compared it himselfe
with the originall record, notwithstanding which your lordships said order is not obeyed.

In consideracion therefore of this high contempt of your lordships
said order your petitioner humbly beseecheth this honourable house, that according
as is exprest in the said order your lordships would take the businesse into your
further consideracion and award such punishment as this high and wilfull
disobedience added to soe abominable a violence comitted upon the
corps of that venerable prelate shall in your wisdomes be deemed
to have deserved.

And your peticioner shall pray etc.

Those whose names are subscribed. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in Parliament assembled

The humble peticion of those whose names are subscribed aswell in behalfe of themselves
as other the revercioneres of severall offices and places in the Cittie of London

Humblie sheweth
that by ancient usage and custome of the Cittie of London, severall grauntes or designacions in revercion have
beene made by the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen of severall offices within the said cittie

That according to the said ancient usage the persons soe designed have beene admitted to the enjoyment
and exercise of those offices as the same became voyd

That your peticioneres having such grauntes were encouraged to spend much of theire time to fitt and enable
themselves to succeed in the execucion of the same, and theire parentes and freindes in respect thereof and in
expectacion of a preferrment and benifitt to come unto them by the said offices left the lesse porcions unto
them

That dureing the late troubles by the power and interest of Isaack Pennington in the time of his maioralty on
designe to bring in John Bradshawe both of them afterwardes eminently instrumentall in the horrid
murder of his late majesty King Charles the first of ever blessed memory, and in opposicion to those whoe were
loyally affected, and whereof some were actuallie in his said majesties service an interrupcion was made in the
auncient course of proceedings, and thereby your peticioneres debarred of the benifitt of theire said grantes, and
the said offices ever since for by=respectes disposed in possession to severall persons, whoe never had any such
designacions in revercion, contrary to the said auncient usage, [notwithstanding?] severall addresses have
beene made by your peticioneres to that court for the redresse of [theire?] sufferinges

And whereas your peticioneres well knowe what greate [disadvantage?] and prejudice itt is for anie private person
to contest with soe great and potent a corporacion, and alsoe for prevencion of the multiplicity of suites and actions
which might thereby arise; and forasmuch that since his majesties most happie restauracion to his right
of government the whole nacion have found the blessed effectes thereof your peticioners might not
bee the only sufferers in that kinde; and by reason your peticioneres could never obtaine possession or admittance
of theire respective offices, they have noe meanes in the ordinary course of lawe or equity to recover theire
respective rightes but by the power and authority of this honourable howse

Your peticioners beeing by education fitted and enabled for
the execution of theire places, for which they have such grauntes or designacions
humblie appeale to your lordshipps justice beseeching your honours order to the
Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen to make good theire predecessors grauntes
by removing such whoe have intruded, and beene wrongfully put into theire
places, and admitting your peticioners unto the enjoyment of theire respective offices
according to theire severall grauntes and designacions

And they shall daily pray etc.

• Gilbert Gerard
• Benjamin [Hoskins?]
• [R Cole?]
• [.r?] Conyers
• John Bernard
• Nathaniel Snape
• Thomas Kippes
• John Townesend
• John Lathum


• Francis Cranley
• Robert Waiting
• John Walkenden
• Henry Walthew
• Robert Griffith
• Roger Laton


• [T Heyhoe?]
• Marcellus Rivers
• Thomas Wadeson


• Richard Browne
• [illegible]
• [Just Lewyne?]
• Fredericke Hyde

Dorothea Gifford, widow, on behalf of herself and six children. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticion of Dorothea Gifford widdowe
in behalfe of her selfe and six children

Sheweth
that Charles Stepkin esquire being trustee for your petitioner and her six children of severall houses in High
Holborne in the county of Middlesex did in Trinity terme 1660 seale a lease of ejectment to recover posession of the same

That Theophila Cambell as administratrix to James Cambell esquire her husband deceased did move in the High Courte
of Chancery for an injunction to stop the said Charles Stepkins proceedings at law and upon hearing councell on
both sides the said Court of Chancery being satisfyed that the interest of the said James Cambell and of all clayming
under him was determined on the sixth of May 1660 denyed to grant any injuncion and left the said Charles
Stepkin to proceed at law

That thereupon Joseph Wilson agent for the said Theophila Cambell indeavoured by order of this honourable house
to stop your petitioners proceedings upon pretence that the right honourable the Lord Mohune had interest therein
but it appearing to your lordshipps that his lordshipps name was only used in trust your honours were pleased by your
lordshipps order of the 6th of June last to declare that the priviledge of the Lord Mohune was nothing concerned therin
and therefore your lordshipps were pleased to leave your petitioner to proceed at law

That afterwardes in Trinity terme last past a verdict upon full hearing before the Lord Cheife Justice Bridgeman
was given for the said lessee of the said Charles Stepkin against the said Theophila Cambell and judgement
thereupon entred but the said Theophila Cambell not therewith satisfyed brought a writt of error in the Kings Bench
merely for delay, but the said Court of Kings Bench affirmed the judgement given in the Court of Common Pleas and
awarded a writt of habere facias posessionem

That the said Charles Stepkin did deliver the writt of posession of the said houses to the undershereife of Middlesex
but the undershereife did and doth refuse to execute the same and saith that the right honourable the Lord Mohun
did threaten him the said undersherreife that both the high sherreife and he the said undersherreife should be laid
by the heells if he did execute the same as by his affidavit anexed appeareth

May it therefore please your honours in consideracion of the premisses and your petitioners sad condicion having
only a lease for a year and some few months of the said houses to mantayne her selfe and her said
six children to give leave to the said under sherreife to execute the said writt notwithstanding the said
pretended priviledge of the said Lord Mohune

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc

Dorothea Gifford. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords in
Parliament assembled.

The humble peticon of Dorothea Gifford.

Most humbly shewing
that your lordshipps by order of the 17th May 1661 [illegible] ordered your
peticioners proceedings at law against Peter Cooke touching diverse messuages in Bloomsbury
to be stayed during this present Parliament the priviledge of the Lord Mohun being therein concerned
and your lordshipps were after pleased upon 6th June 1661 upon the examinacion of one
Joseph Wilson at the barre of the house upon whose oath the former order was
granted (it then appearing the Lord Mohuns priviledge was not concerned) to order
that the cause should be totally dismissed and the parties therein concerned left to
their ordinary course at law. Since which your peticoner hath proceeded at law according
to your lordshipps order and hath recovered verdict judgement and an habere facias possessionem
awarded to the shrieffe of Middlesex [for?] the delivery of possession accordingly.

But the sheriffe of Middlesex dareth not to execute the same because the Lord
Mohun doth threaten him if he shall do his office therein

Your peticoner most humbly beseecheth your
lordshipps order that the shrieffe of Middlesex
may be [illegible] permitted to execute the processe
aforesaid

And your peticioner shall
ever pray etc

Edmond Humfrey. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords spiritual and
temporal assembled in the higher house
of Parliament.

The humble peticion of Edmond Humfrey.

Sheweth:
that Robert Peyton esquire, one of the examiners in Chancery, did in Trinity term last,
bring an action against your peticioner and his wife for 2000 pounds which hee pretended was oweing to him by
Henry Peyton his late father to whome your peticioners wife was executrix: that upon the tryall
which was heard before the Lord Cheife Justice Bridgeman, it did appeare upon full evidence that
the 2000 pounds which hee pretended was oweing to him was his wifes portion and by agreement was given to
his father in consideracion that hee should surrender the examiners office, and have the same settled
upon the said Robert Peyton his son, which office Henry Peyton his father did accordingly surrender
and procured the same to bee settled upon the said Robert in consideracion of the 2000 pounds in the yeare 1654
which office was worth 1000 pounds per annum, communibus annis and the said Robert doth still enjoy it.
That notwithstanding the evidence was full for the peticioner, and directed accordingly by the said
cheife justice yet the jury found for the plaintiffe; whereupon the Court of Common Pleas thought fitt
to sett aside the tryall and direct a new tryall at the Common Pleas bar this Michaelmas terme, which
was accordingly heard: that notwithstanding there was nothing urged at the last tryall (or indeed could bee) but
what was before and that the evidence was cleare for the peticioner and directions given accordingly by the
judges yet the plaintiffs indirect practice and influence was so great upon the jury that they found for the
plaintiffe without any probable evidence to induce them thereunto to the extreame wrong and damage of
your peticioner, if not relieved by this honourable house.

Your peticioner therefore having no other remedy but to appeale to this honourable house,
most humbly praies that your honours will please to appoint a tyme to heare the said cause,
and that all proceedings against the peticioner upon the said verdict may bee staid in the meane
tyme, and that the honourable judges before whome the said cause was heard, may bee desired
to deliver their judgement therein.

And your peticioner shall ever pray etc

Edmund Humfrey

The cardmakers and wiredrawers of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Salop. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the Commons assembled in Parliament at Westminster

The humble petition of the cardmakers and wyerdrawers of the countyes of
Worcester, Gloucester and Salop.

Humbly sheweth
that the trade and calling of cardmakeing alwayes hath neere relacion to the honourable trade of clothing and
weaveing to the greate profitt and comodity of this kingdome and to the maintenance of innumerable people in this
nation. And whereas in the reignes of King James and King Charles the first there were many vagabondious
persons void of habitacion that travelled from place to place and did collect and gather up as many old cardes as
they could gett or procure giveing little or noething therefore. And in feildes and barnes and houses of base esteeme
they drew out the teeth of the sayd old cardes, and scowred them and turned the leaves of the said cardes and sett
the teeth in them againe, and fixed them on new bordes and many tymes counterfeited the markes of substantiall
cardmakers thereon. The more collourable to deceive the county people to whom they sold the sayd cards. Whereupon
many people were much wronged by theire deceite, and the whole trade of cardmakeing and wyardraweing neare
spoyled and ruined. Upon peticion being preferred it was ordered that the ofendours shold be punnished by apenall law
and the same being putt in execution, the trades of cardmaking and wyardraweing flourished againe. Butt since
the late unhappy warres, there are mor deceitefull persons sprong up, more higher in deceipt, and greater in
number, whoe not only vend theire base and deceitefull commodityes here in England and Wales, butt transporte
greate quantityes in to Ireland to the greate deceite of the people of that nation, and allmost levelling
the aforesayd trades to the ground to the greate disableing of many familyes that lived in good estate, in
the respective countyes, and other places in this nation.

Therefore your petitioners most humble requeste is that your honours wold
be pleased to take the premisses into your pious consideracions whereby the ofendours
may be punished, our trade restored, our familyes releived, and your
peticioners able to hold out in theyre severall dutyes and trades. And
your peticioners as in duty bound, for your honours safety, health, and happynes
shall dayly pray etc.

Worcestershire.

• William Smyth.
• William Bradely.
• Saunders Becke.
• Thomas Padgett.
• John Sleade
• John Dike
• Anthoney Harris
• Nicholas Penn
• George Penn
• Henry Penn
• Thomas Cooke
• Thomas [Peorkes?]
• James [Owen?]
• Richard Griffin
• Jacob Barnesly
• Henry Canthery
• Luke Edgely
• John Weston
• William Robbins
• George Southall
• Peter Thatcher.
• Francis Raish
• William Joanes.
• Edward Bradely.


• Gloucestershire.
• Widdow Ely.
• Thomas Blackmore.
• William Chance.
• Yeoman Jordan.
• Edward Crane.
• John Aleck
• Thomas Joynly
• Robert Smyth
• John [Wallox?]
• John Tyllett
• Thomas Heath
• George Willetts
• [Roger?] Cox
• Thomas Davis
• Roger Barnsly
• William Cowell senior
• William Cowell junior.
• Richard Hilton.
• Thomas Hilton.
• Richard Cantherry.
• Thomas Padgett junior.
• Thomas Rogers.


• Salop.
• William Powell
• John Tomley
• Richard Tomblins
• John Tomblins
• John Furnefull
• Richard Davis.
• John Davis.
• Henry Barron.
• John Barron.
• Richard Fincher.
• Thomas [Dance?].
• [G...e Pleme?]
• William [Hirnell?].
• Thomas Price.
• William Powell.
• George Foxall
• Thomas Davis
• Owen Jenkes
• David Powell
• William Rudd

John Sympson, his majesty's jewellers in ordinary. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords assembled in Parliament

The humble peticon of John Sympson his majesties jewellers in ordinary

Sheweth

that heretofore (videlicet) in the yeare 1639 in consideracion of a marriage to bee had betweene your petitioner and Elizabeth the eldest daughter of
Richard Swift of London merchant it was agreed betweene your petitioner and the said Swift that hee should owe your petitioner in marriage with his
said daughter the summe of 1500 pounds that is to say 500 pounds in bond upon his intermarriage with the said Elizabeth, and in private (not to be a
president for his youngest daughters) 1000 pounds more with usuall interest for the same to bee paid to your petitioner for forbearance from the
mariage untill it were fully satisfied

That the said marriage was solemnized in the aforesaid yeare 1639 then the said Swift payd your petitioner 500 pounds onely and no more

That the late warr happening not long after your petitioner according to his duty attended his majesty our most gracious late soveraigne
King Charles at Oxford, and although the said 1000 pounds, nor any consideration for forbearance was satisfied to your petitioner yet he out of atender
consideration and regard had of his said wife and children and haveing confidence in the said Swift, did by conveyance in writeing
(without takeing a counterpart from the said Swift passe over into him certaine howses in London to the value of 46 pounds per annum, and divers goods
jewells and howshold stuffe to the value of 8000 pounds and three hundred and sixty pounds in ready money besides debts and creditts to a great
value in trust for your petitioners wife and children in case your petitioner had dyed before his returne from his said late majestie [illegible] thereby
alsoe hopeing to secure his estate from being seized upon by the pretended authorities that then had taken up armes against his sacred
majestie and with whome it was a sufficient pretence to bee loyall and hopeing the said Swift by reason of his relation to him would not
betray him

That the said Swift dyed about the yeare 1645 when your petitioner was absent at Oxford leaveing Martha Swift relict of the said Richard
and John Swift his eldest sonne who tooke into their hands aswell the estate of your petitioner as the said Richard Swifts estate under pretence
of being executors unto the said Richard and afterwards about the yeare 1647 Martha Swift dyed and then the said John Swift became
sole master of the said estates with the said Marthaes estate upon further pretence of being her executor

That the said John Swift knoweing your petitioners disadvantage by reason of his adhereing to his late majestie he then also lyeing under sequestracion
refused to render your petitioner his owne estate or satisfaction for the same or to pay him his wifes portion with dammages soe long forborne
though he had over sufficient both from his said father and mother to satisfie all debts and legacies besides a reall estate from his father
of 300 pounds per annum and did knowingly convert all the petitioners estate so left in his hands to his owne use and further in pursuite of his evill
purposes upon occasion of your petitioners demaunding his due of him, after his late majestie was murthered in an upbraydeing way did
answer your petitioner that kingly power was now downe, and sent him the printed proclamacion for abolishing of kingly government insulting
thereby over the said petitioner and threatening of him with his interest in the usurped powers, if he had recourse to law for releife in the premisses
although before and since his majesties most happy restauration being often [illegible] requested in a freindly manner to come to an agreement with
your petitioner and to give him satisfaction for his estate so long detained from him and by him in the tyme of trouble converted to his owne
use yet he hath constantly refused pretending that hee will insist upon the statute for lymitation of accions and at other tymes denying
the truth of the premisses which your petitioner [illegible] is ready to averre to be most true

Now for that your petitioner being at Oxford with his said majestie and obliged by his service to a perticuler attendance on his late majestie could not attend
the courts of law at Westminster for any releife (within whose jurisdiction under the power of the then pretended Parliament the said Richard
Martha and John Swift did then live) and alsoe in regard your petitioner dureing the later usurpations could not satisfie himselfe in conscience
to give a countenance to their unjust usurpations by sueing in their courts, nor could in regard of his allegiance subscribe the engagement
whereby he lost the benefitt of the law then and by reason your petitioner hath no such proper releife, as in this honourable court wherein the cryme
and breach of trust may be examined and censured and the petitioner redressed

May it please your honourable lordships to take the premisses into your [illegible] consideration, and upon the heareing of the matter before
your lordships to affoord such releife in the premisses as to your lordships wisedome shall seeme most fitt and reasonable

And he shall pray etc

John Simpson

George Adams. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

Petition
of
George Adams

To the right honourable the lords committee of
greevances

The humble peticion of George Adams

Sheweth
that your peticioner hath lately exhibited his bill of complaint into the High Court of Chancery against
Edward Hollister William Hollister and John Pope for the redempcion of severall messuage tenement and
houses in the cittie of Bristoll of the yearely value of 120 pounds from a mortgage which was made
thereof for forty poundes many yeares since (by William Carne your petitioneres ancestour under whome hee
now claymes) unto one Patrick Young under whome the said Edward and William Hollister and the said
John Pope doe clayme and your peticioner and his ancestors under whome hee claymes haveing the
equitie of redempcion but liveing in Wales and other forraigne partes farr remote from Bristoll
and severall descents being from ancestours to heire who had the equitie of redempcion there were
many yeares spent before they came to knowledge of theire right and equitie of redempcion in all which
time being above 40tie yeares the said Patrick Young and the said Edward and William Hollister who
clayme under him, and also the said John Pope takeing advantage not only of your peticioners
incapacitie to sue at law by his refusall to subscribe the late treasonable engagement
for the abolishing of the kingly office and House of Peeres which occasioned your petitioners
utter ruine in his estate being charged with a great family, haveing beene sequestred mulct
and decimated by the then usurping powers, but also by surreptitious meanes have gott his evidences
and writings in to theire possessions without the consent of your petitioner or any authorized by him, and by
that meanes have received the rent and proffitt of the said premisses to the value abovesaid, whereby
they have received a very great summe of [money?], more then the said debt of 40 pounds and damages, which
they ought to pay and accompt for unto your peticioner, which they have bin often desired to doe, but they
now refuse the same, pretending that after soe many yeares the petitioner ought not to have the equitie
of redempcion, and so takeing advantage of the length of time your petitioner was constrayned to exhibit his bill
of complaint against the said Edward and William Hollister and John Pope for releife in the premises
and to have the equitie of redempcion thereof, unto which the said defendantes have demurred for that after
soe many yeares and such length of time the court ought not to have releefe for that the peticioner,
albeit he hath the equitie of redempcion; and now your peticioner is advised by his councell that after
a mortgage stands soe many yeares, albeit the defendantes have received out of the rents and proffitts of
the premises farr more then theire principall or interest, yet the Court of Chancery will give no releefe
in point of redempcion after so many yeares

In tender consideracion of the premises and in regard the principall end of all mortgages
are intended for the securing the mortgage money and not to carry away the land upon a
fayler of payment when there is so vast a [disproportion?] betwixt the money lent being
but 40 pounds and the land mortgaged being 120 pounds per annum

Your petitioner therefore humbly prayes the justice of this honourable house for his
releefe in such way as in your grave wisdomes yow shall thinke fitt without which
hee is wholly left remediles haveing noe other place to appeale to, to prevent
the utter ruine of himselfe and his distressed familie

And he shall pray etc

George Adams

Thomas Chanterell, clerk. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords
assembled in Parliament

The humble petition of Thomas Chanterell
cleark.

Sheweth,
that your petitioner was accordinge to the late act of
Parliament for restoringe the right of patronage to the
peeres of this kingdome, presented, by the right honourable
William Earle of Strafforde to the rectory of Thurnescoe
in the county of Yorke, and did accordingly, receave from his
grace the Lorde Archbishop of Yorke institution and afterwards
had induccion, and reade the artickles, accordinge as the lawes
in that case provides, but soe it is that one Master Benton
a pretended minister, by a [prented?] authority from the late
tirant Richard Cromwell, doth violently keepe your petitioner
out of his possession, for which (by the present defecte in the
ecclesiasticall jurisdiction) hee is forced to bringe his action
against the sayd Benton att the common law,

The premisses considered, and for as much as the sayd
Benton is an [loose?] insolent person and likely to imbessell the
present profitts, your peticionor humbly prayes that
all and singuler the glebes and tythes, belonginge to
the sayd parsonage for this year may bee sequestred
into the handes of the churchwardens and Thomas [Phellpes?]
and Thomas Hodgskinson gentleman (as is usuall in the like
cases) untill the right of possession bee restored by
law, and then the party who is judged to have
the right to receave the same, and your
peticionor as in duty bound shall ever pray etc

Thomas Chanterell

Margarett Whitthorne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the lords and peeres in this
present Parliament assembled:

The humble petition of Margarett Whitthorne

Humbly sheweth

That whereas your petitioners humble petition came before your
lordships the nienth of Aprill [illegible] last past about 7 of the clock att
night your lordships upon openinge of the matter thought not fitt to give
your petitinor any releife but [the clark?] in drawing up the order
hath inserted many matters of facts insisted on very prejudici
all: to your petitinor particularly that your petitinour made sale of her
estate for valuable consideration unto Adam Edwards deceased and
that Caleb Banks was a purchaser from the said Adam Edwards
for the ful value of the lease and never had notice of any trust
nor that any [suite was?] commenced against the said Caleb Banks
nor Sir John [Banks?] his sonne [touching?] the lands in question nor that Sir
John Banks [illegible] intrest in or [illegible] possession of any the said lands
nor ever had but [illegible] and are strangers to the whole matter
and therupon [denyed?] your petitinor whereas your petitionor finding your
lordships rule not to proceed to give releife where any other way was to
be taken [in ordinary course?] of law or equity although she had
6 or 7 wittnesses [illegible] the trust and others to prove [illegible]
[illegible] Caleb Banks and Sir John Banks and other the matter condu
cing thereunto did not then think fitt att that time of night to urge
the same to your lordships [illegible] rather advised to take some other ordinary remedy
but is now advised [illegible] the [penning?] of this order shee is [conneted?] to seeke
her remedy [elsewhere and?] that this order will alwayes stand in her way

Shee therefore most humbly beseecheth your
lordshipps that either your lordships will reheare
the matter and her [illegible] wittnesses or otherwise that
her desmission and order may be without prejudice

And as in duty bound she shall
praye etc

Margaret Whitehorne. HL/PO/JO/10/1/309 (1661)

To the right honourable the committee of the House of
Lords spirituall and temporall for hearing greivances.

The humble peticion of Margaret Whitehorne

Sheweth

That Adam Edwards the plaintiffs trustee did provide George Lee
to be councell for the plainant and he having a bagg of deeds and writings to make
use of for the defence of your petitioners title against the decrees, delivered the said
deeds and writings unto Adam Edwards your petitioners trustee, and so your petitioners landes
were fraudulently made over to the petitioners adversaries Carlib Banks and Sir John
Banks or either of them, defendantes.

That as soone as your petitioner knew of it, she by advise of her councell
went to Carlib Banckes and Sir John Banks, and informed them, that the said
Adam Edwards was but a person intrusted, and they answeared that they
would looke after their moneyes, and did looke after that which they disbursed
to the said Edwards the trustee.

That James Edwards is administrator to the said Adam Edwards and doth
joyne with the said Carlib Banks, and Sir John Banks against your petitioner

Your petitioner humbly hopes that by the premisses and the annex
your honours will finde just cause for her to have releife
and accordingly to make report of her case to the honourable
House of Lords;

And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.

And Sir John Fredrickes one of the creditours humbly desireth
that your petitioner shall ever pray etc.