To the supreme authority of England, the High Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster the humble petition of Richard Truelove and Henry Truelove, of the town of Ipswich, on the behalfs [sic] of themselves and others, heirs at law to Thomas Causton, late of Thundersley in the county of Essex, Gent. A martyr Truelove, Richard. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95325 of text R211382 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[32]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A95325 Wing T3130 Thomason 669.f.15[32] ESTC R211382 99870111 99870111 163106 2240954289

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A95325) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163106) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[32]) To the supreme authority of England, the High Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster the humble petition of Richard Truelove and Henry Truelove, of the town of Ipswich, on the behalfs [sic] of themselves and others, heirs at law to Thomas Causton, late of Thundersley in the county of Essex, Gent. A martyr Truelove, Richard. Truelove, Henry. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1650] Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 1650". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Caustun, Thomas, d. 1569 -- Early works to 1800. Land tenure -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Inheritance and succession -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A95325 R211382 (Thomason 669.f.15[32]). civilwar no To the supreme authority of England, the High Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster; the humble petition of Richard Truelove and Henr Truelove, Richard 1650 1 485 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Supreme Authority of England , The High Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster ; The humble Petition of Richard Truelove and Henry Truelove , of the Town of Ipswich , on the behalfs of themselves and others , Heirs at Law to Thomas Causton , late of Thundersley in the County of Essex , Gent. a Martyr : In all humility shewing ,

THat the said Thomas Causton was in his life time scised in Fee of divers Freehold and Copyhold Lands , Tenements and Hereditaments , in Essex and elsewhere .

That the said Thomas Causton , 7ᵒ Novembr . 1ᵒ and 2ᵒ Phil. & Mar. surrendred all his Copyhold Lands in Tillingham , to the use of William his Son , which Lands have ever since been enjoyed by the said William , his Heirs and Assigns .

That afterwards the said Thomas Causton , in those times of Persecution in the days of Queen Mary , was burnt as an Heretick , for his faithful adhering to the Protestant Religion , as is Recorded in the Book of Martyrs , fol. 194. and thereupon all other his Lands , Tenements and Hereditaments , were seized into the then Crown , and have been , and to this day are held and enjoyed , either by Leassees from the late Kings and Queens , or by such who without any Title enjoy them , to the great prejudice of your Petitioners .

That William the Son of Thomas Causton , dyed without Issue , and the said Copyhold Lands surrendred after his decease , desended on Elizabeth his onely Sister , who then was the onely Heir of the said William , and of the said Thomas their Father .

That the said Elizabeth married William Truelove your Petitioners Grandfather , who enjoyed the said Copyhold Lands , and ought likewise to have enjoyed all other the Lands and Tenements , Freehold and Copyhold of the said Thomas Causton , which ought to descend on your Petitioners .

That your Petitioners have faithfully served and adhered to this Parliament , ever since the beginning of these Troubles , both in their Persons and Estates .

And now they are humble Suiters unto your Honors , That for the glory of God , the honor of the Parliament , and encouragement to true Professors of Religion , your honors will please to restore to them the lawful and rightful Inheritance of their Ancestors , so wrongfully detained from them ; and that to this purpose , your Honors will refer the examination of the Premises , to the Right Honorable , The Councel of State , or such other Committee as your Honors shall please , and that in the mean time none of the said Lands may be sold .

And your Petioners shall daily Pray for your Honors , &c