To the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons House in Parliament now assembled the humble, a, petition of Iohn, b, Salvin in the county of Durham, gent.

(a) Discovering, in the practises of the Bishop of Durham, the hypocrisie and tyranny of the Prelates.

(b) Discovering in his private sufferings the present dan∣gers and grievances of the County and the Kingdome.

(c) As a witnesse between Mr. Smart and Doctor Cousins, for which by the procurement of the Doctor and his Popish adhe∣rents this Petitioner is highly maligned of his friends, with whom they being Papists, the Doctor sideth.

(d) Rebecca Salvin his mother, George Collingwood his uncle, Lancelot Holby: This George Collingwood is a very dangerous Papist, in great favour with the Bishop, an agent for the Benedictines, and their Monasteries, and was a collectour in our County for those monies the Papists, by way of benevo∣lence, gave the Queene, towards the maintenance of the wars against the Scots. This Lancelot Holby is a dangerous Papist, in favour with the Bishop and his officers, and a Factour and A∣gent for the Iesuits and their Colledges beyond the seas, and doth sue in their behalfe for monies &c.

(e) Doctor Cousins viewing the Altar at Dalden, being demanded by Mr. Collingwood what he thought thereof, made answer that if he had an auditory that did understand latine he would say Masse unto them, for he holdeth the Romans missall, and the new Service booke intended for Scotland, not to differ either in practise of Ceremony, or point of Doctrine. And Mr. Maxton a Prebend of the Church of Durham tooke a compari∣son from a paire of bandstrings, saying, there was no more diffe∣rence betwixt the Service booke intended for Scotland, and the booke of Common praier, then if one paire of the strings should be but a haire breadth longer then the other.

(f) Dalden and Hebborne are places neare and adjoining to the sea, from whence are exported and imported Priests Iesuits, Students, monies, bookes, or what be advantagious to the Pa∣pists.

(g) Sir William Blaxton deceased. Gerard SalvinEsq living.

(h) To Sir William Darcy at one time sixty pound; to Mr. William Mallory one forty pound, and other monyes since; much monies to Mr. Thomas Laton, and William Friseul.

(i) Rowland Place of DinsdaleEsq N. Cooke of Redmarshall. The poore of Medridge.

(k) The petitioners mother being a Papist, presently after his fathers death, took him from Saint Julians a Protestant Schoole in Harfordshire, and sent him beyond the seas to be brought up in popery, to which, being very young, hee was by farre words soone wonne, but having since discovered the falsehood and trea∣chery of that religion, is become a true and sincere Protestant, and hath converted all his children whom he so educateth, for which his mother denieth him and them that maintenance that should come from naturall and loving parents.

(l) By his tenant conspiring with his Papist friends, who labour to buy his lands at a great undervalue, knowing the petiti∣oner to be at a very low eb & not able for the present to help him∣selfe under an unjust pretence, to have a lease to be made to him by the petitioner for his life, will come to no account, nor let him have his lands.

(m) Assisted by Edward Wright the Counsellor at Law, who with them and the priest of Dalden, hath had meetings to that purpose, the petitioners mother and uncle having wonne Edward Wright by great fees and large gifts: my uncle holding this maxime never to faile. viz. That a man with money enough may prevaile, let his sute be never so unjust, and may moreover wade through felony, murther and the like treason only excepted, in some of which he hath had successe for himselfe and others.

(n) Knowne to the whole County, for which they are accoun∣ted monstruous.

(o) Where Lancelot Holby, as I am credibly informed, holdeth suspicious and dangerous meetings.