170 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.

House of
Lords
Journal.

Lastly in the yeare 1644 the said Ingle being in that Coun-
try on a trading voyage, hee the said Cornwallis and one Brent
did by treachery surprize his Shipp & would have forc'd the
marriners to goe for Bristol to fight against the Parliament,
Calling them Rebells, and endeauored to force the Company
to take an Oathe that might engage the Marriners to pursue
the murderous intent of the said Cornwallis and Brent.

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March 31, 1646
Mr Cornewallis peticon
To the right hono^ble the Lords in Parliament assembled.
The humble peticon of Thomas Cornwaleys Esq^r

Humbly sheweth,
That whereas yo^r petic^r about a yeare & a halfe since did in
London deliver to Richard Ingle M^r of the Ship called the Re-
formacon, severall parcells of goods & wares amounting to the
value of 200^ll to trade and in trust for yo^r petic^r But the said
Ingle contrary to the trust reposed in him by yo^r petic^r, did sell
& dispose of the said goods & wares to his own vse, for recovery
whereof yo^r petic^r hath brought his accon at lawe against the
said Ingle. But the said Ingle vpon a peticon p^rferrd vnto yo^r
Lop^s vpon suggestion & p^rtence that the said goods were iustly
taken from yo^r petic^r by force of warr in the province of Mari-
land hath pcured the order here unto annexed from yo^r Lop^s
whereby yo^r petic^rs suit at lawe is stayed vntill yo^r Lop^s haue
heard the said cause.
That yo^r petic^r w^th his Counsell hath at his great charge
attended severall dales for hearing the said cause, and on Teus-
day the 17^th of this instant March the same comeing to hearing
before yo^r Lop^s, yo^r Lop^s were pleased to appoint ffriday the
27^th of this instant March to determyn the same at w^ch day yo^r
petic^r againe attended w^th his Counsell, but the said Ingle vpon
the said false suggestion having obteyned the stay of yo^r petic^rs
suit at lawe did not attend according to yo^r Lop^s order but
doth now neglect to psecute his said peticon knowing the same
to be faigned & vntrue and in the meane time is gone or doth
indeavour to get out of the realme, whereby yo^r petic^r is likely
to loose the benefit of his accon at lawe.
The humble suit therefore of yo^r petic^r is That yo^r Lop^s
would be pleased to appoint a peremptory day for the
speedy hearing of the said cause, yo^r petic^r being al-
together vnable to beare the great charge of attendance
w^th Counsell yo^r petic^r being spoyld of all his goods &
ruyn'd of his estate by the said Ingle; or to take off the