To the right Reverend and right Honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal assembled in the upper House of this most high and honourable Session of Parliament. An Abstract of the grievances and oppressions done by Sir Arthur Ingram Knight and his agents, to Griswell Roger's widow and her poor Orphans.  

Griswell Rogers her title,  
Most humbly showeth,  
Heygrane in Somerset, with all the lands therein, parcel of the jointure of the Lady jane late Queen of England, of 5 l. 9 s. per annum Rent were granted to Best and Britton, 44. Eliz. by Letters patents under the great Seal, which lands (by conveyances) are since come to the hands of Burch, Suayne and Rogers, to each a third part.  
These lands were formerly granted out in Copieholds to several Tenants for term of life, no greater Rent being reserved or paid to the Crown at the time of the Grant, or for 60 years before, than 5 l. 9 s. per annum, as appeareth upon record.  
A special Act of Parliament did confirm this Grant, begun 43. Eliz. ended 19 Decemb. following, in which Act many provisions were made for avoiding future questions, and fortisying the titles of all who had or should purchase lands of the said Queen Eliz. from the 25 year of her reign until the expiration of one whole year after the dissolving of that Sessions, ended the 19 of Decemb. and for the confirming and establishing the said lands to the purchasers, against her Highness, her heirs and successors for ever.   

Sir Arthur Ingrams claim.  
Whitmore purchased Bridgewater Castrum, 8. jacobi, every particular parcel being expressed in the Grant, with the several annual rents thereof, which in all made the just yearly value they were purchased at; the lands in Heygrave being excepted in the said Grant by express words.  
His Majesty about the same time granted the 5 l. 9 s. per annum the Fee-simple rend reserved upon the lands in Heygrave, to Eldred and Whitmore.  
From these two grants Sir Arthur Ingram makes his claim to Heygrave, only for that they bond and border one upon the other: for in nine years continual suits by such agents as were maintained by Sir Arthur Ingram against Rogers, he never shown any evidence to make good his claim to himself, or ever recovered any part of the premises.   

Roger's her grievances.  
One Allen an agent for Sir Arthur Ingram with 6 or 7 irregular persons in the night time did break down the doors and walls of Roger's tenement in Heygrave called joiners, and wounding one Osmond her servant, threw him out of his peaceable possession, to which being restored by a legal course, Osmonds' death was sought by poison, which not taking effect, Allens wife and Paul Allens servant so wounded Osmond, that shortly afterward he died.  
Allen in the behalf of Sir Arthur Ingram took the profits of loyners' tenement for the space of six years, felled down the timber, defaced and ruined the Tenement, impounded Roger's cattles near 30 several times, which she being enforced to repleavie, he never proceeds to trial, and almost 20 several actions he and his combinants have commenced against Rogers her servants and Tenants causelessly and of mere vexation, arresting and imprisoning them, and many times not declaring against them.  
Roger's brought an ejectment in Osmonds' name against Ursula evens for joiners' Tenement, to try the title of the whole, which was followed against her by Sir Arthur Ingram; whereupon a special verdict was found at the Assizes in Somersetshire, wherein the grant made 44 Eliz. to Best and Britton, the Act of Parliament made for confirmation of the said Grant as aforesaid was likewise found, the lands were found to he in Heygrave, and to be pa●… the jointure of the Lady jane Queen of England, and the rend reserved to be 5 l. 9 s. and no more at the time of the said Grant, and for ●● year's before, they also found Whitmores' grant and the said several parcels therein, and the lands in Heygrave especially excepted in the said grant.  
To recover the mean profits of joiners' Tenement, Rogers commenced 3 actions against Allen, Parsons and Fenner Sir Arthur Ingram; agents; Counsel retained and the causes ready for hearing at the Assizes, letters were directed from the Commons house of Parliament to the judges to stay the trial until the last Parliament ended, for that Sir William Whitmore a Parliament man claimed title to the lands in question, who neither then had nor ever since challenged any interest therein.  
The Copie-hold Tenants (seduced by Allen) refuse to pay Rogers their customary Rents, have felled down the timber, destroyed the woods, cut up the quickset fences, and let fall the buildings on the premises, the spoils whereof amount near to the value of the lands; for which wastes, forfeitures and non payments of the rents, Roger's two years since entered upon two other tenements, but Allen (the Tenants being dead or fled) with other beggarly people entered upon her possessions, and before the corn was ripe, reaped, spoiled and carried away the same, it being sown by Mistress Rogers, to her great loss and the public hurt, affirming they did it for Sir Arthur Ingram.  
Allen brought diverse actions against Rogers for these two Tenements, pretending Sir Arthur Ingram had good title thereto, one of them was tried at the King's Bench bar for both the Tenements, and a verdict thereupon given for Rogers, yet Allen perscueres to take the profits, notwithstanding they were sequestered in the Star-chamber by the Lord Keeper, and one of the Tenements settled upon Rogers by a writ of Re-restitution out of the Kings Bench.  
Allen and others Sir Arthur Ingrams agents, besides these and other continual vexations, procured his Majesty's justices (abused by their false informations) to certify against the said Mistress Rogers, the said justices neither knowing her not understanding the cause aright.  
Sir Arthur Ingram failing by these indirect ways, hath procured his Majesty's Attorney general to exhibit an information of intrusion against Rogers, Burch and Swayne in the Exchequer, intitling his Majesty to the lands in Heygrave, but proceeds only against Rogers, which argues Sir Arthur Ingram hath compounded with Burch and Swaine for their two parts, or at least they are all combined to persecute Rogers, Swaine having preferred a bill in Chancery against her for a third part of the profits of the Tenements recovered, and Burch threatneth to do the like, the profits recovered not amounting to the hundreth part of what she hath laid out in defence and recovery of the premises, of which they of right aught to allow an equal share, yet Rogers for 1500 l laid out, hath not had above 70 l of both of them.   

The motives why Rogers flies to this most honourable Court for relief.  
These lands were sold by Qu. Eliz. for payment of her debts, maintenance of her wars, and the public good, purchased at 30 year's purchase, it being in lease for lives, the Queen receiving in hand for the lands passed in the same Grant 2320 l. 15 s.. 11 d.  
This Grant was confirmed by Act of Parliament to the purchasers, against the Queen, her heirs and successors, with the consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons then assembled in this most honourable House where your Honours now sit.  
And both the Act and Grant found by special verdict, and that often argued at the King's Bench bar, where judgement was given for Rogers as aforesaid, and another judgement upon a verdict was likewise given for her at the King's Bench bar.  
Notwithstanding all these former injust molestations, wherein she hath wasted her estate, and spent her children's portions, to defend their rights against the usurping claim of greatness, who calls all his, which lies near his reach, Sir Arthur Ingram vowed to make her spend 500 l or the value of the land: to effect which, he hath caused the information aforesaid to be preferred against Rogers, contrary to the Act of Parliament formerly recited.  
Rogers is already so disabled by these suits, as she can no longer defend the goodness of her cause against so strong a persecutor as Sir Arthur Ingram: for although she hath recovered in all her trials for the title, yet she hath lost her charges, for that Sir Arthur Ingram kept his person out of action, employing beggars, non residents and fugitives, who were conveyed away, and not to be found, or of whom nothing was to be had.  
Lastly, Rogers humbly presumes it imports not her alone, but all your Honours in general, and most of you in particular, there being few or none sitting in this most honourable House, but hold lands by the same or like grant. And if lands purchased upon so valuable considerations, confirmed by so high and honourable a Court, shallbe subject to the censure of subordinate inferior Courts; and assurances grounded upon such strength, shall lie open to every nice point and cavil in law, found by litigious spirits, what estate under the Sun can be firm or secure? For which respects, Rogers humbly appeals to yours Honours, as the principal pillars that supports equity and the public good.   

The poor Widow and the Orphan's prayer,  
That your Lordships will be humbly pleased (by decree of this most honourable Court) to settle Rogers her right and title to Heygrave and the lands therein upon her and her posterity (to whom of right it appertains) according to her grant and the Act of Parliament aforesaid, that she may peaceably enjoy them without further litigious suits, and they shall beseech the Lord of all Lord to crown you all with eternal glory in the great Parliament of Heaven.