To the Parliament of The commonwealth of England, Scotland and Jreland.  
The humble petition of several well affected persons purchasers of the estate of William Lord Craven for and on the behalf of themselves and others the Purchasers of the estate of the said Lord Craven.  
Showeth.  
THat your petitioners being invited and encouraged by an Act of Parliament Dated 4th of August 1652. Whereby amongst other things the said estate is declared and adjudged to be justly forfeited to the commonwealth for Treason and appointed to be sold for the use of the Navy, and looking upon an Act of Parliament as the highest assurance and greatest security, & out of a Deep sense of the utgent necessity of the than Parliament for considerable Sums of money to defray the vast charge of the Navy, of this commonwealth engaged in the war with the Dutch, upon the prosperous conduct and good success whereof depended the welfare if not the very being of this common-wealth; did willingly advance upon the security of the said Act, some their whole estates others very considerable Sums of money for the use of the said Navy, That your petitioners have since purchased most part of the estate of the said Lord Craven, paid or secured their purchase money amonting to Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds or thereabouts and the premises so Purchased are legaly vested and executed in your petitioners according to their rspeective contracts.  
That nevertheless your petitioners understand that the said Lord Craven, hath peticioned this high and Honerable Court that so much of the said Act as relates to him, and his estate may be repealed and Consequently your petitioners outed of their lawful estates Purchased as aforesaid, which besides the ruin of your petitioners, and friends, will graifie your enemies and open a door to all delinquents, to make appeals to this▪ Or succeeding Parliaments upon pretence, of jniury done them in sale of their Estates yea one precedent of this nature. Will shake the Titles of all men who have purchased any delinquents estates, Acts of Parliament will be rendered contemptible and no better than broken Reeds to be relied upon, the Faith of Parliaments Blemished and no assurance left in publque transactions either with foreign Nations Or at home to be confided in with safely.  
Therefore your petitioners humbly implore your honours to be very tender of your Petitioners Jnterest and just Estates purchased as aforesaid, and be pleased rather to confirm by a further act of parliament. Their said Purchases as the last Parliament, did in the case of the Purchase of the Estate of Sr. John Stowell, Knight then upon any Pretence to weaken and jnvalidate the same.  
And your Peticinors shall ever pray &c.