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 Ipswitch, 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 showing,  
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. surrendered 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 heretic, 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 than 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, died without Issue, and the said Copyhold Lands surrendered after his decease, descended on Elizabeth his only Sister, who then was the only 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 suitors unto your honours, That for the glory of God, the honour of the Parliament, and encouragement to true Professors of Religion, your honours 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 honours will refer the examination of the Premises, to the Right honourable, The council of State, or such other Committee as your honours shall please, and that in the mean time none of the said Lands may be sold.  
And your petitioners shall daily Pray for your honours, etc