[To the right honorable the knights ... of Parliament.] : [The humble petition of the parishioners of Winwick ...].

Appeal to set aside the lease, granted in 1537 to Bishop Thomas Stanley and now held by the recusant John Fortescue, of the parsonage house and tithes of Winwick and allow them to be bestowed on the present curate, Josiah Horne. The petition is on the 1st sheet; the others are documents in support:...

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