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| Feb. 4. |
48. Documents numbered 1 to 11, and ranging in date from
May 1625 to 4th February 1635, concerning a cause between
Abraham and John Payne, sons of the late Edward Payne of Jersey.
John Payne, the younger brother, claims 1,000 crowns from his
elder brother Abraham, on a contract of marriage given to him by
his father. In 1625 the brothers submit themselves to arbitration.
On 29th December of that year, the arbitrators declare that they
cannot decide the cause, but that the parties have consented to an
amicable agreement, by which Abraham is to pay John 400 livres
tournois in full discharge of all claims, both on the contract of
marriage and what he might demand of the personal effects of his
father. Subsequently, Abraham finds a receipt for the money, signed
by his brother, from whom he demands acknowledgment thereof.
John acknowledges the receipt, but claims the benefit of the agreement made by mutual consent. Abraham obtains an order for the
examination of witnesses to prove that John has received the
money, whereon John appeals to the King and Council. Abraham
next demands that his witness Thomas le Mestre being dangerously
ill, his deposition shall be taken at once, as his death would mean
loss of the cause. The order is granted by all the arbitrators in
the case excepting Elias Dumaresq, lieutenant bailiff, who protests
on the ground that the cause is under appeal. On 4th February
1635, J. Hampton certifies that he has taken the deposition of
Thomas le Mestre, who declares that immediately after the death
of Edward Payne, and before he was buried, John Payne told him
that he had a contract of marriage from his father, for the sum of
1,000 crowns, but that he demanded none of it, and that he had
already been paid. Finally, there is mention of a further arbitration, to which they both agree to submit. French. The papers
are as follows:— |
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48. i. Proceedings in the case in the years 1634 and January
1635. [¾ p.] |
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48. ii. Partial statement of the case, with copy of proceedings
of 29th December 1625. [1½ pp.] |
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48. iii. Another copy of the proceedings of 29th December 1625.
[½ p.] |
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48. iv. Another copy of the same, on parchment, attested by Elias
Dumaresq and John le Hardy. [½ p.] |
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48. v. Proceedings, on various dates, from June 1625 to December
1627. [1 p.] |
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48. vi. Another copy of the same. [1 p.] |
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48. vii. Further proceedings in December 1633 and January 1634.
[½ p.] |
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48. viii. Proceedings in 1633—35, partly the same as some in
Nos. 1 and 5, with certificate by J. Hampton, of the taking
of Le Mestre's deposition. [1¼ pp.] |
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48. ix. Another copy of Hampton's certificate. [½ p.] |
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48. x., xi. Two copies of an extract from the Acts and Customs
of Normandy. [¾ p.] |
| Feb. 7. |
49. Commissioners for Enquiry of Exacted Fees to the Lord
Treasurer and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The King having
referred to us the petition of John Dibley, his Majesty's clerk, and
others attending our Commission, we have set down some allowances
to be made to them severally, amounting in all to 615l. (altered to
620l.) whereof 365l. is upon service of the Commission, and 250l.
upon the prosecution in the Star Chamber. We beg your Lordships
to give order for the payment of the same to John Dibley and the
rest, as their pains have been very great and deserve much more.
With note by the Commissioners that they have framed this
certificate, directed to the Lord Treasurer and Chancellor of the
Exchequer, to be signed if their Lordships think fit. [Draft.
1¼ pp.] Annexed, |
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49. i. List of allowances, &c., alluded to above. [1 p.] |
| Feb. 17. |
50. Warrant from Sir Richard Weston [Baron of Exchequer] to
Mr. Joscelin, forbidding proceedings against the inhabitants of
Ryton, co. Warwick. [4 lines, damaged by damp.] |
| Feb. 23. |
51. Indenture between the King of the first part, Robert
Parkhurst, Lord Mayor, and John Highlord and John Cordell,
Sheriffs of London, of the second part, and Sir William Russell,
Treasurer of the Navy, of the third part, witnessing that the said
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, out of the assessment made for
furnishing seven ships, by virtue of the King's writ of the 9th of
December last, have paid to the said Treasurer the sum of 11,475l.
for providing two of the said ships, of which sum the Treasurer
acknowledges the receipt. Signed by Sir William Russell, and
witnessed by Thomas Lathum, Edw. Rennick, and William Elliott.
[⅓ p.] |
