Cases before the Committee: February 1645

Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 2. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1890.

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February 1645

Major Norton, and Edmund, his Son, Richmond, Co. York.

13 Feb. 1645. Vol. A No. or p.
P.E. 187 185
IND. 187 190
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C. 187 183
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R. 187 175		 Major Norton petitions the County Committee of York for a lease of his estate in St. Nicholas, near Richmond, from Lady Day 1645, and abatement of his assessments, which are more than its rents amount to. It lies waste, yet he has been compelled to give billet for it to the amount of 84l. The rest of his estate lies in the Scots' quarters. Noted that the County Committee are to grant him a year's lease of 4/5 at 150l. a year, and his assessments are to be abated. 187 182
4 March 1646. Major Norton petitions the Committee for Compounding for leave to compound. Was drawn to join the Earl of Newcastle's party, and received moneys for them, but was never in arms. Has been sequestered 2 years, and he and his wife and children utterly ruined. Begs also that his son Edmund, who has been peaceably at home 2 years, may compound. 187 179
L.C.C. 154 103 4 March 1646. Father and son beg to compound for delinquency. The father contributed to the King's forces and proportioned the rates on his neighbours. The son bore arms for the King; both submitted about June 1644. 187 178
7 September. Fine 756l. 3 228

Sir John Key, Bart., Woodsom, Co. York.

18 Feb. 1645. Vol. A No. or p.
Admitted by order of the House of Commons to Composition, and referred to the Committee for Compounding. 1
2
228		 46
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78
7 March 1645. It appearing that he was not in arms a long time, his estate being worth 500l. a year, he is fined 500l. 2 54
R. 173 55
157		 18 March. Fine confirmed, as he was one of the first Yorkshire gentlemen that came in, has taken the Covenant, and the estate is 3,000l. in debt. 2 62
22 March. Fine accepted by the House 1
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63
18 May. His pardon issued 1 115
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