Cases before the Committee: December 1648

Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 3. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1891.

This premium content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.

'Cases before the Committee: December 1648', in Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 3, (London, 1891) pp. 1878-1884. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/compounding-committee/pt3/pp1878-1884 [accessed 20 April 2024]

In this section

December 1648

Rob. Bargrave and Sir Henry Palmer.

11 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
Each begs a pass on the Parliament order of 9 November, to come over to England to prosecute his composition, and confesses that he was active in the late commotion in Kent. Granted. 66
110
5		 874
408
35

Art. Bassett, Umberleigh, Devon.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 209 368,
372, 373
235 92
P.E. 209 367
5 36
D. 209 369
R. 209 363
C. 209 377–381
P.E. 10 63		 11 Dec. 1648. Begs to compound on Exeter Articles for being a commissioner in raising forces for the King. Was long imprisoned by the County Committee, but they have released him on a bond in 1,000l. to make his composition before 31 December. 209 366
22 May 1649. Fine on Exeter Articles, 1,321l. 6s. 6d. 5
209		 78
364
29 May 1650. The whole fine being paid, his sequestration discharged. 10 63
21 June. On motion in his behalf, his rents are to remain in the tenants' hands till further order. 8

10		 161
166
51
ACCTS. 152 143 18 March 1651. All the rents which he received between his sequestration and suspension are to be levied from him. 30 34
12 Nov. He states that he was sequestered in 1646, compounded on Exeter Articles, and paid his fine of 1,321l., with interest; but after discharge, the estate was re-sequestered, and the County Committee's agent disposes of it at pleasure. Petitioned the Committee for Compounding as Committee for Advance of Money against the re-sequestration, when the present County Commissioners, unwilling for any examination, accused him of detaining 1,600l. profits of his sequestered estate. 65 580
Begs to be heard before them as a Committee for Advance of Money, and not to be put to fresh charge in appearing before them as a Committee for Compounding; also to have a copy of his charge and leave to defend himself. [See Advance of Money Calendar, p. 1156.]
P.R. 25 298
65 563 C. 33 333
65 568 –572
R. 65 558		 19 Oct. 1653. The County Committee for Wilts certify that his farm [of Asserton], was undervalued 80l. a year. 65
171		 566
229
17 Feb. 1654. He begs discharge on the Act of Pardon, of Asserton farm, co. Wilts, seized or sequestered notwithstanding his composition for the same and payment of fine imposed, by the County Committee in Wilts. 65 557
564
C. 34 116 15 March. Discharge granted on the Act of Pardon 21 1312

Thos. Chudleigh, Ashton, Devon.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 207 524
P.E. 207 519
P.R. 5 35
R. 207 517		 11 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in arms. Is the 3rd son of Sir George Chudleigh. Being an apprentice in London, and his master breaking in his credit, went into Ireland and served under Sir Charles Vavasour. Returning to England, took up arms, in obedience to the said Sir Charles, against the forces raised by Parliament. Has not livelihood but a voluntary exhibition of 20l. a year given him by his father. Has taken the National Covenant and Negative Oath. 207 521
14 Dec. Fine at 1/5, 30l. 5 37

Thos. Cole, Coates, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 209 78
R.C. 5 35
C. 209 75
R. 209 71
REC. 76 202		 11 Dec. 1648. Begs to compound for lands, co. Lancaster, purchased of James and Eliz. Butler, and Mary Anderton, and sequestered for their recusancy. 209 74
22 Feb. 1651. Fine 17l. 15s. 8d. 5 64
3 Sept. He complains of disturbance by re-sequestration of the lands. 76 200
3 Sept. Referred to the County Commissioners 15 2

Sir Chas. Compton, Grendon, Co. Northampton.

Vol. G No. or p.
Note 207 533
C. 207 530
P.E. 207 535
R.C. 5 35
R. 207 527		 11 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in arms 207 532
14 Dec. Fine at 1/6, 127l. 5 37

Rich. Dudley, Swepstone, Co. Leicester.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 209 221
P.E. 209 217
223
P.R. 5 36
R. 209 215		 11 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency. Was captain of a troop at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, but laid down his arms and took the Negative Oath before the County Committee before 1 Dec. 1645, and resided ever since at his own house. Presented himself no earlier because his whole personal estate was taken from him, and his real estate is under sequestration. 209 219
27 Feb. 1649. Fine at 1/10, 106l. 5 69

John Ferrars.

11 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
11 Dec. 1648. Petition (missing) to compound for the reversion of the jointure of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield, his mother, [widow of Sir Hum. Ferrars, of Tamworth Castle, co. Warwick], referred. 5 37
1 Jan. 1649. No fine set because he refuses to submit to the rate proposed. 5 39

Wm. Harris, Kenegy Farm, Gulvall, Cornwall.

Vol. G No. or p.
O.C.C. 207 669
P.E. 207 667
P.R. 5 35
C. 207 666		 11 Dec. 1648. Compounds on Truro Articles. Never was in arms against Parliament, but was forced by a Privy Seal from Oxford to advance money for the King's service. Advanced 50l. for Parliament's service for his fifth and twentieth part. A sequestration granted against him was discharged in May 1647, on payment of a large sum, but on 16 Oct. 1648, the sequestration was renewed. 207 663
1 Jan. 1649. Fine at 1/10, 250l. 5 39
4 Jan. The 100l. received by the County Committee for composition to be restored. 5 42

Arthur Partridge, North Perrott, Somerset.

Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C. 207 497
505
REC. 207 501
P.E. 207 499
P.R. 5 35
R. 207 493
C. 207 504		 11 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in adhering to the forces raised against Parliament. Has taken the National Covenant and Negative Oath. 207 496
14 Dec. Fine at 1/6, 120l. 5 36

Claimant on the Estate of Simon Slater (late).

Vol. G No. or p.
11 Dec. 1648. Grace, widow of Edmund Slater, begs to compound in behalf of his 4 orphan children, for the delinquency and estate of Simon Slater, who adhered to the forces raised against Parliament, and died a delinquent in Colchester. His estate has descended to the orphans. 117 828
11 Dec. Referred to [the sub-committee] 5 35

Sir Wm. Darcy, Witton, Castle, Co. Durham, and Dorothea, his Wife.

14 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 208 487
P.R. 5 37
R. 208 481		 She petitions that he may compound and free his person and estate from sequestration, he choosing rather to do this than to justify himself. 208 485
5 Feb. 1649. Fine at 1/6, 1,839l., but 600l. to be deducted if he prove that 400l. a year to his mother is chargeable on his estate. 5 56, 58
12 Feb. The parishioners of St. Andrew Auckland, co. Durham, beg that the value of their rectory, being 58l. a year, for which Sir William is to compound, may be settled on Witton and Hamsterley chapels, the ministers of which have only 20 nobles a year each for maintenance; the parish is large and suffering for lack of teaching. 208 483
24 Feb. and 1 March. Each chapel granted 29l. a year, and 580l. more to be deducted from Sir William's fine. 5
208
235		 71
482
93
3 March. Upon discovery of a new delinquency, the fine to be 2,400l., or 1,800l. if he settle the rectory. 208 482
5 April. The whole fine remitted on his paying 1,000l. to Dr. Moreton, Bishop of Durham, according to an order in the House of Commons given of 2 March, and settling 40l. a year on Market Auckland church. 1
5
6
235 94,		 209
83
7
95
11 May. Fine paid and estate discharged 235 96

Rob. Fisher, Brackenthwaite, Cumberland.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 207 811
P.E. 207 809
P.R. 5 37, 42
C. 207 808
R. 207 803		 14 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in being in arms in the first engagement against Parliament. Could not compound before by reason of the distance and late distractions. 207 805
11 Jan. 1649. Fine at 1/6, 87l. 1s. 3d. 5 43
4 June 1650. Fine paid and estate discharged 8 105

Gerard Fowke, Bachaker, Co. Stafford.

Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 207 585
P.R. 5 37
C. 207 590
R. 207 575		 14 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in arms. Laid them down before Aug. 1643, and was not sequestered till March 1647. Has taken the National Covenant, and ever since his sequestration has been before the Sequestration Commissioners upon his justification, his cause being yet undetermined. 207 583
25 Dec. Fine at 1/6, 135l. 5
235		 38
97
C. 207 587
R. 207 577		 19 July 1649. Begs reduction of his fine, being able to shew, by certificate given of his timely taking the Covenant, that the fine should have been at 1/10. 207 581
589
7 June 1650. Fine paid and estate discharged 8 130

Wm. Williams, Mothvey, Co. Carmarthen.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 207 608
P.E. 207 603
P.R. 5 37
C. 207 606
R. 207 599
C. 32 62
34 72		 14 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in assisting the forces raised against Parliament. 207 602
25 Dec. Fine at 1/6, 100l., to be paid in one payment 5 38

Morgan Owen, Glassalt, Co. Carmarthen, Administrator of Morgan Owen, late Bishop of Llandaff.

21 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 207 791
–793
R. 207 785		 Compounds for the lands of the late bishop, sequestered for his delinquency. In October 1641, being in the Tower of London, he leased his whole estate to Owen Price, his servant, for 100 years, reserving only the rent of 40s. a year, and died in March 1644. Claims by conveyance from Rees Owen, his father, who was brother and heir to the said bishop, yet his right is questioned by Price. Appealed in Dec. 1646 to the Committee for Sequestrations, but having long to wait, prefers to submit to a fine. The sequestration was laid on two years after the bishop died. Noted for the sub-committee to state the case. 207 790
C. 358 136
R. 108 335		 4 Jan. 1649. The parishioners of St. Ishmael's, co. Carmarthen, whose parish has 1,000 communicants, beg increase of 50l. a year to their minister's allowance, which is but 20l. a year, out of their rectory worth 100l. a year compounded for by Morgan Owen. 207 788
4 Jan. Owen's fine at 1/10, of 508l. 15s., to be abated 500l. for settling the 50l. a year as desired. 5 22
15 Jan. The fine being paid, sequestration discharged 108 337
P.E. 108 339
C. 108 341
344		 18 June 1651. Owen complains that, notwithstanding his composition, Howell Gwynn, of Llanbrayn, co. Carmarthen, still holds by strong hand the profits of the rectories of Llandingat and Llanvaier Arbryn, which he forcibly entered upon with troops of horse at Michaelmas 1645, when he was a colonel of the late King's party. Begs to be put into possession thereof. With shorthand notes of an order. 108 351
6 Sept. Renews his petition for restitution of his rectories, also for a debt of 100l. due by bond from Rich. Pugh, and compounded for by petitioner, yet seized by the County Committee. 108 349
6 Sept. Granted the benefit of his bond, unless the County Committee show cause in 6 weeks, and also restoration to his rectories. 15 12
2 June 1652. Complains that by the removal of the County Committee, he has received no benefit of the last order, and begs renewal thereof, and direction to the sheriff. 108 348
D. 108 215
209, 213, 223 L.C.C. 167 631
D. 167 633
–635
H. 25 151
C. 34 72		 2 June. Ordered to produce the last order, and swear that it was served and obedience refused. 16 490
7 July. Ordered to bring a certificate from the County Committee that the rectories were in the possession of the late bishop at the time of his death. 16 666
27 April 1653. On producing the required certificate, he prays the benefit of the former orders for his re-instatement. 108 323
27 April. County Committee ordered to give him such possession as the bishop had. 25 52
26 July. The committee for Compounding not being satisfied when the estate was first sequestered, order a further hearing. 25
235		 143
98

John Benson, Quendon, Essex.

25 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 208 148
P.R. 5 38
R. 208 144
L.C.C. 256 64		 Begs to compound for tenements in London, having compounded for his estate in Essex. His delinquency was being concerned in the late stir in that county. 208 147
25 Jan. 1649. Fine at 4 years' value 300l. 5 50

John Tooly, Arnold's Hill, Co. Pembroke.

Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 207 703
R. 207 699
C. 124 139
O.C.C. 124 137		 25 Dec. 1648. Compounds for delinquency in adhering to, and assisting the forces raised against Parliament. Has taken the National Covenant and Negative Oath. 207 702
1 Jan. 1649. Fine at 1/6, 52l. 2s. 5 40
30 Oct. On his complaint that notwithstanding he has satisfied his fine, the County Committee of Pembroke have imposed a further fine of 40l., and have made him pay 20l. by virtue of an Act dated 23 Feb. 1649, the County Committee are informed that they ought not to impose a second fine, and are required not to molest him further. 6 231

Margaret, Widow of Col. Thos. Rainborow.

26 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
Order in the House of Commons—on Mr. Scott's report on the petition of the widow and children of Col. Rainborow, that a debt of 500l. for pay and disbursements in the Irish service be left to the "Committee of Adventurers for the sea expedition,"—that Mrs. Rainborow be allowed, beside the 2,000l. given and charged on the Excise, 2,000l. in full of all demands for losses and sufferings, and arrears of her husband, to be paid at Goldsmiths' Hall in course, or from concealed delinquents' estates discovered by her, to go towards payment of his debts and maintenance of his family. Mr. Holland and Scott to bring in an Ordinance. 1 198
25 Jan. 1649. She presenting the names of Thos. Morgan, of Llansoare, co. Monmouth, late Governor of Chepstow Castle, and Howell Gwynn, of Hay, co. Brecon, the County Commissioners are to examine whether they should be sequestered. 5 50
22 June 1650. Parliament orders her 100l. at once, and 200l. a year till an Act be passed for settling lands upon her. 1
11
235		 230
205
99
1 Oct. Order in the Committee for Compounding for payment accordingly. 11 205
27 Aug. 1653. Her petition to Council referred to the Committee for Compounding. I 70 285

Claimant on the Estate of Rich. Houghton, Blackburn, Co. Lancaster.

30 Dec. 1648. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 128 401
403
R. 128 399		 Wm. Walker, of Ashton-under-Lyne, begs to compound for lands, in Ashton, &c., purchased two years ago of Rich. Houghton, but sequestered for his delinquency, which was unknown to the petitioner at the time of his purchase. Has advanced good sums in the Parliament service, and has always been wellaffected. 128 405
15 Feb. 1649. Order for ascertaining the full value of the estate 5
235		 63A
100

Sarah, Widow of Sir Thomas Jenkinson.

1648 ? Vol. G No. or p.
Having an action last Easter against John and Thos. Phillips, and David Blancks, their tenant, to recover her jointure, they pleaded her recusancy, so that the matter is confessed. This being her only livelihood, begs an order to them to prove their title to the premises, and to Blancks to stay the Michaelmas rent till further hearing. 96 21
23

Claimant on the Estate of the late Sir Thos. Metham, Co. York.

Vol. G No. or p.
1648? Wm. Metham, Clerk, of North Cave, co. York, petitions that Sir Thos. Metham was in arms for the King against Parliament, and his estate was sequestered. He died, and his next heir [George, son of Sir Jordan Metham, his brother],—having been 7 years beyond seas, and not knowing of his death,—has not come over, nor tendered his composition; petitioner being a near kinsman, begs a letter to the County Committee to let the estate to him for its preservation, and he will give the heir notice of his uncle's death, that he may apply to compound. 102 483

Fras. Mildmay, Papist and Delinquent, Amersden, Co. Oxon.

Vol. G No. or p.
1648? Begs to compound on the ordinary rules for his estate, never sequestered till August last, he having been in arms against Parliament. No reference. 104 351
Claimants on the Estate.
1648? Edw. Suckley pleads that he has a debt of 200l. due on bond by Fras. Mildmay, who is incapable of composition, and whose land, worth 250l. a year, is valued at 50l. This debt is the only maintenance of himself, wife, children, and grandchildren, who are ruined by Mildmay's perfidy. Begs to be tenant of the land at its true value, to save him from perishing. 120 826
O.C.C. 120 221
L.C.C. 165 53		 27 May 1651. Dorothy, daughter of Rob. Stansby, petitions that in 18 Car., she obtained a judgment of 500l. against Fras. Mildmay; and in 1646, by an order from the County Committee of Oxon, entered on Amersden Manor, but is now obstructed by the County Commissioners on the late Act for compounding for judgments on sequestered estates. Knows no such Act, and Mildmay, being a Papist in arms, cannot compound; therefore begs restoration till paid 100l. still due. 120 219
222
27 May. County Commissioners to certify 14 136
D. 120 215
ART. 120 225
R. 120 223
D. 120 217		 26 Feb. 1652. They reporting that they stayed the rents in the tenants' hands, because her debt is fully paid, she pleads that she is much in arrear on account of charges and obstructions in the business, and begs that she may account on oath for her receipts, and keep possession till paid. 120 218
26 Feb. Auditor Sherwin to state her account and report 16
120		 69
229
20 May 1652. Order on report allowing her 70l. charges, so that the balance due to her will be 40l. 6s. 6d., which the County Commissioners are to pay from the profits of the estate, and as she is charged with 70l. for the year 1650, which she says she did not receive, the County Commissioners are to make up her receipts for that year to 70l. 16 427
Lessees And Purchasers Of the Estate.
7 Nov. 1651. Col. Vincent Potter begs a 7 years' lease of the estate of Fras. Mildmay at a reasonable rent, or a recommendation to the County Commissioners therefor. 111 119
7 Nov. County Committee to view the estate, certify its value, and let it according to instructions. 15 77
15 Jan. 1652. They report that it is worth 255l. a year, but the State's part is of small value at present, on account of mortgages and extents. 257 11
O.T.T. 104 349 16 Aug. 1653. Discharge from sequestration of Amersden Manor, co. Oxon, forfeited by Mildmay, and bought from the Treason Trustees by John Warre, of London. 18 864

Margaret, Widow of Dan. Palmer, aged 80, of Costessy, Norfolk.

Vol. G No. or p.
1648? Her estate in Costessy consists of near 20l. a year, 2/3 of which have been sequestered 10 years for her recusancy, and ⅓ was mortgaged by her late husband to Ann Gosling, and is now forfeit to her. The lord's rent is 30s. a year, which, with taxes, leaves the whole at 7l., ⅓ of which is all she has for herself and 3 grandchildren. The County Commissioners, knowing her misery, have respited receipt of the 2/3. Begs to receive it on security, till she can find means to get her estate discharged. 110 359

Claimant on the Estate of Thos. Roper.

Vol. G No. or p.
1648? In 1637, Will. Quelch, Clerk, of Carshalton, Surrey, petitions that Thos. Roper sold him for 100l. a rent-charge of 8l. a year on lands in Thatcher [Thatcham?] parish, Berks, for 181 years, which was paid till the last 7 or 8 years, when Roper's estate was sequestered. Begs to prove his title thereto and payment. 112 907
PreviousTable of contentsNext