Cases before the Committee: May 1652

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May 1652

James Baish, or Baich, Minister of Sampford Spiney, Devon.

4 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
O.C.P.M. 165 610 Begs an order to the County Committee to discharge his glebe land from sequestration, he being put into the rectory by the Committee for Plundered Ministers. 65 608
4 May 1652. Order that he receive all the rents and profits of the church on taking the engagement, if he has not already taken it. 16 351

William Fox, Salt, Co. Stafford.

4 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 85 431, 433
L.C.C. 85 429
D. 85 435
R. 85 421		 4 May 1652. Begs discharge of a small estate come to him from Walter Fox, his grandfather, for whose pretended recusancy it was sequestered, Rich. Fox, his father, being dead. 85 420
427
4 May. County Committee to certify and Reading to report 16
85		 348
424
29 July. Claim allowed and sequestration discharged, with arrears from date of petition. 17 72

Robert Harbin, Yeovil, or Mudford, Somerset.

5 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
The County Committee report that the late County Committee secured his estate and appraised his goods on a charge of delinquency, but that he appealed to the Committee for Sequestrations and Barons of Exchequer, where his case depends, and that there has been no actual sequestration. 166 505
C. 32 21
L.C.C. 93 457		 3 Nov. 1652. His case referred by Parliament to the Committee for Compounding. 143 31
1 Dec. He begs discharge on the Act of Pardon, his estate being secured, but not sequestered 1 Dec. 1651. Noted that the votes were equal 2 and 2 as to whether he should be discharged without sending to the County Committee for records. 93 458
H. 25 62
C. 32 241		 10 Dec. Case to be heard in Easter term, and meantime he is to enjoy his estate on security. 17 498
28 Dec. County Commissioners to return copies of all depositions on the case. 17 543
13 May 1653. Estate discharged on the Act of Pardon 21 1303

Claimant on the Estate of John Saring, Clerk, Co. Chester.

Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C.
& D. 106 263
–266
148 337
–339
L.C.C.
& D. 106 271
–275
148 333
–336
C. 32 237
106 237, 257,
305, 255, 603
R. 106 251		 5 May 1652. Martha Manwaring, widow, of Nantwich, co. Chester, begs discharge of, or examination of her title to pastures in Stapeley, which want obliged her to mortgage to John and Rob. Saring, for 181l., for 14 years from 1 March 1638; they were sequestered for delinquency of John Saring, clerk, and she ordered to pay ½ her rent to the County Committee during his lease; but now that the lease is expired, the County Committee will not discharge the sequestration without order. 106 259
300
5 May. Referred to the County Committee and Reading 16
106		 357
261
8 Sept. She begs an order for examination of further witnesses as to the sealing of the deed. Granted. 106
302,
17		 267,
269
200
26 Jan. 1654. Order on report that Robert and John Saring produce their evidences, if they have any further estate in the premises than the said lease, and that the County Committee take their proofs and certify. If they have none, Mrs. Manwaring's claim to be allowed. 19 1161
D. 196 265
249		 14 March. Martha Manwaring begs that the oath of the Sarings may be taken by the County Commissioners of Derby, as they live in that county. Granted. 106
25		 277
312
20 June. The order of 26 January made absolute on her request, and the sequestration discharged, with arrears from the date of her petition. 23 1613

Claimants on the Estate of Thomas Beesley (late), Haighton, Co. Lancaster.

6 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
George Beesley, of Haighton, his [third] son, begs discharge of his estate in Haighton and Whittingham, leased for 30l. paid in 1640 at the rent of 1l. a year, for 100 years, by Thos. Beesley, his father, to petitioner and Lawrence Sudall; petitioner held the estate for some time, but going away to compound for his great debts, it was sequestered during his absence as belonging to the said Thos. Beesley, delinquent. 68 139
151
6 May 1652. Referred to the County Committee 16
68		 362
153
L.C.C.
& D. 68 155
159
D. 68 161
R. 68 147
C. 32 195
68 142, 145		 11 Aug. He begs that the said Committee may take his affidavit, which they have refused to do without special order, he being a party interested in the title. 68 137
11 Aug. Committee for Compounding reply that they can do nothing till the title is determined. 17 129
21 April 1653. On further proof of Thos. Beesley's claim, it is granted with arrears, and the estate discharged. 19
226		 1085
9
SUR. 58A 488
P.R. 226 3
D. 226 8
R. 226 1		 19 July 1653. John Beesly begs to compound as eldest son and heir of Thos. Beesly, for the estate in Haighton and Whittingham, allowed by the Committee for Compounding as leased to his brother George and Lawrence Sudall, a proviso in the late Act for Sale allowing heirs to compound. 68
226		 134
5
2 Aug. Fine at 2/5, 7l. 12s. 3d. 226 10

Sir Ralph Ellerker and Ralph Ellerker, his Son, Risby, Co. York, and the Claimants on his Estate.

Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C.
& D. 64 404
405
172 153
157
R.C. 16 365
64 401
C. 64 392, 398,
08, 410
432 169
R. 64 395		 6 May 1652. Rob. Aske, of Bentley, co. York, begs allowance of an annuity of 10l. on Moor Town Manor, settled on him by Sir Ralph Ellerker, for whose recusancy they are sequestered. 64 394
399
4 Aug. 1653. Claim allowed, with arrears from date of petition, 2/3 to be paid by the County Committee, and the remaining ⅓ by the recusant out of the ⅓ of the lands held by him. 19 1110
17 Jan. 1654. Ralph Ellerker begs to contract on the Recusants' Act of Oct. 1653 for 2/3 of his sequestered estate. 142 487
17 Jan. Referred to Reading 26 10
L.C.C.
I. & D. 142 503
–510
173 465
–473
L.C.C.
& D. 142 511
–515
173 459
–464
C. 33 413
142 517–524
R.142 491		 19 Dec. 1654. John Ellerker, of Stillingfleet, co. York, begs discharge of Risby Manor, and lands and tithes in Riplington, Moor Town, Kirk Ella, &c., sequestered for recusancy of Ralph Ellerker [his uncle], who has died without issue; petitioner is his next heir, and a Protestant. 142 489
501
19 Dec. Referred to the County Committee and Reading 27
142		 191
499
16 Feb. 1655. Claim allowed on report, with arrears from date of petition, but the County Committee are to receive 2/3 of the profits of the lands which are the jointure of Eleanor, widow of Ralph Ellerker [and daughter of Thos. Metham]. 23 1669
L.C.C.
I. &
D. 102 503
–511
173 655
L.C.C.
I. & B. 102 510
–516
C. 33 440
102 517–521
R. 102 489		 7 March 1655. Wm. Metham, of Metham, and James Cave, of Swine, co. York, beg discharge of, or examination of their title to 2/3 of the site, &c., of the dissolved priory of Halton Price, Kingston-on-Hull, which Eleanor, widow of Ralph Ellerker, let to them 10 Feb. 1655, for 10 years, on the rent of 1d., on condition of their paying a debt [of 150l.] to Dorothy Crathorne, her niece, when she should marry or be 20 years old; but still sequestered for Ralph's recusancy. 102 499
475
7 March. Referred to the County Commissioners and Reading 27
102		 316
497
11 April. The returns being made, they beg an order for further examinations to prove Eleanor's title more clearly. Granted. 102
27		 473
365
27 July. Claim allowed on report, and sequestration discharged, with arrears from date of petition. 28 22

John Stanford (late), Salford, Co. Warwick, and William, his Son.

6 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
6 May 1652. On motion of William Stanford for discharge on the Act of Pardon of the estate come to him by his father's death, the County Committee of Warwick are to certify whether it was sequestered 1 Dec. 1651. 16 366
C. 119 505,
503, 501		 23 June. The County Committee report on an order (missing) of 26 March 1652, that he did not stand sequestered 21 Dec. 1651; that he was charged in April 1647 with being a Commissioner of Array, but that the charge was not proved. 170
119		 387
499
3 Aug. Order that the seizure of the estate be taken off, provided he have not been guilty of delinquency since 30 Jan. 1649. 17 83
17 March 1654. County Committee state that on information that he and his mother were recusants, they summoned them to clear themselves, but the answer was that he lived in Staffordshire, and she had gone to London. He has since gone to Norfolk to his wife's friends. Are detaining the rents in the tenants' hands, and beg instructions. 170 253

John Higgenson, of Barkswell, alias Balsall, Co. Warwick.

7 May 1652. Vol. G No. or P.
The County Commissioners certify that he was sequestered for recusancy in Aug. 1643, but discharged in 1648 on his conformity, and going to church, which he still continues to do; they request directions. 94 701
C. 94 703 27 May 1652. Order that as he and Elizabeth his wife were sequestered for recusancy 2, 9, and 12 Car., 2/3 of his estate be forthwith sequestered. 94
16		 705
467

Poor Inhabitants of Lancashire.

8 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
The County Committee commend their case to the Committee for Compounding, being unable to relieve them on their petition. 100 393
CASE 100 389 21 July 1652. They beg allowance of small parcels of ground, and debts due to them from sequestered estates, which the County Committee profess not to have the power to order, and petitioners are too poor to travel to London. 100 388
21 July. The orders in the respective cases are as follow:—
Alice, widow of Wm. Hitchin, of Knowsley, claiming a rent of 2s. 6d. per acre on land belonging to her late husband, and sequestered for recusancy of John Yate, allowed 2/3 on proof of her title. 17
241		 46
79
L. 241 80 Thos. Simpkin, infant, claiming 2/3 of 6 acres in Hornby, sequestered for recusancy of his parents, allowed the same on proof, if he is not a recusant. 17 46
The five children of Thos. Wainwright, of Ormskirk, claiming 1/5 of 5l. from the profits of Ormskirk fairs, granted their father, a delinquent, by the late Earl of Derby, it is allowed, provided the father is not a recusant. 17
241		 48
81
Gilbert Spencer, begging freedom from rent of a small house in North Meales, leased from Wm. Hesketh, delinquent, and now sanded up and lost, is referred to the County Committee. 17 48
John, Ward, of Wood Plumpton, asking discharge of 2/3 of his small estate of 24s. a year, sequestered for his supposed recusancy, he being conformable, is refused, if the estate be already sequestered for recusancy. 17 46
Mary Cropper, spinster, of Westhead, claiming a cottage and 4½ acres of moss ground, granted by the late Earl of Derby to her late mother Ellen, and assigned to her, but sequestered for her mother's recusancy, it is allowed on proof of title, if petitioner is not a recusant. 17
241		 48
82

John Roddam, Little Houghton, Northumberland.

10 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 138 449 His sequestration for delinquency in the second war suspended by the Newcastle Committee, on the Act of 2 March 1649, on his paying or securing his fine. 138 447
5 Nov. 1652. Sequestration discharged by the same, on his full payment. 138 463
19 Jan. 1653. He complains that notwithstanding his discharge, his estate is in the Act of Sale of 18 Nov. 1652. Begs that the Committee for Compounding will certify the Trustees at Drury House, so that his estate may be discharged, according to a proviso of the said Act. 138 461
19 Jan. Ordered to bring in particulars of his estate, and prove his fine. 17 606
2 March. Petition renewed for confirmation of his composition 138 465
P.R. 25 94
138 457		 2 March. Order that he cannot be discharged, being in the 2nd war; but when his survey is returned and the fine set, the Committee for Compounding will submit to Parliament whether the money already paid may be accepted in part thereof. 138 467
D. 138 445, 459
R. 138 451		 27 May. The Trustees for Sale are requested to stay the sale of his estate till further order. 25 83
7 July. He is ordered to produce a survey of his estate 25 115
26 July. Order that he enjoy the benefit of his composition, and that his estate be discharged. 24 1110
Claimant on the Estate.
31 Jan. 1653. John Stint, of London, begs the benefit of the proviso in the Act of Sale on the lands of Roddam, who, with 3 others, was bound to him in 13 Charles for payment of 216l. before 1638, which has never been paid, principal nor interest. 140 91

Henry Cholmley, and Richard, his Son, Tunstall, Co. York.

11 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 32 17
NOTE 172 449
450A
L.C.C. 172 445		 Henry Cholmley, being sequestered for supposed delinquency, begs the benefit of the Act of Pardon, not being sequestered 1 Dec. 1651. 74 549
L.C.C. 172 445 11 May 1652. Granted, if he be not a recusant or sequestered earlier. 16
74		 379
555
21 July. On proof that he was so sequestered, his petition refused. 17
74
224		 31
552
301
P.E. 224 303
R. 224 297
C. 32 195		 26 Oct. They both petition; Henry acknowledges his delinquency, and begs to compound. Is much indebted, and has made over his estate to his son, who is bound for the payment of the debts. Was sequestered in 1646 because his wife claimed her 1/5 of a debt due to him by his brother, Col. Cholmley, then a Committee man, but he recovered the whole debt. 74
224		 548
307
309
26 Oct. Referred to the County Committee 12
224		 522
305
311
17 Nov. Fine 132l. 5s. 10d. 224 312
P.E. 24 1087 28 Jan. 1653. He and his son Richard having compounded [on the late Act for Sale] and paid in the full fine (missing), the estate is discharged. The tenants of any parts of his estate in lease are to pay him their rents during their leases. 74
24		 459
1083
1086
23 Nov. 1654. The tenant of Hen. Cholmley's estate refusing to pay him the rent and arrears, is ordered to do so during the term of his lease. 27 172
Claimants on the Estates.
I. 172 455A 28 Oct. 1653. Fras. Plewes, of Tunstall, co. York, begs discharge of sequestration of certain closes in Tunstall, leased him for 197 years for 100l., by Henry Cholmley, at 2d. rent, but now sequestered as his lands. 141 42
28 Oct. Referred to the County Committee 25 177
L.C.C. 172 463
C. 33 230		 28 Sept. 1654. Rich. Cholmley, prisoner for debt in York Castle, petitions the County Committee that, being the Commonwealth's tenant of part of the sequestered estate of his father, in Tunstall, and farming it of Wm. Bell and Thos. Lund at the rent of 26l. 14s., he was ejected in June 1653 at the suit of Fras. Plewes from a part of the estate, worth 10l. a year, and was damnifield 16l.; yet Lund and Bell refuse to abate the amount in the rent. 74 465
30 Sept. Referred to the Committee for Compounding 74 466
11 Nov. Petition renewed 74 464
31 Jan. 1654. Cicely and Eliz. Hauxwell beg an order for proving their title before the County Commissioners of York to lands in Tunstall, sequestered as the estate of Henry Cholmley. 143 21
31 Jan. County Commissioners to examine and certify, and Brereton to report. 25 272
31 Jan. 1654. Henry Mudd, barber chirurgeon, of Skeeby, co. York, begs allowance of his title to the Rye Close, in Tunstall, unjustly detained by Henry Cholmley, and sequestered as his estate. 101 534
31 Jan. Referred to the County Committee 25 272

William Shepherd, Beere Ferris, Devon.

Vol. G No. or p.
NOTE 117 322
L.C.C. 152 263		 11 May 1652. On motion for discharge of his estate on the Act of Pardon, the County Committee are to certify whether it was sequestered 1 Dec. 1651; if not, they are to discharge it. 16 379

George Smith, Boston, Co. Lincoln.

Vol. G No. or P.
L. 118 329 11 May. 1652. Begs discharge from sequestration, having never been in arms against Parliament, but a prisoner for his own and other men's debts during the wars. With letter in his favour, 17 April, signed by John Atkyn, mayor of Boston, and 16 others. 118 326
327
11 May. Referred to the County Committee 16 378
2 June. Discharged on payment of taxes, the non-payment of which was the only ground of sequestration. 16
118		 491
324
Claimant on the Estate.
July? Chris. Thorold petitions that he is tenant at 22l. a year to lands in Ashby-cum-Fenby, co. Lincoln, sequestered for delinquency of George Smith, but there are seizures on outlawries on the lands, value 18l. a year, for which the sheriffs seized his goods, and kept them till he paid the money; yet the County Committee demand the full rent, though he has paid more in discharging the seizures and getting back his goods than he has received; being very poor, begs allowance of those disbursements, or he will be ruined. 122 289

George Bickerton, Horsall, Co. Chester.

12 May 1652. Vol. G No. or P.
D. 68 717 Petitions that the Barons of Exchequer, on his appeal against a causeless sequestration, ordered the County Committee to examine the case, and allow him his 1/5, but they have done neither, and his cause not being in the list, he is returned for not prosecuting his appeal. Is 80 years old, has a wife and 7 children, and begs that he may either be heard by the Barons, or judgment may be given by their honours. 68 716
NOTE 68 726
P.E. 224 139
P.R. 12 493
224 137
R. 224 183		 12 May 1652. Order that he be allowed to compound, if he will waive his appeal before the Barons of Exchequer. 16
68		 389
727
26 May. He begs to compound for his small estate accordingly; it is only worth 30l. a year. 68
224		 726
145
13 July. Fine 111l. 12
224		 472
148
20 July. Sequestration suspended, ½ the fine being paid 12 457
REC. 68 708 1 Sept. He begs abatement in the second ½ of his fine, for his unpaid 1/5, and for debts. Noted as dismissed. 68 724
C. 68 712, 706 18 April 1654. Northam Hill, on Bickerton's account, and he for himself, renew the petition. They plead that he was sequestered in 1645, though he never acted against Parliament. The County Committee did not obey orders to publish his proofs and allow him his fifth, and his case being unprosecuted, he was returned as a delinquent, and had to compound, or have his estate under 40l. a year sold. Is not worth 200l. if his debts were paid. 68
224		 701
135
L.C.C. 149 191 18 April. The County Committee are to certify what part of the 1/5 has been allowed, and abatement is to be made in the fine for any part thereof still unpaid. 27
68		 30
703
15 Sept. Bickerton desires the reading of the last certificate from the County Committee, no part of his 1/5 having been paid, though ordered by the Barons. 68 699
15 Sept. On certificate that 83l. 4s. 4d. has been received out of his estate, 1/5 thereof,—being 16l. 12s. 10d.,—is to be abated from the 55l. 10s. due for the latter ½ of his fine. 12 621
P.E. 24 1168 4 Dec. Balance paid and estate discharged 24 1168

Claimant on the Estate of Frances Latham, Infant, Haigh, Co. Lancaster.

13 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
Roger Bradshaw, his guardian, petitions that Hen. Latham, of Mosbarrow, co. Lancaster, in 8 Charles levied a fine to Thos. Woolfall and 2 others for the use of himself and heirs. Being unable to stir through impotency in his limbs 10 years before his death, which was 3 years ago, he was returned as a recusant, and the sequestration was continued during the life of William his son, father of Frances; he died some months ago. Begs that the child of 3 years old, guilty of no fault, may have her right. 71 152
173
D. 71 180, 184 13 May 1652. The County Committee to certify 16
71		 397
172
L.C.C. 71 178
159 404
D. 71 176
R. 71 169		 4 Aug. Begs stay of rents in the tenants' hands on security pending a hearing, as it is often difficult to get them out of the sequestrators' hands. Noted as dismissed. 71 150
9 Dec. Order that 2/3 of the estate be discharged and allowed to Bradshaw, if it be proved that he is the true guardian. The County Committee are to enquire after the father's death, and see that the child is brought up a Protestant. 19 1052
D. 71 5 5 April 1653. Order that Bradshaw is to be confirmed guardian, and that the child to be in his custody. 25 32

John Thwaites, of Long Marston, Co. York, and the Claimants on his Estate.

Vol. G No. or p.
O.C.C. 89 784 13 May 1652. Ralph Hall petitions that in 1641, Thwaites mortgaged to him lands in Marston, value 60l. a year, for payment of 580l. in 1643, which is unpaid; Thwaites being sequestered as a Papist and suspected delinquent, the County Committee allowed the claim, but lately have forbidden the tenants to pay petitioner any more rents; begs restoration to the estate. 89 767
781
13 May 1652. Referred to Brereton. 16
89		 391
779
D. 89 785
L.C.C. 89 793
ACCTS. 89 775,
769–771
C. 89 787, 792
D. 89 659, 789
R. 89 777		 25 May. Petition renewed for restored possession, having held the lands since Aug. 1644; will account to the Committee for Compounding for his profits, towards payment of the debt. 89 765
25 May. County Committee to certify, and petitioner to account on oath with the auditor for his receipts. 16
89		 441
774
2 Sept. Order on report that the County Committee set out the ⅓ of the recusant's estate in kind, set out the lands mortgaged to Mr. Hall as part of the ⅓, and sequester the other 2/3 to the use of the State. 17 186
O.C.C. 140 241
172 230
L.C.C.
I.& D. 140 237
–240
172 229
231		 14 Sept. 1653. Gregory Henson, alias Hall, of Snenton, co. Notts, begs the benefit of his statue in 1,000l. against the estate of John Thwaites,, who, in 1634, demised to him lands in Marston for payment of 500l., which is unpaid. Extended the lands in 1649, but 2/3 are sequestered for Thwaites' recusancy, and the other ⅓ is not set out, but mixed with the 2/3. Begs that it may be set out apart. 140 247
222
14 Sept. Granted, and from that ⅓ he may recover his debt 25
140		 201
249
L.C.C.
I. & D. 140 251
164 309
–319
C. 140 243, 245
R. 140 225		 16 Feb. 1654. Henson pleads that the whole estate is liable to his extent, and begs an order to the County Committee of York to examine him and his witnesses for proof of the deed, and to testify the cause of the seizure; also an order to counsel to report. Granted. 140
25
140		 223
235
272
233
20 July. The extent upon the whole estate allowed, and the arrears secured in the tenants' hands to be repaid to Henson. 23 1625
17 Jan. 1654. John Thwaites begs to contract for his own estate on the Recusants' Act of 21 Oct. 1653. 142 731
17 Jan. Referred to Reading. 26 12
19 Dec. 1654. Wm. Thwaites begs allowance of his claim to lands in Whitwell and Selside, Westmoreland, lately bought of John, heir to Thos. Thwaites, who died in 1650, but John Archer, the County Commissioner, has seized his goods and compelled him to pay rent for the lands, as though sequestered for Thos. Thwaites' recusancy. 142 733
19 Dec. The County Committee to examine and Reading to report 27 191

William Gardner, Merchant, Weymouth, Dorset.

18 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 226 45
P.R. 12 492
226 51		 Begs to compound on Jersey Articles, being in Elizabeth Castle at its surrender. 226 49
37
28 Sept. 1652. Order that those who have lodged their petitions in time, according to these Articles, shall not suffer by their fines not being set within the 9 months prescribed. 226 47
P.R. 226 41 20 July 1653. Petition renewed, he being declared by the Committee for relief on Articles of War to be comprised in the Articles. 88
226		 1152
43
R. 226 39, 40 3 Aug. Fine on the said articles, 161l. 11s. 8d. 12 558
17 Aug. Paid and estate discharged. 24 1119
18 Aug. The Committee for Compounding inform the Drury House Trustees of this discharge, Gardner's estate being in the last Act of Sale. 12 558
3 Aug. 1655. The Treasury Commissioners order the Committee for Compounding to send them copies of all papers relating to him. 226 35
Claimant on the Estate.
D. 88 1167 16 July 1652. Isot Gardiner [of Corfe Mullen, Dorset], begs allowance of a legacy of 2s. a week, granted her by John Gardner [of Weymouth], her brother, but refused by his executors, Temperance and Wm. Gardner, so that she is 64l. in arrears for 12 years, and cannot recover by law, the estate being sequestered for delinquency of Wm. Gardner [his son]. Begs to sue in forma pauperis, being unable to bear charges. 88 1159
1163
18 May. Referred to Brereton 88
17		 1165
19
R. 88 1161 27 July. The 2s. a week not being charged on the land, the Committee for Compounding cannot relieve her. 88 1161

Claimant on the Estate of Thomas Lindsey (late), of Scotland.

Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C.
I.&D. 150 446
–450
95 457
–462		 18 May 1652. Julian James, alias Lindsey, widow of Wm. James, of Croke Dale, Cumberland, petitions that Wm. James [her father-in-law], in 1641 settled on Edw. Eglonby and Thos. Jackson a house in Carlisle, and land in Stoneholm, to the use of petitioner and her daughter, Ann James, but the County Committee have lately seized them for cause unknown. Begs to prove her title thereto in the country. 95 453
418
18 May. County Commissioners to certify and Reading to report 16
95		 405
455
24 June. To be heard to-day or Tuesday next 16 600
24 June. She pleads that she held the land in lieu of jointure till 1648, when, marrying Thos. Lindsey, a Scot, who became a delinquent, it was sequestered; he left England the same year, so that she was miserably impoverished for want of support. Hearing of his death, she appealed, and her case is reported; having no other subsistence, she begs a speedy hearing, and allowance of her rents since her husband's death. 95 419
R. 95 449
D. 95 463
100 11
105 387		 29 June. Order on report granting her claim, with arrears from date of petition, provided she take the Oath of Abjuration, and depose that she has not sacrificed her interest in the estate. 16 639

Nicholas May, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 224 87
P.R. 12 492
224 91
R. 224 83
D. 95 363
224 89		 18 May 1652. Begs to compound on the Articles of the surrender of Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, being a soldier there. 101
224		 99
85
1 June. Fine 10l. 12 476
23 June. Paid and estate discharged 12 455

Claimant on and Purchaser of the Estate of Giles Parke, Holker-in-Cartmel, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
18 May 1652. Elizabeth Parke, his wife, begs 1/5 of her husband's estate, sequestered for his delinquency in the second war, according to the Act of 25 Jan. 1650, with arrears. Granted. 108
16		 947
408
Purchasers of the Estate.
O.T.T. 108 919 25 May 1654. Discharge from sequestration of a messuage, &c., in Holker and Cartmel, co. Lancaster, forfeited by Parke, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Wm. Pepper and Hen. Berry. 18 954

Claimants on the Estate of Lancelot Walker, Torpenhow, Cumberland.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 79 789 18 May 1652. Thomas and Ellen [infant] children of Wm. Dawson, late of York city, beg an order to the Cumberland Committee to examine their title to goods as inventoried, and to lands in Torpenhow and Bothel, Cumberland, transferred to them by Lancelot Walker and Jane his wife, in lieu of their portions of 605l., as approved by a decree of the vice-president and Committee of co. York, 28 Sept. 1635. In 1646 Walker's estate was sequestered, but their goods and lands were cleared. Walker compounded for 26l., which was paid, and before he took up arms again, he confirmed the premises to the petitioners; yet in 1648. Thos. Bewley and Thos. Watson sold the goods at an undervalue, giving no accounts thereof, whereby they are ready to starve, their lands also being kept from them. 79 773
L.C.C.
I. &D. 79 791
–804
150 213
–224
231–241
R. 79 779		 18 May 1652. The County Committee to certify and Reading to report. 16
79		 411
783
15 Sept. The report being read, they beg a speedy hearing, as they live in Cumberland, 240 miles away, and are distressed and fatherless. 79 772
15 Sept. Reading to take care that the case is heard the first opportunity. 17 223
2 Dec. Order on report that the Committee for Compounding are not satisfied that the deed named and alleged to be lost, charges the aforesaid lands with the payment of the money claimed by the petitioners for their portions. 19
79		 1048
775
18 Jan. 1653. Thomas and Ellen Dawson, as assignees of Lancelot Walker, beg further examination before the County Committee of Cumberland, the most material witnesses having not certified through a mistake of their solicitor. 79 774
L.C.C. 150 225 18 Jan. Granted, and the County Committee, registrar, and auditor to certify. 17 602
SUR. 58A 519
L.C.C.
I.&D. 150 229,
245–253		 1 Sept. The estate being in the late Act for Sale, they beg to compound for it, and to have an order to the County Committee to examine witnesses to prove their title. 79 755
1 Sept. County Committee to examine 25 175
4 Oct. Petition renewed, the estate being surveyed. No part of the 605l. has been repaid, nor the interest. 79
226		 752
363
4 Oct. Referred to Reading 226 365
REC. 79 806
R. 226 359
D. 79 745		 11 Oct. Fine 40l., and on payment of the first ½, they will be heard as to the second. 25
79		 223
807
12 Jan. 1654. Beg a speedy hearing for taking away the latter ½ of their fine, the time being nearly elapsed and no fine really due. because the conveyance was before the wars. 79 805
12 Jan. Hearing ordered 25 283
23 March. Sequestration suspended, ½ the fine being paid and the rest secured. 24 1161

Col. Walter Boothby, Tottenham, Middlesex.

19 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
R. 82 409 Petitions that he purchased 2 years ago from the Treason Trustees, Easington Manor, Durham, late the Bishop of Durham's, but the tenants,—Wm. Hetherington, sen. and jun., Elizabeth, widow and executrix of Ralph Huntley and others,—being recusants, the County Commissioners have lately seized 2/3 of their estates. Begs reference to counsel, and discharge with arrears. 82 408
19 May 1652. Ordered the 2/3, and the other ⅓ is to be received from the part of the estate held by the recusants. 16
82		 418
399
L. 82 400 3 Nov. Order in Parliament that the Committee for Compounding certify Col. Boothby's case to them with speed. 82 390
15 June 1653. Petition renewed. The County Commissioners still retain Wm. Huntley's farm under sequestration in Shadforth, though his lease is expired, and also retain other recusants' rents. Begs that they may be discharged, and that as the leases expire, he may enjoy his purchase; also that he may have restoration of what has been unduly received. 82 402,
405
15 June 1653. The Durham Commissioners to certify and Reading to report. 25
82		 94
401
NOTE 82 403 10 Aug. Col. Boothby requests an order for all the rents of Chester-le-Street and Easington manors. 82 403
R. 82 395
L.C.C. 82 393
154 627
NOTE 82 417
O.C. 25 278
R. 82 391
C. 82 419
L.C.C. 82 419
154 629		 15 Sept. Brereton's report to be sent down to the County Commissioners, who are to certify as to its truth. 19 1122
22 Dec. Boothby's claim to Easington farm allowed, and sequestration to be discharged, unless Eliz. Huntley had a longer lease than 21 years, which expired Sept. 1652; but a more perfect certificate is required about the rent for a water cornmill and bakehouse in Chester; 2/3 of the rent from Bedingflatt may be allowed with arrears. 19 1152
23 Feb. 1654. The rent of the mill and bakehouse allowed him during the lives of Thomas, Timothy, and Alice King. 23 1581
29 May 1655. Petition renewed for 20 small rents specified in the manors of Chester-le-Street, Ryton, and Lanchester, which he bought in 1652 from the Trustees for Bishops' lands, but has hitherto received no part thereof. 82 383
29 May. County Committee to pay all rents under 40l., and take proofs of those above. 27 407
11 July. Order on his request that he be allowed to prove his case in town, the witnesses being here. 29 18

John Gifford, Dudley, Co. Stafford, and the Lessees of his Estate.

21 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
Thos. Matthews, of Brewood, co. Stafford, begs not to be required to pay the entire rent of the estate of John Gifford, Papist-delinquent, leased in 1650 to him and Rob. Browne, a Parliament officer, who was slain at Warrington Bridge before he had paid his share of the rent. 103 845
21 May 1652. Referred to the County Committee 16 434
436
26 May 1652. John Gifford petitions the Committee for relief on Articles of War, for the benefit of Dudley Articles, which he has not forfeited. Had a certificate from the County Committee that he did not act against Parliament when he fled from their soldiers into the King's garrison in Dudley Castle, yet could get no relief from the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall. 136 183
C. 32 259 26 May. Committee for Compounding to certify within a fortnight whether anything remains before them to evidence that petitioner has forfeited the benefit of his Articles. 136 181
L.C.C. 81 206
D. 81 203
C. 81 212,
209, 214
D. 81 208
R. 81 173
C. 81 182		 22 Nov. 1653. Anthony Dormer, jun., of Wolverhampton, begs reference to counsel of his title to Fletcher's farm in Leacroft, co. Stafford, sequestered for the delinquency of John Gifford, one of the persons in the last Act for Sale. At a Court Baron for the manors of Cannock and Ridgley, co. Stafford, 16 Car., John Gifford surrendered the premises to the lord of the manor to the use of John Cassy, on condition of avoidance on payment of 700l. before 25 March 1650. At another Court Baron, 17 Car., Cassy was admitted tenant to the premises under the former condition. 81 185
219
By deed poll of 1 June 1641, Gifford and Cassy declared that the surrender was in trust for the uses following:—That on payment of 700l. within the time limited, Cassy was to pay it to Dorothy, daughter of the said Gifford, and if not paid by Gifford before 25 March 1650, Cassy might sell the premises to pay it to her. Petitioner married her, and forthwith John Cassy put in his claim to the Committee for Removing Obstructions, and proved it; but that Committee dismissed the cause as being copyhold of inheritance, and so not within the Act for Sale. With the proceedings before the Committee for Removing Obstructions on the case. 81 187
22 Nov. 1653. Referred to the County Committee and Reading 25
81		 178
183
22 June. 1654. The County Committee of Stafford to certify the yearly value of the premises in 1642, and to enquire whether Dormer be not a recusant; if he is not a recusant, the claim will be allowed. 23 1614
26 Sept. Order made absolute and sequestration discharged 23 1631
Purchasers of the Estate.
28 Sept. 1652. Discharge from sequestration of lands in Brewood, Cannock, &c., co. Stafford, forfeited by Gifford, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Fras. Gregg of Clement's Inn. 136 103
O.T.T. 136 105 4 April 1654. Like discharge of lands in Marston, bought by Thos. Hartley. 18 942

Teige Hannan, Upton St. Leonard, Co. Gloucester.

25 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C. 93 37
156 192		 Petitions that in 1651 be married Mary, widow of John Massinger, preacher, with a jointure of 50l. in land, which for several years the County Committee have taken, on pretence that she is a delinquent or Papist, and she being aged, is undone. Begs relief and discharge, he being neither delinquent nor Papist, nor she while the estate was in her hands. 93 35
25 May 1652. County Committee to certify 16 459
11 Aug. Begs discharge of the estate, it appearing that his wife was never a convicted recusant, there only being a supposition of recusancy before the old County Committee. Noted that it cannot be discharged, being sequestered before marriage. 93 36
8 Dec. Petition renewed. The jointure was 55l. a year (sic) on lands in Upton, 2/3 of which were, and still are sequestered for his wife's recusancy, and though petitioner has always been wellaffected, he has never received his ⅓, whereby he and his aged wife and their children are like to starve. Begs an order to the County Committee to let the 55l. to the best value, and allow him the ½, with arrears since 1648. 93 33
8 Dec. Granted if sequestered for recusancy only, but if for delinquency of her former husband, the sequestration to continue. 17 481

William Noy, St. Buryan, Cornwall.

Vol. G No. or p.
D. 106 445
–455
P.E. 106 457
R. 106 449		 25 May 1652. Begs to compound on the Articles of Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, being there at its surrender. 106 453
447
25 May. Referred to Reading 12
106		 493
451

Herbert Weston, Co. Radnor.

Vol. G No. or P.
C. 129 861 25 May 1652. Was sequestered for supposed delinquency at Christmas 1647, and fined 90l. by the County Committee of Radnor; paid 45l. and gave a bond for the rest, which bond was sent to the Committee for Compounding; begs that it may be delivered to him, as he is included in the Composition Act for South Wales, and has had 35l. imposed on him by that Committee for his fine. 129 681
25 May. His bond to be delivered up to him, in case there be not a fine set on him by the Committee for Compounding. 16 449

Claimant on the Estate of Thomas Hall, Recusant, Co. Stafford.

26 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
Edw. Hall, Jun., of Sedgley, co. Stafford, begs discharge, with arrears from 24 Dec. 1649, of an estate in Sedgley surrendered to him by his grandfather, and enjoyed by him 4 or 5 years, during his absence in France, but sequestered the last 4 years for recusancy of his father, who has no title thereto. 89 717
671
26 May. 1652. County Committee to certify and Reading to report 16
89		 457
769
L.C.C. 89 674
168 427
ROLL 89 675
168 425
L.C.C. 89 679
168 423
C. 32 246
89 681
683
R. 89 663
241 83
H. 25 230
C. 89 686
D. 89 662		 10 Nov. 1653. Claim disallowed because the surrender of the estate made by Edw. Hall, the grandfather, and Thos. Hall, the father, was long after the conviction of the father for recusancy, so that he must have had an estate at the time of surrender; the County Committee are to certify further thereon. 19 1135
12 April 1654. Order enforced and a speedy return to be made, the petition having been already delayed by the County Committee. 27 27
13 June. On his complaint that he cannot procure proper returns from the County Committee, order that if it can be proved to the County Committee that Thos. Hall, the father, is dead, the sequestration shall be discharged. 27 70
15 June. Order made absolute on proof that he died last March at Acton, co. Stafford. 23 1613

Thomas Jack, St. Just, Cornwall.

Vol. G No. or p.
C. 95 341 26 May 1652. Begs discharge on the Act of Pardon. Was sequestered in 1646, but discharged by the late County Commissioners on compounding with them, and has not been sequestered since; yet the present County Commissioners have posted his estate to be let. 95 339
26 May. County Committee to certify whether the estate was sequestered 1 Dec. 1651. 16 464

Claimant on the Estate of Ellen Maghull, Aintree, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C.
& D. 161 117
–119		 26 May 1652. Rich. Latham, of Aintree, begs an order to the County Committee to certify why they have sequestered a messuage, ½ whereof belonged to Ellen Maghull, by lease from Lord Molineux, and 2/3 of her ½ were sequestered for her recusancy; but she died 4 years since, and he received the rents till re-sequestered last Christmas. 98 560
26 May. County Committee to certify the cause and date of sequestration, and Reading to report. 16 458

John Parke, Kendal, Westmoreland.

Vol. G No. or p.
P.E. 108 949 26 May 1652. Begs to compound on the Act of Pardon. Not hearing of the votes of Parliament of 2 Oct. 1650, unwittingly elapsed his time of coming in. Has not committed any act of treason since 30 Jan. 1649. 108 917
26 May. Committee for Compounding cannot admit him, he having delayed his time to come in. 16 460
P.R. 226 669
R. 226 665		 4 Aug. 1653. Begs to compound for his estate on the additional Act for Sale. 226
108		 667
945
Aug. ? Fine at 2/6, 157l. 6s. 226 665

Bridget Curwen, Camerton, Cumberland.

27 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C. 150 303 Petitions for herself and her children that her husband's estate, after payment of legacies and expenses, was to be equally divided among the executors, of whom she is one, but it is seized before any payments for her suspected recusancy, though she was never convicted, nor is any ⅓ allowed to the executors; her estate is posted at such a high rate that nobody will take it, and it lies waste. She having no ⅓ set out, put some oxen and cattle in, but the County Committee distrained them, and forced her to pay the whole rent for which the estate was posted, and the old agents distrained several sums from her. Begs examination of the time and cause of sequestration. 78 555
27 May 1652. County Committee to examine and certify forthwith. 16 465
8 July. Order on their return that if any riot be attempted on a sequestered estate, the County Committee are to call in force to allay disorders; and she is to have no ⅓ nor any profits of the estate, till she repays what she has unduly received. 30 462

Arthur Isaac, Etherington, Devon.

27 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
27 May 1652. Registrar's certificate that he finds him returned according to order of 19 March 1652, as sequestered since 1643, and not discharged before Dec. 1651. 32 22

George Bowden, Bowden, Co. Derby.

28 May 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 241 84
R.C. 16 473
L. 151 216		 His estate being seized, but not sequestered before 1 Dec. 1651, he begs discharge on the Act of Oblivion, and an order to the County Committee to certify his case, according to the general order of 24 March last. 82 848
28 May 1652. Order for discharge unless sequestered before 1 Dec. 1651. 16 473
28 March 1653. Registrar's certificate that he has not been sequestered. 32 221

Bodenham Gunter, Gwendor, Co. Brecon, and the Claimants on and Lessees of his Estate.

Vol. G. No. or p.
O.C.C. 98 165
L.C.C. 30 420		 28 May 1652. Marmaduke Lloyd, of Crickadarn, co. Brecon, deposes that he contracted with the late County Committee for a seven years' lease of lands of Bodenham Gunter's in Gwendor for 7 years at 20l. a year, and that since the late Commissioners were removed, it appears by a letter of the Committee for Compounding of 18 February las', that they confirmed the contract, and directed a lease to be drawn accordingly. That he requested the lease from the present Commissioners, offering security for his rent, but they let the lands to Thos. Williams, J.P., at 9l. a year, when deponent was in peaceable possession, summoned him before justices of peace for forcible entry, and outed him of his possession. He carried the case to the great sessions, where the indictment was quashed, and a writ of restitution granted him by the judges, and directed to the sheriff of the county. The writ was executed accordingly, and he restored to possession, but Williams indicted him at the last quarter sessions, and obtained an order for his own settlement, on which he broke open the door of the mansionhouse and turned the deponent out. 98 169
18 June. Marm. Lloyd petitions the Committee for Compounding, detailing the former contract for the lands, and the confirmation thereof by this Committee, and complaing of interruption in the enjoyment thereof by Thomas Williams, who formerly held the lands at an undervalue, and has now outed petitioner. Begs restoration and confirmation of his lease, he being ready to pay his rent, which is 11l. more than the land was formerly let at. 98 162
L. 98 55
L.C.C. 168 1		 18 June 1652. Order for him to bring security to the Committee for Compounding for payment of rent, &c., and then to enjoy his bargain. 16
98		 564
167
23 June. The security approved. 16 585
9 Sept. Committee for Compounding to the County Committee of Brecon. Gunter's estate is to be confirmed to the tenant to whom it was first let, he paying the full rent that the other should have paid, "it being just that he which sows should likewise reap." 30 423
9 Feb. 1653. Having paid a half-year's rent to the County Committee, which he should have paid to the Committee for Compounding, Lloyd begs directions as to his Ladyday's rent, and leave to continue to enjoy the premises; asks that the order of 9 September, grounded on a certificate of the County Committee, and obtained in his absence, may be recalled. 98 160
9 Feb. County Committee to see him quieted in his possession; the letter of 9 Sept. 1652, being drawn up before the Committee for Compounding saw his lease, is cancelled. 17 661
L.C.C.
I.&D. 168 4–12		 12 Nov. 1652. Mary Rainsford, of Weobley, co. Hereford, petitions that she released 16 years ago, her right in Maescletor estate, co. Brecon, to Bodenham Gunter, on his agreeing to pay her 20l. a year for life; but he being sequestered, this is now refused, though it is her only maintenance. Begs examination of her title, and the annuity with arrears on security meantime. 113 111
12 Nov. Referred to County Commissioners and Reading 17 395
SUR. 58 202
P.E. 241 86
P.E. 225 265
SUR. 58A 307
R. 225 261
D. 88 731		 19 April 1653. Bodenham Gunter, being in the late Act for Sale, begs to compound for his lands, a survey having been made. 88
225		 740
264
21 April. Fine at 2/6, 131l. 10s. 8d. 241 85
22 April. Paid and estate discharged 24 1100
13 May. Like request for an estate in co. Hereford. Noted as referred to Reading. 88 742
7 Sept. He complains that although he paid his composition three days before the rent became due from Marmaduke Lloyd, the County Committee demand it, and will not permit petitioner to receive it, and that Lloyd suffers the houses to go out of repair, and by sub-letting, ruins the estate. Begs orders for receiving the rent, and for outing Lloyd. 88 737
7 Sept. The Brecon Committee are to take care that the houses be kept in repair, and that what wood is felled since the composition be given to the compounder, and what was felled before to the State, and that no more be felled. 25 195
19 Oct. The fine for his estate, co. Hereford, 49l. 13s. 6d., being paid, the estate discharged. 24 1122
C. 88 751 3 July 1655. Thos. Wynn begs a lease of Gwendor Rectory, co. Brecon, sequestered from Bodenham Gunter, a Papist-delinquent, and offers 20l. a year rent. 132 421
3 July. Granted for one year, he giving as much rent as any other; its full value to be returned by the County Committee. 29 3
12 Feb. 1656. Edw. Thorne having purchased Gunter's lands, wishes to go to law with Lloyd for failure in payment of rent, and for suffering decays in the houses, but cannot, because he has not the counterpart of the lease or bond. He requests to have them. Granted. 88
29		 749
80

Francis Chuseman, Army Officer.

May ? 1652. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 32 21
74 753
–755		 Begs discharge on the Act of Pardon of lands in Riplington, Whalton parish, Northumberland, the rents of which were stayed in the tenants' hands as belonging to Edw. Gray and Nich. Thornton, recusant and delinquent, but they really belong to petitioner. 74 751
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