Cases before the Committee: September 1655

Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 5. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1892.

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'Cases before the Committee: September 1655', in Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 5, (London, 1892) pp. 3241-3242. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/compounding-committee/pt5/pp3241-3242 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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September 1655

Claimants on the Estate of William Ballard, Recusant, Co. Lancaster.

4 Sept. 1655. Vol. G No. or p.
John Hunt, of Speke, and Oliver Brownbill, of Kirkby, co. Lancaster, beg disc arge of 2/3 of a messuage and lands in Speke, demised by indenture of 25 Sept. 1630 by Sir William Norris and 3 others to William Ballard and Anne his wife for their lives. Wm. Ballard being dead, the said Anne, by indenture dated 14 July 1645, demised the same to petitioners, but as 2/3 were sequestered for Ballard's recusancy, the County Committee refuse to discharge the sequestration. 92 254
4 Sept. 1655. County Committee to examine and certify, and Reading to report. 29 54

Claimant on the Estate of Robert Rosse, Recusant, Norfolk.

Vol. G No. or p.
4 Sept. 1655. Dame Jane Bacon begs discharge of 2/3 of a house called Ropers, in Scole, Norfolk, granted by Sir Wm. Cornwallis 9 Jac. to Rob. Rosse for 40 years, the reversion of which belongs to her. Has received the profits till the County Committee, on pretence that 2/3 thereof have been sequestered for Rosse's recusancy, have not only prevented her from receiving more rent, but threaten to distrain for that received since Rosse's death. 65 75
4 Sept. County Commissioners to examine and certify, and Reading to report. 29 55

Ann Southerne, Co. Stafford.

Vol. G No. or p.
4 Sept. 1655. Reference of her petition (missing) to the County Commissioners of Stafford and to Brereton. 29 55

Claimant on the Estate of Thomas and Mary MyersCough, Co. Lancaster.

7 Sept. 1655. Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C. I.&D. 243 128
129
C. 34 35
243 130, 131
R. 243 132
D. 243 133		 Ellinor, Viscountess Kilmorey, widow, begs discharge of lands, &c., in Nether Wyersdale, left in reversion to her by Thomas, Lord Gerard, but sequestered for recusancy of Thomas and Mary Myerscough, the previous owners, now dead. 97 439
7 Sept. 1655. Referred to the Lancashire Commissioners and Reading. 29 55

Excise Officers.

12 Sept. 1655. Vol. G No. or p.
On certificate of non-payment, order by the Excise Commissioners that Thos. Young, late farmer of Excise, Kent, and his surety, be sequestered by the Commissioners thereto appointed for non-payment of 1,475l. 5s. arrears ordered to be paid 25 January last. 243 134
135
18 April 1656. Order in the Committee for Sequestrations accordingly. 29 86
24 Feb. 1657. Certificate by the Excise Commissioners of its payment, and order for delivery of his bond. 135 45
O.C. 29 102 6 March. Order thereon for discharge of sequestration 27 102
C. 243 138
139
P.E. 130 251		 12 Sept. 1655. On certificates of the Excise Treasurer of nonpayment, order that Barth. Helby, Walter Curtis, and Rich. Elkin, farmers of Excise, of Essex, and their sureties, be sequestered for non-payment of 945l. 15s. 9½d. ordered to be paid 21 June last. 243 136
137
18 April 1656. Order by the Committee for Sequestrations accordingly. 29 89
11 July. Rob. White, of Lambeth, one of their 8 sureties, complains that his estate alone is sequestered, and not that of any of the principals or of the other sureties, and that the others will not pay their proportions; he begs an order for sequestration of all alike. 130 249
11 July. Granted; the order thereupon sent to the Excise Commissioners, to be delivered unless they have given any special order for proceedings against White. 29 96
P. 130 247 26 July. They detail proceedings in getting in the debt, and state that White was sequestered because he was counter-secured; but they are willing that all the parties concerned should be sequestered. 130 243
O.C. 29 98 1 Aug. Order given accordingly for sequestration of all till the debt is paid. 29 97
7 Nov. The Commissioners for arrears of Excise are to appear and show cause why this order is not executed. 29 98
12 Nov. Order enforced for its immediate execution 29 98
O.C. 29 102 19 Feb. 1657. Order of the Excise Committee, on payment of portions of the said debt, remitting the remainder, and discharging the estate of White, who is to accept 72l. 15s. 5d., being Helby's proportion, towards the 135l. 10s. 3½d. he has paid, this sum being the balance of 500l. to which the debt was reduced. 29
130		 101
241

Purchaser of the Estate of Edward Barrett, Droitwich, Co. Worcester.

28 Sept. 1655. Vol. G No. or p.
Discharge from sequestration of ¼ of a bulliary of salt water in Droitwich, and a messuage, &c., in Upton Manor, co. Worcester, forfeited by him, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Benj. Andrews, of London. 67 275
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