Volume A 83: February 1648

Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 1, 1642-45. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1888.

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'Volume A 83: February 1648', in Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 1, 1642-45, (London, 1888) pp. 67-68. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cttee-advance-money/pt1/pp67-68 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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February 1648

Feb. 2. 54. Petition of Chas. Zinzan that, there being 305l. 10s. due to him for service to the State, and he being able to discover a delinquent yet concealed, whose composition will amount to a larger sum, he may receive the said sum from the delinquent's composition at Goldsmiths' Hall. [1 page.]
Feb. 2. Order that he have towards his arrears ½ the sums received on his discovery of Papists, and delinquents' estates. [A 5, p. 357.]
Feb. 2. Thos. Williams, merchant, at Sam. Nelson's, Bishopsgate Street, not having contributed on the propositions, to be assessed at 200l. for his 1/20. [A 5, p. 357.]
Feb. 7. Order that Sir Rich. Samford, the Greyhound, Holborn, be assessed at 1,000l. for his 1/20. [A 5, p. 362.]
Feb. 11. The assessment of Rob. Kirkham, Finsted, co. Northampton, discharged, on certificate from the County Commissioners that he has paid 60l. there for his 1/5 and 1/20, and is much in debt.
The 10l. willingly offeerd by Mr. Williams for his 1/20 to be accepted, as he has but a small estate.
The 600l. ordered 2 February to be paid to Mr. Loftus is, on receipt, to be paid towards 687l. 12s. 8d. due, by Ordinance of Parliament of 9 February, to Capt. Cambell.
Wm. Wheeler to attend this committee, and bring all such papers and vouchers as concern the issuing of the 2,500l. received by him on the Ordinance for the sale of woods. [A 5, pp. 365, 366, 369.]
Feb. 11. 55. Request by John Munday and 5 other executors, on behalf of 3 purchasers of the lands of the late William Cliffe, of East Woodhay, co. Hants, for the delivery of his will, dated 19 April 1643, and required in a Chancery suit, it being with a committee, with such wills as came from Oxford. [1 page.]
Feb. 11. Order thereon that Mr. Cox deliver the will on security for its return in a month. [A 5, p.]
Feb. 18. The collectors of this committee having represented that, on account of their great charges in travelling, the salary and charges appointed do not afford them a comfortable livelihood—order that they have 6d. in the pound on all moneys coming in on the 1/20, or the discoveries or sequestration of delinquents' estates, their bills being first allowed by the clerk of this committee and passed; also, that they have 6s. 8d. a day travelling charges, to be allowed by the said clerk on their returns. In case, after deliverery of the first summons, they be obliged, by reason of contempt, to make further journeys, the persons occasioning that charge are to pay it before their discharge. [A 5, p. 376.]
Feb. 19. Parliament Order, on petition of Capts. Hum. Dymock, Ant. Masham, and Lieut. Prescott, that on their stating their accounts for arrears to the Committee for Accounts, the Committee for Advance of Money pay their arrears from the estates of delinquents to be discovered by them, and that the surplus accruing above their arrears be paid to the Whitehall Committee for candles, &c., for the soldiers at Whitehall and the Mews. [A. 24, p. 239. Printed in Commons' Journal, Vol. V., p. 468.]
Feb. 25. 56. Petition of Capt. Rob. Breers for payment, from undervaluations of sequestrations to be discovered by him, for his services, and disbursements for the public; has long attended the House for his arrears, his accounts being stated by the Committee of Accounts. [½ page.]
Feb. 25. Order thereon that he have ½ of such estates as he shall discover. [A 5, p. 382.]