Cases brought before the committee: March 1646

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March 1646

John Creswell, Newbottle.

6 March. 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 400l. 71 19
30 Oct. 1646. Assessed at 500l., and the former assessment vacated 71 50 19
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20 Nov. 1646. To be brought in custody to pay his assessment. 5 138
4 Dec. 1646. Respited on bond to abide the order of this committee, when he has made his composition. 5 150
8 March 1648. His estate to be sequestered for non-payment of an assessment of 500l. 5 397
18 Oct. 1648. The officers of this committee to seize and secure his estate until further orders. 6 86

Sir John Awbrey, Llantrithed, Co. Glamorgan.

6 March. 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 800l. 71 20
2 Jan. 1650. Order that he be apprehended for satisfaction of his assessment. 8 94
16 Jan. Being brought up, order that he pay 400l. at once, and be heard as to the remainder. 8 122
CERT. 106 2
106 2 P.E. 106 3, 4
P.D. 106 5
13 March 1650. He begs leave to compound for his 1/20, according to the particulars of his estate given in at his composition at Goldsmiths' Hall. Did not intend any contempt, but left his business in the hands of an attorney. In spite of his composition, the county commissioners levied 200l. on him for his 1/5 and 1/20. 106 1
13 March. Order that as he produces certificate of having paid 200l. in his county, and paid up ½ his assessment, it be discharged, and his securities returned. 8
106
232
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18 April 1650. He is discharged, having paid 100l., besides the 200l. paid in his county, being his full proportion. 8 291

Col. — Oriley, Mrs. Oriley, alias Smith.

6 March. 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Mrs. Oriley to be brought in custody to answer objections 4 445
7 March 1646. Information that [Theoph.] Riley, of the Black Raven, Cheapside, has 200l. in hand, the interest whereof has been paid to [Phil.] Chetwynd, of Cheapside, for the use of Col. Oriley, an Irish rebel. 21 63
DEP. 106 7–10 13 March. The sequestration taken off the money informed to be owing by Riley to Col. Oriley, because Oriley's delinquency appears not, and the money is for the use of his children, and he has no right in it. 4 453

Capt. Geo. Rawleigh, Farnborough, Co. Warwick.

17 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Information that he is a delinquent, and that Mr. Fountaine, M.P., owes him 100l. yet unsequestered. 21 65
27 March 1646. Assessed at 600l. 71 22
14 Oct. 1648. Assessed at 300l., having paid 735l. fine on composition. 6 80
18 Jan. 1649. To be sequestered for non-payment of the assessment. 6 155
20 March 1649. The assessment discharged; his debts and the charges in his estate being more than it can pay. 6 221

Margaret, Lady Crimes.

20 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 400l. 71 21
13 April 1646. Discharged for the 79l. 15s. 5d. lent, and 4s. 7d. now paid, being her proportion on oath. 76 923

Hen. Ferrers.; Dan. Skinner, Lodger, Cateaton Street.

20 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Each assessed at 1,000l. No proceedings. 71 21

Thos. Dabscot, Hammersmith.; —Dancoate, London.

20 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
—Dancoate, London.
Information by Col. Moore that they are Papists and delinquents. 21 65

Rich. Long, Merchant, of Bristol, Co. Gloucester, and Mary, his Widow.

21 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Receipt of 132l. by the county commissioners from him, as the 1/20 of his personal estate, to be repaid upon the Public Faith. 106 11
6 March 1647. Assessed at 600l. 71 70
4 May 1649. Allowed till next term to produce his acquittances for what he has paid for his 1/5 and 1/20. 6 313
28 May 1649. Certificate by the county commissioner that in his lifetime he was assessed by them for his 1/5 and 1/20. 106 12
DEP. 106 13 14 13 June 1649. To be discharged on paying 83l. more than the 132l. paid at Bristol. 7 51
P.E. 106 15 16 24 May 1650. Mary Long petitions. My husband is the only man in Bristol who compounded at Goldsmiths' Hall, and he paid 800l. fine for his delinquency. His estate compounded for was chiefly shipping, much of which has since been taken by the Irish pirates, and since his composition, a mortgage of 500l. has been recorded against his estate of Tibbot's Farm, compounded for. I beg, on account of losses and sufferings, to be discharged from the 80l. balance due of my assessment. Note that proceedings against her are to be stayed for 3 weeks, till Mr. Bayley's return. 106 17 18
24 May. Order on her petition that she pay 83l., according to the order of the late Committee for Advance of Money. 8 343

Registrar And Clerks of the Prerogative Office.

23 March. 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
As Gab. Lyon, Geo. Nodes, Rich. Cornwall, and Thos. Pinfold, sometime clerks in the Registrar's Office of the Prerogative Court, have gone to the King's quarters, and Lyon and Nodes are now with him at Oxford, and Cornwall absents himself, so that they are delinquents, and also as they are assessed for their 1/20. order that Sam. Franklin, who is skilled in the proceedings of the office, is to exercise it, that the profits may pay their assessments, and the committee will satisfy him for his pains. 4 459
24 April 1646. John Hill added to Franklin as one of the clerks in the office. Also both deputed to exercise the said office, to receive the fees, out of which they are to be paid their salaries, and the residue of the profits they are to pay to the Committee for Advance of Money. 5
5
28
11 Sept. 1646. Order that as Pinfold and Nodes have intruded into the office, the order of 24 April notwithstanding, and execute the place and enjoy the profits, the committee's officers remove them from the said places, put Franklin and Hill into the offices, taking into custody any who oppose, and bringing them before this committee to answer their contempt, and certifying the names of any other opposers, that they may be summoned. 5 156
18 Dec. 1646. Rathborne, of the Prerogative Office, to be brought in custody, and to bring the keys of the office with him; with note that the keys were brought and delivered to Franklin. 5 162
H. 5 169 1 Jan. 1647. Hearing ordered, Mr. Linch, Mr. Franklin, and Mr. Hill to attend. 5 166
9 March 1647. The clerks to account to this committee for their perquisites, fees, and other profits, and keep their receipts in hand till further notice. 5 215
23 March. Lieut.-Gen. Oliver Cromwell to Lord Howard—I commend to you the suit of this poor man [— Edwards] for a dividend clerk's place in the Prerogative Office. He deserves it, having served well as an under-clerk 16 or 17 years. I have known him 20 years, we having had much of our education together; and he is a most religious, honest man, but his modesty and integrity have kept him from preferment. [Holograph.] 106 19
R. 5 184
R. 5 190
24 March. Mrs. Abbot, wife of John Abbot, late registrar of the Prerogative Court, to have ⅓ of the profits of the office, paid by Mark Cottle and Rich. Cornwall, clerks. 5 226
31 March. Cromwell to Hen. Dawley and John Gurdon, to the like effect as 106 19. [Holograph.] 106 20
7 April 1647. Edwards begs for the office of one of the sequestered clerks, having been employed about the office records since 1630. Pinfold, one of the sequestered clerks, came in, after the surrender of Oxford, and resumed his place, till Mr. Franklin sequestered the places to the use of the State. Mr. Ayre, put in by Mr. Franklin, is a rich man, and very able to live without it. 106 21
7 April. The petition and Cromwell's letters to be considered when the places are filled up. 5 236
26 April. Abbot begs to know the cause why he is sequestered on pretence of delinquency, of which he can clear himself; loses thereby the profits of his office of Master of the Prerogative Court. Has paid all taxes, lived in Parliament quarters, taken off a former sequestration, and been restored to his office by a Parliament Committee. 106 22
26 April. Ordered a copy of his charge and a hearing. 5 244
12 May 1647. The sequestration of the Prerogative Office to continue until the state of the business be reported to the House of Commons. 5 253
H. 5 230
H. 5 250
O.C. 6 189
18 May. John Abbot to have the profits of the office, on s curity to pay the same if he be proved a delinquent, and also on security to pay 4l. weekly to Cottle and Cornwall, who are to pay it to Mrs. Abbot. 5 257
25 Feb. 1648. Roger Pile, of the Temple, to Dallison and Cox. If anything is stirred in my absence about the Prerogative Court officers, as Linch will use his friends, when I am out of the way, to get in again, get it put off till I return, when I will prove that he has 1,000l. for which he has never accounted. He had only a charge to keep the keys of the office, that the records might not be carried to Oxford when Dr. Merrick went thither, and on pretence of that, he has taken the whole profits for a good time without any warrant. 106 23
ACCT. 106 24
CERT. 106 25
O. 6 205
11 Aug. 1648. Sam. Franklin and John Hill to pay to this committee's treasurer 94l. 3s. 3d. resting on Hill's account for the profits of the places of Lyon and Nodes, delinquents, in the several circuits, and their own allowances to be further considered. Also Mr. Dallison to certify that they have accounted for the profits of the said places. 6 35
H. 6 261 13 March 1649. Hen. Linch petitions. When Abbot and his clerks deserted, I informed that some of the records of the office were to be conveyed by treachery to Oxford, had an order of the House of Commons to prevent it, and secured them three years. Some of the clerks from Oxford interrupted me in my duties, and I was turned out, and other clerks were put in. Mr. Franklin, one of them, was at Oxford when a King's garrison. I should have been a clerk 14 years ago, but was hindered for detecting the unjust prosecution of the High Commission Court. Since this Parliament began, I have detected many abuses, and have made many discoveries for the State's advantage, and spent money therein. I beg an order to execute the places of Gabriel Lyons and Geo. Nodes, who were sequestered by my discovery. 106 2
H. 6 333 22 March. The clerk to state the whole matter depending before this committee concerning the office next Saturday. 6 232
March? Objections against Linch that he and his deputies have executed the office ignorantly and covetously, extorted fees, received 600l. not accounted for, and created great confusion, and that he has no show of right to the place. 106 27
H. 6 343 22 March. Abbot to appear before the committee next Saturday, to answer to matters objected against him. 6 230
LET. 2 2 DEP. 106 8 31 March 1649. Mr. Vaughan, Secretary to the Commissioners for Sequestration, to send copies of examinations and orders about Abbot and the Prerogative Office. 6 248
O. 6 326
H. 6 333
11 May 1649. The Lord Chief Baron to send copies of the examinations thereon before him. 6 325
21 May. Abbot's estate to be seized and secured. 7 13
25 May. Abbot being proved a delinquent, his estate in London and Surrey to be seized and sequestered. 7 106 29
Mrs. Abbot allowed 4l. a week from the profits of his office. 7 10
25 May. Hen. Parker petitions. In Nov. 1643, on my petitioning the House of Commons for the sequestered registrarship of the Prerogative Office, they graciously answered that they were sensible of my good services, and would consider me in this or some other way. In July 1644, the House, forgetting this order, made Mr. Oldsworth registrar, but when they knew my precedent claims, they referred the case to a committee, which has not yet reported. I attended with counsel often before I went abroad, and have often crossed the seas about it, and have maintained agents these 5 years, and suffered so much that, unless I live long, the place will hardly make me reparation. Mr. Oldsworth has no direct grant of the place, and I beg that it may be committed to me, and not to my competitor. 106 30
25 May. Order that the office sequestered for John Abbot's delinquency be conferred on Mich. Oldsworth, who is to take possession of the wills, records, &c., and for so doing, to be indemnified by Parliament. 7 8
6 June 1649. Order that Abbot account to Oldsworth for all profits of the office received since sequestration. 7 33
13 June. Thos. Serle petitions that, being a clerk, Abbot sent him in 1642 to Oxford, to execute his place as registrar, which he did till the surrender, and then informed against Abbot, for which Abbot has outed him from his place, disgraced and reproached him, and continued in office those who concealed the truth. Abbot also tried to bribe him to disavow what he had said. Begs to be recommended to the service of the succeeding registrar. 106 31
29 June. Petition renewed to like effect. 106 32
18 July 1649. Order in Parliament, on report from the Committee for Advance of Money of Abbot's delinquency—that he removed his office to Oxford, and sent 500l. and some horses to the King,—that the office be sequestered, and Mich. Oldsworth and Hen. Parker enjoy the profits during pleasure. 106 33
18 Dec. 1649. Information that Hewlett is a delinquent. In 1643 he was present at a meeting with Mr. Abbot and his clerks at the Prerogative Office, when Abbot commanded Thos. Searle and Geo. Nodes, two of his clerks, to go to Oxford, to keep his office there for him, and Hewlett gave his consent to its removal there. He commanded his man, Thos. Thorne, to send business to Oxford when it was a garrison for the King, and wrote several letters, and provided messengers to go to and from Oxford and London for dispatch of office business, and sent several sums of money for the garrison there. He submitted to the jurisdication of the said court, as it was then set up in Oxford by the late King, under Dr. Merrick, the judge thereof, and gave order to his man to send money to Oxford for the office, which was paid to Jo. Ashburnham, the King's receiver, for the use of the soldiers there; and when Mr. Abbot's delinquency was in question, he contributed money towards assisting him. 21 325
18 Dec. Like information that Cottle is a delinquent. In 1642–43 he invited his nephew, Edm. Southwood, son of Alex. Southwood, to go and serve the King in the war against Parliament, and paid sums to persons at Westminster for Edm. Southwood's use by direction of Alexander, his father. In May 1643, he was present at a meeting with Mr. Abbot, the late registrar, and his clerks, and when Abbot commanded Searle and Nodes to go to Oxford to keep the office there, he encouraged them to go, and ordered Mr. Searle, who was his brother's clerk, to personate him (Cottle) in the office at Oxford, for the passing of wills and administrations in his circuit. Also to the same effect as in Hewlett's case. 21 326
E.W. 28 15
DEP. 106 34
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E.W. 28 21, 25
DEP. 106 29–42
25 Jan. 1650. The case to be dismissed unless the prosecutor show cause to the contrary by Friday next. 8 106 145
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PUB. 8 181
106 343
CERT. 34 19
8 March 1650. Case dismissed, the prosecutor not showing cause, and there not being sufficient cause against Cottle. 8 221
16 June 1650. Tristram Flowers pleads that Abbot was sequestered as a delinquent, and his estate to be secured, but as it lay concealed, nothing could be done. He is now dead, and has left his estate by will to his father and others. Begs the benefit of this discovery, and an order for getting in all his goods, money, bills, &c.; also for a copy of his will to be sent for. 106 44
17 July 1650. Abbot being a delinquent, all his goods are to be seized, and his rents, arrears, and debts received. 9 43
21 July. Search to be made for the concealed estate 9 89
E.W. 9 105
E.W. 9 185
July 1650 ? Tristram Flowers petitions. Having discovered the estate of Abbot, who left 500l. in legacies, he spent much money in the prosecution, but John Abbot, the father, being decrepid, will not be examined, and Wm. Say, one of the legatees, hides himself. He also sent up a copy of the interrogatories to Sam. Frisby, another legatee. Begs that Say may be brought up in custody to tell how he came by the interrogatories, and to answer his contempt. Asks direction about Damaris Kingsley, Abbot's sister, who has not come up on summons. 106 45
2 Aug. 1650. Major John Wildman petitions that in 1649, the registrarship of the Prerogative Office of Canterbury was sequestered for delinquency of John Abbot, who held it by patent of the late Archbishop, confirmed by the Dean and Chapter in 1639; that by Abbot's decease 4 July last, the right devolves upon petitioner by the same patent by which Abbot held it, and therefore he begs that the sequestration may be annulled. 106 46
DEP. 106 48–53 2 Aug. Case referred to counsel 9
106
66
47
E.W. 9 105
106 54
E.W. 9 185
Aug. 1650? Statements of the case, to prove that Wildman claims the office as deputy of Simon Rolleston, the only survivor of the 3 patentees to whom the office was granted in 1639. 106 55
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REP. 106 57 11 Sept. 1650. On request of Oldsworth and Parker, the report about the office to be made on Wednesday. 9 121
18 Sept. Order that Brereton state the whole matter with as much brevity as may be, and that it be reported to Parliament. 9 132
11 Oct 1650. Petition of Hen. Parker. I have tried to prove that the grant of the Prerogative Office by the late Archbishop, claimed by Wildman, is made void by the abolition of Episcopacy; or if not so, that the grant to 3 was forfeit by the abuses of one, as more than 1,000 wills and other records have been embezzled. I can disprove Wildman's statements if I may be allowed to put in exceptions. I can also prove that Abbot was sequestered in 1643 by the Camden House Committee for concealing his goods and non-payment of assessments; and that on report that records were likely to be embezzled and removed to Oxford, the office was again sequestered, and entrusted to [Hen.] Linch by Order of Parliament. That in 1644 Abbot begged to plead to his sequestration, and a committee was appointed, but they never reported him guiltless, nor took it off. The Camden House Committee discharged him from his assessment on his payment of arrears, but not from delinquency, and in 1649 the Committee for Advance of Money pronounced the sequestration just. I beg that the report to the House may be respited, and that I may have leave to produce any new evidence, to be inserted therein. 106 52 59
11 Oct. 1650. Order that a copy of the petition be delivered to Wildman, that he may answer on Friday. 9 168
H. 9 176 30 Oct. Order that Parker be allowed to bring in his new evidence, and that it be delivered in writing on Friday. 9 190
1 Nov. 1650. Statement by Parker of his new evidence against Wildman's grant of the Prerogative Office. 106 60
1 Nov. Sam. Frisby, of Fleet Street, and John Lander, of Doctors' Commons, to appear on the case of the late John Abbot. 28 83
13 Nov. Order, on hearing counsel on both sides, that the case be dismissed, by consent of both parties. 9 224
25 Jan. 1651. Thos. Landerne and Sam. Frisby to be brought in custody to certify to his estate. 9 408
29 Jan. County Commissioners of Surrey to certify why John Abbot, sen., is not examined in the case. 9 407
11 Feb. 1651. The serjeant-at-arms to bring up to-morrow Thos. Landerne and Sam. Frisby, now in his custody. 9 422
LET. 106 61
CERT. 106 62
13 Feb. They having been examined by Mr. Carey for their contempt in not appearing to be examined in John Abbot's case, are now discharged from custody. 10 10

Wm. Eyston, Catmer,; Thos. Harrison, Reading, both Co. Berks.

26 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
O.P. 106 63 Whereas by order of the House of Commons of 26 Jan. last, this committee is to take examinations on Harrison's lending 600l. to the King, and compelling the Major and company [sic ? Mayor and Corporation] to be bound for it, the witnesses living about Reading, the County Commissioners for Berks are to send for and examine them, and to report. 4
106
231
64
E.W. 4 254 106 66 9 April 1647. On information that several of the county commissioners empowered to examine the case are parties concerned, order that the county commissioners forbear to examine, and that the witnesses appear in a month to be examined by the Committee for Advance of Money. 4
106
65
2 Nov. 1649. Information that Eyston is a professed Papist, and enjoys an estate of 1,000l. a year without any benefit to the State. 21 290
That Harrison left Reading, and went to Oxford when it was a King's garrison, and enforced payment of taxes to the King.
O.C.C. 106 67 2 Nov. County commissioners to take examinations, and secure and inventory their estates on proof of delinquency. 7 339
11 March 1650. Harrison pleads that he confessed to the county commissioners that he was sequestered for delinquency in 1644, but having compounded [for 100l.] with the Commissioners of cos. Berks, Bucks, and Oxon, was discharged, and as he has lived in obedience to Parliament since, he begs discharge of further proceedings. 106 68
11 March. His sequestration to proceed according to a former order, notwithstanding anything offered by him this day to committee. 8
106
226
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70
28 Oct. 1652. He pleads that the information against him has not been proved, that the money was not lent to the King, but to the major and company [sic] on security of town lands, and begs reference of the case to counsel, that he may sue for and recover his debt. 106 71
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LET. 106.73
O.C.C. 106 74
28 Oct. 1652. County commissioners to examine their papers and records, and their returns, with the former proceedings in the case referred to Reading. With note, 18 Nov., that when it is heard, the Lieutenant of the Tower has something to say on behalf of the State. 12 181
20 Jan. 1653. County commissioners testifying that Harrison did lend large sums to the King's army, for repayment of which the mayor and burgesses mortgaged a great part of their Hall revenues;—order that they certify their statements, and give the names of their witnesses. 12 282
O.C.C. 106 76
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CERT. 34 52
CERT. 106 78
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REP. 106 81
31 Jan. They certify that before the date of this order, Harrison was dead and buried, but enclose an entry concerning his delinquency in 1649. 106 75

Edm. Peckham, Clement Danes.

26 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Information that Peckham is a Papist, and with the King, and that Sir Lodovic Dyer owes him 300l. on bond, due 12 Dec. 1641, of which Richd. Dyer, Colemouth, co. Bedford, was one of the securities. 21 66
15 April 1646. This sum to be levied on the estates of Sir Lodovic Dyer and his securities. 5 19
6 Nov. 1646. The seizure of Rich. Dyer's estate to be taken off in 10 days, unless the information against him is proved. 5 130
2 Dec. 1646. The sequestration of the estate of Rich. Dyer, one of the securities, to be taken off, as there is no proof that he is indebted for the 300l. 5 147

Katherine Highlord, Widow.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 2,000l. 71 23
10 April 1646. Order that she be assessed at 2,000l. for her 1/20 5 12
24 April. Her assessment discharged for 600l. lent before, if she pay 200l. on Public Faith, which was done. 5
71
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Giles Batter, Abchurch Lane.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 200l. 71 23
BOND 106 81b
NOTE 106 81c
NOTE 106 81d
March ? Statement that he is unable to pay his assessment unless Wm. Le Coeur of Paris, who owes him 1,500l. (or 1,325l.), on a bond for 2,600l., date 27 Aug. 1644, and who escaped payment of his own assessment on account of this and other debts, can be compelled to pay. 106 81a
3 July 1646. Deposition by Batter that, his just debts discharged, he is not worth 100l., except this desperate debt of 1,300l. 106 81E
9 Sept. 1646. Request for aid for Batter, or the Frenchman will deceive him and the State also. 106 81p

Sir roger, Jaques,; York, Thos. Kerusfirth, Dodworth, both Co. York.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Jacques assessed at 1,000l. 71 23
20 June 1649. Kerisforth summoned to pay his assessment 106 82
4 July 1649. Information that he was a sequestrator for the King 21 249
7 Dec. 1649. Kerisforth petitions that being well affected, he left his home, and went to Derbyshire, when the Earl of Newcastle overpowered the North, for which he was plundered to the value of 160l., and had to pay 40l. to the King's commissioners at York for delinquency. They then made him a collector for the King, on which he withdrew 22 weeks, and was again plundered. 106 83
He was sequestered by Parliament, paid 17l. 10s. 0d., and 20l. to the County Commissioners at York, for a half year's rent of his estate, and also 160l. for his composition at Goldsmiths' Hall, and 40l. for his pardon, though his estate is not worth 18l. a year, and he has suffered much by billet and free quarter, and has debts. Begs therefore discharge from payment of the 1/5 and 1/20.
7 Dec. 1649. Order that he be respited till next term. 8 47
26 Dec. Jaques to be sequestered for non-payment of his assessment. 8 83
22 May 1650. Order that Jaques' assessment be discharged on paying 300l. in a month, this being his proper proportion. 8 338
17 July 1650. Kerisforth renews his petition for exemption from the 1/20. 106 84
17 July. The case to be considered on Wednesday, when he or his solicitor are to attend. 9 42
LET. 106 85 11 March 1651. His assessment discharged on his payment of 60l. 10 85 88
BOND 106 87
P.E. 106 88
3 July 1651. Information by Capt. Rob. Bryer that Kerisforth omitted from his composition a debt of 300l. in the hands of Thos. Headiley, of Dodworth. 22
106
235
86
P.E. 106 89
E.W. 28 134
NOTE 24 179
Also that Jaques left out of his composition a debt of 800l. owing him by John Robinson of Rider, co. York, on a mortgage on lands not compounded for.
DEP. 106 90
91
16 Jan. 1652. Jaques producing a particular of his composition, in which this debt is included, order that the prosecutor take a copy of it, and make his exceptions. 11 129
13 Feb. 1652. Information that Kerisforth left out of his composition for lands in Dodworth, Barnsley, and other places in the West Riding, 40l. rent, and that his particular is not according to that returned by the sequestrators. 23
106
63
92
13 Feb. County commissioners to take examinations and return them in 2 months. 11 188
20 Feb. Information that Jaques has houses and lands in York, Raskell Fields, &c., on mortgage, and also money, bills, bonds, mortgages, &c., in all 1,000l., not compounded for. 23
106
66
93
24 Feb. The County Commissioners of York to examine witnesses for proof of the premises, and send up the examinations. 11 106 218
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March 1652. ? Bryer pleads that by an order of 29 Aug. last, Jaques and Thos. Kerisforth were in 3 weeks to show cause why publication should not pass, and have been several times served with the order; he begs publication and a speedy hearing. 106 95
CERT. 106 97 5 April 1652. Request of Jaques for his discharge on the Act of Pardon. 106 96
CERT. 106 98 6 April. Order granting it, on certificate of the registrar that there has been no judgment taken on these informations. 11 316

Wm. Le Coeur, Temple Bar.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 500l. 71 23
10 April 1646. On information that he is going beyond sea, and has not paid his 1/20, order that he be brought up in custody to pay. 5 12
NOTE 106 100 15 April ? Pierre Rousseau, alias Peter Russell, and 2 others undertake for Russell's appearance, and Russell for payment of the 500l. if Le Coeur does not pay it. 106 99
20 April. Le Coeur discharged on his affidavit that, his debts considered, his estate, real and personal, is not of the value of 100l. 76
106
924
101
4 Sept. 1646. Summoned before the Committee for Advance of Money. 5 97

Warwick, Lord Mohun, Baron of Okehampton, Co. Cornwall.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 4,000l. 71 22
30 July 1646. Order in the House of Lords, on his petition showing that he is assessed by the County Commissioners for Cornwall in 400l. for his 1/5 and 1/20, that all prosecutions against him for assessment be forborne, as being a peer of the realm, he is only to be assessed by the House of Lords. 106 102
7 August 1646. Order in the Committee for Advance of Money that he be respited till the Houses have resolved what favour they will extend to the Cornish gentlemen. 5 83
U. 8 43 46 14 Nov. 1649. Respited 3 weeks to produce the articles of Truro, and then confirmation by Parliament. 8 13
12 Dec. 1649. Order that Sir Art. Haslerigg draw up a report of the case for the House. 8 60
Dec.? Report on the case, stating that Lord Mohun could not produce Truro articles, nor any order in Parliament for their confirmation, but alleges a verbal promise from the General and army officers, that they should have the benefit of the articles, confirmed by the Committee for Complaints, and that the committee desire the judgment of the House as to whether Lord Mohun should pay his 1/20. 106 103
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R. 8 133 17 Jan. 1650. Order that he appear before the Committee for Advance of Money about his assessment. 8 121
23 Jan. The report prepared for the House to be laid aside, and Lord Mohun to pay his assessment in a fortnight, and bring in a particular of his estate. 8
106
138
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30 Jan. Lord Mohun's assessment to be discharged on payment of 200l. in a fortnight. 8 147
27 Feb. 1650. He petitions the Committee for [relief on] breach of Articles of War, that he has compounded on the articles of Truro, by which he is to enjoy the benefit of the 12th article of Exeter, freeing him from the 1/5 and 1/20; that contrary thereto, the Committee for Advance of Money have assessed him, and he begs protection and the benefit of his articles, and discharge from the assessment. 106 106
27 Feb. John Bradshaw, on behalf of the Commissioners for Breach of Articles, summons the Committee for Advance of Money to show cause why they have assessed the petitioner, as the LordGeneral considers that the 12th article of Exeter belongs to those that surrendered at Truro, and that therefore Lord Mohun ought to be exempted, unless cause be shown to the contrary. 106 107
March 1650 ? Committee for Advance of Money to the Committee for Complaints on Articles of War. We have received yours of 27 Feb. last, but are confident that Lord Mohun ought to be taxed. He was assessed 27 March 1646, and appeared 26 Aug. 1646, alleging that the House intended favour to the Cornish gentlemen, whereupon he was respited. Last November, we had notice that the House had confirmed the articles of Truro, and that no person therein comprised was exempted from his 1/20, whereon we summoned him, and he appeared 14 Nov. 1649, and alleged that he was exempted by those articles, but a copy of them being found at Goldsmiths' Hall and read, there was no exemption of assessment. Nor is it reasonable that Truro articles should relate to Exeter articles, made six weeks later. My lord produced a reference to the Committee for Complaints, and some opinions of the army officers, and a certificate from the General, but we are bound by acts and ordinances, and cannot admit verbal articles. Let him prove that he is included in the 12th of Exeter articles. 24 69
We are always ready to discharge on those articles, but many compounders on Truro articles have paid their 1/20, and not moved for an exemption. We wish that justice should prevail, and yet the State not be defrauded.
6 March 1650. Lord Mohun having paid 100l., and promising the other 100l. in 14 days, order that his sequestration be not proceeded with unless he make default of payment. 8 221
P.E. 106 108
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P.D. 106 111
24 Feb. 1655. Jas. Pearce, agent for co. Devon, enquires on what particulars he compounded, being informed of divers omissions in his composition. 87 44

Henry parker, Lord morley and Monteagle.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Assessed at 3,000l. 71 23
8 March 1648. His estate to be sequestered till he pay the assessment. 5 397

Sir John Penruddock and John Penruddock, Compton Chamberlain, Co. Wilts.

27 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
John assessed at 600l. 71 22
O.C. 6 349
CERT. 106 112
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9 May 1646. Order that John's estate be sequestered for non-payment of the assessment. 6 316
17 Dec. 1646. Sir John assessed at 1,000l. 71 53
6 June 1649. Order that his assessment be discharged, he having since made his composition and paid, and secured his fine. 7 36
8 June. Sir John's assessment discharged, he having compounded on Oxford articles. 7 39
27 March 1646. The following assessments were laid, but no proceedings taken:— 71
—Lower, 1,500l. 22
Sir Hen. Newton, 3,000l. 23
—Porter, 1,500l. 22
Lady St. John, Fleet Street, 200l. 22
Sir John Tracey, Cursitor's Alley, 2,500l. 21
Sir Chas. Waldron, 500l. 21

Wm. Pack, Delinquent.

28 March 1646. Vol. A No. or p.
Information that he is a delinquent with the King, and has 3 houses in Cloth Fair unsequestered. 21 65