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| April 6. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for
Lancashire. On 31 March last, we, as Commissioners for Compounding, sent
you orders touching persons engaged in the late war with the King of Scots,
directing you to proceed according to instructions. Our registrar says that
some of the estates have been seized 3 months, and no appeal made to us, and
that several, if not most, or all of the persons still enjoy their estates. We
desire you, according to the 5th instruction, to sequester the estates of all
whom you returned to us, except such as have orders from us to stay rents in
the tenants' hands, or receive them on security. We desire a report of your
proceedings, and an account of such as are not yet returned. [A 24, p. 206.] |
| April 7. |
Whereas petitions are presented, and motions made, in cases where there
have been former proceedings, which are kept back by the prosecutors, and the
last order in the case not produced as directed, and attempts made to keep
from our knowledge former proceedings;—no order is now to be granted till
the registrars give a certificate that the proceedings therein named (except
published depositions) are all that have taken place in the case. For such
certificates the registrars are not to demand fees. No petition to be exhibited
in future without such certificate. Where there have been no proceedings, the
registrars are to certify the same. They are not to give out any order unless
the former orders in the case have been taken out. And that none may plead
an excuse for not producing the last order in his case, a copy of this resolve
is to be fixed on the door, and another to lie before the committee, so that the
same may be duly observed. [A 11, p. 324.] |
April 8.
Haberdashers' Hall. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for Devon.
You sent us last October charges and depositions against several persons, which
were delivered to our registrar. Some you have seized and secured, and others
we have ordered to be seized and secured. Send word whether any of them
were actually sequestered before 1 December 1651. Noted, that no return was
made, as it had been made to the Commissioners for Compounding. [A 25, p. 2.] |
| April 8. |
90. "A particular of all estates under sequestration within the county of
Southampton, and how the same estates are let, from Michaelmas 1651,"
arranged in the division of the county—106 estates—total rental 2,615l. 2s. 2d.
Signed by the commissioners, Edw. Muspratt, Jo. Champion, and Edw.
Hooker 20 March 1652. Exhibited 8 April 1652. With a good index.
[Narrow folio book, 16 pages, in parchment cover, much damaged.] |
April 9.
Haberdashers' Hall. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for
co. Salop. In yours of 29 March, you say that you are proceeding against
persons engaged in the late war with the King of Scots. You are to take and
secure the estates of those against whom you have proof, to send up the depositions, and to be very diligent in finding out all who were active therein, and
proceed according to instructions. [A 25, p. 3.] |
April 9.
Haberdashers' Hall. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for
Worcestershire. We received yours of 29 October, with. depositions against
those who had engaged in the late war with the King of Scots, some of whose
estates we doubt not you have seized and secured. You are, according to your
5th instruction, to sequestrate all whose estates have been seized 3 months,
unless you have orders for staying the rents in the tenants' hands, or receiving
them on security. Also to the effect of the latter part of the preceding letter.
[A 25, p. 1.] |
April 13.
Haberdashers' Hall. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for
Cheshire. Having received, from several counties into which Charles
Stuart and his army entered last August, returns of persons who were active
and in arms for him, and depositions thereon, we wish you to make like
enquiries, and take like proceedings in your county, and send us the depositions speedily. With note of like letters to the Commissioners of cos.
Hereford, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Gloucester. [A 25, p. 4.] |
| April 13. |
91. Like letter to the County Commissioners for Northumberland. [¾ page,
draft.] |
April 17.
Worcester College. |
92. County Commissioners for Worcestershire to the Committee for Advance
of Money. On your order of 19 March, we send you a list of all the persons
sequestered in the county since 1 April 1643, and not discharged. We will
observe your directions of 9 and 13 April. We have not, nor shall we suspend
or discharge any on the Act of Pardon without your order. Particulars of
cases. We want an answer to our late letter about Major Blackwell's taking
distress of tenants to sequestered estates for 14 or 15 years' arrears of chief
rents, and also to the particular of the sheriffs taking distress for the debts
of proprietors. [2 pages.] |
April 20.
Northwich. |
93. County Commissioners for Cheshire to the Committee for Advance
of Money. In answer to yours of 13 April last, we cannot hear of any
in this county who appeared for Charles Stuart, son of the late King, except
John Sayer [see Tables]. Berchenhead, of Northwich, was discharged from
sequestration as not worth 200l.; his estate is only 3l. or 4l. a year, and his family
live partly on charity. He was bailiff to the Earl of Derby, and on Charles
Stuart's coming to Northwich, proclaimed him King, went with the earl to
Lancashire, escaped in the rout at Wigan, and is now living in or near London. |
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Sonne of Nantwich gave money to Charles Stuart, to preserve the town
from plunder; we will inquire into this. Most of this county declared for
Parliament, and 4 regiments of foot, and one large troop of horse, raised at the
county's charge, marched to Worcester, and were at the battle. The old
delinquents that had compounded aided the said troops, and kept aloof from
Charles Stuart. Direct us if any discovery is made to you, not known to us.
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