Cases brought before the committee: May 1653

Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 3, 1650-55. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1888.

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May 1653

Thos. Turner, Recusant, Letheringset, Co. Norfolk.

6 May 1653. Vol. A No. or p.
Information by Rob. Beckett of East Dereham, that Turner was convicted of recusancy at the Thetford assizes 15 March 1647, has not conformed, and has a personal estate in the hands of Rob. Beckett and others, of which 2/3 are due to the State for his recusancy. 23
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6 May 1653. Beckett petitions that Turner may be summoned to show cause why 2/3 of his estate should not be paid to the use of the State. 163 117
10 May. Beckett summoned accordingly 12
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13 July 1653. Turner threatening to prosecute Beckett for a debt of 12l., Beckett begs an order to pay 2/3 to the State, and is willing to pay Turner 2/3. 163 119
13 July. The 2/3 in Beckett's hands to be seized, and if Turner do not appear to show cause, the money to be paid into the treasury. 12 389

Andrew, or Sir And. Young, Bourn, Co. York.

10 May 1653. Vol. A No. or p.
Information by Col. Nich. Devereux that Young lent 400l. on security to Hen. Mitford of Gateshead, and Elizabeth his wife, which is due to the State, Sir Andrew being a delinquent excepted from pardon. 23
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12 May 1653. Dorothy, widow of Edw. Wood, draper, of Newcastleon-Tyne, to show cause why she should not pay to the State 400l. due to And. Young. 12
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8 June 1653. Young to appear and show cause why she should not pay the debt to the State, it being a mortgage on tenements in Newcastle, yet unsequestered. 12 373
DEP. 163 123
CERT. 163 124
O. 12 429
22 July 1653. Order on hearing both sides, that Mrs. Wood pay the 400l. in 14 days, and Young bring in the deeds and writings for the same. 12 400
8 Sept. 1653. Order repeated on pain of his being taken into custody, Mrs. Wood being assignee of Elizabeth, widow of Hen. Mitford. 13 2
16 Sept. Mrs. Wood having paid the debt, inquiry to be made whether there was, as alleged, a discovery made previous to that of Col. Devereux, in which case it shall be considered whether Young be admitted to a composition. 13 2
LET. 163 125
H. 13 30
5 Oct. 1653. Order that if the discovery were made before he compounded, the money is forfeit to the State, his composition money is to be repaid him, and he is to bring in all the writings. 13 9
CERT. 163 126
REP. 163 127
DEP. 163 128
15 Nov. 1653. Young to be taken into custody unless he bring in the writings in 3 weeks. 13 31
2 Dec. 1653. Col. Devereux to be heard as to his claim to the discovery. 13 40
30 Dec. Col. Devereux applying for the 400l. in part of his arrears, according to an Order of Parliament of 8 March 1648, the Committee for Advance of Money,—considering that they are not empowered by the Act of 15 April 1650 to pay away moneys without order of Parliament or a committee of Parliament, and have only power to allow 1/5 of discoveries of delinquents' estates,—also finding that Young was in the last Act for Sale, before the discovery was made, cannot order payment of the 400l. to Devereux. 13
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4 Jan. 1654. Young to be brought up in custody, for contempt in not delivering up the writings as ordered after due notice. 13 57
25 Jan. Order recalled, on certificate that the deeds have been given up to the Treason Trustees, who are to transmit them to the Committee for Advance of Money, and Young to sign a release to Mrs. Wood. 13 70
3 May 1654. Col. Devereux petitions the Protector—Parliament being dissolved—for payment of the 400l. discovered by him at his own cost, towards his arrears of 4,374l. 15s. 4d. to be paid out of Papists' and delinquents' estates by order of Parliament, the Committee for Advance of Money not considering that they have power to order the payment. With order thereon to the Goldsmiths' Hall Treasurers to pay the 400l. if they find the petition true. 163 130
6 June 1654. Dorothy Wood petitions that—whereas the discovery of the debt was made 10 May 1653, and Young did not desire to compound till 4 Aug. 1653, whereby the debt is forfeit to the State, and whereas Young, instead of coming up to sign her release, has gone into France, whereby she has been obliged to leave her 8 children and come up 210 miles, though she and her husband lost much by imprisonment and plundering when 163 131
Newcastle was taken by the Scots—the Drury House Trustees may be obliged to deliver up her writings, and Young compelled to pay her costs in coming up to obtain them. 163 131
CERT. 163 133
REP. 163 134
6 June 1654. Order that she is discharged of the debt, and that the trustees are to deliver up the writings. 13
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12 Dec. 1654. Mrs. Wood petitions—on a question raised as to whether the 400l. paid in was in full of interest as well as principal—that the Committee for Advance of Money will declare their judgment on the last order in the case, that she may not be put to further trouble or charge. 163 135
12 Dec. Order that the 400l. be considered payment in full, and that all her writings be restored to her. 13 136
12 Dec. Order that the 400l. be considered payment in full, and that all her writings be restored to her. 13 136
30 June 1654. Petition and information of Theop. Hudson, for his father-in-law, Ant. Burks, of Preston Jackling, co. York, that Burks owes And. Young 25l. on bond, and is willing to pay it where it is due, and begs a speedy order about payment, that he may be freed from all suits of law about it; with note that Burks is to show cause why he should not pay it into the State. 163 136

Edw. Aspinwall, Commissioner, and Wm. Eccleston, Agent for Co. Lancaster.

19 May 1653. Vol. A No. or p.
Information that Eccleston refused to summon a witness to prove that Paul Latham was with the Earl of Derby at Wigan, on behalf of the King of Scots, saying he would lose his place first. 23
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That when the witnesses were summoned by another, Latham, contrary to order, had copies of the depositions, and that he brought in several witnesses whose examinations were written for them, which Aspinwall required them to sign and depose to without reading. With request by Jos. Collett, prosecutor, that their examinations may be suppressed and others taken.
24 May 1653. The County Commissioners for Chester to repair to the borders of Lancashire, and examine witnesses in proof of the said information, and return them sealed. 12 365
LET. 163 139
INT. 163 140 141
DEP. 163 140 141
LET. 163 142
INT. 163 143–146
DEP. 163 143–146
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27 May. Aspinwall and Eccleston beg leave to examine witnesses. 163 138
27 May. Granted, and they ordered a copy of the charge 12 371
22 July 1653. The nature of the interrogatories returned not being material, publication of the proofs in the case ordered. 12 405