Cases before the Committee: June 1654

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

This premium content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.

'Cases before the Committee: June 1654', in Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 5, (London, 1892) pp. 3213-3216. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/compounding-committee/pt5/pp3213-3216 [accessed 18 April 2024]

In this section

June 1654

Purchaser of the Estate of James Pemberton, Whiston, Co. Lancaster.

1 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
O.T.T. 112 719 Discharge from sequestration of house and lands in Whiston, forfeited by him, and bought from the Treason Trustees by John Fullerton, of London. [See his case, p. 1952, supra.] 18 946

Claimant on the Estate of Richard, Son of Roger Hesketh (late), Upper Rawcliffe, Co. Lancaster.

5 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
6 June 1654. Luke Hodgkinson, of Preston in Amounderness, co. Lancaster, begs discharge of a tenement and lands in Upper Rawcliffe, leased to him for 99 years in May 1654, by Richard, son and heir of Roger Hesketh, for whose recusancy 2/3 were sequestered, and are so continued, notwithstanding his death. 94 897
922
C. 94 909
–915
33 401
L.C.C. I.&D. 94 899
–907
R. 94 891		 6 June. County Committee to certify why no claim has been made since Roger's death in 1649, and whether the sequestration is not continued for delinquency or recusancy of Rich. Hesketh or some other. 27
94		 6
895
5 July. Diligent search to be made whether, on Roger Hesketh's death, the sequestration was not continued for delinquency or recusancy of Rich. Hesketh, or some other. 28 6
5 Sept. On return of the depositions the claim allowed, with arrears from date of petition. 28 26

Claimant on the Estate of William Crooke, Brindle, Co. Lancaster.

7 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 101 167
D. 101 165
176
R.C. 27 8
101 145
I.& D. 101 159,
161, 157, 169
L. 101 157
149
C. 33 360
101 171, 173
H. 27 147
D. 101 177
R. 101 135		 Lieut. John Marsh, of Preston, co. Lancaster, begs allowance of his title to Welshman's House and 3 acres in Preston, 2/3 of which was sequestered in 1644 for the recusancy of Wm. Crooke; he died without issue 4 years ago, leaving it to his nephews, George and John Crooke, who sold it to petitioner. [See p. 573, supra.] 101 181
7 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee 27 6
25 July. He begs arrears since the date of his purchase 101 178
147
23 Nov. Claim allowed and estate discharged with arrears 23 1647

Ann Henslow, Widow, Fishbourne, Sussex.

13 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 92 649 Prays voidance of a lease at 20l. a year to Edw. Cole and John Masters of 2/3 of her small estate, they detaining the other ⅓, allowing her but 10l., and deducting 2l. or 3l. for taxes. The estate was not posted or boxed, and she had no notice of the letting; begs to be admitted tenant, and offers good security for the rent. 92 647
L. 169 505
H. 27 114		 13 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee 27 68
12 Sept. The County Committee are to certify whether the estate was surveyed, posted, and boxed according to instructions. 27 116

Claimant on the Estate of William Hunt, late Rector of Kibworth, Co. Leicester.

Vol. G No. or p.
CASE 141 169 13 June 1654. John Yaxley, minister of Kibworth, complains that he is now sued at law by Wm. Hunt, the late rector, sequestered for delinquency by the late County Committee; was settled there by the Committee for Plundered Ministers, and confirmed therein by the Committee for Sequestrations, and has enjoyed the living quietly 7 years. 141 167
13 June 1654. Order that the present County Commissioner certify what has passed there, and Rice Vaughan what passed in the late Sequestration Committee. 27 70
L.C.C. 92 280
R. 92 275
NOTE 141 149		 27 June. On return of the certificates, Yaxley begs their opinion whether Hunt was not duly sequestered, and whether he does not so remain, never having been discharged. 141 147
150
27 June. Order that [John] Horton, the County Commissioner, use all lawful means to quiet Yaxley in his possession of the rectory. 27 80

John Williams, late Rector of Northop, Co. Flint.

Vol. G No. or p.
13 June 1654. Petitions that he was sequestered in the country, and discharged on appeal to the late Committee for Sequestrations by their order; but Rob. Leigh, farmer, refuses to pay him a certain rent out of the rectory, pretending that that particular is not mentioned in the order. Begs order for payment; has been a preacher 37 years, and is too old to attend the Committee. 131 539
13 June. The Society for Propagating the Gospel in Wales are to certify on the case. 27 70
Claimants on the Estate.
D. 140 529
–531		 13 June 1654. Archibald Sparke, minister of Northop, complains that having 50l. a year augmentation granted from Northop Rectory, sequestered from John Williams, it was interrupted 2 years ago by the Propagators of the Gospel in Wales, but since confirmed by the commissioners for Approbation of Public Preachers; yet it has been lately stayed, on John Williams' plea to have his sequestration discharged, on an order of the Committee for Sequestrations in 1648. Begs payment in future, and the arrears in the hands of Rob. Leigh. 140 533
13 June. Referred to the County Committee and Reading 27 69
4 July. Petition renewed 140 535
4 July. Williams is to show cause in 3 weeks why the augmentation should not be paid, with arrears. 27 87
4 Aug. 1654. Rob. Leigh, of Newnham Regis, co. Warwick, begs not to be troubled for the rent of Northop Rectory, co. Flint, demised to him long before the wars by John Williams, and sequestered for his delinquency; an augmentation of 50l. granted therefrom by the Committee for Plundered Ministers to Arch. Sparke, but taken from him by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Wales, and granted to the master, &c., of Bala School, co. Merioneth. The Public Preachers' Committee say that Sparke should have the augmentation, and this Committee ordered it to be paid, yet the County Committee order it to be paid to them, with arrears, and Williams claims it as discharged from sequestration. Begs leave to retain it till this Committee orders to whom it shall be paid. 97 667
4 Aug. Granted till Williams and Sparke have made out their claims. 27 106
L. 164 419 5 Sept. Sparke begs a hearing of the certificate of the County Committee, and order for payment of his augmentation, with arrears. 140 528
5 Sept. The County Committee to keep the profits whilst the case is pending, and Brereton to perfect his report. 27 115
30 Nov. Sparke's petition renewed, Williams certifying his consent to the payment. 140 525
30 Nov. Granted with arrears from Dec. 1649, any order by the Propagation Society notwithstanding. 27 183

Claimant on the Estate of Richard Forster (late), Co. York.

15 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
Henery, son of the late Sir Rich. Darley, of Butter Crambe, petitions that in 1617, Sir William Eure, late Lord Eure, demissed to his father Pulford Manor, in Hamsterley, co. Durham; Roger Tocketts, of Ulnaby, co. Durham, and 2 others also demised to his father a mansion-house and lands in West Shipley and South Bedburn, co. Durham, all which now descend to petitioner as eldest son and heir; his father, living far off, had left the management of the estate to Rich. Forster, the tenant, who was his kinsman, and it being supposed to be Foster's 2/3 thereof are sequestered for his recusancy, he being absent in France. Petitioner's house at Butter Crambe was burned during the wars, but the deeds having escaped the fire and come to his hand, he begs leave to prove his title in the North, where his witnesses live, and discharge of sequestration. 143 212
15 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee and Reading 27 7

Claimants on the Estate of Thomas Weedon, Recusant, Co. Salop.

20 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 127 155
L.C.C. I.&D. 127 145
–151
E.W. 27 114
H. 27 325
D. 127 163–167
R. 127 129
D. 127 159, 161		 Wm. Wall and 3 others beg allowance of 3 deeds made by John Hill, of Woodhouse, or Silvington, co. Salop, conveying to them tenements called Parrett's, More Green, Hinley's, Brook, and Oyleys, in Alton, in the possession of which they are interrupted by order of Committee for Compounding for levying a debt owing to [Thos.] Weedon, a recusant, which debt was not adjudged till after the date of the said conveyances. Also ask the voidance of a lease of the premises made by the County Committee to Edw. Boylston, but not confirmed, and not let according to instructions. 127 143
201
20 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee, and Boylston is to show cause why the lease should not be voided. 27 76,
127		 79
141
8 March 1655. Claim allowed with arrears, and Boylston's lease voided. 23 1675
17 July 1655. George Herbert petitions that he made good, some years since, a claim to a debt of 500l. or 600l. due from John Hill to Thos. Weedon, recusant, and Hill consented to pay it on indemnity; but Wm. Maund, whose name is in the trust deed, now claims the whole debt. Begs leave to prove his own claim, and stay of proceedings meantime. [The case of Hill v. Weedon is among the papers of the Committee of Indemnity.] 92 683
17 July. Referred to Reading; the County Commissioners are to examine witnesses on behalf of petitioner, and also of Wm. Maund. 29 29

Claimant on the Estate of Mary Willy (late), Recusant, Co. York.

21 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
Wm. Lazenby, of Haxby, begs examination of his title to cottages, &c., in Ugthorpe, co. York, which Gervase Smith, late of Brighton, co. York, held by lease from petitioner's predecessors, and which he demised to Mary Willy, for whose recusancy 2/3 were sequestered. Her interest is determined by her death. 143 461
449
L.C.C. I.&D. 143 467
–493
172 116
C. 33 400
143 463, 466		 21 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee and to Brereton 27
143		 7
459
17 May 1655. Claim allowed with arrears, and sequestration ordered to be discharged. 23 1686

Claimant on the Estate of William Blount, Recusant, Co. Worcester.

22 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
Hum. Bury, of Mamble, begs allowance of his title to an estate in Shelsley, co. Worcester, secured for the supposed recusancy of Wm. Blount. 142 253
22 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee and to Reading. 27 7
L.C.C. I.&D. 173 645
–653
O.C. 27 260
C. 34 1		 28 Feb. 1655. Complains that for want of a direction to the County Committee to take his oath concerning the premises, they refused his deposition. Begs an order thereon; is ancient and unable to travel. 142 249
28 Feb. The County Committee are to take his deposition, and allow him to examine and cross-examine witnesses. 27 321

Purchaser of the Estate of John Bradshaw, Scales, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
O.T.T. 71 7 22 June 1654. Discharge from sequestration of Scales Hall, and houses, &c., in Lancaster, Cockerham, and Whalley, co. Lancaster, forfeited by him, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Thos. Slater, M.D. 18 958

Purchaser of the Estate of Henry Butler, Goosnargh, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
O.T.T. 72 23 22 June 1654. Discharge from sequestration of lands in Goosnargh parish, forfeited by him, and sold by the Treason Trustees to John Fullerton. 18 958

John Gore, Papist, Co. Lancaster.

Vol. G No. or p.
22 June 1654. Certificate by Aud. Thos. Browne that 2/3 of a house in Bickerstaffe, sequestered from him, was let to himself at 3l. 4s. rent. 87 1067

Claimant on the Estate of Mrs. Morgan, Recusant, Co. Warwick.

23 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
C. 72 21 Hen. Butler, minister of Weston, co. Warwick, petitions that he has 40l. a year augmentation granted by the Committee for Plundered Ministers out of the estate of Mrs. Morgan; but complains that the County Committee only pay him 40 marks a year, on pretext of paying 1/8 to Mrs. Morgan. 72 30
23 June 1654. Order for payment of the whole with arrears, Mrs. Morgan's 1/8 to be paid some other way. 22
72		 1487
27

Lessee of the Estate of William Parkinson (late), Recusant, Co. Lancaster.

30 June 1654. Vol. G No. or p.
L.C.C. I.&D. 112 639
145 427
–439
C. 33 371
112 641
643
H. 27 151
R. 112 627
D. 112 645
647		 Rob. Parkinson begs allowance of a lease of lands in Overleigh, co. Lancaster, made to him 5 June last by Richard and Jane Parkinson, and discharge of the sequestration thereof, for the recusancy of Wm. Parkinson, father of Richard, and husband of Jane. 112 605
638
30 June 1654. Referred to the County Committee 27
112		 7
635
16 Nov. Sequestration discharged, with arrears from the date of his petition. 23 1644
PreviousTable of contentsNext