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I. Petitions, all addressed to the King, unless otherwise
specified. |
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1. Lady Philippa Ashley, wife of Carew Raleigh. For payment of
632l.. the arrears of the pension of 316l. per annum granted her on
a valuable consideration, as part of her jointure, notwithstanding the
late stay of pensions, as the intended marriage of her only daughter
makes money much needed. |
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2. Mary Ashton, alias White, wife of Col. Ralph Ashton, who
was some years in His Majesty's service. For pardon and liberation, being imprisoned on a false charge of stealing a piece of silk,
value 7l., and condemned, but reprieved before judgment. |
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3. Sir John Ayton and others interested in the ships Bona
Esperanza and Henry Bonadventure. For letters and instructions to
Sir George Downing, now returning to Holland to obtain compensation for their losses in the said ships, former letters having proved
unavailing. [Draft by Williamson.] |
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4. Thos. Banckes and John Frederick, English merchants lately
residing at Leghorn. For a letter to the ambassador and consul at
Smyrna, to oblige Sam. Pentlow and John Foley, English merchants
there, to give them satisfaction for certain effects consigned to them
four years ago, for which they made no return, to the petitioners'
utter ruin. |
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5. The King's Barbers and Pages of the Bedchamber. That their
board-wages, suspended since Michaelmas last, may be restored, as
has been done with other servants whose wants are not greater
than theirs. |
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6. Rob. Bishop. Discovered the late horrid plot by letters
presented to His Majesty by Mdme. Le Grand and revealed to
some eminent persons, but has never been examined, and is committed to Newgate, as though still carrying on that wicked design.
Prays that the prisoner, Wm. Hawkins, may be examined on those
two letters; is willing to try if anything more can be got out of
him, before he is examined in public. |
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7. Martin Bokman to the King and Council, for a trial. Has
been half a year close prisoner in the Tower, through the malice of
one person, for discovering the designs of the Spaniards and others
against His Majesty, though dismissed from his service; has had his
goods and clothes pillaged; often pleaded for justice, but might
as well have petitioned the stone walls, being an afflicted stranger
in a strange country. |
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8. Katherine Boynton. For an exemption from the stay of her
pension, or for something as valuable instead. Paid the debts contracted by her late father in His Majesty's service out of the small
remainder of property left her, rather than be importunate, and has
only her pension to subsist upon. Annexing, |
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8. i. Suggestion, that the fees due to the King from the two waiters
in the Custom House, coming in in place of two deceased
waiters, should be given to Mrs. Boynton. |
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9. Captain William Carew. For redress; spent 200l. in fitting
himself for the Portugal expedition; but never received his promised pay of 13s. a day for the three months in which he served;
is superseded in the command of a foot company, promised him in
compensation by Lord Inchiquin. With note of reference to Lord
Inchiquin. |
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10. Nathaniel Castleton. For a warrant for continuance of his
pension of 20l. a year, notwithstanding the late suspension. |
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11. Thomas Chapman, carrier of Norwich, now prisoner in the
Tower, to the Council, for present relief from starving, and for
a speedy trial; was always obedient to the laws, but is imprisoned
through the malice of another carrier of Norwich. |
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12. Captain Henry Comberford. For a pension or pay as a
retired officer. Served the King and Duke of York in France and
Flanders, rode in the Life Guard, and was with the forces for
relief of Portugal till the fight last summer, in which he lost his
right arm. |
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13. The Same. To similar effect; was honourably discharged
from service only on account of his wounds received at the fight
of Alantes, on the frontiers of Portugal. |
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14. Similar petition, with slight differences. |
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15. Francisco Corbett. For a share at least in the lottery granted
him by His Majesty, of which he was deprived by the interposition
of others, during his late absence; also for restoration to his place as
Groom of the Privy Chamber to the Queen, into which another has
intruded, and for payment of some part of a pension promised him
by His Majesty. |
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16. The Same to Sec. Bennet. Has only obtained the place of
Sixth Groom of the Privy Chamber to the Queen, instead of fifth,
and when compelled by sickness to go abroad, the King was told
that he was dead, and granted his place and sundry profits to
another; begs influence for his restoration, and for the establishment
of a pension promised him by His Majesty. |
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17. Ninian Cunningham. For power to admit William Foulkes
to execute his place as a Keeper of the Council Chamber, he receiving
the fees, &c. Served the late King in the wars, but is disabled by
his former sufferings from officiating personally. Annexing, |
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17. i. Certificate by Stephen Fox, and two others, to the good
conduct of William Foulkes, who was bred up at court.
Endorsed "Mr. Cunningham, that Will. Foulkes may be
in his place to keep Council Chamber, during Cunningham's life." |
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18. Col. Hen. Crow. For a pass, testifying his quality and
fidelity to His Majesty's allies, having received his little dividend as
an indigent cavalier, and finding no employment at home. |
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19. Capt. Alex. Downing. To hear his witnesses against Fras.
Underwood, of Whittlesey, Isle of Ely, who has obtained for his
son a lease of 1,156 acres of Crown land, on pretence of good
service in his management of draining the fen, and of his son's
marriage with Lord Hopton's niece. |
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20. Similar petition to the same effect. Annexing, |
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20. i. Capt. Alex. Downing to Sec. Bennet. [Lieut.-Col. Fras.]
Underwood has not only been a great rebel both before
and since the Restoration, but was fully paid according
to his contract for service about the fens. The grant
made him is worth 500l. a year. Has been promised
something, and thinks this as likely as anything, when he
has proved these things against Underwood. |
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21. The Equerries and Avener. For restoration of their boardwage from the time of suspension, August 25 last, as granted to the
gentlemen of the chapel and others: of the 20l. wages, all now left
them, they have paid a full third to the four subsidies. |
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22. The Farmers of Excise in London, Middlesex, and Surrey.
That the Lord Treasurer and Lord Ashley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may be included in a commission lately granted to Rob.
Spencer, Sir Hen. Vernon, Bart., and others, for appeals and
regulating the Excise, and may be of the quorum, as this would be
advantageous both to the revenue and to the petitioners. |
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23. Raphell Folliard. For continuance of his allowances at
court, which the Officers of Greencloth have lately reduced. |
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24. Sir Rich. Ford and Sir Rich. Ryves, sheriffs of London and
Middlesex. In April last, John Lowe brought to Mr. Maynard, their
under-sheriff, a special writ of outlawry against the goods and lands
of Sir Rob. Killigrew, His Majesty's servant, and compelled him by
threats to exercise it; Sir Bobert, to avoid imprisonment, engaged
to remain at a bailiff's house, from whence he escaped, whereby
the petitioners become liable to prosecution by the plaintiffs. Pray
that either Killigrew may surrender himself to custody, or that
Lowe may be ordered not to prosecute them for their respect for
the King's servants. |
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25. George Galloway, prisoner [in Oxford]. For relief, or a letter
to the magistrates for his enlargement. Served the late King, was
wounded, and imprisoned at the battle of Worcester, and was at Sir
George Booth's rising; received only one week's pay for all; is in
debt, in prison, and ready to perish. |
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26. George Galloway to Sec. Bennet. To acquaint the Vice-Chancellor [of Oxford], or Dr. Fell, dean, with his grievances, that he
may have a collection in certain colleges, having suffered much during
the rebellion, and being now in prison for debt. Can get no answer
to his petition to the King. |
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27. Willm. Godolphin, secretary to Sir Henry Bennet, principal
secretary of state. For the third reversion, after two already in being,
of one of the seven auditorships of the Exchequer. His father
faithfully served his late and present Majesty, at hazard of life and
ruin of fortune, without recompense; he engaged in designs to subvert
the tyrannical powers, and only wanted opportunity to die in the
service. |
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28. Joshua Greathead, John Dickinson, and Joseph Crowther. For
their pardons without paying fees, His Majesty having been pleased
to pardon their former offences, for their services in discovering the
late bloody and inhuman plot. |
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29. The Hunting Grooms. For their additional pay of 6d. a day,
granted in 1662, with arrears, having hitherto received no part
of it. |
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30. Isaac Harrison, D.D. For some promotion. Had the gift of
Hadley Rectory, Suffolk, worth 300l. a year, through the influence
of the late Mr. Lee, of the bedchamber, whom he entertained at
his house, when agent of His Majesty during the rebellion, and who
heard his sermon there, when the King was proclaimed, and above
1,000 were weeping for joy. Resigned this at request of Archbishop Juxon, on his promise to give him a living as good, which his
death prevented his doing, and has now only a small vicarage. |
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31. Wm. Hird. Testifies that Robert Bulcock, of Downham,
Lancashire, and others spoke of His Majesty's deserving death, and
of an army to be raised against him, &c. Prays his own removal
from Sir Edw. Scott's to Major Roulston's regiment, payment of his
arrears, and attention to his former petition, &c. |
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32. Mary, widow of Col. Hercules Holyland. For compensation
from the estates of Col. Edmund Harvey and Hen. Martin, notorious
traitors, who plundered her of jewels, plate, &c., value 2,000l., when
her husband, who was employed by the late King in offices of great
trust, died a prisoner in the Tower. Had a grant of Harvey's leases
in Fulham, value 200l. a year, but they were afterwards found to
belong to the Bishop of London. |
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33. Elizabeth, widow of Col., alias Dr. Michael Hudson, who conveyed his late Majesty out of Oxford. For an order to receive her
small allowance of 50l. to keep her from starving, it being stayed
among other pensions. |
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34. John Jenkins. For admission to the place of Groom of the
Privy Chamber to the Queen, for which he was placed on the list
18 months ago. Was in arms for the late King. |
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35. Mary Jenkinson of Canterbury to Gilbert, Archbishop of
Canterbury, for a place as poor In-sister in the Hospital of
St. John the Baptist, or St. Nicholas Harbledown, near the city
Her father, Rob. Southey, serjeant of the mace there, was a very
great sufferer for loyalty. Her husband, a very poor man, died
deeply in debt, leaving her only her labour in spinning to subsist
on. With certificate by Nich. Burges, mayor, and nine others, as
to her being a fit object of charity. |
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36. Mary, relict of John Jenkinson of Sandwich, co. Kent. For
a Sister's place in Bartholomew Hospital, near Sandwich, which was
granted her by His Majesty when at Dover, but refused by the town,
the grant not being under sign manual and signet; they also pretend
that the places only belong to mayors, their wives, and widows, but
contradict this in other cases. Her father, Rob. Southey, serjeant
of the mace for Canterbury, was a great sufferer for his loyalty. |
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37. Major-General Rowland Laugharne. For payment from the
growing excise or customs of 1,800l., balance of 3,000l. granted
him by recommendation of Parliament, and for continuance and
arrears of his pension of 500l., lately stopped. |
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38. Katherine Leslie. For present supply. Is reduced to extreme
necessity by the stop of her pension of 200l., and the absence of her
husband, so long frustrate of His Majesty's gracious pardon. |
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39. The Same. For pardon for her husband, an old and faithful
servant, who in heat of blood discharged a small birding piece,
charged with shot which he knew not of, at Hen. Symball, and it
occasioned him a fever which caused his death. |
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40. The Same. Similar petition to the same effect. |
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41. The Same. For an order for speedy passing of the pardon
granted to her husband for the death of [Hen.] Symball, which has
long been stopped at the privy seal. |
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42. Lord Mayor, &c., of London. In 1658, 1,600l., surplus of an
assessment charged upon the city, was brought into the chamber
of London, and thence issued for the militia; this sum is now
demanded by Wm. Whorwood for the privy purse; prays recall of
Whorwood's warrant, the treasury being exhausted, and the money
spent. Annexing, |
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42. i. Note that the late pretended Parliament charged 17,000l.
on the city of London; that the assessment was 19,000l.,
of which 17,000l. only was raised; that Walker, the
receiver general, paid in only 15,000l., keeping the other
2,000l., as may be proved, of which 1,600l. was paid into
the chamber of London. Endorsed "Whorwood." |
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43. Thos. Macdonnell. For the Lieutenancy in Capt. Barker's
company in the Foot Guards, now in Portsmouth. Some employment was promised him for service done in relation to the regicide
Lisle. |
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44. Bryan MacGrath. For a recommendation or pass for his
better reception by His Imperial Majesty, whose army he intends
to enter as engineer, in the holy war against the Turks. Was
exiled by the usurped powers and went abroad; returned on the
Restoration, and served two years as pikeman in the Foot Guards,
but cannot support himself on the pay of a private soldier. |
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45. Sir John and Ferdinando Marsham, executors for their brother,
Thos. Marsham. For payment out of the pension granted to the
late Earl of Norwich of 1,200l. principal due by him to their late
brother, since 1640, for which they have received no interest. |
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46. William Miller. For relief; spent large sums and engaged
in many great designs towards the Restoration, but is now reduced
to great want. |
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47. James Duke of Monmouth. For a commission with Admiralty
powers to recover divers great sums of money concealed for prizes,
prize goods, wrecks, &c., according to a late Act for prosecuting
those accountable for prize goods, and for a grant of such moneys
as he shall thus recover. |
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48. William Nicholas, Owen Brickwood, and Hannah Gowler, of
the Isle of Ely. That their sentences of death for robbery may be
changed to transportation, these being their first offences, and they
resolved to amend. |
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49. Col. Lewis O'Ferrall. For preferment or employment; lost
300l. a year pension from the King of Spain, by accepting command
at Tangiers, and now is deprived of all his commands, both in the
Low Countries and Tangiers. |
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50. Similar petition to the same effect. |
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51. The Pages of the Bedchamber. For special direction in this
intended settlement of the household, that their arrears for 16
months may be paid, and their allowances settled for the future.
[Draft by Williamson.] |
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52. John Peables, of Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire. For
a grant of His Majesty's moiety of fines, &c. on constables and
other inhabitants for concealment of hearth money; prosecuted
Capt. Oates, the ringleader, and several of the traitors in the late
northern rebellion; also Rich. Oldroyd, commonly called "the devil
of Dewsbury," and other persons, for harbouring traitors, all at his
own charges. |
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53. Jean Jacques Pestalosse. That His Majesty's former deeds
and promises may be brought to effect; the Lord Treasurer refuses
to pay any of His Majesty's debts contracted abroad, saying that
his warrants were no grounds to make payments upon; wants an
order for payment of the sum, with interest, reduced to English
money. Marked "Recommended by the Queen-Mother." |
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54. Prisoners for Debt in England and Wales. His Majesty
having confirmed the great charter of liberty this Parliament, and
signed the petition of right, whereby no commoner of England is
allowed to be imprisoned for debt, they expected their release, but
are still detained in cruel captivity, and are taxed with exorbitant
prison fees, especially by Sir John Lenthal, marshal of the King's
Bench. Entreat the King to signify his pleasure for their enlargement. [Printed, four pages.] Annexing, |
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54. i. J. H. to —. Entreats favour for the hundreds of
poor Christians enslaved in prisons; the House of Commons ordered the subject to be looked into three years
before, but Mr. Lenthall, the speaker, suppressed the matter,
as Sir John Lenthall, keeper of the King's Bench, was his
brother, and the warden of the Fleet his friend. Details
the cruelties committed in these two great prisons.
[Printed, two pages.] |
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54. ii. Statement addressed to the House of Commons, showing
that imprisonments on the capias, latitats, outlawries, &c.
are contrary to law and injurious to the subject; that to
avoid this mischief, and the payment of two millions
yearly extorted by under sheriffs, bailiffs, gaolers, &c.,
the subjects are willing to pay 50,000l. per annum for
three years, in lieu of the King's profits on forfeitures,
seizures, outlawries, &c., if the bill now depending may
pass. Endorsed "Wm. Heydon." [Printed, with MS.
corrections.] |
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55. Theodore Randu. For payment out of the privy purse of
his father's pension of 60l., which, being payable by the cofferer, is
now stopped; his own board wages, and 10l. for new year's gifts,
are also stopped. |
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56. Divers of His Majesty's Household Servants. For recommendation to Parliament of the ancient, legal, and innocent way of
pre-emption and purveyance, that they may not be deprived of
those comforts and enjoyments heretofore allowed the servants of
the Sovereign; the release of them has led to great damage, and to
increase of the household expense, from 70,000l. to 120,000l., though
half the diets are taken away; the taxes for want of purveyance
will be much greater than the small yearly charge thereof. |
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57. Lawrence Smith, of Burnley. For protection, that he may
try at the court of the duchy of Lancaster his case against Hen.
Wolmsley, George Whitacre, and other enemies of His Majesty, who,
in 1652, turned him out of his land, by a decree of the traitor
Bradshaw; kept him three years in Lancaster gaol; ill used his wife
till she died, and two of his children cast on the country were
starved; and who now outlaw him on a pretended debt. |
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58. Martha, widow of Edward Stisted. For order for payment
of her debentures of 247l. and 300l. lost in the late troubles, the
pension granted her during the troubles being now among others
cut off or suspended. |
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59. Major Robt. Strachan. For the fines of Jas. Walker, and
four others, total value, 300 or 400 marks. Was desperately
wounded and imprisoned in the cause of the late King, and was the
instrument of taking Lord Swinton, Capt. Johnston, who was the
discoverer of Lord Wariston, Robt. Ferguson, Gavin Lawry, and
other traitors, still prisoners. Annexing, |
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59. i. List of 17 persons, including the above-mentioned Walker,
each fined 100 marks, and headed by Alderman Sam.
Stirnal, 300 marks. |
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60. The Same. For the fine of Gavin Lawry, now in the Gatehouse, so as to enable him to proceed against traitors in future.
Was at great pains and charge in taking Lord Swinton and others,
now prisoners. |
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61. Lionel Suckling. For a second grant of the reversion of a
Poor Knight's place at Windsor, removing all precedent grants
made since His Majesty's first grant to the Queen-Mother on the
petitioner's behalf. Is ruined by being bound for 2,000l. out of
13,000l., spent by his brother in raising a troop of horse for the
late King, in the Scottish wars. |
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62. Sir William Throckmorton, knight-marshal. For restoration
of the estate of Henry Darly, of Butter-crambe, co. York, forfeit
by rebellion, and granted him by the late King, to compensate for the loss of his arm at the battle of Adderton Moor;
it was restored again to Darly by the Act of Oblivion, but
again forfeited by his treasonable conspiracy in the late detected
plot. |
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63. John Trueman, verderer of Sherwood Forest, co. Notts.
For a commission to persons of integrity, who will not be awed
by power and greatness, to examine into abuses in the forest, by
the claims of subjects to fell and cut woods, and by contracts to
enclose and plough thousands of acres of the same, to the great
prejudice of the forest, against which he has appealed vainly to the
Lord Chief Justice in Eyre, the Marquis of Newcastle; and meanwhile for the stay of felling of wood, and the appointment of a lord
warden of the forest. Annexing, |
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63. i. Remonstrance presented by John Trueman to William
Marquis of Newcastle, Lord Chief Justice in Eyre north
of the Trent, detailing the above abuses. [Four leaves.] |
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64. Col. Stephen White. For the company in Portsmouth held
by Captain Barker, who is irrecoverably sick. Served many years
faithfully, and now trails a pike in the Guards, till employment can
be found for him. |
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65. John Wickham, messenger of the chamber in ordinary. For
the fines lately imposed in the Old Bailey on Simon Dover, printer,
Thos. Brewster, bookseller, and Nathan Brookes, bookbinder, 120l.
in all. Has been at great charge and hazard in apprehending those
dangerous conspirators, Hugh Peters, Gibbs, and Twinne, all of
whom have received the rewards of their treasons. |
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66. Dr. John Windebank. For remission of 500l. due by him as
sub-commissioner of excise for Surrey, in consideration that the
stop of all pensions prevents his being advantaged by the pension of
200l. a year, granted him in compensation for loss of his place as
Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber. |
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67. Captain Edward Witham. For half pay or employment, his
troop of horse at Tangiers being disbanded, and he in poverty, and
the other officers being on half pay. |
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68. The Same. For employment or half-pay, as granted to all the
other indigent officers disbanded with himself at Tangiers on the
last establishment, when one regiment of foot and a troop of horse
were disbanded. |
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69. Anthony Young and the rest of the workmen under Andrew
Mollett, Chief Gardener in St. James's Park. For speedy payment.
Young has been in prison three weeks for a debt of 40s., which now
by way of outlawry, is recorded as a 13l. debt, so that without relief,
he and his family must perish; the petitioners have been a year at
work, without a penny wages. |
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II. Petitions addressed to Sec. Bennet. |
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70. Rich. Awbrey. For a request to the King to refer the difference
between himself and Mr. Carr, clerk of His Majesty's Guards, to the
Duke of Albemarle, from whom he doubts not to receive justice,
and be freed from his present misery. |
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71. John Batte and Clemence, his wife. For release of the latter,
now a prisoner in the Gatehouse, that she may attend to her nine
children; she intended no harm by the sale of the books, being
unable to read them, and will give security not to sell such again. |
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72. John Baxter. For acceptance of his bond for payment of the
fees due on receipt of a grant of 100l. from the King, being a poor
man, and unable to pay the fees till he gets the money. |
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73. John Beverley. For admission as Deputy Postmaster at
West Chester. Served the King at Worcester, and in Sir George
Booth's rising, and the place is supplied by a person very active
against His Majesty. Annexing, |
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73. i. Order by the General and Council for the setting at
liberty of George Parker, now a prisoner in Harwarden
Castle, on condition of his not coming within five miles
of Chester. Chester, Aug. 6, 1659. |
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73. ii. Certificate by Dan. Bavand, and five others, that George
Parker, now postmaster at Chester, was active under
Sir Wm. Brereton's command in the late rebellion, and
in Sir G. Booth's time was made prisoner, but has kept
his place ever since 1645. Oct. 10, 1662. |
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74. Hen. Bishop, butcher. For an order for payment at once, and
in one sum, of the residue due to him of 795l. 6s. 10d. for meat for
the late King; has been so delayed at the Exchequer, and paid in
such driblets, that he cannot discharge his debts. |
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75. Marg. Chaplaine, widow. For delivery of her paper to the
King, showing that after her weary journey from Pendennis Castle,
she returned to London, found nothing but ruin and desolation, lost
her husband, and was left in debt with three children; that on the
Restoration, she had leave to build a shed between the gates which
her mother had near the Duke of Ormond's, but it was plucked
down, and she would have been forced to lie in the streets had not
Sir John Denham lent her a stable. Annexing, |
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75. i. Petition of Margaret Chaplaine, widow, to the King. For
a grant of 50l. Her husband and father suffered for
loyalty, she lost much by serving His Majesty in the
West, and the building which, by permission of the Officers
of Greencloth, she erected in her mother's place by the
Duke of Ormond's lodging, being pulled down, she is
forced to lie in a stable, and threatened with arrest. |
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75. ii.–iv. Certificates by Edw. Walker and five others, dated
Sept. 7, 1663, by Rich. March and three other Officers of
Ordnance, July 5, 1663, and by Hen. Firebrace and
—Titus, Oct. 20, 1663, that Henry, husband of Marg.
Chaplaine, attended the late King as conductor of the
train of artillery, from the raising his standard till the
battle of Naseby; was made page of the bedchamber at
Oxford; attended him to the Isle of Wight, and until
his death, and was always loyal. [Copies. Damaged.] |
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75. v. Certificate by Sir Rob. Long, and nine others, that Marg.
Chaplaine attended the late King from Whitehall to York
and Oxford, and his present Majesty into the West, till
he left for the Scilly Isles, and behaved well as sempstress
to the gentry who waited on his highness. Copy,
damaged.] March 17, 1663. |
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76. John Collins and 19 other prisoners at Maidstone, Kent. For
liberation; are confined only for their religious meetings and refusal
to swear; wish to serve the Lord, but not to intermeddle with
governors. |
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77. Timothy Croneen. For a pass to go to Denmark, having
been lately dismissed from the Duke of York's regiment in France,
and waited in vain for some reward for his services. |
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78. Capt. Robert Foran. For preservation of his starving family
from perishing; lost one hand and the use of the other in service of
the late King, but has not received a penny since the Restoration. |
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79. Hanna wife of Michael Gruning. For an order for release
of her husband, committed to the Tower by Sec. Bennet's order
[March 16]; knows not his crime, for he is nowise guilty, and
having only his hands to work for his family, cannot pay the 5s.
a week charged for his chamber. |
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80. Thos. Hall. For protection from arrest, that he may prosecute his information against the coiners; has run into debt through
his long imprisonment, &c.; the relatives of the coiners accused by
him threaten to leave nothing unattempted to injure him. |
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81. David Harris and Darby Clarke. For a certificate under
Sec. Bennet's hand for their more easy passing into Cornwall,
their native county; are utterly undone by their loyalty to the
late King. |
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82. The wife of Rich. Hills. For release of her husband, committed for attending a religious meeting near Pall Mall, although
no disturbance was made thereby. |
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83. Richard Hodges. For a place for another son of his deceased
son, Rich. Hodges, in Sutton's Hospital; was wounded himself, and
his sons slain and maimed in service of the late King, and has six
grandchildren, two of them deaf and dumb, to support. Annexing, |
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83. i. Certificate by Sir Roger Twysden, John Cripps, mayor of
Maidstone, and 18 others, to the loyalty of Richard
Hodges, who lost two sons in the King's service, and
whose father served in the Guards to King James and
Charles I. March 13, 1662. |
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84. Joseph Jackson. For release or a speedy hearing; was committed to the custody of messengers a week ago, not knowing the
cause, and supposes he is not the person meant, as there are divers
of the same name. |
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85. Charity, wife of Jas. Jorden, goldsmith. Her husband went
two and a half years ago as soldier to the East Indies, leaving her
in great want; is informed that he is dead, but the Goldsmiths'
Company require further proof before giving her relief. Requests
that the dead roll may be called over, to certify whether he be
living. |
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86. Jane Lane, widow. For the King to be reminded of her
former petition for allowance, in recompense for the loss of her
husband, on which the Council intimated that she deserved 100l.
at least. |
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87. Thos. Leach, printer of London. For a speedy hearing of
his cause; is imprisoned by Sec. Bennet's warrant, on pretence of
printing an unlicensed book; kept close prisoner at great expense,
and not allowed to go home to manage his affairs, all at the instigation of private persons who threaten his ruin. Endorsed, "Leach,
Hudibras." |
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88. Capt. John Mac Gragh. For verbatim renewal of his former
pass, that he may try his fortune in Germany; went with his former
pass into Flanders, but after 13 months' vain expectation of employment, was compelled to repair to England. |
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89. Mary Marten. That the ill words spoken by her daughter
Mary Rowe, when in the Gatehouse, may be taken to be the fruit of
a distempered brain; she has in distraction broken windows, threatened to fire the house, &c. |
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90. Faith Reeve. For a ticket for access to Rob. Johnston, prisoner in the Tower, formerly an acquaintance, who is so unwell that
in Christian compassion she wishes to supply his necessities. |
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91. Dermod Riardane. On account of illness, he was unable to
return to the Duke of York's regiment lately reformed. M. Riardane
commended him for a place in the Guards; he has pawned his
things for support in his sickness, and begs employment. Annexing, |
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91. i. Dermod Riardane to [Sec. Bennet ?] Is indigent, and a
near kinsman to the M. Riardane who recommended
him. |
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92. Lieut. Dermod Riardane. For something to buy him a suit of
clothes to appear decently in His Majesty's service; has had nothing
but what his honour obtained for him in recompense for faithful
service beyond seas, which will not maintain his family. |
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93. The Same. For a place as horseman in any of the three
Life Guards, or in that of the Queen-Mother; served in the Duke of
York's regiment as lieutenant, and is recommended by Lord Muskerry
and Major Riordane. |
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94. M. Germain Riordane. For relief; has been dismissed from his
place in his Royal Highness's regiment, during his absence on the
King's service, though he had his pass of leave. French. |
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95. Richard Stevenson. For release on bail of his son
Matthias from the Gatehouse, Westminster, to which he is committed because his mistress, the widow of Giles Calvert, bookseller
of London, being suspected of printing a treasonable libel, has
absented herself. His son knows nothing of the printing or author
of the libel, nor where his mistress is. |
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96. Edward, son of the late Edward Stisted, clerk of the avery
and page of the bedchamber. For 20l. on the debentures due to his
father, to enable him to add one more year's learning; his mother's
pension, which is her only means, being suspended, he is bereaved of
his hopes of acquiring competent learning. |
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97. William Warden, blacksmith. For release. Has been eight
months in the Tower, and must have perished but for the charity of
good people. |
