Cases before the Committee: November 1649

Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 3. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1891.

'Cases before the Committee: November 1649', in Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 3, (London, 1891) pp. 2133-2138. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/compounding-committee/pt3/pp2133-2138 [accessed 19 April 2024]

November 1649

Sir Thomas Timperley, Hintlesham, Suffolk, Michael Timperley, his son, Recusants, and the Claimants on their Estates.


6 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

P.R. 6 238 C.& 131 475 P.E. 465 R. 131 467 D. 131 469 P.R. 14 105 131 471	Edward Wenyeve, of Brettenham, Suffolk, begs to compound for ²/3 of Boynton Hall Manor, worth 140l. a year, purchased for 2,500l., 2 May 1649, of Sir Thomas Timperley, and sequestered for his recusancy only.	131	463
	5 Feb. 1651. An error of date in his deed being rectified, it is to be presented to the Speaker.	12	116
	2 May. Wenyeve begs discharge of the sequestration on the death of Sir Thomas Timperley, 28 April 1651.	131	477
	9 May. Sequestration of the part purchased to be discharged; Mr. Speaker to return the report sent to him; and the 140l. being discharged from the State's ²/3, the County Committee are to sequester, out of the 3rd part enjoyed in kind by the said Sir Thomas, 31l. 2s., being ²/3 of the third of the aforesaid 140l., sequestered for the recusancy of his son, now living.	14 123	114 (bis) 551
P.E. 123 561	25 June 1651. Mich. Timperley begs explanation of this order, and that being sequestered the full ²/3, which by law is the extremity of forfeiture, he may retain his third. Noted that the Committee see no reason to alter their order.	123	549
	10 Sept. They order the County Committee to sequester only ²/3 of the remaining part of the estate above the 140l. a year discharged.	15 123	13 557
	3 Feb. 1652. Michael complains of their disobedience, and detaining his tenants' money.	123	559
	24 Feb. He begs to be admitted tenant to his lands in Essex	123	559
	24 Feb. Order that they be let according to instructions, after view and survey.	16	54
	25 Feb. He complains that he reaps no benefit by the order of 10 September, and begs to receive his rents.	123	555
	25 Feb. The County Committee are to obey the order or show cause.	16	58
	3 Dec. Nich. Timperley, uncle to Michael, for Thomas, Michael's son and heir, begs that Michael, being only tenant for life, may be stayed from felling all the timber, and pulling down the houses on the estate, as he theatens to do.	123	363
	3 Dec. County Committees of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, to prevent waste on the estate.	17	474
	12 May 1653. Michael Timperley begs that some other lands may be set out for his ⅓ of his estate sequestered for recusancy, the lands in Hadley, Suffolk, value 80l. a year, set out for him, being recovered by law from his tenant, with a year's rent, for which he craves allowance.	123	543
	12 May. Ordered his full thirds, and as to his suit against his tenant, he is to appeal to the Committee for Indemnity.	20	1174
	15 June 1653. He begs orders to his trustees—Sir Henry, and Hen. Bedingfield, and his uncle, Nich. Timperley—to bring in the deeds whereby his father and he conveyed their lands to them, Nicholas Timperley having thereby recovered Hadley from petitioner.	123	545
	16 June. The trustees to produce the writings, and Nicholas Timperley to prove his title to Hadley.	25	98
	19 July 1653. Capt. John Hill, of Mayland, Essex, petitions that he is tenant at the rack-rent of 200l. to Mich. Timperley's lands, co. Essex, and was obliged to repair the house, which threatened to fall, but can obtain no allowance therefor from the County Committee. Much of his land is overflowed at high tides, and he has to fetch water for his cattle 4 miles. Begs allowance in his rent.	92	339
L.C.C. 155 575	19 July. County Committee to report the charges, and the conditions of his lease.	27	93
	19 Sept. 1654. Allowed 53l. 11s. 7d., ²/3 of the 80l. 7s. 4d. expended on repairs.	27	120
R.C. 25 173 140 121, 133 I & 169 199 D–217 L. 169 218 D. 140 113 –117 R.140 101 D.140 119	19 Aug. 1653. Sir Wm. Dolly, Hen. Darley, and Sam. Smith, beg discharge of lands in Suffolk and Essex, settled after Mich. Timperley on Thos. Timperley; he in 1653 demised them to petitioners in reversion after Michael, who is lately dead, but the estate is still sequestered for his recusancy.	140 125	100 123
	24 Nov. Refused, unless the Thos. Timperley reported to be a recusant is not the Thos. Timperley in question.	19	1141
	29 Nov. Granted with arrears on certificate that the recusant is Thos. Timperley of Colkirk.	19	1141
	2 Jan. 1655. John Keeble begs release of the estate of Mich. Timperley, co. Essex, sequestered for recusancy of the late Sir Thos. Timperley, but discharged by order of 29 Nov. 1653, to Sir Wm. Doyly and others; petitioner having a title by law, has got possession, but the County Committee refuse to give up the securities given in by the tenants for their rent.	96	612
	2 Jan. Order that the tenants be not molested for rents since the discharge.	27	231
R.C. 25 176 L. 155 449 I. & 140 127 140 129 –133 D. 155 452 453 C. 33 314	22 Sept. 1653. Joan, Widow of Mich. Timperley, begs allowance of her jointure lands in Essex, value 200l. a year, settled on her at marriage, but sequestered for the supposed recusancy of her husband, though he was never convicted, there being another of his name; he died 7 July last, and she is a Protestant.	223	539 541

Wm. Miles, Ednaston, Co. Derby.


8 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

	John Rushworth to John Leech, Aldersgate Street. Wm. Miles is an old man, of between, 3 and 4 score years, and was sequestered a few days ago. He could say much on his appeal, but I have advised him rather to purchase his peace, and compound, being not worth 200l. It would be a charity to help an old man who has fought for us, and never was in arms against us.	179	308
P.E. 101 403 218 203	16 Nov. 1649. Miles begs to compound for delinquency, being sequestered for words spoken against Parliament, for which he is heartily sorry. Was never in arms against Parliament, but for venturing his life in their cause at Burton-on-Trent, was long imprisoned by the King's party at Ashby. Has	218 101	202 405
	always maintained a son as solider in the Parliament army. Has an aged mother 100 years old, a wife, and 9 children. His estate does not exceed 200l., and he has but one cow left.
D. 218 197 P.R. 7 44 R. 218 195	4 March 1650. Petition renewed. Never furnished the King's army with money, arms, or provisions, save what they plundered from him, and what they forced him to give in 1643, when he was constable.	218	200
	11 March. Fine at ¹/6, 39l. 1s. 8d.	7	44

Wm. Bennett, Heytebury, Wilts.


15 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

P.E. 219 363	Was sequestered 10 July last by the Committee for Advance of Money, on pretence of delinquency discovered on information of Marg. Mounsell, administratrix of Capt. Peter Mounsell, for payment of his arrears according to Parliament order. Submits and confesses that he rode in the troop of Sir Geo. Vaughan, sheriff of the county, for 2 months, to preserve his wife and children, who must else have perished, for he had formerly engaged for Parliament, and durst not stay at home. Begs to be dismissed a chargeable attendance, and if fined at all, consideration of his debts, which are almost the value of his estate.	219	691
	15 Nov. Fine 154l.; but 18l. to be abated if 12l. a year is settled on his mother, also further abatements for debts when proved.	9 219	7 693

Henry Pycke, Pewsey, Rainscombe, Wilts.


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O.C.C. 108 119	15 Nov. 1649. Having been discharged in Feb. 1645 by the County Committee [with Wm. Cusse, Fyfield, Wilts], as not worth 200l., after taking the National Covenant and the Negative Oath, begs that his discharge may be registered, and a copy given him. Granted.	108 6	117 252

Thomas Yeldon, Chagford, Devon.


	Vol. G	No. or p.

15 Nov. 1649. Begs that having compounded with the standing Committee of Devon 11 Nov. 1646, and paid them 30l. for delinquency, he may be freed from further composition. His debts amount to 500l. Petition noted by Ash that letters be sent into the country to the Committee, requiring them to certify the state of this poor man's case, and if it appears that he was sequestered since August last, he is to be admitted to a composition.	135	1
15 Nov. County Committee to certify the time of sequestration.	9	7

John Dalton, Barton-on-Humber, Co. Lincoln.


16 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

C. 218 529 P.E. 218 531 P.R. 9 7	Being on appeal before the Barons of Exchequer, chooses rather to confess delinquency, and submit to a fine, that wait their decision.	218	528
R. 218 525	25 March 1650. Fine at ¹/6, 46l.	7	74

Claimant on and Purchasers of the Estate.


		Vol. G	No. or p.

O.C.C. 101 80 R.C. 17 363 101 69 I. & D. 101 75 L.C.C. 101 73 C. 33 313 101 81-85 R. 101 65 H. 27 37	27 Oct. 1652. And May, of London, begs allowance of his title to a rent-charge of 6l. 13s. 4d., granted by Robert Dalton, by indenture of 5 Feburary, 15 Jac., to Edward Ellerker, and Elizabeth his wife, for her life, and by her indenture of 12 Aug. 1645, assigned to him and regularly paid, till lately stopped on general instructions. The rent-charge is on lands in KirkElla, West Ella, and Swanland, co. York, sequestered for the delinquency of John Dalton, grandchild of the aforesaid Robert.	101	71 87
	4 May 1654. Claim allowed with arrears from 27 Oct. 1652	23	1603

Purchasers of the Estate.


16 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

O.T.T. 79 637	11 Aug. 1653. Discharge from sequestration of manors and lands in Cockerham, and a mill and lands in Lancaster, co. Lancashire, forfeited by John dalton, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Fras. Cobb and John calvert.	18	863

Claimants on the Estate of Richard Stapleton, Carleton, Co. York.Sir Rich. Theakstone.


29 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

	Petition of Robert and George Bryndlose, John Young, and Rich. Sayer, for the tenants on lands in Bedale called Stapleton's lands, to the Committee for Sequestrations for co. York and Kingston-upon Hull. There are two manors in Bedale, called Stapleton's and Theakstone's manors; petitioners have been tenants of the former for many years, and paid their rents—after the death of Elizabeth Stapleton, widow, who held the same for life, it being her jointure,—to Rich. Stapleton, her grandchild and heir, upon whom the lands are settled by an entail made 32 Eliz.; he entered into possession, and petitioners agreed to continue tenants to him at the former rents. Since then information has been given to the late Committee for Compounding, that the whole lordship was [Sir Rich.] Theakstone's, who was a delinquent, and thereupon petitioners' rents were demanded for the use of the Commonwealth. Beg not to be molested by driving of their goods [cattle], nor forced to pay their rents double, but to have the title cleared.	236	134
	20 Nov. 1649. Order by the Committee for Compounding to the Committee for the North Riding of co. York, on certificate of Ralph Rymer in the above case, that the several committee for Compounding, and that the tenants to the estate be of the said estate to be returned to the treasury of the Committee for Compounding, and that the tenants to the estate be required to pay the rents there until further order.	9 236	38 135
L. 236 136	31 May 1650. Petition of Richard, son of Gilbert, grandson of Richard, and great-grandson of Bryan Stapleton, for leave to enjoy the manor of Bedale and other lands, co. York, settled by entail 32 Eliz., and now come to him by the decease of his grandmother Elizabeth, sister of the late Earl of Kingston, till Sir Rich. Theakstone, who pretends a title thereto, and for whose delinquency the lands are sequestered, proves his title.	119	707
	31 May. Case referred to the County Committee	8 10	93 34
L. 236 137 Case 236 138 139	18 Oct. 1650. Joshua Snowden begs relief, having leased the estate of Rich. Stapleton, of Carleton, co. York, for a year, rent 170l., but Thomasine Wivell has got an order in Chancery for stay of rents in the tenants' hands, Stapleton being found lunatic, and she wishing to be his guardian.	118	526
L.C.C. 118 551 253 36	18 Oct. Order that the lease be made good, and a certificate returned to Chancery that the estate is under sequestration.	10 118	189 191 523
	9 Dec. Committee for Compounding order the Committee for Sequestrations, co. York, as to Sir Rich Theakstone, that since Stapleton has broken the order and received part of the rents, they are to require the remainder, and receive them for the State.	30	483
	6 Oct. 1651. Sir Rob. Stapleton begs allowance of an annuity of 30l. on lands in Bedale, Carleton, &c., co. York, lately stayed on pretext of delinquency of Rich. Stapleton, now owner.	119	670
D. 119 673 727	12 Nov. Order on motion of Col. Fra. Pierrepoint, M.P., for enquiry by the County Commissioners into the truth and particulars of Rich. Stapleton's alleged lunacy, and whether the estate was first sequestered for delinquency or recusancy.	15	80
	19 Nov. 1651. Sir Rob. Stapleton is to enjoy the annuity of 30l., if he has paid all his fines, and the County Committee show no cause to the contrary.	15 119	90 670
D. 119 729 732 R. 119 717	31 Dec. On report of the County Committee that the estate at Bedale, was sequestered from Sir Wm. Theakstone [son of Sir Richard], and that Stapleton was a Papist before he was a lunatic,—order that some one for Stapleton prove his title to the estate, he enjoying his full ⅓ meanwhile, and that Brereton report.	15 119	160 725
	17 June 1652. Order on report for production of the deeds relating to the estate, and for further enquiries as to whether the estate was sequestered from the grandmother or from Rich. Stapleton; who received the thirds during sequestration; also when Stapleton was first found lunatic.	16	561
	17 June. Committee for Compounding request the Commissioners of the Great Seal to allow the production of a deed in the Rolls, to clear the case of Rich. Stapleton, lunatic.	16	563
	18 June. Order by the Commissioners of the Great Seal for committing the custody of Stapleton, a lunatic, to Col. Fras. Pierrepoint, "a near kinsman, but no way inheritable to his estate," on security to be accountable for the estate.	119	709
	Aug.? Request by Col. Pierrepoint for discharge of the estate from sequestration, since Stapleton, being mad, can neither be Papist nor delinquent.	119	708
	24 Sept. Order for Mr. Brereton to report on the evidences and writings in the case.	17	269
D. 119 713 R. 66 325 D. 119 711	30 Sept. On motion of Col. Pierrepoint for a speedy hearing of Stapleton's case, and for him to receive the rents meanwhile, order that the County Commissioners make a speedy return on the order of 17 June last, and that they receive the rents till hearing.	17	295
	22 Dec. Petition of Rich. Theakstone [infant, son of Sir William], for consideration of his right to his late father's estate at Bedale, co. York, sequestered as belonging to him or Stapleton, whose title is referred to Brereton.	122	714
C. 32 152 200 119 715 726, 671 H. 25 25	22 Dec. Reference thereon to Brereton	17	535
	22 Dec. Order on motion for a hearing that the County Commissioners send up verbatim copies of all proceedings about the lunatic, and examine witnesses thereon.	17	533
	14 April 1653. Order discharging Stapleton's estate, as he was never convicted of recusancy, and has taken the Oath of Abjuration, and Pierrepoint is to receive his rents, with arrears since 31 May 1650, the date of his first petition.	66 19	341 1082

Charles Barnwell.


	Vol. G	No. or p.

He writes to Maj.-Gen. Phil. Skippon, at his house, at Blackfriars. Having paid in my fine, I cannot get my discharge because the Committee for Compounding are so full of business. I beg a letter from you to the Commissioners, that I may receive my last Lady Day rents.	236	140
22 Nov. 1649. Skippon to [Mr. Ash]. I recommend the enclosed letter, the writer having been at great charge in attendance.	236	141

Wm. Champion, Shapwick, Somerset.


27 Nov. 1649.		Vol. G	No. or p.

P.E. 218 551 R. 218 549	Begs to compound for his real estate. Being questioned for delinquency,—after a full hearing before the County Committee, in presence of Serjeant, now Lord Rolle, and of his adversaries,—was acquitted; but by the practice and combination of Thos. Lawrence, a sequestrator, since dismissed for misdemeanour,	218	553
	had his goods seized, sequestered, and sold. On appeal, was proved guilty, and thereupon compounded for his personal estate, and paid the County Committee.
	25 March 1650. Fine at ¹/6, 106l. 10s.	7	74
	6 and 9 May. Paid and estate discharged	8	21 32