Cases brought before the committee: February 1643

Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 1, 1642-45. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1888.

'Cases brought before the committee: February 1643', in Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 1, 1642-45, (London, 1888) pp. 124-130. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cttee-advance-money/pt1/pp124-130 [accessed 18 April 2024]

February 1643

Auditor Fras. Phelips, or Phillips, Lime Street Ward, and Fras. Phelips, of Teddington, his Son.


1 Feb. 1643.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	The father being assessed at 100l., addresses Parliament, stating that it is far above his 1/20, his chief subsistence being office fees, which for 3 years past have not been paid him; that he has taken much pains in auditing the accounts of the late Farmers of Customs, and other accounts, and was ordered 150l., but has not pressed for it on account of the times, so that he has not enough for his needs. He begs respite of assessment till paid the moneys due to him.	88	64, 65
	9 March 1643. Granted the respite requested	1	116
	17 Dec. 1643. Mr. Phillips, of Teddington, assessed at 50l.	63	111
	29 Dec. It being doubtful whether a ticket of assessment on Mr. Phelips, of Teddington, was meant for Auditor Phelips or his son, the assessors are to give information, and if it is Auditor Phelips, the assesment is to be respited till he is paid 150l. due to him from the State.	2	208
	4 March 1644. Order for his release from Peter House, having paid the arrears for which he was sent thither.	88	66
	8 Nov. 1644. Fras. Phillips assessed at 200l.	67	46
	29 Nov. Information that Phillips spent 100l. 14s. for collecting 1,000l.	88	67
	29 Nov. To be brought in custody to answer matters objected against him.	3	311
	5 Dec. 1645. F. Phillips, jun., assessed at 300l.	69	122
O.C. 5 249	8 June 1646. The assessment on Fras. Phillips, jun., discharged, his father having already been assessed and paid, and he having no estate but what he receives from his father; the goods seized for his non-payment, or the money made by them, to be returned to him.	4	46

Lionel Plater, of Greenwich, and of the Farthing Office.


15 Feb. 1643.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Order in the House of Commons that the sequestering the rents and profits of the Farthing Token Office, and calling the officers to account, be referred to the Committee for Advance of Money.	1 88	115 68
	15 March 1643. Order in the Committee for Advance of Money, that Lionel Plater, employed by Lord Mowbray to manage the the Farthing Token Office, do not issue any money from the office other than formerly accustomed, for servants' wages, workmen and materials, without order of this committee, and that he continue the business, and appear with his accounts before the Committee for Advance of Money on 20 March.	1 88	119 69
	12 April 1643. Order in the House of Commons that Mr. Plater be enjoined to make no more farthing tokens, and that the Committee for Advance of Money see that he perfects his accounts concerning the tokens, and seize all those now made and in his custody, with all instruments and materials for the making of farthings, have them appraised by understanding men, and then consider the petition of Jas. East, this day presented. [Much fuller than the abstract in Commons' Journals, Vol. III., p. 41.]	1	124
	12 April. Order that Jas. East repair to the Farthing Token Office, and take an inventory of all the farthing tokens, moneys, tools, coppers, furnaces, and other instruments concerning the making of farthing tokens, and give an account thereof to this committee on 13 April, according to an Order in the House of Commons.	1	123
	Order that Lionel Plater bring in on 13 March all his accounts and patents about farthing tokens, according to the Order in the House of Commons.	1	123
	14 April. Order that next Monday L. Plater bring in the particulars of 2,318l. mentioned in the end of his account about the Farthing Office, with the acquittances concerning the same.	1	124
	28 April. Order that Martin Pinder take the accounts of Lionel Plater, late maker of farthing tokens, from July last, with his acquittances, and report thereon to this committee, and that Mr. East deliver to Pinder the accounts from 20 July last, formerly brought in to this committee by Plater. With note, May 4, that Pinder made his report to the committee, whereon Mr. Corbett signed the account as just and true.	1	132
	4 May 1643. Account by Plater of the receipts and expenses of the office from 20 July 1642, to 7 April 1643. Audited by Miles Corbett.	88	70
	3 Feb. 1644. Request in the Committee for managing the said Office, which is sequestered, that if the books belonging to it are under the power of the Committee for Advance of Money, they may be delivered to James or William Harrington, to peruse and produce before the Committee of the House of Commons for regulating the office, they leaving a note of their receipt, and of the number of books received; with list by Wm. Harrington, 14 March 1644, of 17 parcels of books or papers received by him.	88	68
	4 Oct. 1645. Plater assessed at 150l.	63	40
H. 75 97	30 Oct. 1643. Plater having been assessed at 50l. and paid it, and now being assessed at 150l., and willing to pay 20l. which appears his full 1/20, order that his assessment be discharged.	2	130
	29 March 1644. Letters having been intercepted from Bristol, advising him to bring such money and plate as he has to Bristol, it being probable he has other malignants' estates in custody, order that he be brought in custody to-morrow.	3	64
	31 July 1645. Whereas on 15 Feb. 1643, the House of Commons referred the sequestration of the Farthing Token Office to this committee, and it was sequestered accordingly, yet the County Commissioners for London, sitting at Camden House, have seized certain quantities of farthing tokens and other things in the office, and whereas the officers thereof are in arrears of their wages, and have desired the same;—order that all the tokens in the office be melted down, some of the Camden House Committee seeing it performed, and sold, and the proceeds paid to the several officers named, in the proportions specified.	4	221

Wm. Gore, Merchant, Candlewick Ward.


16 Feb. 1643.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Order in the Committee for Examinations to apprehend Wm. Gore and Rich. Elton, and bring them to answer objections against them.	88	72
	8 May 1643. Gore being assessed in 700l., which is unpaid, and divers trunks of his, intended to be transported beyond sea, being stayed at Ipswich, the collector of the ward is to bring in all such trunks and goods to Guildhall, to be sold towards the assessment, and the parties holding the said goods are to deliver them to him.	1	142
	29 May. The goods distrained as his not to be sold till further order.	1	136
	10 June 1643. Gore being deprived of most of his estate by the King's army at Oxford, and having paid 500l. towards his assessment for his 1/20, and undertaken to pay the rest when the King's forces are removed from his estate near Oxford,—order that his person and goods be freed from all seizure for the 700l., until the King's forces are removed, or till further order.	88	73, 74
	16 June. Gore having paid 400l., and being deprived of most of his goods by the King's army at Oxford, the 300l. residue respited, his sequestration discharged, and all his goods seized to be returned.	2 88	17 75
	26 April 1644. Calvin Brewen, who was driven from his home in Chelsea, and lost his estate, to have convenient rooms in Mr. Gore's house.	3	88
	7 June 1644. The house wherein Gore lately lived in St. Martin's Lane, having been sequestered for non-payment of his 1/20, and it appearing that by a lease of 26 Jan. 1630, 78l. is to be paid therefrom yearly to Benedict Garrard, of Maldon, Essex, which rent is 1½ years in arrear;—order that the sequestration be discharged, and that Calvin Brewen have 14 days to provide himself elsewhere.	3	143
	19 Aug. 1644. Whoever inhabits the house lately held by Mr. Gore, of Candlewick Ward, is to pay rent to Mr. Garrard, since the sequestration was taken off, and the goods in the house are to be seized and kept for the State.	3	218
	9 Sept. 1644. Peter Matthews to be allowed to view his goods in the cellar, and sell them.	3	232
	11 Sept. The goods of Peter Matthews and John Roberts in Mr. Gore's house to be delivered them, on their giving security to abide the committee's orders as to the house.	3	234
	[Nov. 1644.] Names of persons who have goods, &c., of Gore's in their hands, and transact business with him, viz., his fatherin-law, Thos. Smith, of Aldermanbury, Peter Vandermash, St. Martin's Lane, by Cannon Street, and Fras. Michelbourne, Milk Street.	88	76
	[Nov.] Particulars of Gore's assessments, subsidies, &c., total 954l.	88	77
	21 Dec. 1644. Order in the House of Commons that as Gore is a delinquent, and has deserted the kingdom, leaving his assessment unpaid, he is within the Ordinance of Sequestration, and therefore his estate is to be seized and sold, and the proceeds issued towards the 2,530l. ordered for relief of widows and soldiers.	88	78
DEP. 88 79, 80	Dec. 1644. Reasons assigned by Gore against his sequestration, with replies thereto.	88 81,	82
	1. He sailed for Dantzic, where he now resides with his family, by licence, in Aug. 1643.—Answer. He had no such licence.
	2. He left the kingdom because the King sequestered his estate [near Abingdon] in co. Oxford, value 450l. a year, and cut down his woods, which, with arrears of rents, came to 2,500l.—Answer. This was not done before his going beyond seas.
	3. He was compelled to go over to secure the rest of his estate which was in the Eastland, and the Sound was blocked up by the King of Denmark.—Answer. He had a large estate in London in moneys and debts, and great sums have been delivered by his agents, by exchange.
	4. Before he went, he agreed for his 1/20 and his weekly assessments, amounting to 1,000 marks, and then to show his affection to Parliament, lent 100l. on Public Faith. The 50 subsidies being rated six weeks after he left, he gave order for payment, and the bill of exchange is daily expected.—Answer. His assessments were 1,000l., being rather under his neighbours', and he only paid 400l.
	5. When he left, he took away 1,500l. in cloth and money, which the King of Denmark seized, and has had many losses in the Eastland, yet he will pay all assessments according to his ability, and will return to England when he can get in his estate in those parts.—Answer. It is reported he got off without loss, saying he was one of the King of Denmark's friends; before the troubles, most of his estate was in England. With notes relative to the persons who have property of his in hand.
	3 Jan. 1645. — Harris of Candlewick St. to be examined about the possession of the house in Martin's Lane.	3	348
	Jan. ? Notes relative to the possession and custody of the said house.	88	83
	16 Feb. 1645. Edw. Ash, M.P., affirming that the house in Martin's Lane of Mr. Garrard's, late in possession of Mr. Gore, stands charged with 800l. to the State, which house was employed by Ash to keep Indian goods for the State; and Parliament having ordered that the head-rent of sequestered houses should be paid:—Order that the rent for the said house be paid, and deducted from the money with which the house is charged to the State.	88	84
	9 May 1645. Order that Ash show cause why the said head-rent is not paid.	4	150
	8 Sept. 1645. Wm. Gore to make up his assessment, 750l., and then to be further heard.	4	254
	10 Sept. He having paid 400l., to be respited 2 months, on paying 350l. more in 10 days.	4	257
	24 Sept. Having paid the 750l., his assessment respited till his lands in South Lye, co. Oxon, are reduced to the obedience of Parliament.	4	299

Sam Fortree, Dowgate Ward.


17 Feb. 1643.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Certifies that he has protested that the 400l. which he has paid in is the 1/20 of his estate, and should be accepted in full of all assessments.	1	103

Sir William Cooper, of the Insurance Office, Hert-ford Castle.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Order to apprehend him and his son, and bring them up in custody to the Inner Court of Wards, Westminster, to be examined.	88	85
4 Sept. 1643. Sir William's stock and dividend in the East India Company to be detained in the Company's hands, for non-payment of his assessment.	2	72
2 Dec. 1643. Order that Sir William pay his whole assessment, or that it be levied on his estate.	2	184
16 Feb. 1644. Having paid half his assessment, and given security for the rest, a certificate to be sent to the Committee of Examinations to release him from prison.	2	269
20 Feb. His assessment being paid, the distress and seizure of his stock in the East India Company to be taken off.	3	13
29 Nov. 1644. Again assessed at 1,000l.	67	65
16 Dec. 1644. To be discharged on payment of 50l., having paid 450l. on a former assessment, and 500l. being his proportion on oath.	76	165

Sir Henry Pratt, Bart., Silver Street, and Coleshill, Berks.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Certificate that Sir Henry has protested that 750l. assessment which he has already paid, and 250l. which he will pay 20 February, is the 1/20 part of his estate.	88	85A
17 April 1643. Of the 500l. to be paid by Pratt, 60l. is to be returned him for a horse and arms employed in service of Parliament.	1 88	128 185B
17 April. Committee for Advance of Money to the Lord Mayor and Treasurers appointed by the late Act. You are to pay to the Guildhall Treasurers 500l. due by you to Sir Hen. Pratt, which he is to pay in full of his assessment, there being present occasion for money for supply of the army.	1	129
18 April 1644. Sir Henry assessed at 2,500l.	61	128
30 April. Order that as he has paid an assessment of 1,500l. and as his estate is under power of the enemy, his assessment of 2,500l. be discharged.	3	92
5 March 1647. Summoned to answer a charge of delinquency exhibited against him. [Sir Henry Pratt died 6 April 1647.]	5	211

Sam. Gosse.


20 Feb. 1643.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Order that he and his deputies daily attend at the warehouse at Guildhall, take into custody goods and household stuff seized and distrained by the collectors of assessments, and sell them, entering into a fair large book the time of sale or redemption, the parcels distrained, the names of the owners and distrainers, and for what sums seized; that they avoid all indirect dealing, and report proceedings every Wednesday and Friday, receiving such allowance as this committee directs.	1	108–110
	5 May 1643. All plate brought in on distress to be delivered by Gosse to the Guildhall Treasurers, who will receive it at 4s. 10d. the ounce, to be placed to the account of the respective assessments.	1	139
	6 Aug. 1643. Order for the daily attendance of Gosse and his deputies, and their giving account of their proceedings, repeated.	2 88	52 86
RES. 88 87.	3 Oct. 1643. Order that Gosse make a true and perfect account of all the sums he has received from parties assessed, or for goods sold, also of his disbursements, and of what remains in his hands.	88	88
	4 Oct. Order that the clerk repair to Gosse, to ascertain what money he has on hand, and report.	88	89
NOTE 88–90.	16 Dec. 1644. Order that he pay at once to Treasurer Lane the proceeds of Sir John Morley's goods, lately sold, and all other moneys in his hands, for which he is accountable to the Committee for Advance of Money.	3	331
	10 Feb. 1645. Whereas Mr. Gosse was ordered to bring in his accounts every Wednesday and Friday to the Committee for Advance of Money, but has given them to the Committee for Accounts;—order that he bring to this committee the balance of the said accounts, and particulars of all his receipts since their making up, with account of the owners of the goods, the money in hand, and the goods still unsold.	4	37
	4 July 1645. Gosse petitions that in fulfilling his service, he has disbursed large sums for salaries and payments, and to prevent oppressions or scandals, has never bought any goods, nor taken a penny on payment of moneys, and begs an allowance; a service so heavy has never been performed under 1s. in the pound.	88	91
ACCTS. 88 93, 94	4 July. Order that as he has taken great pains in the service, employed many officers and deputies, and been at great charges, but has yet received nothing, he be allowed 1s. in the pound on his receipts, which have been 22,000l., to be deducted from his account.	4 88	193 92
	14 Feb. 1646. He begs summons for payment against John Chandler and other purchasers named of goods, who allege that the goods were not all there, or were bought dear.	88	95
	6 April 1646. [M. Dallison to the Committee of Accounts.] In reference to Gosse's salary, and the return of overplus money to parties whose assessments are paid, I certify that Gosse's allowance of 12d. in the pound was granted on full debate, and a statement of his expenses, and there was no thought that he should pay collectors' salaries, for if he did, it would amount to above his allowance.	88	96
	Equity itself and the Ordinance of Parliament require the return of the overplus of the assessments.
	3 March 1648. Sam. Gosse to M. Dallison. I beg orders for getting in moneys from John Chandler and 3 other parties named, who demur or delay payment.	88	97
	17 March. Petition of Col. Peter Stubber and John Chandler draper. We contracted 4 years ago with Gosse for goods named in a schedule then produced at Guildhall, but on sight thereof, found them differing from the schedule. We have already paid more than their value, yet have been often called on for the remainder of the money agreed on. We beg freedom from further claim, or reference of the case to some indifferent person.	88	98
	17 March. The difference between the petitioners and Gosse referred to Dallison and Cox, to examine and report.	5	407
	1648 ? Information by John Warren.—1. That John Fletcher, Gosse's ally, and others, who are the main appraisers of the goods sold, combine before they are advertised for sale, that one of them shall be the buyer, and arrange how the goods shall be divided amongst them.	88	99
	2. The goods are much undervalued, because they intend to buy them, and they are discontented if others prevent them in bidding at the candle.
	3. Gosse does not allow inspectors to have a full sight of the goods, wishing Fletcher to have the full benefit.
	4. He delays or refuses to sell goods when buyers are waiting, unless Fletcher is present.
	5. Fletcher stands so near the candle that it goes out at the casting up of his hand, or the wind of his mouth at his last bidding, when others would have bidden more.
	6. Fletcher boasts that he has helped his kindred to extraordinary bargains.
	7. Goods were sold in one parcel to George Stoddart for 4,000l., which would have brought double the money if properly divided.
	By this unjust dealing, Parliament and State are abused, the men from whom the goods are distrained are discontented, and malignants rail against authority.

Thos. Poultney, Smithfield, or Holborn Conduit.


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Summoned to pay an assessment of 10l.	88	100
21 March 1643. Note of payment thereof	88	101
10 Feb. 1645. Summoned to pay an assessment of 40l.	67 88	131 102
5 March. The 10l. deposited to be in discharge of his assessment, paying 5l. in 10 days, or making affidavit.	76	749
17 March 1645. Having lent 10l. and paid 10l., his assessment respited till the desperate debts excepted in his affidavit be recovered.	76	765
March 1654. Ordered a Public Faith certificate for his payment	67	131

Rob. Abdy, Andrew Undershaft, London.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Order that if he pay 400l. to-morrow, and 5l. 3s. for collector's pains and charges, his goods distrained be restored him.	1	110
7 Oct. 1644. Assessed at 1,000l.	67	21
23 Oct. Having lent 500l., he is to pay 100l. more in 10 days, and 100l. in 14 days, or make affidavit.	76	589
28 Oct. Order for his discharge, the late order notwithstanding, on paying 50l. more than the 500l., for which the Public Faith is ordered him.	76 67	598 21

Hen. Banister, Botolph, Aldersgate Ward.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Request, signed by Rich. Morell and 5 others, that the Committee for Advance of Money will accept 15l. in lieu of the 30l. at which he is assessed, as the assessors were misinformed as to his estate, and this is all he is able to pay.	88	103
24 April 1643. Certificate signed by Sir John Wollaston and 3 others, that he has made his voluntary protestation that 15l. is 1/20 of his estate, and they hold it meet that it should be accepted.	88	104

Lady Richard Deane, Paul's Churchyard.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Engagement by Fras. Harman, woollen draper, that the goods distrained by the collectors of Castle Baynard Ward for her assessment shall not be removed till next Thursday, and then if it be not paid, the collectors may take them away peaceably.	88	105
11 Jan. 1644. Assessed at 200l.	63	132
14 Feb. 1644. Her assessment discharged for 125l. lent, being her proportion.	75	215