Cases brought before the committee: February 1646

Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 2, 1645-50. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1888.

'Cases brought before the committee: February 1646', in Calendar, Committee For the Advance of Money: Part 2, 1645-50, (London, 1888) pp. 678-683. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cttee-advance-money/pt2/pp678-683 [accessed 24 April 2024]

February 1646

John Cotton, Dorney, Co. Bucks.


2 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	On information that he is a delinquent, order that his whole estate be sequestered and disposed of, and the moneys received paid to this committee; the governor of Windsor to assist if needful.	4	412

Ralph Cole, and James, his Son, Newcastle, Northumberland.


4 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Ralph assessed at 1,200l., and James at 200l.	71	14
	18 Sept. 1646. James Cole to be brought in custody to pay his assessment.	5	105
	4 June 1647. Their estates to be sequestered for non-payment of assessments.	5	269
	20 March 1649. Ralph Cole to be sequestered for non-payment.	6	224
O.C. 8 214	16 Oct. 1650. James Cole ordered to pay 70l., when he will be discharged from his assessment; Ralph to pay 400l., and then to be heard as to his debts.	9 9	173 174
	23 Oct. James begs for an abatement of his father's fine, and also of his own, having had no allowance in his composition for the loss of a ship cast away, nor for his debts before the war; begs to be discharged on payment of 30l. more than the 30l. already paid.	105	75
	23 Oct. Granted, and Ralph is to have a hearing on payment of 300l.	9	182 183
	8 Nov. 1650. James having paid in the 30l., his assessment is discharged.	9	218
	8 Nov. Ralph petitions that—being assessed, although he has already compounded, and being 80 years old, and infirm,—the Commissioners of Newcastle or of co. Durham may be ordered to take his affidavit as to his debts, as he cannot travel to London without danger of his life.	105	76
	8 Nov. Order that the County Commissioners of Durham take his oath as to his debts, that they are his own debts, not on surety, and principal, not interest, and make further inquiries, and report.	9 105	216 77
L.C.C. 105 78	15 Nov. Order that 850l. is his true proportion, according to the particulars of his estate, of which he has paid 300l., and deduction is to be made for his debts.	9	232
	10 Jan. 1651. Order that as his debts appear to be 4,470l., on his paying 300l. beside the 300l. already paid, he be discharged from his assessment.	9	359
	23 April 1651. The sum being paid, the estate is discharged accordingly.	10	221

Benjamin, Son of Thomas Culter, Ipswich, Suffolk.


4 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 300l.	71	15
	19 Aug. 1646. Assessed again at 400l., and the former assessment vacated.	71	15 39
	10 Feb. 1647. His assessment respited 14 days	5	190
R. 5 195 218	26 March 1647. He pleads that he is assessed at 400l.; his father paid 60l. for his 1/20, and died 24 Feb. 1646, and he has had no estate value 100l. for 7 years, except what came from his father, and has 1,500l. just debts, and the estate has been under sequestration ever since it descended to him. Begs discharge from the 1/20, for the payment made by the father. Granted.	105 5	79 228

Wm. Emins, Newgate Market.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Assessed at 40l.	71	15
9 March 1646. Affidavit by him that 5l. is his full 1/20. With note that he paid it, and had the Public Faith therefor.	105 71	80 15

Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bart., Gainsborough, Co. Lincoln.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Assessed at 500l.	71	14
10 Feb. 1647. Ordered to make up the 18l. he paid in co. Lincoln to 250l., and then to be further heard.	5	192
26 Feb. His estate to be viewed, and the value calculated, and a report made thereon.	5	200
9 March 1647. His assessment to be discharged on his paying 50l., as most "of his estate consist in market tolls, and such like contingent estates."	5	214

Ant. Hungerford, Black Burton, Co. Oxon.


4 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 800l.	71	14
	4 May 1648. Order in the County Committee of Wilts that, as under threat of sequestration for non-payment of assessment, he has paid 100l. for his ¹/5 and 1/20 in cos. Oxon, Berks, and Wilts, he be discharged from further payment in the said counties.	105	81
P.E. 105 82 83 O.C. 6 306	26 Sept. 1648. To be sequestered for non-payment of his assessment.	6	16
	11 May 1649. Order that on payment of 150l. for his 1/20, in addition to the 100l. paid in Wiltshire, his assessment be discharged, but that in default thereof, his estate be sequestered till he has paid.	6 105	324 84
	22 June 1649. He delaying payment, his estate to be sequestered	7	88
	25 July 1649. Order that as he is in debt, he pay 100l. for his 1/20, having paid 100l. in Wiltshire for his ¹/5.	7	191

Hans Huniades, Whitechapel.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Assessed at 100l.	71	14
27 Feb. 1646. His assessment discharged, on his affidavit that he is not worth 200l., and has 4 children, and his profession of chemistry affords him no subsistence.	4	439

Sir Rob. Markham.


4 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,500l.	71	14
R. 5 190 200	12 March 1647. His assessment discharged on payment of 50l., he having contributed 10l. in Dec. 1642, and 300l. the following March, on the propositions.	5	216

Jas. Pike, Lime Street.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Assessed at 100l., and summoned to pay	71 105	14 85
13 March 1646. To be discharged for the 50l. paid by John Le Peeper, whose widow Pike married, it being his proportion on oath, and he having been wounded in the State's service.	76	920

Geo. Speake, Whitelackington, Co. Somerset.


	Vol. A	No. or p.

Assessed at 1000l.	71	14
24 April 1646. Ordered to pay 300l. forthwith and 200l. in 14 days, which makes ½ his assessment, and then to be further heard.	5	22
1 May 1646. Out of the first money paid in by Speake, 100l. to be paid to Mrs. Parker, being given to her husband by Parliament.	5	25
27 July 1646. Speake to be brought in custody to pay his assessment.	5	80
31 July. He being assessed at 1,000l. and having suffered the time for payment to elapse, order that his goods be seized, distrained, and sold, and the money, with an account of proceedings, brought to this committee.	5	81
21 Oct. 1646. Ordered to pay 500l. ½ his assessment, at once.	5	120
11 Nov. 1646. To be brought up in custody to pay	5	134
27 Nov. ? He gives particulars of his estate, including lands value 35l. a year in Devonshire, the rents of which are paid to Whyniard's Alms House, Exeter.	105	86
27 Nov. He having paid 200l., to pay 100l. more, and then be discharged, and the 300l. to be paid to Major Wollaston on his ordinance.	5	142

Dr. Thos. Winhniffe, Bishop of Lincoln.


4 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 800l.	71	15
	28 Aug. 1646. His assessment respited till further order	5	94
	28 Aug. His assessment discharged for the 200l. paid by him in co. Hunts for his ¹/5 and 1/20.	5	96
4 Feb. 1646.	The following assessments were made, but no proceedings taken:—	69
	Lord Aungier, 1,000l		15
	Sir Thos. Alston, Hornsey, 600l.		14
	— Bennett, 1,000l.		14
	Sir John Cooker, 300l.		14
	Sir Jas. Piggott, 300l.		14
	Lady Smith, Charterhouse, 500l.		16
	Thos. Stanley, East Peckham, 1,500l.		15

Thos. Gould, Stationer, Chancery Lane.


6 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Information that he has concealed the estate of Wm. Brand, a convicted Papist and delinquent, having corresponded with him in and out of the King's quarters, and committed other acts of delinquency.	21	62

Rob. Browne, the Heralds' Office, and Crosscomb, Co. Somerset.


9 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	10 July 1646. Assessed at 100l. Noted as fined 160l., 10 July 1646	71	16

Sir Edward Herbret.


9 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,500l. No proceedings	71	16

Sir Geo. Sandys, (fn. 1) Throwley, Kent, in the Tower.


11 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,500l.	71	16
	2 March 1646. Respited till the sequestration is taken off his estate.	4	441
O.C. 5 276	2 May 1649. To be sequestered for non-payment	6	306
	24 Sept. 1651. The sequestration of Sir Geo. Sandys to be forborne, no return being made of the time of giving him notice.	24	170

Sir Thos. Sonds, or Sands, Delinquent, Holborn.


11 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,500l.	71	17
	11 Feb. 1646. Information that he has long been in London and not made his composition, and has divers horses in town.	21	62
	11 Feb. On information that he has returned to London from the enemy's quarters, and not entered his name, according to Parliament Order, to compound, also that he has many horses at the Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, and money, plate, and jewels at his lodgings in Holborn—order for seizing and securing the said horses and goods.	4	426
	20 Feb. This sequestration discharged, as he came in on a pass of the Evesham Committee, has been at the Committee of Examinations, and taken the negative oath, and has entered his name with the Commissioners for Compounding.	4	433
11 Feb. 1646.	The following assessments were made, and no proceedings taken:—	71
	Earl of Chesterfield, 3,000l.		17
	Sir Percy Herbert, 1,200l.		17
	— Nevill, alias Smith, 500l.		16
	— Nevill, the younger, 500l.		16

Sir John Read, Bart., Hatfield, Herts.


13 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 600l., and summoned to pay	71 105	17 87
R 4 458	24 March 1646. Edw. Barbor, Hertford, to the Committee for Advance of Money. Though Sir John Read is a baronet, he is a very poor one, and can hardly pay his expenses; his wife's jointure being in Oxfordshire, under the King's command, he has received nothing from it these two or three years. He lives in a park, and has a few deer, but the show is more than the substance, for he has a poor stock, and only a little money which his father sends him, yet he has paid his 1/20 in the country, and is grieved to be unable to make loans. He is a "right Godly man," very active at committee, and as a J.P. in suppressing ale-houses. I wish all our knights were as cordial; I commend him to you.	105	88
CERT. 105 89	3 April 1646. His assessment respited, his estate lying in Oxfordshire, and he being one of the County Commissioners for Herts.	5	3

Thos. Bennet, Pithouse, Wilts.


20 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,500l.	71	18
	6 March. 1647. Order for this assessment repeated, but vacated	71	60
	9 March 1649. Certificate that he has compounded for and paid his ¹/5 and 1/20 in the country.	105	90
H. 6 266	20 March. His business to be stated and reported with speed	6	222
	24 March. Certificate that the sum was 111l., paid at Fallersdon garrison in May 1645.	105	91
P.E. 105 93 P.D. 105 94	17 April 1649. Certificate that his debts are 1,100l., and most of his estate engaged for payment.	105	92
	11 May 1649. His assessment to be discharged on payment of 50l. more than the 111l. by him paid in co. Wilts.	6	324
	1 June 1649. Order for his discharge on payment of 16l. more, the former order notwithstanding.	7	27

John Carill, Son of Sir John Carill, Harling, Co. Sussex.


20 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 1,600l.	71	18
	14 Oct. 1646. Petition that his assessment be moderated, or respited, till he has perfected his composition. Was ordered in Feb. 1645 to pay 200l. for his 1/20, but respited, because his whole estate was under sequestration. Has not yet perfected his composition, his fine being so high, on account of his expectant estate, that he has had to mortgage and sell much of his estate in possession to redeem that in reversion.	105	95
	14 Oct. Ordered to bring in a certificate of what has been paid on Sir John Carill's ¹/5 and 1/20, or on the propositions, with a certificate of his own estate.	5	114
CASE 105 96	27 Nov. 1646. Order for his discharge on paying 100l.	5	142

Sir Thos. Liddall, Bart., Newcastle, in the Fleet.


20 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 2,000l.	71	18
R. 4 451	18 May 1646. To be discharged on paying 50l. by midsummer	5	38
	21 Aug. 1646. Again assessed at 1,500l.	71	40

Sir Rich. Tankred, Holborn, and Whixley, Co. York.


20 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Assessed at 600l.	71	18
P.E. 105 98,99 P.D. 105 100	7 Dec. 1649. Respited a month, to make oath before a Master of Chancery in Yorkshire of the particulars of the debts owing by him before the wars began, and still owing.	8105	48 97
	17 Jan. 1650. His assessment to be discharged on payment of 20l.	8	116

Sir Grevill Verney, Fleet Street, Lady Katherine Verney, Covent Garden, and Grevillverey.


20 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	Sir Grevill assessed at 2,500l., with note that he died three years since.	71	18
	20 March 1646. Grevill assessed at 2,500l.	71	21
	29 Jan. 1647. Lady Verney assessed at 1,000l.	71	64
	20 Feb. 1647. Their assessments respited till Easter, to produce their acquittances of what they have paid.	5	196
O.C. 5 253	8 March 1648. Lady Verney is to pay 500l., being her half, or the sequestration of her estate will be proceeded with.	5	393
	15 March. Order that on her paying 150l. more than she has paid in the country, or making affidavit as to her 1/20, and paying it, her sequestration be discharged.	5	402
	17 March. This 150l. to be accepted in full of the 1/20, for her estate, and that of her younger sons.	5	406
O.C. 5 418 437	3 April 1648. Grevill Verney summoned to pay his assessment of 2,500l.	5	415
20 Feb. 1646.	The following assessments were made, but no proceedings taken:—	71
	Sir Crispen Crew, 2,000l.		18
	Sir Nich. Rowe, in the King's Bench, 700l.		18
	Sir Thos. Rowse, Westminster, 1,000l.		18

John Heron, Jun., Higney, Godmanchester, Co. Hunts.


21 Feb. 1646.		Vol. A	No. or p.

	County commissioners report that he has paid 22l. in full, for his ¹/5 and 1/20, and should have a receipt for it.	105	101
	1 Oct. 1647. Assessed at 80l.	71	87
P.E. 105 102	17 Dec. 1647. Certificate by the county commissioners of his payment of his ¹/5 and 1/20, according to the Order of Parliament.	105	103
	1 Sept. 1648. The assessment to be levied by distress and sale of his goods.	6	47
	2 Jan. 1649. His assessment discharged, his estate being very small, and his debts amounting to the value of it.	6	142