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| + | //3:o July 1676// | ||
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| + | //Abney// | ||
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| + | //To the right hono:ble Heneage Lord ffinch Barron of Coventry// | ||
| + | //Lord High Chancellor of England// | ||
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| + | //Humbly complaining sheweth unto your Lopp yo:r Orato:r Sam:ll Sowton of London Merchant That for severall yeares last past & pticulerly from abte the month of June which was in y:e yeare of our Lord 1670 to this tyme there have beene// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //severall dealings betweene yo:r said Orato:r & one Thomas Cutler of London Merchant in theway of trade and dealing together as ??Masters for severall XXXXX and comodities and severall summes of money have beene lent recvd & paid of// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //for and to each other and sometymes your said Orato:r hath taken in the said Thomas Cutler as his ptner in severall adventures sent by yo:r Orato:r to sea & into ptes beyond the seas by reeason of which dealings yo:r Orato:r & the said// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //Thomas Cutler have had and kept accounts upon each other of severall thousands of pounds and in pticuler hee the sayd Thomas Cutler or some other by his direccon appointmt or ord:r have or hath had ??provdd of and from yo:r Otao:r his// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //Ord:r or by his appointmt or direccon the severall Wares goods and comodityes and summes of money menconndd and conteyned in the Schedule or Account annexed to this his bill and which he maketh pte thereof and desireth the said Thomas// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //upon afair and iust accompt the summe of 3000:li and upwards and he the said Cutler hath beene often desired to come to a faire and iust account with your Orato:r for and concerning the matters aforesaid which hee the sayd Thomas Cutler// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //hath further to declined and redused to doe but instead thereof hee the said Thomas Cutler hath lately entred into a combinacon & confederacy with one David Clarke of the parish of S:t Botolph Aldgate Apothecary to give yo:r Orato:r// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //more ffasy trouble & vexacon and XXXXXX and gett some summe of money or other compXXXXX from him And in pursuance of such their Combinacon is is now p:rtended by the sayd Confederates that hee the said Thomas Cutler is indebted// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //To him the said David Clarke in the summe of 2000:li or some other great summe of money and it is alsoe p:rtended that yo:r said Orato:r is indebted to him the said Thomas Cutler upon Account in some great summe of money and to gett and// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //recover the same from yo:r said Orato:r hee the said David Clarke hath caused an Attachm:t to be made and entred in the Lord Mayors Court of London ag:t yo:r Orator whereby he supposeth that yo:r Orato:r hath the summe of 2000:li in his hands of the moneys of the// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //said Thomas Cutler which said summe of 2000:li they the said confederates have there according to the customs of that Court attached in yo:r Orato:rs hands and with all ??violence prosecuted the said XX that yo:r Orato:r was found for his releife// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //therein and to p:rvent a sudden surprise and ?wrestling the sayd money from him to ?exhite and ??English bill in the said Lord Mayo:rs Court ag:t the said David Clarke who hath put in Ànsw.r to the same and now the said David Clarke and Thomas Cutler// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //doe ?still by the Combinacon aforesaid proceed ag:t yo:r Orato:r in the said Lord Mayo.rs Court endeavouring to recover the said 2000:li or some other great summe of money from yo:r Orato:r which they are the rather encouraged to doe because they well know as the truth// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //truth (sic) is that yo:r Orato:rs witnesses which should prove and make out the pertiuculers of the Account betweene the said Thomas Cutler and yo:r Orato:r and by whose testimony it would appeare that the said Thomas Cutler is indebted to yo:r Orato:r as aforesaid// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //doe inhabite and reside out of the Jurisdicconns of the said Lord Mayo:rs Court and some of them being psons whose occasonns call them to sea are either gone to sea or to pts remote & unknowne to yo:r Orato:r soe that yo:r Orato:r cann neither make his defence// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //nor with safety present to his said bill in the said Lord Mayors Court And in truth the sayd Thomas Cutler is not att all indebted to him the sayd David Clarke but the said proceedings on the said Attachmt and the p:rtence of debt from the// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //said Thomas Cutler to the said David Clarke are meerly ??forgudd and contrived and designed by the Confederates on purpose to vex yo:r said Orato:r & to draw him to some unreasonable XXXXX of now And in further ?presencion thereof hee the said Thomas Cutler// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //haveing in his custody severall bonds entred into by yo:r Orato:r to him dureing their tradeing together as aforesaid and in pticuler one bond of 950:li os some such summe entred into by yo:r Orato.r to him the said Thomas Cutler in or about the month of June which | ||
| + | |||
| + | //was in the yeare of our Lord 1670 and severall other bonds and severall ??Counter bonds entred into by yo:r Orato:r to him to secure him from any damage that might happen by reason of his being bound for yo:r Orato.r att the Cutsomehouse for paym:t of Customs due upon// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //severall goods and wares of yo:r Orato:r and other XXXX hee the said Thomas Cutler hath lately put the said bonds and Counter bonds or some of them in suite against yo:r Orato:r and XXXXXX to recover the whole penalty of the same allthough the whole// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //moneye due upon the same bonds and Counter bonds bee wholy satisfied and payed and hee the sayd Thomas Cutler was XXXX any thing dampnified by his being bound by yo:r Orato:r and for which the said Counter bonds were given and hee// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //the sayd Thomas Cutler never demanded any money from yo.r Orato:r or any of the sayd bonds or Counter bonds nor ever alleadged or p:rtenden to yo:r Orato:r that any money was due on any of the same bonds or that hee was any thing// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //dampnified on the said Counter bonds or any or either of them All which doeings and proceedings of them the said Thomas Cutler and David Clarke are to yo:r Orato:r apaprent wrong and XXXy and as touching to equity and good// | ||
| + | |||
| + | //conscience | ||
| + | |||
| + | //and devided | ||
| + | |||
| + | //as for what | ||
| + | |||
| + | //discicon | ||
| + | |||
| + | //hee bee not | ||
| + | |||
| + | //dealinge betweene | ||
| + | |||
| + | //upon the whole matters aforesaid | ||
| + | |||
| + | //either of them att a certane day and und:r a certaine paine | ||
| + | |||
| + | //Corporall oathes and further | ||
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| + | |||
| + | //Hahn [?signature, bottom LH corner] | ||
| + | |||
| + | // | ||
| + | |||
| + | //W:m ?Longueville [Signature, bootom RH corner] | ||
Revision as of 09:59, November 4, 2011
C6/218/65 f. 1
Abstract
Transcription
//3:o July 1676//
//Abney//
//To the right hono:ble Heneage Lord ffinch Barron of Coventry//
//Lord High Chancellor of England//
//Humbly complaining sheweth unto your Lopp yo:r Orato:r Sam:ll Sowton of London Merchant That for severall yeares last past & pticulerly from abte the month of June which was in y:e yeare of our Lord 1670 to this tyme there have beene//
//severall dealings betweene yo:r said Orato:r & one Thomas Cutler of London Merchant in theway of trade and dealing together as ??Masters for severall XXXXX and comodities and severall summes of money have beene lent recvd & paid of//
//for and to each other and sometymes your said Orato:r hath taken in the said Thomas Cutler as his ptner in severall adventures sent by yo:r Orato:r to sea & into ptes beyond the seas by reeason of which dealings yo:r Orato:r & the said//
//Thomas Cutler have had and kept accounts upon each other of severall thousands of pounds and in pticuler hee the sayd Thomas Cutler or some other by his direccon appointmt or ord:r have or hath had ??provdd of and from yo:r Otao:r his//
//Ord:r or by his appointmt or direccon the severall Wares goods and comodityes and summes of money menconndd and conteyned in the Schedule or Account annexed to this his bill and which he maketh pte thereof and desireth the said Thomas//
//upon afair and iust accompt the summe of 3000:li and upwards and he the said Cutler hath beene often desired to come to a faire and iust account with your Orato:r for and concerning the matters aforesaid which hee the sayd Thomas Cutler//
//hath further to declined and redused to doe but instead thereof hee the said Thomas Cutler hath lately entred into a combinacon & confederacy with one David Clarke of the parish of S:t Botolph Aldgate Apothecary to give yo:r Orato:r//
//more ffasy trouble & vexacon and XXXXXX and gett some summe of money or other compXXXXX from him And in pursuance of such their Combinacon is is now p:rtended by the sayd Confederates that hee the said Thomas Cutler is indebted//
//To him the said David Clarke in the summe of 2000:li or some other great summe of money and it is alsoe p:rtended that yo:r said Orato:r is indebted to him the said Thomas Cutler upon Account in some great summe of money and to gett and//
//recover the same from yo:r said Orato:r hee the said David Clarke hath caused an Attachm:t to be made and entred in the Lord Mayors Court of London ag:t yo:r Orator whereby he supposeth that yo:r Orato:r hath the summe of 2000:li in his hands of the moneys of the//
//said Thomas Cutler which said summe of 2000:li they the said confederates have there according to the customs of that Court attached in yo:r Orato:rs hands and with all ??violence prosecuted the said XX that yo:r Orato:r was found for his releife//
//therein and to p:rvent a sudden surprise and ?wrestling the sayd money from him to ?exhite and ??English bill in the said Lord Mayo:rs Court ag:t the said David Clarke who hath put in Ànsw.r to the same and now the said David Clarke and Thomas Cutler//
//doe ?still by the Combinacon aforesaid proceed ag:t yo:r Orato:r in the said Lord Mayo.rs Court endeavouring to recover the said 2000:li or some other great summe of money from yo:r Orato:r which they are the rather encouraged to doe because they well know as the truth//
//truth (sic) is that yo:r Orato:rs witnesses which should prove and make out the pertiuculers of the Account betweene the said Thomas Cutler and yo:r Orato:r and by whose testimony it would appeare that the said Thomas Cutler is indebted to yo:r Orato:r as aforesaid//
//doe inhabite and reside out of the Jurisdicconns of the said Lord Mayo:rs Court and some of them being psons whose occasonns call them to sea are either gone to sea or to pts remote & unknowne to yo:r Orato:r soe that yo:r Orato:r cann neither make his defence//
//nor with safety present to his said bill in the said Lord Mayors Court And in truth the sayd Thomas Cutler is not att all indebted to him the sayd David Clarke but the said proceedings on the said Attachmt and the p:rtence of debt from the//
//said Thomas Cutler to the said David Clarke are meerly ??forgudd and contrived and designed by the Confederates on purpose to vex yo:r said Orato:r & to draw him to some unreasonable XXXXX of now And in further ?presencion thereof hee the said Thomas Cutler//
//haveing in his custody severall bonds entred into by yo:r Orato:r to him dureing their tradeing together as aforesaid and in pticuler one bond of 950:li os some such summe entred into by yo:r Orato.r to him the said Thomas Cutler in or about the month of June which
//was in the yeare of our Lord 1670 and severall other bonds and severall ??Counter bonds entred into by yo:r Orato:r to him to secure him from any damage that might happen by reason of his being bound for yo:r Orato.r att the Cutsomehouse for paym:t of Customs due upon//
//severall goods and wares of yo:r Orato:r and other XXXX hee the said Thomas Cutler hath lately put the said bonds and Counter bonds or some of them in suite against yo:r Orato:r and XXXXXX to recover the whole penalty of the same allthough the whole//
//moneye due upon the same bonds and Counter bonds bee wholy satisfied and payed and hee the sayd Thomas Cutler was XXXX any thing dampnified by his being bound by yo:r Orato:r and for which the said Counter bonds were given and hee//
//the sayd Thomas Cutler never demanded any money from yo.r Orato:r or any of the sayd bonds or Counter bonds nor ever alleadged or p:rtenden to yo:r Orato:r that any money was due on any of the same bonds or that hee was any thing//
//dampnified on the said Counter bonds or any or either of them All which doeings and proceedings of them the said Thomas Cutler and David Clarke are to yo:r Orato:r apaprent wrong and XXXy and as touching to equity and good//
//conscience
//and devided
//as for what
//discicon
//hee bee not
//dealinge betweene
//upon the whole matters aforesaid
//either of them att a certane day and und:r a certaine paine
//Corporall oathes and further
//Hahn [?signature, bottom LH corner]
//
//W:m ?Longueville [Signature, bootom RH corner]
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