MRP: Edward & Jonathan Ashe & Company account book, 1645-51
Edward & Jonathan Ashe & Company account book, 1645-51
C107/20 BOX PART 1
16/01/12, CSG: Created page
Overview
This page provides notes, rather than a full transcription, of Edward & Jonathan Ashe & Company account book, 1645-51. The notes cover only certain folios in the account book.
The notes provide examples of names given in the accounts. The accompanying item detail and associated cash sums and quantitites have largely been omitted.
Contents
Abstract & context
C107/20 BOX PART 1 contains three sets of account books. They are bound in parchment, each ca. 9” by 15” and about 1” thick. They are in reasonable condition.
One of the three account books is marked in handwritten black ink now faded brown "Edward & Jonathan Ashe & Company." It covers the period 1645-51.
Edward and Jonathan Ashe were brothers and commercial partners. Edward Ashe was the dominant partner, with two thirds of the capital.
They were members of the Ashe clothier family of XXXX.
Edward Ashe subscribed to both the Smirna Venture Joint Stock[1] and the Williams Venture, which were private joint stock companies set up to pursue private trade outside the expired English East India Company monopoly in the mid-1650s.
Suggested links
See Account books
See Edward Ashe will
See Jonathan Ash will
See James Ashe will
See John Ashe will (father of Edward, Jonathan, and Jospeh Ash)
See Sir Joseph Ash will (brother of Jonathan Ash)
To do
(1) Check the foliation is correct
(2) Consider transcribing the whole account book
p. ?
Capital account (£1000 from Jonathan Ashe and £2000 from Edward Ashe) Then a series of entries on ?f. ?5 and on following pages which look like the accounting for cloth purchases, with some receipts of cash
f. 5
Cash ffor one ps. bought of Webb viz.
Cash ffor 3 pcs. bought of Wm. Sturges
Cash ffor 3 pcs. bought of Edw. Ashe
f. 6
LH page
Clothe dr: to cashe bought Jonathan Ashe ffor 4 pcs. Bought of
Clothe dr: to cashe bought of Edward Martine ffor 5 pieces of clothes
Clothe dr. to cashe bought of George Wood
Mr. Peter Doladore
Cloth dr. to cash bought of John Dymond[[FootNote(See PROB 11/229 Will of Richard Dimond or Dymond, Merchant of City of London 05 May 1653; PROB 11/124
Will of Tristram Dymond, Draper of London 17 October 1614)]]
Cloth dr. to cash bought of John Walter[2]
RH page
Cloth dr to cash bought of John Taylor
Cloth dr to cash vought of Martin [no further name]
Peter le Dore & Comp.
Jacques le ?Coutoex
f. 7
LH page
Cloth dr to cash bought of Mr. Scott
Jacques le Couteule [?] dr to clothe ffor
Cloth dr to cash bought of Mr Sturgis
Cloth dr to cash bought of Mr. John Walter
Clothe dr to E Ashe bought of Mr B: Webb
Clothe dr to cashe bought of Jonath: Ashe
RH page
Decemb. 22th 1645
Jac. Le Coutealx Clothe ffor
Cloth dr to cashe bought of W [or Mr.] Scott
Cloth dr. to cashe for Edward Ashe January first 1645
Jean ?Engeeine to clothe for one piece bought
f. 8
LH page
Ffor xx dr. to cashe ffor 20 pcs bought of Mathew Wilson
J le Couteaule dr. to ffor 200 pcs XX XXX via Rouen
January 5th 1645
Cloth dr to cashe bought of Mr Scott
Clothe dir to cashe bought of Mr Clarke
Clothe dr. to Leics. Diamonde bought of him 4 pcs clothes XXXX payd in part on these clothes 30ll to my lady Gorge [Gerge]
Clothe dr to cashe bought of Mr Sturges
RH page
Ditto 10th January 1645
John Enquereme dr. to clothe for soulde him att 2 XXXX pay
Mr Wm Burnes dr to clothe sold him January ye 12th 1645
Cloth dr. to cashe bought of Mr Scott January ye 16. 1645
Joan Enqeran dr. to clothes sould him
Clothe dr to cashe 19th [?17th] bought of Webb
f. 9
LH page
January ye 21th 1645
Clothe dr. to cashe pd. Edward Ashe ffor one Clothe
Madame Moullart et siour ffor on to clothe for 8 pcs
Jonn Enqudrran dr. to clothe sould him this 22th of January 1645
Clothe dr. to cash January ye 24th 1645 bought of John Taylor
Clothe dr. to cashe bought of ?Jn. Martin
RH page
On 27th of January 1645
Clothe dr. to cashe bought of Mr. Paule Moxlin [?] “208-15-06
Cash dr. to Capitall ffor the cr recvd of Jonathan Ashe being to xxx putt in more for his 1/3 in ptnership £150
Clothe dr. to Grace Ashe ffor 8 pcs recvd XXX Jn. Kinge
f. 10
LH page
Mr Wm. Carn [?] dr. to Clothe
ffebr ye 9th 1645
Cashe dr. to Capitall recvd of Jonathan Ashe for his 1/3 in ptnership and is £100
ffebruary th. 12th 1645
Mada. Moullart & sr. baron dr. to XXXX viz sent them via Calais
[Mentions payment of customs charges]
ffebruary the 20th 1645
Wm. Sturges dr. to Clothe ffor
Ditto
Clothe dr. to Mr Grace Ashe ffor two pcs.
RH page
Ffebr. 20th 1645
Clothe dr to Cashe bought of Mr Webb
Ffebruary the 24th 1645
Jacques le Coutule & Comp dr. to Clothe ffor tenne pcs and douze frisons viz
Ditto
Profitt & Losse dr. to Cashe
Pd. Jacob Willes
Ffor custome and charges att Dover on seven pcs of cloth send for ffrance
Ffebruary the 27th 1645
Clothes dr. to mr Court ffor two pcs
f. 11
LH page
March ye 14th 1645
Clothe dr. to Paull Mathew in
[No sign of a PRO will]
Ditto
Clothe dr. to Cashe bought of William Harte[3]
Ditto
Cashe dr. to Clothe bought Edward Martine[4]
The 19 March 1645
Cashe dr to Clothe bought of Benedict Webb 3 ?pcs
Ditto
Cashe dr. to Clothe bought of Benedict Webb
Ditto
Cashe dr. to Clothe bought of Henry Danissons & ?Comp
Ditto
Cashe dr. to Clothe bought of ???? [no name entered in document]
RH page
March the 23d 1645
J le Coutulx & Comp to Clothe ffor tenne viz.
More for foure frisons att XXXX
March the 26th 1645
Madam Moullart & Comp
Deb to Cloth: ffor 12 peeces sould her
XXXXXXX
More for ffour ffrisons at XXX
Ffor Custome and Charges att 10ll p. cloth ^
f. 13
LH page
Silkes dr. to Devvian, Mangeant & ffourier ffor 17 pcs XXX XXXXX
RH page
Edw. Russell dr.
Silkes
Linens dr. to Capitall
Ffor 18 pcs & 4 punchions putt in by Edward Ashe for his 2/3 in partnership as ?my accountinge for the loss of them in france at XX
f. 27
LH page
Lady Beauchamp for Madam Moulart XXX XXX ffor o for a bill of exchange of 50ll xxxx payed Mr Edwrad Lewis XXXX XXX they March Paris, at sight
[Note: Madame Moullart always receives her consignment via Calais, and seems to be based in Paris]
f. 28
LH page
John Ashe
21st March 1646
John Ashe dr. to
The Lady Beauchamp for tow (sic) bills of exchange dellivered hime upon her for 50 ll each bill dated in Paris the 7 March 1647, and 22 March 1647 att sight from Mr Edward Lewis £100
Notes
Possible primary sources
TNA
- ↑ Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list
- ↑ See PROB 11/264 Will of John Walter, Draper of London 07 May 1657; PROB 11/312 Will of John Walter, Mercer of Bristol, Gloucestershire 02 October 1663
- ↑ See PROB 11/161 Will of William Harte or Hart, Merchant Tailor of Saint Thomas the Apostle, City of London 23 May 1632
- ↑ See 1653 PROB 11/232 Will of Edward Martin, Clothier of Bildeston, Suffolk 29 September; PROB 11/349 Will of Edward Martin, Weaver of London of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, Surrey 17 November 1675; PROB 11/349Will of Edward Martin or Martyn, Grocer of City of Westminster, Middlesex 31 December 1675
