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 '''C 10/93/62 Hurlston v. Moyer, Morgan: Hants 1662'''
 C 10/488/160 Moore v Banyon alias Sampson and Hurleston: Middlesex 1665
 PROB 11/176 Lee 1-51 Will of James Moyer, Mariner of Tower Wharf, Middlesex 02 March 1638
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 - Worth transcribing, since pp. 6
 PROB 11/333 Penn 67-128 	Will of Nicholas Hurleston, Merchant of Rotherhithe, Surrey 15 September 1670
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 ===London Metropolitan Archives===

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 ==Abstract & context==
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 Thirdly, XXXX
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 ===Free of the English East India Company, 1647===
-"[October 1st, 1647] Alderman Thomas CuUum, Captain Thomas Davies, Edward Wood, Robert Thurkettle, Timothy Wilson, Nicholas Searle, EliasJorden, Job Throgmorton, William Bewly, George Boothby, Samuel Gibbs, Joshua Fowler, John Collyer, '''Nicholas Hurleston''', and Robert Houghton, are admitted to the freedom of the Company on payment of 5/. each ; Henry Spurstowe and Thomas Cokayne are admitted by patrimony; and Thomas Dickons, servant to James Cox, by service."<ref>'A Court of Committees, October 1, 1647' (Court Book, vol. XX, p. 153) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1644-1649'' (Oxford, 1912), p. 229</ref>
+"[October 1st, 1647] Alderman Thomas CuUum, Captain Thomas Davies, Edward Wood, Robert Thurkettle, Timothy Wilson, Nicholas Searle, Elias Jorden, Job Throgmorton, William Bewly, George Boothby, Samuel Gibbs, Joshua Fowler, John Collyer, '''Nicholas Hurleston''', and Robert Houghton, are admitted to the freedom of the Company on payment of 5/. each ; Henry Spurstowe and Thomas Cokayne are admitted by patrimony; and Thomas Dickons, servant to James Cox, by service."<ref>'A Court of Committees, October 1, 1647' (Court Book, vol. XX, p. 153) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1644-1649'' (Oxford, 1912), p. 229</ref>
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 "Thomas Hurlestone of Sandwich complained in 1573 that the mayor and some of his magisterial cronies had sought to rig the town government and  'make XXX"<ref>Peter Clark, ''English provincial society from the Reformation to the Revolution: religion, politics and society in Kent, 1500-1640'' (XXXX, 1977), p. 140</ref>
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 ==Possible primary sources==
+===TNA===
-'''TNA'''
 C 5/41/65 Hurleston v. Marler: Kent. 1661
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 PROB 5/2063 HARLESTONE or HURLESTONE, Nicholas, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, merchant [Registered will: PROB 11/333] 1671
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-'''London Metropolitan Archives'''
+===London Metropolitan Archives===
 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-acc928&cid=1-65#1-65 London Metropolitan Archives: Wood Family: THE MANOR OF LITTLETON (Gilbert Lambell's Title Deeds)  ACC/0928/001  1419 - 1652: Assignment of Trusteeship. Hurlestone and Mosse to 3. to the use of 2.  ACC/0928/001/69  1649]
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 . Ellston Wallis of London, Goldsmith and Thomas Norton, Citizen and Clothworker of the City of London.
 The manor of Littleton etc. as in Acc/0928/001/54.
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-'''Bodleian Library, Oxford'''
+===Bodleian Library, Oxford===
 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=161-msscarte_8&cid=12-99&kw=nicholas%20hurleston#12-99 Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts: Carte Papers [MS. Carte 64 - MS. Carte 74]]: Sir William Rider and Nicholas Hurleston to Sandwich: written from [Whitehall ?]  MS. Carte 73, fol(s). 521  15 June 1661
 - Contents: Report advices of the sailing of the chief forces of Algiers and of their putting out to sea. Are of opinion that his Lordship, by taking the opportunity of a visit to Algiers with his convoy, in the absence of their best strength, might dictate terms at will.
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-'''Canterbury Cathedral Archives'''
+===Canterbury Cathedral Archives===
 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=054-u4&cid=12-19&kw=sandwich%20hurlestone#12-19 CCA: Fordwich Borough: BUNDLE No. 10a. Miscellaneous.  U/4/10a  c1400-1683: Receipt from the Treasurer of Sandwich for 20s. received from Thos. Hurlestone Mayor of Fordwich being the composition money payable yearly to the head Port.  U/4/10a/19  1632]
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-'''Lambeth Palace Library'''
+===Lambeth Palace Library===
 LPL: VM I/1: Marriage Allegation: 23 June 1662 : Giles Thornburgh, of St Martin's, Ludgate, Gent., Widr, abt 31, & Rebecca Hurlestone, of Redrith, Surrey, Spr, abt 19; consent of her father Nicholas Hurlestone, of same, Esq.; at Maidstone, Deckling, or Boxly, co. Kent (see also Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 440)
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 LPL: Arches A 2 ff. 149,155,174,183,191,206,221: HURLESTONE V MOYER AND HURLESTONE: Rebecca, Mary, and Lydia H. v Lawrence M. and Nicholas H.; will of James Moyer, of St. Andrew Undershaft, London. Sentence, 10 Dec. 1663; Case number 4919: testamentary case  (see also Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 67)
 - See also the closely related documents: Arches A 3 ff. 30,39,44,61; Arches B 4/52-3; Arches B 4/52/3; Arches B 4/53/3; Arches Ee 1 ff. 189-90,216-7,289-92,298-306; Arches Eee 1 ff. 192-4,213-20,292-4,306-9
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 ==Possible secondary sources==

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 ===Commander, the Smyrna Merchant, 1651===
-"[1651] Choice is made of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to go to Surat, her owners to be paid 17/. per ton for pepper and saltpetre, and 21/. per ton for finer goods, Captain Nicholas Hurlestone to go as commander in her..."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, September 12, 1651' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 74), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/122/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 122]</ref>
+"[September 12, 1651] Choice is made of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to go to Surat, her owners to be paid 17/. per ton for pepper and saltpetre, and 21/. per ton for finer goods, Captain Nicholas Hurlestone to go as commander in her..."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, September 12, 1651' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 74), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/122/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 122]</ref>
-"[1651] Some demur being made by the owners of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to the rate of pay to be made to them as compared with that to be made to the owners of the ''Love'', the Governor intimates that, if they will undertake the voyage to the Coast, payment shall be made to them at a similar rate"<ref>'A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock AND the United Joint Stock', September 19, 1651 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 76) in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/122/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 123]</ref>
+"[September 19, 1651] Some demur being made by the owners of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to the rate of pay to be made to them as compared with that to be made to the owners of the ''Love'', the Governor intimates that, if they will undertake the voyage to the Coast, payment shall be made to them at a similar rate"<ref>'A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock AND the United Joint Stock', September 19, 1651 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 76) in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/122/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 123]</ref>
-"[1651] Captain Hurleston and Captain Read, part-owners of the ''Smyrna Merchant'', signify that all the owners of the said vessel are willing to accept the Company's terms for freighting her to Surat."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock AND THE Fourth Joint Stock', September 26, 1651 (Court Booki vol. xxiii, p. 78) in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/124/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.) ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 124]</ref>
+"[September 26, 1651] Captain Hurleston and Captain Read, part-owners of the ''Smyrna Merchant'', signify that all the owners of the said vessel are willing to accept the Company's terms for freighting her to Surat."<ref>'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock AND THE Fourth Joint Stock', September 26, 1651 (Court Booki vol. xxiii, p. 78) in [http://www.archive.org/stream/courtcalendar00eastrich#page/124/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.) ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (Oxford, 1913), p. 124]</ref>
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 PROB 11/373 Drax 52-101 Will of Samuel Moyer of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, Middlesex 03 August 1683
 - Brother-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone
 PROB 5/2063 HARLESTONE or HURLESTONE, Nicholas, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, merchant [Registered will: PROB 11/333] 1671
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 '''London Metropolitan Archives'''
-[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-acc928&cid=1-65#1-65 London Metropolitan Archives: Wood Family: THE MANOR OF LITTLETON (Gilbert Lambell's Title Deeds)  ACC/0928/001  1419 - 1652: Assignment of Trusteeship. Hurlestone and Mosse to 3. to the use of 2.  ACC/0928/001/69  1649:]
+[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-acc928&cid=1-65#1-65 London Metropolitan Archives: Wood Family: THE MANOR OF LITTLETON (Gilbert Lambell's Title Deeds)  ACC/0928/001  1419 - 1652: Assignment of Trusteeship. Hurlestone and Mosse to 3. to the use of 2.  ACC/0928/001/69  1649]
 - Contents:
 . Nathaniel Goodlad of Rederith, Surrey, Mariner, and Nicholas Hurlestone of Rederith, Mariner, and Henry Mosse of London, Gent.

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 "[1651] Choice is made of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to go to Surat, her owners to be paid 17/. per ton for pepper and saltpetre, and 21/. per ton for finer goods, Captain Nicholas Hurlestone to go as commander in her..."<ref>XXXX, ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 132</ref>
-"Some demur being made by the owners of the Smyrna Merchant to the rate of pay to be made to them as compared with that to be made to the owners of the Love, the Governor intimates that, if they will undertake the voyage to the Coast, payment shall be made to them at a similar rate"<ref>'A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock AND the United Joint Stock', September 19, 1651 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 76) in XXXX, ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 134</ref>
+"Some demur being made by the owners of the ''Smyrna Merchant'' to the rate of pay to be made to them as compared with that to be made to the owners of the ''Love'', the Governor intimates that, if they will undertake the voyage to the Coast, payment shall be made to them at a similar rate"<ref>'A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock AND the United Joint Stock', September 19, 1651 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 76) in XXXX, ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc. of the East India company, 1650-1654'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 134</ref>
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 See [[MRP: James Moyer junior will|James Moyer junior will]] (brother-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone)
 See [[MRP: Nicholas Hurlestone will|Nicholas Hurlestone will]] (eldest son of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone; self-described merchant)
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	==Nicholas Hurlestone will==		==Nicholas Hurlestone will==
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		+	PROB 11/318 Hyde 108-162 Will of Nicholas Hurlestone or Hurleston, Mariner of Rotherhithe, Surrey 26 December 1665

	'''Editorial history'''		'''Editorial history'''

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 He was connected with the Moyer family of mariners of Leigh, Essex and Limehouse, Essex, through his marriage to Anna Moyer, who was the daughter of the mariner James (c. 1585 -1636/37) and Lydia Moyer.   He was thus the son-in-law of James Moyer the elder and brother-in-law of four Moyer merchants and/or mariners active in the 1640 to 1680 period - Lawrence, Samuel [the younger], James [the younger], and William Moyer.  Nicholas Hurlestone had married Anna Moyer prior to 1637, since James Moyer the elder, when writing his will, mentioned "my sonne Nicholas Hurlstone."<ref>PROB 11/176 Lee 1-51 Will of James Moyer, Mariner of Tower Wharf, Middlesex 02 March 1638 </ref>  In James Moyer the younger's will, written in 1661, the younger James mentioned his brother "Captain Nicholas Hurlestone," together with Nicholas' sons, Nicholas and Richard, and Nicholas' then unmaried daughters, Lydia, Rebecca, Sarah, and Elizabeth.<ref>PROB 11/304 May 54-103 Will of James Moyer, Merchant of London of Eastwood, Essex 11 May 1661</ref>
-Of the four daughters named by James Moyer the younger, who were unmarried in 1661, just two were unmarried at the time of Nicholas Hurlestone writing his own will in 1665.  Rebecca Hurlestone had married in the year following James Moyer the younger's writing of his will.  Her spouse was Giles Thornburgh, a widower and gentleman of St Martin's, Ludgate, who was twelve years older than her.<ref>LPL: VM I/1: Marriage Allegation: 23 June 1662 : Giles Thornburgh, of St Martin's, Ludgate, Gent., Widr, abt 31, & Rebecca Hurlestone, of Redrith, Surrey, Spr, abt 19; consent of her father Nicholas Hurlestone, of same, Esq.; at Maidstone, Deckling, or Boxly, co. Kent (see also Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 440)</ref>
+Of the four daughters named by James Moyer the younger, who were unmarried in 1661, just two were unmarried at the time of Nicholas Hurlestone writing his own will in 1665.  Rebecca Hurlestone had married in the year following James Moyer the younger's writing of his will.  Her spouse was Giles Thornburgh, a widower and gentleman of St Martin's, Ludgate, who was twelve years older than her.<ref>LPL: VM I/1: Marriage Allegation: 23 June 1662 : Giles Thornburgh, of St Martin's, Ludgate, Gent., Widr, abt 31, & Rebecca Hurlestone, of Redrith, Surrey, Spr, abt 19; consent of her father Nicholas Hurlestone, of same, Esq.; at Maidstone, Deckling, or Boxly, co. Kent (see also Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 440.  See also C 6/205/56 Short title: Northleigh v Moyer. Plaintiffs: George Northleigh and William Hodges. Defendants: Samuel Moyer, Rebecca Thorneborough widow, Anne Roope widow and Richard Hurlestone. Subject: money matters. Document type: three answers, six schedules. 1673)</ref>
 After her father's death, the twenty year old Sarah Hurlestone married, in 1668, William Leeke, of St Saviour's, Southwark.<ref>LPL: VM I/6: Marriage Allegation: 19 Oct 1668: William Leeke, of St Saviour's, Southwark, Cit. & Goldsmith, Bachr, abt 28, & Sarah Hurlestone, of Reddrith, Surry, Spr, abt 20, with consent of her mother; at Reddrith afsd, or Deptford, Kent (see also Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 442)</ref>

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 Captain Hurlestone provides a telling example of the difficulties which occur when attempting to assess social status of commercially active individuals and families in seventeenth century England.
-Firstly, descriptions by contemporaries and by later eighteenth century commentators which imply status can vary widely for the same individual and family.  In the case of Nicholas Hurlestone he is described at various times and places in his career as "Captain Hurlestine", "Nicholas Hurlestone,gent., of Redriff," and "Nicholas Hurlestone, esq."<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
+Firstly, descriptions by contemporaries and by later eighteenth century commentators which imply status can vary widely for the same individual and family.  In the case of Nicholas Hurlestone he is described at various times and places in his career as "Captain Hurlestone", "Nicholas Hurlestone,gent., of Redriff," and "Nicholas Hurlestone, esq."<ref>This is the footnote text</ref>
 Secondly, XXXX