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C10/155/38 f. 3

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C10/155/38 f. 3 is the answer of Sir William Ryder to a Bill of Complaint (C10/155/38 f. 1) brought by Ryder's former partner, the London merchant, William Cutler. The suit was brought in 1668, eighteen months before Ryder's death. The lengthy answer details the terms of a series of contracts made with the Navy Board by Sir William Ryder and his other partners, including William Cutler, between 1662 and 16XX. The contracts were for the delivery to Portsmouth, Chatham and Woolwich of hemp, tar and pitch from the Baltic and were for sizeable, though varying, quantities and values. Ryder's answer also includes details of a contract made in 1663 between Ryder and Cutler on the one part and the London ironmongers Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey on the other for the delivery to the latter of Swedish iron. The iron was to be delivered to a location on the River Thames free of all freight and other charges.

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//The severall Answeares of S:r William Ryder knt one of the defendants to the//
//Bill of Complant of William Cuttler Esquire Complianant//

//All advantage

//to supply his Maties stores with Navall provisions but this defendant denyeth that hee or the plt to his knowledge XXXXXXXXXXXXXX untill about the month of July One thousand sixty & ??two Att or about which tyme true itt is that this deft at the XXXXXXXXXXXX & sollicitacon of the deft & the other defendant M:r Cocke & XXX of the principall Officers XXXXXXXXXXXXX//

//?& Com:rs of the Navy was psuaded to XXXX with ?thesaid XXXXX & thesaid other defendant in a contract or bargaine with her Matyes said ??Com:rs XXXX of XXXX bargaine or contract followeth in the these words Whereas in order to the better ??accomodating his Matyes service an offer hath beene lately made by the Crowne of Sweden That for what quantity XXXXXXXXXXXXXX//

//of hempe his Matyes XXXXXX affaires may require ?Itt shalbe att his Matyes pleasure by his Agents at Riga or elsewhere to XXXX & make use of what ?quantityes or benefitt it may bee to take upp the said hempe to his owne use ?in the name of the King of Sweden And whereas now XXXXXXXXXXXX thereof made to this Board itt hath beene XXXXXXXXXXXX//

//after full enquiry & debate XXXXX most advisable for the XXXXXXXXXXXX the said XXXXXXXXX to his Matyes best advantage that the management thereof be ?committed to ?some psons of knowne ability & integrity as factors for his Matye in that behalfe to be accomptable to the Office uppon Oath for the truth of their proceedings & disbursements XXXXXXXXXXXXX//

//??therein And moreover in psuance of the said resolucon of this Board choice hath beene made of S:r William Ryder knt M:r William Cutler & M:r George Cocke merchants as psons fully quallified for their XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX beinge knowne all men by these XXXX that the principall Officers & Com:rs for his Matyes Navy XXXXXXXXXXXX//

//Covenanted & agreed to and with the said S:r William Ryder knt William Cutler and George Cocke Merchants that they the said S:r William Ryder Cutler & Cocke shall for the use of his Matyes Cause to be bought at Riga ??or Quinsborough & delivered at Portsmouth Chatham or Woolwich (as the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall direct XXXXXXXXXXXX//

//hereafter ??whatever the day of the XXXXXX hereof the XXXX of December next ensuinge (the danger of the seas excepted) ffive hundred Tonnes or what part thereof can be ??conveniently ?prepared imployinge therein to his Maties best advantage the above said offer of the King of Sweden of the best merchandtable Rhyne hempe And//

//that the said Ryder Cutler Cocke shall to the utmost of their care & skill endeavour the buying & shipping of the said parcell of hempe at the XXX rate & freight that the then p:rsent markett can afford And for asmuch as twenty four thousand pounds or thereabouts will be the said necessary to be provided for the//

//buying the said quantity of hempe the said XXXXX Officers & Com:rs doe promise to pay to the said Ryder Cutler & Cocke within the tyme of eight weeks next afterXXX the date hereof by weekly proporconns Three four partes of the said some, the remaining one fourth pte to be upon the credit of the said//

//Ryder Cutler & Cocke untill the Arrivall of the said quantity of hempe & then to be paid them upon delivery thereof according to such propoccons as it shall happily ?arrive in And for asmuch as through danger of the seas & the XXXX
XXXXX

//delivery of the same as aforesaid may be made  ?has ?arduous to his Maty ?If ?proposon be not made therein The said Ryder Cutler & Cocke doe hereby ?Jointly & ?personally oblige themselves to cause XXXXXXX upon the said hempe to be ?in ?add att the defYXX
XXXXXX

//?in his Maty or their owne names) and to make good to the said principall Officers & Com:rs within six moneths after any losse shalbe proved ?aswell Also said XXXXXant as what somme of sommes shalbe by them delivered by ?exchange or otherwise
XXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXX or any other obstruccon it shall fall out that the sais quantity & prXXXXed cannot be procured that then they shalbe answerable ?immediately to ?the said Board for soe much money with the proffitt or ??losse of exchange as they shall receive about XXXXXXX
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//?consideracon of the XXXX XXXX creditt & adventure to be imployed by the said S:r William Ryder M:r William Cutler & M:r George Cocke in the manageing thereof Itt is further by ??these preXXX agreed that the said principall Officers shall pay
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//whatever XXX they may be put shall appeare to have been expended in the buying transporting or delivering the said hempe & allow besides & above the said costs & charges to the said Ryder Cutler & Cocke therfore fowre p centum upon
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//?appeareth XXXXXXXXX unto the benefitt or disadvantage accrewinge to his Maty by this contract the said Ryder Cutler & Cocke did bynde themselves as aforesaid to produce the originall Accompts relating to the matter herein & XXXXXXXXXXX from their XXXXXXXXXXXX
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//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX of the ?prices & XXXX by them demanded) to deliver them to the principall Officers & Com:rs from whome alone they shall expect their discharge and (if thereXXXX required) wilbe ??deposed before a Master in Chancery that XXXXXXXXXX

//knowledge & informacon In witnesse whereof the said principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy with the said S:r William Ryder Cutler & Cocke have ??interchangeably sett their hand & seale this third day of July in the yeare of our Lord God
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//contract (the originall thereof appeXXXXXing by the XXX owne XXXXX to be in his custody appeareth And this deft saith that in order to the complyance with the said contract the plt plus deft & the XXX other deft M:r Cocke did by request
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//?Ailiffe & Thomas Cutler in the bill named XXXX ffrances Sanderson to provide the said hempe to be transported & lodged in his Maties Storehowses here But this deft denyeth that the ??Invoyces or Bills of ladeing thereof or of any other
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//succeeding contracts hereafter menconned to be made with his Mat:ties said Com:rs were sent over to this deft pticullarly or that he undertooke or did keepe any of the accompts thereof but by like XXXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXX ?heron another
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//said affaire & about the fifth day of ffebruary one thousand six hundred sixty & two the said accomts upon the said first contract were by ??royal XXXXX of the plt & of this deft & the deft Cocke ?delivered XX the XXXX Com:r & XXXXX
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//& other writeings & papers belonging hereunto And the proffitt ??ariseinge upon the said imployment upon that contract upon a Royal adviXXXX & accompt made upp betweene ?this defendt and the plt & the said M:r Cocke amounted unto
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXX & was more As by the said accompts whereunto this deft for his greater certainty therin referreth himselfe appeareth And the said One thousand Nynty fowre pounds fowre shillings and Eleaven pence was
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//fXXXX & ought not to be further XXXXXX into or questioned as this deft is advised And what XXXX Insurance the plt pticularly made in relacon to the businesse of ?that or any other the contracts hereafter menconned hee had his XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//what or how much this plt p
any of the said contracts this deft doth not know nor is itt in XXXXXXXXXXX as this deft is advised the premium beinge paid as aforesaid but the plt after the
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//any pticular Assurances whatever And this defendt confesseth that another contract was made with the said Comissioners or XXXX principall Officers of the Navy by the plt this deft & the said M:r Cocke on or about the
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//the ?tenor whereof followeth in these words Know all men by these XXXX that wee S:r William Ryder kt William Cutler & George Cocke Merchants have covenanted & agreed & doe hereby XXXXX & agree
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//the said William Ryder William Cutler & George Cocke will for use of his Maties Com:rs to be bought for the use of his Maty at Riga & Quinbrow (sic) or elsewhere thereabouts & do lande at Chatham Portsmouth & ?Woolwich
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//?direct XXXXX the day of the
of October next XXXXXXXXXXX (the danger of seas excepted) ffive hundred Tuns (or what pte thereofe can be by us conveniently procured) of the best
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//Stockholme ?Tarre the best that can be had (where the said Tarre may be XXXX proply had) or the best ?termes for his Matie & that wee the said William Ryder William Cutler and George Cocke will XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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//or otherwise & by the proffitt on a parcell of iron that were joynty supported by the plt this deft and the said defendt Cocke amounted to Eight hundred
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXXXXXXXXX who was intrusted with ?Rixdollars two thousand as by the said accompts ??remayneinge with the Com:rs of the Navy & the Accompt of the said
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//truth of those accompts according to the ??purport of the said last menconned contract as this deft remembreth And this deft saith that he hath beene informed
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//the XXXX & vallue of the said hempe & Tarre bought under the said ??forward contract and the said was supplyed by the said Samuell Heron the
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXX & XXXXX XXXXX for
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//Navy by the said XXXX & this defend:t without the other deft M:r Cocke on or about the eight moneth of Aprill 1664 the tenor of w:ch said contract followeth in these words Know all men by these psents That wee
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx

//covenant & agree with the principall Officers & Com:rs of his Matyes Navy That wee the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler will for the use of his Matye cause to be bought at Stockholme & XXXXXX at Chatham Portsmouth Woolwich
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//day of the ?signing hereof & XXXXX next ensuieing (the danger of the seas excepted) Three hundred lasts of Tarre the best that can be had there on the best termes for his Matye & wee will to the XXXX or our care
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//freight the then ??Markett can afford And for aXXXXX as Three Thousand pounds or thereabouts will be the somme XXXXXXXXXXXX to be provyded for the buying of the said quantity of Tarre the said principall Officers & Com:rs
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//the space of three weekes next ensueing the date hereof by weekly proporcons two thirds of the said somme, the remaining third pte upon the creditt of the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler untill the Arrivall of
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//?such proporcons as itt shall happily aXXXX in And for XXXXXXXX as through danger of the seas & other accidents of Merchants to make badd debts by XXXXXXXXX with ??bankrupts the delivery of the somme aforesaid may be rendred
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//Ryder & William Cutler doe hereby oblige XXXX ?Jointly & severally to cause XXXXXXXXXXXXXX upon the said Tarre to be made whos Ma:ties or our owne ??hands accordinge to the liberty granted to us by the said principall Offiers & Com:rs all the
XXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXX any losse shalbe ??procured aswell the said XXXXXXXXXXXXXX as what XXXX or XXXXXXX shalbe by us delivered by exchange or otherwise to any person whatsoever ??thereofe aforesaid And if through scarcity or any other
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXXXXXXXXXXXXX paid XXXXXX to the said principall Officers & Com:rs for XXXXXXXXX money with the proffitt or loss of exchange as wee the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler shall receave above what the price of Tarre by us
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//?adventure to be imployed by the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler in the manageing hereof Itt is farther by these ?paper agreed that the said principall Offiers & Com:rs shall pay all costs & charges whether freights factorage
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//in the buying transportinge & delivereing of the said Tarre & allowe besydes & above the said XXX & charges to bee paid S:r William Ryder & William Cutler therefore foure p cent upon the whole Lastly for better satisfaccon to his Matye or whom he may
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//
the originall Accts relating to the matter herein expressed from X severall ffactors beyond the seas & XXXXXXXXXXXX for satissXXX of the ??moderating of the XXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//
before a Ma:r in Chancery that the said accompts are in all respects true & up to the best of XX knowledge & informacon In witnesse the said principall Officers & Com:rs of the
XXXXXXXXXX

//
said third contract whereunto this defendant for his full certanty therein referreth himselfe appeareth And this deft saith that there beinge need for a supply of
XXXXXXXX

//
deft spake to the plt to take care to prodyXX & furnish his XXXXXXXXXXX thereof who p:retending want of p:rsent money ?intreated this deft to supply the same promising that he would
XXXX

//
with the said Com:rs & principall Officers of the Navy on or about the tenth of Aprill 1667 upon the oath of the plt & this deft to be before a M:r of this Court
XXXXXXXXXXXX

//
said third contract were alsoe delivered up to the said principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navye And the said Com:rs & Officers of the Navye having failed to make
XXXXX

//
hundred & Nyne pounds three shillings & Nyne pence whereof onely Two hundred thirty one pounds sixteene shillings & eight pence was allowed for the proffitt &
XXXXXXXXXXX

//
(809:li 3:s 9:d ought as this defendant advised to be made good by the said Complt to this deft w:th interest And in such case this deft is XXXXX that this plt be admitted to Edward
XXXX

//
of January 1664 a fourth contract was made betweene the plt & this deft And Alderman Backwell on the one pte and the said principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy
XXX

THIS LINE MAY HAVE BECOME DISPLACED //Afford and for a fourth as Twenty five thousand two hundred pounds or thereabouts wilbe the somme necessarily to be provided

//by these presents That S:r William Ryder K:t Alderman Edward Backwell & William Cutler Merchant have covenanted & agreed & doe hereby covenant & agree with the principall Officers & Com:rs of his Matyes Navye That they the said
XXX

//Cause to be bought at Riga & Quinsbrough or elsewhere thereabouts & deliver at Chatham Portsmouth or Woolwich as the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall hereafter direct betweene the day of the ??signeing hereof & the XXX day of October
XXXX

//thereof XXX be by then XXXXXXXXXXXX procured of the best merchantable Rhine hempe And that the said S:r William Ryder Edward Backwell & William Cuttler will to the XXX of their care & their endeavor the buyinge & transportinge of the
XXXX

//Afford and for a fourth as Twenty five thousand two hundred pounds or thereabouts wilbe the somme necessarily to be provided for the buying the said quantity of hempe The said principall Offic:rs & Com:rs doe ?promisse to pay them the said S:r William Ryder Edward Backwell
XXXX

//the somme of twelve thousand pounds & within three moneths after by two thousand fowre hundred pounds p XXXX the further somme of seaven thousand two hundred pounds and upon the delivery into his Ma:ties stores as aforesaid three hundred of the said
XXXX

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//upon the delivery of the XXXXXXXXXXXX moyetie of the said six hundred XXXXXX the further summe of Three Thousand pounds or the XXXX ?as upon ?advising of Accompts
XXXXXXXXXXXXX

//for XXXXXXXX as through danger of the seas & exchange XXXXXX & the ?Judem:t of Merchants to make badd debts by meeting w:th bankrupts X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//not ?onely to make good to the said principall Officers & Com:rs within six moneths after any losse shalbe ?proved what ??price or ??prices shalbe be them delivered by
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//insurance in his Ma:ties name or their owne names upon any pte or pcell of the said hempe & to make good to the said principall Officers & Com:rs within six moneths
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//thereof ?due of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//??and dXXXXXXXXX to them the said principall Officers & Com:rs for soe much money with the proffitt or losse of exchange as they the said ?S:r William Ryder Edward Backwell
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//XXX other tyme And in ?consideracon of the paines care creditt & adventure XXXXXXX to be employed by them they
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//else they may bee) which shall appeare to have beene expended with buying transportinge & delivering of the XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//the benefitt or disadvantage accruinge to his Maty by this contract They the said S:r William Ryder XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

//their severall correspondents abroad but moreover to procure the XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
& being themselves ?first satisfied of ?them prices rates & charges by them demanded to deliver them to the said principall Officers & Com:rs from whome [?eight to ten words illegible]

//required wilbe deposed before a Ma:r in Chancery that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
In witness whereof the said principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy & with them the said S.r William Ryder Edward Backwell & Willm Cutler have unto XXX sett under hands & ?seales [?two words illegible]

//day of January 1664 As by the said fourth contract whereunto this deft for his full certainty therein referreth himselfe appeareth And afterwards ??that on or about the first day of May 1665 another contract was made in the name of the plt & this deft but the name of the other deft Edward Backwell was not therein used [?three or four words illegible]

//XXXXXXXXXX that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX this defendt the tenor whereof followeth in the words Know all men by these prsents That S:r William Ryder K:t & William Cutler Merchant XXXX Covenant & agreeXX doe hereby covenant & agree with the principall Officers & Com:rs of his Matyes Navy that they the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler [?three or four words illegible]

//Cause to be bought at Stockholme ?or elsewhere thereabouts & deliver at Chatham Portsmouth or Woolwich as the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall hereafter direct betweene the day of the XXXXXXXXXXX hereof & the last day of October next ensuinge (the danger of the seas excepted) seaven hundred Lasts or what parte [?six or seven words illegible]

//
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
the said Tarre And that the said S.r William Ryder & William Cutler will be to the XXX of their care & skill endeavor the buyinge & transporting of the said pcell of Tarre att [?three or four words illegible]

//
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
provided for the buying the said quantity of Tarre & ?Pitch The said principall Officers & Com.rs doe procure to pay unto the said S:r William Ryder & W:m Cutler within the ?terme [?six or seven words illegible]

//
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
the somme of Two thousand two hundred & fiftye pounds And upon the delivery in to her Maties Stores as aforesaid Three hundred & ffifty of the said seaven hundred ?lasts ?of ?Tarre [?three or four words illegible]

//
XXXXXXXXXXXX
said seaven hundred Lasts the further summe of Eight hundred twenty & five pounds or soe much as upon advantage ?of accompt ?shall XXXX due to the said S.r William Ryder & ?William Cutler XXXX//

//
XXXX
through dangers of the seas & ??endangers thereon & the Judgment of merchants to make badd debts by meeting with bankrupts The ?delivery XXXX XXXX aforesaid [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
XXXXXXXXXXXX
& severally not onely to make good to the said principall Officers & Com:rs within the monthes after the losse shalbe proved what ?said XXXX of money shalbe due [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
said principall Officers & Com:rs ??watching the ??Judgements in his Maties or their owne names upon XXX pte & pcell of the said Tarre & ?Pitch [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
XXXXXXXXXXXX
with what damage shall arise to his Maty from any XXXX in the Transportaton thereof And if through XXXXX or any XXXXXXXXX XX XXXX XXX out that [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
them by the said principall Officers & Com:rs Then they the said S:r William Ryder & William Cutler to XXXXXXXXXX ??privately to them the said principall Officers [?four or five words illegible]//

//
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by them XXXXX shall amount unto XXXXXXXXXXX and sixth pte thereof & for that sixth pte of the said Tarre & Pitch they shall be [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
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XXXXX further by those prsents agreed that the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall pay all costs & charges within XXXXX [?six or seven words illegible]//

//
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before & about the said costs to them the said S:r William Ryder and William Cutler//

STITCHED JOIN ACROSS THE WHOLE PARCHMENT

[SEE DIGITAL IMAGES P1080045, P1080046, & P180057]

//the rate of four pounds p hundred pound in the whole Lastly for better satisfaccconn to his Matie or whome he may appoint to enquire into the benifitt or advantage accrueing to his Mat:ie by this contract they the said William Ryder William Cutler doe promise and bind themselves [?two or three words illegible]//

//to the said principall Officers and Com:rs all Letters and Advise passing betweene them the said S:r William Ryder and William Cutler and there severall Correspondents abroad but moreover to produce the originall accounts relating to the matters XXXXXXXXXX from ?them [?one or two words illegible]//

//being themselves first satisfied as the XXXXXXXXXXX to the prices rates and charges by them demanded to deliver them to the said principall XXXX and XXXXX from ??hence alone they will ??accept theire discharge and if there unto XXXXXXXXX will be [?seven or eight words illegible]//

//accompts are mXXX ?experts XXXX  ??just ?kind ??assure
XXX
XXXX//

//said contract appeares And this Defendt haveing entred into certaine Articles of Agreem:t w:th Thomas ??Westerne and Charles Harvey of London Ironmongers the tenth XXXXX following in these words Articles [?seven or eight words illegible]//

//Anno Dom one Thousand six hundred sixty and three and in the ?sixteenth yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lord King Charles the second of England xr Betweene S:r William Ryder and William Cutler of London Merchant on the one parte and [?three or four words illegible]//

//Charles Harvey of London Ironmongers of the other part as followeth First Imprimis the said S:r William Ryder and William Cutler for them and either of them theire and either of theire Executors and Administrators (sic) doe covenant promisse and agree to and??w:th the said Thomas Westerne and Charles//

//Harvey and either of them their and either of their Executors or assignes by these p:rsents (thXX they the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler their Executors or Assignes shall and will deliver or cause to be delivered into the said [?seven or eight words illegible]//

//Executors and Assignes to theire owne proper use and uses and free of all costs and charges to be paid for the same ?uses then the moneys hereafter menconned aboard some shipp or shipps in the River of Thames XXXXXXXX the day of the [?seven or eight words illegible]//

//December ?now next XXXing the full penalty of six hundred tuns of fine Merchantable Swedish Iron of good melte and sort according to the XXall delivery whereof one hundred and fifty tuns att least to be ??voyage Iron and all XXself to be ??flatt Iron XXXXXXX XXX from ??hundred XXXXX//

//of the like XXXX of Iron If they the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler shall thinke fitt or soe ??mny thereof above the said six hundred tuns as they shall thinke fitt and can conveniently deliver XXXXXX and XXXXX the said Thomas Westerne and ?Charles Harvey//

//?them and either of them and either of their Executors and Assignes doe covenant promise grant and agree to and w:th the said S:r William Ryder and William Cutler and either of them their and
either of their Executors and Assignes by the [?five or six words illegible]//

//Westerne and Charles Harvey theire Executo:rs or Assignes shall and will not only accept and receive on board each ship and ships respectively upon arrival thereof in the River of Thames and notice thereof given unto them and ?'according to [?five or six words illegible]//

//all such other said Iron as shalbe delivered or XXXX to or for them according to this contract But alsoe shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler ?Nine ??thousand and sixXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX quantity XXXXXXXXXX//

//?tendred be delivered aboard according to the true meaning of these p:rsents att and after the rate and prize of twelve pounds and five shillings of Lawfull money of England p ?hund. for every ??tun thereof and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX quantity XXXXXXXXXXXX//

//accompting XXXXXXXXXXXX p pound and a halfe Stockholme weight to each XXXX thereof XX the said S:r William Ryder and Willm Cutler doe promise and ??engage shall XXX to twenty hundred English

Commentary

C10/155/38 f. 3 includes reference to a contract between Sir William Ryder and William Cutler on the one part and the London ironmongers Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey. The contract was dated 1663 and was for 600 tuns of "fine Merchantable Swedish Iron of good melte and sort" to be delivered by Ryder and Cutler into the hands of Westerne and Harvey at a location on the River Thames, free of shipping and other charges.

Thomas Westerne (alias Western), citizen and ironmonger, of London, was of St. Dunstan in the East and of Rivenhall, Essex. His daughter, Martha Western(e), married Peter Gott, her cousin, who was the son of Samuel Gott of Battle, Sussex. Samuel Gott was a lawyer and ironmaster, who had extensive ironworks in Sussex, and who was also a Presbyterian M.P. during the Interregnum and in the 1660 Convention parliament^[1] In January 1658 Thomas Westerne had supplied the English East India Company with iron to be shipped in the Marigold for Guinea, and he was presumably well known to Ryder and Cutler.^[2]

Possible primary sources

PROB 11/282 Wootton 524-574 Will of Tobias Harvey, Ironmonger of Saint Sepulchre London 01 October 1658
PROB 11/340 Eure 108-157 Will of Charles Harvey, Draper of London of Clapham, Surrey 05 November 1672 (unlikely match, since not an ironmonger)

East Sussex Record Office: Archive of the Roberts family of Boarzell in Ticehurst and the Dunn family of Stonehouse: Title deeds: Farnden family [no ref. 1587-1724: Deeds of the Manor of Crowham, Crowham forge, Conster forge and furnace in Brede [no ref.] 1632-1697: Counterpart assignment of a 21-year lease DUN 27/3 9 May 1662]
- Contents:
Samuel Gott of Battle, esq, and Peter Farnden of Sedlescombe, gent, to Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvie of London, ironmongers
Two ironworks called Brede forge and furnace in Brede, Sedlescombe and Udimore, and woods and underwoods in those parishes and in Ewhurst, leased by Thomas Sackvill of Sedlescombe, esq, to Nathaniel Powell of Ewhurst, esq for 21 years, 28 Feb 1652, assigned by Powell to SG and PF (with a bargain of woods and underwoods in Brede and Udimore sold him by John Porter, esq on 13 Dec 1651), 30 Dec 1659
SG and PF may work out their stock of coal and sows into bar-iron at the forge, not prejudicing the blowing of the furnace, until 1 May 1663, for which they will pay £20, but they must have finished all carting away by 29 Sep 1663
W: Thomas Bard, John Hedger, William Cogger; John Busbridge, Robert Sturtupp

Possible secondary sources

Brown, R.R., 'Thomas Westerne: The Great Ironmonger by Ruth Rhynas Brown' in Ordnance Society Journal, vol. 13 (XXXX, 2001), pp. ?-?^[3]

1. ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks, David W. Hayton, Stuart Handley (eds.), The House of Commons 1690-1715: members G-N (Cambridge, 2002), p. 52
2. ↑ A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, January 16, 1658 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 56), cited in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 214, http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm00east#page/214/mode/2up, viewed 31/10/11
3. ↑ See website of the Ordinance Society, founded 1986,http://freespace.virgin.net/ordnance.society/index.htm, viewed 31/10/11