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| − | //Humbly complaining thereof unto yo:r Loppe yo:r dayly Orato:rs George Cock and John Fenn of the Citty of London Merchants that whereas yo:r Orato:rs & James Temple late of London aforesaid Merchant since deceased beinge entered into ptnershippe//
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| − | //together after a cargoe of Merchandizes & goods to bee sent to the coaste of Guyny in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty seaven did hire & take to ffreight of one John Letten and Thomas Hobard of London Mchants for a voyage to y:e coast of Guyny//
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| − | //the good shipp called the William of London and thereupon a certaine Indenture of Charterparty bearinge date the first day of November in the said yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty seaven was made betweene the said John Letten//
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| − | //and Thomas Hobart by the names of John Letten of London March:t partowner & Thomas Hobart Master of the good shipp or vessell named the William of London of the one parte & yo:r Orato:rs George Cock & the said James Temple of the other parte//
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| − | //whereby the said Thomas Hobard (sic) by and with the consent of the said Owner testified by his beinge party to the said Indenture did lett to ffreight the said shipp unto yo:r rato:r George Cock and the said James Temple for the terme of twelve months//
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| − | //certaine and for eighteene monthes att the Longest accountinge Kalendary monthes to commence from the said shippe falling downe to Gravesend in the sixth day of December then next ensueinge att and under the rate of one hundred & thirty//
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| − | //pounds of Lawfull money of England for A moneth for the said voyage to Guyny hee the said Thomas Hobard did thereby covenant with yo:r Orato:r George Cock & the said James Temple that y:e said shippe before her departure from Gravesend aforesaid should be//
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| − | //strong and substantiall, And well and sufficiently stored victualled ffitted and equipped with all Tackle Apparrell Provision ffurniture & Amuniccon Needfull and necessary for such a voyage, And yo:r Orato:r George Cock and the said James Temple did hereby//
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| − | //covenant to pay unto the said John Letten and Thomas Hobard for the ffreight and hire of the said shipp for the voyage after & accordinge to the Rate of the said one Hundred and thirty pounds by the moneth for every moneth and for all such time whatever//
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| − | //accountinge calendar moneths as shall bee elapsed and rune out att the tyme of the said shipp beinge discharged from the said voyage beinge discharged from her said voyage to bee accounted from the time of her enteringe into pay as aforesaid, And that the payment of y:e said ffreight should bee//
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| − | //to the said owners & master in manner followinge that is to say one hundred and thirty pounds beinge the money agreed to be paid for one Moneths ffreight should bee paid att the sealinge of the said Charter Party and the rest and the residue of the said ffreight after//
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| − | //the said shippe should bee returned to the sasid Port of London and should bee fully discharged of her Homeward bound ladinge one moyety thereof within ffoureteene dayes after the said shippes said Returne unto y:e Port of London and the residue thereof//
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| − | //within fforty dayes afterwards with two third parts of all Port Charges & Primage and Average accustomed And for the Performance of all the covenants & Agreem:ts in the said Charter Party on y:e?act of the said Master by the said Charter party he did//
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| − | //bynde himselfe and especially the said shippe the ffreight tackle & apparell of the same unto the said James Temple & George Cock their Executo:rs and Adm:rs in the summe of Three Thousand pounds And yo:r Orato:r George Cock and the said James Temple//
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| − | [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=1451&inst_id=14&nv1=search&nv2= Senate House Library, University of London: GB 0096 MS 792: Hearth tax: indenture of revenues: 1667: 4 leaves]
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| − | - Indenture, dated 17 Oct 1667, between(1) Sir Robert Vyner Bt., Alderman of the City of London, (2) Sir Allen Broderick Bt., of Wandlesworth, Surrey, (3) Sir Richard Pigott Kt., (4) Perient Trott, (5) Humphey Beane, (6) James Hoare, (7) John Rives (or Ryves), (8) John Bence, (9) '''George Cock, merchant''', and (10) '''James Temple''', (3-10) being 'of London'. The indenture settles their respective shares, profits, accounts and liability in the farm of the hearth tax revenues. The terms of an indenture of 30 Mar 1666 whereby Pigott, Trott and Beane paid £250,000 to the King for a grant of the annual rates of revenues from from 'fyer hearth and stoves' in England, Wales, and Berwick on Tweed, for 7 years; in Oct 1667 Vyner paid the £250,000 due to the crown, while Pigott, Trott and Beane lent their names to the transaction. Signed and sealed by the parties. Endorsed: 'Indenture...wherein Perient Trot...advanced 20,000 l.'
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| − | "By October, 1667, however, Vyner's partners had sufficiently recovered actually to invest in the Farm, and Sir Allen Broderick, Alderman John Bence, '''George Cock''', goldsmith-banker, and '''James Temple''', Vyner's "chief man," took shares, although Vyner continued to control the Farm with an investment of two-fifths:..."<ref>XXXX, XXXX, ''Essays in modern English history in honor of Wilbur Cortez Abbott'' (XXXX, 1941), p. 30</ref>
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| − | - CSG: It is not clear to me that the author above has correctly identified George Cock as a "goldsmith-banker"
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| − | "November 5th, 1668: And by and by, when the Duke of York and we had done, and Wren brought into the closet '''Captain Cox and James Temple''' About business of the Guiney Company, and talking something of the Duke of Buckingham's concernment therein, and says the Duke of York, "I will give the Devil his due, as they say the Duke of Buckingham hath paid in his money to the Company," or something of that kind, wherein he would do right to him."<ref>Pepys Diary ADD FULL REFERENCE</ref>
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| − | "1672: Sept. 27. Westminster: 934. Charter of Incorporation of the New Royal African Company. Whereas all the regions called Guinea, Binny, Angola and South Barbary in Africa, and the sole trade thereof...Sir John Banks, Sir Thos. Blodworth,...John Bence, ...John Buckworth...Man Browne,...Sir Wm. Coventry, ...Sir Nicholas Crispe,...Sir Robert Clayton, Mrs. Dorothy Colvill, Capt. '''George Cock''', Benjamin Coles,...Benjamin Cole and John Cooke, Sir Jonathan Dawes, George Dashwood, Esq., Aldn. Francis Dashwood, Wm. Dashwood, Saml. Dashwood, ...Sir Richard Ford, ...'''John Fenn''',...Moses Goodyer, ...James Hoare senr.,...Wm. Hodges,...Sir Andrew King, ...Sir John Lowther, Christopher Lowther, ...'''John Letten''', Jacob Lucy,...Chas. Modyford, Richard Middleton, ...John Morrice, Thomas Murthwaite, Samuel Moyer, ...Benjamin Newland, ...Chas. Porter, Thos. Povey, John Portman, Peter Proby, Daniel Pennington ...Sir John Robinson, Dame Priscilla Rider, Tobias Rustal,...Thos. Rider, Wm. Rider, ...Sir John Shaw, ...Benjamin Skutt, Joseph Skutt,...Saml. Sambrooke,...John Skepper, ...George Toriano,...Sir Robert Vyner, ...Thos. Winter, Edward Willoughby, ...Arnold White, ...Thos. Westerne, ...John Young, ..."<ref>W. Noel Sainsbury 8ed.), 'America and West Indies: September 1672', ''Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies'', vol. 7: 1669-1674 (1889), pp. 404-417. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=70227 Date accessed: 10 November 2011.</ref>
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| − | ===Possible primary sources===
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| − | PROB 11/330 Coke 57-107 Will of James Temple, Goldsmith of London 14 July 1669
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| − | PROB 11/331 Coke 108-166 Will of Henry Temple, Merchant of Saint Botolph without Bishopsgate, City of London 16 December 1669
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