MRP: C10/473/135 f. 1
C10/473/135 f. 1
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15/11/11, CSG: Document imaged and first cut transcription made
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//1:o die ffebr 1663//
//?Blucks//
//To the Right Hon:ble Edward Earle of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England//
//Humbly complyning there unto yo:r Lopp yo:r dayly Orato:r S:r Martin Noell of London kn:t Robert ??Borshen of the Inner Temple London Esq: That Nathaniell Temms of London about foure yeares since dying intestate indebted to yo:r orato:r S:r Martin Noell in divers summes of money letters of ?admin//
//of his estate were granted to Martha his wife & about three yeares since the said Martha dyed Intestate & letters of ?Adraton of the said Nathaniell Temms estate not administred by the said Martha were granted to Elizabeth Atkins sister of the said Martha & about two yeares since the said//
//Elizabeth dyed Intestate & thereupon yo:r orato:r as being a Credito:r as aforesaid to the said Nathaniell Temms did psente in the Prerogative Cort of Canterbury to have letters of Administraton of his estate not Administred by the said Martha & Elizabeth granted to yo:r orato:r But yo:r orato:r ?heareth that one//
//Quarles Browne of London Merchant p:rtending that the said Nathaniell Temms had promised to pay him five hundred pounds for the marriage porcon of Elizabeth the wife of the said Quarles to w:ch said Elizabeth the said Nathaniell Temms was uncle did enter XXXXXX in the said//
//Prerogative Co:rt touching the Administraton of the estate of the said Nathaniell Temms & thereuppon yo:r orato:r being unwilling to have any obstruccon or delay in the obteining of letters of Adracon of the said estate did enter into a treaty w:th the said Quarles Browne touchinge//
//said Adraton & pretence of the said Quarles Browne upon w:ch treaty the said Quarles Browne did w:th more than ordinary ??assereratons ptest & affirme that the said Nathaniell Temms did make the said prmise to pay him the said five hundred pounds as a mariage porcon for his said//
//wife & that he had sewall wittnesses to pve the same although yo:r orato:r did XXX the improbability of it in regard the said Nathaniell was noe wayes indebted to the said Quarles Brownes wife nor any other waies liable to pay the same or any other summe to her nor any way XXXX//
//to pay any porccon w:th her more than in respect of his kindnes to hee beinge uncle & that it was not a usuall for uncles to prmise such large if any porccons w:ch ?Neece neither could the said Quarles Browne pduce any writing manifesting any such prmise although yo:r orato:r urged the same to him//
//yet notwithstanding the said Quarles Browne ??ptisting in his said assereraton that he had sewall credible wittnesses to prove the said prmisse & affirming that he wold w:th extreame violence disturbe yo:r orato:r in obteining the said Adraton & put him to excessive charge in getting//
//the same thereupon yo:r orato:r was ?desrous to come to an agreem:t touching the p:rmisses & accordingly Articles of Agreem:t bearing date the twentieth day of November in the thirteenth yeare of the reigne of o:r now Sovereigne Lord King Charles over England xr were made & sealed//
//betweene yo:r orato:r & the said Quarles Browne whereby it was agreed that yo:r orato:r shold take forth letters of Adraton of the said Nathaniell Temms estate & that yo:r orato:r shold for the satisfatton of the said five hundred pounds to the said Quarles Browne shortly after his//
///taking forth the said lres of Administraton assigne unto the said Quarles Browne a debt of three hundred seaventy five pounds & the pceeds thereof w:ch was then in the hands of Valentine Dobbins of Kingsaile in the Kingdome of Ireland gent:l w:ch he was accomptable for to the estate of//
//the said Nathaniell Temms & also a debt of seaventy nine pounds & seaven shillings w.ch was then in the hands of Michaell Dimkins of London gent w:ch he was accomptable for to the estate of the said Nathaniell Temms & that yo:r orato:r shold within two months next after the date of the said//
//Articles pay the said Quarles Browne five & forty pounds thirteene shillings & that in case that all the said summe in the hands of three hundred seaventy five pounds shold not be in the hands of the said Valentine Dobbins that then yo:r orato:r shold pay soe much to the said Quarles Browne//
//shold make up the money w:ch shold be remaining in the hands of the said Valentine Dobbins three hundred seaventy pounds & that yo:r orato:r shold suffer the said Quarles Browne to comence any suit ag:t the said Valentine Dobbins or Michael Dimkin for the wrong of the//
//said three hundred seaventy five pounds & seaven shillings & that yo:r orato:r shold not release or discharge such suit & it was agreed by the said Quarles Browne that he shold withdraw the said ??caveat & that he shold XXXX accon of the case upon a prmise to be brought//
//by him in case yo:r orato:r shold plead the genall issue of non assumpsit XXX the said prmise & debt of five hundred pounds & the
//of the penalty of one thousand pounds bearing date w:th the said Articles And yo:r orato:rs shew that yo:r orato:r S:r Martin Noell in pformance of the said Articles on his pt & in confidence of the said Quarles Brownes pformance of the same on his pt did having taken letters of Adraton of//
//the said Nathaniell Temms estate about two yeares since did assigne to the said Quarles Browne the said debt of three hundred seaventy five poundes XXXX by the said Valentine Dobbins as aforesaid & the said Quarles Browne hath since received the same or a great pt thereof//
//or taken some security or prmise from the said Valentine Dobbins for the paym:t thereof or the remaining pt thereof to him
//
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