MRP: Randolph Taylor will
Randolph Taylor will
PROB 11/331 Coke 108-166 Will of Randolph Taylor, Merchant 11 October 1669
Editorial history
08/02/12, CSG: Created page
Contents
Abstract & context
Suggested links
See 24th October 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
See 11th December 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
See 12th December 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
See 16th March 1662/63, Letter from John Taylor to Sir GO, London
See 29th January 1665/66, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO
To do
(1) Check the transcription
(2) explore background to randall Taylor's life, and especially his brother Major John Taylor
Transcription
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Randolph Taylor Merchant being sicke and weake of bodie but of sound and perfect memorie (thanks to Almightie God) make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
IMPROMIS I bequeath my soule into the hands of my Maker who gave it my bodie to the Earth to be buried in decent manner where my Assignes shall thinke convenient from whence at the last day I hope to have a blissfull Resurrection through the meritts of my deare Redeemer
JESUS
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JESUS CHRIST
ITEM I doe constiture and ordaine my Brother Major John Taylor and his sonne Joseph Taylor to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament
ITEM I constitute and ordaine my loving Friend Master Strensham Master to the Overseer of this my last Will and Testament and to act for mee and in my behalfe according to the Tenor of a letter of Attorney left in his hands at my departure from Surratt
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid Overseer master Streinsham Master in Testamonie of my Gratitude a small Legacie of tenn pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my honored freind Sir George Oxinden Knight a Cupp made of a Gasper An?tonias ?salse Bezar with a few ?Cornes of said composition
ITEM I give and bequeath into my worthie good freind Master Gerald Aungier the halfe of a Cupp made of the prementioned composition and One Butt English of Goa Arracke
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my verie good friend Master Mathew Gray the other halfe of said Cupp with my Japan Walkingstick ticked with silver
ITEM I give and bequeath into my loving freind Tho Hawkins Esquire my silver Tobacco box
ITEM I give and bequeath into my good freind Master Henrie Oxinden my small fowling peece set (Or, let) in with silver in Custodie of Master Gray
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my esteemed good freind Master John Petitt my black Beaver Hatt
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my approved good freind M:r Phillip Gyffard my belt and white Hatt left in his possession likewise my gold seale ring
ITEM I give and bequeath into my respected Freind Cap:t Samuell Smith Twentie Rup:s to buy him a Ring
ITEM I give and beque:ath unto such of the shipps Companie as shall assist at my Funerall what shall be thought convenient by master Henry Oxinden and Master Jn:o Petit being designed cheifely to myke them drinke as a customary
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my loving Freind the doctour of the Charles fifteene shillings to buy him a ring
ITEM I leave Tenn pounds in the hands of Master Oxinden to build a Tombe over mee
ITEM what goods moveable or whatsoever else appertaining unto mee here to be sent to Surratt to my Overseer Master Streinsham master and soe to be delivered into the possession of my Executors
ITEM that whereas these late yeares I have not had soe frequent a commerce with my Brother by reason of these late Warrs as I ought I am forced to dispose of the rest of my Estate as followes
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my deare Father and Mother tentie pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath into my deare Brother Major John Taylour whome I againe confirme with his sonne to be my lawfull Executors twentie pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath unto his two sonnes John and Joseph Fifteene poundes to each
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my fower sisters, Marie, Susan, Elizabeth and Lu?cetia Twentue pounds to each
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Neice Jinny Taylor Fifteene pounds
ITEM in case anie thing is found over plus then what alreasie disposed let it be allowed in proportion to aforesaid Relations
Dated in RXXX this Twentie first September Anno Domini One thousand six hundred sixtie & Eight
RAN TAYLOR
Signed and sealed in the presence of us Sam: XXX, Jn:o Petitt, Hen Oxinden
That the above written is a true Copie compared with the Originall is attested by us
STRE: MASTER HENRY OXINDEN
PROBATUM fuit ?humoi Testamentum apud A des EXON scituat in XXXXX in Comitatu Middroram venerabili viro Johanne Clarke Legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis et egregij Lleolini Jenkins legum etiam Doctoris Curiae Prarogativae Curia Prerogative Cantuasiensis
MAGISTRI
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MAGISTRI Custodis sive Commissarij legitime conszizuti XXXXX die Mensis Octobris Anno Domini Miellesimo Sexcentesimo sexagesimo nono inXamento Johannies taylour unius Executorum in hujusmodi Testamento nominnat Cui commissa fuit administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et Creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand eadem ad sancta dei Evangelia in debita juris forma jurat Reservata potestate Joseph Taylour alteri Executorum testamento nominnat cum venerit xr XX
Notes
EEIC, 1655-1659
"[January 9, 1656] John Day requests that the nutmegs and pepper he bought for himself, Messrs. Temms, Noel and Taylor may be put to the candle; the Court directs him to assign the said goods to the Company to sell and retain the proceeds, with promise to make good the price at which he bought them.... Major Taylor desires that the cloves and nutmegs he bought of the Company, and resold to Alderman Cuttler, may be delivered ; he is told that, when he shall have cleared his account, his request will be considered."[1]
"[October 7, 1656] Upon some dispute touching John Day's business, order is given for notice to be taken that his man is a good witness and can prove some things which may be of consequence in the business of Mr. Nowell and Major Taylor."[2]
"[October 10, 1656] Order is given that care be taken to have Mr. Day's man ' deposed ' in Chancery for what he knows of his master's business concerning Major Taylor and Mr. Nowell."[3]
"[December 30, 1657] The following securities are accepted for factors at the Coast and Bay : Major Taylor and Captain Watts for Thomas Billidge, John Beacham and John Brookes for John Kenn, Nathaniel Temms and Simon Delboe for Agent Greenhill, and Sheriff Robinson for Richard Chamberlaine."[4]
"[February 12, 1658] Major Taylor's request, that his brother Randolph may remain at Surat and not be removed to the Deccan, is promised consideration."[5]
"[May 14, 1658] Mr. Follio and Captain Blackman attending, the former declares that the Captain received from his works 1,300 shells, which were laden in the Eagle and agreed for at 30/. a ton about three weeks before the Company contracted for theirs : and that Mr. Quintine ordered from him three mortar pieces of an eight inch bore, 2,500 shells and brass guns, which he was informed were for Major Taylor. One of the Committees asserts that the said guns and 1,200 shells were laden in the Smyrna Merchant, and that 800 shells were returned and are now in Mr. Lemmond's warehouse. Captain Blackman states that some of the shells were for the owners of the ship, and the rest for his own account. He is told that, as an adventurer, he is under penalty of losing his adventure for private trading, and is advised to pass 1,000 shells over to the Company and the remaining 300 to the owners of the vessel. Thereupon he at once passes over the thousand to the Company at what they cost him ; and then informs the Court that Colonel Rainsford at Surat had made a contract with Aurangzeb, 'Prince of Rajapore', for 2,000 shells at 38 rupees the maund. Hereupon the Court directs that a letter be written and sent overland to Surat next Monday to acquaint the President and Council of this and to order them to seize the guns and shells in the Smyrna Merchant for the Company's use, or their proceeds, if they shall be disposed of before these advices are received. For the prevention of all such abuses in the future, ammunition of all sorts is henceforth to be prohibited in the several ships' charterparties, and the Deputy and four of the Committees are desired to make what further discoveries they can in this business. Mr. Follio gives some reasons for not supplying the Company with the 4,000 shells in time and states that he has now more than 2,000 ready ; he is told that 1,000 of those in the Eagle are for the Company's account and must be reckoned as part of their contract, and directed to make 2,000 more of eight inches diameter and 1,000 of twelve inches, and a mortar piece to each five hundred shells."[6]
"[May 17, 1658] Mr. Noell declares that he was not concerned in the business of the shells and guns himself, but as they were not prohibited commodities he advised his friend Mr. Rolt to spend his money in them, which he did to the extent of 250/., one quarter of the sum paid for the guns and shells ; and he thinks that the remaining three-fourths belongs equally to Ephraim Widdrington, to Major Taylor's brother, and to Henry Revington, all at Surat. He desires to be excused if by his advice he has done the Company any disservice, and promises to give a full account of the whole business later."[7]
"[May 21, 1658] Major Taylor and Mr. French, who provided the shells and guns for their friends in India, are to be summoned to the next court, so that this business may be satisfactorily settled."[8]
"[May 21, 1658] Captain Ryder's purchase of the Achilles with all her belongings is approved. Captain Henry Terrill is entertained to go in her as master at 6/.. a month, and Captains Ryder, Swan, and Brookhaven are desired to victual and man her with all convenient speed. At the request of Captain Jeremy Blackman, the court agrees, on his paying 400/. into the Company's cash here, to give directions for 1,600 rials to be paid at Surat to Chout Tapper [see p. 355], Colonel Rainsford, and Mr. Revington, to whom Blackman is indebted"[9]
"[September 7, 1658] Mr. Noel and Major Taylor to be requested to clear their debts."[10]
"[September 21, 1658] Mr. Noell and Major Taylor to be spoken to about Mr. Day's business."[11]
"[June 23, 1659] Samuel Sambrooke and John Spiller having administered to the estate of John Day on behalf of the Company for the debt he owed, they are ordered to begin a suit against Mr. Nowell and Major Taylor, by virtue of an instrument signed by Alderman Temms, which they also should have signed."[12]
John Day
"The Court approves of the sale, by John Day, broker, of Mr. Holloway's cloves to Messrs Lane and Hussy."[13]
Chancery cases
C10/55/132 f. 1 is a bill of complaint exhibited in Chancery in 1657 by Martin Noell, George Oxderwood, Symon Delboe, and John Taylor. all merchants of London, against the estate of the master of the Mayflower, William White the elder. White's answer to the bill is contained in C10/55/132 f. 2. The Mayflower had been chartered for a voyage to the East Indies.
C 10/465/164 Jarrard v. Taylor, Backwell and Sherston: Middx 1657
Possible primary sources
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PROB 11/331 Coke 108-166 Will of Randolph Taylor, Merchant 11 October 1669
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, January 9, 1656' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 486).), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 75
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, October 7, 1656 (XXXX, p. 542), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 115
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, October 10, 1656' (XXX, p. 543)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 115
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, December 30, 1657' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 38)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 206
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, February 12, 1658 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 73)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 226
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, May 14, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 106)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), pp. 260-261
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, May 17, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 107)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 261
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, May 21, 1658' (XXXX., p. 108)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 261
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, May 21, 1658' (XXXX, p. 108)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), pp. 261-262
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, September 7, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 645), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 281
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, September 21, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 646)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 284
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, June 23, 1659' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 670)., in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 330
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock, June 21, 1650' (Court Book, vol. xx, p. 546), Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), p. 46
