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Sigillat et deliberat in pntia John Cadell. & a seale Thomas Shewell.
Abel Keli
& Robt Deane Juin"
To all Xian people to whom this pnte writeing shall come I Ambrose Adlam of the City of Bristoll pewterer send greeting in o' Lord God everlasting.
Know yee now that I the sª Ambrose Adlam have consti- tuted ordeined & appointed & by these pnts do hereby con- stitute ordeine and appoint & in my place and steed put my assured loveing and trustie frend Thomas Shewell of the Citty of Bristoll Woollen Drap my true & lawfull Attr (irrevocable) to aske levy reccon recovr & receive in name but to the only pp use & behoofe of one ffrancis Brewster of Newhaven in the New Engl. Chirurgeon his Exec & Administ for ever of John Cadle of the Citty of Bristoll pewterer the full summe of one hundred twenty & eight pounds of good & lawfull money of Engl weh he the sd John Cadle doth now owe unto mee by reason of the breach of Oblicacon under his hand & seale by him to mee made bearing Date the third day of Octobr in the fifteenth yeare of the reigne of or sovaigne Lord the Kings mate that now is as may appeare &c: Giveing and hereby granting unto my sd Attr full power & Authority in the p"misses the sd John Cadle his heires Exec & Administr goods & chattles & every or any of them to plaint sue arrest attach declare implead imprison, cause to be condemned and out of prison to De- liver And trs of acquittance & other good & lawfull dis- charge for mee & in my name to make seale & Deliver & to putt Atturs one or more under him & them to revoke at his will & pleasure & further to doe pforme & execute for mee & in my name all & every other thing & things wch shalbe expedient & necessary to be done in or about the sd premises by these pntes as effectually as I myselfe might or could doe the same if I were psonally prsent, ratifying confirming
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& allowing all & whatsoever my sd Att" irrevocable shall doe or cause to be done in or about the sd p"misses by these pnts.
And I the sª Ambrose Adlam for my selfe mine heires Exer & Administr & for every of them doe hereby covent pmise grant to & wth the s" Tho: Shewell his Exec Administ & Assignes & to & wth every of them by these pnts, that I the sd Ambrose Adlam have not at any time heretofore released or discharged the sd recyted obligacon, & also that neither I the sd Ambrose Adlam mine Exec Adminst or any of them nor any other pson or psons to be thereunto Authorized by mee us or any of us shall not any time hereafter wth out the consent or agreemt of the sd Tho: Shewel his Execut or Adminstr in writeing under his or their hand & seale or hands & seales in that behalfe first had or obtained release or discharge the sd recyted obligacon or any penalty or sume of money in the same or the Condi- tion thereof contained, nor receive the same or any pe thereof uor revoke this pnte tre of Attr. irrevocable or any power or Authoritie hereby
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granted but shall wth effect justify maintaine confirme & allowe (at the prop costs & charges in the law of the sd Thomas Shewel his Exec Administr or Assignes) all such lawful accons suits or plaints wch he the sd Tho. Shewel his Exec Administer or Assignes shall att any time hereafter comence psecute or followe in the name or names of me us or any of us against the sª John Cadle his heires Execut or Administr or any of them for or concerning this sd recited obligacon or any penalty or summe of money in the same or the condicon thereof contained, And lastly that it shall & may be lawful to & for the sd Tho: Shewell his Execut Administr or Assignes to recover receive & take to the use of the sd ffrancis Brewster his Execut or Administ as well the benefit & pfitt of the sd recyted obligacon & of every Agreemt & composition thereuppon to be had gotten or ob- tained wth out yielding any account to mee mine execut or Administrat therefore, In witnes whereof I' the sª Ambrose Adlam have hereunto put my hand & seale Dated the third day of March in the sixteenth yeare of the reigne of or sover Lor: K: Charles of England &c.
Annq Dni 1640
Sealed & dd in the pnce of us
Tobye Goodyeare Peter Web et mei Wilhelmi Combi
Ambrose Adlam & a seale
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12 (8) 1649 Jon Cagan of Boston N: E. mercht granted unto Humfrey Cogan of Exet in the Countie of Devon mercht tre of Att to aske levie recover & receive for him & in his name & to his use the possession of certain house & lands scituat lying & being in Hhuington in the County of Devon (the Appearer being the last life in the lease now liveing) & the same to sett lett & dispose of dureing the terme in the sd lease expressed & in general to doe all things &c: ratifying irrevocably &c:
6 (8) 1649. Tho Pell of Newhave Chirurg: who married Lucie late wife of ffrancis Brewster of Newhaven did con- stitute Nathaniel Brewster of Walderswick in the Count of Suffolke in the Domin. of Eng. his true & lawful Att grant- ing him power to aske &c: of John Cadle of the City of Bristoll pewterer his Exer or Administ a certaine bond of 128"i dat. 3 (8) 1639. due to Ambrose Adlam & by him assigned to the sd ffrancis Brewster (this Appearers prde- cessor) as by a peuration under the hand of the sª Ambrose Adlam dat: 3 Mar. 1640. may appeare & of the receipt to give acquittance also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &c: to doe say &c: wth power to substitute &c.
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19 (8) 1649. I attested a Copie of a Charter partie be- twixt Mr Wm Brenton & David Selleck on the one pt & James Neale on the other pt.
Also of another Charter ptie betwixt Christopher Johnson & James Neale.
Also an Invoyce of goods shipped by James Neale aboard the shipp Orangetree wth the Masters receipt for the said goods being to the val of 7021 038 00d.
Also an account between Christopher Johnson & James Neale wth Christopher Johnsons hand to it wherein the sd Johnson stands indebted unto the sd James Neale fourty fyve pounds foureteene shillings.
Also a Condition betwixt James Neals & Alexandr Cle- ments wherein the sd Clements stands obliged for pformance of all such Covenants as are made betwixt Ja: Neale on the one ptie & M' Wu Brenton, David Selleck, & Christopher Johnson of the other pties concerning the freightment of the shipp Orange tree
16 (8) 1642 Edward Bendall of Boston granted unto M' Wm Bruen of Maderas mercht his Att: full power &c:
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to aske &c: all & singular summe or summes &c: bills bonds or other Acco due to him from all & singular pson or psons in Maderas, & of the receipt to give acquittance &c: also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &c: to sue &c: & generally to doe all things &c. wth power to substitute &c: ratifyinge &c:
Also I attested a Copie of a bond of twenty pounds wherein Christopher Warren binds himself to Edw: Bendall to pay ten pounds to ffree Grace Bendall by Bills of Exchange.
19 (S) 1649 Received of John Woodmansey of Boston in N: England two firkins of soape & foureteene pounds of sugar to the value of fifty shillings sterl to be improved for his use and payable to the sd John Woodmansey or his Assignes at all demands. I say received this 16th of 7 ber. 1648
Samuel Benem
23 (8) 1649 John Sawin of Watertowne in N: E: shoe- maker constituted Mr Thomas Parish of Nailon in Suffolke & John Belshar Clarke to Mr Joseph Brand of Etherston in Suffolk his true & lawfull Attrs: granting them power jointly & severally for him & in his name & to his use to aske levie recover & receive the possession of a certaine house in Box- ford in Suffolke, the possession & inheritance of Robert Sawin his father deceased, & by right descending to him the eldest sonne liveing as also all such pt & portion of goods & chattles of his sd ffather as by law doth to him apptaine & belong, wth power to acquitt compound sue implead pros- ecute arrest &c: and generally to doe all things &c: further granting them power jointly & severally to lease lett or sell all his right title & interest in the same & deed or deeds of sale to make seale & Deliver ratifying irrevocably &c:
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26 (8) 1649 Matthew Keene Josias Keene, John Shaw husband of Martha the daught of Matthew Keene, & Nathaniel Hunne husband of Sarah the daughter of Matt Keene aforesd did constitute Capt Robert Harding of Boston in N. E: merch theire true & lawful Attr. granting him full power &c: for them & each of them & in theire & each of theire names & to their uses severally & distinctly. to aske levie recover &c: of & from the Execut of the last Will &c: of Walter Keene late of Checkenden Parish in the Count of Oxford certaine Legacies given to the said Appearers to wit
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fourty pounds to the sª Matt: Keene, & ten pounds to the sd Josias Keene, & ten pounds to Martha the wife of the sª John Shaw, & ten pounds to Sarah the wife of the sd Nath. Hunne, & of the receipt to give aequittance &c: also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &e: to doe say sue &e: each of themselves and theire several Legacies respectively ratifying irrevocably whatsoer their sd Att or his Substitutes shall doe in the premisses. Signed in pres- ence of
27 (8) 16.49 Recd the 14th day of Sept. 1649 of ) Mr Henry Shrimpton p the appointmt of Mr Tho: Bell of London the summe of eighteen pounds being for the aceº & use of Mr Rich: Broomer of London
1811 I say reed p me
Wm Bartholmew-
29 (8) 1649. Edw. fforrest sonne of Wm fforrest late of london grocer constituted his mother Judith fforest & Tho: L (?) his true & lawfull Att's jointly & severally grant- ing them power to aske levie recover & receive of the Exe- cutrs of Mr Jesson of late London Grocer deceased a certaine Legacie of twenty fyve pounds given him by the last will & Testamt of the sd Jesson deceased & of the receipt to give aequittance &c: also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &e: there to desire lawe &e: to doe say sue &e: & generally to doe all things &e: wth power to substitute &c: ratifying &c:
27 (8) 1649. I attested an aequittance of Robt & Elisa- beth Scott to John Hussey.
Also I attested a tre Attr. from malachie Browning to Joseph Collier.
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29 (8) 16.4.9 Whereas Edw: Hopkins by vertue of a tre of Atturney, from John Woodcock of London mereht dec, did recover of ffra: Styles of Windsor upon Connecticot in N: Engl: Carpenter the summe of three hundred pounds sterl. And whereas Robt Saltonstall sonne of S' Ri: Salton- stall now of Chelsey in the Count of Middlesex Knight, as Att of & for the s' S'. Rich: Saltonstall hath attached the summe of two hundd pounds of the moneys recovered as aforest, Now know all men by these pates that I the sª Sr Richard Saltonstall have since agreed wth James Herbert the Administrat of the sd John Woodcock for & concerning the matter for weh the Attachment was brought, And therefore
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I the sd Sr Richard am willing & desireous, & doe hereby give my consent & allowance to all whom it may concerne that the afores' attachmt shall or may forwth uppon sight hereof be lett fallen, taken of, & made void. And for so doeing these pntes shalbe sufficient warrant, given under my hand & seale this fourth day of May, 1642. & in the 18th yeare of the reigne of or soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Defend' of the faith &c:
Signed sealed acknowledged &
dd in presence of
John Aurelius Notary
& of Joseph Alport
Rich: Saltonstall & a seale
James Pennington Ser:
An abstract of a deed made by wm Woodcock Citizen & grocer of London unto John Woodcock of London mercht. Dated the 9th day of Octobr Anno Dni 1638. wherein is con- teined amongst divers other things these words following. Viz'.
And also I the sd Wm Woodcock (for the consideration aforesaid) have given granted bargained sould & confirmed & by these pntes do give grant bargaine sell & confirme unto the sª John Woodcocke his Executors Administr & Assignes all my plantation in N: Engl. now in the possession of ffrancis Styles his Assignee or Assignes & lying uppon or neere the River of Connecticot wth all the Cattle houses & appurtenances thereunto belonging to have & to hould all the sª p'misses unto him the sd John Woodcock his Execut Administr & Assignes for ever
This Abstract agreeth wth the Originall deed wch is under the hand & seale of the sd W" Woodcock being by him sealed & dd in the prsence of Mary Washborne Wm Wood- cock Junior & W" Jesopp.
Extr: p me Martini Dallison. Scr:
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29 (8) 1649 I attested a Copie of an Order of Court. dat. 6 (4) 1648 concerning the Divorce of Sarah the wife of Wm Barnes from her sd husband.
Also a certificat of the Marriage of the said Sarah Barnes unto John Tincker the
Also a tre of Att": in the usuall forme from the sd John Tincker unto his trusty & welbeloved brother Gregory willshere of Broadstreet in London Ironmonger to recover
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all debts from all psons in England whether due to his sd wife Sarah or to himselfe. th power to substitute one Att" or more &c:
30 (8) 16.49 I attested a Copie a bond of sixty pounds from Anthony ffoster to ffra: Smith for paymt of thirty uppon demand after the depture of the sd Anthonie from Boston in N: E:
30 (8) 1649 I certifyed the day & yeare of the marriage of Anchor Ainsworth & Sarah Hudson
30 (8) 1649. Acco of Tobacco.
9 rolles Virginia tobacco. wt . .
149li at 84-04.19.04
5 rolls providence wt 121 at 4-02.00.04 ·
N.º 67. 304 1 2 hhds Cont. Groce. 568
128. 264 3
ts-112
nett-456. 456 at 4 .- 07.12.00
14.11.08
9. the Rolls wt 149. at 8ª left at Sidon.
5. rolls provid. 121. at 4 :
2 hhs virginia net. 456 the Accº is to make in Roll. vizt: 456 nett
stalks at 25
p C. is 114
in Rowle is 342
the ≥ pt is . · 171
Sould at Livorne at 1. July
wych makes in Dol. at 9 p Dol
. 19. 3
to add Cambio to Spaine at 15 p C · 21. 3
for Cambio hence 25 p C . 5. 8
27. 3. li ss d
5.18.10. p me Tho Babb Errors excepted May the 19 16.45 . Also I attested a Copie of this Acco:
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March 1644. Mr Samuel Maverick Dr.
To 2 of 2189-Liver-2 solls. 11 Dr. for his pt of pvisions Disburst by Mr Edw. Keene wch is in Dol & . To 1 16 D' wages ye Antho Belsary . · 16 wages pd Georg Dawber · .
Dol Rialls
215.53
001.6 To 16
. 002.0
2.
The 27 Dol & at 48 4ª p is moneys sterl
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To moneys he owed mee on Accº made li s d in N: England . ·
24.10.00
To my brother Keene for pvisions · 05.08.00
To money then oweing for butter 03.06.00
33.04.00
33li 4s reduced into Dol at 4$ 3d is 156.1}
to 8 pt wages on Scanderone voyage 127.0
to -6 pt Charge vittle to brother Keene 126.4 to 6 pt charge from 12th May to Aug. 16. 242.0
To Cambio for 112 Dol to Bro. Keene . 023.4
964.53
Ballance 116.
li
8
To -1 of 400li New Engl voyage .
25.00.00
I am to To 10li pd Mr Geo: ffreere in )
be Cred pt for 2001 6 months as
for this Bottomre pt of 2511
To moneys Recª of Rawlins 06.10.00
To setting out the Virginia voyage 37.14.08
To moneys pª his sonne as p order 11.06.10
To moneys disburst to him p mr ffowle . 40.00.00
To moneys pd since the last arrivall
11.10.01
142.01.07
p Cont. Credts
Dol Rialls
By g pt of 950 Dol prise money 059.3 By freight of 91 Kent of Mr ffowles ffish 064.0
By freight 35} Kent of Capt Andrewes fish . 022.13 By freight & Denioris Scanderone voyage 445.2}
By 76 pt freight for Malto By 5 pt freight 46. Chests To- bacco
013.4
This ought to By -1 pt of the Malago voyage, 468.6
be placed before By 1 16 pt of Antonies & Hills
the Tobacco. passage . 000.43
1080.5₺
li
By Ballance of 116 Dol at 48 4ª . 25.02 08
S d By Dividend of Streites voyage 35.10.00
By Dividend of 7001 Virginia .
43.15.08
By -1 of 111. 48. 7d recd. in Virginia 00.01.04
1080.53
10.00.00
007.0
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By Sale of 52 kent fish at Marselia 112.3 By Cambio of the same at 15 p Cent . 016.6
Dol. 129.1
27.19.6. at 4s 4d
p me Tho: Babb Errors Excepted:
Also I attested a Copie of this Account.
Also I attested 2 Copies of these foregoing Accounts 24 (10) 1649.
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31 (8) 1649. I attested a Copie of Mr Tho: Nelson's will.
31 (8) 16.49 Mrs Martha Winthrop constituted Capt John Leveret her lawfull Attr to receive of the executors of her ffather Rainsborow all that remainder of a Lega- cie duc to her & to give acquittance.
1 (9) 16.49 Uppon the 27th gber. 1649. at the request of Hen. Shrimpton of Bosto brassier, I Wm Aspinwall Notary & Tabellion publ by Authoritie of the Generll Court of the Massachusetts admitted & sworne, together wth the sd H. Shr: repaired unto the Castle in Boston where we found Mr Samp. Lane, to whom the sª Henry prsented an Acco of wines shipped aboard Mr Lanes ship by Mr John Turner Annº 1646. & a tre of Atter: requireing satisfaction for fourtee pipes of wine laden aboard his ship more then were put to account. wych the sd Mr Lane not acknowleding, I the sd Notary in behalfe of Mr John Turner did protest against the sd Samps. Lane for the aforesaid foureteene pipes of wine & all Damadges wch the sd John Turner shall suffer thereby, that the sd Lane shalbe responsible, & lyable to make him due reparation therefore, in time and place convenient. After wch protest thus made, the sd Samp. Lane gave unto me the sd Notary under his hand this Answr following vizt. Whereas Mr Shrimpton demands of mee a certaine sumne of money by order of Mr John Turner, wch the sd John p"tend- eth to be due unto him from mee. I answr that I nevr had any dealings wth the sd John Turner but once in my life, wch which was some foure yeares since, being a pcell of goods wych he bought of mee & moneys due to mee for goods De- livered him, for the wch he pd mee in wines in the Iland of the Canaries & justed the Acco betweene us there, since wch time I never had any dealing wth him. So my Answr to Mr Shrimpton is that I owe the sd Turner nothing, witnes my
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hand this 30 (8) 1649. Boston. Sampson Lane. This is verbatin the answr wch Mr Lane gave me in writing under his hand to be returned.
1 (9) 1649 I attested a Copie of a bill of Edw: Ben- dalls of 1311. 10s payable to Tho: Gilbert or Assignes at 10 dayes demand after arrivall of Mr John Allens ship at Lon- don or for default to be pd wth damages here.
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1 (9) 1649. I attested a certif: that Hugh Burt senior of Lin in N E: is liveing & required mee the pub. Not: to testify the same.
1 (9) 1649. I attested a Lre of Attrney of Joseph Ar- mitages.
1. (9) 1649. I attested a Copie of a writeing wherein Mr Alexander Lindsey Agent for M' Maurice Thompson & Mr Wmn Penayer doth bind their estate in his hand & his owne pson & estate reall & psonall in two thousand 5 Cli for paymt of Bills of Exchang of 1468li. sterl. the value whereof he acknowledgeth to have here received of Major Robt Sedgwick & Mr ffrancis Norten.
1 (9) 1649. Mr Peter Jones & Mr Henry Quinty ne This is to give you notice that according to yor order I have re- ceived of Mr Henry Shrimpton Mr Bells Agent in Cattle & provisions wch by yor order I have shipped to Barbados as p Acco sent you appeareth, to the value of one hundd & threescore pounds, & is according to yor agreemt. wth Mr Bell in England. In testimony whereof I have given unto Mr Shrimpton three Notes or Certificates beareing date the 25th of October & all of one Tenor 1649. witnes my hand. David Yale
2 (9) 1649 Bee it knowne by these presents that I David Selleck of Boston in New England mercht do acknowl- edge my selfe indebted unto Wm Hudson of Boston afore- said Inkeep in the just summe of thirty fyve pounds sterl, wch I promise to pay unto the sd Wm Hudson Junior or his Assignes in London wth in ten dayes after my arrivall in England whither I am now bound by way of Verginia. And in case of non paymt in England as aforesaid I the sd David do oblige my selfe Executors & Administrars in double summe to pay or cause to be pª unto the sª Wm Hudson or Assignes the sd summe of thirty fyve pounds here in New England wth all such Damage as the sd Wm Hudson shall
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suffer for Default of payment as aforesaid witnes my hand & seale this 10th of October 16 49
Sealed & Delivered
in presence of
Samuel Bellingham
David Selleck & a seale.
William Aspinwall.
2 (9) 16 4.9 Brother Kekewch the mo: tych John Par- rish remained to pay unto you for Dieo Rell his debt being sixty milrey little more or lesse Cossen Pickford hath carried it mee herein acctt so that hee is disobliged & I shalbe ac- countable for it unto you: wth the rest of the ould debts p
Pickfords actt recovered vje ffunchall. 8. June 1643. Phillip Kekewch
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Plymº. the 1th Aprill. 1642.
Jnº. Parish I am little behoulding to yo" that could not afford mee a word in 3 weekes after yor arrivall at London, neither send mee my brothers tre wch you brought wth you. You may do me right in writeing mee the verity of the passages betweene Phillip & Thomas. one writes M' St Jnº that Phillip is in Thomas debt, & Phillip writes me Cannot drawe Thomas to Account, by wch Delayes I am kept wthout my moneyes. the like Mr Richbel, he deteineth from mee Diego for Br: Debt & whether it bee recovered or not I know not, If you have in yor hands of his pray you doe mee right, for I must be satesfyed out of the goods you have of his before you goe for Ma. I marvaile I have not a word from Phillip by Cossen Bennet of the goods hath of mine in his hands. I expect to heare from you how I granted a copie of this & the former. the case standeth wth him. for if Mr St Jnos informations be true he is much to be blamed, & so are yo" likewise, as I shall write you more at large hereafter. Thus wth my love to m' Stone & his wife tell him Mr St Jnº. 8 (5) 1650
will pay him for the Chaires. I desire to have acnte wth the cost put into the Barke thus in hast I rest.
Yor quondam mr Peter Kehewych
Pray you pay Mr ffarell for his paines & for the insurance./
Boston the 6th of the 6th month 16 4.9
3 (9) 1642 Know all men by these presents that I Ri: Wright of Boston do acknowledge my selfe heires Execut administrat or assignes indebted to Mr Edw. Bendall, the summe of fifty pounds sterl. & and is for two thousand
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waight of tobacco, wch aforesaid summe I Rich: Wright do bind my selfe heires Execut administrat or assignes to pay unto M' Henry Hooper upholster at the Sunne & Globe in Cornwell London, for the use of Edw. Bendall, twenty dayes after the first shipps arrivall from Boston in N. England to London, after the date hereof in witnes hereof I the afore- said Richard Wright have sett to my hand & seale the day & yeare above written.
Witnes John ffireside
Richard Wright & a seale
3 (9) 1649. I attested an order of major Robt Sedgwicks & Mr ffrancis Nortons to Capt ffra: Sedgwick in case Mr Lind- seyes Bills of Exchange be not payd to take upp the like summe of 1468li for theire use, obliging them selvs & estates for paymt. & secureing the said ffrancis Sedgwick indemnifyed
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3 (9) 16.49 David Nichols of Boston in N. E: Shoo- maker constituted Tho: Roberts of Boston aforesd feltmaker his true & lawfull Att": granting his sa Attr full power &c: to aske &c: of the Exec of the last will &c: of his ffather David Nichols of Cowbridge in Glamorganshire deceased carryer. a certaine Legacie of ten pounds given him by the sd wil. & of the receipt to give acquittance in due forme &c: also to compound &c: & to appeare before all Lords Judges &c: in any Court &c: there to desire lawe aid &c: to doe say sue &c: & generally to do all things &c: wth power to substitute &c: ratifyinge irrevocably &c:
3 (9) 1649 I attested a Copie of Capt Thomas Crom- wells will. & of her tre Atturney to Ed: Hutchinson to recover all debts due from any pson in Barbados or any of the Caribee Islands.
5 (9) 1649. Know all men by these pntes that I Wm Willoughby of Wapping Mariner do acknowledge my selfe to owe & to be indebted unto ffrancis Smith of Boston Cardmaker the summe of Eleven pound of good & currant mony of England to be pd to the sd ffrancis Smith or his Assignes at or before the first day of March wch shalbe 1640. for the wel & true pformance whereof the aforesd Wm Wil- loughby doe bind my selfe my heires Executor & assignes firmly by these presents in the summe of twenty two pounds. the money to be pd at the Rammes head Tav- erne in Southwarke neere to London Bridge. In witnes
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whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this 4th of March 1648.
Sealed & Delivered
William Willoughby
in presence of Samuel Cole
The marke of
Abraham Hagborne.
8 (9) 1649 This witnesseth that I Humphrey Damirell shipp master & mariner have recd of Wm ffranklin foure pipes of wine at sixty pound sterl the price agreed on betweene us the sd parties, & I the said Humphrey to put of this wine this prsent voyage at the best advantage, and what the sd foure pipes of wine are sould for more then the aforesd summe of sixty pounds, halfe of the pfit of that that the overplus doth amount to above the sixty pounds sterl is to be due to the sª Humphrey the other halfe to the sª Wm ffranklin & the sª Humphrey in consideration of halfe the pfitt aforesª is to be at all charges of freight & factoridge of the sd goods & the pduce of them backe to new England, & to make the re- turne in the goods the wine was sould for pvided that pvidence should so dispose that the sd Humph. should not returne yet an account of the wines & the pduce of them is to be made to the sd Wm his heires Executors & Assignes by the sª Humphrey.
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