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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1

Folio 68
Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

1601

A remembrance of the sommes of mony which I haue to receive this yere viz. from the feast of St. Michill 1592 vntill the same feaste 1593.
Imprimis of Mr. Hanham for his bourde xiij li. vj s. viij d.
Item of John Laughlin for his bourde xx li.
Item of William Nutton for rent xiiij li.
Item of Simon Risinge for rent ix li.
Item of Jasper Laughin for rent v li. iiij s. vj d.
Item of Simon Facon for rent v li.
Item of the College for my Fee viij li. vj s. viij d.
Item of John Warde for rent xlv s. etc.
Item of Philip Gosling for rent xxvj s. viij d.
Item of John Paynter for rent ij s.
Item of William Gosnoll for rent iiij li.
Item of Thomas Husing for rent liij s. iiij d.
Item of John Maslin for rent iij li. etc.
Item of Edmund Boyton for rent xxx s.
Item of the widowe Harryson for rent xxx s.
Item of Mr. Foorthe for rent xx s.
Item of my Cosen William Mildmay v li.
Item of my brother John for his bourde x li.
Item of Mr. Appelton for his soonnes bourde blank
Summa blank

Memorandum that John Jolly of Polsted pailemaker the xxijth of December 1595 in the night did take and kill twoe fatt weathers out of Hall field in Groton felonice.

The vth of January I caused him to be arested by proces out of the Kings benche Anno 1600.

My Cosen brande hathe Received a lode of polles.1
Rychard Walton a peace of tymber
paid to browne the 22 of maye .. s.
Item the 28 of maye more 30 s.
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Item deliuered to peter brond for the wode makyng 50 s.
Item peter brond Received of fox for loges 3 s. 4 d.
Item my brother brond for a lod of loges
Item the surveyors of boxford for a lod of loges
Item paid more xj s. for makyng of wode of the topes
Item more at a nother tyme ij s. iij d.
Item more to browne iij s. iiij d.
Item paid for a rope iij s. vj d.
Item paid to pyerce for makyng a waye vj d.
Item paid to nordon for his worke xiij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Robert Surrey for iiij dayes worke iiij s.
Item paid for xxij lode of lodges xvj s. vj d.
Item paid to John bogas for the fetchyng of the Ryte xx d.
The names of tenantes which are sommoned by Rootes
John Gurdon armiger
John Townsende armiger
Thomas Appelton armiger
Henry Browne
Thomas Colman
Joseph Gale
William Gale
Jeffery Tanner
Robert Pratt
Henry Vintner
Roger Vnderwoode
John Winterfloude Quere
Thomas Gosse
John Frenche
Mr. Clopton vj d.
Mr. Sansom xij d.
Mr. Gosling vj d.
Summa ij s.
paid to Willyson vj d.
paid to Rich. Plomb vj d.
to P. Rawling vj d.
to Mar. Plombe viij d.
to Jervis iiij d.
Summa ij s. vj d.
paid to foakes his wyf xviij d. 69

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The entries concerning the cutting and selling of wood, on fo. 68 verso and fo. 69 recto, are in a less literate or more careless hand. The authorship is uncertain.

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Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

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I haue Receyued of the tanner 5 li. o. o.
The man is blest that hath not lent.
I Received of Coker for iiij lod of wood 0. 9. 4.
Received of Antony Spede for 8 lode 0. 18. 8.
Item more of fox for ij lod and steven fox ij lod 0. 9. 4.
Item Robart fox iiij lode 0 9 4
139
Item Crosse vj lode 0 14 0
Item Received of Frauncys Rawlet for iiij lod 0 9 4
Item of John fyrmen for iiij lode 0 9 4
Item Received of Symon Rysyng x lode 1 3 4
Item Received of peter brond in all 9 17 0
Item Received of nordon for iiij lode wod 0 9 4
Item Received of John barkar for 25 lode 2 18 4
Item Received from fuller for 10 lode 1 3 4
Item Received from Ry. barkar for 49 lodes 5 14 4
Item Received of bemunt for 4 lodes 0 9 4
Item Received from blank of stoke for x lode 1 3 4
Item Received of Swetcor for iij lode 0 7 0
Item Received from Mr. Bryde 2 0 0
Item Received of W. Coo of elleward 1 8 0

Memorandum that my grey colt was ij yeres olde at midsommer Anno 1595 and Elizabethe Regine xxxvij°.

I soulde him at Mich. then following to my brother John Winthrop for 1 s. and he sould him to my brother John Snellinge.

16 Junii 1609 Received. Lent to Mr. Steven Pien Dr. Cowells booke of the Interpreter 1

paid for Tho. Appulton xv d. more for a paire of shooes ix d. to the barbour 2
paid for Justin vj d.
Lent Judith iij s.
Lent Thomas ij s.
I caried to London in gould v li. xvij s. in siluer xlviij s. j. d. viij li. v s. j d.
Received of my Wife at my goinge to London xiiij li. ij s.

Memorandum that the 2 of December 1592 John Bonde of Boxford Taylour did surrender into the handes of Philip Goslinge and James Deathe Custimary tenantes of the Manor of Groton Hall that parcell of his Copy lande lyenge next vnto Clay pitt field and Boltes Went conteynyng by estimacion ij acres more or lesse to the vse of Adam Winthrop and his heires vppon Condicion etc. for the payment of xj li. the thirde day of December 1593.

In June 1595 I did put xiiij tenches into my ij little pondes.

Memorandum my brother John Winthrop departed from my house towardes Ireland the second day of Aprill 1595.

My brother Roger Alibaster and my sister Bridget departed towardes Ireland the viijth day of July 1595 it thundred and Rained very sore that daye.70

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The Interpreter, a booke containing the signification of Words: Wherein is set foorth the true meaning of all such words and termes as are mentioned in the Lawe-writers or Statutes (Cambridge, 1607), by John Cowell (1554–1611), professor of civil law at Cambridge. Cowell argued that the government of England was an absolute monarchy, an unhappy doctrine which led to the burning of his book by the common hangman. D. N. B. , XII. 375.

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Trimmed off.