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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1

Folio 8
Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

1595

A note of the mony lent since Christes Day.
To Mr. Thomas Nicolson xl s.
to Mountague x s.
to William Nutton vj li.
to Mr. Alison xx s. and xx s.
To William Bronde v li.
To John Grymes xx s. and x s.
To my brother John Wynthrop xl s.
to Richard Huggon1 xx s.
to Anderton for I bl. of barley iij s.
to John Symond the smyth x s.
paid to my neighbour John French vij li. vj s. viij d.
5 Maii Lent to my Cosen Johane Muskett2 xl s.
lent to Simon Rysinge x s. of his Rent
lent to my Cosen Barnes xl s. paid
Memorandum that I haue owinge vnto me of due dettes the xth of May Anno 1595 xxiiij li. xv s. vj d.
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A note of all such somes of mony as I haue Receiued since the feast of Thannunciation Anno 1595.
Received of John Raughlin for his Rent x s.
Received of John Coker for his Rent x s.
Received of Simon Facon for his Rent xl s.
Received of Simon Rysinge for his Rent iiij li.
Received of William Nutton for his Rent vij li.
Received of Jasper Laughlin for Rent lij s. iij d.
Received of Goodman Philip Gostlinge for Rent iiij li. xiij s. iiij d.
Received of John Warde for his Rent xxij s. vj d.
Received of John Grymes for the Rent of the Taintors v s.
Received of John Maslin for his Rent xxx s.
Received of twoe tenaunts in Hadleighe x s.
Received of my brother John Winthrop xv s.
Received of my brother for his bourde and his mans vij li.
Received of Mr. Hanam for his bourde iij li. vj s. viij d.
Received of Mr. Aliston xl s.
Received of Richard Huggon xx s.
Received for viij fane of Chaffe3 iiij s. and xvj d.
Received for iiij bls. of peaze xij s.
Received for j quarter of wheate xx s.
Received of Hall for a paper of Indentures x s.
Received of the Widow Reignold for Rent x s.
Received of William Sherman for Wrightinges vj s. viij d.
Received for iiij bls. of wheat xx s.
Received of Cokey for a Coppy ij s.
Received for ij bls. of pease vj s.
Received more for Chaffe xvi d. and xvi d.
Received for ij lodes of woodde vij s. iiij d.
Received for iiij bls. of peaze xiij s. iiij d.
Received for plowinge vj s. iiij d. and vii s.
Received more for Chaffe xvj d. and xvi d.
Received more for Chaffe viij d.
Received of Simon Facon for Woode iiij s. vj d.
Received more for plowinge viij s. iiij d. 9
Summa totalis xlvij li. xvj s. xj d. [9]

1.

Clothier.

2.

Widow of Henry Muskett. She died July 21, 1597, in her fifty-ninth year. Infra, p. 71.

3.

A fan of chaff was three heaped bushels. N. E. D.

Folio 9
Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

1595-03

24 Martii Anno 1594/1595
Memorandum that I sent my Father Henry Browne by John Wade x li.
Item I paid to Mr. Lawrence Hargrave1 for him xxiiij s. and x s.
Item paid to Mr. Henry Sandes for one yere x s. and x s.
Item for Rent to Mr. Waldegrave2 iiij d.
Item for Rent of Hilles x s. x d.
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Item to John Bogas for Rent viij s. ij d.
Item for the Webbynge of his Clothe x s. viij d.
Item payd to Mr. Henry Sandes for ij quarters x s.
A note of mony which I haue paid since Our Lady Day 1595
Imprimis paid to Thomas Beamont iij li. vj s.
Item paid to John Symond the Smyth viij s. ij d.
Item paid to Mr. Henry Sandes v s.
Item paid to the Collector for the poore iij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Mr. Thomas Nicholson for Tithe xxij s. vj d.
Item paid more to him for Rent of lande xiij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Mr. William Clopton3 for Rent xxvj s. viij d.
Item paid to Mr. Waldegrave for Rent ij s. v d.
Item paid to my brother John for Rent xliij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Anthony Hornby xxvj s.
Item to Thomas Laster x s.
Item in expenses extraordinary iiij s. ix d.
Item to my Cozen Humphrey Munynge xx s.
Item for iij bls. of mislyn4 xij s.
Item of William Sherman for wrightings (male hic) vj s. viij d.
Item for vj skynnes of parchment iij s. iiij d.
Item for a Colt xl s.
Item for a saddle and brydle xiij s. iiij d.
Item to the hoppe men iij s. iiij d. and xx d.
Item to Judith Baker for wages v s.
Item to my wife at Boxford 5 faire x s.
Item for threshinge of wheat viij s.
Item for paper and waxe vij d.
Item for heginge to Anderton v dayes v s.
Item to Kinge for iiij dayes iiij s.
Item given to Thomas at his departure from me v s.
Item for j bl. of bullingmeng6 ij s.
Item paid to Smyth for F. C.7 gowne xiij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Kinge and Anderton xvj s. and xij d.
Item paid to them for scowring a ditch at Lindsey ij s.
Item paid to Mr. Joseph Birde for tithe vj s.
Item paid to Thomas Page for j quarters wages x s.
Item paid to Anderton and King for Ryving logges iiij s.
Item paid to William Nutton for x lambes xl s.
Item paid to Rawling for digging in the hoppeyard iij s.
Item paid for ij paire of shoes iij s. iij d. 10
1.

Attorney of the “Comon place,” died at Groton, February 29, 1607–08. Infra, p. 97.

2.

Perhaps Thomas Waldegrave of Bures. Infra, pp. 64, 86.

3.

Of Groton, son of Richard, of Melford, and Margery (Plater) Clopton. His will was probated November 28, 1615. His daughter Thomasine married John Winthrop, later Governor, December 6, 1615. Muskett, 144.

4.

Or maslin, mixed grain, especially rye mixed with wheat. N. E. D.

5.

A parish in the hundreds of Babergh and Cosford, co. Suffolk, in which fairs were held on Easter Monday and December twenty-first, of each year.

6.

A mixture of various kinds of grain sown together, for feeding cattle. N. E. D.

7.

Frances Carpenter.