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 See [[MRP: Francis Sanderson will|Francis Sanderson will]]
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 ===Abstract===

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 ==C10/155/38 f. 3==
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 '''This transcription has not yet been completed, 30/10/CSG'''
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 //XXXXX 21 XXX JXXXX 1669 [top LH corner of document]//

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 //day of January 1664 As by the said fourth contract whereunto this deft for his full certainty therein referreth himselfe appeareth And afterwards ??that on or about the first day of May 1665 another contract was made in the name of the plt & this deft but the name of the other deft Edward Backwell was not therein used [?three or four words illegible]//
 //XXXXXX therein XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX this defend:t the tenor whereof followeth in the words Know all men by these prsents That S:r William Ryder K:t & William Cutler Merchant XXXX Covenant & agreeXX doe hereby covenant  & agree with the principall Officers & Com:rs of his Matyes Navy that they the said  S:r William Ryder & William Cutler [?three or four words illegible]//

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 Thomas Westerne (alias Western), citizen and ironmonger, of London, was of St. Dunstan in the East and of Rivenhall, Essex.  His daughter, Martha Western(e), married Peter Gott, her cousin, who was the son of Samuel Gott of Battle, Sussex.  Samuel Gott was a lawyer and ironmaster, who had extensive ironworks in Sussex, and who was also a Presbyterian M.P. during the Interregnum and in the 1660 Convention parliament<ref>Eveline Cruickshanks, David W. Hayton, Stuart Handley (eds.), ''The House of Commons 1690-1715: members G-N'' (Cambridge, 2002), p. 52</ref>  In January 1658 Thomas Westerne had supplied the English East India Company with iron to be shipped in the ''Marigold'' for Guinea, and he was presumably well known to Ryder and Cutler.<ref>A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, January 16, 1658 (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 56), cited in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India company, 1655-1659''  (Oxford, 1916), p. 214, http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm00east#page/214/mode/2up, viewed 31/10/11</ref>
 The three correspondents appointed in Stockholm were Samuell Sowton, Thomas Cutler, and XXXX.  In 1674, five years after Sir William Ryder's death, his fourth daughter, Anne Ryder, married a Samuell Sowton.  Sowton was then reportedly twenty nine years old.<ref>XXXX, ''Chirk Castle Accounts A.D.. 1666-1753'' (XXXX, XXXX), fn. 2718, p. 497</ref>  It is likely, but not definite, that he was the factor who had been employed by Ryder ''et al'' in the 1660s.
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 ===Possible primary sources===
-C 5/165/50 Harvey v. Westerne: Middlesex. 1695
+'''C 5/165/50 Harvey v. Westerne: Middlesex. 1695'''
 C 5/66/61 Stinton v. Western: Sussex. 1690
 C 5/94/72 Stacy v. Westerne 1676
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 C 5/632/5 Stacy v. Westerne: Essex. 1646
 C 5/41/126 Wilson v. Westerne: Middlesex. 1659
-C 5/104/41 Westerne v. Westerne: Middlesex. 1692
+'''C 5/104/41 Westerne v. Westerne: Middlesex. 1692'''
-C 5/415/123 Winstanley v. Westerne 1661
+'''C 5/415/123 Winstanley v. Westerne 1661'''
 '''C 6/158/41 Short title: Bradshaw v Westerne. Plaintiffs: Nathaniel Bradshaw. Defendants: Thomas Westerne, Charles Harvey and William Carter. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer. 1662'''
 C 6/219/45 Short title: Westerne v Marsh. Plaintiffs: Thomas Westerne. Defendants: Elizabeth Marsh widow, Frances Turner, Henry Mallery, William Taylor, John Phillipps and William Ashburnham. Subject: manor of Mountfield, Sussex. Document type: bill, answer. 1676
 '''C 6/252/17 Short title: De Gelder v Holman. Plaintiffs: Cornelius De Gelder. Defendants: John Holman, Joseph Stretch, Samuel Sowton, Hannah Sowton, Sir Nathaniel Powell and Thomas Westerne. Subject: rectory of Staplehurst, Kent. Document type: bill, answer. 1685'''
-C 6/425/57  Short title: Harvy [Harvey] v Westerne. Document type: bill, answer. 1695
+'''C 6/425/57  Short title: Harvy [Harvey] v Westerne. Document type: bill, answer. 1695'''
-C 6/425/69 Short title: Harvey v Westerne. Document type: answer, schedule. 1697
+'''C 6/425/69 Short title: Harvey v Westerne. Document type: answer, schedule. 1697'''
 C 111/189  PACKET 27: UNKNOWN CAUSES: Bargain and sale of Samuel Wyseman of Rivenhall, Essex, to Thomas Western of London of land and property in Rivenhall, Mucking, Braintree, Osea Island, Great Stambridge, Paglesham and Canewdon, Essex 1692
 PROB 11/282 Wootton 524-574 Will of Tobias Harvey, Ironmonger of Saint Sepulchre London 01 October 1658
 PROB 11/340 Eure 108-157 Will of Charles Harvey, Draper of London of Clapham, Surrey 05 November 1672 (unlikely match, since not an ironmonger)
 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=179-dun&cid=4-1-3#4-1-3 East Sussex Record Office: Archive of the Roberts family of Boarzell in Ticehurst and the Dunn family of Stonehouse: Title deeds: Farnden family  [no ref.]  1587-1724: Deeds of the Manor of Crowham, Crowham forge, Conster forge and furnace in Brede  [no ref.]  1632-1697: Counterpart assignment of a 21-year lease  DUN 27/3  9 May 1662]
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 SG and PF may work out their stock of coal and sows into bar-iron at the forge, not prejudicing the blowing of the furnace, until 1 May 1663, for which they will pay £20, but they must have finished all carting away by 29 Sep 1663
 W: Thomas Bard, John Hedger, William Cogger; John Busbridge, Robert Sturtupp
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 '''This abstract needs to be written'''
-C10/155/38 f. 3 is the answer of Sir William Ryder to a Bill of Complaint ([[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]) brought by Ryder's former partner, the London merchant, William Cutler.  Ryder's fellow defendants were George Cocke, another London merchant, the London goldsmith Edward Backwell, and Ryder's servant, Samuel Heron.  Backwell and Cocke presumably made separate answers to Cutler's Bill of Complaint, but these answers have not been found at the National Archives.
+C10/155/38 f. 3 is the answer of Sir William Ryder to a Bill of Complaint ([[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]) brought by Ryder's former partner, the London merchant, William Cutler.  Ryder's fellow defendants were a fellow London merchant, George Cocke; the London goldsmith, Edward Backwell; and Ryder's servant, Samuel Heron.  Backwell and Cocke presumably made separate answers to Cutler's Bill of Complaint, but these answers have not been found at the National Archives.
 The suit was brought in 1668, eighteen months before Ryder's death.  Ryder's lengthy answer details the terms of a series of five contracts made with the Navy Board between 1662 and ?1666 . The contracts were between a partnership led by Ryder, which included William Cutler for all five years.  George Cocke, was a partner for several early contracts, whereas Edward Backwell was a partner in the later contracts.  The contracts were for the delivery to Portsmouth, Chatham and Woolwich of hemp, tar and pitch from the Baltic and were for sizeable, though varying, quantities and values.
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 Ryder's answer details the responsibilities for book keeping, contract by contract, and gives information about the accrued profits on each of the contracts.  He states that the books for a number of the later years are still open, though a preliminary view has been formed of the expected profits for those years.
-Ryder describes a series of problems in the 1665 contract year.  The partners had agreed between themeselves that Blackwell "should looke after the receiving the money from the Navy", that Ryder should "correspond and give orders", and that Cutler should "looke after the affaires immediately relating to the Com:rs of the Navy for procuring XXXXX and ?order(s) from the board for the receipt of the goods and getting Bills for the same."  However, during the year Alderman Backwell was overseas on the King's business, and Cutler left the "whole troubles" on Ryder.  Due to the sickness of that year the Naval commissioners were dilatory in arranging the regular transfer of money to the partners.  As a result Ryder was forced to leave £3000 of his money in Backwell's hands for five or six months to ensure there was sufficient money to meet bills of exchange drawn on the partnership's account with Backwell.
+Ryder describes a series of problems in the 1665 contract year.  The partners had agreed between themeselves that Backwell "should looke after the receiving the money from the Navy", that Ryder should "correspond and give orders", and that Cutler should "looke after the affaires immediately relating to the Com:rs of the Navy for procuring XXXXX and ?order(s) from the board for the receipt of the goods and getting Bills for the same."  However, during the year Alderman Backwell was overseas on the King's business, and Cutler left the "whole troubles" on Ryder.  Due to the sickness of that year the Naval commissioners were dilatory in arranging the regular transfer of money to the partners.  As a result Ryder was forced to leave £3000 of his money in Backwell's hands for five or six months to ensure there was sufficient money to meet bills of exchange drawn on the partnership's account with Backwell.
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 //Westerne and Charles Harvey theire Executo:rs or Assignes shall and will not only accept and receive on board each ship and ships respectively upon arrival thereof in the River of Thames and notice thereof given unto them and ?according to ??s:d Invoyces or ??factorage [?one or two words illegible]//
-//all such other said Iron as shalbe delivered or XXXX to or for them according to this contract But alsoe shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler their Executors and Assignes  XXX XXXX XXXX the same Iron w:ch XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX [?three words illegible]//
+//all such other said Iron as shalbe delivered or XXXX to or for them according to this contract But alsoe shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler their Executors and Assignes XXX XXXX XXXX the same Iron w:ch XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX [?three words illegible]//
 //?tendred be delivered aboard according to the true meaning of these p:rsents att and after the rate and prize of twelve pounds and five shillings of Lawfull money of England p ?hund. for every ??tun thereof and XXXXX XXXXXX  for any great  XXXX XXX quantity [?two or three words illegible]//
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 //accompting XXXXXXXXXXXX p pound and a halfe Stockholme weight to each XXXX thereof XX the said S:r William Ryder and Willm Cutler doe covenant promise and agree to & with the said S:r William Ryder & [?four or five words illegible]//
-//paid after the delivery of each severall parcell In this manner vizt  ?The third part thereof upon such delivery of ?each parcell proporconably in ready XXXXXXXX XXXXX thereof XXXXINSRETION CONTINUES
+//paid after the delivery of each severall parcell In this manner vizt  ?The third part thereof upon such delivery of ?each parcell proporconably in ready XXXXXXXX XXXXX thereof XXXXINSERTION CONTINUES
-//agreed betweene all the said parties to those p:rsons and thesaid Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey for them and either of them their Executors and Administrators (sic)
+//agreed betweene all the said parties to those p:rsons and thesaid Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey for them and either of them their Executors and Administrators (sic) doe covenant promisse and agree to
-//?either of their Executors and Assignes by these p:rsents That the said Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey their Executo:rs or Assignes or some of them
+//?either of their Executors and Assignes by these p:rsents That the said Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey their Executo:rs or Assignes or some of them shall and will well and truely pay
-//or Assignes the summe of two Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England w:thin sixty dayes now next comeing w:ch by agreem:t is to be defalked w:th interest att
+//or Assignes the summe of two Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England w:thin sixty dayes now next comeing w:ch by agreem:t is to be defalked w:th interest att six pound per cent p Ann out of the last moneys to growe due to be paid for the said Iron ITEM it is XXXX XXXXX agreed XXXXX//
-//??betweene all the said parties to these p:rsons for themselves there Executors and Adm:s that the said Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey shall disburse and pay all
+//??betweene all the said parties to these p:rsons for themselves there Executors and Adm:s that the said Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey shall disburse and pay all freight for the said Iron according to Contract or Bill of Lading And shall likewise pay or disburse all Customes//
-//factorage weighing and porterage to Lay the same on Land XXX freight customs ?Laytorage weighing and porterage to ??pay the same on land w:ch freight customs
+//factorage (OR, Latorage) weighing and porterage to Lay the same on Land XXX freight customs ?Laytorage weighing and porterage to ??pay the same on land w:ch Freight Custome ?Laytorage Weighing and porterage is to be allowed by the said S:r William Ryder and William Cutler and XXX//
-//??defalked out of the first payment of each parcell provided the said Customs XXXXXXXXXXXX weighing and ?porterage
+//??defalked out of the first payment of each parcell provided the said Customs XXXXXXXXXXXX ?Laytorage  Weighing and Porterage XXX XXXX XX contrXXXX doe not exceed tenne shillings p hund and if they exceed tenne shillings p hund the said Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey are to ?beare the//
-//?same But the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler are to pay all the freight whatsoever XX XXXX XXXX it is provided and agreed by and betweene the said
+//?same But the said S.r William Ryder and William Cutler are to pay all the freight whatsoever XX XXXX XXXX it is provided and agreed by and betweene the said parties to these p:rsents for themselves there Executors and Administrators that in case of losse of any of the//
-//afoemenconed Iron att seas in comeing over or in case of Warre W:ch ?Duty Sweden or ?Dane the said William Ryder and William Cutler ?are XXXX to deliver soe
+//afoemenconed Iron att seas in comeing over or in case of Warre W:ch ?Duty Sweden or ?Dane the said William Ryder and William Cutler ?are XXXX to deliver soe ??much of the aforesaid quantity as they can
 //??made in ??any case any thing aforesaid to the Contrary Notwithstanding  In witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these p:rsent ?Articles of XXXX XXXXX ?interchangeably have put theire hands and seales
-//w:th Westerne and Harvey did agree to buy severall goods and Merchandizes or ?partnership to be ?exported to Stockholme to buy Iron Copper and deales XXXXXX As XXXXXXXXXX
+//w:th Westerne and Harvey did agree to buy severall goods and Merchandizes or ?partnership to be ?exported to Stockholme to buy Iron Copper and deales there and in order thereof ?that it is their said XXXXX
-//in the Articles menconned and goods and Merchandizes were provided to be exported accordingly amounting to about one thousand pounds ??now then  the said two thousand
+//in the Articles menconned and goods and Merchandizes were provided to be exported accordingly amounting to about one thousand pounds ??now then the said two thousand
 //this defend:t to the value ofe three Thousand five hundred pounds nere or thereabouts for the better managem:t of the affaire in ptnershipp this defd:t
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 ===Commentary===
 C10/155/38 f. 3 includes reference to a contract between Sir William Ryder and William Cutler on the one part and the London ironmongers Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey.  The contract was dated 1663 and was for 600 tuns of "fine Merchantable Swedish  Iron of good melte and sort" to be delivered by Ryder and Cutler into the hands of Westerne and Harvey at a location on the River Thames, free of shipping and other charges.
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 Straker, Ernest, ''Wealden iron: a monograph on the former ironworks in the counties of Sussex, Surrey and Kent comprising a history of the industry from the earliest times to its cessation'' (XXXX, 1931)
 Tomlinson, Howard C., 'Wealden Gunfounding: An Analysis of its Demise in the Eighteenth Century' in ''The Economic History Review'', vol.  29, Issue 3, pp.383–400, August 1976

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 //of [blank space in document] XX the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand six hundred sixty and seaven the p:lt had an account delivered unto him
-//payable by the plt And the defd:t upon this occasion and  XX this Defend:t alone paid aforesaid and for the dispositcon of all goods
+//payable by the plt And the defd:t upon this occasion and w:ch this Defend:t alone paid aforesaid and for the dispositcon of all goods imported w:ch were all landed in London and Portsmouth XXX accompt this Def:dt XXX to ?be just and true accompts
-//would profitt of that affaire amounted as to all the said goods imported and landed att the port of London amounted unto five hundred
+//would profitt of that affaire amounted as to all the said goods imported and landed att the port of London amounted unto five hundred forty seaven pound two shillings four pence and  noe more and of the said goods ?unpacked and landed ??att ??present to one and ?thirty//
-//pound sixteene and six pence as by the said accounts whereunto this Defend:t referreth himselfe appeareth Xad that the said Comp:lt
+//pound sixteene and six pence as by the said accounts whereunto this Defend:t referreth himselfe appeareth Xad that the said Comp:lt is ?ever paid what is iustly due upon this ?accompt the XXXX of thirty eight pounds one shilling and a penny ?as this defend:t XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX//
-//XXXX interest And the said Comp:lt to the knowledge of this Defend:t never found any falt (sic) w:th the amount And hath the same in his pXXXXXXXX
+//?losse XXX interest And the said Comp:lt to the knowledge of this Defend:t never found any falt (sic) w:th the amount And hath the same in his ?power or custody as this Defend:t [)ten or twelve words illegible]
-//accounts touching the said contract w:ch his Maties Com:rs and the XXXX of ?accounts XX ?hereafter
+//accounts touching the said contract w:ch his Maties Com:rs and the ??other of ?accounts XX ?hereafter XXXXX to be betweene this XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
 //neither the Defend:t Alderman Blackwell XXX XXX XX ? had anythinge to doe w:th this account And this Defend:t XX denyeth that he XXX XXXXXXXX in the  said

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 '''This abstract needs to be written'''
-C10/155/38 f. 3 is the answer of Sir William Ryder to a Bill of Complaint ([[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]) brought by Ryder's former partner, the London merchant, William Cutler.  Ryder's fellow defendant was the London goldsmith Edward Backwell.  Backwell presumably made a separate answer to Cutler's Bill of Complaint, but this answer has not been found at the National Archives.
+C10/155/38 f. 3 is the answer of Sir William Ryder to a Bill of Complaint ([[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]) brought by Ryder's former partner, the London merchant, William Cutler.  Ryder's fellow defendants were George Cocke, another London merchant, the London goldsmith Edward Backwell, and Ryder's servant, Samuel Heron.  Backwell and Cocke presumably made separate answers to Cutler's Bill of Complaint, but these answers have not been found at the National Archives.
-The suit was brought in 1668, eighteen months before Ryder's death.  Ryder's lengthy answer details the terms of a series of five contracts made with the Navy Board between 1662 and ?1666 . The contracts were between a partnership led by Ryder, which included William Cutler for all five years.  Another merchant, George Cocke, was a partner for several early contracts, whereas Edward Backwell was a partner in the later contracts.  The contracts were for the delivery to Portsmouth, Chatham and Woolwich of hemp, tar and pitch from the Baltic and were for sizeable, though varying, quantities and values.
+The suit was brought in 1668, eighteen months before Ryder's death.  Ryder's lengthy answer details the terms of a series of five contracts made with the Navy Board between 1662 and ?1666 . The contracts were between a partnership led by Ryder, which included William Cutler for all five years.  George Cocke, was a partner for several early contracts, whereas Edward Backwell was a partner in the later contracts.  The contracts were for the delivery to Portsmouth, Chatham and Woolwich of hemp, tar and pitch from the Baltic and were for sizeable, though varying, quantities and values.
-Ryder's answer also includes details of a contract made in 1663 between Ryder and Cutler on the one part and the London ironmongers Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey on the other for the delivery to the latter of Swedish iron.  The iron was to be delivered to a location on the River Thames free of all freight and other charges.
+Ryder's answer includes details of a contract made in 1663 between Ryder and Cutler on the one part and the London ironmongers Thomas Westerne and Charles Harvey on the other for the delivery to the latter of Swedish iron.  The iron was to be delivered to a location on the River Thames free of all freight and other charges.
 Ryder's answer details the responsibilities for book keeping, contract by contract, and gives information about the accrued profits on each of the contracts.  He states that the books for a number of the later years are still open, though a preliminary view has been formed of the expected profits for those years.
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 //The severall Answeares of S:r William Ryder knt one of the defendants to the//
 //Bill of Complant of William Cuttler Esquire Complianant//
-//All advantage of excepcon to the incertainties  & insufficientyes of the said Bill of complt this defend:t now & att all tymes hereafter being saved & reserved for XX XX to bee XXX thereof as materiall for him this defendant to answear unto hee saith That hee beleeves that about the yeare One Thousand six hundred & one there might be an [XXXX]//
+//All advantage of excepcon to the incertainties  & insufficientyes of the said Bill of complt this defend:t now & att all tymes hereafter being saved & reserved for answer to soe much thereof as materiall for him this defendant to answear unto hee saith That hee beleeves that about the yeare One Thousand six hundred & one there might be occasion//
-//to supply his Maties stores with Navall provisions but this defendant denyeth that hee or the plt to his knowledge XXXXXXXXXXXXXX untill about the month of July One thousand sixty & ??two Att or about which tyme true itt is that this deft at the XXXXXXXXXXXX & sollicitacon of the deft & the other defendant M:r Cocke & some of the principall Officers//
+//to supply his Maties stores with Navall provisions but this defendant denyeth that hee or the plt to his knowledge ?intermeddled therin untill about the month of July One thousand sixty & two Att or about which tyme true itt is that this deft at the earnest ?importunity & sollicitacon of the deft & the other defendant M:r Cocke & some of the principall Officers//
-//?& Com:rs of the Navy was psuaded to Joyne with the said Comp:lt & the said other defendant in a contract or bargaine with her Matyes said Com:rs the tenor of which bargaine or contract followeth in the these words Whereas in order to the better ??accomodating his Matyes service an offer hath beene lately made by the Crowne of Sweden That for what quantity //
+//& Com:rs of the Navy was psuaded to Joyne with the said Comp:lt & the said other defendant in a contract or bargaine with her Matyes said Com:rs the tenor of which bargaine or contract followeth in the these words Whereas in order to the better accomodatinge his Matyes service an offer hath beene lately made by the Crowne of Sweden That for what quantity //
-//of hempe his Matyes XXXXXX affaires may require Itt shalbe att his Matyes pleasure by his Agents at Riga or elsewhere to ??inoye & make use of what ???quantityes or benefitt it may bee to take upp the said hempe to his owne use in the name of the King of Sweden And whereas now XXXXXXXXXXon thereof made to this Board itt hath beene [?one word illegible]//
+//of hempe his Matyes XXXX affaires may require Itt shalbe att his Matyes pleasure by his Agents at Riga or elsewhere to ??inoye & make use of what ???quantityes or benefitt it may bee to take upp the said hempe to his owne use in the name of the King of Sweden And whereas now XXXXXXXXXXon thereof made to this Board itt hath beene [?possible none or one word illegible]//
-//after full enquiry & debate XXXXX most advisable for the XX?procuring of the said XXXXXXXXX to his Matyes best advantage that the management thereof be committed to some psons of knowne ability & integrity as factors for his Matye in that behalfe to be accomptable to the Office uppon Oath for the truth of their proceedings & disbursements XXXXXXXXXXXXX//
+//after full enquiry & debate XXXXX most advisable for the ????im?procuring of the said XXXXXXXall to his Matyes best advantage that the management thereof be committed to some psons of knowne ability & integrity as factors for his Matye in that behalfe to be accomptable to the Office uppon Oath for the truth of their proceedings & disbursements [?possible none or one word illegible]//
-//?therein And moreover in psuance of the said resolucon of this Board choice hath beene made of S:r William Ryder knt  M:r William Cutler & M:r George Cocke merchants as psons fully quallified for their XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX beinge knowne all men by these XXXX that the principall Officers & Com:rs for his Matyes Navy XXXXXXXXXXXX//
+//therein And moreover in psuance of the said resolucon of this Board choice hath beene made of S:r William Ryder knt  M:r William Cutler & M:r George Cocke merchants as psons fully quallified for their undertaking knowe all men by these XXXX that the principall Officers & Com:rs for his Matyes Navy ?have//
-//Covenanted & agreed to and with the said S:r William Ryder knt William Cutler and George Cocke Merchants that they the said S:r William Ryder Cutler & Cocke shall for the use of his Matyes Cause to be bought at Riga ??or Quinsborough & delivered at  Portsmouth Chatham or Woolwich (as the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall direct XXXXXXXXXXXX//
+//Covenanted & agreed to and with the said S:r William Ryder knt William Cutler and George Cocke Merchants that they the said S:r William Ryder Cutler & Cocke shall for the use of his Matyes Cause to be bought at Riga ??or Quinsborough & delivered at  Portsmouth Chatham or Woolwich (as the said principall Officers & Com:rs shall direct XX//
-//hereafter ??whatever the day of the XXXXXX hereof the ?last of December next ensuinge (the danger of the seas excepted) ffive hundred Tonnes or what part thereof can be ??conveniently ?prepared imployinge therein to his Maties best advantage the above said offer of  the King of Sweden of the best merchandtable Rhyne hempe And//
+//hereafter betweene the day of the ??signing hereof the ?last of December next ensuinge (the danger of the seas excepted) ffive hundred Tonnes or what part thereof can be conveniently procured imployinge therein to his Maties best advantage the above said offer of  the King of Sweden of the best merchandtable Rhyne hempe And//
-//that the said Ryder Cutler Cocke shall to the utmost of their care & skill endeavour the buying & shipping of the said parcell of hempe at the XXX rate & freight that the then p:rsent markett can afford And for asmuch as twenty four thousand pounds or thereabouts will be the said necessary to be provided for the//
+//that the said Ryder Cutler Cocke shall to the utmost of their care & skill endeavour the buying & shipping of the said parcell of hempe at the XXXXX rate & freight that the then p:rsent markett can afford And for asmuch as twenty four thousand pounds or thereabouts will be the said necessary to be provided for the//
-//buying the said quantity of hempe the said XXXXX Officers & Com:rs doe promise to pay to the said Ryder Cutler & Cocke within the tyme of eight weeks next afterXXX the date hereof by weekly proporconns Three four partes of the said some, the remaining one fourth pte to be upon the credit of the said//
+//buying the said quantity of hempe the said principall Officers & Com:rs doe promise to pay to the said Ryder Cutler & Cocke within the tyme of eight weeks next ??ensueing the date hereof by weekly proporconns Three four partes of the said some, the remaining one fourth pte to be upon the credit of the said//
-//Ryder Cutler & Cocke untill the Arrivall of the said quantity of hempe & then to be paid them upon delivery thereof according to such propoccons as it shall happily arrive in And for asmuch as through danger of the seas & the ?XXXXX of merchants to often to make badd debts by meeting with Bankrupts the//
+//Ryder Cutler & Cocke untill the Arrivall of the said quantity of hempe & then to be paid them upon delivery thereof according to such propoccons as it shall happily arrive in And for asmuch as through danger of the seas & the ?XXXdents of merchants ?too often to make badd debts by meeting with Bankrupts the//
-//delivery of the same as aforesaid may be made  ?has ?arduous to his Maty ?If ?proposon be not made therein The said Ryder Cutler & Cocke doe hereby ?Jointly & ?personally oblige themselves to cause Assurances upon the said hempe to be made att the ?XXXX ?rates they can (which they have here ?liberly granted them of makeing//
+//delivery of the same as aforesaid may be made hasarduous to his Maty If ?provision be not made therein The said Ryder Cutler & Cocke doe hereby Jointly & personally oblige themselves to cause Assurances upon the said hempe to be made att the ?XXXX ?rates they can (which they have here ?liberly granted them of makeing//
 //in his Maty or their owne names) and to make good to the said principall Officers & Com:rs within six moneths after any losse shalbe proved ?aswell  Also said Assuances as what somme or sommes shalbe by them delivered by exchange or otherwise or to any pson whatsoever to the use abovesaid And if through//