MRP: 29th March 1663, Letter from Rowland Elcock to Sir GO, London

29th March 1663, Letter from Rowland Elcock to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. 40,708 - 40,713, XXX, f. 66

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[BL, Add. MS. 40,708 - 40,713, XXX, f. 66]

Hono:d Sir

My resquest is y:t you would ffavour in send y:e inclosed to my Brother S:r Abram Shipman unto whom S:r Geo: Carthritt dooth consigne some moneys by order of his Majesty & some for S:r Abrams owne acco:t w:ch is á bout 179:ll that S:r George advanced of S:r Abrahams pay when hee went from hence & promised to send him (as now hee dooth) w:th money will Come to yo:r hand you may please to give S:r Abraham:e notice of it before you send it happily hee may give you order how to dispose of it, & In Case S:r Abrahame should bee dead S:r please to reserve y:e ryalls 9/9 that is sent for y:e 179:ll due to S:r Abrahame, & invest it & make y:e retournes for England to bee accountable to my Lady Shipman or his Daughter y:e kindenesse I shall acknowledge & rest

Yo:r serv:t to Comande
Rowland Elcock [actually looks like “Rouland”]

London y:e 29:th March 1663.

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Notes

Elcock family

"[XXXXX - CHECK DATE & PAGE REFERENCE - THERE IS AN ERROR] A list of the jewels and rings in the custody of the Treasurer is read, with their several prices ; but their sale is deferred, and the diamond ring sent by William Pearse (deceased at Jambi) to Edward Elcocke is ordered to be delivered to the latter, and four small rings to Mrs. Powell, on demand."

"[June 1st, 1649] Rowland Elcocke, who came from Messina to Paris about recovery of some goods taken from the Greyhound by the French (among them six bales of Messina silk belonging to the Company), reports that the Court of Admiralty in Paris has adjudged the said ship and goods to be a prize, and therefore there is no hope of recovering anything. Elcocke is advised to call a meeting of all who had goods in the Greyhound, when a representative from the Company shall join them to consider what is to be done in this business."

"[December 22nd, 1657] Humphrey Tabor to be allowed 40/. per annum, and John Thorne XXXXl. per annum, while serving the Company at Guinea. Hugh Wood and Rowland Elcocke are accepted as securities for Thorne."

"[October 25th, 1658] Thomas Davies and Rowland Elcock are accepted as securities in 500/. for George Davies, purser in the Vine."

"12. — Jacobson of Dover to be sent for to answer matters objected against him on behalf of the State. 13. 14. The petitions of Rowland Elcock, and of Nat..."

"DIE Lunæ, 25 die Novembris.: [1667]

Pettit versus Hyde. (fn. *) Vide the Order of 6 Decem'r 1667, for the Alterations.

Upon hearing of Counsel on both Parts this Day, at the Bar of this House, upon the Petition of Henry Pettit, Administrator of Thomas Freeman, late of London, Merchant, deceased, against Laurance Hyde, complaining of the hard Measure he the said Petitioner hath, by a Decree made in the Court of Chancery in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and One, for Eight Hundred Ninety Three Pounds, Seven Shillings, and Eight Pence, alledged to be due to the said Laurance Hyde upon an Accompt for Brimstone, which Decree is grounded upon a Certificate of Three Referees, videlicet, Mr. Reames, Mr. Elcock, and Mr. Micoe, all of the said Laurance Hyde's own Naming; it appearing to this Court, upon the Opening of the said Cause, that whereas at the First this Matter in Question being Merchants Accompts, it was referred by the Court of Chancery, with the Consent of both Parties, to Four Persons, videlicet, Mr. Rowland Elcock, Mr. William Reames, Mr. Nicholas Skynner, and Mr. Daniel Fairfax, or any Three of them, to hear and finally determine the Matters in Difference between the said Parties; but, if they the said Referees could not determine the same, then to certify to the Court of Chancery, how they found the same; who certifying Two and Two apart, the Court of Chancery could ground no Order thereon; and therefore, in appointing a Fifth Referee, named Mr. Micoc, a Person formerly excepted against by the Petitioner Pettit; whereupon, it being in the Power of any Three to certify, the Two Referees formerly named by the Defendant Laurance Hyde, and Mr. Micoe, certified without any of the Petitioner Pettit's Referees joining with them; upon which Certificate the Decree complained of was grounded, whereupon the Estate of the Petitioner Pettit, as well Copyhold as Freehold, was sequestered [and Laurance Hyde put into Possession thereof], and he committed Prisoner to The Fleete for not obeying the said Decree.

Upon due Consideration had of the Premises, it is ORDERED, Declared, and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Decree be reversed and made void, and the same is hereby reversed and made void; and that the said Henry Pettit be released and discharged of his Imprisonment; and the said Sequestration, for not obeying the said Decree, be taken off and discharged [and Henry Pettit put into such Possession thereof as he was in before the said Sequestration], for that the Cause of the said Complaint and Grievance of the Petitioner did arise from nominating the said Mr. Micoe to be a Referee: And it is hereby further ORDERED, Declared, and Adjudged; That the said Cause and Proceedings thereupon [and Possession of the Land of Henry Pettit] shall stand in Statu quo, and as they were before the Order of Nomination of the said Mr. Micoe to be a Referee; and the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal is hereby authorized and required to proceed in the said Cause accordingly : And it is hereby further ORDERED and Decreed, That in case, upon the Determination of the said Cause, a Decree shall be made on the Behalf of the said Laurance Hyde, That the Lands and Estate of the said Petitioner, which have been sequestered, shall be liable for Satisfaction thereof, as they should have been in case the said Decree hereby reversed had stood, and the Sequestration had continued: And as to the rest of the Petitioner's Complaint, their Lordships do not think fit to proceed thereupon, the Petitioner having a Remedy in an ordinary Course of Law, if there shall appear Cause of Relief."

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Possible primary sources

TNA

C 2/ChasI/A21/40 Short title: Aylmer v Elcock. Plaintiff: Aylmer. Defendant: Elcock . Document type: [Bill and answer or answers] Between 1625 and 1649

C 10/13/123: Richard Streamour or Stredmour v Edward Beale, Rowland Elcock and Walter Hickst: money matters 1652

PROB 11/201 Fines 129-201 Will of Edward Elcocke, Gentleman of London, Middlesex 25 October 1647

PROB 11/317 Hyde 57-107 Will of Sir Abraham Shipman 18 July 1665