Tools: PROB 11/350/141 Will of Thomas Bale, Merchant of London 03 February 1676
PROB 11/350/141 Will of Thomas Bale, Merchant of London 03 February 1676
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Thomas Bale (b. ca. 1631, d. betw. 1671-1676) was a London merchant dealing in the Canary and Spanish trade. He appears from his will to have been unmarried and without children.
He gave a deposition in the English Admiralty Court in July 1658 regarding the ship the Mary and Joyce, of which William Warren was supracargo. Bale's deposition makes clear that Thomas Bale was factor for Thomas Warren of London at Saphia on the Barbary coast at the time the ship the Mary and Joyce set out from London to voyage via the Barbary Coast to the Canary Islands. Bale's employer, Thomas Warren, may have been the brother of William Warren the supracargo.[1]
In his will made in 1671, when sick at Sally on the Barbary coast, Thomas Bale again mentioned William Warren ("Lime=street of London Merchant"), whom he made his sole executor.
His continued involvement in the Spanish trade can be seen in the will, which mentions debts due to him from an English merchant in Cadiz.
He mentions his brothers James Bale (probably an elder brother), together with younger brothers Giles Bale and John Bale, and a godson, James Sweet.[2]
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Laus Deo. Sally. the seaventeenth of November 1671:-
I Thomas Bale of London merchant being nowe weak in
Bodie, but of perfect mynde and memorie doe hereby declare, that if in case it
should please God to take mee out of this life, then this to be my last Will
and Testament, And for performance whereof I doe nominate and appoint,
and vertue hereof authorize Mr William Warren in Lime=street of London
Merchant to be my lawfull and sole Executor to act and doe any such Act or
Acts thing or things, to selll dispose recover deliver pay and receave accord-
=ing as by my Accompts or otherwise shall be made - appeare to be due
to mee or from mee, And I doe hereby give my said Executor as full
power and authoritie to act and doe in everything as if myselfe were
present to doe and act the same: And whereas I have six hundred and
sixteene peeces of Eight due to mee from Mr Mathewes, And one
hundred peeces of Eight due to mee from Mr William Pitto Merchants in
Cadiz, And a Bond of One hundred and six pounds upon my Brother
James Bale in the hands of my Cousen Saynds I desire my said Executor
to recover the said moneys into his Custodie, and with what hee hath
alreadie of myne in his hands, and after all Accompts are adjusted with my
Imployers, the performance whereof I leave to the management of Mr
Thomas Oneby, as hee in his Conscience shall think to be just and Equitie,
And what then to come to mee, I desire my said Imployers to deliver
said money into the hands of my Executor Mr William Warren, who after
the receipt of it, and what money owing to mee, and payment of all debts
that can be lawfully made appeare to be owing by mee, then to part all
my personall Estate equally betweene my two younger Brothers Giles
Bale and John Bale, Except thirtie pounds sterling which I leave to
my Godsonn James Sweete, and twentie five pounds to Samuell [?C]ranes:
Witnes my hand in Sally: Tho: Bale:- Signed and sealed in the
presence of us. John Wyles:- Richard Byrt:- William Price:'
Testio Die Mensis February Anno Sominij millesimo
sexcentesmo septuagesimo quinto (Stylo Angliae) omanavit Commisero
Johann Bale fratri naturalis et legitimo et [XXX] residuar Legatar in
Testamento Thomawe Bale imper Civitatis London sed apud Sout[?h]=Sally in
par[?t]ibustransmarims coelibis defuncti habentis zr ad administrandum
Bona jura et credita dicti Defuncti juxta tenorem et effectum Testamenti
ipsius Defuncti de bene et fideliter administrando eadem ad sancta Dei
Evangelia in debita Juris formu[XX]rato Williesmo Warren Executore in
d[XX]o Testamento normnato'On [XX] executiomo Testamenti dicti defei
[XXX] venucia[XXX] prout ex [?Actio] Curiae lignet et apparet: exr
Notes
People
People mentioned by the testator:
Giles Gale
Brother of Thomas Bale
James Bale
Brother of Thomas Bale
John Bale
Brother of Thomas Bale
Mr Mathewes
Merchant in Cadiz
Mr William Pitto
Merchant in Cadiz
William Warren
The testator, Thomas Bale, appointed as sole executor: "Mr William Warren in Lime=street of London Merchant". Fenchurch street runs roughly west to east until Mincing Lane, when it turns to run north west past Mark Lane towards Aldgate. A hearth tax record for "Wm Warrin 9 hearths" in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street (whose church lies less than 200 metres south of Fenchurch Street) is therefore a plausible match.
St Olave Hart Street
Mark Lane East
Wm Warrin (sic) 9 hearths[3]
Moreover, there are baptismal records in the parish registers of Saint Olave Hart Street in the early and later 1660s for the children of "M.r William Warren, march:t, & M:rs Sarah his wife". In the case of son Arthur, the Spanish and East India merchant Sir Arthur Ingram and a Thomas Warren acted as godfathers, and Mrs Ann Ingram as godmother. In the case of son Thomas, the Canary wine merchant John Page and the merchant Rowland Ingram, relative of Sir Arthur Ingram, acted as godfathers. William Warren's wife, Sarah, was the daughter of Sir Arthur Ingram's brother, the ironmonger Robert Ingram. Ralph Ingram was the nephew of both Robert and Sir Arthur Ingram, and therefore first cousin to Sarah Warren (nee Ingram). By the date of the birth of William and Sarah Warren's child, Robert Ingram was dead.[4]
- "[Baptism] [1663] July 30 Arthur s. M.r William Warren, march:t, & M:rs Sarah his wife borne 23 July att one of y:e clock in the afternoone & bap. p M:r Mills, lecturer (M:r Mills, parson, being absent). Godfathers were M:r Arthur Ingra & M:r Thomas Warren & M:rs Ann Ingram, godmother"[5]
- "[Baptism] [1665(6)] Feb. 11 William s. Mr Wm Warren, mrcht, and Mrs Sarah his wife borne A bap. at Abrige in Essex"[6]
- "[Baptism] [1667(8)] Jan 16 Thomas s. Mr. Wm Warren, mrcht, & Mrs Sarah his wife bap: Mr John Page & Mr Rowld Ingram, godfathrs; ye Lady Ann Ingram, godmor"[7]
Places
Places mentioned by the testator:
Possible primary sources
TNA
Chancery
C 4/70/42 Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Answers etc, before 1660. Pleadings in no alphabetical order. Thomas Bale v. John?Shaste: answer Date of document between 1550 and 1650. 1550 - 1650
C 6/54/31 Short title: Merefield v Bale. Plaintiffs: Robert Merefield . Defendants: James Bale . Subject: money matters, Somerset. Document type: answer only. 1672
C 6/54/70 Short title: Sandys v Bale. Plaintiffs: William Sandys. Defendants: James Bale, John Sweet, Giles Bale, William Lawrence, John Hardy and others. Subject: money matters, Somerset. Document type: answer only.
- SEE Godson James Sweet is mentioned in Thomas Bale's will, together with brothers James Bale, Giles Bale (and John Bale)
C 6/279/16 Short title: Bale v Warr. Plaintiffs: Giles Bale . Defendants: William Warr . Subject: money matters. Document type: bill, answer. 1684
- William Warr" may be a TNA metadata input error for "William Warren". William Warren was the sole executor for Thomas Bale's will, proved in 1676, and Giles Bale was one of Thomas Bale's two younger brothers
C 6/512/79 Short title: Bale v [unknown]. First plaintiff: James Bale. Defendants: [unknown]. Document type: bill only. Brief description taken from an 18th century listing. 1681
C 6/514/86 Short title: Bale v [unknown]. First plaintiff: James Bale. Defendants: [unknown]. Document type: bill only. Brief description taken from an 18th century listing. 1674
PROB
PROB 11/308/4747 Will of Robert Ingram, Ironmonger of London 27 June 1662 SEE: [Ancestry digital image]
- Brother of Sir Arthur Ingram
- Daughter, Sarah, married William Warren, son of William Warren, after death of Robert Ingram
PROB 11/336/473 Will of Thomas Warren of Saint Hallows Hackney, Middlesex 20 July 1671 SEE: Ancestry digital image
[NOTE: The TNA metadata appear to be incorrect. Inspection of the image of the will, though hard to decipher, appears to read Thomas Warren of Saint Hallowes Barkeing London Esquire. Ancestry has correctly indexed the record as "St Hallowes Barkeing London"
- "Thomas Warren of Saint Hallowes Barkeing London Esquire"
- Will made and signed on July 20th, 1669, and proved July 20 1671
- Gives £50 to the poor of the "parish of [?L]imston in the County of Devon"
- Gives £20 to the poor of the "parish of St Hallows Barkeing"
- Mentions wife, Mary, of John Warren Mariner
- Wealthy testator, with property in London and Dartford in Kent
- Son, William Warren, to receive property in parish of Dartford, Kent; in parish of Limston [?Devon]; in Tipperary in Ireland; and 860 acres of land in Wiltshire near the town of Andover, which had been mortgaged to him for ca. £600
- Three daughters of Thomas Warren: Joyce (the eldest), Bridgett, and Elizabeth Warren
- Wife Joyce Warren made sole exeutrix of testator's will
- Further (presumably younger) son named Thomas Warren
- It appears that all children are under the age of 21 at time of writing the will in XXXX
- Bequest of Bridget Warren, mother of the testator, who was a widow
- Bequests include "my brother William Warren Merchant and his wife", and "John Page Merchant and his wife"
PROB 11/350/141 Will of Thomas Bale, Merchant of London 03 February 1676
PROB 11/367/477 Will of Sir Arthur Ingram of City of London 26 September 1681
PROB 11/450/427 Will of William Warren, Merchant of London 27 May 1699 SEE Ancestry digital image
- Not to be confused with Sir William Warren, timber merchant, based in Wapping, who was a commercial partner with Sir John Shorter in Baltic trade
- Inspection of PROB 11/450/427 does not confirm or disprove the theory that this the will of Thomas Bale's sole executor, with whom he had commercial links in the 1650s, and no doubt later
Possible secondary sources
- ↑ "Thomas Warren of Saint Hallowes Barkeing London Esquire" made a will in July 1669 (proved in July 1671), which mentioned both an uncle and a brother named William Warren, both of them merchants. He also mentioned John Page, merchant, suggesting that the testator had a link with the Canary wine trade in which John Page is known to have been active. Though a wealthy man, there are no explicit references in the testator's will to commercial activities. SEE: PROB 11/336/473 Will of Thomas Warren of Saint Hallows Hackney, Middlesex 20 July 1671
- ↑ A John Sweet appears as a co-defendant with James Bale, Giles Bale and others in a Chancery suit dated XXXX. SEE: C 6/54/70 Short title: Sandys v Bale. Plaintiffs: William Sandys. Defendants: James Bale, John Sweet, Giles Bale, William Lawrence, John Hardy and others. Subject: money matters, Somerset. Document type: answer only.
- ↑ Wm Warrin. William Warren, London merchant (b. ?, d. ?). mar. Sarah [surname unknown]. See '[1663] July 30 Arthur s. M.r William Warren, march:t, & M:rs Sarah his wife borne 23 July att one of y:e clock in the afternoone & bap. p M:r Mills, lecturer (M:r Mills, parson, being absent). Godfathers were M:r Arthur Ingra & M:r Thomas Warren & M:rs Ann Ingram, godmother' (W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 70, viewed 28/02/12); PROB 11/450/427 Will of William Warren, Merchant of London 27 May 1699)
- ↑ PROB 11/308/4747 Will of Robert Ingram, Ironmonger of London 27 June 1662
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 70, viewed 15/01/14
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 73, viewed 15/01/14
- ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 75, viewed 15/01/14
