CHARGE AGAINST TURVILLE, BOWLAND, AND PAINTER (Abst.).
(_Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS._ 55, No. 3.)
Charge informed in the Exchequer by John Powell against Geoffrey
Turville, Richard Bowland and William Painter.
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£7,077 : 8 : 1
Of which
Upon G. Turville 2,715 : 2 : 8
” R. Bowland 2,413 : 2 : 8
” W. Painter 1,949 : 2 : 8
Of this sum of £1949 : 2 : 8 William Painter confesses in his answer to
owe £1079 : 17 : 3 which leaves unconfessed the sum of £869 : 5 : 5 of
which he himself prays to be disburdened for divers good and reasonable
considerations:--
For Iron sold to the amount of £ 16 : 8 : 4
For Powder sold for £ 4 : 8 : 10
For things conveyed from the Storehouse at Woolwich 4 : 0 : 0
For unserviceable shot sent into Barbary 173 : 13 : 4
For Powder Munition &c. 205 : 0 : 0
For sale of Sulphur 10 : 10 : 0
Divers allowances 373 : 6 : 8
Work done at Portsmouth 8 : 6 : 8
He promises to pay what is due from him in reasonable time.
The value of the Lands in Gillingham, Kent, belonging to William Painter
is £413 : 10 : 0, which brings him in £94 : 10 of which he has to pay
£33 : 3 : 2 leaving him £61 : 6 : 10.
The said William Painter owes £1200 for land in mortgage and is indebted
to divers persons besides.
He humbly beseeches Her Majesty to have pitiful regard for his wife and
marriageable children.