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• According to http://books.google.com/books?id=YohnAAAAMAAJ&q=whitney+tutbury&dq=whitney+tutbury&client=firefox-a&pgis=1

William Whitney, Esq. received Tutbury in 1577 and was followed in that position by William Sparke in 1579. Since he was listed as "late" in the doc we just got, dated 1580, it appears that he must have died about 1579.

Locations

• London
• Honour of Tutbury

Parties

Others

• William Whitney, Esq., receiver of the Honour of Tutbury, son of James Whitney, Esq., of Clifford by Sybil Parry, sister to Mrs. Blanche Parry, nursemaid to Queen Elizabeth I.
• William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer - mentioned
• Richard Shipman, Citizen and Merchant Tailor of London, age 39, deposed in this document
• Mr Gilbert, servant to William Cecil, Lord Treasurer
• Blanche Parry
• Mr Rauffe Lane - owed a debt to Richard Shipman. See this page for a document mentioning two men named Rauffe Lane.

Transcription

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_________________ of Richard Sh[ipman] ______ The xi of February A(nn)o R(egi)na Eliz(abeth) xxij _________

Richard Shipman of Lond Citizen and m(er)chantailor of London of th'age of xxxix yeres or there abouts sworne and examined deposeth and saith as followeth

To the First inter(rogatory) he saithe that he did very well knowe the said Wm Whitney menc(i)oned in the said interr(ogatory) w(hi)ch Wm Whitney was as he thinketh Receyver of the honor of Tutbury and furth(e)r saithe that he hath known the said Wm Whitney ev(er) since two yeres before his deathe or there abouts And the occac(i)on of this exam(inants) acquaintance w(i)th the said Whitney was by the meanes of one Mr Gilbert S(er)vant to the Right honorable the L(ord) Trezorer who brought this exam(ina)nt acquainted with the said Whitney to th__ the said Whitney should be __ meane to Mrs Blanche Apparry to speake for this exam(ina)nt to Mr Rauffe? Lane? touchinge a debt ue by the said Mr Lane to this exam(ina)nt the w(hi)ch the sade? Whitney did accordingly at sundry tymes.

To the second interr(ogatory) he saith that at the shortly after the first acqua[intence] of this exam(inant) w(i)th the said Wm Whitney the said Whitney did decla[re] to this exam(inant) that his Aunt Mrs Blanche Apparry h[ad] gotten him the an office of Receipt the w(hi)ch office ______ kepe during his lief & he did knowe the same by ____

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Will(ia)m Brownles did receyve of one Smethwick his servant to the said Whitney the some of a C and ___ po Twenty pounds or there abouts wherof the said Whitney himself hadd xx^li and the residue came to the use of this Rob(er)t Barnby & of this exam(inant) or of bothe or one of them w(hi)ch said money so receyved was receyved in the country at Smithwick house? as the said Brownleys did tell this exa(minant) about october last before the decease of the said Whitney And further saithe that the this exam(inant) did also receyve of one Stubbes who was S(er)vant likewise to the said Whitney the some of one C^li and servante at the house of or there abouts at as he remembreth at this exam(inan)ts house in London about August or September last before the decease of the said Whitney w(hi)ch was for the discha(r)dge of certen debts due to this ex(aminant) by the said Whitney as he remembreth before the said vij hundred pounds be lent by the said Rob(er)t Barnby & this exam(inant) as before is specified in the seconde Interr() And further to this interr(ogatory) he cannot deposeth as to his nowe remembrance

4 Item to the iiij^th interr(ogatory) he saith that the said Whitney w(i)th one Mr Hamford? & one Mr Folliatt did understand ____ the some enter into bond unto this exam(inant)

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in the some of iiij^{c li} or there abouts for the paiem(en)t of ij^c x^li _______ at a daie theren lymitted to one w(hi)ch was for a certen some of money w(hi)ch this exam(ina)nt did stand bond w(i)th the said Whitney unto one Mrs Wilbraham of London widow w(hi)ch money was taken uppe for vi monthes _____ from vi moneths to vi monthes was was prolonged borne? or th'use w(hi)ch money and in th'end this exam(ina)nt paid in november or december before the death of the said whitney w(hi)ch money this exa(minant) hathe not yet receyved ag___ And further saithe that also the said Whitney did enter into one other bond to his exa(minnt) for the paiem(ent) of a C^li to one Mr Caldwell or some frend of his w(hi)ch money this exa(minant) paied also to the said Caldwell or to Mr Sparke as he remembreth and also the [said Mr?] whitney did enter into one other bond to this exam(ina)nt in the some of iiij^{c li} for the paiem(ent) of ij^{c li} or there abouts as he remembreth for the w(hi)ch this exa(minant) stood bounde to one Mr Chapman as suerty w(i)th the said Whitney w(hi)ch money this exam(inan)t did also soe paied to the said Whitney to one Harry servant to the said Whitney as he remembreth also the said Whitney did enter into bonde to this exam(inan)t or to Barnby by this ex(aminant) appointm(en)t in the some of iiij^{C li} for the considerac(i)on of nyne? score pounds or there

The first five pages of this document were obtained by Adrian Benjamin Burke, Esq. and transcribed by Tim Doyle