Archive:DL 4/22/66
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Overview
William Whitney, Esq. was named the Receiver of the Honour of Tutbury in 1577 and apparently died about 1579. He was followed in that position by William Sparke in 1579.
This document is the deposition of Richard Shipman, citizen and Merchant Tailor of London, who apparently had known William Whitney and had detailed knowledge of his financial dealings. He was deposed 11 Feb 1579/80 with questions related to these financial dealings.
See History of the Duchy of Lancaster for other documents related to Whitney's Receivership.
Dates
11 Feb 1579/80
Related Documents
- Archive:E 133/3/515 Debt of William Whitney, Esq. to Marmaduke Spight
Locations
- London
- Honour of Tutbury
Parties
The plaintiffs and defendants are as yet unknown, as this document is solely a deposition, and no related court pleadings have been identified.
- 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.
- Mr William Sparke of London, Scrivener - probably the William Sparke who succeeded Whitney as Receiver of Tutbury
Transcription
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The [deposi]c(i)on of Richard Sh[ipman] Taken The xi of February A(nn)o R(egi)na Eliz(abeth) xxijo 1579
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 due 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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occac(i)on of familier talke hadd between [the s(ai)d] Whitney & this
exam(inant) to th'end to wynn creddit w(i)th this deponent as he thinketh
And further saithe that the said Whitney having occac(i)on to
use money about the xxth daie of m(ar)che before he died for the
clering of his accompt he came to this exam(inan)t and did declare
to this exam(inant) as that by reason of div(er)se somes of money w(hi)ch he
hadd lent above? and was therof utterlie disapointed
_____ Mr Controller Mr Tusser? & Mr Hansford? w(hi)ch Mr Handford
hath satisffied the saide Whitney of such money as he the said Handford did owe? unto
the said Whitney before his decease as the said Whitney did declare to this exa(minant) before his death and was
by reason of the want of? the foresaid debts & other debts then oweing him
thereof utterlie disapointed And
Therefore required this exam(inant) as ev(er) he wold do him pleas(u)r
that he wold nowe standhe(th?) in steed to helpe him to money
to clere his accompt whereupon this ex(aminant) uppon his earnest
request And for savegard of this office w(hi)ch the said Whitney
did declare to this exa(minant) wold be forfeited if he then did not
clere his said accompt receipt this did exam(inant) as and one Rob(er)t Barnby by
this exa(minant) means did lend him of his owne and of one Barnbyes vij hundred pounds or there
aboute maie daie the wh(i)ch somes of money this exam(inan)ts man() and the
said Barnbys man w(i)th others did carry to the said Mr Horses house in Colman street in London
who was then as this ex(aminant) thinke as he this ex(aminant) thinke sev(er)all rec(eivers) of the Duchie and there did paie it as he
this ex(aminant) thinketh in the p(re)sens of the said Whitney him self
at the lendinge of w(hi)ch said money the said the said Whitney did aswell
make faithefull promise of the said office to this exam(inant)
as div(e)se times before that time he hade done and also declaring
at the first time of his p(ro)misses that his Aunt Mrs Blanch Parry had p(ro)cured
the said offic to him gratis and afterwards about iiij or
or v fyve moneths after the paiem(en)t of the foresaid some of
money the said Whitney did declare to this exam(inant) when he
this deponent did loke for th'accomplishm(ent) of the said Whitneys p(ro)mise or
the said office that the said offic coste him the said Whitney vij hundred
pounds or there abouts and that it was worth as he said then a thousand pounds &
did declare to this exam(inant) as he had some div(er)se times
before that it was worthe ijC m(ar)ks a yere besides all cha_ges?
but whene he the said Whitney had the said money or of whom
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he this exam(ina)nt knoweth not but he saith that hee Did here afterwards by the report of one Harry S(er)vante to the said Whitney that he the said Whitney hadd money of Will(ia)m Spark of London Scriven(er) unto whom the said Whitney was greatly indebted unto the first [y?]ere of his Receyver shippe as the said Harry did declare to this ex(aminant) and as also the said Whitney him self did afterwards declare to this exa(minant) about ij or iij moneths before his death but what the somes of money were that he the said Whitney was so indebted unto the said Sparke he this ex(aminant) knoweth not and Further to this Interr(ogatory) he cannot deposeth to his nowe remembrance
3 It(e)m to the third interr(ogatory) he saithe that as he hathe lent
the said Whitney div(er)se times div(er)se somes of money before
bothe of his owne as and also of the said barnbys even also likewise
he hathe at div(er)se sev(er)all times Receyved again? div(er)se somes of money
of the said Whitney the certen somes of money or the w(hi)ch
he hathe so receyved or the certen times of the receipt
thereof he dothe not remember and Savinge onelie he saithe that one
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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 xxli
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 Cli 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(ogatory) And further to this interr(ogatory) he cannot deposeth
as to his nowe remembrance
4 Item to the iiijth interr(ogatory) he saith that the said Whitney
w(i)th one Mr Hamford? & one Mr Folliatt did understand unto the some enter into bond unto this exam(inant)
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in the some of iiijc li or there abouts for the paiem(en)t
of ijc xli to one 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 & so 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(minant) for the paiem(ent) of a Cli 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 iiijc li for the paiem(ent) of ijc 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 iiijC li for the considerac(i)on of nyne? score pounds or there
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said shrawley Answering the said Whitney as the said
shrawley did declare to this exa(minant) that it were best
for him the said whitney to move this exa(minant) theren
him self whereunto the said whitney answered
as the said shrawley did declare to this exa(minant) that
he was ashamed to move him this exa(minant) as ther
in for that he hadd bene so lately burdened him
__th so farr for the p(ro)cureng of money and w(i)th standinge the said And there fore requested the
said Mr shrawley to broke the same unto this exa(minant)
for that he was sent for to the court by his Aunt Mrs
Blaunche Apparry & was lothe to go w(i)thout his
chaynes upon w(hi)ch request the said shrawley did come
to this exa(minant) and did move him this exa(minant) for the lone of
ijc li for the redeminge of the said chaynes for the assuranc
werof he this exa(minant) should no only have not onelie have? the said Whitneys _____ bond and but also should ________ also have ij other
for the ____ but also sh__d h___ i_ o_____ bonds wherein one __yde w(i)th others stod bounde to the
said whitney assured __() unto the him this exa(minant) w(hi)ch sade bonds
the said shrawley did then showe to this exa(minant) w(hi) moc(i)on
Note: Whitney had pawned his "chaynes" for 8 or 9 score pounds (see f. 6)
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This document was obtained by Adrian Benjamin Burke, Esq. and Tim Doyle and transcribed by Tim Doyle
