May 1644
[21 May, 1644.]
Whereas Sir Thomas Soames Knight, and Alderman of the
City of London, stands indebted by Bond to Henry Hilton, in
the County Palatine of Durham, Esquire, deceased, in the Sum
of One Thousand Pounds; and Sir Henry Garroway, of the
City of London, Knight, is indebted by like Bond to the said
Henry Hilton, in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds; and
Mr. Richard Middleton and Mr. Richard Bateman, of London,
Merchants, are indebted by like Bond to the said Henry Hilton
in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds; all which several Sums of
Money being in Variance, and, upon Examination of the Matter
before a Committee of the House of Commons, are supposed to
be the Monies of the Lady Jane Shelly, of Michellgrove, in the
County of Sussex, Widow, late deceased, who was a Papist and
Delinquent; It is therefore Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords
and Commons in Parliament, That the said Sir Thomas Soame,
Sir Henry Garroway, Richard Middleton, and Richard Bateman,
and every of them, do forthwith pay the abovesaid several Sums
unto Sir Thomas Middleton Knight, Serjeant Major General of
North Wales, who shall receive the same upon Accompt, for the
Furtherance of the Public Service in those Parts; and the said
Sir Thomas Soames, Sir Henry Garroway, Richard Middleton,
and Richard Bateman, shall be indemnified and saved harmless,
in their Persons and Estates, for the Payment of the said
several Sums as is hereby appointed, and against the
Executors of the said Henry Hilton, or any other Person or
Persons whatsoever, by the Power and Authority of both Houses
of Parliament.
And it is further Ordered and Ordained, That whensoever it
shall appear to whom the abovesaid several Sums of Money do
of Right belong, then the abovementioned Sums of Money shall
be forthwith re-paid out of the Arrears and growing Profits of the
Court of Wards and Liveries.
And it is lastly Ordered and Ordained, That Richard Williams
Gentleman, and Nicholas Sturt Gentleman, Executors of the last
Will and Testament of the said Henry Hilton, shall be, by the
Power and Authority of both Houses of Parliament, exonerated
and discharged, and their Persons and Estates saved, defended,
and kept harmless and indemnified, against all Persons whatsoever, claiming the said Sum and Sums of Money, the Heir of the
said Henry Hilton, and all other Person and Persons whatsoever,
by the like Power and Authority of both Houses of Parliament,
from the said Sums of Two Thousand Pounds, so to be paid to
the said Sir Thomas Middleton, the said Executors being hereby
ordered to deliver to the said Sir Thomas Soames, Sir Henry
Garroway, Richard Middleton, and Richard Bateman, their said
several Obligations, or, in Default thereof, to give them and their
Sureties sufficient Discharges.