This is a transcript of document(s) from the Probate Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PROB 31), which are preserved at The National Archives, London.
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The National Archives: PROB 31/401/134

Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Exhibits, Main Class. Exhibit: 1757/134. John Preswick of St George, Middlesex. Probate inventory, or declaration, of the estate of the same, deceased.


Comprising Comission of Appraisement, and resulting Inventory of the Estate of John Preswick.

It should be noted that, as indicated by the Commission of Appraisement, this inventory was compiled in January 1757, as a consequence of a dispute between John Preswick's widow, and two of his creditors. The catalogue entry for PROB 3/56/16 indicates that there is also a formal probate inventory produced by the widow in May 1757. In addition, there are a number of schedules of information (much, but by no means all, similar to that produced here) produced as part of Ann Preswick's answer in C 12/506/14.


Commission of Appraisement

Endorsed: John Preswick deceased. Commission with Appraisment annexed brought in 7th February 1757


Printed pro-forma (not fully transcribed), Commission of Appraisement.

Naming commissioners: John Turner, George Wharton, Michael Bland, Samuel Rickards, Griffith Hore and William Matthews, required to produce an inventory .

Purpose stated as: granting letters of Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of John Preswick late of the Parish of St George in the County of Middlesex (deceased) which is now controverted and depending before him in judgement between Ann Preswick widow the relict of the said deceased the party prosecuting the said business of the one part and Thomas Johnson and William Butler Creditors of the said deceased

Inventory

A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of John Preswick late of the Parish of Saint George in the County of Middlesex deceased taken valued and appraised by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed Commissioners appointed by virtue of a Commission of Appraisement Issuing under seal of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to us directed for Inspecting Valuing and Appraising the same and taking an Inventory thereof taken the fourth seventh eleventh fourteenth eighteenth and twenty first days of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Seven.

An Inventory of the Household Goods, Plate, Linnen and wearing Apparell of the said John Preswick at his Dwelling House in the Rope Walk near the Hermitage

No.1 The Right hand two pair stairs forwards £ s d

A Bedsted with green Linsey Furniture, a Feather Bed, Boulster and Two Pillows Two Blanketts, One Quilt, Four Matted Chairs 2:7:0



No.2 The Little Middle Room facing the Stair Case

A half Headed Bedsted, A Feather Bed, Boulster, Two Pillows, Three Blankets, One Quilt, Two Leather Bottom Chairs 1:17:0



No.3 The Left hand Two pair of Stairs forwards

A Four post Bedsted with Check Furniture, Four Check Curtains and Two Rods, Six Matted Chairs, One Close Stool Chair and Pewter Pan 2:12:0



No.4 The left hand Two pair of Stairs Backwards

A Four Post Bedsted with Check Furniture, A Feather Bed, Boulster and Two Pillows, Four Blankets, One Quilt six Matted Chairs 4:9:0



No.5 The left hand Two pair of Stairs Backwards

A Bedsted with Check Furniture, Two Check Window Curtains and one Rod, Four Chairs, A Bell as fixed 2:1:0



No.6 The Room on the left hand one pair of Stairs Backwards

A Bedsted with Two Mahogony Posts, Flowered Cotton Furniture, Four Window Curtains Do, Two Rods, Lines, Pulleys and Brass Hooks, Four Plain Mahogany Chairs Covered Seats with Cotton, A Cotten Cover to a Table Ditto, A Walnut Chamber Table, A Swing Glass Walnut Frame, A Stow Nine Pieces of Stone & Glass on Chimney Piece 8:4:0
No.7 The Four Room one pair of Stairs Forwards

A Bedsted with wrote Mahogony Posts with Blew Cotton figured Furniture, A Feather Bed, Boulster, Two Pillows, Three Blanketts, One Quilt, Four Mahogany Chairs, Seats Covered with Flowered Cotton, Two Curtains Do, Lines Pullies & Brass Hooks, A Mahogony Pillar, & Claw Table, A Dressing Table, A Swing Glass in a Mahogony Frame & Drawers, A Mahogany Bason Stand, A Mahogony Chest Dormers, Two Images & some Ornamental Chimney China 19:11:0



No.8 The Little Room facing the Passage one pair of Stairs

A Field Bedsted, Linnen Furniture, A Feather Bed, Boulster, Two Pillows, Three Blanketts, One Quilt, Two Chairs 2:9:0



No.9 The Fore Room Right hand one Pair of Stairs

A Four Post Bedsted, Linnen Check Furniture, Two Window Curtains Do, Lines Pullies & Hooks, Four Cherry Tree Chairs Matted Seats, One Old Chamber Table, Two Linnen Covers, a Wainscott Desk 3:8:0



No.10 The Room on the Right hand one pair of Stairs Backwards

A Stow, Tongs, Shovell, Poker & Fender, Eight Chairs, & part of a Table, a large Carpet 2:16:0



No.11 The Passage and Stair Case

One Eight day Clock, Six Pieces of Painted Canvis, One Ovet Table 4:15:0



No.12 In the Back Parlour

A Steel Stow, A Wrote Fender, Tongs Shovell & Poker, A Mahogony Desk & Book Case, Two Looking Glass Doors, A Looking Glass in a Guilt Open Frame, Two Check Window Curtains, Lines Pullies & Hooks, Six Mahogony Chairs, One Mahogony Card Table & Cover, A Painted Floor Cloth, Two Small Carpetts, A Pull to a Bell, Two Hooks Two Glass Covers, Five Brass Hooks, One Hearth Brush, Two Chimney Flower Trees Birds &c and some Ornamental China, A Mahogany Pillar and Claw Table, A Tea Chest 18:19:0



No.13 In the Fore Parlour

A Steel Stow, Wrote Fender, Tongs, Shovell, & Poker, Six Mahogony Chairs, One Three Corner Do. Hair Seats, A Mahogony Pillar & Claw Table A Mahogony Tea Table in the Chiney Tast, Two fine Cotton Window Curtains, Pullies, Lines & Hooks as fixed, A large Turkey Carpet, Two Window Blinds, A Looking Glass in a Gilt open Frame, Some Ornamental China on the Chimney Piece, Two Hooks, Two Glass Candle Covers 20:1:6



No.14 In the Compting House

A Black Grate, Brass Fender, Tongs, Shovel & Poker, A Sconce & Brass Arms and Iron Chest, Two Chairs, One Print, One Blind to the Window, part of a Book Case 3:15:0



No.15 In the Kitchen

A large Range with Two Screw Jack Coggs, A Fender, Iron Back, Tongs, Shovell & Poker, A Crane & 3 Hooks, One Gridiron, Two Trivetts, one Pigg Iron, One Cheese Knife, One Chopper, Two Balance Skewers, One Box Iron, Four Heaters, Two Stands, Four Flat Irons, One Footman, A Jack, Two Spits, Two Racks, One Tea Kettle, One Tin Kettle & cover to Do, One Pewter Pigg Dish, A Water Dish, Two Plates, Three Pewter, 24 Plates, 4 Mahogany Bottle Stands, 3 Waiters Do, A Tea Tray with a Drawer, A Table, Six Leather Chairs, A Copper Fish Kettle Cover & Compt, Three Pottage Potts & 2 Covers, Four Sauce Pans, One Cover, One Copper Coal Scuttle, One Stew Pan, One Meat Screen, One Brass Warming Pan, One Looking Glass, 12 Knives & 12 Forks, One Carving Do, Two Brass Candlesticks, Four flat Tin Candlesticks, One Tinder Box, One Candle Box, One Salt Box, 24 pieces of Stone Ware & some Pieces of Glass Ware 15:0:6



No.16 In the Wash House

A Dresser, Two Drawers, Three Shelves, One Towell Rowler A Plate Rack, One Pail, One Hand Bowl, Sven pieces of Red Ware 0:14:0



No.17 In the Cellars

Five large Stands, 15 Iron Bound Casks, Three Brass Cocks 5:13:0



No.18 In the Brewhouse and Yard

A large Copper & Iron Work, A smaller & Iron Work, A Mash Tun, A Under Back, A Work Tun, Two Coolers, A Pump, Four Gutters, One Small Pump, One Funnell, One Piggon, Three Mashing Shovells, Two pair of Steps, One Small Ladder, One pair Grates Iron Back, Tongs, Shovells One Poker, One long Poker, One long Shovell, Four Iron Bound Casks, Three Wood Hoops Do, A Working Stand, A Iron Board, & Two Iron Feet A Lead Pump, A Lead Pipe & Brass Cock, A Small Cart & Harnish for one Horse, Four Iron Bound Casks, Two Tubs, Two Forms, One Troft to Water Horses 25:9:0



No.19 In the Cold Bath Room &c

Five Washing Tubs, One Form & some Lumber 0:10:0



No.20 In the Coach House

An old Chariot & Harniss for 2 Horses, Two Watering Bridles a Sett for Greesing the Wheels 10:18:0



No.21 In the Stable

Two Horses one Blind & broken Winded, One Cart Horse & Harniss for ditto, Three Halters, One Lanthorn, Two Curry Combs, 5 Brushes, One Tin Oyle Kettle, One Main Comb, One Shovell, One Fork, One Old Saddle 15:19:0



No.22 In the Room over the Coach House & Hayloft

A Malt Mill & Hopper, A Corn Binn, A Beam & Scales, 21 Pound Iron Weight, A Wire Sive, A Bushell, One Tub, A Small Table, A Small Bed Two Blankets, One Quilt 2:15:0



No.23 Plate &c

A Coffee Pot and Stand, 4 Salts, 4 Shovells & Strainer, 1 Soop Spoon, 1 Punch Ladle, 1 Pint Tankard Guilt, One Pint One half Pint Mugg, One Cover & Rim & part of a Handle to a China Mugg, A Stand and Casters, Two Covers for Glass Crewets, 8 Table Spoons, 6 Desert Spoons, 3 Old Tea Spoons, 6 Wrote Tea Spoons, One Strainer, One pair Tongs The whole Weighed 187 Ounces and 8 Penny Weights at 5:6 p[er] Ounce £54:11s:0d A Shagareen Case with 12 Silver handle Desert Knives and Forks, a Pair of Shoe Buckles, One Stock Buckle, A Pinchbeck Watch, Two Mourning Gold Rings 62:11:0



No.24 China & Glass

Five China Dishes Two broke, Five Blew and White Dishes 18 Blew and White Plates, One Quart Mugg, Four Sound and Four Crack'd Bowls, Eleven Odd Plates some broke, A Sett of China all but one Saucer & Twelve odd Cups and Twelve Saucers, One Slop Bason, One Milk Pot, A Glass Stand and a Sett of Jelly Glasses, Two Beer Tumblers, Thirty Four Wine Glasses, One Small Glass Mugg, Two Crewetts, Sven Quart Decanters, Six Delf Spitting Potts, Six Water Glasses, Twelve Patty Pans 6:7:0



No.25 In the Cellars

Five Large Beer Stands, Fifteen Iron Bound Casks, Three Brass Cocks 5:10:0



No.26 Linnen and Wareing Apparell

Seven Damask Table Cloths, One Diaper Table Cloth, Six Damask Breakfast Cloths, Eight Diaper Table Cloths, Sixteen Diaper Napkins Eight Sheets fine Yorkshire Cloth, Twelve Sheets of Course Irish Cloth, Twelve Sheets of Russia Cloth, Six Old very Course Russia Sheets, Eighteen Pillow Cases, Thirty Towells and Kitchen Linnen, Seventeen Holland Trimm'd Shirts, Six Old Shirts Do, Twelve Stocks, Six Small Neckcloths, Two pair Silk Stockings, Twelve pair Worsted and Cotten Stockings, Eight Night Caps, Two Cloth Coats, One pair of Breeches, One Scarlet Banian, Four Trimm'd Waiscoats, Two pair of Breeches A Fustian Frock & Breeches, Two pair of Leather Breeches, Two Laced Hatts One Plain, Seven Wiggs, One pair of Boots Three pair of Shoes 22:19:0



An Inventory of the Household Goods of the said John Preswick at his House at Stratford Common




No.1 In the Fore and Back Garretts

A Bedsted and some Green Furniture, A Bedsted ditto 1:5:0



No.2 In the Summer House

Nine Chairs and one Dumb Waiter 1:4:0



No.3 In the Store Room

A Sett of China, Ten China Plates, A Japan Tea Board, Two Mahogony Dining Tables 3:10:0



No.4 In the Fore Chamber

A Bedsted, A Chest of Drawers 5:0:0



No.5 In the Parlour

A Pediment, Three Jars, Some Ornamental China 6:10:0



No.7 In the Kitchen

A large Range with Screw Cheeks, Iron Back, Fender, Tongs, Shovell and Poker, A Crane and Three Hooks, Two Trevetts, One Gridiron, A Salt Box, A Footman, A Box Iron, Two Heaters, A Sauce Pan & Cover, Two Pestles One Mortar, Three Pewter Dishes, Nine Plates, A Folding Board, A Parcell of Shelves, A Pepper Mill, A Cloaths Horse 4:19:0



An Inventory of the Utensills belonging to the said John Preswick at his Sail Cloth Factory in the Parish of Saint George Middlesex




No.1 In the Weaving Shops

Sixty Nine Sail Cloth Looms, Thirteen Standing in the Shop not Perfect, Three Hundred and Thirty Six Harniss Shafts, One Hundred and Thirty Flat Rods, Thirty Two Starch Tubs, Six Beaming Posts, Nine Iron Beaming Bars, Four Runners & Frames Eighteen Rices and Stools, Five Batoes with Iron Pins, Five Pans Four Coal Baskets, Two Beating Blocks and Two Beatles 71:19:0



No.2 In the long Shed over the Weaving Shops

Seventeen Wheels, Nine Reels, Sixteen Small Steels, One Hundred & Twenty Nine Small Post heads and Splies as fixed, Three Warping Mills, Scarnes &c Seven Hundred and Twenty Bobings, Two Reels and Stands, Eleven large Baskets, Fourteen Smaller 13:2:0



No.3 In the Sorting Room &c

A Beam and Cloth Scales, Thirty Two Pound of Iron Weight and Twenty Three Pound and half of Lead Weight, A Making up Table, Two Stands for Cloth, One Stool, A Small Desk, Drawer and Shelves, Two Flower Tubbs, One Cover, One Tin Tallow Box, One Leather Stool, Twenty Three Twenty Score Reeds, Ten Eighteen Score Do, Fifty Seventeen Score Reeds, Fifty Seven Fourteen Score Do, Eight Sacking Reeds, One Twenty Six Score Read and Harniss, Fifteen Twenty Score Reads and Harniss, Four Nineteen Score Do, Five Eighteen Score Reads and Harniss, Six Fourteen Score Do, Eighty Six New Harnisses, Eighty Starch Brushes, some Ketch Pins, some Pullies, some Sacking Tackle, Fifty Five pair of Tempels, Sixty Six Shuttels, some Wood Partitions to part some Rooms 65:10:0



No.4 In the Buck House, Starch House and Yard

A large Copper and Iron Work, A Brass Cock, A Lead Kirb, Ten yards of Two Inch Lead Pipe, Three Brass Cocks, A Iron Pan and Iron Work, A large Bucking Tub, A Brass Cock and Boss and Stage to Do, Two large Copper Ladles, Three long Pokers, One Shovell, One Rake, Two pairs of Steps, One Wheelbarrow, One Wood Jut, One Tub, One Pail, A small Beam and Scales, Thirty Five Pound of Iron Weight, Seven Pound Lead Weight, One dish Troft and Pounder, Two Ringing Hooks, Two Posts, A large Liquor Back Lead Pipe and Brass Cock, One Rinsing Tub, Two Pumps as fixed, One Stone Troft, Seventy One Old Posts and Racks, One Hundred and Twenty Poles One Beating Frame and Stone, One Copper to make Starch and Iron Work, A Lead Kirb, Wood Cover, One Flower Tub, and Cover, One Fire Shovel 74..5..0



No.5 In the Flax Shop &c

All the Hatchell Planks Gratings Shelves and Benches Ten Flax Hatchells three Cagg Hatchells One ditto for Hemp Ten Shop Lanthorns Eight pair of Scales and Beams Eleven Baskets One Wheelbarrow one pair Triangels one Block and two Beatels fifteen Hatchells 10..13..0



No.6 In the Committe Room

A Iron Grate Fender Poker and Shovell a Table a Desk two Stools 1..4..0




The Millhouse Warehouse

A Beam and Scales a Square Table Stands Shelves &c 1..0..0



No.7 In the Compting House at the Factory

One Desk and Frame One fix't Desk. One Book Case a Nest of Pidgeon Holes Inclosed with Doors two Leather Stools two Chairs a Black Grate Fender Tongs Shovel and Poker a Coal Tub a Small Glass Four Shelves One Slate a Baiting and Hooks a Wainscot Side Board two Iron Feet two Brass Candlesticks a Pewter Inkstand One Picture 2..11..0



No.8 Two Small Store Rooms

A nest of Pidgeon Holes Inclosed with Doors a Sconce Glass in a Walnuttree Frame One Chair One Spade One Pickax the Inside of a Ships Cabbin a Wood Partition for the Passage a Small Lead Pump One old Square Table 5..10..0



No.9 In the Flax Warehouse

Three Beames two pair of Scales Eleven half Hundred Weights two fourteen Pound Weights Twenty one Pound Lead Weights 4..9..0



No.10 In the Cloth Room

A Table fourteen Stands for Cloth a Stamp and Block to Mark the Sail Cloth one Shovel 0..18..0



No.11 In the Coach Warehouse

A Copper and a Copper Pump a Brass Cock a pair of Steps a Parcell of Old Iron &c 2..16..0



No.12 A Parcell of Partitioning at the Head of the Stairs and little Rooms &c - A Compting House in the Passage 3..3..0






No.1 At Globe Yard Warehouse

In the Upper Warehouse &c A Winch Crane Rope & Jibb as fixed One Old Chaise some Old Boards a Horse to Brush Cloaths A Pair of Triangles a Parcell of Old Iron - In the Middle Warehouse a small grate four Old Chairs Part of a Clock some bottles Eight Sashes some wood Lumber three Beams one pair of scales two half Hundred weights Twenty Pounds Twenty Pound Lead Weights - Lower Warehouse two Large Beams Six pair of Scale Boards and some with Ropes Two Truck with Wheels Ten half Hundred Weights One Quarter one Fourteen Twelve Pound of Lead Weight a Parcell of Old Iron Two pair of Jack Screws a parcell of Wood Lumber 15..17..0

To a Mare two Saddles and two Bridles 12..10..0




Total 574..5..0

An Inventory of Household Goods Claimed by Mrs Ann Preswick the Widow of the said Deceased as Executrix of Doctor Robert Poole her late Husband Deceased the same being by him Disposed of by his Will for the Benefit of the said Ann Preswick his then Wife and her two Children now both living




No.1 At Mrs Preswick's late Dwelling House in the Rope Walk

A Cheese Dish and Stand, Five Pewter Dishes and 29 Plates Do, One Gridiron, One pair of Bellows, Four Brass Candlesticks, One Trivet a Copper Chocolate Pot, A Mahogony Dining Table, One do, Three Corner Table, Three Diaper Table Cloths, One Damask Do, Six Damask Napkins, Fifty Ounces of Common Silver Plate, A Coffee Pot, A Half Pint Pot, A Childs Boat, Nine Table Spoons, Two Marrow Spoons, One pair Tongs, Ten Tea Spoons and part of a Strainer, A Pottage Pot, A box Iron and Two Heaters and Stand, Two Flat Irons, Five China Coffee Cups, One Tea Pot, Two Milk Pots, Five odd Cups & five Saucers, Odd China Plates, Broken & whole, One Dish, Ninety bound Books 18:8:0



No.2 At the House at Stratford Common

Six Feather Beds Six Bolsters, seven Pillows Thirteen Blanketts two Quilts One Tester Cloth one Bed Rod a half Tester Rod and two Curtains a three leave Screen a Bedstead and some Linnen Furniture a Chest two Chests of Drawers two Tea Tables Eighteen Prints Glazed three Pictures three Small Family Pictures Six Maps a Bedstead with Cotton Furniture two Window Curtains ditto Lines Pulleys and Hooks one Mattress a Small Wainscot Desk a Mahogany Dressing Table a Swing Glass in a Walnuttree Frame and Drawers Iron Stove Grate Brass Fenders Tongs Shovel and Poker two Chimney Hooks a close Stool a Sconce Glass twenty Bound Books A Bedstead with White Dimity Furniture two Window Curtins and Rods Ditto a Stove Brass Fender Tongs and Shovel a Japaned Tea Table a Mahogany Pillar and Claw Table two Yellow Curtains Lines Hooks and Pullies a Worked Stool. Two Glazed Prints Some Onimental China a Carpet a Clock and Chimes with a Looking Glass Door Two Peices of Painted Floor Cloths, Five Pewter Dishes Six Plates One Cullender One Pewter Rim One Quart Wine Measure some peices of Glass some Broken China an old Walnuttree Desk a Sconce and Brass Arms a Chimney Glass a Jack and Weight Compleat One Spit two Racks a Dripping Pan and Stand a Crane and two Hooks a Tea Kettle a Flat Candlestick a Brass Kettle a Brass Warming Pan a Cloaths Horse a Copper and Iron Work a Washing Tub a Bottle Rack a Parcell of Bottles a Washing Stool a Grate Cheeks and Fender Shovel Tongs and Poker a Chicken Coop a Water Tub and Brass Cock some peices of Red Ware 64..0..0


£82..8..0




Goods taken at a House at Islington likewise Claimed as part of the Effects of the said Robert Poole Deceased




Three Bedsteads Green Furniture three Bedstead Blue Furniture one Bedstead with Red Furniture one ditto with Brown three Setts of Old Curtain seven old Feather Beds seven Bolsters Ten Pillowbears Eighteen Blankets Seven Old Quilts Forty two Chairs Thirteen Tables four Forms four Couches Six Grates and Stowes four pair of Tongs Four Fire Shovels Six Pokars One pair of Doggs one old Clock two Corner Cupboards Seven Old Looking Glasses Eight Pictures thirty one Prints some Glazed some Window Curtains and Rods Six China Cups and Six Saucers Eleven Peices of Glass Ware a Large Press and Shelves Two Old Chest of Drawers a Copper and Iron Works a Hoop Grate and Blower and Fender five Pewter Dishes fourteen Plates One Gallon Pewter Bottle a parcell of Brushes a Bottle Rack some Glass Bottles five old Casks One Old Jack Two Spits part of a Warming Pan a Brass Pottage Pott and Cover a Parcell of Wood Ware &c 24..14..0




At a Lappidary at Sir Samuel Gower's Knight in Goodmans fields




A small Still and Iron Work a Small Worm and Tubb a Iron Fire Pan a Marble Mortar a Dutch Stove a Table a Stool a Pail a Portmantua a Fire Screen Six Lapidary Bottles thirty Six Quarts two pair of Scales One Pound and half of Brass weights One of Lead a Physick Closett a Small Still and Worm a Brass Pottage Pot a Parcell of Wood Lumber 6..6..0





£113:8:0




A Harpischord 12..0..0





£125:8:0

Inventory of the Stock at the Factory belonging to the late Mr John Preswick


























Rough Flax in the Warehouse vizt

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83 Bobt 12 Hlid Petersburg [?] [?] [?] 65 3 1 1/2 @ 35/2 115 12 5


51 Matts Podolia Ragesky 139 1 4









4 Matts Riga Ragesky 6 2 3









26 Matts Memmels 72 -- 5









20 Bales Flax Marked .. O 185 1 9









8 Bales Flax Marked .. P 75 2 --










==== ==== ==== 478 2 21 @ 27/- 646 4 7
















Beat Hemp

q 1 -- -- @ 28/- 1 8 -- 763 5 0












Flax Dressed in the Warehouse Dozens Amount of Dozens







Long Flax 123
@ 6/ 36 18 --



Short Ditto 50
@ 5/- 12 10 --



Short Flax 1720
@ 2/9 236 10




Snoolings In Casks q662









Ditto Loss q1910










2572
@ 1/8 214 6 8







------- ------- ------ 500 4 8


-------------- 4465


















Hemp dressed in the Warehouse









Barr Hemp 113
@ 3/6 19 15 6



Long Italian 19
@ 7/- 6 13 --



Long Beat 12
@ 6/- 3 12 --



Ditto not Beat 13
@ 5/6 3 11 6



Roots q 9









Shorts q 4










13
@ 2/9 1 15 9







------- ------- ------ 35 7 9


-------------- 170


















Flax and Hemp Dressed in the Country in the hands of the following persons (vizt)









With William Richards









Long Flax 689 1/2
@ 6/ 206 17 --



Short Ditto 642
@ 2/9 88 5 6



Long Hemp 104
@ 6/ 31 4 --



Short Ditto 152 1/2
@ 2/9 20 18 --




-------------- 1588
------ ------ ------ 347 4 6












With Mary Benwell









Long Flax 100 1/2
@ 6/ 30 3 0



Long Hemp 4
@ 6/ 1 4 --




-------------- 104 1/2
------- ------- ------ 31 7 --












With James Orme









Long Flax 202
@ 6/ 60 12 --



Short Ditto 60
@ 2/9 8 5 --




-------------- 262
------ ------ ------ 68 17 --












With George Weatherall









Long Flax -------------- 40 @ 6/ ------ ------ ----- 12 -- --












With Benjamin Seagers









Long Flax -------------- 128 1/2 @ 6/ ------ ------ ----- 38 11 --












With Margaret Crages









Long Flax 42
@ 6/ 12 12 --



Short Ditto 32
@ 2/9 4 8 --



Long Hemp 1
@ 6/ -- 6 --



Short Ditto 10
@ 2/9 1 7 6




-------------- 85
------ ------ ----- 18 13 6












With William Newell









Long Flax 391 1/2
@ 6/ 117 9 --



Short Ditto 3
@ 2/9 -- 8 3 1/2



Short Hemp 13 1/2
@ 2/9 1 7 1 1/2




-------------- 408
------ ------ ------ 119 4 4 1/2












With Mrs Brown









Long Flax 20
@ 6/ 6 -- --



Short Ditto 20
@ 2/9 2 15 --




-------------- 40
------ ------ ------ 8 15 --












With Archabald Hunter









Long Flax 169 1/2
@ 6/ 50 17 --



Short Ditto 97
@ 2/9 13 6 9



Long Hemp 141 1/2
@ 6/ 42 9 --



Short Ditto 32
@ 2/9 4 8 --




-------------- 440
------ ------ ------ 111 -- 9












With Richard Walker









Long Flax
100 @ 6/- ------ ------ ----- 30 -- --












With Mr Wheatly









Long Flax 80
@ 6/- 24 -- --



Long Hemp 20
@ 6/ 6 -- --




-------------- 100
------- ------ ------ 30 -- --



7931


















Yarn Whitened in the Warehouse Dozens Bundles







12 Bundles Warp Lee 12 48
@ 8/10 21 4 --



4 3/4 Bundles Ditto on the Loom 19
@ 8/10 8 7 10



136 Bundles Short Shute Lee 4 1/2 544
@ 4/7 124 13 4



37 Bundles Long Shute Lee 4 1/2 148
@ 6/9 49 19 --



153 Bundles Hambro Yarn
153 @ 9/ 68 17 --



Whitening Ditto

@ /7 4 9 3







------- ------ ------ 277 10 5












Brown Yarn in the Warehouse









Lees









14 35
@ 8/7 15 5 --



18 8
@ 9/7 3 16 8



12 52
@ 8/1 21 -- 4



4 52









4 1/2 32









4 20









4 40









----------------------------------------------------------------------- 144
@ 3/10 27 12 --



6 48
@ 4/1 9 16 --



Bundles Hambroo yard
449 @ 9/ 202 1 --




-------------- --------------








1046 602
------ ------ ------ 279 11 --











131 Skeens Russia Yarn Nt 67316 @ 9/ 25 4 9



6 Single Chains

@ 11/ 3 6 --










28 10 9












Canvas Home Manufactured Yds Amount yards







15 Bolts No 1 571
@ 14 33 6 2



19 Bolts No 2 730 1/2
@ 13 1/2 41 1 9 3/4



8 Bolts No 3 305 1/2
@ 13 16 10 11 1/2



20 Bolts No 4 767 1/2
@ 12 1/2 39 19 5 3/4


130 3 Bolts No 5 114 1/2
@ 11 3/4 5 12 1 1/2



16 Bolts No 6 619 1/2
@ 11 28 7 10 1/2



19 Bolts No 7 731
@ 9 3/4 29 13 11 1/4



16 Bolts No 8 631
@ 8 1/2 22 6 11 1/2



14 Bolts Tarpoulin 546
@ 11 25 -- 6




-------------- 5016 1/2
------ ------ ------ 241 19 9 3/4












Canvas Returned from Deptford Home Manufactured









9 Bolts No 1 344 3/4
@ 14 20 2 2 1/2


17 8 Bolts No 6 307 1/4
@ 11 14 1 7 3/4




-------------- 652
------ ------ ------ 34 3 10 3/4












Country Canvas Red Marked









22 Bolts No 1 858 1/2
@ 12 1/2 44 14 3 1/4



2 Bolts No 2 76 1/2
@ 12 3 16 6


33 2 Bolts No 3 78 1/2
@ 11 1/2 3 15 --3/4



3 Bolts No 5 120 1/2
@ 10 1/4 5 2 11



2 Bolts No 6 81 1/2
@ 9 1/2 3 4 6 1/2



2 Bolts No 7 81
@ 8 1/4 2 15 8 1/4




-------------- 1296 1/2
------ ------ ------ 63 8 11 3/4












Country Canvas Red Marked - 2









64 Bolts No 1 2498 1/2
@ 13 135 6 5 1/4



8 Bolts No 2 312 3/4
@ 12 1/2 16 5 9



6 Bolts No 3 231
@ 12 11 11 --


102 10 Bolts No 4 390
@ 11 1/2 18 13 9



1 Bolt No 5 39 1/2
@ 10 3/4 1 15 4 1/2



3 Bolts No 6 120 1/2
@ 10 5 -- 5



10 Bolts No 7 399 1/2
@ 8 3/4 14 11 3 1/2




-------------- 3991 3/4
------ ------ ------ 203 4 0 1/4












Country Canvas Red Marked - 4









7 Bolts No 1 275
@ 13 1/2 15 9 4 1/2


54 29 Bolts No 3 1142
@ 12 1/2 59 9 7



18 Bolts No 4 720 1/2
@ 12 36 -- 6




-------------- 2137 1/2
------ ------ ------ 110 19 5 1/2












Country Canvas bought of William Butler and Nangrave









12 Bolts No 1 454
@ 13 1/2 25 10 9


78 15 Bolts No 2 572
@ 13 30 19 8



51 Bolts No 9 2152 1/2
@ 8 1/2 76 4 8




-------------- 3178 1/2
------ ------ ------ 132 15 1












Old Country Canvas









59 Bolts No 1 2299
@ 12 1/2 119 14 9 1/2



24 Bolts No 3 936 1/4
@ 11 1/2 44 17 2 3/4


88 2 Bolts No 4 79
@ 11 3 12 5



1 Bolt No 5 40
@ 10 1/2 1 15 --



1 Bolt Broad Canvas 39
@ 13 2 2 3



I Bolt Panting 41
@ 7/ 1 3 11




-------------- 3434 1/4
------ ------ ------ 173 5 7 1/4
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502

19707



3659 19 6 3/4












Tow in the Warehouse
C - qr - lb







30 Matts Long Flax Tow 10 Dozen Each
32..0..16 @ 14 per 22 10 0



16 Matts Ditto
16..1..20 @ 14 11 10 0



17 Matts Short Tow
17..1..17 10/6 9 2 8



1 Matt Hemp Toppits
1..0..23 12/- -- 14 5



1 Matt Hemp Tow
1..2..3 8/ -- 12 2



Sundries in the Warehouse









1 Cask Coom by Ashes
10..1..0 @ 21/ 10 15 3



1 Cask Solid Ashes
16..1..7 @ 19/ 15 9 11



3 Casks Ashes From Crawford
29..1..0 @ 19/ 27 15 9



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40 Sacks Charcoal

@ 2/ 4 -- --



Sea Coals 6 Chaldn
@ 37/ 11 2 --



A Parcel Old Matts

@ 20/ 1 -- --



Thrums 3 dozen
@ /9d -- 2 3



Tallow
14lb @ /5d -- 5 10



A Sack Flower

@ 43/ 2 3 --



A coil of Cordage [?]
@ 28/ 1 1 --



White Yarn 16lb
@ 1/ -- 16 --



2 pieces of Painting 39 yards
@ 11/ per 1 2 --



22 pieces Sacking

@ 14/ 15 8 0 135 10 3








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£3795 9 9 3/4








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An Account of Ships and Shares of Ships belonging to the said John Preswick as Appears by the Bills of Sales

Ships which Mr John Preswick was Owner of and Husband by Himself
First Cost and Outfitt



7/16 Tryton Greenland Man Capt Wilkins
£1130..9..1
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1/2 Preswick and Susanna. Bought of Charles Reavely 29th January 1753 .. Taken by the French [The taking of this ship by the French was reported in the 'Public Advertiser' of Nov 23 1756]

Insured on Ship …. £500

@ 98 % ……………£490

Brokerage 1/2 % 2..10

& also one more Policy upon Goods for £200 as Interest Shall appear
487..10..-
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1/2 Bennett late Lyon Capt Wadham 1/2 first Cost Bought 17 Nov 1752 - Of William Baker"
350..-..-
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Whole - Maryland Planter

Sold to the Government for £1500, the Hull Rigging and Stores

Earnings after Wages paid abt 17 months in Government Service @ 6/6 p[er] ton p[er] month on 253 Ton 23/94

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The Whole of the Britain Privateer taken p[er] the French Branched out in Several Shares supposed he had 3/8

Insured ……………… £400..-

Deduct 2 1/2 % …………10..-
£390
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Two French St Domingo Men taken by the above Privateer and Carried into Lisbon there is an Insurance made on these Prizes to the amount of -------------------- £18,000

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The following Ships Husbanded by other Owners
Husband



1/16 St. Peter - First Cost & Outfitt £175
James Manby
bo.t 20th March 1754 of James Manby

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Whale Fisher now the Juno

1/8 ……………….. First Cost £200

Outset 50 ---------- 250

Bought 5th May 1752 by the name of the Whale Fisher

Bought the 29th August 1756 by the name of the Juno of James Manby

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1/4 John Capt Forrest & outset ……………… 127..10..-

Earnings in Government Service

Bo.t 22d July 1755 of Captain Forrest
Pr Mallard
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Alborow now called the Coronation
Christopher and
1/8 ……………….. Cost £462..10..-
John Huddy
Outfitt. 1753 ……………….63..15..- -------------- 526..5..-

Bo.t 9th April 1752 of Hoddy

1/8 do. Bo.t 24 June 1755 p[er] Mr Preswick for him & rest of the Owners £280 first cost

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1/16 Providence Bo.t of Richard Sollitt the 11th February 1752 … first Cost ….. 25..0..0

No account Entered in the Ledger of this Ship

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1/16 - The Ann Capt Price. First Cost £53
Henry Bird
Bought June 12th 1755 of Capt Price

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1/16 Margaret & Frances ….. 110

Bo.t Stephen Hooper 31 Aug 1752 No account of this in the Ledger

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1/16 Alderney Bo.t of James Manby 13 September 1754 £78..2..6 Outfit 134..7..6 £212..10.- James Manby
Now Sold for the Deptford Privateer

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Morant Galley late the Saint Christopher
Hen: Bird junr
Originally 3/8 now said to be 1/3 which 3/8 cost Dec 1754 - £354..17..3 Some Dividend due upon her

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1/4 Friendship Bo.t of Henry Bird Junr 27th Sept 1754 Cost - £202..10..0 Do.
No Account in Ledger this ship was sold at Lisbon

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1/20 Ramsgate Packett Bo.t of Moverby - 27 June 1752 30..0..0
No account in Leidger

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1/16 Terror Bo.t of Jas Manbey 1st Jan 1756 Cost - 188..0.0 Jas Manby
No Account in Leidger

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1/32 Robert and Jane Bo.t of Robt Campion 1 Decr 1744 40..0..7 1/2
No Account of this in Leidger

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1/10 Parnassus Bo.t of Charles Digby 9 Decr 1749 £151..10..0 Huddy
Suppose some Dividend due

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1/16 Prince George Bo.t of Sarah Nicholson 6 March 1755 - £310. The Ship is Sold and his share of the Money - Supposed to be received - but there is more Dividend to be yet Received
Mrs Nicholson
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1/32 Mary & Jane Bo.t of Capt John Gallely 17 July 1751 55..18..9 Capt Gallely
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1/32 Triton Bo.t of Capt Samuel Campion 18 Nov 1752 61..1..0 Capt Campion
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Elizabeth Capt Rook some share but the Ship Condemned and Sold Abroad & accounts setled

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1/3 Alexander Bo.t of Huddy 23 Sept 1756 First Cost 240..1..8 Outset 348..2..4 588..4..0 Huddys
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1/16 Lively No Bill of Sale tho Mr Preswick has received Dividends - does not appear what the cost and outset was but it was bought of Capt Thomas Bennet and is now sold for the St. George - Privateer
Capt Manby
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Outstanding Debts


 Outstanding Debts due to the late John Preswick As p[er] Leidger No 6








Esteemed as Good Debts


67 Capt Leonard - Abbott 1 1 11
249 Estate of Captain Allen
11
275 Alnutt 180
2
211 Anthony Bacon 48 9 2
51 Elias Bird and Co. - Error in Cr. -- -- --
64 Capt [blank] Bull & Own of the Carnavan 3

67 Robt Bradshaw 8 9
80 John Buchanan 2 5 8
87 Robert Brooks 25 10 2
93 Martin Basden Ramsgate 87

104 Capt John Barker 135 4 2
120 British Whale Fishery Company 500

121 Capt Brotherston & Owners 1 10 --
125 John Burrows 1 5 7
169 Step: Beal Portsmouth 7 16 2
176 Capt Mich: Butler 9 10 4
243 Capt Biggin 83 18 1
250 Capt Geo: Blyke [Captain of the Maryland Planter during 1756] 44 19 9
252 Capt Henry Bowell of the Prosperous 4 16 --
275 Browning & Co 81 11 2

William Benn Esqr & Co. 176 12 6
64 Robt Campion 16 -- --
66 Capt Coulthurst 8 18 9
73 James Cowards Executors 7 12 7


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1436 2 2






Outstanding Debts Continued Esteemed Good


64 Thos Belford 4 -- 6
76 Capt Coolidge 3 -- 6
93 William Challoner Esqr 6 1 1
98 James Castle 2 15 6
148 Robt Colwell 11 8 1
168 John Coltman Yarmouth 66 18 4
167 Joseph Candy of the Carolina 2 16 6
172 Capt Geo. Calbreath of the Mediterranean 2 17 6
258 Abrahm Creidland 25 8 --
214 Cleveland & Severn 3 10 --
253 Walter Cope Broker 31 7 6
265 Leonard Bowles 4 5 --










94 Diacentis 9 3 10
99 Degin 28 5 4










219 William Eagles 13 9 11
83 Capt Daniel Goatley -- 16 --
34 Capt Foot and Owners of the Loyal Judith 1 12 --
151 Peter Fearon -- 14 --
202 Capt Forrest and Owners of the John 4 9 6
275 Peter Foster Oylman 157 12 3
100 Capt Etherington and Owners of the Philas 1 9 7
105 Edward Fox -- 7 1


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382 8 --


=== === ===






Continued


97 Thomas Gray 23 -- 7
111 Greigh & Campbell 1 13 4
135 John Leopold Gosler 6 10 3





30 Humphry Hayden 15 4 6
71 Joseph Hughes 19 -- 11
83 Thomas Hogg and Owners Speedwell 2 5 --
87 Ephraim Hayden 6 6 8
248 Will: Harnden Breadger Kent 17 9 6
226 Tho Hubbert 33 17 8
275 Hodgson & Co. 69 1 8





70 Capt James & Owners of the Royal George 10 2 4
86 George Jago Plymouth 46 17 3
145 James & Mangles 18 17 --





241 John Kirshaw 5 8 2
105 John Kittermaster 2 2 3
123 John King Sailmaker 45 15 8
282 David Keadie 342 15 3
236 Tho. Lane and Owners of the Elizabeth 3 10 --
238 John Latham Dover is Cr.




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£669 18 8


=== === ===






Outstanding Debts Continued Esteemed Good


48 Ambrose Lyon 3 16 --
64 Morrice Lincoln [Possibly Maurice Lincoln of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, who married Margaret Preswick, a cousin of John's father, Robert Preswick] 12 14 --
113 Capt Leighton 3 10 7
106 Capt Lepley Of the Basnett 14 7 6
268 Richard Liddell 19 3 5
18 Thomas Lawton 1 -- --










81 Capt Mangles -- 12 6
101 Richard Martin 5 5 --
130 Thos Meyrick Halifax 32 -- --
200 Will: Mendham 10 7 --
197 James Mathias 6 10 4
193 John Noy Burr Street 6 2 8
237 Capt James Newen & Owner Medway 10 2 3
91 James Orme 6 -- 11
243 Oswald & Mills 128 8 5
209 Commissioners of the Navy Recd since 436 12 --
82 Capt Palgrave & Owners Earl Sandwich 2 5 4
84 John Palmer Hereford -- 8 6
122 Will: Perkins 10 12 9
137 Oliver Preswick [Probably Oliver Preswick of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, John's Uncle] 1 3 --
193 Capt Price and Owners of the Ann 3 5 3
218 Philipson & Road 10 9 9
187 Robert Pope Maidstone 25 15 7


=== === ===


750 7 9


=== === ===






Continued


103 Robert Rownino 3 3 2
112 John Read 26 5 10
257 Will Richardson & Owners Knowles Frigate 4 14 3
50 Charles Smith 12 17 4
60 Robert Scoting 1 13 --
68 Richard Smith Sailmaker 8 7 3
79 Gervas Smallwood 9 7 7
92 Richard Sollet 2 5 6
109 Capt Saleby & Owners of Sally 1 9 2
112 Capt Stock & Owners Diamond 11 8 11
112 [blank] Scrimshaw Merchant 4 5 9
121 Richard Sutton 10 9 --
130 Edward Swaine -- 5 --
139 Capt St. Barbe and Owners of the Stubbington 3 12 --
220 Saml Spanton Sailmaker 121 4 4
154 Richard Smith Twine Spinner 7 13 4
164 Jean Swan -- 14 6
244 [blank] Sheffield Baker 5 8 --
266 Ralph Stoddart 24 18 5
130 Edward Swaine -- 5 --
185 Will: Saunders Cricklade 3 11 9
100 Pennant Lumley 5 10 3
139 Capt S.t Barbe and Owners of the Stubbington 3 12 --


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273 1 4


=== === ===






Outstanding Debts Continued Esteemed Good


69 Capt Ward 4 18 4
73 Capt Will. Watson & Owner of Dolphin 14 0 4
101 Isaac Wright 1 11 6
116 Capt John Wilkinson 11 1 2
118 William Wheatley 43 7 4
129 John Webber 23 16 5
131 David Weston 3 8 3
166 James Warren Canterbury 1 0 2
168 Ambrose Williams 8 19 10
275 Wallington and Company 125 1 10
225 Neale and Fry 67 4 8
59 Peter Hussey his Acco £303..19..9 3 -- --
68 Richard Smith Sailmaker 8 7 3
268 Israel Jalabert (NB: £230 of which is Carried to Debet of the Britain Privateer for his 1/8 Outset his refusing to pay it) 570..5..5 254 18 5
152 Captain Peter Bostock of the Prince George 3 13 6
235 Henry Simmons 60 3 6
109 Capt Jones and Owners of the St. George 10 0 0
264 Christopher Preswick [Probably John Preswick's brother, later owner of a Sail Cloth Factory in Whitby, Yorks] on Balance 292 1 7

Griffith Hore on Balance of Ropery Account 43 0 5 1/2











Forreign Outstanding Debts



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24 Willam Chapman of Maryland 13 2 6
141 Lancelot Jacques Do 47 9 0
164 Alexander Wallace North Bergen 2 8 6
88 La Roche and Co. Wynyaw 169 10 0
129 Ashbury Sutton C Maryland 67 0 1
219 Alexander Campbell St Anns Jamaica 34 13 3


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Debts Deemed to be Dubious and Bad as p[er] Leidger No 6



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84 Joseph Baines Sunderland 7 2 6
102 Richard Bowell and Owners of the Swift 10 19 7
109 Capt John Blackburn 5 10 8
73 Norris and Coverdale [Note this is transcribed as written, although it has been suggested by a number of people that it might actually have been 'Norrison Coverdale', a bankrupt linked with Whitby. It is possible that it was a contemporary mis-transcription from the original ledger] 25 9 2
113 Capt Coward 1 11 3
111 Charles Gregory 12 16 10
71 Edward Jones £124..14..11 recd 3s..6d in the Pound


247 Hide & Gregory Bankrupts this Sum hath been agreed by the Assignees shall be proved under the commission - there are five note for this money amounting to 1577..19..0 Note at the time of Settling these Accounts Mr Preswick in consideration of several shares of Ships which the Assignees agreed he should retain Gave to the Assignees a Note for £240 to be by them stopped out of the dividends if sufficient if not then they will come in as Creditors under this Estate 1307 11 6
84 Mary Love 58 11 0
174 Capt Lyon and Owners of the Phillis 13 6 9
121 Thomas Nisbett 66 8 0
133 Thomas Parsons Esqr Maid Lane 25 10 6
130 Bartholomew Roberts 14 5 1
253 William Robinson 8 17 0
66 Isaac Starbuck 7 17 8
67 Philip Skinner 0 16 2
84 John Simmons 1 17 10
71 John Frower 2 11 3
84 Thos Smith Bank[rup]t Ipswich reced 8s in the Pound for this 69..2..6 172 16 4
125 Capt Robert Sutcliff 82 13 6
38 Capt Williams of the Caesar 1 12 6
64 Joseph Wyld 2 16 3
71 Capt Whiteing & Owners of Ranger 1 10 6


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Debts Deemed to be Dubious and Bad Continued from Leidger No 6


75 Peter Manger Guernsey 133 0 0
176 Michl Butler and Owners of Charming Betsey (H Spooner Husband) 9 10 4
67 Robert Bradshaw (to pay in 3 years) 8 9 0






Old Debts outstanding as p[er] Leidger No 3


14 Valentine Curling Fleet Ditch 1 10 5
12 Nath'l Westall Gun Dock 3 11 0
20 Isaac Evans Line Spinner Wapping 0 12 8
80 Thos Simmonds Whitster Note Mr Wharton bel's this to be settled 13 0 0
27 Mr Shepherd Brick Alley 1 15 6
38 John Milloner Surgeon 1 1 0
49 Mr Gosler (this is supposed to be settled) 0 10 0
56 Francis Holmes of Darlington 2 10 8
85 Burrows at Sr Saml Gowers for a Ham 0 4 4






Leidger - 4


4 Thos Masterman 11 19 10
7 Philip Agar 42 18 5
15 Thos Wyld of York River, Virginia 49 17 9
20 Richard Gill of Whitby 6 8 2
20 Danl Penrice Supposed to be paid 3 8 9
32 Wm Ames Cheesemonger Wapping 9 4 0
34 Thos Choyce at Atherston Warwicks 26 2 7
35 Wm Baynes 5 7 6
58 Peter Hussey Bankr[up]t 64 6 5
85 Adkins Van & Hay Lisbon 14 13 2
99 John Bromsall Dover £440..16..3 - Note this Sum is to be carried to the Accot of the Cumberland Privateer - There is a suit now depending in the High Court of Admiralty in Relation to a capture made by this Privateer of the Ship Eliz Catherina [the capture of this ship is recorded in The Newcastle General Magazine of 1747, p.115. Although the date is not specified, it would appear to be April 1747] & which Ship was Condemned as a Prize to the said Privateer - the decd was jointly concerned with Joseph Ismay of Thames Street Merchant in wch shall be recovered of the said Capture they being by Assignments & in their own right [?....?] to the same as Owners of the said Privateer













Old Debts Continued Leidger - 4


124 Saml Tovey Sun Tavern Field 4 4 0
151 Wm Longbothom 0 14 0
165 Salem Owen a Bankr[up]t 6 5 9
180 John Wainwright a Bankr[up]t 40 10 0

Do. His Estate 13 14 5
175 Capt James Peck 0 16 0
215 Capt John Dare & Owners of the Young Parsley - this is supposed to be settled 749 18 3
228 Joseph Ismay Thames Street this is supposed to be settled 46 18 7






In Leidger 5


40 John Lacy & Owners 715 3 6
77 Do in New Leidger


76 Jackson Porrett & Redshaw of Oporto [Robert Jackson was the Consul at Oporto, dying in 1756. His nephew Robert Porrett assisted him from at least 1734 (ref Will of John Porrett of Stockton upon Tees) dying in 1758. Joshua Redshaw was an executor of the will of Robert Porrett] 194 16 5
106 John Philpott & Co Bankr[up]ts 42 13 3
22 Hart Dodding & Lovell - this is supposed to be paid 420 0 0
133 John Bart & Directors of the London Hospital [An advertisement in the London Evening Post of 29 April 1755, for the Annual Feast, notes John Preswick as one of the stewards of this charity] this is supposed to be paid there having been several settlements since 12 12 6
235 Capt Flyn for Stockfish 1 10 3

Capt Anshaon of the Eagle for Do, 0 15 0

Capt Sollitt - of the Baltimore for Do, 2 2 4

Capt Dick of the Eliz fro Do, 4 4 6

Capt Engledew of the Racehorse for Do, 1 6 6

Capt Tarras of the Lyon for Do. 1 6 0

Chas Wilkins & Co for Do, 3 2 3

Captn Wm Dixon 1 17 10

James Crokatt Esqr & Co, 1 17 10






Old Leidger


30 Comissioners of Customs for some Debentures


74 Do in the same Leidger


243 One half of an Adventure of Stock Fish with Capt John Barker 77 0 0

An Adventure of Stock Fish on the deceds own Account on board the Alderney to the Streights 50 0 0
9 New Leidger - John Hallett Sailmaker - Appears on 8 July 1756 to be charged with the interest of £118,,19d on the deceds Acceptance but no sum








The following persons appear to be Debtors by the Books but there being mutual Accounts between them and the deced Unsettled - we cannot ascertain the Balance



Leidger - 6


17 Captn Thos Bennett 1279 5 11 3/4
26 Captn Chas Reavely - for outstanding debts at Boston and Antigua 343 19 3
31 Ditto - by his own account


35 Captn John Wadham 46 11 4 1/2
73 Robt Dingley & Co.


90 Ellen Robinson & Co


92 John Joyce


125 John Young Tallow Chandler


149 Thos Field Fleet Ditch


156 Captn John Trapnell 39 1 8
157 Wm Woodmass 116 6 4
158 Captn [?Jere?] Walton this account was settled by arbitration


174 Strickland Hill


210 Watson Ship Breaker 40 5 0
255 Robt Robinson & Co 32 15 1 1/2
256 Henry Bird junr


69 Captn Leonard Bezer 20 2 7
79 John Bonner 98 19 10
274 Henry Bird senr


47 Thos Curteis


268 Henry Ehlers 15 18 3
70 Wm Hills 19 13 3
11 Joseph Ismay & Son 70 2 4
43 Lawton & Co


41 Francis Pringle 15 10 6
124 James Savage


143 Thos Smyth - Bankr[up]t - Ball due to the Bankruptcy


250 Barton Cabinet Maker 30 0 0
113 An Adventure of Servants to Maryland with Jas Coward [There is reference to this enterprise in Maryland Calendar of Wills: 1764-1767, F. Edward Wright, p.36 (ISBN 1585492388) which has transcripts of Power of Attorney granted to John Hardy (by both Mary Coward, widow of James Coward, and Ann Preswick, widow of John Preswick) to recover sums due from John Stevenson, Merchant, of Maryland. Notes that the parties to this enterprise, which was to supply up to 100 indented servants, dated 16 March 1750, were: James Coward, late of the Parish of All Hallows, Barking; Captain Thomas Askew, late commander of the ship 'Maryland Planter'; John Preswick and John Stevenson]


76 Luke Alder 6 14 0
96 Anthony & Thos Benn


203 Wm Sampson 70 17 6
203 Wm Bull


61 Eliz wCox [?Wilcox?] 18 17 8
219 John Edgar Henley 17 0 0
16 Giles Grindey


258 Sir Saml Gower


225 Thos Turner & Son


252 Thos Stratton 70 6 3
91 John Pepwell


259 Wm & Robt Woodmass


240 Captn Wm Wilkins of the Tryton 10 16 8
267 John Crawford


40 Adventures to Montserrat under the care of Chas Reaveley 855 4 10
67 Adventures to Gibraltar 83 16 7
128 Adventures to Nova Scotia in Co wth Prosser & Milward consigned to John Kinsalagh 409 3 6

Do, on the deceds own Accot consigned to Do, 93 4 0
98 Adventures to Cadiz p[er] Captn Goatley 43 12 4
266 Adventures to Antigua in Co with Chas Reavely 88 17 9
249 Gunns in the hands of Jas Manby in half Accot wth him 104 7 10
149 Sarah Holmes 1 11 1
115 Mist & Milward













The following Hemp was belonging to the said deceased at the time of his death



Eighty Ton of Hemp lying in Burr Street at Twenty four pounds ten shillings p[er] Ton 1960 0 0

Six Ton fourteen hundred three quarters and sixteen pounds of Hemp lying in Fells Warehouses in Red Lyon Street at Twenty four pounds p[er] Ton 161 15 3

Eighty five Tons of Hemp being a moiety of One Hundred and Seventy Tons bought by the deceased and Messrs John and Thos Turner Jointly & for which Joint Notes have been given lying at Browns Key and at Smith and Specks in the possession of Messrs Turner at Seventy four pounds p[er] Ton 2040 0 0

There is also in the Custody of Mr John Ambler in Tooley Street Southwark a Parcell of Hopps the property of the said deceased



There are several Notes given by the Workmen of the Factory which are of no Value



A Note given by Wm Hallam to the Deceased dated 5th May 1756 for Twenty pounds payable on Demand



29 June 1736 A Lease from Bolton Mainwaring Esqr to Joseph Marryman and several others of the Sail Cloth Factory and the premises thereunto belonging Scituate in St George Middx for the term of Twenty One Years and an half from Midsummer 1736 at the Yearly Rent of £23 which Lease was afterwards Assigned by the Lessees to the deceased



18 July 1740 A Lease from Thomas Saunders to William Samson of a piece of Ground containing two acres in Saint George Middlesex for the Term of Sixty Years from Midsummer 1740 at the Yearly Rent of £13 - Assigned by the said William Samson to the said deced for the Remainder of the Term by Indenture dated 25 March 1754


Sam Rickards Jn: Turner Willm Mathews Geo Wharton Griffith Hore

Rich Bland

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transcript Dave King, published 16.4.2017