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SIR JOHN STATHAM, OF WIGWELL. 47 
8. Assisted & gave 10 to Augment" Tideswell Vicaridge. 
Have inriched & raised many familys, as Milns, Baker, Nall, 
ffoxlow &c, and never ruined any one. At Wirks’ Shows &c 
Batty’s & Hanson. P.G. 
My expectat" from S‘ P. Gell destroy’d by attachm' to M" Leek 
&c 
Master of the King’s Game (as S* John Arundel,) of High Peak 
& Wirks’, for my life from 1700, all the Town obnoctious, yet 
never took any person up except S’ P. G. serv‘ Stow (q : Storer ?) 
& except M’ Eyre of H. & M* Wilmot, and no sort of Qualifica- 
tion intitles them to kill the King’s Game.” 
(in dorso: “ Duffield, 24 Augt 1745. To Referrees & Com*®”’) 
These are to certify that I have sworn & 
admitted John Statham Esq into the place 
& quality of one of the Gentlemen of Her 
Majesty’s most hon™® Privy Chamber in 
ordinary. To have hold exercise & enjoy 
the said Place together with all Rights 
profits privileges & advantages thereunto 
belonging in as full & ample manner as 
any Gentleman of y° Privy Chamber to Her 
Majesty now holds or of right ought to hold 
& enjoy y°same. Given under my hand & 
seal this 24" day of May, 1714, in the 13th 
year of her Majesty’s reign. 
J. COKE. 
(Original given to D’ Ewes Coke, Esq: 4 Jan’, 1833.) 
