170 Uiijjtihlished Documents relating to Sir U'ilHam Sliarington. 



anno primo Edwardi Sexti .... Heniy Bronker of Melkesham . . 

 . Wilteshere hath receaved of S' Willm S. before hande one hundreth and 

 fourtie pounds for the price of certaine Toddes of wolle which he the saide 

 S' Willm shall receave of the said Hcniy Bronker before the Feast of Sainte 

 Michell tharchaungell nexte after the date of the said Bill. Ittm a L're of the 

 Lorde Admiralles .... last of August whereby it ap'eth that the late 

 Lorde Admirall maketh request unto S'. W. S. for the painaente of one 

 hundreth pounde to be delivered unto one Roger Barlowe Item a L're of 

 S' Will'm S. bearing date the fourthe of Septembre wherby it ap'eth that 

 M' Sharington hath appointed w' one M' Cowdrington for the paim' of the 

 said hundreth pounds to the said Roger Barlowe. Item one obligacon . . 

 . . fourth of Septembr' anno primo Regis Edwardi Sexti .... Henry 

 Ostrige of Bristow oweth unto the late Lorde Admirall .... a hundreth 

 poundes. Item one Bill .... vj"" of Septembre, 1547, whereby it ap'eth 

 that Henry Ostrige marchaunt hath receaved of Thomas Shipman by three 

 Bills of Exchaunge foure hundreth ducketts in (.^) Hughe Tipton in Calice. Item 

 a Counterpayne of an Indenture of M' Andrew Bainton * bearing date the 

 xxvj"^ of Julj'e a. r. Edwardi Sexti primo mencioning for the some of foure- 

 score pounde the Sale of all thos his Mannours messuages landes .... 

 sett lieing and beinge in Wroughton and Chesilden in the Countie of Wiltes 

 to S' Willm Sharington and his heires Item one Bill bearing date the x'*" of 

 Decembr' in the Seconde yeare of Kinge Edwarde the vj"" .... that 

 Nicholas Snell hath receaved of S'. W. S. to thuse of Andrew Bainton the 

 some of a hundreth and threescore pounde in full paiment of D markes 

 of and for certaine Bargaines and Covennts dependenge betwixt the Lord 

 Seymore and the said Androwe Bainton Item a L're of the late Lorde Ad- 

 miralles bearing date the xxth of Novembr 1548 directed to the Ladie 

 Sharington for the paimente of C markes to M^ Androwe Bainton. In 

 witness tvhereof the parties abovesaid to this p'nte Indenture entrechaungeably 

 have put to their seales the daye and yeare above written. 



(S<*.) W. WilteshbT 



It would be interesting to know whether any of these jewels can 

 be traced. It is too much, perhaps^ to hope that any have escaped 

 the melting-pot; but some might possibly be recognized by an 

 examination of portraits of the Duchess of Suffolk. 



* Andrew Bainton, of Bromham. 



