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the incoming Chamberlain, John Boyse, Abbott declaring he held 
receipts for the sum of £15 paid by him to Boyse, but the latter 
denied having been paid this amount. 
At a Council meeting on February 18th, 1€3}, Abbott being 
absent, it was “ Agreede by Generall consent that Mr. Richard 
Abbott accordinge to a former Order giving Mr. Henry Bushe 
and Mr. Henry Moore for his sureties with him for 48" wch hee 
owes on bond mony shall hold it for 6 months longer Provided 
alsoe that hee bring in all the mony or the arrears of rent ora 
Note to make it good to satisfie the foote of ail his accompts left 
unsatisfied in the tyme of his being Chamberlayne on the Munday 
after our Lady Day next.’ Abbott attended the next meeting 
and seems to have quickly satisfied his colleagues, for Chamberlain 
John Boyse 1649-50, records, 
“Tt paid for Wyne suger Biskie Toba- 
choe and fyer to Mris Reeve when 
Mr. Abbott past his accompt per bill oo=14=02” 
In the Ch. Ac. for 1651, occurs 
“Itm paid Mr. Abbott for Rossam 
Cloth and paper for the Plomer 00 — 01 —06” 
(curious items for a Plumber’s requirements but possibly con- 
nected with the use of wooden water mains.) 
The M. B. October 4th, 1652, records ‘‘ What Mr. Abbott 
who biddeth 4“ shall give for ye Tenem* ye dwells in being 
Towne lande for ye terme of 42 yeares and a coppie of licence to 
dispose thereof Agreed ye lease be made for 42 yeares and also 
a copy of licence for ye same 5 usuall rents and covn**” 
The Ch. Ac. notes, in connection with this 
“Ttm of Mr. Richard Abbott for his 
ffine and Seale in full ©5 =06=08” 
Abbott, who was then one of the Constables, after the 26th of 
December, 1652, disappears from the Council roll, and probably 
he soon afterwards left the City, as the M. B. records the 
