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cause being a cause for inheritance of good value, was ended by my arbitrament 

 and consent of parties, so a decree passed of course, and some months after the 

 cause was ended, the 100. mentioned in the said article was delivered to me 

 by my servant Hunt. 



The fourteenth charge, which was in the cause of Sir Richard Hurdsley, the 

 present was made by Mr. Tobie Matthew. His words are : &quot; I confess and 

 declare that there were two decrees, one, as I remember, for the inheritance, 

 and the other for the goods and chattels, but all upon one bill ; and some good 

 time after the first decree, and before the second, the said 500. was delivered 

 unto me by Mr. Tobie Matthew ; so as 1 cannot deny but it was, upon the 

 matter, pendente lite. 



The sixteenth charge, which was in the cause of Aubrey and Brucker, the 

 present was made by Sir George Hastings and Mr. Jenkins. His words are : 

 &quot; I do confess and declare that the sum was given and received, but the manner 

 of it I leave to witnesses.&quot; 



In the seventeenth charge, which was in Lord Montagu s cause, the present 

 was made after the decree. His words are : &quot; I confess and declare there was 

 money given, and, as I remember, to Mr. Bevis Thelwall, to the sum men 

 tioned in the article after the cause was decreed, but I cannot say it was ended ; 

 for there have been many orders since caused by Sir Francis Inglefield s con 

 tempts, and I do remember that when Thelwall brought the money, he said 

 that my lord would be yet further thankful if he could once get his quiet, to 

 which speech I gave little regard.&quot; 



In the eighteenth charge, which was in the cause of Drunck, the present was 

 made by Mr. Thelwall, as it seems after the decree. His words are : &quot; I con 

 fess and declare that it was delivered by Mr. Thelwall to Hatcher, my servant, 

 for me, as I think sometime after the decree, but I cannot precisely inform my 

 self of the time.&quot; 



In the nineteenth charge, which was in the cause of Reynell and Pencival, 

 the present of 200. was made by Sir George Reynell, a near relation, before 

 any suit commenced, at his first coming to the seals : a diamond ring, pendente 

 lite, as a new year s gift. His words are : &quot; I confess and declare, that at my 

 first coming to the seal, when I was at Whitehall, my servant Hunt delivered 

 to me 200. from Sir George Reynell, my near ally, to be bestowed upon fur 

 niture of my house; adding, further, that he had received divers former favours 

 from me, and this was, as I verily think, before any suit begun ; the ring was 

 certainly received pendente lite, and though it were at New Year s tide, it was 

 of too great a value for a New Year s gift, though, as I take it, nothing near the 

 value mentioned in the charge.&quot; 



The twentieth charge, which was the cause of Peacock, the present was 

 made, at Lord Bacon s first coming to the seal, and when no suit was pending. 

 His words are : &quot; I confess and declare, that 1 received of Mr. Peacock 100. 

 at Dorset House, at my first coming to the seal, as a present, at which time no 

 suit was begun ; and at the summer after, I sent my then servant Lister to 

 Mr. Rolfe, my good friend and neighbour at St. Albans to use his means with 

 Mr. Peacock, who was accounted a monied man for the borrowing of 500, 

 and after by my servant Hatcher for borrowing of 500. more, which Mr, Rolfe 

 procured ; and told me at both times it should be without interest, script, or 

 note, and that I should take my own time for payment of it.&quot; 



In the twenty-second charge, which was in the cause of Raswell, the present 

 was made months after the decree, which was made with the assistance of two 

 judges. His words are : &quot;I confess and declare that I received money from 

 my servant Hunt, as from Mr. Raswell, in a purse ; and whereas the sum in 

 the article being indefinite, I confess it to be 300. or 400., and it was about 

 some months after the cause was decreed ; in which decree I was assisted by 

 two of the judges.&quot; 



In the twenty-third charge, which was in the cause of Barker, the present 

 was made some time after the decree. His words are : &quot; I confess and declare, 

 that the sum mentioned in the article was received from Mr. Barker some time 

 after the decree passed.&quot; 



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