44 Charles William Wallace 



thereof hath he payed vnto the plaintiff or vnto anie of his 

 servantes or vnto any for his vse./ 



Court of Requests Proceedings, Uncalendered, James I. [5 

 May, 1620.] 



DEPOSITIONS. 



Deposic/ones Captae apud Westmonasterium quinto 

 Ex parte die Maij Anno Regni domini nostvi Jacobi Anglian 

 Querentis./ Regis &c xviij u0 et Scotie liij tio 1620./ ex parte Johis 



Smith Querentis versus Christofer Beeston del*/ 



Thomas sonwskales of .the parysh of S.* Michell Bashingshawe 

 London Armorer of thage of xlv yeres or thraboute.? sworne, 

 and produced to be examined vppon the 1-6. 7. Jnter the day 

 and yeare abouesayd deposeth and sayth./ 



1 To the first Jnter this dep* sayth he knoweth the parties plaintiff 

 and def.y 



6 To the vj th Jnter this dep* sayth that the def.* Beeston hath lately 

 (viz* since the beginning of the suite now dependinge between the 

 def.* and the now Comp. 1 ) seene and perused, in the presence of 

 this dep* the pl tes shopp book or Booker of accompt; in w ch book 

 or booker were sett downe and expressed diuerse & seuerall 

 parcelled of Tynsell stufTe and oth er stuffes, w ch the sayd defend* 

 Confessed to haue receyued from the compl* in parte hym selfe 

 and some parte therof, he the def* had sent for by oth ers & 

 receyued lykewyse, w ch sayd seuerall parcells did accordinge to 

 the rates therein sett downe amownt & come to the some of xlvj. 11 

 v. s viij d or thereabouts : All w ch seuerall parcells the sayd Beeston 

 acknowledged the receipt of & allowed the rate.? & prises, they 

 were sett att, by the sayd book or booker of accompt aforesayd : 

 And the sayd Beeston did then furth er in the hearinge of this 

 dep* Con f esse & say that he did beleyue in his Conscience, the 

 sayd parcells were truly sett downe & requested the Compl.* to 

 forbeare to take an attachm* owt of this honorafr/e Cowrte, 

 agaynst hym the def.* & to doe his best Indeuo 1- that some oth rs 

 of the Company might pay some of the dett behynd for the 

 parcells aforesayd./ 



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