io Charles William Wallace 



giuen forth e diuers tymes to diuers persons, that hee intendeth 

 not to leaue vnto yo r Supp. u his wiffe nor Children the valine of 

 one penny when soever hee shall departe this natnrall lyffe, beinge 

 not onlie to the greate [hurt] and hinderance of yo r said Supp. u 

 his wiffe & famyly but alsoe to theire vtter vndoeinge yf they bee 

 not releiued by the iustice of this honorable Courte, & beinge a 

 man of good estat & w th out charge. In Tender Consideraa'on 

 whereof and for asmuche as by y e strict Course of the Common 

 lawes of this Realme yo r said pore subiecte is remediles either to 

 recover the said three scoore poundes soe promissed as aforesaid 

 or to Compell him the saide Cristopher Mountioye to putt in 

 suretyes to leaue tow hundred poundes to yo r highnes poore 

 subiect & his wiffe at his death beinge of late inclyned to waste 

 his estate for that yo r said subiect cannott prove the saide 

 promisses in soe strict manner as by the Common lawe is required 

 or yf hee Could yet hath not yo r said subiect by the said Common 

 lawes of this Realme ffitt or apt remedy neither is yo r saide loyall 

 subiect able to proove the loane of the said fforty shillinges to y e 

 said Christopher Mountioye but perswadeth himself e that the 

 said Christopher either to dischardge a good Conscience as 

 knowinge pmurye is a moste damnable sinn or to avoide the 

 punishment inflicted on such as Count the saide sinn, may it 

 therefore please yo r highnes the premisses Considered, To graunt 

 vnto yo r subiect yo r highnes moste gracious writt of privie seale 

 to be directed vnto the said Christopher Mountioy Commaundinge 

 him thereby at a Certayne day and vnder a Certayne payne 

 therein to be directed personally to appeare before yo r highnes 

 in yo r highnes Courte of White Hall Comonlie called the Court of 

 Requests Then & there to make a direct answer to the premisses 

 and to stande to suche further order & direction therein as by yo r 

 highnes or yo r said Counsell shalbe thought meete to stand w th 

 equity & good conscience, And yo r said loyall subiecte accordinge 

 to his bounden dutye shall hartely pray to god to prolonge yo r 

 highness happy Raigne and lyfe longe to Contynewe./ 



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