1712 : Draft promissory note, draft letter & draft reference

Update on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:13PM by Petra Mitchinson

1712. DRAFT PROMISSORY NOTE, DRAFT LETTER & DRAFT REFERENCE. Bundle 5, Doc 5. 33.5 cm x 20.5 cm. All clearly drafts (lots of corrections) in Jeffrey BECK’s handwriting. Noverint universi & presentes nos Johanem WILIAMSON de Ednall in Com~ Cumberland~ yeo ett Ricardum WILIAMSON de Culgarth Gretr Eigns [?] in prd~ com~ yeo teneri ett firmiter obligari Galfrido BECK de Edenhall in Com~ Cumberland~ Gen~ in ducents Libris bone ett legalis monetæ angl~ magnæ Britaniæ solvendum Eidem Galfrido BECK autt suo certo attornat heis Executoris &y [?] ett Administratores vel assignatis suis adquam quidem solucionem bene et fidelerte faciendum~ obligamus nos ett utrumqr rumperte [?] proto et ni solveto herides Ejst~ [?] & Adm~stururos [?] ett utrintess [?] rum [?] firmiter per presentes sigullis nostris sigillat dat anno Regni Dom~o Anno dei gratia magne Britannie An~o Fidei Defensoriss &c &c Decem Anno Dom~i 1712 uros~ [?] The Condition of this obligacon is such that if the above bounden John WILLIAMSON and Rich WILLIAMSON They or either of them doe well and they or either of there heires Executors Administrators or assigness doe well and Truely pay or cause to be pd unto the above named Jeffrey BECK his heirs Executors Administrators and assignes the full and Just sum of one hundred and six pounds of Good and Lawfull money of Great Brittan on the Day of Apr [?] next Ensueing now next comeing Then thi obligacon to be void or else Remaine in Force. Sealed and Delivered } in stamped paper according } to act of parliamt } in the prsents of } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honrd Sr I was Intending to send you up Two hundred pounds by the [?] Caddy sn [?] but Lighting upon this Drawer he has Given me the Enclosed £ 400 which I take to be a more suerer safer way then the oth sending itt by the carryers (one hundred and 50£ I pray you will put to the acct of the Rents Recd January 1711 which will answer the halfe yeare acct Ending February 2 1711 and 50£ more be pleased to add to the Rent Recd march 1711/12 the Remaineing 200 be pleased to add itt to Generall fyne I hope I shall not meet with such a nomore disapoyntmts. to Keep To morrow will be put uset [?] the Pond for my Liddy MUSGRAVE 2 lotts [?] of pigeons To the hon~bl the Componrs [?] of his mastyes Customes Those are to testifye ye hords [?] that that wee doe very well Know J. R. in and that he is a very likely man to make a good officer he’s a brisk heartly [?] man aged 3 years [sic] hath been bread a gelooker [?] is a person of Good understanding of a very Good family of Civill behavour & of sober & honest life & Coversation & not Incumbered with debts well a feated [?] to the prsent Govermt of the Con [?] of the C of E and a fit person for a Tids man