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Receipt, 16131

Gostlin, Thomas

1613-10-20

Be it knowen to all men by theis presentes that I Thomas Gostlin of Groton in the county of Suffolk clothier haue received of Adam Winthrop of the same Towne gent executour of the last will and Testament of Henry Browne my wives grandfather, fiftie powndes of lawfull monye of Inglande, which he the saide Henry did giue and bequeth vnto Jane my Wife the daughter of the saide Adam in and by his saide last will and Testament in wrightinge of the which legacie and somme of mony, I doe acknowlege my selfe to be fully satisfied and paide, and therof doe acquight and discharge the saide Adam Winthrop his heires executours and administratours for ever by these presentes. In Witnesse whereof I haue to this my wrightinge put my hande and seale the Twentithe daie of October in the Eleventheyere of the reigne of our Sovereigne lorde James by the grace of god of great Britaine France and Irelande Kinge Defender of the faithe etc. AnnoDomini 1613.

Thomas Gostlin seal Signed sealed and deliuered in the presence of John Winthrop William ʍ Nutton 1.

W. Deeds, 24.

Sir Henry Appleton’s Acquittance1

Appleton, Henry

1613-12-14

Decimo Quarto die Decembris Anno Domini 1613.

Memorandum that I, Sir Henry Appleton2 of South Bemflett3in the Countie of Essex Knight and Barronett haue reseyued and had of John Wentrop of Growghton in the County of Suff. gent the some of fifte and seauen poundes and ten shillinges for the fyne for the admittance of his son forth Wentrope to those copy-holde Landes which are holden of that my mannour of Layham in the County of Suff. wherof I reseyued forty nyen poundes and ten shillinges by the handes of Thomas Hawes of Moch Stambridgein the County of Essex yoman and the residew of the saide Mr. Wentrop I say Receyued the daye and yeare aboue written the som of

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lvii li. x s.

Henry Appleton.

Indorsed by Gov. Winthrop: “Sir Henry Appletons acquittance forl vij li. x s. for Forthes fine, etc.”

W. 2. 184; M. H. S., 4 Collections , VI. 574.

Sir Henry Appleton [or Apulton] was son of Sir Roger Apulton of Benflete on the Hill, co. Essex, knight and baronet, who died 1614. Sir Roger married Ann, daughter of Sir Thomas Mildmay of Moulsham, co. Essex, and on his death she married John Pascall of Baddow, co. Essex. Sir Henry married Joan, daughter of Edward Sheldon of Besley, co. Worcester. Visitations of Essex, I (H. S., Pub. , XIII), 135, and I. A. Jewett, Memorial of Samuel Appleton (Boston, 1850), 53.

South Benfleet, a parish in the hundred of Barstable, co. Essex.

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