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Letter from Edmund Rawlins to John Wilmore, Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
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Desiring to be excused and exempted from serving as alderman
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Finding No
BRU15/13/122
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Date
8 Sep 1642
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- BRU Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, 1370-1942
- BRU15 Volumes of miscellaneous documents, 1370-1886
- BRU15/13 'Miscellaneous Documents, Vol. 13', [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/1 Apprenticeship indenture: John Broughton, son of Joan Broughton, late of Stratford-upon-Avon, deceased, 1 Apr 1613
- BRU15/13/2 Prohibition against inhabitants of the town tippling in alehouses, 1 Oct 1613
- BRU15/13/3 Licence to assign: Windsor Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1613
- BRU15/13/4 Licence to assign: High Street and Rother Market, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1613-1621
- BRU15/13/5 Petition of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to the Lord Chief Justice and Privy Council about enclosures, 1614
- BRU15/13/6 "A note whoe of oure compa[nie] have lether bucketes and whoe have not; those which h[ave] bucketes have a b. over their heades", 17 Jun 1614
- BRU15/13/7 A true copy of the certyffycate', 18 Jun 1614
- BRU15/13/8 Memoranda relating to lands in Bishopton and Shottery and the enclosures, 1614
- BRU15/13/9 Memorandum touching the land purposed to be enclosed by Mr. William Combe, 13 Dec 1614
- BRU15/13/10 Meaning and intents of an agreement between Mr. Lane and Mr. Bishopp, 1 Oct 1614
- BRU15/13/11 Note of an interview with Mr. Worley of Clements Inn about the enclosure of Welcombe by Mr. Combe, 17 Nov 1614
- BRU15/13/12 Apprenticeship indenture: Elyne [Ellen] Burcher, daughter of William Burcher of Henley-in-Arden, cutler,, 1 Nov 1614
- BRU15/13/13 Assignment: Old Stratford, Welcombe and Bishopton, 6 Jan 1615
- BRU15/13/14 Bond, 5 Apr 1615
- BRU15/13/15 Presentments with fines for breaking the Assize in ale and beer, [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/16 Bond, 1614
- BRU15/13/17 Piggine's accompt of his collections for the losses of Stratford-upon-Avon through a fire, 1614-1615
- BRU15/13/18 Draft complaint concerning enclosure, [1611-1621]
- BRU15/13/19 Bond, [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/20 Account of monies received by the Borough of Stratford from Luddington towards the relief of the poor from 1615 to 1650, 1615-1650
- BRU15/13/21-22 Apprenticeship indenture: Katherine Mather, daughter of John Mather of Stratford-upon-Avon, deceased, 1615
- BRU15/13/23 Unsigned certificate that the bearer, Arthur Brogden, of Stratford-upon-Avon, butcher, is the son of Thomas Brogden late of Stratford, draper, deceased, and requesting that he may be assisted in looking up certain evidences, 1615
- BRU15/13/24 Apprenticeship indenture: William Peate, son of James Peate alias Allen, of Stratford-upon-Avon, glover, deceased, 1615
- BRU15/13/25 Apprenticeship indenture: John Twining, son of William Twyning of Stratford-upon-Avon, yeoman, deceased, 1615
- BRU15/13/26 Examination of Joan Smith, wife of Roger Smith, late of Drayton, county of Lancaster, tinker, an idle disordered person taken before Mr. Henry Smith, the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1616
- BRU15/13/27-29 Three leaves of the diary of Thomas Greene, town-clerk of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1614-1615
- BRU15/13/30 Examination of Alice, wife of Lewis Hiccox of Stratford-upon-Avon taken before the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon relating to Joan Smith, 1616
- BRU15/13/31 Answer of the company to the letters of Mr. High Sheriff [Mr. Combes] concerning the intended innovation at Welcombe, 26 Jun 1616
- BRU15/13/32 Examination of Francis Hall taken before Mr. Henry Smith, Bailiff and Mr. Francis Smyth, Chief Alderman of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, relating to his marriage with one Joan, 1616
- BRU15/13/33 Letter from William Mace to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon about a writ served upon Edward Cottrill for rent, 12 Apr 1616
- BRU15/13/34 Licence to assign: Shottery, 1627
- BRU15/13/35 Examination of Robert Humfry, late of Aplebury in the county of Salop, a wandering sturdy beggar, taken before the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1616
- BRU15/13/36 Writ for promulgating a proclamation, 1618
- BRU15/13/37 Surrender: [?Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon], 1617-1618
- BRU15/13/38 Representation of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to the Honorable Society of Grays Inn clearing Thomas Lucas, gentleman, of certain reports raised against him, 1615-1625
- BRU15/13/39 Letter from W. Barnes to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1617
- BRU15/13/40 Letter from Richard Chambers to Mr. Michael Jonsons of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1617
- BRU15/13/41 Letter from Margaret Hill to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 20 Aug 1617
- BRU15/13/42 "Bylles made to be sealed, the moneys to be payd, 3 Februarij, 1617,", 3 Feb 1618
- BRU15/13/43-44 Names of those that have the town money, with their sureties and times of loan, lent forth' per Richard Hathwaye [Hathaway] and William Smith, haberdasher, Chamberlains, 1618
- BRU15/13/45 Account of land sown with oats and laid down to greensward, 1618
- BRU15/13/46 Powers of attorney by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to Richard Baker and Thomas Greene, Chamberlains, to receive the yearly rents etc, 1619
- BRU15/13/47 Account of the town money lent 1621, 1621
- BRU15/13/48 Certificate by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon for Mr. Richard Walker, 27 Sep 1620
- BRU15/13/49 Pass for Thomas Baker and his wife, vagrants, 1619
- BRU15/13/50 Written acknowledgment and confession of offences made by Eleanor Fletcher, 23 Mar 1621
- BRU15/13/51 Marriage-bond: John Hobbins of Clifford and Anne Allen of Shottery, 1621
- BRU15/13/52 Record of the taxations and levies within the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon collected and paid by the Constable, 1621
- BRU15/13/53 Warrant addressed to the Constable of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1621
- BRU15/13/54 Warrant for levies and collection for the King's Bench etc, Feb 1622
- BRU15/13/55 Warrant for levies and collection for the King's Bench etc, Sep 1622
- BRU15/13/56 Draft of receipts and payments, 1623
- BRU15/13/57 Order of the court at a General Sessions of the Peace, 1644-1645
- BRU15/13/58 Counsel's opinion, 19 Nov 1623
- BRU15/13/59 Warrant to the Constable of Stratford, 1623
- BRU15/13/60 Note from Anthony Langston to the Bailiff of Stratford-upon-Avon, 27 Sep 1624
- BRU15/13/61 Marriage-bond: John Wheeler of Stratford-upon-Avon, cordwainer, and Elizabeth Rylande, 1624
- BRU15/13/62 Marriage-bond: William Greene of Bishopton, 1624
- BRU15/13/63 Bond for Thomas Kemble, tailor, of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Cicely Kemble alias Dixon his wife, to administer to the effects of William Teussell, also of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
- BRU15/13/64 Marriage-bond: George Biker, malster, of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
- BRU15/13/65 Bond for Robert Johnson the younger of Stratford-upon-Avon to administer to the will of Avis Clarke, spinster, of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
- BRU15/13/66 Marriage-bond: John Davis, shoemaker, of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Elizabeth Wheeler of Stratford-upon-Avon, Dec 1624
- BRU15/13/67 Bond for William Bevis of Alderminster, Worcestershire, to administer to the chattells of Isabel Stanley late of Shottery deceased, 1624
- BRU15/13/68 Account for wines, 1624
- BRU15/13/69 Letter from Jo[seph] Broke to the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 May 1625
- BRU15/13/70 Notes of various transactions between the years 1612 and 1637, 1612-1637
- BRU15/13/71 Bond for Elizabeth Richardson to administer to the goods and chattels of William Richardson, her husband, deceased, 1625
- BRU15/13/72 Extracts from the will of Mrs. Williams, widow, dated 21 October, 1622, and also that of Thomas Lucas, Esquire, Town-clerk of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, dated 1625, 1622-1625
- BRU15/13/73 Bond for Francis Ainge of Stratford-upon-Avon, gentleman, to administer to the effects of Francis Smith late of Luddington, clerk, for the benefit of the brothers and sisters of the deceased, 1625
- BRU15/13/74 Bond for debt, 1625-1626
- BRU15/13/75 Bond for Anne Roffe to duly administer to the effects of William Roffe, her late husband, 1625
- BRU15/13/76 Bond for Margaret Kempson to administer to the chattells of Leonard Kempson, 1625
- BRU15/13/77 Marriage-bond: John Francis of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1625
- BRU15/13/78 Note of the tillage that is laid down by Mr. Combe in Old Stratford fields, [1612-1622]
- BRU15/13/79 Bond for the due administration of the effects of Robert Palmer, deceased, by Rose Palmer the relict, 1625
- BRU15/13/80 Acknowledgment by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon being indebted to Anthony Smithe of Stratford-upon-Avon in the sum of 108£ to be paid on the 3 August 1626, 1 Aug 1625
- BRU15/13/81 Order for the payment of 20£ annually to Mr. Thomas Wilson, B.D., Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 Jan 1627
- BRU15/13/82 Warrant for levying money towards the defraying the allowance of John Manleye, gentleman, assigned to exercise and instruct the trained bands, 1626
- BRU15/13/83 Warrant to the constable for a collection for King's Bench, maimed soldiers, the House of Correction, and prisoners, 1626
- BRU15/13/84 Warrant to the constable to furnish six able-bodied men fit for war etc, 22 Mar 1627
- BRU15/13/85 Bond for debt, [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/86 Bond for Henry Norman to pay to Thomas Grene and others, the churchwardens, certain monies to the uses of the will of Ann Loyde, 1626
- BRU15/13/87 Bond for Margery Johnson to administer to the effects of Robert Johnson late of Old Stratford, 1627
- BRU15/13/88 Bonds, 1628-1630
- BRU15/13/89 Licence to assign: Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1629
- BRU15/13/90 Notification of assignment, 1630-1631
- BRU15/13/91 Reversal of an order made 12 January, 1626, for the payment of 20£ yearly to Mr. Thomas Wilson, Vicar of Stratford, for the maintenance of a lecture, 2 Oct 1634
- BRU15/13/92 Lease: Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1631-1632
- BRU15/13/93 Licence to assign: Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1629-1630
- BRU15/13/94 Bond for the performance of covenants, 1631-1632
- BRU15/13/95 Licence to assign: Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1632
- BRU15/13/96 Account in what the Bailiff and Burgesses of Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon are indebted to Daniel Baker, draper, 1632
- BRU15/13/97 Presentments made by the churchwardens, 1633
- BRU15/13/98 Mandate relating to Thomas Wilson, clerk, [1633]
- BRU15/13/99 Bond for the performance of covenants, 7 May 1633
- BRU15/13/100 Warrant to Nicholas Knight, gentleman, one of the high constables of the hundred of Barlichwaie, touching the licensing of ale-houses, 1633
- BRU15/13/101 Mandate relating to Thomas Wilson, clerk, 1633
- BRU15/13/102 Bond for debt, 1 May 1633
- BRU15/13/103 Book of ecclesiastical proceedings of 14 leaves containing presentments, 1633
- BRU15/13/104 Memorandum of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon being indebted to William Shaw in the sum of 54, 1634
- BRU15/13/105 Order of the Court of Chancery referring to an order of the 25th of June last in the cause of Thomas Wilson, clerk, and others, plaintiffs, and William Shaw and the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, defendants, 13 Oct 1634
- BRU15/13/106 Gilbert Bellamy v. John Bradley and Michael Hare, trespass and ejectment, 1634
- BRU15/13/107 Chancery order in respect of Thomas Wilson, clerk, and others v. William Shawe and the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to stay the payment of the 20£, 1634-1635
- BRU15/13/108 Bond, 1635
- BRU15/13/109 Letter to the Bailiff and his brethren of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon by William Smith, cousin to Thomas Smith late Chamberlain, 23 Mar 1636
- BRU15/13/110 Acquittance by Simon Renn of Whitladie Aston, Worcestershire, laborer, to John Taudie of the same place, clerk, of all debts, 1635
- BRU15/13/111 Final concord: Stratford-upon-Avon, 1635-1636
- BRU15/13/112 Bond for debt, 1636-1637
- BRU15/13/113 Bond for debt, 1637
- BRU15/13/114 Bond for debt, 1637
- BRU15/13/115 General release and quit-claim by John Page of Cambden, Gloucestershire, mason, to the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1639
- BRU15/13/116 Order made at the General Sessions at Warwick to compel the appearance of the overseer of the parish of Luddington for arrears of contribution to the poor of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1638-1638
- BRU15/13/117 Account of the revenue of the Chamber, [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/118 Bond for due performance of covenants, 1640-1641
- BRU15/13/119 Blank warrant for collecting subsidies, 1641
- BRU15/13/120 Note of the poll-money upon the assessments in the hundred containing the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1641
- BRU15/13/121 Letter from William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, for taking the protestation, 28 Feb 1642
- BRU15/13/122 Letter from Edmund Rawlins to John Wilmore, Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 Sep 1642
- BRU15/13/123 Bond for debt, 1642-1643
- BRU15/13/124 Writ for the election of Edmund Rawlins, gentleman, to the office of Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1642-1643
- BRU15/13/125 Bond for debt, 1643
- BRU15/13/126 Review of the landed men for the pole-money in Bewsall, [1637-1647]
- BRU15/13/127 Bond for debt, 1643
- BRU15/13/128 Three receipts for monies paid by William Lyndon for the tithes of Old Stratford, [1601-1700]
- BRU15/13/129 Collector's account headed, "Received by John Beddome for behoof of the infected, 1645,"--Sum, £55 .. 14 .. 10, 1645
- BRU15/13/130 Letter from James Castle to the Bailiff and his brethren of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 Oct 1645
- BRU15/13/131 A noate of moneys disbursed for the poore infected people by mee, Richard Castell, then Bayliffe, in the yeare 1645', 1645
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