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Thomas Gawton. Gawton Thomas King. Thomas Gawton states that he was tricked into...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9511
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/191/9511
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1603-1625]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Gawton.
- Name(s)
- Gawton, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Gawton states that he was tricked into entering into a bond with Donne for a loan to Lid and Parrat of £50. Lid and Parrat immediately became bankrupt and defaulted on payment, for which Gawton was arrested at Donne's suit and imprisoned for over two years. Gawton's father persuaded Donne to release Gawton if he could secure the arrest of Lid or Parrat, and then paid a sergeant £10 to arrest Lid, which he did. However, Donne refused to release Gawton until his father paid another £10, and entered into a bond of £48, of which he has now paid £25. Donne has therefore received £35 of the £58 owed for a £50 loan, and also has Lid in prison for the same debt. He has also since had the petitioner's father arrested and imprisoned until he also entered into another bond of £40, and has threatened further action. The petitioner therefore requests that, given that he never received the original £50 and that payments have already been made, the king send the case before Smythe, and order Dunne not to molest them further and abide by Smythe's decision.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- William Lid, draper and citizen of London
- John Parrat, grocer and citizen of London
- Cuthbert Donne (Dun)
- Thomas Smythe (Smith), knight, former sheriff of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Sir Thomas Smythe, knight, does not appear in the 'List of Sheriffs' for London, but this is inaccurate and he served in 1600-1601. The address to the king, coupled with the handwriting would therefore suggest that the petition dates to the reign of James I.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295395/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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