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testifie and declare That his present Maestie King Wiliam is rightful and lawful king of these realms And Wee do mutually promise and engage to stand by and Assist each other to the utmost of our Power in the Suport and defence of his Majesties most Sacred Person and Goverm't against the late king James and all his adherents And in case his Maj'tie come to any Violent or untimely death (which God forbid) Wee do hereby further freely and Unanimously oblidge ourselves to unite Associate and stand by each other, in Revengeing the same upon his Enemies and their Adherents and in supporting and deffending the Succession of the Crown according to an Act made in the first year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary Intituled An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjects and settling the Succession of the Crown'³⁴

Much of John's business was connected with overseas trade and the sea however. As a deponent in 1687 he recalls that the Earl of Monmouth, Dalby Thomas and Edmund Evans, and Nevile Pain, raised between six and seven thousand pounds to fit out a ship and search for a wreck in the West Indies.³⁵ A few years earlier he had to give evidence concerning stores supplied by certain victuallers to H.M. Navy at Portsmouth.³⁶ In 1684 a purser of H.M. Ship 'The Montague', one Thomas Baynham of Luton stated that he received money from John Thrale, a person belonging to the victuallers of the Navy. A bill of £94 was repudiated by Thrale.³⁷ A year later John complained that he had invested £50 in the forthcoming voyage to the East Indies in a ship 'The Constantinople Merchant' being prepared by John Smith and had received no return.³⁸ Another dispute over business transactions occurred in 1697 with Dalby Thomas of London, which included various matters ranging from tickets for the Million Lottery, shares in Hampstead Waterworks, and postages from Barbados.³⁹ Three years later John was sued by Thomas Robinson of London, mariner and commander of the ship 'Fosdyke Yatch' when England was at war with France, and which carried a cargo of £10,000 in value. John was appointed to adjust the accounts of the loading, but the results of his work were disputed. Attached to these records was a schedule headed 'laden on board the ship called 'The Prince William of Denmarke', and the Merchants' marks of vintners against each barrel of wine were listed.⁴⁰

Of rather different interest is an action of 1678.⁴¹ Apparently three years earlier John had deposited pictures with Mr. Thomas Coulthurst, a 'picture drawer', for safe keeping in the house owned by Joseph Lavington in Blowbladder Street, London. Coulthurst had died, and

Footnotes

34. C213/171/14.↩︎
35. C24/1197.↩︎
36. C24/1067.↩︎
37. Chancery Bills & Answers Reyn 85/53.↩︎
38. Chancery Bills & Answers C.5 Reyn 187/22.↩︎
39. Chancery Bills & Answers C.5 Reyn 152/52.↩︎
40. Chancery Bills & Answers C.5 Reyn. 163/84.↩︎
41. Ibid C.5 Bridges 566/47.↩︎