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CH/20/96

Reference code

CH/20/96

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter to the Dean from Thomas Proctor, 1622

Original Title

Mr Proctors letter

Date

25 Jul 1622

Quantity & Format

1 sheet

Description

Writing from Gray's Inn, Thomas Proctor says that he has various debts amounting to £850. His brother, Samuel Proctor, Prebendary of Teynton Regis (1589-1639), has assigned to him the rents of the prebend, but he has learned that "there is som charge against itt for the fabricke of the Church"; "his neglect of it hath bene such as he standes in danger of excommunication. The burden will lye upon me, and the tenant I see will not discharge itt thoughe his covenantes tye him therunto". He asks the Dean (John Bowle, Dean 1620-1630) to allow him to defer payment. On the verso, what look like comments on or a draft response to Thomas Proctor's letter. With a summary transcript by Penelope Rundle, Archive Volunteer, late 2010s.

Language

English

Physical Characteristics

Material: paper