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Copy of the will of Catherine Thurman of Millbank, co. Middlesex . Dated 15 October, 8 Geo. II 1734.

Citation from Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury , to Mary Corney alias Phillips, wife of Christopher Corney , pretended executrix of the will of Arthur Levings , to appear before Charles Hedges, LL.D., commissary of the Prerogative court of Canterbury . Dated 27 May, 1714.

Citation from William, archbishop of Canterbury , to Thomas Manwood to appear before John Bettesworth , his commissary, in a will cause ex parte Hannah Heape . Dated 6 Feb., 1715.

Letters patent of King Charles II, granting to William Coventre, esq., power to provide for shipps within and without England. Dated Westminster, 19 August, 18 Chas. II.

Sentence of the judge of the court of Admiralty concerning the proprietorship of the ship called the Blessing.

Certificate of the appointment of Mr. Robert Dobson, first lieutenant of their Majesties ship Advice. Dated 4 June, 1692.

The roll of captain William Hay 's company in Lord Geo. Hamilton 's regiment of foot. Dated 1693.

Appointment of lieutenant Robert Dobson to be first lieutenant of his Majesties ship Sterling Castle. Dated 13 October, 169[6]?.

Warrant for employment in the ship Rochester (mutilated) signed by Prince George of Denmark, lord high admiral. Dated 22 May, 1705.

Proceedings in a cause of subtraction of wages of seamen belonging to the ship the Supply, in the Admiralty court. Dated 23 January, 1706.

Certificate of the appointment of lieut. Charles Pollkinhorne as lieutenant of her Majesties ship Moncks prize. Dated 6 Jan., 1709.

Certificate of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral of Great Britain, &c., on behalf of the ship Layfield Galley, of London, to pass without lett, hindrance, or seizure. Dated 19 May, 1711.

Certificate given to George Berly, master of the ship George and Mary Gallis, staying in the port of London, and going to St. Sebastian's, of the non-existence of pestilence, plague or contagion in the said port. Dated 11 Nov. 1712.

Charter party for the 'Robert and Samuel,' Robert Austin commander, for a voyage to Gambia, Africa, to take in 230 negroes, and from thence to Jamaica. Dated 3 June, 1724.

Draft proclamation of sir Robert Holmes, kt., his Majesty's commissioner for the suppressing of pirates, &c., in America. Signed but not dated. [1688.] .

Judgment of sir Charles Hedges, kt., judge of the Admiralty in a cause between Samuel Slator , Peter Anderson , and William Price , against the ship John and Sarah, of which Robert Sowers was the master, recovering £103 18s. 2d., and costs.

Blank appointment of William Weldey , to be master, captain, and commander of a ship trading to the East Indies. 1681. .

Writ from King William III to the vice-chamberlain of the city of London and keeper of Newgate, to receive the bodies of certain pirates, for offences committed on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Dated 11th October, 12 of his reign.

Letters patent of Queen Anne, addressed to sir John Powell, kt., and others, concerning a suit in the Admiralty court for the subtraction of salary, between Edward Arnold and others, sailors of the ship Thomas and John, of the one part, and Daniel Oley and others, owners of the said ship. Dated at Westminster, 18 July, 6 Q. Anne.

Indenture (quadripartite) made 1st May, 2 Queen Anne, of articles of co-partnership between Thomas Kynaston , Nevill Wytherley , Alexander Goodall , and James Lowe , as mercers. (5 membranes.) .

Citation from the Prerogative court of Canterbury to Margaret Canning, alias Kilby , concerning the administration of the goods of Leopold Searle, late of Batavia . Dated 16 June, 1702.

Indenture (illegible) between John Alington, gent., and Samuel Leadbeater with John Reaggles ; 9 Oct. .. Q. Anna.

Indenturemade 28 October, 1705, witnessing that sir William Fazakerley, kt., chamberlain of the city of London , has delivered to the hands of sir Thomas Rawlinson, kt., the lord mayor, certain parcells of jewellry and plate, and he, the said Thomas, undertakes to redeliver them at the expiration of his mayoralty.

Certificate of the appointment of William Knight, esq., as serjeant-major of a regiment of foot of the trained bands of the city of London, whereof sir Thomas Eawlinson, kt., lord mayor, is colonel. Dated at the Guildhall, London, 20 June, 5 Q. Anne.

Certificate of the appointment of William Hulls, esq., as serjeant-major of a regiment of foot of the trained bands of the city of London. Dated at the Guildhall, London, 10 March, 7 Q. Anne.