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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40535	A full account of the rise, progress, and advantages of Dr Assheton's proposal (as now improved and managed by the worshipful Company of Mercers, London) for the benefit of widows of clergymen and others; by settling jointures and annuities at the rate of thirty per cent.; Account of Dr. Assheton's proposal.	Assheton, William, 1641-1711.	1700 (1700)	Wing F2271; Wing A4034A; ESTC R216401	12,330	36

of the Committee being read at a General Court the 18 th of August 1699 and the Question being put Whether the Court would comply with the Proposition of the said Committee touching taking Subscriptions by Proxy it was carried in the Affirmative But the Court Ordered and desired the said Committee to use all possible Care and Caution touching the same Accordingly it is Ordered That when any Person doth intend to Subscribe by Proxy he shall First make the following Affidavit upon Oath before some Justice of the Peace in the Neighbourhood with a Certificate of the same Subscribed by the Minister and Churchwardens of the Parish where the said intended Subscriber doth Inhabit A. B. of the Parish of _____ in the _____ of _____ maketh Oath That he this Deponent is not above the Age of _____ Years to the best of this Deponents knowledge and Belief and this Deponent further saith That he is now in good and perfect health A. B. Jur ' _____ die 169 _____ coram _____ We believe the Contents of this Affidavit to be true and know the same to be Subscribed with the proper handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace whose name is thereunto affixed and likewise of the said A. B. who made the same _____ Rector or Vicar of _____ _____ _____ Churchwardens of _____ But if the Subscriber is a Minister then this Certificate is to be Subscribed by the Minister and Churchwardens of the next Parish These Testimonials being brought to the Wardens by a Credible Person will be accepted and the Person concerned will be admitted to Subscribe and Pay in his Money by Proxy 2. It hath been often Objected That the Fifth Article as it relates to Seamen ought to be explained The words of the Article are these viz. 5. That no Person that goes to Sea shall be admitted to Subscribe to have the Benefit of this Proposal Now say the Objectors This Article may be great disadvantage to several Persons who are either actual Subscribers or intend to be so For suppose such a Person shall have some urgent extraordinary Occasion to cross the Seas e. g. For the Recovery of a Debt the making up an Account c. must such a Person either lose his Effects in these Instances or else must his Wife be deprived the Benefit of this Proposal To Satisfy such Persons the Company did take this Matter into Consideration at a General Court August 18. 1699. And did then thus Declare viz. For explanation of the Fifth Article in the General Proposal the Company do Declare That they do not thereby exclude any Person that goes to Holland Ireland France or the Coasts of England Provided they be not Seafaring Men who follow it as their Business or Vocation THese Concessions being thus made the Company then proceeded to give Directions for the drawing up of a Deed of Settlement by the Advice of very Able and Learned Council The which Deed of Settlement was Executed by the Company and Trustees at a General Court of the said Company held on Wednesday the Fourth of October 1699. The Deed of Settlement is enrolled in his Majesties High Court of Chancery And an Authentick Copy of it transcribed into a Book and well Attested will constantly lye upon the Table with the Books of Subscription to be perused on Wednesdays and Fridays every Week between the Hours of Nine and One in the Forenoon At which time the Wardens and Members of the Company will Attend at Mercers-Hall to take Subscriptions and receive the Money For this Reason I shall give no farther Account of the Contents of the said Deed. As What Estates are Settled and the Value of them Who are the Trustees to whom these Estates are made over and Conveyed for the Security of the Subscribers and the effectual Payment of their Widows c. I shall not pretend I say to give any Account of these Matters Since it is more for my ease and the Satisfaction of all Persons concerned to peruse the Deed it self FINIS The Obligation of the Company When a Person Subscribes for the sole Benefit of his Wife WE the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of the Mercers of the City of London do acknowledge to have received of _____ Inhabitant in the Parish of _____ in the _____ of _____ the Sum of _____ Pounds which he hath Subscribed for the benefit of _____ aged _____ Years the Daughter of _____ _____ of _____ in the County of _____ his present Wife And we do promise and Oblige our selves and our Successors in case the said _____ shall dye Except in such manner as is Excepted in the General Proposal made by us for payment of Annuities to Widows before his said Wife and leave her a Widow to pay unto her during her life the Sum of _____ Yearly free of all Taxes and Charges being after the Rate of Thirty Pounds per Cent. per Ann. of the said _____ his Subscription at the two usual Feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Arch-Angel The first Payment to be made on the first of the said Feast-days that shall happen Four Months or more after the Decease of the said _____ she producing this Obligation and due Certificates of her Husband's Death to the which Payment we bind our Selves and our Successors firmly by these Presents In Testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Company the _____ day of _____ Anno Dom. _____ The Obligation of the Company When a Person Subscribes for the Benefit of such Person or Persons as by his Last Will and Testament he shall direct and appoint WE the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of the Mercers of the City of London do acknowledge to have received of _____ Inhabitant in the Parish of _____ in the _____ of _____ the Sum of _____ which he hath Subscribed for the Benefit of such Person or Persons as he the said _____ by his Last Will and Testament shall direct and appoint during the Natural Life of _____ his now Wife Aged _____ Years the Daughter of _____ of _____ in the _____ of _____ in case he dies before her And we do promise and oblige our Selves and our Successors in case the said _____ shall dye Except in such manner as is excepted in the General Proposal made by us for Payment of Annuities to Widows before his said Wife and leave her a Widow to pay unto such Person or Persons as the said _____ by his Last Will and Testament shall direct during the Natural Life of the said _____ his said Wife _____ Yearly free of all Taxes and Charges being after the Rate of Thirty Pounds per Cent. per Ann. of the said _____ his Subscription at the Two usual Feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel The First Payment to be made on the First of the said Feast-days that shall happen Four Months or more after the Decease of the said _____ the Person or Persons being so entitled producing such his her or their Title together with this Obligation and due Certificates of the Death of the said _____ and the Life of the said _____ To the which Payment we bind our Selves and our Successors firmly by these Presents In Testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Company the _____ day of _____ in the Year of our Lord _____ Books lately Writ by Dr. Assheton A Conference with an Anabaptist Price 12 d. A Theological Discourse of Wills 12 d. A Discourse of Death-Bed Repentance 6 d. A Vindication of the B. Trinity 12 d. A Discourse against Debauchery and Prophaneness 2 d. A Conference with an Atheist 2 d. A Discourse against Drunkenness Cursing and Swearing 2 d. A Method of Daily Devotion 2 d. A Method of Devotion for the Lord's-Day 2 d. An Exhortation to the H. Communion 2 d. These are the Prices single But cheaper to those who are so Charitable to give away Numbers