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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35693	Berwicks beauty, or, A church erecting there	Denton, Robert, 17th cent.	1650 (1650)	Wing D1063; ESTC R20404	4,858	16

collected for pious and religious purposes evidently demonstrates that such men prefer self-policy and private profit to Religion nay it clearly shews that such men seek their private necessities yea very pleasures before Gods Honor and such unfaithful Collectors merit the unprofitable servants judgement Matth. 25. 28. The late King granted his Letters Patents in 1641. to the Major Bayliffs and Burgesses of the Town of Berwick upon Tweed to gather and collect through all England money to build a new Church in the said Town in lieu of Trinity Church demolished in Queen Maries days the vertue of those Letters Patents was to endure for one year onely Thomas Davison Taylor having all the Briefs delivered to him in number 9000 and some hundreds gives his Bill to be accomptable to the whole Town for the same and that Bill was attested by J●hn Sleigh Robert Sleigh his Son Patrick Ramsey and Robert Denton of Black Fryars in L●nd●n This Bill is in the custody of Mr. Sleigh senior and as for Thomas Davison he being deceased his Executrix is able to make satisfaction and lives in the said B●ack-Fryars But here the af●resaid Robert Denton must in conscience give this Testimony to the said Thomas Davison deceased that he hath often professed to him that he had paid in all the moneys that he had received for this business to Mr. Sleigh either by Bills of Exchange or according to his special Orders and therefore he humbly conceives that this should be charged home to Mr. Sleigh to clear himself and also that every person concerned in this business be compelled to give in their accompt upon Oath and where any are found tardy that interest be exacted as in justice and equity it may f●r the sums they shall be f●und to be in arrears but this he submits to the wisdom of those in authority whom it chiefly concerns Thomas Davison in September 1641. did send some of these Briefs to the abovenamed Robert Den●ons house because as then he had not anhouse of his own and being the same Septemb. sent by the Parliament into Scotland returned not almost in three moneths after and the year consuming the said Robert Denton by vertue of a Commission from the Town under the common Seal and Hands subscribed which he can make appear having also great Seals and Letters of Deputation delivered some Briefs to such Brief-gatherers as repaired to him and took Bonds of them to be accomptable as followeth Pollo Logous a Grecian received Briefs to collect in Essex Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire his security Mr. Brown in Black-Fryars the sum 300l Mr. Gravener to collect in Suffolk and N●rfolk his security Mr. L●w in Butt●lph-Lane the sum 300 l. Mr. Anthony Que to collect W●lts Berks and Hampshire with other places as by his Bond appears his security Mr. Newberry in Watlingstreet the sum 300l These Bonds were by a special Order from Mr. Sleigh then Major commanded from Denton and delivered to Davison Davison took Bonds of many in the West part of England on this side Trent for which his Executrix is to be accomptable according to his aforesaid security Mr. John Burges and Eward Allison paid in unto Mr. Sleigh aforesaid the sum of 300l or thereabouts The Castle of Berwick was by Dentons care and diligence purchased of the Earl of Suffolk for 330l for which Sir Thomas Witherington a worthy Instrument of this work was bound and the materials to be imployed meerly to this end towards the building of the Church though Mr. Nicholas Foster offered unto the said Denton 450l to have purchased it for his own particular use as he himself will justifie but how some of the materials so purchased were disposed of the abovenamed Mr. Sleigh may give account but Denton can give no other account for this his careful service but that for his pains he was hardly dealt with by the Guild Septemb. 1649. Mr. Thomas Carew a Bedchamber-man gave by Will towards the building of the Church 200l which sum by Mr. Fisher was paid to Davison for which his Executrix is to be accomptable Robert Dento● coming to accompt for his collections for Kent some part of Warwickshire as by the Briefs Endorsed appears was found Debtor to the Town for the foresaid use in the sum of 50l as will appear by Record in the Guild Book September 1649. and this necessitates Robert Dentons humble Request of a lawful favor of the Major Bayliffs and Burgesses of the Corporation of Berwick aforesaid as followeth Sir Pelham Carew deceased in his life time became debtor in a Bond of 150l real debt to Robert Denton but taken in the name of the Major Bayliffs and Burgesses of Berwick aforesaid because some part thereof by the said Robert Denton was designed towards the building of the aforesaid Church His Relict the Lady Mary Carew now wife to Mr. George Palour living in the Tower of London is lyable to this debt and able to pay it having an estate of her late husbands worth 90l per annum in Horsham in the County of Sussex This Bond is for the present in the hands of the Widow Davison delivered by Robert Denton as a pledge or Engagement for his faithful performance of his promises and obligations as aforesaid Mistress Davison denies to deliver the Bond without a special Proxy from the Guild because made in their name Therefore the said Robert Denton humbly desires that the Guild would by a Proxy command the Bond out of the said Mistress Davisons Custody and that the Honorable the Governor the Worshipful the Major Bayliffs and Burgesses would be pleased to write effectually and prevalently to the Lady Mary Carew without further delay or trouble to pay the foresaid 150l having been now due about Ten years by which payment he shall be enabled not onely to pay the 50l which he owes to the Town but also to perform the free Design of his heart as a contribution towards this so religious a work besides it will help towards the payment of Mr. Yong the Mason in this work to whom the said Robert Denton is indebted in 100l And as for the Lady Mary Carew report and her own conversation justifying that report speaks her to the world as the most religious most pious and withal exactly just in her dealings Therefore it is not to be doubted that she will so derogate from her native worth and nobleness as to deny the payment of that debt which her conscience cannot but dictate unto her is most justly due and payable by her in relation to the Noble Knight her Husband deceased but especially seeing it will advance so religious a work and that in her Native Town when she shall hear the work is begun To all I take not upon me to advise much less to prescribe to such Honorable and Worthy persons in so great and high imployments These are onely humble Representations of that service which is due to them and desires which are with humility requested of them by Their faithful Servant Robert Denton FINIS