Reference
H/DE488
Title
Deposition:
affidavit of Matthew Hanscombe, Ickleford, yeoman
Date free text
22 Nov 1667
Production date
From: 1667 To: 1667
Scope and Content
--- Richard Ansell, late Elstow, gentleman, deceased, declared to the deponent about 15 years ago that his other
brother Charles Ansell owed him £10 and no more, and that about 1 month later he told the deponent that he
would release Charles Ansell from all debts for £5, 'and that he would allow the first five pounds of the
said £10.... towards the expense and charge his brother Charles had been put to by lying in prison for him',
and that Charles Ansell after the death of Richard Ansell tendered the £5 to Barbara, widow of Mr. Ansell
who refused it.
witness. Samuel Browne
22 Nov 1667
Level of description
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