Deed assigning twenty pounds from
Jonson
's pension to
Nicholas Harman
, 26 Apr.
1623 . The document is on fol. 37 in the Auditors' Assignment Books,
letters of attorney for 1622-8, which contain entries of the deeds of assignments
of
the whole or part of pensions, annuities, and other payments out of the Exchequer.
The volume has a contemporary index.
Eugene Giddens
[fol. 37]
Beniamin Ionson his Assignement
to
Nicholas Harman
for xxli.
Knowe all men by theise presents That I Beniamin Iohnson esquire haue assigned and
set over and by theise presents do assigne & sett over vnto my verie loving
Frend
Nicholas Harman
esquier the somme of twentie pounds. To be received had and
taken out of the first and next moneys that shall accrue and growe due vnto me vpon
my pention of one hundred markes per'ann issuing and payable vnto me
out of the Receipts of his Majesties
Exchequer And I do further authorize the said Mr Harman to signe and deliver vnto the Tellor.
of his
Majesties said Receipt acquitances or other
discharges vppon the receipt of my said pention or any part therof vntill he shall
be fullie satisfied and paid to his owne proper vse and behoofe the said
somme of twentie pounds so ressigned by vertue of theise presents
which I do hereby ratifie confirme and allowe of as if the same
were my owne act or acts in that behalf. In witnes whereof I haue herevnto set my
hand and seale this present 26th day of Aprill Anno Do
minus 1623. annoque Regis Iacobi
xxj mo
Ben: Ionson
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of me
Richard Brigg and of me
Ruben Bourne
Phillip Heydon
Bibliography
Bawcutt (1996), 51-52
'The recipient of the grant was probably the Nicholas Harman or Herman who was financial secretary to Richard Martin, Recorder of London , in 1613, and at the date of this document was secretary in the Wards to Cranfield' (Bawcutt, 1996b, 51-2).