A briefe of the Lady Dales petition to the Parliament
         Dale, Elizabeth, Lady.
      
       
         
           1624
        
      
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             A briefe of the Lady Dales petition to the Parliament
             Dale, Elizabeth, Lady.
             England and Wales. Parliament.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.).
           
             W. Jones,
             [S.l. :
             1624]
          
           
             Imprint information from STC (2nd ed.).
             "Requesting restitution of the estate of her late husband, Sir Thomas Dale, which was unlawfully confiscated by the East India Co. A committee was appointed to investigate her case on 8 May 1624, and her petition returned without prejudice on 22 May"--STC (2nd ed).
             Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Dale, Thomas, -- Sir, d. 1619 -- Estate.
           Dale, Elizabeth, -- Lady, fl. 1624.
           East India Company.
           Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           briefe
           of
           the
           Lady
           Dales
           petition
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           ,
           
           THat
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Dale
          
           her
           husband
           being
           imployed
           (
           in
           the
           yeare
           1617
           )
           by
           the
           East
           India
           Companie
           as
           chiefe
           Commander
           of
           their
           Fleete
           into
           the
           East
           Indies
           ,
           
           and
           there
           dying
           (
           in
           the
           yeare
           1619
           )
           leauing
           a
           great
           estate
           there
           in
           money
           and
           other
           things
           (
           in
           his
           Ship
           called
           the
           
             Moone
             ,
          
           then
           floating
           at
           Sea
           )
           to
           the
           value
           of
           20000
           pounds
           ,
           all
           which
           after
           his
           death
           belonged
           to
           the
           Petitioner
           as
           sole
           Executrix
           of
           his
           last
           Will
           made
           before
           his
           going
           in
           that
           Voyage
           .
        
         
           Shortly
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           one
           
             Thomas
             Iones
          
           a
           Factor
           for
           the
           Companie
           there
           ,
           and
           
             Robert
             Owen
          
           a
           seruant
           of
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           
           by
           confederacie
           with
           
             George
             Ball
             ,
             William
             Methald
          
           and
           
             Augustine
             Spaulding
          
           Factors
           likewise
           for
           the
           said
           Companie
           (
           according
           to
           the
           vsuall
           customes
           of
           those
           Factors
           in
           case
           of
           any
           mans
           death
           there
           ,
           by
           a
           forehand
           priuate
           direction
           from
           the
           Gouerners
           ,
           Treasurers
           and
           Committees
           of
           that
           Companie
           ,
           to
           seize
           vpon
           all
           his
           goods
           for
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Companie
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           swal●ow
           vp
           all
           his
           estate
           )
           got
           aboord
           the
           said
           Ship
           in
           the
           absence
           both
           of
           the
           Master
           and
           Purser
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           there
           vnlawfully
           brake
           into
           Sir
           
             Thomas
          
           his
           Cabbin
           and
           store-roome
           ,
           and
           tooke
           and
           carried
           from
           thence
           all
           his
           money
           ,
           goods
           and
           estate
           there
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           together
           with
           diuers
           written
           bookes
           and
           memorials
           of
           the
           particulars
           of
           his
           estate
           there
           ,
           which
           bookes
           and
           memorials
           they
           haue
           suppressed
           and
           concealed
           ,
           and
           haue
           shared
           all
           the
           said
           estate
           betweene
           themselues
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Gouerners
           ,
           Treasurers
           and
           Committees
           of
           the
           said
           Companie
           giuing
           no
           part
           thereof
           ,
           nor
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           said
           bookes
           and
           memorials
           to
           the
           Petitioner
           euer
           sithence
           .
        
         
           The
           said
           Gouerners
           ,
           
           Treasurers
           and
           Committes
           not
           herewith
           content
           ,
           haue
           since
           practised
           to
           defeate
           the
           Petitioner
           of
           all
           her
           estate
           at
           home
           (
           lying
           all
           in
           their
           hands
           )
           being
           a
           matter
           of
           2000
           poūds
           or
           neare
           thereabouts
           ,
           aduentured
           by
           her
           said
           husband
           in
           both
           the
           ioynt
           stocks
           of
           that
           Companie
           ,
           besides
           the
           profits
           thereof
           and
           some
           other
           moneys
           owing
           by
           the
           Companie
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           causing
           an
           officer
           of
           theirs
           to
           charge
           her
           for
           that
           purpose
           with
           supposed
           debts
           of
           her
           husbands
           to
           the
           Companie
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           2600
           pounds
           ,
           which
           vpon
           examination
           of
           another
           of
           their
           officers
           in
           her
           cause
           ,
           hath
           been
           since
           confessed
           by
           him
           vpon
           oath
           to
           be
           an
           vniust
           charge
           ,
           and
           excused
           as
           a
           mistaken
           by
           the
           Companie
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Petitioner
           hath
           sought
           remedy
           for
           the
           former
           of
           these
           wrongs
           (
           done
           in
           the
           Indies
           )
           by
           a
           suite
           in
           the
           Admiraltie
           Court
           against
           the
           said
           
             Iones
          
           and
           
             Owen
             ,
          
           
           being
           the
           principall
           actors
           of
           the
           said
           wrongs
           and
           spoile
           there
           ,
           where
           notwithstanding
           that
           good
           proofe
           was
           made
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           their
           said
           vnlawfull
           fact
           ,
           as
           of
           diuers
           particulars
           of
           the
           said
           estate
           (
           to
           a
           great
           value
           )
           so
           vnlawfully
           taken
           away
           by
           them
           ,
           besides
           a
           much
           greater
           estate
           concealed
           by
           their
           taking
           and
           suppressing
           of
           the
           said
           bookes
           and
           memorials
           ,
           yet
           through
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           potencie
           of
           the
           said
           Gouerners
           ,
           Treasurers
           and
           Committes
           bearing
           those
           fellowes
           out
           in
           that
           suite
           against
           the
           Petitioner
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           there
           obtaine
           recompence
           of
           the
           said
           wrongs
           ,
           
           according
           to
           her
           proofe
           made
           thereof
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           said
           Gouerners
           ,
           Treasurers
           and
           Committees
           ,
           and
           those
           others
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           detaining
           from
           the
           Petitioner
           all
           she
           hath
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Gouerners
           ,
           Treasurers
           and
           Committees
           not
           onely
           denying
           to
           yeeld
           her
           any
           part
           of
           her
           meanes
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           righting
           of
           her selfe
           by
           suite
           ,
           or
           for
           her
           necessary
           maintenance
           ,
           but
           refusing
           also
           very
           scornfully
           as
           much
           as
           to
           treate
           with
           her
           (
           or
           her
           friends
           for
           her
           )
           of
           iustice
           and
           equitie
           ,
           especially
           because
           the
           depositions
           already
           taken
           in
           her
           cause
           ,
           will
           not
           auaile
           her
           in
           any
           other
           ordinary
           Court
           ;
           and
           her
           witnesses
           (
           of
           the
           wrongs
           done
           her
           beyond
           Seas
           )
           being
           sea-faring
           men
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           produced
           at
           all
           times
           to
           serue
           her
           turne
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           (
           who
           haue
           been
           examined
           already
           in
           her
           cause
           )
           being
           since
           gone
           againe
           to
           Sea.
           
           
        
         
           Humbly
           therefore
           prayeth
           this
           honorable
           Court
           to
           take
           her
           cause
           into
           their
           considerations
           ,
           to
           call
           the
           parties
           aboue
           mentioned
           (
           or
           such
           of
           them
           as
           are
           neare
           at
           hand
           )
           to
           appeare
           forthwith
           before
           them
           ,
           commanding
           them
           to
           bring
           the
           said
           bookes
           and
           memorials
           into
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           vpon
           view
           thereof
           ,
           together
           with
           such
           proofes
           as
           are
           already
           made
           in
           the
           cause
           ,
           without
           further
           trouble
           or
           other
           examinations
           ,
           to
           take
           such
           order
           for
           her
           reliefe
           and
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           said
           seuerall
           wrongs
           ,
           as
           their
           wisedomes
           shall
           finde
           agreeable
           to
           iustice
           and
           equitie
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A19763-e10
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Dale
             imployed
             to
             the
             East-Indies
             by
             the
             Company
             ,
             dyeth
             ,
             leauing
             a
             great
             estate
             there
             in
             his
             ship
             belonging
             to
             the
             petitioner
             as
             his
             Executrix
             .
          
           
             His
             estate
             there
             after
             his
             death
             spoiled
             by
             the
             Cōpanies
             factors
             and
             his
             own
             seruant
             ,
             and
             shared
             between
             thē
             &
             the
             Gouerners
             ,
             Treasurers
             and
             Cōmittees
             of
             the
             Company
             ,
             &
             his
             state-bookes
             taken
             and
             suppressed
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Gouerners
             ,
             Treasurers
             and
             Cōmittees
             practise
             further
             to
             defeate
             her
             of
             all
             her
             estate
             at
             home
             ,
             lying
             in
             their
             hands
             .
          
           
             She
             seeks
             remedy
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Admiraltie
             for
             her
             wrongs
             beyond
             seas
             ,
             but
             obtaines
             not
             iustice
             there
             according
             to
             her
             proofes
             .
          
           
             All
             she
             hath
             ,
             thus
             detained
             from
             her
             ,
             not
             able
             to
             maintaine
             suite
             ,
             her
             witnesses
             not
             to
             be
             had
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             their
             depositions
             already
             taken
             ,
             not
             seruing
             in
             any
             other
             Court.
             
          
           
             Praying
             this
             high
             Court
             to
             consider
             of
             her
             cause
             ,
             to
             call
             the
             parties
             ,
             to
             view
             the
             state-books
             and
             the
             proofes
             already
             made
             ,
             and
             thereupō
             to
             take
             order
             for
             her
             reliefe
             .