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The National Archives: C11/2359/27
Prissick v Prissick (1716)
Answers of Mary Prissick one of the defendants to the Bill of Complaint of Christopher Prissick surgeon & of John Prissick & Elizabeth Prissick infants, by Christopher Prissick of London Merchant their Unckle.
Brief notes only (ref also notes on C11/2354/12):
Note
this answer refers to the complaint outlined in C11/2354/12, and
therefore family details which are already outlined in that extract are
not repeated here.
- dates Thomas Attwell's will to May 1687, died 1690
- notes her parents (Robert & Elizabeth Booth) were involved in extensive suits regarding the will of Thomas Attwell
- Robert Booth mortgaged the properties on St Bottolph's Lane in June 1691 to Christopher Prissick, London, marriner for £350 & eventually for £660
- in 1695 the mortgage was assigned to Henry Newdick, London, Poulterer, and about 1714 it was transferred to Richd Bowles
- notes that Thomas Prissick
failed in his trade of Upholsterer & went severall voyages beyond
the sea in the time of the late war with France. He met with many
misfortunes, particularly on his third voyage outward when he was taken
& plundered of all his effects by the French
- the lease only has 13 1/2 years remaining
- the Dean & Chapter are looking for c. £1000 to renew, although every 7 yr renewal in the past was only c. £40
- Her brother (Thomas Booth) has refused to join in renewing the lease unless she grants him full moiety of the estate