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The document consists of a single large parchment sheet, apparently the Replication of Gammon and others to the Answer of Jane Langley and others.  Gammon's original Bill of Complaint, and Jane's Answer, if extant, have not yet been found.  Others apparently joined Gammon in the Complaint, for in this Replication he speaks of himself as 'this complainant' but also of 'these complainants', implying others.  The document is damaged along the left side, with much text missing, and two large holes have taken more text away (see image).  Text has been modernised, but surnames retain their original spelling.


[1] **] sufficiency whereof to these complainants and every of
[2] ** e]very article clause and thing therein contained to
[3] ** Fran]cis Langly in the bill of complaint mentioned w**
[4] **] did for a time demise the same to this complainant
[5] **]hly raiked that this complainant was about and meant to have left the same to Mr Alderman Lee now Lord [Mayor of London
[6] **] said Francis but that his lordship finding the excessive rent which this complainant paid for the same, did abate some part thereof, rather than that this complainant should leave the said
[7] ** re]ceive any such great benefit from his said uncle as in the Answer of the said Jane Langley is untruly surmised. And he absolutely denieth that the said Francis Langly did ever
[8] **] house or tavern without any consideration, but only from year to year for the said backed rent, or that this complainant was at any time furnished with wines by the credit of the
[9] **] any wines for this complainant, but saieth that at this complainant's first setting up the said Francis became bound for one hundred pounds for this complainant, the which this complainant hath long
[10] **] his bond, so that the said Francis was much damnified by this complainant, and therefore no cause at all why he this complainant should be damnified by the said Francis, but that the
[11] ** tow]ards the discharging of this complainant and others to whom he stood and so yet stand indebted for the said Francis, And as concerning the said Inn called the Boar's Head without Aldgate this complainant
[12] ** Oli]ver Woodlyffe in the said answer mentioned did make a lease for term of certain years unto the said Francis Langly of the said house or Inn called the Boar's Head, for the sum of four hundred
[13] **] he the said Francis paid in hand, and for the payment of the other three hundred pounds at days, he this complainant became bound with the said Francis Langly unto the said Woodlyffe in
[14] ** hun]dred pounds apiece, and to the intent that this complainant might be secured from the said three hundred pounds, he the said Francis Langly conveyed all his interest of & in the said house or Inn to this complainant
[15] **] time not paying the first of the said three hundred pounds to the said Woodlyff, he the said Woodliffe did put one of the said bonds in suit against this complainant, and hath obtained a judgment thereupon, and
[16] **] the other two bonds, unless some good agreement be made with him, the which he the said Woodliffe is of himself very willing to do either by payment of his money which he claimeth to be due
[17] **]ting of the said house or Inn by conveyance from this complainant, the which this complainant would be willing to assign, and therefore doth offer the said Jane that either she being administratrix
[18] **]ay discharge this comlainant from the said bonds made to the said Woodliffe, or else that he may with the leave and licence of this most honorable Court be at liberty to assign over all his interest of and in the
[19] **] to the said Woodlyffe for his own discharge: And the said Hannibal Gamon for himself for Replication saith That true it is that he came into the possession of the house wherein he now dwelleth
[20] **u]nder the title of the said Francis Langly and by his demise from year to year, for which he paid to the said Francis Langly the yearly rent of £33.6s.8d which was a very great rent for so
[21] **] house, but he saith that he never had any lease at all from the said Francis but only from year to year, but the lease which he now hath he took From Mr Alderman Lee now Lord Mayor of London
[22] who amongst other things purchased the inheritance of the said house from the said Francis, And as touching the said chain of pearl in the Answer of the said Jane Langly mentioned he the said Hannibal saith that the said Francis
[23] Langly in his life time having occasion to use money, borrowed a jewel of the said Hannibal being fashioned like a bottle, set with one fair ruby, nine diamonds, and two pearls pendant, which cost this complainant thirty five pounds, the
[24] which jewel he the said Francis pawned for money to pay to one Mrs Sutton a widow in Cheapside, the which jewel [  missing  ] Francis suffered to be lost for want of redemption, and after that this said Hannibal had forborne the
[25] same by the space of three whole years, he the said Francis delivered the said Hannibal the said chain of pearl [  missing  ] Answer mentioned in part of satisfaction of the said jewel lent by the said Hannibal to the said
[26] Francis, the which chain the said Hannibal pawned for thirty pounds and is yet to be redeemed. If the said Ja[  missing  ]nded, so that the said Hannibal hath not yet had by the said chain of pearl so much
[27] by five pounds as his said jewel cost him, besides the forbearance of the same by three whole years, And as touching the said [  missing  ] the said Answer mentioned the said Hannibal saith that he never had any such pot, but
[28] the said Francis delivered him a cup, which same was pawned at the request of the said Francis, and for him, and saith that he had the money to his own use, And the said complainant further says that the said Hannibal
[29] Gamon would never have assigned his interest in the lease of 1000 years which was conveyed unto him of the said Manor of Paris Garden unto the said Mr Brooker in the said Bill and Answer mentioned, but
[30] that the said Francis did promise that the said leases made to the said John Turner one of the defendants of the several parcels of the said Manor in the said Bill mentioned should go to the discharging of the said
[31] debts which were owing to these complainants, and wherein they stood bound to others for his debts, the which the said Turner well knoweth in his own conscience, who having oftentimes affirmed the same to others, and who
[32] was the only occasion that these complainants did exhibit their Bill into this honorable Court both against himself and the other defendants and did not only solicit the said cause to these complainants' counsel but penned
[33] the said bill with his own [  missing  ] howsoever now being seduced by the fair promises of some that are very near in blood unto the said Jane, whose name he setteth down upon his oath, and with some rewards given him
[34] by them or some of the [  missing  ] he doth now not only deny the making of the said leases unto him by the appointment of the said Francis, for the securing of these complainants as aforesaid, but contrary to all good
[35] conscience, his own [  missing  ] faithful promises, with many oaths, and contrary to the intent of an order made by the right honorable the Lord Keeper that now is, wherewith he himself was made acquainted.
[36] hath affi[  missing  ]ne of the servants of Sir Anthony Ashley knight brother to the said Jane, whereby not only these complainants, but the rest of the creditors of the said Francis are like to be greatly damnified
[37] unless [  missing  ] honorable Court be therein taken according to the true intent and meaning of the said order, And these complainants further say that they take it to be true, that the said four several leases which
[38] were [  missing  ] Brooker to the said Turner in trust as aforesaid, are come to the hands of the said Jane, but yet by a very foul and bad pratice, for these complainants say that the said Mr Brooker
[39] doth [  missing  ]eth likewise by the oath of the said Turner that the said four leases were left by the said Francis in the hands of the said Mr Brooker in trust, and that after the death of the said Francis
[40] the [  missing  ] of the defendants by indirect means got them into his own hands, and delivered them to the said Jane, And for that the said leases were so indirectly gotten from the said Mr Brooker, as also
[41] for [  missing  ]ving of the right honorable the Lord Keeper as it appeareth by his said order that the said four leases should go in discharge of the said Francis his debts, and for that the said Turner doth
[42] confe[  missing  ]ing examined upon Interrogatories that he knew of the said order, and did afterwards for reward give him by the said Sir Anthony Ashley convey the same over to two of his servants
[43] these [  missing  ] humbly crave that the said Sir Anthony Ashley may be ordered to bring the said lease into this honorable Court there to remain for the benefit of your said orator, and the rest of the [creased] of
[44] the [  missing  ]ccording to your lordships' said order: Without that that the said Francis Langly did in his life time at any time become bound for the said John Terry one of these complainants, or
[45] that these complainants or any of them are or ever [creased] to the said Francis Langly in his life time as in the several Answers of the said Jane Langly and Robert Asheley is surmised, And without
[46] that that any such course hath been taken for the securing of these complainants as in the said two Answers is alleged, for the said Richard Langly saieth that since his lordship's said order, he the said Richard
[47] was taken in execution at the suit of one Mr Farmer Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex for the debt of the said Francis, and was fain to pay twenty pounds odd money before he could be discharged although all
[48] the money due were paid but only four pounds, And without that that the said Jane Langly hath delivered a true inventory into the Spiritual Court, of the estate of the said Francis as in her Answer is untruly
[49] alleged for these complainants can prove the estate of the said Francis at the time of his death in debts, leases, and other things to be better worth than £500 more than is contained in the said Inventory
[50] although the things therein contained be valued at very mean and low rates far under the just value thereof. And without that that any other matter or thing in the said insufficient Answers contained
[51] material by these complainants to be replied unto, and not herein sufficiently confessed and avoided, traversed or denied is true All which matters these complainants and each of them are ready to aver and prove as this most honorable
[52] Court shall award, and pray, and each of them prayeth as in their said Bill they have already prayed &c.