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another manaofer to her son's mlllingf estate. This m-
DEE MILLS
was Edward Whitby, who had succeeded her late Chester.'
husband as Recorder of Chester, and who, in due 23. Francis
course, was appointed trustee for the young heir, Gamull, heir,
Francis. The latter, as already mentioned, was a
ward of the king in virtue of the tenure of the holding
of the mill ; and it was probably this circumstance that
in after years rendered Francis Gamull a generous
and noble supporter of the losing cause of Charles L,
at a cost for which, in itself, the knighthood bestowed
upon him by the king proved but a very doubtful
of the heir all
equivalent. During the minority
actions were taken in the name of his trustee,
Whitby, as comptroller
of the mills. "^
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24. The new comptroller fully kept up the Gamull 24. The Poor
traditions. In the winter of 1622-2^ he issued a ^^^