A Meeting Concerning The Bankruptcy Of John Tivitoe Thring Of Warminster

From The London Gazette, 13th January 1837 (page 102):

The creditors who have proved their debts under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against John Tivitoe Thring, of Warminster, in the county of Wilts, Scrivener, not having attended the meeting advertised to be holden at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster, on Wednesday the 28th day of December last, inconsequence of the severity of the weather and the stoppage of the roads by snow, the said creditors are now hereby requested to meet the assignees of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, on Monday the 6th day of February next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Bath Arms Inn, in Warminster aforesaid, in order to take into consideration the matters of a certain petition presented to the Honourable the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, on or about the 1st day of November last, by Joseph Everett and John Ravenhill, of Warminster aforesaid, Bankers and Copartners, creditors of tbe said bankrupt, touching the deposit of certain deeds, instruments, and securities made by the said bankrupt with the said petitioners from time to time previous to the date and issuing forth of the said fiat to cover advances made by the said petitioners to, for, or on account of the said bankrupt, which said petition came on for hearing on Tuesday, the 15th day of November last, where upon the said Honourable Court did make certain orders and directions touching and concerning the matters therein referred to, full particulars whereof will be laid before such meeting; and to assent to or dissent from the assignees adopting all such measures as they in their discretion shall see fit or consider most advantageous towards compromising, settling and adjusting or relinquishing and abandoning any matter, claim or dispute relating to the said petition and the matters therein set forth in order to protect the said Bankrupt’s estate from any further costs or expences concerning the same, or in prosecuting or defending any suit or suits at law or in equity, or other proceedings therein, and otherwise to authorise and empower the said assignees to make, and accept such terms and agreements with the said petitioners touching or relating to the matters aforesaid, any or either of them, as the said assignees shall think most advisable ; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees paying and defraying certain costs, charges, and expences incurred, previous and subsequent to the issuing and opening the fiat against the said bankrupt, in and about the preparation and completion of a certain deed of assignment of the whole of the said bankrupt’s real and personal estate and effects for the benefit of his general creditors; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees giving and delivering up to the wife of the said bankrupt certain jewels, trinkets, and ornaments of the person, part of the said bankrupt’s estate yet remaining undisposed of; and also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees commencing, prosecuting, or defending any actions at law, or suits in equity, or petition in the Court of Review, for recovery or protection of the said bankrupt’s estate and effects, or any part thereof, and in supporting and establishing the validity of the said fiat, and compounding any debt or debts, or submitting to arbitration, or otherwise agreeing or settling any matter, claim, or dispute with any person or persons whomsoever, touching or concerning the said bankrupt’s estate and effects; and to assent to or dissent from the course and proceedings adopted by the said assignees relating to the said bankrupt’s affairs since their appointment, and up to the day of meeting hereby convened; and generally to authorise, and empower the said assignees to act for the benefit of the said bankrupt’s estate as they may deem most proper and advantageous; and on other special affairs.

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