Like the additional Dunkirk documents, these papers from the Spellikens demonstrate the considerable extent to which the convents were integrated into the financial dealings of Flanders, drawing here on a mix of large financial businesses such as the banking operations of the Cantillon family and the firm of Geo. Waters & Co, with branches in London and Paris, working with agents such as the bankers Jean Nettine of Brussels and John Brussell.

Bundle marked: ‘XVIII century cheques signed “Margaret Ellerker”’ [and others]. Blount MSS, C 129/26–64

1. 17 January 1736 (NS). Blount MSS, C129/26

Receipt: Morgan Hansbie to Mr Chilton of Brussels for 3 guineas via MS.

2. 19 April 1742 (NS). Blount MSS, C129/27

Note: [Prioress] Mary Young in Brussels to MS at Queen Square to pay £50 to Mr Nettine. Accepted 24 April. Endorsed to Joseph Marquelier and then to Jacques Benezet.

3. 28 May 1742 (NS). Blount MSS, C 129/28

Receipt: Ruth Lovett to Mrs Mary Young of Brussels for 5 guineas via MS.

4. 11 January 1743 (NS?). Blount MSS, C 129/29

Note: Sister Marie Young, prioress, in Brussels to MS at Queen Square to pay £65 5s 0d to Mr Nettine. Accepted 12 January. Endorsed by Nettine for payment to the order of Messrs George FitzGerald & Cie.

5. 21 August 1742 (NS). Blount MSS, C 129/30

Note: Sister Catherine Winifride Hyde in Brussels to MS at Queen Square, London, to pay £75 1s 11d to Mr Nettine. Accepted 28 September 1742 by H. Gyles for Mrs Mary Strickland. Endorsed for payment to Mr Jean de Cleves and then to Jean Osij & fils, John James, Thomas Norton, Adam Lawry and Joseph Wear.

6. 14 October 1743 (NS). Blount MSS, C 129/31

Note: Margrit Compton to MS at Queen Square to pay £100 to Mr Nettine. Accepted 17 October. Endorsed for payment to Alexandre F. De Trez, then to Messrs Philip Le Francq & Abraham Baert en Cie and Thomas Giles.

7. 16 March 1740[/1?] (OS). Blount MSS, C129/32

Receipt: William Wood to MS for £10 by the order of and for the use of John Park of Norwich.

8. 9 February 1742[/3] (OS). Blount MSS, C 129/33

Receipt: William Wood to MS for £10 by the order of and for the use of John Park of Norwich. Note on verso: ‘Spelicans / Jno Park’.