X/POOLE/4509
COPY BILL in the case John Lloyd d Anglesey, Esq., -v- John Bourke of London, gent. (Chancery). He agreed to act as steward for John Lloyd on his estates in Anglesey in 1753, on the promise of a good salary of £20 per annum, with full clothing, board, lodging and washing. His estate was in need of improvement. John Bourke had had previous experience in cattle breeding, and uatil 1762 managed the estate and bought and sold cattle as well as acting as a domestic steward in the family of John Lloyd. During this time the estate was improved and he was promised a good reward. He was promised one of the farms and cattle, etc. to stock it to the value of £400, but neither this promise nor the promise of good wages was kept but he was continually put off. The master’s attitude changed and he ill treated his steward and subjected him to brutal beatings, until he left without his wages or any return. During his service he had frequently received and paid money on behalf of his employer but had never had written receipts. When he commenced a law suit to try and recover his wages, John Lloyd accused him of appropriating the rents and profits of his estate for his own use, and alleged that he had employed him only as a common servant.
Cyngor Gwynedd