 By the late 1490s the Westons were in trouble for failing to pay the 'quit rent' on the Corn Street property, which Foster had ordered should be paid to help fund the almshouse.The executor of Foster's estate had prosecuted Weston successfully, which was to result in William and Agnes' eviction.It was to avoid this fate that William Weston appealed to the King, asking for a suspension of the legal proceedings until after he had undertaken his expedition to the new found land.