Pepys found King had hung on to £429 of voluntary subscriptions and "insinuated in his accounts" that he had assigned the lease of his house worth £700 at Harwich to the Fishing Company .
Pepys suggested it would be useful "to inquire whether this house was not long ago otherwise disposed of by him" and pointed out another instance where King was defrauding the Company.
[1] He was satirized for his penury and subservience in "The Chequer Inn", a poem written in connection with the impeachment of Danby who was making financial gains from his position as MP.
[2] He was described in "Flagellum Parliamentarium", a satire attributed to Andrew Marvell, as "a poor beggarly fellow who sold his vote to the treasurer for £50 bribe" while in "A Seasonable Argument" he was called "a pensioner for £50 a session, etc., meat and drink, and now and then a suit of clothes".
The corporation of Harwich said they were unable to meet King's claim, but deposited £90 with Sir Anthony Deane in 1677 to be invested on their behalf.