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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 33 - 1671
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Box 1. Roll 33 Easter Leet 29th April 1671 Adjourned to May 13th Presentments Michael Browne for assaulting Robert Letherbarrow the youngest in fair time. Adam Boulton tanner, William Hickson joiner foreigners William Houghton miner, Alice Kirkly widow, Katherine Lether- barrow spinster and James Farbrother for allowing their swine to stray. William Rigby tailor for assaulting Edward Buckley in the  Church - fined 6s, 8d. Thomas Catterall for threatening Robert Denton and Gilbert Holecroft and he "did run att them with a Pickforke" And the said Thomas and Grace his wife and George Shawe for abusing one another. Margaret Mathew widow for laying a dunghill in the street Richard Crosse labourer for assaulting James Whalley tailor John Laithwait one of the gatewaiters for assaulting Edward Hollinhead Jane Antavs spinster for washing fish at the stone well in Wallgate - fined 1s. Alice the wife of Gilbert Baldwin for a litigation on Isabel Worthington spinster. Robert Ford and James and Edward Hollinhead assault with the drawing of blood The said James Hollinhead "did give out threatening words against the said Robert Ford and called for a hatchett saying he would knocke out his brains" - fined 1s. 8 Leys to be gathered for the highways in Wallgate List of persons fined for keeping ale houses without licence. Ralph Deane butcher, for encroaching on the highway in Hallgate Dorothy Browne for the same on Scole Common, and Robert Taylor for the same in Hallgate, and William Houghton in -- Accounts of the overseers of the Highways Ellen Higham spinster for having pulled down the fence at Poole Stock James Almond, Elizabeth Almont, Isabel Hulme, James Layland and Anne Laithwait spinster for "merchandizing in grossary" not being freemen. Easter Leet 1671 Box 1. Roll 33. Petitions &c. Petition of Edward Banckes of Ince husbandman, who had purchased a tenement in Wigan from from Francis Battersy cooper, to be admitted freeman - allowed on the payment of 50s. Complaint of Thomas Burgesse tailor, who had a parcel of ground from William Browne dyer near a little lane leading from the Mill Bridge towards Ince, a little above James Hodson's house, and he could not enjoy the same because William Greene dyer placed a dunghill on it. The usual petition of Ralph Marsh and Lawrence Taylor. |