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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 42 - 1677
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Box 1. Roll 42 Easter Leet April 21st 1677. Presnetments John Whalley Junior brazier for hindering John Lowe gate- waiter in the execution of his duty. Edmund Smoulte for harbouring Richard Aspinall and Bridget his wife foreigners. Hugh Johnson and Ralph Deane for allowing their swine to stray. James Rigby for allowing copps of earth to lie in the street The inhabitants of the town allowed stones and rubbish to lie in the street, near the stone well in Wallgate Mr Thomas Totty for allowing his swine to stray. Margaret Laithwaite for harbouring Laurence Ormerod, a foreigner. John Whalley for allowing his stable wall to fall down, to the  great prejudice of Edmund Moyineux William Scott, William Houghton and Elizabeth Ashton widow, for allowing dunghills to lie in the lane near the Millgate. Sarah Baron for harbouring Ellen Gerard, a foreigner William Bamber for allowing his swine to stray. Margaret the wife of William Laithwaite sadler and William Parrin and Margaret his wife - litigation Thomas Laithwaite tailor for assaulting Ralph Laithwaite. Margaret the wife of Thomas Ascrofte assaulted and drew blood from Elizabeth Ashurst widow - Alexander Leigh made a litigation on the said Elizabeth and Peter Deane abused her "and Broke open the doore" Gerard Bancks for stopping a watercourse in Watter Hey and Penington Meadow to the great prejudice of Christopher Jumpner. Mr Thomas Catterall and Robert Penington brazier for not ditching &c. in Gidlow Lane. Ralph Prescott for an assault on William Tildsley William Molyneux "for abuseinge Isabell his Mother and breakinge her goods" - fined 3s. 4d. or 6 hours in the stocks at the Market Cross. Mathew Molyneux for the like to his mother Isabell Andrew Lathome and Gilbert Orrell shoemaker assault and litigation Mat 17th 1677 Presentments Richard Hulme "did Advise Abett and Incourige Myles Lether- barrowe to steale timber out of Haigh Parke" William Greene for allowing his swine to stray James Rigby for abusing the Serjeants and rescuing William Topping from them. - fined 10s. Ishmael Bibby for assaulting Edward Gregson and his wife. Humphrey Wetherby for assaulting the said Edward and his wife and "forcebly Entreinge into there howse in the Night tyme" - fined 20d. or 3 hours in the stocks. John Mathews for an assault on Adam Hindley. Edward Gregson for an assault on Ishmael Bibby. List of persons in arrears with their leys. Gilbert Langshaw for taking marle and clay from Whalley Thomas Forde senior for taking marl and clay from the highway and Gerard Bancks for making a pit. William Greene for not mending the wall between his house and Thomas Burges' kitchen, for not taking away the wall near James Hodgson's house and not making the bench at his dye house. Box 1. Roll 42 Easter Leet 1677 Petitions &c. A bill for the repair of the well in Wallgate from George Shawe. Petition of Thomas Burges concerning his wall which had been broken down by William Greene. Petition of Gilbert Langshaw of Scoles to be allowed to remove the rubbish under the causeway in Whalley and her "will make the Cawsay as firm and sound as ever was this hundred yeares before" Complaint of Robert Mason sadler that Oliver Whalley had stopped his watercourse in "Myrylane Croft" Complaint of Gerard Bancks that Christopher Sumner had turned the watercourse from Great Water Hey into Penington Meadow Complaint of John Fogge that James Taylor of Scoles weaver had obstructed his entrance by building &c. Complaint of Henry Feilden about a building erected by Isabel Worthington Complaint of Richard H---- that John Whalley allowed water to run through his bake house. List of "venire facias" for William Greene dyer &c. and inquisition concerning his stone wall. |