Stuff
Stuff
Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 47 - 1680
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Box 1 Roll 47 Michaelmas Leet October 4th 1679 [Very decayed] Presentments William Linney for allowing his swine to stray and William Parran the like Edward Smoult for allowing earth to lie in Wallgate Thomas Ransom and Ralph Sale for allowing earth to lie in the street The stone well in Wallgate to be repaired. John Callen and Humphrey Wetherby - assault William Bamber and Robert Marsden for allowing their swine to stray Grace the wife of William Greene weaver and Hecter --- assault Roger Wood hatter for harbouring Matthew Bradshaw Grace Foster for allowing her swine to stray James Barrowe for harbouring John Baxter a foreigner Jane Bamber for a litigation on Elizabeth Wood and her children and on Mary the wife of John Wood Gilbert Hollinhead for an assault on John Markland Richard Woodward and Richard Crosse - assault Richard Woodward for assaulting John Markland one of the Serjeants in the exercise of his office  Gilbert Hollinhead for assaulting Richard Crosse and John Markland William Greene the younger for an assault on Richard Crosse, Robert Wetherby and John Markland Joan the wife of Ralph Forth, Jenett the wife of George Atherton and Anne Wood - litigation Thomas Browne for an assault on John Laithwaite and for breaking the church windows. Fined 3s. 4d. for each or to stay in prison till he paid. William Bamber, Thurstan Crosse and Thomas Wood tailor for allowing their swine to stray. Edward Markland and Roger Scott for harbouring Humphrey Williams and Thomas Parkhill foreigners Roger Browne for allowing timber to lie in the street Richard Ince one of the gatewaiters for neglect of duty in not seeing that Oliver Ashurst a foreigner left the town. That Richard Ryding servant of Thomas Acton in the night broke Laurence Ormerald's windows. Jennett the wife of Ishmael Bibby for misconduct with Robert Wetherby Ellen the wife of Thurstan Crosse and Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Lowe - assault Elizabeth the wife of John Fairbrother for a litigation on Thomas Catterall Jane and Anne Fairclough rescued cattle from Edmund Harvey on the way to the pinfold Daniel Wilding for a litigation on William Naylor gentleman. "Richard Crosse Did Carre John Anderton" Mr Robert Markland and James Marsden elected Overseers of the Town Mill. No one to throw horse flesh, flax hemp or any other thing into the "Douglas" Thomas Partington sold ale without being a freeman - fined 40s. Box 1. Roll 47 Michaelmas Leet 1679 Petitions &c. Petition of Oliver Ashwell blacksmith to be made a freeman. Complaint of Edward Hollinhead of Standishgate brazier, that was bound over with his Sureties John Greene and Robert Hollinghead and had appeared in Court but in spite of that had been fined 10s. Complaint of Ralph Wood who had been fined for allowing his sow into the churchyard, but the wall of the churchyard was decayed and so the sow went through - remitted. Complaint of Humphrey Fairbrother who had been fined 10s for harbouring John Eamer, who had been apprenticed to his son Edward Fairbrother who had assigned him to his father as an apprentice The complaint of Roger Wood from whom the bailiffs had taken a brass pot for a fine of 40s. for harbouring Laurence Hey a foreigner, who had been harboured by James Lether- barrow and not by Roger Wood - the pot to be returned. Complaint of Ishmael Bibby that Anne Acton widow had turned a watercourse on to his land Complaint of James Belshawe of Scoles brazier who harboured Ralph Taylor "a poore Labourer" and was warned by Robert Belshawe gatewaiter, his son to remove him, which he did but in spite of that was fined 40s. &c. Complaint of Roger Scott who had been fined for harbouring John Ratchdale who had left the town 3 months before Complaint of Lawrence Haslom and William Catterall gate- waiters of Wallgate who had been presented for neglect of duty in not seeing that the copps of earth in the street were removed - they were now removed &c. Complaint of Steven Platt who had been fined 3/6 for allowing his swine to stray, but he "out of kindnes to his neighbors did suffer them to lay timber in your petitioners Backside, who had fetched the same away and have neglected to shutt the gate after them" whereby the swine got out &c. - remitted Complaint of William Bamber who had been fined for harbouring his daughter the wife of John Gibbs. Sacrament certificate of Richard Letherbarrowe and Robert Browne |