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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 59 - 1687, 1688
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Box 1. Roll 59 Michaelmas Leet October 1st 1687 Presentments George Shaw for harbouring Richard Knight, and James Askroft for the like - the latter sworn freeman Charles Holcroft for keeping a greyhound Robert Battersby for allowing his dog to go unmuzzled  Margaret Farbrother for letting her swine wander and allowing the wall to fall down between her house and that of William Baldwin. Edward Buckley for allowing his swine to stray John Kersley a foreigner Richard Smith for allowing his swine to stray. Mr John Keeling for not keeping his ditch between Hallgate and "Carrow spouch" James Leyland "for Keeping Two Bagles which hath trespassed against Raph Deane and qualified to keepe any Such" Thomas Worthington the elder, gentleman, allowed a great heap of dirt to lie in Standishgate against Robert Higham's house Mr Laughton for allowing "a great dogg" to go at large. Bailiff Martin for neglecting his office Hugh Platt for rescuing cattle from the pound. Robert Markland, William Markland and Hugh Battersby for abusing Alice the wife of William Markland James Harvey for abusing Mr Anderton the late Mayor Joseph Caddy for abusing William Tallocke Thomas Nightgale for abusing Martha the wife of Joseph Caddy. Joseph Caddy for assaulting Roger Mather Grace Harper for harbouring Thomas Taylor a foreigner Stephen Platt for allowing his swine to stray William Pilkington "hath Sott and placed certaine Steepes on his hillocke to the prejudice of the High way" John Barrowe and Henry Bibby did "lyssne under the windowes of Ralph Deane ---- within an intent to harken what was Said and to divulge the Same" Alderman Anderton for not doing his duty as Mayor "Mr James Harvey did say and affirme that Mr Alderman Anderton did not doe justice when he was Maior" Mr Bailiff Deane for abusing Alderman Anderton Joseph Caddy and his wife "for Abusing the Towne att an unseasonable time of the night" William Baldwin for harbouring a foreigner John Fairclough alias Broadfoote assaulted Joseph Caddy Hugh Platt for abusing Alice Thornton and letting his swine stray. Elizabeth Ashton, Richard Mort and Geoffrey Wood, for allowing their swine to stray. Ralph Sale for harbouring John Lowe Richard Rauson and Laurence Haslome upon complaint of John Thornton for allowing "aweare pole to Lye donne"? Hugh Platt brazier for abusing the Mayor, Alderman and common council. Ralph Deane, Robert Battersby, Robert Bibby, and Margaret Farbrother for allowing their mastiffs to go unmuzzled William Dasson a foreigner John Worthington, William Baldwin, Gilbert Cookson and Ellen Browne for neglecting their hedges and ditches. Robert Parre and Stephen Platt for allowing their swine to stray. James Taylor for allowing his rubbish to lie in the street 7 Jan. 1687 -8 Ellen Browne widow ordered to pay 2s. weekly for the maintenance of Ralph Browne, his wife and child. Presentments Richard Mort for allowing stones to lie in the street John Dicconson for allowing the yarding to fall between his house and Gilbert Leigh's. Margaret Deane for allowing her mastiff to go unmuzzled Thomas Marsden for leaving timber in the street. Humphrey Wetherby for assaulting Laurence Hough. Thomas Burgesse for assaulting Thomas Winckley John Eccersall for assaulting Robert Welch, gentleman Bertie Entwistle for allowing his mastiff to go unmuzzled and Peter Mort for the same Gilbert Wood for allowing a hound to go unmuzzled James Baldwin, Mr Thomas Worthington, Thomas Heapey and Robert Parron, for allowing their swine to stray. The gatewaiters of Wallgate, Standishgate, Millgate, Scoles, Market Street and Hallgate presented for neglect of their office. Laurence Ormerod for annoyance to James Foster. Alice Glover widow and Robert Orrell pewterer both of Scoles for harbouring William Dowson and -- Rylands foreigners. All "stocke Copps Blocke &c" to be removed by the 15th of June especially those of Robert Barne alderman, Thomas Bancks, junior, Edward Wood, John Prescott and Edward Prescott. Complaint of Anne widow of Richard Laithwaite that Margery Langshaw widow had built an oven which smoked into the petitioner's house in Scoles. |