Scope and Contents Ely, 10 Apr. 19 Jas I [1621]: Pleas and gaol delivery before [Henry] North and others. Preamble: letters patent; writ of assizes; gaol delivery commission. 1r. Richard Joyce of Whappled [?Whaplode], Lincolnshire, labourer, is indicted that on 31 Mar. 1621 he feloniously stole, took and led away three steers worth ten pounds and one heifer worth 40 shillings from John Hobson at Wisbech. Guilty;...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Robert Fowler of Chettisham in the parish of Ely St Mary, yeoman, answered Robert Holland, gentleman, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 29 Mar. 1622 he ejected Holland from a messuage, 30 acres of land, four acres of meadow and six acres of pasture with appurtenances in Chettisham which Ralph Holland had leased to Robert Holland for a term which had not...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Peter Franckland of Haddenham esquire answered William Tilson, gentleman, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 11 Apr. 1623 he ejected Tilson from a messuage called the parsonage house in Haddenham which George Digby esquire had leased to Tilson for a term which had not yet expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Gilbert...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Richard Gunton of Sutton, yeoman, answered Roger Lawe and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 16 Apr. 1623 he slandered them by publicly saying, ‘he [Roger] did steal a bottle out of my boat at Wimblington Hook and Anne stole two of Westland’s [Thomas Westland of Sutton] sheep and made mutton pies of them’. Gunton counters that neither Roger...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Hall of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Francis Gooddaye in an action of trespass that on 20 Mar. 1625 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Gooddaye’s close at Haddenham [Hills]. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. John Sowthe of Thetford, yeoman, answered John Hills, cleric, in an action of trespass on the case...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Mary Nicholson of Ely, widow, answered William Sibley in an action of trespass and ejection that on 26 Aug. 1629 she ejected Sibley from a messuage with appurtenances in Ely which Edward Sibley had leased to William. Nicholson acquitted; Sibley fined for bringing a false claim. 1r. Robert Bell of Ely, tailor, answered Edward Sibley in an action of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Richard Collyns of Ely, baker, and Mary, his wife, answered William Burbage and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass and assault that on 5 July 1622 Mary assaulted Anne at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Richard Gunton of Wentworth, yeoman, answered John Bland senior in an action of trespass and assault that on 8 Aug. 1622 he...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Andrew Banyer of Soham, yeoman, answered Nicholas [Felton], Bishop of Ely, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the supply of six milk cows and three [rams] worth 30 pounds, six shillings and eight pence, 20 Mar. 1623 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Thomas Ashton senior of Stretham, yeoman, and Thomas Ashton junior...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Horne of Littleport, weaver, answered William [?Frumant] in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of various goods and chattels including two milk cows, a heifer, a steer, two weaning calves, 20 cart-loads of fodder, 10 000 turves and a long list of household and domestic goods [not transcribed], 1 Feb. 1619 at Littleport. Pled not guilty;...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Ivett of Newton, yeoman, answered Richard Farrowe in an action that on 28 Apr. 1627 he assaulted Farrowe at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. John Yearinge of Newton, husbandman, answered Thomas Jackson junior in an action of trespass and assault that on 2 July 1627 he assaulted Jackson at Newton. Pled not guilty; to...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Christopher Guy of Wragby, Yorkshire, is summoned to answer John Jemmytt in an action of debt of ten pounds, 10 Nov. 1628 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Brice Page of Wisbech Guyhirn, labourer, is summoned to answer William Burrell esquire in an action of debt of 26 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 16 Jan. 1630 at...