Scope and Contents Membrane 1r.: Gaol delivery and pleas before John Godbolt. Preamble: letters patent, writs of assize and gaol delivery commission. 1v. George Groome of Ely, labourer, is indicted that on 15 Jan. 1642 he stole, took and carried away a silver tankard worth five pounds belonging to Richard [?Hawsworth] and on 13 Jan. 1642 he burgled the dwelling house of Daniel Peachey at Ely between the hours of ten...

Scope and Contents This roll lacks a formal heading; the session is assumed to before John Godbolt. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Wallwyn of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, waterman, answered John Grummer in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of 15000 tiles, 3000 bricks and 100 roof tiles, 4 July 1636 at Ely. To proceed to jury trial. 1v. John Grummer of Ely, yeoman,...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Edmund Aspland of Mepal, yeoman, is summoned to answer William March esquire in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 5 Sept. 1627 at Ely. Aspland fined; to pay costs and damages. 1r. John Fordham of Sutton, yeoman, is summoned to answer William March esquire in an action of debt of 120 pounds relating to a bond of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Harvy of Wisbech, linen draper, is summoned to answer Thomas Wootton and Prudence, his wife, lately Prudence Potto, in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 10 Nov. 1636 at Sutton. The entry is incomplete. 1r. John Peacocke of Mepal, carpenter, is summoned to answer Richard Wynde senior, gentleman, in an action of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Allin of Haddenham, husbandman, is summoned to answer Frances Goodericke, widow, in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 12 Aug. [text obscured] at Ely. The entry is incomplete. 1r. John Allen junior of Haddenham, husbandman, is summoned to answer Frances Goode [?text obscured], widow, in an action of debt of 20...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Samuel Titloe of Doddington, gentleman, is summoned to answer John Sames, gentleman, in an action that on 25 July 1637 he took and led away a horse and mare belonging to Sames from Wimblington in the parish of Doddington. The entry is incomplete. 1r. Thomas Southold of March, husbandman, Daniel Cooledge of March, husbandman, William Boules of March,...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Thomas Crosse of Leverington, gentleman, is summoned to answer Katherine Cockson, widow, in an action of debt of 120 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Sept. 1637 at Wisbech. Crosse fined; to pay costs and damages. 1r. Thomas Davye of Newton, gentleman, alias cleric, is summoned to answer Arthur Taylor esquire in an action of debt of 60...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John [?Madogaine] of Emneth, Norfolk, gentleman, answered Thomas Sheppard in an action of trespass on the case relating to the loan and supply of ten coombs of good Cambridgeshire malt, 10 Feb. 1637 at Upwell. There is discussion of 14 acres of pasturage sold by Lawrence Hewar, alias Oxborough, esquire to Sheppard in 1637. To proceed to jury trial. ...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Daniel Laughton of Wisbech, cooper, is summoned to answer Thomas Chaunter in an action of debt of seven pounds relating to the sale and supply of timber and wood at Littleport, 19 Feb. 1640. The entry is incomplete. 1r. Henry Trew of Ely, chapman, and Katherine, his wife, answered Robert Gotobed and Margaret, his wife, in an action of trespass on the...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Edward Tymmes and Anne, his wife, answered Thomas Wright in an action of trespass on the case that on 1 July 1645 Anne Tymmes slandered Wright at Chatteris by publicly saying, ‘He did steal a hat and a girdle.’ Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Robert Peirson of March, [occupation not stated], answered Francis Harvey in an action of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Audley of Wisbech, cleric, answered William Sanford, cleric, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of money [?14 pence] outstanding or in account in the hands of Thomas Cunington of Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, 1 Nov. 1645. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. John Pikes of Stanground, Huntingdonshire, shearman, answered...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Micah Wickham of Ely, gentleman, is summoned to answer Matthew [Wren], Bishop of Ely, in an action relating to the reckoning of accounts during his time as Bailiff, 25 Mar. 1638 to 30 Sept. 1639. The entry is incomplete. 2r. John Smyth senior, John Smyth junior and Anne Wright, the wife of Richard Wright, [places of abode not stated], answered Thomas...