Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Fisher of Wisbech esquire answered Elizabeth Edwards in an action of trespass on the case relating to a bequest of 1000 pounds made to Elizabeth in the will of her father, William Edwards, gentleman, deceased, and a sum of money owed to Fisher, 9 Oct. 1656 at Elm. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated. 1v. James Sargeant of Parson’s...

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Scope and Contents This roll lacks a formal heading; the date and place of sitting of the court is derived from non-contemporaneous label on roll. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Common recovery: John Herne, gentleman, and William [? Blyth – surname obscured] relating to seven acres of land with appurtenances in Elm. 1v. Common recovery: Susan Aynger, widow, and Francis Hollie and Ursula, his wife,...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Robert Neale, senior, and John Smalewood, both yeomen of Manea, to answer James Best of Downham, together with Samuel Warner of Edmonton, Middlesex., concerning a messuage in Downham. Dated 26 Mar. 1651, outcome not stated. 1r. William Key, yeoman of Downham, to answer Mark Roper in an action of trespass that he entered a close, adjacent to that of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Anne Jemett [?Jewell] of Wisbech, widow, answered Jonh Finch in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of 14 pounds loaned or borrowed by Jemett, 6 Jan. 1646 at Wisbech. Jemett fined; to pay costs and damages. 1r. William Neave of Wisbech, apothecary, answered William Hunston, gentleman and an attorney of this court, in an action of...

Scope and Contents This roll lacks a formal heading; the date and place of sitting of the court is derived from a non-contemporaneous label. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Edward Betty of Wisbech, chapman, answered Oliver Browne in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement for the bargain and sale of 1000 cony [rabbit] skins, 1 Oct. 1650 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. ...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Common recovery: John Davenport brought a suit against Richard Graunger relating to two messuages, two cottages, two gardens, seven acres of land, one acre of meadow, one acre of pasture and one acre of wood with appurtenances in Wimblington and Doddington. 1v. John Ellis of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Edmund Halle in an action...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Arthur Taylor of Wisbech, gentleman, is summoned to answer Robert Pulter in an action of debt of 40 shillings relating to the rent on the lease of a shop with appurtenances, part of a messuage called the Bell in Wisbech, 17 Dec. 1649. Taylor fined; to pay costs and damages. 1r. John Barnard of Aldreth, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Aungeir...

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Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Marshall of Wisbech to answer Edmund Ferrour in a controversy between them relating to coleseed and a debt of £300. Dated 24 Mar. 1654, outcome: referred to the next general sessions, judgement in favour of Ferrour. 1v. Edmund Booth, gentleman of Walsoken, to answer a charge of debt of £24 brought by Mary Maltman, which Booth refused to pay:...

Scope and Contents This roll lacks a formal heading, it is assumed to be 1655. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Henry Parratt gentleman of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, to answer John Barron, grocer; an agreement dated 6 June 1651 Parratt claims £100 from Barron for crops. Dated 18 Apr. 1655, outcome: Barron awarded £38. 1v. Thomas Bladworth, husbandman, of Manea to answer Alice Wydidge, widow, executrix of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Peter Andrews, Peter Watson, John Granestock, John Mason, Robert Robinson, Edward Fordham, John Elwood to answer John Cawthorn and William Cawthorn that they took John and William’s lambs, wethers, ewes and rams valued at £50 from Byall Fen, where it is claimed the sheep were causing damage. Dated 9 Apr. 1656: referred to the general sessions at Ely, where a fine of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Simon Thomson, husbandman of Wisbech St Mary, to answer Thomas Ground in an action of trespass for taking cattle worth £20 at Leverington. Dated 20 Oct. 1656, referred to next general sessions. 1r. Robert Levitt to answer John Coop, gentleman, for taking cattle valued at £20. Dated 17 Feb. 1656, referred to next general sessions. 1v....

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Edward Crispe of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, grocer, answered Thomas Ogard in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale of one barrel of rape oil, 8 Nov. 1647 at Wisbech. To proceed to the next session. 1r. Luke Dalby of Doddington, husbandman, answered Agnes Tedmont, widow, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Robert Marrum of Wisbech, joiner, answered Edward Gill and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 2 Aug. 1652 he slandered Anne Gill at Wisbech by publicly saying, ‘You common whore, you common [?] whore. You are in the office of a mid-wife but it were fitter you were whipped at a cart arse then to be in that office. You whore, you whore, you...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Richard Murley of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Robert Buck, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two heifers worth seven pounds, 1 Aug. 1652 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Philip [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, and William [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, answered...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Garner junior, merchant, to answer Thomas Blaxley, and wife Elizabeth, in the matter of the sale at Leverington from Thomas to John of copyhold messuage and four acres in the manor of Gedney Abbott, in return for the discharge of a bond of £17 due to John Rix of Wisbech, which discharge was not done. Dated 2 Apr. 1654. Outcome: jury find in favour of...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John Bradles, husbandman of Doddington, to answer Thomas Woodfall in an action that Bradles stole a mare and a foal from the pound at Doddington. Dated 20 Aug. 1655, outcome not stated. 1r. John Millward, clerk of Leverington, to answer Anthony Walsham in a debt of £12. Dated 21 Apr. 1655, outcome not stated. 1v. Henry Ogard,...

Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Richard Oliver, butcher of Wisbech, to answer William Bearseley in a debt for cattle, sold for £5-10s. Dated 14 December 1656, outcome not stated. 1v. Richard Oliver, butcher of Wisbech, to answer Jeofrey Gunnill in a debt for sheep, sold for 32s. Dated 14 July 1657, outcome not stated. 1v. Richard Dixon jun., husbandman of Wisbech to...