Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Wisbech, 13 Aug. 20 Jas I [1622]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/10
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 assaulted Bland at Wentworth. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 1r. Richard Gunton of Wentworth, husbandman, and Edward Foster of Wentworth, labourer, answered John Bland senior in an action of trespass that on 28 July 1622 they broke and entered Bland’s close at Wentworth and took and carried away 20 cart-loads of hay to the value of ten pounds. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 1v. William Tubbes of Sutton, husbandman, answered Richard Gunton in an action of trespass that on 28 July 1620 he took and carried away four cart-loads of hay to the value of three pounds from Gunton’s close called Southmedlands at Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 1v. Jonathan Stubbyn of Sutton, gentleman, is summoned to answer Roger Lawe in an action of debt of ten pounds and 16 shillings, 20 Oct. 1621 at Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 2r. John Bland senior of Wentworth, husbandman, and John Bland junior of Wentworth, husbandman, answered Richard Gunton in an action of trespass that on 26 July 1622 they mowed or cut down the grass growing in Gunton’s close at a place called Staple Fen in Wentworth and took away six cart-loads of hay. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 2r. John Bland senior of Wentworth, husbandman, Richard Bagley of Wentworth, husbandman, and John Amsden of Wentworth, labourer, answered Richard Gunton in an action of trespass that on 24 July 1622 their livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Gunton’s close at a place called Staple Fen in Wentworth. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 2r. Richard Gunton of Sutton, yeoman, answered William Tubbes in an action of trespass that on 31 July 1621 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Tubbes’ close at a place called Southmedlands in Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 2v. William Boules of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Swithun Andrewe in an action of trespass that on 7 Aug. 1622 he cut down, took and carried away grass growing in Andrewe’s close at a marsh called Gale Fen at Haddenham to the value of 100 shillings. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 2v. John Poape of Wilburton, yeoman, answered John Dobbs and Agnes, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case relating to Agnes’ guardianship of William Poape during John Poape’s illness for a period of three months, 10 Oct. 1617 at Wilburton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 3r. Robert Wrigglesworth of Wisbech, yeoman, answered Richard White in an action of trespass that on 28 Apr. 1622 he took and carried away a [padget] net to the value of 40 shillings from White at Wisbech. There is discussion of the ownership of various pieces of land. To proceed to jury trial.
- 3r. Robert Couch of Wisbech, waterman, answered Edward Atkynson in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt owed by Robert Kercher of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, haberdasher, to Atkynson in the sum of four pounds, seven shillings and six pence. To proceed to jury trial.
- 3v. Richard Gunton of Bluntisham, yeoman, is summoned to answer Thomas Heaton in an action of debt of 58 shillings relating to several sums of money, 23 Nov. 1618 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
- 4r. Thomas Martyn of Doddington, yeoman, is summoned to answer Thomas Reynton in an action of debt of 26 pounds and ten shillings relating to the lease of a messuage and 18 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Sutton St James, Lincolnshire, 20 Mar. 1620. Martyn fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 4r. Thomas Sadler of Ely, waterman, answered Edward Palmer in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of 1000 sedge on [date not stated] at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
- 4r. Peter Shipp of Wisbech, glover, answered John Sprignall in an action of trespass and assault that on 20 July 1622 he assaulted and imprisoned Sprignall at Wisbech and on the same day put him in the stocks without reasonable cause for three hours. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 4v. Henry Peck of Wisbech, grocer, John Younge of Elm, labourer, and William Cloughe of Upwell, labourer, answered Thomas Fuller in an action of trespass that on 30 Apr. 1620 their livestock trampled and overgrazed the wheat, rye, barley, peas, oats and grass growing in Fuller’s close in Oldfield in Elm and on 20 Sept. 1620 they took and carried away 40 cart-loads of oats from the same close. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 5r. William Butcher junior of Wisbech, yeoman, answered Edward Buckworth esquire in an action of trespass on the case relating to the draining or obstruction of a common drain at place in Wisbech called Rommers Pype or Shutt, 20 June 1622. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 5r. Thomas Hunston of Walsoken, Norfolk, gentleman, answered Henry Pitt in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of 100 pounds in numbered money, 25 Mar. 1620 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 5v. William Robinson of Wisbech, saddler, answered Robert Wethered in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of two wire candlesticks, 12 Oct. 1621 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 5v. Michael Younge of Ely, labourer, answered John Pitman in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of one [half headed] iron bedstead, 10 July 1622 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 6r. Memorandum that Andrew Thorowgood brought a bill against Roger Thompson, gentleman and an attorney of this court, in an action of debt of four pounds, 20 June 1622. Thompson fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 6r. Memorandum that Stephen Jellett, gentleman and an attorney of this court, brought a bill against Leonard Lendesdale, gentleman and an attorney of this court, in an action of debt of four pounds and four shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 11 Apr. 1620 at Ely. Lendesdale is fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 6r. Thomas Hopkyn of Thetford, labourer, is summoned to answer John Hinkyn in an action of debt of three pounds relating to the sale of a horse and a colt, 20 Sept. 1621 at Ely. Hopkyn fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 6v. William Thompson of Ely, cordwainer, answered William [Sarson] and Robert Barrett in an action of trespass and ejection that on 3 Nov. 1621 he ejected them from a messuage with appurtenances in Ely which Matthew Clarke, gentleman, had leased to [Sarson] and Barrett for a term which had not yet expired. Pled not guilty; to pay costs and damages.
Dates
- Creation: 13 Aug. 20 Jas I [1622]
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Extent
1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 7 membranes)
Language of Materials
Latin
Arrangement
Membrane 7r. and v. are blank.
Subject
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