Pleas before John Godbolt at Ely, 17 Aug. 12 Chas I [1636]
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 obligation of 9 July 1635. The entry is incomplete.
- 1v. James Adcroft of Mepal, labourer, is summoned to answer Robert Pitt in an action of debt of 50 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 20 Oct. 1632. The entry is incomplete.
- 1v. John Adcroft of Mepal, husbandman, is summoned to answer William March in an action of debt of six pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 5 Aug. 1632. The entry is incomplete.
- 1v. William Gunton, James [Hide], John Stone and Alice Merrill, widow, [place of abode not stated], are summoned to answer David Dunbarr esquire in an action that they took seven cows from a place called Oxcroft [?] at Sutton, 8 May 1636. To proceed to the next session.
- 2r. Thomas Gleedall and Thomas Cowley, [places of abode and occupation not stated], are summoned to answer David Dunbarr esquire in an action that they took four cows from a place called Oxcroft [?] at Sutton, 1 May 1636. To proceed to the next session.
- 2r. Richard Pedley, Philip Pedley, Thomas Gibbs and James Hide, [places of abode and occupation not stated], are summoned to answer David Dunbarr esquire in an action that they took 15 cows, one bull and one calf from a place called Oxcroft [?] at Sutton, 8 June 1636. To proceed to the next session.
- 2v. Robert Garret of Wisbech, blacksmith, is summoned to answer Thomas Love in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 26 June 1635. The entry is incomplete.
- 2v. John Castell of Haddenham, gentleman, alias single man, is summoned to answer Francis Goodday in an action of debt of 27 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 10 Nov. 1631 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
- 3r. John Nyx of Witchford, administrator of the goods and chattels of Robert Nyx of Witchford, is summoned to answer Robert Arkensall in an action of debt of 25 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 31 Mar. 1636. The entry is incomplete.
- 3r. Luke Burrowe of Ely, cordwainer, and Mary, his wife and administrator of the goods and chattels of Robert Aspland, lately her husband, who died intestate, answered Thomas Pamplyn, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of a quantity of beer, 24 Dec. 1632 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
- 3v. Edward Breese of Wisbech, chapman, answered William Pytman in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of five pounds and ten shillings for goods or merchandise, 10 May 1636 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 3v. Edward Breese of Wisbech, chapman, answered William Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 53 pounds, eight shillings and nine pence for goods or merchandise, 20 June 1635 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 4r. Mary Fleck of Witcham, widow, answered Henry [?Ivatt] in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of 33 sheep, 8 June 1636 at Witcham. The entry is incomplete.
- 4r. Edward Webbe of Wilburton, husbandman, and John Bland of Haddenham, tailor, are summoned to answer Brampton Gyrdon esquire in an action that on 2 Aug. 1636 they took a bay horse worth 12 pounds belonging to Gyrdon at Haddenham. [To pay costs and damages.]
- 4v. Edward Pettite of Chatteris, labourer, answered William Dring in an action of trespass that on 10 [?July] 1636 he broke and entered the close of Dring at a marsh called [Shipperne], and cut, took and carried away grass growing there to the value of 40 shillings. The entry is incomplete.
- 4v. George Harvey of Wisbech, labourer, answered Joseph Barnes in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement to provide [?board and lodging] to William Cooper and Thomas Adkyn at Barnes’ house, 2 May 1635 at Manea. The entry is incomplete.
- 5r. Robert Groome of Littleport, yeoman, answered Richard Tyrrell, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of four kilderkins of beer, 19 Mar. 1636 at Littleport. The entry is incomplete.
- 5r. John Orwell of Ely, gentleman, is summoned to answer Daniel Cropley, gentleman, in an action of debt of five pounds, 16 shillings and eight pence relating to the lease of a messuage and a garden with appurtenances in Ely, 28 Sept. 1633. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 5v. Robert Stanton of Ely, waterman, answered Thomas Guybon in an action of trespass on the case relating to a lighter [flat-bottomed barge] worth ten pounds and five chaldrons of sea-coals worth five pounds [to be transported] from King’s Lynn to Ely by the River Great Ouse, 24 June 1635. The entry is incomplete.
- 6r. Richard Knape, [place of abode not stated], labourer, answered Robert Hitcheson in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of [? porcelain], 20 Feb. 1633 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 6r. Robert Ravye of Wisbech, cordwainer, answered Jeremy Gilbert in an action of trespass on the case relating to food, bread and water which he had at the dwelling house of Gilbert in West Walton, Norfolk, 25 Mar. 1632. The entry is incomplete.
- 6v. Daniel Cropley of Ely, gentleman, answered John Orwell in an action of trespass on the case relating to the loan of five pounds, 20 Oct. 1634 at Ely, for the following books: Pembroke Arcadia, The Phary Queene [Fairy Queen], The English Chronicle, The Erasmus Paraphrases and The French Academy. The entry is incomplete.
- 6v. Robert Arkenstall of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Arthur Hetche in an action of trespass and assault that on 2 Aug. 1636 he assaulted Hetche at Haddenham. Arkenstall acquitted.
- 7r. Richard Wigglesworth of Wisbech, yeoman, is summoned to answer William Chapman in an action that on 10 Oct. 1635 at Wisbech he took a horse belonging to Chapman. The entry is incomplete.
- 7r. John Moyes of Upwell, gentleman, answered Thomas Bigg in an action of trespass that together with Roger Browne, William Collyn and Robert Woodock they broke into Bigg’s house, abutting the King’s highway at Upwell, 20 June 1636. The entry is incomplete.
- 7v. Adam Neave of Walsoken, Norfolk, gentleman, and Mary, his wife and administrator of the goods and chattels of Thomas Wensley who died intestate, answered William Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 72 shillings and eight pence for goods or merchandise, 25 Sept. 1634 at Wisbech. Adam and Mary fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 7v. Thomas Harrison of Walsoken, Norfolk, butcher, answered Robert Heblewhaite in an action of trespass on the case relating to the supply of a ?polaine [a pulley or chute for lowering barrels into a cellar], 5 June 1636 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 8r. John Smyth of Elm, yeoman, and Garrat Drake of Elm, labourer, are summoned to answer Thomas Michell in an action that on 11 Apr. 1636 they took two foals belonging to Michell from a place called Eight Acres of Pasture at Elm. The entry is incomplete.
- 8r. John Everard of Wisbech, tailor, answered Matthew Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case that on 7 Jan. 1636 he slandered Taylor by publicly saying, ‘Taylor’s shop is as ill as hell, he that buys of home once will never buy of him again, for he deceives every man that buys of him’. The entry is incomplete.
- 8v. Arthur Boole of Wisbech, butcher, answered Adam Neave, gentleman, and Mary, his wife and administrator of the goods and chattels of Thomas Wensley who died intestate, in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement made during the lifetime of Thomas, 20 Oct. 1633 at Wisbech, to [? Slaughter a bull]. The entry is incomplete.
- 8v. Robert Peyton of Doddington, smith, Thomas Knape of Elm, labourer, and Thomas Knape junior of Elm are summoned to answer Andrews Burrell, gentleman, in an action that on 12 Aug. 1635 they took four cows belonging to Burrell from a place called Deere Field at Elm. The entry is incomplete.
- 9r. William Wilkyn of Wisbech, yeoman, answered Matthew Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sum of 20 shillings, 19 Apr. 1634 at Wisbech, and the promise of three yards of broadcloth and four yards of baize, 24 July 1634 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 9v. Christopher Sattleprie of Leverington, husbandman, answered Robert Heblewhaite in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of a saddlecloth, three girths , two stirrups and stirrup [?lathes] and a bridle, 20 Aug. 1630 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 9v. John Sparham of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, miller, answered Richard Tassell in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 27 shillings for two spindles for a mill, a mill rind and a mill bill, 25 June 1635 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
- 10r. John Vyce of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Agnes Browne junior, spinster, in an action of trespass on the case that on 20 June 1636 at Haddenham he slandered Browne by publicly saying, ‘she did steal half an ell of bone lace’. Byre acquitted.
- 10r. John Ivatt of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Agnes Browne junior, spinster, in an action of trespass on the case that on 6 Aug. 1636 at Haddenham he slandered Browne by publicly saying, ‘she did steal half an ell of bone lace’. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 10v. Richard Peck of Sutton, tailor, answered William Tubb in an action of trespass that on 1 Apr. 1636 his livestock overgrazed and trampled the grass growing in Tubb’s close to the value of 40 shillings. The entry is incomplete.
- 10v. Thomas Stringer of Chatteris, tailor, answered Richard Claxton and Helen, his wife, in an action of trespass and assault that on 24 Mar. 1635 he assaulted them at Chatteris. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 11r. Henry Dunbarre of Sutton, gentleman, answered Thomas Castell in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of a gelding called ‘the great brown gelding’, 4 June 1635 at Haddenham. Dunbarre acquitted.
- 11r. John Orwell of Ely, gentleman, answered Luke Burrowe in an action of trespass and assault that on 20 Jan. 1637 he assaulted Burrowe at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 11v. Luke Boyce of Haddenham, chapman, answered Roger Beamond in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of a cow, 10 Sept. 1635 at Coveney. Boyce fined; to pay costs and damages.
- 11v. John Rawlinge junior of Terrington, Norfolk, yeoman, answered William Harvey in an action of trespass on the case relating to the promise of 100 shillings at Palmsun Fair, 1 Feb. 1633 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
- 12r. William Buck of Littleport, husbandman, answered John Nixe in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement to the making of a mud wall between the tenement of Nixe and the tenement of William Miller, 1 Apr. 1635 at Haddenham. Buck acquitted.
Dates
- Creation: 17 Aug. 12 Chas I [1636]
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Extent
1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 12 membranes)
Language of Materials
Latin
Subject
- Godbolt, John, c. 1583-1648 (judge) (Person)
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