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Pleas before John Godbolt at Ely, 20 Mar. 13 Chas I [1637/8]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/2/6

Scope and Contents

There is no gaol delivery.
  1. 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.
  2. 1r. John Peacocke of Mepal, carpenter, is summoned to answer Richard Wynde senior, gentleman, in an action of debt of five pounds and 40 shillings relating to a bond of obligation of 27 Sept. 1634 at Sutton. The entry is incomplete.
  3. 1v. Robert Payne of Elm, husbandman, is summoned to answer Richard [?] [text obscured] in an action of debt of 12 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 9 Sept. [?1634] [text obscured]. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  4. 1v. John Stetche of Wimblington in the parish of Doddington, labourer, is summoned to answer Thomas Heaton in an action of debt of 70 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 8 Apr. 1633 at Sutton. The entry is incomplete.
  5. 2r. Robert Taylor of Haddenham, yeoman, and Richard Okey of Haddenham, yeoman, answered William Myles in an action of trespass that their livestock overgrazed and trampled on the grass growing in Myles’ close at a place called the Lower Deffes at Haddenham between 2 May 1637 and 20 Aug. following, causing damage. The entry is incomplete.
  6. 2r. Henry Hastinge of Wisbech, butcher, and John Wells of Wisbech, labourer, are summoned to answer John Pyall in an action that on 29 Dec. 1637 they took a horse belonging to Pyall at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  7. 2v. Adam Dryver, [place of abode and occupation not stated], is summoned to answer Robert Jessup in an action that on 13 Nov. 1637 he took a horse belonging to Jessup from a place called Four Acres at Leverington. To proceed to jury trial.
  8. 2v. Samuel Titlow of Doddington, gentleman, is summoned to answer John Warstiall in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 25 May 1633 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  9. 3r. Anthony Trone of Newton, yeoman, answered Thomas Jackson in an action of trespass on the case relating to a horse and a foal belonging to Anthony and three horses and a foal belonging to Mary Trone, widow and mother of Anthony, in the common pound at Newton, 20 Sept. 1636. The entry is incomplete.
  10. 3v. Mary Rayner of Downham, widow and administrator of the goods and chattels of Nicholas Rayner, lately her husband, who died intestate, answered Richard Collin senior in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of three pounds and 16 shillings, 1 May 1636 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  11. 3v. Catherine Robinson of Upwell, widow, answered John Southwell in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt owed by Richard Robinson, her son, to John Nelson, 21 May 1636, for which Richard was arrested and placed in gaol at Wisbech Castle. The debt was assumed by Catherine. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  12. 4r. Robert Coward of Wisbech, butcher, answered Thomas Ellington in an action of trespass that on 29 Oct. 1637 he entered Ellington’s close at Wisbech, trampled on the grass growing there with his feet, and took and led away a bull and bullock belonging to Ellington. The entry is incomplete.
  13. 4r. Robert Thorey of Wisbech, inn holder, answered John Laycock, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of a sack, five stone weight and three pounds of hemp, 3 Feb. 1638 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  14. 4v. Matthew Frost of Littleport, butcher, answered Robert Norman in an action of trespass on the case in an action of account of several sums of money, 1 Mar. 1637 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  15. 4v. Thomas Wetherell of Tydd St Giles, husbandman, answered Edward Watson in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of five pounds, three shillings and four pence, 5 Oct. 1637 at Tydd St Giles. The entry is incomplete.
  16. 5r. Thomas Jackson of Newton, husbandman, answered Anthony Trone in an action of trespass on the case that on 30 July 1637 he slandered Trone at Wisbech by saying ‘[Anthony is] a runaway rogue and might have stayed and fathered his bastard before he went away’. The entry is incomplete.
  17. 5r. Richard Barnes of March, [occupation not stated], answered Edward Ambrey in an action of trespass that on 20 Feb. 1638 his livestock overgrazed and trampled on the grass growing in Amrey’s close called Readers Fen at March. There is discussion over the place and ownership of various pieces of land. To proceed to jury trial.
  18. 5v. Michael Drake of Doddington, [occupation not stated], answered Gabriel Hutchinson in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of ten coombs of beans, 20 Sept. 1636 at March. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  19. 5v. Thomas Malden of Stretham, butcher, is summoned to answer Robert Norman in an action of debt regarding receipt of money between 10 Feb. 1637 and 1 May 1637. To proceed to jury trial.
  20. 6r. William Goodyear of March, shoemaker, is summoned to answer Francis Barker in an action of debt of 30 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 Mar. 1635 at March. The entry is incomplete.
  21. 6r. John Shereman of Wisbech, cordwainer, is summoned to answer Bartholomew Wormell in an action of debt of 40s shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 26 Nov. 1636. The entry is incomplete.
  22. 6r. John Lowe of Leverington, labourer, alias John Low of Leverington, husbandman, is summoned to answer Bartholomew Wormell in an action of debt of 40s shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 27 Nov. 1636. The entry is incomplete.
  23. 6v. Robert Coward of Wisbech, butcher, answered John Hutchinson in an action of trespass on the case in an action of account in the sum of nine pounds, 20 Dec. 1637 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  24. 6v. Arthur Boole of Wisbech, butcher, answered Richard Sturt and Isabelle, his wife, in an action of trespass and assault that on 27 Aug. 1637 he assaulted Isabelle at Wisbech. To proceed to jury trial.
  25. 7r. John Dashfeild of Littleport, cleric, answered Robert Willsonn in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of a cow, 1 Feb. 1636 at Littleport. The entry is incomplete.
  26. 7r. Simon [Gunbye] of Wisbech, rope maker, answered John Cutbert and Elizabeth, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 20 Sept. 1637 he slandered Elizabeth by publicly saying ‘Elizabeth had a bastard when she was a single woman and she and her mother [Joan Lynge, wife of Stephen Lynge] did consent to make it away’. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  27. 7r. John Py[?] [text obscured] of Wisbech, butcher, answered Robert Hastings in an action of trespass on the case relating to the boarding of John at Robert’s house between 1 Dec. 1637 and 1 Jan. following. The entry is incomplete.
  28. 7v. Richard Vyne of Wisbech, carpenter, answered William Watson, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement to sell a mare, 1 July 1637 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  29. 7v. Nicholas [Sunman] of Ely, husbandman, is summoned to answer William March in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 Nov. 1632 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  30. 8r. William Bucke of Littleport, husbandman, answered John Wright in an action of trespass that on 7 Jan. 1638 he broke into the close and house of Wright at Littleport, and took and carried away 100 quarters of wheat. The entry is incomplete.
  31. 8r. John Dashfeild of Littleport, cleric, is summoned to answer Thomas Tucke in an action of debt of 12 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 1 Apr. 1637 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  32. 8r. Nicholas [Sunman] of Witchford, husbandman, is summoned to answer Francis Cockin in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 16 Aug. 1637 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  33. 8v. Robert Gynne of Wisbech, butcher, is summoned to answer William Edwards, gentleman and executor of the will of Thomas Edwards esquire, deceased, in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 28 May 1634 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  34. 8v. Robert Thorpe of Worlington, Suffolk, answered Thomas Sheppard in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement for the sale and supply of 100 coombs of malt called good Cambridgeshire malt, 1 Feb. 1638 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  35. 9r. Robert Ayre of Ely, gentleman, answered John Grymmer in an action of trespass that on [13] Sept. 1637 his livestock overgrazed and trampled on the grass growing in Grymmer’s close at Ely causing damage. The entry is incomplete.
  36. 9r. Oliver Cromwell esquire, James Holmes, Edward Buck and William Haynes junior answered William Gooddaye in an action that on 20 Aug. 1637 he took 35 sheep belonging to Haynes from a place called Cawdle Fen at Ely. There is discussion of the place and ownership of several pieces of land. To proceed to jury trial.
  37. 9v. Richard Goodwyn of Downham, butcher, answered William Tanner in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of three barrels of strong beer, 4 Oct. 1634 at Downham. The entry is incomplete.
  38. 10r. Anthony Warren of Haddenham, gentleman, answered Edward Castell, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the lease of a sheep-walk in Haddenham. The entry is incomplete. [This entry is faded and difficult to decipher].

Dates

  • Creation: 20 Mar. 13 Chas I [1637/8]

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1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 10 membranes)

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