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Pleas before John Godbolt at Ely, 13 Apr. 13 Chas I [1637]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/2/7

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  1. 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.
  2. 1r. John Allen junior of Haddenham, husbandman, is summoned to answer Frances Goode [?text obscured], widow, in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 12 Aug. 1636 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  3. 1v. William Gooday of Braham in the parish of Ely St Mary, gentleman, is summoned to answer George Parke in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 7 Oct. 1634 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  4. 1v. William Bridgeman of Stuntney, husbandman, is summoned to answer William March esquire in an action of debt of 16 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 7 May 1633 at Stuntney. The entry is incomplete.
  5. 1v. Francis Sanderson of Coveney, blacksmith, is summoned to answer [text obscured] in an action of debt of four pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 10 Mar. 1634 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  6. 2r. Robert Granger, alias Crynger, of Sutton, husbandman, is summoned to answer Richard Collyn in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 28 July 1627 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  7. 2r. Thomas Cook of Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire, husbandman, is summoned to answer Benedict Dickinson in an action of debt of six pounds and 16 shillings relating to a bond of obligation of 25 Mar. 1636 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  8. 2r. Michael Leach of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, gentleman, is summoned to answer Roger Wotton in an action of debt of 30 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 15 Feb. 1634 at March. The entry is incomplete.
  9. 2v. Michael Coaleman, alias Coleman, of Stretham, husbandman, is summoned to answer John Bridgman, administrator of the goods and chattels of Robert Bridgman, gentleman, in an action of debt of 30 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 5 Feb. 1638 at Stretham. The entry is incomplete.
  10. 2v. Nathaniel Barton of Haddenham, husbandman, is summoned to answer William Ballard and Frances, his wife and administrator of the goods and chattels of Anthony Dobson, lately her husband, who died intestate, in an action of debt of six pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 1 Feb. 1629 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  11. 3r. Thomas Lake of Haddenham, labourer, is summoned to answer William Ballard in an action of debt of three pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 Apr. 1636 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  12. 3r. Thomas Ashton of Stretham, yeoman, is summoned to answer Robert Lightfoole and Edward Daye in an action of debt of 16 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 4 Feb. 1635 at Stretham. The entry is incomplete.
  13. 3r. John Grymer of Ely, yeoman, is summoned to answer Nicholas Auger, gentleman, in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of [day and month obscured] 1636/7. The entry is incomplete.
  14. 3v. Francis Coker of Aldreth, husbandman, is summoned to answer William Ballard in an action of debt of four pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 24 Oct. 1636. The entry is incomplete.
  15. 3v. John Fordham of Sutton, yeoman, answered Thomas Reeve, gentleman, in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 7 Oct. 1636 at Sutton. The entry is incomplete.
  16. 4r. Henry Leach of Wisbech, baker, answered Godfrey Holland in an action of trespass on the case that on 12 Mar. 1637 he slandered Holland at Wisbech by publicly saying, ‘Henry Chappell [Henry Chappell of Wisbech, baker] is the worse for Godfrey Holland sithence he did grind his corn at Holland’s mill [for] 20 pounds.’ The entry is incomplete.
  17. 4r. Gilbert Dickenson of Ely, comber, answered Robert Norman in an action that on 30 Oct. 1636 he placed two horses and a gelding in Robert’s pasture for a week. The entry is incomplete.
  18. 4v. John Norman of Wisbech, oatmeal maker, answered Henry Baldwin in an action of trespass and assault that on 30 July 1636 he assaulted Baldwin at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  19. 4v. Thomas Bowles of Wisbech, blacksmith, answered Jeremy Gilbert in an action of trespass that on [day and month not stated] 1636/7 he broke and destroyed the boards and trestles of Gilbert’s stalls at Wisbech market. The entry is incomplete.
  20. 5r. Robert Ryder of Wisbech, scrivener, is summoned to answer Anthony Fisher esquire in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 15 May 1635. The entry is incomplete.
  21. 5r. John Hutchinson of Wisbech, yeoman, answered [?Philip] Welbye esquire in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of money to be delivered on the day of Welbye’s marriage, 1 July 1636 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  22. 5r. Leonard Upcrafte of Wisbech, chair maker, and Emma, his wife, answered Grace Kibble in an action of trespass and assault that on 3 Nov. 1636 they assaulted Kibble at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  23. 5v. Edward Amry of March, yeoman, and Robert Fisher of March, labourer, are summoned to answer Thomas Price in an action that on 27 Oct. 1636 they took a colt and a foal belonging to Price from a place called Reades Fen at March. The entry is incomplete.
  24. 5v. John Castell of Haddenham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Robert Newton in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 May 1633 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  25. 6r. Thomas Mylborne of Chatteris, husbandman, is summoned to answer Robert Croutch in an action of debt relating to a bond of obligation of 26 Oct. 1635 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete.
  26. 6r. Giles Fairclough of Chatteris, yeoman, and John Hollowe of Chatteris, yeoman, are summoned to answer Thomas Colbelt senior in an action of debt of 19 pounds relating to a bill of obligation, [date not stated]. To proceed to jury trial.
  27. 6r. John Castell of Haddenham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Richard Wynde in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 May 1633 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  28. 6v. Thomas Hopkin of Thetford, husbandman, is summoned to answer Robert Lightfoole in an action of debt of 42 shillings relating to the sale of all the grass and pasture then growing at Hole Fen [at] the Town House in Thetford then in tenure of Lightfoole, 20 July 1636. The entry is incomplete.
  29. 6v. Thomas Towers, Charles Towers, Benjamin Towers, all of Wilburton, gentlemen, are summoned to answer Peter Cokyn in an action of trespass that on 10 Sept. 1636 they took and carried away 20 cart-loads of hay or fodder from a marsh called [the ?lazer] at Wilburton. Arrested; to pay costs and damages.
  30. 7r. James Howton of Ely, wool comber, answered John Lyne in an action of trespass on the case relating the giving or borrowing of a pack cloth on [date not stated] at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  31. 7r. Thomas Bigg of Walsoken, Norfolk, husbandman, answered Michael Leach in an action of trespass on the case in an action of account for several sums of money, 20 Aug. 1636 at Wisbech, and a request to forebear the account. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  32. 7v. Gilbert Dickenson of Ely, comber, is summoned to answer Robert Norman in an action of debt of 41 shillings and nine pence relating to the sale of various quantities of meat – sheep’s heads, beef, mutton, veal, pluck, calf, lambs’ heads [full list not transcribed – on [date not stated] at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  33. 8r. Philip Gotobed of Ely, husbandman, answered William Read in an action that he took and led away a colt of a bay colour on 1 Sept. 1634 at Ely [and through working the animal caused it to die]. Gotobed arrested; to pay costs and damages.
  34. 8r. John Dashfeild of Littleport, cleric, is summoned to answer Thomas Troyse in an action of debt of 60 shillings relating to the sale of a bull, 20 Feb. 1634 at Ely. To proceed to jury trial.
  35. 8r. John Dashfeild of Littleport, cleric, is summoned to answer William Slacke in an action of debt of 51 shillings and two pence in an action of account, 18 Mar. 1637 at Ely. Pled not guilty; the entry is incomplete.
  36. 8v. Francis Sanderson of Coveney, blacksmith, is summoned to answer Richard Fowler in an action of debt of seven pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 2 June 1631 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  37. 8v. John Dashfeild, vicar of Littleport, is summoned to answer William Troughton in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 10 Nov. 1635 at Littleport. The entry is incomplete.
  38. 9r. William Croxton of Ely, tailor, is summoned to answer Thomas Pamplyn, gentleman, in an action of debt of 23 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 21 May 1626. The entry is incomplete.
  39. 9r. John Dashfeild of Littleport, cleric, is summoned to answer Gregory Wenham in an action of debt of six pounds, seven shillings and ten pence in an action of account, 24 Mar. 1637 at Ely. To proceed to jury trial.
  40. 9v. Gabriel Hutchinson of March, gentleman, is summoned to answer William Lyfe in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of [16 Aug.] 1636. Hutchinson fined; to pay costs and damages.
  41. 9v. Nicholas Summan of Witchford, yeoman, and Joan, his wife and executor of the last will of Nicholas Barret, lately her husband, deceased, answered Henry Wordsworth and Elizabeth, his wife, in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 23 Apr. 1632 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  42. 10r. David Smith of Littleport, husbandman, answered John Jefferson in an action of trespass on the case that on 7 Dec. 1636 he slandered Jefferson at Ely by publicly saying, ‘John Jefferson is a forsworn and perjured knave and did forswear himself in laying out the Moe Fen [Mow Fen] ditch in Littleport and in saying my ditch was ditched’. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  43. 10v. Robert Gunton of Ely, yeoman, answered Andrew Ward, gentleman, in an action relating to an obligation of 22 pounds, 20 Mar. 1636 at Ely. To proceed to jury trial.
  44. 10v. John Hellowe of Chatteris, lodger, answered John Carter in an action of trespass on the case relating to his lodging at the White Horse in Chatteris, 31 July 1636. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  45. 11r. William Reddy of Doddington, blacksmith, answered Charles Hastings in an action that he took and led away a grey horse to the value of six pounds from Hastings at Doddington, 10 Mar. 1637. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  46. 11r. Joseph Germaine of Ely, carpenter, answered Thomas Sadler in an action of trespass on the case relating to two [leadings] of timber taken by boat from Brandon in Suffolk to the water side in Ely, on [day not stated] January 1637. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  47. 11v. Godfrey Holland of Wisbech, miller, answered Henry Leech in an action of trespass that on 14 Feb. 1637 he took and carried away two coombs of wheat from his mill at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  48. 11v. Geoffrey Darre of Emneth, Norfolk, [occupation not stated], answered Jeremy Gilbert in an action of trespass his livestock overgrazed and trampled Gilbert’s haystack or haycock situated in his close and garden at Wisbech between 1 Feb. 1636 and 25 Mar. following. The entry is incomplete.
  49. 11v. Ralph Bettes of Wisbech, cordwainer, answered Jeremy Gilbert in an action of trespass that on 6 Mar. 1637 he took and carried away ten shillings in numbered money from Gilbert at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  50. 12r. John Wigglesworth of Wisbech, cordwainer, answered Jeremy Gilbert in an action of trespass and assault that on 4 Mar. 1637 he assaulted Gilbert at Wisbech and took and carried away 11 shillings. The entry is incomplete.
  51. 12r. Robert Peirson, [place of abode and occupation not stated], answered Edward Whittered in an action of trespass on the case relating to six steers placed in the custody of Peirson for depasturing. The entry is incomplete.
  52. 12v. Robert Kibble of Wisbech, thatcher, answered Matthew Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 60 shillings and nine pence for a quantity of woollen cloth, 13 Apr. 1635 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  53. 12v. Edward Draper, alias Mason, of Haddenham, tailor, is summoned to answer Robert Taylor in an action of debt of four pounds, nine shillings and six pence relating to the sale and supply of a horse, 2 June1636 at Haddenham. The entry is incomplete.
  54. 12v. John Nurse of Sutton, [occupation not stated], answered Roger Hurst in an action of trespass and assault that on 2 Sept. 1636 he assaulted Hurst at Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  55. 13r. William Clarck of Ely, husbandman, answered John Clarck, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of half a cartload of barley, 1 Sept. 1635 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  56. 13r. John Roote of Wicken, husbandman, and Henry Spalding and Thomas Ostler of Wicken, labourers, answered Thomas Ellis in an action of trespass that on 10 Mar. 1637 they assaulted Ellis and imprisoned him for five hours without cause. The entry is incomplete.
  57. 13v. Robert Levett of Ely, butcher, is summoned to answer Helen Craye, widow, in an action of debt of 40 shillings relating to the sale of three sheep, 1 Oct. 1633 at Witchford. The entry is incomplete.
  58. 13v. Edward Palmer of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Francis Gooddey in an action of trespass on the case that he slandered Gooddey by saying, ‘Francis Gooddey was forsworn at Ely assizes last (before John Godbolt, sergeant-at-law, in the cause between Thomas Raven and Edward Palmer, 17 Aug. 1636) and I will prove it.’ Palmer fined; to proceed to jury trial.
  59. 14r. Simon Riches of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Francis Gooddey in an action of trespass on the case that he slandered Gooddey by saying, ‘Francis Gooddey was forsworn at Ely assizes last (before John Godbolt, sergeant-at-law, in the cause between Thomas Raven and Edward Palmer, 17 Aug. 1636) and I will prove it.’ Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  60. 14r. Robert Payne senior of Haddenham, gentleman, and Susan Brenham of Haddenham, widow, answered Edward Castell, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a customary messuage with appurtenances situated in Dunne End, held in the manor of Haddenham, and Castell’s appointment at guardian of Richard Hall, son and heir of Thomas Hall deceased. Damages to be assessed at the next session.
  61. 14v. Edward Bettye of Wisbech, chapman, answered Robert Garrett in an action of trespass on the case that on 28 Sept. 1636 at Wisbech he slandered Garrett by publicly saying, ‘I am a better man than you for you [mainly] fine men to rob me upon the high way.’ Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  62. 14v. Edward Mott of Ely, boatwright, answered John Steward in an action of trespass on the case in an action of account for diverse goods, 20 Oct. 1636 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  63. 15r. Thomas Browne of Wisbech, yeoman, answered William Taylor, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 18 shillings and seven pence for goods or wares, 18 Mar. 1637 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  64. 15r. Richard Fowler of Ely, gentleman, answered Richard Chapman in an action of trespass that on 2 Apr. 1636 he took and carried away three cart-loads of timber and wood to the value of 40 shillings belonging to Chapman at a place called the Grove at Ely. Fowler arrested; to pay costs and damages.
  65. 15r. John Fordham of Sutton, husbandman, answered Matthew Samuell in an action of trespass on the case that on 12 Mar. 1637 at Sutton his Molossian dog seriously bit Samuell. Fordham fined; to pay costs and damages.
  66. 15v. Simon Riches of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Francis Gooddey in an action of trespass that on 10 Mar. 1637 he entered the close and house of Gooddey at Haddenham and trampled on the grass growing there with his feet. The entry is incomplete.
  67. 15v. William Skeppe of March, butcher, answered Edward Ambrey in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of two cows, 10 Apr. 1634 at March. The entry is incomplete.
  68. 16r. Samuel Cooper of Ely, maltster, answered John Clarcke, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of three pounds and ten shillings, and a haircloth worth 40 shillings, 20 Nov. 1636 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  69. 16r. Memorandum that Thomas Lovell brought a bill against Philip Izatson, gentleman and attorney of this court, relating to a debt for a quantity of corn which Izatson had undertaken to pay within a fortnight. Izatson fined; to pay costs and damages.
  70. 16v. Thomas Bowles of Wisbech, blacksmith, answered Richard Harrison in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of a quarter of a pound of sugar, 6 Dec. 1635 at Wisbech, and a debt relating to diverse wares, 28 Jan. 1636 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  71. 17r. Matthew Lawe of Witchford, yeoman, Thomas Michell of Witchford, labourer, and John Cheesewright of Witchford, labourer, answered Nathaniel Clarkson, cleric, in an action of trespass that on 20 Sept. 1636 they took and carried away 20 cart-loads of hay belonging to Clarkson worth 20 pounds. Acquitted.
  72. 17r. Edward Mott of Ely, boatwright, answered John Steward, timberman, in an action of trespass on the case in an action of account relating to the sale of a quantity of planks and boards, 20 Oct. 1636 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.

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  • Creation: 13 Apr. 13 Chas I [1637]

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