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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 13 Apr. 1653

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/6

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  1. 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.
  2. 1r. Philip [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, and William [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, answered Philip Pedley, gentleman, in an action of trespass that on 20 Feb. 1652 at Sutton they killed a mastiff dog belonging to Pedley. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  3. 1v. Edward Hobart, alias Hobard, of Chatteris, esquire, is summoned to answer Scipio Cockaine, gentleman, in an action of debt of 200 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 Feb. 1648 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  4. 1v. Thomas Peppiat of Haddenham, husbandman, answered Richard Reade, gentleman, and James Timbes, gentleman, in an action of trespass that between 10 Oct. 1652 and 1 Apr following his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in their close at a place called Honny Fen at Chatteris, causing damage to hedges and fences lately erected there. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  5. 2r. James Best of Downham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Thomas Aungier, gentleman, in an action that on 28 Feb. 1652 he unjustly took and detained a filly coloured brown with a star to its forehead worth ten pounds from a place called the Frith at Downham. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  6. 2r. William Pratt of Wisbech, victualler, answered George Arton in an action of trespass and assault that on 1 Feb. 1652 he assaulted Arton at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  7. 2v. Andrew Taylor of Wisbech, baker, is summoned to answer John Challis in an action of debt of 30 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 21 Sept. 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  8. 2v. Roger Seafton of March, labourer, alias of [St Ives], Huntingdonshire, is summoned to answer John Whitehead in an action of debt of eight pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 16 Mar. 1640/1. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  9. 2v. John Hutchinson of Wisbech, gentleman, answered Elizabeth Morey, spinster, in an action of trespass and assault that on 24 June 1652 he assaulted Elizabeth at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  10. 3r. Thomas Melsop of Ely, gentleman, answered Mary [Surfleet], executor of the will of Matthew Surfleet of Ely, tailor, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the purchasing of cloth, buttons and silk to make a horseman’s coat for Melsop, 31 Aug. 1652 at Ely. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  11. 3r. Thomas Sheapheard of March, brewer, answered Robert Suckerman in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery of 60 coombs of malt at the rate of 11 shillings a coomb, 8 May 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  12. 3v. John Stretch of Wimblington, husbandman, answered Henry Boughton and Rebecca, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement between Stretch and one Elizabeth Rollison made 15 June 1630 at Doddington concerning a marriage to be had between John and Elizabeth and a sum of five pounds to be paid when Elizabeth reached the age of 21. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  13. 3v. George Read of Chatteris, husbandman, executor of the will of Richard Read, answered John Bruce, executor of the will of Bestney Bruce, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery by Bestney Bruce to Richard Read of ten steers or bullocks at the rate of 30 pounds, 20 Feb. 1647 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  14. 4r. John Walker of Wisbech, victualler, is summoned to answer William Delamore, gentleman, in an action of debt of 50 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Sept. 1651 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  15. 4r. Roger Fawcon of Swatry, Huntingdonshire, husbandman, is summoned to answer John Bevill, gentleman, in an action of debt of 60 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 21 May 1651 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  16. 4r. Henry Finemore of Wisbech, yeoman, answered Thomas Moore in an action of trespass on the case that Finemore was indebted in the sum of five pounds, five shillings and four pence for 11 kilderkins of strong beer and 11 kilderkins of ordinary beer, and for the carriage of the kilderkins from Wisbech to Wisbech Guyhirn, 10 Aug. 1652. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  17. 4v. William Ellingham, alias Ellingame, of Wisbech, blacksmith, is summoned to answer George West in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Sept. 1651 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  18. 5r. William King of Wisbech, haberdasher, answered Robert Stevens in an action of trespass on the case that on 24 Oct. 1652 he negligently kept a fire at his dwelling house in Wisbech and burnt various goods and chattels of Stevens including tobacco stalks, tallow, cork, candles, salt, keelers, candle rods, a pair of shears, pepper, nutmeg and white and brown sugar stored in Stevens’ house. King fined; to pay costs and damages.
  19. 5r. Robert Stevens of Wisbech, grocer, answered William Kinge in an action of trespass on the case that on 24 Oct. 1652 he negligently kept a fire at his dwelling house in Wisbech and burnt various goods and chattels of Kinge including three saddles, three bridles, half a load of hay, ten deal boards, two tiles and one hay stead of provender stored in Kinge’s house. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  20. 5v. Geroge Arton of Wisbech, glover, is summoned to answer George Rolles in an action of debt of 50 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 8 July 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  21. 5v. Geroge Arton of Wisbech, glover, is summoned to answer John Hutchinson in an action of debt off 60 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 2 July 1652 at Wisbech. Arton fined; to pay costs and damages.
  22. 6r. William Stanbridge of Welney, Norfolk, yeoman, answered William Perrit in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery of nine bushels of malt at four shillings per bushel, 8 Oct. 1649 at Elm. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  23. 6r. Richard Sherman of Leverington, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Palmer in an action of debt of 30 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Jun. 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  24. 6v. William Taylor of Wisbech, innholder, answered Nicholas Barker, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale of two horse colts for 12 pence in hand and 69 shillings to be paid thereafter, 24 Jan. 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  25. 6v. John Millward of Leverington, clerk [cleric], is summoned to answer Richard Abbott in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 25 June 1650 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  26. 7r. John Gayer of Haddenham, shopkeeper, answered Jonh Mouse, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and supply of four and a half chaldrons of sea-coals, 1 Dec. 1650 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  27. 7r. Nicholas Sunman of Witchford, husbandman, is summoned to answer John Hand the elder, gentleman, in an action of debt of three pounds and four shillings in an action of account, 20 Jan. 1652 at Witchford. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  28. 7v. Philip Gotobed of Littleport, yeoman, answered Matthew Ninckes in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two oxen worth ten pounds, 2 Oct. 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  29. 7v. Robert Bradshaw of Wisbech, yeoman, answered Arthur Clark, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case that Bradshaw was indebted in the sum of five pounds which was lent, 12 Feb. 1652 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  30. 8r. Thomas Ogard of Wisbech, mercer, answered Gabriel Wills, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to two vessels of Maligo [Malaga] wine assigned from Thomas Brasier to Wills for 24 pounds and ten shillings, which was bought by Ogard from Nicholas Barker, whole wine seller, 1 Aug. 1647. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  31. 8r. John Everarde of Wisbech, tailor, answered Samuel Fydeman in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two shilling and sixpence in numbered money, 14 Jan. 1652 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  32. 8v. Benjamin Towers of Ely, alias of Haddenham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Edward Cooke in an action of debt of 34 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 22 Oct. 1649 at Ely. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
  33. 8v. John Gunton the younger of Sutton, yeoman, is summoned to answer Frances Purce, spinster, in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 1 Mar. 1651 at Sutton. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.

Dates

  • Creation: 13 Apr. 1653

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Extent

1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 8 membranes)

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