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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 1654

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/1

Scope and Contents

There is no gaol delivery.
  1. 1r. John Garner junior, merchant, to answer Thomas Blaxley, and wife Elizabeth, in the matter of the sale at Leverington from Thomas to John of copyhold messuage and four acres in the manor of Gedney Abbott, in return for the discharge of a bond of £17 due to John Rix of Wisbech, which discharge was not done. Dated 2 Apr. 1654. Outcome: jury find in favour of Blaxley.
  2. 1v. William Linsey, husbandman of Ely, to answer Thomas Fowler, gentleman, £5 for a mare, to be paid in installments [detailed in document], but defaulted. Dated 20 June 1653. Outcome: damages to be assessed.
  3. 2r. Robert Edwardes, senior, of Wisbech, to answer William Marshall for a debt of £34 due to William, incurred at Wisbech on 12 Apr. 1653. Outcome in favour of Marshall, with damages of £1-1s.
  4. 2r. Peter Williams, mercer ,of Wisbech, to answer Priscilla Waller, widow, in a debt of £120, which Williams has not repaid. Dated 1 Dec. 1651, outcome not stated.
  5. 2v. Robert Levitt, butcher, of Ely, to answer Richard Reade of a debt of £20. Dated 1 May 1654, outcome not stated.
  6. 2v. Robert Fowler, yeoman, of Chettisham, to answer George East for a debt of £20 due to East. Dated 1 Aug. 1653, outcome not stated.
  7. 3r. John Hubbard of Outwell to answer Joshua Rittard for a debt of £20. Dated 20 Aug. 1654; outcome in favour of Rittard.
  8. 3r. Frances Day, widow of Wisbech, to answer Cornelius Cushen, clerk, of a debt of 20s owing to Cushen. Dated 1 Jun., outcome not stated.
  9. 3v. Henry Presgrave, yeoman of Tydd St Giles, to answer Thomas Blaxley for a debt of £20 not repaid. Dated 6 July 1653, outcome not stated.
  10. 3v. William Bradlie [also Bradley], yeoman of Mepal to answer William Drury, gentleman, for a debt of £11 due to Drury. Dated 20 Dec. 1652. Outcome: referred to the next general sessions.
  11. 4r. Thomas Sherebrooke, or Sherebrake, husbandman of Stretham, to answer Edward Webb for a debt of £140. Dated 22 Oct. 1649, outcome not stated.
  12. 4r. Thomas Sherebrooke or Sherebrake, husbandman of Stretham, to answer Edward Webb for a debt of £42-8s. Dated 1 Aug. 1642, outcome not stated.
  13. 4v. John Bente of Stretham to answer Cornelius Vermuyden for a debt of £120. Dated 26 July 1653, outcome not stated.
  14. 4v. Thomas Gotobed of Stretham to answer Cornelius Vermuyden for a debt of £120. Dated 26 July 1653, outcome not stated.
  15. 5r. Joseph Cole of Littleport to answer John Bellerby for a debt of £100. Dated 29 Aug. 1654: outcome: referred to the next general sessions
  16. 5r. Gabriel Hutchinson, yeoman of March, to answer William Davy for a debt of £30. Dated 25 July 1648, outcome not stated.
  17. 5v. Thomas Blaxley yeoman of Leverington to answer Richard Murley for a debt of £20. Dated 20 Sept. 1653, outcome not stated.
  18. 6r. William Webb, husbandman of Churcham [Chettisham], to answer Thomas Fowler, gentleman for a debt of 46s. Dated 20 Apr. 1654, outcome not stated.
  19. 6r. John Blanck, yeoman of Elm, to answer Robert Welby, gentleman, for a debt of £15. Dated 20 Feb. 1653, outcome not stated.
  20. 6v. William Taylor, yeoman of Wisbech, to answer John Morley in a debt of £40. Dated 21 Jan. 1653, outcome not stated.
  21. 6v. Thomas Johnson, yeoman of Stretham, to answer Cornelius Vermuyden in a debt of £120. Dated 26 July 1653, outcome not stated.
  22. 7r. John Norman, yeoman of Wisbech, to answer John Marshall senior, gentleman, in a debt of £4-16s. Dated 5 Aug. 1653, outcome not stated.
  23. 7r. Robert Southold, husbandman of Wisbech, to answer John Marshall, clerk, for damages of £40 in respect of land at March. Dated 4 Sept. 1654. Outcome: referred to the next general sessions.
  24. 7v. John Weldon, yeoman of Gedney, to answer Edward Burton and Richard Stowe in a debt of £7. Dated 10 June 1652, outcome not stated.
  25. 7v. John Weldon, husbandman of Gedney, to answer John Moses in a debt of £12. Dated 19 July 1653; outcome not stated.
  26. 8r. Mathew Creake, yeoman of Wisbech, to answer Thomas Hodgeson for uttering scandalous and opprobrious words against Hodgeson. Dated 15 Aug. 1654, outcome not stated.
  27. 8r. Thomas Anthony, starchmaker of Wisbech, to answer John Gurner, junior, in a debt of £16. Dated 12 Nov. 1653, outcome not stated.
  28. 8v. Robert Keymer, yeoman of Walsoken, Norfolk, to answer John Austen in a debt of £9 for rent of land at Walpole. Dated 5 Aug. 1654, outcome not stated.
  29. 8v. Roger Bradshawe, victualler of Wisbech, to answer Henry Negus and wife Elizabeth in a debt of £4. Dated 1 Feb. 1649, outcome not stated.
  30. 9r. Thomas Jesson, shepherd of Wisbech, to answer John Hutchinson in a debt of 52s for 52 pounds of pewter at 12d/pound. Dated 1 June 1613, outcome not stated.
  31. 9r. John Millward, clerk of Leverington, to answer John Blanck in a debt of £14. Dated 15 Aug. 1653, outcome not stated.
  32. 9v. Thomas Swann, cordwainer of Wisbech, to answer John Ireland in a debt of £9-14s. Dated 15 Apr. 1654, outcome not stated.
  33. 9v. Thomas Blaxley, yeoman of Leverington, to answer Thomas Ogard in a debt of £12. Dated 28 Dec. 1653, outcome not stated.
  34. 10r. Edward Ambry of March to answer Anthony Sheppard in a debt of 60s for 12 yards of stuff. Dated 28 July 1648, outcome not stated.
  35. 10r. Thomas Marshall, butcher of Wisbech, to answer Tobert Welby, gentleman, in a debt of £50. Dated 24 June 1650, outcome not stated.
  36. 10v. Geoffrey Colvile, gentleman of Newton, to answer Joan Pawson, widow of John Pawson, clerk, in a debt of £40. Dated 19 Dec. 1653, outcome not stated.
  37. 10v. John Neuman, yeoman of Wisbech St Mary, to answer William Wragge in a debt of £12. Dated 6 Oct. 1653, outcome not stated.
  38. 11r. Thomas Walsham, clerk of March, to answer Anthony Shepard in a debt of £3-14-7d, for haberdashery items [listed in full in the document]. Dated 14 Dec. 1652, outcome not stated.
  39. 11r. Thomas Blexley, yeoman of Leverington, to answer John Garner in a debt of 70s. Dated 3 Apr. 1654, outcome not stated.
  40. 11v. George Arton, glover of Wisbech, to answer William Fisher and wife Ann, administrators of the late James Feake (died intestate) in a debt of £40. Dated 7 Dec. 1650, outcome not stated.
  41. 11v. Michael Lackford, butcher of Haddenham, to answer William Yarrow in a debt of £10. Dated 8 May 1654, outcome not stated.
  42. 12r. Thomas Wrathall, husbandman of Outwell, to answer Benjamin Towers in a debt of £3-15s-5d. Dated 8 Aug. 1653, outcome not stated.
  43. 12r. Thomas Anthony, starchmaker of Wisbech, to answer William Edwards senior, gentleman, in a debt of £18. Dated 28 July 1652, outcome not stated.
  44. 12v. Jane Hardy, executrix of Richard Hardy of West Walton, to answer John Richards junior, gentleman, in a debt of £200. Dated 10 Sept. 1653, outcome not stated.
  45. 12v. Daniel Underhill, yeoman of Wisbech, to answer Robert Lane and wife Isabell in an action of assault on Isabell. Dated 10 July 1654, outcome not stated.
  46. 13r. Common recovery: Samuel Buck, land and pastures in Tydd St Giles, 19 Sept. 1654. Other parties listed: Daniel Hodges, gentleman, and John Grouse, gentleman

Dates

  • Creation: 19 Sept. 1654

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1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 13 membranes)

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The entries on this roll have been numbered in pencil at an earlier date. As one entry was missed in this exercise, the numbering on the roll differs from the numbering used in this catalogue entry.

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