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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 15 Sept. 1657

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/3/2

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There is no gaol delivery.
  1. 1r. Richard Oliver, butcher of Wisbech, to answer William Bearseley in a debt for cattle, sold for £5-10s. Dated 14 December 1656, outcome not stated.
  2. 1v. Richard Oliver, butcher of Wisbech, to answer Jeofrey Gunnill in a debt for sheep, sold for 32s. Dated 14 July 1657, outcome not stated.
  3. 1v. Richard Dixon jun., husbandman of Wisbech to answer John Potton for damage to crops at Stoney in March. Dated 20 July 1657, outcome not stated.
  4. 2r. William Fowler and William Merrill, both yeoman of Witcham, to answer Richard Baldwyne that they promised to pay him to be curate, but he was not paid for 39 weeks.. Dated 20 January 1655, outcome not stated.
  5. 2v. Anne Croweson, spinster of Doddington, to answer Thomas Scultroppe and wife Ellen, that Anne caused Thomas to leave Ellen. Dated 20 January 1655, outcome not stated.
  6. 3r. Susan Hall, widow of Wisbech St Mary, to answer John Wade in a debt of £6-8s for hemp bought by Susan. Dated 9 September 1656, outcome not stated.
  7. 3r. John White, blacksmith of Tydd St Giles, to answer William Murley for taking and maltreating a mare, valued at £15, so that it died. Dated 10 July 1657, outcome not stated.
  8. 3v. John Piggott, sen., brickmaker of Ely, to answer Francis Ballard: they had been partners in a brick-kiln, Francis offered to buy out John's share for £20, not paid. Dated 16 July 1656, outcome not stated.
  9. 4r. Robert Crabe, husbandman of Littleport, to answer Thomas Alderton sen., farmer of tithes, in a debt of £4-10s for defrauding him of tithes. Dated 1 June 1657, outcome not stated.
  10. 4v. Robert Cooke, husbandman of Chatteris, to answer Humphrey Garrett in a charge that Garrett stole a mare, to the detriment of Garret's reputation. £500 damages sought. Dated 30 November 1655, outcome not stated.
  11. 5r. Henry Wright, husbandman of Terrington St John in Norfolk, to answer Anthony Rachell for slandering his good name, for which £100 is claimed. Dated 18 July 1657, outcome not stated.
  12. 5v. Robert Frost, butcher of Ely, to answer John Skinner who was employed by John Lemare, bailiff and servant to Cornelius Vermuyden, to cut grass at 15-ft drain at Littleport 4/2d an acre, amounting to £37-12s. Dated 20 August 1656, referred to next general sessions.
  13. 6r. Thomas Jemell, butcher of Wisbech, to answer Mathew Taylor, gent., for unpaid rent of £8-10s for 20 acres of pasture at Wisbech. Dated 1 June 1656, outcome not stated.
  14. 6r. Arthur Taylore, gentleman of Wisbech, to answer Jeofrey Gunill in a debt of £7-10s. Dated 24 October 1656, outcome not stated.
  15. 6v. Christopher Mowse[?], glover of Upwell, to answer James Wilkinson sale of a house at Upwell, Norfolk, for £3, paid in specified instalments, one not paid. Dated 27 March 1657, outcome not stated.
  16. 7r. Jonas Clerke of Wisbech, wool-comber, answered William Marshall, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery of various quantities of kilderkins of strong beer in total amounting to 51 shillings and four pence, 23 Mar. 1656 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  17. 7v. Richard Olliver of Wisbech, butcher, answered William Peeres in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery of eight ewes at a price of six shillings and sixpence, 20 Jun. 1657 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  18. 8r. Thomas Portwood of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, husbandman, and Mary, his wife, answered Oliver Browne in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement concerning a bedstead to be made by Browne for Mary before her marriage of the form and fashion of a bedstead then standing in a room in the dwelling house of John Norman called the White Hart at Wisbech, 1 Oct. 1655. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  19. 8v. Roger Meslin of North Tuddenham, Norfolk, yeoman, answered Robert Dennison in an action of trespass on the case relating to Dennison’s promise to marry Mary Church, the niece of Roger Meslin, and a sum of money to be paid in lieu of lands lying in Flegg, Norfolk, 1 Mar. 1655. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  20. 9r. Nicholas Collidge of Doddington, husbandman, answered William Burkett in an action of trespass on the case that on 11 May 1657 he slandered Burkett at Ely by publicly saying, ‘You are a rogue and a thief and that you did steal a sheep from me and sold the sheep to one Thomas Singlet or to James [Colidre]’. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  21. 9r. William Peacocke of Witcham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Miles Rodgin in an action of debt of 100 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Jan. 1656 at Ely. Peacocke to pay costs and damages.
  22. 9v. John Piggott of Ely, grocer, answered Christopher Whitehead of trespass on the case that Piggott was indebted in the sum of 21 pounds, three shillings and five pence for diverse goods and wares, 29 Sept. 1656 at Ely. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  23. 9v. Robert Peacocke of Witchford, gentleman, is summoned to answer Miles Rodgin in an action of debt of 100 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Jan. 1656 at Ely. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  24. 10r. Thomas Dosseter of March, blacksmith, is summoned to answer James Statton in an action of debt of 40 shillings relating to the rent on a lease of part of a messuage in March, 14 Feb. 1654. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  25. 10r. John Feetham of Wisbech, victualler, is summoned to answer Henry Fisher in an action of debt of 40 pounds, 17 Nov. 1654 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  26. 10v. Miles Coville of Wisbech, husbandman, answered Robert Hayward in an action of trespass that on 1 July 1657 he ejected Hayward from a messuage and six acres of pasture with appurtenances in Wilburton which Jane Kirke, widow, had leased to Hayward for a term which had not yet expired. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  27. 10v. Thomas Morrell of Well, gentleman, is summoned to answer William Walden in an action of debt of 18 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 27 Mar. 1656. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  28. 11r. Richard Olliver of Wisbech, butcher, is summoned to answer Thomas Edwards, gentleman, in an action of debt of 64 shillings relating to the rent on a lease of four acres of pasture with appurtenances in Walsoken, Norfolk, 24 Mar. 1655. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  29. 11r. John Byniton of Upwell, miller, answered John Mansfield in an action of trespass that on 4 Aug. 1654 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the crops growing in Mansfield’s close at Upwell causing damage. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  30. 11v. Robert Randall of Wisbech, tailor, is summoned to answer Nicholas Sanford, gentleman, in an action of debt of seven pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 16 Dec. 1656 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  31. 11v. Richard Oliver of Wisbech, butcher, is summoned to answer Nicholas Sanford, gentleman, in an action of debt of seven pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 16 Dec. 1656 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  32. 12r. John Buly of March, yeoman, is summoned to answer Edward Ambrose that on 24 July 1657 his cattle trampled and overgrazed the crops and grass growing in Ambrose’s close at a place called Binnie Moor at March causing damage. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  33. 12r. Nicholas Shepperd, alias Shepherd, of March, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Anthony the elder in an action of debt of eight pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 6 Sept. 1657 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  34. 12v. John Post of Wisbech, waterman, is summoned to answer Robert Waltrop in an action of debt of five pounds relating to a bill of obligation of [5] May 1657. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  35. 12v. Luck Tucke of Ely, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Anston in an action of debt of six pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 29 Sept. 1655 at Ely. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  36. 13r. Henry Crosse of Wisbech, carpenter, answered William Baxter in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale and delivery of ten and a half loads of timber at 40 foot to the load for 14 pounds, 17 shillings and sixpence, 10 July 1653 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  37. 13r. William Peacocke of Witcham, gentleman, is summoned to answer Samuel East in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 13 Aug. 1656 at Ely. Peacocke to pay costs and damages.
  38. 13v. John Serjeant of Wisbech, waterman, is summoned to answer John Bayly in an action of debt of 47 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 25 Jan. 1655 at Elm. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  39. 13v. Richard Oliver of Wisbech, butcher, is summoned to answer William Gates in an action of debt of five pounds and six shillings relating to a bond of obligation of 17 Mar. 1656 at Outwell. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  40. 14r. William London of Waldersea in Wisbech, labourer, answered Robert Gregg the younger in an action of trespass on the case that on 27 Aug. 1657 he slandered Gregg at Wisbech by publicly saying, ‘You are a rogue and a witch and I will prove it.’ The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  41. 14r. Robert Hayward of West Walton, Norfolk, husbandman and executor of the will of Robert Hayward of West Walton, Norfolk, yeoman, is summoned to answer John Gardner the younger in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 23 Mar. 1654 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  42. 14v. Anthony Sheppard of Wisbech, gentleman, alias linen draper, is summoned to answer Robert Welby, gentleman, in an action of debt of 100 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 13 May 1650 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated.
  43. 14v. Richard Thurlby of Fleet, Lincolnshire, carpenter, answered George [Hankesly] in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of money, 3 May 1657. The entry is incomplete; no outcome stated. [This entry is on the outer membrane of the roll, and is marked and dirty; some text illegible].

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Sept. 1657

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1 rolled item(s) (1 roll comprising 14 membranes)

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