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Pleas before Francis North at Ely, 12 Sept. 23 Chas II [1671]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/3/3

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  1. 1r. Final concord: William Prettiman, cleric, plaintiff, and Thomas Prettiman and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to 12 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Upwell, Outwell and Elm.
  2. 1r. Final concord: William Thickpenny and Robert Thickpenny, plaintiffs, and Thomas Tuck and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to ten acres of marsh with appurtenances in Ely.
  3. 1v. Final concord: Robert Whelpdale, plaintiff, and Thomas Andrewes and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, two acres of land and two acres of pasture with appurtenances in Elm.
  4. 1v. Final concord: John Gunton and William Robinson, plaintiffs, and Matthew Owen and Margaret, his wife, defendants, relating to a croft with appurtenances in Sutton.
  5. 2r. Final concord: Robert Pulter, plaintiff, and William Harrison and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage and a rod of land with appurtenances in Wisbech.
  6. 2r. Final concord: John Gardner junior, plaintiff, and William Harrison and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to eight acres of marsh with appurtenances in Wisbech.
  7. 3r. Thomas Cope senior of Gedney, Lincolnshire, yeoman, is summoned to answer Henry Farrour in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 30 Nov. 1668 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  8. 3r. Peter Iles, alias Iells [or Jells], of Dunnington, Lincolnshire, yeoman, is summoned to answer Alice Greenhill, widow, in an action of debt of 56 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 21 Nov. 1660 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  9. 3r. Thomas Househould of Whittlesey, yoeman, alias inn holder, is summoned to answer Joseph Buckley, gentleman, in an action of debt of ten pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 1 July 1664 at Whittlesey. Househould fined; to pay costs and damages.
  10. 3v. Mary Clarke of Wisbech, widow, is summoned to answer Isaac Cason in an action of debt of 60 shillings relating to a bond of obligation of 9 Aug. 1670 at Wisbech. Clarke fined; to pay costs and damages.
  11. 3v. Robert Clifton of March, butcher, answered Hester Stukeley, widow, executor of the will of Hull Stukeley, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt in the sum of 16 shillings, 10 May 1671 at Ely. Clifton fined; to pay costs and damages.
  12. 4r. Leonard Coaker of Gendey, Lincolnshire, husbandman, and John Coaker of Thorney, husbandman, are summoned to answer William Walsham, gentleman, in an action of debt of 16 pounds relating to the rent on a lease of all Walsham’s lands situated in a place called Wisbech High Fen in the parish of Wisbech, 14 Mar. 1669. Coakers fined; to pay costs and damages.
  13. 4r. William Wiseman of Whittlesey, alias of Eastrea, gentleman, is summoned to answer John Beales in an action of debt of 100 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 8 Oct. 1660 at Whittlesey. Wiseman fined; to pay costs and damages.
  14. 4r. Stephen Whitlach of Whittlesey, apothecary, is summoned to answer David Ryland in an action of debt of 18 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 5 Jan. 1669 at Whittlesey. Whitlach fined; to pay costs and damages.
  15. 4v. Robert Stanwell junior of March, butcher, answered Thomas Meares and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case relating to livestock grazing on various pieces of common pasture at Norwood Green and [Ponts Herne] in March, part of the manor of Doddington, 18 Mar. 1669. The entry is incomplete.
  16. 4v. Peter Iles of Dunnington, Lincolnshire, husbandman, is summoned to answer Alice Greenhill, widow, in an action of debt of 73 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 4 Jan. 1670 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  17. 4v. Thomas Mills of Leverington, weaver, is summoned to answer Henry Gregory in an action of debt of eight pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 10 Sept. 1660 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  18. 5r. Jeremiah Ground of March, yeoman, answered James Coolidge in an action of trespass and ejection that on 27 Jun. 1671 he ejected Coolidge from 30 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow and 30 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in March which Sir Sewster Peyton had leased to Coolidge for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  19. 5r. Joseph Chapman of Stuntney, husbandman, answered Thomas Steward esquire in an action of trespass that between 1 May 1669 and 1 Oct. Following his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in Steward’s close comprising 12 acres of pasture next to the royal highway at Stuntney. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  20. 5r. William Beeseley of Ely, brickmaker, answered Edward Mott in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 100 shillings for the mending and repair of a lighter, 1 Sept. 1669 at Ely.
  21. 5v. Thomas Hatton of Littleport, husbandman, alias labourer, is summoned to answer Abraham Dryden in an action of debt of 80 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 17 July 1671 at Ely. Hatton fined; to pay costs and damages.
  22. 5v. Robert Coward senior, Robert Coward junior and John Coward all of Wisbech, butchers, are summoned to answer John Neale in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 15 Dec. 1668 at Wisbech. Cowards fined; to pay costs and damages.
  23. 5v. John Goodman of Downham, yeoman, is summoned to answer William Terringham, Knight of the Bath, in an action of debt of 95 pounds relating to the rent on a lease of 40 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Downham, 25 Mar. 1669. Goodman fined; to pay costs and damages.
  24. 6r. William Andrewes of Wimblington, yeoman, answered John Ingram in an action of trespass and assault that on 18 Apr. 1671 he assaulted Ingram for a period of two days at Doddington. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  25. 6r. John [Brokes], [place of abode and occupation not stated], answered Robert Clay, gentleman, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 20 Apr. 1671 he ejected Clay from a messuage and a garden with appurtenances in Wisbech which Charles Cremer esquire and Katherine, his wife, had leased to Clay for a term which had not expired. The entry is incomplete.
  26. 6r. Anthony Clarke of Ely, butcher, is summoned to answer Henry Goodwricke esquire in an action of debt of 13 pounds relating to the rent on a lease of two [closes] of pasture with appurtenances in Ely, 24 Mar. 1669. Clarke fined; to pay costs and damages.
  27. 6r. Clement Towers of Wilburton, gentleman, answered Richard Langford in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt in the sum of 25 shillings, 20 Jun. 1671 at Stretham. Towers fined; to pay costs and damages.
  28. 6v. John Leggatt of Ely, [occupation not stated], answered Henry Hughes in an action that on 4 Apr. 1671 he ejected Hughes from a messuage and 12 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Ely which William Leggatt had leased to Hughes for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  29. 6v. Walter Betts of Wisbech, [?cleric], answered William Beadles in an action of trespass and assault that on 15 July 1671 he assaulted Beadles and [took] six pewter items belonging to Beadles. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  30. 7r. William Gates of Tydd St Giles, yeoman, answered Philip Girling in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement made between the two men on 30 May 1671 at Wisbech concerning eight acres and 12 rods of land in Tydd St Giles. The entry is incomplete.
  31. 7r. Richard Read of Chatteris, gentleman, answered John Robinson in an action of trespass that between 10 July 1671 and 1 Aug. 1671 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass, crops and hemp growing in Robinson’s close at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete.
  32. 7v. George [Styles] of Haddenham, husbandman, is summoned to answer William Drawry, gentleman, in an action of debt of seven pounds and ten shillings relating to the rent on a lease of a messuage with appurtenances in Haddenham, 24 Mar. 1669. [Styles] fined; to pay costs and damages.
  33. 7v. William Hawkins of Manea, husbandman, is summoned to answer Richard Cooper in an action of debt of 47 shillings and six pence relating to the payment on a lease of three cows, 1 May 1669 at Chatteris. Hawkins fined; to pay costs and damages.
  34. 7v. Joseph Maddey of Haddenham, yeoman, and Richard Willmott of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Henry Foster, gentleman, in an action of trespass and assault that on 23 July 1671 they assaulted Foster at Sutton and hit or struck a horse belonging to him. The entry is incomplete.
  35. 7v. John Buck of Leverington, gentleman, is summoned to answer Thomas Williams in an action of debt of 40 shillings in an action of account, 1 Sept. 1671 at Ely.
  36. 8r. Peter Musgrave of Sutton, husbandman, answered William Smith in an action of trespass on the case relating to the wood and materials required to set up and build a horse-bridge at Sutton North Fen, 1 Apr. 1671. Musgrave fined; to pay costs and damages.
  37. 8r. Robert Hendly of March, husbandman, answered John Robinson in an action of trespass on the case that on 5 May 1671 he slandered Robinson at Wisbech by saying, ‘John is a rogue and a thief and ran away for stealing of ten sheep.’ Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  38. 8v. Sarah Harris of Littleport, widow, answered Robert Pickering in an action of trespass on the case that on 4 May 1671 she slandered Pickering at Littleport by saying, ‘[Pickering] is a foresworn perjured fellow and he foreswore himself.’ Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  39. 8v. James Burly of Leverington, gentleman, is summoned to answer Osbert Weatherall in an action of debt of six pounds, three shillings and three pence which he borrowed on 1 Sept. 1671 at Wisbech. Burly fined; to pay costs and damages.
  40. 8v. John Wandbridge, husbandman, answered Samuel Hart in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt for the sum of 32 shilling and ten pence for diverse goods and wares, 1 Oct. 1669 at Ely. Wandbridge fined; to pay costs and damages.
  41. 9r. Joseph Maddey of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Francis Stephens, alias Stevenson, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a rent charge of 23 shillings and four pence for lands in North and South Meadlands in Sutton in relation to the draining of the Bedford Level, 28 July 1671 at Sutton. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  42. 9r. Lewis Godfrey of Denver, Norfolk, gentleman, is summoned to answer Thomas Dawson and [Dorcas], his wife, administrator of the goods and chattels of Jeremy Dutch who died intestate, in an action of debt of nine pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 20 Jun. 1668 at March. Godfrey fined; to pay costs and damages.
  43. 9v. John Denton of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Thomas Campes in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement between the men concerning a foal belonging to Joseph [?], 1 Feb. 1671 at Chatteris. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  44. 9v. Richard Whittlesey of Chatteris, yeoman, alias of Pidley, miller, is summoned to answer John [?Christewheate] in an action of debt of [80] pounds relating to a bill of obligation of Chatteris, 21 Oct. 1669 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete.
  45. 9v. Thomas Mobb of March, yeoman, is summoned to answer Ralph Frith in an action of debt of 50 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 28 July 1671 at March. The entry is incomplete.
  46. 10r. Richard Baker of Downham, gentleman, answered John Wybrow, gentleman, in an action that on 4 Apr. 1671 he ejected Wybrow from two messuages and 300 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Chatteris which John Child esquire had leased to Wybrow for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  47. 10r. Edward Rutland of Chatteris, yeoman, answered Daniel Thompson in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt in the sum of 17 pounds for diverse services, 1 Feb. 1671 at Chatteris. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  48. 10r. Thomas [? Cuddin] of Ely, tailor, answered William Underwood, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to an earlier suit heard at Westminster [? King’s Bench] and an outstanding debt, 1 Mar. 1671 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  49. 10v. William Abbott of March, yeoman, answered James Cooledge in an action of trespass and ejection that on 27 Jun. 1671 he ejected Cooledge from 140 acres of land, 140 acres of meadow and 140 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in March which Sir Sewster Peyton had leased to Cooledge for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  50. 10v. Thomas Smith of Mepal, yeoman, answered Thomas Woodruffe in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 40 shillings for diverse services, 1 Apr. 1671 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete.
  51. 11r. Thomas Salter, alias Morris, of Stretham, husbandman, answered Nicholas Johnson in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement between the two men concerning the sale of six messuages with appurtenances in Chatham, Kent, 1 Dec. 1670 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  52. 11r. William Underwood presented information for and on behalf of the Crown relating to Thomas Cudden of Ely, tailor, who expelled and dispossessed Underwood of a shop in Ely on 29 Sept. 1668 contrary to statute [? Possibly 8 Hen. VI c.9 Forcible Entry Act, 1429). The entry is incomplete.
  53. 11v. Edward Johnson of Chatteris, butcher, is summoned to answer Thomas Mason, gentleman, in an action of debt of 80 shillings relating to a bill of obligation of 11 Jan. 1669 at Chatteris. Johnson fined; to pay costs and damages.
  54. 11v. George Hill, husbandman, [place of abode not stated], answered Robert Clarke, gentleman and attorney, in an action of debt of 12 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 9 Mar. [?1660] at Chatteris. Hill fined; to pay costs and damages.
  55. 11v. Jeremiah Siggar of Doddington, labourer, alias tailor, is summoned to answer Henry Foster in an action of debt of 31 shillings and nine pence relating to a bill of obligation of 24 Oct. 1665 at Chatteris. Siggar fined; to pay costs and damages.
  56. 12r. John Pifford of Wisbech, gentleman, answered Richard Gynn in an action of debt of 30 pounds which he borrowed on 1 Sept. 1671 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  57. 12r. Thomas Royce of Wisbech, husbandman, and Mary, his wife, answered John Hanting and Elizabeth, his wife, in an action of trespass and assault that on 24 Apr. 1671 they, together with John Hitch of Wisbech, labourer, assaulted John and Elizabeth Hanting at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.
  58. 12r. William Templeman of Wisbech, victualler, executor of the will of Thomas Smith, deceased, who in turn was executor of the will of Anne Bowles, widow, similarly deceased, answered Thomas Bowles in an action of trespass on the case relating to an undertaking to provide food, drink and lodging to Anne Bowles for a period two year, 1 Jan. 1667 at Wisbech. [? To proceed to the next session].
  59. 12v. Robert [?Maske] of Littleport, cleric, answered Edward Barber esquire in an action that on 25 Apr. 1671 he assaulted Barber at Littleport, and took and carried away five cart-loads of hemp, five cart-loads of flax and ten cart-loads of coleseed to the value of 20 pounds. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  60. 12v. Thomas Jermyn of March, yeoman, answered Thomas Swann in an action of trespass that, together with John Wells of Wisbech, labourer, on 1 May 1671 he entered Swann’s close at West Fen in March and took and drove 50 sheep, 50 wethers, 50 ewes and 30 lambs belonging to Swann. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  61. 12v. William Tanner of Ely, gentleman, answered John Robinet in an action that on 10 Aug. 1671 he assaulted Robinet at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  62. 13r. Towers Castle of Haddenham, gentleman, answered William Underwood, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to an earlier suit heard at Westminster and an outstanding debt, 10 Mar. 1671 at Wisbech. Castle fined; to pay costs and damages.
  63. 14r. Richard Prettiman of Upwell, yeoman, answered Simon Woodrow in an action of trespass that, together with Nicholas Austin of Upwell, labourer, and William Jessopp of Upwell, labourer, his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Woodrow’s close at Upwell and that he took away 40 cart-loads of [? Dung] between 20 Jan. 1668 and 20 Mar. 1669. To proceed to the next session.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 Sept. 23 Chas II [1671]

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

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