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Pleas before Francis North at Ely, 16 Sept. 25 Chas II [1673]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/3/4

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There is no gaol delivery.
  1. 1r. Final concord: Thomas Grouse, gentleman, and Thomas Skeff, plaintiffs, and Joseph Healy and Margaret, his wife, defendants, relating to two messuages, six acres of land, eight acres of pasture and seven acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Newton and Leverington.
  2. 1r. Final concord: Charles Gotobed, plaintiff, and Thomas Odee and Elizabeth, his wife, and Thomas Berrey and Anne, his wife, defendants, relating to two messuages and ten acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Stretham and Ely.
  3. 1v. Final concord: Thomas Odee, plaintiff, and William Underwood, gentleman, and Joan, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, 15 acres of marsh and 28 acres of marsh with appurtenances in Coveney.
  4. 1v. Final concord: Robert Heaton, plaintiff, and James Granger, junior, and Alice, his wife, defendants, relating to two acres of arable land with appurtenances in Wimblington in the parish of Doddington.
  5. 1v. Final concord: Thomas Odey and William Haynes, plaintiffs, and Richard Thickpenny and Jane, his wife, and John Wilkin and Elizabeth, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, a storehouse, a brew-house, a dovecote and nine acres of marsh with appurtenances in Ely.
  6. 2r. Final concord: Josiah Colvile, gentleman, plaintiff, and Joseph Healy and Margaret, his wife, defendants, relating to seven acres of land with appurtenances in Newton.
  7. 2r. Final concord: Hugh Elmer and Mary, his wife, plaintiffs, and Thomas Baker and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage with appurtenances in Wisbech.
  8. 2r. Final concord: John Towerson, plaintiff, and Thomas Castell, gentleman, and Andrea, his wife, Robert Webb and Catherine, his wife, and Robert Lightfoote, defendants, relating to ten acres of land and meadow with appurtenances in Wilburton.
  9. 2v. Final concord: Robert Freeman junior, plaintiff, and Richard Scott and Rebecca, his wife, defendants, relating to three and a half acres of land with appurtenances in Witcham.
  10. 2v. Final concord: Theophilus Dillingham, Doctor of Divinity, and William Graves, plaintiffs, and Ralph Tenison and Elizabeth, his wife, defendants, relating to an acre of land, an acre of pasture and seven acres of marsh with appurtenances in Wilburton.
  11. 3r. Thomas Thorowgood of Witcham, husbandman, is summoned to answer Michael Holman in an action of debt of 11 pounds, 14 shillings and eight pence relating to a bill of obligation of 28 May 1673 at Witcham. Thorowgood fined; to pay costs and damages.
  12. 3r. Samuel Chapman of Wentworth, yeoman, is summoned to answer Anne Bankes, widow, in an action of debt of 15 pounds relating to the rent on a lease of a messuage, a croft and half a virgate of land comprising approximately 18 acres of arable land three acres of pasture and 17 acres of marsh with appurtenances in Haddenham. Chapman fined; to pay costs and damages.
  13. 3r. William Harrison of Upwell, Norfolk, yeoman, answered William Bourne in an action of trespass and ejection that on 2 May 1673 he ejected Bourne from 30 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Whittlesey which Christopher Turnor, gentleman, had leased to Bourne for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  14. 3v. John Pryor of Ely, waterman, answered William Fynch in an action of trespass that between 1 Jun. and 8 Aug. 1673 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in Fynch’s close called Otterbush at Coveney. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  15. 3v. John Knight of Stonea in the parish of Doddington, gentleman, answered Samuel Bennett in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale of a firkin of butter, 6 May 1672 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  16. 4r. Cuthbert Meares of Ely, husbandman, is summoned to answer Roger Jennyns esquire in an action of debt of 35 pounds which he borrowed on 6 Sept. 1673 at Ely. Meares fined; to pay costs and damages.
  17. 4r. Richard Holland of Wisbech, collar-maker, is summoned to answer Thomas Peirson, gentleman, in an action of debt of 20 pounds which he borrowed on 1 Sept. 1673 at Wisbech. Holland fined; to pay costs and damages.
  18. 4r. Clement Crabb of Littleport, husbandman, is summoned to answer Michael Burnet in an action of debt of 32 pounds in an action of account, 1 Sept. 1673 at Ely. Crabb fined; to pay costs and damages.
  19. 4v. Henry Foster of Sutton, gentleman, is summoned to answer William Wren esquire in an action of debt of 70 pounds which he borrowed on 15 July 1663 at Ely. Foster fined; to pay costs and damages.
  20. 4v. Francis Tregitt of Witchford, husbandman, is summoned to answer John Norton baronet in an action of debt of 60 pounds which he borrowed on 4 Sept. 1673 at Ely. Tregitt fined; to pay costs and damages.
  21. 4v. George Blackerby of Thetford, single man, answered Richard Blake, gentleman, in an action of debt of 23 pounds which he borrowed on 30 Sept. 1669 at Wisbech. Blackerby fined; to pay costs and damages.
  22. 5r. Robert Toye of Chatteris, victualler, is summoned to answer Robert Hempson in an action of debt of ten pounds which he borrowed on 12 Sept. 1673 at Ely. Toye fined; to pay costs and damages.
  23. 5r. John Measures of Wisbech, hemp-dresser, answered James Welch in an action of debt of six pounds, seven shillings and six pence which he borrowed on 1 Sept. 1673 at Wisbech. Measures fined; to pay costs and damages.
  24. 5r. John Walsham of Outwood End in March, yeoman, is summoned to answer Cornelius Grimwade in an action of debt of 20 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of [date not stated] at March. Walsham fined; to pay costs and damages.
  25. 5r. Thomas Cox of Coates in the parish of Whittlesey, yeoman, is summoned to answer Kenelius [? Cornelius] Walker in an action of debt of seven pounds relating to a bill of obligation of 31 July 1672 at March. Cox fined; to pay costs and damages.
  26. 5v. Robert Burchfield of Wisbech, slater, is summoned to answer Thomas Joyce in an action of debt of 26 pounds relating to a bond of obligation f 14 oct. 1671 at March. Burchfield fined; to pay costs and damages.
  27. 5v. Robert Coward senior of Wisbech, butcher, is summoned to answer Thomas Moore in an action of debt of ten shillings which he borrowed on 1 July 1673 at Wisbech. Coward fined; to pay costs and damages.
  28. 5v. Philip Box of Wisbech, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Dowe and Henry Tunard in an action of debt of 80 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 6 Sept. 1673 at Wisbech. Box fined; to pay costs and damages.
  29. 6r. Thomas Eaton of Ely, waterman, answered George Sutton in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of two shillings for diverse goods and wares, 1 May 1670 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  30. 6r. William Harlow of Witchford, husbandman, answered Francis Andrewes in an action of trespass that on 5 Jun. 1673 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in Andrewes’ close at Sedge Fen at Witchford and broke or damaged hedging and ditches there. The entry is incomplete.
  31. 6r. John Smith of Outwell, Norfolk, butcher, answered Dorothy Laxson, widow, administrator of the goods and chattels of Brice Laxson who died intestate, in an action of trespass on the case relating to debt for the sum of nine pounds, 1 Jun. 1672 at Wisbech. Smith fined; to pay costs and damages.
  32. 6v. Roland Nicholson of March, yeoman, answered Maximillian Walsham in an action of trespass on the case relating to the construction of a brewhouse between 25 Mar. 1670 and 1 May 1673 on a piece of common pasture at March [? depriving Walsham of his rights in the land]. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  33. 6v. John Leggat of Ely, yeoman, answered Henry Hughes in an action of ejection that on 3 July 1673 he ejected Hughes from a messuage, 20 acres of arable land and 20 acres of marsh with appurtenances in Ely which William Leggat had leased to Hughes for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  34. 7r. Henry West of Wisbech, brazier, answered Richard Smaley in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 18 shillings, 1 May 1673 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  35. 7r. Henry Taylor, [place of abode and occupation not stated], answered Nathaniel Gregg in an action of trespass on the case relating to a journey on horseback from Wisbech to the town of Womble [?Wombwell] in Yorkshire, 18 Aug. 1673. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  36. 7v. Thomas Knowles of Ely, husbandman, answered Edward Cropley in an action of trespass that on 18 Jun. 1673 he fished, took and carried away a number of fish from ponds in Cropley’s close at Stuntney. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  37. 7v. John Wells of Downham, [occupation not stated], answered Thomas Alderton in an action of trespass that on 1 Sept. 1673 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in Alderton’s close at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  38. 8r. Richard Johnson of Littleport, husbandman, answered Samuel Maulden in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of 15 pounds owed for three heifers and three calves (the animals had been paid by Abraham [Bruden] in lieu of money for the rent on a messuage and lands in Littleport), 24 Mar. 1671. To proceed to the next general session.
  39. 8r. Thomas Lack of Leverington, husbandman, answered Thomas Sowter in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 20 shillings for several parcels of hay, 10 May 1673 at Wisbech. To proceed to jury trial.
  40. 8v. Robert Skeils of Chatteris, husbandman, answered John Wright in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement made between the two men on 20 May 1673 at Ely concerning the sale of two horses. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  41. 9r. John Weaveing of Whittlesey, blacksmith, answered William Boughton in an action of trespass that between 1 Apr. and 1 Jun. 1673 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Boughton’s close called the yard at Whittlesey. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  42. 9r. Thomas James of Whittlesey, yeoman, answered William Richer in an action of trespass and ejection that on 27 May 1673 he ejected Richer from five messuages, five cottages, ten acres of land, ten acres of meadow, ten acres of pasture and ten acres of marsh land with appurtenances which Henry Bennock and Alice, his wife, had leased to Richer for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  43. 9r. Francis Andrewes of Witchford, yeoman, and Edward Nix of Witchford, husbandman, are summoned to answer Edward Gardener in an action of trespass that on 5 Sept. 1673 they entered Gardner’s close situated in [Bellum] Field in Witcham, and took and carried away two cart-loads of peas and beans. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  44. 9v. Henry White of Aldreth in the parish of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Henry Jugg in an action of trespass that between 1 Aug. 1672 and 1 Sept. following his livestock trampled and overgrazed the crops growing in Jugg’s close at a place called the holt in Aldreth. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  45. 9v. Jeremiah Cutterice of Ely, fisherman, answered Richard Dymock that on 16 Aug. 1673 he took and carried away fish to the value of ten pounds from ponds in Dymock’s close at Thetford. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  46. 9v. Thomas Aspland junior of Mepal, yeoman, answered Henry Hughes in an action of trespass that on 3 July 1673 he ejected Hughes from a messuage with appurtenances in Mepal which Thomas Aspland senior had leased to Hughes for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  47. 10r. Abel Hodges of Tydd St Giles, gentleman, answered Laurence Godding in an action of trespass and ejection that on 1 Aug. 1673 he ejected Godding from two messuages, 40 acres of land and 40 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Tydd St Giles which Abel Hodges, cleric, had leased to Godding for a term which had not expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  48. 10r. Henry Ground of Whittlesey, yeoman, answered Magdalene Dooby in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of a horse worth eight pounds, 10 Ag. 1673 at Thorney. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  49. 10r. William Peete of Wisbech, mason, answered William Peters in an action that on 20 Jan. [1673] he assaulted Peters at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  50. 10v. Peter Williams of Wisbech, yeoman, Edward Osborne of Wisbech, yeoman, John Garret of Elm, yeoman, and John Taylor of Elm, yeoman, answered Paul Barker in an action of trespass that on 30 Jun. 1673 they took fives calves belonging to Barker at Wisbech without reasonable cause. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  51. 10v. Elias Grenoway of Downham, husbandman, answered John Wells in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two saws, a wicker seed-lip, five coombs of barley, one load of chaff and two loads of barley straw, goods to the value of ten pounds, 22 Sept. 1671 at Downham. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  52. 11r. William Odell of March, yeoman, alias husbandman, is summoned to answer John Swann in an action of debt of 18 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 14 Nov. 1670 at March. Odell fined; to pay costs and damages.
  53. 11r. George Read senior of Chatteris, yeoman, answered Ralph Pemberton, gentleman, executor of the will of William Jackson, in an action of trespass on the case relating to debt of two pounds and ten shillings for lands and holdings in the parish of Chatteris owed by Read to Jackson, 10 Nov. 1665. Read acquitted.
  54. 11v. Gregory Burbridge of Witcham, husbandman, is summoned to answer John Norton baronet in an action of debt of 20 pounds and 18 shillings relating to the rent on a lease of 36 acres of marsh land lying in [? Bamine Heads] in the parish of Witcham, 26 Mar. 1669. The entry is incomplete.
  55. 11v. Richard Reynolds of Leverington, cleric, answered William Davis in an action of trespass that between 25 Mar. 1670 and 30 Aug. 1673 he took possession of Davis’s close at Leverington Parson’s Drove. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  56. 12r. Edward Cropley of Ely, fisherman, answered the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of Conservators of the Great Level of the Fens, in an action of trespass that on 26 Apr. 1673 he fished in a stretch of water called the new drain between the bridge over Stuntney Causeway and the sewer called the tunnel under Mildenhall river at Ely, and caught and carried away 300 pikes, 300 pickerels, 300 roaches, 300 eels and 300 tenches. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  57. 12r. Richard Rider of Ely, yeoman, answered Robert Piggott in an action of trespass that on 26 Apr. 1673 he cut down ash and thorn trees growing in Plough’s Yard at Ely, and took and carried away 20 wain loads of wood and [undergrowth]. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  58. 12r. Richard Shearing of Wisbech Guyhirn, husbandman, answered John Mollson in an action of trespass that his livestock trampled and overgrazed the hemp growing in Mollson’s close at Guyhirn between 4 and 5 Aug. 1673 and on several other occasions. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  59. 12v. Nicholas Johnson of Stretham, yeoman, alias of Barway in the parish of Soham, is summoned to answer Richard Langford in an action of debt of 140 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 3 May 1673 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  60. 12v. Robert Toye of Chatteris, grocer, answered John Crispe in an action of trespass on the case relating to debt in the sum of 39 shillings and six pence, 19 Dec. 1671 at Chatteris. The entry is incomplete.
  61. 13r. Henry Ayres of Manea, husbandman, answered John Gale in an action of trespass on the case that on 1 May 1673 he slandered Gale by publicly saying, ‘You are a rogue and I will prove you a rogue. And you are a thief and you stole a lamb of Chatteris common and earmarked it and it [? Its] halter about your neck will serve to hang you withal’. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  62. 13r. John Phillipps of Chatteris, grocer, answered John Crispe in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt in the sum of 40 shillings for diverse goods and wares, 7 Nov. 1671. The entry is incomplete.
  63. 13v. Walter Mayes of Ely, gardener, is summoned to answer Jonas Dunch in an action of debt of 40 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 6 Jan. 1673 at Ely. The entry is incomplete.
  64. 13v. Roland Nicholson of March, yeoman, answered Thomas Meares in an action of trespass on the case relating to an earlier suit and a sum of 40 shillings in arrears, 20 Aug. 1672 at March. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  65. 13v. William Taylor of Ely, husbandman, answered Clement Crabb junior in an action of trespass that on 12 July 1673 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in Crabb’s close at Littleport, and that he took and drove 18 milk-cows belonging to Crabb from the same close. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  66. 14r. Thomas Hawkes of Littleport, carpenter, answered Richard Hedley in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 85 shillings and 11 pence for diverse labour [work] for a period of 20 weeks, 1 Nov. 1672 at Littleport.
  67. 14r. John Weaveing of Whittlesey, husbandman, and Elizabeth, his wife, answered William Boughton in an action of trespass on the case that on [day and month not stated] 1673 at Whittlesey Elizabeth Weaveing slandered Boughton by publicly saying, ‘He is a thief [who] stole my jug’. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
  68. 14r. Henry Hodson of Chatteris, husbandman, alias yeoman, is summoned to answer Nicholas Sanford, gentleman, in an action of debt of nine pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 26 Sept. 1667 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete.

Dates

  • Creation: 16 Sept. 25 Chas II [1673]

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Extent

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

Language of Materials

Latin

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