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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
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Pleas before John Godbolt at Wisbech, 3 Sept. 15 Chas I [1639]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/3/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Micah Wickham of Ely, gentleman, is summoned to answer Matthew [Wren], Bishop of Ely, in an action relating to the reckoning of accounts during his time as Bailiff, 25 Mar. 1638 to 30 Sept. 1639. The entry is incomplete.
2r. John Smyth senior, John Smyth junior and Anne Wright, the wife of Richard Wright, [places of abode not stated], answered Thomas...
Dates:
3 Sept. 15 Chas I [1639]
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 23 Apr. 3 Geo I [1717]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/1/11
Scope and Contents
There is a contemporary index to the cases affixed to the first membrane. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Final concord: Thomas Marsh, plaintiff, and Robert Thompson and Mary, his wife, and Thomas Whynne and Eleanor, his wife, defendants, relating to 20 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture and 20 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Mepal.
1r. Final concord:...
Dates:
23 Apr. 3 Geo I [1717]
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 18 Oct. 1725
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/11
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Richard Pope complains against John Legg of Witchford, labourer, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 5 Oct. 1725 he ejected Pope from four and a half acres of arable land and a rod of marsh land with appurtenances in Witchford and Wentworth which Mary Dickson, widow, had leased to Pope. Legg acquitted.
1r. Richard Pope complains against John...
Dates:
18 Oct. 1725
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r.-v. Thomas Harris, cleric, brought a suit against David Waite, gentleman, relating to ten acres of land with appurtenances in Elm. This is a common recovery.
2r. Thomas Jones of Downham, cleric, answered John Leaford in an action of trespass that his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Leaford’s close, one comprising a lot of 12...
Dates:
1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723], 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/8
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery. This roll contains records of four separate sittings.
1r. John Adams brought a suit against Martin Wilkin, gentleman, relating to a messuage, a barn or store-house, a stable, a garden, 30 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Wisbech. This is a common recovery.
1v. Thomas Mallabar, cleric, complains against Jeremiah Hunston of Wisbech St Peter, cleric, in an...
Dates:
14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]; 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722]; 4 June 9 Geo I [1723]; 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas [before Lestrange Calthorpe] at Wisbech, 8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/3/5
Scope and Contents
This roll lacks a formal heading; the date and place of the court is derived from a non-contemporaneous label on the outer membrane. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. William Soule of Chatteris, yeoman, answered Richard Cooper in an action of trespass that between 1 Nov. 1673 and 20 Mar. 1674 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Cooper’s close situated near Key’s Lane at...
Dates:
8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard, 9 Apr. 1656
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/6
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Robert Neale, senior, and John Smalewood, both yeomen of Manea, to answer James Best of Downham, together with Samuel Warner of Edmonton, Middlesex., concerning a messuage in Downham. Dated 26 Mar. 1651, outcome not stated.
1r. William Key, yeoman of Downham, to answer Mark Roper in an action of trespass that he entered a close, adjacent to that of...
Dates:
9 Apr. 1656
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely , 21 Apr. 1652
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Common recovery: John Davenport brought a suit against Richard Graunger relating to two messuages, two cottages, two gardens, seven acres of land, one acre of meadow, one acre of pasture and one acre of wood with appurtenances in Wimblington and Doddington.
1v. John Ellis of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Edmund Halle in an action...
Dates:
21 Apr. 1652
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 26 Aug. 1656
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/5
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Peter Andrews, Peter Watson, John Granestock, John Mason, Robert Robinson, Edward Fordham, John Elwood to answer John Cawthorn and William Cawthorn that they took John and William’s lambs, wethers, ewes and rams valued at £50 from Byall Fen, where it is claimed the sheep were causing damage. Dated 9 Apr. 1656: referred to the general sessions at Ely, where a fine of...
Dates:
26 Aug. 1656
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 18 Sept. 1650
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Edward Crispe of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, grocer, answered Thomas Ogard in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale of one barrel of rape oil, 8 Nov. 1647 at Wisbech. To proceed to the next session.
1r. Luke Dalby of Doddington, husbandman, answered Agnes Tedmont, widow, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of...
Dates:
18 Sept. 1650
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 21 Sept. 1652
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/5
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Robert Marrum of Wisbech, joiner, answered Edward Gill and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 2 Aug. 1652 he slandered Anne Gill at Wisbech by publicly saying, ‘You common whore, you common [?] whore. You are in the office of a mid-wife but it were fitter you were whipped at a cart arse then to be in that office. You whore, you whore, you...
Dates:
21 Sept. 1652
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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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.
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...
Dates:
19 Sept. 1654
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 4 Sept. 1655
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Bradles, husbandman of Doddington, to answer Thomas Woodfall in an action that Bradles stole a mare and a foal from the pound at Doddington. Dated 20 Aug. 1655, outcome not stated.
1r. John Millward, clerk of Leverington, to answer Anthony Walsham in a debt of £12. Dated 21 Apr. 1655, outcome not stated.
1v. Henry Ogard,...
Dates:
4 Sept. 1655
Conditions Governing Access:
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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
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
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.
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.
1v. Richard Dixon jun., husbandman of Wisbech to...
Dates:
15 Sept. 1657
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Salathiel Lovell at Ely, 21 Aug. 5 William & Mary [1693]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/1/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Final concord: William Tunnard and John Bellamy, plaintiffs, and John Wright and Mary, his wife, and Richard [? Lynsell] and Alice, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage with appurtenances in Wisbech.
1r. Final concord: Henry Hawkes, plaintiff, and William Wright and Mary, his wife, defendants, relating to seven acres of marsh land with...
Dates:
21 Aug. 5 William & Mary [1693]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Ely, 24 Sept. 5 Chas I [1629]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/1/3
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Mary Nicholson of Ely, widow, answered William Sibley in an action of trespass and ejection that on 26 Aug. 1629 she ejected Sibley from a messuage with appurtenances in Ely which Edward Sibley had leased to William. Nicholson acquitted; Sibley fined for bringing a false claim.
1r. Robert Bell of Ely, tailor, answered Edward Sibley in an action of...
Dates:
24 Sept. 5 Chas I [1629]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Ely, 16 Apr. 21 Jas I [1623]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/11
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Peter Franckland of Haddenham esquire answered William Tilson, gentleman, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 11 Apr. 1623 he ejected Tilson from a messuage called the parsonage house in Haddenham which George Digby esquire had leased to Tilson for a term which had not yet expired. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Gilbert...
Dates:
16 Apr. 21 Jas I [1623]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Ely, 1 Apr. 22 Jas I [1624]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/13
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Richard Gunton of Sutton, yeoman, answered Roger Lawe and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 16 Apr. 1623 he slandered them by publicly saying, ‘he [Roger] did steal a bottle out of my boat at Wimblington Hook and Anne stole two of Westland’s [Thomas Westland of Sutton] sheep and made mutton pies of them’. Gunton counters that neither Roger...
Dates:
1 Apr. 22 Jas I [1624]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Wisbech, 8 Aug. 3 Chas I [1627]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/1/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. William Ivett of Newton, yeoman, answered Richard Farrowe in an action that on 28 Apr. 1627 he assaulted Farrowe at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. John Yearinge of Newton, husbandman, answered Thomas Jackson junior in an action of trespass and assault that on 2 July 1627 he assaulted Jackson at Newton. Pled not guilty; to...
Dates:
8 Aug. 3 Chas I [1627]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Thomas Athowe at Wisbech, 16 Sept. 21 Jas I [1623]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/12
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Andrew Banyer of Soham, yeoman, answered Nicholas [Felton], Bishop of Ely, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the supply of six milk cows and three [rams] worth 30 pounds, six shillings and eight pence, 20 Mar. 1623 at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Thomas Ashton senior of Stretham, yeoman, and Thomas Ashton junior...
Dates:
16 Sept. 21 Jas I [1623]
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Records and roll of pleas held within the Isle of Ely in the county of Cambridgeshire in the time of Bishop Richard [Cox], 1 – 8 Eliz. [1559-1566]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/4/2
Scope and Contents
This roll contains the records of multiple court sessions.
2r. William Bryan, esquire, John Hawkyns, gentleman, John Crosse, Robert Cayster, Richard Best, John Cottingham, Thomas Clerke and Thomas Johnson per their attorney present themselves against William Mobbe, William Cowerde, Roger Bussye, Thomas Thorpe and others in an action of [capturing or seizing animals]. Did not appear in court.
...
Dates:
1 – 8 Eliz. [1559-1566]
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