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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
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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
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 17 May 1725
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/10
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Mary Harrison, widow, and Thomas Harrison, executors of the will of Thomas Harrison, lately Mary’s husband, deceased, complain against Mary Bamford of Wisbech St Mary, executor of the will of Edward Bamford, lately her husband, deceased, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 28 pounds for goods or services rendered between Thomas Harrison and...
Dates:
17 May 1725
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 John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724], 1724-10-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/9
Scope and Contents
Wisbech, 26 May 10 Geo I [1724]. Pleas before John Raby, chief justice of the Isle of Ely. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Charles King, gentleman, brought a suit against John King, gentleman, relating to 18 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Upwell. This is a common recovery.
1v. John Leeds complains against Robert Mewtas of Manea, gentleman, and Mary Mewtas of the same...
Dates:
26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724]; 1724-10-05
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 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:
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, 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:
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 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:
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 Ely, 17 Sept. 1653
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/7
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Arthur Taylor of Wisbech, gentleman, is summoned to answer Robert Pulter in an action of debt of 40 shillings relating to the rent on the lease of a shop with appurtenances, part of a messuage called the Bell in Wisbech, 17 Dec. 1649. Taylor fined; to pay costs and damages.
1r. John Barnard of Aldreth, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Aungeir...
Dates:
17 Sept. 1653
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 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:
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 Ely, 25 Mar. 1657
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/3/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Simon Thomson, husbandman of Wisbech St Mary, to answer Thomas Ground in an action of trespass for taking cattle worth £20 at Leverington. Dated 20 Oct. 1656, referred to next general sessions.
1r. Robert Levitt to answer John Coop, gentleman, for taking cattle valued at £20. Dated 17 Feb. 1656, referred to next general sessions.
1v....
Dates:
25 Mar. 1657
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, 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:
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, 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, 13 Apr. 1653
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/6
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Richard Murley of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Robert Buck, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two heifers worth seven pounds, 1 Aug. 1652 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Philip [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, and William [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, answered...
Dates:
13 Apr. 1653
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:
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 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:
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 Thomas Athowe at Ely, 20 Apr. 1 Chas I [1625]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E2/1/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Hall of Haddenham, yeoman, answered Francis Gooddaye in an action of trespass that on 20 Mar. 1625 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Gooddaye’s close at Haddenham [Hills]. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. John Sowthe of Thetford, yeoman, answered John Hills, cleric, in an action of trespass on the case...
Dates:
20 Apr. 1 Chas I [1625]
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 Thomas Athowe at Ely, 24 Apr. 20 Jas I [1622]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/9
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Robert Fowler of Chettisham in the parish of Ely St Mary, yeoman, answered Robert Holland, gentleman, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 29 Mar. 1622 he ejected Holland from a messuage, 30 acres of land, four acres of meadow and six acres of pasture with appurtenances in Chettisham which Ralph Holland had leased to Robert Holland for a term which had not...
Dates:
24 Apr. 20 Jas I [1622]
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 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:
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 Thomas Athowe at Wisbech, 13 Aug. 20 Jas I [1622]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E1/9/10
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Richard Collyns of Ely, baker, and Mary, his wife, answered William Burbage and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass and assault that on 5 July 1622 Mary assaulted Anne at Ely. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Richard Gunton of Wentworth, yeoman, answered John Bland senior in an action of trespass and assault that on 8 Aug. 1622 he...
Dates:
13 Aug. 20 Jas I [1622]
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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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]
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).
Sub-Series
Sessions of 1660
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E10/109
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
This section contains the records of the assize courts and quarter sessions, and related papers.
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).
Sub-Series
Sessions of 1661-2
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E10/110
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
This section contains the records of the assize courts and quarter sessions, and related papers.
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).
Sub-Series
Sessions of 1664
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E10/112
Scope and Contents
This series has not been catalogued in full. A number of documents in Latin have not been examined. Please contact repository.
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).
Sub-Series
Sessions of 1726
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E10/89
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
This section contains the records of the assize courts and quarter sessions, and related papers.
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).
Sub-Series
Sessions of 1727
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E10/90
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
This section contains the records of the assize courts and quarter sessions, and related papers.
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).