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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 37 - 1674
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Box 1. Roll 37 Michaelmas Leet October 5th 1674 (25 Chas II) Presentments John Baldwin for allowing a heap of gravel to lie in Market  Street and Ellen Blackborne for the same John Deane butcher for not cleaning the street near his shop and Robert Masson for the same Henry Eckersall, Anne Scott widow, George Shawe, John Deane, Robert Letherbarrow, Anne Barker, widow, William Bamber, Francis Battersby, and James Farbrother, for allowing their swine to stray Edward Farbrother for pulling down Wars Bridge - fined £5 and to be kept in custody till he paid it. Alice Martin widow for allowing a dunghill to lie in the street. Henry Burgesse "for the unlawfull Recetinge of a turkey and Harbouring Idle and Lewde persons in his house tipleing" Roger Scott gentleman "for the unlawfull receivinge of a Turkey Stolne from Mr Ralph Markland by Wm. Astley and for his abettinge him herein" Myles Letherbarrow, William Astley and John Naylor stole 4 ducks, 6 hens and 6 cocks from John, Lad Bishop of Chester - to be whipped about the Market Cross at noon on the following Monday Thomas Worthington for assaulting Mary the wife of James Scott. Thomas Burgesse and Margaret the wife of Edward Brighouse for abusing the bailiffs. Mary Cooper a foreigner received by Stephen Platt. Christian Carter for abusing John Carter Thomas Ford the elder for allowing pieces of timber to lie in the street Anne the wife of Richard Crosse for abusing Edward Gregson Ellen Rigby widow for a litigation on Margaret the wife of William Laithwaite. Robert Walls for assaulting Robert Dobson in fair time Isabel the wife of Robert Walls for assaulting Margery Dobson Henry Ramsden for selling wollen cloth openly at the fair or market, not being a freeman Humphrey Wetherby for assaulting Seth Foster and a stranger with a sword and drew blood. Roger Scott for receiving William Woodward William Belcher and Thomas Ford of Yate for allowing cops of earth to lie in the street near their houses Roger Wood shoemaker, Thomas Ford coverlet weaver, William Ford dyer and Roger Barrow for the same. Hugh Cooper for harbouring Isabel Winnell widow. That by digging sand under the stile at Birket Bank entering into Thomas Ford's field, the said Thomas had damaged it, he was ordered to repair it. William Langshaw, Ellen Browne widow and John Harvey gentleman, for not cutting their hedges in a lane at the back of Scoles. Dorothy Browne bound over to be of good behaviour The bailiffs ordered to repair the stone well in Wallgate Barnaby Wood for selling ale "not wholsome nor Seasonable for mans body" - fined 3s. 4d. William Glover late mayor for swearing Henry Fleetwood a freeman. £17. 10s. paid to the foreman by the overseers of the mill. William Deane and Thomas Cooper elected overseers of the mill for the ensuing year. The bailiffs ordered to pay for the statute seal out of the next leys. William Laithwaite sadler, Anne Acton, widow, Adam Boulton gentleman, Thomas Worthington gentleman and Peter Mason presented for allowing timber to lie on their hillocks. |