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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 44 - 1678
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Box 1. Roll 44 Easter Leet April 6th 1678 Presentments Peter Forth founder, though bound over to be of good behaviour, had several times broken the windows of Laurence Ormerod and Margaret his wife and "hath put the family into a great terrour" - guilty. Peter Belcher, Ralph Langshawe pewterer, James Letherbarrow pewterer and Edward Buckley pewterer - assault and affray on the Lord's day. Ralph Denton for "pretending that hee had a writt against  a woman and had none and takinge money by vertue of the same" and Robert Wetherby for the like Peter Forth and Laurence Ormerod - assault Gilbert Baron for being the reputed father of a bastard child by Elizabeth Baron. child called Roger Gerard Forde for harbouring Seth Bibby a foreigner and William Standish Esq for harbouring Thomas Browne. Richard Ashton for allowing his bitch to go unmuzzled William Linney for throwing "stincking water" from his cellar down the channel to the prejudice of his neighbours. That Thomas Mortt or William Catterall allow the pale between their tenement and Gilbert Green's to fall down. William Bamber and --- Coupe for allowing their swine to stray. Tobie Cobler and Henry Fleetwood - assault Robert Scott for not removing a fallen tree near the highway. Ralph Astley and James Gerard - assault Charles Scott for taking clay from the lane leading down to the Brookhouse, and selling the same Mr Gerard Banckes for not filling up several holes near the footpath in Great Water Hey. April 18th Presentments Gilbert Langshawe "for abusefull words against Robert Markland and some of the Jury" - fined 40s. Thomas Pilkington miller for a litigation on Richard Batersbie. The late bailiffs Robert Banckes and Richard Brocke to pay £5. 12s. 0d to the overseers of the poor, Gerard Ford and Ralph Langshawe for the use of the poor. Robert Suxsmith for taking several cart loads of earth from Whalley Lane?< |