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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 55 - 1685, 1686
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Box 1. Roll 55 Michaelmas Leet Oct 3rd 1685 Presentments Alexander Catterall and Ellen Deane for harbouring John Keirsley and John Spencer foreigners Myles Mitton, John Lowe, Bernard Johnson, James Barrow, Francis Battersby for allowing their dogs to go unmuzzled Charles Holcroft and the wife of John Deane for keeping hounds. James Ascroft a foreigner Thomas Wood, Margaret Farbrother and Edward Buckley for allowing their swine to stray. Robert Battersby for allowing his bitch to go unmuzzled Grace Almond for harbouring John Staples a foreigner Bailiff William Wood for not making the fence between his tenement and John Thornton. Richard Rauson and Margaret Deane for allowing their bitches to go unmuzzled  Thomas Burgesse and James Ford tailor for allowing their swine to stray James Hollinshead for harbouring Myles Grimshaw and Ellen his wife foreigners James Langshaw dyer for allowing his bitch to go unmuzzled Martha the wife of Joseph Caddy for a litigation on Anne the wife of Edward Caddy Christian the wife of John Hodson and Joan the wife of Ralph Forde - litigation Stephen Hodson for the like on the said Joan Jane the wife of John Farclough for abusing Mrs Ellen Pilkington - To ask forgiveness on her knees in the Mayor's presence - default John Uprichard, William Gidlow and Ralph Orrell for tippling in Thomas Heapey's alehouse in the time of divine service Mr William Pilkington for allowing a hole to lie open at the end of the butchers shop next his house in Market Street. Ralph Langshaw for allowing his dung heap to lie in Market Street Richard Tootell for allowing heaps of sand and gravell to lie in Market Street Robert Marler and Oliver Hilton for a litigation on Nicholas son of Robert Penington gentleman "being but the Age of Seven yeares" Evan Hilton and Robert Penington gentleman - assault Anne Hilton for a litigation on Mr Robert Penington William Baldwin gatewaiter of Market Street for not cleaning his sough Richard Yonge and Adam Yonge "for playing at Scalebones dureing the time of Divine Service and Sermon two Sundays" "Mr Recorder and James Banckes for suffering their doggs to fight on the Sabboth day" Robert Higham and Robert Crouchley, and Alice Deane for keeping hounds. "And that when James late Duke of Monmoth and other his Accomplices Landed in the West of England in open Rebellion against the Kings Majestie that now is King James [the] Second his Natewall Leige Lord and King and Government of this Kingdome the said [sic] Jonathon Standish in--- Order to Exile and stirre upp the Kings Majesties Subjects to an open Rebellion and to with drawe them from their Naturale Alegiance and Obedience to his Majestie Did Publish And openly declare that the said late Duke of Monmoth had one thousand men a Day went to him more than the King had" Quitt. Elizabeth Bolton widow for keeping John Howard her journeyman a linen weaver and not a freeman being a foreigner William Moorecroft for making a litigation on Alderman Robert Baron and Mr William Laithwaite. Gilbert Hollinshead for assaulting Alice the wife of William Cason. Cecilia the wife of Gilbert Letherbarrow and Ellen Fazakerley spinster - assault Gilbert Letherbarrow and Robert Fazakerley and Ellen his wife - litigation Grace Belcher widow for a litigation on William Moorecrofte. John Markland gentleman for abusing Robert Boys. Anne Houghton, Thomas Bullocke and Stephen Platt for allowing their swine to stray. Robert Bibby for neglecting his office, also Richard Smith, Gilbert Holinshed and Matthew Naylor Alice Banckes spinster for harbouring Nicholas Fletcher a foreigner Mr Robert Ford for allowing his mastiff to go unmuzzled Hugh Lowe alias Rothwell for neglecting his office of gatewaiter Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Caddy for an assault on Martha the wife of Edward Caddy. Thomas Ford junior, William Laithwaite, Francis Banckes widow and Alice Banckes spinster for allowing "The Higher Scolesfield Gate to Lye Doune" Robert Ford gentleman, Thomas Ford senior, and Francis Banckes widow for allowing "the Lower Scoles Field gate to Lye Doune" Mr John Markland Serjeant for abusing Ellen the wife of Robert Boys "in many foule words as a False theife and that she had stole Tobacco pipes out of his Closset and he would have her whipped thorrow the Towne" Fined 3s. 4d. Laurence son of Laurence Taylor for stealing apples off trees to the value of 2d. - that he was "a Common Drunckard" - "a Common Swarer" and "for abuseinge his Parentes and Curseing them" "wee order him to bee whipt from the Moot hall unto his fathers doore" Richard Holme for abusing George Adtherton and Oliver Worthington Box 1. Roll 55 Easter Leet 25 April 1686 Presentments Alexander Catterall for harbouring John Keiresley James Ascroft, William Locker and John Spencer, foreigners Francis Battersby and Richard Taylor - assault. The said Francis and John Worthington of Haigh - assault Francis Battersby, Thomas Scarsbricke and John Worthington - assault Adam Battersby for assaulting John Worthington Thomas Tarleton for assaulting Thomas Morris Roger Taylor " " Thomas Scarsbricke William Battersbye " John Townley William Prescott "for writeing and publishing Scandalous verses against Alice Foster" and James Tattlocke "for concealeing of the said verses" Hugh Platt for allowing the hedge to fall between his tenement and John Thornton's Christian Carter for allowing her swine to stray Mr Robert Baron for not cutting his hedge. James Tattlocke and Robert Barrowe - assault Alexander Whalley for assaulting Ellen Holme Mr John Curghey for allowing his swine to stray Robert Orrell for abusing Mr William Laughton one of the Bailiffs James Mort for assaulting Robert Forth and abusing Mary the wife of John Wood Jonathon Walton for making a footpath over Watholn Close Mr Laurence Anderton for allowing timber to lie in Market Street William Marsh and Gilbert Hollinshead - assault Oliver Worthington for assaulting John Denton John Deane, Robert Crouchlow, Charles Houlcroft and Robert Higham for keeping hounds Robert Finch for allowing his dog to go unmuzzled Gilbert Letherbarrow to receive James Letherbarrow his apprentice and teach him his trade of tailor &c. John Deane shoemaker to provide a master for Ralph Almond when he was surety &c. Edward Smolt for abusing John Keeling one of the bailiffs Agnes Mitton for stopping a watercourse in Hallgate Ellen Deane for harbouring John Spencer John Lowe for allowing his bitch to go unmuzzled List of those in arrears with their leys A summons to the Jurymen in a suit between the King and Jonathon Walton |