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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 60 - 1688
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Box 1. Roll 60 Easter Leet April 21st 1688 Presentments Stephen Platt and Edward Buckley for allowing their swine to stray. Anne Smoult for neglecting her hedge and ditch Richard Mort for allowing "a Rooke of Stones" to lie in the street. Thomas Marsden for not removing his timber from the street William Catterall for building a pig stye which caused a watercourse to flow into William Parron's cellar Robert Barrow gentleman and Thomas Tarleton - assault John Sumpner gentleman and Gilbert Houghton - the same Margaret Deane for erecting a "horsing stone" Roger Boulton a gatewaiter "did stand Over two persons that were Fiteing a Stick and Said if any Offered to Ridd he Wold Breake theire head" - Fined 2s. Edward Baley for harbouring Thomas Taylor Ellen the wife of John Houghton for abusing Jane the wife of Robert Orrell Hugh Jolley for neglecting his hedge and ditch. Grace Catterall for harbouring Ralph Woodward, foreigner, Laurence Ormerod and William Baldwine for harbouring foreigners.  Hugh Johnson for not cleaning his part of the street. Elizabeth Bancks and Stephen Platt for allowing their swine to stray. Thomas Ives for harbouring a foreigner, Edward Markland for harbouring Coperthwaite. Ellen Higham widow ordered to cover her cellar "lyinge open to the Millgate the same being very dangerous for Children and all other persons who passe the said street." The pales and flags before Edward Markland's house in Millgate to be pulled down and made level with the street "the same beinge very dangerous for Children faleing downe" - The same order for the pales before Grace Harper's house in Millgate. Mrs Lydia Banckes to remove the great stone before her house in Millgate Richard Tootell, Richard Blackborne, Laurence Anderton and Charles Leigh to cover their cellars Butchers ordered not to kill their meat in any shop in any street in the town The Overseers of Flesh and Fish to be fined for neglect of duty No veal under the age of 3 weeks to be killed John Thornton ordered to cover his cellar The Overseers of the Highways for not repairing Low Brow in Whalley fined 3s. 4d. Henry Tonge presented for allowing his swine to stray. Thomas Ford the younger for neglecting his hedge and ditch The fishstones below the stone well in Wallgate to be removed The hillock before the house of James Foster and Laurence Omerod to be paved The Mug Market held in Market Street in future to be removed to the hillock against Richard Morte's house in Wallgate and also all tin and glass ware to be sold there. Mr William Pilkington ordered to fill up the lately sunk well between the "Little Shambles" and Robert Forster's house. Presentments Stephen Platt for laying a dunghill close to the toll bars in Millgate. And he was ordered to pound his tallow in the back of his house as it was a nuisance to the inhabitants. William Scott and Betty Bancks of the Wool Pack for putting rubbish in the street Mr Lawrence Anderton ordered to cut down the poplars over against Ralph Tarleton's house in Wallgate Mr Totty, Mrs Barker alias Casson, Mr Rawlins and Henry Fleetwood of Wallgate to remove their horse stones and sign posts. Robert Orrell to remove the wood lying against the "Cockpitt house" in Wallgate. Anne Casson alias Barker and Elizabeth Ashton for putting rubbish in the Walegate. Thomas Cooper for laying rubbish against Wainwright Barn in Wallgate. |