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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 64 - 1690
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Box 1 Roll 64 Easter Leet April 26th 1690 James Anderson and Laurence Marsden to be of good behaviour Presentments Richard Aspinall, Edward Aspinall, and James Bullocke for harbouring Mrs Harden, Mr Langton and wife, Mr Piew and wife, and Mrs Evis. John Clare for allowing his pigs to stray Oliver Worthington and Mary Burges widow - abuse Mrs Lidia Bancks for not repairing the bridge between the Great Water Hey and the Little Common "soe that their Majesties Leigh people cannot passe and goe over but in greate danger of falling into Douglas" John Wetherby and Alexander Foster - assault The Mayor and Edward Buckley for allowing their swine to stray. Mary Bavington for abusing John Morris and his wife. Elizabeth Ashton widow and Elizabeth Tottie widow, for harbouring Mary Marsh widow and Mr Whiteley and his wife - foreigners Edward Hibbard a foreigner Alexander Mosse and Richard Houghton assault with the drawing of blood Alexander Mosse and William Houghton - assault  Richard Haughton and John Yates - assault with the drawing of blood. Richard Boyes for harbouring Johathon Sale and his wife William Nevell for allowing his swine to stray Thomas Blackhurst for abusing James Letherbarrow gatewaiter Lyonell Ormishaw and Roger Leigh gatewaiter fined 3s. 4d. each for neglect of duty. Mr Jameson a foreigner, fined 40s. William Laithwaite for not cleaning 9 rods of ditch between the Jew? Fields and the highway in Woodhouses Robert Mason elected attorney in place of William Browne lately deceased. John Sumpner presented Oliver Worthington "for sayeing hee cared not a fact for the said John Sumpner when hee came to charge the said Oliver and Mary Burges with the peace" William Langshaw for brewing and selling ale without a licence and Elizabeth Tottie and John Jolly for the same Mrs Ellen Pilkington for swearing 3 profane oaths. Margaret the wife of Oliver Worthington for stealing a flazen sheet from Elizabeth Bamber widow and Alice the wife of Robert Crouchley butcher for receiving the same - acquitted Grace Harpur for not mending the yarding between Lower Broom Field and a close called Day Bancke belonging to Thomas Ford the elder. Ishmael Bibby to pay half the cost of a "lead" between his house and William Hattons. James Taylor for breaking the common pound and taking two geldings therefrom. William Wood and Mathew Naylor for turning part of Charrington Brook out of the course and cutting off Ellen Browne's ground. - Bailiff Thomas Ford for the same List of persons who were in arrears for the highways in Scoles and Hallgate There appears to have been some difference of opinion as to the election of an alderman. The mayor, John Baldwin, on May 17th 1690 ordered the jury to elect either Thomas Ford pewterer or Mr Hugh Jolly. But they chose Peter Shakerley. Box 1. Roll 64 Easter Leet 1690 Petitions &c. Petition of Henry Baron and Richard Ryding for themselves and the rest of the blacksmiths - that Thomas Morris of Haigh and Thomas Prescott of Ince blacksmith might not be admitted freemen. Petition of Thomas Prescott of Ince blacksmith, who had been apprenticed to Edward Marsh deceased a freeman of Wigan, to be made a freeman - allowed. Petition of Henry Whalley of Aspull, cooper, who had taken Buvkley House in Woodhouses from Mr James Harvey for 7 years, to be made a freeman. Complaint of Laurence Anderton gentleman and Ralph Langshawe trustees for William Acton a minor who owned a burgage in or near the Weent adjoining Ishmael Bibby's tenement, the wall of which he allowed to decay to the damage of the petitioner's property. Complaint of Seth Prescott of Woodhouses cooper who had leased a messuage from drover Ireland in order to carry on his trade, but two foreigners Alexander Tyrer and Henry Whalley were trading as coopers without being freemen. Petition of Thomas Mourice of Haigh blacksmith to be made free. |