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Wigan Court Leet Rolls
ROLL 67 - 1691
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Box 1 Roll 67 Michaelmas Leet October 3rd 1691 Mayor Thomas Cooper Benchers Ralph Markland Robert Letherbarrow Recorder Bertie Entwistle Town Clerk Ralph Bancks  Bailiffs Gilbert son of James Ford Richard Blackburne Attornies Robert Mason Richard Letherbarrow Serjeants William Finch Robert Baldwine Gatewaiters Market Street Thomas Winstanley Edward Burdikin Wallgate William Ashton Henry Winkley Hallgate John Fairclough William Deane Scoles James Pemberton James Delroy Standishgate William Farbrother Edward Eldersell Millgate Henry Kerbie William Harvie Woodhouses Henry Whalley Thomas Leyland Surveyors of Ralph Wood Bread and Beer Adam Battersby Surveyors of Thomas Edelleston Flesh and Fish Gilbert Leigh Treasurers William Scott Adam Bancks Church Clerk Gerard Bancks Searchers and Sealers Roger Scott of Leather Thomas Mortt Bellman John Laithwaite Box 1. Roll 67 Michaelmas Leet October 3rd 1691 Presentments Alice Boys widow for allowing her swine to stray in Market Street Gilbert Wood butcher for keeping a hound - fined 6s. 8d. James Layland the younger for keeping a beagle - fined 6s. 8d. Alexander Leigh for allowing his dunghill to "Press downe the yard of William Baldwine Shoemaker" Jane the wife of John Fartlouch and Sarah Battersby - abuse The said Jane and Elizabeth the wife of James Layland - the same Edward Heaton and Mr Wickliffe and Mr James Scoulfield - foreigners Margery Mortt for allowing her swine to stray John Unsworth "for suffereing his greate Sowe to goe att large and to spoile Hugh Barons Garden three severall times" Oliver Ashurst, William Ashton, and Thomas Edleston for allowing their swine to stray. William Smith "for suffereing the streete to lye undressed over against his Middnegstide in the Walgate." James Greene, William Greene and Elizabeth widow for allowing their swine to stray Thomas and Henry Greenhaugh - foreigners John Foster, Mary Burges and James Browne for allowing their swine to stray Thomas Ford the elder and Ralph Leigh for harbouring William Seddon and Richard Hughson. Mr Robert Penington and William Harvey smith bound over Thomas Carter and Hugh Wood - assault Ralph Prescott for abusing Anne Prescott widow and the said Anne for abusing Elizabeth the wife of Richard Prescott and Margery Orecton. Thomas Edleston for harbouring Thurstand Edleston a foreigner Christopher Anderton and Hugh Bullocke - assault Elizabeth the wife of Mr Lawrence Anderton and Ellen the wife of Roger Bullocke - abuse Mrs Lydia Bancks for not making the fence between her tenement and Mr John Slingers John Jolly tailor "for haunting the Backeside of Arthur Fords att untimely houres of the night and hackininge att his Windowes and for many foule and Approbrious words." Mr Richard Hindley and John Laithwaite barber - assault Alice Boyes widow for harbouring Joseph Rigby and his wife. Mr Thomas Martin for allowing a heap of clay to lie in Standishgate Arthur Ford "for pulling downe a gate in the Backeside of John Jolly" Ishmael Bibby for not making up the wall between his house and John Houghton's Margaret Catterall for harbouring Edward Heaton Richard Prescott for abusing Anne Prescott Thomas Bubler for an assault with the drawing of blood on John Rothwell. Thomas son of James Tarleton for an assault on Mr Ward. William Rigby, Alice Markland, Jonathon Standish, James Kenyon for harbouring Thomas Greenhaugh, Alice Lowe, James Voydall and John Walls foreigners Henry, William, Myles and James Tompson, William Cooper, Edward Moorecrofte, James Cooper and Thomas Fazakerley for taking away timber from the chapel in Millgate on the Sabbath day - The Bailiffs to pay the church clerk 40s. for tending the clock No one under the degree of Knight to be sworne a burgess, except those elected by a jury. All foreigners to pay 2d. a load for malt sold by them in the town as well as toll The Bailiffs not to exceed £3 for the expence of the next great fair The Bailiffs not to exceed 40s. "at any Judges Treate" The Recorders salary to be £6 Mr John Aughey fined 10s. for calling Bailiff Blackburne "drunken dogg" before the jury. The town mill leased to Robert Foster for 7 years at a yearly rent of £15. Box 1. Roll 67 Michaelmas Leet 1691 Petitions &c. Petition of Joseph Rigby of Coppull carpenter, who had "made divers good and large houses" at Liverpool and elsewhere, to be made a freeman. Petition of Richard Hughson wheelwright, who had rented a house called "Lowe tenement," to be made a freeman. Petition of Alexander Tyrer cooper, to be made a freeman- allowed. Petition of James Scolefield of Rochdale scrvener, who had lately married Ellen the daughter of Mrs Totty and who had taken a house in Wallgate, to be made a freeman Complaint of Richard Ince, John Smith, Oliver Worthington, Seth Prescott, Henry Whalley and Adam Battersby for them- selves and the other carpenters, joiners and coopers, that Joseph Rigby, William Pemberton, Alexander Tyrer, Richard Hughson, John Wilkinson and Jeremiah Scott who were working at those trades without being freemen. Petition of Charles Wickliffe of Ormskirk who had lately Married Anne the daughter of Mrs Totty to be made a freeman. Petition of Gilbert Ford the elder, William Laithwaite and John Parr for themselves and the other inhabitants of Scoles to have some of the £4 which they had spent on the repair of Boy Well refunded - £2 to be allowed them. |