County of Buckingham
CALENDAR
to the
SESSIONS RECORDS
VOLUME VII.
1724 – 1730
Edited by
William Le Hardy M.C., T.D., F.S.A.
AYLESBURY:
Published by the Buckinghamshire County Council
1980
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
The stencils for this volume were apparently completed by July 1957. Publication was delayed in the first place because vol.V, which had been expected to appear in 1956, had still not been run off and was not finally published until November 1958. Duplication of vol.VII ought then to have gone ahead (some sheets were in fact run off in that year), but possibly because of temporary production difficulties, the work was not completed and when Colonel Le Hardy died in December 1961 the project as a whole was in abeyance. This edition has now been produced from the original stencils which were found in the County Record Office, and the volume is thus made available to the public more than two decades overdue. No additions or emendations have been made to the text: a minor anomaly has been noted in the pagination, caused by the addition of the figure one before some page numbers (pp 53-79). Attention is also drawn to the omission of the usual appendices (see vols. I - V), although cross references to appendix no.II (writs of venire facias and capias) are given in the text. Although, curiously, the omission is not referred to in the preface, extant correspondence indicates that it had been agreed in 1955, for editorial reasons, that combined appendices covering the whole period 1724-33 should be incorporated in volume VIII. The text of the latter volume (intended to be the final volume in the series). including the appendices, is also complete in sheet form, but lacks an index. It is hoped that it will prove possible to publish it too at some future date.
August 1980.
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CONTENTS Page
PREFACE I - XVI
CALENDAR TO THE SESSIONS RECORDS 1724 – 1730 1 – 200
INDEX 201 - 285
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SESSIONS RECORDS
VOLUME VII
Midsummer 1724 - Midsummer 1730
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PREFACE.
When in January 1931, the Standing Joint Committee of the Quarter Sessions and of the County Council decided to have a calendar to the Sessions Records of the County compiled, it was recommended that this should embrace the period covered by original records down to 1733, when the use of the Latin tongue in legal documents was abolished. It was thought that documents in the English language should present no great difficulty in interpretation to those having recourse to the originals.
The first three volumes of this calendar dealing with the period from 1678 to 1712 were printed and published between the years 1933 and 1939. After the 1939-45 war the cost of printing had risen to such an extent that the committee decided to produce volume IV in duplicated form. This volume was completed in 1951 and covered the period from 1712 -1718.
Before Volume V could be produced a set of rolls of persons taking the Oaths of Allegiance between the years 1733-1724 and of Quakers covering the some period, was discovered and as these were comparatively easy to index and arrange, a volume containing only the list of such persons together with the Register of Estates of Roman Catholics, was produced in 1953 as Volume VI. This acted as an almost complete Directory of the County - so far as householders were concerned.
Unavoidable delays occurred in the duplication of the material to form Volume V and it was finally published in 1956. It covered the period from Easter 1718 to Easter 1724. The present Volume VII is a continuation of Volume V and deals with the period down to Midsummer Sessions 1730 inclusive.
A further volume, VIII, to embrace the period down to Easter Sessions 1733 is in preparation.
Since a start of this calendar in 1933 a quantity of Sessions Rolls and papers was discovered when the old muniment rooms in the County Hall were being cleared in order to allow the transfer of documents into new strong rooms. These rolls date from 1664 and many of them cover the period already dealt with in the previous seven volumes. Volume VIII will include a calendar to these records. Where no fresh information is contained in the newly-found documents, only a reference to the entry in the previous volumes will be given, but if the entry is new or provides further particulars, it will be given in full.
More and more use is being made of the information contained in Sessions Records. They are in fact, in a
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form easy for consultation by students, not only of local history, but also of social economy in the district. From this type of record one can follow up the development of the poor law, the gradual rise in the power and influence of the local justices, the methods taken to suppress Roman Catholicism as well as the behaviour - praiseworthy or otherwise -
of the inhabitants.
The death of George I appears to have passed without serious interruption in the normal lives of residents in the county. At the Midsummer sessions 1727 held on 13th July, a month after the King’s death, it was agreed that at the next Assizes, a humble address of condolence on the loss of “our late Royal Sovereign” and of congratulation to “his Majesty” on his “peaceful accession to the crown of these Realms”(p.103) should be presented.
The accession of George II led to the necessity for any person holding an official position to take the oaths of allegiance anew. As a prelude to this a certificate that the person had received Holy Communion in accordance with the rites of the Church of England was usually necessary. Such certificates were registered by the justices and the actual certificate was filed on the Sessions Rolls.
These certificates contain much information of local interest. In addition to the name of the recipient, one finds the name of the clergymen who administered the Sacrament - usually the incumbent of the parish and this is followed by the names of the churchwardens and by two witnesses who could identify the recipient and swear that they saw him receive the Sacrament.
Up to July 1727 an average of three or four recipients per Sessions is recorded but so great were the number for Midsummer Sessions 1727 and for the five succeeding Sessions, that the ordinary Quarter Sessions had to be adjourned to other places in the County for the convenience of those persons who wished to take the Oath. For instance, the Midsummer Sessions 1727 was adjourned four times: to Buckingham, Chipping Wycombe, back to Aylesbury and then to the Saracen’s Head, Newport Pagnell. A further adjournment to the Town Hall, Buckingham was abandoned owing to “default of Justices meeting there”. Over 29 persons produced certificates and 59 in addition took the oaths (pp.99-100, 106-8). At the following Sessions, opened on 5th October 1727, which was adjourned to the Saracens Head at Newport Pagnell, the Town Hall of Chipping Wycombe (twice) and the Town Hall at Aylesbury, 43 persons produced Sacrament Certificates and 18 others took the oath (pp.109-110, 115-117). The Epiphany Sessions was not adjourned and only 15 persons produced certificates and 5 took the oath (pp.118-119) The Easter Sessions, originally assembled on 2nd May, was adjourned to the Saracens Head at Newport Pagnell on the 15th June and to Chipping Wycombe on the 17th June. In all 30 certificates were produced and 7 other persons took the oaths (pp.125-6 and 134-5). From that date, numbers returned to normal. Among those persons producing certificates, the names of persons described as “Esquire”, incumbents of parishes, excise officers, victuallers, tradesmen, Mayors and officers in the army are to be found. Richard Sydenham of Hughenden, High Sheriff in 1727 (p.107) produced a certificate as did John Lidgold, Sheriff in 1729(p.162), John Hall, a yeoman of the Guard (p.119),
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Francis Ligo, the Undersheriff (p.125) and Shuckburgh Sill of Castlethorpe (p.156). Deverell Dagnall, a bookseller of Aylesbury, appears twice as a witness (pp.116 and 126). The new Clerk of the Peace, William Hayton took the oath in July 1727 (p.106).
Another adjournment of the Quarter Sessions occurred when that convened on the 15th July 1725 was adjourned to the house of William Dawney (the Crown at Aylesbury), to allow the Gaoler time to make out his list of debtors in accordance with the recent Act (p.37).
The Proclamation issued on the 5th July 1727 on the death of George I for “the punishing of vice, prophaness and immorality and for encouraging of piety and virtue” was read at the Epiphany Sessions 1728.
Adjournments of Quarter Sessions were made to investigate disputes about the rates, namely to the Saracens Head in Newport Pagnel (p.52) and to the cross Keys in Princes Risborough(p.77). In April 1729, the Sessions was adjourned to Cippenham Court, the residence of John Lidgold who had recently been elected High Sheriff, to allow him to take the oath (p.162).
Francis Neale, who had been Clerk of the Peace and County Treasurer, died in 1726. Just before his death his accounts were ordered to be examined in the house of the above mentioned William Dawney at Aylesbury (p.43). Owing to the “great floods and badness of the ways”, it was found impossible to keep this arrangement and they were examined in open court at the Epiphany Sessions 1726 (p.52)
At the Michaelmas Sessions held in that year it was reported that Scroope, Duke of Bridgewater as Custos Rotulorum had appointed Samuel Wells esquire as Clerk of the Peace (p.74). At the same Sessions, William Hayton of Ivinghoe, a grandson and executor of Francis Neale was appointed County Treasurer (p.71). At the following Sessions it is recorded that William Hayton was appointed Clerk of the Peace by to Duke of Bridgewater (p.80). What happened to Samuel Wells, the records do not reveal, but he is not mentioned again. Hayton had apparently been acting since Michaelmas 1725, for at Midsummer Session 1728 he was paid £43.3s.5d. for services he had performed since that date (p.139). As Treasurer he was also paid £40 “in consideration of his care and diligence”(p.144). Francis Neale had been Clerk since 1687, except for a brief period during the Revolution 1689-1702. (Bucks Sessions Records, Vol.I. p.213 and Vol.II, p.xxiii). An interesting insight into the county finances of the time is revealed by the entry at the Easter Sessions 1730, that from Easter 1727 to Easter 1730, i.e. three years, the Treasurer had received £1,618.5s.10½d. and paid out £1,691.4s.8¼d. It was ordered that the balance be paid over to him (p. 1942).
Two mysterious entries in Epiphany 1730, suggest that Mr. Seaton, Hayton’s clerk, committed suicide, for at that Sessions, Mr. Francis Bowles of “near the Five Bells at Berkhamsted having heard of the meloncholly news of Mr. Seaton’s untimely end” wrote “If you have any ingrossing or other writings to transcribe out fair, that you put out to be done in any of the law hands, that you be pleased sir to employ me”. At the same time Mr. Charles Gurney of Ivinghoe
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wrote “I buried George [? Seaton] next Richard Dagnal by reason Dagnal hangd him self upon a hawbush. Laide George on the right hand of the other and laid bran under him that he might be easy and a shrowd and a cap”. (p.185)
Little is recorded about the representation of the County in Parliament, but in April 1730 it is naively reported that the constables of Aylesbury swore they had not been offered bribes for returning member to Parliament (p.194).
There appears to have been very little activity among the inhabitants of the County Who openly adhered to the Roman Faith or those who refused to attend church for any other reason. For sometime past only six persons, i.e. John Typper of Drayton Parslow, John Dodsworth of Mursley and Margaret his wife, Frances Carter and Ann Mawby, both of Mursley and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, had been regularly presented by the constables as recusants. Of these John Typper had been reported from 1687 to the Midsummer Sessions 1727, but his name does not afterwards appear. John Dodsworth and Margaret his wife appear for the first time in Michaelmas Sessions 1725 and continues to be presented until 1730. Frances Carter, a widow, who was first mentioned in 1691 continues to July 1725. Ann Mawby who first appears in 1692 drops out between Epiphany and Easter 1728 and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow who first appears in 1717 continues to 1729. Of these persons, Typper, Dodsworth, Carter and Smith had been recorded in the Registers of Estates of Roman Catholics (Vol.VI. pp.129-163).
A Richard Morgan is reported for recusancy, only at Michaelmas Sessions 1727 (p.110), and in July 1730. Francis Howes of Aylesbury a surgeon, and John Humphry of Walton and his wife are likewise presented (p.195).
Under the Act of Parliament (1 William and Mary, C.18, sec.19), houses used for the performance of religious services which did not accord with the rights of the Church of England had to be licensed by the justices. Between the years 1725 and 1727 the following places are recorded: Elme House, Bow Brickhill, belonging to Edward Cook, a Quaker (p.15); the house of Abigail Dell of Chesham, a widow (p.21); a newly-erected house in the same parish (pp.21,68); and the houses of John Big, a sawyer at Wooden row, Amersham (p.39); Thomas Strange of Ascott, wing (p.39); Philip Wingfield of Chipping Wycomb (p.55):, John Wise of Naphill, Hugenden (p.68) and of Mary Anthony of Beaconsfield (p.86).
The military activities in the County are recorded when troops pass through the County and the cost of transporting their baggage had to be borne by the rates. At nearly every sessions, some payment had to be authorised, but we see increased amounts at Easter 1728 and again in Epiphany 1729.
Lord Londonderry’s Cavalry Regiment is mentioned in 1724 (p.3) and again in 1726 (p.70). Others are H.M. Regiment of Horse in 1726 (p.76), General Evans’ Regiment of Horse (p.76), Brigadier Gore’s Dragoons (p.82), and General Wade’s Regiment (pp.130 and 137-8).
Lord Londonderry was the second son of Thomas Pitt and brother of Robert Pitt, father of 1st Earl of Chatham.
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He commanded the 3rd Horse now the 2nd Dragoon Guards. General William Evans was a Major General who commanded a Regiment of Foot. Brigadier F.Gore had commanded the Queen’s Dragoon Guards and General George Wade, after a distinguished career as a soldier and politician was appointed Field Marshal in 1743.
In October 1727 Richard Martin, the petty constable of Little Brickhill was re-imbursed £4 which he had paid out “by order of the Secretary of War” for providing carriages for conveying “a great number of women and children who had followed his Majesty’s forces on their march through this county”. (pp.112,138)
Thomas Chaddock of Batteshall in Derbyshire was brought up with his wife for vagrancy. He said that at the age of 22, he was “pressed for a soldier” in “Colonel Pendegrasse’s Regiment of Foot”. He had served in Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough and had continued in the regiment “until two years after the Preston fight in Lancashire”. He was then discharged owing to infirmities contracted during his service (p.154). We learn of three men who had deserted from Major Moses Morean’s company of Lord Mark Kerr’s Regiment of Foot (pp.164 and 179).
The main rates were authorized by the justices as and when required. The expenses to be defrayed throughout the County were for the passage of vagrants (under an Act 11-12 William III, cap.XVIII), provision of transport of baggage belonging to the Forces, upkeep of County bridges, expenses of running the gaol, with the salaries of the apothecary, the surgeon, the keeper and later of the chaplain and similar expenses for the four Bridewells or Houses of Correction. The poor rates were collected by the parish officers who fixed the amounts to be raised. The upkeep of the roads was also the responsibility of the parishes aided by “statute labour” which every substantial householder had to provide. The justices often authorised the rates to be raised by individual parishes for this purpose.
Appeals against rating assessments were heard by the justices. In the award for the parish of Loughton made in March 1726 a useful list of inhabitants, the value of their individual estates and the rates payable are set out (pp.61-63). In 1727 a dispute arose over the appointment of the overseer for the parish of Great Marlow. William Phillips had been appointed but Sir James Etheridge and other influential residents, wanted Jonathan Mudwin. The matter was referred to the justices (pp.95 and 103). Complaints against assessments were made by Thomas Burt of Chilton and by Rev. Edmonds of Newton Longville. (pp.95, 103).
Although most interesting items are found in the records of the criminal side of the justices’ work, these documents only relate to petty crimes. The more serious offences were of course, remitted to the Assizes. Unfortunately very few details are to be found relating to these cases in the records of Quarter Sessions and then only the names of prisoners ordered to be transported to America, are given. It was the responsibility of the justices to pay the expenses of the Clerk of Assizes in arranging for this.
Throughout the period under review the whole County formed part of the Norfolk circuit. The records of this circuit, such as exist, are now at the Public Record
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Office, but I am informed that no indictments for the 18th century relating to Buckinghamshire, survive. We do find the name of the Judge, i.e. Lord Chief Justice Raymond who appears to have presided at all assizes during the period. Roger Jennyns is mentioned as Clerk of Assizes and Avery Tyrrell as Under-sheriff. In Midsummer 1724, the Justices entered into a contract with Jonathan Forward, a London merchant, to transport prisoners to America. Usually they were taken to the Marshalsea or to Newgate Prisons by the gaoler. The names of prisoners are given in Midsummer Sessions 1724, 1725 and in 1727 but otherwise only numbers are recorded (pp.7, 9, 38 and 108).
The rebuilding of the County Gaol, of which we have read so much in previous calendars, appears to have made very slow progress indeed. At Midsummer 1724, a warrant was issued for the more effectual levying of the “Gaol Tax”. In April 1720 it was decided that a new gaol should be built at Aylesbury and the following year it was agreed that £983.16s.4½d. should be raised for the purpose. Midsummer 1722 it was ordered that a further sum of £1,967 9s. ll½d. should be raised and a year later a like sum was ordered. Apparently several people refused to pay, but constables were ordered to collect the various amounts (p.6).
At the Michaelmas Sessions following, it was reported that no list of contributions had been kept and that the workmen had not been paid. The rebuilding was therefore at a standstill. Four Justices were ordered to meet at the George Inn to put matters right (p.11). It was decided to take Counsel’s Opinion as to how defaulters could be forced to pay (p.11). However, at Epiphany it was reported that the “sums of money needed for building the new County Gaol had been raised” and orders were given that three workmen should be paid a sum totalling £69 17s. l0d. Nothing more is heard about the re-building until Easter 1726 when workmen who had been working on the new County Gaol, were to present their accounts for work done and to give estimates of the cost for completing the work. Furthermore all Justices were enjoined to be present at the next sessions to decide what measures should be taken to complete the work (p.61). At the same sessions, Edward Clark, a bricklayer, was paid £21 for erecting a brick wall “in a most strong and substantial manner” and for “enlarging the place then used as a county gaol” (p.64).
The delay in the work and in paying the bills led to serious hardship and a pathetic story is told by Sarah, the widow of Richard Staniford, a master bricklayer “employed in building the new gaol”, who had contracted debts of £230. She was now being threatened by his creditors with arrest and she begged the Court to refund the money (p.66). We do not learn whether she was successful.
At the Midsummer Sessions 1726, the Clerk of the Peace was ordered to draw up a petition for obtaining an Act of Parliament “for removing all difficulties and for the more easy levying of the sum necessary for completing
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the new gaol” (p.70). Nothing more was done until Easter 1729 when the clerk was ordered to deliver “all papers relating to the Gaol, sealed up”, to the Justices for their inspection (p.163), but the result of this investigation is not recorded in the present calendar.
It is very difficult from these scant items to know whether the new gaol was being used or not, though obviously it had not been completed. Repairs to what must, I think have been the old building are occasionally reported, as for example: 1724 “The doors of the house of safety at Aylesbury in which the prisoners were kept were very weak and insufficient” (p.11): 1727 “making a close room for securing the prisoners” and for providing “large gates for the better security of the gaol” (p.101), and in 1730 repairing “the gaps in the mud wall being the mound between the gaole and the White Hart garden” (p.192).
One may imagine that the conditions in the gaol must have been very insanitary for hardly a sessions passes without the Gaoler claiming allowance for burying those prisoners who had died. In 1728 a serious outbreak of smallpox occurred (pp.121,130).
Throughout the period under review Francis Woodcock was the gaoler and he was paid £7.l0s.0d. a quarter for providing food and necessaries for the poor prisoners. He was also allowed his expenses for nursing sick prisoners and for conveying them to the Assizes at Buckingham and of those condemned to transportation.
Thomas Williams was the apothecary from 1724 but at Midsummer 1726 he was discharged for no apparent reason (p.70). The surgeon took over his work, but obviously the arrangement was not satisfactory for a year later Williams was restored to his appointment (p.101) and continued to serve until the end of the period.
Noah Pitcher was the surgeon, and was apparently paid according to the work he had to undertake. His job cannot have been a very pleasant one, for in addition to “curing” (be it noted that invariably his charges were made for “curing”) dislocations, contusions etc., he had to deal with ulcers, tumours, herpes (a type of skin disease), a “gangreen” and a “buboe” in the groin.
No provision had been made for the religious needs of the prisoners until 1728 when the Court considering that they had no opportunity of hearing Divine Service, appointed Rev. Nathaniel Bliss, curate of Aylesbury, as chaplain, at a salary of £10 a year (p.132). He continued to serve in this capacity during the remainder of the period. For special cases the gaoler called in a nurse, as for instance in April 1727 when John Watts, a prisoner convicted of felony was afflicted “with a noisome mortification in both his feet of which he died” (p.93). At the same date the Gaoler was given an allowance for nursing Mary Watts. Whether she was related to the man with “noisome feet” we do not know (p. 93).
In 1724, an Act (11 George I, cap.XXI) had been passed for the relief of debtors. Before that, “poor debtors” had been given a daily allowance of “County Bread” (p.4). In Michaelmas 1725 under this Act, nine debtors were
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at once discharged (p. 43), and at the following sessions, a further six (p. 50), but no further list is given until Midsummer 1729, when nine more were given their freedom (p. 169). A copy of the London Gazette (31 May - 1 June) is given in full, which sets out the names of the creditors of all those discharged at the Midsummer Sessions and of five others (pp.169-173), These lists are of considerable interest as they show the wide area in which the debtors must have operated and give the names of proprietors and signs of various Inns in London and in the County. One William Russell junior vested the whole of his estate in the hands of the Clerk of the Peace, who assigned it to Thomas Cook of Old Fish Street, London, distiller, and to William Poole of Friday Street, grocer (p.133).
The four Bridewells or Houses of Correction remained the same as in the previous calendar, namely those at Aylesbury, Buckingham, Newport Pagnell and Chipping Wycombe. William Tuckwell, the keeper of the Bridewell of Chipping Wycombe died in 1726 and Benjamin Hawes was appointed in his place (pp.69-70).
In 1728 it was reported that Ann Miller, who had been committed to the House of Correction at Buckingham in April 1726 “through her long continuance and confinement”, is now “absolutely become raving mad and is intirely uncapable and unfitt for any manner of business”(p.135). She was apparently discharged to do her worst in the village from which she came. There was a case of smallpox at the Bridewell at Aylesbury in 1729 and the keeper was paid £3.16s.l0d. for nursing the patient (p.143).
An insight of the seamier side of life is obtained from the charges brought against the malefactors:-
One day in the spring of 1725 John Truelock, John Cheese and Samuel Holsworth were returning to Foscott from Stony Stratford when they met a man and woman carrying milk on yokes and Holsworth tried to buy some from the woman. She refused and Holsworth tried to kiss her, a scene followed and the man tried to strike Holsworth with his yoke: whereas Cheese caught him by the collar and said “Sirrah, - what makes you strike a man with such a weapon. Eventually Truelock and Cheese went their way, but stopped to help Mr. Dancer of Buckingham, who was in difficulties with his horse, when they were surprised by four or five fellow accomplices of the man and woman, in a most barbarous and cruel manner. The result of the case is not recorded (p.29).
William Beale, a butcher of Cuddington seems to have fallen out with Edward Baker the elder who dragged him into a pond and daubed him with dirt, then threw him into another pond and almost smothered him (p.38). Whether a further case refers to the same William Beale, I cannot say as no place of residence is given. One morning Thomas Miller’s little girl came running to John Plested, a tailor while he was working “on his shopboord and told him that William Beale was beating her mother, but when Plested arrived and spoke “good words” to Beale, Beale struck him several blows and then went off to Plested’s house and broke his windows (pp.66-67).
Cries of “Murder” from the parson of Dorney caused the constable of the parish to get out of his bed at midnight to find that John Deane of Dorney had assaulted
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the servant girl of Mr. Seddin and torn her clothes. He then threatened to beat the constable’s brains out (p.72); Hannah Ryles was “learning the business of stay- making” in the house of Richard Parlowe of Eton and one day Philip Derrick, a tinker and his wife came in and started throwing kettles about and cursing and swearing. He struck Richard on the head with a candle-stick and broke it and the pieces were shown to the justices (p.72);
Thomas Towel of Chesham variously described as a gentleman, a tallow chandler and a trooper assaulted James Cherrington the son of a local apothecary (p.114);
Judith, wife of Thomas Evans of Ivinghoe was considered such a desperate person that she was committed to the House of Correction at Aylesbury as “several persons are apprehensive of danger if she should be discharged” (p.139). Four women of Olney caused a riot, carried away two bushels of wheat and assaulted Thomas Old in Olney market (p.174,178); Thomas Holderness, an apothecary of Langley had threatened Elizabeth his wife, and Ann Wattes his mother-in- law, and at the request of Thomas Plumb to Mr. Parr, a justice, he was bound over to keep the peace (p.192); William White was confined to the House of Correction at Chipping Wycomb for stealing rooks (p.37); Daniel Beaumont, a starchmaker, and Robert White of Eton were accused of stealing a fishing net the property of Samuel Rutter and Robert Kimberley. A counter charge against Rutter was that he had cast Thomas Moody’s boat adrift and had stolen the chain (pp.141-2, 170); Three men of Aylesbury were accused of fishing within the manor of Hulcott owned by John Neale (p.181); William king of Bletchley accused John Matthews of Newton Longville with stealing his black gelding with “2 or 3 white spots in the saddle place, sour head and a notch on the near ear, thickish tail, 13 hands and a ½ high” (P.51); Richard Tattham of Newport Pagnell was accused of stealing a saddle from Thomas Parker (pp.44,46); John Brittaine of North Crawley had hired his horse out to Matthew Smith of Olney, “to fetch black cherries”, out Smith sold it; Thomas Tibbutt and William Harding were accused of “distraining a horse” the possession of Thomas Savage (p.174). Stealing of trees and timber seems to have been fairly common: Thomas Glenister of Winslow and Thomas White of Granborough destroyed the trees of Rev. James Edward (PP.2,4). Glenister appears to have made tree felling a hobby and at the next Session he was brought up for trespassing in Whaddon Chase and with threatening the keeper (P.39). Ann Miller of East Claydon spinster cut down Elm and Ash trees planted in “a walk in the grounds of John Rattock and Thomas Snow”: (p.60). Richard Absolom cut down Hazel trees for which he got three months hard labour (p.66).
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Thomas Barton of Little Horwood cut down trees planted by Robert Lowndes esquire at Winslow (p.80).
A curious case of blackmail was brought against Robert Canley junior by Stephen Woodley, an innholder of Slough, alleging that he had raped and committed adultery with Mary his wife, in order to obtain money from him (p.39). John Brown “a prisoner in Aylesbury Gaol was accused by Ann Cooper of Bradwell, spinster, of attempted rape (p.98).
At the date of this calendar, it was the custom for Eton boys to be boarded out. One such house was kept by Ann Wise, widow, and she accused Jane Webb of stealing handkerchiefs, the property of her boarders “Lord Bute and the Hon. Mr. Bathurst”(p.162). The Lord Bute mentioned must have been John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, who was born in 1713 and was therefore aged 14 at the date of this incident. He had succeeded his father a few years earlier. He became Prime Minister in 1762. The “Hon. Mr. Bathurst” may either have been Benjamin Bathurst the elder son of the 1st Lord Bathurst who was subsequently M.P. for Gloucester and died in the lifetime of his father or more probably Henry Bathurst his younger brother who subsequently became Lord Chancellor and was later created Lord Apsley.
Charles Holt, Lord of the Manor of Loughton, was charged with not repairing the common pound, but by a legal quibble, he managed to get off. The indictment did not state that the common pound was at Loughton (pp.174,183-4). John Mose, the hayward of Whaddon-cum-Nash presented John Wethered for pound breaking (p.40). Hillersden Franks of Stoke Hammond was charged with stopping up Bowling Alley Brook (pp.181 and 187). James Hawkes of Great Missenden, a brick-baker, dug pits on the common near the highway (p.119). Flora Watts of Eton, called Ann Mason, a bitch and threatened to “break her neck downstairs”(p.29). Samuel Dean of Upton, labourer, was accused of stealing the fowls of Lady Stapleton of Stoke Poges (p.98). John Hicks of Bierton attempted to sell a half- crown “for more money than it was coined for” (p.152) and Christopher Foster, a butcher of Wendover was accused of buying it and “for suspicion of uttering false money” (p.152). Various persons were fined for swearing profane oaths (pp.68,122,181 and 186).
The punishments usually awarded by the justices were:- fines, imprisonment in the gaol, or in one of the Houses of Correction, and Whipping.
A woman who had stolen trees was given three months’ hard labour and ordered to be publicly whipped once a month (p.6). William Lansdell of Waddesdon and Daniel Brown of Halton were publicly whipped from the gaol at Aylesbury round the George Inn signpost and back again, for stealing property from the Duke of Wharton and from Abraham Parsons respectively (pp.21,28). Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal was to stand in the pillory for one hour at Aylesbury, to be fined 5s. and to give security for his good behaviour for seven years (pp.114,117). James Bolton, William Bolton and Thomas Rayner, all of
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Beaconsfield were publicly whipped at Aylesbury for stealing hay and oats (p.160). William Knife of Taplow who was found guilty of uttering scandalous words against Nathaniel Ridgley and his family, was to be whipped either at the public whipping post at Chipping Wycombe or at Burnham (pp.165,168,169). Thomas Evans of Colnbrook and Elizabeth Harwood of Aylesbury were publicly whipped at Aylesbury for stealing wood from Henry stone (pp.165,169).
John Lowe of Wendlebury, co.Oxon (pp.39 and 43), Thomas Johnson of Beacham Wick, co.Northants (pp.137,140), Richard Clerk and Henry Chambers of Bow Brickhill (pp.147, 151) and William Beale of Cuddington (pp.174,177) were all whipped for stealing poultry or for other minor thefts. As it is not specified that they should be publicly whipped, presumably the punishment was performed in the gaol or in one of the Houses of Correction.
In the case of Richard Clerk, he produced a letter from the inhabitants of Ridgmont, co.Bedford saying that “they did never know Richard Clerk guilty of theft in any kind whatsoever”. As regards John Walton, who prosecuted, they say that he was “a silly man and easy to be prevailed upon” (p.153).
At Midsummer Sessions 1729 it was held that an “officer”(i.e. a constable) could take a prisoner arrested by him to a tavern to lodge before proceeding to the gaol, but the prisoner must not be charged for his lodging and the officer might not claim more than 10s.0d. for his expenses (p.168).
The Justices were much concerned with the manner in which Inns and Taverns were conducted. When a new act (2 George II cap.XVII) came into force for the licencing of retailers of brandy etc., the justices at the petty sessions held for the Hundred of Stoke somewhat smugly recorded “we are as early there in putting this act in Force as in any place in the county”. The motion that the Clerk of the Peace should have ls.0d. for every licence granted was defeated (p.179).
I can only see one prosecution for “tippling during the hours of divine service”, namely that of three inhabitants of Great Marlow in 1725(p.15). In January 1729, Henry Carter of the same place, a victualler was summoned for keeping a common gaming house (p.148).
Three cases are noted of persons selling ale without a licence (pp.2,8,174,198) and Richard Cole of Upton was summoned for selling distilled liquors without licence (p.81).
The inhabitants of Hambleden in Easter 1725, petitioned the Justices that James Jones who had ten children and who had lately kept a licensed victualling house at Millend Wharfe might be granted a similar licence for the house into which he had then moved, the property of William Haydon Equire. It was a “convenient and necessary house” being “contiguous to a great roade and also to the river of Thames” (p.30).
The billetting of soldiers in a licenced house Was always a matter likely to lead to controversy. The petty constable of Horton refused to obey a warrant from Thomas Parr, a Justice, to relieve three innkeepers on whom no had billetted a greater number of troops of Lieut-General
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Evans’ regiment, than on any other inn. When he was challenged by one of the sufferers he “damned the warrant” and pushed it in his (the constable’s) face swearing “he would make him eat it” (pp.127,133).
If there are any who consider the modern restrictions on building houses are irksome, they may take comfort in the fact that there were restrictions in force at the dates covered by this calendar. In Michaelmas 1724 Thomas Truelove of Castlethorpe was had up for erecting an “unlawful cottage” but on a written petition on his behalf being presented the justices allowed it to stand “being comodious and useful for many of the inhabitants there wanting habitacions” (p.11). John Shepheard of Wotton Underwood who was accused of “harbouring inmates” was discharged (p.28). The reason why the justices were averse to allowing “inmates” was of course the fear that they might become chargeable on the rates. In 1727 three inhabitants of Chalfont St.Peter were prosecuted for “erecting and continuing an unlawful cottage (p.87), but the charge was respited sine die (p.103).
I have already drawn attention to the responsibility of the justices to attend to the upkeep of bridges and to the repair of roads. Reference to the index will indicate the various localities in which repairs were necessary. This information may be of some assistance to those who are now engaged on the survey of roads and footpaths.
In one case a dispute over a right of way in Slapton was referred to Mr. Francis Neale, the Clerk of the Peace “because he lived in Parryers Lane” which was then in dispute (pp.43, 49 and 50). “Icniel way” [Icknield] at Tring is mentioned (pp.48, 54 and 71).
The “Surveyor of Highways” was a parochial appointment and was exceedingly unpopular. The person so appointed was of course no expert and his responsibilities were heavy. It is therefore somewhat surprising that only one appeal is noted - that of William Burnham who had served as surveyor for Wendover for the year 1724-5 and was again appointed for the year following. His appeal was allowed and Thomas Tuffyn was appointed in his stead (p.61).
The surveyor of Hundridge was indicted for neglect of duty (p.65).
At this period before insurance had been systematically established, it was customary for sufferers from extensive fires or from other calamities, to apply to the justices for leave to request the Lord Chancellor to issue a “brief” which would be read out in all churches in the county, appealing for charitable subscriptions to compensate the sufferers.
Four such appeals are noted. The first came from George Willyat, a yeoman, of Great Horwood. His house had been burnt down on 17th July, 1724 and the outbuildings, goods and grain were destroyed on the 11th June, 1725. The total loss was assessed by carpenters, masons and “workmen” at £280.1s.4d. (p.34). The next came from the inhabitants of Colnbrook for the repair of
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their chapel. The inhabitants could not raise the money owing to their poverty due to loss of trade. Colnbrook was an ancient market town on a great thoroughfare on the “Western Road of England”. The market was lost, the river being no longer navigable. The trade of the innkeepers was greatly diminished by reason that the coaches and passengers have now removed to Slough, which is more convenient to London. The only funds for the support of the chapel came from two acres of land valued at 30s.0d. a year. The nearest parish church was one mile distant and the ways to it frequently impassable due to floods. The cost of repairs had been estimated at £1, 325 (p.150).
In Michaelmas 1729 a disastrous fire broke out at 3 a.m. on the 10th June in the stables of the Horse Shoe Inn at Stony Stratford and destroyed the building, horses, harness etc. to the loss of £608.13s.3d. (p.127).
The worst case was the fire which broke out at Buckingham at 7 p.m. on 15th March 1725, being driven “by the violence of the wind then very high to all parts of the town”. In less than ten hours’ time, dwelling-houses of over 130 families had been reduced to ashes. A surveyor with carpenters, masons and bricklayers estimated the total damage at £19,141 17s. 9d. A list of names of the principal sufferers follows (p.45).
Duty had to be paid on malt as soon as it was brewed so that if any disaster occurred to it before it reached the consignee, the maltster could only claim a “drawback”. Several claims came to notice. William Allen of Ellesborough lost 120 quarters burnt in his malthouse (p.27). Richard Curtis, a maltster of Eton, lost 3,522 bushels of malt by fire in 1726 (p.70) and John Deverall of Winslow 160 bushels (p.103).
Serious losses were sustained when a barge called the “Meal Cock” belonging to Ralph Rose sunk near Bolters Lock on its journey to London. Quantities of paper were destroyed though it was found that some of it was recoverable. Over 105 quarters of malt were also lost (pp.130,131-2 and 135).
Much information is to be found about the administration of charities by the county. New trustees were appointed by the Justices to the Royal Charity of “Poor Folks Pasture” in Brill and Boarstall when vacancies occurred (pp.27,33 and 61). From 1724 to 1730 two “county children” were supported out of County Funds, i.e. James Absolam and John Anderson (passim). The support of bastard children was also taken care of by the Justices who made their utmost endeavours to race the father. In some cases the father was committed to gaol unless he made provision for the child. Some of the fathers came from London, as for instance Thomas Page of Kingsgate Street, St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, a butcher, who seduced Mary Bunbury a servant girl in the house of Mary Bestock a “silk-stocking weaver in Drake Street near Red Lyon Square, where he was a lodger” (p.104).
The devotion of a mother for her bastard child is quaintly related when Edward Howard a baker of Little Brickhill
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who was presumably the father of the child abducted it from Mary Marlow, the mother, when it was but six days’ old. Mary’s brother, George Price of Soulbury was asked by her to report to the Justices that Edward Howard intended to take this action and this he did, but on his return he found the child had already been taken. He heard his sister say “dear mother, I shall be beside myself if I cannot have my dear babe again”, whereupon she fell into a fit and beat her breasts. Another brother who saw her the next day said she was very ill in bed. She said to him “dear brother I have lost my child, I shall never see it again” (p.105).
The control of apprentices was another duty of the Justices. Masters who administered unreasonable punishment (p.51), those who endeavoured to falsify the indentures (pp.4 and 8), those who assaulted their apprentices (p.51) and those who dismissed their servants when sick (p.123), or without notice (p.176) were all suitably dealt with. On the other hand there was one case in which Joseph Davies, a linen-draper was so concerned with the state of health of his hired servant, Mary Shrimpton, that he insisted that she should return to live in the country (p.185). Persons who exercised trades not having served apprenticeship, were fined (pp.180,195) and Samuel Theed of Princes Risborough, who had been fined £20 for making tallow candles contrary to the statute, appealed (p.184).
It was the responsibility of the Justices to fix the wages of labourers, the rates for land carriage, the price of salt and the amount payable for billetting soldiers. This they did every Easter Sessions, though alterations in the old rates were seldom made. However in Easter 1727 an entirely new scale was introduced, no very big changes were actually made. Labourers “in the Chilterns received more than those in the Vale”. Rates also varied according to whether the servant received meat and drink from his master or whether he provided it for himself. Higher wages were paid from Ladyday to Michaelmas than during the other half of the year.
Some unusual trades are mentioned:-
Papermakers (p.4): Architect (p.51): Letter carrier (p.77): Wadder (p.83): Fish-hook (p.145): Horseler (ostler) (p.192): Dancing Master (of Aylesbury) (pp.195,199): and a Perrywig-maker of St. Mary’s Oxford (p.167).
The transfer of vagrants to their proper place of settlement and the expense of transporting them, took up more of the Justices’ time than anything else. So many main roads traversed the County that the expenses were very heavy. The Justices made contracts with some of the constables for payment of an annual sum to cover all contingencies. This appears to have effected a saving, but whether it was to the advantage of the vagrant is not known.
Some strange stories are related: Elizabeth Willson the wife of a sailor was married at St. Anns, Soho, in 1710. She had been a vagrant over since. She had had two children by her husband and one bastard by a man
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she married in “the Fleet” [Prison] in 1724 (p.30).
Thomas Talbott of Upton, a bricklayer had run away leaving the family as a charge on the parish. Three of his children had been set up in work at a cost of £30 but the fourth child was dumb and incapable. Fortunately the father owned some property and the overseers took the rent of this to reimburse themselves (p.50). It would be interesting to know what happened to the constable of Colnbrook who was allowed £3 11s.6d. when passing a vagrant to Botolph Claydon “by reason of several accidents that happened in the journey” (p.121).
Mary, the wife James Mulfield, a Scotsman employed as a stone cutter at Oxford said that she was born at Oxford and that her mother kept a coffee house. Her father owned a stage coach. At the age of 16 she became a hired servant to Lady Wentworth with whom she stayed seven years some times at Bradenham and at other times at “Beicester Fields, Pall Mall”. The first year she received clothes but wages thereafter. She never knew how much she would receive until she was paid. She married Mulfield at Knightsbridge Chapel, Hyde Park, but he left her and was arrested for debt (pp.154,167)
Robert Symonds, a chair-turner had married Amy and then had served as a soldier. He left her, but she had recently seen him wandering about as a chair-mender (p.154)
William Eling originally came from St. Johns, Newfoundland about 1719. His parents lived in Stepney. He followed “the sea faring trade” until “4 years ago” and since then he has travelled about the county selling ballads and singing in company. While he was begging “yesterday” he was relieved at a farm house “called Bottom House in Amersham” belonging to Thomas Hill (pp.163-4).
The steps taken to prevent the birth of a pauper’s child in a parish, are exemplified in the story of Sarah Henwood of Stratham-in-the-West, in Hampshire. She came from Wycomb on her journey to London and was “bigg with child”. She got as far as Beaconsfield and the officer lodged her at the “sign of the Weavers arms” kept by John Eyles. Then the officers of the parish came and asked her what she wanted to clear out of the parish, but she said she could go no further. Then the midwife came and offered her 1s. 0d. or 18 pence to go. Then the mother of John Eyles took her from Beaconsfield to Woburn Green and gave her 1s. 6d. to let her shift for herself (p.191).
Many famous persons are mentioned in the calendar:- Sir William Stanhope K.B. (from whom John Cock stole a wheel-barrow for which he received a whipping) was Member of Parliament for Derby, Ambassador to Madrid 1727-1730 and created Baron Harrington 1730 and afterwards Viscount Petersham and Earl of Harrington (pp.9,36)
John Taylor, a farmer, was brought before the justices for shooting under the window of the Earl of Orkney at Taplow during “sermon time”(p.18). As Lord George Hamilton (fifth son of the Duke of Hamilton) Orkney greatly distinguished himself in the Marlborough wars. He died in 1737.
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William Lansdell of Waddesdon was accused of stealing property of Philip, Duke of Wharton (pp.21,29). The Duke was a great character. He had been president of the “Hell Fire Club” and was a patron of the ‘Turf’. He ardently supported the Stuart cause and had to flee the country. He was outlawed in 1729 but never returned to England and died abroad in 1731. Samuel Hudson was accused of being a “sturdy vagabond” and with abusing a servant of ‘Roger Penn esqre”(p.37). Penn was one of the lesser known members of the family of the founder of Pennsylvania. Dame Honora Gerrard was probably the wife of Sir Francis Gerrard of Aston Clinton. She accused Thomas Lane of hunting hares on her property “not being properly qualified”.
In conclusion I would like to express my appreciation of the sympathetic attention given to the various difficulties which I have encountered by members of the General Purposes Committee and by your Clerk. My thanks are due to Mrs. D. V. Sansome for the painstaking manner in which she has compiled the index.
WILLIAM LE HARDY.
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SESSIONS RECORDS
QUARTER SESSIONS BOOK
VOLUME II
MIDSUMMER SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
16th July, 1724 [10 George I]
Jurors for the body of the County.
p.1. Thomas Barrett of Turweston, Richard Brice of Stewkley, Thomas Bride of Quainton, John Bunce junior, of Padbury, Robert Dancer of North Marston, John Denchfield of the sane, Samuel Dover of Bierton, William Dover of the same, Thomas Dudley of Preston Bissett, Joseph Goodson of Weston Turvile, Andrew Hide of Grendon Underwood, John Hunt of Dinton, William Kemp of Chalkmore, Samuel Major of Preston Bissett, George Mossman of Eaton, Richard Newman of Marsh Gibbon, Robert Reynolds of Dinton, Thomas Salmon of Chalkmore, Radulph Stevens of North Marston, Richard Stratfold of Bierton, John Tipping of Wornehall, John Welch of Aylesbury and Edmund Wells of Drayton Parslow.
The following were not sworn: John Baker junior, of Weston Turvile, Abe11 Bird of Great Marlow, Joseph Brassbridge of Aylesbury, William Brown of Weston Turvile, Thomas Burt of Wornehall (dead), Thomas Bush of Great Brickhill, Joseph Cooke of Bow Brickhill, Jonathan Hamond of Great Marlow, James Harman of the same, Edmund Hearne of Grendon Underwood, John Janes of Ipstone, Richard Lane of Hambledon, Henry Mitchell of Drayton parslow, Christopher Shreeve of Quainton, Francis Styles of Ipstone, Richard Wigg of Stewkley and William Wright of Grendon Underwood. (Sess.R.87/68 and 71)
Sacrament Certificates.
Produced by Henry Cross esquire, of Bledlow; certified by St. John Davies, rector of Saunderton, on behalf of William Stevenson, minister of Bledlow and John Hill and James Gomme, churchwardens, of Bledlow and witnessed by Richard Balldin, labourer, and James Johnson, husbandman, both of the same. (Sess.R.87/75)
Joseph Bell gentleman, of Aylesbury; certified by Gilbert Williams, minister, Paul Heywood and Thomas Read, churchwardens, and witnessed by Francis Ligoe, gentleman, and Isaac King, labourer, both of Aylesbury. (Sess.R.87/74)
p.2. The following took the oath of allegiance: the same Henry Cross and Joseph Bell together with Joseph Beck, Thomas Goodson, Edward Monday, William Dawney, John Smith, Edward Pollard, William Woolhead, Richard Hoddle, John Theed, Thomas King, Phillip Hillyer, James Harman, Edward Ive, Matthew Channer, John Gaylor, Robert Biddle and William Mason.
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Indictments.
John stockings of Walton in the parish of Aylesbury, labourer, for entertaining vagrants. (Sess.R.87/39.)
Andrew Redding of Becconsfeild, yeoman, for assault on Samuel Weaver. (Sess.R.87/40)
John Hoare of Caversfield, yeoman, for keeping an unlicensed alehouse. (Sess.R.87/41)
John Webster of Brill, yeoman, for assault on John Badger. (Sess.R.87/43)
Robert Staple of Halton for erecting an unlawful cottage.
Ann Mawby, Frances Carter and Dorothy Walters, all of Mursley, John Typper of Drayton Parslow, and Ambrose Smith of Marlow for recusancy. ( Sess.R.87/51 and 52)
Thomas Glenister of Winslow and Thomas White of Grand- borough, for being Nightwalkers and for destroying the trees of the Rev. James Edmonds. (Sess.R.87/34 and 35)
Thomas Cross and Thomas Williatt, both of Whaddon, labourers, for assault on John Fennell. (Sess.R.87/38)
Samuel weaver of Chalfont St. Giles, cordwainer, for assault on Andrew Redding. (Sess.R.87/42)
Presentments of the constables.
Jane Clark, widow, and William Juggins of Beeconsfeild, for keeping unlicensed alehouses. (Sess.R.87/36 and 50)
Robert Irwin, Thomas Gray and George Perry, all of Great Marlow, for the same. (Sess.R.87/31, 32 and 36a)
The inhabitants of Waddesdon and Wootton underwood for not repairing Collywick Ford, the highway between Waddesdon and Bicester, co.Oxon. (Sess.R.87/33, 37 and 55)
Thomas Cripps of Kingsley, William Gomm of Ilmer and Thomas Markham of Quarringdon, surveyors of highways for not making their presentments. (Sess.R.86/102)
The above Ambrose Smith for recusancy. (Sess.R.87/51)
William Bearne and Henry Man of Horton, apprehended and sent to gaol by Hatton Tash esquire. (Sess.R.87/56)
Petty constables sworn.
William King junior, of Bletchley, vice John Pollard. (Sess.R.87/4)
William Nash of Datchett, vice John Martyn [Martin]. (Sess.R.87/6)
Arthur Treadaway of Great Missendon, vice John Loyde. (Sess.R.87/44)
Orders.
p.3. Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, william Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell keepers, were paid their quarterly salaries.
Thomas Fowler, William Holton and Angell Weard, the County bakers were paid their respective bills of £2 17s.4d., £2 2s.4d. and £2 5s.2d. for bread supplied to the poor prisoners in the County gaol.
Thomas Williams, apothecary, was paid £12 18s. for medicines supplied to the County gaol.
p.4. Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance of £7.10s.0d. for meat and necessaries for the poor prisoners.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid her quarter’s allowance of £1 10s. for maintaining John Anderson, a County child, and 10s. 0d. for clothing him.
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Bridgett, wife of John Coleshill, was paid the like sums for James Absolam, a County child.
p.5. Richard Martyn and James Bevyn, petty constables of Little Brickhill and Stony Stratford, were paid their quarter’s salary for the relief and passing of vagrants.
William Dawney, one of the chief constables of the three hundreds of Aylesbury, was paid 11s. for the relief and passing of vagrants.
The petty constables of Chesham, West Wyccomb, Ickford, Edlesborough and Dagnall were paid £1.6s.0d., £1 l0s.0d., £1.10s.0d., and 18s.8d. for the same.
The petty constables of Aylesbury were paid £3 12s.0d. for expenses incurred in conveying the baggage of Lord Londonderry’s Cavalry Regiment.
p.6. The same were paid a further £1.16s.0d. and Adstock, Bradwell, Chitwood and Marsh Gibbon were each paid £1.4s.0d., Stony Stratford £3.8s.0d. and Woolverton and Winslow were each paid 16s.0d. for the like.
p.7. The removal order of John Lawrence and Dorothy his wife from the Borough of Chepping Wyccombe to the parish of the same was confirmed. (Sess.R.87/64)
The removal order of William King and Mary his wife, from Marsh Gibbon to King’s Sutton, was quashed.
The removal order of Thomas Butcher, labourer, and Mary his wife, from Shipton Lee to Ealin Dean, co. Middlesex, was quashed. (Sess.R.87/65 and 66)
p.8. The removal order of William Piper and his wife from Eaton to New Windsor, was quashed. (Sess.R.87/63)
The removal order of William Boughton, Amey his wife, and one female child of about 12 months, from Ellesborough to Wendover, was respited till the next sessions. (Sess.R. 87/67)
p.9. It was ordered that lists of persons eligible to serve as jurors be returned at the next sessions.
The Clerk of the Peace to examine the bills for passing vagrants delivered into the court since the previous sessions, and report on them at the next sessions.
Richard Martyn and James Bevyn, petty constables of Little Brickhill and Stony Stratford respectively, renewed their contracts for the passing of vagrants, for one year at a salary of £30 and £20 per annum respectively.
P.10. It was ordered that Alice, wife of John Keen of Oveing, should receive 5s.0d. a week for herself and children, until suitable relief be agreed upon by the justices.
The controversy between Thomas Chappell, Roger Howes Junior, and Robert Ames and John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster, all of Slapton, to be referred to the justices at the next sessions [see Vol.V, p.531].
The complaint of John Browne and Jane his wife of the parish of Chalfont St.Peters for relief, was referred to the justices.
The presentment against Daniel Stephens [Stevens] of Sympson for not keeping his mounds in repair, was discharged. (Sess.R.87/61)
The recognizance of William Billing of Braddenham, which was respited until the present sessions, was further respited until the next sessions [see Vol.V, p.536].
The recognizance of Thomas Barton of Winslow, yeoman, was respited until the next sessions. (Sess.R.87/17)
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p.11. The appeal of the occupiers of the land of Browne Willis esquire, in the parish of Bletchley, concerning the rates, was referred to the justices to determine at the next sessions.
Thomas Glenister of Winslow, labourer, and Thomas White junior, of Grandborough, yeoman, having been bound over by recognizance to appear at the present sessions on a charge of destroying trees, to be kept in custody until they find sufficient sureties to appear at the next sessions. (Sess.R.87/16, and 18)
p.12. Thomas Chamberlaine of Chepping Wyccombe, papermaker, who had endeavoured to keep John Woollwood as his apprentice for a year longer than was expressed in his indentures, was to give the said John “double apparell of both Sorts according to his Covenant in the said Indentures, and give him up his Indentures, and make him reasonable satisfaction for the time he has served ... him” since 25 June 1724, the date of the expiration of his apprenticeship.
p.13. The surveyors of the highways of the parish of Eaton authorised to raise rates not exceeding 6d. in the pound on the inhabitants, to aid the repair of the highways, in accordance with an Act of Parliament of 3 and 4 William and Mary, cap.XII, entitled “An Act for the better repairing and amending the highways and settling the rates for carriage of goods”.
A like order made for the surveyors of the highways in the parish of Soulbury in the three hundreds of Cottesloe.
The indictments against the inhabitants of Wendover, Stokemandevile, Weston Turvile and Aylesbury, for not repairing the highway between the two market towns of Aylesbury and Wendover, were discharged. (Sess.R.87/57 and 58)
p.14. The indictments against the inhabitants of Ilmer for not repairing the highway, were discharged.
Roger Jenyns esquire, Clerk of Assize for the Norfolk Circuit, was paid £8.8s.0d. his fee for taking sufficient securities for the transportation of eight felons to America. (Sess.R.87/53,54,72 and 73)
£15 issues apiece were set on the inhabitants of the several parishes of Chepping Wyccombe, Chalfont St.Peters, Chalfont St.Giles, Amersham, and Chesham, for not repairing the highways.
The recognizance entered into by James Nicholls of Chearsly. servant, for bastardy with Mary Wood, singlewoman, was respited until the next sessions there being a warrant for his arrest. In the meantime, it was ordered that the officers of Haddenham, where the child was born, were to pay Mary Wood 4s. immediately and thereafter 6d. a week for maintaining the child, until further notice. The said Mary Wood had sworn upon oath that James Nichols was the father of her child. (Sess.R.87/12, 45 and 46)
William Russell senior and William Russell junior, Edward Hicks, John Wade, Paul Line, William Parish, Jonathan Shrimpton, Thomas Wootten, Thomas Steward, William Coszens, Thomas Toe and Thomas Phillpott, all poor debtors in the County gaol, were granted the daily allowance of County bread. (Sess.R.87/62)
John Cutter, in the custody of William Tuckwell, Governor of the House of Correction at Chepping Wyccombe, to receive correction and to remain there a further fortnight, and Thomas Ramm, in the same custody, discharged. (Sess.R.87/70)
p.15. John Edge, committed to the County gaol for breaking the peace towards his wife, to remain in custody for a
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further two months. (SeSS.R.87/49)
Indictments tried, traversed and confessed.
John Webster; fined ls.0d. [see p.2.].
Andrew Redding and Robert Staple; traversed [see p.2]
The same Robert Staple, indicted at Epiphany Sessions 1724 for keeping a disorderly house at Halton, traversed.
Recognizances respited and entered into.
Richard Parlow, cordwainer, for bastardy with M.Ewstace; sureties Thomas Parlow senior, Thomas Parlow Junior and Richard Parlow, blacksmith.
Samuel Parker of Great Marlow to answer Richard Wilder.
William Tillcock of Northall to answer Daniel Blacknell.
Elizabeth Bennett of Cuddington, spinster, for traversing her indictment.
Isaac Hart of Eaton, labourer, to answer — Terry and - Beamont; surety George Wilcox of Eaton Wyck.
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal, bailiff, to answer for extortion. (Sess.R.92/60)
William Billing of Bradenham, butler, for bastardy with [blank] Timberlick; sureties Richard Billing and John Whitborn, both of the same.
John Harwood of Aylesbury, butcher, to answer Edward Biker of the same, labourer, for detention of wages; sureties Joseph Humphrey, wheelwright and Thomas Aldridge, victualler, both of the same. (Sess.R.87/10)
George Perry of Great Marlow, victualler, to Keep good order in his alehouse; sureties Robert Grey junior, millwright, and John Langley, farmer, both of the same.
(Sess.R.86/1)
Thomas Grey junior, of Great Marlow, victualler, to keep good order in his alehouse; sureties John Fastnage, collarmaker and Robert Grey junior, millwright, both of the same. (Sess.R.86/2)
Robert Irwin of Great Marlow, victualler, to keep good order in his alehouse; sureties John Fastnage and John Langley. (Sess.R.86/3)
James Nicholls of Chearsly, servant, for bastardy with Mary Wood; sureties William Nicholls, cobbler, and Mary Nicholls, widow, of the same [see p.14]. (Sess.R.87/12)
Andrew Redding, petty constable of the parish of Chalfont St.Giles to answer to Samuell Weaver for assault; sureties Thomas Deering and Edward Woodhouse. (Sess.R.87/9)
Robert Staple of Chesham, labourer, for traversing his indictments [see pp.2 and 15].
Thomas Barton of Winslowe, yeoman, to answer to the Rev. James Edmonds. (Sess.R.87/17)
P.16. Indictments tried, traversed and confessed.
Henry Foster of Halton, and Henry Lane of Aston Clynton, labourers, both indicted at Epiphany Sessions 1724 for entertaining vagrants, each fined 5s.0d. [see Vol.V, p.500].
Fines and issues.
John Webster; fined ls.0d. [see p.2].
The two persons fined above.
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Midsummer Session, l6th July, 1724 [10 George I]
Recognizances discharged.
William Lawley of Tingewick, gentleman, William Vaux of Caversfeild, gentleman, Richard Keen and John Keen, both of Wingrave, yeomen, John Harwood, butcher, Joseph Humphrey, wheelwright, Thomas Aldridge, victualler, and Richard Jorden, all of Aylesbury, Mary Dyson, spinster, Robert Cook and John Grove, all of Fulmer, Andrew Redding, Thomas Deering and Edward Woodhouse, all of Chalfont St.Giles, John Webster of Brill, Thomas Cross, Humphrey Ray, Thomas Williot and Thomas King, all of Nash, labourers. (Sess.R.87/3,9,11,13,14 and 15)
pp.17-19. a warrant “for the more effectual levying of the Gaols Tax” was signed and sealed by the Justices and entered on the Order Book, as follows:-
Whereas at Quarter Sessions held 28 April 1720 it was ordered that a new County gaol should be built at Aylesbury, and at Easter Sessions 1721 it was agreed that £933.16s.4½d. should be raised for the purpose, and at Midsummer Sessions 1721 it was ordered that the said sum should be charged by equal proportion upon the several Hundreds of the County, and at Midsummer Sessions 1722 it was further ordered that
the further sum of £1,967.9s.l1½d. should be raised in like manner and at midsummer Sessions 1723 it was further ordered that the further sum of £1,967.9s.l½d. should be raised in like manner, now upon complaint made to this court at this present sessions that several persons have refused to pay their proportions, it is ordered by this Court that the said three sums shall stand and be charged equally upon the several hundreds of the County, and that the petty constables shall collect the sums and pay them in to their respective chief constables, and that the chief constables shall pay the sums in to the court.
p.20. [blank].
Bridewell calendars.
Buckingham: John Gibbs junior of Winslow, labourer, for leaving his family; discharged. (Sess.R.87/48)
Aylesbury: Ann Miller of East Claydon, for destroying trees; three months’ hard labour and to be Whipped publicly once each month on market days, and “not to be discharged then without giving sufficient security for her good behaviour but to continue Two years”. (Sess.R.87/47 and 93/85)
Newport Pagnell: Samuel Cole and Robert Hopkins; discharged. (Sess.R.87/69)
Chiping Wycomb: John Cutter [see p.14].
James Pegg; an idle, disorderly
fellow having cursed and affronted
Mr. Harman, chief constab1e;
discharged.
Thomas Ram [see p.14].
Calendar of Prisoners to appear.
William Keen for bastardy.
Richard Corket for breaking the peace towards his wife.
John Edge for the same [see p.15]. (Sess.R.87/49)
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Midsummer Session, 16th July, 1724 [10 George I]
Election of constable.
Thomas King of Preston Bisset was chosen constable at Easter 1724 to serve for the year ensuing. (Sess.R.87/5)
Transportation of felons.
At the Assizes and Gaol Delivery held the 2nd March 1724, Robert Lowndes, Francis Ligoe and Francis Tyrringham, justices, were appointed to contract for the transportation to America of William Hawtrey, Ann Holding, Edward Morgan, William Ingrum, Abraham Preist, Daniell Preist, Nicholas Randall and Thomas Baker, felons. A contract was made with Jonathan Forward of London, merchant and an order was given for the felons to be delivered over to Forward, who undertook to land them in America and not suffer their return before the expiration of their sentences. (Sess.R. 87/53,54,72 and 73)
Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.87/27)
Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R. 87/28)
Writ of capias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.87/29)
MICHAELMAS session
AT BUCKINGHAM
8th October, 1724 [11 George I]
p.21. Jurors for the body of the county.
Matthew Adams of Thornborough, John Aldridge of Wendover, John Attwood of Maidsmorton, Thomas Chappell of Slapton, Henry Chowne of Great Marlow, John Clark of Stepple Cleydon, John Corbett of Adstock, Joseph Corbett of the same, Joshua Deane of Great Marlow, Robert Eames of Slapton, Henry Eeles of Brill, Richard Greenwood of Haddenham, John Hester of Long Crendon, Thomas Howlett of the same, John Keen junior, of Wingrave, John Newman of Hanslopp, John Randolph of Long Crendon, Daniel Rawlins of Hanslopp, Thomas Robinson of Quainton, William Scott of Maidsmorton, Jonathan Toe of Adstock, John Willson of Aylesbury and William Wyatt of Long Crendon.
The following were not sworn: Richard Surges of Bierton, William Coles of Brill, Sextus and William Cooke, both of Newton Longville, John Edmonds of Aylesbury, Daniel Elliott of Ting Wick, William Green of Wing, Thomas Greenwood of Haddenham, Thomas Harris of Cublington, William Honnor of
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Wing, John Narroway of Quainton, Richard Punn of Grendon Underwood, Ralph Rutland of Newton Longville and John Thorneton of Grendon Underwood. (Sess.R.87/3, 21)
Jurors for the_ case against Andrew Redding and Robert Staple:
Thomas Allen, John Aris, John Barnes, Edward Baylis, Francis Crosse, William Drudge, Alden Fuller, John Grace, Joseph Johnson, William Mead and Ralph Pursell. (Sess.R. 87/1 and 2)
Sacrament certificates.
Produced by William Hartley junior, of Stony Stratford west side, gentleman; certified by Leonard Sedgwick, minister, and John Smith, churchwarden and witnessed by John Peers and William Hawkins, both of Stony Stratford. (Sess.R.87/19)
William Beasley, clerk, Prebendary of Moreton and Whaddon; certified by W. Colemare, minister of Edlesborough, and Richard Cann and Thomas Gurney, churchwardens of the same and witnessed by John Theed junior, of Mentmore, gentleman, William Ginger junior, of Edlesborough, gentleman, and Richard Fountaine of Cheddington, servant. (Sess.R.87/20)
William Hartley junior and William Beasley, clerk, also took the statutory oaths.
p.22. Indictments.
Christopher Panter and Mary his wife, Mary Panter and Hanna Panter, spinsters, Matthew Warrick, Joseph Bigg, gentleman and William Ebbs alias Hebbs, all of Woolverton, for a riot, assault and forcible entry. (Sess.R.88/23)
John Hill of Denham, farmer, for an assault on Thomas Weston. (Sess.R.88/18)
John Hoare of Caversfield, Thomas Gray, Robert Irwin and George Perry, all of Great Marlow, Jane Clark, widow, and William Juggins, both of Becconsfeild, all for keeping unlicensed alehouses. (Sess.R.88/15)
John Matthews and William Matthews of Loughton, for antedating apprenticeship indentures. (Sess.R.89/33)
The inhabitants of Waddesdon and of Wootten Underwood, for not repairing the highway.
Ann Mawby, Frances Carter, Dorothy Walters, widows, all of Mursley, Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, and John Typper of Drayton Parslow, all for recusancy.
Presentments, of the constables.
The above five persons for recusancy. (Sess.R.88/3,52 and 57)
John Shepheard of Wootten Underwood for harbouring inmates. (Sess.R.88/4 and 21)
Sara Stevens of Wendover, innkeeper, for refusing to lodge travellers. (Sess.R.88/17 and 50)
Thomas Rogers, William Preston and Patrick Thompson, all of Great Missenden, labourers, for keeping unlicensed alehouses. (Sess.R.88/20 and 50)
The petty constables of Calverton, for not making any presentments. (Sess.R.88/53)
Joseph Godman of Pightleston, for pound breaking. (Sess.R.87/30.and 88/2)
p.23. Thomas Langley junior, Robert weeden, and Henry Barney, all of Great Marlow, “for tipling in an alehouse in time of Divine Service”. (Sess.R.88/3, 16 and 57)
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Matthew Goodson of Slapton, for not keeping his mounds in repair. (Sess.R.88/19)
Philip Bayley of Granborow, victualler, for finding and keeping the property of Joseph Ray. (Sess.R.88/22)
John Cock(s) of Waddesden, for stealing a wheelbarrow from Sir William Stanhope, Knight of the Bath, and a sack and a bushel of beans from Robert Terry of the same and the like from Edward Dorrell. (Sess.R.92/83-85)
The petty constables of the hundred of Desborough had returned their jury lists. (Sess.R.88/56)
The constables of Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Newport and Stoke, had nothing to present. (Sess.R.88/28, 29, 35, 49, 51, 54, 55 and 58)
Presentment of the grand jury.
The above Mathew Goodson. (Sess.R.88/5)
Chief constables sworn.
Three hundreds of Buckingham: Samuel Major of Preston Bissett vice [blank] Smith. (Sess.R.87/7)
Petty constables sworn.
Petsoe and Erkney Job Newman vice [blank]. (Sess.R.88/l)
(Eckney) Liberty:
Haversham: John Blincoe vice Richard Foulkes.
(Sess.R.88/1)
Woughton: John Gillpyn vice Thomas Askley.
(Sess.R.88/1)
Shenley Churchend: John Cook vice Philip Gunn. (Sess.R.88/30)
Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell-keepers were paid their quarterly salaries.
P.24. Thomas Fowler, William Holton and Angell Weard, the County bakers, were paid their quarterly bills of £2.3s.2d., £2.3s.2d., and £2.9s.2d. respectively, for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
Mr. Garnham Edwards, undersheriff, was paid £25, for expenses incurred. It was also ordered that he should be paid £2.2s., that had been paid to the Clerk to the Lord Chief Justice for exhibition money to the King’s Bench and Marshalsea, and his Acquittance payable yearly from the court.
p.25. Mr. Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners in the County gaol, was paid £8.11s.8d. for medicines and attendance.
Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid £7.10s. a quarter’s payment for providing food and necessaries for the poor prisoners.
The same Francis Woodcock was also paid £13.l1s. to meet his expenses for conveying prisoners to the Marshalsea for transportation to America, and for guarding and conveying prisoners to the Assizes.
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p.26. Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid her quarter’s allowance of £1.10s. for maintenance and 10s. for clothing for John Anderson, a County child.
Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid the like sums for James Absolam, a County child.
Workmen who had repaired Thornborough Bridge “in a most substantiall and Workmanlike manner”, were paid £4.18s.4d. to reimburse them for their outlay on materials.
Richard Martyn, petty constable of Little Brickhill, was paid his quarter’s salary for conveying vagrants, according to an agreement made at the last sessions [see p.9.].
James Bevyn, petty constable of Stony Stratford, was paid £5 for the like.
p.27. John Theed, of the three hundreds of Cottesloe, William Woolhead, of the three hundreds of Newport, Edward Ivone, of the hundred of Burnham, Phillip Hillyer, of the hundred of Desborough and Robert Biddle of the hundred of Stoke, all chief constables, were paid 14s.0d., 15s.6d., £1.5s.6d., £2.3s.0d. and £1.10s.0d. respectively, for the conveyance of vagrants.
The petty constables of Stokegoldington were paid 10s.0d. and £2.18s.0d. for the like service.
p.28. The petty constables of Adstock, Shalston and Preston Bissett were paid £1.4s.0d., 7s.0d., and £1.4s.0d. respectively for their expenses in providing waggons and horses for carrying soldiers’ baggage.
Alice, the wife of John Keen of Oveing, was paid 20s.0d. for the immediate relief of herself and children, and was to be paid thereafter 5s. each week until a further order for relief be made by the justices of the several three hundreds of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, and Cottesloe [see p.10 ].
A previous order dated 7th August, 1724 stated that Alice should receive 2s.6d. per week until further order. (Sess.R.88/47)
p.29. The removal order of Daniel Newland, Mary his wife, and Mary their daughter aged six months, from Becconsfeild to Kensington, co.Middlesex, was quashed. (Sess.R.88/43)
The removal order of Oliver Read, Elizabeth his wife, and their four children, Elizabeth aged 8 years, Samuel aged 7 years, Anne aged 4 years and Thomas aged 2 years, from Becconsfeild to St.Dunstans in the West, was quashed. (Sess.R.88/44)
p.30. The removal order of John Edwards, Jane his wife, and Jane their daughter, from Kingsey to Ilmore, was quashed. (Sess.R.88/42)
The removal order of Isaac Flewede and his wife and children, from Princes Risborough to West Wyccombe, was quashed, the said Isaac Flewede having left Ireland where he was born, 45 years ago and had obtained no legal settlement since coming to England. (Sess.R.88/27 and 45)
p.31. The removal order of William Boughton, Amey his wife and one female child, from Ellesborough to Wendover, respited from last sessions, was confirmed.
The surveyors of the highways of Aylesbury authorized to levy a rate of 6d. in the pound on the inhabitants, for road repairs, in accordance with the act.
A like order for the surveyors of the highways of weston Turvile.
p.32. William Hurst, a poor inhabitant of the parish of
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Michaelmas Session, 8th October, 1724 [11 George I]
Hogston, to receive 2s.0d. per week to keep his wife and family, until the officers of Hogston provide a dwelling for him.
A written petition being made on his behalf, the indictment against Thomas Truelove of Castlethrupp for erecting an unlawful cottage, was discharged, and the cottage was to stand, being “comodious and usefull for many of the Inhabitants there wanting habitacions”. (Sess.R.88/41)
The indictment against John Hoare of Caversfeild [see p.2.], was discharged.
The presentments against Thomas Cripps, William Gomm, and Thomas Markham [see p.2.], were discharged.
The recognizance of William Billing of Braddenham [see p.10] was further respited until the next sessions.
The Clerk of the Peace to inspect the bills handed in to the court for passing vagrants, and report on them at the next sessions.
All issues set on jurors were spared “in regard of a full appearance”.
p.33. Thomas Glenister, was discharged from the County gaol at Aylesbury.
All issues set on those parishes standing indicted for not repairing the highway were respited until the next sessions.
At the last sessions [see p.17] it was ordered that certain sums of money should be raised for the building of a new County gaol at Aylesbury. No list of contributors, or amounts, or the names of those failing to contribute had been kept, “whereby the moneys due from those persons are still Oweing nor can the same be known by Reason whereof ... the Workmen [cannot be] paid and thereby the building of the said Goale is at a stand”. (Sess.R.88/59)
It was therefore ordered that four justices should meet at the George Inn in Aylesbury on 11th November next to arrange to pay the workmen and to set the accounts in order.
P.34. Counsel’s opinion to be asked on how to proceed against those who have refused to pay their proportions towards the building of the gaol.
The order referring the controversy between Thomas Chappell, Roger Howes junior, Robert Ames, John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster, all of Slapton, to the justices of the three hundreds of Cottesloe [_see p.10], was further referred until the next sessions.
The writ of certiorari for removing all orders against Thomas Chamberlaine of Chepping Wyccombe, papermaker, and James Woollwood his late apprentice, was allowed and returned [see p.12]. A certified copy of the apprenticeship indentures was produced. (Sess.r.88/48)
P.35. The doors of the “house of safety” at Aylesbury in which the prisoners were kept being “very Weak and Insufficient”, were to be strengthened.
The indictment against John Hoare of Caversfeild was discharged [see p.22].
Indictments and traverses tried, traversed and confessed.
Christopher Panter, Joseph Bigg, William Ebbs alias Hebbs, and John Hill traversed their indictments [see p.22].
John Matthews and William Matthews pleaded guilty and were each fined 6d. [see p.22].
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Fines.
The two persons above.
p.36. Recognizances entered into and respited
James Jones of Hambledon, with David Jones and Thomas Crooker, both of the same, as sureties, to keep good order in his alehouse.
Christopher Panter, Joseph Bigg, William Ebbs alias Hebbs, and John Hill [see p.35]. (Sess.R.88/8)
William Billing [see p.15], Isaac Hart, and James Nicholls [see p.15]
John Cock(s) of Waddesdon, labourer, to answer John Montague and John Wilson for trespass; surety Thomas Holloway of the same, weaver. (Sess.R.67/25)
John Montague of Waddesden, gentleman, and John Willson of Thame, petty chapman, to give evidence against Cock(s). (Sess.R.87/26)
Humphrey Peters of Chesham barber, for assault upon John George of the same, shoemakers; surety Thomas Colven of the same, weaver. (Sess.R.87/24)
John Hill of Denham, farmer, for assault upon Thomas Weston; sureties Henry Barnet, farmer, and Thomas Jeffrys, both of the same. (Sess.R.88/7)
Samuel Sills of Becconsfeild, tallowchandler, to keep the peace towards John Dawson of chinner, co.Oxon; surety William Sills, farmer, of the same. (Sees.R.88/6)
James Jones of Hambledon, victualler, to keep the peace; sureties Abraham Jones, baker, and John Knapp, miller. (Sess.R.87/23)
Thomas Sanfoy of Grendon Underwood, to answer Susannah Crouden for non-payment of wages. (Sess.R.88/10)
John Clark of Stony Stratford, victualler, to give evidence against Christopher Panter and William Ebbs; surety James Chandler, of the same, cornchandler. Sess.R. 88/9)
John Mathews of Loughton, carpenter and William Mathews of Sympson, his son, both to answer for fraud. (Sess.R.88/12)
Robert Green of Shenley, to give evidence against John Mathews and William Mathews. (Sess.R.88/11)
Thomas White, senior, of Great Horwood, yeoman, for the appearance of Thomas White junior, of Grandborough, butcher, to answer the Rev. James Edmonds; surety Thomas Footman of Great Horwood, yeoman [see examinations for this sessions]. (Sess.R.87/22)
Recognizances discharged.
Robert Staple of Chesham, labourer, Andrew Redding of Becconsfeild, Thomas Barton of Winslow, Humphrey Peters of Chesham, barber, Samuel Sills of Becconsfeild, tallow- chandler, James Jones of Hambledon, victualler, Thomas Sanfoy of Grendon Underwood, Christopher Panter of Stony Stratford and Elizabeth his wife, John Clark of the same, victualler, John Mathews of Loughton, carpenter, William Mathews of Sympson, his son, Robert Green of Shenley and john Hill of Denham.
pp.37 and 38. blank
Bridewell Calendars.
Aylesbury: John Edge; discharged.
Richard Gibbs broke away 6th September,
1724. (Sess.R.88/34)
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Chepping Wycomb: Mary Dovey for lewdness and fornication; whipped every day for one week and then discharged. (Sess.R.88/33)
Newport Pagnell: Benjamin Parker; discharged. Edward Man still in custody. (Sess.R.88/31)
Buchinnham: No one in custody. [Sess.R.88/32)
Calendar of prisoners in gaol at Aylesbury to
appear at this sessions..
Thomas White, who had been granted bail, and Thomas Glenester. (Sess.R.88/46)
Examinations.
Elizabeth Seaton, daughter of Daniel Seaton, of Winslow, butcher, said that on the 14th May, 1724 “about candles lighting” she went to her father’s house to drink a mug of ale. Thomas Glenester and Thomas White, who were of the company, left about midnight and returned later. They said they had been at the Bell in Winslow. where there had been fighting [see p.33]. (Sess.R.88/40)
Ann West and Elinoar Spratly, both of Winslow, said that Thomas Barton could give information as to Thomas Glenester and Thomas White. The Rev. James Edmonds said that Thomas Barton declared to him that he (Barton) had “heard whispering near Richard Gibbs house on Thursday night last”. He believed it to be the voices of Thomas Glenester and Thomas White. (Sess.R.88/39)
John Wright of Winslow, wheeler, said that on the 15th May, 1724, between one and two in the morning, he saw three persons in the orchard belonging to the Rev. James Edmonds. (Sess.R.88/36)
Thomas Glenister said that on the 14th May, 1724 he and Thomas White left Daniel Seaton’s to go to the Bell, and returned immediately. (Sess.R.88/37)
Thomas White said that he remained in Daniel Seaton’s house on the night of 14-15 May, 1724 until 3 a.m. (Sess.R. 88/30)
Rebeccah Saunders named Samuel Gurney as the father of her child. (Sess.R.89/8)
Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.88/24)
Writ of capies, see Appendix, No. II. (Sess.R.88/25)
Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R. 88/26)
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EPIPHANY SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
14th January, 1724-5 [11 George I]
Jurors for the body of_ the county.
p.39. John Baker of Weston Turville, Thomas Bampton of Quainton, Thomas Benning of Wendover, William Brooks of Aylesbury, Elizah Clarke of Adstock, Michael Finimore of Newport Pagnell, John Griffyn of Waddesdon, Edward Grove of Penn, George Harding of Wendover, Thomas Hunt of Penn, Thomas Ives of Great Missenden, William Jones of Ludgershall, Thomas Manning of Grendon Underwood, John Phillpott of Maidesmorton, Thomas Ray of Aylesbury, Alexander Saunders of Aylesbury, William Seare of Simpson, William Sills of Becconsfield, Benjamin Veerey of Wendover, William Ward of Ludgershall, John Whitchurch of Waddesdon, Thomas Whitehogg [Hogg] of Adstook and Thomas Winter of Long Crendon. Sess.R. 89/61)
The following were not sworn: William Badge of Denham, Thomas Benning of the same, John Butterfield of Preston Bissett, Francis Carter of Becconsfeild [dead], James Chater of Newport Pagnell, John Dennis of Penn, John Horsman of Towersey, John Smith and Samuel Spendlow, both of Newport Pagnell, John Stanley of Denham, Robert Wallis of Ellesborough, Richard Whaddup of Chittwood and William Warr of the same. (Sess.R.89/62)
The jurors for the case against John Hill,
Christopher Panter, Joseph Bigg, William Ebbs alias Hebbs, and William Berkett:
Joseph Brasbridge, Rowland Brasbridge, Thomas Child, Charles Clarke, James Dell, Thomas Kempster senior, and William Partridge, all of Aylesbury, John Plater of Haddenham, Thomas Price of Aylesbury, Augustus Seaton of Hodgson, William Sheldon of Aylesbury and Thomas Wells of Aston Clinton. John Cook, Bernard Fountaine, George Mosman and Richard Pursell, all of Eaton, were not sworn. (Sess.R.88/13 and 14)
Sacrament certificates.
Produced by Robert Styles, Rector of Preston Bissett. Certified by William Smith, minister, and John Shoppam, Churchwarden of Emerton and witnessed by Peter Duncomb of Emerton, gentleman, and Alexander Cooknol of Tyringham, servant. (Sess.R.89/71)
Henry Bruges, Rector of Pitchcot; certified by Gilbert Williams, minister, and P. Heywood, Thomas Read and Isaac Judge, churchwardens of Aylesbury and witnessed by Joseph Bell and John Goldsworth, Doth of the same, gentlemen. (Seas.R.89/73)
James Pinder, Excise Officer; certified by Thomas Penn, minister, and John Towne and John Goodchild, Churchwardens of Princes Risborough and witnessed by John Simmans and John Stratton, inhabitants of the same. (Sess.R. 89/ 72)
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The above also took the statutory oaths.
Meeting house.
Elme House in Bow Brickhill, the dwelling-house of Edward Cook, was certified as a Public Meeting House for Quakers. (Sess.R.89/7)
p.40. Indictments.
Philip Bayley of Winslow for a trespass [presentment, Sess.R.88/22].
George Bell of Marsh Gibbon and Joseph Ayres, both made statements concerning the said Philip Bayley. (Sess.R. 88/22 and 89/76)
William Eaden of Aston Clynton, wheeler, for an assault Thomas Pilgrim, and Thomas Wells [Presentments, Sess.R. 89/13,14]
Joseph Godman of Ivinghoe for pound breaking [see p.22].
Mathew Goodson of Slapton for not keeping his mounds in repair [see p.23].
Thomas Rogers, William Preston and patric Tompson, all of Great Missendon, for keeping unlicensed alehouses [see p.22].
John Sheppeard of Wootton Underwood for harbouring inmates [ see p.22].
William Berkett of Wescott in the parish of Waddesden for stealing a “watch and alarm”, the property of John Butler. John Butler and George Spun made statements concerning the sale of a clock which Butler alleged to be his property. (Sess.R.89/12 and 89)
John Typper of Drayton Parslow, Anne Mawby, Dorothy Walters, and Frances Carter, all of Mursley, and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, all for recusancy.
Thomas Langley junior, Robert Weedon and Henry Barney, all of Great Marlow, all for tippling in an alehouse in time of Divine Service on Sunday [see p.23].
Presentments of the constables.
Isaac Allen of Great Missenden for lodging vagabonds. (Sess.R.89/53)
Ann Mawby, Dorothy Walters, Frances Carter, widows, all of Mursley for recusancy. (Sess.R.89/57]
John Typper of Drayton Parslow for the same. (Sess.R. 89/57)
Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow for the same. (Sess.R. 89/70)
The grand jury, the constables of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Newport and Stoke have nothing to present. (Sess.R.89/52, 54-56, 58, 60, 63, 64, 66-69 and 74)
Petty constables sworn.
Boveney: James Bird [Samuel Birdsey] vice John Appulby [Apleby]. (Sess.R.89/6) Nicholas Humphrys to be tithingman vice Richard Montague. (Sess.R.89/6)
Chesham Bois: Joseph Nash vice John How. (Sess.R.89/2)
Dynton: Moses Day vice blank. (Sess.R.89/5)
Ford: James Hitchcock vice blank. (Sess.R.89/5)
Ickford: Thomas Coles vice John Humfry. (Sess.R.89/3)
Moulsoe: Thomas Wheeler vice John King. (Sess.R.89/4)
Quainton: Thomas Brice vice Peter Clark. (Sess.R.89/3)
Penn: Richard Hill vice Henry Taylor. (Sess.R.89/l)
wingrave: Daniel Lucas vice Joseph Lucas. (Sess.R.89/3)
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p.41. Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell-keepers, were paid their quarterly salaries.
Thomas Fowler, William Holton and Angell Weard, the County bakers, were paid £2.12s.2d., £3.4s.9d. and £3.7s.2d. respectively, for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners since last sessions.
p.42. Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners in the County gaol, was paid £13.2s.0d. for medicines and attendance.
Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance for providing food and necessaries for the poor prisoners.
Francis Woodcock was also paid £3.1s. to cover his expenses in providing necessaries for prudence Cranfeild, a prisoner, during her confinement, and for other prisoners during illnesses.
Noah Pitcher, surgeon, was paid £1.16s.0d. to cover his expenses in curing dislocation of the shoulder with contusions in Thomas Tow, a prisoner.
p.43. Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid her quarter’s allowance for James Absolam, a County child.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like for John Anderson, a County child.
Richard Martyn and James Bevyn, petty constables of Little Brickhill and Stony Stratford respectively, were paid their quarter’s salaries for passing vagrants.
p.44. William Dawney of the three hundreds of Aylesbury, Richard Hoddle of the three hundreds of Newport, Mathew Channer of the hundred of Burnham, James Harman of the hundred of Desborough, John Gaylor of the hundred of Stoke, all chief constables, were paid 15s.0d., £6.2s.0d., 11s.6d., 15s.0d. and £1.9s.6d. respectively for the passing and relief of vagrants.
The petty constables of Chalfont St.Giles, Edlesborough, Great Brickhill and Wendover were paid 18s.0d., 8s.6d., 10s.0d. and 18s.0d. respectively for the like service.
The surveyors of the parish of Denham were paid £1.lls.0d. to cover their expenses in repairing Denham Bridge.
p.45. The removal order of Rebeccah Saunders from Chilton- cum-Easington to Stone-and-Hartwell, was Confirmed. The said Rebeccah Saunders was born at Chilton and apprenticed at Brill. She served Richard Gurney of Hartwell for one year and then John Hunt of Dinton for one year less three days, when she was discharged from his service by Simon Mayne, esquire, J.P. Her only legal settlement was at Stone. (Sess.R.89/83 and 84)
The removal order of Thomas Phipps and Margaret his wife from Chearsley to Neither Winchendon, was quashed. The said Thomas Phipps married Margaret Adams of Ashendon in March 1724. (Sess.R.89/86,87 and 88)
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p.46. The removal order of Mary Gardiner, spinster, from Stokemandevile to Great Kimble was confirmed. (Sees.R.89/85)
The removal order of Richard Stafford from Farnham Royall to Stoke Poges, was confirmed. (Sess.R.89/78)
The removal order of Edward Monday and his wife from Eaton to Soulbury was quashed. The said Edward had served Henry Baccas of Soulbury and subsequently Richard Pursel1 of Eaton. (Sess.R.89/81 and 82)
p.47. The removal order of Sarah Symmons, spinster,from Chepping Wyccombe to Turvile, was respited until then next Sessions. (Sess.R.89/79)
It was ordered that the Clerk of the Peace examine the bills for conveying vagrants and report on them to the Court.
The recognizance of William Billing of Braddenham, respited until this sessions, was discharged [see p.32].
The indictment against Richard Barwell, petty constable of Calverton, was discharged [see p.22].
p.48. The complaint of Leonard Thomson senior, and Leonard Thomson junior, clerk, concerning the poor rates in the parish of Loughton, to be referred to the justices at the next sessions.
The controversy between Thomas Chappell, Roger Howes junior and Robert Ames, and John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster [See p.34], was further respited until the next sessions.
John Douglas and Edward Rymull, poor debtors in the county gaol, were granted the daily allowance of County bread.
Issues.
The issues set on the inhabitants of the parishes of Amersham, Chesham, Chalfont St.Peters, Hugendon, Chepping Wyccobe, Wootton Underwood, and Waddesden, were respited until the next sessions [see p.33].
The issues set on jurors to appear at the Grand Inquest were spared in regard of a full attendance.
P.49. It was ordered that no person bound over to appear for bastardy, or their sureties, should be discharged from their recognizances until they have produced the security they have given to indemnify the parish on which the child is likely to be chargeable, and have proved the same upon oath of some substantial inhabitant of that parish.
It was reported to the court that the sums of money needed for building the new County gaol had been raised, and it was ordered that the workmen, Thomas Read, John Watts the plumber, and Thomas Harris, should be paid, as part of the money due to them, £5.13s.l0d., £50 and £14.4s. respectively [see p.33].
P.50. Indictments and traverses, tried, traversed or
confessed.
Christopher Panter, Joseph Bigg and William Ebbs alias
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Hebbs, were found guilty and each fined ls.0d. [see p.35].
John Hill was found not guilty and discharged [see p.35].
William Eaden of Aston Clynton, wheeler, pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined two shillings [see p.40].
p.51. William Berkett of Wescot, labourer, was found guilty and sentenced to be whipped [see p.40].
Phillip Bayley of Grandborough [Winslowe], victualler; traversed [see p.40].
Fines.
The three persons named on p.50.
Recognizances, entered, into and respited.
Phillip Bayley to answer Joseph Ray; surety John Bennnell of North Marston, yeoman [see above]. (Sess.R.89/45)
Samuel Gurnay of Dynton, labourer, for bastardy with Rebecca Saunders; sureties John Saunders and William Atkins both of the same [see p.45]. (Sess.R.89/44)
Robert Sinfeild of Wavendon.
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royall, bailiff, to answer for extortion [see p.36].
John Cook(s) of Waddesden, labourer, to answer to John Montague and John Willson; surety Thomas Holloway of the same, weaver [see p.36].
John Montague of Waddesden and John Willson of Thame, to give evidence against John Cook(s) [see p.36].
John Butler of Waddesdon, cordwainer, John Beck of Westcot, farmer, George Spurr of Ailesbury, watchmaker, and John Cripps, all to give evidence against William Beckett [see p.51]. (Sees.R.89/38)
John Taylor of Taplow, farmer, to answer for shooting under the windows of the Earl of Orkney during sermon-time; sureties Henry Grove of Burnham and William Newman of Taplow, farmer. (Sess.R.89/49)
Richard Howell of Hitcham, farmer, for the like and with the same sureties. (Sess.R.89/50)
John Richards of Olney, yeoman, for refusing, as constable, to obey a warrant. (Sess.R.89/48)
Edward Henley of Olney, yeoman, for the same. (Sess.R. 89/39)
William Gill of Olney, yeoman, for the same. (Sess.R. 89/40)
William Bedford of Drayton Parslow, labourer, to answer John Checkley, servant to Sir Francis Fortescue; surety Robert Bates of the same, labourer. (Sess.R.89/47)
John Checkley, Richard Bayley and Robert Thornton, constable of Drayton Parslow, had found in William Bedford’s possession, wood, which they suspected to belong to Sir Francis Fortescue. (Sess.R.89/77)
Joseph Ray of Aylesbury [Winslow] to give evidence [see p.40] against Phillip Bayley. The said Joseph Ray had lodged with Widow Gibbs of Granborough the night his horse and saddle disappeared. (Sess.R.89/46 and 76)
John Harland of Marsh Gibbon, victualler, to answer John Busby; sureties William Shanks and John Peverell, both of the same, husbandmen. (Sess.R.89/43)
William Eaden of Aston Clynton to appear; sureties John Eaden of the same, Francis Clements and Mathew Stevens both of Aylesbury, ironmongers. (Sess.R.89/41 and 42)
Thomas Pilgrim upon examination said that during a quarrel William Eadon had threatened to kill him and had later told neighbours that he “could freely run his
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knife into his (Pilgrim’s) Gutts up to the haft of it”.
Thomas Wells had quarrelled with William Eadon who, he had no doubt, would have beaten him had not a neighbour come by. (Sess.R.89/80)
Henry Carter of Great Marlow, victualler, to keep good order in his alehouse; sureties William Carter senior and Edward Chandler, both of Beconsfield. (Sess.R. 89/51)
Recognizances, discharged.
Isaac Hart of Eaton, George Wilcox of Eaton Wyck, William Billing, butcher, Richard Billing and John Whitborne, all of Braddenham, James Nicholls, William Nicholls and Mary Nicholls all of Chearsly, John Butler of Waddesdon, cordwainer, John Beck of Westcot, farmer, George Spurr, watchmaker, Joseph Ray, Francis Clements and Matthew Stevens, ironmongers, all of Aylesbury, John Cripps, John Taylor of Taplow, farmer, John Richards, Edward Henley and William Gill, all of Olney, yeomen, William Bedford and Robert Bates of Drayton parslow, labourers, John Bennell of Northmarston, George Bell, James Bell and John Harland, victualler, of Marsh Gibbon, Joseph Ayres of Winslow, William Eaden and John Eaden of Aston Clynton, Christopher Panter, William Ebbs alias Hebbs and Joseph Bigg.
Recognizances entered into by victuallers.
A fragment of a list contained the following names: John Birch, victualler, of Chartridge; surety John peed of the same.
John Bayley, victualler, of Botley.
George Barnes, John Bowen, Thomas Smith, Ralph Harsborough, Richard Webb, Lazarus Pratt, John Hopper, Anthony Eeles, Edward Hobbs, John Forster, Toby Bowler, Robert Hall and Joseph Hunt, all victuallers of Amersham with John Child of the same, victualler, as surety for them all. (Sess.R. 89/93)
Petition.
Prudence Canfield (Cranfield) a prisoner in the gaol at Aylesbury, who “was about 6 weeks ago delivered of a female child which she is utterly incapable of supporting... But as the same was born in lawful wedlock is desirous of taking the same with her so soon as she is discharged” petitions for an allowance to support the child while in prison. (Sess.R.89/75)
Bridewell Calendars.
Chepping Wycombe: Mary Dovey, for committing fornication with Stephen Smith, discharged after a week.
Henry Restall, for being an idle disorderly person and threatening to fire Amersham work-house; discharged after ten days. (Sess.R.89/9)
Buckingham: Elizabeth Fenimore, for being with child and refusing to confess the father thereof as the law requires; since discharged. (Sess.R.89/10)
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Newport Pagnell: John Francis, Robert Garing and John Fox; all discharged. (Sess.R.89/92)
Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.93/17)
Writ of capias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.93/19)
Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R. 93/18)
EASTER SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
8th April, 1725 [11 George I]
p.53. Jurors for the body of the county.
John Birch of Le Maple, Thomas Brickwell of Chesham, Thomas Carter of Pednay, James Child of Hundridge, William Cooper of Adstock, John Corbett of Adstock, William Daniel of Bletchley, John Edwards of North Crawley, John Emerson of Bletchley, John Fellows of Chesham, George Franklyn of Haddenham, Henry Hill of Haddenham, Robert Hobbs of West Wycombe, Richard Jarvis of Haddenham, Daniel Keene of Wingrave, Thomas Rutland of Grandborough, Robert Scott of Adstock, Radulph Stevens of North Marston, Thomas Tatham (Tattam) of North Marston, Thomas Thorne of Brerton, Richard Webb of Bierton, William Wells of Aston Clynton and John Woodward of Little Horwood.
The following were not sworn: John Adams senior, of Thornborough, John Bowden of Grandborough, William Coles of Brill, Joseph Corbett of Adstock, John Denchfield of North Marston, Thomas Ellis of Hanslopp, Thomas Harris of Cublington, Richard Hodsden of Chesham, Edward Johnson of Charteridge, Thomas Mabley of Dinton, Edward Pollard of Thornborough, Thomas Sheen of Aylesbury, Thomas Stevens and William Stevens of Thornborough, and Daniel Ware junior of Chesham. (Sess.R.90/85 and 109)
Jury for the cases against Philip Bayley, John Mead
and William Lansdell:
Thomas Allen of Fenny Stratford, William Coxhead of Aylesbury, William Franks of Waddesden, John Harris of the same, John Herbert of Ivinghoe, John Ingram of steeple Cleydon, William Jilks of the same, James Jones of Hambledon, James Nash of Ivinghoe, Ralph Rice of Waddesden, William Shelton of Aylesbury and Edward Stewart of Ivinghoe. (Sess.R.90/84)
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Sacrament certificates.
Produced by George Stehn of Wooburn, esquire; certified by J. Horton, Minister, and Richard Spratly and Thomas Jeffery, churchwardens of the same, and witnessed by Richard Grove, labourer, and James Beck, wire-drawer, both of the same. (Sess.R.90/107)
Ralph Pettipher or Chepping Wycombe, victualler; certified by J. Guise, minister, and Ferdinando Shrimpton and Edward Narshall, Churchwardens of the same and witnessed by Joseph Tomlinson, feltmaker, and William Tuckwell junior, cutler, both of the same. (Sess.R.90/108)
Joseph Tomlinson junior, of Chepping Wycombe, felt- maker; certified as for Ralph Pettipher above and witnessed by Ralph Pettipher and William Tuckwell junior. (Sess.R.90/106)
John North and the three persons above also took the statutory oaths.
P.54. Meeting houses.
The dwellinghouse of Abigail Dell of Chesham, widow, was certified.
“The new erected house” in Chesham was also certified.
Indictments.
John Cheese and John Trueluck, both of Foskett, for a riot and assault on Sarah, wife of Richard Barwell and Jane Kilborne their servant—maid. (Seas.R.93/10)
Samuel Hollesworth of Buckingham and the above John Cheese and John Trueluck for assault on Jane Kilborne. (Sess.R.93/9)
The said Samuel Hollesworth and John Mead of Hardwick for felony. (Sess.R.93/2)
Isaac Aullen [Allen] of Great Missendon for lodging vagabonds. (Sess.R.93/3)
William Lansdell [Lansden] of Waddesden for stealing property belonging to the Duke of Wharton. (Sess.R.90/1)
Richard Eggleton, victualler, Thomas Dewberry, shoemaker, and John Griffin, shoemaker, all of Waddesden, for receiving stolen goods, the property of Phillip, Duke of Wharton or his trustees Alexander Denton, Thomas Gibson, John Jacob and Robert Jacomb. (Sess.R.90/4)
Presentments of the constables.
Thomas Lane of Wendover for hunting hares without proper qualifications in the manor of Dane Honora Gerrard in Aston Clynton. (Sess.R.90/2)
The inhabitants of Aylesbury for not repairing the highway between Aylesbury and Holmans alias Womans bridge. (Sess.R.90/3 and 102)
Ann Mawby and Frances Carter both of Mursley, widows, John Typper of Drayton Parslow and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, all for recusancy. (Sess.R.90/124 and 128)
William Mew of Hardwick for selling ale without a licence.
The grand jury presented Thomas Lane [see p.54]. (Sess.R.90/120)
The chief constables of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, and Stoke, have nothing to present. (Sess.R.90/121-134, 136 and 101)
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William Billing, Thomas Fryer and Willian Ashpole, all of Calverton, labourers, for assault on John Cheese and John Trueluck. (Sess.R.93/8)
Treasurers sworn.
For the King’s Bench and John Birch of Le Maple and Marshalsea: Robert Seabrooke of Cheddington
vice Axtell Roberts and William Cock.
For the maimed soldiers: Henry Geary of Broughton and
Thomas Bampton of Quainton vice Thomas Tuffyn and John Butter- field. (Sess.R.90/64-67)
p.55. Chief constables sworn.
Ashendon Thomas Grimes of Middle Cleydon and William Stanton of Brill vice John Beck and Thomas Goodson.
Joseph Worrall of Hogstine, John Towesy of Long crendon and Thomas Coats were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/81,82)
Aylesbury John Dossett of Princes Risborough, butcher, vice Edward Monday. William Dawney of Aylesbury to continue.
Henry Mead, William Wells, Thomas Lake and William Brooks were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/78,80)
Buckingham William Clarksen of Steeple Cleydon and John Phillpott junior of Maidsmorton vice Samuel Major and Edward Pollard.
Henry Smith and John Smith, John Clarck and Robert Seymonds were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/ 77 and 79)
Cottesloe Robert Adams of Burcott and William Stevens of Soulbury vice John Theed and Thomas King Francis Mortemore, William Nash, Henry Kidgell and Thomas Scot were not sworn. (sess.R.90/73 and 76)
Newport William Cooke of Newton Longvile and Gilbert Johnson of Newport Pagnell vice William Woolhead and Richard Hoddle. Thomas Travell, Richard Yate, Thomas Bush and Ralph Coleman were not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/74 and 75)
Burnham John Mason of Burnham and John Tockefeild junior vice Edward Ive and Matthew Channer. Abraham Attaway, Richard Widmer, Edward Kitson, Thomas Bailey and John Sedding were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/71 and 72)
Desborough Phillip Hillyer of West Wyccombe to continue and Francis Sharp of Hambledon vice James Herman.
Laud Winckles of Great Marlow and Francis Stiles of Turvile were not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/70)
Stoke Robert Styles of Ivor and William Stills of Ditton vice John Gaylor and Robert Biddle. John Sedject, Francis Bingfield, John Dell and Elles Trippett were not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/69 and 70)
Petty constables and tithingmen sworn.
Drayton Beauchamp Peter Thorneton vice John west.
(Sess.R.90/74a)
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Waddesden Thomas Dewberry vice John Harris (Sess.R. 90/19)
Chesham Town Thomas Keene and Daniel Sparks vice John Masey and Thomas Edwards. Samuel Treacher and John Booth were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/55 and 56)
Ashley Greene Daniel Clarke vice Nicholas May.
Daniel Twitchell was not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/7)
Bottley Thomas Hawkyns vice Joseph Groome.
Thomes South was not sworn. (Sess.R.90/6)
Charteridge John Harding vice John Peede. Samuel Birch was not sworn. (Sess.R.90/5)
Hundridge Giles Shank vice William Symonds.
Thomas Carter was not sworn. (Sess.R.90/29)
Waterside Thomas Cooke vice James Rogers.
John Mattingly was not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/27)
Bellingdon Anthony Chinson vice Zachary King.
Richard Stevens was not sworn. (Sess.R. 90 /28)
Denhara Richard Edlyn and Thomas Cutler vice Henry Bernard and John Pudifant.
John Apsley and Richard Woodhouse were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/37)
Fulmere James Price vice John Grove. (Sess.R.90/36)
Wexham William Buckland vice John Herbert.
(Sess.R.90/35)
Hedgerly Edward Chilton vice Edward Babb. (Sess.R. 90/34)
Tingewicke William King and Edward Horwood senior vice Thomas Boughton and Daniel Elliot. (Sess.R.90/25)
Thornborough John Bonnon and Edward Holdam vice John Wallis and William Oakeley. (Sess.R.90/24)
Hardwicke Aaron Burgis vice Richard Bishopp.
(Sess.R.90/26)
Becconsfeild Richard Hare junior and Edward Woodbridge vice William Harden and William Frouda Thomas Hatch and William Tomson were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/23)
Eaton Guidables James Mitchell and William Appelbee vice Thomas Barnsley and William Thompson David Williams and William Lee, tithing- men, vice Thomas Rowley and Thomas Gill. (Sess.R.90/16)
Datchett John Welch vice William Nash. (Sess.R. 90/15)
Upton-cun-Chalvey Thomas Smith and Henry Pratt vice John Hunt and Richard Goodale. (Sess.R.90/10)
Colebrooke Henry Smithers and John Keeley vice Robert Hartwell and John Stevens. William Rummell, tithingman, vice Henry Smithers. (Sess.R.90/11)
Waddesden William Southern [Southwell] vice Thomas Holloway. (Sess. R. 90/22)
Brill Thomas Jenkins vice Christopher Hunt.
(Sess.R.90/21)
Doreton Michael Coles vice Abraham Watson.
(Sess.R.90/20)
Aston Sandford Samuel Lamborne vice William Hewes.
(Sess.R.90/20)
P.56.
Borestall William Bampton vice Thomas Cox.
(Sess.R.90/20)
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Easter Session, 8th April, l725 [11 George I]
Towersy Joseph North vice John Arnott. (Sess.R.90/20)
Wornehall Michael Fowler vice William Cox. (Sess.R. 90/20)
Studley John Sanders vice William Coates. (Sess.R. 90/20)
Edlesborough John Nutkyns vice Thomas Ginger. (Sess.R. 90/43)
Surcott George Nash vice John Brotherton. (Sess.R. 90/43)
Clifton Keynes John Jones vice Richard Holloway
Leokhampsted William. Hurst vice [blank]. (Sess.R.90/63)
Beachampton John Brugis vice John Godfrey. (Sess.R.90/62)
Chitwood William Smith vice Richard Phillpot. (Sess. R.90/61)
Thornton Symon Robinson vice John Treaton. (Sess.R. 90/60)
Preston Bissett Thomas King vice John Kolaton [Kertaland]. (Sess.R.90/59)
Oveing Edward Deeley vice William Neighbour. (Sess. R.90/7)
Marsh Gibbon William Rawlins vice William Parker. (Sess.R.90/47)
Swanborne Michael Symonds and John Waddup vice William Gresham and John Deverell.
William Lane and William Osborne were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/9)
Beirton Joseph Tippetts vice Benjamin Marks. William Clarke and William Parker were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/46)
Brandsfee William Kainer vice George Goreing.
Liberty Giles Stallyon and Thomas Barnaby were not sworn.
Thomas Burnham, tithingman, vice Joseph Rutland. (Sess.R.90/52, 50)
Buckland Thomas Thorne vice William Horwood. John Elyet and Richard Godman were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/51)
Monks Risborough Thomas Fox and John Herbert vice Henry Williams and Henry Costard. (Sess.R.90/49)
Ashendon John Pleysted vice Audrey Eggleton. (Sess.R.90/83)
Abbotts Aston Henry Whitburne and Thomas Mortimer vice Robert Bawdrick and George Paice. (Sess.R.90/32)
Sympson Nicholas Lucas vice William Etheridge.
(Sess.R.90/30)
Wavendon William Litchfeild vice William Parker. (Sess.R.90/30)
Broughton John Page vice Thomas Butcher. (Sess.R. 90/30)
Bow Brickhill Joseph Hicks vice Thomas Harman. (Sess.R. 90/30)
Eaton Robert King vice William Greenwood.
(Sess.R.90/30)
Stokehamond Bernard Fountayne and John Franklyn vice William Fairey and Samuel Sutton. (Sess.R.90/30)
Hulcott Samuel Bawdrick vice [blank]
Hambledon Robert Toovey of the Freeth and John Gray of Millend vice Thomas Ryder and Richard Rance. Richard Barlow and Thomas Smith were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/45)
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Great Marlow Robert Overington and William Phillips vice James How and Jonathan Mudding. John Phillips and Thomas Harris, tithingmen, vice Henry Williams and William Curtis.
George Oxlade, Lances Lovelie, John Smith and John Harris were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/44)
Mentmore John Green and Jeffery Bampton vice John Windmill and William Goodson. (Sess.R. 90/42)
Steeple Cleydon William Wallis vice John Warr. (Sess.R. 90/54)
Cippenham John Bannister vice Roger Hatch.
William Bull was not sworn. (Sess.R.90/40)
East Burnham John Trott junior, vice Richard Compton.
Richard Eland and William Turner were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/41)
Burnham Town John Vaughan Junior, vice simon Suddenrick.
John Goldwin junior, and William Rowls junior were not sworn.
william Coleman, tithingman, vice William Taylor.
Thomas Taylor, John Batting, Daniel Pontifex, John Rumbull, William Fellow and Robert Major were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/39)
Taplow John Staninot and Mark Bishop, tithingiman,
vice John Mason and Wynn Newman.
Robert Rough, Edmund Aldridge and George Tounsend were not sworn. (Sess.R. 90/38)
Cuddington William Timberlake vice Richard Baker.
Charles Guilford and John Guilford were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/48)
Hugendon James Evans vice Joseph Coleman. (Sess.R. 90/44)
Stokemandvile Joseph Goodspeed and Jeremy Weston vice [blank].
George Ligo, William Pickton, John Spare, John Holt, John Brown, Joseph Smith, Thomas Foord and William Foord were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/53)
Grendon Lawrence Bailey vice Richard Punn.
Underwood John Ives and William Right were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/12)
Charndon Robert Hitchcock vice John Wigg. (Sess.R. 90/13)
p.57.
Adstook Thomas Seare vice Elias seare. (Sess.R. 90/14)
Bradenham John Aled junior, vice John Syrringer.
William Wingrove and George Wingrove
were not sworn. (Sess.R.90/57)
Saunderton John Westfeild vice John West.
John Darvill and Edward Neighbour were
not sworn. (Sess.R.90/58)
Stukely Edward Bricknell vice William Mead.
Joseph Edmund was not sworn. (Sess.R.90/17)
Mursley William Axtell [Atwell] and William Syred vice John Pitkyn and Thomas Stevens. (Sess.R.90/18)
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Hogston Thomas Turnham vice Thomas Butcher. (Sess.R. 90/8)
Cheddington Nathaniel Brickett vice Robert Moores. (Sess.R.90/33)
Stony James Bevyn elected. (Sess.R.90/31) Stratford
Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridwell-keepers, were paid their quarterly salaries.
Thomas Fowler, a County baker, was paid £3.3s.2d. for bread delivered to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
p.58. William Holton and Angell Weard were paid £3.4s.3d. and £3.7s.4d. respectively for the like service.
Richard Martyn and James Bevyn, petty constables of Little Brickhill and Stony Stratford, respectively, were paid their quarterly salaries for the passing of vagrants.
Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners in the County gaol, was paid £14.l1s.3d. for medicines and attendance.
p.59. Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance for meat and necessaries for the poor prisoners.
The same Francis Woodcock was also paid £2.14s.6d. to cover his expenses in conveying Henry Collett a prisoner to Chepping Wyccombe, providing necessaries for poor sick prisoners in the County gaol and paying Prudence Cranfeild [Canfield] 2s.0d. per weak for the maintenance of her child [see p.52].
Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid £1.l0s.0d. for maintaining and 10s. for clothing James Absolam, a County child for one quarter.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like sums for John Anderson a County child.
p.60. William Dawney of Aylesbury, a chief constable of the three hundreds of Aylesbury, Samuel Major of Preston Bisset, a chief constable of the three hundreds of Buckingham, William Woolhead of Little Brickhill and Richard Hoddle, chief constables of the three hundreds of Newport, Phillip Hillyer of West Wyccombe, a chief constable of the hundred of Desborough, Edward Ive of Hitcham and Mathew Channer, chief constables of the hundred of Burnham and John Gaylor of Danham, a chief constable of Stoke, were paid £1.9s.6d., £1.0.s.0d., £1.5s.0d., £2.0s.6d., 9s.0d., 4s.6d., 8s.6d. and £1.8s.0d. respectively for the passing of vagrants.
p.61. The petty constables of Marsh Gibbon and Grove with Edlesborough were paid 16s.0d. and 7s.6d. respectively for the like.
The removal order of Richard pettifer and Jane his wife from Steeple Cleydon to Syrensham was quashed. (Sess.R. 90/118)
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The removal order of Sarah Symons, spinster, from chepping wyccombe to Turvile, respited until this sessions [see p.47], was confirmed.
p.62. The removal order of Earthelridge Mason, widow, wife of Peter Mason deceased, from Stonnystratford to Bletchley, was respited until the next sessions. Peter Mason had been apprenticed to Henry Henceman of Welling- borough, co. Northampton, baker. (Sess.R.90/119)
The removal order of Sarah Lutt, spinster, from Haddenham to Henley, was quashed. (Sess.R.90/117)
p.63. The petty constables of Padbury Were paid £1.4s.0d. towards defraying the cost of carrying soldiers’ baggage.
William Allen of the parish of Ellesborough, maltster, was repaid duty on l2O quarters of malt burnt in a fire in his malt-house.
The complaint of Leonard Thompson senior, and Leonard Thompson junior, concerning poor rates was further respited [see p.48].
P.64. The indictment against the inhabitants of Hugendon for not repairing the highway called the Botton Way, was discharged. (Sess.R.90/113)
The indictments against the inhabitants of Chesham , and Amersham for not repairing the lane called Copperkins Lane were discharged.
The issues set on the inhabitants of Chalfont St. Peters for not repairing the highway were respited until the next sessions [see p.48].
The indictment against Anne Dandridge of Winslow, widow, was discharged.
The indictment against William Feild of Olney, labourer, was discharged.
p.65. The accounts of the Royal Charities called the “poor Folks Pasture”in Brill and Boarstall were read in Court in accordance with the decree made in the Court of Exchequer and allowed by the justices present. The trustees of the above Charity (Joseph Eeles, William Leadbury, John Walker, George Turner, Thomas Winter, Francis Kirby and John Darvill) stated that, by virtue of a Decree in the Exchequer of 22nd May, 11 William III [A.D.1699], for the management of the Charity, they had nominated William Cannon junior, of Long Crendon as a trustee in the place of William Cannon senior, of the same, deceased, and requested that the sane might be recorded in Court. (Sess.R.90/110)
The accounts for Oakley were similarly read and allowed.
The wages for labourers, rates for land carriage, prices of salt and for billeting soldiers, were to remain as settled at Easter Sessions 1724 [see Vol.V, p.534].
The issues set on the inhabitants of Chepping Wyccombe for not repairing the highway were respited until the next sessions [see p.48].
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The Indictment against John Shepheard of Wootton Underwood for harbouring inmates was discharged [see p.40].
The issues of 40s.0d. each set on the inhabitants of Waddesden and of Wootton Underwood for not repairing the highway, were to be levied [see p.48].
p.66. The order of reference of the controversy between Thomas Chappell, Roger Howes and Robert Ames, and John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster was further respited until the next sessions. Edward Butterfield, rector, Jeffery Bampton, Thomas Costyn, William Brinklow, William Fleckney and John King, who stood indicted with the said Thomas Chappell and had hitherto refused to appear, were to be compelled to appear at the next sessions [see p.48].
Indictments and traverses tried, traversed or confessed.
Phillip Bayley was found guilty and fined £5. For departing the Court without leave, his recognizance of £40 penalty was ordered to be estreated [see p.51].
William Lansdell of Waddesden pleaded guilty and was Whipped “from the gaol in Aylesbury round the George Inn signpost and back again” [see p.54].
William [Richard] Eggleton, Thomas Dewberry and John Griffyn all of Waddesden; traversed [see p.54]. (Sess.R. 90/88)
John Mead was found guilty and was whipped [see p.54].
p.67. John Cheese and John Truelock; traversed [see p.54].
Recognizances entered into and respited.
Samuel Gurney of Dynton, mason, for bastardy with Rebbeccah Saunders; sureties William Atkyns and John Hunt, farmer, of the same [see p.51]. (Sess.R.91/54)
William Fisher of Amersham for bastardy with Elizabeth Kendal.
John Cheese and John Trueluck [see above]. (Sess.R. 93/15)
Josiah Clerk of Chinner, co.Oxon, for bastardy with Mary Hoare; surety John Webb of Crowell. (Sess.R.90/96)
Thomas Dorrell, Robert Sinfield, John Cock(s), Thomas Holloway, John Montague and John Willson [see p.51].
George Mosman of Eaton, gentleman, and John Millington of the same, Overseer of the Poor, to answer to John Thurloe Brace, Henry Andrews and Thomas Chapman, for refusing to obey an order for relieving Edward Munday and his family [see p.46]. (Sess.R.90/92)
William Norman of Farnham Royall, to keep the peace towards Hannah Tredway and Mary Robinson. (Sess.R.90/94 )
Margaret Newman of Farnham Royall for the same. (Sess.R.90/93)
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Flora Watts of Eaton, for calling Anne Mason “bitch” and threatening to break her neck downstairs; surety Thomas Grey of the same. (Sess.R.90/95)
Richard Barwell of Calverton to give evidence against John Cheese for assault on Jane Kilborne, George Edwards and Thomas Perrett. (Sess.R.90/90 and 111)
Henry Jones of Hanslop to appear. (Sess.R.93/11)
Simon Jones of the same, to bring Henry Jones into court. (Sess.R.93/13)
Munn Mortimer of the same, to give evidence against Henry Jones. (Sess.R.93/12)
Thomas Lambert and Robert Horwood, both of Hardwick labourers, to prosecute John Mead for stealing Lambert’s waistcoat and a pair of breeches and “two stockings of different sorts and colours” belonging to Horwood. (Sess.R. 90/112 and 93/14)
William Healey [Hely], Edward Thorne junior, and Edward Arnold, all of Waddesdon, labourers, to answer for receiving stolen goods from William Lansdell. (Sess.R. 90/87 and 89)
William Billen [Billin, Billing], Thomas Fryer, William Ashpole and Richard Barwell, all of Calverton, to answer to John Cheese and John Truluck. (Sess.R.90/111 and 93/15)
John Truelock said that as he, John Cheese and Samuel Holsworth Were returning to Foscott from Stony Stratford they met a man and a woman with yokes and milkpails. The woman refused to sell milk to Holsworth, whereupon Holsworth attempted to kiss her, and a fracas ensued in which the man struck Holsworth with his yoke and Cheese caught the man by the collar saying “Sirrah, what makes you strike a man with such a weapon?” Cheese and Truelock then went on their way, but, stopping to help Mr. Dancer of Buckingham who was in difficulties with his horse, they Were surprised by four or five fellows who swore “Damn it these are them” and assaulted then in a most barbarous and cruel manner insomuch that Cheese had since lost the use of a finger through its being bitten by one of the assailants, William Billing. The other assailants were Thomas Fryer, William Ashpole and George Edwards.
John Cheese added to this information the facts that he did not go to Holsworth’s help until Holsworth had shouted “Murther!” and that Ashpole knocked Holsworth down with a hedge-stake [See pp.67 and 68]. (Sess.R.90/111)
William Montague of Waddesden, labourer, to answer for assault on Mary, wife of Charles Harrold of Upper Winchingdon, gardener. Richard Butt stated that he pushed Montague from the house. (Sess.R.93/16 and 116)
George Perry senior, of Great Marlow, victualler, to keep good order in his alehouse; sureties George Perry junior, bargeman, and Robert Grey junior, millwright, both of the same [see p.22]. (Sess.R.90/140)
Thomas Grey junior, of Great Harlow, victualler, to keep good order in his alehouse; sureties Thomas Grey senior, bricklayer, and Robert Grey junior, millwright, both of the same [see p.22]. (Sess.R.90/139)
Edward Monday of Eaton to give evidence against George Mosman and John Millington. (Sess.R.90/91)
John Montague of Waddesdon, gentleman, bailiff to the trustees of the Duke of Wharton, to prefer bills of indictment against William Lansdell, Richard Eggleton, Thomas Dewberry, John Griffin, William Hely, Edward Thorn junior, and John Arnold, and to give evidence.
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John Montague stated that William Lansdell had confessed a theft to him. William Lansdell said that he stole some empty barrels and some pieces of lead and iron and sold them to Richard Eggleton, William Hely, Edward Thorn junior, and John Arnot [see pp.66 and 68]. (Sess.R.90/86 and 115)
P.68 Recognizances discharged.
William Norman and Margaret Newman of Farnham Royall, Flora Watts of Eaton, Richard Barwell, Munn Mortimer, William Billen, Thomas Fryer, William Ashpole, Simon Jones and Henry Jones of calverton, Thomas Lambert and Robert Horwood of Hardwick, labourers, Edward Hudson, William Scott, William Healey, Edward Thorne, Edward Arnold, John Howes and Henry Hely, all of Waddeadon.
Petition.
The inhabitants of Hambledon requested that James Jones of Hambledon, who had a family of ten children and had lately Kept a licenced victualling house at Millend Wharfe, might be granted a similar licence in the house at Millend to which he had lately moved. The house was the property of William Haydon esquire and had been licenced since it had been put up twenty years previously. It was “a convenient and necessary house to be licenced, being contiguous to a great Roade as also to the River of Thames”. Petition signed by: David Jones and Gwen Raynolds, churchwardens, Robert Gray and John Commins, overseers, John Cox, Samuel Wyatt, Elijah Fennell, Henry Floyd, John Hobbs, John Stasey, Richard Rockall, John Rockall, Edward Rockall, John Rookall, William Clayton, Lelio Hensbergh, Richard Lane, John Turrell, Jonah Tayler, Charles Gray, Abraham Gray, William Hobbs, Thomas Denham, Robert Rockall, Robert Keene, Scawen Kenrick rector of Hambledon, and William Fairfax, curate. A note on the petition reads: “Statute of 5 and 6 Edward VI cap.25 gives Authority to Justices in Sessions to Licence Alehouses”. (Sess.R.90/135)I
Bridewell calendars.
Aylesbury: Sarah Rogers; to appear this sessions. (Sess.R.90/103)
Buckingham: No one in custody. (Sess.R.90/104)
Chepping Wycombe: No one in custody. (Sess.R.90/138)
Calendar of prisoners to appear at this sessions.
John Mead and William Lansdell [see pp.54,66] and William Fisher [see p.67]. (Sess.R.90/105)
Examinations.
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Willson of Aston Sandford, said that she was married to John Willson, a sailor, at St.Ann’s, Soho, fifteen years previously, and had since been a vagrant. She had had two children by the said John: John born at Rudgly, co. Stafford, and Thomas born at Atherton, co. Hants. She had had a bastard child named Joseph, born at Cleworth near Windsor, by Joseph Willson whom she had married in the Fleet on 5th April 1724, Easter Sunday. (Sess.R.90/114)
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Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.90/97)
Writ of capias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.90/99) Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R. 90/98)
MIDSUMMER session
AT BUCKINGHAM
15th July 1725 [11 George I]
p.69. Jurors for the body of the County
Thomas Abbitt, Thomas Bigg, Thomas Britain, Elijah Clark, Thomas Coles junior, Robert Flexman, Bernard Fountaine, Richard Harris, James Hitchcock, Thomas Hogg, John Horton, Daniel How, Thomas King, James Kipping junior, Andrew medwin, Thomas Monk, Thomas Osborne, John Tumey and John Woolhead.
Jurors for the case against John Cheese, John
Truelock, Samuel Hollesworth and John Cock(s). [ see pp. 54 and 67].
Thomas Abbott, Thomas Frizell, Francis Haywood, Thomas King, William Mead, John Montague, Thomas Scott, Edward Seaton, Nathaniell Timms, John Upstone, Robert White and Henry Whitehead.
In the case against John Cock(s) the same jurors were sworn, except that John Hunt appears instead of John Montague, who was a witness for the prosecution. (Sess.R. 90/100)
p.70. Sacrament Certificates.
Produced by William Hartley junior; certified by Leonard Sedgwick, minister, and John Smith, churchwarden, of Stony Stratford west side and witnessed by William Hawkins and Samuell Davis, both of the same. (Sess.R.91/80)
Benjamin Dennison; certified by Henry Kilby, minister, and John Trip, churchwarden, of Olney and witnessed by Jonathan Brooks and Hugh Baldwin. (sess.r.91/99)
William Haukeswell of West Wycomb; certified by Edward Brown, minister, and Edward Randall, churchwarden, of West Wycomb and witnessed by George Jennings of West Wycomb and William Pickitt (Piggott) of Stoken Church. (Sess.R.91/95)
Cornelius Belgrave, vicar of Lavingdon alias Landen- cum-Brayfield; certified by Matthew Bath, minister, and John Phillpott and Jeremiah Smith, churchwardens, of Maids Morton and witnessed by John Snart and John phillpott, both
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of Maids Morton. (Sess.R.91/96}
Jonathan Brooks; certified as for Benjamin Dennison above and witnessed by Benjamin Dennison and Hugh Baldwin. (Sess.R.91/98)
William Piggot (Pickitt) of Stoken Church; certified as for William Haukeswell, above, and witnessed by George Jennings and William Haukswell, both of West Wycomb. (Sess.R. 91/97)
All the above also took the statutory oaths.
Oaths of Allegiance.
Thomas Gage, George Tipping and Thomas Price, clerks, Thomas Grimes, William Stanton, John Dossett, William Clarke, John Phillpott, Robert Adams, William Stevens, William Cooke, Gilbert Johnson, John Tockefeild junior, Robert style, William Style, William Dawney and John Mason, all chief constables.
Indictments.
William Beale of Cuddington, butcher, for an assault on Edward Baker. (Sess.R.91/38)
John Short of Newton Longvile, baker, for selling to William Hide 2 half-peck loaves, contrary to the Assize of bread. (Sess.R.91/37)
John Cock(s) of Waddesden, labourer, for a trespass in entering a barn, and for felony [see p.36]. (Sess.R.91/39)
William Tipping of Wornhall, yeoman, for an assault on Thomas Burt. (Sess.R.91/40)
Ann Mawby and Frances Carter both of Mursley, widows, John Typper of Drayton Parslow, and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, all for recusancy.
Thomas Lane of Aston Clynton, labourer [see p.54].
Presentments of the_ constables.
Charles Fuller, Alexander Barnes and Henry Parker, all of Wendover, labourers, for molesting the constable in the execution of his office. (Sess.R.91/46 and 73)
John Dodsworth, labourer, and Margaret his wife, and Ann Mawby, all of Mursley, John Typper and Ambrose Smith, for recusancy. (Sess.R.91/58 and 68)
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal for assault upon William Manfield. (Sess.R.91/43)
The grand jury and the constables of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport Pagnell, Stoke and Stony Stratford, have nothing to present. (Sess.R. 91/59-64, 68, 70-79)
Petty constables sworn.
Desborough: John Spicer of Chepping Wyccombe and William Mould of Hambledon, chief constables vice Phillip Hillyer and Francis Sharp. (Sess.R. 91/104)
Chesham Town: William Adams, tithingman, vice William Amond. Witnesses: John Tockfield, John Harding, Matthew Chinner, Thomas Carter, John Miles, Benjamin Lake, Jonathan Widmer, James Rogers, Richard Barnes,
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Samuel Ware junior and John Harding. (Sess.R.91/82)
Chilton John White, Petty constable vice John Saunders [Sanders]. (Sess.R.91/69)
p.71. Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell-keepers were paid their quarterly salaries.
Thomas Fowler, William Holton, and Angell Weard, the County bakers, were paid £3.4s.3d., £2.8s.9d., and £3.4s.7d. respectively for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
p.72. Thomas Williams, apothecary, was paid £6.14s.0d. for medicines supplied to the poor prisoners in the County gaol and attendance.
Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance for providing food and necessaries for the poor prisoners.
Francis Woodcock was also paid £7.11s.0d. to cover his expenses in conveying prisoners to the Marshalsea for transportation and in providing fire and candles for sick prisoners.
Roger Jennyns, Clerk of the Assize for the Norfolk circuit, was paid £3.3s. for his fees for taking sufficient securities for the transportation of 3 felons to America. (Sess.R.91/92, 93, 94 and 100)
p.73. Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid her quarter’s allowance for maintaining and clothing James Absolam a County child.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like sums for John Anderson, a County child.
Richard Martyn of Little Brickhill and James Bevyn, petty constable of Stony Stratford, were paid their quarterly salaries for passing vagrants through the county.
Robert Adams of the three hundreds of Cottesloe, Gilbert Johnson of the three hundreds of Newport,
p.74. William Cook of the three hundreds of Newport and John Mason of the hundred of Burnham, all chief constables were paid 12s.8d., £3.8s.0d., 3s.6d. and £1.9s.6d. respectively for the like.
The petty constables of Chesham, Waddesden and West Wyccombe were paid lls.0d., 13s.6d. and 9s.6d. respectively for the like.
The petty constables of Bletchley were paid 17s.6d. for expenses in providing waggons and horses for the carriage of soldiers’ baggage.
Similar orders for the payment of 9s.0d. to the constables of Calverton, 12s.0d. each to Chalkmore and
p.75. Maidesmorton and £1.10s.0d. each to North Crawley and Sherrington.
The chief constables to return lists of those qualified to serve as jurors at the next Quarter Sessions, pursuant to an Act of Parliament of 7 and 8 William III cap.xxxii for the better regulating of juries.
The trustees of the Royal charity of Poor Folks’ Pasture in the parish of Boarstall, by virtue of a Decree in the Exchequer of 22 May 11 William III, 1699 for managing the charity, had nominated John crews of Oakely as a Trustee in place of John Darvill of Oakely, deceased. (Sess.R.91/81, where Ralph Rice appears as trustee) [of p.65].
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p.76. The complaint of Leonard Thompson senior and Leonard Thompson junior both of Loughton, for relief of poor rates, further respited until the next sessions [see p.63].
James Bevyn, petty constable of Stony Stratford, to continue to pass vagrants through the county for the year ensuing, at the same salary of £5 per quarter.
p.77. The removal order of Thomas Heath and his wife from Burnham to Hitcham, was quashed. (Sess.R.91/88)
The removal order of Earthelridge Mason, widow, from Stony Stratford to Wellingborough, respited until this sessions, was confirmed [See p.62].
The removal order of Edward Monday and Rebeccah his wife, from Eaton to Ravenstone, was confirmed. (Sess.R.91/89)
p.78. The removal order of Elizabeth Kendall, spinster, from Amersham to Bovingdon, was quashed. (Sess.R.91/86)
The removal order of Thomas, Richard and Roseann, three children of Martha, commonly called Martha Rose, singlewoman, from Burnham to Greenford alias Ganford, was respited until the next sessions. (Sess.R.91/67)
p.79. The removal order of Mary King from Wingrave to St. Mary Matfellon alias Whitechappell, co. Middlesex, was confirmed. (Sess.R.9l/85)
The removal order of Phillip Bassett and Mary his wife, from Ivinghoe to Malden, Co. Bedford, was confirmed. (Sess.R. 91/87)
The removal order of John Gibbs, his wife, and their son, aged about 3 months, from Aston Clynton to Remingham, was respited until the next sessions.
p.80. George Willyat of Great Horwood, yeoman, told the Court that he had had his house damaged by fire on the 17th July 1724, and had lost house, outbuildings, goods and grain in another fire on the 11th June 1725. The total loss sustained by him was estimated by John Smallbone and William Grasham, carpenters, Thomas Deeley, mason, and George Butcher and George Fosskett, workmen, at £280.ls.4d. Upon George Willyat’s petitioning for Letters Patent to raise funds to repair his loss, he was granted a certificate of loss by the Court, addressed to the Lord High Chancellor. (Sess.R.91/91)
p.81. The Clerk of the Peace to examine all vagrants bills and report on them at the next sessions.
All fines for non-attendance of jurors “spared in regard of a full attendance”.
The issues set on the inhabitants of Amersham, Chepping Wyccombe, and Chalfont St. Peters for not repairing the highways were respited until the next sessions.
The issues set on the inhabitants of Waddesden and Wootton Underwood for not repairing Collywick Ford were discharged, the inhabitants having entered into recognizances to traverse their indictments. (Sess.R.90/105)
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P.82. The surveyors of the highways at Aylesbury, in accordance with an Act of 3 and 4 William and Mary, cap xii for better repairing the highways, authorised to levy a rate of 6d. in the pound on the inhabitants for that purpose.
A like order for the surveyors of Walton.
Edward Butterfeild, Jeffery Bampton, William Brincklow, Thomas Costyn, William Fleckney and John King, who stood indicted with Thomas Chappell, Roger Howes junior and Robert Ames in the case of Chappell and others v. Buckmaster and Buckmaster, having traversed their indictments it was ordered that the controversy between the said parties should be determined at the next sessions [see P.66].
p.83. Josias Clarke (Josiah Clerk, Joshua Clarke) the putative father of the bastard child of Mary Hoare, to pay to the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Little Missendon 2s.6d. a week for the child’s maintenance, and to give sufficient security to indemnify the parish from the child. (Sess.R.91/90)
Samuel Gurney, bound to appear at this sessions to answer for bastardy with Rebeccah Saunders, was committed to the County gaol for lack of sureties.
The indictment against William Mew of Hardwyck for selling ale without a licence was discharged.
Edward Eckley [Eccles] committed to the County gaol for being a notorious cheat, was discharged, there being no prosecution.
The indictments against William Eggleton, Thomas Dewberry and John Griffyn, all of Waddesden, for buying stolen goods, were discharged.
Phillip Bayley’s fine of £5 and recognizance ordered to be estreated, were respited until the next sessions [see p.66].
P.84. Indictments and traverses tried, traversed or confessed.
John Goodson of Slapton, labourer, indicted for not keeping his mounds in repair, pleaded guilty and was fined ls.0d.
John Cheese and John Truelock were found guilty and each fined 2s.0d. [see p.54].
Samuel Hollesworth was found guilty and fined ls.0d. on each indictment [see p.54].
Edward Butterfeild, Jeffery Bampton, William Brincklow, Thomas Costyn, William Fleckney and John King traversed their indictments [see p.82].
John Short traversed his indictment [see p.70].
William Eggleton and Richard Whiteshead, surveyors of the highways of Waddesden, traversed the indictment against the inhabitants of Waddesden for not repairing Collywick Ford.
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Francis Heyward and Robert White, surveyors of the highways of Wootton Underwood, traversed the indictment against the inhabitants of Wootton Underwood for the like offence.
William Tipping pleaded guilty and was fined 3s.4d. [see p.70].
p.85. William Beale pleaded guilty and was fined ls.0d. [see p.70].
John Cock(s) of Waddesden pleaded guilty to a charge of trespassing and was fined 40s.0d. He was also found guilty of stealing a wheelbarrow from the Rt. Hon. Sir William Stanhope, Knight of the Bath, and was whipped.
Fines.
Mathew Goodson ls.0d., John Cheese, John Truelock and Samuel Hollesworth 2s.0d. each, William Tipping 3s.4d., William Beale ls.0d., and John Cock(s) £2 [see p.67].
Recognizances entered into and respited.
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal, Robert Sinfeild of Wavendon and William Fisher of Amersham, John Cox of Aylesbury for bastardy with Hannah Mitchell of the same. (Sess.R.91/102)
Thomas Hedges of Abbotts Aston, labourer, for bastardy with Sarah Edmonds of Stukely, spinster; sureties Richard Hedges and James Hedges yeomen, of Abbotts Aston. (Sess.R. 91/48)
p.86. William Eggleton and Richard Whitehead, Francis Heyward and Robert White, John Short, Edward Butterfield, Jeffery Bampton, William Brincklow, Thomas Costyn, William Fleckney and John King traversed their indictments [see pp. 70, 82 and 84].
Thomas Holloway of Waddesden, to prefer a bill of indictment against John Cock[s] for theft. (Sess.R.91/55)
Edmund Dorrell, Robert Terry, Richard Butt and Gabriel Turpyn, all of Waddesden to prosecute John Cocks. (Sess.R. 91/55)
James Lucas senior of Winchendon to answer for assault upon Ursula, wife of John Lucas of Ashingdon; surety James Lucas junior, farmer, of Winchendon. (Sess.R.91/103)
Edward Darvall junior of Walton to answer for assault upon John Rogers of Walton, shepherd; sureties Thomas Sheene, woodman and William Johnson, labourer, both of the same. (Sess.R.91/53)
John Goodman [Goodwin] of Emberton, to answer to Thomas Hooton and Edward Boswell. (Sess.R.91/49)
John Short of Horwood; surety Thomas Short of the same. (Sess.R.91/50)
William Hide of Bletchley to prefer a bill of indictment against John Short. (Sess.R.91/50)
Thomas Hooton of Olney, yeoman, and Edward Boswell of the same, labourer, to appear and prosecute John Goodwin. (Sess.R.91/52)
Eliza Burt of Wornhall, to answer Frances Tiping of the same; surety John Smith of Brill, tailor. (Sess.R.91/57)
John Russell of Edlesborough, labourer, for breaking and entering and taking an iron chain belonging to Henry Pratt. (Sess.R.91/41)
Edward Baker senior, of Cuddington, weaver, to give
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evidence against William Beale. (Sess.R.91/47)
Job Taylor of Little Missenden, to keep the peace towards George Brice of Charlois, parish of Ogmondisham alias Amersham; surety John Page of Little Missenden. (Sess.R.91/56)
William Herring of Ickford, farmer, for the appearance of Sarah, his wife, for assault on Mary, wife of Richard Roberts of the same. (Sess.R.91/106)
Recognizances discharged.
Josiah Clerk, of Chinner, co. Oxon, John Webb of Crowell, John Cock(s), Thomas Holloway, John Montague, Richard Eggleton, Thomas Dewberry, John Griffyn, Edmund Dorrell, Robert Terry, Richard Butt and Gabriel Turpyn, all of Waddesden, John Wilson of Thame, George Mosman of Eaton [Bletchley], John Millington and Edward Monday, both of Eaton, John Cheese and John Truelock, both of Foskett, John Hunt and William Atkyns, both of Dynton. James Lucas senior of Winchendon, Edward Darvall junior, of Walton, John Goodman (Goodwin) of Emberton, Thomas Short of Horwood, William Hide of Bletchley, Thomas Hooton and Edward Boswell, both of Olney, and Eliza Burt of Wornhall.
Adjournment of session.
The Court was adjourned until Friday, 13th August, 1725 at the house of William Dawney, called The Crown, in Aylesbury, to allow Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, time to prepare a list of insolvent debtors in his custody on and since 29 September, 1724, in order that such debtors might be discharged pursuant to an Act of Parliament of 11 George I cap xxi for the relief of insolvent debtors.
P.87. Midsummer Sessions at Aylesbury, 13th August, 1725, 12 George I
Francis Woodcock delivered a list of insolvent debtors in his custody.
Order was given for copies of the list to be printed for all who desired them, such persons paying one shilling per copy.
p.88. [blank].
Bridewell Calendars.
Aylesbury: Anne Miller, committed 17 April, 1724 for three months, to continue until bail is given for her good behaviour.
Anne Stop; discharged. (Sess.R.91/65)
Chipping Wycomb: Ann Molesworth, for stealing from Elizabeth Hoare of Iver a loaf of bread, value 5d. and for being disorderly; since discharged, it appearing that she was a “distracted person”. William White, for stealing rooks; discharged. Christopher Edwards for breaking windows in Great Marlow; discharged. Samuel Hudson, for being a sturdy vagabond, and abusing the servants of Roger Pen Esquire (Sess.R.91/66)
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Calendar of Prisoners to appear.
John Cock(s), Edward Eckley (Eccles) and William Beale. (Sess.R.91/84)
Transportation of felons.
At the Assizes and Gaol Delivery held at Aylesbury 1st March, 1724-5, contract was made by the justices with Jonathan Forward of London, merchant, for the transportation of John Chattaway, William Peirce and John Chilcott, felons, to America. (Sess.R.91/92-94, 100)
Examinations.
Thomas Holloway, late constable of Waddesdon, had found in the house of John Cock(s) of Waddesdon several sacks, one belonging to Edmund Dorrell, and one to Robert Terry, full of horse beans and a new scythe belonging to Samuel Holt, smith. (Sess.R.91/69a and 92/83-85)
Edward Baker senior, of Cuddington, said that William Beale, butcher, had dragged him into a pond and daubed him all over with dirt, thrown him into another pond and almost smothered him, and beaten him on two subsequent occasions. (Sess.R.91/83)
Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.91/29)
Writ of capias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.91/31)
Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.91/30)
MICHAELMAS SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
7 October, 1725 [12 George I]
p.89. Jurors for the body of the county.
Joseph Brasbridge of Aylesbury, John Bunce senior of Padbury, John Bunce junior, of the same, Thomas Bush of Great Brickhill, Richard Cotching of Wing, Thomas Cox of Long Crendon, Thomas Deane of Towersey, Ambrose Durrant of Tingwick, Edward Eeles of Quainton, Thomas Goodman of Woughton, Edward Harris of Hanslopp, Thomas Harris of Cublington, Richard Hawes of Oakley, Francis Kirby of the same, Richard May of Chesham, John Putnam of Woughton, Thomas Salmon of Radcliffe-cum-Chalkmore, William Scott of Maidsmorton, John Seare of Wingrave, Thomas Seare of Quainton, William Underwood of Bletchley, Mathew Webb of Aylesbury and John Yates of Tingwick.
The following were not sworn: Samuel Bate of Drayton Beauchamp, Robert Cox of Aylesbury, William Hakewill of Charteridge, Edward Ivatts of Wing, Richard
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Newman of Marsh Gibbon, John Redding of Prestwood, James Sale of Brandsfee, John Smith of Drayton Beauchamp and John Tokefield of Asheridge. (Sess.R.91/24 and 92/58)
Jurors for the case against the inhabitants of Wootton Underwood.
John Aris, John Bason, Lawrence Bishop, William Brandham, Joseph Fennymore [Finemore], Nicholas Harris, William Holbird [Holberd], Thomas Parker, Francis Smith, Robert Stuchbury [Stutchbury], John Upstone and Thomas Wells [Welles]. (Sess.R.91/23)
Sacrament certificates.
Produced by Lelio Hensbergh, of Hambledon, esquire; certified by Scawen Kenricke, minister, and Green Raynolds, churchwarden of the Same, witnessed by William Hunt and Peter Grey. (Sess.R.93/34)
Lelio Hensbergh also took the Statutory Oaths.
Oaths of allegiance.
John Hooton, William Butterfeild, and William More and John Spicer, chief constables.
p.90. Meeting houses.
The dwelling-houses of John Bigg, sawyer, at Woodenrow in the parish of Amersham, and of Thomas Strange at Ascot in the parish of Wing were certified in accordance with the act.
Indictments.
Mary, wife of Stephen Woodley of Slough, labourer, for assault on Robert Canby junior. (Sess.R.92/25)
The same Stephen and Mary, for conspiring together to charge the same Robert with adultery with the same Mary, in order to extract money from him. (Sess.R.92/27)
The same Robert, for assault on the same Mary with intent to ravish her. (Sess.R.92/26)
James Lucas senior, of Neither Winchendon and Ann his wife, for assault on Ursula, wife of John Lucas of Ashingdon. (Sess.R.91/44)
Thomas Glenister of Winslow, labourer, for trespassing in Whaddon Chase and threatening Richard Clarke, the keeper. (Sess.R.91/45)
Charles Fuller, Alexander Barnes and Henry Parker, all of Wendover, labourers, for assaulting the constables in the execution of their office.
John Low of Wendlebury, co. Oxon, labourer, for felony. (Sess.R.92/24)
John Giles [Gyles] of wendlebury, co. Oxon, servant to John Basson of the same, said that, understanding that his fellow-servant John Lowe had run away from their master’s service, “he went upstairs to see if he had lost anything or no, and found several of his things missing a Coat a paire of Breeches with ten pence in money in one of the pocketts two Shirts Severall pair of Stockings one Sorry neckcloth and a hatt, and before justice Tyrringham ... was shewed a bundle of Clothes which was taken at Amersden, co. Oxon, by the Direction of his fellow Servant Lowe, and are some of them the proper goods of this Informant, (vizt)” all the items except the money. (Sess.R.92/77)
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John Dodsworth, labourer, Margaret his wife, and Ann Mawby, all of Mursley, John Typper of Drayton Parslow and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, for recusancy.
Presentments.
The inhabitants of Abbots Aston for not fencing Windmill Hill marle pits in the highway between Abbots Aston and Cublington. (Sess.R.92/31)
Thomas Dodd of Quainton, labourer, for harbouring William Crooke as an inmate in his house. (Sess.R.92/67, 68)
John Weatherhead [Wethered] of Whaddon-cum-Nash, labourer, presented by John Mose, the heyward, for pound- breaking. (Sess.R.91/36)
William Davey of Hundridge, supervisor of highways, for negligence. (Sess.R.92/30)
John Holloway of Winslow, husbandman, for assault on Samuel Miller. (Sess.R.91/42)
The above five persons for recusancy. (Sess.R.92/71
Benjamin Markham of Quarrendon, grazier, for not repairing that part of the highway, running from Aylesbury to Quainton, which lies in Whitesfeild and Whitesfeild Meadow in Quarrendon, of which fields he is the tenant. (Sess.R.92/32)
Robert Powell of Waddesden, for not repairing that part of the same highway which lies in Powell’s Ground in Waddesden, of which he is the tenant. (Sess.R.92/28)
Robert Markham of Oveing and Thomas Grace of Stoke- mandevile, for not repairing that part of the same highway which lies in Berryfeild in Quarrendon, of which field they are the tenants. (sess.R.92/29)
The constables of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, Stoke and Stony Stratford have nothing to present. (Sess.R.92/33, 34, 62-66, 69, 72, 73 and 86)
p.91. Petty constables sworn.
Bletchley William King junior vice William King senior. (Sess.R.92/88)
West Wyccombe Joseph Walker vice Joseph Grey. (Sess.R. 92/89)
Chalfont St. Peters John Fountayne and Richard Skidmore vice Edward Weatherly and William Worseley [Worlly]. (Sess.R.92/39)
Woughton Thomas Goodman vice Thomas Gillpyn [Gilpin]. (Sess.R.92/40)
Orders.
Thomas Reade, Thomas Deely, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell keepers were paid their quarter’s salary.
William Holton, Thomas Fowler and Angell Weard, the County bakers, were paid £2.5s.l1d., £2.3s.9d., and £2.2s.1d.
p.92. for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
Mr. Garnham Edwards, undersheriff, was paid £25 for expenses incurred in his service to the Court and £2.2s. to re-imburse him for paying Mr. Joseph Mason, clerk and
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receiver to the Lord Chief Justice Pratt “exhibition money” to the King’s Bench and the Marshalsea and also his acquittance, payable yearly from the Court.
Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners, was paid £5.5s.8d. for medicines and attendance.
p.93. Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance for food and necessaries provided by him for the poor prisoners. He was also paid £7.8s. to cover his expenses in conveying prisoners to and from the last Assizes at Buckingham, and in providing fire and candles for poor sick prisoners.
Richard Martyn of Little Brickhill was paid his quarter’s salary for passing vagrants through the county.
Phillip Bevyn, son of James Bevyn, late petty constable of Stony Stratford, was paid £5 for the like service performed by him since the death of his father.
p.94. Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid £1.10s.0d. for maintaining, and 10s.0d. for clothing James Absolam, a County child.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like sums for John Anderson, a County child.
Francis Neale, clerk of the peace, and treasurer of the county stock, was paid £20.15s.0d. to cover his expenses, incurred in his services to the court since Epiphany Sessions 1723-4.
William Stanton of Brill, of the three hundreds of
p.95. Ashendon, William Dawney, of the three hundreds of Aylesbury, Gilbert Johnson of the three hundreds of Newport, John Tokefeild and John Mason, of the hundred of Burnham and William Styles, of the hundred of Stoke, all chief constables, were paid £2.1s.0d., 8s.6d., £3.2s.0d., 8s.2d., 14s.0d. and £1.1s.0d. respectively for the passing of vagrants.
Francis Neale was also paid £40.13s.0d. to cover his expenses, incurred between Easter 1723-4 and Midsummer 1725, in services relating to the levying of a tax for the building of a new County gaol at Aylesbury.
P.96. The petty constables of Akely were paid 12s.0d. and those of Foskett the same, for carrying the baggage of one troop of Brigadier Honeywood’s Dragoons from Buckingham to Northampton.
The removal order of John Purrior and his wife from Gothurst [Gotehurst, Gayhurst] to St. Andrews, Holborne, was confirmed. (Sess.R.92/78)
p.97. The removal order of John Gibbs, his wife, and their Son aged about three months, from Remingham to Aston Clinton, was quashed. (Sess.R.92/79)
The removal order of Austin Chester and Elizabeth his wife, from North Crawley to Cattworth, co. Huntingdon Was confirmed. (Sess.R.92/87)
The removal order of William George, Elizabeth his Wife, and Sarah their daughter, aged about two years, from
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Buckingham to Hackney, was confirmed. (Sess.R.92/81)
p.98. The removal order of Thomas Francis aged about sixteen years from Buckingham to Churchill, co. Oxon, was confirmed. (Sess.R.92/80)
The removal order of Thomas, Richard and Roseann, children of Martha Rose, singlewoman, from Burnham to Greenford [Ganford], co. Middlesex, was respited until the next Sessions.
p.99. The appeal of Leonard Thompson senior, and Leonard Thompson junior, both of Loughton, further respited [see p.48].
Phillip Bevyn of Stony Stratford was employed to pass vagrants through the county for a salary of £5 per quarter, in place of his father James Bevyn, deceased.
p.100. The complaint of Benjamin Harding of Whitchurch, concerning poor rates, was referred to the justices. The surveyors of Swanborne authorised to
The surveyors of Swanborne were authorised to raise a 6d. rate for highway repairs in accordance with the Act of 3 and 4 William and Mary, c.12.
p.10l. A similar order for the surveyors of Aylesbury.
The indictment against the inhabitants of chalfont St. Peters for not repairing the highway called the London Road, between Chalfont St. Peters and Chalfont St. Giles, was discharged. (Sess.R.92/59)
The indictment against the inhabitants of Amersham for not repairing the highway between Amersham and Chalfont St. Giles was discharged. (Sess.R.92/59)
The issues set on the inhabitants of Chepping Wyccombe for not repairing the highways were respited until the next Sessions.
The clerk of the peace to inspect all bills handed in to the court for passing vagrants, and report on them at the next Sessions.
The indictment against John Short of Newton Longvile, baker, for breaking the Assize of bread, was quashed.
p.102. John Lane senior and John Lane junior, debtors in the County gaol, were granted the daily allowance of County bread. (Sess.R.92/74)
The late treasurers for the King’s Bench and the Maimed Soldiers, who had not paid their sums in to the Court, were ordered to do so before the end of the next Sessions.
Robert Lowndes esquire, presented to the court a writ of ad quod dampnum, commanding the sheriff to inquire by the oaths of good and lawful men, whether it would be detrimental to the public if the same Robert Lowndes were to enclose a highway leading from Winslow to Little Horwood, and build another through his estate, as useful and convenient as the one enclosed.
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p.103. The following were appointed by Richard Smith esquire, sheriff, to inquire into the matter, 7th July 1724:
Montague Gerrard Drake, John Fletewode, John Russell, Thomas Chapman, Richard Abell, Bernard Turney, Henry Andrews, John Rogers, Thomas Theed, Thomas Saunders, Thomas Scott, George Stone, Thomas Blake, George Illing and Thomas Rutland.
The writ was read in court and nobody appealed against the inclosure of the highway. The writ and proceedings thereupon were therefore confirmed.
p.104. Pursuant to an Act of Parliament of 11 George I, c.2l. the following debtors were discharged from gaol:
Prisoners By whom charged
William Coszens Mathew Loder
James Dalglish William Fowler and James Wilson
Henry Glenister Robert Cordwell
James Gibbs Richard Dell
P.105.
Thomas Steward William Norman, Wendover Bendbow and Robert Stream
Jonathan Shrimpton John Dennis
Thomas Winslow Mary Hinde
Thomas Woods John Gilchrist
Thomas Wootton Francis Clemens and Richard Dell
It was ordered that the accounts of Mr. Neale, treasurer of the county stock, should be examined by the justices on Tuesday, 4th January, 1725-6 at nine in the morning, at the house in Aylesbury of William Dawney, called the Crown Inn.
pp.105-107. The controversy between John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster, and Edward Butterfeild, rector of Slapton, Thomas Chappell and others, all of Slapton, concerning a right of way, was referred to Mr. Neale, clerk of the peace, because he lived in the neighbourhood of the way in question, to determine at the next sessions.
John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster his son, had claimed Purryer’s Lane as their own private way. The other parties insisted that it was a public way, along which they had a right to pass, although they could not do so, owing to the presence of a pond in the middle of the way, to and from Northfield and Westfield, common fields of Slapton. Legal proceedings had been instituted following an attempt made, on 25th May, 1722, by Edward Butterfeild and others, to fill up the pond, at which the Buckmasters watered their cattle, with stones and rubbish.
P.108. Indictments and traverses tried, traversed or confessed.
Francis Heyward and Robert White, surveyors of the highways of Wootton Underwood, for not repairing Collywick Ford; not guilty and discharged.
John Lowe- [Low]; guilty and was whipped [see p.90].
John Holloway; -traversed [see p.90].
Mary, wife of- Stephen Woodley; guilty and fined ls.0d. [see p.90].
Robert Canby, yeoman, Stephen Woodley and Mary his wife all traversed [see p.90].
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James Lucas and Thomas Glenister; guilty and were fined 3s.4d. and ls.0d. respectively [see p.90].
P.109. Fines.
Robert Cox of Aylesbury for failing to appear; 1s.0d.
Richard Newman of Marsh Gibbon; 1s.0d.
Phillip Bayley of Winslow; 1s.0d.
The fines of the persons on p.108.
Recognizances respited and entered into.
Robert Sinfeild of Wavendon and William Fisher of Amersham.
Thomas Hedges of Aston Abbotts and Richard Hedges of Cublington, to answer to Sarah Edmonds for bastardy.
John Cox for bastardy with Hannah Mitchell.
John Holloway of Winslow, husbandman, to Keep the peace towards Samuell Miller, “a poor Boy of the age of sixteen years; sureties Rev. James Edmonds, rector, and William Marlow, tailor). (Sess.R.91/33)
Stephen Woodley of Slough [New Windsor, co. Berks], labourer, for Mary his wife, to appear, and to keep the peace towards Robert Canby; surety John How of the same, victualler. (Sess.R.91/28)-
Robert Canby junior, of Slough, yeoman.
William Glenister of Winslow, to answer objections made towards him on the part of — Selby, an infant. (Sess.R. 91/27)
Samuel Norman, glazier, William Gibbs, yeoman, and Phillip Bayley, collarmaker, all of Winslow, to appear with Samuel Miller of the same, aged sixteen years, and prosecute and give evidence against John Holloway. (Sess.R.91/32)
Thomas Clark of Aylesbury, for Mary his wife, to appear to answer for an assault on Elizabeth, wife of William Woodward of the same, baker; surety Francis Clark of Stoke Mandevile. (Sess.R.92/22) - John Bason of Wendlebury, co. Oxon, yeoman, and John Gyles of the same, servingman, to prefer a bill of indictment against John Low, Servingman of the same.felony and to give evidence against him. (Sess.R.92/21)
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal, bailiff, to keep the peace towards Glenelme Falkner of East Burnham and towards William Mansfeild of Farnham; surety William Robinson of Farnham Royal, victualler. (Sess.R.91/25 and 92/23)
Thomas Radford of Towersy to answer for assault on Mary, wife of John Low of the same, labourer; sureties John Buckland and Joseph North, both of the same. (Sess.R. 92/20 and 41)
Richard Tattham [Tattam] of Newport Pagnell to answer for stealing a saddle from Thomas Parker of the same; surety James Tattham of Northmarston. (Sess.R.91/34)
James Lucas of Neither Winchendon, to answer to Ursula Lucas for assault. (Sess.R.91/35)
Recognizances discharged.
Francis Heyward, Robert White, John Short of Newton Longvile, William Robinson and John Treadaway, both of Farnham, Stephen Woodley of New Windsor, co. Berks, William Glenister, Thomas Glenister, Robert Eden, Joseph Bigg, Rev. James Edmonds, rector of Winslow, William Marlow, Samuel Norman, glazier, William Gibbs, yeoman, and Phillip Bayley, collarmaker, all of Winslow, John Deverell of Grandborough, Thomas Clark of Aylesbury, John Bason, yeoman,
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and John Gyles, servingman, of Wendlsbury, co. Oxon, Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royal, bailiff, Thomas Radford of Towersy, Richard Tattham (Tattam) of Newport Pagnell, and James Lucas of Neither Winchendon.
pp.110-113. The court adjourned until Friday, 15th October, 1725.
Michaelmas Session at Buckingham.
A certificate of loss by fire on the part of more than 130 families dwelling at Buckingham, was addressed to the Right Hon. Peter Lord King, Baron of Oakham, Lord High Chancellor, petitioning for Letters Patent to collect funds to repair the loss.
A fire had broken out at Buckingham on Monday the 15th March 1725 about 7 o’clock in the evening, and was driven “by the Violence of the wind then very high to several parts of the town”. It soon became irresistible, so that “in less than ten hours time it reduced to ashes ... the dwellinghouses of above 130 families ... with all their goods and merchandise”. Thomas Harris, surveyor, Ralph Glave and John Suthdell, carpenters, and Jonathan Stanley and Joseph Fennymore, masons and bricklayers, estimated that the total damage done amounted to £19,141.17s.9d.
The following are the names of some of the sufferers by the fire:- John Butterfeild, John Fall, Joseph Gurney, Robert Stutchbury, Thomas Arris, William Jones, Elizabeth Eggerton, widow, William Battams, Joane Guy, Mary Clark, Mary Saunders, William Nelson, Joseph Syrett, Elizabeth Mills, widow, Sarah Markham, Susannah Turvey, John Mew, phillip Webster, Susannah White, Elizabeth Warr, widow, John Alibone, John Turnham, Elizabeth Glaspin, George Hannah, Thomas Gibbs, Elizabeth Hicks, Joseph Hawkins, Edward Jenkinson, Nathaniel Tims, Elizabeth Mills, spinster, John Hunt, Thomas Oakley, John Jones, William Cox, Ralph Glave, John Goodinch, Anthony Harris, Ralph Jolly, Richard Fennymore, William Pursell, William Burnard, John Carter, Mary Orme, widow, John Syrett, Frances Goodwyn, spinster, Edward Wilkyns, John Pursell, Beatrice Cowley, widow, Ursula Ethersey, widow, Richard Clark, Elizabeth Jolly, widow, Elizabeth Richmond, widow, John Williams, Thomas Bradford, Katherine Thornton, widow, Anne Pursell, spinster, William Halbird, John Arris, Joseph Fennymore, Martha Odcock, William Coley, Edmond White, Thomas Boughton, Thomas Massey, John Baker, John Nash, Anne Russell senior, Anne Russell junior, John Townshend, John Good, Henry Herbert, Henry Webster, Edward Gurnett, John Gurnett, William Watts, John Holt, Thomas Little, Nicholas Graw, John Holbird junior, Robert West junior, Thomas Robinson, Hester Clayton, spinster, Anne Reeve, Elizabeth, wife of Richard Wales, John Jeffkins, Richard Turpyn, Thomas Cooper, Eleanor Kelley, Anne Bradley, Sarah Hawkins, widow, Thomas Jeffs, John Cleydon, Walter Reade, Sarah Collett, widow, Anne Bell, widow, Margery Ingram, Anne Bull, Margery wife of Henry North, Thomas Hawkins, John Whitaker, Rebecca Holloway, Elizabeth Holbird, Anne Biggins, Thomas Dolphin, Benjamin Higgins, Robert White, Joan Huggins, widow, Susannah Arnett, Frances Owen, widow, Samuel Sheene, John Baker senior, Mary, wife of Thomas Webster, william Cox, Samuel Proofe, John Warr, Roger Atkinson, Martha, wife of Thomas Hawkins, Margery Burton, spinster, William Cooper, Lawrance Bishop, Thomas Bourne, Susannah Bilby, John Holton, John Collins and Thomas Warr.
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p.114. [blank].
Bridewell calendars.
Aylesbury Anne Miller of East Claydon; in custody. (Sess.R.92/37)
Buckingham No one in custody. (Sess.R.92/35) Chipping Wycomb No one in custody. (Sess.R.92/36)
The controversy between Mary, wife of Thomas Clark and Elizabeth, wife of William Woodward, was settled amicably out of court. (Sees.R.92/38)
Examinations.
Thomas Ingram said that he bought the saddle, which Thomas Parker of Newport Pagnell claimed as his, from Thomas Steward of the same, clockmaker. Thomas Steward said that he had bought the saddle from Richard Tatham. (Sess.R.92/75)
Thomas Parker said that he had lost a saddle, and also confirmed the information of Ingram and steward. (Sess.R. 92/76)
Writs.
Jury writ. (Sess.R.93/22)
Writ of capias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R.93/25) Writ of venire facias, see Appendix, No.II. (Sess.R. 93/24)
EPIPHANY SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
13th January, 1725-6. [12 George I]
p.115. Jurors for this body of the county.
William Baker of Weston, William Brooks of Aylesbury, Percival Chandler of Soulbury, Bernard Collins of Soulbury, Joseph Cooke of Bow Brickhill, William Cooper [Copper] of Adstock, Henry Costard of Monks Risborough, Thomas Edmonds of Aylesbury, Thomas Emerton of Nash, William Hawkins of Edlesborough, John King of Nash, Thomas Lake of Buckland, John Lane of Bletchley, Edward Norman of Bletchley, Samuel Parker of Marsh Gibbon, Thomas Ray junior, of Aylesbury, George Salter of Wycombe, Alexander Saunders of Aylesbury, Robert Scott of Adstock, David Shrimpton of Penn, Thomas Smith of Aylesbury, Thomas Tarbox of Soulbury and John Williams of Monks Risborough.
The following were not sworn: Robert Adams of Surcott ”excused”, William Bell of Aylesbury, John Dennis of Penn, Richard Greenwood junior, and Thomas Greenwood of Haddenham,
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George Gurdon senior of Leckhampsted “not warned”, William Hewit of Edlesborough, Thomas Hore of Haddenham “no such person”, John Keen or Great Marlow, Thomas King of Nash, Henry Lack of Great Marlow, John Parker of Marsh Gibbon ”excused”, William Peele of Surcott “excused”, Robert Scriven of Hanslopp, William Shepeard junior, of Great Brickhill and William West of Great Marlow.
Jurors for the case against Robert Canby.
Thomas Bigg of Aylesbury, Ladyman Bradshaw of Marsh Gibbon, Thomas Brooks of Aylesbury, William Edmonds and Mathew Ginger of the same, James Hedges of Abbotts Aston, Thomas Kempster, Joseph Miller and Thomas Price of Aylesbury, Thomas Scott of Gawcott, William Sheldon of Aylesbury and John Welch of the same. (Sess.R.93/28)
Jurors for the case against Stephen Woodley, labourer, and Mary his Wife.
John Brandon, Thomas Brice, Robert Brunsden, Joseph Cook, Thomas Dent, John Herbert, Thomas Lake, John Nash, George Salter, Alexander Saunders, John Turpyn and Thomas Twynam. (Sess.R.93/29 )
Sacrament certificates.
Produced by the Rev. Alexander Burrell of Adstock; certified by James Edmonds, minister, and William Shelton, churchwarden of Winslowe and witnessed by Nicholas Frankland and John Judge, both of Adstock. (Sess.R.93/31)
John Patten Burnham of Aylesbury; certified by Nathaniel Bliss, minister, and Paul Heywood and Isaac Judge, churchwardens of the same and witnessed by Arthur Crabb, gentleman, and Robert Wheeler, parish clerk, both of the same. (Sess.R.93/30)
John Clowes of Wendover, excise officer; certified by G. Ollyffe, minister, and John Poyner, churchwarden, of the same and witnessed by Samuel Brampton and John Draper. (Sess.R.93/33)
Samuel Bampton [Brampton] of Wingreve, excise officer; certified as for John Clowes (above) and witnessed by John Clowes and John Draper. (Sess.R.93/32)
The above also took the statutory oaths.
P.116. William Butterfeild and John Shan also took the oath of allegiance.
Indictments.
The inhabitants of Abbotts Aston [see p.90]. (Sess.R. 92/61)
Thomas Dodd of Quainton, labourer, for harbouring William Crooke. (Sess.R.93/1)
John Weatherhead of Whaddon-cum-Nash, labourer, for pound breaking. (Sess.R.92/71)
William Davey of Hundridge, surveyor, for negligence. (Sess.R.92/70)
John Dodsworth, Margaret his wife, and Ann Mawby, all of Mursley, John Typper of Drayton Parslow and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, all for recusancy.
Benjamin Markham of Quarrendon, grazier [see p.90]. (Sess.R.92/61)
Robert Markham of Oveing and Thomas Grace of Stoke Mandevile [see p.90]. (Sess.R.92/61)
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Robert Powell of Waddesden [see p.90]. (Sess.R.91/61)
Joseph Bigg of Winslow, labourer, Joseph Kingham, Joseph Bigg and Henry Browne, all of Longwick in the parish of Princes Risborough, labourers, for assault on Richard Loosely senior, at Bledlow. (Sess.R.93/7)
Joseph Bigg and Richard Vickers, both of Winslow, bailiffs of the Rt. Hon. Richard Smith, for assault upon and false arrest of Robert Botley and Richard Loosely junior. (Sess.R.93/4 and 5)
Lawrence Rickard of Whitchurch for assault upon and false arrest of Thomas Thorpe, at Dinton. (Sess.R.93/6)
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royall for assault on William Mansfeild.
Presentments.
The above five persons for recusancy. (Sess.R.93/53, 57)
Robert Keene and John Floyd, both of Hambleton, for refusing to assist the constable in the execution of his office. (Sess.R.93/57)
William Stanton of Brill, chief constable of the three hundreds of Ashendon, for negligence, presented by Thomas Saunders, Esquire, J.P. (Sess.R.93/46)
p.117. The inhabitants of Wendover, Buckland, Aston Clinton and Haulton, for not repairing the highway called Icknell Way leading from Tring to Wendover, presented by William Gore, Esquire, J.p. (Sess.R.93/70-73)
The grand jury and the chief constables of Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport and Stoke and the petty constable of Stony Stratford had nothing to present. (Sess.R.93/47-52, 54-56, 58-69)
Petty constables Sworn.
Chesham Bois John Studman vice Joseph Nash
Penn John Marsh vice Richard Hill
Newton Blossomvile Thomas Lett vice William Keightley
Weedon William Watkins vice Richard Burgess
Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell keepers were paid their quarter’s salary.
p.118. William Holton, Thomas Fowler and Angell Weard, the County bakers, were paid £2.18s.3d., £2.15s.8d., and £2.5s.2d. respectively, for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners, was paid £7.13s.l1d. for medicines and attendance.
Noah Pitcher, surgeon to the poor prisoners, was paid £5.9s.0d., his fee for curing “a gangreen and buboe in the groin of William Cozens, and a dislocation in the right arm of Edward Rymill”.
p.119. Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, was paid his quarter’s allowance for meat and necessaries for the poor prisoners, and also £4.9s.7d. for carrying prisoners to and from the last sessions and for providing fire and candles for sick prisoners.
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Bridgett, wife of John Coleshill, was paid £1.10s. for maintaining and 10s. for clothing James Absolam, a County child, for one quarter.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like sums for John Anderson, a County child.
P.120. Richard Martyn of Little Brickhill and Phillip Bevyn of Stony Stratford, were paid their quarter’s salary for passing vagrants through the county.
Robert Adams of the three hundreds of Cottesloe, John Mason of the hundred of Burnham, John Tokefeild of the hundred of Burnham, William stiles of the hundred of Stoke, all chief constables, were paid £1.8s.0d., 13s.0d., 8s.0d., and 16s.8d. for the like service, and similarly the petty constables of Ickford, 6s.0d., West Wyccombe 8s.6d., Stokegoldington and Olney £2.0s.0d. and Astwood 16s.0d.
The removal order of Henry Chandler and Elizabeth his wife from Drayton Parslow to Northmarston was quashed. (Sess.R.93/75)
The removal order of Samuel Harland [Hardland] and his wife from Quainton to Shipton Lee, was confirmed. (Sess.R.93/76)
p.122. The removal order of John Gibbs, Mary his wife and one son from Aston Clinton to Stratton Audley, co. Oxon, was confirmed. (Sess.R.93/80)
The removal order of Hannah Hagar from Buckingham to St. Andrews, co. Hertford, was confirmed. (Sess.R.93/74)
P.123. The removal order of James Saikell and Rebeccah his wife from Becconsfeild to St. Margeretts, Westminster, was confirmed. (Sess.R.93/78)
The removal order of Jane Dell, widow of John Dell then lately deceased, from Becconsfeild to Old Windsor, co. Berks, was confirmed. (Sess.R.93/77)
The removal order of William Somerly and Anne his wife from Haversham to Horton, co. Northampton, was respited. (Sess.R.93/79)
P.124. The surveyors of the highways of Eaton and Windsor, authorised to raise a 6d. rate for the repair of highways.
A like order for Weston Turvile.
The poor rates for the parish of Brill were henceforth to be made “according to the pound Rate and not by yard Land or otherwise”.
The order of reference to the justices of the complaint of Leonard Thomson senior, and Leonard Thomson junior, both of Loughton, concerning poor rates, further respited until the next sessions [see p.48].
pp.125-128. The controversy between John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster his son, and Edward Butterfeild, rector, lately deceased, Jeffery Bampton, Thomas Chappell, Robert Ames, Roger Howes, William Brincklow, Thomas Costyn, William Fleckney and John King, concerning the right of
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way along Purryer’s Lane, being referred to Francis Neale, esquire, to determine, Francis Neale gave judgment as follows: Those responsible for throwing rubbish into the pond across Purryer’s Lane were to clean the pond and build a ford through it. The inhabitants of Slapton using Purryer’s Lane as a common highway were to be responsible for keeping it in repair, but John Buckmaster and Christopher Buckmaster and future occupants of their houses were to be exempted from this responsibility. The Buckmasters were to set up and maintain, at each end of the lane, a fence with a gate in it to allow the passage of horses and carts [see p.105].
p.128. The issues set on the inhabitants of Chepping Wyccombe for not repairing the highways were respited until the next sessions.
The clerk of the peace was to inspect the bills handed in to the court for passing vagrants, and report on them at the next sessions.
p.129. The following debtors were discharged from gaol according to the Act [see p.104].
Prisoners By whom charged
Thomas Cooper Edward Lot and Thomas Nicholas
John Ford Mary Longford
Mary Horwood John Hillier
Paul Line Thomas Seabrooke
Thomas Pursell Thomas Bissell
Edward Rymull Anthony Yates and John Woodward
p.130. Thomas Talbott of Upton, bricklayer, was restored to his estate in the parish of Eaton, of the value of £8 per annum.
At Epiphany Sessions 1719-20 it was made known to the court that Talbott had run away from Upton, leaving his four children as a charge on that parish. Three of these, at a cost of £30, had been set to work, but the fourth, who was dumb and incapable of working, was provided for by the parish at the cost of 3s. per week. It was therefore ordered that the parish should receive the rent of Talbott’s estate (which was in the possession of Joseph Ely, Talbott’s tenant), to cover these expenses; the parish being now re- imbursed, Talbott’s application to be restored to his estate was granted [see Vol.V, p.122].
Order was given that Easter Quarter Sessions should be held at Aylesbury, since both Buckingham and Chepping Wyccombe were unsuitable for the purpose, being inconveniently situated, and necessitating expense in the transport of prisoners from the gaol at Aylesbury. (Sess.R.93/89)
p.131. Indictments and traverses tried, traversed and confessed.
Robert Canby; not guilty and discharged.
The indictment against Stephen Woodley and Mary his wife was discharged [see p.90].
John Holloway withdrew his former plea of Not Guilty of assault on Samuel Miller, pleaded Guilty and was fined 1s.0d. [see p.90].
Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royall; fined 1s.0d. [see p.116].
Fines.
The fines of the two persons as above.
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Recognizances entered into and respited.
Ann Milward of East Cleydon, spinster, with Richard Edmonds and John Short, both of Aylesbury, as sureties for her good behaviour.
George Mallard of Beirton, labourer, for bastardy with Elizabeth Humfry of Dagnall, spinster; sureties William Cox of Aylesbury, victualler, and Robert Mallard of Walton, labourer. (Sess.R.93/41)
The said Elizabeth Humfry, aged 22 years, named George Mallard, fellow servant with her to Samuel Mallard of Seabrook in the parish of Chedington, yeoman, as the father of her child. (Sess.R.93/81)
Robert Sinfeild of Wavendon, William Fisher of Amersham, Hannah Mitchell of Aylesbury to answer to the officers of Aylesbury; surety John Cox of the same.
Robert White of Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon, joiner, for assault on John Woodbridge his apprentice; sureties Richard Creaton [Crenton] of Halton, victualler, and John Clanvil of Hambleton, carpenter. (Sess.R.93/44)
Jane Tuckwell of Aylesbury, spinster, to answer John Patten Burnham of the same; surety Henry Hood, tailor of the same. (Sess.R.93/42)
John Patten Burnham to answer the same Jane Tuckwell; surety Thomas Burnham of Aylesbury. (Sess.R.93/43)
William Mansfeild of Farnham Royall, farmer, to prosecute Thomas Dorrell of the same. (Sess.R.93/39)
Thomas Dorrell to answer to the same William Mansfeild; surety William Bennet of the same. (Sess.R. 93/45)
John Hill of Denham, yeoman, to answer to William Dorrell, son of the above Thomas Dorrell, his servant, for beating him immoderately; surety Christopher Hill of the same, yeoman. (Sess.R.93/38)
John Keely, junior, of Lane End, Great marlow, farmer, to answer concerning his detention of a horse belonging to Andrew Blowing of Swinbrooke; sureties John Keely senior of the same, labourer, and Alexander Jones of Great Marlow, clockmaker. (Sess.R.93/35)
John Matthews of Newton Longville, architect, to answer concerning the theft of a horse from William King of Bletchley, grazier; surety Francis Bradford of Stony Stratford, victualler. (Sess.R.93/36)
William King to give evidence against John Matthews. (Sess.R.93/37)
William King of Bletchley said that on 13th December 1725 there was stolen from him, and later found in the possession of John Matthews of Newton Longville, “a black gelding full aged with 2 or 3 white spots in the saddle place, sour head and a notch on the near ear, thickish tail 13 hands and a 1/2 high”. (Sess.R.93/82)
It appearing that John Matthews bought the horse from Nicholas Worthilake, who had bought it from George Browning, Browning was committed to Newgate on suspicion of stealing the horse. (Sess.R.93/83)
Thomas Luggins of Chepping Wycombe, bricklayer, for bastardy with Sarah Whiting of the same widow; surety John Luggins of the same, gardener. (Sess.R.93/40)
p.132. Recognizances discharged.
John Holloway of Winslow, Jane Tuckwell, spinster, and John Patten Burnham of Aylesbury, William Mansfeild and Thomas Dorrell of Farnham Royall, John Hill, yeoman, of Denham, Robert Canby and Stephen Woodley.
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The “Great Floods and Badness of the Ways” having made it impossible for the justices to examine Mr.Neale’s accounts as ordered at Michaelmas Sessions 1725 [see p.105], Mr. Neale produced them in open court, when it appeared that he had received £1,677.1s.10d. since the last examination of his accounts, and had disbursed £1,666.8s.9d. up to the end of Michaelmas Sessions, 1725. £10.13s. was therefore still due to the County.
pp.133-134. [blank]
Bridewell calendars.
Aylesbury Ann Miller; still in custody. (Sess.R. 93/87)
Buckingham No one in custody. (Sess.R.93/86)
Chipping Wycomb William Edgerley, for being idle and disorderly, and absenting himself from his family; discharged.
Elizabeth Smith, for being of lewd life and given to pilfering; discharged after 20 days.
William Honor, for being a stubborn disorderly person, and stealing hedgewood; discharged.
David Miles, for being an idle disorderly fellow and absenting himself from his master, Mr. John Guy of Hambledon.
Thomas Wingrove, for being an idle disorderly person; discharged. (Sess.R.93/88)
The justices were to meet, to conclude their report on the Poor Rates for the parish of Loughton, at the Sarazen’s Head in Newport at 10 o’clock in the morning on “Wednesday next”. Notice dated 1st January 1725-6 [see p.124]. (Sess.R.93/84)
Examination.
Mary Cook of Newton Longville, singlewoman, named Jeffery Hart of the same as the father of her child. (Sess.R.95/113)
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EASTER SESSION
AT AYLESBURY
21st April, 1726 [12 George I]
Jurors for the body of the county.
p.135. Thomas Brandon of Aston Clynton, Henry Eeles of Brill, George Franklyn of Haddenham, Thomas George of Marsh Gibbon, Richard Greenwood junior, of Haddenham, Thomas Greenwood of the same, John Harvey of Aston Clynton, Richard Hawes of Oakley, James Kipping junior of Aston Clynton, Francis Kirby of Oakley, Edward Munday of Ellesborough, William Oliver of Chearsley, Edward pollard of Thornborough, Robert Reynolds of Dynton, William Rogers of Olney, Joseph Rose of Chearsley, James Smith of Ellesborough, John Southham of Marsh Gibbon, John Travill of Hanslopp, William Watkins of Hardwick-cum-Weedon, James Willyson of Hanslopp, Edward Winter [Tompson] of Long Crendon, Thomas Winter of the same, Thomas Woddell of Woolverton and John Wellhead [Woolhead] of Thornborough.
The following were not sworn: John Batchellor of Ashley Green, Thomas Berry of Brill, Mathew Channer of Hundridge, Henry Cogdell of Botley, Robert Coles of Cublington, John Eustace of Haddenham, John Grace of Cublington, John Halsey of Chesham, Richard Hedges of Cublington, Richard Hodsden of Chesham, Daniel How of Hardwick-cum-Weedon, Joseph Lindley and Thomas Lovett of Chesham, Richard Madge of Long Crendon, Joseph Parnham of Ellesborough, John Randolph of Long Crendon, John Redding of Hardwick-cum-Weedon, John Seabrooke of Cublington, William Stanton of Brill, William Town of Ellesborough, William Twitchell of Ashley Green, Philip Ware of the same and Richard Woddell of Woolverton. (Sess.R.94/94 and 97)
Sacrament certificates.
Produced by Thomas Parr of Datchett, esquire; certified by Thomas Jenkinson, minister, and Edmond Carter, church warden, and witnessed by John Bentley and William Cox, all of the same. (Sess.R.94/154)
Joseph Harris of Stony Stratford, officer of excise; certified by Lowde Bankes, minister, and Richard Spencer an Richard Phillips, churchwardens, of Newport Pagnell and witnessed by Gilbert Johnson and Thomas Cussins, both of the same. (Sess.R.94/153)
Charles Lowndes of Chesham, esquire; certified by John Ball, minister, and Thomas Brickwell and Nicholas Horwood, Churchwardens, of the same and witnessed by Samuel Ware senior, clerk, of Chesham, and Joseph Rowhgan. (Sess.R.94/125)
The above three persons also took the statutory oaths.
Meeting house.
The house of Phillip Wingfeild in Chepping Wyccombe was registered according to the act.
Indictments.
William Stanton of Brill, yeoman, for being negligent in his office of chief constable. (Sess.R.97/10)
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William Beale of Cuddington, butcher, for assault on William Stanbridge. (Sess.R.94/2)
The same William Beale for assault on Mary, wife of Thomas Miller. (Sess.R.94/3)
Robert Keen and John Floyd, both of Hambledon, for refusing to assist the constable. (Sess.R.97/9)
Thomas Collins of Hardwick, labourer, for assault on John Ginger. (Sess.R.94/1)
Elisha Harrod of Wyrardsbury [Wraysbury], labourer, for selling ale without a licence. (Sess.R.97/7)
John Typper of Drayton Parslow, John Dodsworth, Margaret his wife, and Ann Mawby, all of Mursley, and Ambrose Smith of Great Marlow, for recusancy.
Mathew Ware of Chesham, blacksmith, for assault on Thomas Freear, tailor. (Sess.R.97/11)
The inhabitants of Wendover, Buckland, Aston Clynton and Haulton, for not repairing the highway called Icknell Way, leading from Tring, co. Hertford, to Wendover. (Sess.R. 97/13-16)
William Neighbour for assault on John Brown. (Sess.R. 97/8)
Presentments of the constables.
Jane Clark, widow, and William Juggins, labourer, both of Becconsfeild, for selling ale without a licence. (Sess.R. 94/4)
The Grand Jury had nothing to present. (Sess.R.94/99)
The constables of Bradenham, Fawley, Hugendon, Little Marlow, Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, Stoke and Stoney Stratford had nothing to present. (Sess.R.94/81-88, 90-93, 100-110)
The above five persons for recusancy. (Sess.R.94/89 and 111)
Treasurers sworn.
For the King's Bench
and Marshalsea: Matthew Channer of Chesham and Francis Mortimer of Wingrave, vice John Birch and Robert Seabrooke. Philip Ware and John Robbins, both of Chesham, John Harborough of Ivinghoe Aston and John Wade of Masworth, were not sworn. (Sess. R.94/68 and 70)
For the Maimed
Soldiers: Henry Geary of Wendover and John Perkins of Tingewick, vice Henry Geary and Thomas Bampton. Edward Munday of Elesborough, Henry Whitchurch of Stokemandivel, James Perkins of Tingewicke and Thomas Milward of Wadsdon were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/66 and 67)
p.137. Chief constables sworn.
Ashendon Thomas Brice of Quainton and Thomas Phillips of Wornhall, vice Thomas Grimes and William Stanton. Henry Birt of Etherop, Thomas Tame of East Cleydon, Thomas Moores of Oakley and William Grainge of Dorton were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/76 and 77)
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Aylesbury Edward Brangwell of Haddenham vice John Dossett William Dawney senior of Aylesbury to continue. Richard Smallbrook of Dinton, James Smith of Elsborrough, William Wells of Aston Clinton, Thomas Lake of Buckland and William Brooks of Aylesbury were not sworn. (Sess.R. 94/75 and 78)
Buckingham Henry Tharp of Preston Bissett and John Hillsden of Padbury vice William Clark and John Phillpott. Henry Markham senior and Ambrose Durrant senior, both of Tingewick, Robert Scott and William Cowper, both of Adstock were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/62 and 64)
Cottesloe Nathaniel Kimpton of Cheddington and Edward Duncombe of Dinton vice Robert Adams and William Stevens. Mile Halle of Hardwick, Edward Beckley of Swonburn, Thomas Keene of Wingrave and Jeffery Bampton of Mentmore were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/63 and 80)
Newport John Putnam of Woughton and Richard Phillips of Newport Pagnell vice William Cooke and Gilbert Johnson. Thomas Frame and John Turne, both of Stoke, John Purrott and Thomas Travell, both of Newport Pagnell, were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/61 and 65)
Burnham Thomas Williamson of Burnham and Edward Kitson of Bottley vice John Mason and John Tockfeild Henry Coulsell, quaker, and Thomas Bayle, both of Burnham, Richard Widmer and Richard Gate were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/74 and 79)
Desborough John Spicer of Chepping Wyccombe to continue. Thomas Durling of Great Marlow vice William Mole. Christopher Comyns of Great Marlow, Henry Lack of Little Marlow, Robert Hobbs of West Wyccombe, Robert Davis of Wyccombe Forrens and Thomas Widmore of Hugendon were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/72 and 73)
Stoke William Kedge of Denham and John Dell of
Datchett vice Robert Styles and William Styles. Robert Dixson of Eaton, Francis Bowery of Horton, Thomas Carter of Denham and Robert Wood of Langley were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/69 and 71)
Petty constables and tithingmen sworn.
Aston Abbotts John Milenor and Edward Eelin vice Thomas Mortimer and Henry Whitborne. (Sess.R.94/50)
Adstock Jonathan Toe vice Thomas Sear. William Cooper and William Hill were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/49)
Adtone Sandford Samuel Williams vice Samuel Lambert. (Sess.R.94/22)
Brandsfee John Keene (tithingman) and John Anthony vice Thomas Burnham and William Reynor. Stephen Nash and Edward Gomm were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/58)
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Becconsfeild Thomas Hatch and William Tompson vice Edward Woodbridge and Richard Seare. John Joanes and William Carter were not sworn. George Bolton and Hugh Tempson, tithingmen, vice John Dorrell and James Gregory. (Sess.R. 94/14a)
Beachampton John Burges vice John Godfery. (Sess.R.94/59)
Brill Phillip Scholey vice Thomas Jenkins. (Sess.R.94/33a)
Borestall Edward Davis vice William Bampton. (Sess.R.94/33a)
Broughton John Britain vice John Paice [Page]. (Sess.R.94/42)
Bow Brickhill Samuel Hancombe vice Joseph Hicks.
Bradenham John Taylor vice [blank]. William Wingrove was not sworn. (Sess.R.94/14)
Buckland John Elliot vice [blank] Thorne. Richard Godman and Matthew Dorell were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/51)
Beirton John Tippett vice [blank].
Charndon Thomas George vice Robert Hitchcock
Cippenham James Nicholls vice John Bannister.
Samuel Rose was not sworn. (Sess.R.94/39)
Burnham Edward Perryman vice John Vane. Charles
Green and John Goldwin were not sworn. Witnessed by the following inhabitants of Burnham: John Batting, Daniel pontefex, John Rumball, William Rowls, William Fellow, Robert Mason and George Feild. (Sess.R.94/42a)
East Burnham- Thomas Sexton vice John Trott [Tratt].
cum-Britwell John Edson was not sworn. (Sess.R.94/38)
Burnham Town Thomas Taylor, tithingman. Richard Boveington junior, was not sworn. (Sess.R. 94/42a)
Cuddington John Guilford vice William Timberlake.
Jeremy West and Charles Guilford were not sworn. (Sess.R.94/32)
Cleydon Steeple Thomas Ley vice William Wallis. (Sess.R. 94/37a)
Cheddington Samuel Seare vice Nathaniel Brickett. (Sess.R.94/35)
Drayton Beauchamp Daniel Browne vice Peter Thornton. John Smith was not sworn. (Sess.R.94/20)
Drayton Parslow Thomas Bates and Phillip Bates vice William Price [Pearce] and Robert Thorne. (Sess.R.94/36a)
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p. 138.
Denham John Apsley and Richard Davis vice Richard Edlyn and Thomas Cutler. George Stiles (Style) and Hark Abel White [Eblewhite] were not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/18 and 25)
Datchett James Bennett and William Early vice Mathew Welch and John Welch. (Sess. R. 94/27)
Chesham Robert Jons [Jony] and Thomas Fryer vice Anthony Chinson [Thomas Keen] and Daniel Sparkes. (Sess. R. 94/56)
Cheynes John Naylor vice Jacob Dell. Jeremiah Puddefoot was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/53)
Ashley Green Thomas Gate vice Daniel Clerk. John Wethered was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/52)
Hundridge Thomas Carter vice Giles Shank. Ellis Cogdell was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/55)
Asheridge John Peirce vice Edward Johnson. (Sess. R. 94/54)
Bellingdon Thomas Statham vice Antony Chinson [see above
Chesham. (Sess. R. 94/56)
Eaton Guildeables
Thomas Marrick [Mayrick]
Henry Goldwyn, Robert East and John, Bunny vice James Mitchell, William Appleby, David Williams liam Lee [Loe]. Richard Luing, Charles Cotton, Daniel White junior, William Darvill were not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/31)
Ellesborough John Hitchcock and Joseph Parnham vice Thomas Aldridge and John Christmas. Williams Flitt was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/34)
Bottley Thomas [James] Forster vice Thomas Hawkins. (Sess. R. 94/55)
Fulmore Thomas Roberts vice James Price. (Sess. R. 94/30)
Great Kimble Thomas Symons vice Thomas Favour [Fafer].
Francis Clarck was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/19)
Grendon Underwood George Kirby vice Lawrence Bailey. (Sess. R. 94/47)
Hillersden: William Salisbury vice John Ware. (Sess. R.94/37a)
Haversham Henry Atterbury vice John Blencoe. (Sess. R.
94/51)
Horton John weyman [Wayman] and William Tilliar vice John Keeley and Henry Smither. Robert Hertwell, tithingman vice William Reynolds. (Sess. R. 94/28)
Hedgerley Benjamin Pizey vice Edward Chilton. (Sess. R. 94/26)
Ickford Isaac Howell vice Thomas Coles. (Sess. R. 94/33a)
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Leckhampstead William Judge vice Willam Hurst. (Sess. R.94/24)
Lillingston Dayrell Thomas Norman vice John Capon [Caporn] (Sess. R. 94/10)
Hardwyck Michaell Hall vice Aron Burgis. John Turpin was not swon. (Sess. R. 94/23)
Loughton Richard Kent vice Edward Gladman. (Sess. R.94/11)
Little Hampden William Wright vice William Arnot. Joseph Ginger was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/33)
Hogston Thomas Turnhan to Continue.
Mursley John Bence, William Ruggins and William Booden vice Richard Smith [William Sered], William Atwell and William Dixon. (Sess. R.
94/39a)
Mentmore Thomas Braadon and Benjamin Taylor vice [blank] (Sess. R. 94/36)
Middleton John Abbott vice John Head. (Sess. R. 94/11)
Keynes
Northmarston Charles Price vice Robert Wade [Warde].
(Sess. R. 94/41a)
North Crawley John Roberts and Benjamin Neale vice John Sams and Thomas Hall. (Sess. R. 94/11)
Northall John Varrey vice Richard Stones. (Sess. R.94/48)
Swanborne Edward Ellott and Benjamin Row vice William Bampton and Michael Symonds. William Lane was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/21)
Stokehamond John Fountaine and Thomas Fuller vice Join Franklyn and Bernard Fountayne. (Sess. R. 94/42)
Sympson John Goodman vice Nicholas Lucas. (Sess. R. 94/42)
Saunderton Edward Neighbour. William Mead was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/13)
Slapton Robert Eames [Hames] vice Mathew Goodson. (Sess. R. 94/44)
Stewkley Richard Tatham vice [blank] Britnell
Padbury John Bunce junior and William Booden vice Richard Smith and William Dixon. (Sess. R. 94/40)
Shaulston Aaron Gibbs vice John Strange [Strainge] (Sess. R. 94/37a)
Studley William Spencer vice John Saunders. (Sess.R. 94/33a)
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Stone Joseph Jennings vice Henry Whitehead.William Plomer was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/57)
Twyford Thomas Hughes [Hewes] vice John Chilton. (Sess. R. 94/37a)
Taplow George Bewan vice John Stanniot. John Becke was not sworn. (Sess. R. 94/37)
p. 139.
Thornton John Judge vice Simon Robinson. (Sess. R. 94/17)
Thornborough William Allen and John King vice Edward Holdan and John Bonham. (Sess. R. 94/46)
Towersey Thomas Heath Vice Joseph North. (Sess. R. 94/34a)
Wexham Samuel Joell vice William Buckland. (Sess. R.90/29)
Waddesdon John Wellington vice Thomas Dewberry. (Sess. R.94/16)
Wavendon Thomas Leaster vice William Litchfeild. (Sess. R.94/42)
Wooburne Michael Barnett and Richard Dell vice Robert
Riddle and John Andrews. (Sess. R. 94/12 and 35)
Grove Thomas Foex vice Thomas Newland. (Sess. R. 94/15)
Linslade Simon crease vice George Nash. (Sess. R. 94/60)
Orders.
Thomas Read, Thomas Deeley, William Tuckwell and Thomas Cusins, the bridewell-keepers were ach paid their quarter’s salary.
P. 140. Angell Weard, William Holton and Thomas Fowler, bakers, were paid £3.10s.9d., £3.9s.9d. and £2.17s.1d. respectively, for bread delivered by them to the County gaol for the poor prisoners.
Thomas Williams, apothecary to the poor prisoners, was paid £6.19s.2d. for medicines and attendance.
Francis Woodcock, keeper of the County gaol, Was paid his quarter’s allowance for food and necessaries for poor p. 141. prisoners. He Was also paid £2.17s.6d., his expenses in providing fire and candles for sick prisoners.
Noah Pitcher, surgeon to the poor prisoners, Was paid £7.15s.0d., his fee for curing “a Luxacion in the foot of Thomas Ratford, the throat of John Gibbs cut by himself at the Time of his Commitment with the Exfoliation of a foul Bone on his shin and likewise a Tumour on the 0s Pubis of John Lane”.
Bridget, wife of John Coleshill, was paid £1.10s. for maintaining and l0s.0d. for Clotning James Absolam a County child.
Elizabeth Wilson, widow, was paid the like sums for John Anderson a County child.
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p. 142. Richard Martin and Phillip Bevy, petty constables of Little Brickhill and Stony Stratford received their quarter’s payment for passing vagrants through the county.
Robert Adams of the three hundreds of Cottesloe, William Cooke of the three hundreds of Newport, Gilbert Johnson of the three hundreds of Newport, John Tokefeild junior, of the hundred of Burnham, Robert Stiles, of the hundred of Stoke and John Mason, of the hundred of Burnham, p. 143. all Chief constables were paid £1.3s.0d., £1.6s.6d., £3.0s.0d., £1.6s.2d., £1.12s.6d. and £1.lls.0d. respectively for the like.
Richard Martyn, petty constable of Little Brickhill, was also paid 10s.0d. for the like service.
The removal order of William Somerly and Anne his wife, from Haversham to Horton, co. Northampton was quashed.
The removal order of William Miller and Ann his wife from Aylesbury to Berkhampstead, was quashed. (Sess. R. 94/141)
p. 144. The removal order of Mathew Ashby and Elizabeth his wife, from Stone-cum-Bishopstone to Hartwell , was quashed. (Sess. R. 94/137)
The removal order of Thomas Cooke and Alice Cooks his daughter, from Great Lindford to Newport Pagnell, was quashed. (Sess. R. 94/143)
The removal order of Elizabeth Lovett, spinster, from Chouldsbury to Berkhampstead St.Peters, was respited until the next sessions. (Sess. R. 94/138)
The removal order of John Hillsdon, his wife, and five children named James, Thomas, William, Ann and Joyce, from Aylesbury to Buckland was quashed. (Sess. R. 94/140)
The removal order of Hannah Adams from Newport Pagnell to Elstow, was quashed. (Sess. R. 94/144)
p. 146. The removal order of Thomas Hobbs the elder, Anne his wife, Mary their daughter aged three years, and Thomas their son aged one and a quarter years, from West Wycombe to St. Clements Danes, was respited until the next sessions. (Sess. R. 94/145)
The removal order of Charles Orchard and Katherine his wife from Buckingham to Fritwell, co. Oxon, was confirmed. (Sess. R. 94/142)
p. 147. The removal order of Samuel Halsworth, Mary his wife, and Ann, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth and Susannah his children, from Buckingham to Liverpoole, co. Lanes. Was confirmed. (Sess. R. 94/139)
The removal order of Francis Payne aged ten years, and Mary Payne aged 7 years, children of Edward Payne, deceased, from Ivinghoe to Cheddington was confirmed. (Sess. R. 94/136)
The removal order of John Kendrick and Anne his wife from Ivinghoe to Nether Winchendon, was confirmed. (Sess. R. 94/135)
The removal order of Rechard Impey aged 13 years, from Ivinghoe to Billington in the parish of Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford, was confirmed. (Sess. R. 94/134)
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p. 148. The workmen who had been working on the new County gaol at Aylesbury were to present to the Court at the next sessions, an account of what money was due to then for work done, and an estimate of the cost of completing the work.
The Justices desired that notices should be sent to all acting Justices of the Peace in the county of Buckingham to the effect that they should all meet at the next sessions to consider what measures should be taken for the completion of the gaol.
The Clerk of the Peace was to examine the bills handed in to the Court for passing vagrants, and report on them at the next sessions.
p. 149. The trustees of the Royal Charity of Poor Folks’ Pasture in the parishes of Brill and Boarstall produced their books of accounts to the Court.
The trustees of the said Charity in the parish of Boarstall, reported that they had nominated Thomas Phillips of Wornhall as a trustee in place of William Rice, deceased. (Sess. R. 94/129)
The trustees of the said Charity in the parish of Oakley produced their books of accounts to the Court.
The wages for labourers and servants, the rates for land carriage, and the prices for salt and billetting soldiers were to remain as settled at Easter Sessions 1725.
The complaint of William Beale junior of Cuddington, butcher, concerning wages due to him from William Stonebridge of the same, was referred to Thomas Ingoldesby, esquire, Justice, to determine at the next sessions.
The recognizance of the said Stonebridge was respited.
The request of William Burnham that he might be relieved of the office of Surveyor of the Highways of Wendover, seeing that, although he had served that office for the year 1724-25, he had been again nominated to it, was granted, and Thomas Tuffyn was nominated in his place.
p. 150. The complaint concerning poor rates, of Leonard Thomson senior and Leonard Thomson junior, both of Loughton, being referred to the justices, the justices made their report, sealed 31st March, 1726, that they had estimated the value of the estates of the following persons, all inhabitants of Loughton rated at 2d. in the £1.
|
Name |
Description of Estate |
Value of |
Poor |
|
|
|
Estate |
Rate |
|
|
|
£. s. d. |
s. d. |
|
The Rev. Leonard |
house, glebe and |
|
|
|
Thomson, rector |
tythes |
103. 11. 8. |
17. 3. |
|
Charles Holt |
house, offices, barns, |
|
|
|
|
Stables, large orchard, |
|
|
|
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garden, dove-house, |
|
|
|
|
Great Close, Great |
|
|
|
|
Holme, Barley Close & |
|
|
|
|
arable land 160 acres |
87. 0. 0. |
14. 6. |
|
|
|
|
|
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Mr. Hanslopp |
house, orchard, gardens, |
|
|
|
|
dove-house, Ley Close, |
|
|
|
|
Dove-house Close, Square |
|
|
|
|
Close, Sisters Close, |
|
|
|
|
Rukely Close and a |
|
|
|
|
Spinney there |
42. 0. 0. |
|
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Easter Session, 21st April, 1726 [12 George I]
|
Name |
Description of Estate |
Value of |
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Poor |
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Estate |
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Rate |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
|
s. |
d. |
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Mr. Hanslopp |
Stonepitt Close, laid to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[cont.] |
Sisters |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
House, pightle and malting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
late rented by H. Osborne |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
late Gilbert’s land |
3 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
late Smith’ s land 13½ acres |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
late Smith’s Closes |
10 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
land adjoining Olfeild, |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 acres |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
A spinney lately stocked |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
up and ploughed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A farm house, a home close, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 limeslade closes, 130 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acres of arable late rented |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
by J. Masters |
47 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
114 |
13 |
0 |
|
19 |
1½ |
|
Newell and Parrott’s houses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ralph Bliss’s |
house |
1 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
|
William Jarvise |
house, orchard, How- craft Close, Birds Foot Close, meadow and arable |
33 |
13 |
0 |
|
5 |
7 |
|
William Thomson |
Houses, malting house, closes, meadow & 80 acres arable |
47 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
10 |
|
Thomas Holt |
house, Home close, Jones’s Holme Close, & 90 acres arable |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
|
Richard Kent |
part of his house, Home Close, New Close and 75 acres arable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William Tew |
part of the said house |
31 |
15 |
0 |
|
5 |
3½ |
|
John Bell |
house, Home Close, Paine’s Close, a meadow and arable |
58 |
2 |
0 |
|
9 |
8 |
|
Thomas Boot |
arable and Church Close rented from Bell |
5 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
11 |
|
Edward Goodman |
Shoulder of mutton and 2 acres arable rented from Bell |
2 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
4½ |
|
Foulk Button |
house, Home Close, 2 closes at Goblins Ditch, meadow and 120 acres arable |
45 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
6 |
|
William Brown |
house and pightle over England, Lower England, Barker’s Close & another close |
32 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
8 |
|
Inhabitants of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loughton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Jeremiah Gantborne house, Little Home & 2 meadows |
21 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
6 |
|
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Easter Session, 21st Apri1, 1726 [l2 George I]
|
Name |
Description of Estate |
Value of |
Poor |
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|
|
|
Estate |
Rate |
|||
|
Henry Sumner |
house, pightle & 30 acres arable, pightle & 20 acres arable, Church land, 3 small Closes rented from Mr. Holt, 5 acres arable rented from Mr. Thomson |
21 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
Edward Goodman |
the house he lives in and pightle, house, Close, meadow, and 120 acres arable rented from Mr. Smith, Toomes pightle, meadow & 15 acres arable rented from Broughton \ill\ and 10 acres rented from J. Clare |
49 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
|
Robert Scott |
the Inn, Dove—house & 2 Closes |
20 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
John \ill\ |
house, Home Close, 2 meadows and 95 acres arable |
42 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
Elizabeth Osborne |
house and Home Close |
8 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
Edward \ill\ |
a meadow & 3 acres arable rented from Elizabeth Osborne |
4 |
8 |
0 |
|
8½ |
|
Hugh Fowler |
his houses |
2 |
10 |
0 |
|
5 |
|
Thomas Boot’s house |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
|
Thomas Grainger |
house, pightle & Well close |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
|
Joseph Goodman |
house and pightle |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
|
John Roberts of |
Woughton a meadow |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
|
John Yates |
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