Sessions held at Truro

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Justices: Arscott Bickford, John Ennys, John Thomas, Nicholas Kemp, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Arthur Arscott, Walter Borlaze, Francis Rodd, Thomas Vyvyan, William Webb, John Luke, John Willyams, Francis Gregor, Thomas Hawkins, esqs.

Jury: Thomas Bradford, Richard Fincher, John Ball, Edward Slade, Samuel Gully, William Bone, William Munday, Nicholas Trevena, John Maddern, Thomas Hodge, John Hodge, William Searle, John Martin, Thomas Salmon, William Smith, Michael Williams, Henry Harris, Erasmus Pascoe, gents.

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Recognizances to attend next sessions:

Henry Foot Whitford of Mullion, maltster

Thomas Rankin of St Clement, gardener, and Richard James of same, carpenter, sureties

William Richards of Mullion, labourer

Henry Foot Whitford of same, maltster, and Richard James of St Clement, carpenter, sureties

Presentments against Week St Mary, Bodmin, St Wenn, St Kew and St Johns, for not repairing highways: held over.

William Thomas, jun., of St Winnow, James Thomas of Reperry and James Thomas, jun., of Lanivet; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

Deposition by Thomas Harry, master, and Thomas Thomas, mariner, of the brigantine Thomas and Betty of St Ives: left Bristol on 16 November last with 600 bushels of white salt, duty paid, on account of Mrs Hannah Ward of Redruth and others, for St Ives; during a storm, 64 bushels were lost.

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Appeal by Boconnic against order of 28 February for removal of Mary, wife of John Rundle, and children, John (17), Wilmot (16), Jonathan (8) and Robert (2), from St Pinnock to Boconnoc: order reversed.

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Appeal of Ruanlanihorne against order of 15 February for removal of Thomas Rawe, wife Mary, and children, Ann(3) and Thomas (6 months), from Veryan to Ruanlanihorne: order confirmed.

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Appeal of George Warmington Bewes, esq., of St Stephens by Launceston, against his assessment (£12 5s.) for poor rate made 8 March: rate to be reduced by £5.

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Lease of 21 years, at £20 p.a., to be taken of George Hunt, esq., of the messuage and tenement in Bodmin, known as the bridewell, for use as a house of correction.

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One bridge rate to be raised.

Accounts of Joseph Younge, Surveyor (west), and Trehane Symons, Surveyor (east): to be paid.

Recognizance to attend next sessions:

Nathaniel Tremayne of Grampound, weaver

John Tremayne of same, weaver, and

John Ham of same, thatcher, sureties

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Appeal of Launceston against order of 12 January for removal of John Tregloyne, wife Honor, and children, Frances (9) and James (6), from St Thomas by Launceston, to Launceston; evidence given involving Francis Tregloyne, father of John, and residence in Tavistock, South Petherwin and Launceston, and of John Tregloyne having been apprenticed (but without documents) with John Couch of South Petherwin: order confirmed.

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One gaol and marshalsea rate to be raised.

Acount of Mr Calvert, coroner: to be paid.

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Eleanor Marks of St Columb Major; stealing goods, value 2d., of John Collier: private whipping.

Nicholas Stevens of Zennor, blacksmith; tried for stealing goods of Thomas Osborne: acquitted.

John Keast: to continue in bridewell until next sessions, or until he finds surety.

Accounts of John Lyne, Vice-treasurer, John Eyre and James Row: allowed.

Walter Borlase, Doctor of Laws, and Sir John Glanvill confirmed as Treasurers.