1662

1. BRERETON Nuncupative will of Margery Smith.

2. MANCHESTER Office c Lydia Turner for despising Common Prayer and saying she wished it was a low as the Covenant - depositions.

3. HEAPEY Office c Henry Walsh and others allowing Mr Welsh a non-conformist to preach in the chapel - depositions.

4. WALTON Office c Henry Finch for refusing to use Prayer Book - libel, depositions.

5a. RATCLIFFE Thomas Tong c Otto Holland and others for taking a horse into church and baptising it - libel, depositions.

5b. MARPLE Francis Lowe curate c Ottiwell & Oliver Higginbotham for fastening church doors of the chapel being disaffected to Prayer Book and observance of the Restoration (29th May) - depositions. See 1661 No. 13. 5c. CHILDWALL John Litherland c James Anderton for mortuary dues - deposition, responsions, interrogations.

6. Admiralty Court. Richard Ball, master of the Falcon c master of Francis of Wicklow for damages following a collision in Dublin harbour.

7. CHESTER (St John) Churchwardens c Thomas Ashton for non payment of dues - deposition, sentence.

8. WALLASEY Churchwardens c Thomas Meoles for non payment of assessments - responsions and depositions.

9. BLACKBURN Alexander Osbaldeston c Leonard Clayton - sentence.

10. BOWDEN Wm Vaudrey c Richard Grantham in disputed alienation of tithes - depositions, deed of alienation, libel.

11. NORTHWICH Disputed legacy of Richard Crane - fragments of depositions.

12. ASTBURY Ralph Poole c Richard Proudlove & Thomas Stephenson for right to a pew - responsions, libel.

13. MACCLESFIELD Office c Godfrey Pimlett for selling meat in Lent to those without a licence - depositions.

14/15. CHILDWALL Anderton c Elizabeth Part for tithes - costs, sentence, responsions.

16. WALTON Office c Peter Hurdis teaching school without licence - libel.

17. TILSTON Churchwardens c Wm Poole for assessments - responsions, depositions.

18/19. NANTWICH Henry Greenhalgh c Thomas Knutsford in pew dispute - responsions, interrogations, depositions.

21. LEIGH Edmund Molyneux c Thomas Mossock in tithe dispute - responsions.

22. HALSALL Roger Hoskyn c Frances Moore. Moore forbade banns between Hoskyn and Margaret Kit on grounds that she had been married to Hoskyn in her mother's house privately - depositions.

23. ECCLESTON Office c John Nield for adultery by a clandestine marriage - depositions. CHESTER Mary Cooper c John Lasselles for bastardy - depositions. See No.48.

24. GOOSTREY Clandestine marriage of Peter Venables and Elizabeth Leigh - interrogations, depositions. HOLT Marriage between Janet and John Gerrard - disputed, depositions. See No. 64.

25. WARRINGTON Elizabeth Trevis c Robert Trevis for wife beating -libel, interrogations.

26. ST MICHAEL ON WYRE Nicholas Butler c Dorothy Butler for adultery and bastardy - libel, depositions.

27. DARESBURY Churchwardens c Peter Dichfield et alia for refusing to pay assessments - libel, responsions.

28. DARESBURY Churchwardens c Robert Percivall et alia for non payment of assessments - responsions, libel, depositions, sentence, also Churchwardens c John Lawrenson et alia.

29. DARESBURY Churchwardens c Richard Heape et alia for non payment of assessments - responsions, libel, depositions.

30. DARESBURY Churchwardens c Peter Drinkwater et alia for non payment of assessments - libel, depositions.

31. CHESTER George Ryder c Priscilla Jones for breach of marriage contract - libel.

32. WHALLEY Proof of marriage of John Hargreaves.

33. BROUGHTON (Lancs) Office c Wm & Jane Bowers for fornication and a clandestine marriage - libel.

34. ROSTHERNE Hester Griffin c James Urmeston for marriage contract - libel, costs.

35. WYBUNBURY Office c Laurence Smith for bastardy - depositions.

36. HALSALL Edmund Barwick c Raphael Hollenhead for adultery with his wife - libel, sentence.

37. MACCLESFIELD Edward Chantrell c Sam Elcock & Sarah Whamley for adultery - depositions, libel, interrogations.

38. WEST KIRBY Wm & Charlotte Coventry c Catherine Urmeston for slander - libel, depositions.

39. PRESTBURY Alice Broome c Humphrey Swindellor for slander -libel, depositions.

40. BARROW John Rowlands c Mary Gardners for slander - attestations.

41. MACCLESFIELD Wm & Ann Jackson c Wm Cutler for slander on their way to church - depositions, interrogations.

42. CHESTER Alice Gravell c Richard Heathcote for slander - libel.

43. KNUTSFORD Wm Highfield c Robert Hough & John Leaver for incontinence - depositions.

44. CHOWBENT John Bradshw c Mary Meadows for slander - libel, depositions, interrogations, sentence, costs.

45. WETTENHALL Jane Eyre c Jane Oulton for slander - sentence.

46. CHESTER Frances Eaton c John Burston for slander (his mother kept a bawdy house) - libel, confession, attestations.

47. MALPAS Office c Thomas Cartwright for adultery - libel.

48. TARVIN Maria Cooper c John Lascelles for adultery at Iron Inn in Stamford Bridge - libel, depositions.

49. MANCHESTER John David curate of Frodsham c John Birch et alia for making him drunk so that he lost a chaplain's post in Manchester College - libel.

50. SALFORD Lydia Heyes c Margaret Shepard for slander - libel.

51. CHESTER Richard Crane c Richard Tomlinson for slander - libel, sentence.

52. Mary Leigh c Isabella Whittle for slander - fragment of sentence.

53. WEAVERHAM George Woodyer c Thomas Bradburne saying he ought to have his ears nailed to the pillory - libel.

54. Alice Rowland c Ellen Ethill & Ann Pharaker - interrogation.

55. ASTBURY Office c John Cartwright certificate that he will clear himself by compurgation.

56. GOLVERSTONE Richard Barker c Joanna Dobson for slander - libel.

57. OVER PEOVER Thomas Cheswood c Ralph Humphrey & Elizabeth Knutsford for slander - libel, depositions.

58. CHESTER Dorothy Besaker c John Phillips for slander - depositions.

59. NANTWICH Anne Knutsford c Barbara Croxton for slander - libel.

60. MELLING Alice Halsall c Margaret Clapham for fornication -libel.

61. NANTWICH John Wrenchman c Robert Barlow for slander - depositions.

62. MALPAS Edward Chantrell c Thomas Cartwright accusing him of bastardy - depositions.

63. NANTWICH Maria Briscoe c Anna Wright for killing her child by witchcraft, "her eyes hanged over her cheeks and sometimes would play on her forehead and sometimes up and down on her face like two bladders" - libel, depositions, responsions, exceptions, citation, costs.

64. HOLT Janet Gerrard c John Gerard suspected irregular marriage - libel, baptism certificate, interrogations, depositions, responsions.

65. ASTBURY Richard Proudlove c Thomas Stephenson concerning his title to a pew - libel, responsions.

66. MARPLE Francis Lowe c Ottiwell and Oliver Higginbottom for locking and barricading church doors on 29 May and two or three Sundays so service could not be held (see 1661). See 1661 No. 13.

67. ASTBURY Richard Proudlove c Thomas Poole concerning his title to a pew - responsions, confession.

68. ASTBURY Richard Proudlove c Thomas Stephenson concerning his pew - sentence.

69. GRAPPENHALL Wm Seddon c Thomas Bradshawe concerning title to rectory Zachariah Taylor evicted by Lilburn's party for not signing the Engagement. Bradshawe presented by Keepers of Liberties of England. Letters of Orders for Bradshwe 25 May 1647. Seddon claims tithes as lawful rector instead of Bradshawe who is an intruder. Orders of J.P. confirming Seddons presentation by vicar of Leyland and confirmation by Brian Walton, Bishop of Chester - libel, responsions, depositions, sentence. Sequel is in Quarter Sessions, Northwich 1660, No. 133/4.

70. GRAPPENHALL Thomas Bradshawe c Wm Seddon & Dickenson for tithes of crops - libel, responsions, sentence, depositions.

71. GRAPPENHALL Wm Seddon c Thomas Pickering for tithes due as lawful rector - libel, depositions, responsions, sentence.

72. LEIGH Thomas Mossocke c Wm Smith for tithe due from Olehall in Atherton - confession, responsions.

73. TATTENHALL Ralph Rawson rector c Brian Watmough for tithe on pasturing cattle and also damage caused by Watmough's cattle breaking into Rawson's cornfield - depositions, responsions.

74. CHILDWALL James Anderson impropriator c John Litherland clerk for non payment of mortuary dues - depositions give information on mortuary customs - responsions, sentence.

75. GREAT BUDWORTH James Livesey vicar c Ralph French as executor of Edward Massey for tithes - responsions, libel.

76. HARTFORD John Levesley clerk c Wm Ree for arrears of tithe since 1659. Ree says he paid 2/6d for 1661.

77. ROSTHERNE John Wheeler impropriator c Godfrey Aldcroft deceased of Knutsford a wealthy draper and mercer for arrears of Easter dues - libel, confession, bill of costs.

78. ASTBURY Thomas Hutchinson clerk c John Jackson for tithes on 20 acres of meadow and pasture animals in Hancocke Tenement - libel, responsions.

79. THURSTASTON John Watts rector c Elizabeth Whitmore for tithes except part of Ereby Hall. Reference to an award made by Justices of Peace - depositions, declaration, responsions, exception.

80. BACKFORD Jane Walton widow of Brian Walton Bishop of Chester c John Wilson for arrears of tithe corn. Tithes leased by Bishop to Wilson - depositions, responsions, prohibition, libel.

81. STOCKPORT Nathaniel & Anne Tudway heirs of Peter Davenport farmer of tithes of Bromhall, c Wm Bennison for tithes. Certificate from Henry Warren, rector of Stockport that Bromhall tithes are so leased - libel, interrogations, depositions, exception, responsions.

82. WALTON John Heywood rector, c Henry Finch and John Burgess for tithes of corn and hay at Great Crosby - depositions, exception.

83. WALTON John Heywood rector c Thomas Crumpton for tithes of Toxteth - libel, responsions.

84. WALTON John Heywood c John Fogge for tithes of hay, wool, lamb in Liverpool worth £90 p.a. - libel, responsions.

85. WALTON John Heywood c John Green for tithes of Kirby worth £80 p.a. - libel, responsions.

86. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne, vicar c Thomas Janion. Vicarage sequestered from Rowland Heywood to use of Mr Boden who resigned. Parishioners petitioned Committee for Plundered Ministers for Cockeyne to be appointed as a godly minister. Appointed 20 July 1659 by Committee and to have tithes and profits till further orders. Heywood having died. Janion says no tithes due since Cockeyne is mere intruder and not lawful incumbent - libel, depositions, responsions.

87. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne, vicar c Ralph Bushell for tithes. Bushell denies Cockeyne is their legally instituted vicar and is not entitled to receive tithes. Cockeyne has objected to tithe payments - libel, depositions, sentence.

88. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne, vicar, c Richard Flinge who says that Cockeyne is not in holy orders and has preached against tithes saying they were superstitious. Cockeyne is an intruder into the living - libel, exception, sentence, costs.

89. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne c John Wilkinson who says that Cockeyne was never in holy orders, nor a minister, never administered sacraments and objected to tithes. He has heard the Quakers rail against him in the pulpit. The rightful owner of the tithes is Lord Rivers - libel, depositions.

90. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne c John Norman who says Cockeyne is not in orders, preached against Sacraments and said tithe receivers were heretical priests - libel, depositions, responsions.

91. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne c John Halton who refuses to recognise Cockeyne as lawful owner of tithes - libel, responsions, depositions.

92. FRODSHAM James Cockeyne c Richard Littlemore who refuses to accept Cockeyne as lawful minister and not entitled to tithes - libel.

93. CHESTER (St Oswald) Thomas Trafford & John Case c Thomas Hall concerning a lease of tithes by Dean & Chapter of Chester dated 1 Nov. 1628 to David Buckley, Wm Case and John Case or longest liver. Buckley assigned alterage to Gaynor Case 12 Jan. 1635 - libel, responsions, sentence, costs.

94. CHEADLE Peter Harrison rector c Anna Leigh for Easter dues and tithe calves 1658-61. Dispute as to whether tithe is paid in kind. References to previous incumbents - libel, interrogations, depositions, sentence, costs, prohibition, York.

95. BURY Thomas Holt, Robert Heywood et alia impropriators, c William Langley

96. OVERCHURCH Sir William Stanley c Cuthbert Hand for tithe corn - libel, depositions, responsions, interrogations, confession.

97. BUDWORTH James Livesey c Ralph French for tithe hay, hemp, flax - responsions, receipt of payment.

98. COPPENHALL William Anderton rector c Thomas Palin for tithe animals. Attack on credibility of witnesses. Detail of social conditions in the parish 1658-62 - libel, interrogation, responsions, depositions, exceptions.

99. FRODSHAM Viscount Lumley & Philip Prichard impropriators c Alexander Lawrence for tithe oats, peas, beans. Two statements by Lawrence attacking tithes - libel.

100. File of citations from Coppenhall, Manchester, Hawarden, Chester, Tattenhall, Childwall to prove wills and give evidence. These are very fragile.

101. AUDLEM Responsions of John Moore in tithe cause.

102. PRESTBURY Elizabeth Younge c Robert Heywood for calling her a salt bitch - libel.

103. SEFTON Edward Moreton rector c Johnn Smallshawe for tithe hemp and linseed - libel.

104. NORTHWICH (Vice Boreali) John Wrench c Robert Barlow calling him an arrant knave.

105. GREAT BUDWORTH James Livesey clerk c Wm Moreton of Lostock for tithe hemp, geese, hay - libel.

106. RUNCORN John Brooke c Wm Clare of Acton Grange for tithe crops - libel.

107. RUNCORN John Brooke c Wm Clare of Acton Grange for tithe crops - libel.

108. WEAVERHAM John Holland vicar c Joseph Gerrard for tithe lambs and hay - libel.

109. LEIGH Thomas Mossocke c Edmund Molineux for composition for tithe calves - confession.

110. Bills of costs for Christopher Bennet c Anna Ratcliffe and Margaret Walker c Henry Hulme.

111. DARESBURY Inhibition in the case of Peter Drinwater et alia concerning contribution to repairs at runcorn church. See also No. 28,29,30.

112. Unidentified fragment.

113. WALTON John Heywood rector c Peter Aspinwall re tithes in Formby.

114. Catherine Starkie c Eleanor Taylor for defamation - confession.