Sessions at Lostwithiel

QS/1/3/476

Justices: Thomas Pitt, John Buller, Francis Rodd, esqs.; Henry Hawkins Tremayne, Joshua Howell, clerks.

Jury: Richard Roseveare, Samuel Rouse, John Faro, Thomas Stick, Matthew Roberts, jun., Walter Hicks, Henry Udy, William Daniel, Reginald Billing, Richard Hocking, Rowland Veale, David Eddy, William Treluddra, William Chenhalls, Thomas Baynard.

QS/1/3/476, 477

Application by Davidstow for permission to levy a rate of 6d. in £ for highways repairs: allowed; the money to be paid to Thomas Pearce and Mathew Wickett, parish surveyors.

QS/1/3/477

Application by Launcells for permission to levy a rate of 6d. in £ for highway repairs: allowed; the money to be paid to John Perry and John Lyle, parish surveyors.

Presentments against Mawgan in Meneage and Bodmin for non-repair of highways: held over.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

John Sandford of St Just in Roseland, officer of excise

Bennett Jack of St Just in Roseland, surety

QS/1/3/478

Appeal of Gwithian [QS/1/3/467] against removal of Blandina Richards and children from Constantine: order confirmed; costs to Constantine.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

John Whitford of St Columb Minor

Francis Benny of Mawgan in Pydar, surety

QS/1/3/479

Thomas Richards master, and Thomas Morrish, mariner, both of the ship Rosewyn, testified that they shipped, at Bristol on 3 May, 480 bushels of white salt, duty paid, for William and James Bower and John Westlake of Lostwithiel, Jacob Borlase and Samuel Hopwood of St Austell, and Martha Grant of Luxulyan, merchants, to be carried to Fowey; the ship was stranded due to stormy weather and the salt lost.

Appeal of Kea [QS/1/3/463,464] against removal of John Tonkin and wife from Gwennap: order reversed; costs to Kea.

QS/1/3/480

Appeal of Marazion against order of 5 July for removal of Mary Bond, wife of Jasper Bond, from Ludgvan to Marazion: order quashed; costs to Marazion.

QS/1/3/480, 481

Recognizances to appear at nest sessions:

James Barnicott of Tregony, shoemaker

James Parkyn of Tregony, labourer, surety

John May of Tregony, labourer

James Parkyn of Tregony, labourer, surety

Samuel Miners of Tregony, labourer

James Parkyn of Tregony, labourer, surety

Charles Harper of Tregony, yeoman

Samuel Miners of Tregony, labourer, surety

Edward Middlecoat, jun., of Tregony, mercer [two charges]

Samuel Miners of Tregony, labourer, surety

QS/1/3/481

Renatus Harris of Mullion; assault and battery, confessed: fined 6d.

William Pinch and Richard Pinch, both of Bodmin: discharged from sureties.

George Husband of Tregony, yeoman; assault and misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

QS/1/3/481, 482

Appeal of Paul [QS/1/3/467] against removal of Cornelius Green and family from Madron: order confirmed; costs to Madron.

QS/1/3/482

Appeal of Tregony against order of 13 May for removal of Richard Tonkin, wife Elizabeth and children, Richard (5) and Jenefer (2), from St Agnes to Tregony: order confirmed; costs to St Agnes.

QS/1/3/483

Appeal of Wendron against order of 28 April for removal of Thomas Barkla, wife Ann and children, Thomas (22), Henry (14), Richard (11) and Elizabeth (6), from St Agnes to Wendron: order confirmed; costs to St Agnes.

QS/1/3/483, 484

Appeal of St Buryan against order of 21 June for removal of William Reseigh (31), tinner, wife Elizabeth and children, Ann (5), John (4), William (2) and female baby (2 months) from Kenwyn to St Buryan: order confirmed; costs to Kenwyn.

QS/1/3/484

Appeal of Gwennap against order of 21 June for removal of Edward Bawden (51), tinner, wife Joan and children, Grace (13), Lambert (12) and John (6), from Kenwyn to Gwennap: order reversed; costs to Gwennap. ['Kenwyn' is stated in error.]

QS/1/3/485

Application by Lanivet for permission to levy a rate of 3d. in £ for highway repairs: allowed; the money to be paid to John Lake, clerk, parish surveyor.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

Gregory Nicholas of St Levan, labourer (indicted by Elizabeth Baynard).

Samuel Teague of Truro, miller

Gregory Nicholas: to be discharged from bridewell pending hearing, as the witness for the prosecution is in bridewell, and not present to give evidence.

John Turnivine Budd: case held over to next sessions.

William Rodda of Gulval: case held over to next sessions.

QS/1/3/486

Following consideration of the high cost incurred by the constables of several parishes in the transportation of soldiers' baggage over and beyond the payments made by the soldiers themselves: a charge of 6d. a mile for every three ['hundred' deleted and 'thousand' inserted] weight to be paid towards such carriage by the Vice-treasurer out of County funds.

Sydney Pellow and Richard Allen, in bridewell on a charge of assault and misdemeanour: to continue in custody, for want of surety.

John Collett als Collick of Veryan, labourer; stealing a guinea and 3d. from Samuel Daddow; petty larceny: public whipping.

William Trenerry of Perranzabuloe, labourer, charged with stealing from Samuel Daddow, as above: acquitted.

Catherine Penrose of Manaccan, spinster; stealing one dowlas shift from Jane Luke, confessed: private whipping.

QS/1/3/487

James Walters of Crowan, mason; stealing one Holland shift from Grace Bluett, spinster, value 4d.; petty larceny: public whipping.

Six bridge rates to be raised and paid to John Truscott, gent. (Surveyor, west).

John Dunstone and Michael Dunstone, both of Stithians, tinners; accused of stealing 3 cwt. of copper ore from Henry Lord Arundell and others: acquitted.

The recognizers of John Moyle of Kenwyn: to be estreated for his non appearance in court.

Henry Pengelly of Callington, labourer; stealing one iron hook, value 1d., from Renatus Stephens: public whipping.

Mary Symons of Padstow, widow; misdemeanour, confessed: discharged.

QS/1/3/487, 488

Application by Bodmin concerning female bastard born at Bodmin on 10 May, daughter of Joanna Gatty, single woman: John Tredwen of Launceston, saddler, alleged father, to pay 1s. weekly maintenance and Joanna Gatty to pay 6d. weekly.

QS/1/3/488

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

John Couch of Bodmin, labourer

Charles Haydon of Bodmin, labourer, surety

John Symons of Cardinham, fuller; stealing one speckled fighting cock from John Wills: acquitted.

QS/1/3/488, 489

John Symons, jun., and George Symons, both of Cardinham, fullers; stealing one speckled fighting cock from John Wills; petty larceny: John Symons, jun., to be publicly whipped, and George Simons [Symons] to be transported to America for seven years.

QS/1/3/489

Richard Lawry of Padstow; misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

John Guard of Bodmin; misdemeanour: public whipping.

The recognizers of Thomas Rundle to be estreated for his non-appearance in court.

John Edwards of Truro, gent.; misdemeanour: fined 2s. 6d.

William Ninnis of Uny Lelant, tinner; two charges of assault and battery: acquitted.

Samuel Penrose and wife Susanna, of Ruanlanihorne; misdemeanour, confessed: Susanna Penrose to be discharged; Samuel Penrose, publicly whipped.

QS/1/3/490

Otho Pasmore of Bodmin, bailiff of the Hundred of Trigg, and Benjamin Tillie, bailiff of the Hundred of West: fined 100s. each for non-attendance at this sessions.

Margaret Pope [QS/1/3/460] to continue in custody.

Elizabeth Banfield: discharged from custody and passed to her last place of legal settlement.

John Richards [QS/1/3/470]: discharged from custody.

Richard Gonisson: discharged from bridewell.

David Harvey; charged with a capital offence: committed to bridewell to await trial.

QS/1/3/491

Eliza Elliott, in bridewell as a woman of ill fame: to continue in custody.

Edward Gates, in bridewell as a rogue and vagabond: discharged.

Thomas Lobb, in bridewell on a charge of felony: discharged for want of prosecution.

Renatus Harris, in bridewell for refusing to find surety: discharged.

Thomas Reynolds, in bridewell for bad behaviour: to be discharged and passed to his last place of legal settlement.

Gregory Nicholls: discharged from bridewell after providing surety.

Phillippa Richards, spinster: discharged.

Two gaol and marshalsea rates to be levied and paid to the Vice-treasurer.