1673

1. TEARTON John Oldfield not pub. c Richard Halton for non payment of fees - libel.

2. WALLASEY Alexander Fetherstone c Edward Litherland for tithe pigs and dues - responsions.

3. WALLASEY Alexander Fetherstone vicar c Andrew Ball for Easter dues - responsions.

4. HANDLEY Samuel Catterall rector c Wm Willeyson for tithes - libel.

5. ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD Ellena Marchs c Thomas Leech saying she was Schoolmaster Wainwright's whore - libel.

6. SNELSON Elizabeth Furnival c Wm Fallows of Alderley for slander - libel (1672 no.36) (repair).

7. CARRINGTON Hannah Royle c James Dean for slander - sentence.

8. NANTWICH John Burford c Thomas Tench for slander - sentence.

9. FRODSHAM John Davies rector c Thomas Crosse for tithe of 50 cows, 50 calves, 10 colts, 10 beehives - libel.

10. BURTON, KENDAL John Omerod vicar c Peter Jackson for slander - sentence.

11. ACTON (Baddiley) John Swanee rector c George Huxley of Brindley for tithes - sentence, costs (1672 no.16).

12. HANKELOWE John Wybunbury c Ralph & Jane Vernon for cursing him - depositions, sentence, costs (1672 no.40).

13. PRESTBURY Hugh Davenport c Martha Haigh saying she was contracted to him in matrimony - libel, interrogations, responsions, depositions (1672 no.3) (repair).

14. WARRINGTON John Critchley c churchwardens for failing to provide bread and wine for communion on Whit Sunday and St Peter's day, also absenting themselves from church and attending conventicles or barn churches - libel, interrogations, depositions.

15. TOTTINGTON Samuel Bury, a minor and apprentice in Manchester, c Ellen, Wm and Alice Plant for abducting him, obtaining the services of Wm Hilton clerk to marry him to Alice Plant in a private house. He is the heir to a considerable estate.

16. HELSBY Ralph Woodward c John Goodwin for carting wheat sheaves hidden in a hay cart - libel, depositions, sentence, costs.

17. HELSBY Alice Gee c Maria Basnett saying her ears should be nailed to the pillory - libel, depositions, penance, costs.

18. STOCKPORT Ralph and Jane Oliver c Robert & Elizabeth Wyld for slander - libel, depositions.

19. MANCHESTER Wm Ashton c Rebecca Sidebottom for slander after the assizes at Lancaster - libel, interrogations, depositions, sentence.

20. NESTON Richard Watt c George Cottingham & Thomas Goldson for slander - interrogations, depositions.

21. BURWARDSEY Joseph Kettle c Thomas Aldersey for tithe wood and rye - interrogations, depositions.

22. BOWDEN Churchwardens c Wm Steele for refusing to pay his assessments - libel, responsions, depositions.

23. BOWDEN Churchwardens c Wm Newton for refusing to pay towards a churchwarden's pew, two bells and school matters - responsions, depositions.

24. BOWDEN Churchwardens c Robert Astell for refusing to contribute to casting of five ancient bells and other repairs - libel, responsions, depositions.

25. BOWDEN Churchwardens c Margaret Johnson for refusing to pay her assessments - responsions, depositions (1672 no.11).

26. CHESTER (Holy Trinity) Churchwardens c Giles Vanbrugh for non payment of assessments - libel (1672 no.25).

27. CHESTER (St Olave) Churchwardens c Nicholas Locker disputing their claim to laystalls - libel, responsions, depositions.

28. CHESTER (St Olave) Churchwardens c Hugh Harvey concerning the right of way through the lyche gate and the repairs - libel, depositions, accounts for erecting gate 1640, receipts of churchwardens for burials, with names of deceased; 1622-1673 (repair before issue).

28b. CHESTER (St Olave) Responsions, citations prohibition in above case.

29. DARESBURY John Brooke c John O'Kell concerning tithes of Acton Grange - libel, depositions, responsions.

30. THURSTINGTON John Groome clerk c Edward Glegge for tithes from 60 acres of ground of yearly value of £60 - libel, responsions, depositions.

31. CROSTON James Pilkington vicar c Thomas Eccles for tithe grain - full file.

32. HALTON Edward Heeth of Churchenheath c John Breese of Halton - sentence.

33. CHURCHENHEATH Edward Heeth c John Meredith of Halton - sentence.

34. BADDILEY Prohibition in tithe dispute of George Huxley (no.11).

35. PRESTON Prohibition in tithe dispute of Sir Charles Houghton.

36. PENWORTHAM Thomas Lee c Henry Rycraft concerning his excommunication - interrogation, depositions.

37. WARRINGTON Affidavit in matrimonial cause of Thomas and Maria French.

38. Bills of costs for Thomas Beckett and John Ashbrooke.

39. Responsions of Henry Pott.

40. SHOCKLACH Wm Burrows c Elizabeth Burrows in matrimonial dispute - responsions.

41. OLDHAM Sir Samuel Sandford c Elizabeth Davie for slander - depositions.

42. BUNBURY Responsions in cause of Philip Oulton (see 1674).

43. SHOCKLACH Office c Thomas Beckett for marrying couples from Malpas and Tilston in his house - libel.

44. MANCHESTER Fragment of a slander case - fragile.

45. PENWORTHAM Suspension of Henry Rycraft ab beneficio (no.36).