Sessions at Lostwthiel

QS/1/3/242

Justices: John Fortescue, Penhallow Cuming, John Sawle, esqs.; Joshua Howell, clerk.

Jury: William Hick, Peter Treleaven, Henry Udy, Walter Hick, Richard Reed, William Grylls, Thomas Pollard, Titus Chapple, John Roberts, John Stephens, Henry Bate, William Nicholls, Joseph Treleaven, Thomas Tamblyn, John Rundle, Peter Davey, Thomas Bartlet, Henry Langmaid, John Grigg.

QS/1/3/242, 243

Application by Samuel Higgs of Egloshayle, maltster, for refund of excise duty on malt burned during a fire at his malthouse on 2 January: granted.

QS/1/3/243

Application by Elizabeth Harris of Mevagissey, widow, 'being a poor old blind impotent person and not able to work', for maintenance from her son, William Harris of Mevagissey, baker: granted; son to pay 9d. weekly

Presentments against Redruth, Sithney and Marazion, for non-repair of highways: held over.

James Kendall of St Tudy, mason; assault and battery, confessed: fined 6d.

QS/1/3/244

Appeal of St Ervan against order of 8 October for removal of Elizabeth Coumbe, spinster, from Fowey to St Ervan: order confirmed; costs to Fowey.

John Meakey, in bridewell for bastardy re Zenobia White of St Keverne: held to next sessions.

QS/1/3/244, 245

Richard Avery, in bridewell for bastardy: discharged.

QS/1/3/245

Vice-treasurer to pay the Clerk of the Peace for various duties, including arrangements for dealing with Blendman Yendall and others, Sarah Ward, Susannah Clark, Daniel Cook, Thomas Hawken, Joseph Treleving, John Johns.

QS/1/3/246

Two bridge rates to be raised and paid to the Surveyor (east).

Surveyor (east) to repair the following bridges: Kea, Tresarret, Wenford, Dunmere, Tamerton, Launceston New, Polston, Yolm, Trekellan, Pillaton Horse, Rodd's, Looe, Treverbyn, Berriow and Lerrin bridges.

John Cundy;, master, and Richard Dropp, mariner, both of the sloop Sea Flower of Hayle, testified that they shipped, on 19 September at Bristol, 15 tons of white salt, duty paid, to be carried to Hayle for John Blewett and Co., and that due to stormy weather in Hayle river, they had fallen on two anchors belonging to other vessels, losing 148 bushels of the salt.

William Clemo, innkeeper, and William Neal, labourer, both of Bodmin; misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d. each.

QS/1/3/247

Thomas Cock, cordwainer, his wife Elizabeth, and Joseph Cowle, cordwainer, all of Bodmin; assault and battery on John Hewit, confessed; and same on James Pinch, confessed: fined 6d. each on each count.

Samuel Hocken of Camborne, tinner; assault and battery, confessed: fined 6d.

William Petherick of St Dominick, labourer, accused of stealing goods of William Launder: acquitted.

Elizabeth, wife of Richard Tregilgas of St Just in Roseland, labourer, accused of stealing goods of Nicholas Terril: acquitted.

John Michell of Sennen, labourer, stealing goods of William Rawling, value 6d.; and also of James Thomas, value 2d.; petty larceny: to be transported to America for seven years.

QS/1/3/248

Michael Nicholls of Gwennap, yeoman;, accused of misdemeanour: acquitted.

Account of John Eyre, bridewell keeper: allowed.

Account of James Row, gaoler: allowed.

Robert Cornew of St Pinnock, labourer; stealing goods of Charles Rundle, value 2d.; petty larceny: public whipping.

Henry Carbis of Penzance, labourer; stealing goods of William Leggo, value 4d.; petty larceny: public whipping.

Peter Brown of St Germans, labourer; stealing goods of Humphry Grigg, value 1d.; petty larceny: private whipping.

QS/1/3/249

William Branch of Gwinear, tinner; stealing goods of Mary, Lady Dowager Arundell and others, value 10d.; petty larceny: public whipping.

William Harris to remain in bridewell until next sessions.

John Trick to remain in bridewell until next sessions, for want of sureties.

Richard Skewes, indicted for assault and battery: to remain in bridewell until next sessions, for want of sureties.

John Hawken to remain in bridewell until next sessions for want of sureties.

QS/1/3/250

John Tucker of St Mabyn, blacksmith: surety to appear at next sessions to answer to his indictment.

Indictment [QS/1/3/235] against Richard and Benjamin Cuttance of St Keverne, yeomen, for misdemeanour: quashed for insufficiency.

Indictment against Henry George and others of the George family [QS/1/3/235,236] of St Keverne, for misdemeanour: quashed for insufficiency.

Scipio Michell of Gwennap, tinner; misdemeanour: fined 6d.

John Tucker of St Mabyn, blacksmith; assault and battery on Richard Harvey; also assault and battery on Charles Higgs: fined £10 on each count.

Thomas Tucker of Week St Mary, labourer; misdemeanour, confessed: fined 1d.

QS/1/3/250, 251

William Robenson and Thomas Jackson, in bridewell as rogues and vagabonds: 48 hours hard labour, whipping, and to be passed to their place of settlement.

QS/1/3/251

Vice-treasurer to pay Humphry Grigg his expenses in prosecution of Peter Brown.

Application by William Jeffery, master of St Lawrence hospital, concerning female bastard born there on 5 December, daughter of Wilmot Levers als Pengelly, single woman: Hugh Lukey of Lanivet, labourer, alleged father, to pay 1s. weekly maintenance and £5 lying-in expenses; Wilmot Levers to pay 6d. weekly.

Jane Treglohan, in bridewell for refusing to find sureties to keep the peace: discharged.

QS/1/3/252

Ann Sturtridge: to continue to be held in bridewell until next sessions.