1692

1. CODDINGTON Thomas Pinnington, churchwarden c Wm Carter of Aldersey and Sir John Massie concerning title to a pew following resiting of the pulpit, paving the floor and repewing with uniform seats as ordered by Bp. Pearson in 1682. Two plans showing pews and owners. Full file but needs repairs.

2. CODDINGTON Churchwardens c George Wooley for a bastard child by Elizabeth Phinian - presentment, libel, depositions, sentence. Repair.

3. HASLINGDEN Henry Ramsbotham impropriator c Henry Keeley for tithe, oats - libel, lease of tithe by Sir Edmund Assheton.

4. HASLINGDEN Henry Ramsbotham c Henry Cooke for tithe oats - libel, responsions.

5. HASLINGDEN Allocation of a pew on south side to George Dearden of Cunstable - faculty and certificate.

6. PRESTON Presentment by Thomas Birch, vicar, that churchwardens failed to present several persons for not repairing churchyard fence and incroaching on churchyard; excommunication for church wardens with costs.

7. SUTTON IN WIRRAL Ralph Blagg c Elizabeth Edmundson calling him a cheating rogue, depriving tenants of their livings and saying, "I hope to see thee rot above ground" -libel, interrogations, depositions, prohibition. Repair before issue.

8. LEYLAND Office c Elizabeth Withnell of Euxton widow of John Withnell for incestuous marriage with Thomas Withnall - libel.

9. WOODPLUMTON Petition by John Duddell and Henry Barton that Wm Newsham, schoolmaster is an immoral man - repair.

10. ORMSKIRK Faculty and certificate for a pew for Daniel Sephton of Skelmersdale and Wm Hill of Burscough.

11. ORMSKIRK Faculty and certificate for a pew in the nave for Wm Farrington, apothecary.

12. TODMORDEN Costs in cause between Gilbert Holden and Charles Wilkinson for correction.

13. LIVERPOOL Mayor and Corporation c Catherine Barker that she is a person of mean circumstance and unworthy of the pew she claims - libel.

14. WHITEFIELD (Bury) Hugh Davenport c Joshua Horrocks of Whitefield accusing him of adultery with Elizabeth Walkden (1691 No.18) - deposition, certificate, costs, sentence.

15. BURNLEY Richard Kippax curate c John Ingham for non payment of one fifteenth towards curate's stipend as agreed in 1683, of £8.17.9 to make his stipend 20 marks. (Burnley £1.1.8d; Cliviger £2.7.4d; Brearcliffe £2.16.9d - libel, depositions.

16. LAWTON John Cartwright of Hall of Lee c Roger Wilbraham concerning his title to a seat. Hall of Lee is partly in Astbury but is nearer to Lawton church - libel.

17. HANMER Thomas Matthews c Wm & Thomas Wright that his seat is a hindrance to the minister for reading service - libel, interrogations, confirmation with some family history.

18. WIGAN Thomas Ford and Alderman John Baldwin, on behalf of Wm Ford a minor, c John Curghey concerning claim to a pew. Pews made uniform by order of Bp. Bridgeman in 1622 and reallocated - libel and agreement.

19. ACCRINGTON Dennis Ryley c John Ryley accusing him of incest with Sarah Ryley - libel, depositions, sentence, petition.

20. ACCRINGTON George Hicock c Elizabeth Potter for slander - confession.

21. ROCHDALE Costs in tithe dispute between Sir John Byrom and James Naylor.

22. FLIXTON Edward Holt c John Starkey of Urmston for calling him a knave and challenging him to fight - libel.

23. CHESTER (St John Baptist) Elizabeth Brayne c John Pratchett for slander - depositions by Joseph Hodgson, bookseller.

24. CHESTER (St John Baptist) Elizabeth Brayne c Margaret Maddock for slander - depositions, sentence (repair).

25. CHESTER (St Olave) Thomas Griffiths c Churchwardens concerning accounts. He was churchwarden 1680-1686 and in 1688 - responsions.

26. MIDDLEWICH Churchwardens c Samuel Law for non payment of his assessments of 5s to repair of the church - libel.

27. HALSALL Churchwardens c Henry Blundell concerning his assessments on lands obtained from Lord Maxfield in 1687 when he was overseas (1691 No.22) - libel, deposition.

28. THORNTON Robert Booth rector c Lawrence Fogg, Dean of Chester, Richard Wright, John Thane, Edmund Entwistle, John Allen prebendaries executors of the will of James Arderne late Dean, for dilapidations - libel, list of defects £67.0.0, petition. (Very fragile handle with care).

29. WOODCHURCH Catherine Potter c Roger Plegg of Arrowhouse for slander - libel.

30. WARBURTON Office c John Cheney, curate, for solemnising seven clandestine marriages without banns or licence. (Repair).

31. NANTWICH Richard Jackson c Henry Brooke for slander - libel.

32. WARRINGTON John Wilme c Richard Clarke c Joseph Davis for tithes of Woolston, hay and oats - libel, sentence, prohibition. (Repair).

33. DODLESTON Wm Dennis rector c John Maddocks of Kinnerton Superior for non payment of dues and tithes - libel.

34. TWISTON (Whalley) Sir Edmund Ashton c James Starkie and Christopher Smith for tithe oats and barley - full file.

35. LEIGH Churchwardens c Thomas Hurst for refusing to pay his lay to purchase a fifth bell on grounds that steeple would be too small and endanger fabric. Also against Benjamin Pendlebury and Elizabeth Battersby for the same - very poor condition and needs repair.

36. BREDBURY Significavit for John Brookshaw for non appearance in court within forty days of citation.

37. WEAVERHAM Order of penance for Elizabeth Pickering for slander of John Pickering of Middlewich.

38. Faded bills of costs.