Sessions held at Lostwithiel

QS/1/2/91

Justices: John Glanville, Arscott Bickford, John Tremayne, Thomas Glynn, esqs.

Jury: John Collier, William Slade, Edward Slade, John Broad, Joseph Broad, William Pascoe, Richard Harper, William Vivian, Roger Pascoe, Richard Popplestone, Thomas Price, Richard Stribley, Francis Parkins, Christopher Hicks, Edward Geach, William Tom, William Row, John Wallis, Nicholas Avent, gents.

QS/1/2/92

Richard Pearce and Thomas Wills; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

Application by St Cleer concerning female bastard child of Mary Knight: Thomas Symon of Redruth, tinner, alleged father, to pay 1s. weekly maintenance and £2 19s. lying-in expenses; Mary Knight unable to contribute or nurse the child.

John Neal of Bodmin; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d.

Lawrence Jewell of Cardinham, labourer; confessed to two indictments of assault and battery: fined 1s.

Charles Borrows; confessed to a misdemeanour: fined 6d.

William Penberthy, Robert Davy, Michael Nicholls and Henry Care; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

QS/1/2/93

Roger and Richard Thomas; confessed to a misdemeanour: fined 6d. each.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

Henry Leverton of Gwennap, chandler

Hercules Nicholls of St Winnow, gent., surety

Robert Edyvean of St Stephen in Brannel

John Edyvean of St Austell, peruke-maker, surety

Complaint by Thomas Werry, yeoman, that Walter Petherick, schoolmaster, of St Columb Major, had destroyed 13 elm trees at St Breock, owned by him, Thomas Werry: Walter Petherick to be brought to sessions to answer to trespass and other offences.

John Banfield of Lelant, tinner; stealing goods of Henry Tonkin, value 10d.: public whipping.

QS/1/2/93,94

Application by Dorothy Bennett of St Kew, widow, maltster, that £3 15s. duty had been paid on 150 bushels of malt which were destroyed by fire on 27 January last: duty to be refunded.

QS/1/2/94

William Hooper of Anthony, labourer; stealing goods of Searle Deeble, value 10d.: public whipping.

Elizabeth Cook, alias Turner; confessed to assault and battery: fined 1s.

Charles Roberts, Francis Vivian and Richard Yelland; tried for trespass and misdemeanour: acquitted.

Vice-treasurer to pay Sir John Molesworth £25 8s., cost of repairing bridewell.

To be discharged from bridewell for want of prosecution:

Anthony Jenkyn, on suspicion of felony.

Ann Mitchell for breach of the peace.

Thomas Bolitho for breach of the peace.

QS/1/2/95

Rees Rice and John Porter, held in bridewell for playing an unlawful game, 'Pricking in the Garter': to be further held with hard labour until next sessions, and publicly whipped in Bodmin.

Presentment of Ludgvan, Veryan and Duloe for not repairing highway: held over.

Presentment of Liskeard for not repairing highway: discharged.

QS/1/2/96

Account of Thomas Turner: allowed.