Sessions held at Truro

QS/1/5/238

Justices: Henry Hawkins Tremayne, clerk; Edward Collins, John Stackhouse, esqs.; Sampson Sandys, clerk.

Jury: Alexander Dennis, William Hichens, Noy Tregurtha, Francis Hutchins Jacka, Richard Oke Millett, William Bosustow, Thomas Tremewan, William Hutchins, Henry Woolcock, Tobias Lanyon, Tobias Roberts, James Sandow, William Corin, James Thomas.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

James Cannon of Landrake, yeoman

William Brewer of Landrake, surety

John Paynter of Landrake, surety

QS/1/5/239

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

Sir William Molesworth and Sir William Lemon to be Treasurers for the next year.

[See QS/1/5/219] Appeal of Tavistock, Devon: order reversed; Mary Knott to be returned to St Stephens by Launceston; costs to Tavistock.

QS/1/5/240

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

Thomas Kendall of St Tudy, mason

John Hooper and James Kendall, sureties

QS/1/5/240, 241

Appeal of Germoe against order of 11 January for removal (12), Elizabeth (10) and William (8), from Perranuthnoe to Germoe: order reversed; costs to Germoe.

QS/1/5/241, 242

Application by St Issey concerning female bastard born at St Issey on 28 January, daughter of Hannah Arthur, single woman: George Gill of St Issey, yeoman, alleged father, to pay 16d. weekly maintenance and £6 lying-in expenses, etc.; Hannah Arthur to pay 8d. weekly.

QS/1/5/242, 243

Application by St Tudy concerning female bastard born at St Tudy on 10 February, daughter of Alice Sleep, single woman: John Sleeman of St Tudy, alleged father, to pay 16d. weekly maintenance and £4 13s. 6d. lying-in expenses, etc.; Alice Sleep to pay 8d. weekly.

QS/1/5/243, 244

Application by Kea concerning female bastard born at Kea on 3 March, daughter of Margaret Hoskin, single woman: Melchizadeck James of Truro, alleged father, to pay 16d. weekly maintenance and £3 9s. 8d. lying-in expenses, etc.; Margaret Hoskin to pay 8d. weekly.

QS/1/5/244, 245

Appeal of Sennen against order of 18 November for removal of Martyn Russell and wife Joan from St Hilary to Sennen: order quashed by consent, for insufficiency; costs to Sennen.

QS/1/5/245

Indictment at a former sessions against James Allen, wife Catherine, and Mary Olver: quashed by consent.

QS/1/5/246

Appeal of Stithians against order of 7 March for removal of William Collins, labourer, wife Ann, and son Richard (1), from Budock to Stithians: held over.

Appeal of Gwennap against order of 9 January for removal of Catharine Kneebone, widow, and children Thomas (4) and Honour (2) from Kenwyn to Gwennap: held over.

QS/1/5/247

Bridges on roads on each side of Tresillian, Grampound and Kegan [Kiggon] to be repaired.

Mary and Catharine Cowling of Camborne, single women; stealing four gallons of coal and one piece of deal timber, value 6d., from Sir Carew Vyvyan: Catharine Cowling acquitted; Mary Cowling found guilty and sentenced to 3 months' hard labour, followed by private whipping.

Joseph Tyack of Breage, labourer; accused of stealing ten sheaves of barley, value 6d., from Thomas Harvey: acquitted.

Elizabeth, wife of Henry Jory, and Mary, wife of Nicholas Parsons, both of St Minver; stealing one bag of flour, one silk handkerchief, one dowlas shift and other articles, value 6d., from Barbara Barry, widow: 3 months' hard labour each, followed by private whipping.

John Leelate of Warleggan, labourer; stealing two wooden tubs, value 6d., from Samuel Tom: public whipping.

QS/1/5/248

Mary Phillips, als Betsey Phillips of St Erth, spinster; stealing one beaver cloak and one silk handkerchief, value 6d., from Edward Geach: 3 months' hard labour, followed by private whipping.

William Cooke of Grampound, labourer; stealing one piece of leather, value 6d., from Joseph Woon: one month's hard labour.

Appeal of Paul against order of 3 January for removal of Jane Richards, wife of Alexander Richards of Paul, mariner, and children Jane (6) and Margaret (9 months), from Penzance to Paul: held over.

QS/1/5/249

Presentments against Gwennap, Perranuthnoe and Minster for non-repair of highways: held over.

Recognizances to appear at next quarter sessions:

Francis Symons of St Columb Major, innkeeper

Henry Blake and Richard Sampson, both of St Columb Major, sureties

Henry Blake of St Columb Major

Francis Symons and Richard Symons [sic], sureties

Richard Sampson of St Columb Major

Francis Symons and Henry Blake, sureties

Elizabeth, wife of Francis Symons

Francis Symons, Henry Blake and Richard Sampson, sureties

William Courtis of Gwennap

Richard Lean, tinner, and Thomas Courtis, both of Gwennap, sureties

QS/1/5/250

John Scawen of Roche, tinner; accused of stealing four pieces of silver, value 6d., from Richard Keame: acquitted.

Richard Johns and Richard Bonetto; assault and battery, pleaded guilty: fined 6d. each.

[See QS/1/5/232] Appeal by Mathew Bolton and James Watt, esqs., against Kenwyn poor rate on their profits in mine engines at Chacewater: granted; £60 struck out of poor rate.

Ferdinando Williams, and his pledges, John Lobb and Thomas Ennis, to appear at next sessions regarding failure to obey order in bastardy.

QS/1/5/251

Motion by advocates for the Crown to change the particular statute under which proceedings to be taken against John Webb, jun.: not allowed.

Thomas Sharmar of Bodmin, victualler; assault and battery on Richard Worden, bailiff: fined 6d.

QS/1/5/251, 252

Application by Penryn concerning female bastard born at Penryn on 11 September, daughter of Mary Williams, single woman: Charles Casper Clutterbuck, gent., of Falmouth, alleged father, to pay 2s. weekly maintenance and £6 2s. 0d. lying-in expenses, etc.; Mary Williams to pay 8d. weekly.

QS/1/5/252

Appeal of John Hosking against Madron poor rate: poor rate confirmed by consent of all parties.

QS/1/5/253

Thomas Roberts, jun., maltster, of Marazion, testified that, on 30 September, 372 Winchester bushels of dry malt, the property of Thomas Roberts, sen., of Marazion (duty paid £24 8s. 3d.) had been destroyed by fire at the latter's malthouse in Marazion.

William Dennis and Ralph Stephens, in bridewell for want of sureties: discharged.

Robert Hart, in bridewell for want of sureties in bastardy: to be held until next sessions.

QS/1/5/254

John Uglow, in bridewell for forcible entry and misdemeanour: discharged.

Jenkin Warren, in bridewell for a breach of the peace on Richard Phillips of Paul: discharged.

William Curteis: to be discharged from bridewell following a prosecution against him by Sampson Nicholls of Gwennap.

Catharine Richards, in bridewell for disorderly practices: discharged.

William Best, in bridewell for begging at Egloshayle: discharged.

John Pascoe, in bridewell for leaving his family chargeable to Wendron: discharged.

Benjamin Barklay, in bridewell for begging at St Mellion: to be passed to his last place of legal settlement.

John Broad, in bridewell for disorderly behaviour at Falmouth: discharged.

QS/1/5/255

John Smith, in bridewell for begging at Fowey: discharged.

William Lane, in bridewell for begging at Mevagissey: to be passed to his last place of legal settlement.

Thomas Newham, in bridewell for begging at St Columb Major: to be privately whipped and passed to his last place of legal settlement.

Elizabeth Lark, in bridewell as an idle and disorderly person: discharged.

Hannah Burgess, Ellen Davis, Caleb Davis and Joshua Davis, in bridewell for begging at St Austell: to be conveyed to their respective last places of legal settlement.

Matthew Jewell, in bridewell for leaving his family chargeable to Probus: discharged.

Rose Harris, in bridewell as an idle and disorderly person: one month's hard labour.

Jane Congdon, in bridewell as an idle and disorderly person: discharged.

john Williams, in bridewell for begging at Mevagissey: discharged.

Elizabeth Ball, in bridewell for the like offence: to be conveyed to her last place of legal settlement.

QS/1/5/256

Average prices of grain sold in the county certified as: wheat 5s. 0d., barley 2s. 8d., oats 1s. 8d.

QS/1/5/256, 257

Warrant confirmed whereby £20 8s. 2¼d had been seized out of the rents of Matthew Williams from his estate at Trevellow, Paul, towards the maintenance of Catharine, his wife, whom he had deserted and left as a charge on the parish of Paul.

QS/1/5/257

John Webb, jun., of St Austell, labourer; accused of assaulting John Douglass, customs officer, and resisting the seizure of various casks containing foreign brandy, and of other contraband goods: acquitted; and a further indictment quashed for an omission in it.

QS/1/5/258

Appeal by Sennen against order of 21 February for removal of Richard Semmens, yeoman, wife Elizabeth, and children Richard, Elizabeth, Mary and John, from St Levan to Sennen: order quashed; costs to Sennen.

QS/1/5/259

John Webb, jun., of St Austell, labourer; accused of attempting, by force, to rescue from John Douglass, customs officer, one cask containing two gallons of foreign spirits legally seized: acquitted.

Appeal of Richard Oke Millett, gent., against the account of the overseers of Marazion: held over.

Accounts of Surveyors (east and west): allowed.