Sessions held at Bodmin

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Justices: John Buller, Henry Rosewarne, esqs; John Kingdon, clerk; John Arscott, esq.; James Cory, clerk.

Jury: Peter Werry, John Mably, Samuel Furnis, William Hockin, William Pearce, Richard Morris, John Bassett, jun., Constantine Bradford, Jacob Williams, Richard Rawle, John Hayne, Nicholas Foot of Northill, Nicholas Foot of Linkinhorne, John Trehane, William Gregory, William Gimblett, Digory Martin, Edward Brendon, jun., Hugh Littleton, William Kestle, gents.

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Recognizances to appear at next session:

William Giddy of Kea, gent.;

John Libby of Kea, rope-maker, surety

Charles Chilcott of Tintagel, yeoman;

William Chilcott of Tintagel, yeoman, and Thomas Henwood of St Teath, yeoman, sureties

Jenny Earle of Tintagel;

John Earle of Tintagel, yeoman, and Thomasin Earl of the same, spinster, sureties

Richard Legge, esq., of Falmouth

QS/1/4/79

Sworn statements by Ezekiel Collins, mariner, and Richard Oxnam of Penzance, merchant, concerning the ship Nancy, carrying 10 tons of salt from Bristol to Penzance, which sank in a storm off the Welsh coast in September, 1775, Ezekiel Collins being the only survivor.

QS/1/4/80

Appeal of St Issey against order dated 66 July 1775 for the removal of Elizabeth Warne, spinster, from St Breock to St Issey: order reversed.

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Appeal of Budock against order dated 17 Aug. 1775 for removal of Phinia Retallack from Constantine to Budock: order quashed.

QS/1/4/81

Appeal of Sennen against order dated 3 Aug. 1775 for the removal of Sarah Pitts from St Just in Penwith to Sennen: held over.

Complaint by Lanhydrock that Henry Harris of Altarnun, mason, ought to contribute towards the maintenance of his parents, Francis Harris and his wife: complaint upheld, and Henry Harris ordered to contribute 6d. per week.

QS/1/4/82

Appeal of Philip Retallack of Ruanlanyhorne against bastardy order, dated 20 Sep. 1775, concerning Philippa, the child of Mary Collett of Veryan, born 28 June 1775: order quashed for insufficiency, but Retallack to remain in custody.

William Farnham of Launceston, gent., and John Luckes of Camelford, innkeeper, to be discharged from their estreats, resulting from the non-appearance of John Pearce at the last sessions to answer in bastardy: their recognizances for Pearce's appearance to be continued over to next sessions.

QS/1/4/83

Sworn statements by Richard Martin, master, and Thomas Hellyar, mariner, of the ship Friendship, concerning the loss of part of the cargo of salt, the property of Jacob Borlase, Jonas Isabell and others of St Austell, during a voyage from Bristol to Fowey on 6 Sep. 1775.

William Warne of St Breock; failed to attend to give evidence.

Hezekiah Bont of St Columb Major, yeoman; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

James Read, surgeon, Charles Townsend and John Levis, all of Bodmin; pleaded guilty to misdemeanour: fined 6d. each.

Samuel Pollard of St Kew, blacksmith; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

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Appeal by St Issey against order dated 4 Sep. 1775 for the removal of Richard Congdon and wife, Honour, from St Allen to St Issey: after consideration of Congdon's occupation of part of Keast's Tenement in St Allen, and his assessment for local taxes, the order was confirmed.

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Nicholas and John Houghton of Mawgan in Pydar, yeomen: to be discharged from their estreats, incurred by the failure of Frances, Nicholas' wife, to appear at Michaelmas sessions.

Benjamin Hocken and Hugh Bennetts, both of St Just in Penwith, tinners: to be discharged from their estreats, incurred by the failure of Cordelia, wife of William Roberts, to appear at Easter sessions.

Presentments against St Kew, Sancreed and Constantine: to be held over.

Tamarstone bridge, Launcells and Guddick bridge, St Breock, having been presented, to be regarded as county bridges.

Surveyor to spend up to £25 to repair Guddick bridge, up to £100 on Tamarstone.

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Complaint of Stephen Hodge of Liskeard, for discharge of his pauper apprentice, William Hodges: complaint allowed.

William Nicholls of Penzance, cordwainer; convicted of stealing a pair of trousers, value 6d., from William Pomery: to be publicly whipped.

John, son of William Jenkyn of Perranzabuloe; convicted of assault on John Richards: fined 6d.

QS/1/4/88

Mary Webb, Elizabeth Uren, Mary Teague, Margaret White and Eliza Bamfield; committed to bridewell by Mayor and Justice of Falmouth, as rogues, vagabonds and disorderly persons: to be discharged.

Margaret Curry; committed to bridewell as loose, idle and disorderly, and for threatening to set fire to her master's house: to remain in custody.

Thomas Colensoe; committed to bridewell for assault: to be discharged.

Abraham Davis and wife Edith; committed as rogues and vagabonds: to be admonished and discharged.

William Hocken and Christopher Nicholls; committed as rogues and vagabonds: to be discharged.

John Jones; committed for abandoning his family: to be discharged.

William Williams; committed as rogue and vagabond: to be admonished and taken to his last legal place of settlement.

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Philip Hocken; committed for want of sureties: to be discharged.

Two bridge rates to be raised, one to be paid to Trehane Symons, gent., Surveyor (east), the other to John Truscott, gent., Surveyor (west).

Gaol rate to be raised and paid to Samuel Hext, gent., Vice-Treasurer.

Annual salary of Revd Mr Lethbridge, prison chaplain, in future to be £30.

Account of Thomas Roberts, bridewell keeper, allowed: £28 9s. 11d. due to him.

Meschec Gilbert of St Clements, cordwainer: discharged from his recognizance.