Short title: Elde v Bootle. Plaintiff(s): Francis Elde. Defendant(s): Matthew Bootle....

Short title: Elde v Bootle.

Plaintiff(s): Francis Elde.

Defendant(s): Matthew Bootle.

Subject of depositions: Apprenticeship of Richard Elde, deceased, one of the younger sons of the plaintiff, to the defendant, linendraper. Touching defendant's treatment of the apprentice, who was bound to defendant for seven years (with a premium of £50), and who forfeited his indentures by marrying before the expiration of the seven years, and was therefore turned away by his master.

County/place: Lancashire.

Date of commission: 12 February 1686.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 20 April 1686 at Manchester.

Deponent(s): John Stanley (2); Thomas Neild; Thomas Ratcliffi (2); Jane Jepson (2); John Nash (2); Edward Urmston (2); John Unsworth; Daniel Wilmore (2); Anne Elde; Thomas Marcer; Gervas Staynrod; Nathaniel Walker; John Lightbowne; John Browne; Edward Chetham.