1632

1. SAUGHTON Conveyance by Alice Cotton widow to her son and executor Anthony Cotton all her goods and chattels both fixed and moveable in perpetuity. Session by delivery of "unius le brasse pott". Drawn up in form of conveyance of land. Date 1591.

2. BURY Copy grant of houses and lands to Edmund booth including a rent charge of 5 shillings p.a. to vicar of Bury.

3. WARMINGHAM Andrew Wood rector c William Whittingham and Mary Smith on charge of adultery with William Whittingham in Middlewich. Wood presented Whittingham to Mr Wilkinson deputy of Archbishop of York at the visitation - full file. (See 1631, No. 115.)

4. KIRKHAM Office c churchwardens for having their pulpit patched with iron bands to hold it together, no cover to prevent defilement by owls and birds, too narrow to preach in and not paying for a new one as ordered by vicar Edward Fleetwood - libel.

5. KIRKHAM Office c William Tomlinson intruding himself into office of parish clerk. Custom that parish clerk is skilled on the organs and able to instruct children in music. Tomlinson can do neither. Organ used on Sundays and feasts - libel, responsions, commission of inquiry.

6. EASTHAM (Sutton) William Maddock c Jane Brett and Robert Fisher for slander - depositions, sentence, interrogation, responsions.

7. WARRINGTON John Bate c Alice Easton of Altrincham saying he would put her down for brewing ale - depositions, sentence.

8. WARRINGTON Impropriators c William Barnes and Edward More of Sankey for tithes. Reference to perambulation of boundary in Sankey since part is in Prescot parish - depositions.

9. CHESTER (St Oswald) Mr Dutton c John Barker saying in the Consistory Court that Dutton kept a whore - depositions.

10. CHESTER (St Oswald) William Case lessee of tithes of Huntingdon from Dean and Chapter c Robert Selbie for tithes - libel, responsions (fragile).

11. BURY Alice Greenhalgh c John Scott saying she was pregnant by him and tried to obtain an abortion - libel.

12. BURY Thomas Hammond clerk c David Vadon for abusing his men while collecting tithe - libel.

13. BOWDEN Margaret Vaudrey impropriator deceased by her heir Richard Vaudrey c John Tarvin for tithes - depositions, sentence repair.

14. CHESTER (St Mary) Francis Edwards c Richard Mitchell and William Thropp for tithes. Fragment of depositions, libel.

15. CHESTER (St Mary) Office c Ralph Grange for usury. Lett out 16/8 to Katherine Nowell for 4 months @ 2/4 per month plus principal. To Mary Taylor of St John 12d for 3 weeks @ 1d per week plus principal. Also called her a whore - libel.

16. CHESTER (St Oswald) William Case, vicar, c John Chubb for tithes on lands in Boughton rented from Richard Dean - libel, responsions.

17. BROUGHTON Margaret Knowsley c Elizabeth Welch for saying she was fuddled with drink and brawled with her neighbours - libel, depositions, sentence (see 1631 no. 126).

18. WOODCHURCH Churchwardens c Katherine & James Hodgson for assessment on land - responsions.

19. WOODCHURCH Monition from the Dean & Chapter of York to transmit process between Churchwardens and John Huckinall to York.

20. WIGAN Alderman James Harvey c William Boyes for slander - libel, sentence.

21. PRESTON Sir Gilbert Houghton c John Gerrard for tithe oats - libel.

22. PRESTON Sir Gilbert Houghton c George & Elizabeth Charnly for tithe oats - libel, repair.

23. SEFTON Certificate from Churchwardens that Thurstan Garstum an excommunicate was buried secretly by night in the church.

24. HUNTINGDON Copy of lease by Dean & Chapter of tithes for 21 years. (1632 No. 10).

25. MANCHESTER Thomas Baxter c Dorothy Richardson saying his wife was a dirty slut - libel.

26. MOBBERLEY Sentence in an office case against Elizabeth Carrington for slander. (1631 No. 35).

27. PRESCOT Susan Davenport c Katherine Wyat for slander - libel.

28. LEIGH Office c Ellen Tickle for adultery at Winwick with George Bradshaw and burying his body by night in the churchyard he being excommunicated - libel.

29. ASHTON UNDER LYNE Churchwardens c William Walker of Smallshaw for non payment of assessments - libel.

30. GUILDEN SUTTON Churchwardens c John Meacocke for attempting to pull John Martin from his seat, treading on Mrs Martins clothes, kneeling on her and brawling in church - libel, responsions.

31. NANTWICH Sentence in defamation case of Elena Worrall and Maria Massie.

32. EGREMOND John and Maria Robinson c Elena Patrickson for cursing Maria during her labour - libel.

33. PULFORD Margaret Walker c Elizabeth Urmston for slander - libel.

34. LIVERPOOL Presentment that Katherine Halley did strike Margaret Moore across the face in service time and gave her evil words - libel.

35. WHITEGATE Sentence in matrimonial case of Hugh Darlington and Dorothy Sare.

36. MACCLESFIELD Office c George Orme concerning use of a legacy of £20 left to poor by Thomas Shrigley - responsions.

37. ASTBURY John Swain c William Pierrepoint and Thomas Bentley concerning pew belonging to Moston or Mossom House - libel, depositions.

38. BUNBURY Peter Bostocke c Thomas Dun calling him a knave - libel.

39. CHESTER (Holy Trinity) Richard Wilson rector c William Done for tithes from Rayles, Hanging Field, New Intack, Little Croft - libel.

40. ST BEES William Lickbarrow c Richard Coates for saying that he was father to Mowson's child in Edward Curwin's alehouse - libel.

41. COLNE Pew dispute concerning Townley chapel with Simon Blakey - depositions give information on interior arrangement of chapel - (1631 No. 2).

42. TILSTON Edward Wright c John Lea concerning his title to a pew in north chancel. Repewed 1607 and plan drawn up - libel.

43. HEYWOOD Office c Peter Heywood and Alice Holt in a clandestine marriage - libel.

44. CHESTER (St Peter) Churchwardens c Hugh Williamson for non-payment of assessments - libel.

45. CHESTER (St Bridget) Elizabeth Case c Robert Evans saying she came from Ireland and committed adultery in a house in Broad Lane, a butcher's shop - libel, interrogations.

46. WAVERTON Peter Dutton c John Barker accusing him of keeping a whore - libel.

47. CHESTER (St Oswald) Katherine Bolton c Ann Tottie saying she slept with one Thropp - libel, responsions.

48. RUNCORN Certificate of citation for John Barkley published by John Glendole clerk.

49. BUDWORTH Randle Wrench of Barnton c John Basnett saying he committed adultery - libel.

50. Office c Thomas Dutton and Ellen Fairclough in a matrimonial dispute - fragment only.

51. DUNHAM MASSEY Sentence in matrimonial dispute of Dorothy Booth dau. of Sir George Booth and Anthony St John of Chester.

52. Bill of Costs in Margaret Singleton c Alice Edwards.

53. Absolution for James Parker and Richard Foster -very faded.

54. CHESTER (St Peter) Petition for relaxation and absolution for Edmund Jodrell.

55. MALPAS Summary of case heard in the Common Hall, Chester before Sir John Bridgman and Marmaduke Lloyd between Jane Bromley of Bickerton and Richard Vaudrey - probably tithe.

56. Sentence in case of Dobb c Craddock - fragment only.

57. Responsions of John Barkley in case of Thomas and Henry Ballinge.

58. WHALLEY Ralph Assheton c Robert Ingham for tithes - libel.

59. DARESBURY Henry & Mary Porter c Nicholas & Mary Birome in a disputed pew - libel, responsions, depositions.

60. WAVERTON Penance for Robert Smith for pulling up a pew in church.

61. MANCHESTER Richard Murray warden c Daniel Smethurst and othersia for tithe hay - libel, depositions.

62. CHESTER (St Oswald) Wm Case rector c John Ashton of Holy Trinity for tithes - libel.

63. CHESTER (St Oswald) Wm Case rector c Thomas Thomason, Wm Nicol and others for tithes in Bruera - libel, depositions.

64. FARNWORTH Churchwardens c Wm Barnes and others concerning refusal to contribute to repair of chapel - libel, depositions, interrogation (see 1633 No.13).

65. URSWICK Citations to Nicholas Marshall to cite Wm Garner to appear at Chester.

66. STOCKPORT Elizabeth Chetham c John Brookshawe for brawling in church over a pew. Description of interior, place of pulpit, reading desk etc. and report of commission. Depositions, petition from Bredbury township, interrogations (fragile).

67. ROSTHERNE John Rutter c Wm Rylands accusing him of bastardy - libel.

68. CHESTER (St Oswald) Jane Ellis c Sara Brereton for slander - libel.

69. PRESTBURY Francis Allen rector c John Hulme of Manchester for tithe oats in Brickfield - responsions, depositions.

70. HEVERSHAM Office c Robert Dickenson churchwarden for not present Grace Garnet and Wm Walker for adultery and bastardy - libel.

71. NORTHENDEN Responsions in nullity case of Richard and Jane Vaudrey.

72. PRESTBURY Richard Davenport c Jane Hide alias Davenport in a nullity case - gives detailed account of part played by parents in arranging marriage (fragile).

73. ST BEES Wm Lickbarrow vicar c Charles Norman accusing him of adultery with Elizabeth Sharp - libel.

74. BLACKBURN (Salmesbury) Jacob Thornley c Wm Rogerson for attempting to commit adultery with Katherine Thorneley while she was baking oatcake - libel (ignore Hulme & Wilcocke).

75. WARRINGTON Certificate of publication of banns and marriage on 3 April for John Hulme and Alis Wilcocke.

76. FRODSHAM Thomas Gammond c Elizabeth Gammond his wife for adultery with John Hanson - libel.

77. SANDBACH Samuel Royle c Grace Royle for abusing him, ill treating him and leaving him to live with her mother in law - libel, depositions, bill of costs.

78. TATTENHALL Richard Ratcliffe guardian of Mary Astbrooke c Dorothy Wright for slander of Mary - libel.

79. MACCLESFIELD Alice Johnson c Philip Orme & Joanna Smith concerning marriage of Alice & Philip in the house of Ralph Broadbent in Sutton - libel, depositions - she had had a child by Philip.

80. KNUTSFORD Mary Leicester c Ralph Leicester for cruelty, quarrelling and illness of Ralph - full file.

81. ECCLES Alice Diggle c Mary Erlam alias Pollett for slander - libel.

82. OVERTON (Bangor) Richard & Jane Edwards c Robert Evans clerk saying they were living together unmarried - libel, depositions.

83. CHESTER (St Peter) Thomas Knowsley c Wm Welch and Jane Dawson for fornication - libel.

84. INGLETON Excommunication for John Couder.

85. TATTENHALL Anna Knott c Charles Knott for turning her out and swearing by the "Lords Blood" to kill her if she returned - libel.

86. BRUERA Inhibition for Edward Calverley in dispute with Nicholas Ratcliffe.

87. BOLTON Katherine Lever c John Lever for adultery with Alice Sharples - libel, depositions, sentence.

88. BURY Alice Greenhalgh c John Scott for slander - libel.

89. SHOTWICK Bill of costs for Joanna Burscow.

90. CHESTER Dorothy Darlington c Hugh Darlington for adultery with her sister Ursula Sare - libel.

91. HOLT Elizabeth Wilkinson for fornication with Foulke Bostock of St Asaph and bearing a child - responsions.

92. ECCLESTON Office c Richard Howell for adultery with Elizabeth Smith - libel.

93. BANGOR Citation for Richard & Margaret Lloyd to take Letters of Administration for Dorothy Ellis deceased - revocation of letters.

94. CHESTER Elizabeth Welch c Margaret Knowlseley for slander depositions (see No.17).

95. James Tolley c Ralph Crosse for slander responsions.

96. CHESTER Sentence in appeal to York by Richard Murray S.T.P. c Edward Russell Not. Pub.

97. BOLTON Fragment of appeal by Churchwardens c Ainsworth and other of Rivington and Blackrod.

98. Sentence in matrimonial dispute between Richard and Jane Bennett.

99. Interrogations in case of Ann Massie c Richard Grantham.

100. Fragment of case between Gerard c Robert Sline for tithes.

101. WHITEGATE Robert Mainwaring impropriatorriator c Thomas Baker for tithe of French wheat and barley - libel.

102. WALTON Elen Strange c Wm Trentam of Lowe saying she lived incontinently - libel.

103. Margaret Singleton c Alice Edwards for slander.

104. CHESTER Resignation deed of George Snell from his prebend. (See Burne; Chester Cathedral p.98).

105. CHESTER Elizabeth Molyneux c Margaret Knowsley for slander - libel.

106. HOLT Office c George Bostock for adultery with Sara Tench and Elizabeth Wilkinson - libel.

107. CHESTER (St Oswald) Wm Case rector c Richard Nicholl of Christleton for tithes in Huntington - responsions.