Sessions held at Truro

QS/1/1/90

Justices: Edmund Prideaux, John Derbyshire Birkhead, Christopher Hawkins, Samuel Foot, Nicholas Glynn, Francis Gregor, William Arundell, John Hoblyn, Thomas Glynn, Francis Gregor, William Arundell, John Hoblyn, Thomas Glynn

Jury: John Runnalds, Peter Buckingham, William Slade, William Andrew, Joseph Broad, John Pearce, Peter Hugoe, Robert Bone, Joseph Chalwell, Charles Pharoh, John Cornow, John Hocking, William Murley, Richard Nicholls, Andrew Hosking, Richard White, Henry Harris, Henry Harris, James Leverton, George French, Philip Parsons.

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Appeal of St. Ives against order of 22 Nov., for removal of Ann, wife of Richard Rapson alias Robertson, a soldier in Major General Thomas Hawards Regiment of Foot, with daus. Catherine and Elizabeth both aged about 13 weeks, from Marazion to St. Ives: order confirmed; St. Ives to pay costs to Marazion.

QS/1/1/91

Appeal of Perranzabuloe against order of 18 Nov., for removal of Grace Reed, single woman, from Egloshayle to Perranzabuloe: held over.

Appeal of St. Breock against order of 7 Jan., for removal of Roger Thristle, lab., from Egloshayle to St. Breock: held over

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Mevagissey: discharged on payment of fees from convictions for non-repair of highways: fine of £20, which had been levied on them, to be paid to John Fortescue, esq., a principal inhabitant of the parish, to spend on repairs.

QS/1/1/92

Recognizance to appear at next sessions: Josiah Cock of Redruth, surgeon, Thomas Cocking of Redruth, lab., surety

Creed: discharged on payment of fees from convictions for non-repair of highways: fine of £30, which had been levied on them, to be paid to their overseers to spend on repairs.

Probus: discharged on payment of fees from convictions for non-repair of highways: fine of £20, which had been levied on them, to be paid to Revd. William Stackhouse, a principal inhabitant of the parish, to spend on repairs.

St. Germans: fine of £5 previously imposed for non-repair of highways to be estreated and levied.

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Thomas Cary, a vagabond held in bridewell: found to be an incorrigible rogue, 3 months with hard labour and the correction of the house, and to be publicly whipped at Truro next Saturday and Bodmin the following Saturday between the hours of twelve and two.

QS/1/1/93

Recognizances to appear at next sessions: Sampson Endeane of Roche, Henry Endeane of Lower St. Columb, surety, William Dennis of Higher St. Columb, surety

Carthew Bridge, between Marazion and Sancreed, fallen down and the two parishes unable to bear the cost of repair without assistance: treasurer (west) to pay £30 to two JPs. William Arundell and John Borlase, to spend on rebuilding.

Cuby: discharged on payment of fees, from convictions for non-repair of highways: fine of £10 which had been levied on them, to be paid to their overseers to spend on repairs.

QS/1/1/94

Long Bridge, Ludgvan: to be inspected by four local JPs and an estimate of cost of repairs to be given to next sessions.

John Lambrick of Helston, lab., petty larceny: public whipping and re-committed to bridewell, with hard labour and "once every week to receive the correction of the bridewell", until next sessions.

John Giles of St. Austell, lab., felony: to be conveyed to St. Austell at the expense of the parish and publicly whipped there in the market place.

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James Gendall of St. Hilary, Thomas Stevens of Illogan, John Hollman of Kenwyn and Richard Cherguege [Tregurtha?] of Gwinear, labs., felony: public whipping.

QS/1/1/95

Ralph Cock alias Wills of St. Stephen in Brannel and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Burt of St. Austell, labs., felony: private whipping.

John Vian, misdemeanour, confessed: fined 1s.

Joseph Mannell, misdemeanour, confessed: fined 1s.

Vincent Pearce of St. Stephen in Brannel, lab., Joseph Vincent, John Vincent and Ralph Easterbrook, all of St. Austell, tinners, felony: acquitted.

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John Roddick, a "Scotchman", Michael Jackson and Thomas Dunholme, Irishmen: found to be vagrants and incorrigible rogues, remanded to bridewell for 3 months with hard labour and to receive the correction of the house unless in the meantime they were passed and conveyed to their places of last settlement or birth.

QS/1/1/96

Thomas Mason, his wife and 3children, vagrants: to be kept in bridewell until resettled.

Treasurer: to pay £1.10s 6d. to Charles Treweek of Bodmin for medicines and work during the sickness of several vagrants lately in bridewell.

Treasurer to pay George Conner, keeper of Launceston gaol, £4, his usual quarterly allowance and £2 for conveying two convicts to Exeter.

Treasurer to pay John Brabant and Francis Gregor esqs., £6 for apprehending and conveying two tinners from St. Clement to Launceston gaol.

QS/1/1/97

Treasurer to pay Thomas Eyre, bridewell keeper, £5, his usual quarterly allowance and £40 towards his costs for conveying and providing for vagrants in his custody, his accounts to be submitted to next sessions.

Accounts of the surveyors gaol and bridewell keepers to be entered annually (or more frequently if required) in a book to be provided and vouchers of such accounts kept filed; so that accounts available for inspection by the quarter sessions, for which Clerk fo the Peace to be paid £10.10s a year.

Gaol and marshalsea rate £120 to be levied and paid to James Tillie and Francis Gregor, esqs., treasurers.