Sessions held at Truro

QS/1/5/302

Justices: Edward Collins, esq., Sampson Sandys, clerk, John Thomas, esq.

Jury: George Davies, William Bosustow, William Baynard, David Eddy, William Harvey, William Edwards, John Edwards, Richard Lanyon, Antony Wills, William Chirgwin, Edward Tregurtha, Henry Trevenen, Robert Quick, Paul Quick, Hosea Roberts, Tobias Tonkin, James Weymouth, Thomas Polkinghorne, Richard Nicholls, Thomas Roscruge.

QS/1/5/303

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

Sir William Molesworth and Sir William Lemon elected Treasurers for the ensuing year.

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

Jacob Nash, master, and James Vicary, mate, of the sloop The Sisters, testified that, at Bristol on 14 November, they shipped 16 tons of white salt, duty paid, on account of Francis Traer and Peter Traer of Truro, bound for Falmouth, and that, due to a violent storm, 1 ton 308 lb. of salt were lost.

QS/1/5/304

Average prices of grain sold in the county certified as: wheat 5s. 6d., barley 2s. 8d., oats 1s. 6d., beans -- .

Appeal of Grampound against order of 26 March for removal of Samuel Skidgmore, labourer, from St Stephen in Brannel to Grampound: held over.

Presentment against Constantine for non-repair of highways: to be discharged.

John Gliddon of Bodmin, excuse officer; assault and battery, pleaded guilty: fined 6d.

QS/1/5/305

[See QS/1/5/290] Appeal of Penryn against order for removal of Jane Butler [Rutter?] from Falmouth to Penryn: order reversed; costs to Penryn.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

Thomas Clemoes of Bodmin, labourer

Richard Kessell and Christopher Clemoes, both of Bodmin, sureties

QS/1/5/306

Appeal of Charles Haynes against poor rate made at Falmouth on 1 February for 4s. in respect of his stock in trade: granted, and assessment to be struck out.

Similar appeals by John Macdowell and Thomas Pike: not granted; assessments confirmed.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

Richard Kessell of Bodmin, labourer

Thomas Henwood and Christopher Clemoes, both of Bodmin, sureties

QS/1/5/307

Similar appeal by Thomas Pawson [see QS/1/5/306]: not granted.

Similar appeal by George Woolcock [see QS/1/5/306]: granted; assessment to be struck out.

QS/1/5/308-311

Appeal of John Benny of St Agnes against apprenticeship indenture of 14 December, binding Ann Tamblyn, poor child, to him: appeal dismissed; costs to St Agnes. Similar appeals by Thomas Davis in respect of Elizabeth Roberts; Matthew Sylvester for Jane Tonkin; Thomas Stephens for Rebecca Rowe, John Tysser for Joanna Penrose; Mark James for Mary Penrose; and Thomas Lawrence for Honour Wilkins: appeals dismissed; costs to St Agnes.

QS/1/5/311

Recognizances of Robert Yeoman, Richard Keigwin and Richard Jasper: to be estreated for non-appearance. [Note in margin: estreats discharged on appearance at midsummer sessions.]

QS/1/5/312

Appeal of Manaccan against order of 9 February for removal of Richard Peters, wife Martha, and sons Richard (14), William (11) and Henry (1), from St Keverne to Manaccan: order reversed; costs to Manaccan.

QS/1/5/313

John Rogers, master, and John Sims[?], mariner, of the brig Thomas, testified that, at Bristol on 4 July, they shipped 560 bushels of white salt, duty paid, for John Edwards of Hayle, and that, due to violent weather, 123 bushels of salt were lost.

QS/1/5/314, 315

Appeal of John Seccombe, Francis Pender, Margaret Clarke, Peter Tippet and Edmund Michell, against two poor-rate assessments made in March by Feock: assessments quashed for insufficiency; costs to appellants. Similar appeal by David Jacka, Christian Clift, William Trenhall, Osborne Fittock, Samuel Cornor[?] and William Solomon: same verdict.

QS/1/5/315

William Best and Henry Mugford, in bridewell as idle and disorderly persons: to be discharged.

Jane Painter and Sarah Wilkins, in bridewell as idle and disorderly persons: to remain in custody for six months and then be privately whipped and discharged.

Ann Pearce, in bridewell as an idle and disorderly person: to be discharged.

QS/1/5/316

Rose[?] Harris, in bridewell: to be discharged.

Ann Phillips and Christian Sampson, in bridewell as lewd and disorderly women: to be discharged.

Sampson Collins, in bridewell for deserting his family and leaving them chargeable to Mevagissey: to be discharged.

Edward Sloggett, in bridewell for assault and battery on Jane Clarke: to be discharged.

Henry James, in bridewell as a riotous and disorderly person: to be discharged.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

Thomas Avard of St Austell, cooper

William Hodge and Antony Row, labourers, sureties

William Hodge of St Austell, labourer

Thomas Avard and Antony Row, sureties

Antony Row of St Austell, labourer

Thomas Avard and William Hodge, sureties

QS/1/5/317

James Allen; assault and battery, pleaded guilty: fined £1.

George Bate; accused of stealing 50 yards of holland, value 6d.: acquitted; to be discharged from bridewell.

Arthur Holla of Zennor, tinner; stealing one blue coat, one hat, one striped shirt and other articles, from William Lane and Edward Landry, value 6d.: public whipping.

QS/1/5/318

James Gosling, alias Ball, in bridewell for violently assaulting Elizabeth Hocken: to be discharged.

Appeal of George Treverton against order of 15 March for removal of himself, wife Blanch, and children Frank, Mary, Betsey, Catharine, Stephen and William, from Penryn to Gwennap: held over.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

Andrew Stephens of Kea, tinner

Richard Stephens of Kea, tinner, surety

QS/1/5/319, 320

Appeal of Thomas Warren, gent., against poor-rate assessment made on 1 January in respect of a house at Flushing, Mylor, in the occupation of Captain James Dunn (formerly assessed in respect of William Copeland, deceased): appeal confirmed and rating to be amended as detailed; costs to appellants.

QS/1/5/320

William Webber of Redruth, labourer; accused of stealing two bed-sheets, value 6d., from Thomas Starman/Sherman[?]: acquitted.

Phillipa Clemoe, single woman, mother of a female bastard child born in August at St Clement, who now refuses to name the father: to be committed to bridewell for six months as a lewd and disorderly woman.

QS/1/5/321

Mary Fine of Sithney; stealing two faggots of furze from John Rogers, esq., value 1d.: one month in bridewell.

Mary Penrose of St Austell, spinster; accused of stealing 4 lb. of cheese from Richard Rowse, innkeeper: acquitted.

Joseph Tyack of Truro, labourer; stealing 7 lb. of mutton, value 6d;., from Thomas Rivers, innkeeper: to be transported for seven years.

John Williams of Crowan, tinner; stealing from John Vivian, clerk, and others, at Wheal Treasury Mine, one deal board, value 6d.: three months in bridewell.

QS/1/5/322

John Richards of Liskeard, labourer; stealing one quart of wheat from Edward Moon, value 1d.: three months' hard labour in bridewell, then public whipping.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions:

Francis Milwood of Phillack, labourer

Bridge wardens required to give security for county money: Trehane Symons (delivered) and John Truscott (to be delivered next sessions, Capt. William Truscott and another to be securities).

QS/1/5/323, 324

Pages prepared for next sessions on 17 July 1788, but not used.