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 Middlesex County Records, 
 
 CALEN DAR 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SESSIONS BOOKS 
 
 1689 TO 1709. 
 
 BY 
 
 W. J. HARDY, F.S.A., 
 
 WITH AN 
 
 INDEX COMPILED BY M. DOROTHY BRAKSPEAR. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PUBLISHED BY SIR RICHARD NICHOLSON, GUILDHALL, WESTMINSTER, 
 
 Clerk to the Middlesex Standing Joint Committee. 
 
 1905- 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 t26 
 1689 
 
 When the County of London was constituted by the Local Govern- 
 ment Act, 1 888, it was arranged by the Authorities of the County 
 of Middlesex and the new County of London that the former 
 should retain the Guildhall, Westminster, as its headquarters, 
 while the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, where the County Records 
 were then stored, was retained, for Quarter Sessional purposes, by the 
 County of London. 
 
 It was only natural, owing to the upheaval of Local Government 
 affairs brought about by the Act of i888, that some time should elapse 
 before the County Records were transferred from the Sessions House, 
 Clerkenwell, to the new home of the Middlesex County Authority at 
 Westminster, and it was not until the early part of the year 1894 
 that the removal of those records to the Guildhall, Westminster, was 
 completed. Had it not been for the fact that extensive alterations 
 were being carried out at the last named place, including the 
 provision of specially-constructed muniment rooms for the reception 
 of the records in question, the removal would have been completed 
 at an earlier date. 
 
 About this time a dispute arose as to who was the lawful 
 custodian of the documents, with the result that, in 1899, the Court 
 of Queen's Bench decided that the Gustos Rotulorum of Middlesex, 
 and not the Gustos Rotulorum of London, was the legal custodian 
 of the records.* 
 
 The County Council of Middlesex had, in 1898, obtained special 
 Parliamentary powers authorising the expenditure of the county funds 
 
 * In this action, which was tried before Mr. Justice Bingham, the Duke of Westminster 
 <as Custos Rotulorum of the County of London), was plainlitf, and the Duke of Bedford (as 
 Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex), defendant. 
 
 Z\^ 
 
iv Preface, 
 
 on the work of repairing, binding, calendaring, and publishing the 
 records ; and it is a gratifying fact that, the question of the custody 
 of the records having been determined, little time was lost in 
 exercising the powers obtained. A Sub-Committee of the Standing 
 Joint Committee of County Justices and members of the County 
 Council (of which Sir Richard Nicholson is the Clerk) was appointed 
 to deal with the whole question of the county records ; and their 
 repair and binding are being carried on under the able direction of 
 Mr. Douglas Cockerel!. A detailed account of what is being done 
 by him appeared in the fifth volume of the " Home Counties' 
 Magazine " at pp. 37-39. 
 
 This Sub-Committee above mentioned now consists of: — 
 
 Sir Ralph Littler, C.B., K.C., Chairman. 
 
 Montagu Sharpe, Esq., D.L. 
 
 J. W. Ford, Esq. 
 
 Henry Gervis, Esq., M.D. 
 
 A. S. Montgomrey, Esq. 
 
 Herbert Nield, Esq., and 
 
 William Regester, Esq. 
 
 Under the same direction I have commenced the work of 
 calendaring the records on a system somewhat different to that 
 followed by the late Mr. J. Cordy Jeaffreson, whose work (in four 
 volumes) was issued a few years ago by the Middlesex County 
 Record Society, and which has thrown such a valuable side-light on 
 the history of London and the county generally. 
 
 My plan is to deal with one class of records at a time, instead of 
 making selections, as did Mr. Jeaffreson, from various classes, of the 
 most interesting items. None of his extracts come down so late as 
 1690, and so, in commencing my work, 1 decided to begin at that 
 year. The class of documents I selected to deal with is known as the 
 Sessions Books. I continued the calendar to these books — noting 
 every entry, with the exception of lists of names, and I have 
 indicated the positions of these lists in the different volumes — down 
 to 1709, and this is the calendar now printed. Since completing it,, 
 and since it was determined to print it, I received directions from 
 
Preface. v 
 
 the Committee to continue the calendar back from 1690 to the com- 
 mencement of the series in 1639, and forwards from 1709 to 1759. 
 I have done these things, and I have quite recently discovered a 
 record of the business at Sessions in a class known as Sessions 
 Registers, which extends from 1607 to 1667, and which fills many- 
 gaps in the Sessions Books, between their commencement and the 
 latter of the dates just mentioned. I am now dealing with these 
 registers, and when I have done so we shall have in manuscript a 
 fairly complete record of the Sessions Orders from 1607 to 1759. 
 
 I hope that the sale of the present volume will warrant the 
 Committee in printing the earlier and later portions of my calendar, 
 I ought, perhaps, here to explain that in the earlier part of it I 
 have only very briefly referred to those entries which Mr. Jeaffreson 
 has already noted at what appeared to me to be sufficient length, 
 and I have, of course, given in each case a reference to the volume 
 and page of his calendar. 
 
 With regard to the arrangement of the Sessions Books, the 
 reader, on consulting the calendar, will observe that it is similar in 
 the case of those which record the proceedings at the Sessions for 
 Middlesex and in those which record the proceedings at the Sessions 
 for Westminster. First come the writs, lists of Justices, and the jury 
 panels ; then memoranda as to recognizances and appearances, which, 
 in the case of the Middlesex books, usually occupy between 20 and 
 30 pages. In the Westminster books the list is not so long, but it is 
 more interesting, as it often gives the charge against the person 
 indicted and his place of residence and occupation. As might be 
 expected, some notable names occur in the lists, both for Middlesex 
 and Westminster, as, for instance, that of Titus Oates, who in 
 January, 1696, is described as of Westminster, and "clerk" (p. 143). 
 After the lists come the orders, all of which are calendared. 
 Following them are usually some notes of committals, sentences, and 
 fines. Then come lists of persons in the New Prison and House of 
 Correction, and then a list, arranged alphabetically, of persons indicted, 
 and referring to the Sessions Rolls, and a similar list of persons 
 entering into recognizances. In some of the later books the names 
 are given of those who took the oath of allegiance. Quite at the end 
 
VI Preface. 
 
 are rough memoranda of a very miscellaneous description, but some- 
 times of much interest ; anything of an important nature has been 
 indicated in the calendar. 
 
 At the date at which the present calendar opens the country 
 as a whole was agitated by rumours of plots against the occupant 
 of the English throne. The Roman Catholics were regarded with 
 suspicion, and we find the Middlesex Magistrates enforcing, with 
 considerable vigour, the Acts against persons of that religion. The 
 search for fire-arms in the houses of prominent Romanists is referred 
 to as early as June, 1690 ; arms, supposed to belong to Captain 
 Pounds, a Roman Catholic, were seized at the house of Captain 
 Samuel Ely, but the Magistrates finding themselves in error as to 
 the owner, directed the return of the weapons (p. 14). Some years 
 later, in July, 1695, we find the Earl of Cardigan, a reputed papist, 
 allowed to keep certain fire-arms for the defence of his house (p. 136). 
 The Magistrates were careful, by means of addresses and the like, 
 to assure William III and Queen Mary of their zeal in enforcing 
 every measure which tended to their security on the throne. In the 
 autumn of 1690 the Court ordered that — owing to the illegal resort 
 of papists to London and Westminster — all householders, innkeepers, 
 and keepers of livery stables should, within 24 hours, deliver to some 
 neighbouring Justice the name and ordinary place of abode of any 
 lodger or sojourner with them, and of the owner of any horse 
 remaining in their stables (p. 17). After this it was ordered that a 
 list should be made of all persons in the county suspected as dangerous 
 or disaffected to the Government, to the intent that they might be 
 summoned to take the oath of allegiance (p. 37). A long list of 
 suspected papists in Westminster, who refused so to do, appears 
 under the date June, 1692 (pp. 76-79). 
 
 Again, in 1696, after the discovery of the Assassination Plot, the 
 Justices, following the example of the House of Commons, entered into 
 and signed an " Association " (pp. 146, 147), professing their allegiance 
 to the King's throne and person ; and the leading inhabitants of 
 the county, on their recommendation, did the same (p. 148). The 
 Privy Council had directed a return to be made of all French 
 papists and suspected persons, with information as to whether they 
 
Preface. vii 
 
 were naturalised or denizised. The Justices instructed the petty 
 constables and headboroughs to go from house to house and collect 
 information for this return (pp. 147 and 149). The oaths were to be 
 tendered to such persons, and on the 30th of April the Privy Council 
 wrote to the Lord Lieutenant requesting him to ascertain the names 
 of those who refused, and to distinguish between such as were 
 papists and such as were protcstants (p. 152). In a subsequent letter 
 the Council gave him directions as to the discharge or detention of 
 persons in custody in connection with the same Plot, and, a year 
 later, demanded an account of what had been done in these matters 
 (p. 170). 
 
 In regard to Popish schools in the county the Bench was 
 particularly watchful, and when, in 169S, it was informed "that a 
 school for the educating of young women in the Popish religion in 
 the nature of a nunnery" was kept in the house of Mrs. Beddingfield, 
 in Hammersmith, " and that divers Popish priests are sheltered in 
 and near Hammersmith," it was ordered that the high constable of 
 Kensington Division " do make search in Mrs. Beddingfield's house, 
 &c., and apprehend all such women as they find, and such persons 
 as they suspect are Popish priests, and bring them before one of 
 His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State" (p. 192). At the same 
 time, upon information being given that " many Popish priests have 
 lately come into the kingdom and are very busy in exercising their 
 functions, which may tend to great inconvenience to the public 
 affairs," the Court directed that on the arrest of any such priest 
 he was to be sent in the custody of a constable to one of the Secre- 
 taries of State for examination {ibid.). 
 
 As to protestants who differed from the Established Church, 
 there is also a great deal in the calendar, and the strength of 
 nonconformity in and around London, at the close of the seventeenth 
 century and the beginning of the eighteenth, is illustrated in a 
 variety of ways — one of them, the frequent licenses granted for 
 holding conventicles. These were generally held in private houses, 
 but we have reference, in 1706, to " Charles Nicholetts, a protestant 
 dissenting minister of the Gospel, who designs to make use of the 
 market house in Shadwell Market for the public worship of God 
 
viii Preface. 
 
 in a separate congregation, beginning the then next Lord's Day, he 
 being qualified thereto as the law directs " (p. 306). For preaching 
 in an unlicensed conventicle, in 1692, the preacher was convicted 
 (p. 100). 
 
 The erection of buildings especially constructed for the 
 religious worship of dissenters had apparently not progressed to 
 any extent, but we have reference to "the Aylesbury Chapel," in 
 the parish of St. James', Clerkenwell (p. 294), and, in 1707, to a 
 chapel then lately erected by Mr. William Baguley, in Great Queen's 
 Street, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The rector and 
 churchwardens offered opposition to the erection of this building 
 (p. 310). There is also a reference to a Quakers' meeting-house at 
 Tottenham High Cross (p. 43); but, as a rule, the Quakers, like 
 other nonconformists, appear to have met for religious service in 
 private houses. Such meeting places are mentioned in Slaughter's 
 Yard, Wapping ; at Edgware, Mill Hill, and at Stoke Newington. 
 Other nonconformist bodies to which reference is made are. Baptists, 
 at Whitecross Alley, in St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and at Edgware ; 
 Anabaptists, at " the Two Blue Balls," in Covent Garden, at 
 Glasshouse Yard, St. Giles', Cripplegate, and Goodman's Fields, 
 Whitechapel ; Independents, in Baldwin's Gardens ; and Presby- 
 terians, at Meeting-house Alley, Wapping, and at Fulham. Bodies 
 simply described as " Dissenting Protestants " met at " le New Way," 
 in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, in Little Newport 
 Street, Westminster, and Crown Court, Shoreditch, and at Hamp- 
 stead, Enfield, Hackney, Uxbridge, Ealing. Edmonton, Stoke 
 Newington, Harmondsworth, and Bushey Heath. 
 
 A considerable amount of the time of the County Bench was 
 occupied in matters connected with provision for the poor. County 
 pensions, of sums varying from £2 to ;^5 a year, were bestowed on 
 needy seamen and soldiers who had been wounded in action, and 
 were also granted to the ordinary poor, unable to relieve themselves 
 by their own industry. Quite a number of historical events are 
 brought to mind in the applications made for the former class of 
 pensions : one applicant had fought on the " Bonadventure," in the 
 " river of Londonderry," during the memorable siege ; another had 
 
Preface. ix 
 
 been wounded fighting against the French at Martinique ; whilst 
 others had been at the battle of Beachy Head, or in the expeditions 
 against Dieppe and Brest. One petitioner, who had fought in 
 many of the wars of Charles II, in the fervour of his claim gets 
 a little out in his genealogy, and refers to that monarch as 
 William Ill's "royal father." Though, as a rule, these pensions 
 were granted only to ordinary seamen and soldiers, we have two 
 instances of their being bestowed on naval lieutenants. 
 
 The ordinary poor in receipt of pensions seem to have been 
 entitled to augment their incomes by begging within the bounds of 
 their own parishes, but it is quite evident that they were not content 
 with these narrow limits. In 1694 the Court was informed that 
 great numbers of male and female county pensioners begged in 
 parishes other than their own ; it was therefore ordered by the 
 Ju.stices that the churchwardens and overseers of the different 
 parishes should provide for their " pension " poor a distinctive badge, 
 made of some durable metal, which was to be worn at the end of 
 the left sleeve of the pensioner's " outmost garment." The pensions 
 of those refusing to wear these badges were to be forthwith stopped, 
 and not to be renewed until compliance had been made with the 
 rule (p. 124). A curious case on this point arose in 1705 : the 
 overseers of St. Andrew's, Holborn, had stopped the pension of 
 Mary Edwardes, allowed to her for the relief of her impotent child, 
 because the said Mary did not wear the badge. The Court held that 
 as the child, for whom the pension was allowed, duly wore the badge, 
 the pension should be continued (p. 291). 
 
 With regard to the education of the poor, there was, of course, 
 no organised effort on the part of the county. Whatever was done 
 was the outcome of private charity ; yet a curious light on the 
 question is thrown by some of the entries now calendared. Students 
 of Mr. Jeaffreson's Calendar will remember that under the Act 
 13 and 14 Charles II, a body, known as "the Governors of the 
 Corporation of the Poor," had, in 1663 (Jeaffreson, vol. iii, pp. 331 
 and 357;, erected a workhouse at Clerkenwell for ceitain London 
 parishes, the theory being that the inmates (all save 100 impotent folk, 
 who were to be therein housed and fed) should support themselves 
 
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 by their own labour. The thing proved a failure, and the building^ 
 fell into decay before 1675. -^ portion of it was afterwards let, at a 
 rental of ^^30 a year, to Sir Thomas Rowe, to be converted into a 
 " College " for the education of poor infants (to be sent to it b\' the 
 overseers of the different parishes) in the protestant religion (pp. 13 
 and 296, 297). 
 
 Sir Thomas Rowe died in 1696, and the following year we find 
 that his scholars — or " inventory," as the order terms them — 60 in 
 number, had moved, under the care of one Isaac Adams, into what 
 was doubtless considered the more salubrious air of the parish of 
 Hornsey, But the compliment to their parish was not altogether 
 appreciated by the careful overseers of Hornsey, who appealed to the 
 Magistrates for some security that the children brought with Adams 
 should not, in the future, become chargeable to them. The Court 
 directed that Adams should furnish a list of all the children he had 
 brought with him, and state the parish from which each child had 
 come ; and that he should, in the future, furnish to the overseers 
 similar particulars in regard to any fresh arrivals. Adams was 
 also to give a security to indemnify the parish of Hornsej- for the 
 charge of maintenance or provision. An interesting feature in this 
 order is that it empowers the parish officers, from time to time, to 
 inspect Adams' house and its inmates (p. 165). 
 
 The insane poor were supported in private houses by a specially 
 raised rate, or they were confined in " Bedlam," or, in the case of 
 Westminster, in the House of Correction, in Tothill Fields (pp. 21, 22). 
 
 The provision for the impotent poor in parochial almshouses 
 seems to have been in the mind of the authorities of Ealing, for, 
 in 1 70 1, they petitioned the Magistrates for liberty to repair and 
 use a building, situated " on a waste piece of ground belonging 
 to the parish," that would accommodate eight poor people. They 
 urged that by so doing they would save the parish £\2 a year. 
 Leave was thereupon given to raise, by rate, the ;^50 required for 
 the repair of the building, the original use of which is not stated 
 (p. 229). Two years later the churchwardens of Twickenham were 
 authorised to build, on the Lower Common, at the cost of the parish, 
 a fit and convenient dwelling-house for the use of its " impotent 
 
Preface. xi 
 
 poor " (p. 265). Almshouses are mentioned in 1696, in the parish of 
 St. Anne, Westminster, and in 1704 in that of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields, for widows dependent on parish rehef 
 
 A very large proportion of the entries in the calendar deals with 
 the relievini^ and " passing " of pauper vagrants, and the question of 
 actual legal settlement was a matter constantly before the Court in 
 actions brought by one parish against another. The cost of " passing " 
 vagrants was, of course, considerable. The vagrancy laws, which 
 inflicted grie\ ous whippings on the wandering poor of both sexes, 
 and which, as we have seen by the earlier volumes of the Calendar of 
 Middlesex Records were so vigorously enforced in the county, seem, 
 during the period now dealt with, hardly to have been put in execution ; 
 though, as we shall presently notice, the lash was considered a salutary 
 corrective for men or women who had been convicted of various 
 offences. Indeed, it can have been no uncommon sight of the 
 London streets to meet a cart, led solemnly along, behind which 
 was tied a man or woman " stripped naked from the middle up," 
 whose bare back the parish officer belaboured till, in the words of 
 the sentence, it was " bloody." 
 
 The calendar is very full of references to apprentices. Indentures 
 of apprenticehood were enrolled with the Clerk of the Peace, and a 
 good many are entered in the Sessions Books. These documents 
 often provide useful genealogical information, and also furnish quaint 
 evidence as to what our ancestors considered needful for their children 
 to learn at the school of apprenticeship. For instance, girls were 
 apprenticed to learn the art or mystery of " keeping a linen-shop," of 
 becoming "a child's coat maker," of " washing point and gauze," and 
 of " housewifery " ; and boys " the art of fencing." 
 
 Apprentices could not be released from their indentures without 
 an order of the Court, and we constantly find the Magistrates 
 occupied in dealing with applications from apprentices to be released 
 from their masters or mistresses, and, occasionally, masters and 
 mistresses praying to be freed from their apprentices. In both 
 instances the complaints were sometimes trivial, but more often real 
 ground for complaint evidently existed, and in these cases the 
 Magistrates were not slow to execute judgment and to cancel 
 
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 the indentures. The charges brought by apprentices against their 
 masters were chiefly neglect of teaching, neglect of creature comforts, 
 immoderate correction, or other forms of cruelty, and overwork. We 
 have the complaint of a boy apprenticed to learn the art of a surgeon 
 who was compelled by his master to be a " tumbler, rope-dancer, 
 and jack-pudding" (p. 140). Another, apprenticed to learn the 
 art of a surgeon, was carried away to sea and made a cabin-boy. 
 In one instance, indentures were cancelled because the master was a 
 Jacobite ; in another, because it was shown that the master's wife had 
 several times induced the apprentice to attend mass in the chapel 
 of the Portuguese Ambassador (p. 300) ; in another, in 1709, because 
 the apprentice, who had been brought up as a papist, and was 
 apprenticed to a master holding the same faith, conformed to the 
 Anglican Church ; he was thenceforward ill-used by his master, who 
 had been very kind to him previously (p. 347). Some appealed for 
 release of their indentures on the ground that their masters or 
 mistresses were dead, or were prisoners for debt, and thus unable to 
 perform their part of the contract. It was a common occurrence in 
 the neighbourhood ot Shadwell for the master of a lad, apprenticed to 
 the sea, to abscond. The liberties of Whitefriars and the Temple 
 occasionally afforded sanctuary to defaulting masters (pp. 115, 141, 
 and 230). 
 
 The charges brought by masters or mistresses against their 
 apprentices were mainly of idleness or trivial dishonesty, though there 
 were occasionally complaints of a more serious nature. 
 
 Other grounds on which apprenticeships were declared void were 
 non-enrolment of the deed, or the fact that the apprentice's indentures 
 had been entered into without the consent of his father or legal 
 guardian, or that they were for a period of less than seven years. 
 
 The system of apprenticing pauper children, by the parishes to 
 which they belonged, led to a good many disputes which came before 
 the Magistrates for decision, and there are several instances of masters 
 and mistresses refusing to accept such apprentices ; sometimes the 
 objections were allowed, but, oftener, they were dismissed as frivolous, 
 and the unwilling master or mistress was provided with a. parochial 
 apprentice for seven years. 
 
Preface. xiii 
 
 With res::^ard to the punishmcntSL inflicted by the Court for the 
 various offences which came before it there is not much to be said. 
 We do not get any instances of the terrible penalty for standing 
 mute which Mr. Jeaffreson's Calendars show had been inflicted by 
 the Middlesex Bench so late as the reign of Charles II, but the 
 pillory and whippings were chastisements inflicted on men and 
 women with considerable frequency. The time for which persons 
 were sentenced to stand upon the pillory was generally one hour, and 
 this hour between lo in the morning and noon. A paper, stating the 
 culprit's oftence, would be placed over his or her head, or affixed to 
 his or her breast. Pillories stood at or near the following places : — 
 The Maypole, in the Strand ; Catherine Street, near Eagle Court, in^ 
 St. Mary-le-Savoy ; the New Exchange, in the Strand ; the Fountain 
 Tavern, in the same thoroughfare ; Covent Garden ; " Bow Street 
 end " ; Charing Cross ; St. James's Street ; New Palace Yard ; 
 Stanhope Street, Clare Market ; Bloomsbury Market ; Fuller's Rents 
 or Gray's Inn gateway in Holborn ; at "the great gates" of Hick's 
 Hall ; and at Ratcliffe Cross, or the Sun Tavern in RatclifFe High- 
 way. In the rural parts of the county we have mention of pillories 
 in New Brentford Market Place and at Twickenham. 
 
 Whipping-posts are mentioned in Holborn, where there were also 
 stocks, and at Kensington, and Cow Cross. But whippings were, as 
 already mentioned, more often inflicted at the cart's tail from some 
 given point to another ; the locality selected had, no doubt, some 
 special applicability to the culprit's offence. 
 
 A somewhat remarkable punishment was inflicted by the Bench 
 in 1704 on Elizabeth Staines, the wife of a coachman, who pleaded 
 guilty of an assault on Mr. John Howard. The Court ordered her 
 " to make a submissive and public acknowledgment of the said offence 
 in the open market at Brentford, where she gave the abuse to the 
 said Mr. Howard, and to ask his pardon there, which Mr. Howard is 
 willing to accept in regard to the poverty of John Staines, the 
 husband" (p. 275). 
 
 With regard to the condition of the prisons wholly in the 
 possession of the county, or those to which county prisoners were 
 committed, we learn a good deal from the present calendar. At 
 
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 Newgate the state of affairs was abominable, and in 1702 the debtors 
 set forth, in a petition to the Bench, the miseries and ill-treatment 
 they suffered (pp. 244 and 245). The report of the Magistrates 
 appointed to enquire into the matter shows that the petitioners' story- 
 was correct, and a series of regulations were drawn up for the better 
 government of the prison (pp. 247, 248}. Had these been carried 
 out, the sufferings of the prisoners would have been alleviated, but 
 they were not. A second appeal was made to the Bench in 1707, 
 in which it was shown that the previous order of the Court had not 
 been observed (p. 317). This further petition was referred to certain 
 Justices for report, and their report, when received, was laid before the 
 Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs of London (p. 320), and this 
 is the last we hear of the matter in the present volume. 
 
 One of the great abuses in Newgate seems to have been the 
 extortion of "garnish" money, which if prisoners — were they male 
 or female — could not, or would not, pay, led to stripping, beating, 
 and confinement in a dungeon known as " Tangier." 
 
 The House of Correction at Clerkenwell was a building near the 
 New Prison, erected at the cost of the county (pp. 2-3). The inmates 
 of this house complained, in 1698, that, by reason of the small 
 quantity of food allowed, two of their number had " been starv'ed to 
 death" ; and they also complained of being detained as prisoners, 
 after the expiry of their terms of imprisonment, for refusing to pay 
 fees which could not be legally demanded. The matter was referred 
 to certain Justices, who reported, giving instances of the detention 
 as to which complaint was made, and stating that " when Captain 
 Jones was keeper the prisoners had flesh on Monda)'S and Thursdays, 
 and about a pennyworth of bread a day, and also meal pottage, 
 water gruel, or pease pottage every day." This dietary was at first 
 followed by the then keeper, but he had reduced the allow- 
 ance of meat to one day a week, though he had lately — probably 
 on knowledge of the enquiry — returned to the former allowance 
 (p. 191). But, as at Newgate, so at the House of Correction, things 
 drifted back when the keeper thought it safe to return to his evil 
 ways. In 1709 the Justices had before them a complaint from the 
 inmates of the House of Correction who had suffered greatly "during 
 
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 the late hard frost," and six of them had nearly died of starvation 
 (p. 342). Their neighbours in the New Prison also complained, in 
 the same year, of the exactions of the keeper (p. 345), who had not 
 allowed prisoners to buy any food except through him, and who had 
 extorted {qq.<, above those authorised by law (p. 347). He was 
 dismissed and a new keeper appointed. 
 
 In 1705 we have reference to the fact that a prisoner in the 
 Marshalsea had been almost starved to death, and had been so 
 weakened by his confinement there that he was incapacitated from 
 thereafter earning his own livelihood (p. 281). 
 
 It is probable that much of the evil in the administration of 
 prisons arose from the fact that the keepers, in effect, " farmed " 
 these prisons of the county. In 1690 the keeper of the New Prison 
 complained of the great diminution in his perquisites, and of his 
 consequent inability to answer his rent, by reason of the numerous 
 commitments to other prisons in the county, " proper only for the 
 detention of debtors " (p. 4). 
 
 The question of licensing was one which occupied a considerable 
 amount of the Justices' attention at the period covered by this 
 volume of the calendar, and the difficulties in regard to it experienced 
 by the Middlesex Justices at the time of William III and Queen 
 Anne will doubtless be appreciated by their successors of the present 
 day. Licenses — we are speaking, of course, of alehouse or tavern 
 keepers' licenses —were, as a rule, suppressed (in two instances, only 
 for a limited period) for ill-rule, for allowing " tippling" at unreason- 
 able hours, or for permitting it on " the Lord's Day," during the 
 hours of Divine service. Various devices were practised by the 
 owners of such houses to defeat the operation of the law, and it was 
 no uncommon occurrence for an individual whose license had been 
 suppressed to obtain surreptitiously, or " by surprize," a renewal of 
 that license from a Magistrate in some distant part of the county. 
 Thomas Charlesworth, of Leman Street, Whitechapel, whose license 
 had been suppressed and renewed under these circumstances, had 
 the temerity to put over his sign this couplet : — 
 
 " Here I doe dwell in my own defence, 
 
 Noe rogues nor knaves shall ever drive me hence." 
 
xvi Preface. 
 
 The Justices, as a whole, naturally regarded the expression 
 " rogues or knaves " as intended to apply to themselves, and ordered 
 the inscription to be obliterated, and, if not done, the license 
 was to be recalled (p. 340). This order shows a remarkable 
 moderation on the part of the Bench, and a further illustration of 
 the liberal spirit in which that body acted in regard to the suppression 
 of licenses is furnished by the fact that in those cases where the 
 Magistrates felt in duty bound to order the suppression of a license,, 
 such suppression was not to take effect till the alehouse-keeper had 
 had sufficient time to draw off the stock of liquor he had laid in. 
 
 Some of the special reasons given for the suppression of licenses 
 are interesting. Thus, in 1692, those of some dozen persons, 
 who were the sheriff's bailiffs, were suppressed, when it was found 
 that their abodes were " common spunging houses," in which they 
 detained their prisoners several days contrary to law (p. 85). In. 
 1703 the license of the King's Head, in Albemarle Street, was, on 
 the vote of the majority of the Magistrates, suppressed, on the 
 charge, primarily, that the owner had refused entertainment to a 
 soldier billeted on him (p. 260). 
 
 The number of alehouses throughout the county was a matter 
 of evident concern to the Justices, and we find that, in 1695, an applica- 
 tion for a new license in Hoxton was refused on account of the great 
 number of licensed houses already established there. The house in 
 question had " never before been used as a victualling house, but 
 always inhabited " by " citizens of good worth, or gentlemen " (p. 132). 
 
 We do not know how far the " music house " was equivalent to 
 the modern music hall, but it was certainly, at the period of the 
 calendar, combined, as a rule, with the alehouse, and evidently not 
 regarded with much favour by the Justices. In 1693 the license of a 
 victualler, who kept a disorderly '' ale and music house " near Lamb's 
 Conduit Fields, was ordered to be suppressed (p. 96). There is a 
 note, under the date 1701, that the Mitre Music House is to be 
 indicted (p. 235), and a little earlier in the same year the con- 
 stables had been directed to be very diligent in the search for 
 those who kept, and those who haunted, disorderly houses, " particu- 
 larly music hcuses, which tend only to the debauching of persons. 
 
Preface. xvii 
 
 frequenting them " (p. 226), Lastly, in A)5ril, 1702 (p. 241), comes 
 the drastic order that no music houses be licensed ! 
 
 The due observance of Sunday was also a subject in which the 
 Bench took an evident interest. Stimulated by the Queen's letter 
 on the subject, written in July, 1691, the Magistrates ordered that 
 there be printed and affixed to the great gates of Hicks Hall, and to 
 the doors of all churches and " other public places " in every parish, 
 a special notice against "all prophanation of the Lord's Day, by 
 people travelling, selling or exposing anything to sale by exercise of 
 their ordinary callings thereon, or by using any other vain imploy- 
 ments or sports, and especially by tipling thereon, or on any part 
 thereof, and neglecting the worship and service of God, and also 
 against the odious and loathsome sin of drunkennesse, and against all 
 houses of debauchery and evill fame " (p. 49). 
 
 Not all that was hoped of it, came of this proclamation — if we 
 may term it so : " the rash and unadvised actings " of several persons, 
 " pretending great zeal," had resulted in the issue of the illegal 
 and irregular convictions of "a multitude of innocent persons" for 
 exercising their ordinary calling on the Lord's Day, without their 
 being even summoned, or afforded an opportunity of explanation, 
 whereby it might have appeared whether what they had done were 
 " works of charity or necessity." To remedy this, " and to the end so 
 religious an intention may not miscarry," the Court, in January, 1692, 
 declared that no conviction should be made before a warrant or 
 summons from a Justice of the Peace had been served on an accused 
 person, which summons would be delivered free to any person 
 requiring the same ; and further, for the better encouragement of 
 parish officers in searching for and observing profanations of the 
 Lord's Day, the Justices gave notice that, on request from any 
 such officer to a Justice resident in his parish, such Justice would go 
 with him " in person " and search the suspected house. Informers 
 were promised encouragement, and every alehouse-keeper duly 
 convicted was not only to forfeit ioj., but also to have his license 
 suppressed for three years (pp. 64, 65). We do not hear again of the 
 matter till February, 1698, when "victuallers, innholders, coffee- 
 sellers, vintners, brandy -sellers, &c.," were directed to forbear 
 
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xviii Preface. 
 
 entertaining company on the Lord's Day, " excepting those persons 
 allowed bylaw"; and " butchers, poulterers, fruiterers, barbers, and 
 other persons " were forbidden to expose any of their goods for sale 
 " on Sunday next or on any Sunday following." The King's 
 proclamation against swearing and immorality was recited, special 
 diligence being ordered in the search for offenders against it, 
 " particularly on the Lord's Day " (p. i8i). 
 
 In the following February we find a direction for putting into 
 execution the orders made for the better observance of the Lord's Day 
 (p. 195) ; and then, in the next year (1700;, attention was drawn to the 
 general observance of Sunday throughout the county. The Court held 
 that churchwardens and other parish officers were very remiss in 
 putting into execution the laws respecting profanation of the Lord's 
 Day, and ordered all persons concerned to be more diligent in that 
 respect. Attention was also called to idle persons who " go about 
 in the footpaths and public streets .... with wheelbarrows, 
 wherein they carry oranges, apples, nuts, and other wares, and 
 expose them to sale, and carry and use dice to encourage passengers 
 and others to play for such their goods, and other unlawful games.*' 
 Further attention was directed to disorderly persons, both men and 
 women, who wandered about " singing and publishing obscene ballads 
 and other licentious books and pamphlets, drawing crowds of people, 
 and which are the occasion of picking of pockets, affrays, and riots, 
 disturbing the peace, and corrupting of youth." The summary 
 arrest of all such persons was enjoined (p. 218). 
 
 After the accession of Queen Anne we find a special order for 
 putting into force the laws " for the observance of the Lord's Day 
 in accordance with her majesty's proclamation " (pp. 237 and 240). 
 
 Pressing for the army and navy was evidently being carried out 
 with vigour during the years covered by the calendar, the wars 
 in which both William III and Anne were engaged, necessitating an 
 active replenishment of the depleted forces. In January, 1705, the 
 Privy Council requested the Justices to assist in raising recruits 
 (p. 279;, and in the April following a certain number of Justices sat 
 daily in St. Martin's Vestry to carry out the provisions of the 
 Recruiting Act (p. 283). Again, at the close of that year, the Council 
 
Preface. xix 
 
 recommended to the Justices the "vigorous execution " of the Act 
 for raising recruits for the land forces and marines in order to enable 
 the Government "early to enter upon action next spring" (p. 293). 
 A similar application was made by the Council at the close of the 
 following year (p. 307). 
 
 In the spring of 1708 a reward of 20^. was offered by the 
 Government to any parish officer who should bring a person before 
 the Magistrates to be enlisted ; and the ranks of the army were also 
 to be filled up by volunteers. Every person who voluntarily entered 
 the service was to receive a gratuity of £^, and to have his discharge 
 at the end of three years if he should desire it (p. 324). 
 
 In February, 1695, the Court directed the release of a person 
 who had been forced by Captain Edward Taylor "to take 12 pence for 
 enlisting as a soldier ": it held that the recruit had been " oppressed," 
 and that, not being qualified as a seaman, he ought not to be 
 impressed as a soldier (p. 128;. Again, in 1704, the Court prayed 
 the release of the son of " a gentleman of above ^^500 a year," who 
 had apparently been enlisted — partly, perhaps, as a joke — by an 
 over-zealous lieutenant in the Welsh Fusiliers, with whom he had 
 been drinking (p. 268). 
 
 Another recruiting ground for both services was the debtors' 
 prison. An insolvent debtor, owing less than iJ^ioo, might obtain his 
 release on enlisting (p. 269). If his debt were over that amount his 
 request to be discharged to the army or navy was refused (p. 277). A 
 sherifit's officer, who had refused to release from prison a debtor willing 
 to enter the service, was fined ;^iO, but the fine was remitted on it 
 being shown that the application had not been made in form (pp. 282 
 and 284). Not only debtors were allowed to terminate their 
 imprisonment by enlistment ; Robert Dale, who in 1696 was " con- 
 victed of a trespass and false imprisonment," was, after being pilloried, 
 sentenced to a month's imprisonment in the New Prison, unless he 
 should in the meantime " voluntarily list himself as a soldier" (p. 151). 
 
 The vexed question of billeting or quartering occupied a good 
 deal of the Justices' attention. In January, 1690, they, in accordance 
 with the Act of Parliament, settled the prices which soldiers should 
 pay to the owners of inns, livery stables, and alehouses for their diet 
 
XX Preface. 
 
 and the baiting" of their horses ; and the chief constables were there- 
 upon ordered to furnish the Magistrates with the names of all those 
 who were liable to quarter soldiers, with an exact account of the 
 number, both horse and foot, which each house was capable of 
 receiving. The Magistrates further ordered that such officers as were 
 obliged to provide soldiers' quarters should, in the first place, assign 
 such quarters to the houses most fit for their reception, in proportion 
 with " other of less receipt, having a consideration of those persons 
 who keep houses liable by the said Act to quarter soldiers who are 
 poor and not able to provide beds for their accommodation" (p. 4). 
 
 In October, 1697, on the expected return of the Horse Guards 
 and other troops from Flanders, who were to be accommodated in 
 and about London, the Magistrates ordered the constables to make 
 lists of suitable inns and livery stables (p. 175). 
 
 The actual charges allowed by the Magistrates to be made by 
 innkeepers in respect of quarter, were settled in April, 1702, and 
 were as follows : — For a commissioned officer of horse, under the 
 degree of captain, for diet and small beer, 2/- a day ; for an officer 
 of dragoons, under the degree of captain, diet, small beer, and hay 
 and straw for his horse, i/- a day ; for a commissioned officer on 
 foot, under the degree of captain, for diet and small beer, i/- a day ; 
 if the officer has a horse or horses, for each horse 6d. a day ; for a 
 light horseman's diet, small beer, and hay and straw for his horse, 
 I/- a day ; for a dragoon's diet, small beer, and hay and straw for his 
 horse, (^d. a day ; for a foot soldier, diet and small beer, d^d. a day 
 
 (P- 239)- 
 
 But despite these arrangements, disputes as to matters connected 
 with the quartering of soldiers sometimes occurred. A petition from 
 the innkeepers of Westminster in regard to quartering the Farl of 
 Oxford's regiment of horse was dismissed as groundless in 1694 
 (pp. 123, 124). Payment for quarters was, we know, often neglected, 
 and, in 1694, £\\<^ is mentioned as owing to various persons in 
 Staines for quartering Captain Fletcher's troop of horse in Colonel 
 Coy's regiment (p. 112). In 1695 a further claim of the inhabitants 
 of that place was made for unpaid quarters (p. 127). When, in 
 the spring of 1703, the foot guards were about to be quartered in 
 
Preface. xxi 
 
 various London parishes, Queen Anne especially directed that the 
 officers should ' take care that the soldiers behave themselves civilly, 
 and duly pay their landlords." The Magistrates and their officers 
 were to assist, in all ways, in providing quarters (p. 257). 
 
 In the matter of recruiting the needs of the navy were quite as 
 urgent as those of the army. In 1691 the Court directed that 
 the constables should make a list " of all mariners and seafaring 
 men in their respective districts, together with their ages, places of 
 abode, and whether they are at home or abroad." These lists were 
 to be sent to the Commissioners of the Customs, for the more speedy 
 and sufficient supply for the furnishing of their Majesties' fleet with 
 able and sufficient seamen and mariners (p. 27). It is well known that 
 the riverside taverns, and other riverside houses, formed hiding-places 
 for seamen unwilling to serve in the navy, and how the merchants and 
 traders were ready to lend their aid in sheltering mariners, whom 
 they so greatly needed for the conduct of their trade with foreign ports. 
 We are not surprised, therefore, to find that, in 1695, the Court 
 detected that many beadles and headboroughs who kept alehouses, 
 sheltered in such houses seamen liable to be pressed for the fleet, 
 "when His Majesty requires them for his service " (p. 129). A year 
 later, in February, 1696, the Council directed the Justices to order 
 the constables " to take up for the fleet all seafaring men who abscond 
 or cannot give a good account of themselves." As an encourage- 
 ment, each constable was to receive an allowance of 10/- from the 
 Navy Board for every absconding sailor placed on board any of the 
 King's ships or tenders before the loth of the following April (p. 147). 
 Similar directions were issued in 1701 (p. 226), 
 
 In 1703 the Bench was directed to give orders for the " capture" 
 of all "straggling seamen" (p. 259); and in 1709, on a complaint 
 of the Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State, the Clerk of the 
 Peace informed the head constables of the county that several seamen 
 impressed had been sent into the army instead of the other service 
 (P- 352). 
 
 The salutary discipline of the navy was appreciated by the 
 Justices, who in 1694 delivered a " pilfering boy," aged 14, then in 
 prison at Clerkenwell, to some officer belonging to one of their 
 
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xxii Preface. 
 
 Majesties' ships, '■ whereby he may be able to get an honest 
 livelihood " (p. i 17). 
 
 The value of many of the entries in the calendar, from a topo- 
 graphical point of view, needs, perhaps, a word in the Preface. The 
 names of signs, and references to streets, new and already existing, 
 abound. The spread of London, outside the limits of the Cit)-, 
 north of the highway from Temple Bar to Westminster, and west 
 of the Haymarket, had begun, and we find it illustrated in the 
 orders to pave newly-made streets, as well as existing thoroughfares 
 (which had only just ceased to be "country" roads), so far as 
 buildings extended on either side of the way. The " village " of 
 Kensington, too, by an eastward expansion, was creeping on to 
 touch the western extension of London. East of the eastern limits 
 of the City, building operations had been in progress for more than 
 a century ; but even there the growth of commerce and of the docks 
 and quays on the Thames was populating the eastern villages and 
 joining them with the Metropolis itself As to the care and repair 
 of London streets, their watch and ward, and their lighting, the 
 calendar has also much to tell us. In 1691, after the first Act 
 which dealt with the lighting of the London streets, the Court 
 ordered that every householder whose house adjoined a road, or 
 was in close proximity to it, should display a lighted lantern on the 
 outside of his residence " as it shall grow dark," and keep the same 
 alight till midnight (p. 27). 
 
 A few months later the Court was informed that several house- 
 holders neglected this duty, and that the " patentees," * who set up 
 the lamps by agreement with the householders, placed them too far 
 apart (p. 50). Certain persons evidently refused either to hang out 
 lights at their own expense or to pay their shares to the '' partners " 
 for keeping up the lights. The Court ordered the payment of 
 penalties by defaulters, and also declared that all public passages and 
 thoroughfares in and about the town, comprised within the bills of 
 mortality, ought to be esteemed streets (p. in). 
 
 * The proprietors of the Convex lamp lights, who had letters patent for their 
 invention. Cal. Slate Papers, Domestic, Will. & Mary, 1691-2, p. 386. 
 
Preface. xxiii 
 
 We hear of the matter again as late as 1705, where the streets 
 and lanes of Spitalfields had been lit partlj' with the convex lights 
 and partly with other glass lamps. Great confusion had consequently 
 arisen, and behind that confusion many of the inhabitants had 
 sheltered themseh-es and avoided paying their penalties for not 
 exhibiting lights, " sometimes pretending that they contribute to 
 one kind and sometimes to the other kind." The matter was referred 
 to certain Justices resident in the locality, who were to examine and 
 report how the streets were lighted (p. 281 ). 
 
 With regard to watch and ward of the streets it is, from the 
 entries in the calendar, rather difficult to decide whether or not the 
 arrangements were at all adequate ; but the perpetration of a robbery 
 in any particular locality generally led to an order by the Bench for 
 a stricter guard of the streets in that localit)', both by day and night. 
 A fruitful source of danger — u'hich we find the Court active in 
 combatting — was the practice of workmen leaving in the streets at 
 night the ladders on which they had been working during the day. 
 
 There are, in the calendar, several interesting entries as to watch 
 and ward ; one goes into much detail in regard to the watchman's 
 beat in Whitechapel (p. 252) ; another shows that the care of the 
 Strand between Temple Bar and Salisbury House was committed to 
 four '' able and sufficient warders," who were to be placed " at 
 -convenient stands" as soon as the "candles" were lit (p. 27) ; whilst 
 a third refers to a special guard of the road between Bow and Mile 
 End for the better security of travellers from the attacks of highway- 
 men who lurked in and about Bearbinder Lane (p. 96). Watch houses 
 are mentioned for several localities, These had occasionally been 
 allowed to fall into decay by parochial neglect, and — as in the 
 following case, in 1694 — the aid of the county Bench was invoked : 
 ■" Upon the petition of divers of the inhabitants of the liberty of East 
 Smithfield, in the parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate, showing 
 that they, being destitute of a watcli house for the said libert}^ have 
 been forced to make use of a public house, which produces many 
 inconveniences, the watchmen being often overtaken in drink, and 
 that the lord of the manor has granted a lease of a piece of ground 
 at the upper end of the first street of East Smithfield, where a middle 
 
XX iv Preface. 
 
 row of houses are lebuilding, near the place where the former watch 
 house stood ; it is ordered that the inhabitants be at liberty to erect a 
 convenient watch house there" (p. 119). 
 
 In the matter of rights of way, the up-keep of bridges, the 
 deviation of roads, and other matters of what we may term current 
 importance, because they now often occupy the attention of the 
 County Council, the calendar has a good deal to say. Of Chertsey 
 Bridge we hear much ; there was an interesting dispute as to the 
 liability to repair Colnbrook Bridge in 1691 (p. 28), and we find the 
 Justices, in 1707, so solicitous as to the care of Brentford Bridge that, 
 during the summer months, they set up posts and chains at either 
 end, in order that carts and carriages might be forced to use the 
 ford, the bridge itself being reserved for foot passengers (p. 317). 
 
 The attitude of the Bench in regard to fairs is shown by several 
 entries: "Greengoose" Fair, at Stratford-le-Bow and Bromley, 
 caused an annoyance in consequence of the booths and sheds erected 
 along the high road to Romford (p. 342) ; " Rag Fair " is referred to, 
 in an order made in 1700, as a riotous and unlawful assembly in 
 Rosemary Lane, Whitechapel, " for the buying and selling of old 
 goods, wearing apparel, and other things, greatly suspected to be 
 stolen" (p. 211); Hendon Fair, held at "Burrows Green " in 1697, 
 brought together "a concourse of disorderly persons" (p. 170); and 
 May Fair — which Pennaiit, writing in 1805, could himself remember as 
 a gathering at which there was " every enticement to low pleasure " 
 — was certainly productive of a good deal of trouble, though its 
 theatrical features, on which Pennant dwells, are not particularly 
 mentioned. If they existed at the period of the calendar we can 
 well understand the Bench's objection to the fair, for the attitude 
 of that body towards the drama was certainly hostile. In the case ot 
 Hampstead, whose growing fame as a health resort had led to the 
 establishment of a theatre, the Middlesex Magistrates took singularly 
 drastic measures : they directed the petty constables and head- 
 boroughs of the town to apprehend the players that they might be 
 duly punished as rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars — that is to 
 say, stripped naked from the middle upwards and beaten on their 
 backs till they were bloody (p. 346). 
 
Preface. xxv 
 
 Lotteries and gaming houses were viewed by the Bench much 
 (n the light of theatres, and we find throughout the calendar a per- 
 sistent endeavour to check what the Magistrates evidently regarded 
 as a danger to public morals. Some interesting details are given 
 of the measures taken, in February, 1698, with regard to "an unlawful 
 assembly, called the Redoubt, after the Venetian manner, kept at 
 Exeter Change in the Strand, and carried on by persons unknown, 
 who, by printed tickets, give notice of games that are not lawful 
 and tend very much to encourage all manner of vice and debauchery." 
 Those who frequented it went masked and disguised Tp. 18 1). What 
 exactly was done in the matter we do not learn, but the Court 
 ordered the high constables of Westminster and Holborn, " with 
 all the petty constables," to meet on a certain day at Exeter Change, 
 to preserve the peace and arrest the managers {ibid.). A note 
 informs us that the " Redoubt " was duly suppressed, and that its 
 suppression cost the county 25^., which was expended at the Fountain 
 Tavern. One item in the account (which, by the way, adds up to 
 2^5. Sd.) is to the "drawer" (p. 182). Was this a "tip" to him who 
 drew the ale, or was it a wisely-bestowed inducement to an official of 
 the lottery to supply useful information ? 
 
 Amongst the entries of a miscellaneous character may be noted 
 the petition of the Justices, in 169 1, that the number of paid members 
 of the Bench might be increased (p. 37) ; and a curious request made 
 by one Peter Joyce, in 1695, for exemption from serving a parochial 
 office to which he had presumably been recently elected. The entry 
 reads as follows : — " Petition of Joseph Joyce, esquire, of Stepney 
 Parish, praying to be discharged from serving as overseer of the poor 
 of Mile End New Town, for the following reasons : — He has been 
 employed in the Island of Nevis for ten or twelve years as King's 
 Counsel and Justice of the Peace, and has held highest rank in 
 military affairs ; he has lived in Mile End Hamlet about three years, 
 and has now a family of whites and blacks in the said island of one 
 hundred and ten persons, and that he is here for the despatch of his 
 affairs in England, and is suddenly returning to Nevis. Order that 
 the petitioner be discharged " (p. 133). 
 
xxvi Preface. 
 
 There are many other points of interest in the calendar to which 
 I should have liked to draw attention, but I fear making this Preface 
 of inordinate length. I sincerely hope that — as I said at the outset — 
 the student of London life and manners in the past will show his 
 appreciation of the material made available for him by the Standing 
 Joint Committee of the County Justices and County Council, and 
 so warrant that body in printing the remainder of the calendar 
 which I have compiled to the Sessions Books. I trust also that, in 
 conclusion, I may be permitted to tender my warm thanks to all 
 members of the Committee — especially to Sir Ralph Littler, C.B., K.C. 
 (the Chairman), Mr. Montagu Sharpe, D.L., and Mr. E. S. W. Hart, 
 of the Clerk of the Peace Office — for their constant help and advice. 
 My thanks are also due to Miss Constance Toulmin for her assist- 
 ance in classifying the very varied material in the calendar for the 
 purpose of the Preface ; and I am sure all who consult the index 
 will appreciate the skill and patience exhibited b)' Miss M. Dorothy 
 Brakspear in compiling it. 
 
 W. J. HARDY. 
 
 21, Old Buildings, 
 
 Lincoln's Inn, W.C. 
 December "^ist, 1904. 
 
CALENDAR 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY RECORDS 
 
 SESSIONS BOOKS. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 471— JANUARY, 1690. 
 
 Jury panels with memorandum of the dates of Oyer and Terminer. 
 
 PP- 3> 4 
 [Pages 5, 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 PP- 7-39 
 
 Order that John Graves pay to Sara, the wife of Anthony Graves, his son, 
 2/- weekly for her maintenance until he produce the said Anthony, who, by 
 the means of the said John, has absented himself from, his wife ... p. 41 
 
 Upon the petition of Dame Phillippa Keelyng, widow, showmg that she 
 is an inhabitant of a tenement in Leather Lane, St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 which tenement is valued at ;^i6 yearly, and that she is rated at 7/6 quarterly 
 to the assessment for the poor, which is 6/- a quarter more than the late 
 tenant paid, and praying that the assessment might be reduced, it is ordered 
 that the rate be reduced to 3/- a quarter ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens and overseers of Richmond Parish 
 and those of Hampton Wick, in the parish of Hampton, concerning the legal 
 settlement of Hannah Turner, an impotent person ; the said Hannah being 
 
 last legally settled as the hired servant of one Armstrong in Hampton 
 
 Wick, it is ordered that the churchwardens and overseers there do provide for 
 the said Hannah ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens of the town of Hampton and those of 
 the poor of Hampton Wick in the parish of Hampton, concerning the legal 
 settlement of Joseph Dixon with his wife and child, now chargeable to Hampton 
 
 A 
 
2 Middlesex County Rcco7'ds. 
 
 Town : the said Joseph being last legally settled in Hampton Wick, it is 
 ordered that he and his family be removed to Hampton Wick aforesaid, the 
 churchwardens and overseers of which parish are required to receive and 
 provide for them ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Upon a hearing of the matters in difference between Daniel Atkins, of 
 the ])arish of St. Paul's, Shadwell, ropemaker, and Daniel Hecktolls, his appren- 
 tice, it appears that the said Atkins has l)arbarously beaten and abused his 
 said apprentice. It is ordered that Hecktolls be absolutely freed and discharged 
 from his said master and from his indenture of apprenticehood, and that his 
 parents have liberty to place him with any other master to be instructed in the 
 said trade and serve the residue of his term. It is further ordered that the said 
 Atkins pay the said Hecktolls 40/- towards "fitting him out to another 
 master," and deliver up his apparel, and his indenture of apprenticehood to 
 be cancelled ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Upon a hearing of the matters in difference between Susanna Shippey, of 
 Mile End, Stepney, widow, and Ann Taylor, daughter of John Taylor, of the 
 said parish, her apprentice, touching the discharge of the said apprentice from 
 her indenture of apprenticehood. It appears the said Ann has often defrauded 
 her mistress of her goods and sold them for less than cost price. It is ordered 
 that the said Susanna be "freed and discharged of and from her said appren- 
 tice," and the said John Taylor is required to receive and provide for the said 
 Ann, his daughter... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 At the General Sessions of the Peace held, by adjournment, the 13th of 
 December last [1689] it was ordered that all former orders made for the 
 erecting of any watch-house upon the hill near Cowcross in St. Sepulchre's 
 parish, and all proceedings thereupon should be discharged and vacated. 
 This Court, being informed by the inhabitants of the said hill that the other 
 inhabitants of the said parish thought themselves not obliged to obey the 
 said order for vacating the former orders, the same not being made at a 
 General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, orders that the said recited orders 
 for vacating the said former orders be ratified and confirmed by the 
 authority of this Court, and requires the parishioners and all others concerned 
 therein to yield due obedience ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens of the parish of St. Giles-in-the- 
 Fields and those of St. Margaret's, Westminster, concerning the legal 
 settlement of Katherine Manning, widow, and her three children, charge- 
 able to the parish ot St. Giles ; the said Katherine being last settled in 
 St. Margaret's parish, it is ordered that she and her children be conveyed 
 to the said parish of St. Margaret's, and left with the churchwardens of the 
 poor there ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Upon the petition of Joseph Flower showing that he continued and 
 served the office of headborough of Holborn End division in the parish 
 of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields for the year 1688, during which time he disbursed 
 18/1, which sum remains unpaid, it is ordered th.Tt the present constables, 
 headboroughs, and beadles of the said parish, with those who served 
 for the year last past, do attend the next Petty Sessions to be held for 
 Holborn Division, and there produce their books of rates and disbursements ; 
 and the Justices are desired to make such order for reimbursing the said 
 Joseph the sum of 18/1 as to them shall seem most meet ... ... p. 46 
 
Si'SSWfis Book 471 — Jail nary, 1690. 3 
 
 The Court being informed by Thomas Hariott, J. P., that, as the maimeil 
 soldiers in this county are decreased to a small number, there is sufficient in 
 the treasurers' hands to pay them their full pensions, it is ordered that 
 William Turner, treasurer, within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edtnunton, and 
 Ciore, do, out of such moneys collected by and remaining in his hands for 
 the relief of the maimed soldiers, pay to those named in a schedule annexed 
 the several sums therein mentioned, for the quarter ending at Christmas last ; 
 the said sums to be j^aid cjuarterly as they grow due, until furtlier order 
 therein ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 (List of 25 names, wiUi the amounts, follow.) 
 
 A similar order issued to Richard Rice, gentleman, treasurer for the 
 maimed soldiers within the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth. 
 Names of pensioners given ... . . ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the appearance of Mr. Robert Hardisiy, one of the attorneys 
 at the Court of King's Bench, for the inhabitants of Ossulton Hundred at 
 the suit of William Bird, for a robbery committed upon him in the said 
 hundred ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The petition of John Rowell, showing that Thomas Cordell, his nephew, 
 was, by indenture dated "on or about" the iSth of March, 1688, bound as 
 an apprentice to Edward Nutt, of St. Ann's, Westminster, baker, for seven 
 years, and that ^3 10^. od. was paid to the said Nutt, and bond given for 
 ^3 more, payable in March then following ; the said Nutt, six months after 
 lie had taken the said Cordell, left his trade and has taken no care to instruct 
 his said apprentice. The petitioner praying the said apprentice might be 
 discharged from his apprenticeship, it was ordered that Nutt should attend 
 the Court to show cause why the said Cordell should not be discharged. 
 The said Nutt not appearing, it was ordered that the said apprentice be 
 absolutely freed and discharged from his said master, the said John Rowell 
 being at liberty to place the said Cordell with any other person to learn 
 the trade of a baker. It is further ordered that the said Nutt deliver up 
 the said apprentice's apparel and his indenture of apprenticehood, to be 
 cancelled ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 The petition of Samuel Tatty, senior, of Whitechapel, husbandman, 
 showing that his son Samuel Tatty became an apprentice to George Lovejoy, 
 of Whitechapel, smith, for seven years, and that the said apprentice upon the 
 complaint of his master, was committed to Bridewell last December, where he 
 received correction ; upon his discharge from prison he returned to his master 
 and offered to serve the residue of his apprenticehood, which offer the said 
 master refused. The petitioner prays that the said apprentice be discharged. 
 It was ordered that the said George Lovejoy should attend the Court this day, 
 the ]8th of January, to show cause why the said apprentice should not be 
 discharged of his apprenticehood. Upon the non-attendance of the said 
 Lovejoy it is ordered that the said apprentice be discharged from his master, 
 and that Samuel Tatty, senior, be at liberty to place his son elsewhere to be 
 instructed in the trade of smith. The said Lovejoy is ordered to deliver up the 
 said apprentice's apparel and the indentures of apprenticehood ... p. 51 
 
 The Court, taking into consideration that the salary for the maintenance 
 of the governor and matron of the House of Correction, Clerkenwell, has of 
 late years arisen out of the rent received for the New Prison, erected at the 
 
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 charge of the county, and that such employment of the rent was to ease the 
 inhabitants in the said county who were formerly charged with a tax for the 
 said salary, and that the perquisites belonging to the keeper of the New 
 Prison, out of which the said rent ought to arise, have been lately much 
 impaired by reason of the commitments of night walkers and other disorderly 
 persons to prisons in the said county, ijroper only for detention of debtors, 
 particularly Finsbury, \\'hitechapel, and St. Katherine's Prisons, that belonging 
 to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's and the Roundhouse of the Bailiff's 
 place, and that commitments for misdemeanours or breach of the peace to 
 any prison proper only for debtors are unwarrantable and illegal : it is ordered 
 that the respective keepers of the said prisons proper only for debtors, or any 
 agent under them, shall not hereafter detain any person or persons brought 
 to any of the said prisons for misdemeanour or breach of the peace. It 
 is further ordered that none of the said keepers or agents shall by colour of 
 any such commitment as aforesaid, liberate or discharge, or by any other 
 ways or means, directly or indirectly, take any money or reward from any 
 such person or persons, as aforesaid, brought to any of their said prisons. 
 It is further ordered that these instructions be printed and made public p. 52 
 
 AVhereas by an Act entitled "An Act for punishing officers and soldiers 
 who shall mutiny or desert their Majesties' service, and for punishing false 
 musters," their Majesties' Justices in their several counties are required at 
 their Quarter Sessions to set leasonable prices which the soldiers shall pay to 
 owners of inns, livery stables, alehouses, «S:c., for their diet and the baiting 
 of their horses, for one or more nights in their march, and also for the first 
 night only where they are appointed for residence or quartering; a Hst 
 of these prices follows. It is ordered that the chief constables of every 
 hundred within the county issue warrants to every petty constable within 
 their said hundreds, to appear at the next Sessions, and to bring an account 
 of the names of all inn-keepers, &c., who sell by retail, and who, by virtue 
 of the said Act, are liable to quarter soldiers, together with an account of 
 the number of soldiers, both horse and foot, which each house is capable of 
 receiving. And that the officers, who are obliged to provide soldiers' quarters, 
 do, in the first place, assign their quarters in the best houses fit for their 
 reception, in proportion " with other of less receipt, having a consideration 
 of those persons who keep houses liable by the said Act to quarter soldiers, 
 who are poor and not able to find beds for their accommodation" ... p. 54 
 
 Order that Sir James Rowe, knight ; Sir Charles Umfrevile, knight ; 
 together with five other Justices (named), do, at some convenient time, 
 view the New Prison and the House of Correction at Clerkenwell, and 
 report to the Court at the next Sessions what repairs they consider are 
 necessary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Recital of the petition of Dorcas Trevor, exhibited at the December 
 Sessions last against Elizabeth Mosey and Jasper Gifford, her son-in-law, 
 showing that she was "retained a servant by them" at j[^At per annum, and 
 that after she had served them about six weeks, they accused the said Dorcas 
 of a trivial matter and committed her to Bridewell, where she remained 
 six weeks and had the correction of the house ; after which the said Dorcas 
 convened the said Mosey and Gifford, before Robert Feilding, J. P., for her 
 wages and apparel, which were ordered to be paid and returned to her. 
 Coming from the said Justice's house, Gifford caused the said Dorcas to be 
 arrested upon a sham action, extorted a discharge from her and forced her 
 
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 to expend all her wages for bailift's fees ; they detained her trunk containing 
 6/- and her clothes ; the petitioner prayed that Gifford and Mosey might be 
 ordered to deliver the said petitioner her clothes, or make satisfaction for them. 
 It was ordered upon that petition that all matters contained therein 
 should be referred to Andrew Lawrence and Robert Feilding, esquires, who, 
 by a writing dated 23 December last, ordered that the said Mosey and Gifford 
 should pay the said Trevor ^^4 lo,^-. od. for the loss of her goods, and ^3 for 
 her charges, ^7 10s. od. in all, as appears by the award then produced in 
 Court. Upon the refusal of Gifford and INIosey to pay the money, it was 
 prayed that the said award might be ratified and confirmed by the authority 
 of this Court, which is now ratified and confirmed accordingly ... p. 57 
 
 Order of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held for the county 
 of Surrey, at Croydon, on Tuesday, the 14th of January last, setting forth that 
 fVances Flye, widow of John Flye, late of New Brentford, labourer, together 
 with her two children, were conveyed from New Brentford to Putney under 
 a warrant dated the 29th of October last. There was dispute concerning the 
 legal settlement of the said Frances, and it was ordered that she and her children 
 be conveyed from Putney to New Brentford ; upon a motion made on behalf 
 of the churchwardens of Putney, and by the consent of the churchwardens 
 of Brentford, it is ordered that the settlement of the said Frances and her 
 children shall be finally determined on "Thursday morning in the next 
 Quarter Sessions of the Peace,"' the said Frances in the meantime to be 
 provided for by the churchwardens of Brentford ... ... ... p- 59 
 
 An alphabetical list of names ... ... ... ... pp. 62, 63 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Reginald Bucknall, son of Reginald 
 Bucknall, formerly of Lambeth, citizen and merchant tailor of London, to 
 William Page, of Wapping, county Middlesex, writer. Dated 13 January, 
 1690: to serve for seven years ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 The like of Margaret Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, to 
 William Harris of the parish of St, Buttolph without, Aldgate, " sivemaker," 
 and Anne, his wife. Dated 6 January, 1690 : to serve in the art of "hair sive 
 bottom maker " for seven years ... ... ... ... ... ... ioid. 
 
 Theophilus Beaujen, convicted for spreading false news and for seditious 
 words against the Government, is fined 100 marks and ordered to stand 
 in and upon the pillory at Charing Cross on " Monday next," and on 
 Tuesday following in Covent Garden, for one hour between lo a.m. and 
 12 o'clock noon of each day. The said Beaujen to find sufficient sureties for 
 his good behaviour for one year ; in the meantime he is committed to 
 Newgate until he pay the fine, undergo the punishment, and find security as 
 aforesaid, then to be delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... P- 65 
 
 Peter Rowman, convicted for seditious words against the King and 
 Government, is fined 20 marks and ordered to stand in and upon the pillory 
 at Charing Cross on " Monday next," and on Wednesday following in 
 St. James's Street, for an hour each day between 10 .\.m. and 12 o'clock noon. 
 The said Rowman to find sufficient sureties for his good behaviour for one 
 year ; in the meantime he is remanded to Newgate until he pay the fine, 
 undergo the punishment, and find security as aforesaid, then to be delivered, 
 paying his fees, 15/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... il>id. 
 
6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Alpliabetical list of names ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Memoranda: — ''Mr. Samuel Ely, in Dutchy Lane, in the Savoy, up one 
 pair of stairs in the dark entry : to be summoned to take the oaths, &c. 
 
 "Notice to Mr. John Stephen's messenger, or Mr. Henry Sheldon, in 
 Crown Court, Charles Street, Westminster, before the Armes delivered " 
 
 pp. 71, 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 472— FEBRUARY, 1690. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, <S:c. 
 
 PP- i-3> 9-21, and 33-35 
 
 Jury panels and names of Justices ... ... ... ... ...pp. 5, 6 
 
 Naaies of those in the House of Correction. Several are to be whipped 
 and then discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for Francis Redding, keeper of the House of Correction, West- 
 minster, to liberate Ellen Salisbury for all matters in which she stands 
 committed upon the complaint of John Williams ; but if she is detained for 
 any other cause the said keeper is ordered to certify the same to the Court 
 before she is discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 39 
 
 A like order for the discharge of Robert Stratton for all matters in which 
 he stands committed by warrant from John Ward, esquire, J. P., upon the 
 complaint of Mary Rosewell, if he be detained for no other cause ... ibid. 
 
 A like order to the keeper of Newgate Gaol for the discharge of Charles 
 Busby, upon his giving security to prosecute his traverse to an indictment 
 against him for a trespass whereto he has pleaded not guilty ... ... ih'd. 
 
 Upon the petition of John Leyton, an inhabitant of Wapping Hamlet, 
 Whitechapel, setting forth his poverty, the distracted condition of his wife, and 
 the threat of the present churchwardens of ^Vappi^g to remove him and his 
 family out of the said hamlet, and to send them to the place of their former 
 residence, and praying that they might not be removed, but that they might 
 have some relief from the said hamlet ; it is ordered that the said Leyton be 
 continued as a parishioner in the said hamlet and receive such relief as the 
 necessity of his circumstances shall require ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order upon the petition of Katherine Auker, a black. Shows she was 
 servant to one Robert Rich, a planter in Barbadoes, and that about six years 
 since she came to England with her master and mistress ; she was baptized in 
 the parish Church of St. Katherine's, near the Tower, after which her said master 
 and mistress tortured and turned her out : her said master refusing to give her a 
 discharge, she could not be "entertained in service elsewhere." The said 
 Rich caused her to be arrested and imprisoned in the " Pulletry Cempter," 
 London. Prays to be discharged from her said master, he being in 
 Barbadoes. Ordered that the said Katherine shall be at liberty to serve any 
 person until such time as the said Rich shall return from Barbadoes ... p. 41 
 
 Order on the petition of the churchwardens and oveiseers of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, "for the liberty above the Bars." Shows that the "pension poor" 
 -of the said liberty have so increased that the year's assessment will not pay 
 
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 their ])ensions, and that the petitioners have disbursed nearly j[^<-yQ each 
 more than they have received, and have yet two months more to pay, which will 
 in all amount to above ;^ioo ; the petitioners juay that an additional rate for 
 three months might be assessed on the said liberty to reimburse the money 
 by them expended. It is ordered that certain Justices of the Peace (named) 
 shall enquire into the truth of the complaint and inspect the books of receipts 
 and disbursements, and if it sliall appear that the present assessment is 
 insufficient, the said Justices are hereby desired to order such furtlier assess- 
 ment to be made, as to them shall seem meet for the relief of the poor and 
 the repayment of the petitioners... ... ... ... ... ... 1^42 
 
 Order on the petition of Grace Elliott, widow, setting forth that in 1687 she 
 placed her son, Robert Elliott, as an apprentice to John Mascomb, of Ratcliffe, 
 mariner, for five years, at the same time paying the said Mascomb .-^15. The 
 said Mascomb having most inhumanly beaten and ill-treated the said Robert, 
 the petitioner prays her son may be discharged Irom his master : the Court 
 hereby discharges the said Robert of his apprenticeship with his said master, 
 and orders the said Mascomb to deliver to the said apprentice his apparel 
 and his indenture of apprenticehood ... ... ... ... . ■ p- 47 
 
 The petition of Francis Rogers, setting forth that about three years since 
 he became an apprentice to Robert Rolph of Wapping, Stepney, a labouring 
 sawyer, for seven years, and that, in his apprenticeship, he has received ill-usage 
 from the said Rolph and his wife. Considering he will not derive any benefit 
 from his hard service, he prays to be discharged. The said Rolph offers to 
 discharge the said Rogers if EUianor Collins, widow, mother-in-law to the said 
 Rogers, will give him, the said Rolph, a release for all money due to her for 
 diet, &c., by her provided for the said apprentice, and the said Rogers, his 
 bond for the payment of ^5 more at the end of two years next ensuing. By 
 the consent of the said parties it is ordered, upon these terms, that the said 
 apprentice shall be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Upon the petition of x\rthur Burford, showing that in 1687 he served the 
 ofifice of scavenger in the lower hnmlet of Wapping, Whitechapel, and 
 disbursed ^5 i8j-. dd. more than he received of the inhabitants there for 
 cleansing the said hamlet, and praying that he might be repaid, it is ordered 
 that Robert Davis, chapelwarden of the said hamlet, shall pay the said 
 Burford the said sum, unless, upon examination of the accounts of the said 
 Burford, Davis shall make it appear to John Caine, esquire, J. P., that there is 
 not so much due ; and what money the said Davis shall pay to the said 
 Burford, he is to be allowed out tjf the money collected by rate from the 
 inhabitants of the said hamlet ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the petition of John Seller, late chapelwarden, of Wapping Hamlet, 
 showing he was chapelwarden of the .said hamlet for 1688 when he disbursed 
 £,2^ %s. 2d. more than he received, and praying for an order upon the present 
 chapelwarden for reimbursement : it is ordered that Robert Davis, church- 
 warden of the said hamlet, pay the petitioner the said sum. Davis affirming 
 that the money assessed for relief of the poor is insufficient and that he has 
 already disbursed more than he has received and therefore cannot pay the 
 petititioner the money, it is ordered that the said Seller and Davis shall attend 
 at the next General Quarter Sessions and produce their books of receipts 
 and disbursements, when the Justices will make such order for payment as 
 to them shall seem meet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Henry Elliott, convicted for seditious and scandalous words against the 
 King and Government, is fined five marks, and is to stand in and upon the 
 pillory, on Monday "seaven night," the loth of March next, near the end of 
 Bow Street, in Covent Garden, and on Tuesday, the nth of the said month, in 
 the Strand, near the New Exchange, and on Wednesday following near the 
 Maypole, in the Strand, for one hour, between lo a.m. and 12 o'clock noon. 
 He is to find sureties for his good behaviour for a year, and is recommitted to 
 Newgate until he undergo the punishment and find such security : then to be 
 delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 John Clancey, convicted for seditious and scandalous words against the 
 King and Queen, is fined ^100 and committed to Newgate for three months 
 without bail or mainprise. He is to find sureties for his appearance at the next 
 Sessions after the end of the said three months, and for his good behaviour 
 for a year. The said Clancey, after the said three months' imprisonment, is to 
 remain in Newgate until he pay the said fine and find such security ; then to 
 be delivered, paying his fees, 10/4 ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Alphabetical list of names ... ... ... ... ... pp. 67, 68 
 
 Memoranda: — "Thomas Savile, sent to Essex for felony att ^Vescham ; 
 Robert Fletcher bound before Mr. Johnson for wages, &:c." ... ... p. 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 473— APRIL, 1690. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ,.. ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memorandum of the appointment of Samuel Freebod}', of St. John Street, 
 gentleman, as treasurer for the maimed soldiers within the hundreds of 
 Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, for the year 1690. The said Freebody is 
 appointed to take the account of William Turner, late treasurer for the said 
 hundreds during the year;; 1688 and 1689. 
 
 A similar appointment for Thomas Thorowgood, of New " Braintford," 
 gentleman, within the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, for 
 the year 1690. Thorowgood to take the account of Richard Rice, late 
 treasurer during the years 1688 and 1689. 
 
 James Mawd is chosen treasurer for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and 
 Hospitals, within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, for the 
 year 1690. 
 
 A similar appointment for Edward Low for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 Order of the Justices that the prices and rates of strong beer and ale shall 
 be 10/- the barrel, and those of small beer and ale, 6/-; all greater or lesser 
 measures being according to the proportion of those rates. The assize of 
 bread shall be observed according to the printed book of assize, set forth by 
 William Pinkethman, while the rates of wages for servants, labourers, and 
 artificers, upon the statute of 5 Elizabeth, shall stand as they were at the 
 Sessions held at the close of Easter, 1688 ... .- ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-40 
 
 List of names of those in the New Prison ... ... ... pp. 41, 42 
 
Sessiojis Book 473 — April, 1690. 9 
 
 Difference between the chorchwardens and overseers of Norwood in the 
 parish of Hayes, and those of the poor of Heston in this county, concerning 
 the last legal settlement of Richard Byrings and Hannah, his wife, who are 
 likely to become chargeable to the said parish of Hayes. Upon the oath 
 of the said Byrings that he was a servant in Heston, where he was last 
 legally settled, for six months, it is ordered that the churchwardens of 
 Norwood aforesaid do remove the said Byrings and his wife 10 Heston, 
 and deliver them to the churchwardens there, who are required to receive 
 and provide for the said Richard and Hannah ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Upon information that one of the overseers of the parish of St. Mary 
 Malfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, is a Roman Catholic, and another is an 
 officer in the Tower Hamlets' militia, and consequently unfit to serve in the 
 said offices; it is ordered to be referred to certain Justices (named), who are 
 to enquire into the truth of the said information, and to remove and replace 
 such overseers ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of Francis Merrick, gentleman, showing that he was 
 elected constable for Hayes, at the court leet held on Monday, the 28th of 
 April, instant, and that John Emblin and Francis Coertly are more fit to serve 
 in the said office ; and the petitioner praying to be discharged, he is 
 hereby discharged, and the said Coertly is appointed constable for this 
 present year, 1690. Instructions for Coertly concerning the administration of 
 his oath ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of Finchley Parish pay 
 James Feild, a poor inhabitant of the said parish, 1/6 weekly towards his 
 maintenance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Upon the complaint of Thomas Challoner, churchwarden of Wapping, 
 Stepney Hamlet, that Richard Davis, late overseer of the poor of the said 
 hamlet, had neglected to collect several sums of money assessed for the relief 
 of the poor of the said hamlet, and had refused to make up his accounts, and 
 to pay the remainder due thereupon to the said Challoner ; it is ordered that 
 the said Davis shall attend certain Justices (named), who are desired to inspect 
 his accounts in the presence of the said Challoner, and to report the result of 
 such inspection at the next General Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of Ratcliffe Hamlet, in the 
 parish of Stepney, pay Bridget Harman, widow, 7/- due to her last Christmas 
 for arrears ot pension ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 At the General Sessions held on the 27th of PVbruary last, it was ordered 
 that Robert Elliott, an apprentice to John Mascomb, of Ratcliffe, mariner ; 
 should be discharged, \yide Sessions Book, No. 472, p. 47.] Now upon 
 the request of Grace Elliott, mother of the said Robert, that the said order 
 might be ratified and confirmed by the authority of this Court, the same 
 not being made at a Quarter Sessions, it is hereby ratified and confirmed 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Upon the petition of the ancient inhabitants of the New Town, within 
 Mile End Hamlet, in the parish of Stepney, showing that they elected Robert 
 Phipps, constable, and Joseph Boreman, Richard Gooding. Richard Taylor 
 and Gerrard Dilward, headboroughs, for the said New Town, for this 
 
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 present year, and that they presented them to the Steward of the Court Leet, 
 held at ^^'hitechapel, who refused to administer to them their respective 
 oatlis; it is ordered that the said Phipps, Boreman, Gooding, Taylor 
 and Dilward attend certain Justices (named) to take the oaths for the due 
 execution of their several offices ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Upon the petition of John Wilmer, one of the overseers of Hackney 
 Parish for 1678, showing he had disbursed a considerable sum for the relief 
 of the poor of the said parish, and the churchwardens of the same being 
 now dead, the inhabitants refuse to repay him, praying that he might be 
 reimbursed ; it is referred to certain Justices (named), to inspect the accounts 
 of the said Wilmer. The said Justices are desired to give notice to the 
 churchwardens, some of the ancient inhabitants of the said parish, and also 
 to the petitioner, of the time and place of their meeting, and to report a true 
 state of the said accounts at the next General Sessions ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order that Samuel Freebody, gentleman, treasurer for the maimed 
 soldiers of Ossulston Hundred, pay Elizabeth Ransome, widow of Robert 
 Ransome (a poor maimed soldier), 10/- due last Christmas to her said husband 
 for arrears of his pension ... ... ... ... ... ... t/>id. 
 
 The Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, keeper of the rolls of this 
 county, having recommended Haughford Wainwright, gentleman, to be house- 
 keeper of the Sessions House of Hickshall, and crier of the General and 
 Quarter Sessions, in the room of William Hart, the present housekeeper and 
 crier, he is hereby appointed to the said position. Particulars concerning his 
 residence at Hickshall, and of the payment of rent and taxes ... p- 5 i 
 
 Order that two Justices (named) shall take an inventory of all the goods 
 which belong to this county at Hickshall, and which shall be delivered by 
 Mr. Hart into Mr. Wainwright's custody, upon his appointment as house- 
 keeper. The said inventory is to remain in the hands of the Clerk of ihe 
 Peace ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order for Peter Shute, of Isleworth, to be admitted as a pensioner ; the 
 Court being satisfied that he is a person well fitted to be relieved as an 
 indigent and maimed soldier of this county, he is to receive 40 - ) early il>id. 
 
 At the General Quarter Sessions held on the 20th of February last, on 
 behalf of the churchwardens and overseers of Putney parish, concerning the 
 last legal settlement of Frances Flye, widow, and her two children, now charge- 
 able to the parish of New Brentford, it was ordered that the settlement of the 
 said Frances should be finally determined "on this day." \_Vide Sessio/is Book 
 No. 471, page 59.] Upon examination it appears that [John] Flye was last 
 legally settled in Putney Parish, and that he afterwards married the said Frances 
 at New Brentford and died there, but that he never gave notice in writing 
 of his abode there and the number of his family to the churchwardens, 
 as by law required ; it is therefore ordered that the said Frances and her two 
 children be conveyed to Putney and left in the care of the churchwardens of 
 the poor of that parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 James Cardrow, J. P., reports that Robert Snelling owes William Long 
 ;^i5 IS. 6d. for wages ; the Court, having regard to the said Snelling's 
 incapacity to make present payment of the full amount, orders an instalment 
 
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 of JLS to be paid on the 19th of May next, the same sum on the 2nd of 
 June, and the residue upon the 1st of July ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Edmund Poore, convicted upon his own confession, for seditious words 
 against the Government, is fined live marks, and ordered to stand in and 
 upon the pillory on Monday the 5th instant, before Hickshall in St. John 
 Street, for one hour, between 10 am. and 12 o'clock noon ; he is committed to 
 the New Prison until he undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, 
 paying his fees, 4/8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 William Ball, convicted for publishing a forged and counterfeit warrant, 
 supposed to be under the hand and seal of John Mawgridge, esquire, their 
 Majesties' drum-major-general, and pressing Giles Brockwell by colour 
 thereof, is fined ^6 13.^. 4^/., and ordered to stand in and upon the pillory on 
 Tuesday, the 6th instant, at the end of Fuller's Rents, in Holborn, for 
 one hour, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon; he is committed to the 
 New Prison until he undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, paying 
 his fees, 17/6 p. 55 
 
 Miscellaneous inemoranda, alphabetical lists of names, &:c. pp. 56-63 
 
 " A meeting for Religious Worshipp is certified to this Sessions to be 
 in the house of Mary Everet, in Hendon Parish, in this county, widow " p. 66 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 474— JUNE, 1690. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Mi.scellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, cic. pp. 5-34 
 [Pages 35-40 blank.] 
 
 Names of those in, or ordered to, the New Prison and House of 
 Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. P- 4J: 
 
 Order that the keeper of the Gatehouse Prison at AV^estminster discharge 
 William Benson, there being no prosecution against him for the offence for 
 which he stands committed under a warrant from John Ward, J. P., dated the 
 27th of May, 1690 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 43 
 
 Order that Samuel Freebody, gentleman, one of the treasurers of this 
 county, pay Robert Smyth, late of the Isle of Thanet, merchant, 10/- out of 
 the public money of the county ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Mr. Robert Hardisty, one of the attorneys at the Court of 
 King's Bench, to appear for the inhabitants of Ossulston Hundred, at the 
 suit of William Brooks, for a robbery committed upon him in the said 
 hundred .. H'id. 
 
 Upon the report of three Justices of the Peace (named), who were 
 requested to inspect the accounts of John Wilmer, one of the overseers of the 
 poor of Hackney Parish, for the year 1678, it is found there remains due to 
 the said Wilmer ;^65 which was disbursed by him for the relief of the said 
 poor, \yide Sessions Book 473, p. 47.] The present churchwardens, desiring 
 
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 an order might be granted for the making of a rate upon the inhabitants of 
 the said parish to defray the debt, it is therefore ordered tliat an equal and 
 indifferent assessment be made upon the inhabitants for reimbursing the said 
 Wihner and for the further relief of the poor of the said parish. Instructions 
 concerning such assessment ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Dispute between George Colleson, of St. Katherine's Precincts, victualler, 
 and William Chandler, his apprentice, touching the discharge of the said 
 apprentice. Upon the confession of the said Chandler that he was bound an 
 apprentice to one Henry Moore, of Leeds, county York, clothier, for seven 
 years, and that he deserted the said Moore's service, and is therefore now his 
 apprentice, it is ordered that the indenture of apprenticehood between 
 Chandler and Colleson be cancelled, and it is further ordered that the said 
 Chandler shall return to the said Moore, his master, and serve him for the 
 residue of his apprenticeship ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 receive Elizabeth Forrest, former servant to Roger Wilson, of the said 
 parish, and convey her to New Bethlehem, she being now in a distracted 
 condition... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order that the petty constables of the parish of St. James', Westminster, 
 in the presence of some of the inhabitants there, do make search in all boxes 
 and trunks of Robert and Thomas Cooper, in the house of the said Thomas, 
 and secure all money, gold, jewels, plate, papers, writings, and other goods, 
 belonging to the late King James or Queen Mary, or either of them ... p. 47 
 
 A similar order to the constables of Hammersmith, in Fulham Parish, to 
 make a like search in the house, and kitchen garden, belonging to the house of 
 Charles Taylor, at North End, called " Noe Man's Land," in the said parish of 
 Fulham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order on the petition of Robert More. Shows he is an inhabitant and 
 shopkeeper in Cheapside, where he has borne all parish offices ; but his wife 
 requiring country air, his brother. Dr. Thomas More, allowed the said wife, 
 and other members of the family, to have, at certain times, the use of a house 
 in Hornsey parish, which the said doctor continues to hold. He prays to be 
 discharged from the office of overseer of the poor of Hornsey parish, to 
 which post he has been elected. Ordered that the said Robert be discharged, 
 and two Justices (named) are instructed to appoint some other fit person in 
 his place ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for confirming an order made by two Justices (named), on the 
 ist of May, 1690, adjudging Nicholas Burrett, of Hampstead, brewer's servant, 
 to be the father of Sarah Hare's child, Samuel ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Upon a complaint that the watches in the several parishes, hamlets, 
 precincts and liberties in this county are " set too late," and that the petty 
 constables and head boroughs discharge their watches too early in the 
 morning and keep no ward in the daytime, to the great detriment of the 
 peace, it is ordered that the said petty constables and headboroughs set and 
 place in their respective parishes, hamlets, precincts and liberties a watch, 
 double to that usually appointed, and that the said watch be set, kept, and 
 
Sessions Book 474 — June, 1690. 13 
 
 continued from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m., and that the said wards be set and kept 
 from 5 A.M. until 9 p.m. Further orders concerning the due execution of 
 these instructions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order on the petition of William Hallum and Archelaus Stratford, overseers 
 of the poor for the liberty of East Smithfield, in the parish of St. Buttolph's 
 Without Aldgate, for the year 1688. Shows that they had executed the office 
 faithfully, and that owing to a fire which happened in the said liberty, and 
 through other losses, they were jQ6 \6s. od. out of pocket, the present church- 
 wardens refusing to pay them. The petitioners pray they may be reimbursed ; 
 and it is ordered that certain Justices (named), examine into the truth of the 
 complaint and see what is justly due to the petitioners, and give them such 
 relief as they, the said Justices, shall consider fair ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Information of Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, J. P., that he held, of the trustees 
 for the estates of this county, part of the Corporation Workhouse at Clerkenwell 
 for a long term of years yet to come, at the annual rent of ;£t,o ; that 
 he had paid all rent due for the same at Michaelmas, 1687 ; and that he 
 had converted the said workhouse into a college for the education of poor 
 infants in the protestant religion. He asks that he may have orders to the 
 churchwardens and overseers of the several parishes in this county, to send to 
 the said college such numbers of poor children upon the same terms as 
 formerly. It is ordered that certain Justices (named) be appointed a committee 
 to consider the said request, and to enquire into Sir Thomas Rowe's title to 
 the said workhouse. Instructions concerning the enquiry, the result of 
 which is to be reported at the next General Quarter Sessions... ... p. 55 
 
 Upon the complaint of Anthony Ward, on behalf of Sir James 
 Chamberlain, baronet, that William Holden, constable of Hammersmith, in 
 Fulham Parish, by order of the Court, searched the house and gardens of one 
 Charles Taylor, at North End, called " Noe Man's Land" \yide p. 47], and 
 had taken " an iron chest which did not belong to their late Majesties, but 
 which was subject to the said Sir James Chamberlain's distress as landlord, 
 for arrears of rent due to him," the said Holden refusing to restore the same, 
 it is prayed the chest might be returned to the place whence it was taken. 
 Holden having stated he knew not the owner of the chest, which contained 
 nothing belonging to their said late Majesties, it is ordered that he return the 
 chest to its original place... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Upon the complaint of several of the inhabitants of Wapping Hamlet, 
 Whitechapel, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, that Robert Davis, formerly 
 chapelwarden of the said hamlet, has refused to give to certain Justices 
 (named) a true account of all money received by him, and also of such 
 stock, &c.. concerning his said office, it is ordered that the said Davis deliver 
 to the present chapelwarden such money remaining in his hands, failing which 
 he is to be sent to the common gaol, there to remain without bail or mainprise, 
 until he shall make a true account concerning his said office ... ... p. 57 
 
 Upon the complaint of Mary, wife of Joseph Staples, of Limehouse 
 Hamlet, Stepney, butcher, that her said husband "beat and abused her by 
 manacling her with iions, and had utterly crippled her, and that he threatened 
 to cut of her legs " ; it is ordered that, the said Joseph pay his said wife 
 2/- weekly, and that he behave peaceably and quietly towards her in 
 future ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
14 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Peter Vivion to be delivered to the churchwardens of Aldgate, from the 
 House of Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John Hall, of Finchley, to Thomas 
 Baker, of Hampstead, liquor maker, to serve seven years from the 7th of 
 May, 1690 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The like of William Wayman, son of William Wayman, bricklayer, to 
 Thomas Harrison, of Holborn, armour-maker and gunsmith, to serve for 
 a term of seven years. Dated 6 June, 1690 ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The like of Philip Briggs, son of Philip Briggs, citizen and bookseller of 
 London, to Thomas Austin, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, saddletree maker, 
 to serve seven years. Dated 12 August, 1686... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The said Philip Briggs states that the said Austin is dead, and that he, 
 with the consent of his friends, has become apprenticed to John Swift, of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, "saddletree" maker, for seven years, as in the 
 aforesaid indenture, and under the condition and agreement contained in 
 the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... pp. 61-63 
 
 " Conventicle in Shoreditch. — A meeting for religious worshipp is certified 
 to this Sessions to be in the house of James Cave, in White Crosse Alley, in 
 St. Leonards, Shoreditch, in this county" ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 64-67 
 
 At the General Quarter Sessions held on the 13th of January "last," 
 divers arms were seized by John Steevens, a messenger, by virtue of 
 Lord Shrewsbury's warrant, at Captain Samuel Ely's house, supposed to 
 belong to Captain Pounds, a Roman Catholic, deceased ; the said arms were 
 left with the housekeeper at Hickshall, where they still remain. Upon an 
 application made and upon oaths taken by Captain Ely, and upon the oath of 
 his servant, John Hopkins, that all the arms (mentioned) are the property of 
 the said Ely, it is ordered that the same be restored to the said Captain Ely. 
 A list of the arms follows... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 "A meeting house alt Michael Dorsett's house in Staines for dissenting 
 protestants " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 475— JULY, 1690. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 PP- 7-36 
 
 List of names under the headings "New Prison" and "House of 
 Correction" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 37, 38 
 
Scss/o/is Book 475— y^/^', 1690. 15 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Taylor, minister, of Hadley. 
 Shows that he has officiated as minister in the said parish for nearly 20 
 years ; that he has always been excused from watching, warding, and repairing 
 the highways in the said parish, and that his living is worth more than jQ^o 
 yearly. Prays to be again excused. He is excused accordingly ... p. 39 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Shoreditch to pay Richard Fierson 
 ;^i4 y. 8d., he having expended that amount for the relief of the poor of 
 the said parish during his term of office as upper churchwarden for the year 
 1687 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ih'd. 
 
 Order to "rerefer" the taking of the accounts of Robert Davis, late 
 chapehvarden of the hamlet of Wapping, Whitechapel, to certain Justices 
 named. [F/de Scss/o/is Boo/^ No. 4.^4, p. ^j] ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for excusing Air. Robert More, citizen and linendraper, of 
 Cheapside, from being overseer of the poor for Hornsey parish, he being 
 only a lodger with his brother, Dr. Thomas More. [ F/de Sess/of/s Book 
 No. 474, p. 48] p. 41 
 
 Order for excusing Robert Chambers, of Stepney, from watching, 
 warding and payment of parish duties, the said Chambers in his petition 
 showing that he served .is master in the Royal Navy for 40 years, and is 
 now old and indigent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for John Wray, junior, and John Bennett, junior, to attend and 
 take the oaths as constables for Rislipp, for the year 1690 ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the conveyance of Judith Weaver and her child from 
 Kensington to Ealing Parish, it having been proved that her husband, 
 Charles Weaver, was last legally settled at Ealing aforesaid ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of Ratcliffe 
 Hamlet, to pay Edward Parker ;^io4 \os. id., due to him from the said 
 hamlet upon his account, which sum is to be raised by assessment upon the 
 inhabitants there ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Address by the Middlesex Justices to the King and Queen expressing 
 their zeal in preserving their Majesties " against the plots and contrivances 
 of papists and all disaffected persons in this present invasion by the 
 French" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Dispute between Henry Cleaver, of Hounslow, distiller, and John Tilley 
 
 and Burbanck, constables, of Hounslow aforesaid, concerning the 
 
 quartering of troopers, with their horses, upon the said Cleaver. Cleaver 
 insisting that he is overcharged and ought not to quarter more than his 
 proportion with others liable to quarter troops and their horses in the said 
 town of Hounslow, it is ordered that enquiry be made by a Justice (named), 
 and the said Cleaver eased of such quartering as shall be found meet p. 46 
 
 Order for a committee of Justices (named) to attend the Chancellor of 
 the Exchequer concerning the allowance of the Justices' "wages" ... p. 47 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Giles-in-the-Fields to pay Robert 
 Cook, one of the overseers of the poor there, for the year 1688, the money 
 due to him upon the auditing of his accounts ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
1 6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for Thomas Simonds to pay the money assessed upon him (i/6 per 
 annum) for the relief of the poor of St. Pancras, for that part of the gatehouse 
 at Highgate, which is in the said parish of St. Pancras, and in the possession of 
 the said Simonds. He is to be discharged of so much of the assessment 
 charged upon him (;^3 \os. od. per annum) for the poor of Hornsey, the 
 said gatehouse being situated in both parishes ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of Red Lion Square, in the parish of 
 St. Andrew's, Plolborn, to maintain a watch there at their own charge, and to 
 place "stands" for the watchmen, at their own charge, at convenient places 
 in the said square, and to have scavengers and rakers of their own. In 
 consideration whereof they are exempted from payment for any other 
 watching, cleansing, &:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Thomas Hall ordered to pay William Beamont jQT) f^"" labour done by 
 the said Beamont. Refusing to pay the same, he is committed to New 
 Prison, there to remain until he pay the money or be delivered by due course 
 of law ; if delivered to pay for his fees, 2/ ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 By an order dated the 15 th of July instant, it was directed that the 
 license granted to William Brightfoot, of Tottenham, yeoman, for keeping a 
 common victualling house, should be suppressed ; but upon the said 
 Brightfoot's petition, setting forth that he had purchased great quantities of 
 liquors, and that he should be much " dampnified " thereby unless he were 
 allowed to sell the same, it is ordered that the execution of the said order be 
 suspended until the end of the next Quarter Sessions, and the said Brightfoot 
 is hereby allowed to keep the victualling house and to sell the liquors already 
 laid in, but to take in no fresh stock. He is to keep all the articles and 
 conditions contained in the said license ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the matter in difference between Theodosius Lamphire and 
 Thomas Flack, late overseers of the poor for the upper hamlet of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, and the present churchwardens of the poor 
 there, concerning the payment of ^23 145-. 6d. due to the said Lamphire and 
 Flack for money disbursed by them, it is ordered that the accounts of the 
 said Lamphire and Flack be audited by certain Justices (named), and that 
 the present churchwardens and overseers of the said hamlet pay the money 
 due upon the foot of the accounts ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Joseph Chinnery, his wife and two children, were, by warrant dated the 
 5th August instant, passed from the parish of St. Buttolph's, Aldgate, to that 
 of St. Clement Danes. The churchwardens of St. Clement Danes having 
 now stated that the last legal settlement of the said Chinnery was in the 
 parish of St. Katherine's, Colman Street, it is ordered that the matter be 
 determined at the next General Quarter Sessions ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 By an order of the 19th of July last it was ordered that Judith Weaver 
 and her child should be conveyed from Kensington to Ealing. The church- 
 wardens of the latter parish having appealed against the said order, it is 
 further ordered that the matter concerning the last legal settlement of Charles 
 Weaver, husband of the said Judith, be determined at the next General 
 Quarter Sessions. [Vide a;ife, p. 47,] ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 63-66 
 
Sessions Book 476 — Septoubcr, 1690. 17 
 
 Alphabetical list of names of tliose indicted for trespasses ... p. 68 
 
 Ditto, headed "presentment for recusancy" ... ... pp. 69, 70 
 
 Ditto, headed Calendar of Recognizances... ... ... pp. yr^ 72 
 
 Memoranda dated 1 7 July, '90. 
 
 Edward Wildboar, sworn headborough, of Enfield, in the place of 
 Edward Barney. 
 
 Cornelius Jones "I r- 1 / r i c r^ 
 
 George Howard J ^'"'"''^^ '°'^" *^' ''^'^^^^'''ce from Court i August, '90. 
 
 Richard Lee, of Finchley, victualler, sworn petty constable in the place 
 of William Alder, now deceased. 
 
 The recognizances of Thomas Hawksworth continued to the 3rd of 
 September to |)rosecute. 
 
 James Havering, " bayleffe " to attend next Sessions .. ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 476-SEPTEMBER, 1690. 
 
 Jury panels, &c PP. 3, 4 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-40 
 
 For the better preservation of peace, " daily endangered by the great 
 resort of papists and reputed papists to the city of Westminster and other 
 parts of this county within ten miles distance of the cities of London and 
 Westminster, contrary to law, and for the speedier amoveing of such 
 dangerous persons and seizing of their horses as the law directs," it is ordered 
 that all householders, innkeepers, and "keepers of horse at livery " do, within 
 24 hours after this notice, deliver in writing to a Justice of the Peace 
 in the parish, the full names and places of residence of every lodger or 
 sojourner, and of the owner and keeper of every such horse as aforesaid, 
 and of the time of harbouring the same. Further instructions concerning the 
 printing and circulating of this order. \l^ide Sessions Book 522, p 41.] 
 
 pp. 41, 42 
 
 Upon the complaint of William Munden, high constable of Kensington 
 Division, that the King's highway, before and near his house in Kensington 
 aforesaid, is much overflowed by the stopping-up of a passage, or common 
 sewer, which ought to t)e cleansed and repaired at the charge of the said 
 parish, it is ordered that a Justice (named) shall enquire into the truth 
 of the complaint, and give order for the cleansing of the said passage ; he 
 is further to report, at the next Sessions, who, in his opinion, ought to cleanse 
 and repair such passage, as occasion requires ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the inhabitants of Mile. End Hamlet, 
 in the parish of Stepney. Shows that the hamlet has been lately divided 
 into two parts, and named the old and new towns of Mile End, and recom- 
 mends that Mr. Richard Goodwin and Mr. Henry May be overseers of the 
 poor in the said new town. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of George West, gentleman, high constable 
 of the Tower Hamlets, and of several petty constables, &c. Shows that, at the 
 
i8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Sessions held on the 3rd of June last, it was then ordered that the petty 
 constables and headboroughs in every parish, hamlet, &c., should double 
 the number of watchmen nightly \yide Sessions Book No. 474, p. 51]; the 
 inhabitants of the said hamlets being generally very poor, and unable to 
 sustain the charge of double watches, the petitioners desire that they may 
 be eased of keeping such watches. Ordered accordingly ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of St. Giles' Parish to pay 
 Sarah Jones the arrears of her pension of 2/6 per month, and to continue 
 the payment of the same until the next Quarter Sessions, when it shall be 
 decided whether the said pension ought to be continued ... ... P- 45 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney 
 Parish, to pay John Dunsteere the arrears of his pension of 1/6 per week, 
 and to continue the payment of the said pension until further order .. ibid. 
 
 Order for the constables and headboroughs of the liberty of Saffron 
 Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 with the overseers of the poor and some of the inhabitants of the said 
 liberty, to make a rate for reimbursing William Price, constable of the said 
 liberty, the money by him expended in receiving and conveying away, with 
 passes, " cripples, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars through the said liberty." 
 
 p. 46 
 
 Edward Maddox and George Harvey, of Edmonton, having, by order of 
 the vestry of the said paiish, dated 1 June, 1679, paid ;^i6 as a fine, to be 
 excused from serving in the said parish, and yet, having been appointed 
 surveyors of the highways in the said parish for 1683, in which ofifices they 
 served, it is ordered that the churchwardens refund Messrs. Maddox and 
 Harvey the said sum of ;^ 1 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the matter in difference between Francis Hooper, chapelwarden, 
 of Wapping Hamlet, Whitechapel, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, 
 otherwise Whitechapel, for 1685, and the present churchwardens of the said 
 hamlet, concerning the payment of ;z^2i os. 8d. disbursed by the said 
 Hooper, it is ordered that certain Justices (named) inspect the accounts of 
 the said Hooper, and report the result at the next Sessions ... ... p. 4 7 
 
 Order that certain Justices (named) view Hickshall, and the pavements 
 adjoining, and report what necessary repairs are required in and about the 
 same, and what repairs have been lately done, &c., and upon what terms 
 the late William Hart, housekeeper, held the said house, and at whose charge 
 the New River water ought to be continued for the use thereof ... p. 48 
 
 Complaint of Thomas Davis, of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 
 glazier, that Elizabeth Pennell, wife of Samuel Pennell, of the same parish, 
 had stolen from him " two glazier's vices, with the screws and appurtenances," 
 and had pawned them to one Ellianor Troughton, wife of Samuel Troughton, 
 of the same parish, broker, and that by virtue of a warrant the said goods 
 
 are now in the custody of Teague, constable of the said parish ; the 
 
 petitioner praying for the restoration of the said goods, it is ordered to be 
 referred to certain Justices (named) who are to make such order for the relief 
 of the said Davis as they shall consider meet ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
Sessions Book 476 — September, 1690. 19 
 
 Order to certain Justices (named) to view the repairs done by Captain 
 Thomas Jones, keeper of the New Prison and House of Correction, Clerken- 
 well, to report what further repairs are required, and to inspect the accounts of 
 the workmen, who demand ^£2^ ^s. 2^d. The result of the enquiry to be 
 submitted at the next General Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Upon consideration of the matters in difference between Timothy Dalby, 
 of Stepney, otherwise Stebunheath Parish, and Bridget, his wife, a semptress, 
 and Margaret Blackman, Elizabeth Jackson, and Mary Clayton, their 
 apprentices, concerning the discharge of the said apprentices ; it appearing 
 that the said Bridget " had given moderate correction " to the said 
 apprentices, and had not provided wholesome and sufficient diet for them 
 while in her service, it is ordered that the said apprentices be discharged from 
 their indentures of apprenticehood. Jackson and Clayton are at liberty to 
 serve any other mistress, but Blackman is to live at her father's house, 
 and to serve her said mistress for a month, provided the said Bridget do not 
 beat or abuse her ; it is further ordered that the apparel of the said 
 apprentices be restored to them, but the money paid with the said apprentices 
 is to be retained by the said Timothy and Bridget ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Upon the dispute between Abigail Wait, 01 the parish of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields, milliner and sempstress, and Elizabeth Sparling, her apprentice, 
 concerning the discharge of the said apprentice, the Court, proving the 
 indentures to be void, it is ordered that the said Sparling be discharged 
 from her said mistress, who is to deliver up to the said apprentice all her 
 apparel p. 5 2 
 
 Upon the dispute between James Halsey, of Whetston, Finchley Parish, 
 and William Sleath {sic), constable of Fryern Barnett, in this county, con- 
 cerning the passing of cripples and vagabonds through the said parish of 
 Finchley, it appearing that the said Slate {sic) had frequently passed cripples, 
 &c., from Fryern Barnett to the said Halsey, in Whetston (who is no 
 constable), and who ought to have been passed to the constable of High 
 Barnett, county Herts, whereby the north end of Finchley was twice charged 
 with one pass, it is ordered that the said Slate do pass all such cripples, &c., 
 passed to him as constable of Fryern Barnett aforesaid, from Edward 
 Towerson, or any other constable of the north end of Finchley, to the constable 
 of High Barnett aforesaid ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Difference having arisen between the constable of the liberty of Upper 
 Barnsbury, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, and the headborough of the 
 said liberty, and the constable of the liberty of St. John of Jerusalem, 
 concerning the passing of cripples and vagabonds, it appeared that the 
 constable of I'pper Barnsbury ought to pass all who are passed to him from 
 the respective constables of Islington to the said constable of the liberty of 
 St. John of Jerusalem, who ought "to pass them forward to Highgate," 
 and that he ought to pass all that come to him from Highgjte to the 
 constable of Upper Barnsbury, who ought to pass them to the respective 
 constables of Islington town, for the time being. Ordered accordingly, p. 53 
 
 Upon the petition of Matthew Allen, senior, of Spitalfields Hamlet, 
 Stepney Parish, stating that he is 72 years of age, and unable to work, and 
 that the churchwardens refuse him any further allowance " than twelve {sic) a 
 week only," which is insufficient to maintain him, and praying for some 
 
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20 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 addition to his pension, it is ordered that the said pension be increased by 
 the sum of 6<^. weekly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Proceeding upon the petition of Richard Carrington, of the parish of 
 St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, fringe maker ; states that the churchwardens 
 of the said parish had placed John Galliard with him, as an apprentice, 
 and that the said apprentice had several times robbed and run away from 
 him, and prays that Galliard may be discharged from his api)renticehood. 
 The churchwardens state that Galliard had been placed with other masters 
 to whom he had behaved badly, and that he is now in the House of 
 Correction, and they desire that he may remain with the said Carrington, 
 who had received 40/- with the said apprentice. The petitioner prays that 
 he may be free of his said apprentice, and offers to repay 30/- of the said 
 40/- towards providing him with another master. To this the Court 
 agrees p. 55 
 
 Dispute between James Clark, of the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, 
 otherwise Whitechapel, cordwainer, and Thomas Woolley, his apprentice, 
 concerning the discharge of the said Woolley. Upon proof that the said 
 Clarke and his wife had ill-treated the apprentice, it is ordered that he be 
 discharged from his said master, who is to deliver to the said Woolley 
 his apparel, but Clarke is to retain the ^4 paid with the said apprentice 
 
 P- 56 
 
 Henry Ward, convicted for seditious and scandalous words against the 
 Government, is fined 20 nobles, and to stand in and upon the pillory 
 on Tuesday next, the 9th instant, in St. James Street, and on Thursday, 
 the nth instant, in Covent Garden, within the liberty of Westmmster, for one 
 hour, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock, noon, of each day; he is remanded to 
 Newgate until he undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, paying 
 his fees, 15/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 John Cragg, convicted for impressing Joseph Golding without a lawful 
 warrant, is fined five marks, and to stand in and upon the pillory on Monday 
 next, the 8th instant, near the Sun Tavern, Shadwell, Stepney parish, for one 
 hour, between 10 .\.m. and 12 o'clock noon; he is remanded to New Prison 
 until he undergo the said punishment, then to be delivered, paying his 
 fees 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Memorandum — List of names headed "New Prison" ... ... ' p. 59 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Samuel Shepheard, son of Richard 
 Shepheard, formerly of Newthorpe, county Nottingham, deceased, to James 
 Duwee, clothworker, to serve for a term of seven years from the nth of 
 August, 1690 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &:c. 
 
 pp. 61-64 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed indictments for tres])ass, and recogni- 
 zances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 67-69 
 
 [Pages 70-73 blank.] 
 
 Memorandum, " Giles Hock, of Little Stanmore, victualler, his license 
 to be suppressed " ... ... ... ... ... .. ... P- 74 
 
Sessions Book ^yj — October, 1690. 21 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 477— OCTOBER, 1690. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Names of Justices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda as to recognizances, &r. ... ... ... PP* 3-35 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields to receive Ann Martin, who has a legal settlement in that parish, from 
 the churchwardens, &c., of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and to provide for 
 her until they can rid themselves of the charge by due course of law... p. 35 
 
 Order for three Justices of the Peace to examine into the complaint of 
 Lionel Empes that he is over-rated for his premises at Charing Cross... ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to pay 
 ^5 lyy. 2d. to Richard Blackman, constable, for passing and relieving vagrants 
 and cripples, with 5/- more for the order. Further that since the parish of 
 St. James' had lately been relieved from "the antient trouble and charge of 
 Passing Vagrants and Cripples," the churchwardens, &c., of St. James are to 
 pay forthwith one-half of the above charge ... . . ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order that Humphrey Watson be put in the pillory in New Palace Yard 
 on the 6th October for the space of one hour, he having been convicted of 
 speaking seditious words against the King's Majesty and Government... p. 37 
 
 Order respiting the recognizances, entered into before 16 May, 1690, 
 of those who had failed to appear at the July Quarter Sessions, and whose 
 offences had been pardoned ... ... ... . . ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to pay 
 to George Sams ;^4o, out of ^do which he claims to be due to him for work 
 on the highways. Further ordered that four of the Justices of the Peace 
 shall examine George Sams as to the p/^20 which he claims, and they shall 
 take such action as shall seem to them to be most convenient . . . ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. James's, in the liberty of West- 
 minster, to pay to Francis Steene, a constable of that parish, 28.^. 11^., by 
 him expended in the necessary relief of vagrants and cripples ; and 5/- more 
 for the order p. 38 
 
 Order for the same churchwardens, &c., to pay to Robert Butler 345-. 3^., 
 expended by him when constable for the relief of vagrants, &c. ; and 5/- for 
 the order ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order concerning William Landy, " formerly a madman and confined in 
 the house of correccon at Tuttle Fields to prevent his wandering abroad and 
 doemg mischeife to the people, was there mainteyned about five yeares by 
 order of the Quarter Sessions " in 1684 .... at the charge of the respective 
 parishes in the liberty ; later, William Landy had " listed himselfe a souldier 
 in their Ma*'''^ service and went into Flanders for some time, but since dis- 
 banded, and at the said last Quarter Sessions remayned distempered and very 
 
•22 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 poor and helpless." He had prayed the Court to be relieved again. His sister- 
 in-law, the wife of Edward Landy, a shoemaker, of Gray's Inn Lane, offered to 
 allow him lodgings, and to accept 2/6 a week for his maintenance. The 
 last Court had ordered the parishes in the liberty to contribute as follows : — 
 St. Margaret's, 8^.; St. Martin-in-the- Fields, 6d. ; St. James', t\d.; St. Anne's, 2,d- '■, 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 3^. ; St. Clement Danes', 4^. ; St. Mary, Savoy, 2d., 
 so long as William Landy should be lodged in the house of Edward Landy. 
 Since the last Court, Edward Landy died, and his widow was so poor that she 
 could not maintain William " without an allowance of five shillings per week 
 for the future." Complaint is made that some of the parishes refused to pay 
 their quota, and it is ordered that the sums unpaid be collected by Francis 
 Reading, governor of the House of Correction, from the various parishes ; 
 and further that the parishes pay, for the future, weekly to Mary Lundy for 
 the maintenance of William, through Francis Reading, as follows : — 
 St. Margaret's, is. ; St. Martin's, is. ; St. James', 8^. ; St. Anne's, 6d. ; 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 7^. ; St. Clement Danes, is. ; St. Mary, 
 Savoy, 3^. p. 39 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c ... ... pp. 41, 42 
 
 Agreement between the Justices and Mr. Rampane and other proprietors 
 of the waterworks at Mill Bank for " Thames water to wash w^'all, for the use 
 and service of the House of Correction at Tuttlefeild." The parishioners 
 yearly at Michaelmas to pay to the proprietors 40^-. The churchwardens, &c., 
 to pay the money over to the Governor of the House of Correction, and the 
 several parishes to contribute as follows : — 
 
 s. d. 
 
 St. Martin's-in-the- Fields 80 
 
 St. James' ... ... ... ... ... 5 4 
 
 St, Margaret's 80 
 
 St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... 80 
 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden ... ... ... 48 
 
 St. Mary-Ie-Strand ... ... ... ... 2 o 
 
 St. Anne's ... ... ... ... ... 40 
 
 P- 43 
 
 List of indictments alphabetically arranged ; most entries followed by a 
 number intended for a key, others with the word " felon " p. 44 
 
 A List of Papists : — Edward Ellis, Edward Dawson, Edward Tompkins, 
 Michael Boylott, George Harris, Dominick Gosheen, Thomas Markaris (?) 
 Sherwood, locksmith — "noe Edward or George amongst all that made 
 Default, & yet Dawson, Tomkins, nor Harris to bee found." 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 478— OCTOBER, 1690. 
 
 Jury list p. 9 
 
 Memorandarelatingtorecognizanc.es ... ... ... PP-ii-55 
 
 Order for Mordica Fromanteel, of Whitechapel, to take the oath of a high 
 constable of the Tower division, in the place of Mr. George West ... p. 57 
 
Sessions Book 478 — October, 1690. 23 
 
 Order for Robert Bent, of Bury Street, in Edmonton, to take the oath 
 of a high constable for the Edmonton Division, in the place of Mr. Richard 
 Bradley p. 57 
 
 Order that the " pension " of 2/6 per month, which had been paid to 
 Sarah Jones, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, should be taken off and dis- 
 charged ... ... p- 58 
 
 Order for determining the legal settlement of Charles Weaver, at the next 
 Quarter Sessions, between Ealing and Kensington. \^Vtde Sessions Book 475, 
 pp. 43 and 56] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... if'id. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Clement Danes, concerning the 
 settlement of Joseph Chinnery in that parish ; the dispute was between 
 churchwardens, &c., of St. Kalherine, Colman Street, St. Buttolph's, Aldgate, 
 and St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 59 
 
 Order to James Ermindeger, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, gunsmith, to 
 pay to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, 4/- weekly, and 
 upon every Saturday, for the relief and maintenance of his wife, Mary, whom 
 he had " locked up many days and nights in dark places, allowing her no 
 kind of sustenance, and endeavoured to burn her flesh by placing lighted 
 candles round her " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order suppressing the license of Edward Clark, victualler, of Hendon, on 
 the complaint that he had kept a disorderly victualling house, frequently 
 allowing persons "to remain tipling in his house" during the time of Divine 
 Service on Sundays. He is to be forthwith brought before one or more of the 
 Justices and proceeded against as an unlicensed victualler, if he disobeys the 
 order ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order that Henry Jones, late treasurer for the Marshalsea, King's Bench 
 and Hospitals within the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, shall 
 pay the sum of jQ^^ i$s., collected by him in the years 1688 and 1689, to 
 Thomas Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace of the county ... ... ... il>id. 
 
 Order for suppressing the license of William Brightfoot, of Tottenham. 
 Complaint made by John Woodhouse, servant to the Right Honourable the 
 Earl of Colraine, that Brightfoot had " by surprize" obtained a license for selling 
 beer, &c., in the house which he rents of the Earl, contrary to his covenant ; 
 that he was a young man, and capable to maintain his family without keeping 
 an alehouse ; that the Court had already given him time in which to dispose 
 of " his beer and ale laid in by virtue of his said license." Further order to 
 bring the said Brightfoot before one or more of the Justices to be proceeded 
 against as an unlicensed victualler if he presumes to sell beer after receiving 
 notice of this order. \^Vtde Sessions Book 475, p. 52] ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 Order referring to two of the Justices, " inhabiting near that parish," 
 a claim made by Samuel Pearson, " upper " churchwarden of St. Leonard's, 
 Shoreditch, for the payment of ;£ii^ i<\s. i^d. to him from that parish, 
 Samuel Pearson states that a rate had been made for reimbursing him, but 
 that the present churchwardens refused to pay him, though he was willing 
 to take ^^65 14^-. i^d. now, and "to stay twelve months for the other 
 fifty pounds due to him ... in respect of the pressing necessities of the 
 poor" P- 64 
 
24 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, t^c, of St. Clement Danes to remove 
 James Gardner to the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, that being the 
 place of his last legal settlement ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Order that the dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of " the hamblett 
 of Mile End New Towne in the parish of Stepney, otherwise Stebinheaih " and 
 the churchwardens, lirc, of Stratford, concerning the settlement of Mary, 
 John, and Susannah Woodhall, the children of Thomas Woodhall, should be 
 dealt with at the next Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Ordered that Mr. Robert Hardisty, Attorney of the Court of King's Bench, 
 do appear for the inhabitants of the hundred of Ossulton at the suit of the 
 Right Honourable John Lord Lovelace, and at the suit of John Christmas 
 for " two small robberys committed upon them " in the hundred ... p. 70 
 
 Order for the removal of John Phillips at once, and for ihe removal of 
 Mary, his wife, as soon as she "is in condition of health" from St. Buttolph's 
 Without Aldgate, [to] St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate ... ... ... p. 71 
 
 Order to certain Justices to deal with a surplus arising from an assess- 
 ment of the various parishes in the hundred of Ossulton, over and above the 
 assessment sanctioned by the Justices ... ... ... ... ... p. 73 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John Middleton, son of John Middleton, 
 of St. Paul's, Shadwell, to John Lize (?), clothweaver. Dated 21 October, 
 1689 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 79 
 
 Indenture of Joshua Marshall, son of John Marshall, clothworker, of 
 St. Mary Matfellon, "otherwise Whitechappell," to Solomon Dupire, cloth- 
 weaver. Dated 17 February, 1689 ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 86, 87 
 
 [Pages 88, 89 blank.] 
 
 Various notes, mostly relating to headboroughs and constables being 
 sworn in, the suppression of ale-house licenses, &c. ; and a memorandum that 
 " John Walker keeps a meeting house of dissenting Protestants in Old 
 Brentford," and that " Letitia Bawdell keeps a meeting house of dissenting 
 Protestants att her house called Mount Pleasant in East Barnet " ... p. 90 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 479— DECEMBER, 1690. 
 Jury panels pp. 5, 6 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &:c. 
 
 pp. 7-40 
 [Pages 41-48 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as above ... ... ... pp. 49-54 
 
 Upon the complaint of Joshua Iremonger, Andrew Branfield, and others, 
 inhabitants of Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney Parish, against Charles Cutting, con- 
 
Sessions Book 479 — December, 1690. 25 
 
 stable, for excusing several of the inhabitants from watching and warding, and 
 thereby overburdening the complainants, who are put to great charges, it is 
 ordered that certain Justices (named) do enquire into the matter and report 
 their opinions at the next General Quarter Sessions, and in the meantime give 
 the complainants such relief as they shall consider meet ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order for the churchwarden of Isleworth to remove Ann l^awrence 
 from Heston to Isleworth, she having been last legally settled in the latter 
 parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the inhabitants of Hornsey. They state 
 that upon the 13th of October last, they were presented by William Bluck, J. P., 
 " upon his view," because, on the 24th of August previous, they had not repaired 
 a certain common ancient highway in their said parish, leading from a place 
 called Newgate Lane, in the said parish, to a certain village called Highgate; 
 20 perches in length, and 2 perches in breadth, the same being in great 
 decay. The petitioners state that the highway really lies in Finchley Parish, 
 and they pray to be discharged from the said presentment. The matter is 
 referred to certain Justices (named), who are to certify, in writing, at the next 
 General Sessions, their opinions in which parish the said highway lies, and 
 who ought to repair the same ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 58 
 
 Information of the burgesses and assistants of the Duchy Liberty in the 
 Strand, that some of the mhabitants had obtained the nomination of Joseph 
 AVeeks as constable of the said liberty, in the room of Thomas Awbrey, pre- 
 tending that the latter had gone from the said liberty. As it appears that the 
 said Awbrey had not then removed, neither was Weeks the next to serve the 
 said office, the nomination was void. Awbrey having since removed, and one 
 William Bines, hosier, being next in course to serve the said office, the said 
 Bines is appointed to act as constable until the next leet or Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Dispute between Robeit Cooke, one of the overseers of the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, for the year 1688, Richard Sheppard, upper church- 
 warden, and John Harris, late overseer of the said parish, concerning the 
 payment of ;!^ i8 disbursed by the said Cooke for the relief of the poor : it is 
 ordered that Harris ] lay out of the public money of the parish the said sum of 
 ^18 to Robert Cooke ; and it is referred to the Justices to examine into the 
 charges expended by the petiti(mer in the auditing of his accounts, and to 
 order the churchwardens to pay the same without further trouble . . p. 63 
 
 Upon the petition of the inhabitants of Norfolk Street, in the Duchy 
 Liberty in the Strand, St. Clement Danes Parish, stating that, owing to an 
 insufficient watph, some of their houses had lately been robbed and others were 
 in danger, and praying that they might have liberty to maintain a watch in the 
 said streets, it is ordered accordingly ; the said inhabitants to bear the charge 
 thereof ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Upon the petition of Mary Guttridge, widow, on behalf of her daughter 
 Clare, aged 14 years, setting forth that the said Clare, on the 24th of June, 
 1689, was apprenticed to Penelope Batchelor and Ann Ithall, spinsters, late 
 of Pall Mall, to learn the trade of a milliner and embroiderer, for which the 
 sum of jQx$ was paid ; her mistresses having used the said apprentice badly, 
 and the petitioner praying that the indentures of apprenticehood might be 
 
26 Middlesex Cotmty Records. 
 
 cancelled, it is ordered that the said apprentice be discharged, and it is 
 recommended to certain Justices (named) to consider what part of the money 
 paid with the said apprentice should be returned ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Order for the respite of the recognizance, entered into by Thomas Lake, 
 Charles Whitehead, and William Cooper, and their sureties, for their appear- 
 ance at the General Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 List of names under the headings : — New Prison and House of 
 Correction... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 67, 68 
 
 The petition of Elizabeth Mellin, widow, mother of Frances Niccolls, 
 aged 14 years. States that the said Frances was apprenticed to James Lambert, 
 of St. Katharine's Precinct, and to Mary, his wife, to learn the trade of a 
 cook, but the said James and Mary having neglected the said apprentice, 
 the petitioner prays they may be compelled to provide for her, or that 
 the said indenture be cancelled. Ordered, upon the non-appearance of the 
 said James and Mary, that the apprentice be discharged from her indenture 
 of apprenticehood, and it is further ordered that the said Lambert and his 
 wife do deliver to the said apprentice her indenture, together with her 
 apparel, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of William Davies, son of Robert Davies, of 
 Allhallows, Barking, weaver, to Samuel Sheering, of St. Olave's, South wark, 
 Surrey, sailor. To serve for a term of seven years. Dated i December, 
 1690 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 71 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed indictments for trespass pp. 72, 73 
 Ditto, headed calendar of recognizances ... ... ... PP- 74) 75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 480— JANUARY, 1691. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 2-12 
 
 Receipt for 40/- for the poor of St. Anne's, Westminster, paid by 
 John Reynolds " in court, last sessions," for refusing to take the oaths 
 of fidelity and allegiance to their Majesties. Signed, Robert Harrison, 
 churchwarden. Dated 24 January, 1690 ... ... ... ... p. 15 
 
 Robert Dart, otherwise Dafte, convicted for seditious words against the 
 Government, is to "be set in and upon the pillory in the New Palace 
 Yard, Westminster," on Wednesday "next," the 14th instant January, for 
 one hour, between 10 x.u. and 12 o'clock noon, with a paper fixed on 
 his head showing his offence; he is to return to the Gatehouse Gaol for 
 six months, and further, until he find good bail for his appearance at the 
 next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 18 
 
 [Pages 19-31 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to commitments to the House of Correction ; 
 a meeting of Protestant dissenters in " le New Way" in the parish of 
 
Sessions Book 481 — January, 1691. 27 
 
 St. Margaret, Westminster, certified by Vincent Alsop, preacher; recog- 
 nizances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... PP- 32, 33 
 
 An alphabetical list of names as to indictments ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Memoranda as to acquittals, appearances and committals ... p. 37 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 481-JANUARY, 1691. 
 
 Jury Hst p. 7 
 
 Recognizances, and memoranda relating thereto ... ... pp. 9-45 
 
 Order that Samuel Freebody, gentleman, treasurer " for the maimed 
 soldiers" in the hundred of Ossulton, shall pay James Vance, a maimed 
 soldier, ^4, for his present relief ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order to the churchwarden of St. James', Clerkenwell, to pay to James 
 Petworth, late constable of the Upper Liberty of St. John Streef, j[,\ \^s. 'jd., 
 and to Edward Weeks, late constable for Islington Liberty, ^£2 4^. Td., 
 being money expended by them in passing cripples and vagabonds through 
 their several liberties ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Ordered that constables and headboroughs of parishes within the 
 weekly bills of mortality do forthwith give notice to every householder 
 "whose house adjoyns unto or is near the street," that henceforth until Lady 
 Day next, each night they stt or hang out candles or lights in lanthorns on 
 the outside of their houses next the street, "as it shall grow dark," till 
 twelve o'clock at night. Further they are to give notice to all scavengers 
 that every day m the week, except Sunday and other holidays, " they 
 bring, or cause to be brought, carts, dung pots, and other fitting carriages 
 into all the said parishes," where they can pass, and give notice to the 
 inhabitants, and " abide there a convenient time," and carry away the 
 dirt and soyle brought to them, according to the directions of an Act of 
 Parliament made in the ist year of William and Mary... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Confirmation of William Binns as constable of the Duchy Liberty in 
 the Strand, in the place of Thomas Aubrey, gone out of the liberty. \_Vide 
 Sessions Boo/: 4-] g, p. 59] ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 51 
 
 Ordered — as several houses and shops have been lately robbed " in the 
 evening before the watches are set " — that the constables of the Duchy 
 Liberty in the Strand, as soon as candles are lit, are to place four able 
 and sufficient warders "at convenient stands in the High Street" between 
 Temple Bar and Salisbury House. These wardens are to remain until the 
 constables have set the watch at 10 o'clock ... ... ... ... ih'd. 
 
 Ordered that the high constables of every hundred issue warrants to 
 the petty constables to make a list of all the mariners and sea-faring men in 
 their respective districts, together with their ages, places of abode, and whether 
 they are at home or abroad ; these lists are to be sent to the Commissioners 
 of their Majesties' Customs " for the more speedy and sufificient supply and 
 furnishing of their Majesties' Fleet with able and sufificient seamen and 
 mariners"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
28 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order naming six Justices who are to enquire into the expenses incurred 
 by Mr. John Reynolds in promoting the Act of Parhament passed for the 
 cleansing and paving the streets in the out j)arishes, comprised in the weekly 
 bills of mortality. Further ordered that Mr. Reynolds shall procure " thirty 
 thousand abstracts or breviats to the said Acts," to be printed, to the end the 
 same may be given and disposed of to the churchwardens of every parish and 
 place, for them to cause the same to be distributed to the respective house- 
 holders ... to prevent them from incurring the penalties imposed by the 
 Act. Mr. Reynolds' costs incurred in procuring the passing of the Act, and 
 of the printing to be raised by the parishes affected ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 Ordered that two of the Justices shall examine what moneys the 
 overseers of the Liberty of Hatton Garden, Saffron Hill, and Ely Rents 
 have expended on the relief of the poor, and to make such assessment for 
 reimbursing the overseers as they shall deem fit ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Dispute as to the repair of the great bridge of Colnbrook between the 
 inhabitants of that part of the said town which lies in Bucks and those of 
 that part which lies in Middlesex. The bridge was in great decay for want 
 of reparation, to the hazard of travellers. The Court of Quarter Sessions 
 for Bucks had ordered the inhabitants of so much of Colnbrook as lay in the 
 parishes of Langley Marsh and Horton to repair their portion of the bridge, 
 and these persons prayed that the inhabitants of such part of the said town 
 as was in the parish of Stanwell and county of Middlesex should repair their 
 part. These replied that there were certain tolls and profits of fairs granted 
 to the Corporation of Colnbrook for the repairs of the bridge. The Court 
 found that these profits ought to be employed as alleged, but that they were 
 not sufficient, and ordered the inhabitants of Colnbrook in the parish of 
 Stanwell to contribute their share towards the repair of the bridge ... P- 55 
 
 Ordered that Mr. Robert Hardisty appear for the inliabitants of Ossulston 
 Hundred in the suit of John Hatton for a robbery committed on him in the 
 hundred ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 The Court found that Captain Thomas Jones, keeper of the New Prison 
 and governor of Bridewell at Clerkenwell, had disbursed for the use of the 
 county, over and above ;^7o ^s. lod. reported due to him in 1680, a further 
 sum of ;^94 i6s. 6d., making a total of ^^165 ^s. ^d. Captain Jones owed 
 the county one year's rent of the New Prison ^^25 over and above ^^15 
 which he has paid to the Matron of the House of Correction. Captain Jones 
 is ordered to detain the ^25, and the Clerk of the Peace is ordered to pay him 
 the residue of the ;^ 165 ^s. ^d. Certain Justices are apjiointed to see what 
 abatement, if any, could be made in the rent of New Prison, and to report 
 their opinion to the next Court of Quarter Sessions. \_Vide Sessions Book 487, 
 P- 92] P- 57 
 
 Thomas Johnson and John Robins, two of the Justices, report upon the 
 accounts of Francis Hooper, chapelwarden of the " Hamblett of Wapping, 
 Whitechappll.," for the year 1685, and other preceding officers of the said 
 hamblett: they find that there is due to Francis Hooper the sum of £10, 
 and to Mr. John Seller the sum of ;^, 15 8x. 4^'., that the said hamlet is in 
 the whole indebted ;^i5o, which they consider ought to be raised by an 
 " over rate." The present chapelwarden attended the present Court, stating 
 that the over rate is already made. They find that Robert Davis, late chapel- 
 warden, is indebted to the hamlet in the sum of ^50, and Charles Mitchell, 
 
Sessions Book j[^i~-/auita?y, 1691. 29 
 
 another late chapelwarden, indebted to the sum of ^,"5. The Court orders 
 Robert Davis 10 pay the present churchwarden the ^50, and Charles 
 Mitchell to pay the jQ^, which sums are to be applied to the present relief 
 of the poor : the present chapelwarden after paying the necessary expenses 
 for the relief of the poor, out of the moneys that shall remain due to the said 
 hamlet, shall pay to Francis Hooper the said sum of ^10, and to the said 
 John Sellers the said sum of ^15 ?>s. 4^., "and unto such other of the parish 
 officers who are in disburse for the reliefe of the poor of the said 
 hamblett" p. 59 
 
 John Fauteleroy, gentleman, churchwarden, of Isleworth, appealed 
 against an order made at the previous Quarter Sessions directing him to 
 remove Ann Lawrence from the parish of Heston to Isleworth, to which 
 place she had been before conveyed by the order of John Phelps and 
 Nicholas Grice, two of the Justices. The churchwarden of Isleworth insists 
 that Ann Lawrence has no legal settlement in that parish, and prays that a day 
 may be appointed for hearing the appeal. By consent of the parties 
 interested the Court ordered the appeal to stand over to the next Quarter 
 Sessions. Sir William Hill, knight, and Henry Hawley, esquire, two of the 
 Justices inhabiting near the said parishes, are requested to examine the case, 
 and report at the next Quarter Sessions... ... ... ... ••• p. 60 
 
 The constables, headboroughs, &c., of St, Sepulchre's, petition the 
 Court for leave to erect a watch-house in their parish. They allege that they 
 have " noe watch-house . . . wherein to shelter them from the extremity of 
 the weather when on their watch," and that the want of a roof has already 
 occasioned the death of several of the inhabitants, and that they are no longer 
 able to execute their offices without " hazard of their lives." 
 
 The Court ordered that they should forthwith set up a watch-house near 
 the whipping post at Cowcross, at the charge of the parish, and that the same 
 be " erected with a flatt roofeand doe not exceed five feet in height above the 
 surface of the street there " ... ... ... ... ••• ••• p. 61 
 
 Dispute between the overseers, &c., of the hamlet of Mile End New 
 Town, in the parish of Stepney, and the churchwardens, &c., of Stratford, in 
 the parish of West Ham (Essex), respecting the last legal settlement of Thomas 
 Woodall, who has three children, Mary, John, and Hannah, chargeable to 
 Mile End. Upon the oath of Gerrard Dewart, and several other witnesses, 
 that Thomas Woodall was last legally settled in Mile End New Town, the 
 Court ordered that the churchwardens, &c., of Mile End should maintain and 
 provide for the said children ... ... ... ... ... ••■ p. 62 
 
 Dispute between Samuel Wheeler and the widow of Richard Dowse, late 
 overseer of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, in 1687, and the churchwardens, &c., 
 of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, concerning the payment of ^11 y. od. disbursed 
 by Dowse during his term of office. The present churchwardens insist that 
 the accounts of Richard Dowse were not audited by the inhabitants, nor 
 approved by two of the Justices. The Court nominated a committee of the 
 inhabitants to audit the accounts, and requested two of the Justices, William 
 Withers and William Underhill, esquires, living near to Shoreditch, to make 
 the necessary orders for paying whatever should be shown to be due on 
 Dowse's accounts. . ... ... ... ••■ ••■ ••• ••• il'id. 
 
 Appeal of Christopher Harrison, of Ladd Lane, against a bastardy order 
 made by Sir James Butler, knight, and John Robins, esquire, at the instance of 
 
30 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Sarah Webb, widow. The Court is fully satisfied that the said Sarah Webb is 
 "a lewd and common woman and that Christopher Harrison is not the father of 
 the said bastard child," and the order of the two Justices is discharged p. 65 
 
 Edward Clarke, of Hendon, victualler, whose license had been sup- 
 pressed " for that he kept an ill-governed and disorderly house," appeals 
 against the suppression, alleging that the said order was obtained by 
 " surprize " ; that no disorders were committed in his house, and that it 
 was more fitting for the entertainment and accommodation of travellers than 
 any other in the parish. The Court ordered that the petitioner be heard at 
 the next Court of Quarter Sessions. John Blott, gentleman, one of the high 
 constables of the hundred of Gore, who attended to support the continued 
 suppression of the license, was also ordered to appear ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields 
 and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields as to the legal settlement of Mary Pickering, 
 "a distracted" person. The former complain that Mary Pickering had 
 been passed into their parish by an order of Walter Brydall and Robert 
 Feilding, two of the Justices, in the previous November. The Court ordered 
 the churchwardens of St. Giles to convey her into St. Martin's Parish, which 
 parish was to receive and maintain her, and further pay 40/- to St. Giles, 
 which had been expended on her relief in that parish ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Mr. Upton, counsel for the inhabitants of the hill at Cowcross, in 
 St. Sepulchre's Parish, alleges that the order which the constables and 
 headboroughs of St. Sepulchre's had obtained for the erection of a watch- 
 house, near the whipping post at Cowcross, was obtained by surprize ; and 
 that the erecting of the watch-house upon the hill, would be prejudicial to 
 them in their trades, and prays that a day may be appointed for the hearing, 
 and that, in the meantime, the execution of the order be stayed. The 
 Court ordered that the inhabitants of the hill be heard at the next Quarter 
 Sessions ; the erection of the watch-house in the meantime to be stayed. 
 \yide ante,i^. (i\\... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• p- 67 
 
 David Davis convicted for falsely imprisoning William Rogers, and 
 extorting from him ^\^ under pretence that he was guilty of high treason, 
 was fined ^6 \t^s. 4^., and ordered to stand for an hour in the pillory 
 at Hammersmith, near the Maypole ; in the meantime he is remanded 
 to Newgate, until he pay the fine, undergo the punishment, and pay the 
 fees, ;^i 4J-. 8^. p. 69 
 
 Upon information by the Right Honourable Henry PoUexfen, knight. 
 Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Thomas Byde, baronet. Sir 
 Robert Sawyer, knight. Sir Edward Lutwitch, knight, " and other inhabitants 
 of the Great Square," in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, that many 
 " robberys " have been lately committed in the square, tScc, by the negligence 
 of the constables of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, in not providing a sufficient 
 watch, and requesting that they might have liberty to provide and maintain, at 
 their own cost, a watch in the square. The Court ordered that the 
 inhabitants might place and maintain a sufficient watch and convenient stand 
 for the watchmen at their charge in such convenient place in the said 
 square as they shall think fit ; the watch to be under the command of the 
 constables of the said division, but not to be removed from the square except 
 on " emergent occasions " ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 71 
 
Si'ssio/L< Book 482 — February, 1691, 31 
 
 Upon information given by Sir Ambrose Phillips, knight, Thomas Strode, 
 sergeant-at-la\v, Edward Jennings, John Cooke, Thomas Vernon, esquire, and 
 other inhabitants of Little Lincoln's Inn Kields, Sheire Lane, and Bell Yard, 
 in the parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Dunstan's in the West, that 
 many robberies, &€., have occurred for want of a sufficient watch, the Court 
 grants liberty to the inhabitants, at their own cost, to furnish a sufficient watch 
 in convenient spots in the said places "to be under the command of the 
 constables of the respective divisions in this county " ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of all persons indicted for 
 recusancy, 46 names. They were indicted at the previous October Sessions 
 for not coming to Church by the space of one month ... ... ... p. 73 
 
 Order for respiting five recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 78 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 80, 81 
 
 Memoranda relating to various matters before the Court : — 
 
 "Thomas Deane, Thomas Kirby, of the parish of St. Giles Without, 
 Criplegate, Teachers of Congregation of Anabaptists in Glasshouse yard in 
 the said parish." 
 
 "John Scott, of Twittenham, teacher of a congregacon of dissenting 
 protestants in a house there in which Mr. Jenkins lately lived" ... p. 82 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 482-FEBRUARY, 1691. 
 Jury panels pp. 5, 6 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-24 
 
 Caleb Clarke committed to Newgate, he " being vehemently suspected " 
 to be one of the persons who broke into the house of Robert Rogers, clerk, 
 of Braxted, county Essex ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for vacating a former order of the 20th of January last, for 
 suspending the erection of a watch-house at Cowcross, in the parish of 
 St. Sepulchre's, in this county. [ Vide Sessions Book 481, pp. 61 and 67] ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwarden of St. James's, Clerkenwell, to pay John Page, 
 constable of the said parish during the years 1688 and 1689, 10/-, and 
 William Pakeman, headborough for the same years, ^^3 t^s. ^d., being money 
 expended by them for passing cripples and vagabonds through the said 
 parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order in a dispute between Thomas Dickenson, late of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, glazier, and Samuel Rowell, his apprentice, concerning the discharge 
 of the said apprentice. Upon proof that the said Dickenson lives in a cellar 
 in Whitefriars, and follows the trade of a cook, and that he had neglected 
 to provide wholesome food and lodging for the said apprentice, it is ordered 
 that the said Rowell be discharged from his indenture of apprenticehood, and 
 that Dickenson deliver up the said indenture together with the apparel of the 
 apprentice... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
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 Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Clark of Hendon, victualler, 
 against an order of Sessions for suppressing his license. It being jiroved 
 that the said Clark keeps a well governed alehouse, and that it is the most 
 fitting house in the neighbourhood for the accommodation of travellers, it is 
 ordered that the said order for suppression should be discharged. [ Vide 
 Sessions Book i,2)\, ^^. 6^^ ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 27 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Captain Thomas Jones, keeper of the 
 New Prison and the House of Correction at Clerkenwell, setting forth his 
 expenses in aiding the sick prisoners, and praying reimbursement. Referred 
 to certain Justices (named) to examine into the truth of the complaint . . . 
 to reimburse the petitioner, and to report how the like charges may be 
 prevented in future ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Upon a hearing of the dispute between Eve Salmon and Richard Atkinson, 
 of Hackney, yeoman, and Judith, his wife, touching the discharge of the 
 said Eve from her indenture of apprenticehood to the said Judith, to whom 
 she was bound for eight years to learn "the art of housewifery," it 
 appearing that the said apprentice had been neglected by her employers, it 
 is ordered she be discharged from her said indenture, and that she be at 
 liberty to place herself in service elsewhere ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that the several recognizances entered into by John Price, 
 Frederick Sadier, Elizabeth Emmerson, Kath Morris and Thomas Lushington, 
 and their sureties, for their appearance, be respited until further notice p. 29 
 
 David King, Luke Braisby, and John Morris, are all convicted for 
 attempting to enter the house of Thomas Marsh, of Hendon ; King and 
 Morris are each fined five niarks, and Braisby 20 marks. The said King, 
 Braisby and Morris are severally ordered to be stripped naked from the 
 middle upwards, and whipped at a cart's tail until their bodies be bloody, on 
 Tuesday, the 24th of February instant, between 10 am. and 12 o'clock noon, 
 from Holborn Bars to St. Giles's Pound, and back again. The said prisoners 
 are committed to Newgate until they undergo the punishment ; then to be 
 delivered, paying their fees severally, 17/6 ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Frances Hinton, otherwise West, is convicted for conveying Elizabeth, 
 wife of William Tarply, on board a ship, on the Thames, with the intent of 
 transporting her beyond seas : she is fined 13/4 and ordered to stand in and 
 upon the pillory, on Thursday, the 26th of February instant, at the end of 
 HoUowell Street, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, for one hour, 
 between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon ; in the meantime she is committed 
 to New Prison until she pay the fine and undergo the punishment ; then to be 
 delivered, paying her fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 John Burch and John Meere are convicted for unlawfully imprisoning 
 Thomas Fitzwater for two hours, upon the pretence that they were press- 
 masters ; they are each fined five marks, and are ordered to stand in and 
 upon the pillory on Saturday, the 28th of February instant, near Great Turn- 
 stile, in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, for one hour, between 10 a.m. 
 and 12 o'clock noon : they are committed to New Prison until they undergo 
 the punishment; then to be delivered, each paying his fee, 17/6 ... p. 32 
 
 John Maddox and William Jones are convicted, with others, for rioting, 
 and for assaulting and wounding the Earl of Danby, John Vandenanda, and 
 
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 William Champion: they are each lined one mark, and are ordc-red to stand in 
 and upon the pillory on Monday, the 2nd of March next, near the Maypole 
 in the Strand, for one hour, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon ; they are 
 committed to New Prison until they undergo the punishment ; then to be 
 delivered, tach paying his fee, 17, 6 ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed indictments and recognizances 
 
 PP- 33. 34 
 
 Memorandum as to the ai)pearance of John Wood, John Richmond (?), 
 James Peirce and John Fowler ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 483— APRIL, 1(91. 
 Panels, memoranda of recognizances, &c.... ... ... pp. 2-16 
 
 Writ for discharging I'eter Marshall, imprisoned for debt "in the 
 Goale of St. Martin's-leGrand," addressed to Henry Wyatt, keeper of the 
 goal p. 17 
 
 Order tha*^ Robert Batson. one of the constables of St. xMartin's-in-the- 
 Fields, do attend the Court on Friday next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and 
 bring with him the money and melted silver in his custody, sealed up and 
 delivered to him by Walter Brydall, esquire, one of the Justices, with the 
 clippings, " sheers, files, and other things then alsoe in his custody," that this 
 Court may make such further order as may be convenient .. ... p. 19 
 
 The churchwardens, &c., of Thames Ditton, Surrey, under the authority 
 
 of Bridges and Nuthall, esquires. Justices, conveyed Martha 
 
 Frater from their parish of Thames Ditton to St. ]\Iartin's-in-the-Fields, 
 asserting that the said Martha Frater had, within 40 days before, come 
 to settle within their parish in a tenement under the yearly value of ^\o, 
 and was likely to become chargeable to the said parish if she fell ill, and 
 
 suggesting that she was last a servant to one Hall, of the parish of 
 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's appeal 
 to the Court, and the Court finds that she was not last legally settled in 
 St. Martin's Parish, that she had been conveyed into the parish on 
 insufficient proof from the house of Edward Avelyn, a porter in Thaines 
 Ditton. Ordered that the churchwardens of St. Martin's send her back to 
 Thames Ditton ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The churchwardens, &c., of St. Margaret's, Westminster, complain that 
 " their poore are abundantly encreased within these few years, particularly by 
 reason of the Dutch poore women and children," and petition that they may be 
 allowed to make the next assessment for the relief of the poor " one halfe 
 more than the same now is, and soe yeaily " until the parish can lessen the 
 same. The Court ordered that such an assessment and rate should be made 
 for the year next ensuing, and appointed Sir John Cutler, knight and baronet. 
 Sir Roger Langley, baronet, Richard Newman, esquire, Simon Smith, esquire, 
 and Nehemiah Arnold, esquire, Justices, to do what "shall be most necessary 
 and convenient " in the matter ... ... ... .. ... ••■ p. 20 
 
 Order that in future, to avoid the complaints which had been made to 
 the Justices, of the inequality and uncertainty of the rates and charges, made 
 
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 in the various parishes of the hberty for the reHef of the poor, and for the 
 repairing of the high\va)S, all rates and assessments be made according to an 
 equal pound rate of the yearly value of all the houses, &c., in the respective 
 parishes ; " and that upon the top of the leafes of any such books of assess- 
 ment," it be expressly stated " what and how much in the pound the rate is " ; 
 further, that it be also written " in a faire column " after each person's name, 
 the estimated yearly value of each person's holding ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 The churchwardens, overseers, and surveyors of the highways of the 
 parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ordered to attend the Court, to be 
 heard upon several appeals of persons who complain that they are 
 over-rated ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 
 and St. Clement Danes, concerning the legal settlement of Lucy Needham. 
 "a poor, crazed woman." The Court found that she was last legally settled 
 in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields "as a lodger in the house of one 
 Richard Bye, a joiner there in Drury Lane against Brownlow Street," in the 
 month of May, 1685, and for a year and a half before and after that date. 
 Ordered that she be conveyed by the churchwardens, &c., of St. Clement 
 Danes to the custody of the churchwardens, &c., of St. Giles ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &:c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to pay to 
 George Silke, constable, of Hyde Park Ward, the sum of ^6 iii-. 7^/., dje 
 to him since 23 April, 1690, for passing and relieving vagrants and cripples, 
 with an additional 5/- for the order ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. James to pay 5/- 
 on the I St of May next to Margaret Gibbs, " a very poor ancient widdow," 
 for the relief of her grandson, John Gibbs, and an allowance of 5/- monthly 
 till the Court make further order ... ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields setting 
 forth that they are '"obliged by articles" to pay ^250 to Robert Meades for 
 repairing and mending the highways, and asking permission to assess and 
 collect the same. Order granted ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Duplicate order to Henry Wyatt, keeper of the gaol at St. Martin's- 
 le-Grand, to discharge Henry Dyer, a prisoner for debt, from custody. 
 21 April, 1 69 1. Creditors mentioned — John Goodall, of Christchurch, 
 London, butcher ; Robert Taylor, of St. Anne's and St. Agnes ; William 
 
 Ewer, of St. Alban's Street, Westminster, "victualer"; Duke, "in 
 
 thePellmell"; Walter Clarke, " of St. Tooleys," scalemaker... ... p. 25 
 
 A similar duplicate order relating to Ezekiel Browne, to the same 
 keeper of the same goal, 21 April, 1691. Creditors mentioned — George 
 Pagit, of Whitechapel, baker ; Jeremy Boonman, in Whitechapel, brewer ; 
 William Heatly, of Goodman's Fields, bricklayer ; John Higgs, of " Spittle- 
 feilds," cheesemonger : Joseph Taylor, of Stepney, threadman ; John Eldrick, 
 "yorneman"; William Beeke, of the same, ' victualer " ; Adam Mason, of 
 Old Bedlam, reedmaker ; Mr. Stringer, of Bishopsgate Street, apothecary ; 
 Francis Gibbs, of Bishopsgate Street, porter, Richard Wild, of Shadwell, 
 coal merchant ; Jeremiah Bates, in Blow Court Fields, Stejiney, surgeon ; 
 Jeremy Gun ; John Alebone ; William Close, of Bishopsgate Street ; Peter 
 
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 Everett, of Bishopsgate Street ; Samuel Thresher ; Robert Garret, of 
 " Fryday " Street ; Edmund Turner ; Timothy Safield ; Francis Ford, of 
 Whitefriars : Joseph Fishpoolc ; Richard Boner, Cheapside ... ... p. 27 
 
 Duplicate order to the same for the discharge of WilHam Smart from 
 prison. Creditors mentioned— Elizabeth Burdsey, Thomas Sanders, Abraham 
 Carter, of Westminster, gentleman, Nicholas Griss, of Cowcrosse, cordwainer; 
 Thomas Peirson, of Shirklane, cordwainer ; AVilliam Turner, of St. Anne and 
 St. Agnes; John Hubbard, of St. Martin's le-Grand, cordwainer; Henry 
 Jerman, of St. Sepulchre's, leather seller ; Thomas Deacon, Quaker Street, 
 Spitalfields, laceman : William Hayes, St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, cordwainer ; 
 John Alwood, Hatton (iarden, doctor ; William Gates, of Braintford, cord- 
 wainer ; Robert Hind and partner, in Leather Lane, bre.vers; John Comes, 
 Great St. Bartholomew; William Grant, St. Sepulchre's, innholder ; Mr. 
 Woodman, of St. Bride's, woodmonger; Robert ALllard, Christchurch, 
 pattenmaker ; William King, of the same, painter ; Marah Farrah, St. Michael 
 Querne, spinster ; Daniel Rolfe, St. Martin's-le-Grand, watchmaker ; William 
 Austin, Basinghall Street, "victualer." 21 April, 1691 ... ... p. 31 
 
 A similar duplicate discharge, relating to Thomas Sevet. Creditors 
 mentioned — Ezekicl Browne; John Bawden, Bush Lane; Mr. William 
 Butler ; Henry Allen, of St. Mary Axe ; Simon Francis, Great St. Helen's, 
 merchant ; " Seigineur Gomesers," Berry Street, merchant ; Anthony Robleys, 
 Berry Street, merchant ; Deane Montays, London Wall ; Andrew Rudkin, 
 Fenchurch Street, pewterman ; " Widdow Shore," of Bredstreet Hill ; William 
 Lecom, near St. Dunstan's Hill, merchant ; Peter Renew, Abchurch Lane, 
 merchant ; Paul Burcoin, St. Martin's Lane, merchant ; John Wilcox, Amen 
 Corner, tailor ; Mr. Willimott, of Blowbladder Street, leather seller; Joseph 
 Draton, Thames Street, confectioner; Charles Hawkins; Joseph Bowles; 
 St. Laurence Poulteney Hill, merchant ; William Grosmenor, Richard 
 Grosmenor, Canon Street, merchants; Richard Carter, Canon Street, cooper; 
 Nattwood, St. Martin's Lane, cooper ; Henry Siroud, Thames Street, 
 merchant : John Gowse ; John ALarlowe, King's Street, apothecary ; Mr. 
 John Lovett, Temple, attorney-at-'aw ; Francis Greene, Pickleherring, South- 
 wark, vinegar merchant ; Mr. James Reading, near St. George's, Southwark, 
 brewer; Joseph Deakins, of the same, cheesemonger; Mr Miller, near 
 "St. Barking Church," merchant ; Margaret Keyne, Wild Street. 21 April, 
 1691 p. 33 
 
 Similar duplicate order for the discharge of Elizabeth Thompson from 
 the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster, directed to the keeper, Anthony Church, 
 gentleman. Creditors mentioned — Daniel Seymour, Mr. Hugh Champing, 
 Mr, Richard Minefeild, Mr. Richard Smith. 21 April, 1691... ... p. 36 
 
 Duplicate discharge, directed as the last concerning Anne Overfield. 
 Creditors mentioned — Nathaniel Bussint; Richard Hodgkins, Christ Church; 
 Katherine Brian, St. Clements; Robert Willin, Covent Garden; Eleanor 
 Raven, Covent Garden; Susanna Betts, St. James's. 21 April, 1691 p. 39 
 
 Order to the churchwardens. &:c., of the parish of St. James' to levy 
 a rate of ;^t 20 for the repair of the highways upon their petition that the 
 highways are "now soe broken and in decay that they cannot be sufficiently 
 repaired and amended for this present year " ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
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 Receipt from Mr. Smith, the sum of 40/- (paid by Edward Rigby "for 
 refusing to take the oaths of obedience and allegiance to their Majesties the 
 last Quarter Sessions ") tor the use of the poor of St. Paul's, Covent 
 Garden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Memoranda relating to various persons concerning the oath of allegiance, 
 recognizances, the enrolment of the apprenticeship of Charles Hartigan to 
 Mathias Shore, sergeant trumpeter, &c. ... ... ... pp. 43-45 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 484-APRIL, 1691. 
 
 Commissions, jury panels, &:c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Robert Bird, of Islington, merchant, is appointed treasurer for the 
 maimed soldievs in the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore for the 
 year 1691. Tl.e said Bird is to take the account of Samuel Freebody, the 
 treasurer for the said hundreds, during the year 1690 ... ... ... p. 7 
 
 A like appointment for Thomas Arundell, of Northall, gentleman, in the 
 hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth. The said .\rundell is to 
 take the accounts of Thomas Thorowgood, the treasurer, during the past 
 year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 John Evans, of Whitecrosse Street, dyer, is chosen treasurer for the 
 Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, within the hundreds of Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore for the year 1691... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 A like appointment for Chandler, of Laleham, gentleman, within 
 
 the hundreds of Eltliorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the prices of beer, the assize of bread, &c. [ Vide Sessions 
 ^fl^/& 473, p. 4] p. 7 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. pp. 9-43 
 
 [Pages 44-58 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, &c. pp. 59-61 
 
 [Pages 62-66 blank.] 
 
 Upon the information of William Rainburrough, that Robert Stanton, 
 raker, of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for the liberty above Bars, on the 
 14th of March last, did carry away soil in and from several paved streets within 
 the said parish and liberty, being within the bills of mortality, in his cart, and 
 did deliver the same on a certam laystall m St. Pancras Parish, without the 
 bills of mortality in this county, where the streets are not paved, but less than 
 half a mile beyond the paved streets within the said bills of mortality ; and 
 that the wheels of the said carts are not 6 inches in breadth in the felley, and 
 are wrought about with iron work against the form of the statute of 2 William 
 and Mary, whereby the said Stanton has forfeited 40/- ; it is ordered that the 
 said Stanton be convicted for the offence, and that a distress be levied upon 
 
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 his goods and chaltels for the said sum, a moiety of which is for the rehef of 
 the poor of St. Andrew's, and the other moiety for the said Rainburrough, who 
 discovered and prosecuted the said Stanton for the offence ... ... p. 67 
 
 Memorial from the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, setting forth that an allowance has hitherto been made to 
 18 Justices of the Peace, and that owing to the multiplicity of business, 
 their Majesties have augmented the number. The petitioners pray that the 
 usual allowance of 4/- a day may be made to six more Justices for the said 
 county, to be paid to them, with the said 18 justices, out of the fines that 
 are or shall be set in future. The fiarncs of 4cA Justices follozv ... p. 69 
 
 Treasury v.-arrant, dated 18 March, 169 1, granting the allowance above 
 requested ... ... ... ... ... ..• ••• ••• ... p. 70 
 
 Dispute between Walter Hone, of Limehouse Hamlet, Stepney, gardener, 
 and William Masters, his apprentice, concerning the discharge of the said 
 Masters. It appearing that the said Hone had neglected to provide for the 
 said apprentice, it is ordered that he be discharged from his indentures, and 
 that the said Hone deliver up the apparel of the said apiirentice ... p. 73 
 
 For the better discovery of all persons disaffected to the Government, it 
 is ordered that the chief constables of every division in this county give notice 
 to all the Justices, constables, headburroughs, churchwardens, overseers, 
 beadles, and all other offices whatsoever, to attend the Court on Friday "next" 
 at 10 .^.M., and to bring a list of the names of those disaffected or dangerous 
 to the Government, to the intent that they may be summoned to take the oath 
 of allegiance ... ... ... ... ... ••. ••. ••• P- 74 
 
 Upon the report made by two Justices (named), to whom it was referred 
 on the 15th of January last, to examine whether John Loveing, of Ealing, 
 otherwise Little Yeeling, in this county, esquire, is over-rated for his estate, 
 for parish duties, and it appearing he is overcharged to the amount of ^15 
 yearly ; it is ordered that the said Loveing be rated at ^45 yearly, and no 
 more P- 75 
 
 Upon the petition of James Bayley and James Pulman, mariners, and 
 John I'yzacke, gentleman, all of the lower hamlet of " Wapping, Stepney,'' 
 showing they were chosen scavengers of the said hamlet, contrary to the 
 meaning of the late Act of Parliament, the appearance of the churchwardens 
 and overseers is ordered on Tuesday, the 26th of JNLay next, to show cause 
 why the said petitioners should not be discharged ... ... ... z/'^^- 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Richard Long, of St. JNIargaret's, 
 Westminster, a poor maimed soldier. Shows that he has been a pensioner 
 about 30 years, and is very aged and infirm ; the number of pensioners in 
 this county being much decreased he prays an addition to his pension. 
 Ordered that his pension be augmented by 40/- a year, the said pensioner to 
 receive, for the future, j£s yearly out of the public money of this county p. 76 
 
 Upon the dispute between John Sellers, chapelwarden of ^Vapping 
 Hamlet, Whitechapel, for 1688, and John Welby, present chapelwarden, 
 concerning the payment of /^i^ Ss. \d. {sic) due to the said Sellers for money 
 disbursed by him during his term of office, it is ordered that the said Welby 
 
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 pay the said Sellers £,\o forthwith, and the remaining ^5 8^-. ic^. {sic) on or 
 before the ist of June next, \yide Sessions Book, 481, p. 59] ... p. 76 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and ancient 
 inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. Shows that there are 
 divers sums of money expended yearly for the repair of the highways in the 
 said parish, for the raising of which money a rate has been yearly made by 
 the general consent of the inhabitants, but that certain housekeepers refuse to 
 pay the said rate, there being no law to compel them before the provision 
 made for that ])urpose in the late Act for cleansing the streets ; and that the 
 common highways in the said parish cannot be sufficiently repaired without 
 the help of the said Act. They pray an order for making an assessment on 
 the inhabitants of the said parish for the repair of the said highways for this 
 present year 1691. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p- 77 
 
 Order of reference to two Justices (named), concerning a bastard child, 
 whereof Thomas Holliers, of Kensington, is the reputed father ... p. 78 
 
 Dispute between Anthony Pinckney, of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, cooper, 
 and Edward Markley, his apprentice, concerning the discharge of the said 
 apprentice : upon proof that the said Pinckney is a prisoner for debt, and 
 incapable of providing for or instructing the said apprentice, it is ordered that 
 the said Markley be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 79 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Read, of Goswell Street, victualler, 
 and of Elizabeth, his wife. Shows that Peter Ayres, late of Wapping Hamlet, 
 Whitechapel, mariner, died at sea last May on his voyage home from the 
 Canaries, where he went about August, 1689, leaving a widow, Susanna (who 
 shortly after died), and two children, and that at the request of the said 
 Susanna, who was the sister of the said Elizabeth, the petitioner took care of 
 the two children, one of whom was apprenticed and the other placed in Christ's 
 Hospital ; and that the chapelwarden has appropriated all the said Susanna's 
 goods, together with ^9 9^-. 9^., being the wages of the said Peter. Prays that 
 the said chapelwarden be compelled to make the petitioners satisfaction for 
 the same. Ordered that John Welby, the chapelwarden, do attend the 
 Justices at their next meeting at Mile End, and show how he has disposed of 
 the said goods and money ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 Order for paving Kensington Square : — By their certificate, dated the 
 14th of January last, five Justices have certified that, pursuant to an Act 
 for paving and cleansing the streets in the cities of London and Westminster, 
 and suburbs and liberties thereof, &c. ; they had viewed a new street in the town 
 of Kensington, leading from the middle of the said town to the new street 
 called the Square, and also the east, north, and south sides of the said square ; 
 and that they considered the said new street leading to the said square, that is 
 to say, the common road or highway leading through Kensington aforesaid to 
 the said new street, called the Square, fit to be paved with stone, and also the 
 east, north, and south sides of the square, " from the place designed for free- 
 stone pavement before the several and respective houses there, to the rails in 
 the said square." Ordered that the paving be carried out by the 24th of 
 June next ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 81 
 
 Order for paving Beak Street: — Certificate, dated the 15th of April 
 instant, of two Justices, that they have inspected the common highway called 
 
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 Beak Street, in the par'sh of St. James's, within the Hberty of Westminster, 
 and that they consider the said street fit to be pavtd with stone, from the 
 corner of Major Ogar's house to Swallow Street, containing in length 45 yards, 
 and in breadth "forty-five yards more or less." Ordered that the said street 
 be [laved by the 24th of June next ... ... ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 A like certificate, of the same date, concerning the inspection of the 
 common highway called Swallow Street, St. James's Parish, Westminster. 
 It is adjudged fit to be paved with stone, from the house of Adam Motte to the 
 houses of Mr. Maidwell and Mr. Hinch, in the same street, containing in 
 length 117 yards, and in breadth 8 yards "more or less." Ordered that the 
 said street be paved by the 24th of June next ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 (^rder for Sara Drew to be passed from the Liberty of the Rolls, in the 
 parish of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, to the parish of St. Mary, Aldermary, 
 where she was last legally settled ... ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Deborah Peirson, on behalf of her son 
 Henry. Shows that she apprenticed her said son for seven years to I'honias 
 Davis, of Shadwell, mariner, and that the said Davi«; died on the 20th of 
 January, 1688. His widow, Sarah, being incapable of instructing the said 
 apprentice, petitioner prays that the said Henry may be discharged. Upon 
 proof that the said Sarah had provided an able mariner to instruct the said 
 apprentice, and that the said apprentice was in His Majesty's service, and in 
 receipt of 32/- monthly, of which the said Sarah ought to have the benefit for 
 the remainder of the term, it is ordered that the petition be discharged, and 
 that the said apprentice do serve the said Sarah until the expiration of his 
 apprenticehood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 85 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Jewks, Timothy Ware, and others, 
 inhabitants withm the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. Shows that they 
 are rated towards the scavengers rate in the said parish, and that the said Jewks 
 is now chosen scavenger, notwithstanding that they dwell in Kingsland Road, 
 and have nothing to do with the pavements, neither did they in time past ever 
 pay towards cleansing the streets ; they pray direction whether they who live 
 on the highway and distant from the pavements should pay the said rate, or be 
 chosen for the said office. The Court is of opinion that all inhabitants of the 
 said parish who live distant from the pavements ought to contribute to the 
 said rate in proportion with those who live in the streets, lanes, and alleys 
 already paved ; and that John Jewks is duly elected and ought to serve in the 
 said orfice. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... p. 86 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, and St. Clement Danes. Shows that, in Hilary term last, George 
 Howard, the Sheriff's bailiff, levied upon the churchwardens of the two first- 
 named parishes ^,\o each, and upon those of the latter ^9, by virtue of an 
 execution obtained by William Brookes against the inhabitants of Ossulston 
 Hundred, for a robbery committed in the said hundred ; and prays that the 
 said sum be assessed proportionably throughout the said hundred. It is 
 referred to the Justices residing in or near St. Giles' Parish to consider, at 
 their next meeting, to be held at the " Court House, in Bloomsbury in 
 Holborn," what the said Howard has levied of the petitioners, and to assess it 
 according to their discretions ; after such assessment made, the constables, &c.. 
 
40 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 are to tax and assess the inhabitants of the hundred according to their abiHties 
 to pay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 87 
 
 Upon the petition of George Howard, showing that he was apprenticed 
 to WiUiam Peirce, of St. Giles's Without, Cripplcgate, weaver, for seven years, 
 and that the said Peirce is now a prisoner in the King's Bench, and incapable 
 of providing for him, and praying he may be discharged from his apprentice- 
 ship, it is ordered that the said apprentice be discharged from his 
 apprenticeship ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 88 
 
 Certificate, dated the 14th of January last, of five Justices (named), and 
 pursuant to the Act of 2 William and Mary, thnt they have viewed and 
 inspected the north side of the highway in the town of Kensington, and thai 
 they consider it fit to be paved uith stone from the east end of the house of 
 Thomas Johnson, gentleman, then untenanted, there westward to the west end of 
 that of John Watkins, blacksmith ; and that they had inspected the south side 
 of the said highway, which they considered fit to be paved, from the east side 
 of Mr. Coleby's door, westward to the west side of a door entering the garden 
 of John Simmons, a gardener, "over against the house of the aforesaid John 
 Watkins." Ordered that the said highways be paved by the 24th day of June 
 next ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 89 
 
 Order that Thomas i\rundell, gentleman, and treasurer for the maimed 
 soldiers for the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, do pay Alice 
 Bradford, widow of Henry Bradford, a poor maimed soldier, 1 7/6 for a quarter's 
 pension, due last Lady Day ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 90 
 
 Petition of Richard Slater and John Whalett, scavengers for Norton 
 Folgate Liberty, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, for 1690. Shows 
 that the money assessed and collected for cleansing the streets will not 
 amount to the sum agreed upon to pay the rakers, and prays an order for a 
 rate for payment of the money due. Ordered that an assessment according 
 to a pound rate be imposed upon the inhabitants of the said liberty for the 
 expense incurred in cleansing the streets. Instructions concerning the 
 payment of the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for determininsr the last legal settlement of William Bake at the 
 next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 91 
 
 Order to view a highway [in the parish of Kensington] on Thursday, the 
 2ist of May next. William Feild and Edward Martin to be present on the 
 part of the King and Queen, and Francis Gotobed and John Ilford on the part 
 of the inhabitants. The result of such view to be exhibited at the Sessions to 
 be held on Tuesday, the 26th of May next ... ... ... ... p. 92 
 
 Upon the account of Henry Hawley, treasurer of the money raised for 
 repairing Chertsey and Brentford bridges, and it appearing by the certif^rate 
 of certain Justices (named) that they had carefully examined the account (the 
 balance of which is ;^9o 4^-. 10^.), and had found the same to be correct ; it 
 is ordered that the said account be ratified and confirmed ... ... p. 93 
 
 Order for passing William Hamby from Hampton Wick to the parish of 
 Atherton, in Southampton, he being the child of Elizabeth Baker, wife of 
 
ScsswNS Book 484 — -April, 1691. 41 
 
 Bartholomew Baker, who was last legally settled in the said parish of Atherton, 
 Isle of Wight ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 94 
 
 Order for John Turner and John Gravett to be headboroughs of Ickenhani, 
 in the place of U'illiam Gravett and John Marlow, yeomen, who have served 
 in the aforesaid otiice for two years and upwards ... ... ... p. 95 
 
 Upon the petition of James Bayly and James Pulman, mariners, and John 
 Tyzack, gentleman, inhabitants of ^^'apping Hamlet, Stepney, showing they 
 were chosen scavengers, contrary to a certain Act, it is ordered that James 
 Bayly and James Pulman be discharged from serving as scavengers, they being 
 masters of ships and seldom at home, but that John Tyzack be duly elected 
 to the said office \inde ante, P- 75] ••• ••• ••• ■•• ... p. 96 
 
 Ann Eccleston, convicted for obtaining " twenty pieces, called shillings " 
 of false money, with the intent of passing the same as good and lawful coin 
 of the realm, is fined 10 marks, and is ordered "to be stripped naked from 
 the middle upwards," and to be whipped at a cart's tail " until her body be 
 bloody," on Saturday, the 25th of April instant, between 10 a.xM. and 12 o'clock 
 noon, from Holborn Bars to St. Giles's Pound. She is committed to New 
 Prison until she undergo the punishment : then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 97 
 
 Alice Nayland, convicted for obtaining three ounces of silver clippings, 
 knowing the same to have been clipped from the current coin of the realm, 
 is fined 10 marks, and is ordered to stand upon the pillory near the Maypole 
 in the Strand, on Monday, the 27th of April "instant," for one hour, 
 between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon; she is committed to New Prison 
 until she undergo the punishment ; then to be delivered, paying her fees, 
 17/6 ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Jane, wife of Humphrey Burton, convicted for procuring three ounces of 
 silver clippings, one file and two pairs of shears for clipping money, is fined 
 10 marks, and is ordered to stand upon the pillory, near the Maypole in the 
 Strand, on Monday next, the 27th of April, for one hour, between 10 a.m. 
 and 12 o'clock noon. She is committed to New Prison until she pay 
 the fine, and undergo the punishment ; then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, 15/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 98 
 
 George Robinson, John Banfeild, and James Osborne, convicted for 
 illegally impressing Evan Price, with the intent of extorting money from him, 
 are severally fined 5 marks, and are ordered to stand in and upon the pillory on 
 Saturday next, the 25th of April, for one hour, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock 
 noon, before the great gates of Hickshall, in St. John Street ; they are 
 committed to New Prison until they undergo the punishment, and then to be 
 delivered, paying their fees, 17/6 each ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 William Hodg.es, convicted for profanely cursing His Majesty, is fined 
 20 nobles, and ordered to stand in and upon the pillory on Monday, the 
 27th of April, near the Maypole in the Strand, and on Tuesday, the 28th, 
 against Gray's Inn Gate, in the High Street, in Holborn, for one hour, 
 between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon of each day, and to remain in prison 
 for three months, without bail or mainprize. Afterwards the said Hodges 
 is ordered to find sureties for his appearance at the next Sessions to 
 
42 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 be held at the end of the said three nionihs, and to be of good behaviour for 
 twelve months next ensuing ; he is committed to New Prison until he pay 
 the said fine, undergo the punishment, and find such surety as aforesaid, then 
 to be delivered, paying his fees, 19/10 ... ... ... ... ... p- 99 
 
 John Newell convicted fur obtaining 100 pieces of false money for illegal 
 purposes, is fined to marks, and is ordered to be stripped naked from the 
 middle upwards and whipped at a cart's tail until his body be bloody, on 
 Fric ay, the 8th of May next, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon, from 
 Holborn Bars to St. Giles's Pound ; and he is further ordered to find sureties 
 for his appearance at the next Sessions, and to be of good behaviour for one 
 year next ensuing ; he is committed to Newgate until he pay the fine, 
 undergo the punishment, and find such security, then to be delivered, paying 
 his fees, 19/4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 99 
 
 Sarah, the wife of the said John Newell, indicted for the like offence, 
 and acquitted, is to be delivered out of Newgate, upon payment of her 
 fee, 15/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 100 
 
 Robert Niccolls, indicted for defrauding Henry Lanyon, " of severa 
 goods and clothes by a false token," is fined 40 marks, and is ordered to stand 
 in and upon the pillory before the great gates of Hickshall, on Saturday, the 
 25ih of April "instant," between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon; he is com- 
 mitted to New Prison until he pay the said fine, and undergo the punishment, 
 then to be delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... i/ud. 
 
 Upon the information that Henry, Lord Viscount Sydney, has received 
 some misinformation touchmg the proceedings of this Court against the 
 Sheriff ot Middlesex, for respiting the judgment given against John Burch and 
 John Meere, upon his lordship's letter ; it is ordered that certain Justices 
 (named) do attend his lordship, on the 26th instant, at 5 p.m. to inform him 
 of their proceedings in the matter, and that no reflections were made on his 
 lordship touching his said letter ... ... ... ... ... p. loi 
 
 Order that Mr. Robert Hardisty, attorney of their Majesties' Court of 
 King's Bench at Westminster, do appear for the inhabitants of Ossulston 
 
 Hundred, at the suit of Lloyd, for a robbery committed upon him in 
 
 the said hundred ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of all persons indicted for recusancy 
 until the next Quarter Sessions (the names, and, in some instances, the trades, 
 are given)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 102 
 
 A like order for respiting the recognizances entered into by John 
 Richmond, Francis Scale, and John Ranton ... ... ... P- 103 
 
 ^Memoranda headed New Prison ... ... ... ... pp. 101, 105 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of \Villiam, son of William Johnson, formerly 
 of the parish of St. Martin's-in-lhe-Fields, patten maker, to Daniel Flewry, 
 dated 20 April, 1691, to learn the art of a weaver, and to serve for seven 
 years ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 107. 
 
 The like of John, son of John Tall, citizen and fishmonger of London, 
 to Anthony Robinson, of St. Clement Danes, tailor, dated 21 April, 1691 ; 
 to serve for eight years ... ... ... ... ... ... P- lo? 
 
Sessions Jyook 485 — May, 1691. 43 
 
 The like of John, son of WiUiani Hartwcll, of Holborn, blacksmith, to 
 Gideon Ware, of the same, gunsmith, dated 21 April, 1691 ; to serve for 
 seven years ... ... ... ... ... ... il>i(i. 
 
 [Pages 108, 109 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed calendar of indictments, and 
 recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 110-114 
 
 Memoranda :- - 
 
 " John Farr, of the parish of St. Sepulchre, order to appear by 
 
 Mr. Hardisty att the county's charge to defend this suit, the trunk being 
 taken in the night, when Farr was on his watch, on suspicion of being 
 stolne. 
 
 " Christopher Meidell, preacher to a congregation of dissenting protestants 
 in Nightingale Lane, att the house of John James, Wapping. 
 
 "Thomas Gibbons, of Ickenham, yeoman, sworn constable in the place 
 of William Osmond, 26 May, '91 " P-ii5 
 
 Further memoranda as to the appointment of constables, headboroughs, 
 &c. The following meeting-houses are recorded. 
 
 " Dr. Daniel Rolls, preacher to a congregation of dissenting protestants 
 at the New Chappell in Charles Street in Long Acre, in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
 
 " Stephen Lobb, preacher to a congregation of dissenting protestants at 
 his house in Hampstead. 
 
 " Robert Hopkins, preacher to a congregation of dissenting protestants 
 at his house in St. Paul, Covent Garden, Parish, Shandes Street. 
 
 "John Reeson, preacher to a congregation of dissenting protestants in 
 the same parish, Han Street, 
 
 " Henry Slade, preacher to a congregation ot dissenting protestants in 
 the parish of St. Clement Danes." 
 
 Meeting house for Quakers at Tottenham Highcrosse, recorded p. 116 
 
 SESSIONS BCOK 485- MAY, 1^91. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 7 
 
 Memoranda as to recognizances ... ... ... ... pp 8-35 
 
 List of those in the New Prison and in the House of Correction p. 39 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Harefield, to pay ;£^ ^s. 6d. to 
 Captain Thomas Jones, keeper of New Prison, for the charge of maintaining 
 Mary Johnson, committed from that parish during her sickness and till her 
 death P- 43 
 
 Order to Charles Pratten, late constable of the Strand, to pay ^i 8^. 8^/. 
 each to John Smyth and Robert Circuit, their wages, by agreement during the 
 time that he was constable of the Strand ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for discharging Samuel Page from his apprenticeship with William 
 Knott, plaisterer, of St. Andrew's, Holborn. Proved by Edward Tallant and 
 
44 Middlesex Comity Records. 
 
 others that Knott had neglected to iirovide his apprentice with wholesome 
 diet, &c., and had not instructed him in his trade ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Similar order discharging Francis Quarrell from his indentures with 
 William Gatley, colourman, of St. Buttolph \Vithout, Aldgate. (Quarrell 
 complained that his master had compelled him to carry great burthens and 
 given him ''imoderate correction," and, on 2q April, "had turned him out of 
 doors." William Gatley did not appear, though on the oath of Thomas 
 Swinnerton it was shewn he had had due notice ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for '• Madam " Jane Lukener to pay ^^8 ds. od. due to John 
 Stayner as wages, which she had refused to pay. Mrs. Lukener insisted that 
 Stayner had by his carelessness as coachman overturned her coach, and by 
 his negligence had done her other considerable mischief. Mrs. Lukener 
 confessed that she then lived, and for several years past had lived, apart from 
 her husband and had an allowance of ^^150 for her separate maintenance. 
 
 Order for Thomas Bennett, chirurgeon, of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, to pay 
 j[^2o to his apprentice, Thomas Hotchkin, out of ;^3o claimed by the said 
 apprentice. Hotchkin alleged "that his master hath sent him to sea, and 
 forced him to buy all his own medicines which cost above thirty pounds." 
 Bennett insisted that he was entitled to their Majesties' pay for the service of 
 the apprentice, and that he was willing to allow what was " reasonable for 
 medicines," but that the medicines were too dear, and bought without his 
 consent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 An order respiting the recognizances of Richard Pritchett, Sir Roger 
 Lestrange, knight, Leonard Scott, John Keel, Ann Golding, Jane Desoe, 
 Margaret Nutbrowne, AVilliam Harden, Richard Hambleton, Vincent Renier, 
 Charles Booth, Margaret Chapman, and Charles Coleman ... ... p. 48 
 
 [Pages 49-63 blank.] 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... pp. 64, 65 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 66, 67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 486— JULY, 1691. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c 
 
 PP- 3-24 
 
 Proceedings in a dispute between the churchwardens of St. Margaret's, 
 Westminster, and those of St. James's, within the liberty of Westminster, 
 concerning the last legal settlement of Anne Cooper and her child, Charles ; 
 it appearing that they were not last lawfully settled in St. Margaret's, where 
 they now remain, it is ordered that they be conveyed to the said parish of 
 St. James's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens of St. Anne's, 
 within the liberty of Westminster, showing that about ;2^5o has been necessarily 
 expended in repairing the highways belonging to the said parish, and praying 
 
Sessions Book 486 — -Ji(h, 1691. 45 
 
 an order for an assessment to be made for the same ; the Justices (according to 
 the Act, 30 Charles II, for making part of the i^arish of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields, a new parish, to be caUed the parish of St. Anne's, within the Liberty 
 of Westminster) allow the sum of ^60 to be assessed for the reimbursement 
 of the said ;^5o, alt'eady expended ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Petition of George Milson, showing that he was apprenticed to John 
 Hawkins, of St. James's market, "within this liberty," butcher, for three years, 
 and that he has been ill-treated, and insutificieiitly provided with clothing. 
 Ordered that the said Milson be discharged from his master ... ... p. 27 
 
 ()rder that the matters in difference between Sir John Ashford, baronet, 
 and his late servant, Robert Not, concerning wages, alleged by the latter to be 
 due, be referred to certain Justices ... ... ... ... ... ilud. 
 
 Elizabeth Flyburne and her bastard child, sent from the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the- Fields to that of St. Bartholomew, London ... ibid. 
 
 Order to Henry Wyatt, keeper of the gaol at St. Martin's-le-Grand, for 
 the discharge of James Hodgson (without payment of any fine or chamber 
 rent) imprisoned in the said gaol for debt. Dated 6 July, 1691 ... p. 29 
 
 A like order to Anthony Church, gentleman, keeper of the Gatehouse 
 Prison, to discharge Robert Burchmore (without payment of any fine, &c.), he 
 being imprisoned for debt. Dated 6 July, 1691 ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 A like order to discharge Richard Blackborne, imprisoned for debt p. 32 
 
 Order to John Higgs, one of the constables in the parish of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields, to deliver to Edward Carey, high bailiff of this liberty, a 
 hundredweight and a half of lead, " lately taken by certain soulder " {sic) 
 within the said liberty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Upon the complaint that the parishes of St. Clement Danes and 
 St. ]\Iary-]e-Savoy, within the Liberty of Westminster, are insufficiently pro- 
 tected for the want of watchmen and stands, it is ordered that the constables 
 of the said parishes place a watchman to guard, from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m., at 
 the lanes, streets, and places hereafter named : — 
 
 St. Clement Danes Parish : — 
 
 Little Lincoln's Inn Fields, near the sign of the Crown ; at the up|)er 
 end of Ship Yard ; St. Clement's Inn Coffee house ; near the Five 
 Bells, in Witch Street ; in Stanhopp Street, near Blackmore Street 
 end ; at the Bullhead, in Vere Street ; at Gilbert's passage, in Clare 
 Market ; and near the sign of the Feathers at the end of Haughton 
 Street, next Clare Market. 
 
 And in the parish of St. Mary, Savoy : — 
 
 At the Maypole in the Strand ; and at Katherine Street end, in the 
 Strand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Upon the certificate of two Justices (named), both dwelling in the parish 
 of St. Margaret's, Westminster, showing that there is a new street, called 
 Tufton Street, in the said parish, leading from the Bowling Alley in West- 
 minster, south, unto the highway, running from the horse ferry towards Tuttle 
 
46 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Fields, all built on one side, and a great part also of the other side, and 
 which is fit to be paved, it is ordered that the owners and inhabitants of the 
 houses in the said street, shall pave the same, before the 25th of December 
 next, or forfeit 40/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ••■ P- 35 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, &c. ... pp. 39, 40 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed Ind[ictments] ... ... p. 42 
 
 Memorandum as to appearances ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 487-JULY, 1691. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda as to recognizances ... ... ... ... ...p. 7-43 
 
 [Pages 45-47 blank.] 
 
 Names of those in the New Prison and in the House of Correc- 
 tion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 ^lemoranda, various ... ... ... ... ... pp. 48-52 
 
 William Gatley, of St. Buttolph Without, Aldgate, applied to have the 
 order, cancelling the indentures of his apprentice, Francis Quarrill, discharged. 
 Mr. Harcourt, his counsel, alleged that the order was obtained " by surprize." 
 Mr. Darnall appeared for Quarrill, and urged that the Court had already 
 executed their authority. The Court confirmed the order previously 
 made ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order to the treasurer for the maimed soldiers in Ehhorn, Spelthorn, 
 and Isleworth Hundred to pay to William Bramsgrove, Thomas Lincorne, 
 and Thomas Turner, poor maimed soldiers and pensioners, 20s. apiece over 
 and above their former pensions : 10/- apiece to be paid for their present 
 relief, and a total of ^3 yearly apiece in the future ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order for the suppressing a disorderly alehouse kept by Thomas 
 Saunders, of Hampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for the paving of Bluegate Field and Canon Street, Stepney. The 
 Justices appointed in June, 1691, to view the spot, report that "they did 
 adjudge " Bluegate Street, near Ratcliffe Highway, Stepney, fitt to be paved 
 with stone at the north end thereof, from the end of the pavement there 
 to a certain place called the back lane there by the owners and inhabitants 
 thereof"; and that they had also viewed and inspected "the new street called 
 Cannon Street . . . and did adjudge itt fitt to be paved with stone at the 
 south end thereof . . . upon a line ranging with the denter stones in the 
 middle of the said street to the denter stone of the middle of the street 
 there called Ratcliffe Highway, from the said line to the houses and ground on 
 the east side thereof, and soe ranging with the said houses on a line to the 
 said denter stone in Ratcliffe Highway, by Robert Hastings, esquire, . . . and 
 from the said line to the houses on the west side . . . and soe ranging with 
 the said houses on a line with the said denter stone in Ratcliffe Highway by 
 Mr. Samuell Miller or his Tennants " ... ... ... ... ... [). 57 
 
Si\<:siOf!S Book 487 — ////r, 1691. 47 
 
 Order for paving Old Oravel Lane. Two of the Justices of the Tower 
 Division, Charles Osborne and Thomas Johnson, had viewed the piece of the 
 King's highway called Old (iravel Lane, Stepney, containing 170 feet in length, 
 and adjudged it fit to be paved with stone on the east side to the middle or 
 denter stone there, from the house of Thomas Johnson, called the C'rooked 
 Billet, to the house of Richard Toole, called the George ; and on the west 
 side thereof to the said middle or denter stone from the house of John 
 Johnson, deal merchant, to the house of Christian Dodson, called the Cart 
 and Horses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order for discharging John Wray and John Bennett, constables of 
 Ruislipp, from their office ; and a direction to Thomas Francklyn, one of the 
 Justices, to swear in Thomas Preston and Allen Higison, who had been duly 
 elected by the parishioners ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary's, Islington, to make a 
 rate for the repair of the highways, complaint as to their condition having been 
 made to the Court by Lord l>ucas, governor of the Tower of London, and 
 Sir Francis Smyth, knight ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary-le-Savoy, to provide for 
 Bridgett Badwell, who passed from St. Bride's parish to the Savoy ... p. 62 
 
 Order for Edward Steel to serve Elizabeth Apprice, widow, the remainder 
 of his term of apprenticeship. Edward Steel stated that on i May, 1684, he 
 had been bound appreiitice to John Apprice, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 painter-stainer, for nine years ; he had served for seven years when his master 
 died, and Elizabeth, his widow, refuses to instruct him, and so he prays his 
 indentures may be discharged. Elizabeth insists that since her husband's 
 death she has provided able workmen to instruct this apprentice, and that 
 he was now capable of doing her good service ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 On the petition of the inhabitants of Kensington the Court allowed an 
 extension of time for paving the common highway in the parish with stone, 
 which had been ordered to be completed by the 20th June last past. The 
 time was extended to 24 August, and six of the Justices were authorised 
 to nominate and appoint overseers of the work, and to report to next Court 
 of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Order for suppressing the alehouse licenses of William Eustage, 
 ** of Great Ealing, otherwise Zenling, and Alice Andrews of the same, 
 widow" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Order for discharging William Brind, one of the constables of St. Giles'- 
 in-the-Fields, from his office. Thomas Owen, one of the Justices, made 
 complaint that Brind had refused to execute a warrant duly made out " for 
 the seizing of fruit exposed to sale," thereby neglecting the duty of his office. 
 Mr. Owen to nominate a fit person to serve for the rest of the year ... p. 65 
 
 Order for reference to certain Justices to ascertain the '' proportions " of 
 paving Kensington Square, to limit a further day, and to report thereon. At 
 the April Court it had been ordered that the square should be paved from the 
 "place designed for freestone pavement to the rails in the said square.' It 
 was reported to the Court that the time " limited '' is past, and great part of the 
 
48 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 work not done, by reason the " proportions " of the said paving charge are not 
 "ascertained" on the inhabitants and owners of the houses adjoining p 66 
 
 Order to WiUiam Bird, treasurer for the maimed soldiers for the liundred 
 of Ossulton, to pay to George Russell, a pensioner, 20/- for his present 
 relief ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that John Whitehurst, of Tottenham High Cross, be discharged 
 from serving the office of churchwarden for the parish of Edmonton, and 
 that John Mulberry, of Edmonton, yeoman, be one of the overseers for 
 Edmonton for the " churchward there " for the present year. It appears that 
 John Whitehurst's house was partly in Edmonton, but the greater part in 
 Tottenham ; that he and others who had occupied the iiouse had served 
 several otifices in Tottenham parish, but never in Edmonton, and that was the 
 reason he had refused to serve as overseer for Edmonton ... ... p. 67 
 
 Order for paving Crowne Street, heretofore called Hogg Lane, the east 
 side being in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and the west side in the 
 parish of St. Ann, Westminster, on the representation of four of the Justices. 
 The Court ordered that the portion of the street unpaved from the north 
 end leading from Acton road against St. Giles's Pou.nd ; from the corner 
 house on the east side — in the occupacon of George Powell, called by the 
 sign of the Crown — to the extent of the ground of Elizabeth Faw^ry, and then 
 from the corner house on the west side then in the occupacon of John Mirde, 
 
 carpenter, unto the house of — Smyth, widd, be paved, as for the want 
 
 of such pavement the street is almost impassable in the winter time ... p. 68 
 
 Order for Simon Penn, keeper of the prison of the Dean and Chapter of 
 St. Paul's, called Finsbury Prison, to attend the next Court of Quarter 
 Sessions and show cause why he did not allow certain prisoners to appear at 
 the last Court, that they might take advantage of the Acts for discharging 
 poor prisoners for debt. He is further ordered to bring the following prisoners 
 before the Justices — Francis Stringer, Edward Alexander, Benjamin Wells, 
 Andrew Green, John Blake, Edward Stone, William Birkett, Samuel Blake, 
 John Cole, John Cope, Richard Kingsman, Henry Seals, Richard Nash, 
 Godfry Taylor, Andrew Paine, Samuel Hill, William Cutler, Isaac Adished, 
 Anthony Pitts, and Charles Palmer ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Order for paving with stone the highway " leading from the east side of 
 Clerkenwell Green to St. John Street on both sides of the way " by the i8th of 
 October next ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Order for the making of a new scavengers' rate for the parish of Shore- 
 ditch. A complaint was made to the Court by " divers " of the parish of 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, that they had lately been assessed at dd. in the 
 pound to the scavengers' rate, which they considered excessive ; that the 
 rate was made without their knowledge ; and that several inhabitants of 
 " Haggerston, Morefeilds, and other parts there"' have been over-rated and 
 some under rated. The inhabitants of " Church End Liberty " who had made 
 the rate, and objected to, were called before the Court ... ... p. 71 
 
 Order made for making a new rate for the relief of the poor for the 
 hamlet of Wapping [in the margin " Shadwell "] on the report of two of 
 the Justices, Tliomas Johnson and Robert Hastings. They reported that the 
 I ormer rate was irregularly and imperfectly made. 
 
Sessions Book 487 — //^/)', 1691. 49 
 
 A petition from the inhabitants of the Liberty of Moorfields, showing 
 that " watches are kept only every other night," so that felonies and burglaries 
 are committed, to the great danger of the petitioners, who pray that they may 
 have power to elect constables, and so have a watch and scavengers of 
 their own. The Court directed certain of the Justices to call before them 
 the parish officers and enquire into the matter, and to report to the Court 
 on the iith of August, and in the meantime to order and direct that watches 
 be duly set and kept in the liberty ... ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Order for the paving of Whitehorse Street to the upper end of a new 
 street called London Street, in the hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish of Stepney, 
 on both sides of the way, upon the report of two of the Justices who had 
 been appointed at the ])revious Court to view the road, Thomas Johnson and 
 John Robins. The work to be done by 20 August ... ... ... p. 75 
 
 Order concerning the proportions of the paving charge of Kensington 
 Square. Three of the Justices to whom the matter had been referred on the 
 24th of July made their report. The Court ordered that the rates mentioned 
 in the report and annexed to the order be observed, "and that the pavements 
 there undone be done and finished by Bartholomew Day next " ; that " the 
 charge of paving the angles of the said square doe lye upon the adjoyneing 
 buildings to the .said angles according to their dimensions abutting on any 
 the said new streets, and that the owners of the void places there sett out 
 for building for any building terme or any greater estate, doe levell the places 
 of the said streets adioyneing to their void ground and make the same firme 
 and Serviceable ... for carrying off sky water to the common sewer " p. 76 
 
 Order upon the Queen's letter for the better observance of the Lord's 
 Day and putting the laws in execution against profane cursing and swearing, 
 and "all prophanation of the Lord's Day, by people travelling, selling or 
 exposing anything to sale by exercise of their ordinary callings thereon or by 
 using any other vam imployments or sports, and especially by tipling thereon or 
 on any part thereof, and neglecting the worship and service of God, and also 
 against the odious and loathsome sin of drunkennesse, and against all houses 
 of debauchery and evill fame." The Clerk of the Peace is to cause the order 
 to be printed and affixed upon the great gates of Hickshall, the church doors 
 and all other public jilaces of each parish ... ... ... ... p. 78 
 
 Order for two of the Justices to examine the accounts of John Jarvis, 
 late overseer of the parish of St. Paul's, Shadwell, and to report thereon at 
 the next Court. In his petition John Jarvis complains that he was elected to 
 the office " when he was two hundred miles distant from home, and notwith- 
 standing when he came home undertook the trouble of that office with a 
 verry contentious partner who left him to gather the greatest part of the 
 money himselfe, in collecting whereof he was att extraordinary expence, haveing 
 a headburrough and a beadle severall days to make distresses, and that he 
 being illiterate was necessitated to make use of a scrivener to keep his account, 
 and has disbursed att one time one hundred and forty pounds or thereabouts 
 before he had received any of the parish money, whereof he borrowed fifty 
 pounds and ])aid three pounds interest for the same, which interest and charge 
 amounts to twelve pounds fifteene shillings and twopence." When adjusting 
 his accounts the auditors refused to allow his disbursements, though the 
 same allowance has been made to other overseers ... ... ... p. 8t 
 
50 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order concerning street lighting from Michaelmas to Lady Day. The 
 Court, being informed that several persons do not hang out any lights, and 
 that " the patentees whoo doe cause the lamps to be placed by agreement 
 with the said householders doe place them at too great a distance," directs that 
 the Justices inhabiting the several divisions are to give their attention to the 
 matter, and take such action as may be necessary ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 Order for paving Old Soho, otherwise Wardour Street, the eastern side of 
 which is in St. Anne's, Westminster, and the western side in the parish ot 
 St. James's, Westminster, on the report of two of the Justices, who had been 
 appointed to inspect the place. They recommended that the street be 
 paved with stone on both sides of the way, viz., on " St. Ann's side from the 
 house belonging to Mr. Bayly, of Great Queen Street, baker, to the house of 
 Nicholas Speerman, known by the name of the 'Redd Cow,' and on 
 St. James' side from the house of Mr. Peter Churchlow to the house of 
 David Pew, known by the name of the 'Spotted Dogg.' " The work was 
 ordered to be finished by 20 September ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 Order for the paving of Dane {sic) Street in the parish of St. Ann's, 
 Westminster, on the report of two of the Justices, who had been authorised 
 to inspect the street. The Court ordered that the street be paved on both 
 sides of the way, from " the back part of the house of the Lord Bullingbrooke 
 and from the house of Mr. Samuell Commins over against itt, to the house of 
 Edward Channell, wheelwright, and to the house of James Palmer, known by 
 the name of the 'Coach and Horses,' att the north end of the said street, on 
 or before " 20 September ... .... ... ... ... ... p- 85 
 
 Order on the report of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Lucas, Chief 
 Governor of the Tower, and Thomas Johnson, two of the Justices, for paving 
 Ayliffe Street in Goodman's Feilds, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, 
 otherwise Whitechapel, leading from Mansell Street to Goodman's Gate ; 
 Redlyon Street, leading from High Street, Whitechapel, " to a certain street 
 called Lemmon Street in Goodman's Feilds," and Lemmon Street leading 
 from Redlyon Street into Rosemary Lane. The paving to be completed by 
 29 September ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... p. 86 
 
 Order for the paving of both sides of Church Lane in the parish of 
 St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, leading from the end of the 
 pavement in the High Street to Goodman's Feilds Gate, before 29 September, 
 on the report of the two Justices mentioned in the last order ... ... P- 87 
 
 Order for paving, on both sides of the way. High Street, Whitechapel, 
 from " the end of the pavement near the church to a certaine house called 
 or known by the signe of the ' Artichoake,' near a certaine place called 
 the Mount." The work to be done by 29 September. The same two 
 Justices make the report... ... ... ... ... •■• ••• p. 88 
 
 Order, on the report of Lord Lucas and John Robins, two of the 
 Justices, that the street or way in the hamlet of Bow, in the parish of 
 Stepney leading from Bowbridge to Bromley, be paved on both sides of the 
 way by 29 September" ... ... ... •• ••• ••• ••• P- 89 
 
 Order for Elizabeth Forster, "widdow," to be removed from the 
 hamlet of Spittlefeilds to St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and maintained 
 there P- 9° 
 
Scsswus Book ^'^j—July^ 1691. 51 
 
 Upon the report of four Justices, appointed for that purpose at the 
 l^revious Quarter Sessions, the Court ordered that the constables, church- 
 wardens, overseers, and surveyors of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, 
 shall elect "one constable more than is already elected" out of the inhabi- 
 tants of the liberty of Moorfields ; further that "the present scavengers and 
 rakers . , . doe carry or cause to be carried away all the dust, ashes, filth, 
 and soyle from the houses " within the liberty, till Easter ; at the Easter 
 Vestry an extra scavenger is to be elected for the liberty of Moorfields. p. 90 
 
 Order for the payment of money due to Captain Thomas Jones, keeper 
 of the New Prison, and governor of the House of Correction at Clerkenwell. 
 Three Justices were appointed at the January Quarter Sessions to examine 
 and report on the claim. It was ordered by the Court that the report be filed 
 with the Clerk of the Peace, and that the yearly sum of ^25 formerly paid by 
 the keeper of New Prison to the governor of the House of Correction "be 
 allowed to . . . Thomas Jones out of his rent for New Prison for the 
 government of the said House of Correction untill further order to the 
 contrary : " further, the Clerk of the Peace is to pay Thomas Jones the sum of 
 ;^ii5 5,v. 4^/. \yide Sessions Book 481, p. 57] ... ... ... p. 92 
 
 Order for a watch to be kept in Long Alley " next adjoyneing to More- 
 feilds in the liberty of Norton Folgate in Finsbury division." Several of the 
 inhabitants had complained to the Court that " they have had a standing watch 
 kept between the signe of the Dolphin and Long Alley end next unto Alorefeilds 
 for att least fifty years past, as they could make appear, the said place haveing 
 been well liked of by divers high constables, itt being much for the safety of the 
 petitioners who dwell soe near IMorefeilds, where frequent outrages and 
 robberies are committed." They prayed the Court to grant an order for the 
 continuance of the watch, so that no constable or other officer in the future 
 should alter the same without leave from the Court ... ... ... p. 93 
 
 Order for the constables, headboroughs, >S:c., of New Town, in the 
 hamlet of Mile End, in the parish of Stepney, to pay to Elizabeth, the 
 widow of Robert Phipps, a former constable, the sum of ;^9 os. 91/., which 
 had been expended in passing cripples and vagabonds, and other charges. 
 Elizabeth Phipps complains that though a rate had been properly made on 
 the 3rd of April last for reimbursing the said Elizabeth, the present 
 constables, &c., had refused to collect it ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances to prosecute of all persons indicted 
 for recusancy until the next General Quarter Sessions. The names are as 
 follows : — William Baily, of St. Giies-in-the-Fields, barber ; Thomas Goodwin, 
 of the same, joiner ; Alexander Oxton, of the same. Schoolmaster ; William 
 Whitfield, of the same, victualler • Thomas Prince, of the same, goldsmith ; 
 Ferdinando Albertus, of the same, victualler ; John Burgis,of the same, clerk ; 
 Philli]:) Cook, of the same, victualler ; Nicholas Body, of Gray's Inn Lane, 
 cook ; St. Roland Belles, knight ; John Thimbleby, esquire ; Edward Hobart, 
 gentleman; George, Lord .Abergavenny; Thomas Cook; George Howse ; 
 Henry Trapps ; Thomas Culverly ; Thomas Campion ; William Gerrard ; 
 Mary Tichburne ; Henrietta Roper ; Faith, Lady Henneadge ; Mary 
 Maddison ; George Messenger; James Bamber ; John Rigmaden ; Francis 
 Duddle ; Stephen Galloway; George Potter; W^illiam Peircy ; Joseph Higgs; 
 Thomas Higgens ; Henry Yorke ; Thomas Bromwharrvvood ; Elizabeth 
 Bromwharrwood ; Bazill Fitzherbert; George Hall; Thomas Coby; Benjamin 
 
52 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Callow ; Lewis Furshoone ; Henry Oldham ; John Phillips ; Edward Gold- 
 smith ; John Rogers ; Hugh, Lord Clifford; Richard Butler ; John Vanloon ; 
 Francis Codrington — " the said persons have behaved themselves quietly 
 to their Majesties and their Government " ... ... ... ... P- 95 
 
 Order for respiting recognizances of the following persons till further 
 order: — Thomas Pate ; Joseph Acomb ; Edward Shortell; William Browne; 
 John Magnan ; Alice Mobbey ; William Spilman ;, Nicholas Glave : Susanna 
 Harrison; Robert Presson ; William Levins; John Kilhy ; Mary Rogers; 
 Rachael Horton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 96 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Thomas Farrer, son-in-law of Christopher 
 Heard, of Stepney, farrier, to Thomas LTill, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, rope-maker, 
 for seven years. 5 January, 1690 ... ... ... ... ... p. 103 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 104 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 106 
 
 Rough memoranda, relating to recognizances, &c. 
 
 " John Maldon, of Faith Lane, London, a teacher of a congregation of 
 Anabaptists in Joseph Francklyn's house in Goodman's Feilds in the parish of 
 Whitechapel." 
 
 " A conventicle or assembly for religious worship is recorded ... to be 
 at William Shewen's house at Endfeild." 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 488— SEPTEMBER, 1691. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Pages 6-8 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, &c. pp. 9-53 
 [Page 54 blank.] 
 
 List of names under headings New Prison, and House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 55> 56 
 [Pages 57-60 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, commitments, &c. pp. 61-64 
 
 [Pages 65, 66 blank.] 
 
 Order for William Turner, of Ickenham Parish, yeoman, to be head- 
 borough of the said parish for this year .. . ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Upon the petition of Elizabeth Plowden against Thomas Preist, victualler, 
 for wages due to her for nursing his daughter, Elizabeth, and also upon the 
 petition of the said Thomas, praying a discharge from the maintenance of the 
 said child, it is referred to certain Justices (named) to hear and determine 
 the said matters in difference ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of the churchwarden {sic) and inhabitants of 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, showing tliat Joseph Buffington, Francis Double- 
 
Sessio/is Book 48 8 — September, 1691. 53 
 
 day, William Wood, and Robert Sherrington, surveyors of the highways of the 
 said parish for the past year, have not yet accounted for the money received 
 and disbursed by them, it is ordered that the said surveyors do yield up to 
 the inhabitants a perfect account of the same, and that they return any 
 overplus to the present surveyors ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Whereas by an order of the iith of August last, a certain street in the 
 parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, " from the end of the 
 pavement near the church there, to the house called the Artichoake, near a 
 certain place called the Mount, in the said parish," was ordered to be paved 
 on both sides of the way before the 29th of September following ; now, 
 upon the petition of the churchwardens and inhabitants, showing that if the 
 said way should now be paved, the same would not endure, but would sink, 
 owing to the winter being near, and that sutificiency of stones cannot now be 
 had, and praying that the paving might be postponed until the spring, it is 
 ordered accordingly. \_Vide Sessions Book d^^"], f^. %Z\... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Upon the petition of William Freshwater and Ralph Brockett, inhabitants 
 of the ]iarish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, showing that "a certain book was 
 made and rated on the inhabitants, amounting to about ^27, and that the 
 petitioners are nominated collectors, that they- have a book sent them 
 entitled, a rate for two several robberies, and not setting forth any particulars, 
 and praying relief and direction in these particulars ; it is ordered that the 
 inhabitants do amend the title of their assessment and expressly mention the 
 names of those upon whom the said robberies were committed, what sums 
 such persons recovered against Ossulston Hundred, how much is assessed 
 towards each robbery, what is expended for the passing of cripples and 
 vagabonds through the parish, &c., and that the said William and Ralph 
 collect and pay the money so assessed ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Whereas by an order of the nth of August last, it was directed that the 
 scavengers and rakers of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, should carry away all 
 dust, &c., from the houses of the inhabitants of the liberty of Morefields 
 until Easter next; but upon application, made by the chief inhabitants of the 
 5-aid liberty, to have the clause omitted from the order as they have always 
 carried away their own dust, and no scavenger can come into the said liberty, 
 it is ordered accordingly. [ Vide Sessions Book 487, p. 90] ... ... p. 7 1 
 
 Upon the matter in difference between Thomas Hearne, of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields, joiner, and William Odell, his apprentice, concerning the 
 discharge of the said William ; the Court seeing no cause for the discharge, 
 orders the said William to serve the remainder of his apprenticehood with 
 his master... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 72 
 
 Order for respiting several recognizances and their sureties ; names of 
 the former given ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 7 3 
 
 [Pages 74-83 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names as to indictments and recognizances. 
 
 pp. 84-87 
 
 Memorandum of persons fined for non-appearance, &c. ... ... p. 88 
 
54 Middlesex Cotmty Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 489— OCTOBER, 1691. 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... ...p. 3-27 
 
 Order for Mark Fenton, convicted of tre.spass and unlawful possession of 
 lock, keys, and brass bosses from the doors of an empty house, to be whipped 
 " at the hinder part of the cart from the one end of Marsham Street to the 
 other, in the parish of St. Margaret's." He is committed to the prison of the 
 Gatehouse until he shall undergo the punishment on Monday next, and then 
 to be delivered after paying his fees ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order for Giles Griffiths to stand upon the pillory near the Maypole in 
 the Strand for one hour on Wednesday next, for speaking the following 
 seditious words to one of the soldiers of " their now Majesties," viz., " you are 
 all lobstring, faggotting doggs, rogues, rebells, and traytors to your lawful 
 King, I wish the King's shipps were all on fire." He is committed to the 
 prison of the Gatehouse until he shall undergo the said punishment, and then 
 to be delivered after paying his fees ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the removal of Anne Stacey, a poor woman, " and very lately 
 passed from the parish of St. Katherine Goleman" to St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, back to St. Katherine's. The Court finds that the said Anne Stacey 
 had not resided in St. Margaret's Parish before the month of May, 1685, nor 
 has she had any legal settlement since that time by her husband (Abraham). 
 She had not given notice of coming to settle, according to the Statute, but both 
 she and her husband had concealed themselves in several places. Before May, 
 1685, she was lawfully settled in the parish of St. Katherine Coleman... ibid. 
 
 The Court orders two of the Justices living near to St. Clement Danes, 
 to examine into the cause and circumstances whereby a female bastard child 
 of Margaret Jemmett's, spinster, of that parish, has become chargeable to the 
 parish. Ezekiel Cousins, of Cliffoid's Inn, gentleman, is said by Margaret 
 Jemmetts to be the father. The Justices are to take such order as they 
 think fit and convenient ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to pay 
 ;^5 ^s. Sd., and 5/- more for the order, to Richard Price, constable of the 
 Upper Ward, which sum was necessarily expended by him in passing and 
 relieving vagrants, cripples, &c., during his term of office ... ... p- 31 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the parish of St, James', Westminster, 
 to pay to Thomas Phillips the sum of ^,6 gs. 2d. which had been expended 
 by him during his term of office as constable in relieving, &c., vagrants, 
 cripples, &c. ; 5/- more is to be paid for the order ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of the Court cancelling the mdenture of apprenticeship of James 
 Cooper to Matthew Cary. The mother of James Cooper, Hester Cooper, 
 widow, states to the Court that her son James was apprenticed to Mafliew 
 Cary for five years on the 12th September, 1690, to learn the art of a barber, 
 surgeon, and periwig maker, and to play on the violin and flute. She 
 complains that Cary had left his trade and gone to sea for a time in another 
 employment ; that he had now been returned about three months, but " taketh 
 no care to instruct and maintain " his apprentice, and absents himself from 
 his house, and refuses to attend the Court ... ... ... . ibid. 
 
Sessw/is Book 490 — October. 1691. 55 
 
 Order to Anthony Church, gentleman, keeper of the prison of the Gate- 
 house, AVestminster, to discharge from custody Richard Galley, a prisoner for 
 debt, 3 October, 1691. Creditors named — William Bushell ; Michael Arnold, 
 in Peter Street, Westminster, brewer ; Lawrence Warwick, on the Mill Bank, 
 woodmonger ; Thomas Rawson, of Tuttle Street, mealman ; Stephen Tay, of 
 St. James's Market, gentleman ; Samuel Chassey, of Charing C'oss, victualler ; 
 John Galloway, of Jerman Street, mealman ; John Bennett, of Bellyard, at 
 Temple Bar, victualler ; Lawrence Shelton, of Watford, in Hertfordshire, 
 mealman ; and James Gardner, of Covent Garden, gentleman ... p 32 
 
 Additional order granted to the churchwardens of the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields for the arrears of the highway rate for the year 
 1690. The churchwardens complained that very many persons had refused 
 to pay their respective rates. The Court appointed Richard Woodcraft, 
 William Tame, Matthew Francklyn, Henry Phipps, John Highl, John Morris, 
 James Crooke, George Pickett, AVilliam Reynolds, and Thomas Kerwood, 
 surveyors of the highways in St. Martin's Parish for 1690, with the present 
 surveyors, to collect unpaid rate. 
 
 [The five divisions of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields are named — Drury Lane 
 or the East Division, St. Martin's Lane Division, the High Street or Strand 
 Division, the Haymarket Division, and the Out Division] ... ... p. 34 
 
 A similar order for the same parish for the highway rate of 1691. The 
 Court, amongst other things, orders that the collectors of the rate shall account 
 for the whole sum which they have collected within four days after the election 
 of the new surveyors ; and that when the vestry has audited and examined the 
 accounts they are to be submitted to the next ensuing Court of Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Rough memoranda, chiefly relating to recognizances ... ... p. 47 
 
 Alphabeticallist of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 50-52 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 490-OCTOBER, 1691. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittances, recogni- 
 zances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-29 
 
 [Pages 30-32 blank.] 
 
 List of names, headed New Prison, House of Correction, and Finsbury 
 Prison pp. 33-35 
 
 List of names, under the heading, "Prisoners discharged for debt, tScc," 
 with the sub-headings, Newgate, St. Katherine's Prison, Stepney pp. 37, 2,'?> 
 
 Memoranda as to recognizances, commitments, acquittals, &c. 
 
 pp. 39-43 
 
 Upon a complaint that Richard Perry, of Stan well, victualler, was 
 suppressed from keeping an ale or victualing house, and from selling beer in. 
 
56 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 the said parish, and, notwithstanding, the said Perry continues to carry on his 
 trade there, in contempt of the warrant, it is ordered that he be suppressed, 
 and that he receive notice of this his suppression ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Upon the certificate (dated the 3rd of October instant) of two Justices 
 (named), inhabitants within the Tower Division, that they have inspected a 
 certain street or lane called Church Lane, part thereof in Stepney Parish, and 
 a part in that of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise \Vhitechapel, and that they 
 consider it fit to be paved " on both sides the way, from the grate at the lower 
 end of the said lane and so up as far as the houses of Thomas Sturt and Olliver 
 Ashwish, with the kennell in the middle, being about thirty rods in length," 
 it is ordered accordingly ; the work to be completed on or before the loth of 
 November next. \Vide Sessions Book 487, p. 87] ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 Order that William Clarke, of St. Margaret's, Westminster, be admitted a 
 pensioner as a maimed soldier of this county, and that he receive ;^3 a year, 
 to be paid quarterly by the treasurer acting for the hundreds of Elthorn, 
 Spelthorn, and Isleworth . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for Christopher and Joseph, the two children of John Hoare, of 
 St. Margaret's, Westmmster, deceased, to be passed from the parish of 
 St. Katherine's, near the Tower, to that of St. Margaret's aforesaid . . . ibid. 
 
 Whereas it was ordered on the nth of August last that a portion of 
 Ayliffe Street, in Goodman's Fields, should be paved on both sides on or 
 before the 29th of September ; now, upon the application of Mathew Davis, 
 of St. Olave's, Southwark, county Surrey, for an increase of time in which to 
 pave in front of his houses in the said streets, it is ordered that two Justices 
 (named) consider the petitioner's case, and grant him such an extension of 
 time as they shall think meet. \l''ide Sessiotis Book 487, p. 86] ... p. 47 
 
 Order that William Bird, gentleman, treasurer for the maimed soldiers 
 within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, do pay to George 
 Russell, a pensioner, 20/- towards his present relief ... ... ... ildd. 
 
 Order for confirming an order made by two Justices (named), adjudging 
 George Collison, of the precinct of St. Katherine's, near the Tower, victualler, 
 to be the father of the male bastard child of Dorothy Dorton, of the said 
 hamlet, widow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..." p. 48 
 
 Order foi John Philpott, keeper of tJie prison for the liberty and manor of 
 Hackney, to attend the first day of the next Sessions, and to bring certain 
 prisoners (named), with the causes of their imprisonment, that they may 
 receive the benefit of the several Acts for discharging poor prisoners for 
 debt ii>id. 
 
 Upon the information of two Justices (named), inhabitants in or near 
 St Andrew's Parish, Holborn, that John Averyhall, junior, of Gray's Inn Lane, 
 in the said parish, victualler, keeps a very disorderly house, it is ordered that 
 the said John be allowed one month for the sale of his ale, &c., stocked by 
 virtue of his license, and that from the end of the said month he be suppressed 
 from keeping a common ale or victualling house in the said parish ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the petition of Bartholomew Hart, late churchwarden of East 
 Smithfield, in the parish of St. Buttolph Without, Aldgate, and upon the report 
 
St'ss/o//s /)Oo/c 490 — October, 1691. 57 
 
 of two Justices (named), showing there is due to the said Hart j[,\o for money 
 disbursed by him during his term of office, a confirmation of the report is 
 ordered ; and it is further ordered that the present churchwarden {sic) do pay to 
 the said Hart ;!^2o on or before the ist of November next, and the residue 
 upon the 25th of March following ... ... ... ... .-• P- 5° 
 
 Order for vacating an excessive rate made for the relief of the poor of 
 Hornsey, and for making a new rate ... ... ... ... ••. ^I'ld. 
 
 Order on the petition of Susan Matson {sic), widow of Anthony Mason {sic) 
 late beadle of the Duchy Liberty in the Strand, and the report made there- 
 upon by three Justices (named). Shows that Anthony served as beadle 
 for a year and nine months, for which service he was paid by Mr. John 
 Coggs, a burgess of the said liberty, ;^35, and by Mr. Charles Hellow ^^5, 
 and that there is due to the said Susan ^12 loi-. od., and showing the 
 amount due to the said Coggs, paid by him for watching and warding within 
 the said liberty for 1687-89, to be ^64 15^-. 8^/. and ^36 14^-. dd. It is 
 ordered that a collection be made upon the inhabitants for the payment of 
 the said sums ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•. ••• P- 5^ 
 
 Upon information that Sir Ixichard Bulkeley, baronet, has set up an office 
 in Lincoln's Inn to superintend the actions of the Justices in this county, 
 and has had several orders and warrants printed without lawful authority, and, 
 aided by Ralph Hartley, J. P., has caused several unlawful convictions to be 
 made, it is ordered that certain Justices (named) do examine into the truth 
 of this information, and do certify their opinions on the subject, on Friday 
 morning next ; and it is further ordered that all constables do bring into 
 Court on Thursday morning next all warrants for the levying any sums upon 
 the inhabitants upon convictions for " tipling, exposing of fruit or goods upon 
 the Lord's Day," &:c. Instructions for the Justices concerning such offenders. 
 \yideposf,y^.Sl'\ p. 53 
 
 Upon the report of two Justices (named), dated the 21st of September 
 last \vide Sessions Book No. 488, p. 67], concerning the wages for the nursing 
 and maintenance of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Preist, of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, victualler, it is ordered that the said report be confirmed, and that 
 the said Thomas do pay Elizabeth Plowen, in the said report named, 
 ;^i4 2S. 6d., due for the nursing of his said daughter. Further order for 
 the maintenance of the said child ... ... ... ... ... '^'id. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Alice Beane and her child, Richard. 
 Edward Beane, husband of the said Alice, a soldier, having been quartered 
 in the Savoy garrison, in the parish of St. Mary, Savoy, and now (if alive) in 
 Ireland, it is ordered that the Justices do examme where the said Edward 
 was last legally settled, and in the meantime the churchwardens and overseers 
 of St. Mary aforesaid are ordered to maintain the said Alice and her 
 child P- 54 
 
 Order that the several recognizances entered into by certain persons 
 (named), and their sureties, be respited until further order p. 55 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of all persons indicted for recusancy. 
 (Names of recusants given) ... ... ... ... ... ••■ P- 5^ 
 
58 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Sir Richard Grahame, baronet, Viscount Preston "in the Kingdom of 
 Scotland," is committed to Newgate for contempt, in refusing to l^e sworn as 
 evidence against Francis Turner, doctor of divinity, indicted for high 
 treason ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 57 
 
 Order for confirming a report concerning the illegal convictions by 
 warrant from Ralph Hartley, J. P. It appeared that Mr. Hartley had signed 
 above 500 warrants of conviction, many of which were illegal, and that some 
 persons convicted for suffering tippling in their houses had never sold any 
 drink, or had died prior to their conviction. The report is confirmed, and 
 the execution of any of these warrants is suspended. An inciuiry is to be 
 made as to any sums of money levied by virtue of them. [F/V/f ante^ p. 53] 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Recital of previous orders on the inhabitants of Kensington for paving 
 the common highway in the said parish, and order that, on account of the 
 difficulty of procuring workmen, gravel, and stones to pave the said highway, 
 and the near approach of winter, when the newly-made road would sink and 
 " be broke up by carts and coaches," the paving be again postponed until the 
 24th of June next ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Indictments for trespass, and 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 60-63 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda : — Obadiah Marriots, teacher of a congrega- 
 tion of dissenting protestants at the house of Frazier, in Chiswick ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 491— DECEMBER, 1691. 
 
 Jury list p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... pp. 7-31, 39-42 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction p. 35 
 
 Order to the high constables of Westminster Division, Holborn Division, 
 Finsbury Division, Kensington Division and the Tower Division, to summon 
 the petty constables of the several parishes to appear before the Justices at 
 Hickshall on Wednesday, 9 December, to bring in all the warrants directed 
 to them on the "account of swearing, cursing, prophaning the Lord's Day," 
 &c., and also an account of what money they have received upon the said 
 warrants, and to whom they have paid the money ... ... ... p- 49 
 
 Order for enlarging the time, limited by an order made at the last 
 Sessions, for a committee of the Justices to examine the convictions which 
 have been made upon any of the inhabitants of the county " for tippling, 
 exposing fruit or any other goods to sale on the Lord's Day, or any other 
 offence for prophanation thereof." The Justices report that all the convictions 
 could not be discovered, many of them remaining in the hands of the 
 respective constables. The Court ordered that the time for examination be 
 enlarged to Saturday next, and the committee is to report to the Court 
 " before the end of this present Sessions " ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 "The said committee api)ointed to examine the matters mentioned in 
 this order on Friday morning next, and particularly to hear the complaints of 
 
Sessio/is Book 491 — December, 1691. 59 
 
 such persons as are ordered to attend this Court concerning the said con- 
 victions against them, and direct that Mr. Hartley have notice thereof, and 
 a copy of their names, and be desired to give notice to the informers against 
 such offenders to attend this Court at the said time to justify the said 
 convictions" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Opinion of the Court upon a warrant of conviction granted by Ralph 
 Hartley, Justice, for exercising a trade and calling on the Lord's Day. 
 Francis Askew, distiller, of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, complams 
 that a silver spoon belonging to him was distrained under a warrant, granted 
 by Ralph Hartley, for exercising his trade and calling on the Lord's Day, 
 27 September. He affirms that "he never sold strong waters or other 
 liquors to any person whatsoever by retail, nor to any person on the Lord's 
 Day, unless in cases of necessity." He calls special attention to the warrant 
 in which he is described as " Francis Askew, strongwaterman, in St. Albans 
 Street, in St James's Market, next door to the Red Lyon," and the fine of 5/- 
 was imposed. He pleads that the warrant of distress was illegal and irregular, 
 "for that he never had opportunity of answering any complaints touching the 
 matter." The Court adjudged the warrant of distress to be illegal and 
 oppressive, because the nature of the crime was not specified, and Askew was 
 convicted without being heard ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the removal of Thomas Marshall and his wife from 
 the parish of Little Stanmore. The churchwardens of that parish complain 
 that Thomas Marshall, a hired servant, living for some time in Hendon 
 Parish, and his wife, had come into the parish of Little Stanmore. Fearing 
 that they were about to become chargeable to the parish, the churchwardens 
 had warned them to remove out of the parish. This they refused to do. 
 The Court referred the matter to four of the Justices to deal with as they 
 should think most fitting... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order to two of the Justices to view and report on a certain way leading 
 from Hockley Hole to Leather Lane. John Edge, surveyor of the highways 
 for the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in the parish 
 of St. Andrew, Holborn, stated that " the street . . . leading from the north 
 side of Hatton Garden to the farrier's shop towards Hockley Hole, and from 
 thence upwards towards Leather Lane end, and also the way from the said 
 farrier's shop leading up the hill on the north side to Leather Lane . . . 
 is very much in decay for want of repair." The Court instructed the Justices 
 who were to view the street to report to the Court on Saturday, and state 
 whether the street "ought to be paved with stone, or amended with gravell." 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Stoke Newiiigton to pay jQ\ \Zs. \d. 
 to Thomas Hunt, and for making an additional rate for the relief of the poor. 
 John Hunt complains that by the order of the churchwardens, &c., of Stoke 
 Newington, he had disbursed ;Q\ \%s. ^d. for "coals and candles for several 
 Irish and Dutch soldiers, who were lately quartered and kept guard in the 
 said parish," and that they refused to repay him. The churchwardens 
 in their reply state that the rate for the relief of the poor was not sufficient 
 to defray this ^i \2,s. ^d. The Court ordered the payment of John Hunt 
 out of the poor rate, and authorised the churchwardens, &:c., to levy a further 
 rate p. 53 
 
 George Steevens, one of the overseers of the jjoor for St. Mary-le-Savoy, 
 complains that "the poor of the parish being lately much increased" the 
 
6o Middlesex County Records. 
 
 rate is very insufficient, and that he had spent above ^20 more than he had 
 received ; yet the churchwardens to whom he had apphed would give him 
 no assistance. The churchwardens, Toby Sedgwick and Francis Taylor, 
 alleged that Steevens had neglected to collect several sums of money which 
 would be sufficient to reimburse him. The Court ordered three of the 
 Justices living near the parish to look into the matter and make such order 
 as may be necessary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order discharging Francis Quarrill from his indenture of apprenticeship. 
 Complaint had been made to Thomas Johnson, one of the Justices, by 
 Francis Quarrill, apprenticed to William Gatley, colourman, of St. Buttolph's 
 Without, Aldgate, that his master has misused him, given him immoderate 
 correction, neglected to instruct him, and turned him out of his service. 
 Thomas Johnson "did examine the said matter" between the master and his 
 apprentice, but for want of " conformity in the said matters " referred the 
 dispute to this Court. The Court ordered Francis Quarrill to be discharged 
 from his indentures of apprenticehood ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order on the report of Andrew Lawrence and Thomas Smyth, two 
 Justices instructed to view the way from Hockley Hole to Leather Lane. 
 The Court directs that " the street leading from the north end of Hatton 
 Garden to the farrier's shop towards Hockley in the Hole, and from thence 
 upwards towards Leather Lane end, be well repaired and amended with 
 gravel by the surveyor of the highways" of the parish at the cost of 
 the inhabitants ; and that the way from the farrier's shop leading up the 
 hill on the north side to Leather Lane, containing 120 feet in length and 
 16 feet in breadth, be forthwith pa\ed with stone by the inhabitants and 
 owners of the houses next adjoining the street. [F/V/f a?ite, p. 52] ... p. 56 
 
 Order discharging Daniel Scale from his indenture of appenticehood. He 
 complained that he had been apprenticed to William Wright, of St. Margaret's, 
 Westminster, bricklayer, for seven years, and had served for three years, but 
 had endured great hardship for want of sufficient food and necessaries, 
 and hath been almost " starved for want of clothes," and that his master 
 was altogether incapable of providing for him. William Wright did not 
 appear p. 57 
 
 Certain of the Justices are nominated to draw up a petition to the 
 Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England, 
 humbly representing . . . the great oppression of Ralph Hartley, essquire, one 
 of the Justices who had committed irregularities "in issuing forth many 
 hundred illegal warrants " for levying money, and in default distraining the 
 goods of their Majesties' subjects for supposed offences against the statutes, 
 i.e., " for suffering tippling in their houses," and for non-observance of the 
 Lord's Day. " It being the unanimous request of the whole Court that the 
 said Mr. Hartley," for the reasons given, " and for quieting the minds of the 
 inhabitants of the county, should be put out of the Commission of the Peace ; 
 and that the Chairman and the whole Commission do attend their Lordships 
 in a body with the said petition, together with the copy of the Report " p. 58 
 
 Order that John Lavy, one of the constables of the parish of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, deliver up to Benjamin Desimere, Henry 
 Lee, John Leppar, and Francis Linsey, victuallers, of Whitechapel, several 
 
St'ss/ons Book 492 — Jaiiitary, 1692. 6 1 
 
 pieces of plate, which had been distrained from tiiem, for suffering "tiphng in 
 their several houses on the Lord's Day," it having been decided by the Court 
 that the warrants which had been issued by Ralph Hartley were illegal and 
 arbitrary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ■■. P- 59 
 
 Order for confirming a report made this present Sessions relating to 
 Mr. Hartley p. 60 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of John Pennell, John Marmett, 
 and Mary Preistman, till further order ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Roger Sheldon, of St. I)unstan's-in-the- 
 West, to John Weale, to learn the art of fencing, from i November, 1689, for 
 eight years. The guardians of Roger Sheldon are Margaret Sheldon, widow, 
 his mother, and John Penhalle, of Clifford's Inn, gentleman p. 71 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... P- 72 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... P- 74 
 
 Rough memoranda. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 492— JANUARY, 1692. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••. ••• p> 2 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, acquittals, 
 &c. pp. 3-17 
 
 Order for the conveyance of Joseph Dixon, his wife, and two children 
 to the parish of St. Giles'-in- the- Fields, from that of St. James's, within the 
 liberty of Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. t8 
 
 John White, convicted for stealing lead from a " dwelling house," is 
 fined 13/4, and to be stripped naked from the middle upwards, on Wednesday 
 next, between 10 a.m. and i p.m., and then " openly whipped on his back 
 at the hinder part of a cart from Drury Lane to the House of Correction at 
 Tuttlefields within this Liberty, until his body be bloody " ; he is committed 
 to the Gatehouse prison until he undergoes the punishment, and pays his fine, 
 then to be delivered paying his fee, 6/8 ... ... ... ... P- 19 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 do pay Johannah Ludland 20/- for her care in "time past" of Joane 
 Edmonds, "a crackbrained poor woman," and an inhabitant in the said 
 Johanna's house ... ... ... ... ... ••■ ••• ••■ P- ^9 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and surveyors of 
 the highways of the parish of St. James's, Westminster. Shows that the 
 highways belonging to the said parish are so decayed that they cannot be 
 sufficiently repaired for less than the sum of ^100, and prays an order for 
 an assessment to meet the expenses of the same; it is ordered that the sum 
 of ^115 be assessed for the reparation of the said highways for this year. 
 Instructions to the collectors of this rate. 
 
 Note i/i Margin. This order is set aside, superseded and stayed by an 
 order of Sessions, 23 June, 1692... ... ... . . ... ... il'id. 
 
62 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Proceedings upon the certificate of two Justices (named), dated the 
 5th instant, and showing that there is a new way called Brydall Lane, in the 
 parish of St. James's, Westminster, extending from Brewer Street south to the 
 further corner of Mr. Burgess Hutchinson's stable wall, north, containing 
 11^ rods in length, and 18 feet in breadth, and which, upon inspection, they 
 consider requires paving ; it is ordered that all owners and inhabitants of 
 the houses in the said lane be required to pave the parts before their 
 respective properties, by or before the 25th of March next, on penalty of a 
 fine of 40/- for every offence ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Proceedings upon the certificate of certain Justices (named), dated the 
 5th instant. Shows that there is a new street or way, called Peter Street, 
 in the parish of St. James's, Westminster, which said street extends from 
 " Mr. Aires his garden pales east to Brydall Lane west," in length containing 
 about i6| rods, and in breadth about 24 feet; and that, upon inspection, 
 they consider the same requires paving. It is ordered accordingly, and the 
 said paving is to be completed by or before the 25th of March next, on 
 penalty (as above) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 [Pages 24-28 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, indictments, 
 &c. pp. 29, 30 
 
 [Pages 31-33 Wank.] 
 
 AlphabeticalHst of names, headed Indictments p. 34 
 
 [Page 35 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 493— JANUARY, 1692. 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 7-23, 31 
 
 Names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 29 
 
 A Hst headed " St. Katherine's " Prison ... p. 37 
 
 Similar, but longer, list headed Finsbury Prison ... ... ... P- 38 
 
 Similar, headed Hackney Prison and Stepney Prison p. 41 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Collett of London, merchant, from being 
 surveyor of the highways of Bromley. Collett states that he has a country 
 house at Bromley "which he took for his wive's takeing the air in the 
 summer time " ; he is deputy of the Ward of Bridge, a Commissioner, and 
 one of the committee for assessing the taxes in the City of London, and 
 "very seldom lieth out of the City," and prays to be excused from serving the 
 office of surveyor of the highways at Bromley. The Court discharges 
 Collett, and orders the inhabitants to elect another surveyor ... .. p. 47 
 
 Order for Richard Wilson to serve the remainder of his apprenticehood 
 with Zachariah Coates. It appears he was apprenticed for seven years to 
 Coates, of the parish of Stebunheath, otherwise Stepney, " linespinner." The 
 Court discharged the petition of Winifred Jones, mother to Richard Wilson, 
 and ordered him to serve the residue of his term ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 493 — -January, 1692. 63 
 
 Order for discharging John Roberts from his indentures of apprentice- 
 hood with Anthony P^nghsh, gardener, of the parish of Stebunheath, otherwise 
 Stepney. Roberts had complained that his master had misused him, and 
 neglected to provide him with clothes and other necessaries, and Thomas 
 Johnson, one of the Justices, had ordered English to provide wholesome and 
 necessary diet and clothes for his apprentice. Roberts complains to the 
 Court that no notice had been taken of this order, whereby he " was become 
 lame in his limbs." English did not appear, and the Court, having taken the 
 evidence of Joyce Roberts, discharged Roberts from his indentures ... p. 48 
 
 Gertrude Kirby, who had been apprenticed for five years to Angellat 
 Patella, wife of John Patella, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to learn the art of 
 washing point lace, complained that John Patella and his wife had cruelly 
 beat and misused her, neglected to provide her with clothes, &c. ; and that 
 Angellat had not instructed her in the art of w-ashing point lace. She prays 
 that the jQ() which had been given to apprentice her might be returned. 
 The Court, having heard Angellat Patella, and also the evidence of Ann Hill, 
 Ann Cuthbert, and others, ordered Gertrude Kirby to be discharged from her 
 indenture of apprenticehood, and directed that ^3 should be returned 
 to her by John Patella within the space of one week, for placing out the 
 said Gertrude Kirby to some other fit person to be instructed in the said 
 art p. 49 
 
 The Court ordered the discharge of John Carvath from his indenture of 
 apprenticehood. John Carvath had been bound apprentice to Thomas 
 Glover, mariner, of Stepney, about a year and a quarter previously, for the 
 term of three years only, and the indenture was not " inrolled," so that it was 
 void in law ... ... ... ... .- ... ... •-. P- 50 
 
 Order for discharging Mary Ellitt from her indenture of apprenticehood, 
 with ^^■illiam Morris, barber, of St. James's, Clerkenwell. The apprentice 
 complained that her master had beaten, abused, and turned her out of 
 doors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for raising money for the repair of the highway in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The chief inhabitants state to the Court that an 
 assessment has usually been made every year for the repair of the highway, 
 but that many persons refuse to pay the money ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Thomas Hariot, one of the Justices, complained that the highways 
 of the parish of St. Mary, Ishngton, were much out of repair. The Court 
 ordered the churchwardens, &c,, to make and collect a rate for the amend- 
 ment, repair, and support of the highways, such rate not to exceed 4^. 
 in the £ on lands and houses, and 8^. in the £ for every ;^2o personal 
 estate p- 53 
 
 A dispute between Samuel Mercer, headborough of Stanwell, and the 
 constable of Bedfont, was referred to the Justices in or near the Brentford 
 Division, as the constable of Bedfont was not, at the present Court, fully 
 prepared to set out his complaint. The constable of Bedfont complained 
 that Samuel Mercer refused to pass and convey several cripples and impotent 
 persons through the parish of Stanwell. The Ju.stices are to report their 
 opinion at the next Court of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
64 Middlesex Cotuity Records. 
 
 The constables and other ancient inhabitants of the liberty of Norton 
 Folgate complain that the watch-house belonging to the liberty is very 
 much out of repair and likely to fall down, and pray the Court to order an 
 assessment of the liberty to defray the charge of repairing and amending it. 
 The Court desire the Justices of the Tower Division to deal with the matter 
 at their next Petty Sessions, and give to the petitioners such relief as shall 
 seem meet upon hearing of all parties ... ... ... ... .. p. 54 
 
 Order for George Waters to be continued an inhabitant at South Mymnis. 
 George Waters, on the 9th of Januaiy, had been passed to the parish of 
 Stepney from South Mymms ; but Thomas Austin, of South Mymm.s, informs 
 the Court that Waters had been employed by him for several years in that 
 parish as a day labourer, and that his last legal settlement was at South Mymms. 
 The Court ordered that the warrant of the Justices who passed him on to 
 Stepney be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 The Grand Jury presented to the Court "that most of the carters, 
 carmen, and draymen that pass and repass with their several carts, carriages, 
 and drays through the public streets, lanes and places .... make it their 
 common and usual practice and custom to ride negligently on their several 
 carts . . . without having any person to guide their horses, so that oftentimes 
 their horses, carts, carriages, and drays run over young children and other 
 their Majesties' subjects, passing in the streets about their lawful occasions, 
 whereby many lose their lives." The Court ordered the high constables in 
 the hundred of Ossulton to issue warrants to the petty constables requiring 
 them to give notice to all carters, carmen, and draymen, that from henceforth 
 " they carefully lead and guide their horses by the rains in their passage 
 through the said streets . . . and forbear riding upon their respective 
 carts ..." Offenders are to be dealt with at Quarter Sessions ... p. 56 
 
 Order for suppressing the profanation of the Lord's Day. Reference 
 is made to the Queen's letter of 9 July urging the Justices to put the 
 laws into force against profanation of the Lord's Day, drunkenness, swearing, 
 and cursing, and to the order made by the Court on the loth of July, 
 whereby it was hoped that "from thence our endeavours would have 
 had a good effect, But since that, by the rash and unadvised actings of 
 several persons, pretending great zeal, many illegal and irregular warrants of 
 conviction have been issued out against a multitude of innocent persons for 
 suffering tipling in their houses, and exercising their ordinary callings on the 
 Lord's Day, without summoning or hearing their defences, whereby it might 
 appear whether they were works of charity or necessity . . . and condemning 
 the guiltless with the guilty . . . This Court hath from time to time received 
 many repeated complaints from divers innholders, victualler.s, and others, 
 who have greatly suffered . . . This Court, for the remedy of tiie said 
 mischief, and to the end that so religious an intention may not miscarry, 
 doth resolve to encourage all manner of legal information . . . pursuant to 
 their former order . . . Convictions ought not to be made . . . before a 
 warrant or a summons from a Justice of the Peace ... be first had and 
 served on the person accused . . . And for a due encouragement of all such 
 informers . . . this Court agrees to deliver all such summonses . . . gratis to 
 any persons requiring the same . . . And for the better encouragement of 
 the Churchwardens . . . &c., in searching for, and observing such prophana- 
 tion of the Lord's Day, we, the . . . Justices of the Peace . . . further 
 resolve that in our several and respective divisions, we will, from time to 
 
ScssiOfiS Book 494 — February, 1692. 65 
 
 time, on request, or as we see occasion, go along with them in person in our 
 several parishes . . . and search the several alehouses and other places 
 suspected . . ." Informers shall receive due encouragement . . . Keepers 
 of alehouses, &c., convicted shall be not only fined 10/- but their licenses 
 shall be suppressed for three years. The Clerk of the Peace is to cause this 
 Order to be printed and sent to the petty constables, &c., of each parish. 
 
 p. 57 
 
 Order concerning "Robbery Money." John Halton recovered from the 
 inhabitants of Ossulton Hundred in Michaelmas term the sum of ;£^To 
 damages for a robbery committed upon him. Complaints had been made 
 from various parts of the hundred to several Justices that great and excessive 
 sums had been assessed on the inhabitants, and much greater sums collected 
 than would have satisfied the damages. The Court orders that the collectors 
 of the assessment from every part of the hundred shall submit their assess- 
 ment books, and give an account of the moneys collected and expended to 
 the Justices in their respective divisions, and the said Justices are to report 
 to the next Court of Quarter Sessions upon the matter ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order for respiting the forfeited recognizances of Henry Clarke, Robert 
 Rawson, John Hand, Samuel AVatson, George Bonnyman, Thomas Lea, 
 Benjamin Denicour, John Darnall, Elizabeth Hey, Susannah Stanley, and 
 Mary Morris p. 61 
 
 [Pages 62-74 blank.] 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of James Barnard [son] of Richard Barnard, 
 of the parish of St. John's, Glastonbury, to Anthony Brunton, blacksmith, 
 of Wapping, in the parish of Stepney, for seven years. 18 January, 
 1692 p. 75 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... P- 76 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p- 78 
 
 Memoranda, various, recognizances, &:c. ... ... ... pp. 79, 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 494— FEBRUARY, 1692. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]). 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, committals, 
 acquittals, (S:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-24 
 
 [Pages 25, 26 blank.] 
 
 List of names under headings " New Prison and House of Correc- 
 tion " p. 27 
 
 [Pages 28-32 blank.] 
 
 Order for the sheriff of this county to pay two constables (named) of the 
 parishes of St. Mary, Islington, and of St. James's, Clerkenwell, jQ6 ijs. od., 
 which they expended in the apprehension and prosecution of Thomas Brickill, 
 Ann, his wife, and Mary Hemingway, for clipping the current coin, for which 
 offence the said Thomas has been attainted and executed ... ... p. 33 
 
66 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Lawrence Crosse and Thomas Blay. 
 Show that they each hold about 30 acres of land in St. Pancras Parish, 
 and that upon the 19th of October last the said Crosse paid William Child, 
 overseer of the said parish, jP,\ \.s. 4^/. assessed upon him as the poor rate 
 for the year commencing at Easter ; and that in October the sum of 10/8 was 
 demanded, upon the pretence that there was another half year's rate due 
 for the relief of the poor, and that a warrant has been issued against the 
 petitioners and others compelling them to pay the said rate. 'Phey pray 
 that the churchwardens may be ordered to show reason for t'ne same. 
 Ordered that certain Justices (named) do enquire into this matter ... p. 33 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of the chapelwarden and other 
 inhabitants of Wapping Hamlet, Whitechapel, . . . that Jane, the wife of 
 Anthony Couch, in the absence of the said Anthony, who is a seafaring man, 
 keeps a disorderly alehouse, and the complainants pray ... an order may 
 be issued for the suppression of the license granted to the said Anthony. 
 Ordered that certain Justices (named) do enquire into the truth of this com- 
 plaint, and that they make such order as they shall consider meet ... p. 34 
 
 Upon the complaint of Owen Mackarty, apprentice to Thomas Nash, of 
 St. Clement Danes, cabinet-maker, of the cruel treatment received from the 
 said Nash, who has, several times, beaten his apprentice "with a large cane 
 and an iron rasp of near three pound weight," and praying he may be discharged 
 from his apprenticehood. Ordered accordmgly ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Appointment of a committee, who are ordered to meet on Wednesday, 
 the 9th of March next, at 9 a.m., and to examine the accounts of Simon 
 Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace, and find what is due to the trustees of this 
 county from Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, for rent of that part of the corporation 
 workhouse which he holds, what has been expended for the repairs of 
 Hickshall, and the pavement belonging thereto, and the New Prison, and 
 the House of Correction. The said committee are to report their opinion 
 as to how the sum of ;^ii5 '^s. ^d., due to Captain Jones, and the money 
 for the said repairs, may be raised ... ... ... ... ... P- 37 
 
 Order for respiting certain recognizances ... ... ... ... p- 38 
 
 [Pages 39-53 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed, calendar of indictments for trespass, 
 and calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... PP- 54~"57 
 
 [Page 58 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda dated 22-27 February, 1691, concerning tlie appointment of 
 Mr. Fox as Clerk of the Peace, by the Earl of Bedford, C'istos Rotulorum. 
 The Court decides that Mr. Harcourt already holds that office and that 
 there is no reason for his removal from the same ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 George Porter, of the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate Without, is a 
 dissenting minister. Presbyterian meeting houses recorded : — Francis Mint's 
 house in Meeting House Alley, in Wapping, Stepney, and at his dwelling 
 house in Broad Street, Stepney ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order dated 26 February concerning the davs for the trial of traverses. 
 
 Il'id, 
 
Sess/oJis Book 495 — -Rfarch, 1692. 67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 495— MARCH, 1692. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• p 2 
 
 Miscellaneous meiuoranda as to a])pearances, accjuittals, &c. pp. 3-13 
 
 [Page 14 l)lank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of St. Clement Danes to pay 
 Sara Greenbury 50/- due to her for her care of Margaret Jemmett and her 
 child, security for the amount having been taken from Ezekiel Cozens, 
 gentleman, the reputed father of the child ... ... ... ... p- 15 
 
 Proceedings upon the oath of John Smith, constable of Hyde Park Ward, 
 in the parish of St. Marti n's-in-the-Field, that, since the 12th of April last, he 
 has expended ^11 o.v. 8^/. for passing, relieving, and lodging vagrants and 
 cripples. It is ordered that the churchwardens of St. Martin's aforesaid do 
 pay the said Smith ^5 lo^-. 4^., and 2/6 more for the moiety of this 
 "order," and that the churchwardens of St. James's, Westminster, do pay 
 the like amounts to the said constable ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of the churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 showing that the inhabitants have contracted to pay Robert Meades ;^i5o for 
 the repair of the highways belonging to the said parish, for this year, and 
 that there remains due to him on the same amount for last year ^20, and 
 praying an order for an assessment to be made to enable them to perform 
 the contract, it is accordingly ordered that an assessment be made to meet 
 the sum of ^,200... ... ... ... ... .•• ••• ••• tbid. 
 
 Upon the petition of the burgesses and others, inhabitants of St. Mar- 
 garet's, Westminster, exhibited at the last April Sessions, showing tlie great 
 increase of poor, particularly of Dutch women and children, within the said 
 parish, it was ordered that an equal rate be assessed for their relief, for the 
 year 1691, and that it should be one-half more than that of the year previous. 
 The petitioners pray that a like rate may be assessed for this year. Ordered 
 that an assessment be made as certain Justices (named) shall consider neces- 
 sary p. 17 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Anne Dyott. Shows she was bound an 
 apprentice to Mary Kent and Barsheba Dynes, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 sempstresses, for five years, dating from the 29th of September, 1688, and that 
 they received ^30 with her, and that her said mistresses have severely beaten 
 and dragged her by the hair. She prays to be discharged, and to receive 
 backers. It appearing that the said Anne has received very good usage 
 from her said mistresses, to whom she has proved unfaithful, and her said 
 mistresses desiring she may be discharged without their returning any of the 
 said money, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ••• p. 18 
 
 [Pages 19, 20 blank.] 
 
 Memorandum — "John Chase, of Vine Street, Westmin.ster, licensed a 
 badger for one year next after 30th March, 1692." ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 [Page 22 blank.] 
 
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68 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, committals, appear- 
 ances, &c.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 [Pages 24, 25 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list headed " Indictments" ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 [Pages 27, 28 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 496-APRIL, 1692. 
 
 jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Appointment of Ambrose Isted, of St. James's, Clerkenwell, esquire, as 
 treasurer for the maimed soldiers within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, 
 and Gore for 16 12. The said Isted is ordered to take over the accounts of 
 Robert Bird, gc.itleman, the treasurer during 1691. 
 
 The like appointment of Christopher Clitheroe, esquire, for the hundreds 
 of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, in the room of Thomas Arundell, gentle- 
 man, and similar order concerning the accounts. 
 
 Appointment of William Gunson, gentleman, as treasurer for the Mar- 
 shalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, within the hundreds of Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore for 1692, in the place of John Evans, gentleman. 
 
 The like appointment of Richard Gray, of Tvvittenham, gentleman, 
 within the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorn, and Isleworth ... ... p. 6 
 
 Order concerning the prices and rates of beer, the assize of bread, &c. 
 \yide Sessions Book 484, p. 7.] 
 
 The rates of servants', labourers', and artificers' wages to stand as they 
 were at the Sessions held "after the close of Easter, 1691 " ... ... p. 6 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, acquittals, 
 &c. pp. 7-24 
 
 [Pages 25, 26 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 27 
 
 [Pages 28-30 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to Hackney Prison ; list of names, apparently of 
 prisoners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 1 
 
 The like of Finsbury, Stepney, and St. Katherine's Prisons pp. 32-34 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to committals, acquitments, the appoint- 
 ment of John Fox as Clerk of the Peace, &c. ... ... ... pp. 35, 36 
 
 Upon the report of two Justices (named), it is ordered that the high 
 constables of Ossulston, and Thomas Saunders, late high constable of 
 Finsbury, do j)ay to Simon Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace, the money received 
 by them for robberies committed within the said hundred, and that the petty 
 constables be summoned to bring in their books for inspection ... p. 37 
 
Scssio/is Book 496 — April, 1692, 69 
 
 It is ordered that Robert Hardisty, an attorney at the Court of King's 
 Bench, do appear for the inhabitants of Ossulston Hundred, at the suit of 
 Ward Drakes, for a robbery committed upon him in the said hundred... p. 37 
 
 Order for Henry Johnson, his wife and four children, to be removed 
 from the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, to the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, it 
 having been proved that the said Henry was last legally settled in the said 
 hamlet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Upon the petition of Thomas Gibbons, constable of Ickenham, showing 
 that he has served the office for the past year, and that there was no court 
 leet held for the said parish (sic) last Easter, and praying that he might be 
 discharged from serving the said office, and that John Turn-^r, of Ickenham, 
 aforesaid, gentleman, might be elected in his place, it is ordered accordingly 
 
 ... p. 39 
 
 Upon the petition of Andrew Ward, late constable of Finch ley Parish, 
 showing that he served the said office last year, and expended, in passing 
 cripples and vagabonds through the said parish, together with other incident 
 charges, ^£^13 14.$". 7^., and praying that a rate may be assessed for the 
 reimbursement of the same, it is ordered that two Justices (named) do 
 examine the accounts of the said petitioner, and do levy a rate for the 
 settlement of the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Whereas by an order of the 26th of October last, it wns referred to two 
 Justices (named) to give Mathew Davis, of St. Olave's, Southwark, county 
 Surrey, gentleman, such further time as they should consider meet for paving 
 the street, before his houses, in a certain street called Ayloffe Street, in 
 Goodman's Fields, in the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, whereupon the said 
 Justices fixed the date until the ist of May next. Now, upon the petition of 
 the said Davis, showing his possession of the said houses to be but for a short 
 term, and that Sir William Leman, baronet, is the ground landlord, and praying 
 that the Court would proportion the charge of paving before the said houses, 
 between the said Sir William and the i^etitioner, it is ordered to be referred 
 to the aforesaid Justices to examine what interests the said Sir William and 
 the petitioner severally have in the said premises, to ascertain what propor- 
 tion they ought to bear towards the paving of the said street, and to give such 
 order for the same as ihey shall consider meet... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of John Sheppard, constable ot New Town, Mile End 
 Hamlet, Stepney, showing that, during his term of office, he has expended 
 ;£\^ 2s. id. in the passing of cripples and vagabonds through the said hamlet, 
 and for other incident charges, and that he has not received more than ;£ 7 in 
 payment thereof, and praying his successor might be allowed to collect the 
 assessment for the petitioner's reimbursement, it is accordingly o'dered that 
 he be assisted in the collection of the .same ... ... ... .-■ P- 41 
 
 Whereas by an order of the 15th of July, 1690, it was ordered that the 
 inhabitants of Red Lion Square, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn above 
 bars, from the following Michaelmas, should have liberty to place and maintain 
 a sufficient watch and ward, and convenient stands for the watchmen, at their 
 charge, and that in consideration the said inhabitants should be exempted 
 from payment towards the said constables' watch until further order. \_Vide 
 Sessio)is Book, No. 475, p. 50.] Now, upon the petition of the churchwardens 
 
70 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 and other inhabitants of the said parish, showing that the said order was 
 obtained by the instigation of some particular inhabitants in the said square, 
 without the l<nowledge of the major part of the mhabitants, and that their 
 watch was much weakened in consequence, and praying tliat the said order 
 for a separate watch might be discharged, and ui)on hearing what could be 
 alleged by those who " insisted to have the said order continued," it is ordered 
 " that so much of the said recited order as directs a separate watch to be kept " 
 is hereby vacated. Further order to the constables concerning the appointment 
 of a sufficient watch ... ... ... ••• ... ••■ ••• P- 42 
 
 Order for Susanna Singleton, otherwise Potter, Mary Steward, and 
 Rebecca Turner to be continued and settled in the parish of St. Ann's, 
 Westminster, they having been passed from the parish of St. Giles-in-the- 
 Fields to that of St. Ann's as their last legal settlement p. 43 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices to appoint auditors to examine the 
 accounts of the churchwardens of St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, for the 
 year 1691 ; the inhabitants of the said parish having complained of undue 
 oppression from the said churchwardens by " an assessment of twelve quarters 
 besides moneys received for fines " ... ... ... ... ••• P- 44 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of St. James's, Clerkenwell, to 
 pay Joanna Cooke 36/- for nursing a child, in case she be not paid the same 
 in a month by some other person ... ... ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 Upon the report of two Justices (named), to whom it was referred by an 
 order of the 22nd of February last \inde Sessions Book, No. 490, p. 45], to 
 view ... a certain lane, called Church Lane, part of which is in Wapping 
 Ham.let, Stepney Parish, and part in that of St. Mary. Whitechapel, it is 
 ordered that the said lane be repaired at "a parish charge," and that the 
 surveyors of the highways of Wapping Hamlet, and those of St. ALiry, 
 Whitechapel, do repair the parts lying in their rcbpective parishes ... p. 46 
 
 Order for Joseph Dixon, his wife and children, lately passed from the 
 parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, to that of St. James's, Westminster, to be 
 settled in the latter parish, that being the place of their last legal settle- 
 ment. \l^ide Sessions Book \Q,2, p. 18] ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Whereas William Peake, a prisoner in the custody of John Philpott, 
 gentleman, gaoler of Hackney Manor Prison, upon the 28th of November, 
 1690, petitioned to be discharged, but Charles Yates, one of the creditors of 
 the said William, insisting that the said William be continued in prison upon 
 such weekly maintenance as the Court should appoint, it is ordered that the 
 said William be remanded, and that Yates do pay 1/6 per week for the said 
 prisoner's maintenance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p.4 7 
 
 A similar order concerning the prisoner, Robert Mynns, in the custody of 
 William Penn, gaoler of Finsbury Prison ; Robert Bowles, one of the creditors 
 of the said Mynns, being ordered to pay 1/6 weekly for the maintenance of 
 the said prisoner ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Upon the complaint of William, son of W' illiam Drakely, and apprentice 
 to Francis Lowe, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, victualler, of ill-treatment 
 received from his said master, and pra)ing to be discharged from his 
 apprenticehood, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
Sessions Book 496 — April, 1692. 71 
 
 Order for John Sharpe, and his wife, lately passed from Idlestry Parish, 
 within the liberty of St. Albans, Herts, to the parish of South Mymms, to remain 
 in the latter place, where they were last legally settled ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order for Beziah Amsworth to be passed to Mile End Hamlet, in 
 the parish of Stepney, it having bten proved that his father, Henry 
 Amsworth, was last legally settled there, and not in Bow Hamlet, as at first 
 alleged p. 51 
 
 Order for respiting several recognizances entered into by four persons 
 (named), and their sureties, until further order... ^ ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Whereas by an order of Saturday, the 9th of April last, Henry Staffe, of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, surgeon, was ordered to attend and show cause why he 
 should not serve the office of scavenger of the said parish, for the liberty above 
 bars, for the ensuing year, and the said Henry not having attended, it is 
 ordered that he shall continue in the said office of scavenger for the said 
 parish for this year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 53 
 
 Order for hearing an appeal concerning the settlement of Christian, wife of 
 William ]\Iackedavy, and her child, upon the first dny of the next Sessions, a 
 dispute having arisen between the churchwardens and overseers of the parish 
 of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, and those of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, as to their 
 last legal settlement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Upon the report of certain Justices (named), dated the 28th of April last, 
 that they had inspected a certain street or lane, called Church Lane, in the 
 parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, in the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, and that 
 they were of opinion the said street or lane is a new one, and that a great part 
 being already paved the remainder ought speedily to be paved to the middle 
 of the said street from the houses of John Rooks and William Buxton, 
 "at the grate," as far as those of Thomas Hart and Oliver Ashwith, being 
 about thirty rods in length, at the expense of the owners and inhabitants, 
 none of whom opposed the same, save Elizabeth Welsh, " who ought to 
 pave as the rest have done," it is ordered that the said new street be 
 paved by the 30th of July next, according to the judgment of the said 
 Justices, \yide Sessions Book ^i)o, \). \'^ ... ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 Warrant to tlie gaoler of the prison of the liberty of the Dt an and Chapter 
 of St. Paul's, to discharge Robert Mynns, a prisoner in his custody for debt, 
 charged at the suit of Nicholas Phillips. Names and addresses of other 
 creditors follow : — Messrs. Gimball and Meakins, in Long Lane ; Burt, in 
 Blackman's Street, Southwark ; King, Crowne Alley, Moorfields ; Blackgrove, 
 Goswell Street ; Rallins, Fetier Lane ; Hartopp, Thavies Inn, Holborn ; 
 James, in Bridgwater Gardens ; Woolbridg, Gravell Lane, Wapping ; 
 Jenings, in Wapping, near the Anchor Tavern : Foulkes, Salisbury Court ; 
 Shelcrosse, Holborn ; Knapp, at the Gun, at Billingsgate ; Cademan, 
 in Knight Ryder Street ; Ambrose, in Whitecrosse Street ; Chamber, in the 
 Hospital; Baden, " Blewe Bladder " Street ; Bowes, Chiswell Street; Parker, 
 at the Roman's Gate, in Kent ; Clarke, at Oxford ; Clanfeild, at Yardington, 
 in Oxfordshire ; Burrowes, at Thame, in Oxfordshire ; Leverat, at Thame ; 
 Stookes, at Melton " Mobra," in Leicestershire; Conners, at Thame; Stubbs. 
 Maudlin College, Oxford ; Folwell, at Wansor, in Surrey ; and Adams, at 
 Northbrooke, in Oxfordshire ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 55 
 
72 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Memorandum headed Tuesday, lo ISTay, 1692 ; names of victuallers. 
 
 P- 59 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed Calendar of recognizances, indict- 
 ments for trespass ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 60-63 
 
 The Earl of Bedford, on his appointment as Keeper of the Rolls of this 
 county, informed the Court that he had appointed Mr. John Fox to be his 
 Clerk of the Peace, to which office the said Mr. Fox pra\ ed to i)e admitted. 
 This request was opposed by the counsel for Simon Harcourt, whom they 
 considered entitled to retain the said office of Clerk of the Peace, so long as 
 he "well demeans himself" ; the counsel for Mr. Fox disputing Mr. Harcourt's 
 right, it was agreed to be put to the vote whether the office be vacant by the 
 appointment of a new Keeper of the Rolls or not. . . . Determined in the 
 negative by a majority of 15 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Miscellaneous u.emoranda as to the discharge of Edmund f\arrington, 
 elected constable for Islington. George Waters to be continued at South 
 Mymms. Squire Gollop, of Islington, apothecary, committed to New Prison 
 for "contem])t to take on him the office of constable" for Islington. Fined 
 5/-, and committed until payment thereof. 
 
 Upon a report of two Justices, it is ordered that all high constables 
 of Ossulston Hundred, and Mr. Saunders, late high constable of Finsbury 
 Division, do pay in all money received by them on any assessment on the 
 inhabitants of the said hundred for robberies committed there. It is further 
 ordered that the said high constables do summon the petty constables to 
 attend the Petty Sessions after next term. 
 
 Appointment of a committee to attend Lord Lucas, concerning the 
 money assessed on the Tower Liberty, in this county, for robberies cnmmitted 
 within the hundred of Ossulston, which are uncollected, owing to the inhabitants 
 insisting on privilege and saying they are not obliged to pay. 
 
 Order for a Newgate prisoner to be brought up ; swearing in of certain 
 persons as constables, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Names of several persons who took the oath at these Sessions ... p. 66 
 
 Notification of a meeting place for the religious worship of protestant 
 dissenters, at the dwelling house of Isaack Honywood, esquire, situated in 
 Hampstead, and registered according to an Act of Parliament ... ibid. 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John, son of Robert Prince, of St. Paul's, 
 Shadwell, ropemaker, to Thomas Hill, of the said parish, ropemaker, to serve 
 for seven years from the ist of January, 1 691 ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 [Page 68 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 497— MAY, 1692. 
 
 Jury list p. 5 
 
 Memorandum relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 7-20 
 
 [Pages 21-28 blank.] 
 
 Order for discharging Henry Wilson, of the parisli of St. Leonard, 
 Shoreditch, from being scavenger of the liberty of Holliwell Street. Wilson 
 
Sess/Ofis Jnuik 497 — May, 1692. 73 
 
 represents to the Court that for some months before his election at Easter last 
 " he was and still is very much indisposed in his health, and that he hath for 
 eleven days now last been constrained through weakness and sickness to keep 
 his bed." Another scavenger is to be chosen in his place ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order suppressing the license of Stephen Chipps, blacksmith, of Hayes. 
 Cliipps had been refused a license by the Justices sitting at Uxbridge for 
 divers reasons, but he had "surreptitiously," at London, obtained a license. 
 The Court, in suppressing the license, directs the Justices of the division m 
 which Hayes is situated to allow him " such reasonable time to draw off the 
 drink he may pretend to have by him as the said Justices shall think fit," so 
 that he does not henceforward brew or take in more drink to sell ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the ancient inhabitants of the liberties of Hogsden, Hagger- 
 stone and Church End in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, to make a 
 rate for the cleansing of the streets there, on the complaint of Ralph Nicholson 
 and John Bond, the scavengers, that the said inhabitants had not made, and 
 refused to make, a rate for that purpose ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 A complaint from the inhabitants of Church Lane in the hamlet of 
 Wapping, that though they had, at Easter, 1690, elected scavengers for Church 
 Lane, these scavengers had not at any time agreed with " any raker to 
 cleanse the said Church Lane," although a great part of it was paved ; nor 
 had the scavengers during their term of ofifice demanded any money " until 
 after they were out of office, since which time tliey have distrained the 
 petitioners' goods under pretence of reimbursing themselves" for their outlay 
 in cleansing the lane. The Court referred the matter to Colonel Johnson 
 and Mr. Bohun, with other Justices in the Tower Division, to deal with the 
 matter in dispute, and report thereon at the next Quarter Sessions ... p. 31 
 
 Order of the Couit for Nathaniel Hunton, of the parish of St. Leonard, 
 Shoreditch, to serve the office of overseer of the poor for the present year, 
 the reasons suggested and alleged by him for being excused from serving not 
 being deemed sufficient ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 32 
 
 Complaint made by Thomas Savory, of Whitechapel, that he was employed 
 by John Brittain, John Tissick and Edward Bentley, the scavengers of the 
 hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, to be raker, to cleanse and carry away the dirt 
 out of the streets of the hamlet, and that these scavengers refused to pay 
 the ^40 due to him for this work. The Court ordered Colonel Johnson and 
 Mr. Bohun, and the other Justices in that neighbourhood, to enquire into and 
 settle the dispute, or to report the matter to the next Court of Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Complaint of Richard Silver and Richard Frice, labourers, of the hamlet 
 of Wapping, Stepney, that they were employed by John Brittain, John 
 Tissick and Edward Bentley, scavengers of the said hamlet, to be rakers, to 
 cleanse and carry away the dirt and soil out of the streets, who refuse to 
 pay them the sum of ^28 5.?. od. due to them for this work. The Court 
 ordered the Justices in the Tower Division to examine the said matter, to 
 "compose "the same if they think meet, or to report thereon to the next 
 Court of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 33 
 
 Stephen Wiggins, apprenticed to William Bloxham, haberdasher, of the 
 parish of St. Clement Danes, petitioned to be discharged from his indenture 
 
74 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 of apprenticehood ; hut the Court, finding the suggestions therein contained 
 not sufificiently proved, discharged the petition, and ordered Wiggins to serve 
 the remainder of his apprenticehood with Wilh'am Bloxham ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order that Rohert Child, yeoman, of the parish of Hornsey, execute the 
 office of surveyor of the highways, to which he has been duly elected for the 
 present year ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order made for enlarging the time for paving the " great street in White- 
 chapel." At the Sessions in August last the Court had ordered that a certain 
 street or way in the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, from the end of the 
 pavement near the church, to the house called the Artichoake, near a certain 
 place called the Mount, should be paved on both sides of the way before 
 the next 29th of September. On the 7th of September the time was extended 
 by the Court to i May of the present year. The churchwardens, &c., 
 now represent " that they had consulted with several paviors, who had 
 informed the petitioners that there is not so many stones to be bought in or 
 about the city of London and suburbs as will pave the said street ; and that 
 those that are to be had are above double the price, and that several of the 
 houses fronting the street are very small and not above ;Q2) P^'' annum ; and 
 that some of them belonging to fatherless children and widdows, and that 
 seven years' rent of the said houses will not pay the charge of the pavement 
 and keep it in repair." The time was extended to 20 August "and no 
 longer." \yide Sessions Book ^%%.^t^. (y^\ ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order made for suppressing the license of Jackett of Greenford to 
 
 keep an alehouse. The Brentford Justices had for divers reasons refused 
 Jackett a license, but since then he had obtained one " surreptitiously '' from 
 two of the Justices outside that division. Roger Jenings and Nicholas 
 Grice, two of the Justices of the Brentford Division, are to allow him 
 reasonable time to draw off the drink he may pretend to have by him p. 35 
 
 At the February Quarter Sessions a committee of the Justices was 
 nominated to examine what was due to the trustees of the county from 
 Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, for rent of that part of the corporation workhouse 
 which he holds of the county and to report at the next Quarter Sessions. 
 No report having been made by the committee, several names are added to 
 it, with a further instruction to the committee to see " what bedding and other 
 matters there is remaining in the said place which were bought at the 
 charges of this Court," and to see what orders have been made by this Court 
 to the said Sir Thomas Rowe in converting the part of the corporation work- 
 house " for a nursery of infants, and which of them are fit to be revived," 
 and to report in writing at the next Court of Quarter Sessions ... p- 36 
 
 Order appointing a committee of the Justices to meet at Hicks Hall in 
 St. John Street, to ''view the said Hall, and to see the defects and want of 
 repair thereof ;" to examine " who ought to be at the charge of repairing the 
 same, and to see where a press may be set up . . . for keeping the records 
 of this Court ; " and to examine what right the inhabitants of the parish of 
 St. Sepulchre's ..." have to the great chest standing in the dineing roome 
 of the said Hall ; " and if they find the said chest belongs to the said 
 inhabitants, then to enquire the reasons of their placing the said chest 
 there. The committee is to report in writing to the next Court of Quarter 
 Sessions .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
Sess/ofis Book 498 -/////i', 1592, 75 
 
 Order that Simon Harcourt, late Clerk of the Peace of this county, 
 deliver up forthwith to the present Clerk of the Peace "all the writings that 
 are in his hands, which were procured before divers of their Majesties' 
 Justices . . . nominated by this Court to enquire what rent vvas due to the 
 trustees of the county from Sir Thomas Rowe for part of the corporation 
 workhouse at Cierkenwell, together with the report made by the said 
 Justices"' p. 37 
 
 Order that Simon Harcourt, late Clerk of the Peace, do deliver up to 
 the present Clerk of the Peace all the licenses of victuallers in this county 
 which were taken in the several divisions of the county at the last Court ot 
 Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 38 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of Thomas Stowman, Sarah Emanuel, 
 Henry Baxter, Jonas Gilbert, Peter Clarke, Henry Newberry, James Rooks, 
 Edward Quarterman, Roger Downes, John AViggens, Ceorge Appleby, Moses 
 Sedgwick, Katherine Lambert, James Samuell, William Baxter, and Elizabeth 
 Zelby [Selby?] alias Phipps, till further order of the Court ... ... ibid. 
 
 ^lemoranda, recognizances, i!i:c. ... ... ... pp. 47, 49, 53 
 
 " All the Hackney coachmen that have been taken up since the committee 
 waited on my Lord Mayor to make their affidavit of their abuses before 
 the Justices of the Peace at Petty Session?, and that Sir Charles Lee, 
 Mr. Bestt (?), Mr. Bucknall, Mr. Owen, Sir E. Munday, Mr. Underbill, or 
 any of the appointed committee to attend the Lord Mayor and Court of 
 Aldermen" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Names of those in the New Prison and in the House of Correction p. 55 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of William Lindsey, of the parish of 
 St. Mary, Whitechapel, son of ^^'illiam Lindsey, deceased, to Reynolds 
 Forniser, weaver, 18 April, 1692 ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 56 
 
 Memoranda of certain fees received ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 498 -JUNE, 1692. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 1,2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 3-31 
 
 William Jencks, Henry Chanel], Thomas Hilliard, John Roberts, 
 Richard Cornforth, Richard Foresight, and Andrew Kemp, for refusing to 
 take the Oath of Allegiance to the King and Queen, or to pay each a fine 
 of 40/-, were committed to the Gatehouse Prison for three months ... p. 32 
 
 The inhabitants of Park Prospect, Dartmouth Street, and the adjacent 
 streets in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, represent " that there 
 is very great want of watchmen and stands to be set and placed at or about 
 Park Prospect ... for the apprehension of felons and night-walkers, and 
 security of the inhabitants," who, dwelling somewhat remote and out of call 
 
76 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 from the Grand Watch, are much exposed to l)urglars and other dangerous 
 persons. The Court ordered the constables of St. Margaret's to carefully and 
 constantly hereafter, from time to time, set at Park Pro.spect two able watch- 
 men, to stand and watch there duly every night, from 9 of the clock in the 
 evening until 6 of the clock in the morning ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order of the Court for making an assessment to raise ^,56 for the 
 repair of the highways in the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster ... ibid. 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of St. Margaret's and St. 
 Martin's-in-the-Fields as to the legal settlement of Mary Wilson and her 
 child. The Court found that she was legally settled in St. Martin's Parish, 
 and ordered her removal there forthwith ... ... ... . p. 33 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of St. Margaret's and 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, as to the legal settlement of Elizabeth Clare, aged 
 five years, and Mary Clare, aged three years. The Court ordered that the 
 St. Martin's churchwardens, &c., should provide for Mary Clare, and the 
 St. Margaret's churchwardens, &c., provide for Elizabeth Clare ... p. 34 
 
 Order to the churchwardens of St. James's, ^\'estminster, to raise by rate 
 ;!^i 1 5 for the repair of the highways ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The churchwardens of St. James's, John Outing and Robert Johnson, 
 represent to the Court that the highways and pavements in the common street 
 " leading from Pickadilly to High (jt/V) Parke Corner, over against the church 
 and churchyard of the said parish, containing from east to west, on and adjoining 
 the north side of the said churchyard, in length forty-seven feet, and in 
 breadth thirty-two feet ; and in Jermine Street, from west to the east corner 
 of the churchyard wall, one hundred and fifty-nine fee*^, and in breadth so 
 far twenty feet ; and further eastwards along the south front of the church to 
 the channel running at the east end of the said church, one hundred feet, 
 and in breadth, from the wall of the church to the denter or middle of the 
 street there, one and thirty feet ; and again, from without the pale at the 
 east end and south-east corner of the said church, up northwards to the 
 Rector's house, ninety-nme feet in length and si.\ feet in breadth, are out of 
 repair ; and that there is some doubt who ought to pave and amend the 
 same." The Court ordered the inhabitants to repair these pavements out of 
 the ;^ii5 authorised in the preceding order, and " from time to time, and at 
 all times hereafter, when and as often as need shall require" ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order to suppress the license of Samuel Wood, of the Horseferry, in 
 the parish of St. Margaret's, because " he doth kec^p a disorderly victualling 
 house there " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 "The names of the reputed papists last inhabiiing in this parish of 
 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, who at this Quarter Scbsions, the 27th day of June, 
 1692, refused to take the Oaths of Fidelity as are now appointed to be taken, 
 and the several sums they paid down for such their refusal, to the use of 
 the poor of the said parish " :— 
 
 Henry Bryarly, of St. Martin's Fane, dyer. 
 Francis Pilate, of Church Lane, silversmith. 
 John Jesson, of Hay Hill, gardener. 
 
Sessions Book 498 — June, 1692. 77 
 
 Francis Carthbry, of Bennett Street. 
 
 Michael le Duke, of Long Acre, dancing-master. 
 
 ^Villiam Raymond, of Oxenden Street. 
 
 John Blanvillon. of Long Acre, vintner. 
 
 N'incent Bush, of Duke Street, York Buildings, confect[ioner]. 
 
 James Bonner, of Phenix Alley. 
 
 George Fitzgerald, of Panton Street, periwig-maker. 
 
 William Austin, of Panton Street. 
 
 Thomas Caser, of Long Acre, frame-maker. 
 
 Richard Yates, of Long Acre, joiner. 
 
 Robert Bennett, of the Strand, vintner. 
 
 John Daniel, of Long Acre, "japanner." 
 
 William Quin, baker. 
 
 Patrick Conyers, of Brewers' Yard, Strand. 
 
 Jervice Rous, St. Martin's Lane. 
 
 Charles Country, Castle Street, Leicester Fields, turner. 
 
 John Ciwyzine, St. Martin's Lane, the elder. 
 
 Francis Hater, of Duke Street, periwig-maker. 
 
 James Murley, of Bedfordbury, tailor. 
 
 Peter Hazard, of Long Acre, cabinet-maker. 
 
 William Groves, of Drury Lane, distiller. 
 
 John Grigson, of Drury Lane. 
 
 Walter Shea, of Marygold Alley, tailor. 
 
 Merenius Emery, of Denmark Court, Strand. 
 
 Giles Pyron, of Long Acre, embroiderer. 
 
 Richard Glaspoole, of Arlington Street, carpenter. 
 
 Lawrence Courtney, of Charing Cross, vintner. 
 
 James Owyn (?), of Charing Cross. 
 
 John Watkins, of Hay market, surgeon. 
 
 Bryan Batson, of Strand, haberdasher, 
 
 James Langhorne, apprentice. 
 
 Henry Roberts, singing-master. 
 
 Francis Underwood, Charing Cross. 
 
 Robert St. George, Spring Gardens. 
 
 Robert Gilstrop, Charing Cross, gentleman. 
 
 Henry Lyon, of Burleigh Street, St. Martin's Fields. 
 
 Anthony Dufroney, of Bennetts Court, fringemaker. 
 
 Edmund Gwyn, of Strand. 
 
 Francis Johnson, of Long Acre, cabinet-maker. 
 
 Edward Simpson, of the Strand. 
 
 Andrew Quino, of Russell Street, apothecary. 
 
 John Calloway, of Drury Lane, chairman. 
 
 John Gresham, of Miggs Court, painter. 
 
 (Sum total, ^25 \2S. 6d.) 
 
 Reputed papists of the parish of St. James's, Westminster (same form 
 as above) : — 
 
 Darby Levin, of St. James's, victualler. 
 John Haddock, of Sherwood Street, victualler. 
 Thomas Clifton, of Queen's Street, gentleman. 
 James Ragould, of Charles Street, gentleman. 
 ' John Begg, of St. James's Street, victualler. 
 William Ayrey, of Rider Street, glazier. 
 Nicholas Alullinux, of Barry Street, tailor. 
 
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 James Morray, of Pall Mall, gentleman. 
 John Cukus (?), of Pall Mall, goldsmith. 
 Andrew Prescott, of Portugal Street, baker. 
 John Carter, of King Street, shoemaker. 
 Francis Comings, of James Street, shoemaker. 
 Andrew Roch, of Berry Street. 
 Knevet Hastings, esquire, second refusal, fined J^^'^. 
 (Total sum, ^19 os. od.) 
 
 Reputed papists in the parish of St. Clement Danes (same form as 
 above) : — 
 
 Peter Painter, of Maypole Alley, joiner. 
 
 Valentine Fdwles, of " Witch" Street. 
 
 Patrick Braynon, of Blackmore Street, victualler. 
 
 John Smallwood, of the same. 
 
 John Smith, of Uuke Street, chandler. 
 
 Clement Wytheborn, victualler. 
 
 William Dunton. 
 
 Peter Michells, of Horton Street. 
 
 (Sum total, ^5 10s. od.) 
 
 Reputed papists of the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster : — 
 
 John Miles, of Cranborne Street, cordwainer. 
 
 Raymond Surrovile, of Newport Street, vintner. 
 
 Francis Walgrave, of Compton Street, doctor in physic. 
 
 John Williams, of the same, tobacconist. 
 
 Joseph Berry, of King Street, casemaker. 
 
 Martin Carbinel, otherwise Beauleau, of Porter Street, gentleman. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Champion, leather seller. 
 
 (Total sum, ^^5 i^^s. od.) 
 
 Reputed papists in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden (form as 
 above) : — 
 
 Joseph Palmer, of Russell Street, dyer. 
 John Weldon, servant of Dr. Conquest. 
 Timothy Bourne, of Hart Street, barber. 
 Patrick Mooney, of Hart Street, baker, 
 Joseph Knights, of Russell Street, goldsmith. 
 Andrew Renoc, of Bedford Street, tailor. 
 Edward Penruddock, of James Street, esquire. 
 Charles Conquest, of Bow Street, doctor in physic. 
 (Sum total, ^8 ly.f. dd.) 
 
 Reputed papists in the parish of St. ]\Iary-le-Savoy (same form as 
 above) : — 
 
 Richard Harris, of "Witch Street," upholsterer. 
 John Burchell, of Swan Yard, victualler. 
 William Curies, of Swan Yard, engraver. 
 
 (Sum total, ^4 55. od.) pp. 39-43 
 
 Receipt for 5/- paid into Court by Robert Rusholme, of the Physic 
 Garden, in the parish of St. Margaret's, for refusing to take the t)ath of 
 Fidelity, &c p. 43 
 
Si'ssny/is Book 499 — Auo^iist and Scptenibo', 1692. 79 
 
 Similar receifjt ot line from John Driver, gilder, of Jerman Street, in the 
 parish of St. James's, for the like offence ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 [Pages 44-50 blank.] 
 
 Note of the oath taken by John Smith as Clerk of the Peace ... p. 51 
 
 Various memoranda relating to convictions and recognizances ... ibid. 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 499 -AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1692. 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, (S:c. ... ... pp. 7-44 
 
 [Pages 45-48 blank.] 
 
 Two of the Justices, William Withers and W'lliam Underbill, appointed 
 to examine into the case of Isabella Hubbert, recently delivered of a female 
 bastard in the parish ol St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and to take such action as 
 shall seem fit. In one affidavit she had named John Jenkins as the reputed 
 father, and in anotlier Leonard Pierson ... ... ... ... ]). 49 
 
 At the June Quarter Sessions a complaint had been made by several of 
 the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, suggesting that ^Villiam 
 Duncomb, surveyor of the highways for the year 1691 "had clandestinely 
 and by some foul practice got his accounis audited"; that several of those 
 ap'pointed to audit them had had no notice of the audit, and the Court had 
 then ordered that " it should be referred to the auditors of the parish and 
 Mr. Strowde, an able inhabitant there, to re-examine the said accounts. 
 William Duncomb now states that all the auditors appointed to take his 
 accounts, eleven in number, had had due notice of the audit ; that they were 
 audited by eight of them, and had been inspected and allowed by two of the 
 Justices ; and that the order had been obtained at the last Sessions by 
 surprise, and without his knowledge. The Court ordered that the order 
 made at the last Sessions for re-auditing the accounts be discharged, and that 
 the inhabitants forthwith pay to Duncomb ^42 i^-. 7^. due to him ... ibid. 
 
 On the complaint of Thomas Larke and Gerr.ud Selby, scavengers for 
 the lower hamlet of Wapping, U'hitechapel, for the year last past, that the 
 inhabitants refuse to pay to them the sum of ;^i4 \2S. due for the work of 
 cleansing the strett, &c., the Court referred the matter to three of the 
 Justices — Mr. Thomas Johnson, Mr. Bohun, and Mr. Ford — for enquiry and 
 SL-ttlement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 The churchwardens, (Src, of St. Giles Without, Ctipplegate apply for 
 powers to make a rate for the relief of the casual poor •' who daily increase,"' 
 as they have expended about ;^3o, and have no income sufficient to meet 
 it. The Court refers the matter to C"lonel Pery, Mr. Withers, and 
 Mr. Underbill, three of the Justices, to be dealt with for the relief of the 
 churchwardens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 It is ordered that Mr. Wainwright do forthwith set workmen to work in 
 and about the repairing of Hicks Hall. A committee is nominated consisting 
 
8o Middlesex County Records. 
 
 of Sir Charles Lee, Thomas Rowe, Mr. Buck, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Heriot, 
 
 Mr. , Mr. Smith, Mr. Underhill, and Mr. Withers, Justices, to see that 
 
 the Hall be well and substantially repaired ; they are to decide what rent 
 Mr. Wainwright ought to pay for . . . since his coming to be *' cryer " 
 Document decayed. [Vide Sessions Booli 497) P- 37] P- 5^ 
 
 Order for discharging Francis Fisher from his indenture of apprentice- 
 hood to William Brittaine, of Limehouse, in the parish of Stepney. Fisher 
 had complained that his master had " inhumanly beat and abused" him, and 
 the Justice to whom the complaint was originally made being unable to 
 " compound and agree " the difference, the Court, on investigation, found that 
 the indenture had been antedated two years, so that Francis had but five 
 years to serve, " which is contrary to the Act, and that upon the oath of 
 William Fisher and other witnesses they found that he had cruelly beat, &c., 
 his apprentice " ... ... ... ... ... ... ..- ... p- 5^ 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish 
 of Stepney, to pay to Bridgett Harman, "a poor person" of that hamlet, the 
 sum of 2/- weekly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ihid. 
 
 John Walters, apprentice to Thomas Batt, tailor, of the parish of 
 St. Clement Danes, was charged by his master "with embezilling and 
 purloining his goods, and deserting his service, and was committed to the 
 House of Correction at Tuttle Fields, Westminster, but was immediately 
 illegally discharged from custody. The apprentice acknowledges to the Court 
 his offence and prays that his master may be ordered to receive him into his 
 service. Batt attended and informed the Court that Walters was apprenticed 
 to him for five years, but that the indenture was not enrolled ; that " Walters 
 is a very disorderly and pilfering person, and had attempted to debauch 
 his daughter," and hath descried his service for a fortnight, for which causes 
 Batt alleges he " could not safely entertain " him in his service any longer. 
 The Court ordered Walters to be discharged from his apprenticehood and 
 committed him to the House of Correction, and to be " kept to labour " 
 until further order from the Court ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 On the complaint of Thomas Adlam, George Powell and Richard Smyth, 
 late overseers of the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, that they had 
 spent about £,22, 1 2s. more on the relief of the poor than they had received, 
 three of the Justices— Colonel Peiry, Mr. Withers, and Mr. Underhill — were 
 directed to examine the accounts, and make such order for reimbursing them 
 as they should see fit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Upon complaint on oath of divers of the chief inhabitants of the parish 
 of Stoke Newington, that Francis Harding of that parisli, victualler, " keepeth 
 a very disorderly house, as well on the Lord's Days as on tlie week days, and 
 entertaineth beggars, vagrants, and thieves, who rob" the inhabitants of their 
 goods, to the great damage and terror of the said inhabitants, the Court 
 ordered that the license of Thomas Harding be suppressed from the 6th of 
 October following ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 On the complaint of Edward Bentley, John Brittin, and John Tyzach, 
 scavengers of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, that for the last year past they 
 have disbursed to the rakers ^21 more than they have received, the Court 
 ordered that this /".ix should be paid to them as follows : ^10 at Michaelmas, 
 ;^5 at Christmas, and ^6 at Lady Day ... ... ... ... p 55 
 
Sessio/is Jiook ^g(^— A lions/ and Scp/cnibcr, 1692. 81 
 
 Henry Dix, carman, of the liberty of Norton Folgate, shows that he is 
 nominated and appointed constable of the liberty, and asks the Court to 
 discharge him from serving, on the plea that " he is sixty-four years of age, and 
 that he is very infirm, and altogether illiterate." The Court accordingly 
 discharges him, and orders the inhabitants to elect another constable p. 55 
 
 At the June Quarter Sessions the license of Daniel Ellis, \ictualler, of 
 Milford Lane, in the Duchy Liberty in the Strand, had been suppressed, but 
 on the ap|)lication of the said Ellis at the adjourned Quarter Sessions in July, 
 on the evidence of several officers and inhabitants that he kept good rule and 
 order in his house, Ellis was allowed, till the present Quarter Sessions, '' to 
 draw and sell such beer and ale as he should have in store," provided he did 
 not suffer any evil rule or order to be kept in his house. At this present 
 Court Ellis prays for the restoration of his license, and Hugh Chamberlaine 
 and Leonard Hancock, two of the Justices residing in the liberty, are 
 appointed to deal with the matter, and to make order for the issue of a license 
 or continue the su|)pression, as they shall see fit ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 The petition of the surveyors of the highways of the |)arish of St. Pancras 
 (names not recorded) for an order to the inhabitants to raise the sum of ;^7o 
 and upwards, due to them for the repair of the highways, was referred to one 
 of the Justices, Sir James Smyth, to make the requisite order, or to report to 
 the next Court of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., for the north end of Finchley to make 
 a rate to repay Henry Whitchcott, constable for the previous year, the sum of 
 ^8 i8i-. 3^., which he had expended in relieving and conveying cripples, &c., 
 through the Parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Complaint of Joseph Allen, of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish of 
 Stepney, showing that he was raker to the hamlet in 1690, "before there was 
 any Act of Parliament to compell the inhabitants" to pay for the work done ; 
 that the hamlet owed him ;^2o ; and asking that the examination of the 
 matter might be referred to the Justices of the Tower Division for examination. 
 The Court granted an order accordingly, instructing Colonel Johnson and 
 Mr. J. Bohun to deal with the matter ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 It is ordered by this Court that Richard Tuskin, constable of the parish 
 of St. Pancras, do forthwith seize and take into his custody three cows now 
 in the possession of Robert Harris, or some other person for his use, by the 
 said Robert Harris lately feloniously taken from Joane Collins, widow. The 
 constable is to permit Joane Collins to take the milk of the three cows until 
 the next goal delivery, if she pay for the pasturage of the said cows ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the appearance of Christopher Clitheroe, treasurer for maimed 
 soldiers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Katherine Cole, widow, represented to the Court that about a year ago 
 she apprenticed her daughter Katherine to Bridgett Lazenby, milliner, of the 
 parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, for seven years, and paid jQ2o ; on 
 Tuesday last Bridgett Lazenby absconded, "carrying away all her goods 
 privately, and is gone into the Eryers for refuge," and hath leit the petitioner's 
 child unprovided for, and reluses to return any part of the ^20, or to 
 release Katherine Cole from her apprenticeship. The Court, since Bridgett 
 
82 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Lazenby did not appear, ordered the discharge of Katherine Cole the younger 
 from her apprenticehood... ... ... ... •■. ... ••• P- 59 
 
 Order for respiting the recognizances of Dorothy Colby, Clement Beron, 
 John Johnson, John Hutchinson, John Mannowry, Daniel Jones, Lawrence 
 Crosse, Richard Wallis, George Power, Jane Propp, Ann Wallis, otherwise 
 Halford, John Rowe, Leonard Scott and Mary, his wife, Katherine Swaine, 
 William Ellis, Anne Blake, Jane Badge, Katherine Barber, Robert Broadwater, 
 Francis Gunn and Frances, his wife, Peter Barnsly, John Blake, Richard 
 Wray, John Seacraft, Thomas Walter, Richard Williams, James Murtree, 
 Thomas Davis, Mary Harvey, William Perrey, Mary Ladyman, and Margaret 
 Jackson, till further order of the Court p. 60 
 
 [Pages 61-73 blank.] 
 
 Names of victuallers admitted ... ... ... ... ..- P- 74 
 
 [Pages 75-76 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda, relating mainly to recognizances and indictments 
 
 pp. 77-80 
 
 "John Piggott, Anabaptist preacher, teaches a congregation in Covent 
 Garden, at the Two Blue Balls" p. 78 
 
 [Pages 81-86 blank.] 
 
 Lists headed New Prison and House of Correction p. 87 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 88-92 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 500— OCTOBER, 1692. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments and recognizances pp. 7-31 
 [Pages 32-40 blank.] 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Joseph Allen, of Ratcliffe Hamlet, 
 Stepney Parish, showing that he was raker for the said hamlet in 1690, before 
 the Act of Parliament was issued, to compel the inhabitants to pay for the 
 said work, and that there is due to him ^^20 for his labour, and praying that 
 his complaint may be referred to the Justices residing within the Tower 
 Division. It is accordingly referred to certain Justices, who are to make such 
 order for the assessment and collection of the said sum as they shall consider 
 meet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Petition of James Seamour, a constable of Rislipp, showing that William 
 Fenn, the other constable, is lately dead, and that the petitioner is unable to 
 perform the duty of constable to tlie whole parish, it being very large, and 
 praying that James Atley, of Rislipp, aforesaid, yeoman, may be appointed to 
 the office, in the room of the said William ; it is ordered accordingly... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book ^oo— October, 1692. 83 
 
 Order for the removal of Elizabeth, daughter of John PliiUips, from the 
 parish of Ippolittes to that of South Mymms ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the removal of Ann, daughter of John Phillips, from the parish 
 of Aston, county Herts., to that of Soutli Mymms ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order for the removal of Ann, \Villiam, and Robert, the children of 
 John Blowe, from the parish of St. Bridgett's, otherwise Bride's, to that of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... il'id. 
 
 Order for the removal of Hannah Gives and her two children from tlie 
 parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, to that of St. Andrew's, Holborn p. 44 
 
 Dispute between the inhabitants of the liberty of Whitecross Street, in 
 the parish of St. Giles's Without, Cripplegate, and William Cranfeild, of the 
 said liberty, silver spinner, concerning the election of the said William as 
 constable for the year ensuing. It is ordered that he ... be discharged 
 from serving in the said office, on account of his age and infirmities ... p. 45 
 
 Proceedings upon the dispute between the inhabitants of the liberty oi 
 Golding Lane in the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, and John 
 Goreing of the said liberty, glover, concerning the election of the said Goreing 
 as constable for the ensuing year. Upon proof of the age and infirmity 
 of the candidate elected it is ordered that he be discharged from serving the 
 said office, and that the inhabitants appoint some other person ... p. 46 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint ot John Gillingham, apprenticed to 
 George Felster, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, joiner. Upon proof that Felster 
 has not instructed the said apprentice, it is ordered that he be discharged ; 
 and it is further ordered that the said Felster do return to the said John's 
 father, ;£^ 10s. of the money paid with the said apprentice ... ... ilnd. 
 
 Proceedings upon the dispute between Edith Sullivan, of Stebunheath, 
 otherwise Stepney, widow of Laurence Sullivan, mariner, and Joseph White, 
 apprentice to the said Laurence. White desires, his said master being 
 deceased, that the said Edith shall pass him over to some fit person skilled 
 in the said art for the remainder of the term of his apprenticehood, or that he 
 may be discharged. Upon hearing the said Edith, who offers to provide a 
 master forthwith for the said apprentice, it is ordered that the said White be 
 passed over to some fit person at or before the next Sessions... ... p. 47 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of 
 St. Sepulchre's, and those of St. Ann's, Westminster, concerning the last 
 legal setdement of John Browne, Elizabeth, his wife, and Isaac, his child. 
 Upon certain evidence given it is ordered that they be removed from the 
 parish of St. Sepulchre's and conveyed to that of St. Ann's ... ... p. 48 
 
 Proceedings upon an appeal between the churchwardens of the hamlet of 
 Mile End Old Town, Stepney Parish, and those of St. Paul's, Shadwell, 
 concerning the last legal settlement of Ann Cullum. Upon proof that the 
 said Ann has no legal settlement in the said hamlet, it is ordered that she be 
 forthwith removed from Mile End Old Town to the parish of St. Paul's, 
 
 Shadwell P- 49 
 
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84 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Upon the information of Nicholas Grice, J. P., that the highways in the 
 parish of Heston are in need of repair, and that the churchwardens and 
 others, inhabitants of the said parish, have made an assessment for the year 
 ensuing for the repairing of the same. The Court ratifies and confirms the 
 said rate, and orders that the assessment be collected accordingly ... p- 49 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Henry Harwood, former constable of 
 the liberty of Hollywell Street, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and 
 of Daniel Taylor, Robert Ashworth, William Steed, and William Newman, 
 former headboroughs of the said liberty, showing that they served the said 
 offices for 169?, and that an agreement was then made by the inhabitants of 
 the Tower Hamlets for the suppression of all " suspicious " houses, and for the 
 prosecution of all persons suspected of having any connection therewith, and 
 that the agreement being approved by the Justices "in open Sessions," it was 
 by them ordered to be carried out, and that the inhabitants of St. [Leonard's] 
 Shoreditch, refused to join with those of the Tower Hamlets towards defray- 
 ment of the charge for the suppression and prosecution above stated, and that 
 ihe petitioners disbursed £,2\ and more in prosecuting and convicting one 
 Frances Hinton, otherwise West, and in defending an action brought by the 
 said Frances, wherein the petitioners obtained a verdict against her, but 
 cannot recover their costs, and praying to be relieved in the premises ; it is 
 ordered to be referred to certain Justices (named) to examine into the truth 
 of the said complaint, and to give such order for the reimbursement of the 
 said petitioners as they shall consider meet ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of William Miller and Joseph Taylor, 
 former scavengers of the liberty of HoUowell Street, in the parish ot 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, showing that they have disbursed to the raker 
 jC^I 6s. more than they have received, which the present scavengers and 
 inhabitants refuse to pay, and praying to be reimbursed, it is ordered to be 
 referred to certain Justices (named), who are to examine the petitioners' 
 accounts, and to allow them what they consider right. Listructions concern- 
 ing the raising of an assessment for the same ... ... ... ... P- 52 
 
 Order for the discharge of all issues returned by the Sheriff of this 
 county, against the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary's, Islington, for not 
 repairing the highways, it being certified that the said ways are w^ell 
 repaired ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... //>id. 
 
 Order for the confirmation of an order adjudging John Jenkins, of 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, cheesemonger, to be the father of the child of 
 Isabella Hubbard, of the said parish ... ... ... ... P- 53 
 
 Upon the petition of James May, showing that he was apprenticed by 
 the churchwardens of Limehouse Hamlet, in the parish of Stepney, to Jonas 
 May, of the said hamlet, mariner, and that the said Jonas has absconded, 
 and that his wife is in Newgate, whereby the petitioner is left destitute, and 
 praying to be discharged, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Whereas on the 20th of April, 1691, the inhabitants of Kensington 
 Parish w^ere ordered to pave with stone the common highway in the said 
 parish "on both sides the way," on or before the 24th of June following 
 [r/de Sessions Book, No. 484, p. 81], which the said inhabitants, for good 
 reasons shown, were unable to get done by the time limited, and therefore 
 
Sessio//s Bool' 500 — Oclobc7% 1692. 85 
 
 they obtained several orders for an enlargement of the time until the 24th of 
 June last \i'ide Sessions Book, No. 490, p. 58]. llpon the petition of the said 
 inhabitants, showing that they could not j^rocure sufficient stones and gravel, 
 and that the summer proved so wet, and the highway so dirty, that it was 
 impossible to perform the said order at a reasonable expense, and praying 
 a further indulgence of time, it is ordered that further time be allowed, viz., 
 until the ist of May next, and that in the meantime a sufificient quantity of 
 gravel be laid in the said highway to make the same passable... ... p- 55 
 
 Upon the certificate of certain Justices (named) that they have viewed a 
 certain street leading from Clerkenwell Green to St. John Street, and that 
 they adjudge the said street fit to be paved with stone on both sides the way 
 from the house of Mr. Todd on the north side, and from the St. John 
 of Jerusalem Tavern on the south side to St. John Street aforesaid, it is 
 ordered that the same be carried out before the first day of the next 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Richard Browne, John Beacham, 
 William Salmon, and others, inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary's, Islington, 
 showing that by virtue of an estreat made on the 27th of June last against the 
 inhabitants of the said parish f"r neglect in repairing the highways, there had 
 been levied on the petitioners the sum of ^400, and that they have not had 
 any contribution from the other inhabitants, and pra)ing that an assessment 
 may be made [for the benefit of] the petitioners, it is ordered accordingly p. 56 
 
 An order to prevent carters, carmen, and draymen riding in their carts, 
 cars, and drays through the public streets, lanes, and places on account of 
 the common practice of driving furiously to the danger of young children and 
 others, their Majesties' subjects ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Upon information that Benjamin Beckett of Whitechapel, Henry Rogers 
 of Chiswell Street, Henry Quintin and Humfry Morris of Cowcrosse, .Andrew 
 Vaughan of Saffron Hill, George Constable of Holborn Bars, Thomas Bryan 
 of Boswell Court, John Thornton of Witch Street, John Browne of Soho, 
 Greek Street, Charles Whitehead of St. Giles, and William Meachin of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, the sheriff's bailiffs, do keep common " spunging 
 houses " and detain their prisoners for several days contrary to the law ; it is 
 ordered that the said bailiffs shall have their licenses suppressed, and 
 that from and after the 2nd of February next they shall not sell any beer 
 or ale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 59 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the surveyors of the highways of 
 St. Giles's Parish and those of St Pancras, showing that one side of the road 
 leading from St. Giles's Pound to Hampstead is in the said parish ol 
 St. Pancras, and that 150 poles of the said way "or thereabouts" is in the 
 said parish of St. (iiles'-in-the Field.s, and that, notwithstanding great sums 
 have yearly been laid out by the authorities of both parishes, the road is not 
 kept in such good repair as it should be, owing to the fact that the surveyors 
 ot the said parishes do not work at the same time in the repair of the said 
 road, and that at a meeting of the inhabitants of the said parish, on the 
 27th of July, 1691, it was agreed that the highway "leading from the end of 
 Great Russell Street over against the sign of the old Crab-tree im St. Giles's 
 side, and from the said sign of the Crabtree {sic) in St. Pancras side as far as 
 the said parish of St. Pancras doth extend towards St. Giles's Pound," should 
 
86 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 be raised and sufficiently repaired at the equal charge of each parish, and that 
 the common sewer in St. Pancras Parish should be cleansed and repaired 
 likewise at the charge of both parishes, and that for the future (after 1691) 
 the expenses for all repairs should be so equally divided, except they should 
 be otherwise ordered by the Justices, and praying the Court will confirm the 
 said agreement ; it is [confirmed] accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 A receipt, signed by Isaac Lodgson, churchwarden, and Christopher 
 Bateman, overseer, of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for the sum 
 of ;^4 ; Henry Oldham and Thomas Potter having paid 40/- each for refusing 
 to take the oaths tendered to them ... ... ... ... .. p. 61 
 
 Names of five victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, indictments, recognizances, 
 &c... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 63-68 
 
 [Page 69 blank.] 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 70 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John, son of John Brand, formerly of 
 Stebunheath, otherwise Stepney, to Thomas Claydon, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, 
 '' house carpenter." To serve for seven years ... ... ... ... p7i 
 
 The like of Mose.s, son of Philip Sawyer, formerly of St. Mary's Parish, 
 in the' village of Bedford, country Bedford, tobacco pipe maker, to Lawrence 
 Nott, of St. James's, Westminster, tobacco pipe maker. To serve seven years. 
 Dated 29 September, 1692 ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The like of Joseph, son of Joseph Standley, formerly of Cerricott (j/V), 
 county Herts, husbandman, to John Osland, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, joiner. 
 To serve seven years. Dated 6 September, 1692 ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Note of an apprentice (unnamed) to Samuel Corbet ... ... ibid. 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed '• Indictments and Calendar of 
 Recognizances" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 72-75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 501— DECEMBER, 1692. 
 
 Jury list p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 7-32 
 
 [Pages 33-36 blank.] 
 
 Order to the constables and headboroughs of Hillingdon, complaints 
 having been made of robberies and burglaries, to " place and set a sufficient 
 watch, to consist of one constable or headborough, and three able men at 
 the house of Roger West, in Cowley Street, till the ist of March next"; and 
 that they do continue to keep their watch at the Red Lion in Hillingdon, 
 to consist of the like or a greater number of persons as heretofore. The 
 inhabitants of Cowley are to contribute to the watch kept in Cowley Street 
 by sending one sufficient person one night in every week to be on the 
 watch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
St'ssio/is Book 501 — December, 1692. 87 
 
 Order for respiting the fines against the inhabitants of the parish of 
 Isleworth for not repairing the highways ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 James Downes, John Cornell, Abraham Frim and Jonathan Markham, 
 surveyors of the highways of St. Mary Maifellon (Whitechapel), state that, in 
 accordance with an Order of the Oourt, they have repaired and amended 
 Church Lane in that parish, and have disbursed ;^44 2>^. gd. of their own money, 
 together with j£g since their accounts were made up at the vestry. The 
 Court orders the churchwardens, &c., to make a rate to rej^ay this sum, not 
 to exceed 4^. in the pound for tenements, &c., and 8^. for every ^20 of 
 personal estate. Two of the Justices, George Bohun and Robert Constable, 
 to allow the assessment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 38 
 
 Complaint made of divers robberies and burglaries lately committed in 
 or near the parish of Chelsey " for want of strict, able and sufficient watches 
 and wards being kept there." The Court orders the constables and head- 
 boroughs of the parish, from the time of notice given to the loth of March, 
 to set such sufficient watches and wards at such places in the parish as 
 shall be thought most convenient for the safety of the inhabitants and 
 their Majesties' subjects passing through the parish about their lawful 
 business ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 39 
 
 Information is given to the Court by the chief inhabitants of the hamlet 
 of Wapping, Stepney, that Thomas Gatehouse, late churchwarden, had received 
 several considerable sums of money "given by his present Majesty for the 
 relief of the poor." amounting to ^145 and upwards, and had distributed only 
 a small part of it in relief, and had given a false and imperfect account of the 
 distribution. The Court having heard both parties ordered Thomas Gate- 
 house to deliver to the inhabitants a true report of all such moneys by him 
 received and expended, to whom paid, and where the said persons did then 
 and do now inhabit. The present churchwardens, one of those who audited 
 the accounts, and the beadle are to go from house to house in the said hamlet 
 with Thomas Gatehouse to examine Avhat moneys were paid by him to such 
 poor persons now living in the hamlet. Report to be made to the next 
 Court p. 40 
 
 Thomas Clarke, surveyor of the highways for the liberty of Saffron Hill 
 and Hatton Garden, represents that the Court ordered in December, 1691 
 [m(fe Sessions Book 491, p. 52], that a way leading from the north end of 
 Hatton Garden, down towards Hockley Hole, should be amended with gravel 
 at the charge of the inhabitants of the liberty. He shows that he ought not 
 to repair the said way with gravel at the charge of the liberty, and prays the 
 appointment of two Justices to review the way and report whether it ought to 
 be repaired by the liberty or by the occupiers of the adjacent houses. Ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order made for Elizabeth Parry to serve the rest of her term of five 
 years' apprenticeship with John Appleby and Mary, his wife, in learning the 
 art of " washing point and gauze " ... ... ... ••• •■■ P- 42 
 
 Order to Hugh Goddard, late constable of Spittlefields, to pay the sum 
 of ^{,'13 II J-. 2^/ to the present churchwarden ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the constables of the liberty of the Strand to place a watch of 
 four able warders in the high street between Temple Bar and Salisbury 
 House every night until the watches are set at 10 o'clock ... ... P- 43 
 
88 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the committal of Thomas Ciriffith, of St. Pancras, to the New 
 Prison for non-payment of poor rate ... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Clement Danes to pay to 
 Susanna Afatson, widow, ^8 a year in quarterly payments ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to Mr. Reynolds, Deputy Clerk of the Peace, to pay Captain 
 Thomas Jones, keeper of the New Prison, and governor of the House of 
 Correction, jQio in part payment of money due to him for repairs to the 
 prison and House of Correction... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order suppressing for three years the license of Daniel Smith, victualler, 
 of Hampton, for suffering disorders, &:c. ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order suppressing the license of Henry Slade, victualler, of Hampton, for 
 a similar period ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Humphrey Turner to serve the rest of his eight years' 
 apprenticeship with John Denton, mariner, of Stepney ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for certain Justices — Lancelot Johnson, Sir Charles Lee, James 
 Cardrow, Thomas Owen, Thomas Hariot, Ralph Bucknall, Theoi)hilus Eyton, 
 and John Herbert — to inspect and examine the workmen's bills for the 
 repairs at Hick's Hall, and to report to the next Court ... ... p. 46 
 
 [Pages 47-50 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda relating mainly to recognizances, &c. 
 A meeting of Quakers is certified to be at Mill Hill, in Hendon Parish, 
 and is registered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... PP-S'jS^ 
 
 [Pages 53-56 blank.] 
 
 A receipt from the surveyors of the highways of Stepney, of 18/- for the 
 default of John Stayley and Thomas Betts, in not working for six days a year 
 towards the repair of the highways in Stepney ... ... ... ... P- 57 
 
 Lists of those in New Prison and House of Correction ... ... p. 59 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 60-63 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 502— JANUARY, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, accjuittals, commitments, 
 &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-29 
 
 [Pages 30-46 blank.] 
 
 AVhereas by an order of the loth of October last \yide Sessions Book 500, 
 p. 43], upon a hearing of the appeal between the overseers of the parish of 
 South Mymms and those of Aston, county Herts, concerning the settlement of 
 Ann, daughter of John Phillips ; it was ordered that the said Ann should be 
 conveyed from Aston to the parish of South Mymms. The said order is now 
 ratified and confirmed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
Sessions J->ook ^02— [an uary, 1693. ^9 
 
 Upon a full hearing of the appeal between the churchwardens of W'ootton 
 Parish, and those of Aston and South Mymms, concerning the last legal settle- 
 ment of John, Ann, and Elizabeth, the children of John Phillips, and it 
 a[)pearing that the said John was last legally settled at A\^)Otton, it is ordered 
 that the said children be maintained in that parish ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary, relict of Robert Outram, and 
 Robert and Elizabeth, her two children, now chargeable to the parish of 
 St. Michael's, Wood Street. Upon proof that the said Robert was last settled 
 in the said parish, it is ordered that they continue there, and that the parish 
 of St. James's, Westminster, be freed ... ... ... ... ••■ p. 48 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joseph Taylor, whose wife, Ann, 
 and one child, are chargeable to Rislipp parish. Upon jjroof that the said 
 Joseph was last legally settled as a hired servant for a year to William Martin, 
 of Harmon.sworth, it is ordered that the said Ann, with her child, be conveyed 
 from Rislipp to that parish ... ... ... ... ..• ••• P- 49 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Edward Pewry, now chargeable to 
 the hamlet of Mile End Old Town, by an order cf the 14th of November 
 last. Upon examination it is ordered that he do continue in the said parish, 
 and that St. Mary's, Whitechapel, be freed from any charge thereof ... p. 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah Chandler, now chargeable to 
 Hornsey Parish. Upon proof that the said Sarah was a servant to Moses 
 Sedgwick, in Finchley Parish, it is ordered that she be conveyed from Hornsey 
 to Finchley ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• P- 5^ 
 
 Dispute between Joseph Hall, of Stebunheath, otherwise Stepney, 
 mariner, and Thomas Jefferies, his apprentice, concerning the discharge of 
 the said apprentice. Upon reading the indenture, dated 9 December, 1691, 
 which shows the said apprentice was to serve for a term of three years only, 
 and the said indenture not being enrolled, it is ordered that the said Jefferies 
 be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5 2 
 
 The petition of the churchwardens and overseers for the liberty above 
 bars, in the parish of St. Andrew's Holborn, showing the increase of the poor 
 in the said liberty, and the insufficiency of the assessments to answer the 
 disbursements, and praying for an additional rate. It is referred to certain 
 Justices (named), who are to give order for such an additional rate as they 
 shall consider right ... ... ... ... ... ... • • • P- 5 2 
 
 Difference between the churchwardens and overseers of St. Paul's Parish, 
 Covent Garden, and those of St. Mary-le-Savoy, concerning the settlement of 
 John Evans, his wife and child. Upon proof that the said John " before arid 
 since Michaelmas last" inhabited a certain house in the Playhouse Yard, in 
 the said parish of St. Paul's, and paid a yearly rent of ^^15, it is ordered that 
 they be relieved by the last-named j^arish, and that of St. Mary-le-Savoy be 
 freed p. 53 
 
 Upon information given on the 5th 01 December last by several 
 inhabitants of Wapping Hamlet, that Thomas (iatehouse, former church- 
 warden of the .said hamlet, had received several considerable sums of money 
 for the relief of the poor, amounting to ^145 and more, and had distributed 
 
90 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 but a small part thereof, and had given an imperfect account of the 
 distribution \yidc Sessions Book No. 501, p. 40], the said Thomas Gatehouse 
 now appearing, and stating that he had distributed the said moneys to 
 the poor, many of whom are now dead, or removed, and that he was 
 interrupted in going from house to house in the said hamlet, and praying 
 for further time to make up his accounts, it is ordered to be referred to 
 certain Justices (named), who are to examine the accounts, and to report 
 the result at the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Bentley, who was passed by 
 order dated the 12 th of January from the parish of St. Ann's, Westminster, 
 to that of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Upon proof that the said Bentley had 
 no legal settlement in the latter parish, it is ordered that he be conveyed to 
 that of St. Ann's P- 5^ 
 
 Proceedings upon the dispute between the churchwardens and inhabitants 
 of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and William Miller, of the said 
 parish, tallow-chandler, concerning the confirmation of said Miller to serve 
 as surveyor of the highways for the liberty of Hollywell Street, in the said 
 parish. Upon proof of his being duly returned, it is ordered that he serve 
 for the ensuing year according to his nomination and election ... p- 57 
 
 Dispute between Colonel Francis Cambon and Joshua Rayman, his 
 servant, concerning the discharge of the said Joshua. Upon proof that the 
 said Joshua was hired by the said Colonel as a footman for one year, it is 
 ordered that he accordingly serve the remainder of his term ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Drue Hesketh, gentleman, showing that 
 he resides chiefly in Lancashire, but when in London in December last, Philip 
 Lloyd, overseer of St. Ann's Parish, Westminster, brought a warrant for 
 
 apprehending Askue, a coachman, as the reputed father of Elizabeth 
 
 Wedge's child, and that the said Lloyd affirmed to the said Drue that he v^-as 
 the person meant, and that the petitioner having no person in London to 
 stand as surety for him in the matter, left with the said Lloyd a silver cup, 
 valued at £^'], and ^10 in money, as pledge to indemnify the said parish for 
 the maintenance of the child until the hearing of the appeal. The said Drue 
 having entered into recognizances to appear at the next Sessions, it is ordered 
 that Lloyd deliver up to the petitioner the said cup and ;£\o deposited as 
 aforesaid ... ... ... ... ... ■• .•• ■■• ••• P- 58 
 
 Order concerning the dividends received by the Justices' Clerks from the 
 licenses for alehouses ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• p. 60 
 
 By an order of the loth of October last a certain new street in the parish 
 of St. James's, Clerkenwell, leading from Clerkenwell Green to St. John 
 Street, was ordered to be paved with stone on both sides the way \yide 
 Sessiofis Book No. 500, p. 55], by the first day of this Sessions. Now upon 
 the application of Mr. Nailer and others interested in the houses, buildings, &c., 
 fronting the said street, whose right it is to pave the same, praying for an 
 indulgence of time owing to the season being wet, it is ordered that the same 
 be granted until the first day of the next Sessions ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order upon the report of certain Justices (named) concerning the 
 accounts of the workmen for the repairs at Hicks Hall, and for payment of 
 
Scss/of/s Book 503 — Feb y nary, 1693. 91 
 
 the money. The names antl trades of the workmen employed, and the 
 amount of each account, are given ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 [Pages 64-72 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, appearances, acquittals 
 &c. PP- 73-75 
 
 [Pages 76, 77 blank.] 
 
 List of names under headings " New Prison " and " House of 
 Correction" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 78 
 
 [Page 79 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed '" Indictments, [and] Calendar of 
 Recognizances" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 80-83 
 
 Memorandum of persons subpoenaed ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 503— FEBRUARY, 1693. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-22 
 
 [Pages 23-32 blank.] 
 
 Order discharging Edward Mascall, apprentice to Francis Lambe, 
 bricklayer, of Twickenham, from his indentures, as Lambe had left his 
 residence and deserted him for several months ... ... ... P- 33 
 
 Order for John Bird and Mabel Haynes to assign Robert Atkins to some 
 fit master to serve the rest of his apprenticehood. Atkins had been bound to 
 John Bird, senior, collar-maker, of St. Anne's, Westminster, who had died. 
 John Bird, junior, and Mabel Haynes were the executors of John Bird, 
 senior ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 34 
 
 Order to William Nott, bookbinder, of St. James's, Westminster, to 
 receive again his apprentice William Penington. Penington had given notice 
 to one of the Justices that a scandalous libel on their ALajesties had been left 
 at his master's shop to be bound, and, fearing to return to his master on this 
 account, had absented himself, but since had asked leave to return ... p. 35 
 
 Order confirming the report of the Justices appointed to enquire into the 
 accounts of Thomas Gatehouse, late churchwarden of Wapping. The Court 
 find there is very great defect in the accounts, and injury done to the poor, 
 and that the inhabitants had just cause of complaint ; but as Gatehouse was 
 a poor working smith, not anyways capable of giving satisfaction, at the request 
 of the original complainants he is discharged from any further trouble relating 
 to this county money. A copy of the report is to be entered in the town 
 register book of the said hamlet as a caveat. \Vide Sessions Book 502, p. 54.] 
 
 P-36 
 
 Order for William Underbill, treasurer for the maimed soldiers in the 
 hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay to Captain Thomas Jones, 
 
92 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 keeijer of the New Prison, &c., ^37 a,s. out of ^74 3^. due to him for rent 
 and repairs to New Prison and the House of Correction ... ... p. 37 
 
 A similar order to Christopher Chtherow, treasurer for the maimed 
 soldiers in the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, to pay the 
 other half of the money due to Captain Thomas Jones ... ... p. 38 
 
 [Pages 39-44 blank.] 
 
 Roui^h memoranda, mainly relatiri,<: to recognizances ... pp. 45-47 
 [Page 48 blank.] 
 
 Indenture : William Rowe, son of John Rowe, of Mile End, to Edward 
 Trubsham, cordwainer, of Ratcliffe, for seven years ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 List of persons in New Prison and House of Correction ... ibid. 
 
 List of indictments and recognizances ... ... ... pp. 50-52 
 
 Memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 504— APRIL, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda : I hat John Percy, of Cripplegate, esquire, is chosen treasurer 
 for the maimed soldiers within the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and 
 Gore for 1693, and is also appointed to take the account of William 
 Underbill, esquire, late treasurer. 
 
 The like for Francis Herrick, of Southall, for the hundreds of Elthorn, 
 Spelthorn, and Isleworth, who is also appointed to take the account of 
 Christopher Clitherow, esquire, late treasurer. 
 
 Thomas Sanders, of Smithfield Bars, gentleman, is chosen treasurer for 
 the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals within the hundreds of Ossulton, 
 Edmonton, and Gore for 1693, in the room of William Gunston, deceased, 
 late treasurer. 
 
 The like for \\"illiam Steers, of Stains, gentleman, for the hundreds of 
 Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... p. 6 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, and 
 acquittals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp 7-31 
 
 [Pages 32-34 blank.] 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ralph Wink field from the office of constable 
 of Hanworth ; William Bennct to serve in his place. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Mr. Carew Guidott, one of the registrars of 
 the High Court of Chancery, fiom the office of overseer of the poor of the 
 parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. He pleads that the execution of his office of 
 registrar requires his constant attendance ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Debates of the appeal between the churchwardens and overseers of the 
 parish of St. Ethelburg Within, Bishopsgate, and the churchwardens of the 
 parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning the settlement of Mary Bilney, 
 
Sc'ssiofis Book 504 — Aprils 1693. 93 
 
 who was servant with Edward Norman at the lUill Inn, Bishopsgate, and who 
 intermarried with one Cieorge Gesset, a soldier wlio lodged in quarters, and 
 is now in their Majesties' army in Flanders ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order to the churthwardens and overseers of the parish of St. James. 
 Clerkenwell, to pay Thomas Walter 2/- weekly... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order for discharging the petition of Joseph Allen, of Ratclifte, in the 
 parish of Stepney, who appeals against being assessed at 12/- per annum for 
 scavengers' rates. It was decided that he was rated proportionably, and 
 therefore his appeal was dismissed ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for increasing the pensions of all the maimed soldiers paid by 
 the county by the sum of 20/- a year ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Reader, of the liberty of Norton Folgate, 
 in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, from the office of scavenger, upon 
 proof that he is only a lodger in the said liberty, has a wife and family, and is 
 very poor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order for admission of Richard Timms the younger, of Isleworth, 
 mariner, late belonging to their Majesties' ship the "Cornwall,'' to a pension 
 as a maimed soldier, he having lost the sight of both his eyes ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the matters in difference between the parishes of West Wycombe, 
 county Bucks, and Isleworth, county Middlesex, it is ordered that Richard 
 Rogers, his wife, and two children be provided for by the latter parish p. 40 
 
 Upon the matter in dispute between the parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate, 
 and St. Paul, Shadwell, concerning the last settlement of John Copping, 
 whose wife, Mary Copping, a lunatic, was by an order dated 21 December 
 last, passed to the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, it is ordered that the said 
 Mary Copping be removed to the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate ... p. 41 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of St. Clement, 
 • Eastcheap, and St. Paul's, Shadwell, concerning the last legal settlement of 
 Robert Chambre, whose wife and two children were, by order dated 14 April, 
 passed to the said parish of St. Clement, Eastcheap, it is ordered that 
 the said wife and children be removed to the said parish of St. Paul's, 
 Shadwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Upon the petition of Squier Collup, constable of the liberty of Lower 
 Barnsbury, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, it is ordered that the present 
 churchwardens and constables of the said liberty reimburse him the sum 
 of ^5 \'6s. ']d. for relieving and conveying cripples through the said 
 liberty l'. 43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and 
 Allhallowes, Lombard Street, concerning Elizabeth Williams, sometime servant 
 with Mr. Green at the Bell alehouse in Gracechurch Street p. 44 
 
 Order for respiting all proceedings against the inhabitants of the parish 
 of Hornsey, for not repairing their -highways, until the ne.xt General 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ••• ■•• ••• ••• ^I'id. 
 
94 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Whiteing from the office of scavenger 
 of Goodman's Fields, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, 
 upon proof that he is infirm, and no tradesman, as the Act of Parliament 
 requires ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the discharge of William WooUey, late of Highgate, in the 
 parish of Hornsey, from the office of surveyor of the highways of Highgate 
 [Hornsey in margin], upon proof that he has removed from Highgate... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Raymond, esquire, of the parish of 
 Hornsey, from the office of constable of the said parish, upon proof that he 
 lives chiefly in London, and has a house at Hornsey only for the air. 
 Anthony Groves nominated to the office ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order to reimburse Hugh Watson, late constable of the parish ot 
 Hornsey, his expenses in relieving and passing cripples ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Isleworth and Twickenham 
 as to the settlement of Elizabeth French and her child ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Monken Hadley and South 
 Mymms as to the legal settlement of John Basset, his wife, and four small 
 children ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the admission of John Hewitt to a pension of ^3 yearly as a 
 maimed soldier, he having served against the French on their Majesties' ship 
 the " Expedition," when he was blown up by i)owder, and lost the sight of 
 both eyes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 49, 50 
 
 Order to pay to John Stapler, Thomas Lynnett, and John Coleman, 
 inhabitants of the liberty of Glasshouse Yard, in the parish of St. Botolph's 
 Without, Aldersgate, the sum of ^4 7 jr. 6^., paid by them in regard to an 
 estreat made against the inhabitants of the said liberty for neglecting the 
 repair of a certain highway. The churchwardens and overseers are ordered 
 to make an assessment upon all the owners and occupiers of tenements, &c., 
 for the purpose aforesaid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order upon the application of the proprietors of the houses fronting John 
 Street, showing that as the "grate" now stands there is not sufficient current 
 to carry off the water to the sewer, and that the said street cannot be paved 
 till the Commissioner of Sewers has prepared the said sewer, the time for the 
 paving is further extended till i August next. \Vide Sessions Book 500, p. 55.] 
 
 P- 5^ 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. James within the liberty 
 of Westminster, and the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents 
 in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning the legal settlement of Jane 
 Johnson and her illegitimate child, who was born in Black Boy's Alley in 
 Chick Lane, in the said parish of St. Andrew, Holborn ... ... p. c;2 
 
 Order to the churchwardens of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to 
 make an assessment upon all the inhabitants, owners, and occupiers of houses, 
 lands, &c., in the said parish for the repair of the highways in the said 
 parish PP- 53, 54 
 
 [Pages 55-62 blank.] 
 
Sess/ofis Book 505 — May, 1693. 95 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda, as to indictments and ac(]uittals, &c. 
 
 pp. 63-65 
 [Page 66 blank.] 
 
 Names of victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 [Pages 68, 69 blank.] 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Emmanuel Powers, son of Arthur Powers, 
 of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, ropemaker, to Alexander Allen, of 
 Ratcliff. 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of William Abraham, son of Isaac Abraham, 
 late of Ratcliff, in the parish of Stepney, shipwright, deceased, to John Bigg, 
 of Limehouse, joiner. 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of William Robins, son of Thomas Robins, 
 of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, cordwainer, to Francis Murton, of the 
 same parish, cordwainer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 71 
 
 Lists of names headed " Indictments " and " Calendar of Recognizances " 
 
 PP- 72-75 
 Memoranda as to subpoenas ... ... ... ... ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 505— MAY, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, convictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-30 
 
 Order for the reimbursement of Thomas Lewis, formerly constable of 
 the parish of St. Pancras, he having expended the sum of £^\\ 3J-. 9^. for 
 the relief and conveyance of cripples, vagrants, and other impotent persons 
 through the said liberty. Instructions for an assessment to be made to 
 discharge the said account ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Admission ot Thomas Willis, junior, of Isleworth, waterman, as a 
 pensioner. The said Willis is to receive ^3 yearly from the treasurer 
 appointed for the maimed soldiers, he having served during last year in the 
 wars on board their Majesties' ship " Hampton Court," where he received a 
 shot in his right knee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and overseers of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. Shows that William Challoner, an inhabitant and 
 distracted person, is likely to become chargeable to the said parish, and that 
 
 there is ;^5o due to him by bond from Hall, of St. Ann's Parish, 
 
 Westminster, which bond is held by John Roper, of the parish of St. Giles'- 
 in-the-Fields. Prays that the said bond may be delivered over to the petitioners. 
 Katherine, the wife of the said William, offers security to indemnify the 
 parish, and the matter is referred to certain Justices to take and approve of 
 such security ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
9 6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, &:c. pp. 33-35 
 [Page 36 blank.] 
 
 Order for discharging John Holland from his indenture of apprentice- 
 hood, he having proved that his master, John Grigson, of Liniehouse, 
 Stepney, lighterman, beat and abused him ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and inhabitants 
 of Bow and Bromley, showing that a new watch-house has been lately built 
 in the great road between Bow and Mile End, for the better security of 
 persons from highwaymen who lurked in and about Bearbinder Lane, and 
 committed robberies in and near the said road, and that the charge for 
 keeping the said watch will be so great that the petitioners cannot defray the 
 same, and praying that the inhabitants of Mile End be ordered to contribute 
 to the same. It is referred to certain Justices to make such order upon the 
 inhabitants of Bow, Bromley, and Mile End as they shall consider fit ... p. 37 
 
 Upon the information of Saumel Lynne, gentleman, high constable of 
 Ossulston Hundred, that John Breviter, of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn- 
 above-Barrs, victualler, keeps a disorderly ale and music house near Lamb's 
 Conduit Fields, it is ordered that the said Breviter's license be sup- 
 pressed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 3^^ 
 
 Order for discharging David Goffe from his indenture of apprentice- 
 hood, it being proved that his master, Salvator Winter, of St. Giles'-in-the 
 Fields, doctor of medicine, has gone away and made no provision for the said 
 apprentice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 39 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices (named) to examine the accounts 
 of Thomas Francklyn and Thomas Bromwich, churchwardens of Chelsea 
 Parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the better observation of the Lord's Day ... ... p. 41 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction '' p. 43 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed "Indictments" ... ... p. 44 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John, son of George Willis, formerly of 
 St. Paul's Parish, Shadwell, sailor, to Thomas Hills, of the said parish, rope- 
 maker, to serve for seven years. Dated 15 May, 1693 ... ... p. 45 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed "Calendar of Recognizances " 
 
 pp. 46, 47 
 Memoranda as to subpoenas ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 506— JULY, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. pp. 5-32 
 
 tion " 
 
 Lists of names, headed " New Prison " and " House of Correc- 
 PP- .33> 34 
 
Se'ssiofis Book 506---/;//]', 1693. 97 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary's, Islington, to pay 
 Wilham Duncomb, surveyor of the highways within the said parish, ^42 is. "jd,, 
 disbursed by him for the use of the said parish ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 [Pages 36-38 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to commitments, indictments, acquittals, 
 &^- PP- 39-43 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of James Seamore and James Ately, 
 constables of Ruislip, showing that they served in the said office for last year, 
 and that the lord of the manor has not held a court leet during that time, 
 and praying to be discharged. Ordered accordingly. Joseph Nelham and 
 Daniel Willchin appointed constables, and Samuel Owen and Stephen ' 
 Ludgold, headboroughs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order of reference concerning the fees delivered into the House of 
 Commons by Mr. John Fox, as the fees " anciently taken in the office of the 
 Clerk of the Peace and gaol delivery of this county"... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Hancock, whose wife, Judith, 
 with their three children, Judith, Waddestill, and Ann, were passed, by an 
 order of the i6th of June, from the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise 
 Whitechapel, to that of St. Dionis, Backchurch. It is now ordered that the 
 said Judith, with her three children, be conveyed from the parish of St. Dionis 
 to that of St. Mary, it having been proved that they last lived in Winford 
 Street, in the latter parish ... ... ... ... ... ... iHd. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of William Lucas, who was lately 
 passed from Heston Parish to that of Sunbury. Upon proof that he was 
 last legally settled in the latter parish, it is ordered that the previous order be 
 confirmed... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Adjournment of the matter concerning the fees of the Clerk of the 
 Peace \vide supra, p. 45] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order that all proceedings against the inhabitants of Hornsey Parish, 
 for not repairing their highways, be respited until next Sessions. The like 
 orders for Wilsden and Hampstead ;.. ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for reimbursing William Flewellin {sic) and Richard Mason, formerly 
 constables in Finchley Parish, the sums of ;^8 \2S. ^d. and ;^ 13 13.^. qd. 
 expended by them for the relief and conveyance of cripples and vagrants 
 through the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 48 
 
 Order for an extension of the time until the 12th of next January for 
 paving the street leading from Clerken we'll Green to St. John Street [vide 
 Sessions Book No. 500, p. 5 5] ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joseph Napps, whose wife, Ursula, 
 with their two children, were passed, by an order of the 15th of June, from 
 the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, to that of St. Buttolph Without, 
 Aldgate. Upon proof that the said Joseph and Ursula have dwelt, since 
 January, 1685, in the former parish, where their children have been born and 
 
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98 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 baptised, it is ordered that the said Ursula and her two children be conveyed 
 to St. Leonard's Parish P- 49 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane (Griffith and her child, Jane, who 
 were passed from the parish of St. Andrew's, Hoi born, to that of St James's, 
 Clerkenwell. Upon proof that the said Jane had no settlement in the former 
 parish, it is ordered that she and her child [remain] in that of St. James's. 
 
 P- 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Hannah Broadway, who with her 
 two children, Hannah Owen and Mary Broadway, were lately passed from 
 the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, to that of St. Mary 
 Magdalen, Bermondsey. Upon proof that the said Hannah is not the wife of 
 Benjamin Broadway, and that her children were born in Whitechapel, it is 
 ordered that she, with her said children, be conveyed to the said parish of 
 St. Mary Matfellon p. 5 1 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Zacheus Lovelock, whose child, 
 Constance, was passed by an order of the 23rd of June, from the parish of 
 St. Mary Matfellon to the precinct of Trinity, Minories. Upon proof that 
 the said child was born in the former parish, it is ordered that she be 
 removed there ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• p- 52 
 
 Order on the petition of the churchwardens, surveyors of the highways, 
 and others, inhabitants of Hornsey Parish. Shows that the highways are very 
 much out of repair, and that for not repairing them they stand indicted, and 
 that they have already expended about ^50 on the same, and that the charge 
 for repairing the remainder will amount to jQs^ more. They pray that a rate 
 may be levied for raising the money disbursed and to be disbursed. Ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 53 
 
 Order for the reimbursement of William Everard, formerly churchwarden 
 of the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, and Benjamin 
 
 Knowles, John Douglas, and Lamb, overseers of the poor there, they 
 
 having expended jQ^^"] ly. 2d. beyond their receipts ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Barratt, whose children, Ann, 
 
 Elizabeth, and , were passed, by an order of the loth of May last, 
 
 from Bow Hamlet to the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. Upon proof that 
 
 the two eldest, viz., Ann and Elizabeth, were born in Bow Hamlet, and 
 
 in St. James's Parish ; it is ordered that the two eldest be removed to 
 the said hamlet, and that the youngest continue in the said parish of 
 St. James's p. 55 
 
 Order concerning the last legal settlement of Margaret Archer, widow, 
 lately passed from the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn-above-Bars, to that of 
 St. Ann and Agnes Within, Aldersgate. Upon proof that the said Margaret 
 was last settled in the latter parish, it is ordered that the previous order be 
 confirmed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 56 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Russell, lately passed from the 
 parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to that of St. Margaret's, Westminster. 
 Upon proof that the said Mary was last settled in the latter parish, it is 
 ordered that she be continued in the same ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
SessiOfis Book 506 — /<'//)', 1693. 99 
 
 Order for discharging Peter Rishea from an order concerning the bastard 
 child of Phoebe Topping... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Upon the petition of Alice May, widow, showing that she apprenticed 
 her daughter, Mary, to Mary Cony, of Saffron Hill, in St. Andrew's Parish, 
 Holborn, sempstress, and that the said Cony has wrongfully charged her 
 apprentice with theft, and praying she may be discharged from her apprentice- 
 ship, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order for passing Sara Castle, a poor blind woman, to Langford, in 
 Somersetshire, she having been apprehended by the churchwardens of the 
 parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields for begging in the said parish where she 
 has no legal settlement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Abraham Dudley and Anthony Taylor, 
 surveyors of the highways of Isleworth Parish, which shows that the said 
 highways are in great need of repair, and prays that a rate may be levied 
 to enable the petitioners to finish the said work. Ordered accordingly p. 61 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Lawrence, who with his 
 wife and one child were passed by an order of the 6th of May, from the 
 parish of South Mymms to that of Essenden. Upon proof that the said 
 Richard was last legally settled in the latter parish, it is ordered that he and 
 his family do continue in the same ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging ^^'illiam Griffin, of Vine Street, 
 in St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, victualler, to be the father of Katherine 
 Williams's female child ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 63 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Grace Moreton, widow, who was 
 lately passed from the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to that of Kensington. 
 Upon proof that the .said Grace has no legal settlement in the former parish, 
 it is ordered that she remain at Kensington ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 List of persons taking the oaths ... ... ... ... ... p- 65 
 
 Upon information that the common highways in the parish of St. Mary's» 
 Islington, from Highgate to the City of London, are in need of repair, it is 
 ordered that an assessment, not exceeding \d. in the ^, be levied for the 
 repair of the same... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Alice Grey, who was lately passed 
 from the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to that of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. 
 Upon proof that the said Alice was last settled as a hired servant with 
 Thomas Bradley, victualler, in the latter parish, it is ordered that she do 
 continue in the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 67 
 
 [Pages 68-69 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed " Calendar of Recognizances " and 
 " Calendar of Indictments for Trespasses " ... ... ... PP- 7o~73 
 
 Note. — Edward Rogers, of Islington, sworn in the place of Richard 
 Betts, constable for Upper Barnsbury ... ... ... ... ... P- 74 
 
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IOC Middlesex Coiuiiy Records. 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of John, son of Uaniel Ragg, formerly of 
 Burton-ui)on-Wold, county Leicester, yeoman, to Solomon Dupeer, of Stepney, 
 weaver. To serve seven years. Dated 26 September, 1692 ... ... p. 74 
 
 Memorandum that Mr. Harcourt produced a writ of mandamus to 
 restore him to the office of Clerk of the Peace, to which office he was restored 
 when he took the oath of fealty ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 75 
 
 Order on the complaint made by Mr. Hawley, J. P., concerning a libellous 
 paper entitled "The Trial of John Foster for Stealing a Magpie." Shows 
 that the said Foster was committed to New Prison for the offence, and that 
 he refused before Mr. Hawley to find sureties, and that after the prosecutor 
 had preferred a bill against the prisoner he was conveyed to the Old Bailey 
 and tried without Mr. Hawley's knowledge. The said printed paper is 
 declared to be a scandalous libel, reflecting on both Mr. Hawley and the 
 Court, and that Richard Baldwyn, the printer, ought to be prosecuted for 
 publishing the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda: — 
 
 " It is ordered Mr. Fox do deliver the record of the conviction ( f George 
 Whitehead for preaching in an unlawful conventicle, and of his appeal and 
 proceedings thereupon in October Sessions, 1692, to the Clerk of the Peace, 
 on notice." 
 
 Order for the inhabitants ot Islington to pay William Duncomb, former 
 surveyor of Islington, ^42 \s. 7^., being the amount disbursed by him in the 
 parish \i'ide Sessions Book 506, p. 35]. 
 
 Notes as to committals : — 
 
 Upon a complaint made by Thomas Brookes, senior, of Little Stanmore, 
 that the inhabitants of Hendon refuse relief to Elizabeth Bates, widow ; it is 
 ordered thiit two overseers attend to show the cause. 
 
 The churchwardens of Bermondsey and Whitechapel to attend a settle- 
 ment in Whitechapel. 
 
 Mary Russel to be continued in St. Margaret's, Westminster, instead of 
 at St. Andrew's, Holborn, where she now is. 
 
 " A meeting house of a congregation of dissenting protestants for religious 
 worship is certified to be held in Prince's Street, in Upper Moorefields, in the 
 parish of St. Leonard'.s, Shoreditch, which is recorded according to the statute 
 by Richard Larndner (?) preacher or teacher therein"... ... ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 507— SEPTEMBER, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels pp. 7,8 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 9-37 
 
 [Pages 38-40 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 41,42 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to commitments, indictments, &c. pp. 43-45 
 [Pages 46-48 are blank.] 
 
Sess/0/Ls' Book ^oy—Sep/cuibcr, 1693. 10 1 
 
 Order for \\'illiam Holter, a constabU' in the parish of St. Clement Danes, 
 to deliver to Jonathan Evans, "one tabby petticoat with a silver fringe, one 
 alamode hood, one silk scarf, and one thread satin gown," which goods were 
 delivered to hini by the said Evans ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for all constables and headboroughs (so that they be more readily 
 found) to fix on the posts of their doors a piece of painted wood in the shape 
 of a staff, showing their office ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Upon the petition of Isaac Wilson, showing that jQii \os. od. is due to him 
 from Edward Nourse, of Fulham, gentleman, for wages as coachman, and praying 
 that the said Nourse be compelled to pay, the matter is referred to certain 
 Justices (named), who are to make such award as they shall consider fit. p. 50 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Shearme, of St. Clement Danes, 
 tailor, which shows that Joseph Bowes, his apprentice, has run away four 
 times, and has stolen sevend goods, for which the said Joseph has been com- 
 mitted to the House of Correction and discharged, and that the trustees 
 (named) for the said apprentice endeavour to compel the petitioner to receive 
 the said Joseph to serve the residue of his time. By Shearme's consent it is 
 ordered that he do repay the trustees ^6 13^-. 4^. towards placing the 
 apprentice with another master, and *hat the indentures be hereby can- 
 celled p. 51 
 
 Upon the petition of several inhabitants of Wapping Hamlet, Stepney, 
 complaining that they have been, and still are, oppressed by some few others 
 in places of trust, who impose excessive poor rates, it is ordered to be 
 referred to certain Justices (named), who are to examine the accounts of the 
 churchwardens and overseers of the poor there, and to report their opinions 
 at the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 52 
 
 Upon information that the common highway in St. Mary's Parish, 
 Islington, leading from Highgate to the City of London, is in much need of 
 repair, and that the assessment ordered last Sessions \tnde Sessions Book 
 No. 506, p. 66] is insufficient without the help of the Act 3 & 4 William and 
 Mary ; it is referred to certain Justices (named), who are to see that the said 
 Act be effectually put into execution, whereby the said highway may be 
 thoroughly repaired ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 Order for the payment of ^'42 \s. ■]d. due to William Duncomb, former 
 surveyor of the highways of Islington. [ Vide Sessions Book 506, p. 35.] p. 55 
 
 Upon the petition of John Williams, of Norton Folgate, showing that he 
 has been elected headborough, and that he is a serjeant in Captain Thomas 
 Austin's company of militia, belonging to the Tower Hamlets, and that all 
 offfcers belonging to the said regiment have always been exempt from serving 
 any parish office, and praying to be discharged, it is ordered accordingly, and 
 Richard Carroll is ordered to appear to take the oath for the execution of the 
 said office... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• P- 5^ 
 
 Whereas John Miles, a poor child in Hornsey Parish, was apprenticed 
 by the churchwardens of the said parish, on the 15th of July, 1690, to Robert 
 Evans, of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, baker, until the said apprentice 
 should attain the age of 24 years, and whereas the said apprentice has absented 
 
I02 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 himself, and is desirous to go to sea, by consent of the churchwarden and the 
 said Evans, the said Miles is discharged from his a])preniiceship ... p. 57 
 
 [Pages 58-77 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed, "Calendar of Recognizances and 
 Calendar of Indictments " ... ... ... ... ... pp. 78-81 
 
 Memoranda : — 
 
 John Halsey, constable of Islington, sworn in the pUce of Richard Betts. 
 
 .-\ license granted to George Savory to keep an alehouse at the sign of the 
 World's End, in Slepney, till the 14th of February next. 
 
 Colonel Perry ordered to pay William Harris, of St. Giles' \Vithout, 
 Cripplegate, 10/- for his present relief ... ... ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Richard, son of William (^rook, formerly of 
 Melkesham, county Wilts, yeoman, to William Devenish, of Chancery Lane, 
 barber surgeon. To serve seven years. Dated 18 May, 1693 ... ibid. 
 
 Memoranda as to subpcenas, &c, ... ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 508— OCTOBER, 1693. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, and 
 acquittals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ])p. 7-24 
 
 [Pages 25-38 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &:c. ... ... PP- 39-43 
 
 [Page 44 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under "New Prison" and "House of Correction" 
 
 PP- 45> 46 
 
 Upon the matter in dispute between the parishes of Pealing and Stepney, 
 concerning Edward James, who, by an order dated 19 July last, was with his 
 wife, Eleanor, and his two children, Thomas and Joseph, passed from the 
 parish of Spitalfields to the said parish of Ealing, it is ordered that they be 
 re-conveyed to Spitalfields ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Upon the matter in dispute between the parishes of Mile End, New 
 1 own, in the parish of Stepney, and St. Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, 
 concerning Isabella Johnson, William Burrett, and Joseph Johnson, who, by 
 an order dated 12 July last, were conveyed to the said parish of Mile Find, it 
 is now ordered that they be reconveyed to the said parish of St. Mary 
 Matfellon p. 48 
 
 Upon the report of certain Justices (named) that they have viewed and 
 inspected the south side of a certain new street, called Eagle Street, in the 
 parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and judge it fit to be paved with stone from 
 the east side of a stone being a boundary of the said parish there westward to 
 
Sess/oj2s Book 508 — October, 1693. 103 
 
 the channel in Kingsgate Street in the said parish, it is ordered that the said 
 paving be done before the first day of the next Sessions ... ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the report of certain Justices (named) that they have viewed a new 
 street, called Leman Street, in (ioodman's Fields, leading from Rosemary Lane 
 to the High Street, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, and find it very much 
 out of repair and almost impassable, and judge it fit to be paved with stone, 
 or otherwise mended, from the house late in the occupation of Benjamin Oiles, 
 deceased, to the house of Henry Whiteupp inclusive, on the east side of the 
 said street, called Leman Street, and from the Black Boy Coffee-house to the 
 Black Horse Inn, on the west side of the said street, it is ordered that the said 
 paving is to be done accordingly before the 29th of November next ... p. 50 
 
 Order for the admission of AMlliam Harris, of the jiarish of St. (iiles 
 Without, Cripplegate, to a yearly pension of ^^3, from the " Maimed Soldiers' 
 Fund," upon j;roof that he is very old and that he lost the use of his left arm 
 in their Majesties' service ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for the admission of John Lawrell, of Ciolding Lane, in the parish 
 of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate to a yearly pension of ^-^ as a maimed 
 soldier ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid, 
 
 Orderfor reimbursing John Gardiner and Richard Parsons, late scavengers 
 of Goodman's Fields, the sum of ;£\ \s. dd. disbursed by them for cleaning 
 the streets during their term of office ... ... ... ... ... p- 52 
 
 Upon an appeal made by Hannah Johnson, widow, of the hamlet of 
 Wapping, Stepney, against the poor rates demanded from her, it is ordered 
 that the matter be referred to Justices (named), and until their report is 
 received, no warrant of distress is to be executed upon the goods of the said 
 Hannah Johnson for such rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for superseding a warrant of distress against the surveyors of the 
 highways of Fulham, for not taking away the dirt and soil ; the reason given 
 for not having done the work being that there happened a great " glutt " of 
 rain and wet weather ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 3 
 
 Upon the matter in dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the- Fields 
 and St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning Mary Getley, who, by an order of two 
 Justices (named), was conveyed to the former parish, it is now ordered that 
 she be removed to St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order that all the bread to be made hereafter by the common baker shall 
 be made according to the assizes of bread, which is that a penny wheaten loaf 
 is to contain 6| ounces, and that three halfpenny white loaves are to contain 
 the like weight, and household bread made of wheat is to contain double the 
 weight of white bread ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 55 
 
 Whereas one Daniel Hodge stands indicted for that he, using the trade 
 of a butcher, did on 15 September expose for sale, 50 sheep alive, and 
 50 lambs alive, against the form of the statute ; by consent of counsel for 
 the prosecutor, Robert Hyde, it is ordered that the said Daniel Hodge should 
 pay the prosecutor his reasonable costs and charges when taxed ... P- 56 
 
I04 Middlesex County Recoi'ds. 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of St. Clement Danes 
 and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, concerning Mary, wife of John Camphn, who with 
 her three children, by an order dated 5 August last, was passed to the parish 
 of St. Clement Danes, it is ordered that the said Mary Camplin and her three 
 children do continue in the said latter parish ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Upon the matter in dispute between the constables of Kensington and 
 Hammersmith, concerning the passing of cripples and vagrants, it is ordered 
 that all such as are passed and travel in the Oxbridge Road shall be by the 
 said constable of Hammersmith passed on the north road, in the hamlet of 
 Hammersmith, direct 10 Acton and not to Chiswick, and that all such as are 
 passed on the west shall be conveyed from Hammersmith to Chiswick, and so 
 forward to Brentford ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 [Pages 61-64 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " Badgers and Kidders licensed "... ... p- 65 
 
 [Pages 66-69 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Calendar of recognizances and 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 70-72 
 
 Memoranda as to subpoenas ... ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Walter Rose, of the parish of Sepulchre, licensed to be a common drover 
 to buy and sell cattle for one year. Dated 18 October, 1693 ... p. 73 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda : — 
 
 Counsel for " Mr. Sherman insist that his and his neighbours' houses 
 were part of Somerset Hou?e, and ought not to pay the poor rate." 
 
 Mr. Upton said they were alienated from Somerset House, and the 
 tenants upon poll tax were not accounted as part of Queen Dowager's family, 
 and prayed a warrant of distress, and offered to appear in any action and try 
 the right. 
 
 Sir James Butler, the Queen's Attorney, to report on the matter. Dated 
 18 October, 1693. 
 
 Sir James Butler desires judgment to be deferred till next Session, to 
 which the Court agreed. 
 
 All recognizances against recusants respited till next Sessions ... p. 74 
 
 List of constables appointed and miscellaneous memoranda ... p. 75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 509— DECEMBER, 1693. 
 
 Jury panels p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, committals. 
 
 pp. 7-28 
 [Pages 29-38 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, committals, (S:c. pp. 39-42 
 
 [Pages 43-46 blank.] 
 
SessiO//s Book 510 — J a nit a jy 1694. 105 
 
 Order for Michael Rouden, constable of St. Ann's Parish, to deUvur to 
 John Cox '• one frize coat and one purph; waistcoat," being goods lately 
 stolen from the said Cox, and found in the possession of James Nash, a 
 broker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for the payment of jQ6 2>s. od. due to Thomas Barrett, headborough 
 of Hammersmith Hamlet, Fulham Parish, for the relief and passing of 
 cripples, vagrants, and other impotent persons through the said parish, ibid. 
 
 Upon the complaint of several inhabitants of St Andrew's Parish, 
 Holborn, that the churchwarden and overseers (named) for 1691 and 1692, 
 have presented an extravagant account, but have refused to produce their 
 books and vouchers, it is ordered that the said churchwarden and overseers 
 do attend certain Justices (named), who are to inspect the said accounts, and 
 make such order as they shall think meet ... ... ... ... p. ^8 
 
 Order for certain Justices (nauied) to enquire what money Jonathan 
 Easden has e.^torted from various persons in the Tower Hamlets, and other 
 places, upon pretence of non-prosecution for keeping disorderly houses, or 
 for frequenting the same ... ... .. ... ... . . ... p. 49 
 
 Whereas William Rant, of St. PauTs Parish, Covent Garden, silkman, is 
 charged for turning away James Barnaby, his apprentice, before the expiration 
 of his apprenticeship, and upon evidence that the said Rant has refused to 
 instruct and provide for the said apprentice, ii is ordered that Rant do 
 forthwith receive back the said apprentice, and provide for and instruct him 
 for the residue of his apprenticeship ... ... ... ... ... i/'id. 
 
 [Pages 52-65 blink. j 
 
 Names of victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Receipt for ^\ 2s. 6d., being money received from William Langham, 
 Nicholas Batteroone, William Bryan, John Guy, and Thomas Paxford, for the 
 use of the surveyors of the highways of St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, and 
 paid by Mr. Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace, to Humphrey Elmes. Witness, 
 Charles Walker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Lists of names, headed, New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 68 
 
 [Pages 69-71 blank.] 
 
 Alpha' etical lists of names, headed ('alendar of Recognizances and 
 Calendar of Indictments ... ... ... ... ... pp. 72-75 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 510-JANUAR7, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...pp. 5, 6 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, appearances> 
 acquittals, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-23 
 
 [Pages 24-36 blank.] 
 
io6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 List of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 37 
 [Pagers blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, committals, 
 &c. pp. 39-42 
 
 [Pages 43, 44 blank.] 
 
 Order for several inhabitants of Dutchy Lane, in the parish of St. Mary- 
 le-Savoy, to pay their assessments for the relief of the poor ... ... p. 45 
 
 Schedule of the names of the inhabitants of Dutchy Lane, in the parish of 
 St. Mary-le-Savoy, and of the sums of money assessed upon them for the relief 
 of the poor there... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... p. 46 
 
 George Russell, a maimed soldier, awarded 40/- towards his mainten- 
 ance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of Hampstead and 
 St. Pancras, concerning Sarah Robinson, wife of John Robinson, who, by an 
 order dated 7 November last, was, with her two children, removed to the latter 
 parish, it is ordered that she continue in the said parish of St. Pancras p. 47 
 
 Order to Richard Gray, gentleman, treasurer for the Marshalsea, King's 
 Bench, and Hospitals within the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth for the year 1692 to pay ;^i3 8j-. 8^., moneys received by him to be 
 distril)uted in charitable uses ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Upon the dispute between the parishes of Hendon and Harrow, 
 concerning Abigail Chandler, wife of John Chandler, who, by an order dated 
 22nd of September last, was with her male child conveyed from the haijilet 
 of Pinner, in the parish of Harrow, to the parish of Hendon, it is ordered 
 that the said Abigail continue in Hendon ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the dispute between the parishes of St. Bride's, London, and 
 Ealing, concerning three small children, Anne Bride, Thomas Grove, and 
 Clara Goodwin, removed, by an order dated 20 November last, to St. Bride's, 
 they having been put out to nurse by the officers of the said latter parish to 
 one Elizabeth Curtis, of Old Brentford, it is ordered that they continue in 
 St. Bride's... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Mary Matfellon, concerning A\'illiam Forster and Hannah, his wife, who, 
 by an order dated i November last, were removed to the former parish, it is 
 ordered that they be removed to the latter parish ... ... ... p- 5c 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of St. Sepulchre's and 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, concerning Anne Fisher who, by an order dated 
 9th of January last, was conveyed to St, Sepulchre's, it is ordered that she 
 continue in the latter parish ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of Waltham Abbey, 
 county Essex, and the parish of Enfield, concerning George and Benjamin 
 French, sons of George French, deceased, and Anne PJaldwin, daughter of 
 William Baldwin, deceased, who were lately removed from the said parish 
 
Sessions Book 510 — January, 1694. 107 
 
 of Enfield to the said parish of \\'altham Abbey, it is ordered that the said 
 three children continue in the last-named parish... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Upon the petition of William Field and Lawrence Mortimer, late 
 constables of the i)arish of St. James, Westminster, it is ordered that ^2> 5-^- ^d. 
 be paid to the said Field, and j[^2) ^S^- °d- ^o ^^e said Mortimer, they having 
 disbursed those sums during their office for the passing of vagrants and 
 cripples ... .. ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of Twickenham and 
 West Drayton, concerning Elizabeth Smith and one child, who, by an order 
 dated nth of January last were removed from West Drayton to Twickenham, 
 it is ordered that they be re-cohveyed to West Drayton ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order that John Pery, esquire, treasurer for the maimed soldiers and 
 mariners within the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay to 
 John Porter, of the parish of Stebunheath, alias Stepney, a maimed seaman. 
 the sum of 20/-. 
 
 The like orders for :• — 
 
 Richard Bubbs, of the parish of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate. 
 
 George Jones, of the same parish. 
 
 Joseph Spenser, of the same parish. 
 
 Thomas Rymer, of the parish of Stepney. 
 
 John Perrin,of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch ... ... p. 54 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of St. Paul, Covent 
 Garden, and St. Ann, Westminster, concerning John Harding, ALiry, his wife,. 
 and Mary, their child, late removed to the said parish of St. Paul, Covent 
 Garden, it is ordered that they do continue in the last-named parish... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of the churchwarden of the hamlet of Ratcliffe,. 
 showing that by reason of the great increase of the poor, occasioned by the 
 present war, he has been forced to disburse of his own moneys, and that 
 before this year has expired he will be out of pocket at least ;^2oo, it is 
 ordered that an assessment be made upon the inhabitants of the said hamlet,, 
 and the petitioner's complaint considered ... ... ... ... P- 55 
 
 \Vhereas at the Sessions held on the 4th of December last \inde Sessiotis 
 Book No. 509, p. 47] it was ordered that the churchwardens of the hamlet of 
 Hammersmith, in the parish of Fulham, should pay to Thomas Barrett, late 
 headborough of the said hamlet, the sum of £6 8.r. od., expended by him for 
 passing cripples, which the churchwardens, for certain reasons set forth, refused 
 to pay ; it is now ordered that an assessment be made on the inhabitants of 
 the said hamlet for reimbursing the petitioner ... ... ... ... p- 56' 
 
 Upon the matters in dispute between the parishes of Ealing and Harrow, 
 concerning John Chapman and his wife and child, who, by an order, were 
 lately removed to the parish of Ealing, it is ordered that they continue in the 
 said latter parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 57 
 
 Order by the Court that no Justice of the Peace, nor his clerk, shall 
 receive any dividend, saving only in that division where his master dwells, of 
 the money received at the general renewing of victuallers' licenses, and that no 
 clerk shall receive more than one dividend in one division ... ... ibid.. 
 
io8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order that from henceforth no prisoner committed to the House of 
 Correction shall be discharged from his or her imprisonment (except in public 
 Sessions), but by the committing Justice, or, in his absence, by two other 
 Justices at least ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58^ 
 
 Order for Justices to enquire into the petition of Joseph Allen, raker of 
 the hamlet of Ratcliff, who alleges that there is due to him the sum of ;!^2o 
 for cleansing the streets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the Justices of the Tower Division to enquire into the petition 
 •of some of the inhabitants of the hamlet of Ratcliff against the assessment of 
 the scavenger rate ... ... ... ,.. ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order as to extending time for the paving a street in the parish of 
 St. James, Clerkenwell. \yide Sessiofis Books No. 500, p. 55, and No. 506, 
 p. 48] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 [Pages 62-68 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 List of persons ordered to pay the as.sessment of the poor rate in the 
 parish of St. Mary le Savoy ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Inhabitants of St. Pancras and Hampstead to attend on their appeal 
 15 January, 1693... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Names of three bailiffs fined for absence ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 List of persons sworn ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 7 1 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 [Page 73 blank.] 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 74,75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 511— FEBRUARY, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, recognizances, 
 &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-20 
 
 [Pages 21-24 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names, headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 25, 26 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, the settlement 
 of Maria Portley, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 27-29 
 
 [Pages 30-38 blank.] 
 Note of the committal of John Murrey to New Prison ... ... p. 39 
 
 [Page 40 blank.] 
 
Sessions Book 512 — April, 1694. 109 
 
 Whereas it was ordered on the r3th of October last \yide Sessions Book 
 No. 508, p. 49] that a certain new street, called Eagle Street, in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in the-Fields, should be paved with stone, before the first day of the 
 next Sessions ; now, upon consideration of the reasons set forth in the jjctition 
 of Thomas Felling and John Mitchell, an extension of time is granted until 
 the first day of the next Sessions... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order to certain Justices (named) to meet on the 27th of February, to 
 examine what fees have been anciently taken by the Clerk of the Peace and 
 all other officers of this Court, and also by the respective clerks of the Justices 
 of the Peace ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4? 
 
 List of 15 Justices present. The consideration of the above order is 
 adjourned until after the Sessions of Parliament, in case an Act be made as 
 to the fees of officers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order concerning the division of the money received at the general 
 renewal of victuallers' licenses in the Holborn Division ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the attendance at Westminster Hall, on 16 April, of Richard 
 Gray, gentleman, treasurer within the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and 
 Isleworth, for 1692, for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Ho.spitals, to give 
 an account of money received by him from the several high constables in the 
 said division, for the relief of the poor prisoners ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 [Pages 45-47 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed "Calendar of Indictments" and 
 " Calendar of Recognizances " ... ... ... ... ... pp. 48, 49 
 
 Order for the Sheriff of Middlesex to summon a jury each Session for 
 the trial of raverses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 50 
 
 Order for the withdrawal of George Constable's license for keeping a 
 common alehouse at Holborn Bars ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Barnaby, son of John Agace, of Canter- 
 bury, county Kent, weaver, to Samuel De La Foss, of Bethnal Green Hamlet, 
 Stepney, clockmaker. Dated 20 February, 1694 ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The like of George, son of Browne, deceased, and of Elizabeth, 
 
 his wife, to John Weale, of" St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, gentleman, to learn 
 " fencing with single rapier." Dated 10 July, 1693 ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 512— APRIL, 1694. 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 John Herbert, chosen treasurer for the maimed soldiers in the hundreds 
 of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore for 1694, is appointed to take the account 
 of John Pery, treasurer during 1693 ... ... ... ... ... p. 6 
 
 The like appointment of Thomas Chambers for the hundreds of Elthorn, 
 Spelthorn, and Isleworth ; he is appointed to take the account of Francis 
 Merrick, former treasurer ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
1 1 o Middlesex County Records, 
 
 Appointment of William Munden, of Kensington, as treasurer for the 
 Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, within the hundreds of Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore, for 1694, in the room of Thomas Sanders, gentleman. 
 
 p. 6 
 
 The like appointment of John Smith, of New Brentford, within the 
 hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, in the room of William Steers, 
 gentleman... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the rates of labourers', artificers', and servants' wages to stand 
 as they were at the close of the Easter Sessions, 1693... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, indictments, 
 commitments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 7-25 
 
 [Page 26 blank.] 
 
 Schedules of rates for the benefit of maimed soldiers within the hundreds 
 of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, and of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth. 
 The like for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals in the same 
 hundreds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 27-32 
 
 [Pages 33, 34 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the putting out to nurse of parish children. This 
 matter is brought into notice owing to one Mary Compton having starved and 
 murdered several infants placed in her care by public officers... ... p. 35 
 
 Order that Williani Lydall, of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, 
 formerly lieutenant in the Royal Navy, do receive jQt^ yearly from the funds 
 for the maimed soldiers in the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and 
 Gore ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 36 
 
 [Pages 37-40 blank.] 
 List of names of those taking the oaths ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 [Page 42 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, recognizances, &c. pp. 43, 44 
 
 [Pages 45, 46 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison" and " House of Correction " 
 
 pp. 47, 48 
 
 An unfinished note concerning the petition of the churchwardens and 
 overseers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, which refers to the increase of the 
 poor there... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 [Page 50 blank.] 
 
 Order for Jacob Clarke, of Teddington Parish, yeoman, to be sworn as 
 constable of the said parish. 
 
 Note follows, dated 22 May, 1694, that Richard Gardiner be sworn 
 constable in the room of the said Jacob ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
Sessions Book 512 — April, 1694. iii 
 
 Upon the petition of John Hatchett, of Shepperton Parish, yeoman, 
 showing that he has served the office of petty constable in the said parish for 
 the past year, and that he is now chosen churchwarden, and praying to be 
 discharged from the former office, it is ordered accordingly, and that William 
 Goodwin, yeoman, be sworn constable in the room of the said John... p. 51 
 
 Upon the petition of Edward Norwood, of St. James'r, Parish, 
 Clerkenwell, showing that on the iith of Ai)ril he was chosen scavenger of 
 the liberty of St. John of Jerusalem, in the said parish, " although he is a 
 gentleman, and no tradesman," and praying to be discharged, it is ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order as to lighting the streets : — Whereas, by an Act of Parliament of 
 2 William and Mary, it is amongst other things enacted that every householder 
 within any of the parishes, in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey, and cities 
 and liberties of London and Westminster, whose house adjoins, or is near the 
 street, from Michaelmas to I/ady Day yearly, shall every night hang out 
 candles or lights in lanterns, " on the outside of the house next the street to 
 enlighten the same for the conveniency of passengers from time to time as it 
 shall grow dark, until twelve of the clock in the night, upon pain of forfeiting 
 the sum of 2/- for every default," excepting those who shall agree to use lamps, 
 at such distances as shall be approved by two or more Justices ; and whereas 
 the partners of the convex lights, have since the making of the said Act, at 
 great expense carried out the lighting of the public streets, and passages, in 
 and about the town. The Court is informed that several persons neither 
 hang out lights nor pay to these li=;hts so placed, and orders that, for the 
 more effectual carrying out of ihe said Act, all householders liable to the 
 operation of the Act do hang out lights accordingly, upon pain of 2/- for 
 each default, and declares that all public passages and thoroughfares in and 
 about the town comprised wiihin the weekly bills of mortality are and ought 
 to be esteemed streets, and directs the Justices to view and regulate the 
 lamps set up by the patentees ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 
 and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, as to the settlement of Mary Compton, spinster, 
 an apprentice to Mr. Cook and his wife, to learn quilting and plain work, in 
 Bridges Street ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Certificate of two Justices (named) that they have viewed the pavement 
 in Pall Mall, in St. James's Parish, between the houses of John Murray and 
 Robert Gisborne, and that they find upwards of four feet thereof is in need 
 of repair, and ought to be restored by the said Gisborne, and that the denter 
 stone is not placed in the middle of the street. Ordered that the said denter 
 stone be removed to the proper place and that the said Gisborne do pave 
 to the middle of the street, "to be computed from the upright walls on 
 each side" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 57 
 
 Complamt of John Gibbon, of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, gentleman, 
 that he has been aopointed overseer, although he is "an agent in the 
 chamber of London, deputy receiver, and head collector of the present aids 
 granted to their Majesties," and is consequently unable to attend the said 
 office of overseer. It is ordered that he be discharged ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of Thomas Bedford, Samuel Blackerby, and others, 
 inhabitants of St. James's Parish, Clerkenwell, complaining of " great abuses 
 
112 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 of the poor," and of unfair assessment of the rates, full instructions are 
 issued for the regulation of the said rates for the relief of the poor in the 
 said parish ... ... ... ... •■• ••• P- 5^ 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Peter's, Canterbury, and 
 Stepney, concerning the settlement of Thomas Greethurst, deceased, his 
 wife, Mary, with her two children. Philip Greethurst, father of the said 
 Thomas, is mentioned ... ... ... ... ••• P- 59 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of "Emy" Arthurbury, otherwise 
 Goodrick, who, by an order of the 23rd of March, was removed from St. Mary's 
 Parish, Islington, to that of Finchley p. 60 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Mitchell, who, by an order of 
 the 5th of March, was removed from Fulham Parish, " on Hammersmith 
 side,'" to that of Kensington ibid. 
 
 Upon the information that the common highway in St. Pancras Parish, 
 leading from Battle Bridge to the crossway beyond St. Pancras Church, is 
 very much out of repair, and that the surveyors, and other inhabitants have 
 diverted the water course in the said way, and made several ditches which 
 have proved very prejudicial to the said highways, it is ordered that an 
 assessment be made to meet the expense of the repairs ... ... p. 61 
 
 Certificate of the Justices, dated the 20th of April, showing, upon the 
 oath of William Cook and John Love, of Staines, inn-holders, that there is 
 due to the said witnesses and others in the said parish ;^ii9 "for the 
 quarters and debts contracted by the officers and soldiers of a troop of horse, 
 commanded by Captain Fletcher, in the regiment of Colonel Coy," who were 
 quartered in the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of E^lizabeth, wife of George Green, 
 who, with her three children, were lately removed from Twickenham Parish 
 to that of St. Margaret's, Westminster ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the last settlement of Anne Lloyd, removed from the 
 parish of St Giles'-in-the-Fields to that of St. Katherine, Creechurch... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Townsend, one of the surveyors 
 of the highways in Hornsey Parish, showing that the highway leading towards 
 Barnet from Hornsey Lane end to the outparts of the said parish, for about a 
 mile, are in great need of repair, and that the statute work is insufficient to 
 repair the same, the cost of which will be over ^^200, and praying that a rate 
 may be levied towards the repair of the same, it is ordered accordingly. ]). 64 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Dorothy Midgley, spinster, who was 
 r' moved from the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-lMelds to that of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn p. 65 
 
 Order concerning the last settlement of Mary Woodroffe, widow, who 
 was removed from the parish of St. Mary-le-Savoy to that of St. Clement 
 Danes ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of John Rowland, of Finchley Parish, yeoman, 
 showing that during his office of constable he expended £,\\ \f)S. M. for the 
 
Sessions Book 512 — April, 1694. 115 
 
 passing and relieving of cripples, vagrants, and oiher impotent persons, and 
 praying that a rate may be assessed to reimburse the petitioner, it is ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Barnett, of Finchley Parish, 
 yeoman, which shows that he served the office of constable last year, when he 
 expended ^5 5^-. i \d. for passing and relieving cripples, vagrants, and others, 
 and prays that he may be reimbursed ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that Edward Danson, overseer of Finchley Parish, do pay to 
 Richard Mason, constable of the said parish for 1692, j£,\t, xt^s. ()d., 
 expended by him in relieving and passing cripples, vagrants, and others p. 67 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Francis Golding, who, with his wife 
 and six children, were lately removed from St. Mary-le-bone Parish to that of 
 St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of Thomas Bedingfeild, of Hornsey Parish, showing that he 
 served the offices of surveyor of the highways and constable for 1686 and 
 1689, and that he expended ;^i5 i6i. id. in the repair of the highways, and 
 in passing and relieving cripples and vagabonds, and praying to be 
 reimbursed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Proceedings upon a complaint that the constables of St. Mary's, 
 Islington, have, shortly before their discharge from office, privately made a 
 house to house visitation in order to obtain the subscriptions of the inhabitants 
 for the election of new constables. It is ordered that the churchwardens and 
 others, inhabitants of the said parish, who are usually present at the election 
 of parish officers, do nominate fit persons to be constables there in such 
 manner as officers of the said parish should be nominated ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of Richard Rowley and Henry Page, surveyors of the highways 
 of Finchley Parish, showing that the highway leading from Highgate to 
 Barnet is much in need of repair, and that the statute work is insufficient 
 to repair the same, and praying that an assessment may be made to meet the 
 expense of the said repairs. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of William Blake, who with Mary, his 
 wife, and Sarah and Priscilla, their children, were removed from St. Sepulchre's 
 Parish to that of the liberty of the Rolls p. 7° 
 
 Upon the information of Mr. Hardisty that he had received a declaration 
 against the inhabitants of Ossulston Hundred, at the suit of John Russell, for 
 a robbery committed at Hornsey, on the 21st of March, 5 William and Mary 
 [1693-4], the said Russell's loss being t,^s. in money, a watch, and lace to 
 the value of ^73 95-, od., it is referred to certain Justices (named), who are to 
 give such order for the defence of the suit as they shall consider n)eet ibid. 
 
 Upon information that Hugh Wilkinson, Samuel Jones, William Tuniber, 
 ^Sloses Cele, and Mary Devourse, widow, livmg by the Tower Ditch, in the 
 parish of St. Buttolph Without, Aldgate, Henr) Smith, " at the Shipwright's 
 Arms," in Rosemary Lane, Mary Thoroughgood, of the precincts of St. 
 Katherine's, near the Tower ; William Buxton, of Church Lane . . . Elizabeth 
 Aaron, at the Blue Anchor, at King Edward Stairs, and Frances Emms, " at 
 
114 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 the Redcrosse in Cinnamon Street," keep disorderly houses upon pretence 
 of licenses granted for selling ale ; it is ordered that the said licenses be 
 suppressed... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .•• P- 71 
 
 Order for the appearance, on the 22 nd of May next, of Richard Gray, 
 gentleman, treasurer for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, in 
 Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth Hundreds, for 1692, to give an account of 
 the money received by him from the high constables in the said division for 
 the relief of poor prisoners ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 72 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint made on Friday, the 12th of January, 
 by the burgesses and assistants of the Duchy Liberty in the Strand, that 
 Charles Pratten, William Burrows, Nicholas Baker, and Thomas Awbery, 
 constables of the said liberty, had, in 1690, collected over ^15 above the 
 sum assessed towards the satisfaction of an execution against the inhabitants 
 of Ossulston Hundred for a robbery committed upon Williani Bird. Upon 
 the report of the Justices to whom the matter was referred, it is ordered that 
 the said constables do pay the money by them collected, into the hands of 
 Mr. Coggs, one of the burgessea of the said liberty ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the information of several ancient inhabitants of the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields that a rate is usually made every year in the said 
 parish for the repair of the highways, but that many persons refuse to pay 
 the same, and praying an assessment may be enforced for the said repairs, 
 it is ordered accordingly, and instructions are given concerning the said 
 assessment... ... ... ... - ... ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Upon the dispute between Anna Victoria Turner, of St. James's, West- 
 minster, spinster, and Katherine, daughter of Margaret Lambert, of St. 
 Martin's-in-the-Fields, widow, concerning the discharge of the said Katherine 
 from her apprenticeship, it is ordered that she continue with her said 
 mistress, and that her mother be allowed a weekly sum from the church- 
 wardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, towards the maintenance of the said 
 Katherine during her apprenticeship ... ... ... ... ... p 75 
 
 Order of reference concerning the rates of wages of labourers, artificers, 
 &c p. 76 
 
 Upon the petition of William and Joseph Miller, former scavengers of 
 Hollywell Street Liberty, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, showing 
 that they disbursed to the raker £^'] 6s. od. and upwards, more than they had 
 received, it is ordered that Miller and Taylor (sic) be paid ;^8 by Thomas 
 Edge and Henry Wilson, scavengers ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for a further extension of time for paving the street leading from 
 Clerkenwell Green to St. John Street [vide Sessions Book., No. 500, page 55, 
 and other references] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 7 7 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the appointment of constables, and 
 a rate levied for the benefit of maimed soldiers... ... ... ... p. 79 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed "Calendar of Indictments" and 
 "Calendar of Recognizances " ... ... ... ... ... pp. 80-83 
 
Sessions Bool' 513 — j^/(rj', 1694. 115 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of John, son of Peter James, of St. Paul's 
 Patish, Shadwell, sailor, to Andrew Young, of Stockholm, sailor. Dated 
 II April, 1694 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 83 
 
 William Steers, of Staines, yeoman, licensed to be a common badger for 
 the ensuing year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Md. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 513-MAY, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, committals, acquittals, &c. ... pp. 7-19 
 
 [Pages 20-38 blank.] 
 
 At the Sessions on 17 April [vide Sessions Book No. 512, p. 67], Edward 
 Danson, one of the overseers of the parish of Finchley, was ordered to pay 
 Richard Mason, constable of the said parish for the year 1692, the sum 
 of ^13 \2)S. 9^. The said Edward Danson has not complied with the order; 
 and it is now ordered that the overseers of the parish audit the accounts of the 
 said Edward Danson, and, if thought fit, make the said payment to Richard 
 Mason ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 39 
 
 The p^itition of Robert Amye, son of Kendrich Amye, showing that 
 he was, on 5 April, 1693, apprenticed to Jonathan Ward, of "Sheirlane," 
 in the parish of St. Clement Danes, baker, for the term of eight years, and 
 that during that time he has been "grievously misused and immoderately 
 corrected, and that the said Ward has now left his habitation and gone into 
 Whitefriars for refuge." He prays for his indentures to be cancelled, which 
 request is granted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 40 
 
 Order, upon the petition of John Winch and William Maxum, overseers 
 of the hamlet of Hammersmith for the year last past, to examine the accounts 
 of Robert Fowles and Thomas Holding, the present overseers, and also, if 
 thought fit, to pay to the said Winch and Maxum ^14 \<^s. 9^., which they 
 allege they expended, of their own moneys, during their office ... p. 41 
 
 Order for an extension of time for removing the denter stone between 
 the houses of John Murray and Robert Gisborne, in Pall Mall. [ Vide Sessions 
 ^^^i No. 512, p. 57] p. 42 
 
 [Pages 43-48 blank.] 
 Committals, indictments, acquittals, &c. ... ... ... pp. 49-51 
 
 [Page 52 blank.] 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 53 
 
 [Pages 54-59 blank.] 
 
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1 1 6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... .. p. 60 
 
 [Page 61 blank.] 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Names of six persons fined for absence .... ... ... ... P- 63 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 514— JULY, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Recognizances, indictment.s, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 7-30 
 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 31 
 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 " The oath to be tendered to poor prisoners : — What effects are belonging 
 to you, or what debt or debts are owing to you within any of their Majesties' 
 dominions or elsewhere, and by whom, and for what cause and upon what 
 security." List of names (six) follows ... ... ... ... ••• P- 33 
 
 [Pages 34-36 blank.] 
 
 Order for Justices to examine the treasurers' books of accounts of money 
 received and paid for maimed soldiers ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order for reducing and discharging several persons in Clerkenwell 
 Parish of the assessment charged upon them for relief of the poor pp. 37, 38 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas King, of the parish of Hackney from 
 the office of overseer, upon proof that he is a serjeant in the trained bands of 
 the Tower Hamlets, and actually in their Majesties' service, and that 
 military officers are excused from serving parish offices ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order for discharging Katherine Lambert from her indenture of 
 apprenticeship \Tidde Sessions Book No. 512, p. 75] upon the petition of the 
 churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, showing that the indenture 
 whereby she was bound to Anna Victoria Turner being made only for two 
 years is void in law ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Benjamin Hudson, junior, from his indenture 
 of apprenticeship, upon his petition showing that on the 9th of February, 
 1692, he was bound an apprentice to James Crafford, of the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Field.s, barber surgeon, and that the said Crafford exercises 
 only the trade of barber, also that he has immoderately beaten his said 
 apprentice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Phillip Bishopp, Elizabeth his wife, 
 and three children, removed from the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields to the 
 hamlet of Wapping, Stepney ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessions Book 514 — July, 1694. 117 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Klizabeth Simmons, single woman, 
 removed from the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to the liberty of the 
 Rolls ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order of reference to two Justices concerning a male child of one 
 St. John Dockwra, late of the parish of Hoxton, who was found exposed in 
 the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for confirming an order for adjudging Thomas Bates, of the parish 
 of St. Giles, to be the father of the illegitimate child of Unica Franklyn p. 43 
 
 Order for further extension of time for paving the street leading from 
 Clerkenwell Green to St. John Street \vide Sessions Book, No. 500, p. 55] p. 44 
 
 Order of reference to the Special Sessions in the Tower Division concern- 
 ing the repairs of the highways of Whitechapel. This order was corrected and 
 is entered over again further on in this book {see p. 71) ... ... p. 45 
 
 Petition of certain inhabitants of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, 
 showing that they are over-rated for the poor-tax, and that many of the 
 ancient inhabitants who have great estates, lands, &c., in the parish, particularly 
 Mr. John Cross and Mr. Edward Fawcett, do not pay proportionably. The 
 matter is referred to certain Justices to report thereon ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made to reimburse Walter Burton, John 
 Halsey, and Jacob Chipp, surveyors of the highways of the parish of St. Mary, 
 Islington, moneys expended by them for repairs to said highways ... p. 47 
 
 Order to reimburse Anthony Groves, late constable of the parish of 
 Hornsey, his expenses in relieving and passing cripples ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order to Simon Penn, late gaoler of the prison of the Dean and Chapter 
 of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, London, called Finsbury, to attend the 
 next Quarter Sessions with his books ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order to reimburse John Bevis, late constable of the hamlet of Hammer- 
 smith, his expenses in relieving and passing cripples ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that cripples and vagrants passing from St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to Highgate, shall go by Kentish Town, and not 
 pass through the parishes of St. James', Clerkenwell, and St. Mary, 
 Islington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order to reimburse Henry May, late churchwarden of the hamlet of 
 Mile End, in the parish of Stepney, his expenses in relieving the poor... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of certain parishioners of Finchley, showing that they 
 have lately sustained much loss through the pilfering by Richard Rogers, a 
 boy of 14 years, now in prison at Clerkenwell, it is ordered with the consent 
 of the said Richard Rogers, that Captain Thomas Jones, keeper of the said 
 prison, do deliver the said Richard to some officer belonging to one of their 
 Majesties' ships, whereby he may be enabled to get an honest livelihood p. 51 
 
1 1 8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for discharging John Try, esquire, of the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, of the assessment charged upon him for poor rate for an empty 
 house in Holborn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 51 
 
 Order to reimburse Charles Worley, late churchwarden of the hamlet of 
 Bethnal Green, his expenses in relieving the poor ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to reimburse Henry Wilson and Thomas Edge, late scavengers of 
 the liberty of Hollywell Street, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, their 
 expenses in cleansing the streets... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 [Pages 53, 54 blank.] 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, committals, &c. ... pp. 55-58 
 
 Robert Bradford committed to New Prison for saying "God damn 
 Colonel Perry, one of their Majesties' Justices of the Peace for the county, 
 for a little pimp, and that he did not value him, and could turn him round 
 with his finger, and that he had ;!^20o to spend with him, oath being made 
 thereof" p. 58 
 
 Upon the report of certain Justices who have examined the treasurers' 
 books of the fund for maimed soldiers in the several hundreds in the county, 
 and find that there remains in the hands of John Herbert, esquire, treasurer for 
 the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, a considerable sum of money 
 over and above what will satisfy the claims in those hundreds, it is ordered 
 that the said John Herbert pay to Thomas Chambers, treasurer for the 
 hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, the sum of ;^40 ... p- 59 
 
 Robert Nicoll, of Friern Barnet, chosen constable ol the parish in the 
 place of Richard Bennett ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 John Piggott, chosen constable of Green Street quarter and Ponder's 
 End in Enfield, ordered to attend to be sworn ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Swithin's and St. Mary-le- 
 Savoy as to the settlement of Phillip Donaby, a boy of 14, son of Thomas 
 Donaby ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order in dispute between the parishes of Norwood and Hayes as to the 
 settlement of Roads, alias Parsons, a poor woman ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Acton and Hillingdon as to 
 the settlement of John Mould, his wife, and child ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Yeovil, county Somerset, and 
 Bow, in the parish of Stepney, as to the settlement of Izard Summers, wife 
 of Henry Summers, and her three children ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Bride's, London, and 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, as to the settlement of William Shippey, who 
 was an apprentice to one, Mr. Frost, " artsmaster," in the precincts of 
 Bridewell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 63 
 
Sessions Boo ft ^\^—JiiIy, 1694. 119 
 
 Order for increasing the assessment of the poor rate for the i)arish of 
 St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Upon the petition of divers of the inhabitants of the Hberty of East 
 Smithfield, in the parish of St. Botolph Without, Ald^ate, showing that they 
 being destitute of a watch-house for the said liberty have been forced to make 
 use of a public-house, which jjroduces many inconveniences, "the watchmen 
 being often overtaken in drink," and that the lord of the manor has granted 
 a lease of a piece of ground at the upper end of the " first street " of East Smith- 
 field, "where a middle row of houses are rebuilding near the place where the 
 former watch-house stood," it is ordered that the inhabitants be at liberty to 
 erect a convenient watch-house there ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Order that John Windupp, of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, be 
 admitted to a pension of ^3 a year, upon proof that he served their Majesties 
 in their wars, and received several wounds in both his legs on board the 
 "Captain," in the engagement with the French at Beachy Head, on 13 June, 
 1690 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. t)6 
 
 Order to admit James Calliday, of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, to 
 a yearly pension of ^3, upon proof that he served in several naval engage- 
 ments and received wounds, from which he is lame and incapable of main- 
 taining himself ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to reimburse Isaac [William in margin] Logsden, late church- 
 warden of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, money expended by him in 
 the service of the parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Upon the petition of Robert Sheffield, esquire, and Francis Barry, gentle- 
 man, on behalf of themselves and several other inhabitants of the parish of 
 Kensington, against their rate of assessment for poor tax, an order is made 
 reducing the assessment on Mr. Barry, but confirming the sum charged on 
 Mr. Sheffield p- 69 
 
 Upon the petition of Thomas Hobbs, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, doctor of physics, against his assessment of poor rate, the matter is 
 referred to certain Justices to report thereon at the next Sessions ... p. 7° 
 
 Order tor the admission of William Kent, of Old Brentford, in the parish 
 of Ealing, to a pension of ^3 yearly, he having had his left leg shot off, 
 whilst serving as mariner in the Royal Navy ... ... ... ... il'td. 
 
 Whereas in the fifth and sixth year of the present reign, by an Act of 
 Parliament for erecting a new parish to be called the parish of St. John, 
 of Wapping, in the county of Middlesex, the hamlet of Wapping, White- 
 chapel, is made parochial by the name of St. John, Wapping, and is 
 made a distinct parish of itself, the inhabitants thereof to be subject to all 
 rates, &c., for the repairing of the highways of St. Mary Matfellon, alias 
 Whitechapel, and that the ministers and churchwardens of St. John are to 
 have power, with the minister and officers of the i)arish of St. Mary Matfellon, 
 in adjusting all rates and taxes, &c. 
 
 Nov/ by complaint made by the churchwardens of the said new parish of 
 St. John that the churchwardens of the said parish of St. Mary have not called 
 them to adjust the rates, and refuse to give any account touching the same, 
 
I20 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 it is ordered that the churchwardens, overseers, and surveyors of the said 
 parish of St. Mary do attend at the next Sessions with their accounts... p. 71 
 
 Order for discharging Sarah Clements from her apprenticeship to .Mary 
 Rest, widow, of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, upon the ground of 
 mmo derate correction and neglect to provide proper food and clothing, p. 73 
 
 Upon complaint of several inhabitants of tlie parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, for the liberty above Bars, that William Pangborn, one of the 
 overseers of the poor of the said liberty, and collector of the second loyal 
 aid, did wnthout the consent of the assessors collect an overplus of ;^3o, 
 which he still detains in his hands and refuses to account for, the matter is 
 referred to certain Justices for report PP- 73) 74 
 
 [Pages 76-85 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to discharge of prisoner.s, the taking of 
 oaths, &c. 
 
 License for a meeting house in Meeres Street, in the parish of Hackney, 
 for dissenting Protestants, by William Bates ... ... ... ... p. 86 
 
 Lists of names of those who have taken the oath ... ... ... p. 87 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... pp. 88, 89 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 90, 91 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 515-AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, &c. pp. 7-28 
 
 [Pages 29, 30 blank.] 
 Lists of names headed New Prison and House of Correction pp. 31,32 
 
 [Pages 33-48 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the appearance of the churchwardens 
 of Finchley and Whitechapel, recognizances, commitments, &c. pp. 49-52 
 
 [Pages 53, 54 blank.] 
 
 Order for Sara Saunders, of Finchley Parish, widow, to receive 2/6 
 weekly from the churchwardens of the said parish ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, to 
 reimburse Richard Harwell, Richard Bodle, Montjoy Harwood, Edward 
 Turner, William Lsgar, and Henry Leak, former overseers of the said parish, 
 money expended by them ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 516 — Ociobe?-, 1694. 121 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Hull, apprenticed to Edward Sadler, 
 of St. James's Parish, Clerkenwell, victualler ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Similar order in the case of John, son of John Buttery, apprenticed 
 to Thomas Anthony, of St. James's Parish, Westminster, tailor ... p. 57 
 
 Order for the collection of the arrears upon the rate for the relief of 
 the poor of Finchley for last year, and for reimbursing Edward Danson, 
 former overseer of the said parish. \^Vtde Session Book 513, p. 39] ... |>. 58 
 
 Mr. Jasper Harman to be paid 25/- for mending the " county " clock 
 in the dining room at Hicks Hall ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 [Page 60 blank.] 
 
 Order for Thomas Combs, of Fulham Parish, gentleman, to pay Martha, 
 " his first and lawful wife," 10/- weekly ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the parish of St. Clement Danes, to pay 
 Lidia Howard 6/- monthly ... ... ... ... ... ... tbid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Bathe, apprenticed to Thomas 
 Newman, of Stepney Parish, surgeon ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 [Pages 63-84 blank.] 
 
 Names of three victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 85 
 
 [Pages 86-91 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Calendar of indictments and 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 92-95 
 
 [Page 96 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 516-OCTOBER, 1694. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, &c. pp. 7-27 
 
 [Page 28 blank.] 
 List of names headed " N'ew Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 29 
 
 [Page 30 blank.] 
 List of names headed " Poor Prisoners " ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 Order for John Crosse, (ieorge Runibald, Stephen Godfrey, Thomas 
 Maynard, and Thomas Terry, of St. James's Parish, Clerkenwell, to attend 
 next Wednesday, to answer their contempt of a previous order ... p- 33 
 
1 2 2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Upon the oath of Richard Deely, of St. James's, Clerkenwell, gentleman, 
 that Gabriel Joy, surveyor of the said parish, has received of the said Deely 
 6/- towards the repairs of the highway, it is ordered that the said Joy do 
 attend on the 12th instant, so that it may be considered whether the collection 
 be made according to law ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-inthe-Fields and 
 St. Clement Danes, as to the settlement of Martha, wife of John Burd, a 
 Serjeant in Lieutenant-Colonel Billings' company in Colonel Selwyn's regiment 
 of foot ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Woodburn, county Bedford, 
 and Kensington, as to the settlement of Jane, wife of William Poole... p. 35 
 
 Order in a dispute between the hamlet of Spittlefields, Stepney Parish, 
 and that of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, as to the settlement of Samuel England 
 and Sarah, his wife ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Und. 
 
 Order for the discharge of David, son of John Blodwell, apprenticed to 
 John Hurly, of St. Ann's Parish, Westminster, surgeon ... ... P- 36 
 
 Order (upon the petition of William Atlee, churchwarden, and John 
 Chappell, overseer, of Ealing Parish) for the discharge of William Ludlow, a 
 poor boy of the said parish, apprenticed to Jonathan Stevens, of the said 
 parish, brickmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 37 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Ann's, Westminster, as to the settlement of Mary Muns and her child, 
 Sara U'id. 
 
 William Mitchell, a poor man, aged about 60, and who has "a charge 
 of small children," is discharged from serving the office of headborough of 
 Golden Lane Liberty, in the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate p. 38 
 
 Upon the petition of Joseph Stent, John Slocomb, and Richard Gastner, 
 surveyors of the highways of Harmandsworth Parish, show'ing that they have 
 disbursed j[,2)^ " over and above the statute work done by the inhabitants of 
 the said ])arish," and that the highways are still in need of repair, and praying 
 that a rate may be made for reimbursing the petitioners, as well as for the 
 further repairing of the said highways, it is ordered accordingly ... p. 39 
 
 Order for examining the accounts of James Roakes, former churchwarden 
 of St. Pancras, and for a rate to reimburse him and others. "This order was 
 afterwards altered " (^'/V/i' p. 54)... ... ... ... ■•• ••• P- 4° 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Battersey, otherwise Under- 
 brick, county Surrey, and Monkin Hadley, as to the settlement of Thomas 
 Osborn, Joane, his wife, and their three children ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Finchley and Hornsey as to 
 the settlement of Susan and Elizabeth, the two children of William Smyth, 
 lately deceased ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4* 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Hoddesden, county Herts, 
 and Enfield, in this county, as to the settlement of William Bigg, and Mary, 
 his wife, with their five children ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
Sessions Book 516 — October, 1694. 123 
 
 Order in a dispute Ijctwecn the parishes of Paddington and Kensington, 
 as to the settlement of Thcmias, the infant of Elizabeth Harrison, the said 
 infant being born in Paddington aforesaid, and Elizabeth Harrison being the 
 lawful wife of one Harrison, a soldier, who was last settled in Bristol... p. 44 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Clement Danes, as to the settlement of Martha, wife of John Burd {vide 
 p. 34). The said Martha, "about two years since," was the servant of Daniel 
 Carrier, of St. Giles'-in-tlie-Fields, with whom she lived for a year ... p. 45 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Acton and Ealing, as to the 
 settlement of Mary, wife of John Noakes, and her two children, Judith and 
 John ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for referring the accounts of the churchwardens of Chelsea, for 
 money disbursed by them in defending suits concerning the repair of a certain 
 highway " lying out of their said parish " ... ... ... ... p- 47 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Hampstead and St. Pancras, 
 as to the settlement of Ann Parrott, otherwise Harris, widow of Richard 
 Harris ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Mile End Old Town, Stepney, 
 and Ratchffe Hamlet, as to the settlement of Ann, the wife of Josiah Case 
 (who is now in their Majesties' service), and four young children ... p- 49 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Paul's, Shadwell, and 
 Wapping Hamlet, Stepney, as to the settlement of Sarah, widow of William 
 Budd ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 50 
 
 Adam Slubbs, of Sr. James's Parish, Westminster, is admitted as a 
 pensioner in the hundred of Ossulston, he having served as a soldier in 
 Captain Leigh's troop in the Royal Regiment of Dragoons for many years, 
 and in most of the late engagements in Ireland, where he lost the use of one 
 of his legs... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for ihe augmentation of the pension of William Lyddall, of 
 St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, a maimed soldier and mariner 
 of this county. \_Vide Sessi<ms Book 512, p. 36] ... ... ... P- 51 
 
 Proceedings upon the dispute concerning the payment of poor rates by 
 Robert Emplage, of Lamehouse Hamlet, Slepney Parish, mariner. The said 
 Robert is now ordered to pay the same according to his ability ... n. 52 
 
 Order in a dispute between the Duchy Liberty, in the parish of St. Mary- 
 le-Savoy, and that of the Savoy Precincts, as to the settlement of Alice 
 Winterborne and her male child. The said Alice was last settled as the 
 servant of Peter Harminger, in the said precinct ... ... ... P- 53 
 
 Order for the payment of money due to James Roakes, former church- 
 warden of St. Pancras Parish. [Vide a9ite, p. 40J ... ... ... p- 54 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Giles Prince, Francis Frazier, Ralph 
 Spooner, and others, innholders in the liberty of Westminster. Shows 
 
124 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 that numbers of horse of the Earl of Oxford's regiment were quartered upon 
 them, and that the officers have not paid the petitioners for their quarters, 
 and that the said officers have, sometimes with billets and sometimes without, 
 quartered men and horses in excessive numbers upon the said innholders, 
 " without the constables of the respective wards and divisions," and prays for 
 relief in the premises. Upon proof that the complaint is groundless, the 
 petition is dismissed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p 54 
 
 Upon the petition of the surveyors (named) of the highways of Ealing 
 Parish, praying for the confirmation of a rate made for the repair of the 
 highways of the said parish, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 The Court is informed that great numbers of poor men and women 
 parochial pensioners, beg in other parishes, whereby the inhabitants of the 
 county are greatly oppressed " with the poor begging at their doors and 
 shops." It is ordered that the various churchwardens and overseers provide 
 badges or tokens for all their " pension poor," of some durable metal bearing 
 the name of their parish, hamlet or precinct, which badge is to be fixed at 
 the end of the left sleeve of the pensioner's outmost garment. Pensioners 
 refusing to wear the badge are to have their pensions stopped until they 
 conform to the order ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 7 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Chaplyn, which shows that he 
 was apprenticed to John Heylin, citizen and sadler of London, on the 13th ot 
 October, 1691, and that on the same day he was passed over to Francis 
 Walker, near Charing Cross, in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 scrivener, whom he served for two years, when the said Walker died, and that 
 the petitioner has served Ann Walker, the widow, for one year, and that the 
 petitioner finds the said Ann's assistant incapable of instructing him, and 
 prays to be discharged. Upon proof that the said Ann has married one 
 Edward Stephenson, scrivener, who is capable of instructing the said 
 apprentice, it is ordered that he serve for the remainder of his term ... p. 58 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to oaths of fealty, acquittals, indict- 
 ments, &c. PP- 59-67 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-71 
 
 [Page 72 blank]. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 517— DECEMBER, 1694. 
 Jury list p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... pp. 7-31, 35-38 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 33 
 
 Order of reference to a committee of the Justices to mspect the Acts of 
 Parliament relating to the relief and settlement of the poor ; to those in 
 the gaol, hospitals, and houses of correction ; and to poor prisoners... p. 41 
 
 Order to Edward Danson, late overseer of the parish of Finchley, to pay 
 to Richard Hyde, churchwarden of the said parish, ^,5 \s. \\d. ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 518 — January, 1695. 125 
 
 The claim of William Peirson, of Ealing, for j[^\2 ids. gd?. from that 
 parish, expended by him as surveyor of the highways, referred to Henry 
 Hawley and Nicholas Grice, two Justices, for settlement P- 42 
 
 Order for the discharge of Bridget Halshaw from her apprenticehood 
 with John Breviter, victualler, of St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Ealing, to make a rate 
 for repaying to William Blanchett ^5 6^. 2^., expended by him in serving as 
 constable for the division of Old Brentford and surveyor of the highways in 
 1690 and 1692 ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... p- 43 
 
 "The Right Honouiable Charles, Earl of Monmouth" and "other 
 persons of quality " in the parish of Fulham, refuse to pay a double poor's 
 rate duly made. The Court appoints Sir John Elwes and Richard Woodcock, 
 two of the Justices, to wait on these persons of quality, and " to desire of 
 them to pay the moneys assessed." Report is to be made to the next Court 
 of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order to William Durston, clerk of the parish of Sondley in the county 
 of Worcester, to pay to Richard Shipp the sum of ^36 for a nurse child, 
 Hannah or Anna Maria Button (Durston had gone by that name) : he is also 
 to indemnify the churchwardens, &c., of St. James', Clerkenwell, from any 
 charge on account of this nurse child ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for the matron of the College of Infants at Clerkenwell to receive 
 3/- per week from Sir Thomas Rowe (who is to deduct it from his rent due 
 to the trustees) for the support of one Stott, a lame child ... p. 47 
 
 [Pages 48, 49 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 50-53 
 
 Rough memoranda referring to the Fulham case, amongst others 
 (page 45) p. 55» 5^ 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 518— JANUARY, 1695. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, acquittals, 
 &c. PP- 7-20 
 
 [Pages 21-30 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison "and " House of Correction " p. 31 
 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, rent due for the corpora- 
 tion workhouse, convictions, acquittals, <S:c. ... ... ... pp. 33-3^ 
 
 Address of condolence on the death of the Queen, from the Justices of 
 the Peace to the King. Dated 15 January [1694-5] ... ... ... p. 37 
 
126 Middlesex Comity Records. 
 
 Admission of Charles Leadgall, of Isleworth Parish, uiariner, as a 
 pensioner from the fund for maimed soldiers and mariners, he having served 
 as a seaman on the "Charles" galley last summer, in the expeditions against 
 Dieppe and Brest, in which service iiis back was broken ... ... p- 38 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Bethnal Green, to pay Robert Trigoult, 
 overseer of the poor in that hamlet for 1692, the sum of ;^i5 expended 
 byhim p. 39 
 
 Order for Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, to pay Simon Harcourt, Clerk of 
 the Peace, jT^i^o Zs. od. due for rent of that part of the corporation work- 
 house at Clerkenwell whicli the said Rowe holds by lease from the trustees 
 of this county. \^Vide Sessions Book Ji^']i^, y*- SS\ ••■ ■•■ •■• ^^'''^^ 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Wapfiing Hamlet, Stepney, 
 and St. Mnry Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, as to the settlement of Jane, 
 wife of Thomas Buddin, a soldier in His Majesty's service in Flanders p. 40 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Sepulchre's, as to the settlement of John Aldridge and Mary, his 
 wife p. 41 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parish of St. John, Wapping, and 
 Wapping Hamlet, as to the settlement of Ann, widow of John Browne, and 
 her three children, Elizabeth, Ann, and David ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of James Hunt, of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, who was elected last Easter to serve as 
 constable in the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ... //'id. 
 
 ^Vhereas by an order of the 22nd of May last [vide Sessions Book No. 513, 
 page 39] the accounts of Edward Danson, former overseer of Finchley 
 Parish, were referred to certain Justices (named) ; now, upon their report, it 
 was ordered that the said Danson pay the churchwardens ;^5 li'. 11^., which 
 he refused to do; the said order and report is confirmed, and Danson is 
 required to pay the money ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parish of St. Stephen, Coleman Street, 
 and Wapping Hamlet, Stepney, as to the settlement of Mary, daughter of 
 William Bard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parish of St. John, Wapping, and 
 Wapping Hamlet, Stepney, as to the settlement of Elemor Pickering, and her 
 two children, Jeremiah and Mary ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Acton and \N'illesden as to the 
 settlement of Mary Taylor, widow, and her two children ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Clement Danes and 
 St. Mary-le-Savoy as to the settlement of Mary Glasgadine. The said Mary 
 served as an apprentice to one Robert Cox, a periwig-maker, in the former 
 parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 46 
 
 Order that the Justices' clerks receive no dividend, except in the division 
 where the Justices dwell, of the money received at the general renewal of 
 victuallers' licenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
Sessions Book ^\%— January, 1695. 
 
 127 
 
 The surveyors of the highways, "on Fulham side," Fulham Parish, for 
 1693, are to be reimbursed for the repairs of the said highways, by a rate on 
 the inhabitants of the said parish ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 A certificate, showing that on Friday, the x8th of January, John 
 Beauchamp and William Connop, of Staines, innholders, affirmed that the 
 sums of money underwritten are unpaid, for quarters for the officers and 
 men in Captain Coward's Ci)mpany of Dragoons, commanded by Colonel 
 Leigh, and lately quartered in Siaines aforesaid : — 
 
 To John Wells, at the White Horse 
 
 Francis Harman 
 
 William Saunders, at the Rose and Crown 
 
 James Acton, at the Black Boy ... 
 
 Thomas Bell, at the Bear ... 
 
 WiUiam Field, at the Anchor 
 
 Richard Fortune, at the Dog 
 
 John Beauchamp ... 
 
 James Langley, at the Nag's Head 
 
 John Love, at the Angel ... 
 
 William Connop 
 
 William Cooke, at the Red Lyon... 
 
 Total 
 
 p. 48 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Sadler, of Fulham Parish, yeoman, 
 which shows that the petitioner, with other inhabitants in the said parish, 
 has been grievously over-rated, and prays relief therein. Upon proof that 
 the complaint is groundless, the petition is dismissed, and the rate for the 
 relief of the poor is confirmed ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Upon the petition of George Smyth, of Fulham Parish, yeoman, showing 
 that he disbursed ^^5 is. 6d. in relieving and passing cripples and vagrants 
 during last year when he served the office of constable, and praying to be 
 repaid, it is referred to certain Justices, who are to order payment if they 
 think fit p. 50 
 
 John Taaffe, of St. James's, Westminster, gentleman, is adjudged the 
 father of Elizabeth Mabbett's male child, who was born in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields last August. Order for the apprehension of the said 
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 [Page 59 blank.] 
 
 P- 58 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Calendar of indictments and 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 60-63 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, appearances, &c. 
 
 p. 64 
 
128 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 519— FEBRUARY, 1695. 
 
 Jury list P- 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances pp. 7-16 
 
 [Pages 17-32 blank.] 
 
 Order that all victuallers in the future are to appear in person before the 
 Court at the general renewing of licenses, and each is to enter into a 
 recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, to observe and keep good rule. 
 Complaint had been made that the constables and beadles had gone from, 
 alehouse to alehouse in several divisions, extorting money from the victuallers 
 on pretence of carrying in their licenses to be renewed P- 33 
 
 Order made for Thomas Crawford, a headborough of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, to return Joseph Cole, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, the sum of 
 ;^32 i6.f. od. Crawford, under a Justices' warrant, had searched Cole's 
 house, where he found brass money, and ;^32 i6.y. od. of good money, 
 apparently recently clipped. He had arrested Cole's wife Dorothy. The 
 Grand Jury threw out the bill against her P- 34 
 
 Order to Michael Tooley, provost marshal, to release Richard Lumbley, 
 who had been forced by Captain Edward Taylor to take twelve pence for 
 enlisting as a soldier. The Court ordered the money to be returned, and, 
 further, was of opinion that Lumbley having been oppressed, and not being 
 qualified to be a seaman, ought not to be impressed as a soldier ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Weekly Eakins to be imprisoned in Newgate for three months 
 on his refusal to take the oath of allegiance, or to pay the fine of 40/-.. . p. 35 
 
 Moses Cathness, convicted of cheating Rebecca Dickens by means of a 
 false token, value £^\\ 135'. od., is fined 20 marks, and ordered to stand for an 
 hour in the pillory "at Bow Street end, near Will's coffeehouse" in the 
 parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, on February 23rd ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &:c., of Stepney Parish to make a rate to 
 repay to William Lloyd the sum of ;^5 \s. 8^., which he had expended on 
 material for repairing the highways while he was surveyor ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order made for three of the Justices to hear the matters of difference 
 between Thomas, son of Daniel Paxton, citizen and haberdasher, apprentice, 
 and John Wade, of St. Martin's-in-theT*'ieIds, haberdasher of small wares, his 
 master. The apprentice, aged 15, complained, amongst other things, that his 
 master had forced him to stay at home on Sundays "to dress provisions, 
 and [do] other household and servile work " : that he had been terrified at the 
 instigation of his master into a confession that he had defrauded his master of 
 several small wares and some money, and though his friends had offered to 
 make full satisfaction, his master had turned him out of doors, got him com- 
 mitted to the New Prison, and would not have him back, nor return any part of 
 the premium of ;£\^. The master alleged that his apprentice had embezzled 
 several small wares and 32/- in money, and had been convicted of the same at 
 the present Court. It was arranged that the parties should abide by the 
 award of three of the jury, and in the meantime the boy is to remain with his 
 mother. Benjamin Paxton, uncle of the said apprentice, is mentioned p. 37 
 
Sessions Book 520 — Aprils 1695. 129 
 
 Order for preventing alehouse keepers from holding the ofifice of head- 
 borough or beadle. Complaint had been made to the Court that divers 
 headboroughs and beadles, who kept alehouses, had been in the habit of 
 taking ])ersons whom they had apprehended to their own houses, "or places 
 called roundhouses," and keeping them there until they had spent great sums 
 of money in eating and drinking and lodging, and then releasing them without 
 bringing them before a Justice ; that often offenders had been taken to these 
 alehouses and roundhouses, after they had been committed to the New Prison 
 and Bridewell ; and that seamen and others liable to be pressed for the fleet, 
 took shelter in these houses kept by beadles and headboroughs " when his 
 Majesty requires them in his service " ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 [Pages 41-54 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to various matters, chiefly recognizances. 
 
 Robert Dash's license at the Queen's Arms, Whitechapel, marshall's 
 bailiff, suppressed. 
 
 All traverses in the future to be tried on the first two days of the 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 55-57 
 
 Names of those in New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 62 
 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 520 -APRIL, 1C95. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Appointment of Sir James Smith as treasurer for the maimed soldiers for 
 the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore for 1695. The said Sir 
 James is to take over the accounts of John Herbert, the former treasurer. 
 
 The like appointment for Sir John Smith, baronet, for the hundreds of 
 Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth. The said Sir John to take over the 
 accounts of Thomas Chambers, the former treasurer. 
 
 Appointment of Edward Yeoman, gentleman, as treasurer for the 
 Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, in the hundreds of Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore, in the place of William Mundon, gentleman, former 
 treasurer. 
 
 The like appointment of John Turner, of Ickenham, gentleman, for the 
 hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, in the place of John Smith, 
 i^entleman. 
 
 Order as to rates of wages and assize of bread ... ... ... p. 7 
 
 [Page 8 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, recognizances, 
 &c. pp. 9-25 
 
 [Pages 26-30 blank.] 
 
130 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for a rate to be collected for the repairs of the highways of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. Instructions concerning the collection of the 
 same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 31 
 
 Order for ^\^illianl Atwick and John Batt, both of Shepperton, yeomen, 
 to be appointed as constable and headborough in the room of William 
 Goodwin and Edward Hart, yeomen, who have ])etitioned to be dis- 
 charged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Datchworth, county Herts, and 
 Enfield, in this county, as to the settlement of Elizabeth, widow of William 
 Handley, and her five children ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order .on the petition of Richard Green, of Hampton, showing that he has 
 served as constable for the past year, and that at the court leet, held last 
 Tuesday, he returned Charles Mason for the post, but the said Mason proving 
 incapable, the petitioner is forced to serve until another fit person is chosen. 
 Prays to be discharged. It is ordered that Charles Underwood be appointed in 
 the place of the said Green ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 34 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Enfield and Edmonton, as to 
 the settlement of Ann Dimisdall, a single woman ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of Nathaniel Herbert, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 gentleman, showing that he is nominated overseer for the said parish, and 
 that he is too old and infirm to serve the said office, and praying to be 
 discharged, it is ordered accordingly, and John How is appointed in his 
 place ... p. 35 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Islingon and St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, as to the settlement of Mary (aged six years), daughter of William 
 Edwards, lately deceased ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the overseers of the poor of Hampton Wick 
 and Hampton Town, as to the settlement of Dorothy, wife of WiUiam 
 Springum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of AUhallows, Barking, and 
 St. John, Wapping, as to the settlement of Samuel, son of Henry Roper, 
 deceased ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Holland, of the Prebend Liberty, 
 St. Mary's Parish, Islington, which shows that he has served as constable for 
 the past year, and that Richard Browne, of the said parish, gentleman, has 
 been appointed, but that he refuses to take the oath : petitioner prays that the 
 said Richard may be ordered to take the oath, or to show cause to the contrary. 
 The said Browne, proving that he is only a lodger in the said liberty, is 
 discharged from serving as constable ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Jose[jh Hawton, of St. Mary's Parish, 
 Islington, which shows that he has been an inhabitant in the said parish about 
 two years and a half, and has not lived in the lower liberty al)Ove six 
 months, and that he is chosen constable of the said liberty, although he is . 
 
Sessi<ms Book 530 — Apri/, 1695. 131 
 
 collector of the King's tax, and is very infirm and unable to serve, and prays 
 to be discharged. It is ordered accordingly, and Nicholas Spencer, of the said 
 liberty, yeoman, is appointed in the petitioner's place ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order of reference concerning the appointment as scavenger of John 
 Horsfeild, of Holywell Court, St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the constables of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 10 place 
 a watchman in Newport Street in the said parish ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Teddington and St. Mary-Ie- 
 Savoy, as to the settlement of Barbara, widow of Robert Cliandler, lately 
 deceased ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... il>id. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, liberty 
 above Bars, and the liberty of the Rolls, as to the settlement of Elizabeth and 
 Theodocia, the two young children of Richard and Ann Pennluna ... p. 40 
 
 Recital that a bill of indictment was preferred against Katherine Jordan, 
 formerly of St. Giles'- in-the-Fields, widow, for having 40 counterfeit half- 
 crowns and 50 counterfeit shillings, and for endeavouring to pass the same, 
 which said bill was returned marked " ignoramus." The said Katherine 
 complains that Thomas Udall, constable of St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, 
 has ^12 i6s. od., part of the same money, belonging to her, upon the pretence 
 that ... it is counterfeit. Ordered that the said tjdall restore the same to 
 the complainant ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ih'd. 
 
 Proceedings upon the certificate of two Justices (named), which shows 
 th.it they have viewed the north side of the highway in the town of Kensington, 
 and judge it fit to be paved with stone from the east end of the house of 
 Thomas Johnson, gentleman, westward to the west end of the house of John 
 Watkins, blacksmith, and that they have also viewed the south side of the 
 highway in the said town, and that they judge it fit to be paved with stone from 
 the east side of the door of the house of Thomas Colby, gentleman, westward 
 to the west side of the garden door of John Symonds, gardener, "over against 
 the house of the above-named John Watkins." It is ordered that the same 
 be paved, according to the judgment of the said Justices, on or before the 
 ist of June next. 
 
 . A list follows of the names of landlords and tenants who are liable to pave 
 in the town of Kensington ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Schedule of rates fixed on the 2nd of April, 1695, for paving the town of 
 Kensington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the collection of ^36 for the defence of two actions brought 
 by John Russel against the inhabitants of Ossulston Hundred, for a robbery 
 supposed to have i)een committed upon the said Russel, in a lane leading from 
 Hampstead to Highgate, through Cane Wood, in the said hundred. 
 
 A list follows of the parishes, hamlets, &c., with the amounts to be 
 collected ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of John St. Paul, apprentice to Robert 
 St. John, of Bear Street, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, periwig maker, which shows 
 
132 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 the said John to have been neglected and ill-used. Ordered that the said 
 apprentice be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order of reference concerning the payment of money due to Ralph 
 Nicholson and John Bond, scavengers for the liberty of Church End, in the 
 parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, for the year 1692 ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The order of two Justices confirmed, adjudging Peter Rishea, factor, to 
 be the father of Phoebe Topping's male child, in the house of Mistress Reeve, 
 deceased, situated in Coventry Stieet, "against the end of Oxenden Street," 
 St. James's Parish, within the liberty of Westminster ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 John Steele, otherwise Morphew, is convicted for cheating William 
 Whittle " of five guineas in gold by false arts and tokens," and . . . 
 Griffith Jones "of two other guineas," and for being a notorious cheat; 
 he is fined 50 marks upon each indictment, and ordered to stand in and 
 upon the pillory for three several days, first before the great gates of 
 Hickshall, the second time near Great Turnstile in Holborn, and the third 
 time near Charing Cross, for an hour each day, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock 
 noon ; he is to find sureties for his good behaviour for 12 months, and for his 
 appearance at the end of that time. He is remanded to Newgate until he pay 
 the fines, undergo the punishment, and find sureties, and then to be delivered, 
 paying his fees, ;^ 2 8j. 4^/. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for Simon Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace, to pay James Tyton 40/- 
 for his trouble in soliciting the prosecution of Thomas Nicholls, Jonathan 
 Ball, and John Steele, otherwise Morphew, who were convicted of several 
 frauds and misdemeanours ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parish of St. Mary-le-Savoy, \^'illiam 
 Crossefeild, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and John Ketchly, of St. Sepulchre's, 
 founders, concerning the maintenance of the female child of Elizabeth, wife 
 of the said Ketchly, the said child being born in the parish of St. Mary-le- 
 Savoy, and chargeable to the said Crossefeild, he being Elizabeth's father. . . . 
 It is proved that the said Elizabeth, " 10 years since," eloped from her 
 husband, and went to Jamaica for nine years, returning to England in 
 December, 1693, just before the birth of her child ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Proceedings upon the information that Ralph Randall has taken a house 
 in the liberty of Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, "never 
 used for a victualling house, but always inhabited by citizens of good worth 
 or gentlemen," with the intention of selling beer and ale. In consideration 
 of the great number of alehouses in this locality, it is ordered that no license 
 be granted to the taid Ralph ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 [Pages 52-74 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, appearances, acquittals, 
 commitments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 75-78 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 79 
 
 [Pages 80, 81 blank.] 
 
Sessions Book 521 — May, 1695. 133 
 
 List of victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 [Pages 83-87 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Ind[ictments] and Calendar of recog- 
 nizances pp. 88-91 
 
 [Pages 92-96 blank.] 
 SESSIONS BOOK 521-MAY, 1695. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 -Memoranda of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 7-25 
 
 [Pages 26-32 blank.] 
 
 Two Justices appointed to examine the claim of Robert Deavon, 
 constable of the liberty of Lower Barnsbury, in the parish of St. Mary, 
 Islington, for ;^8 \^s. \d. for passing strangers, cripples, &c., during liis 
 term of (jtfice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 33 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of William Hill, of Stepney Parish, 
 showing that he was raker for the " upper part of Wapping, Stepney," for the 
 past year, and praying to be repaid the money expended by him during his 
 term of office. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of Joseph Joyce, esquire, of Stepney Parish, praying to be dis- 
 charged from serving as overseer of the poor of Mile End New Town, for the 
 following reasons : — He has been employed in the Island of Nevis for ten 
 or twelve years as King's Counsel, and Justice of the Peace, and has held 
 highest rank in military affairs ; he has lived in Mile End Hamlet aljout 
 three years, and has " now a family of whites and blacks in the said island 
 of one hundred and ten persons," and that he is here for the despatch of 
 his affairs in England, and is suddenly returning to Nevis. Order that the 
 petitioner be discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 34 
 
 Upon the information that William Mann, of Fulham Parish, yeoman, 
 has surreptitiously obtained a license for the sale of beer and ale, and that 
 he is unqualified to be a victualler, he having suffered great disorders to 
 be committed in his house, it is ordered that the said Mann's license be 
 suppressed... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 35 
 
 Order for the discharge of Mary Saltonstall, apprenticed to Sarah Hobbs, 
 of St. Paul's Parish, Covent Garden, spinster, "tirewoman" ... ... p- 36 
 
 [Pages 37-40 blank.] 
 
 Sarah Stratford is convicted for being a woman of evil fame, and for 
 enticing Elizabeth Farrington into a common tavern in the parish of 
 St. Clement Danes. She is fined 20 nobles, and is to stand upon the 
 pillory three several days, for one hour, between 9 a.m. and 1 2 o'clock noon : 
 the first day at the Porter's Block at Cowcross, the second time "in the 
 most convenient place near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand," and the 
 
1 34 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 third at or near Charing Cross, with a written paper on her breast showing 
 her offence." She is to be imprisoned for three months, "without bail or 
 pjainprize," and is committed to Newgate until she undergo the punishment 
 and imprisonment, then to be delivered, paying her fees, 17/4 ... p. 41 
 
 Reginald Bucknall is convicted for forging and publishing a letter of 
 attO'ney, and the will of Jacob Jacobson. He is fined 3/4, and is to stand 
 in and upon the pillory three several days, for one hour, between 9 a.m. and 
 \2 o'clock noon: the first day upon Little Tower Hill, the second near the 
 Sun Tavern, in Ratcliffe Highway, and the third day near Ratcliffe Cross, 
 with a paper over his head showing his offence. He is committed to New 
 Prison (without bail or mainprize) until the next Sessions, and until he pay 
 the fine and undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, paying his 
 fees, 10/4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Mary Mattison, convicted for the same offence, is fined i/-, and ordered 
 to stand upon the pillory with the said Bucknall, on the three several days, 
 with a paper on her breast showing her offence. She is committed to New 
 Prison (without bail or mainprize) until the next Sessions, and until she pay 
 her fine and undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, 10/4 p. 42 
 
 [Pages 43, 44 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, commitments, &c. 
 
 "A Presbyterian meeiing certified to be held at Fulham, at the house 
 
 of Edward Farmer, in Hammersmith, in the said parish, maltster." pp. 45-47 
 
 Li.sts of names, headed "New Prison" and "House of Correction" p. 48 
 
 [Pages 49-54 blank.]. 
 
 Names of three victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed "Calendar of Recognizances" and 
 " Calendar of Indictments," &:c ... ... ... ... pp. 56-60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 522- JULY, 1695. 
 
 Jury panels . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Indentures, recognizances, committals, acquittals, &c. ... pp. 7-38 
 
 Order for confirming an order made for adjudging Roger \Vells of 
 Twickenham or Teddmgton to be the father of the female child oi Elizabeth 
 Dickens, born 10 years ago in the parish of St. James', Clerkenwell ... j). 39 
 
 Address, dated 11 July, 1695, to the Lords Justices of England from ths 
 Justices of the county, concerning the finding and apprehending of all papists 
 and reputed papists lately come from France, Ireland, and other remote parts 
 ot the kingdom, and what horses, above the value of ;^,5, belonging to the said 
 ])ers()ns, are to be found in inns and livery stables ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessiojts Book 522 — //^/i'. 1695. 135 
 
 Order for dismissing the petition of Abraham Derew, (iilberl Coleman, 
 and Thomas Whiteing, late surveyors of the highways for the parish of 
 St. Mary. Whitechapel, concerning money expended by them during their 
 office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for a return of the names of all persons who sell beer and 
 ale p. 43 
 
 Order to suppress the victualling license of Ralph Randall of the liberty 
 of Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. [^Vide Sessions Book 
 520 p. 51] ii'i^i- 
 
 Order for dismissing Abraham Tyler, of the hamlet of Pinner, in the 
 parish of Harrow, from the office of headborough, upon proof that he has 
 served the said office since Easter, 1^94, and still continues by reason that no 
 Court Leet has been held by the manor this year. John Tame is nominated 
 in his s'ead ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 The like order for Thomas Butterfield to be sworn headborough of the 
 same hamlet in place of Richard Davis who is discharged ... ... ibid. 
 
 The like order for Thomas Atkins, constable of the hamlets of Wembley 
 and Alperton ; John Cannon nominated in his stead ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 William Russell discharged from being con.stable of Pinner, in the parish 
 of Harrow, and Thomas Mayor chosen in his stead ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 John Harris chosen constable of Roxeth in the room of Thomas Porter 
 discharged... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 William Duck, chosen constable, and John Bodyman, headborough, ot 
 the hamlet of Harrow Weald, in the places of William Crane and Henry Bird, 
 discharged... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for di.scharging John Cogas and John Bonnet from being 
 constables of Ruislip and appointing Samuel Cock and Samuel Owen in 
 their stead ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference for reimbursing Joseph Cart, late constable of the 
 ward of Fore Street, in the parish of Edmonton, money expended by him in 
 passing cripples ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order, in a dispute between the parishes of Harding [Harpenden], in 
 the county of Hertford and South Mymm.s, concerning the settlement of Luke 
 Smyth, his wife and children ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference for reimbursing moneys due to the executors of 
 William Pearson, late surveyor of the highways of Ealing. Mary Pearson, 
 relict and executrix of the said William Pearson, shows that the money was 
 not paid to her husband in his lifetime ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Margaret's, Westminster, concerning the settlement of Grace Fleet, an 
 infant, aged 10 months ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
1 36 Middlesex Coimty Records. 
 
 Order to reimburse the churchwardens of the parish of Chelsea, moneys 
 disbursed by them in defending a suit against the inhabitants of the said 
 parish for not repairing a certain highway near Willesden ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for repairing the highways of 
 Hornsey ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The hke for the highways in Islington ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for paving a new street called Northampton Street, leading from 
 north to south through a place commonly called by the name of Wood's 
 Close, in the parish of St. James', Clerkenwell, and another new cross street 
 fronting the aforesaid street, leading from east to west, known by the name of 
 Rufford's Buildings or Spencer's Street ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for the repair of Chertsey Bridge, at 
 half the rate formerly levied for the repair of the said bridge and rebuilding of 
 Brentford Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Schedule of the tax and proportion of the whole county of Middlesex 
 and the city and liberty of Westminster for repairing of Chertsey Bridge and 
 other county bridges, the ist July, 1695 ... ... ... pp. 55-57 
 
 [Page 58 blank.] 
 
 Appeal in a dispute between the parishes of St. John's, Wapping, and 
 St. Ann's, Westminster, concerning the settlement of Ann, wife of Daniel 
 Judson, and her three children, John, Daniel, and Elizabeth ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order that the Right Honourable the Earl of Cardigan, a reputed Roman 
 Catholic, be allowed to keep in his house two muskets and two pairs of 
 pistols for safeguard of his house ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid^ 
 
 Order to reduce the assessment for poor rate made upon William 
 Everard, junior, of the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, 
 gunstock maker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 At a Sessions of oyer and terminer, held on 6 July, George Pen- 
 hallock was convicted of a trespass for placing half an ounce of clippings of 
 money in the house of John Butler with intent to charge Mary, the wife of the 
 said John Butler, with the crime of clipping the current coin, and is fined 3/4, 
 and is to be set in the pillory in the square, called Leicester Fields, for one 
 hour on Friday next between the hours of 10 and 12 in the forenoon, with 
 a paper showing his offence and to remain in the prison at Clerkenwell for 
 one month ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging John Smyth of the Inner 
 Temple, gentleman, to be the father of the male child of Katherine Varney, 
 of Devonshire Street, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order on the petition of William Shelley, of the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell, pumpmaker, showing that in 1691 Andrew Benson became his 
 apprentice, and that about two years ago he ran away and entered himself 
 on board His Majesty's ship, the " Duchess." The Court directs that the 
 
Sessions Book 523 — A u trust, 1695. 137 
 
 indentures of apprenticeship of tlie said Andrew Benson be cancelled, and 
 that he he delivered to sonie officer of one of the shi[)s of war, he appearing 
 to be a disorderly person though an able seaman ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 John Pitcher is confirmed scavenger of Turnmill Street Liberty, in the 
 parish of St. James', Clerkenwell, in the place of Edward Hickman, removed 
 out of the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ilnd. 
 
 Upon the petition of Nicholas Spencer, of the parish of St. Mary, 
 Islington, showing that Thomas Woodman, chosen constable of the Newington 
 Borough, has hired Samuel Beard to serve the said office in his stead, and the 
 said Beard living nearer London than Spencer, he (Spencer) is forced to 
 receive poor people from Beard and pass them on to Kingsland, notvviilv 
 standing Woodman's habitation lies nearer Kingsland ; it is ordered that 
 Woodman and Beard nominate a fit person to be headborough who lives 
 nearer to Kingsland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 65 
 
 Order for reimbursing Robert Deavon, late constable of Lower Barnsbury, 
 in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, money expended by him in passing 
 cripples ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Recognizances, indentures, committals, appearances, acquittals, &c. 
 
 pp. 67-70 
 [Page 72 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 73 
 
 [Pages 74, 75 blank.] 
 
 Calendar of indictments, alphabetical lists .. . ... ... PP. 76, 77 
 
 Alphabetical list of names [not headed] ... ... ... pp.78, 79 
 
 Indictment, conviction, recognizance ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 523-AUGUST, 1695. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 &c. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, recognizances, 
 PP- 7-34 
 
 [Pages 35-48 blank.] 
 
 Proceedings upon the information tiiat Christopher Prideth, constable of 
 St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, when searching the house of William Barton, 
 of the said parish, found, and took possession of, ^11 \^s. od., money 
 suspected to be newly clipped, whereupon Elizabeth, wife of the said William, 
 and Francis, their son, were apprehended to answer the complaint of the 
 said Prideth, for having in their possession clipped money, a crucible, and 
 a large pair of " sizers." It is ordered that the said money be restored by 
 
 Prideth 
 
 P- 49 
 
138 Middlesex Cotmty Recoj'ds. 
 
 Order for the present churchwardens and overseers of Mile End New 
 Town to collect the rate made for reimbursing John Sheppard, former 
 churchwarden, ihe money expended by him during his term of office... p. 49 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens and overseers of St. Mary's Pansh, 
 Islington, and Robert Deavon, of the said parish, yeoman, constable during 
 the past year, concerning money expended by the said Deavon during his 
 term of office. The matter is referred to Mr. James Dewy, JP-. for his 
 opinion thereupon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of St. Clement Danes to pay only ^16 14^. 8^/. 
 towards the repair of Chertsey Bridge, the churchwardens in the said parish 
 having complained that they were doubly charged, owing to the fact that the 
 said parish lies "part in the county 2^ large and part in the liberty of 
 Westminster." \^Vide Sessions Book c^22^ •^. ^'^ ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for the overseers of Ratcliffe Hamlet to collect the poor rates and 
 to pay the poor there as heretofore ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of Holborn-above-Bars to make a rate for 
 reimbursing William Banyard and William Pangborne, former overseers of the 
 liberty-above-bars in St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, money expended by them 
 during their term of office ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Robert Deavon, former constable of St. Mary's Parish, Islington, to be 
 paid the money by him expended in the passing of poor persons and vagrants 
 in Islington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... z'did. 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of the scavengers of Wapping Hamlet 
 that several persons (named) refuse to pay the assessment granted for 
 reimbursing the said scavengers the money paid by them to the present 
 raker; it is ordered that the said inhabitants "living off the pavement" do 
 pay the scavengers' rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Dispute between Daniel Wing, of St. Sepulchre's Parish, bow-string 
 maker, and John Johnson, his apprentice, concerning the discharge of the 
 said apprentice. Upon proof that the said Wing put the said John " to very 
 hard labour in feeding hogs, which he was not able to undergo, being infirm 
 in his body" ; it is ordered that the apprentice be discharged... ... p. 55 
 
 Dispute between John Howard, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 shoemaker, and Charles Clarke, his apprentice, concerning the discharge of 
 the said apprentice ; upon proof that the latter's complaint is frivolous, his 
 petition is dismissed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Charles Davis, of the parish of 
 St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, victualler, which shows that he served the 
 office of overseer about three years since, during which time he expended 
 certain moneys, and prays reimbursement. The matter is referred to two 
 Justices (named) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27>td. 
 
 Upon the petition of Samuel Wilkinson, showing that he was employed 
 by Henry King, surveyor of the highways for Highgate, in the parish of 
 Hornsey, " to set up oaken posts and rails in the said highway," containing m 
 
Sess/ofis Book 523 — August, 1695. 139 
 
 length 128 feet, and which cost ^9 12.9. od., and that the said King has only 
 paid the petitioner ^^5, and praying the remainder may be settled, it is 
 ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Edward Thornton, John Hadlow, John Pritty, and John Metcalfe, 
 scavengers of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, in 1694, to be paid certain 
 moneys due to them ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ihid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Ann, relict of Robert Walker, late 
 churchwarden of Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney Parish, which shows that her said 
 husband died during his term of office, and that he had expended certain 
 moneys, which she prays may be reimbursed. It is ordered accordingly, p. 58 
 
 [Pages 60-72 blank,] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, commitments, 
 &c. pp. 73, 74 
 
 George Fisher is committed to New Prison for contempt of Court, in 
 causing Edward Green to be apprehended in the presence of the Court to 
 answer certain matters, " notwithstanding the said matters were then heard in 
 the Court in the presence of the said Fisher, and the said Green dismissed at 
 that time from the said warrant by order of this Court" ... ... p- 75 
 
 [Page 76 blank.] 
 
 Elizabeth Dunbarr is convicted for conspiring with Eleanor Dick for 
 falsely accusing John Orlibeer with being the father of her child, with the 
 intention of extorting ^3 from him; she is fined 13/4, and to be put upon 
 the pillory in Leicester Fields Square for one hour between 10 a.m. and 
 1 2 o'clock noon, " with a paper over her head showjng her offence." She is 
 committed to New Prison until she undergo the punishment, then to be 
 delivered, paying her fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 77 
 
 John Collop is convicted for defrauding Hezekiah Pritchard and Randall 
 Spencer, "by false arts and tokens, of several butts bound with iron hoops," 
 he is fined 13/4, and to be put upon the pillory in St. John Street, Spittlefields 
 Hamlet, for one hour between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon, with a paper over 
 his head showing his offence. He is committed to New Prison until he pay 
 his fine and undergo his punishment, then to be delivered, paying his 
 fees, 9/4 p. 77 
 
 Elizabeth Smith, convicted for seditious words against the King, is fined 
 5 nobles, and she is to be put upon the pillory in Leicester lields Square for 
 one hour between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon, with a paper over her head 
 showing her offence. She is remanded to New Prison until she undergo the 
 punishment, then to be delivered, paying her fees, 4/7 ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 78-80 blank.] 
 
 Names under headings, " New Prison " and "House ot Correction." p. 81 
 
 [Pages 82, 83 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Ind[ittn;ents] and Calendar of recog- 
 nizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 84-87 
 
I40 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 524— OCTOBER, 1695. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... j). i 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Indentures, fines, acquittals ... ... ... ... pp. 3-19 
 
 Anne Matthew, spinster, daughter of Thomas Matthew, of London, 
 merchant, discharged of her apprenticeship to Margaret Drury, widow, of the 
 parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, mantle maker, who since married John 
 Turin, a Scotchman, upon proof that the said John 'I'urin ill-treated the s dd 
 Anne Matthew ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Thomas Corbet, son of Simon Corbet, discharged of his apprenticeship 
 to David WiUiams, silversmith, a Frenchman (^/V\ upon proof that the said 
 Williams did unmercifully beat the said Corbet ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Order to reimburse William Kindrick and Robert Gittins, late scavengers 
 of the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster, money expended by them ... ibid. 
 
 Order to reimburse James Bartlett, late constable of the Upper Ward of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, money expended by him in passing cripples p. 22 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, concerning the settlement of Richard CuUen, son 
 of John and Margaret Cullen, who was born in 1689 at the house of (;ne 
 Joseph Parker, in Hart Street, Covent Garden ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 [Pages 26-33 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, &:c. ... ... ... ... pp. 34, 35 
 
 [Page 36 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... PP- 37j 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 525— OCTOBER, 1695. 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 5-29 
 
 [Pages 30-40 blank.] 
 
 Order for discharging Edward Green from his indentures of apprentice- 
 ship to Roger Gately, late of the parish of St. James', Clerkenwell, surgeon, 
 upon proof that the said Gately did not practise the art of surgeon, and that 
 he compelled the said Green to be "a rope-dancer, tumbler, and j.ick- 
 pudding"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.41 
 
 Orders in a dispute between the parishes of St. John, Wapping, and 
 St. Ann, within the liberty of Westminster, concerning the settlement of Ann 
 
Sessious Book 525 — October, 1695. 141 
 
 Ju Ison, wife of Daniel Judson, and her three children. \_Vide Sessions Book 
 522. p. 59] p.42 
 
 Order to Wilham Kitchen, late churchwarden of the parish of Edmonton, 
 to pay Robert Smyth, late surveyor of the said parish, money disbursed by 
 him for repairing the roads of the said parish. The money has been collected 
 by assessment, and unjustly detained by said William Kitchen ... p. 43 
 
 Order to Sir James Smyth, treasurer for the maimed soldiers and 
 mariners within the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay 40/- 
 to George Russell as an honorary gift, upon proof that the said Russell is 
 aged and infirm and a fit object for charity ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Upon the certificate of Robert Bateman, esquire, and Robert Constable, 
 esquire, Justices in the Tower Division, that they have viewed a certain new 
 street called Cable Street, "heretofore called Knockfergus, or Stebunheath," 
 the north side whereof lies in the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, leading from 
 Shadwell Market to Spitalfields Market, and judge the same fit to be paved 
 with stone, from the corner house of the said Cable Street, over against the 
 
 sign of the Windmill there, to the house of Cartwright, inclusive, at 
 
 the corner of Church Lane, it is ordered that the same be paved accordingly. 
 [ F/V/i? ^'^.fi'/fy/w j96'6'X' 526, p. 36] ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 The petition of Hannah Spencer, showing that about 1686 she became 
 the hired servant to James Halsey, of Prince's, Drury Lane, gentleman, at a 
 yearly wage of ^10, and continued with him till August last; that the said 
 Mr. Halsey has turned her out and refused to pay the wages due to her. 
 The petition is dismissed upon proof that the said Hannah Spencer is no 
 lawful hired servant, but was maintained by the said James Halsey, and was 
 the mother of several children by him ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order in an appeal of the town of Uxbridge, in the parish of Hillingdon, 
 and the parish of St. James', Westminster, concerning the settlement of 
 Elizabeth Dykes, widow of Thomas Dykes, and her two children ... p. 47 
 
 Petition of John Knight, apprentice to James Cuffe, of the parish ot 
 St. Andrew, Holborn, clockmaker, to be discharged from his indentures, he 
 alleging that the said Cuffe resides in Salisbury Court, near Whitefriars, for 
 fear of being arrested for debt ; that he had no work in the said trade to 
 emi)loy an apprentice, and did not supply him with necessary food and drink. 
 The petition is dismissed, and the said John Knight ordered to continue 
 in the service of the said James Cuffe... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices to examine the accounts of Edward 
 Wilson, late overseer of the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate, and report as to 
 certain money he alleges is due to him for the relief of the poor during his 
 office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order adjudging Roger Berriman, of the hamlet of Mile End, in the 
 parish of Stepney, to be the father of the illegitimate child of Anne, now 
 wife of John Taylor, of the said hamlet... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order to reimburse the late constables of the parish of St. James'^ 
 Clerkenwell, money expended by them in passing cripples and vagrants p. 52 
 
142 Middlesex County Recoi'ds. 
 
 Proceedings between the parish of St. John, Wapping, and the hamlet 
 of Wapping, Stepney, concerning the settlement of Thomas Scrivener, 
 adjourned till next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 53 
 
 Order for the removal of Mary Stevenson, lately hired servant to Daniel 
 Jacob, of Wellclose, in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, 
 from the parish of St. John, Wapping, to the said parish of Whitechapel. p. 54 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of Wellclose, in the parish of St. John, 
 Wapping, in the hamlet of ^\'apping, Stepney, to attend next Sessions and 
 show cause why they should not pay to the relief of the poor of Wapping, 
 Stepney, and St. John, Wapping ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order for the surveyors of the parish of Kensington, together with the 
 owners and occupiers of the houses, lands, and tenements, and chief inhabitants 
 in the said parish, to attend the next Sessions and show cause why they should 
 not contribute to the charge of paving and keeping the highway of the said 
 parish. \_Vide Sessions Book ^20, ^. A,\\ ... ... ... ■•• P- 56 
 
 Order for Thomas Chambers, esquire, late treasurer of maimed soldiers 
 for the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, to pay to Sir John 
 Smyth, baronet, the present treasurer, ^34 19^". ^d. to balance his account. 
 
 P-58 
 [Pages 59-80 blank.] 
 
 Names of those taking the oath, indentures, recognizances, acquittals, 
 committals ... ... ... ... ... pp. 81-85 
 
 List of prisoners in Finsbury Prison ... ... ... ... p. 86 
 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 87 
 
 Alphabetical list of names ; calendar of recognizances ... pp. 88, ^9 
 
 Alphabetical list of names ; indictments ... ... ... pp. 90, 91 
 
 [Page 92 blank.] 
 
 Warrant to the Clerk of the Peace to respite until the next Sessions the 
 recognizances of Hannah Martin, the wife of William Martin, indicted at the 
 Sessions in February last for keeping a disorderly house ... ... p- 93 
 
 Convictions, recognizances, (S«:c. ... ... ... ... ... P- 94 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 526— DECEMBER, 1695. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to ac([uitt.ils, recognizances, indictments 
 &c. ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... ... pp. 7-28 
 
 [Pages 29-34 blank.] 
 
 Proceedings upon I he petition of Richard Jewks and Joseph Tie, former 
 overseers for Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney Parish, which prays reimbursement 
 
Sessw/is Book 527^ — January, 1696. 143 
 
 of moneys expended by them during their term of office. Ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Petition of Ann Steele, widow, showing that on the i8th of November 
 last she was ordered to pave with stone the north side of a certain pretended 
 new street called Cable Street, in Stepney Parish, on or before the ist ot 
 December, and that she is not liable to pave any part of the said street, and 
 praying that she may be heard. It is ordered accordingly ... ... p- 36 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Edmonton to make a rate to reimburse 
 Joseph Cart, of the said parish, husbandman, former constable, money 
 expended by him during his term of office ... ... ... ... P- 3 7 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of Mary Tarling, widow, on behalf of 
 Edmund Ellis, her son, who was apprenticed to Christopher Bannister, of 
 St. John's Parish, Wapping, gunsmith. Upon proof that the said apprentice 
 was misused and neglected, which caused him to leave his said master, and 
 "list himself" on a ship of war, where he has served for two years, it is 
 ordered that the indentures of apprenticehood be cancelled. [A different 
 version of the above matter occurs on p. 38, marked "This order is mistaken 
 and false"] ... p. 39 
 
 Order of reference concerning the assessment to repay Edward Thornton, 
 John Hadlowe, John Pritty, and John Medcalfe, scavengers, of Wapping 
 Hamlet, Stepney Parish, for the year 1694. \_Vide Sessions Book 523, p. 57]. 
 
 p. 41 
 [Pages 42-52 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, commit- 
 ments, &c. PP-53 56 
 
 [Pages 57, 58 blank.] 
 
 l.ist of names headed " New^ Prison " and " House of Correction " p 59 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed indictments, and calendar of recog- 
 nizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 60-63 
 
 Note of the appearance of Eli-^abeih Cooke ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 527— JANUARY, 1696. 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda : the wriis, indie tments, acquittals, commit- 
 ments; &c. ; the name of Titus Oates, of Westminster, clerk, appears on 
 p. 16 pp. 2-17 
 
 [Pages 18, 19 blank.] 
 
 Order that the Lord Chief Justice Holt be desired to grant a writ to 
 remove a recognizance and order against Robert Feilding, esquire, for not 
 paying the wages due to his servant, Mary Philips ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of Robert Holmes, apprentice to John 
 Hopman, carver. Upon proof that the said Robert has been ill-treated and 
 neglected by his said master, it is ordered that he be discharged ... ibid. 
 
144 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and surveyors of the 
 highways in the parish of St. James', within the liberty of Westminster, which 
 shows that the highways and pavements in the said parish are so much in 
 need of repair that they cannot be put in order for less than ^120, and 
 prays an order for an assessment to meet the expense of the same. Ordered 
 accordingly, upon the condition that the highways and pavements in the said 
 parish "lying in the common street there leading from Pickadilly to High {sic) 
 Parke Corner, over against the church and the churchyard of the said parish, 
 containing from east to west, on and adjoining to the north side of the said 
 churchyard, in length forty-seven feet, and in breadth thirty-two feet ; and in 
 Jermin Street, from west to the east corner of the churchyard wall, one hundred 
 and fifty-nine feet, and in breadth soe farre twenty feet, and further eastward 
 along the south front of the church, to the channel running at the east end of 
 the said church, one hundred feet, and in breadth from the wall of the church 
 to the denter or middle of the street there one-and-thirty feet, and again from 
 without the pale at the east end and south-east corner of the said church, up 
 northwards to the rector's house, ninety-nine feet in length, and six feet in 
 breadth," be repaired by the inhabitants of the said parish as often as it shall 
 be needful. {^Vide Sessions Book A,()i,^. lb\ p. 21 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and surveyors of the 
 highways in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, which shows that the 
 highways and pavements are so much in need of repair that they cannot 
 be put in order for less than J[,2t^o, and prays the order of the Court for 
 an assessment to meet the expense thereof. Ordered accordingly. It is 
 further ordered that 1,205 yards of the highways and pavements in the said 
 parish be repaired with paviour's work, viz. : "Before the old churchyard in 
 St. Martin's Lane, two hundred and fifty yards ; in Church Lane, three hundred 
 twenty and six yards ; in and belonging to the new churchyard, sixty-nine 
 yards ; at the watch-house, upper end of Hedge Lane, four hundred forty and 
 four yards ; and at the almshouses in the parish of St. Anne, one hundred 
 and sixteen yards ; and with mason's work three thousand two hundred forty 
 and six feet of the highways and pavements in the said parish, viz. : in Church 
 Lane, broad stone paving, seven hundred eighty and five feet ; at the two 
 doors at the east end of the church, one hundred and ninety feet ; the pave- 
 ment in the old churchyard leading from the schoolhouse to the north end of 
 the rails at the steeple, and from thence towards St Martin's Lane, nine 
 hundred and sixty feet ; the pavement along by the stone stumps on the west 
 side of the old churchyard, and the pavement leading from thence towards the 
 middle door at the west end of the church, nine hundred thirty and five feet ; 
 the stone steps descending from the old churchyard into St. JNLartin's Lane, 
 two hundred and seventy feet ; and the pavement and steps going up to the 
 Lords' gallery on the south side of the church, one hundred and six feet"; 
 which respective parcels of highways, pavements, and broad stone paving are 
 to be repaired by the inhabitants of the said parish as often as it shall be 
 
 needful P- 22 
 
 [Pages 26-33 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, commitments, &c. 
 
 PP- 34, 35 
 [Page 36 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Indictments p. 37 
 
 [Pages 38, 39 blank.] 
 
Scss/o7is Book 528 — -J anna}')', 1696. 145 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 528— JANUARY, 1696. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p, 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, committals ... pp. 7-23 
 
 [Pages 24-30 blank.] 
 
 Order that no Justice shall receive any dividend for the renewing of 
 victuallers' licenses, except in the division in which he lives ... ... p. 31 
 
 Petition of Thomas Ashman, a fatherless child, showing that in 
 November, 1691, he was apprenticed to John Stanley, then of the parish of 
 St. Ann, within the liberty of Westminster, surgeon, to learn the said art, 
 and that his friends gave with him ;^2o in money and double apparel ; that 
 the said Stanley did not instruct him in the said art, but carried him to sea 
 and made him a cabin boy, that Stanley is now in " the Streights beyond the 
 seas," and has taken no care to provide for the said Ashman. Order made to 
 cancel indentures of apprenticeship ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to grant a warrant of distress upon those inhabitants of Wellclose 
 whose houses are within the bounds of the parish of St. John, Wapping, and 
 hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, who refuse to pay the poor rate to the overseers 
 of St. John, Wapping, upon pretence that Wellclose is within the liberty of 
 the Tower of London, and exempt from the jurisdiction of His Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace for this county by virtue of letters patent granted 
 12 June, 3 James II [1687] ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Hanworth and Feltham 
 concerning the settlement of Robert Weatherhead ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of the hamlet of Spitalfields and 
 St. !Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, concerning the settlement of Mary 
 Willis and her child, Richard ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of William Gonson, high constable of Finsbury Division, in the 
 hundred of Ossulton, and the churchwardens, overseers, headboroughs, and 
 inhabitants of the parish of St. Sepulchre, showing that they have no watch- 
 house in the said parish, and that the want thereof has occasioned the death 
 of several of the constables and watchmen through cold, and the present 
 officers and watchmen are not able to do their duty without hazard of their 
 lives. They, therefore, pray that they may erect a watch-house at Cowcross, 
 near the whipping post there, to be built with a flat roof and not to exceed 
 5 feet above the ground. Ordered accordingly, \yide Sessions Books 471, 
 p. 44; 481, p. 61 ; and 482, p. 25] p. 36 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Hendon and Harrow-on-the- 
 Hill concerning the settlement of John Edlin and Mary, his wife ... p. 37 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Samborne (county Essex) 
 and Enfield, concerning the settlement of Mary, wife of Samuel Burton, 
 with her child ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
146 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Westham, in the county of 
 Essex, and the hamlet of Bow, in the parish of Stepney, concerning the 
 settlement of Margaret Thomas, wife of Richard Thomas, and her three 
 children ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Proceedings in the matter in dispute between the parishes of Eastwood 
 Hay, in the county of Southampton, and Ealing, in this county, concerning 
 the settlement of Millicent Goodluck, wife of David Goodluck, and her two 
 small children, adjourned to next Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order for the inhabitants of St. Clement Danes to pay the whole sum 
 assessed on them for the repair of Chertsey Bridge ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Whereas by an order, dated 11 October last [77^1? Sessions Book No. 525, 
 p. 58], Thomas Chambers, late treasurer for maimed soldiers, paid to Sir John 
 Smyth, baronet, present treasurer, ^34 195'. 7^., to balance accounts, the 
 said order is now discharged, and no further demand is to be made on 
 Mr. Chambers for the said sum ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect the receipts and disbursements of 
 Henry Hawley, esquire, treasurer for the moneys raised and collected in this 
 county for the repair of Chertsey Bridge and other bridges in this county and 
 to report a true state thereof ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 [Pages 43-56 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, committals, recognizances, names of persons taking 
 oaths, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 57-60 
 
 [Pages 61-63 blank.] 
 
 List of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 64 
 
 [Page 65 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 66, 67 
 
 Alphabetical Hst of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 529— FEBRUARY, 1696. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. pp. 5-24 
 
 [Pages 25, 26 blank.] 
 
 " Whereas there has been a horrid and detestable conspiracy formed and 
 carried on by papists and other wicked and traitorous persons for assassinating 
 his Majesty's royal person, in order to encourage an invasion from France, to 
 subvert our religion, laws, and liberty," the Justices of this county enter into 
 an " Association " professing their allegiance to the King's throne and person. 
 
 p. 27 
 
Si'ss/cvis Book 529 — February, 1696. 147 
 
 An address, dated 26 February, 1696, from the Justices of the Peace 
 and the Grand Jury of Middlesex, to the King, expressing their congratulations 
 upon his escape from the " barbarous and horrid conspiracy," and assuring 
 him that they " have with all cheerfulness entered into and signed the same 
 Association that the Commons, now assembled in Parliament, have done." 
 
 J). 28 
 
 Presentment of the Grand Jury recommending all the inhabitants of this 
 county to enter into the Association on account of the " danger the nation 
 lies under from an intended assassination of his present Majesty King 
 William, and an invasion from France, carried on by the late King James and 
 others " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the speedy entering into the Association of all the 
 parishes in this county, and for a return to be made of the names of those 
 who refuse... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 29 
 
 Proceedings in a dispute between George Caple, of Hungerford Market, 
 in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, paviour, and Thomas Long and 
 Hugh Jones, his servants, concerning the wages due to the said servants. 
 Ordered that Caple pay the same ... ... ... ... ... P- 30 
 
 Proceedings in a dispute between John Braconrigg, gentleman, and 
 Edward Barry and Joseph Manning, his servants, concerning the wages due 
 to the said servants. Ordered that Braconrigg pay the sums due ... ibid. 
 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 Letter from the Lords of the Council requiring that strict orders may be 
 given to constables and other officers within this county to endeavour "to 
 take up for the fleet all seafaring men who abscond or cannot give a good 
 account of themselves " ; and for an encouragement in this service, each 
 constable or other officer shall have an allowance of 10/- for each man, to be 
 paid by the Navy Board, providing the offenders be put on board any of his 
 Majesty's ships or tenders by the loth of xApril next ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 [Page 34 blank.] 
 
 Order of Council, dated Whitehall, 7 March, 1696, that a return be 
 made of all French papists and suspected persons residing within this county, 
 with particulars of the length of time of their residence in England, and if 
 they be denizens or naturalised. Order that the oath be administered to such 
 papists p. 35 
 
 Warrant, dated 18 ^larch, 1696, for instructions to be issued to the 
 petty constables and headboroughs to go from house to house in the several 
 districts and make a return of French papists. It is further ordered that the 
 said papists be commanded to present themselves at the Court House, 
 Bloomsbury, " on Friday next," at 8 A.M. ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 A letter on the same subject from William, Duke of Bedford, Keeper of 
 the Rolls for this county, to the Justices of the Peace, dated Bedford House, 
 18 March, 1696. \yide Sessions Book, 532, p. 33] ... ... ... P- 36 
 
 Upon the complaint of the churchwardens of St. James's Parish, within 
 the liberty of Westminster, that Walter Cantwell, " now a deputy provost 
 
148 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 marshall in the Savoy, in the Strand," has left his wife, Ann, and one child, 
 whom he refuses to maintain, it is ordered that the said Walter provide for 
 his family ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 [Pages 38-48 blank.] 
 
 Richard Burke is convicted for forging a receipt, pretended to be under 
 the hand of Peirce Butler, for £^20 received from the Earl of Ranelagh, 
 Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces. He is fined 40 marks and 
 ordered to be put in and upon the pillory near Charing Cross for one hour, 
 between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon, on such day as the sheriff shall appoint. 
 He is committed to Newgate until he pay the fine, and undergo the punish- 
 ment, then to be delivered, paying his fees, 17/6. 
 
 "21 March, 1696. — Afterwards, cori)oral punishment remitted and fine 
 reduced to 40/-, which was paid to the sheriff in Court. Fees are paid." 
 
 p. 49 
 [Pages 50-52 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, indictments, acquittals, &c. 
 
 PP- 53-55 
 [Page 56 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 P- 57 
 [Page 58 blank.] 
 
 Account of the number of the "Associations" delivered to the several 
 high constables of this county. Total 327 ... ... .. ... P- 59 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed " Calendar of Indictments " and 
 " Calendar of Recognizances " ... ... ... ... ... pp. 60-63 
 
 Memorandum of an appearance ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 530— APRIL, 1696. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ and miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, 
 acquittals, recusants, indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... pp. 2-32 
 
 [Page 33 blank.] 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens and others of St. Margaret's Parish, 
 Westminster, showing the great increase of the poor, and that the said parish 
 has been obliged to borrow over ;j^i,ooo for their relief, and praying that 
 a rate may be made for this present year, as it was for 1695. It is ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 34 
 
 Proceedings upon the dispute between Edward Mortimer, William 
 Gulliver, Henry Hathwell, and John Maitland, who (with others) were 
 overseers in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in 1693, and the present 
 churchwardens of the said parish, concerning certain sums expended by the 
 
Scss/ofis Book 531 — April, 1696. 149 
 
 former overseers. Upon proof that their accounts are correct, it is ordered 
 that they be paid by the churchwardens now in office ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 [Pages 36-41 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the taking of oaths, recognizances, 
 commitments, <.S:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 42-44 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed Indictments ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 [Page 46 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda of an acquittal, and of the appointment of Thomas Morisby, 
 of Tattle Street, " milliner," as high constable ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 531— APRIL, 1696. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Appointment of Joseph Offley, esquire, as treasurer for the maimed soldiers 
 in the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore. The said treasurer is to 
 take over the accounts of .Sir James Smyth, knight, who held the appoint- 
 ment during last year. 
 
 The like appointment of Sir John Clark for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth. He is to take over the accounts of Sir John 
 Smith, baronet, former treasurer. 
 
 Appointment of Mr. Benjamin Noble, as treasurer for the Marshalsea, 
 King's Bench, and Hospitals within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, 
 and Gore, in the place of Edmund Yeomans, gentleman, former treasurer. 
 
 The like appointment of Mr. William James for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth, in the place of John Turner, gentleman ... p. 6 
 
 Order concerning the wages of labourers, servant;^, &:c., and the assize of 
 bread ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, appearances, 
 &c. pp. 7-37 
 
 [Pages 38-40 blank.] 
 
 Order of the King in Council, dated Kensington, 30 April, 1696. 
 That the Justices transmit to the Board a list of the names of such French 
 papists residing in this county who are not naturalised or made denizens. 
 Particulars " of their qualities and professions" to be stated ... ... p. 41 
 
 Warrant for instructions to be issued to the several petty constables to 
 go from house to house in their respective parishes and to make diligent 
 enquiries as to the French papists \jnde Sessions Book No. 529, p. 35]. ibid. 
 
 Order that certain Justices (named) do examine the accounts of Henry 
 Hawley, esquire, treasurer of the money raised for the repair of Chertsey 
 and other bridges... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Messenden and Joseph Grant, 
 of Harefield Parish, in this county, yeomen, which shows that ihey have 
 
1 50 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 served as constables during the past year, and that there has not been any 
 court leet at the usual time for the election of new constables, and 
 prays that they may be discharged. Ordered accordingly. Matthew 
 Nelham and Richard Lewes, of Harefield, yeomen, are appointed constables, 
 and Edward Carwell and Thomo.s Cooke, of ihe said parish, husbandmen, 
 headboroughs ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Eastwoodhay, county 
 Southampton, and Ealing, in this county, as to the settlement of Millicent, 
 wife of David Goodluck, and her two children... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that William Bradshaw, constable of Harrow Town, in the parish 
 of Harrow-on-the-Hill, and John Child, constable of Sudbury Hamlet, be 
 reimbursed the money expended by them for relieving and passing cripples 
 and vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order that William Davis, of Harrow Town, yeoman, be appointed 
 constable of the said town, in the room of William Bradshaw... ... p. 45 
 
 The like order for Richard Street, junior, to be constable of Sudbury, 
 in Harrow Parish, in the room of John Child ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Edmund Emperor, of London, wine merchant, " discharged from being 
 the reputed father ot Ann Harrison's male child," who was born in the parish 
 of St. James's, liberty of Westminster, on the nth of January last ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of William, son of Robert Burchell, apprenticed 
 to John Nicholson, of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, barber surgeon... p. 46 
 
 Petition of John White, of Kensington Parish, yeoman, showing that he 
 served as scavenger last year, when he expended over ^17, and praying to 
 be reimbursed. Order for the inspection of the said White's account... p. 47 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Ruislipp and Harrow-on-the- 
 Hill, as to the settlement of John Edlin, and Mary, his wife ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the discharge of Henry Adeane, apprenticed to Thomas Finch, 
 of Hillingdon, watchmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of AUhallows, Barking, and the 
 hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, as to the settlement of John Deale, the illegi- 
 timate son of John Teas ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of John Driver and John Burchett, of 
 Chelsey Parish, yeoman, which shows that they served as surveyors of the 
 highways in the said parish during last year, and prays that they may be 
 reimbursed the money expended by them during that time. Ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Petition of the survejors of the highways, and others, the inhabitants of 
 Bethnal Green Hamlet, Stepney Parish. Shows that the said parish is very 
 large, and is divided into several hamlets, most of which are paved "and 
 are very little burthened in the charge of repair of the highways," except the 
 great road leading from Bow to London, and the repair of that costs every 
 hamlet very little in proportion to the amount paid by the petitioners for the 
 repairs of the highways in their said hamlet, the petitioners being responsible for 
 
Sess/cyus /)Oo/: 532 -J/av, 1696. 151 
 
 the common and great road from Shoreditch Church to Stonebridge, the said 
 great road from Bow to London, and another highway leading to Hackney, 
 the cost being over ^£200 yearly, and the extent upwards of a mile and three- 
 quarters. There are not more than 200 inhabitants in Bethnal Green 
 Hamlet who are able to pay towards the same, and the jjetitioners pray 
 that the inhabitants of Spittlefields Hamlet, who are very numerous, and 
 have only a small part of the said great road to repair, may be ordered to 
 contribute to the repair of the highways in Bethnal Green Hamlet. Referred 
 to certain Justices, who are to enquire into the complaint ... ... p. 51 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of the churchwardens and other 
 inhabitants of St. Clement Danes Parish, which shows that the said parish, 
 lying partly in the county at large and partly in the liberty of Westminster, 
 is assessed at a double rate towards the repair of Chertsey and other bridges, 
 and prays for relief. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 [Pages 53-70 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda, names of those taking the oath of fidelity, 
 recognizances, indictments. See. ... ... ... ... ... pp. 71-73 
 
 Walter Cantwell is committed to New Prison for contempt in refusing 
 to maintain Ann, his wife, and one child (pursuant to the order of this Court). 
 He is to remain in custody until he find sureties to indemnify the inhabitants 
 of St. James's Parish from the charge of maintaining his family, then to be 
 delivered, paying his fees, 2/4. [Fide Sessions Book, 529, p. 37] ... p. 74 
 
 Robert Dale is "convicted of a trespass and false imprisonment." He 
 is fined 3/4, and is to be put in and upon the pillory in " Blomsbury 
 Market " in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields for an hour between 9 a.m. 
 and 12 o'clock noon, of such day as the sheriff of this county shall appoint : 
 with a paper on his head, showing his offence. He is to be imprisoned for a 
 month after he has undergone his punishment, "unless he shall, in the 
 meantime, voluntarily list himself to serve His Majesty as a soldier.'" He is 
 remanded to New Prison until he undergo his punishment, then to be 
 delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 75 
 
 [Pages 76-81, 86, 87 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Indictments and Calendar of 
 Recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 82-85 
 
 Memorandum of appearances ... ... ... ... ... p. 88 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 532— MAY, 1696. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, committals, recognizances, appearances, acquittals, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-26 
 [Pages 27-32 blank.] 
 
152 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Letter from the Council, dated 30 April, 1696, to the Duke of Bedford, 
 requesting him to give directions to his deputy lieutenants and Justices of the 
 Peace to inform themselves as to the names of such persons as have refused 
 or neglected to take the oath, and to distinguish which of them are protestants 
 and which are papists, and to report thereon, with an account of the names 
 of such of the deputy lieutenants, militia ofificers, and Justices of the Peace 
 who refused to sign the voluntary association ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Letter from the Council, dated 14 May, 1696, to the Duke of Bedford, 
 containing instructions as to the discharge or detention of subjects committed 
 to custody upon the occasion of the late conspiracy against his Majesty's royal 
 person and government ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order in pursuance of the two foregoing letters for the Justices to deliver 
 their report, on or before the 3rd of June next, to Martin Ryder, esquire, present 
 Chairman of this Court, at his house in Red Lion Street, Holborn ... p. 35 
 
 Letter, dated 24 May, 1696, from the Council to the Duke of Bedford, 
 concerning the disarming of papists, and the seizing of their horses above the 
 value of ;^'5 p. 36 
 
 Admission of Captain Abel Weeks, gentleman, as the keeper of the 
 New Prison in the room of Captain Thomas Jones, deceased... ... p. 37 
 
 Order for the high constables to return the names of all drovers, badgers, 
 laders, kidders, carriers, buyers and sellers of corn, grain, butter, cheese, and 
 other dead victuals, the Court having been informed that great numbers of 
 persons do assume the trades aforesaid without being thereto licensed. p. 38 
 
 Order to Justices to view the lodge or keeper's study in the New Prison at 
 Clerkenwell, and to consider what moneys Captain Weeks, the present keeper, 
 shall pay to Martha Jones, widow of Thomas Jones, gentleman, late keeper, 
 for the goods therein, and what are fixed to the freehold, and what the said 
 Martha Jones may take away ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order to Mr. Wainwright, housekeeper of Hicks Hall, to cause convenient 
 presses to be erected in the Grand Jury room there, for the keeping of the 
 records of the Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 [Pages 41, 42 blank.] 
 
 Order to certain Justices to inspect the condition of the prison and House 
 of Correction at Clerkenwell, and to report as to what it will cost to put the 
 said prisons into good and sutificient repair ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 The like order to inspect deeds and writings, leases, agreements, &:c., 
 granted to Thomas Jones, the late keeper ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 In the proceedings between Charles Manners, esquire, of the ])arish of 
 St. Ann, within the liberty of Westminster, and George Machell, his late 
 servant, concerning payment of wages, it is ordered that the said Manners 
 pay the sum of ;^2o due to the said Machell ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order to commit Charles ^Linners, esquire, for contempt of Court in 
 refusing to obey an order to pay George Machell, his servant, ^20 ... p. 45 
 
Scssnws Book 533 — Jith\ 1696. 153 
 
 Order for a double watch of able men at the usual places during Whit- 
 suntide week ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for Mary Francklyn, convicted of petty larceny, to be whipped at 
 a cart's tail from the house of Walter Hopley in St. John Street, near Hicks 
 Hall, to the pound at the upper end of John Street, and to be committed to 
 New Prison till she undergo the said punishment, and pay a fine of 4/8 p. 46 
 
 Order to appoint a committee to confirm the admission of Abel Weeks, 
 gentleman, to be keeper of the New Prison at Clerkenwell, in the room of 
 Thomas Jones, deceased. 
 
 Receipt for 40/- from William Percevall for beating and wounding 
 Elizabeth Elburne, servant to Robert Skinner ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... pp. 47-50 
 
 List of names of those in the New Prison... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 [Pages 52, 53 blank.] 
 
 Alphabeticallists of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 [Pages 58, 59 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda as to two appearances... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 533— JULY 1696. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Writ and miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, indictments, 
 acquittals, cS:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 3-27 
 
 [Page 28 blank.] 
 
 Order that John Smith, gentleman. Clerk of the Peace, do deliver at the 
 Old Bailey all indictments for felony and murder "found" at the Sessions 
 held at Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens and surveyors of the highways of 
 St. Anne's Parish, within the liberty of Westminster, showing that the 
 highways and pavements in the said parish are so much in need of repair 
 that they cannot be made good for less than ^80, and praying that a rate may 
 be assessed to meet this expense. Ordered accordmgly. Full instructions 
 concerning the said assessment ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Statement of a case which it is desired by the Justices that Sir Henry 
 Button Colt will present to the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Steward of the 
 Household, as to the execution of warrants within the verge : — Elizabeth, 
 wife of Richard Elmes, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, stands indicted at 
 Sessions for keeping a disorderly house. A Bench warrant was issued for 
 her arrest. The constables of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, arrested her in 
 Spring Gardens, St. Martin's. Richard Elmes, husband of the said Elizabeth, 
 
1 54 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 "with a drawn sword," rescued her. Her prosecutor told Mr. Roe, "at the 
 Greencloth," that the Sessions Court was then sitting, and he answered that it 
 was agreed by the Board of Greencloth that no Bench warrants should be 
 served within the verge ; that she should be prosecuted within the verge, and 
 that if any constable or jury came within the verge, one of the Marshal's 
 Court men would take them into the lodge and whip them. The constables 
 have often had to come within the said verge, and when indicted for so doing 
 the matter was referred to Lord Chief Justice Treby, then Attorney-General, 
 who declared that the constables ought to execute their office within the verge, 
 and granted a nolle prosecjui ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 3 1 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Osbourne, of St. Anne's Parish, 
 apprenticed to Edward Cooke, of the same parish, basket maker ... p. 32 
 
 Order confirming an order for the former surveyors of the highways 
 within the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, to pay to the present 
 surveyors certain moneys, being part of a rate collected for the repairs of the 
 said highways ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order that an abatement be made upon the assessment of Abraham 
 Michell, a poor man, "who receiveth not alms" [parish not given] ... p- 34 
 
 Order of reference to two Justices, concerning the disposal of the arms 
 and weapons taken from papists and reputed papists ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Warrant to Anthony Church, gentleman, keeper of the Gatehouse Prison, 
 to discharge Richard Marshall, charged at the suit of John Rockett, on a plea 
 of trespass, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 37, 38 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 39-41 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed indictments ... ... pp. 42, 43 
 
 Memoranda of two appearances ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 534— JULY, 1696. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 7 
 
 [Pages 9-12 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 13-39 
 
 Order for collecting moneys remaining in arrear in the Tower Division 
 for the repair of Chertsey Bridge. Schedule of parishes, with the sums in 
 
 arrear ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the continuation of William Dawson in his apprenticeship to 
 
 Mark .Mackartey, snuff-box maker ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Scss/oNs Book 534 — Ji(l}\ i 69O. 155 
 
 Order for the reduced assessment upon the Duchy Liberty, and residue 
 of the parisli of St. Clement Danes, for the repairing of Chertsey Bridge, to 
 be paid to Henry Hawley, treasurer ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the admis-sion of Richard Parrott as governor of the House 
 of Correction at Clerkenwell, in the room of Captain Thomas Jones, deceased. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order to deprive Daniel Roome, labourer, of the parish of Hendon, of 
 his license for victualling, which he had obtained by fraud ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Lawrence, Jewry, and 
 Wapping, Stepney, concerning the settlement of John Teas, an infant, \yidc 
 Sessions Book 531, p. 49] ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect the deeds and writings relating to 
 the New Prison and House of Correction at Clerkenwell ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for certain Justices to examine the accounts of Richard P'ield, 
 constable, of BuUcrosse Quarter, in the parish of Endfield, and if thought fit, 
 to order immediate payment thereof ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the high constable of the Tower Division to return an account as 
 to what moneys have been collected in the said division upon the rate for the 
 repair of Chertsey Bridge, and other bridges in the division, and for the relief 
 of maimed soldiers and mariners ... ... ... ... ... P- 45 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Camberwell, in the county of 
 Surrey, and Stepney, in this parish, concerning the settlement of Edmund 
 Barrett ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ehzabeth White from her apprenticeship to 
 IMary Balderstone, of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, " mantua-maker." 
 
 p. 46 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for the repair of the highways of 
 St. ]\Liry, Islington ibid. 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect the New Prison and House of 
 Correction at Clerkenwell, and report as to the cost of necessary repairs. P- 47 
 
 Order confirming the appointment of Abel Weeks, gentleman, as keeper 
 of the New Prison at Clerkenwell, in the place of Captain Thomas Jones, 
 deceased. The said Weeks is to pay jC^2^ quarterly towards the repairing and 
 maintaining of the said New Prison ... ... ... ... ... P- 4S 
 
 Whereas by an order dated 16 July, the overseers and churchwardens of 
 St. John, ^^'apping, were ordered to appear before certain Justices, at the Blue 
 Anchor Tavern, in the said parish, and produce their accounts. That order 
 is now discharged, and the matter referred to certain Justices in the Tower 
 Division, to make a report thereon ... ... ... ■•■ ••• P- 49 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of the Liberty-above-the-Bars 
 and the Liberty-below-the-Bars, St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning the 
 settlement of Elizabeth Haldron, who lived as servant for six months with 
 Mr. Humfry in the Liberty-below-the-Bars ... ... .•• ... P- 5° 
 
156 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 List of names of persons discharged for debt ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for reimbursing ^\'illiam Davis and others, late surveyors of the 
 highways of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, money expended by them in 
 repairing the said highways ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order to reduce the assessment for poor rate made upon Thomas 
 Whiteing, of the parish of St. Mary, \Vhitechapel, upon proof that he has no 
 personal estate except his household goods ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Chesham, county Bucks., and 
 Harrow, in this county, concerning the settlement of John Keane, his wife, 
 and three children ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Lists of persons taking the oath, indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 pp. 57-62 
 
 Order for Matthew Powell, now convicted for speaking seditious words, 
 to pay a fine of 3/4, and to be put in the pillory at the end of Stanhope Street, 
 in Prince's Street, near Clare Market ; to stand with his face fronting into 
 Prince's Street, between the hours of 10 and 12 in the forenoon, with a paper 
 over his head expressing his offence, and to remain in Newgate Gaol till he 
 undergo his punishment, and to pay the fees, 17/6 ... ... ... p- 63 
 
 Order to the churchwardens of Wapping, Stepney, to allow Dorothy 
 Levinz 2/- weekly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ibid. 
 
 Mr. Hawley's accounts relating to Chertsey Bridge respited till next 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Price of salt as settled by Lord Mayor ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Mr. Johnson's rent to be received for the use of this county ... ibid. 
 
 Mr. Parrott to pay the matron of the House of Correction the salary due 
 to her ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 p. 64 
 
 Order for a committee to inspect the accounts of the late churchwarden 
 and overseers of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn above the Bars, and to 
 report as to the necessity of an additional rate ... ... ... ... p- 65 
 
 Order for holding Petty Sessions monthly to consult how the poor may 
 be relieved, and how to suppress unlawful meetings of numbers of persons 
 which may be dangerous to the public peace ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the executors and administrators of Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, 
 deceased, to pay the rent in arrear for that part of the corporation workhouse 
 at Clerkenwell let to the said Sir Thomas Rowe. [Vide Sessions Book 4-] 4, 
 P- 55] P-66 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the several parishes, hamlets, and 
 precincts, named, to pay the respective sums assessed upon them for the costs 
 recovered against the inhabitants of the hundred of Ossulton by Richard 
 Norton for a robbery committed upon him in the said hundred. [Schedule 
 of the parishes and the sums assessed follows] ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
Sessions Book 535 — Scptcnibcr, 1696. 157 
 
 Orders in a dispute between the parishes of Hendon, Harrow, and 
 Ruislipp, concerning the settlement of John Edlyn. It is alleged that the said 
 Edlyn had a freehold estate of two acres in the parish of Hendon, left to him 
 by his father. \_Vide Sessions Book 531, p. 48] ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Order for Mary Franks, apprenticed to Mary Comfort, of the hamlet of 
 VVapping, Stepney, mantua-maker, to continue her apprenticeship ... p. 69 
 
 Order for the discharge of Christopher Forster, the younger, apprenticed 
 to James Chevallier, of Gray's Inn Lane, in the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Hoiborn, barber and periwig-maker, upon proof that the said Chevallier had 
 absconded to Flanders, being much in debt ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of William Beverley, son of James Beverley, 
 of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, deceased, shoemaker, to William 
 Phillipps, of Harwich, county Essex, fisherman and mariner. 
 
 Alphabetical list, calendar of recognizances ... ... PP- 72-75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 535-SEPTEMBER, 1696. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 7-40 
 
 [Pages 41-44 blank.] 
 
 Order that William Davi.s, Stephen Chambers, John Sutton and George 
 Westbrook, former surveyors of the highways of St. Mary's Parish, Islington, 
 be paid by the present surveyors the money expended by them when in 
 office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the dismissal of the petition of Francis Woodhouse, George 
 Howard, John Cox, Henry Goodchild, and others, the headboroughs of the 
 parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, which shows that they 
 have heretofore collected money in the said parish to maintain a sufficient 
 watch, and that Robert Bowes, the present constable, has now deprived the 
 petitioners of the work of collecting, which he has undertaken to do, and that 
 the watch appointed by the said Bowes is insufficient, and his transactions 
 unsatisfactory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Proceedings upon the complaint of Mary, wife of Joseph Staples, of 
 Limehouse Hamlet, Stepney Parish, butcher, which shows that the said Mary 
 has been inhumanly neglected and ill-treated by her husband. Order that 
 the said Joseph do allow his wife a certain weekly pension, and that, for the 
 future, he do behave peaceably towards her ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order of reference to two Justices (named) upon the matters in dispute 
 between William Gorton, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, gentleman, and Elizabeth, 
 his wife, on the one part, and John Falkingham, of St. John's, Wapping, 
 vintner, and Anne, his wife, and George Sutton, Henry Eustace, and 
 Elizabeth Grimes, on the other part, concerning a quarrel which lately 
 happened between the said parties, at the house of the said Falkingham, 
 and several cross indictments which have been depending, for assaults and 
 
158 Middlesex Cotuity Records. 
 
 riots, alleged to have been committed by the said parties against each other 
 upon the said occasion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices (named) of the question of 
 fees and profits of the New Prison and the House of Correction, from the date 
 of the death of Captain Thomas Jones, late keeper of the same, until the 
 election of the present keeper ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order that certain Justices (named) do view the repairs lately done by 
 Thomas Little and others, in and about the House of Correction, and report 
 upon the .same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Richard Parrott, Governor of the House of Correction, to 
 make a " calendar in parchment " of the names of all persons committed, 
 with full particulars as to their commitment and discharge ... ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the information that there is a balance still due to John Driver, 
 and John Burchett, former surveyors of the highways of Chelsey Parish, and 
 that several of the inhabitants have not performed their statute work, nor 
 contributed to the repair, it is recommended to certain Justices to direct 
 the former surveyors in the collection of the moneys charged on the said 
 defaulters, \yide Sessions Book z^t^x, '^. z^o\ ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that the fine of ^^300 which was levied upon the inhabitants 
 of St. Mary's Parish, Islingion, for the repair of the highways in the said 
 parish, be respited until further order, so that the surveyors may proceed 
 to collect the said sum. The former surveyors (named) are to receive the 
 balance of their accounts out of the same ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 [Pages 52-56, 60-62 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &;c. pp. 57-59 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64, 65 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed calendar of recognizances and 
 indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 66-69 
 
 [Pages 70, 71 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda as to a fine, collector's money, (S:c. ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 536— OCTOBER, 1696. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 3-20 
 
 [Pages 21-24 blank.] 
 
 Order to John Turner, late constable of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and 
 John Cock, of Hedge Lane, to deliver to the high bailiff, Richard Knipe, two 
 pieces of silk, measuring in all 1 6 yards, and worth about 40/- a yard, being 
 felons' goods, and the owners not yet known ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
Sessions JyQok 537 — October, 1696. 159 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, 5:c., of St. Martin's-iii-thc-Fields to pay 
 one-half of ^8 13^-. 10^., due to Joseph Mihvard, late constable of Hyde Park 
 Ward, for passing vagrants, &c., and the churchwardens, &c., of St. James', 
 Westminster, to pay the other half ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 A similar order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 
 to pay to Jonathan Palmer the half of j£,^ is. 9c/., due to him for passing 
 vagrants, &c., and the churchwardens, &c., of St. James', Westminster, to 
 pay the other half... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order for William Scott, late one of the surveyors of St. Anne's, West- 
 minster, to pay ^5 to the present surveyors of the highways, and to submit 
 his accounts to three of the Justices, that they may be satisfied as to the 
 payment of ^8 is. od., said to have been received by George Gregory, 
 deceased, another of the surveyors ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 28-38 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... pp. 29-31 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... P32 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 537— OCTOBER, 1696. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 ^liscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. pp. 7-29 
 
 [Pages 30-32 blank.] 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and others (named), 
 inhabitants of East Smithfield Liberty, in the parish of St. Euttolph Without, 
 Aldgate, which shows that several of the petitioners have been appointed to 
 audit the accounts of Francis Whitehurst, former churchwarden of the said 
 liberty, and that they find flagrant errors in the said accounts, and that he 
 withholds his books. The petition prays that the said Francis may be ordered 
 to deliver up the same. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of W'yrardesbury, county Bucks., 
 and West Drayton, county Middlesex, as to the settlement of Mary, widow 
 of John Barringer, and Mary and John, her two children ... ... p. 34 
 
 [Page 36 blank.] 
 
 Order that the high constables obtain, by the 30th of November, true 
 lists of the names and abodes of all persons between the ages of 21 and 70 
 within their respective parishes and places who have, in their own name or in 
 trust for them, within this county, ^j^io yearly, at least, above reprizes, of 
 freehold or copyhold lands or tenements, or of lands and tenements of ancient 
 demesne, or in rents, or in all or any of the said lands, tenements, or rents in 
 fee simple, or fee tail, for their life or that of some other person, to serve upon 
 juries p. 37 
 
i6o Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Hannah, daughter of John Wilkins, apprenticed 
 to Henry Smart and his wife, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, sempstress. p. 38 
 
 Upon the information of the present surveyors (named) of the highways 
 of Hornsey Parish, showing that the inhabitants of the said parish have 
 performed their statute work in the repairs of the highways, and that the 
 surveyors have expended several sums on the same, and that the said high- 
 ways are yet very much out of repair, and praying that a rate may be made for 
 their reimbursement and for the aforesaid repairs, it is ordered accordingly. 
 \yide Sessions Book '^od, '^. %l\ ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Petition of Thomas Bowles, of Norton Folgate Liberty, basket maker, 
 showing that he is nominated headborough, and, setting forth his age and 
 infirmities, prays to be discharged. Ordered accordingly p. 40 
 
 Order in a dispute between the churchwardens and overseers of the poor 
 of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, in the parish of Stepney, and that of 
 St. John, of Wapping, as to the settleraent of Margaret, wife of John Ovey, 
 a soldier now serving in Flanders, and Jane and Charles, their children. The 
 said John was formerly an apprentice with Alice White, a watchman's widow, 
 in the said hamlet of Wapping, Stepney ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Isleworth, in this county, and 
 St. Ann's, within the liberty of Westminster, as to the settlement of Margaret 
 Marloe, an impotent woman ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for Martha, widow of Captain Thomas Jones, late keeper of the 
 New Prison and governor of the House of Correction, to repay ^2 2s. od. to 
 John Geery, received by her after the death of her husband, for fees and 
 profits of the New Prison. [Note.— " Afterwards this order was altered to 
 34/- by the direction of Mr. Offley "] ibid. 
 
 Order for Mr. James Tyton to prosecute Richard Latchfield for mis- 
 demeanours and frauds, of which he stands accused. Tyton is to be reimbursed 
 all his expenses in the said prosecution... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Mitcham, county Surrey, and 
 Fulham, in this county, as to the settlement of Ann Chamberlaine. The said 
 Ann was last legally settled as a " hired servant by the year " to Peter George, 
 of Fulham Parish... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of William Gunson, gentleman, high constable of Finsbury 
 Division, in the hundred of Ossulston, and other.s, inhabitants of Whitecrosse 
 Street Liberty, in the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, showing 
 that some of the inhabitants of the said liberty have caused a watch-house 
 to be built in Playhouse Yard, in the said liberty, and that Thomas 
 Woollaston, constable, has removed the watch from its ancient place, called 
 the Whitecrosse, in Whitecrosse Street, near Chiswell Street, to the said 
 new erected watch-house, which is very inconvenient, and that since the 
 removal of the watch from the said old watch-house a burglary has been 
 committed, and a certain person (unnamed) robbed of about ^60. Prays 
 that the watch may, for the future, be kept at " the old accustomed place." 
 The matter is referred to certain Justices (named) ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the discharge of Sarah, daughter of Frances Hall, apprenticed 
 to Rebecca Osmond, of the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, 
 "fishwoman" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 45 
 
Sessions Book 537 — Octobej', 1696. 161 
 
 The inhabitants of Heston Parish, in this county, having agreed to an 
 assessment for the repair of the highways in the said parish, it is prayed 
 that the said rate may be ratified and confirmed. Ordered accordingly. 
 Instructions concerning the collection of the same ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Upon the report concerning the repairs lately done by Thomas Little, 
 and others, in and about the dwelling-house, belonging to the House of 
 Correction \z'idt' Sessions Book No. 535, p. 48], it appears that the work 
 is well done, and that there is money due to the plumber and painter. Order 
 that the report be confirmed, and the money paid out of the public stock. 
 
 p. 46 
 
 Confirmation of the report of certain Justices (named) to whom was 
 referred the examination of fees and profits received, at the New Prison and 
 the House of Correction, from the date of the death of Captain Thomas Jones, 
 late governor of the same, until the election of the present keeper (Captain 
 Abel Weeks), and also of all money due to John Gery [Geery?] and 
 Mrs. AV^ilson, for bread, &:c., provided for the poor in Bridewell, before the 
 appointment of Richard Parrott as governor ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ann, grand-daughter of Ann Jackson, widow, 
 apprenticed to William Wood, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order to discharge an order adjudging James Levack, of Spittlefields 
 Hamlet, foreign weaver, to be the father of Margaret Lemare's female child, 
 it having been proved that Thomas Lemare, her husband, has not been 
 absent in parts beyond the seas for more than 20 months, as was previously 
 stated ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Confirmation of the report of certain Justices (named) concerning the 
 accounts of Henry Hawley, esquire, treasurer for the repairs of parts of 
 Chertsey and ether bridges ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Whereas Sir John Baber, of St. Paul's Parish, Covent Garden, knight, 
 appealed against an assessment of ^25 \os. od. for the burial of the Lady 
 Bridget, his late wife (who had been formerly the wife of the late Lord Viscount 
 Kilmurray), and prayed the reduction of the same, on the plea that "the 
 said Lady ought to have been rated as the wife of a knight and not as the 
 widow of a viscount." It appears that the said "Sir John Baber did not, 
 within 10 days after notice of the assessment, given by reading it in the church 
 of the said parish, appeal to the Justices who signed the said rate " according to 
 the direction of the Act for granting to His Majesty certain rates and duties 
 upon marriages, births, and burials ; wherefore the said Justices, having no 
 power to relieve the said Sir John, recommend it to . . . the Court of 
 Exchequer to levy what is justly due ... ... ... ... ... P53 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &:c. 
 
 PP- 54-57 
 
 Joseph Staples is committed to New Prison, without bail, for contempt 
 in refusing to obey an order to pay to the churchwardens of Limehouse 
 Hamlet, Stepney Parish, 3/- weekly towards the maintenance of Mary, his 
 wife, whom he has " barbarously " misused, and turned out of doors. \_Vide 
 Sessiofis Book ^2>Sj V- A^^^ ■■■ ••• ••• ••• ••• ... p. 58 
 
 Names of those taking the oath, acquittals, Szc. ... ... ... I'^/d, 
 
]62 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction.' 
 
 pp. 59, 60 
 [Pages 61-63 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Indictments ... ... pp. 64-68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 538-DECEMBER, 1696. 
 
 Jury list ]). 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 7-36 
 
 [Pages 37-40 blank.] 
 
 Order that Phoebe Rawbone, widow, matron of the House of Correction, 
 Clerkenwell, is to have her salary of ^^15 and the use of two rooms, but from 
 henceforth she is not to intermeddle or concern herself with the locking up or 
 lodging of any of the prisoners ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order referring the claim of John Driver and John Burchett, surveyors of 
 the highways for the parish of Chelsea, for ^31 17.T. 2d., to four of the 
 Justices living in the parish, for settlement — Sir John Elwes, Richard Wood- 
 ward, Thomas Alston, and Dr. Edward Chamberlaine. ^Vide Sessions 
 ^^^^^' 535) P- 49] il'^'i- 
 
 Order to Henry Slett, constable of Hampton Wick, to deliver to Gabriel 
 Wells, John Thompson, and Charles Harding, j[^i, three gold rings, and a 
 silver tobacco box, which he lately took from them ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 The Court, on the report of two of the Justices, Colonel Pery and 
 Mr. Underbill, is satisfied that the newly erected watch-house in Playhouse 
 Yard, Whitecross Street, St. Giles', Cripplegate, is in the most convenient 
 place, that it was erected by the inhabitants, and orders that eight watchmen be 
 kept instead of six as heretofore, \yide Sessmis Book c^t^i, \). ^\\ ... p. 45 
 
 [Pages 46-54 blank.] 
 Rough memoranda, relating chiefly to recognizances. pp. 55-5S, 61 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction, p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64-67 blank.] 
 Alphabetical Hst of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Ditto of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... pp. 70, 71 
 
 Rough memoranda. 
 
 Mr. Hawley to pay 35/- to the Clerk of the Peace for several copies ot 
 orders relating to the repair of Chertsey Bridge, and other bridges in the 
 county ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
Sessions Book 540 — Jannarw 1697. 163 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 539-JANUARY, 1697. 
 
 Jury list p. 2 
 
 Memoratula relating to recognizances ... ... ... PP- 3-19 
 
 Order for the settlement of Susanna Rye in Richmond, where she had 
 been a hired servant to Anne Jones and Elizabeth Norton, at the sign of 
 the Crown and Bunch of Grapes ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 An order to the churchwardens of St. James' to raise ^120 to repave 
 the highways from " Pickadilly to High Parke Corner," over against the 
 church and churchyard, from east to west on the north side of the church. 
 47 feet in length and 32 feet in breadth \ in Jermyn Street, from the west to 
 the east corner of the churchyard wall, 159 feet in length and 20 feet in 
 breadth ; further eastward to the channel running at the east end of the church, 
 100 feet, and from the church wall to the denter stone, 31 feet; and from 
 without the pale at the east end and south-east corner of the church north- 
 wa'ds to the rector's house, 99 feet in length and 6 feet in breadth. (Refer- 
 ence to the order made 23 June, 1692) ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to raise ;^230 
 for the repair ot the highways, especially the highways and pavement before 
 the old churchyard in St. Martin's Lane, 250 yards; in Church Lane, 326 
 yards ; belonging to the new churchyard, 69 yards ; at the watch-house at the 
 upper end of Hedge Lane, 444 yards ; at the almshouses in the parish of 
 St. Anne, 116 yards. Mason's work is to be done in Church Lane, broad 
 stone paving, 785 feet ; at the two doors at the east end of the church, 
 190 feet : the pavement in the old churchyard leading from the school house 
 to the north end of the rails at the steeple, and from thence towards 
 St. Martin's Lane, 960 feet ; the pavement along by the stone stumps on the 
 west side of the old churchyard, and the pavement leading from thence to the 
 middle door at the west end, 935 feet ; the stone steps leading from the old 
 churchyard into St. Martin's Lane. 270 feet; and the pavement and steps 
 going up to the Lords' gallery on the south side of the church, 106 feet. 
 
 P- ^Z 
 
 [Pages 27-38 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 39, 40 
 
 AlphabeticalHst of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 540— JANUARY, 1697. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]j. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &:c. ... ... pp. 7-23 
 
 [Page 24 blank.] 
 
 Order in a di.spute between the parishes of Great Missenden, county 
 Bucks, and St. Andrew'.s, Holborn, concerning the settlement of Anne 
 Maseham, w'ife of Charles Maseham, a soldier, and her young child ... p. 25 
 
 L 2 
 
164 Middlesex Connty Records. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the parish of St. James', Westminster, 
 to pay Ann Cantwell, now a prisoner in the Marshalsea, the sum of 20/- 
 for the maintenance of herself and her child, and also the arrears of her 
 pension of 4/- a week ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order for the discharge of James Carr from his apprenticeship to Martin 
 Pitman, of the parish of St. James', Westminster, locksmith ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Richard Parrott, governor of the House of Correction, at 
 Clerkenwell, to pa)- workmen for work done at the said House of Correction. 
 
 p. 27 
 
 Order for the discharge of Elizabeth Offley from her apprenticeship to 
 Anne Morelli, of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, mantua-maker, upon 
 proof that the said Anne Morelli was and is married to Alcibiades Morelli, 
 and the indenture of apprenticeship is void, being for four years only... p. 28 
 
 Order, revoking an order dated 7 December last, whereby Henry 
 Lawley, esquire, treasurer of the moneys for repairing Chertsey and other 
 bridges in the county, was directed to pay a certain sum of money to Simon 
 Harcourt, esquire... ..- ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order for the discharge of William Moore from the office of constable 
 of the parsonage ward in the parish of Enfield, and for Henry Snowe, of the 
 said parish, to serve in his stead... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, 
 and St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, concerning the settlement of Susan 
 Lewis, widow of Richard Lewis, and her three children ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Bride's and Kensington, 
 concerning the settlement of Jane Brooks and her two children ... p. 31 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Paul, Covent Garden, 
 and St. Mary, Islington, concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Newberry, 
 alias Matting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 2 
 
 Order for Captain Abel Weeks, keeper of the New Prison at Clerkenwell, 
 to pay to Richard Parrott, governor of the House of Correction, and Phoebe 
 Rawbone, matron there, arrears of payments due to them ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order for John Hardreet, of the parish of St. Pancras, to be discharged 
 from serving the office of surveyor of the highways of the said parish, upon 
 proof that he was fined for the said office about two years ago. Richard 
 Cooper nominated in his place ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for depriving William Bridgeforth, of the parish of Tottenham, 
 wheelwright, of his license to sell beer and ale, he being a person not 
 qualified to keep a victualling house ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect the leases and grants of the dwelling- 
 house and ground adjoining to New Prison, Clerkenwell, and to view the 
 ground and premises, and to set out what part of the orchard and garden 
 they find of right belongs to the dwelling-house ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 540 — January, 1697. ^^5 
 
 Order for William Robbins, convicted of trespass, to be whipped at 
 a cart's tail, from Smithficld Bars to the pound at the upper end of John 
 Street, and to pay a fine of 3/4, and to remain in Newgate Prison till he has 
 paid the said fine, and the fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order for Joseph Ofifley, treasurer of the maimed soldiers for the 
 hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay to Charles Morse, a 
 maimed seaman, the sum of i o/- ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inquire as to the sums of money due to 
 Mr. Tyton, expended by him in the prosecution of Richard Latchfield, in the 
 Court of King's Bench. \^l'^ide Sessions Book 537, p. 43] ... .... p. 36 
 
 Order in the case of I.saac Adams and the parish of Hornsey. The 
 said Adams had lately come to reside there "with about sixty poor children," 
 which children were the " inventory " of Sir Thomas Rowe, deceased ; and 
 the Court, fearing that such might become chargeable to the said parish, directs 
 Adams to furnish a list of names of all the said children and of the 
 parishes from w^hich they came, and to give sufficient security to indemnify 
 the parish of Hornsey from the charge of maintaining and providing for 
 the said children, or for any others to be subsequently brought to Adams ; 
 their names and addresses are to be furnished by Adams to the parish of 
 Hornsey within one month of their arrival. Power is also given to the parish 
 to inspect, from time to time, Adams' house and its inmates ... ... ibid. 
 
 Committee appointed to examine the accounts of Francis Whitehurst, 
 late churchwarden of the parish of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate. \yide 
 Sessions Book S2>1^V- ZZ\ P- 38 
 
 Order that no Justice of the Peace or his clerk shall receive any 
 dividends except in their own division ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for Reginald Toogood, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 
 gentleman, who has a plentiful estate, to provide for his daughter 
 
 Lindsey, wife of Lindsey, who has been deserted by her husband, and 
 
 become chargeable to the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Thomas Wright, son of Su.san Wright, discharged from his apprenticeship 
 to George Murray, late of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish of Stepney, 
 now of Chatham, mariner ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 [Page 42 blank.] 
 Indictments, recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... pp. 43, 44 
 
 [Pages 45-48 blank.] 
 List of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 49 
 
 [Pages 50-53 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 [Page 55 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p- 56 
 
1 66 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 541— FEBRUARY, 1697. 
 
 Jury list ►.. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. .. . ... ... pp. 7-22 
 
 Order that two of the Justices, James Cardrow and Henry Nelthorp, 
 examine what rents are in arrear for houses or grounds held under the trustees 
 of the county, and to " appoint a demand " thereof ... ... ... p. 2 5 
 
 Order that the Clerk of the Peace (Simon Harcourt) or the Crier 
 (Ha}ford Wainwright) do pa)- to Paul Cowley ^3 in part payment for 
 carpenter's work in building presses for the records. The two Justices named 
 in the last order are to inspect the bill, and report to the next Court. [ Vide 
 Sessions Book c^2)'^,-^. /ifO\... ... ... ... ... ... ... i/>id. 
 
 Cross indictments having been preferred between Thomas Howcroft, 
 glassgrinder, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and Percival Ludgate, yeoman, scavenger 
 and other scavengers for assault, and Thomas Howcroft having been convicted, 
 the parties agreed to refer the dispute to Thomas Stibbs, churchwarden of the 
 parish, and Robert Moor, bookseller, of St. Clements. The Court orders 
 John Morley, one of the Justices, to determine the matter in case of any 
 further difference ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i/>id. 
 
 Order suppressing the alehouse license of Garrett Fitzgerald, of St. 
 Botolph's, Aldgate, for suffering whores and thieves to frequent his 
 house ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order that the warrant of distress against Dr. Charles Goodall and Mr. 
 Thomas Walker, of the Charterhouse, for non-payment of poor rate in the 
 parish of St. Sepulchre, stand over till the ne.xt Quarter Sessions ; their appeal 
 against the rate to be then heard... ... ... ... ... ... i/>ii/. 
 
 Order that Mr. John Rolfe is to keep possession of a small garden plot 
 adjoining the New Prison at Clerkenwell, at such rent, &c., as Mr. Ryder, Mr. 
 Herbert, Mr. Mundy, and -\Ir. Cardrow, or two of them shall think fit... p- 27 
 
 Order suspending John Travers from being beadle of the hamlet of 
 Ratcliffe, for extorting 14/- from John Neave under pretence of procuring for 
 him an alehouse license. A new beadle to be appointed ... ... i/>i<f. 
 
 Report of three of the Justices — Martin Ryder, Joseph Herbert, and 
 James Mundy — on the lease granted 16 February, 1673-4, to Captain Thomas 
 Jones, deceased, late keeper of the New Prison, of the dwelling-house and 
 ground adjoining the prison. They say that the house erected by Jones was 
 not granted him by the lease, but give no opinion as to how or to whom the 
 orchard and garden should be disposed. [ Vide Se.'^sions Book 540, p. 34] p. 29 
 
 Order that Captain Abel AA'eeks, keeper of the New Prison, is to take 
 possession of the piece of ground called the Orchard, adjoining the New- 
 Prison, for the use of the trustees of the county... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 [Pages 32-44 blank.] 
 
Sessions Book 543 — April, 1697. i^/ 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances ... ... pp. 45, 46 
 
 [Pages 47-52 blank.] 
 
 Names of those in the New Prison and in the House of Correction, p. 53 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... . . p. 54 
 
 Ditto of indictments... ... ... ... ... ... PP- 56, 57 
 
 Memoranda, various, rough. 
 
 No license to be granted to any alehouse keeper without filing a recog- 
 nizance under the hands of two Justices of the Peace ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 542-APRIL, 1697. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... PP- 3^i5 
 
 Order that a rate be made for the relief of the poor of the parish of 
 St. Margaret, as in the year 1696. The churchwardens, &c., set forth that they 
 have been obliged to take up, at interest, several hundred pounds, as the poor 
 are "abundantly increased," and there is still owing above ^1,600 ... p. 19 
 
 Order that Richard Baldwin, of the parish of St. James, shall pay 4/- and 
 no more per year to the .scavengers' rate... ... ... ... ... ihid. 
 
 [Pages 20-34 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances and fines ... ... PP- 35, 36 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 543— APRIL, 1697. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memorandum of the appointment of treasurers for the maimed and 
 wounded, for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals in the hundreds of 
 O.ssulton, Edmonton and Gore, Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth. 
 
 Further note that the wages for labourers, &c., and the assize of bread are 
 to remain as in the year 1696 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 6 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &:c. ... ... ... pp. 9-27 
 
 [Pages 28-34 blank.] 
 
 Order for the making of a highway rate at \d. in the pound for the parish 
 of St. Giles-in-the-Fields ... p. 35 
 
 John Uupree, weaver, of Spitalfields, appealed against a Justices' order 
 adjudging him to be the father of the bastard daughter of Hester Manake : the 
 Court confirms the order... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 36 
 
1 68 Middlesex Cotinty Records. 
 
 Complaint of the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 f ields, that 35 scavengers (named) had been duly elected on Easter Tuesday 
 for the several divisions of the parish, but that they were obstructed in the 
 execution of their duty by nine others (named), who claimed to have been 
 elected scavengers on Easter Monday. The Court ordered that the election 
 made on Easter Tuesday should stand ... ... ... ... ... P- 38 
 
 Order discharging Samuel Rowe from his apprenticehood with George 
 Owen, mariner, formerly of Portsmouth, but now beyond the seas. The 
 mother complained that her son had been enticed and " trepanned " by Owen, 
 and that the indentures had been signed at a scrivener's near Hermitage 
 Bridge, St. Catherine's, without her knowledge or consent ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for William Friend to be discharged from being scavenger of the 
 hamlet of Limehouse, on the ground that he is assessor and collector of the 
 tax upon the Capitation Act. Edward Fortescue appointed ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for the removal of Randall Smith from Chipping Barnet to St. 
 Pancras ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 43 
 
 The appeal of the churchwardens, &:c., of Wapping, against a Justices' 
 order settling the three small children of John Brewman in their parish, is 
 allowed by the Court, and order made to return the children to the parish 
 of St. Paul, Shadwell ibid. 
 
 Order suppressing the license of Thomas Atkins, victualler, of Southall, on 
 the grounds that [his alehouse] is ill-governed, &c. ... ... ... p- 44 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Hornsey to make a rate 
 for the repair of the high road leading from Hornsey Lane at Highgate, 
 towards Finchley Common, and another high road leading from Kingsland to 
 Newington Town . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 45 
 
 Order suppressing the license of William Wilcoxe, at the sign of the Rose 
 and Crown, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, victualler ... p. 46 
 
 Order for Francis Davis to serve as constable in the parish of Hanworth, 
 in the place of Ralph Wingfield, who represents to the Court that he has been 
 constable for over a twelvemonth, and that there has been no court leet held 
 for the election of another constable ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for Captain Abel Weeks, keeper of the New Prison, to pay to 
 Richard Parrott, the governor of the Plouse of Correction at Clerkenwell, the 
 arrears of the quarterly payment due at Lady Day ... ... ... !>. 48 
 
 The appeal of the churchwardens against a Justices' order passing 
 EHzabeth Fulford and two children into the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, 
 allowed, and order made for the said persons to be returned to Hackney ibid. 
 
 The appeal of the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Dunstan's-in- 
 West, against a Justices' order passing Alice Rudyard, a female infant, into 
 their parish is allowed by the Court, and the removal of the .said infant back 
 to the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, is ordered ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Order to certain Justices to take the account of Sir James Smith, as 
 treasurer of the maimed soldiers and mariners for the hundreds of Ossulton, 
 
Sessions Book 543 — April, 1697. 169 
 
 Edmonton, and Gore for the year 1695. For so many guineas as Sir James 
 received of Mr. Herbert at 25/- apiece, he is to be allowed for the same at the 
 same rate in his account; and for twenty-two guineas and a half, which he 
 received from the high constables he is to be allowed at the rate of 30/- each 
 guinea. Sir James is to pay the balance to Alexander Pitfield, the present 
 treasurer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 50 
 
 Order for Sir John Wolstenholme, Mr. Mundy, and Mr. Smythson, 
 Justice.s, living in Edmonton Hundred, to appoint a high constable in the 
 place of Clement Webb, gentleman ... ... ... ... ... P- 5 1 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., for raising ^£,2^60 upon an estreat for 
 repair of the highways of the parish of St. Mary, Islington ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order on the appeal of Dr. Goodall and Mr. Walker against being rated 
 for the relief of the poor of the parish of St. Sepulchre; they represented 
 that they lived in Sutton's Hospital, alias the Charterhouse, and were officers 
 of the same, and not liable for any rates for the relief of the poor. The 
 Court now discharges the order for superseding the warrant of distress to 
 enable the parties to settle the matter by "trial at law" ... ... p. 53 
 
 Certain Justices appointed to examine the accounts of Manassah Landor 
 and Hugh Bishop, overseers for the liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the 
 Strand, for the year 1695, with authority to make any necessary orders for 
 reimbursing Landor and Bishop the money due to them on those accounts. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 The Court orders the payment of ^3 is. Sd., lost by the insolvency of 
 William Hembrick, late high constable of the Tower Division, and collected 
 by him on the rate for the repair of a part of Chertsey Bridge, and other 
 bridges, to Henry Hawley, the treasurer of the bridge money ... ... P- 54 
 
 Order for Thomas Nixon, churchwarden, of Friern Barnet, to attend the 
 next Court, and answer for his contempt in not paying 6^-. 8^/., assessed on his 
 parish towards the damages recovered by Richard Norton against the hundred 
 of Ossulton, for a robbery ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5 5 
 
 Order for Benjamin Noble, gentleman, treasurer of the moneys for the 
 relief of prisoners in the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and other hospitals for the 
 hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay the money he has received 
 by rate to the Clerk of the Peace (Mr. Harcourt) ... i/>id. 
 
 A similar order to Mr. William James, treasurer for the hundreds of 
 Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Lsleworth ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Particulars of a rate for the maimed soldiers for the hundreds of Ossulton, 
 Edmonton, and Gore. (The amount from each parish and division is set 
 out) PP- 57oS 
 
 Particulars of a rate for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals for 
 the same hundreds (set out as above) ... ... ... ... pp. 59, 6o 
 
 Particulars of a rate for the maimed soldiers for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and lsleworth (set out as above) ... ... ... ... p. 6 1 
 
 Particulars of a rate for the Marshalsea, &c., for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Lsleworth (set out as above) ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
I yo Middlesex County Rccoi'ds. 
 
 The petition of Henry Downes, about money claimed by him from the 
 churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. John's, Wapping, for the nursing of 
 Henry Smith, a poor child, was discharged by the Court, on the ground that 
 the child had been put out to nurse without the knowledge of the church- 
 wardens, &c., of Wapping Parish... ... ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64-73 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances and fines, pp. 74-77 
 
 Names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 79 
 
 [Pages 80-85 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 86 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 88, 89 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 92 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 544— MAY AND JUNE, 1697. 
 
 Jury hst p. 3 
 
 Memorandum relating chiefly to recognizances ... ... PP- 5^25 
 
 [Pages 26-34 blank.] 
 
 Order to the overseers, &:c., of the hamlet of Limehouse, to pay to Mar)' 
 Staples the arrears of a pension of 2/- a week, and for the future to pay to her 
 weekly the sum of \s. dd. ... ... ... ... ... •• P- 35 
 
 Order to the head constable and petty constables, &c., of the hundred of 
 Gore to prevent the concourse of disorderly persons at Burrow^s Green, 
 Hendon, in ^^'hitsun week, assembling there under pretence of holding a 
 fair... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... //>icL 
 
 Order to two of the Justices — Colonel Pery and Mr. Withers — to 
 examine the accounts of Samuel Cambray, John Field, and Andrew Haydon, 
 late scavengers for the Uberty of \\'hitecross Street, St. Giles, Cripplegate, 
 who claim from the parish ^,6 which they could not collect by reason of the 
 ])Overty and removal of the persons from whom the money is due ; the 
 Justices to take such action as they deem fitting ... ... ... p- 36 
 
 Copy of an order to the Justices of the Peace for the county from the 
 Privy Council, Whitehall, dated June 17, 1697, demanding an account of 
 what has been done concerning papists and disaffected persons, and the 
 writers and printers of false and seditious news ... ... ... p.. 37 
 
 Order for the payment of ^9 5^. od. to Elisabeth Allison, of St. John's 
 Parish, Wapping, raker, due from Edward Bently and Samuel \\'icks, 
 scavengers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I'hd. 
 
 Order discharging Richard Stocker from his apprenticehood with William 
 Kirke, cutler, of St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... p- 38 
 
Sessions Book 544 — May and June, 1697. 171 
 
 On the petition of the overseers of tlie parish of Heston, the Court 
 recommended that two of the Justices living in or near Heston should grant 
 a warrant to levy a distress upon the goods of Dr. Nicholas Barbone, for 
 the non-payment of ^15 for the relief of the poor P- 39 
 
 Order of reference to Mr. Pitfield and Mr. Withers, two of the Justices, 
 to examine who is the reputed father of a bastard child of Elizabeth Bates ; 
 and to take order for indemnifying the parish of Shoreditch, and the payment 
 of Mary Bishop, for the maintenance of Elizabeth Bates and her child, p. 40 
 
 Order discharging Richard Asterley from his indenture of ai)prenti(:ehood 
 to Samuel Huxtable, mariner, of AVapping ... ... ... ... P- 41 
 
 Order that a fine of £,^(^0 be levied on the parish of St. Mary's, 
 Islington, for the repair of the highways ... ... ... . . p. 43. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Hicks, his wife and three 
 children, at Edmonton ... ... ... ... ... ... ••■ ibid- 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joshua Geering, infant, in the liberty 
 of the Rolls ... " p. 44 
 
 Edward Westmore, yeoman, of Harrow, ordered to take the oath of 
 office as constable for the hamlet of Wembley and Appleton ... p. 45 
 
 Similar order for John Harris, yeoman, of Harrow, to be constable of 
 the hamlet of Roxeth, in the place of William Brant ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Similar order for William Street, of Harrow Town, yeoman, to l)e 
 constable of Harrow Town, in place of William Davis ... ... ibid. 
 
 Similar order for James Garraway, yeoman, of Harrow Weald, to be 
 constable there in place of Edward Bunker ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Similar order for Thomas Caper and William Nerborne, junior, of 
 Harrow Weald, to be headboroughs there in place of Samuel Weedon and 
 Rathnall Ranson ibid. 
 
 Order referring the accounts of John Cannon, William Brant, and 
 Edward Bunker, constables, and Samuel Weedon and Rathnall Ranson head- 
 boroughs, all of Harrow Parish, to four of the Justices for settlement. p. 46 
 
 Order that Garrett Fitzgerald, of St. Botolph, Aldgate, whose license was 
 suppressed, be allowed time to sell beer, &c., till the next Quarter Sessions 
 
 ibid. 
 [Pages 47, 48 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relatmg chiefly to recognizances, fines, &c. pp. 49-51 
 
 [Pages 52-56 blank.] 
 
 Lists of persons in the New Prisor. and the House of Correction 
 
 pp. 57, 58 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 60, 61 
 
 Similar list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 62, 63 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
1/2 Middlesex Coimty Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 545— JULY, 1697. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Writ and miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, acquittals, 
 indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 3-17 
 
 [Pages 18-20 blank.] 
 
 John Downe, former constable of " Hide " Park Ward, in the parish of 
 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, to be repaid by the .said parish and that of St. James, 
 his expenses for passing vagrants ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and surveyors of 
 the highways in St. Anne's Parish, within the liberty of Westminster, which 
 shows that the repairs for the ensuing year cannot be sufficiently done at a 
 lower charge than ;^8o, and prays that an assessment be made to defray the 
 charges of the same. Ordered accordingly. Full instructions concerning the 
 levying and collecting of the said tax are given ; 880 yards of the said high- 
 ways and pavements are to be repaired, "with paviour's work, in rough 
 paving," viz.: 871 yards at the east and west ends of the parish church of 
 St. Anne's aforesaid, and 9 yards at the north side of the said church, p. 21 
 
 Discharge of Charles, son of William Hunter, apprenticed to Charles 
 Lynn, of Chappell Street, Westminster, apothecary ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Warrant for constables to return the names of persons qualified to serve 
 on juries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 25-34 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, commit- 
 ments, &c. PP- 35. 36 
 
 [Pages 37, 39 blank.] 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed indictments ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 50 -JULY, 1697. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda, chiefly recognizances... ... ... ... pp. 7-33 
 
 [Pages 34-40 blank.] 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &;c., of the parish of Kensington to erect 
 a watch-house and whipping-post in the most convenient place ; at the 
 rebuilding of the church, " and making the churchyard and passages thereto 
 more large and convenient," the watch-house and whii)ping-post had been 
 removed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary's, Islington, to make a 
 rate to reimburse John Lawrence, yeoman, late constable for the liberty of 
 St, John of Jerusalem, jPfi i li-. 2d. expended in passing cripples, &c., as he 
 is "in debt and in danger of being arrested" ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
Sessions /)00^ S4^ — '.A'^'' ^^97- ^7^^ 
 
 Order that Captain Abel Weeks, keeper of the New Prison, is to pay 
 only ;£^o per annum instead of ,^50 as previously ordered, to the use of the 
 House of Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Clark, single woman, in the 
 parish of St. Mary, ^Voolchurch... ... ... ... ... ... //vV/. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Pitman, widow, and two 
 children, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Justices' order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Smith and her 
 daughter in the parish of Chelsea, confirmed ... ... ... ... p- 4S 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, Src, of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, 
 to make a rate for the repair of the highways, the surveyors, Morgan Bryan, 
 \\'illiam Bird, and William Grave, representing that they have used " near 
 four thousand loads of gravel," and already expended ^350, "and yet have 
 at least one-third of their work to do "... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 The complaint of Robert Hopingstall, Edward Wenham, John Cook, 
 Thomas Threstier, John Hansted, William Freind, Samuel Phillips, Giles 
 Sliute, William Crusse, Thomas DoUis, Robert Williston, Richard Gibbs, and 
 John Scott, of Limehouse, in Stepney Parish, that they are over-rated, is 
 referred to four of the Justices for settlement ... ... ... ... p- 4S 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Mary, White- 
 chapel, to pay ;j^3 OS. ^d. due to David Wickard and Francis Collins, late 
 scavengers for Wentworth Street in that parish ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 The complaint of John Hill, William Parsons, Samuel Piffe, Thomas 
 Smyth, William Mart, and Robert Pullin, of Ratcliffe, that the late church- 
 warden and a few of the inhabitants made a rate for the relief of the poor 
 whereby they are over-rated, is referred to five of the Justices for settlement ; 
 report to be made to the next Court ... ... ... ... ... P- 50 
 
 Complaint from the parishioners of Hendon that though the licenses of 
 Ann Clark, Daniel Mills, and Timothy Smyth had been suppressed, and that 
 they had been convicted and punished, yet they continued to sell beer, &c., 
 having since privately procured licenses from Justices living remote from the 
 parish. The Court orders the suppression of these licenses ... ... p. 51 
 
 Henry Moult, gentleman, appointed governor of the House of Correc- 
 tion at Clerkenwell, in the place of Richard Parrott, deceased. He is to 
 constantly reside there, and pay to the matron of the House of Correction 
 ^10 yearly, if the Court think a matron to be necessary, which sum he is 
 to receive from the keeper of the New Prison... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order that Alice Parrott is to receive all the arrears of her late husband's 
 salary of ^50 ; Captain Weeks is to pay her ^^5 more, and Mr. Moult also 
 ^^ in discharge of moneys expended in repairs, &c.-; she is further to 
 receive the profits of the House of Correction to the loth July ... p. 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah Lewis in Kensington Parish. 
 
 P- 54 
 
174 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for reimbursing ^Villiam Bignoll, constable for Eulcross Quarter 
 in Enfield money due to him ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Parkes in St. Clement 
 Danes i/>i<^- 
 
 Order for the Justices of the Tower Division to examine the chuvch- 
 wardens, &c., of the several parishes in that division touching the nonpayment 
 of ^20 yjr. 4^. assessed on them for the relief of tlie maimed soldiers in 
 1695 P- 56 
 
 Order discharging Frances Wilford from her indenture of apprentice- 
 hood to IMargaret A\'oolsey, of St. Margaret's, quilter p. 57 
 
 Order for the surveyors of Islington to pay ^'60 ^s. od. to William 
 Davis, the late surveyor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... !>• 5^^ 
 
 Order concerning the settlement o'i Henry Smyth in AVapping ... j). 61 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances and indictments, fines, &c. 
 
 pp. 63-66 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction pp. 69. 70 
 
 [Pages 71-74 blank.] 
 
 In(]enture of apprenticehood of Arthur Wallraven, son of John Wall- 
 raven, goldsmith, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to Robert Creed, watchmaker, of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 13 November, 1695 p. 75 
 
 Indenture of Edward Low, of St. (iiles, Cripplegate, to Nicholas Boquet, 
 of St. Anne's, Blackfriars i^'id. 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments PP- 76, 77 
 
 Similar list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ])]). 78, 79 
 
 Rough memoranda .. . ... ... ... ... ... .■■ ]>. So 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 547— AUGUST, 1697. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• P- 5 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 7-40 
 
 [Pages 41-44 blank.] 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Nathaniel and Caleb Stephenson, children 
 of Benjamin Stephenson. Dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields and St. Pancras P- 45 
 
 Order as to the settlement of two young children, Margaret and Hannah 
 Wotton. The dispute is between the parishes of Stepney and St. Botolph, 
 Aldgate ^^^''^• 
 
 Order for the discharge of Matthew Moore from his apprenticeship to 
 Richard Upthrow, of the parish of St. Gile.s-in-the-Fields, engraver ... p. 46 
 
Sessions Book 5 4 S — October, 1697. 175 
 
 Order for the parishes of Stoke Newington and St. Katherine's, near the 
 Tower, to contribute certain sums of money towards the damages and costs 
 recovered against the inhabitants of the hundred of Ossulton for a robbery 
 committed upon one Richard Norton within the said hundred. \_Vide Sessions 
 Book SAZ, V. SS] p. 47 
 
 Order for Elizabeth Moore, convicted for speaking seditious words, to be 
 fined T,s. 4d. and to be set upon the pillory in Bloomsbury Market for one 
 hour, between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon, with a paper on 
 her breast showing her offence, and to be committed to the New Prison until 
 she undergo the punishment and pay the fees of i-js. 6d. ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for Simon Harcourt, esquire, Clerk of the Peace, to pa}- the 
 under sheriff ;^7 loi'. for the discharging of issues ... ... ... //>/(/. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Combs and her three 
 children. The dispute is between the parishes of Finchley and St. J-^mes', 
 Clerkenwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]). 49 
 
 Order for the high constables to issue their warrants to the petty constables 
 to return lists of the freeholders in the county qualified to serve upon juries. 
 
 P- SI 
 [Pages 52-60 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 p. 61 
 [Pages 63-64 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to taking oaths, indictment.s, acquittals, (Sec. 
 
 pp. 65 69 
 [Pages 70-73 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 74 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 548— OCTOBER, 1697. 
 
 [Pages 1-2 blank.] 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 ^Vrit p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-30 
 [Pages 31-36 blank.] 
 
 Proceedings upon a letter from George Clark, Secretary for ^Var, to 
 Commissary Crawford, relating to the quartering of horse guards, and several 
 regiments of foot, coming from Flanders at the first opportunity, and which 
 are to be accommodated in and about London, " in the usual quarters of the 
 Guards." Ordered that all constables do make true lists of all inns, livery 
 stables, &c., for this purpose ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 37 
 
1 76 Middlesex Coimty Records. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Cornelius Harwood and his three 
 children, John, Mary, and Elizabeth. The dispute is between Ratcliffe Hamlet, 
 Stepney Parish, and Chatham ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of the churchwardens and others, 
 inhabitants in the parish of St. Clement Danes, which shows that the petitioners 
 have been at the great expense " of near ^15,000 in new building their parish 
 church," and that they are nearly ^4,000 in debt. They pray that an additional 
 rate may be assessed for the relief of the poor, and it is ordered accordingly. 
 
 P- 39 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Susanna [wife of], Hugh Dyer, 
 otherwise Dyall. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields 
 and All Hallows the Great ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order that Alice, widow of Richard Parrott, late governor of the House of 
 Correction, do quit the dwelling-house belonging thereto . . . in 14 days ; and 
 it is further ordered that Mr. Alexander Pitfield do pay the said Alice ^10 in 
 satisfaction of the money expended by her late husband for the repair of the 
 said House of Correction, &c. Captain Abel Weeks, keeper of the New 
 Prison, and Captain Henry Moult, present governor of the House of Correction, 
 are to pay the said Alice ^5 apiece. [F/V/f Sessiotis Book 546, p. 53] p. 41 
 
 Order, in a dispute between the parishes of Acton and Northolt, con- 
 cerning the settlement of Anne, wife of Joseph Shepperd, and his two 
 children ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order, in a dispute between the parishes of Christ Church and Stepney 
 (Bethnal Green Hamlet), concerning the settlement of Martha, wife of Anastus 
 Browne, and one child ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order, in a dispute between the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and 
 the town of New Brentford, concerning the settlement of John Munday. ibid. 
 
 Henry Quintin, sheriffs bailiff, discharged from being headborough of the 
 south side of Cow Cross Liberty, in the parish of St. Sepulchre ... p. 44 
 
 Cyprian Southwarke, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to be continued as a 
 pensioner on the fund for maimed soldiers, he having " served his late Majesty, 
 King Charles the Second, and his royal father in their wars" ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for allowing the accounts of Giles Smj-th and others, former over- 
 seers of the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and for a rate to reimburse 
 them ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for the setting of able and sufficient watches within the several 
 parishes, &c., in and near the suburbs of the city \ the same are to be duly 
 and constantly continued from sunset to sunrise ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging Robert Leadbetter, junior, of 
 St. John's Parish, ^^'apping, distiller, to be the father of Robert, child of Anne 
 Webb, widow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and 
 St. Margaret's, Westminster, concerning the settlement of Charles Barnes, 
 " with four children, Sarah and Elizabeth Robinson, and John and Thomas 
 
Sessions Book 548 — October, 1697. 177 
 
 Barnes."' The said Charles was servant to Nicholas Wroth, at the "Oxford 
 Arms/' St. Margaret's parish, Westminster, for two years ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order that Robert Newman, former constable of Friern Barnet, be 
 reimbursed moneys expended by him for the passing of cripples and vagrants. 
 
 P- 52 
 Order for reimbursing John Lole and Francis Creswell, former overseers 
 of the poor of St. Paul's Parish, Covent Garden, moneys expended by them. 
 
 P- 53 
 Order in a dispute between Richard Bennett, constable of Friern Barnet 
 Parish, and John Williams and Henry Briggs, constables of Finchley, con- 
 cerning the passing of cripples and vagrants through Finchley aforesaid... p. 54 
 
 Order for William Kidgell, gentleman, high constable of the Tower 
 division, to pay Alexander Pitfield, treasurer for the maimed soldiers in 
 Ossulston Hundred, the money due upon the assessment in the said division, 
 for that fund, for the year 1695 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for Alexander Pitfield to pay Paul Cowley his account for 
 carpentering and repairs in and about the House of Correction ... p. 57 
 
 Order for the discharge of Michael, son of Margaret Gardiner, apprenticed 
 to Henry Staffe, of St. Andrew's, Holborn, surgeon ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate to reimburse John White, former 
 scavenger of Kensington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 58 
 
 Order for the assessment of an additional rate for the relief of the poor 
 of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn p. 60 
 
 Isaac Goring is convicted for persuading Thomas Brooks, apprenticed to 
 Henry Linacre, to desert his master's service, and for encouraging the said 
 Brooks to rob Jane Scale and others in the King's highway. He is fined 
 1 3 J. 4^/., and is ordered to be put in and upon the pillory in New Brentford 
 market place, upon such market day as the sheriff shall speedily appoint for 
 one hour " at the usual time of the day," with a paper over his head, showing 
 his offence. He is remanded to the New Prison until he pay the fine and 
 undergo the punishment, then to be delivered paying his fees, 17^-. dd. p. 61 
 
 Order for Alexander Pitfield to pay James Tyton 26/- " by him charged 
 as received as clerk to Joseph Offley, late treasurer for the maimed soldiers, 
 and upon the rate for the Trinity Minories, which money was not received 
 by the said Mr. Tyton, and is still unpaid " ibid. 
 
 Whereas William Smith, of Twickenham parish, gentleman, stands 
 indicted for obstructing a certain common highway leading from Twickenham 
 to a certain common field, called the Northfield, in the said parish, and from 
 thence to Hanworth ; it is ordered that certain jurors (named) shall view the 
 highway in question, and that a verdict shall be arrived at on the second day 
 of the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• p. 62 
 
 Order of reference concerning any complaint touching the Act of 7 and 
 8 William HI, entitled "An Act for granting to his Majesty certain rates and 
 duties upon houses for making good the deficiency of the clipped money." 
 
 P ^>3 
 
178 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the attendance on December the 6th, of the high constables of 
 Ossulston Hundred to show cause why the petty constables in their several 
 divisions have neglected the order concerning the setting and placing of able 
 and sufficient watches. {Vide Sessions Book 548, p. 47] ... ... p. 63 
 
 Order for Alexander Pitfield to pay Paul Cowley his bill for " carpenter's 
 work and stuff done and used in and about the repairs of the House of 
 Correction." \^Vide Sessions Book ^\'i,^. ^'}'\ ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Upon the information that a fine of ^360 was assessed upon the 
 inhabitants of St. Mary's Parish, Islington, for not repairing the highways in 
 the said parish, it is ordered that William Gunson, gentleman, one of the high 
 constables of Ossulston Hundred, do without further delay levy the said sum 
 upon the said inhabitants, \yide Sessions Book c^df\, '^. a^-^ ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate for the reimbursement of William 
 Bignoll and James Flanders, former constables of Endfield. Sjlde Sessions 
 ^'^^^ 546, p. 55] p. 65 
 
 [Pages 66-68 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed New Prison and House of Correction -. p. 69 
 
 Memorandum of two licenses ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, acquittals, 
 names of those taking the oath of fidelity, &c. ... ... , ... PP- 7^-75 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed, indictments, and calendar of 
 recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 76-79 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 549— DECEMBER, 1697. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Recognizances, indentures, acquittals, &c. .. ... pp. 7-31 
 
 [Pages 32-36 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joseph Durrant, his wife and child. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of Uxbridge and Hayes ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Katherine Cary, wife of William Cary. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of Fulham and Uxbridge ... p. 38 
 
 Order to deprive John Clayton, of Heston, of his license to keep an 
 alehouse, upon proof that he allows persons to tipple in his house at unseason- 
 able hours, and keeps a very disorderly alehouse ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of South Mymms and St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields, concerning the settlement of Alice Carlisle, wife of Cornelius 
 Carlisle. It was proved that the said Cornelius Carlisle lived three years as 
 hired servant to Sir Lionel Jenkins, in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order to reimburse Edward Bolton, late constable of the liberty of 
 Upper Barnsbury in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, money expended by 
 him in relieving cripples ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
Sessions Book 550 — January, 1698. 179 
 
 Appeal between the parishes of Stanmore and Harrow, touching the 
 settlement of Mary James, adjourned till the next Sessions ... ... ]). 41 
 
 Order for the parish of Harrow to keep and maintain Mary James and 
 her child till the above appeal is heard at the next Sessions ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 43-50 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 P-5I 
 [Pages 53, 54 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 55 
 
 [Pages 56-61 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 550— JANUARY, 1698. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 5-23 
 
 [Pages 24-28 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ralph Scott and Richard Scott, 
 children of Ralph Scott, a brewer's servant. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Olave's, Southwark ... p. 29 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Lewis and Elizabeth, his 
 wife. The dispute is between the parish of Deptford, county Kent, and the 
 hamlet of Limehouse, in the parish of Stepney... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Thomlinson, Mary, his wife, 
 and Anne, their daughter. The dispute is between the parishes of St. James', 
 Westminster, and St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order for reducing the assessment for poor rate made upon John Spurrell, 
 of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish of Stepney, mariner, made upon his 
 petition. He shows that he had been a slave at Algiers for 10 years, and 
 that his friends, seven years since, raised ^400 for his redemption, which he 
 has not yet been able to repay, having scarcely sufficient to maintain himself 
 and his family ; he inhabits a house in Stepney Causeway of ^6 a year, 
 and complains that he is over-rated ... ... ... ... ... P- 31 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Theodocia Mitchell, single woman, 
 who lived some time in the service of Lady Browne in St. James' Street as a 
 hired servant. The dispute is between the parishes of St. James', West- 
 minster, and St. Clement Danes... ... ,,. ... ... ... p- 32 
 
 Order for discharging an order adjudging Henry Collier, of the parish of 
 St. Martin's-inthe-Fields, sword cutter, to be the father of the male bastard 
 child of Martha Vaughan ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 M 2 
 
i8o Middlesex Comity Records. 
 
 Order to certain Justices (named) to examine what moneys Mr. James 
 Tyton has disbursed and expended on the prosecution for misdemeanour of 
 Richard Latchfield ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order to discharge Mary Jemmett from her apprenticeship to Jane 
 Tyllard, of the parish of St. Clement Danes, widow, from whom she was to 
 learn " the trade of keeping a hnen shop " ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order to admit John Perin, mariner, of the parish of St. Leonard's, 
 Shoreditch, to a pension of ;^3 per annum, upon proof that in 1691 he lost 
 the use of his left leg on His Majesty's ship the "Royal Oak," that he has a 
 wife and two children to maintain, and that he receives no pension from the 
 " Chest of Chattam " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Cook, late wife of John 
 Cook, deceased, and her four children, Katherine, Jane, William, and James. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise White- 
 chapel, and St. Giles, Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Ingersole, Sarah, his wife, 
 and one child. The dispute is between the hamlet of Mile End, in the parish 
 of Stepney, and the hamlet of Bethnall Green, in the same parish ... p. 39 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Thurlewind, " a poor 
 distracted person." The dispute is between the hamlet of Ratcliffe and the 
 hamlet of Wapping, in the parish of Stepney ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary James, single woman, and her 
 newly-born child. The dispute is between the parishes of Harrow and 
 Stanmore ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for certain scavengers of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to 
 pay to John White, late raker of the said parish, certain sums of money 
 expended by him, (Schedule of names of scavengers with sums to be paid.) 
 
 P-43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the town of Hoddesdon and the parish of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning the settlement of Joane Styles, and her 
 female bastard. The woman is to be maintained at Saffron Hill, the child at 
 Hoddesdon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for Thomas Scott, a poor, lame, impotent child, to be placed with 
 Joanna Brandon, of Axe Court, next door to the sugar baker's, in the parish 
 of St. Peter's, Cornhill, and the said Joanna Brandon to be paid 5/- a week 
 for the maintenance of the said Scott ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 [Pages 48-56 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning indictments, committals, taking 
 the oath, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 57-60 
 
 List of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 61 
 
 [Pages 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments p. 66 
 
Scss/o/is Jiook 551 — Fchriiary, 1698. 181 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 551— FEBRUARY, 1698. 
 
 Jury list p. 3 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, &c. .. . . ... ... pp. 5-25 
 
 [Pages 26-30 blank.] 
 
 Six Justices deputed to view the repairs done at New Prison by Captain 
 Abel Weeks, to inspect the bills, and to report thereon in writing to the next 
 Court ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Ordered that the recognizances of Katherine Smyth, alias Clayton, 
 indicted for keeping a disorderly house, be respited till the next Quarter 
 Sessions. \l^ide Sessions Book '^A,<^,-^. ^yZ{^)^^ ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Cautwell, alias Fray, in the 
 parish of St. James, Westminster; her lawful husband, Thomas Fray, is said 
 to be living at Tesbury [Tisbury ?J Wilts ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Hornsey to raise money to pay 
 jT^YI 3i-. 2d. due to Rose Blastock, widow of Richard Blastock, late one of 
 the churchwardens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 The Grand Jury present to the Court that there is "an unlawful assembly, 
 called the Redoubt, after the Venetian manner, kept at Exeter Change in the 
 Strand, and carried on by persons unknown, who by printed tickets give 
 notice of games that are not lawful, and tend very much to encourage all 
 manner of vice and debauchery, and that the persons who frequent the same 
 go masked and disguised." The Court orders the high constables of the 
 Westminster and Holborn Divisions, with all the petty constables, to meet at 
 Exeter Exchange on the Thursday following at 4 o'clock " in the forenoon." 
 and to remain there till 12 o'clock at night, and also at other appointed times, 
 to preserve the peace, to disperse the assembly, and to arrest the managers. 
 The order to be affixed to the gate of the Exchange, and the high constables 
 to report to the Court on Friday ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Williams in the hamlet of 
 Poplar and Blackwall ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, c^c, of Whitechapel, to make a rate for 
 reimbursing Jarvis Boswell and the other headboroughs the sum of j[_,},o 
 expended by them in passing vagrants, &;c. ... ... ... ... p- 36 
 
 Order to the high constables and petty constables in the several divisions 
 of the county to give notice to all victuallers, innholders, coffee sellers, 
 vintners, brandy sellers, &c., to forbear entertaining company on the Lord's 
 Day, excepting those persons allowed by law : butchers, poulterers, fruiterers, 
 barbers, and other persons are not to expose any of their goods on Sunday 
 next, or on any Sunday following ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Entry of the King's Proclamation for suppressing profane swearing 
 and immorality, and order to all high constables, (S:c., to be diligent in 
 searching for offenders, particularly on the Lord's Day, &c. ... ... p. 38 
 
r82 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for suppressing the license of Andrew Hurst, of vSt. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, he having been several times indicted for keeping a disorderly 
 house, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 [Pages 41-48 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 49-50 
 
 [Pages 51, 52, 54, 55, 60, 61 blank.] 
 
 Names of prisoners in the New Prison and the House of Correction, p. 53 
 
 Alphabetical list of persons indicted ... ... ... pp. 56, 57 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 58, 59 
 
 Rough memoranda. These include a note that Drill, a priest, 
 
 married Thomas Fray and Ann Sanger at Tilbury ; and that Mr. Harcourt 
 expended at the Fountain Tavern on the Justices that attended the sup- 
 pressing of the Redoubt at Exeter Exchange 25/- {sic). On a small loose piece 
 of paper is the bill itself, headed "Fountain Tavern " : bread and beer, 1/3 ; 
 wine, 16/4; "beif griskins," 3/-; pickles, i/-; "chease," 4^/. ; coachman, i/-; 
 fire, 1/6; "drawer," i/-; total, ^i 55. 5^. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 552-MAY, 1698. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Appointment of Francis Tyson as treasurer for the maimed soldiers in 
 the hundreds of Ossulston, &c., for 1698. He is to take over the accounts 
 of Alexander Pitfield, former treasurer. 
 
 The like, for Jonathan Andrews, in the hundreds of Elthorne, &c. He 
 is to take over the accounts of Richard Reynell. 
 
 Appointment of Charles Mundin, of New Brentford, gentleman, for the 
 Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, in the hundreds of Elthorne, &:c., 
 in the room of John Redding, gentleman. 
 
 Usual order concerning the wages of labourers, &c., and the assize of 
 bread ... ... ... ... ... ... •■• ... ... p. 7 
 
 [Pages 8-10 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 11-41 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Hins, spinster. In October, 1696, 
 the said Mary was servant to Mr. Cooke, of St. John's Parish, Hackney, farmer, 
 where she lived six months, after which she entered the service of Mr. Payne, 
 of the said parish, farmer, also for the space of six months ... ... p. 42 
 
 William Cuthbert, of Old Street Liberty, St. Giles' ^Vithout, Crip])legate, 
 yeoman, discharged from serving as overseer on account of his age and 
 infirmity ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John and Sarah, two young children of 
 Thomas Borer, lately deceased. Their mother, Sarah, is lately married to 
 Thomas Thompson, of Lambeth Street, St. Mary's Parish, Whitechapel. ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 552 — May, 1698. 183 
 
 Order as to the collection of a rate for reimbursing Manassah Lander 
 and Hugh Bishop, former overseers of the poor in the parish of St. Clement 
 Danes. \_Vide Sessions Book ^^2,, \). c^^'\ ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the discharge of Jonathan Up]), of Teddington Parish, yeoman, 
 he having served as constable in the said parish during the past year. Richard 
 Beadle, yeoman, nominated in his stead ... ... ... ... P- 48 
 
 Order for Robert Williams, of Ealing Parish, mariner, to receive a pension 
 from the fund for maimed soldiers. The said Robert, about 25 years ago, lost 
 his left arm while serving King Charles II on the ship "Gloucester "... p. 49 
 
 A like order for \\'illiam Bagshaw, junior, of Chiswick Parish, mariner. 
 The said Bagshaw, on the 28th of April, 1689, lost his right arm in His 
 Majesty's service, " in the river of Londonderry, in Ireland, in the ship called 
 the ' Bonadventure '" i^^iii- 
 
 Thomas Starkey, of the liberty of Saffron Hill, in the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, discharged from serving as overseer of the poor in the said liberty, 
 on account of his age and infirmity ... ... ... .. ... P- 5° 
 
 Certificate concerning Jonathan Netheway, of St. Leonard's Parish, Shore- 
 ditch, gentleman, who was chosen, last Easter, to serve as overseer, and who 
 produced a writ of privilege, showing that he, Jonathan, was an attorney of 
 the Court of Common Pleas, and praying that he might be discharged from 
 serving the said office, whereupon the said writ was allowed. The said 
 Jonathan showed that he served as a clerk to Mr. George Jewce, an attorney, 
 for four years, and to Mr. Thomas Percivall, an attorney, for three years, and 
 that he was sworn an attorney about 18 years ago. Several witnesses declare 
 that the said Jonathan has discontinued his profession, and pray the Court 
 to state the truth of the matter " to your lordship " that you may give such 
 directions " touching the said writ of priviledge as to your lordship shall be 
 thoughtmeet" p. 51 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Ellis Wright, aged about nine years. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. John, Wapping, and St. Sepulchre, p. 52 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Street, a young woman, who lived 
 with her brother, George Street, " stage coachman for Marleburrough for about 
 seven years, who lived at the Dolphin, near the Bell Inn, in the Strand." 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. Mary-le-Savoy and St. Martin-in- 
 the-Fields p. 53 
 
 Order for the discharge of Elias Turner, of St. Leonard's Parish, Shore- 
 ditch, gentleman, from serving the office of overseer of the poor in the said 
 parish. The said Turner showed that his affairs required his speedy departure 
 into parts beyond the seas ... ... .. ... ... ••• P- 54 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Elderton, of St. Mary Mat- 
 fellon, which shows that the petitioner holds two farms, part lying ... in the 
 hamlet ' of Mile End Old Town, Stepney, and part in the parish of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, and that he is assessed beyond the value of the said lands, and 
 prays that "a view and admeasurement" may be made. Order of reference 
 concerning the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 55 
 
184 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Fenner, who, about three years ago, 
 lived for about 13 months as the servant of John Casselton, at Prittlewell, 
 and also for a year with John Dazely, of the same place. Further proof 
 shows that the said Mary lived as servant to Richard Drake, of the hamlet 
 of Poplar and Blackwall, for one year, from Christmas i6g8 {sic), ending at 
 Christmas last past ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5 7 
 
 Order for raising money for the constables' rate in Hammersmith... ihid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda — names of those taking the oath of fidelity, 
 indictments, commitments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... pp. 59-61 
 
 Order to " Harrington, constable of New Brentford, to deliver to 
 
 Daniell Harrington one brass kettle stolen from him by one Bartholomew 
 Syers, who is lately dead in Newgate. 
 
 " Mr. Hawley to deliver to Sarah Clarke a parcell of wareing clothes 
 and things sealed up now in his custody suspected to be stolen by one Robert 
 Knight, the bill being ignoramus against him. 
 
 " St. John, Wapping, to pay to the maimed soldiers ^i 6y. od. per 
 annum." 
 
 ^Memorandum concerning the appeal of Sir George Downing, baronet, 
 against ;^3 xds. od. charged on him as a widower ; the appeal is allowed, oath 
 being made that he has a son living ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 63, 64 
 
 Whereas by an Act of 8 and 9 William HI, entitled "An Act for 
 paving and regulating the Haymarket, in the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields and St. James', within the liberty of Westminster, and for collecting 
 and securing the duties and sums of money thereby granted to the uses, 
 intents, and purposes therein limited and expressed," it is referred to certain 
 Justices to view the said Haymarket, and to order the placing and settling 
 of boundary stones or posts, for the better ascertaining the bounds of the 
 said market place, and to give directions as occasion shall require for repairing 
 the pavement in the said market. Order as to the collection of the duties and 
 profits in and by the said Act granted ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ralph Morten, apprenticed to James Hassenius, 
 
 of St. Margaret's, Westminster, watchmaker. The said apprentice was pre- 
 viously bound to William Speakman, of the city of London, clockmaker. p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed indictments and calendar of recog- 
 nizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-71 
 
 Names of four victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 71 
 
 Memoranda of appearances and acquittals ... ... ... p. 72 
 
Sessions Book =^^}, /inic, 1698. 185 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 553-JUNE, 1698. 
 
 Jury pantl ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 7-27 
 
 [Pages 28-30 blank.] 
 
 Complaint made of irregularities frequently practised by constables, head- 
 boroughs, beadles, and watchmen by keeping persons whom they had arrested 
 in the watch-houses, round houses, and spunging-houses, extorting money 
 from them for lodging, &c. The Court orders the prosecution of offenders at 
 the charge of the county, and directs the Clerk of the Peace to have the order 
 printed and circulated ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 31 
 
 The Justices appointed to view the repairs to the New Prison done b)- 
 Captain Weeks report that the work has been measured and valued by two 
 competent workmen, and that the total cost was £aZ^ 12.5-. "jd. They 
 recommend that ^^77 12s. 'jd. be deducted, as some of the bills are over- 
 charged, and they consider " the painting and fitting up of the garden there 
 unnecessary," so that Captain Weeks had laid out on necessary repairs ;^36o ; 
 but as Captain Weeks had agreed, when he was appointed keeper, to lay 
 out ;^3oo in repairs during his first three years, there was due to him ^60. 
 The Court orders the payment of the money to Captain Weeks. Appended is 
 a list of the bills and their several amounts ... ... ... ... p- 32 
 
 [Pages 36-72 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to indictments, recognizances, &c. ... pp. 73-75 
 
 Order for the Clerk of the Peace to pay ^i to the churchwardens, &c., 
 of St. Sepulchre's, towards their expenses connected with the case of Anna 
 Bewick ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 75 
 
 Order for "Wood, at the sign of the King William and Mary over against 
 the King's House at Kensington," to appear at the next Sessions and show 
 cause why his license should not be suppressed ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 76-81 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the House of Correction ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison ... ... ... ... p. 83 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 84, 85 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 86, 87 
 
 Rough notes and memoranda — 
 
 "The Right Honourable the Lord Coleraine paid his 'colt ' money to 
 Mr. Harcourt this Sessions — one dozen of claret, one bottle sack." 
 
 " Jacob Goodwin, of Tottenham, not to have a license without the Lord 
 Coleraine's knowledge " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 88 
 
1 86 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 554^JULY, 1698. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ..„ ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 [Page 5 blank.] 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, committals, acquittals, &:c. ... pp. 6-29 
 
 [Pages 30-33 blank.] 
 
 Certificate of certain Justices (named) that they have viewed a certain 
 new street called Denmark Street, in Wapping, in the parish of Stepney, lying 
 between Ratcliffe Highway and a certain place called the Back Lane, and 
 find that a part of the said street has lately been paved, but the pavement 
 is much out of repair, and the other part of the street which has not lately been 
 paved is a nuisance and almost impassable to passengers ; they therefore 
 adjudge the whole street fit to be paved with stone on both sides, and all the 
 inhabitants and householders in every house, in or adjoining to the said new 
 street called Denmark Street, are hereby required, before the ist of September 
 next, to pave with stone all the ground in front of their dwelling-house, 
 extending to the middle of the street ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of George Smith, a poor, impotent person. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of All Hallows, Staining, and St. Mary 
 Matfellon, rt//rt5- Whitechapel ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order for a rate for the repair of the highways of St. Mary, Islington. 
 
 P- 36 
 
 Order for certain Justices to enquire into the complaint of the inhabitants 
 
 of the parish of Isleworth, that they are over-rated ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order for comfirming a report on behalf of Edward Elderton. ( Vide 
 Sessions Book No. 552, p. 55.) It is found that the said Elderton is much 
 over-rated for a farm called Mountfield, in the hamlet of Mile End Old Town, 
 and also for a windmill, which is not in his possession, but in the occupation 
 of another person, and for his estate called Red Lion Farm ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Dorothy Eyres, alias Edwards, alias 
 Chipp, wife of Edward Chipp, lately living at the sign of the "Maremaid," in 
 the parish of Chelsea. The dispute is between the parishes of Chelsea and 
 St. Mary's, Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order concerning the child of one Mary Gosse, who lately died in the 
 parish of Kensington. The dispute is between the parish of Basingstoke, 
 county Southampton, and the parish of Kensington ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Susanna Haines, single woman, who 
 was lately, " with the small-pox upon her," removed from the parish of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, alias Whitechapel, to the parish of St. Clement Danes ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference upon the petition of Abraham New, late overseer of 
 the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, wherein he alleges that during the last 
 year of his office he was much indisposed in health, that the other overseers 
 of the parish collected several sums of money, but refuse to reimburse the 
 money expended by him .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
Sessio7is Book 554 — Jiil)\ 1698. 187 
 
 Order for a rate to reimburse John Vincent, late headborough of the 
 liberty of Upper Barnsbury, in the parish of St. Mary, Ishngton, sums of 
 money expended by him in relieving cripples ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Hurst, the lunatic wife of 
 John Hurst, who has left her and gone to New England. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of Stepney and St. Giles' without, Cripplegate ... p. 45 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Cox, an infant, son of 
 Thomas Cox, deceased, who was an apprentice to one Mr. Beitoman, sailmaker, 
 in the city of Bristol. The dispute is between the parish of St. Stephen, in 
 the city of Bristol, and the i)arish of St. Paul, Shadwell ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for a rate for reimbursing Thomas Frampton, late churchwarden of 
 the hamlet of Limehouse, in the parish of Stepney, moneys expended by him 
 in relieving the poor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for vacating the present poor rate for the parish of St. Leonard, 
 Shoreditch, and for making a new one ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Upon information that divers vagrant and ill-disposed persons, under 
 colour of licenses pretended to be granted to them, do set up and maintain 
 public lotteries and other unlawful games in the public streets, contrary to law, 
 it is ordered that the high constables shall use their utmost endeavours to 
 suppress such lotteries, and to dispose of such unlawful meetings and 
 assemblies occasioned thereby, and to take all persons keeping or using such 
 lotteries before the Justices of the Peace, and to find sureties for their 
 appearance at the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for Mr. Wainwright to examine and certify which of the treasurers 
 of the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals of the several hundreds of 
 Ossulton, Edmonton, Gore, Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth are in arrears, 
 and to collect such money as is in arrears and remaining in the hands of the 
 said treasurers, and pay the same to Simon Harcourt, esquire, Clerk of the 
 Peace ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order to regulate the price of salt ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order for confirming Mr. Terrett's accounts, of the moneys received for 
 paving the Haymarket, in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The sum 
 of ;^io6 \os. ()d. has been received for the toll of hay and straw brought into 
 the said market. The account of Isaac Terrett is annexed. [ Vide Sessions 
 Book 552, p. 65] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning indictment.s, committals, taking the 
 oath, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 55-60 
 
 [Pages 61, 62 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64-66 blank.] 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Edward Dudley, son of John Dudley, late 
 of Stepney, to John Bedle, of the parish of St. John's, Wapping, blacksmith. 
 
 p. 67 
 
iS8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... [). 68 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 555— SEPTEMBER, 1698. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... PP- 7-3^ 
 
 The indenture of apprenticehood of Launcelot Pickering with John 
 Mosse, cook, of Bow Street, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was discharged by the 
 Court ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order made for the re-auditing of the accounts of the late overseers of the 
 parish of St. Mary Matfellon, rt/Zfli- Whitechapel p. 38 
 
 Order for the Clerk of the Peace to pay Jasper Harmer 40/- for cleaning 
 the clock in the dining room of Hickshall for four years ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order directing the high constables to issue their precepts to the petty 
 constables and headboroughs of the various parishes in the county to return 
 the lists of freeholders in the county at the next Quarter Sessions held in 
 Westminster Hall ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Alice James, in the hamlet of 
 Spitalfields ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... p. 40 
 
 Upon a complaint made by Captain John Ely and George Staples, 
 surveyors of the hamlet of Ratcliffe. that by order of the inhabitants they had 
 expended £^\ ^s. 3^. in removing a public pair of stairs leading from 
 Ratcliffe Cross to the Thames, which had been indicted as a nuisance for 
 being out of repair, and that the present churchwardens have not obeyed an 
 order of the Court for the repayment of the money, the Court orders the 
 churchwardens, &c., to pay it forthwith .. . ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for 'I'homas Rideout, late constable of St. Mary, Islington, to 
 deliver up to Francis Green, the lawful owner, a large silver cup with a cover, 
 two silver porringers, a small silver cup, six silver spoons, and one gold ring, 
 which he had seized on the persons of George and William Mayne, since 
 attainted for felony and burglary in the county of Essex ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary, Islington, to pay to the 
 churchwardens, &c., of St. Giles, Cripplegate, the charges for keeping 
 Katherine Williams in time of sickness ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of the child of Mar)- Goffe, at 
 Kensington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Memoranda relating to conmiittals, recognizances, &c. ... pp. 45-49 
 
 [Pages 50-52 blank.] 
 
Sessions J)Ook 556 — October^ 1698. 189 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Similar list relating to the House of Correction ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order that Mary Foster, convicted of cheating, be fined 3/4, and 
 be stripped naked from her middle upwards and publicly whipped at a 
 cart's tail, until her body be bloody, from Kingsgate in Holborn to the Church 
 of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. She is remanded to Newgate* till she pay her 
 fine and undergo her punishment ; she is then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, 17/6 p. 55 
 
 A similar order for Mary Sidway, for the like offence ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 56, 57 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... PP- 58, 59 
 
 Similar list of recognizances ... ... .. ... pp. 60-62 
 
 [Page 63 blank.] 
 Rough notes... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 556— OCTOBER, 1698. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 pp. 7-29 
 [Page 30 blank.] 
 
 Order for vacating a rate made last August for the relief of the poor of 
 Shoreditch p. 31 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging Albert Albertson, of St. John's 
 Parish, \^'apping, victualler, to be the father of Mary Spence's child, Albert. 
 Jonathan Spence, mariner, husband of the said Mary, was employed in his 
 Majesty's service on the "Pembroke " at Cadiz when the said child was born. 
 
 P- 32 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Lambeth, Surrey, and 
 St. Mary's, Islington, for adjourning the appeal as to the settlement of 
 Elizabeth Bradley, otherwise Beeford [Bedford], until the next Sessions p. 34 
 
 Order for dismissing the appeal concerning the settlement of Elizabeth 
 Butterfield, widow. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Mary 
 Matfellon, and St. John's, Wapping ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order that William Howard, former constable of Hounslow, be reim- 
 bursed money expended by him during his term of office ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the dismissal of Richard Eyres, beadle of Whitecross Street 
 Liberty, in the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate. It being proved that 
 
 * New Prison, Clerkenwell, crossed through. 
 
190 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 the said Eyres keeps a public alehouse, in contempt of this Court, and that 
 he has neglected his duty and otherwise misbehaved himself ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order for all watches to be strictly kept from sunset to sunrise ... ix 37 
 
 Proceedings upon the appeal of Elizabeth Stephenson, of St. Leonard's 
 Parish, Shoreditch, widow, against her assessment for the poor rate ... p. 38 
 
 Henry Quinton, sheriff's bailiff, discharged from serving the ofifice of 
 headborough for the south side of Cowcross, in the parish of St. Sepulchre. 
 
 P- 39 
 
 Order of reference as to the auditing of the accounts of the former 
 overseers of the poor of the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise White- 
 chapel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid, 
 
 William Kent, of old Brentford, mariner, to be admitted as a pensioner 
 on the fund for maimed soldiers and mariners ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order of reference as to the inspection of the poor rate of Isleworth. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Fancock, and Elizabeth, his wife. 
 The said John served as an apprentice to a glover (unnamed) in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... --- ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane, widow of James Fell, deceased, and 
 her three children, John, Mary, and James Fell. The said James was a 
 servant for several years at the "Bear and Ragged Staff," in Smithfield, 
 St. Sepulchre's Parish, about 13 or 14 years ago ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order in a dispute between the 'parishes of Stoke Newington and St. 
 James's, Clerkenwell, as to the settlement of Martha, daughter of Sarah 
 Newton ... ... .. ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. John, Wapping, and St. 
 Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, as to the settlement of Philip, infant 
 son of Philip Almond ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of St. Bartholomew, Exchange, 
 and St. Clement Danes, as to the settlement of Mary Wild, who about 10 years 
 since was servant to William Smyth, of Throgmorton Street, barber ... p. 44 
 
 Order as to the maintenance of a female infant left in Stepney Church- 
 yard about four years since ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 [Pages 48-55 blank.] 
 
 Names of victuallers (?) ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda : — Names of those discharged from serving 
 upon juries, indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. ... pp. 57-61 
 
 Proceedings upon the appeal of Dr. Charles Goodall, a resident in the 
 Charterhouse, against an assessment charged upon the "mansion house, 
 called the Charterhouse." The assessment is discharged, the Doctor's apart- 
 ment being adjudged part of the " mansion house called the Charterhouse," 
 which is already assessed, and belonging to him as physician there. 
 
Sessnms Boo/: 557 — December, 1698. 191 
 
 The said Doctor being also included in the assessment charged upon the 
 inhabitants in St. Sepulchre's Parish for 20 windows or lights, appealed, and 
 was fully discharged for the aforesaid reasons. 
 
 A like order for the discharge from the assessment of Thomas Walker, 
 resident schoolmaster there. 
 
 The like for Eleanor Bradshaw, matron ; Thomas Coles, housekeeper ; 
 and Thomas Sharpe, porter ... ... ... ... ... ... y). 62 
 
 [Pages 63-68 and 70 blank.] 
 
 Names of high constables in the various hundreds ... ... p. 69 
 
 Lists of names, headed " New Prison," and " House of Correction." 
 
 p. 71 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed indictments and calendar of recog- 
 nizances ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... pp. 73-75 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 557— DECEMBER, 1698. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances chiefly ... ... 5-32 
 
 [Pages 33, 34 blank.] 
 
 The Court being informed " of some misbehaviour committed by the 
 present governor of the House of Correction " at Clerkenwell, in relation to 
 his small allowance of victuals to the prisoners in his custody, "by reason 
 whereof two of them have been lately starved to death, and others detained 
 prisoners for his fees after they were discharged by this Court without fees," 
 seven Justices are appointed to inquire what allowances have been made by 
 former governors of the said House to prisoners in their custody, what the 
 present governor has allowed to his prisoners, and in what condition those 
 prisoners now are, &c. They are to report on Thursday next ... p. 35 
 
 Report on the state of the prisoners in Bridewell. On December 7th 
 there were 23 prisoners. Richard Bulke, discharged by the Court October loth, 
 was detained till November 4th, and John Wakefield, discharged on the same 
 day, was kept till November 5th. The Justices state that when Captain Jones 
 was keeper, the prisoners had flesh on Mondays and Thursdays, about a 
 pennyworth of bread a day, and also meal pottage, water gruel, or pease 
 pottage every day ; the same was allowed in Mr. Parrott's days, and was begun 
 by Captain Moult, the present governor, but for four months he only gave flesh 
 on Sundays, but " of late " gave the same allowance as formerly ... ibid. 
 
 [Page 36 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Kendall and his family at Bow. 
 
 p. 37 
 
 Order for the overseers, &c., of St. Clement Danes parish to pay Hugh 
 Bishop and Manasseh Landor ^11 Zs. \\d. due to them by Easter next. 
 \_Vide Sessions Book ^<,2^T^. A^^ ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Bradford, aiias Bedford, 
 at Islington ... ... ... ... ... ., ... ... p. 39 
 
192 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Whitechapel, to make a rate to 
 reimburse the late churchwardens and overseers the sums of ;!^2 2 \\s. ^d. 
 and ;!^iio \.2s. respectively, on the report of the Justices appointed at the 
 last Court. {Vide Sessions Book c^t^d, ^^. 2,^^^ p. 39 
 
 Order for James Dormer, vintner, of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, to 
 maintain and provide for Matthias Carter, the late apprentice to George Fox, 
 deceased. Fox, a vintner, died possessed of an estate of above ^1,000; his 
 widow married Dormer, and the apprentice, Carter, was left destitute and 
 became a charge to the parish ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Several inhabitants of that part of the parish of St. James', Clerkenwell, 
 in the Hberty of St. Mary's, IsHngton, complain that though they contribute 
 towards the watch, it is stationed so far away at the upper end of St. John's 
 Street as to be of no benefit to them. They petition to be discharged from 
 contributing to the Clerkenwell watch, and ask leave to employ and pay one 
 or more watchmen of Islington. Order granted accordingly ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary, the infant child of Richard 
 Sheppard, in the parish of St. Botolph, Bishop.sgate ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The Court appoints the first Thursday in the next Quarter Sessions for 
 taking into consideration the best methods for the speedy and effectual repair 
 of the highways in the county ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 The Court is informed " that a school for the educating of young women 
 in the Popish religion in the nature of a nunnery," is kept in the house of 
 Mrs. Beddingfield, in Hammersmith, "and that divers Popish priests are 
 sheltered in and near Hammersmith." Ordered that the high constable of 
 Kensington Division do make search in Mrs. Beddingfield's house, &c., and 
 apprehend all such women as they find, and such persons as they suspect are 
 Popish priests, and bring them before one of His Majesty's Principal 
 Secretaries of State ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon information given that many Popish priests have lately come 
 into the kingdom "and are very busy in exercising their functions 
 which may tend to great inconvenience to the public affairs," the Court directs 
 that on the arrest of any Popish priest he is to be sent in the custody of a 
 constable to one of the Secretaries of State for examination ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Haley in the parish of Bethnal 
 Green ibid. 
 
 [Page 50 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, recognizances, &€. ... PP^ 51-53 
 
 [Pages 54-60, 62, 63 blank.] 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 61 
 
 List of indictments pp. 64, 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances pp. 66, 67 
 
Sessions Book 558 — January, 1699. 193 
 
 Rough memoranda. 
 
 A meeting house for protestant dissenters in a house in the possession of 
 Francis [Panes] ford in old Brentford. 
 
 A meeting house for Quakers in Tottenham High Cross in Francis 
 Clare's house. 
 
 Another in Stoke Newington for the same, in the house of Robert 
 Walburton p. 68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 558— JANUARY, 1699. 
 
 Jury list ... ... ... ... ... ••• •■• ••• P- 5 
 
 ^lemoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 7-29 
 
 Copy of a petition from the Justices and the Grand Jury to Parliament, 
 praying that order may be taken to prevent the distilling of spirits from corn, 
 representing that the poor in the county are suffering much from the scarcity 
 of corn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .■• ••• p. 31 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Samuel Maule, at Paddington, p. 33 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Collier and his wife in 
 St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate p. 34 
 
 Order discharging James Aslett from serving as surveyor of the highways 
 for St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, as he is not qualified to serve, being very poor, 
 with nothing but his day's labour by which to maintain himself. Another 
 surveyor to be elected ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 35 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Edward Bunion in Hendon 
 Parish P- 36 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Benjamin and Constant {sic) Oakley 
 at St. Anne's, Westminster P- 37 
 
 Order as to the bastard child of Mary Spence. \yide Sessions Book 556, 
 p. 32] P-38 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah Fisher at Fleetwick (Flitwick), 
 Beds ; P- 39 
 
 Order for William Saunders, surveyor of St. John's, VVapping, to pay to 
 Dorothy Drake, the widow of the late raker of the parish, the sum of ^10 due 
 for work done by her late husband ... ... ... ... ••• P- 41 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Gardiner at St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields ... P-42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth and Isaac Berry at 
 St. John's, Hackney P- 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Day, his wife, Freegift, and 
 three children in the parish of St. Sepulchre. The "Three Neats' Tongues" 
 in Bull and Mouth Street is mentioned... ... ... ••• ••• P- 44 
 
194 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for a rate for reimbursing Edmund Lidgold, late a churchwarden 
 of Shoreditch, J[_a^2 ijs. \od. due to him. The order sets out that the 
 churchwardens, &c., are to raise it weekly or otherwise by taxation of every 
 inhabitant, parson, vicar, and other persons ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Complaint of Sir Christopher Wren, knight, Mr. Henr)- Symonds, 
 INIr. Jasper English, Mr. Vanstaden, residing within the verge of His 
 Majesty's Palace of Hampton Court, and also of Mr, Matthew Bancks, 
 Mr. John Oliver, Mr. ^Villiam Tolman, Mr. Bo^•att, Sergeant Snapes, and 
 Mr. Cooper that they have been assessed for rates and duties upon houses 
 for making good the deficiency of the clipped money. The Court adjudged 
 the habitations and apartments of the complainants to be within and part of 
 the Palace of Hampton Court, and discharged the assessment in each case. 
 
 P- 47 
 
 Licenses granted to six " Badgers " ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for David Hewes, one of the constables of St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, to deliver 206 canes to their owner, Thomas Loyd ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for Price, one of the constables of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 
 to deliver two silver watches in his custod}^ to their owner, John Black- 
 more ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ilu'ci. 
 
 Memoranda relating to fines, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 51-54 
 
 Names of those in the House of Correction and in the New Prison 
 
 PP- 57, 58 
 [Pages 59-61 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 62, 63 
 
 Similar list of recognizances ... ... ... . pp. 66, 67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 559-FEBRUARY, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 7-33 
 
 [Pages 34-36 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of William Froggett, an infant, son of 
 Richard Froggett (by Eleanor, his wife, lately deceased). The dispute is 
 between the parishes* of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. Giles'-in-the- Fields. 
 
 P- 37 
 
 Order of reference for reimbursing Robert Worth, late constable of 
 St. Mary, Whitechapel, moneys expended by him in conveying rogues and 
 vagabonds to the House of Correction, &c. ... ... ... ... p- 38 
 
 Order concerning tlie settlement of Mary Broadway, aged nine years, 
 daughter of Benjamin Broadway, a ropemaker, and Hannah, his wife, now 
 the wife of Richard Sex, a private soldier. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of Hanwell and Rotherhithe ... ... ... ... ... P- 39 
 
Sessicms Book 560 — -Api'il, 1699. 195 
 
 Order for certain Justices to examine the accounts of the surveyors of the 
 highways of the parish of St. Pancras ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Baker, wife of Richard Baker, 
 and their two children, Richard and Elizabeth. The dispute is between the 
 jiarishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and St. Clement's, near the city of 
 Oxford p.42 
 
 Order for certain Justices to examine the accounts of the late overseers 
 of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields p. 43 
 
 Order for discharging John Crosier, son of Mary Crosier, widow, from 
 his apprenticeship to Jasper Andrews, of the parish of St. Martin's-in-thc- 
 Fields, joiner and cabinet maker... ... ... ... ... ... P- 44 
 
 Order for putting into strict execution the several orders made l»y this 
 Court for the better observation of the Lord's Day p. 45 
 
 Order to commit Nicholas Barrett to Newgate Gaol for contempt of 
 court in refusing to pay Jeremiah Dormer, his servant, the wages due to him 
 as ordered... ... ... ... ... ... ••. ... ••• P- 46 
 
 Order for Thomas Allen to continue his apprenticeship to Edward 
 Gregory of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for collecting money for discharging a judgment obtained by 
 Thomas Dance against the inhabitants of the hundred of Ossulton for a 
 robbery committed upon him. [Schedule of the divisions assessed and the 
 amounts is added] ... ... ... ... ... • • • • • • ibid. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Chelsea and Fulhani, con- 
 cerning the settlement of Thomas White and Lydia, his wife ... .. p. 51 
 
 [Pages 53-58 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning indictments, &c. ... ... P- 59 
 
 [Pages 61, 62 blank.] 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64-67 blank.] 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments ... ... .. ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 7° 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 560 -APRIL, 1699. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 3 
 
 Appointment of Daniel Nichol, esquire, as treasurer for maimed soldiers 
 in the hundreds of Ossulslon, &c., for 1699. He is to take over the accounts 
 of Francis Tyssen, former treasurer. 
 
 The like appointment of John Stanyon, esquire, for the hundreds of 
 Elthorne, &c. He is to take over the accounts of Jonathan Andrews. 
 
 Appointment of Nathaniel Chandler, gentleman, as treasurer for the 
 Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals, within the hundreds of 
 Ossulston, &c., in the place of Richard Saunders, gentleman. 
 
 N 2 
 
196 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 The like appointment of Sherborn, of Bedford, gentleman, for 
 
 the hundreds of Elthorne, &c., in the place of Charles Mundin, gentleman. 
 
 Usual order as to the wages for labourers, &c., and the assize of 
 bread ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictment, acquittals, committals. 
 
 PP- 5-33 
 [Page 34 blank.] 
 
 Schedules of the parishes rated for the support of the maimed soldiers, 
 and for the Marshalsea, King's Bench, and Hospitals in the various hundreds. 
 
 PP- 35-40 
 [Page 41 is blank.] 
 
 Adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Constance, wife of 
 Benjamin Oakley, a foot soldier (now out of town), and her daughter, Charity, 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. James', Westminster, and 
 St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the discharge of Lewis Jones, apprenticed to William Winder, 
 of St. Ann's Parish, Westminster, periwig-maker ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order that an assessment be made for the repair of the highways of 
 Finchley ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order of reference to two Justices to determine a difference between 
 James Morrell, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, victualler, Robert 
 Evans and John Wye of the same, yeomen, and Elizabeth Syrett, of the same 
 parish, touching a supposed riot and trespass ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order that Edward Collett, of Blackwall Hamlet, Stepney Parish, 
 mariner, be discharged from serving as overseer in the said parish ... p. 49 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Grace Snow. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and Dorking ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order that the laws for the better repair of the highways in this county 
 be put into execution ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order of reference as to the setting out a piece of the New Prison garden 
 for the use of the house built by Captain Jones, and as to making a new 
 doorway into the garden in Mr. Rolfe's possession. \Co7ifirmcd May, 1699.] 
 
 P-53 
 
 Order that the trial of Ann Phillips, indicted for an assault upon 
 Elizabeth, wife of Richard Cotterell, be adjourned until the next Sessions, 
 when Jane Emerton, widow, the said Elizabeth, and Eleanor Bell, are to 
 appear and plead to the cross indictment preferred against them by the said 
 Ann p. 54 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Edward Gosling and his family. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Staines and Twickenham ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Edward Persfield, the widow Stanley, and 
 her two children. The said Persfield served James Gardiner, of Feltham, 
 farmer, as servant for three years. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 Feltham and Twickenham ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
Sessions Book 560 — April, 1699. 197 
 
 Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Hurdis, surveyor of the high- 
 ways for Highgate, Hornsey Parish, which shows that " the Great road from 
 Hornsey Lane end, and so direct through the Gate to the end of the said 
 parish, that leads to Barnet " is very much out of repair, that it will require a 
 considerable outlay, and prays a rate may be assessed to defray the charge 
 thereof. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Order as to the settlement of David Staines and Margaret, his wife, and 
 their two children, John and Sarah. It appears that the said Margaret, about 
 a }'ear before the death of King Charles II, married the said David, who then 
 lived with his brother, John Staines, in Liquor Pond Street, Holborn-above- 
 Bars, looking-glass polisher, and that about four years ago the said David served 
 as a foot soldier in Flanders ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Hannah, wife of Richard Sex, a soldier in 
 His Majesty's Foot Guards, and Hannah and Mary, their two children. The 
 said Richard lived for over a year as servant to John Messenger, of Hanwell 
 Parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 6 1 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Donald Seagood and his family. The said 
 Donald was servant to Madam Wolleston, of Sutton, Kingston Parish, for a 
 quarter of a year until his marriage, which took place about two years and 
 a-half ago ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Bryan, and John, her .son. John 
 Bryan, husband of the said Elizabeth, was a " housekeeper " in Red Lion 
 Street, St. Mary's Parish, Whitechapel, for five years ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate to reimburse John Rumball, former 
 constable of Edmonton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Order for the discharge of Joseph Southwood, apprenticed to Nathaniel 
 Canning, junior, of St. Paul's Parish, Shadwell, pulley-maker . . ... p. 65 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate to reimburse Jeffery Blisse, of 
 St. Marylebone Parish, former overseer of the said parish ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order that John Pendred, of St. Andrew's, Holborn, firkinman, be 
 discharged from serving as overseer of the poor of Saffron Hill Liberty p. 67 
 
 Roger Gribble, convicted for being a notorious cheat, is fined 13/4, and 
 ordered " to be stripped naked from the middle upwards, and openly whipped 
 at a cart's tail until his body be bloody " (at such time as the Sheriff shall 
 speedily appoint), from Holborn Bars to St. Giles' Pound. He is committed 
 to Newgate until he pay his fine and undergo his punishment, then to be 
 delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Order that John Moore, of Twickenham, on account of his infirmities, 
 be discharged from serving as headborough, and that Robert Browne, of the 
 said parish, be sworn in his stead ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Information received from Colonel John Perey, J. P., of his having entered 
 a disorderly house in Weld Close, near the Tower, where he found nearly 
 too men and women, "thieves and pickpockets, several whereof were burnt 
 
198 Middlesex County Recoj'ds. 
 
 in the hand." The said Colonel committed 19 persons to prison. Lord Lucas 
 has since said he would complain to His Majesty in Council against the said 
 Perey for so doing. It is the opinion of this Court that the Colonel did his 
 duty, for which thanks are due to him ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Benjamin Hilton, of St. Mary's, Lslington, is chosen constable for the 
 Canonbury Liberty, in the said parish, in the place of Joseph Rowland, ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, the pretended wife of John Gun, 
 now in His Majesty's service. The said John was supposed to have been at 
 one time apprenticed to Mr. Wood, in the parish of St. Edmund the King, 
 Lombard Street, tailor, but on further proof it appears that the said Elizabeth 
 
 is the wife of Empson, and that Wood, the tailor, is a fictitious person. 
 
 p. 70 
 
 Order for the discharge of \Villiam Clark, apprenticed to George Wilson, 
 of Shadwell, shipwright ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 7 1 
 
 Order that all constables do apprehend persons "driving and carrying 
 wheelbarrows " containing oysters, oranges, apples, nuts, and other wares 
 exposed for sale, and which carry dice to encourage persons to play for such 
 goods, to the obstruction of pedestrians ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 Order of reference as to the appeal of the inhabitants of Mile End Old 
 Town against the inequality and illegality of the poor rate lately made there. 
 
 P- 74 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields pay Robert Roden for the expense he has been at, during the 
 space of four months and three weeks, for the maintenance of William Rigby, 
 a lunatic ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 76 
 
 Order that Joseph Haughton, of St. Mary's Parish, Islington, be 
 ' absolutely ' discharged, on account of his great age and infirmity, from 
 serving as constable of Islington... ... ... ... ... ... p. 78 
 
 Order for the appointment of officers to view and inspect the market 
 called the Haymarket ; the said officers are to order the placing of boundary 
 stones, for the better ascertaining the limits of the said market-place. Isaac 
 Terrett, of St. James's Parish, Westminster, gentleman, is appointed treasurer 
 of the money collected for the duties granted and profits arising from the said 
 market. John Carvill, of the same parish, is appointed collector. Certain 
 Justices are to examine the accounts ... ... ... ... ... p. 79 
 
 Order for the discharge of Osmond Smyth, of the liberty of Holywell 
 Street, St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, tradesman, from serving as constable 
 in the .said parish .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 81 
 
 Names of victuallers ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 82 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 83 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, appearance.s, acquittals, t\:c. 
 
 pp. 85-88 
 
Sessions Book 561 —J/c?)', 1699. 199 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of RatcHffe 
 Hamlet, Stepney Parish, showing that some years since Jane Smith took to 
 nurse two poor children belonging to the said hamlet, and that she, being in 
 debt, left the neighbourhood, taking the said children with her, and that she 
 refuses to allow the petitioners to see them ; she also refuses to allow the 
 children to wear the badge. The petitioners pray that the said children may 
 be taken away from the said Jane. It is ordered that the petitioners pay the 
 said Jane 20/- for the maintenance of the children, who are to be taken from 
 her ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... I). S9 
 
 [Pages 91, 92 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names... ... ... ... ... PP- 93-96 
 
 Memorandum of an appearance and two recognizances ... ... p- 97 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 561-MAY, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank] 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, &c.... ... ... ... ... pp. 5-24 
 
 [Pages 25-28 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Henry English, Alice, his wife, and 
 Mary, their child. The dispute is between the parishes of Stepney and 
 St. Margaret Pattons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of James Durham and his four children, 
 Elizabeth, Anthony, John, and William. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. James', \\'estminster, and St. Martin's-in the-Fields ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order to reimburse Solomon May and John Birkett, late constables of the 
 parish of St. Mary, Islington, moneys expended by them in passing cripples, &c. 
 
 P- 31 
 
 Order to reimburse Rose Blastock, of the parish of Hornsey, widow of 
 Richard Blastock, late churchwarden of the said parish, moneys expended by 
 the said Richard ; Hannah King, widow of J ohn King, late churchwarden, has 
 paid ^6, but refuses to pay more ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order for Bridget Taylor, convicted for being " notoriously bad," to be 
 put upon the pillory in Katherine Street, near Eagle Court, in the parish of 
 St. Mary-le-Savoy, and to stand for one hour, between the hours of 9 and 12 
 in the forenoon, with a paper on her breast expressing her offence, and to 
 remain in New Prison till she undergo her punishment and pay her fees. p. 2,t^ 
 
 Order for certain Justices (named) to audit the accounts of Simon 
 Harcourt, Clerk of the Peace ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order touching the settlement of Constance Oakley, wife of Benjamin 
 Oakley, a foot soldier, and Charity, daughter of the said Constance by her 
 former marriage with one Walter Morris. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise AVhitechapel, and St. James', Westminster. 
 \yide Sessiotis Book ^i^o^\). atz\ ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 35 
 
 [Pages 39-54 blank.] 
 
200 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Indictments, committals, &c. ... ... ... ... pp. 55, 56 
 
 [Pages 57-64 blank.] 
 List of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 65 
 
 [Pages 66, 67 blank.] 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 562— JULY, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances and indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-33 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Gilling at Chelsea ... p. 34 
 
 Order to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. James', 
 Westminster, to pay to the nurses (whose names are given) of that parish the 
 arrears due to them for the parish children. There are 45 names set out, and 
 the total amount due is ^35 9^. (>d. in sums varying from 2/6 to £2... p. 35 
 
 Order for Edmund Hall, overseer of St. James', Westminster, to return 
 to Mrs. Jane Northgood and Mrs. Margaret Tressilian ^10 in money and a 
 velvet scarf, unjustly exacted by him as security to the parish respecting a 
 child, since dead, whom he unjustly alleged to be a bastard ... ... P- 36 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, dire, of St. Sepulchre's to make a rate to 
 pay to Judith Chapman, widow of a former churchwarden, the sum of 
 £Z2) i9-^- 11^- due to her late husband ... ... ... ... ... iHd. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. James', Clerkenwell, to make a 
 rate to reimburse Samuel Hutton, late headborough, the sum of ^4 i is. dd. 
 due to him for passing beggars, &:c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for repairing the common road leading from the common pound in 
 the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to Tyburn " which is very defective and 
 out of repair and almost impassable for travellers." The various parishes of 
 St. James', St. Anne's, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, and St. Mary-le-bone are to 
 send sufficient teams and labourers, and the surveyors are to provide a 
 sufficient quantity of gravel ... ... ... ... ... ... i/nd. 
 
 Order discharging John Smith from his indenture of apprenticehood with 
 Richard Taylor, i)atten- maker, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and ^^5 to be 
 returned to him by Taylor ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of David Moore, his wife, and two 
 children in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &:c., of Fulham, to make a rate to reimburse 
 Henry Nobes, late churchwarden, ^15 2s. 7^. due to him ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessiofis Book 562 — -Jiih'^ 1699. 201 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Grantham, infant, in the ])arish of 
 St. Bride's... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Francis Shaw, infant, in the parish of 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. John's, Hackney, to make a rate 
 to reimburse William Law, late churchwarden, ^80 lo.v. od. due to him. ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John and Thomas Bland in the parish 
 of St. Marylebone ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary's, Lsiington, to make a rate 
 to reimburse Paul Griffith and Henry Milner, late constables, ^6 \s. <^d. due 
 to them for passing cripples, &c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Elizabeth Taylor represents to the Court that her daughter, Elizabeth 
 Hurst, wife of John Hurst, anchorsmith, late of Limehouse, has been distracted 
 in mind and very outrageous : that the churchwardens, &c., of Limehouse have 
 permitted her to go about the streets day and night, so that the petitioner had 
 taken her into her own home, but she is very unruly and bites and wounds, 
 and threatens to fire the house. The petitioner prays that the churchwardens 
 may be ordered to place her in Bethlehem Hospital. Order made accordingly. 
 
 p. 46 
 
 The Justices appointed at the last Sessions to view the new street leading 
 from Castle Street to the ^lews Gate and Duke's Court in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields between the churchyard and the King's Mews, report 
 that it should be paved with stone on both sides. Order made for the work to 
 be completed by the next Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., to make a rate for the repair of the 
 highways of St. ISLary's, Islington ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for confirming an order made by two of the Justices adjudging 
 Albert Albertson to be the reputed father of the bastard son of Mary 
 Spence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, (^c, of Friern Barnet, to make a rate for 
 the repair of the highwa}s ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 1 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Mile End, to make a rate to 
 reimburse Matthew Hallin, the late overseer, ^86 4.T. yi. due to him. p. 52 
 
 Order for discharging ALiry Olliver from her apprenticehood with Mary 
 Drew, widow, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, on the grounds of ill-usage, and that 
 the mistress has now no settled habitation ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Two of the Justices, who had been appointed for the purpose, report that 
 they have viewed a piece of ground on the north side of Kensington Square, 
 before the garden of Henry Lobb, and recommend that the space should be 
 paved with stone from the freestone pavement to the rails ; further, that they 
 have viewed a new street leading from the gate of Colonel Taylor at the east 
 end of the square to the south corner of a house occupied by Henry Rooke, 
 which they recommend should be paved on both sides of the street. Order 
 made for the work to be completed by i September ... ... ... ibid. 
 
202 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order excusing Anthony Ball from paying poor rates on an empty house 
 belonging to him in Bartholomew Square, St. Giles', Cripplegate ... p. 56 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizance.s, indictments, committals, &c. 
 
 pp. 59, 60 
 
 On the complaint of several inhabitants of Stratford-le-Bow and Old Ford, 
 in the parish of Stepney, that the pound rate made by the churchwardens is 
 "an unusual way," and very unequal to the inhabitants of the hamlet, as 
 " many persons of very great personal estate have and do take houses and 
 inhabit " in the place, who hold no land.s, the Court orders a new taxation of 
 every inhabitant ... ... ... ... ... ••• ■•• • ■ p. 61 
 
 A similar order is made in respect of the hamlet of Mile End, Old 
 Town P- 62 
 
 A similar order relating to the parish of St. Leonard's, Bromley ... ]). 64 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Francis Parcince, his wife, Elizabeth, 
 and two children at St. Bride's ... ... ... ... ... ••• p. 66 
 
 List of those in the New Prison ... ... ... ... ... P- 69 
 
 List of persons in the House of Correction ... ... ... p. 7° 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of John Marsh, son of Ralph Marsh, of 
 Hey ward Magna, Staffordshire, to Edward Trubshaw, cordwainer, of Ratcliffe, 
 -23 June, 1699, for seven years ... ... ... •■• ... ... P- 7 t 
 
 Lidenture of apprenticehood of John Foster, son of John Foster, of 
 .St. Paul's, Shadwell, lighterman, deceased, with Henry Pickett, cordwainer, of 
 Ratcliffe, 14 July, 1698, for seven years... ... ... ... ... il'id. 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... PP- 72, 73 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... .-■ PP- 74> 75 
 
 Memoranda — various ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 563— SEPTEMBER, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 5-39 
 
 [Page 40 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Ciilling, wife of John Gilling, and 
 her infant child. The dispute is between the parishes of Chelsea and 
 St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order to reimburse John Birkett, late constable of the liberty of Upper 
 Barnsbury, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, money expended by him in 
 l)assing cripples ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 43 
 
Si'ssio/^s Book 563 — September, 1699. 203 
 
 Order to reimburse Solomon May, constable of the parish of St. Mary, 
 Islington, money expended by him in passing cripples. [Vide Sessions Book 
 561, P-3«] P-44 
 
 Order to reimburse Adam Purton and Robert Jordan, late constables of 
 the parish of Edmonton, money expended by them in relieving the sick poor 
 and conveying vagabonds to the House of Correction ... P- 45 
 
 Order to reimburse Paul Grififith and Henry Milner, late constables of 
 the parish of St. Mary, Islington, money expended by them in i)assing and 
 relieving cripples .. . ... ... ... ••• ... ■■■ ••• P- 46 
 
 Order to discharge Daniel Hodding, son of John Hodding, from his 
 apprenticeship to Richard ^^'allis, of the parish of St. Giles' Without, Oipple- 
 gate, blacksmith ... ... ... ... ■■• ..- ••• ••• P- 47 
 
 Order for John Arnop, junior, to continue in his apprenticeship with 
 Ambrose Adams, of Kensington, surgeon. \_Vide Sessions Book 572, p. 31] 
 
 p. 48 
 
 Order for discharging Richard Vivian from his apprenticeship to Benjamin 
 Berwick, of the pari.sh of St. Paul, Shadwcll, ship caulker p. 49 
 
 Order to discharge George Weller from receiving and entertaining Frances 
 Hogg, a poor child of the parish of St. John, Wapping, who was bound an 
 ap])rentice to the said George Weller by the officers of the said parish. It is 
 proved that the said Frances is a notorious, idle, disorderly, and incorrigible 
 girl, who kept company with soldiers, that she ran away, taking all her clothes, 
 and is now in custody in Bridewell ... ... • • • • • • • ■ • P- 5 ^ 
 
 Order of reference concerning the payment of money due to the constables 
 of Fulhani for the passing of cripples ... ... ... ••• ... P- 52 
 
 Order to discharge Henry Cook from his apprenticeship to John Clansey 
 of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, periwig-maker, upon proof that the 
 said Clansey did not instruct him in the said art, and has now gone to France, 
 he being of the Romish religion... ... ... ... ••■ ... P- 54 
 
 Order to commit Thomas Brookes to Newgate for contempt of Court for 
 obstinately refusing to bring into Court one sable tippet, value ^^5, one silk 
 " mantua gowne " embroidered in silver and gold and set with silver fringe, 
 value ;!^i5, and one fine .scarlet cloth petticoat covered with silver and gold 
 lace, value ^5, which he has unlawfully extorted from Robert Tooth and 
 Mary, his wife ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 5^ 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth and William Allen, children 
 of Richard Allen, who has run away and left his said two children. The said 
 Richard Allen was in 1687 apprenticed to John Smith, tallow^ chandler, who 
 lived in a place called Cuckhold Row, near "the Roebuck" in the hamlet of 
 Spittlefields. The dispute is between the hamlets of Spittlefields and Bethnal 
 Green, in the parish of Stepney ... ... ■ ■ • ... • • • ... P- 5 7 
 
 Order for certain Justices [named] to inspect and see what laws are now 
 in force concerning the buying and selling in liquid measures ... ... p. 58 
 
204 Middlesex County Reco7'ds. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 pp. 59-62 
 [Pages 63, 64 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical calendar of recognizances ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 6S 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 564— OCTOBER, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 3-17 
 
 [Pages 18, 19 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 
 and St. James', Westminster, to pay James Blaythorne, late constable of the 
 Upper Ward of the parish of St. Martin's, money expended by him in passing 
 vagrants and cripples ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order to pay Jacob Millon, late constable of St. Anne's, Westminster, 
 money expended by him in passing cripples ... ... ... ... ilnd. 
 
 Order confirming an order adjudging Edward Dickens, pawnbroker, of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to be the father of the male bastard child of Mary 
 Ashton ibid. 
 
 Order to discharge James Acourt from his apprenticeship to Israel Hopper, 
 a baker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. p. 22 
 
 Order for John Keates to pay Margaret Woodward 40/- due to her for 
 wages ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... il>id. 
 
 [Pages 23-29 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments, recognizances, taking 
 the oath, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... PP-3o>3i 
 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p- 33 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 565-OCTOBER, 1699. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictment.s, acquittals, commitments, &c. 
 
 pp. 5-28 
 [Pages 29, 30 blank.] 
 
 Order for the discharge of George Martin, apprenticed to Francis Hays, 
 of Stepney Parish, sailmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
Sessions Book 565 — October, 1699. 205 
 
 Order in u dispute between the parishes of Hampton and Sunbury as to 
 the settlement of Elizabeth Day, spinster ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Elizabeth, relict of 
 Peter Perry, and three children, Mary, Henry, and Francis. The said Peter 
 served as apprentice to Noah Turner, of the parish of St. Mary Ratcliff, 
 Bristol, silk-weaver, in 1677 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order for the church w'ardens and overseers of St. Sepulchre's Parish to 
 pay John Chapman (upon the petition of Judith Chapman, widow, since 
 deceased, executrix of John Chapman, the now petitioner's late father), certain 
 moneys expended by the late John Chapman, while serving as churchwarden 
 of the said parish, \yide Sessions Book '~^^2, y^. Tj,()\ ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Giles' Parish, Cripplegate, to pay 
 Richard Bennet, William Bradley, Robert Greeves, and John Fox, surveyors 
 of the highways in the said parish, certain moneys disbursed by them in the 
 repair of the said highways ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Dorcas, widow of Roger Shorter, who lived 
 for some years in Chequer Alley, St. Saviour's Parish, Southwark ... p. 37 
 
 Order for Henry Quinton, sheriff's bailiff, to be discharged from serving 
 the office of headborough for the south side of Cow Cross, in the parish of 
 St. Sepulchre's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order that Charles Garey, of St. Mary's Parish, Islington, be rated and 
 charged at 4^. yearly towards the repair of the highways of Islington afore- 
 said ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Perkins, widow, and her daughter, 
 Henrietta Maria. The dispute is between the parishes of Chatham and 
 St. James', within the liberty of Westminster ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Maddox, 
 deceased, late of Mile End New Town Hamlet, weaver ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Harris, apprenticed to Richard Collins, 
 of St. James', Clerkenwell, truss-maker ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for the adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Sarah, 
 wife of John Briggs. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Bridget's, 
 otherwise St. Bride's, and Stepney ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the reimbursement of Richard Clarke, and Ann, widow of 
 George Bunn, deceased, former overseers of the poor in the liberty of Saffron 
 Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn ... p. 43 
 
 Order for vacating the present poor rate for Mile End Old Town, Stepney 
 Parish, and for making a new rate according to law ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 A similar order for Stratford-le-Bow and Old Ford, Stepney Parish p. 46 
 
 Thomas Webb, convicted for being a common barrator, is fined 13/4, 
 and ordered to be put in and upon the pillory on two occasions, as the sheriff 
 of this county shall appoint ; once on a market day at New Brentford, and 
 another day at Twickenham, for one hour, between 9 a.m. and 12 o'clock 
 noon. He is to find sureties for 1 2 months, and is committed to Newgate 
 
2o6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 until he pay the said fine, undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, paying 
 his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for Edward (Iregory to pay Elizabeth Burrowes 40/- due to her 
 for wages ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Richard Barnes, of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn Liberty-above-Bars, 
 yeoman, having turned his wife, Mary, out of doors, is ordered to pay 2/6 
 weekly to the overseers of the ])()or of the said ])arish, for the maintenance 
 of the said Mary ... ... ... ... ... . . ... . . ibid. 
 
 Order that the petty constables and headboroughs in every parish, hamlet, 
 &c., in and near the suburbs of the city of London, do set strict watches, 
 which are to be kept from sunset to sunrise until Eady Day next ... p. 49 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Benjamin Ruth, Elizabeth, his wife, and 
 Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Sarah, their children. The said Ruth was apprenticed 
 to William Smyth, in Bridewell Precinct, hemp-dresser ... ... p. 51 
 
 [Pages 54-66 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, commitments,. 
 &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 67-72 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 73 
 
 [Pages 74, 75 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed " Indictments and Calendar of 
 Recognizances" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 76-79 
 
 Memoranda as to the money of collectors ; one recognizance ... p. 80' 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 566— DECEMBER, 1699. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3, 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances ... ... pp. 5-34 
 
 [Pages 35-40 blank.] 
 
 Complaint of the overseers and other inhabitants of St. Clement Danes, 
 that John Dorrill, the present churchwarden, assumes to himself the sole 
 power of receiving all fines and forfeitures, and particularly an annuity of ;^8, 
 out of some ground rents at Addle Hill, London, given for the use of the 
 poor, and has taken the annuity from the rent-roll book of the parish ; and 
 further, that other sums are misapplied. This state of affairs is chiefly 
 occasioned by a body of pretended vestrymen, who by a pretended right of 
 auditing the parish accounts allow extravagant expenses " in needless and too 
 frequent treats and formalityes," whereof they themselves are the partakers. The 
 clerk of this vestry, John Mainwaring, having lately died, the churchwarden 
 and the vestrymen proceeded secretly to elect another clerk, and the petitioners, 
 hearing of the matter, attended and protested against such electing ; neverthe- 
 less, at another secret meeting, the vestry a few days later elected Isaac 
 Harper clerk. They pray the Court to interpose. The Court appoints a 
 committee of the Justices to enquire into the matters complained of: report 
 to be made at the next Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessions Book 566 — December, 1699. 207 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard and Hannah Evans, and their 
 children, Katharine, Sarah, Ann and Jane at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. p. 43^ 
 
 Order for Edward Buckley, of St. Giles', Cripplegate, to pay £^.\o, 
 remaining in his hands out of money raised for the repair of the highways, 
 to one of the churchwardens ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the hamlet of Ratcliffe to pay Jane- 
 Smith, widow, the arrears of seven months' nursing of Katherine and Mar)- 
 Thoma.s, two poor children, on condition that the children shall not be again 
 chargeable to the parish. \_Vldc Sessions Book 560, p. 89] ... ... ihid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Stepney to pay to Benjamin GirK-, 
 late constable, ^22 17^. od. due to him for passing cripples, &c. ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, to pa)- 
 ;^2 7 135-. 9^. to Thomas Dutton and William Cobb, late overseers, due to 
 them for relieving the poor, &c ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the late overseers of St. Sepulchre's, Robert Miller, Henr) 
 Key, John Halsey, and William Stubbins to pay the balance of their accounts, 
 ^4 OS. 6d., to the present churchwarden ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Margaret Smythe and her four 
 children, William, Elizabeth, Mary, and Margaret, at St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ii'id. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Watson, single woman, 
 in St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order on an appeal concerning the settlement of John Briggs and Sarali 
 his wife at St. Bride's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4S 
 
 Order for Charity Parrott, convicted of conspiracy and false accusation 
 of Thomas Davis, to be stripped naked from her middle upwards and 
 whipped at a cart's tail from one end of Jermyn Street to the other ; to be 
 fined 13^-. ^d., and to find surety for her good behaviour for one year. il>id. 
 
 Similar order for Ann Davis, convicted on three several indictments for 
 perjury and other misdemeanours, to be whipped from Piccadilly End to the 
 Mews Foregate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 William Braddock, convicted as a notorious cheat, is fined 20 marks ; 
 he is to find sureties for his good behaviour for one year, and is remanded to 
 Newgate till the fine and fees are paid ... ... ... ... ... iiud. 
 
 Margaret Roath, for keeping a Ijrothel, is fined 40/- and is to be whipped 
 at a cart's tail from Holborn Bars to Queen Street end ... ... ilnd. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Paul's, Shadwell, to pay to Edward 
 Gregory of that parish 2/- weekly for the maintenance of Mary Gregory. ibid. 
 
 Order on an appeal concerning the settlement of John Trevis, infant, 
 in the hamlet of Stepney ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50- 
 
2o8 Middlesex Cotinty Records. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary May, in the parish of St. James, 
 Westminster. It had been alleged that she and her husband had been hired 
 servants "to my Lady Allington" at Hammersmith p. 52 
 
 Order for William Banckes, gentleman, to pay to ]VIargaret Page, his 
 hired servant, £'], wages due to her at the rate of ^3 per annum... p. 53 
 
 [Page 54 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, committals, &c. ... pp. 55-57 
 
 [Page 58 blank.] 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 59 
 [Pages 60-63, 6S5 7° blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... pp. 64, 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances .. . ... ... ... pp. 66, 67 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of Thomas Post, son of the late Robert 
 Post, victualler, of Maidstone, Kent, to Richard Gansford, of the parish of 
 St. Paul, Shadwell, carpenter, 25 May, 1697, for seven years ... p. 69 
 
 Receipt for ^i Si-, o^., a sum paid into Court by Peter King ... p. 70 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... • ■ • P- 7 2 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 567— JANUARY, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ p. 2 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... P- 3-17 
 
 [Pages 18, 19 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Daniel Judson, Anne, his wife, and 
 their four children, John, Elizabeth, Daniel, and Robert. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and St. Anne's, Westminster. 
 
 p. 20 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Hutley, an infant, daughter of 
 Samuel Hutley, a soldier, who with his wife, Mary, the mother of the said 
 infant, has run away to places unknown. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. Anne's, Westminster, and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... p. 21 
 
 The inhabitants of the parishes of St. Anne, Westmmster, and St. Maryle- 
 bone, are ordered to pave such parts of the highway leading from St. Giles' 
 Pound to Tyburn as lie within their respective parishes. [ Vide Sessions Book 
 562, p. 38] P-23 
 
 Order for raising ^^230 for repairing the highways of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields, and out of the money so raised the churchwardens are to maintain and 
 amend with paviours' work 1,205 y^^rds of the highways, viz., before the old 
 churchyard in St. Martin's Lane, 250 yards ; in Church Lane, 326 yards ; in and 
 
Sessions Book 568 — lamtary, 1700. 209 
 
 belonging to the new churchyard, 69 yards ; at the watch-house at the upper end 
 of Hedge Lane, 444 yards ; and at the Almshouses in the parish of St. Anne, 
 1 16 yards. With mason's work, 3,246 feet of the said highways, viz., in 
 Church Lane, broad stone paving, 785 feet; at the two doors at the east end 
 of the church, 190 feet ; the pavement in the old churchyard leading from the 
 schoolhouse to the north end of the rails at the Steeple, and from thence 
 towards St. Martin's Lane, 960 feet ; the pavement along by the Stone Stumps 
 on the west side of the old churchyard, and the pavement leading from 
 thence towards the middle door at the west end of the church, 935 feet; the 
 stone steps descending from the old churchyard into St. Martin's Lane, 
 270 feet ; and the pavement and steps going up to the Lords' gallery on the 
 south side of the church, 106 feet ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order for raising ^120 for the repair of the highways in the parish of 
 St. James', Westminster, and out of the money so raised the surveyors are to 
 repair the highways and pavements leading from Piccadilly to " High " Park 
 Corner over against the Church and the Churchyard of the said parish, 
 containing from east to west on and adjoining to the north side of the said 
 churchyard, in length 47 feet, and in breadth 32 feet, and in Jermyn Street 
 from the west to the east corner of the churchyard wall, 159 feet, and in 
 breadth so far, 20 feet, and further eastward along the south front of the 
 church to the channel running at the east end of the said church 100 feet, and 
 in breadth from the wall of the church to the denter or middle of the street 
 there 31 feet, and again from without the pale at the east end and south-east 
 corner of the said church, up northwards to the rector's house, 99 feet in length, 
 and 6 feet in breadth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning recognizances, &c. ... p. 30 
 
 [Pages 31, 32 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 568— JANUARY, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 5-25 
 
 [Pages 26-30 blank.] 
 
 Order to John Reader and William Tutchfield [Titchfield], scavengers of 
 the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, to pay Joseph Taylor and John 
 Foster, late scavengers, certain money due to them ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order to discharge William Collins from the office of headborough of 
 the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, upon proof that he is old and very 
 infirm, and unable to serve the said office ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order to remove the watch-house placed near the King's Gate in Grays 
 Inn Lane, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, upon the petition of the 
 inhabitants of the said Lane, that it stands very inconveniently and is of no 
 use or safety to them. The said inhabitants are to erect the watch-house in 
 any other place in or near the lane, as shall be thought fit and safe ... ibid. 
 
2IO Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for discharging a former order adjudging Robert Moorin, of the 
 Strand, in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fielcls, goldsmith, to be the father 
 of the female bastard child of Elizabeth Neale, widow ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Similar order for Robert Monk, of Monmouth Street, in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the- Fields, concerning the female bastard child of Elizabeth Evans, 
 single woman ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Agnes Starkey, widow (jf Jonathan 
 Starkey. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Martin's Vintry and 
 St. Sepulchre's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. p. 36 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of " Mordica " Hall, his wife and three 
 children. The dispute is between the parishes of Hendon and St. Dunstan's- 
 in-the-West ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Vanderslyes, single woman, 
 lately apprenticed to Frederick Hansen Cable, shoemaker, of the parish of 
 St. Mary Matfellon, alias Whitechapel. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and St. Katherine's, near the Tower ... p. 38 
 
 Order to discharge a former assessment made for the poor-rate of St. 
 Leonard, Shoreditch, and the overseers to raise weekly by taxation on every 
 inhabitant a sufficient sum of money for the necessary relief of the poor for 
 the remainder of the present year ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order for certain Justices (named) to meet at the Three Colts, in the 
 hamlet of Mile End Old Town, to examine into the assessment of the poor- 
 rate of the said hamlet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order that Jonathan Hunt may be discharged from receiving and 
 providing for John Lane, a poor child, apprenticed to him by the overseers of 
 the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... ... ... p 42 
 
 [Pages 44-58 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to taking oaths, indictments, &c. pp. 59-62 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 63 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments ... ... ... ... .. p. 64 
 
 [Page 65 blank.] 
 
 Licenses for Kidders and Badgers. 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 569— FEBRUARY, 1700. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &:c. pp. 5-22 
 
 [Pages 24, 25 blank.] 
 
 Order that William Walker, former scavenger of the parish of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields, be reimbursed the money expended by him during his term of 
 office ... ,,. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25, 
 
Scsswfis Book 570 — April. 1700. 211 
 
 Order for William Stanley, apprenticed to Thomas Maycock, of the parish 
 oi St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, shoemaker, to continue with his said master. p. 26 
 
 Order for the high constable of the Tower division to suppress a riotous 
 and unlawful assembly, " held and kept in the public highway and streets in 
 and about a place called Rosemary Lane," in the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, 
 otherwise Whitechapel, "for the buying and selling of old goods, wearing 
 apparel, and other things, greatly suspected to be stolen " ... ... p. 27 
 
 Mary, the wife of James Sellenger, is charged with living in adultery with 
 Francis NichoUs, esquire. She is committed to the House of Correction for 
 one month with hard labour, without bail, then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, i/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference as to abuses committed by the former and present 
 churchwardens and others, inhabitants in the parish of St. Clement Danes. 
 \yide Sessions Book t^(i(),\i. \\\ ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Order for the discharge of Robert Emmerton, apprenticed to William 
 Henley, of Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney Parish, tobacconist ... ... p. 30 
 
 [Pages 32-44, 47, ^8 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, appearances, recognizances, 
 commitments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 45, 46 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and" House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 49, 50 
 [Pages 5T-53 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed calendar of recognizances, and 
 calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... PP- 54-57 
 
 Certificate, dated 9 February, 1700, of the apprehension and commitment 
 to Newgate of Mary Hawkins, otherwise ^V'illiams, otherwise Holding, 
 formerly of St. Anne's parish, in the liberty of Westminster, spinster ... p. 58 
 
 Memoranda as to a recognizance, &c. ... ... ... ... p. 6o' 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 570- APRIL, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2- 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 3-15 
 
 [Page 16 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields and St. James', Westminster, to pay between them ;^i6 iS^-. \od. to 
 John Tucker, late constable of Hyde Park Ward, due to him for passing 
 vagrants, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•• ... P- 17 
 
 Part of a petition from the churchwardens, &c., of St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, setting forth that the highways in the parish are worn and out of 
 repair ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid, 
 
 [Page 18 blank.] 
 
 o 2 
 
212 Middlesex County Recoras. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Anne's, Westminster, to make a 
 rate for the repair of the highways at a cost of ^80. The surveyors are to 
 pave "in rough paving" 880 yards in the parish as follows : — 871 yards at the 
 east and west end of St. Anne's Church, and 9 yards on the north of the 
 church ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Anne's, Westminster, to raise 
 ;z^i6o for the paving of the highway leading from St. Giles's Pound towards 
 Tyburn. \Vide Sessions Book ^(i'],i^. 2^^ ... ... ... ... p. 2 1 
 
 A similar order to the churchwardens, &c., of St. Marylebone to raise the 
 same amount for the repair of their portion of the same highway ... p. 23 
 
 [Pages 26-30 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, &c. ... ... ... pp. 31, 32 
 
 [Pages 33-35 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 571— APRIL, 1700. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Appointments of treasurers for the maimed soldiers for the Marshalsea 
 and King's Bench in various hundreds ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 Ordered that the rates of wages, &c., assize of bread, &c., remain as 
 before ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... ... pp. 5-27 
 
 [Pages 28-32 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, to raise 
 ^505 /ifS. 2d. by rate, to reimburse Thomas Gray, the late churchwarden, the 
 money due to him ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Similar order to the same parish to pay Robert Whitehead, John Cash, 
 and Richard Hazard, late overseers of that parish, ;^32 \2s. 2\d. due to them. 
 
 P- 34 
 
 Order for discharging Thomas Harvey from his apprenticehood with John 
 Garrett, a weaver, of Stepney, who had deserted his said apprentice after two 
 years p. 35 
 
 Order for j)utting into execution the provisions of the Act for Paving and 
 Regulating the Haymarket. Certain Justices are appointed to survey the 
 market and order the placing of boundary stones and posts, and to give orders 
 from time to time for repairing the pavement. John TuUy, of St. James's, is 
 appointed treasurer in the place of Isaac Territt, the late treasurer : John 
 Carvill is continued as collector, at a salary of ;^2o per annuiii, " if he shall 
 so long time well behave himself." A committee of Justices is appointed to 
 meet at St. Martin's Vestry on 18 April, to take the accounts of the late 
 treasurer. [^Vide Sessions Book ^60, \^. ■]()] ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
Si'ss/o/is Book 5/1 — .IpriL 1700. 213, 
 
 Richard Taylor, of the parish of Ealing, is discharged from serving as 
 headborough, and James Lloyd nominated in his place p 38 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Waters from being headborough of Hounslow 
 on account of his great age. Edward Gardner to be sworn in his stead, ibid. 
 
 Order discharging Robert Fellows from being constable of Northall, he 
 having already served for a year. Joseph Christmas to be sworn in his stead. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Lucas and her children, 
 Elizabeth, Thomas, and Richard, at Wapping .. p. 39 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate, 
 to make a rate to pay ^30, due to Richard Bennett, William Bradley, 
 John Fox, and Robert Jeves [Greeves], late surveyors. \yide Sessions 
 i9^^/(' 565, p. 36] p. 40 
 
 The inhabitants of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, pray for relief 
 by the taxation of other neighbouring parishes, as their own parish is in a great 
 measure depopulated of good and substantial inhabitants, and abounds with a 
 multitude of indigent people. They state that they owe their late churchwarden 
 ^600 for the relief of the poor. The Court refers the matter to the Justices- 
 living in the Tower Division, instructing them to see what the charge for the 
 relief of the poor has been for seven years, what the present rents of the parish 
 lands are, Ac, and to report at the next Quarter Sessions ... ... p>4i 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Robert Morrell, his wife, Mary, and 
 child at Aylesbury, and Robert, Mary, Frances, and Ann Tewley, the children 
 of Mary Morrell by a former marriage, at Uxbridge ... ... ■■• p- 42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joseph Wood at Chipping Barnet,. 
 and Hannah, the pretended wife of Wood, and her children, Jonathan, 
 William, John, and Hannah Flood, at South Mymms p. 44 
 
 [Page 46 blank.] 
 
 Order appointing John ^Vebber treasurer for the maimed soldiers for the 
 hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, in the place of Daniel NiccoU,, 
 and a committee of Justices to audit the accounts ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 Similar order appointing John Hull [Hill], of Whitton, Isleworth, treasurer 
 for the maimed soldiers for the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, 
 in the place of John Hampton. Auditors appointed ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 William Gunson appointed treasurer of the Marshalsea, &c., for the 
 hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, in the place of Nathaniel 
 Chandler ibid. 
 
 Thomas Foot, of Feltham, appointed treasurer of the Marshalsea, &c., 
 for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Lsleworth ... ... 48 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to make a 
 rate for the repair of the highways ... ... ... ••• ••• ^bid. 
 
 [Pages 50-67 blank.] 
 
214 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Notes of licenses granted to Badgers and Kidders. 
 
 A place for religious worship for persons dissenting from the Church of 
 of England, called Quakers, which is certified to be held at Slaughter's Yard, 
 in Wapping, &c. ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... p. 68 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, committals, (S:c. ... pp. 69-7 r 
 
 [Page 72 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 73 
 
 [Pages 74, 75 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 76-77 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 78-79 
 
 Rough rnemoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 572— MAY, 1700. 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, <Scc. pp. 5-25 
 
 [Pages 26-28 blank] 
 
 Order that William Aubrey, of the parish of St. Clement Danes, merchant, 
 be discharged from serving as overseer of the poor in the said parish... p. 29 
 
 Order that the Clerk of the Peace deliver up to the churchwardens and 
 others, inhabitants in the hamlet of Stratford-le-Bow, Stepney Parish, the book 
 of accounts relating to the said hamlet, and belonging to the churchwardens 
 and vestry there. William Vanlute, a former churchwarden, is charged with 
 tampering with the said accounts ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that John Gumbly, Henry Tuttle, and Robert Moore, of St. Clement 
 Danes' parish, be discharged from serving as overseers of the poor in the said 
 parish. Appointment of four others (named) ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Arnop, junior, apprenticed to Ambrose 
 Adams, of Kensington Parish, surgeon ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 1 
 
 Order for the distribution of moneys, fc:)rfeited for the burial of Jews " in 
 linen or any other thing whatsoever that was made of any material but sheeps' 
 wool only," in Mile End Hamlet, amongst all the hamlets in Stepney Parish. 
 
 P-3-' 
 
 Order that George Bettinson, of the parish of St. Clement Danes, 
 victualler, be discharged from providing for his apprentice, Benjamin Smith, 
 of St. Mary-le-Savoy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order for the discharge of Henry, son of Eleanor Douglas, widow, 
 apprenticed to Robert Dillon, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, colourman... p. 35 
 
 A further order as to the discharge of Henry, son of Eleanor Douglas, 
 widow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 [Pages 38-58 blank.] 
 
Scssiojis Book 574 — /-'//i'. 1700. 215 
 
 ^liscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, acquittals, 
 &c. pp. 59-61 
 
 [Pages 62-64, 65, 67 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Indictments and Calendar of recog- 
 nizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-71 
 
 Memoranda as to an appearance, acquittal, &c. ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 573— JUNE, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 4-19 
 
 [Page 20 blank.] 
 
 Order for the assessment of the poor rate in the parish of St. Margaret's, 
 ^\'estminster, to be made according to the ancient usage and custom, and not 
 by a pound rate, as ordered now by the churchwardens of the parish... p. 21 
 
 Order for ^"15 to be raised within the hberty of Westminster, to pay for 
 the conveying of rogues and vagabonds. Schedule of the parishes to be 
 assessed and the sums of each ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 [Pages 24-30 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 31.- 32 
 [Page T,z blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 574— JULY, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, «S:c. ... ... i)p. 5-30 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Phillip Higgs, Elizabeth, his wife, 
 and ^^'illiam, their child. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, and St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Goodwin. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Mary-le-Savoy and St. Clement Danes . . . ibid. 
 
 Certificate of certain Justices [named] that they have viewed a certain 
 street, one part thereof lying to the west called Earl's Place, and the other 
 part called Compton Street, lying in Wood's Close, in the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell, leading from St. John Street in the said parish to Mount Mill 
 
2i6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 in the parish of St. Giles' ^Vithout, Cripplegate, and they have adjudged the 
 same fit to be paved, from the dvvelHng-house of George Dawes, baker, in 
 Earl's Place to the dwelling-house of Thomas Wallis, a paviour, on the north 
 side, together with the ground belonging to the dwelling-house of PhiUip 
 Freshwater at the east end of the north side of the street called Compton 
 Street, and from the dwelling-house of Robert Bend, victualler, on the south 
 side of the said new street called Earl's Place and Compton Street. Ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomasin Jones, widow of Francis 
 Jones. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Ann's, Westminster, and 
 Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order to re-audit the accounts of Gerald Byrne, one of the late church- 
 wardens of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel ... ... i7nd. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of William Watkins, lately an apprentice 
 with Ann Hoone, waterman's widow, of Lambeth, in the county of Surre). The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and Lambeth. 
 
 P- 36 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, to 
 pay to Richard Silver, Liney White, and John Cullimore, late rakers of the said 
 parish, money due to them ... ... ... . . ... ibid. 
 
 Appeal of Christopher Clitherow, esquire, and Partridge, widow, 
 
 of New Brentford, complaining that they are assessed too highly. The 
 matter is referred to a Committee of Justices to report upon it ... il>id. 
 
 Order for William Dawson, son of Frances Dawson, to continue in his 
 apprenticeship with Mark Macartney, of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, snuff- 
 box maker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Petition of the inhabitants of the hamlet of Church End and Ho.xton, 
 in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, praying that Thomas Leach, whom, 
 according to ancient custom, they have themselves chosen as beadle for the 
 said hamlet, may continue in the same office, the present constable wishing to 
 remove the said beadle. It is ordered that Thomas Leach continue in the 
 .said office of beadle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for the high constables of all the divisions to make a careful 
 return of all persons to serve on juries, as for years past the return has 
 been imperfect and defective ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order to discharge Rachael Green from her apprenticeship to (ieorge 
 White, of Wapping, Stepney p. 40 
 
 Order for the overseers of the parish of St. John, Wapping, to pay the 
 churchwarden of the said parish 20/- a month towards the maintenance of 
 Joanna Mitchell, a lunatic now in the hospital of " Bethlem" ... p. 41 
 
 Order for certain Justices for the hundred of Ossulton to call the petty 
 constables in the respective divisions to give an account of money they 
 have collected on account of two robberies lately committed in the said 
 hundred ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
Sessions Book 575 .h/<^ns/, 1700. 217 
 
 Order to the high constables of the divisions of Finsbury, Holborn, 
 Kensington, and the Tower, to make a return of all persons, licensed and 
 unlicensed, who sell ale and beer in this county ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for an assessment to raise money for passing vagrants in the 
 hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore. When the constables are 
 obliged to make use of a cart for the removing of vagrants, the owner of such 
 cart and horse is to be allowed 3^'. a mile ; and when they are obliged to hire 
 a horse for the said purpose, the owner of such horse to be allowed 1/6 a day, 
 or I /- for half a day ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
 A tax made to pay the constables of the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, 
 and Gore their expenses in removing vagrants. 
 
 Schedule of the different divisions and the sums assessed ... p. 44 
 
 A similar order for the hundreds of Elthorn, Spelthorn, and Isleworth, 
 with schedule annexed ... ... ... ... ... .. ••• P- 46 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to taking the oath, indictments, 
 recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... PP- 49-53 
 
 [Pages 54, 55 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 56, 57 
 [Pages 58-60 blank.] 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Joseph Fisher, son of William Fisher, 
 late of Deptford, county Kent, ropemaker, to Theophilus Kirkman, of 
 St. Paul's, Shadwell, bricklayer ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 [Pages 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... .. .. ... p. 64 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 575— AUGUST, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances, &c ... pp. 5-3^ 
 
 [Pages 37-40 blank.] 
 
 Order discharging Faith Taylor, daughter of Charles Taylor, of the city 
 of Westminster, clerk, from her indentures of apprenticehood with Ann 
 Cholmely, seamstress and hairdresser, because that Faith 'J'aylor hath often 
 embezzled money and other things, and is very idle, disorderly, and pilfering. 
 
 p. 41 
 
 Order discharging Joseph Sandford, son of Joseph Sandford, citizen and 
 barber surgeon, of London, from his indentures of apprenticehood with Gabriel 
 Briscoe, brother of the Company of Barber Surgeons, of St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, the said Briscoe having gone beyond the seas... ... ... p. 42 
 
2i8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 On the petition of ^Villiam Walker, late scavenger of the Spur Alley 
 Ward, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, that the former order of the Court to the 
 churchwardens, &c., to reimburse him had been neglected by them, the Court 
 orders the payment of the ^17 5^. 6^. due to him. \yide Sessions Book 569, 
 P- 25] P-43 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Heston to make 
 a rate to reimburse George Butler and James Redworth, the late surveyors, 
 ;£^o OS. I id. due to them. Butler and Redworth point out that they are 
 poor men, having families to maintain, and are in want of their money. p. 44 
 
 Order discharging Mary Farr, daughter of Thomas Farr, mariner, of 
 Limehouse, from her apprenticehood with Jane Dowse of the same parish, 
 child's coatmaker, on the grounds of ill-usage, &c. ... ... ... P- 45 
 
 The Court complains that churchwardens, &c., are very remiss in 
 putting into execution the laws respecting profanation of the Lord's 
 Day, ^:c., and orders the oflficers concerned to take care for the future to put 
 them in execution. Attention is called to idle persons who "go about in the 
 footpathsand public streets . . . with wheelbarrows, wherein they carry oranges, 
 apples, nuts, and other wares, and expose them to sale, and carry and use dice 
 to encourage passengers and others to play for such their goods, and other 
 unlawful games." Further attention is called to disorderly persons, both men 
 and women, who wander about singing and publishing obscene ballads and 
 other licentious books and pamphlets, drawing crowds of people, which 
 are of the occasion of picking of pockets, affrays and riots ; disturbing 
 the peace and corrupting of youth. Order is made for the constables to 
 arrest such persons and carry them before a Justice, that they may be 
 punished according to law ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 46 
 
 Mary Hutton, servant to Mrs. Leigh, for being idle and disorderly, 
 deserting her mistress, and inveigling one of her mistress's daughters to go 
 away with her, is committed to the House of Correction till next Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 Several differences and controversies in which there are cross indictments 
 are referred to two of the Justices for settlement, to avoid further litigation. 
 The parties concerned are William Furnall and Mary, his wife, against Lettice, 
 wife of James Roades, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Stephen Brabone, joiner, 
 of Turnstile Alley, Drury Lane, John Harbridge, Robert Sheriff, and Henry 
 Greenaway, shoemaker, all of the same, ^^■illiam Creed, Robert Bates, porter, 
 of Long Acre, Thomas Doggett, of Drury Lane, near Queen Street, cord- 
 wainer, ^Villiam Dennis, gentleman, of St. Martin's, Richard Ellis, porter, of 
 Parker's Lane, St. Giles', and William Price, yeoman, of St. Thomas's Street, 
 St. Giles". These were said to have broken into the house of Furnall, to 
 have assaulted ]\Iary Furnall, and taken away one drugget coat, value 20/-, 
 a drugget waistcoat, w-orth 10/-, and "one pair of hair shagg breeches," 
 worth 15/-, the property of Thomas Righting. In their turn they charge 
 Mary Furnall with being a common disturber of her neighbours, &:c p. 48 
 
 Complaints having been made that the watches in the suburbs are set 
 too late at night and discharged too early in the morning, and that several 
 carpenters, bricklayers, and other workmen using ladders in the daytime 
 eave them carelessly in the streets, so that divers burglaries, &c., have been 
 
Sessio/is Book 577 — October, 1700. 219 
 
 committed, the Court orders the watches to be kept from sunset to sunrise 
 and the ladders to be locked up... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Order to the churchwardens, &c., of Isleworth, to allow to Phyllis 
 Chamblettj wife of Richard Chamblett, gentleman, the sum of 6/- weekly for 
 the relief and maintenance of the said Phyllis and her child ... ... p. 51 
 
 [Pages 52-70 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, committals, oaths, &c. pp. 71-73 
 
 [Pages 74-82 blank.] 
 
 List of names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction 
 
 P-83 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 84, 85 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 86, 87 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 88 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 576— OCTOBER, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... .. ... ... ... ... •■• p. i 
 
 Writ ... p. 2 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... PP- 3-21 
 
 [Pages 22, 23 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. James', 
 ^V^estminster, to reimburse Henry Tawny, late constable of the Upper Ward 
 of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, money expended by him in passing 
 vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order to reimburse Arthur Virgin, late constable of the Lower Ward of 
 the parish of St. Jarnes', A\'estminster, money expended by him in passing 
 vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 25-33 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to taking the oath, indictments, recogni- 
 zances, ^;c. ... ... ... ... ... .. ... pp. 34-36 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 577-^OCTOBER, 1700. 
 
 Jury panels p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, recognizances, tScc. 
 
 PP- 5-33 
 
 Order that John Batt, of Shepperton Parish, yeoman, be discharged from 
 serving as constable, and that Edward Hart, of the said parish, yeoman, be 
 appointed to the said office ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 35 
 
2 20 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for all high constables to return an account next Sessions of all 
 moneys disbursed and received by them in their respective divisions ... p. 35 
 
 Richard Isabell, of St. Andrew'.?, Holborn-above-Bars, grocer, is ordered 
 at his own cost, on or before the 5th of November next, to " set up and make 
 good the stocks and whipping post at Holborn," in the said parish where the 
 same lately stood, the said Isabell having had them removed without permission 
 of the Court ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... i7>id. 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Hanworth and Shepperton as 
 to the settlement of Mary Middleton, " single woman " ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of Robert Jones, constable of the 
 hamlet of Mile End Old Town, Stepney Parish ... ... ... idid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary, the wife of John Davis. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Chiswick and St. Margaret's, Westminster... j). 37 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Walter Wall and Judith, his wife. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and St. Paul's, 
 Covent Garden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Chapman, beadle of Hammer.smith 
 Hamlet, Fulham Parish, on account of his age and infirmities. Further order 
 as to parish relief for the said Chapman ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 John Wiggins, otherwise Higgins, otherwise Layton, convicted upon two 
 indictments for a notorious conspiracy and misdemeanour, is fined ^'5 upon 
 each indictment, and ordered to be " stripped naked from the middle upwards 
 and publicly whipped at a cart's tail from Temple Bar to Charing Cross," until 
 his body be bloody. He is to find sufficient sureties for one year, and is 
 committed to Newgate until he pay the fines, undergo the punishment, and find 
 such sureties, then to be delivered, paying his fees ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference concerning the dispute between Nathaniel Browne, 
 gentleman, and Judith Jefferson, his former servant, as to the payment of 
 wages due to the said Judith ... ... ... ... ... ... p. .j-o 
 
 Upon proof that Robert Miller, who keeps a public victualling house in 
 Church Lane, Stepney Parish, is " a common receiver and entertainer of 
 felons," it is ordered that the said Miller's license be suppressed ... ii>id. 
 
 Order for confirming a report as to the payment of moneys due to John 
 Reader and William Titchfeild, former scavengers of Hollywell .Street, St. 
 Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of Henry Hawley, esquire, treasurer 
 of the money raised for Iniildiiig and repairing the public bridges in this 
 county ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order as to the settlement ot Ahiry, wife of Robert Gare, and their three 
 children, John, Thomas, and Edward. The dispute is between the parish of 
 St. John's, Wapping, and the liberty of Norton Folgate ... ... iind. 
 
Sessions Book ^yj- -October, 1700. 221 
 
 Order that Thomas Leach do continue in the office of beadle of Church 
 End and Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. Order as to the 
 watch-money \vide Sessions Book, No. 574, p. 38] ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 Order that Thomas Gray, former "upper churchwarden "of St. Leonard's 
 Parish, Shoreditch, be reimi)ursed the money expended by him during his 
 term of office ... ... ... ... ... ••• •■• ... p. 46 
 
 Order for extending the time for paving Compton Street and Earl's Place 
 in Wood's Close, until next Easter. [^Vide Sessions Boo/i, No. 574, p. 32.] 
 
 P-47 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate for the repair of the highways of 
 Hornsey ... .. ... ... .•■ ... ••• ••• ... p 48 
 
 A like order for the repair of the highways of Islington ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Reese and his wife. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and St. Paul's, Covent Garden. 
 
 P- 50 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of poor of Isleworth Parish 
 to pay Phyllis, wife of Richard Chamblett, of the said parish, gentleman, 
 10/- weekly towards her maintenance and that of her child. [Vide Sessiotis 
 Book 475, p. 51.] The said Richard has turned his wife out of doors and is 
 living with one Gertrude Hogg, by whom he has three children ... p. 51 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Susanna, widow of Joseph Clithall, John, 
 her son, and Mary Lansbury, her apprentice. At the time the said John was 
 born Susanna kept a victualling house by Fleet Ditch, in the parish of St. 
 Bride's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order for the discharge of William May, apprenticed to George Medcalfe, 
 of East Smithfield, mariner ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 53 
 
 [Pages 55-65 blank.] 
 
 " A place of meeting of a congregation of dissenters, scrupling the 
 baptising of infants, is certified to be held in the house of John Savage, in 
 Whitecross Alley, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in this county, and 
 is registered here in Court according to the statute in that case made." Dated 
 14 October, 1700... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda : Names of those taking the oath, indictments, 
 recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... ... ... ... pp. 67-71 
 
 [Pages 72-74 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 P- 75 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed calendar of indictments, and calendar 
 of recognizances, tS:c. ... ... ... ... ••■ ... pp. 76-80 
 
22 2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 578— DECEMBER, 1700. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, committals, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... pp. 5-31 
 
 [Pages 32-36 blank.] 
 
 Order for dismissing the petition of William !Mastermain, claiming money 
 which he alleges to be due to him from Lady Barbara Arundell, of St. James' 
 Place, for wages ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices (named) as to the collection of watch 
 money in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and the paying of the beadle 
 and watchmen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for discharging Eleanor Shaw, daughter of David Shaw, of the 
 hamlet of Ratcliffe, in the parish of Stepney, from her apprenticeship to Mary 
 Freeman, of Ratcliffe, spinster, button-maker ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for Susanna Kilworth, convicted for setting fire to and burning an 
 inhabited house in the parish of Edmonton, to be stripped naked from the 
 middle upwards and publicly whipped at a cart-tail from the sign of the " Blue 
 Bell," in Edmonton, to the common watering-place in the said parish. She is 
 remanded to Newgate Gaol till she pay a fine of 3/4 and her fees of 17/6. 
 
 P- 39 
 Order for Philip Gough and Thomas West, convicted for a notorious 
 conspiracy and misdemeanour, to be stripped naked from the middle upwards 
 and publicly whipped at a cart-tail from the Bars in White Cross Street to Old 
 Street. They are to find sufficient sureties for their good behaviour for one year, 
 and to pay a fine of ^^5 ; and are committed to Newgate till they undergo the 
 said punishment, and pay their fine and fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Child, who lived as hired 
 servant to John Fitzwater in the parish of Hanworth. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of Hanworth and Stanwell... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne, wife of John Dennis. The said 
 John lived for several years as hired servant with Mr. King, of the hamlet of 
 Hammersmith. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields 
 and Hammersmith ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order to deprive John Hoy, a soldier, of a license, obtained by fraud, to 
 keep a victualling house and to sell beer in Lukener's Lane, in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, upon proof that the said house for which the license is 
 granted is not kept by Hoy, but by Eleanor Holding, a widow, who is 
 "notoriously known " to be a receiver of stolen goods ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 [Pages 43-58 blank.] 
 inda relating to taki 
 
 [Pages 62-66 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to taking the oath, indictments, 
 recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 59-61 
 
Siss/ojis Boo/.' ^"jc^— January, 1701. 223 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New I'rison and H(juse of (Correction, p. 67 
 
 Al]3habetical Hst of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments .. ... ... ... ... ]). 70 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 579— JANUARY, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 3-18 
 
 [Pages 19, 20 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to make 
 a rate to raise ^230 for the repair of the highways. Robert Mead has 
 agreed to amend all the highways in the parish, which are to be mended with 
 gravel, for ;^i5o ; the remainder to be spent on repairing — (i) Paviour's 
 work, amounting to 1,205 yards — before the old churchyard in St. Martin's 
 Lane, 250 yards ; in Church Lane, 326 yards ; about the new churchyard, 
 69 yards ; at the watch-house, upper end of Hedge Lane, 4.14 yards ; at the 
 almshouses in the parish of St, Anne's, ri6 yards. (2) On mason's work, 
 amounting to 3,246 feet of highways and pavements — in Church Lane, 
 785 feet ; at the two doors at the east end of the church, 190 feet ; the pave- 
 ment in the old churchyard between the school-house to the steeple and on 
 to St. Martin's Lane, 960 feet ; the pavement by the stone stumps at the 
 west end and the pavement towards the middle door, 935 feet . the stone 
 steps in the old churchyard, 270 feet ; the pavement and steps to the Lords' 
 gallery, 106 feet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. James, Westminster, to make a rate 
 for repairing the highways ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 23 
 
 Order for the high and petty constables in the liberties of Westminster 
 to require the inhabitants of the various streets, lanes, and passages to sweep 
 and cleanse before their several doors, and make and continue a free passage 
 in the kennels ; the names of such as fail to do this to be reported to the 
 Court p. 24 
 
 Ordered that the recognizances of William Glover and his sureties, John 
 Gisburne and James Douglas, be estreated at the next Quarter Sessions 
 unless cause is shown to the contrary. The charge against Glover was 
 assaulting and wounding Charles Read .. . ... ... ... ... P- 25 
 
 Order discharging John Cutler from his apprenticehood with Peter Keep, 
 basket-maker, of Knightsbridge, on the payment to Keep of 40/- . . . ibid. 
 
 Order that the sum of £^i y. ^d. due to Thomas Scrivener, late 
 constable of Hyde Park Ward, in the parish of St. Martin's, should be paid, 
 one-half by the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's, and the other half by the 
 churchwardens of St. James' ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 [Pages 27-30 blank.] 
 
2 24 Middlesex Comity Records. 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefl)- to recognizances and committals, pp. 31, 32 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 [Page 35 blank.] 
 Rough memoranda .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 580- JANUARY, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &:c. ... ... pp. 5-21 
 
 [Pages 22-34 blank.] 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices (named) to inspect and examine 
 workmen's bills, for the repairing and cleansing a certain drain near St. Giles' 
 Pound, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order for Henry Phipps, constable of the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, to deliver to Walter Gwillin " a brown coloured sattin woman's 
 gown and petticoat and a white camblett woman's dust gown, both gowns 
 lined with silk, and the petticoat fringed, and a little paper bagg with some 
 knotted fringe in itt and two silver tipps for muggs," found by the said 
 Walter Gwillin, in June last, in the New Buildings in Red Lion Fields, near 
 Lamb's Conduit, and left in the hands of the said Mr. Phipps ; he, the said 
 Walter Gwillin, paying the charge of crying the goods and putting them in the 
 garret ibid. 
 
 Order to reimburse the late constables (named) of the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell, money expended by them in passing cripples ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order to reimburse the late overseers (named) of the liberty of Saffron 
 Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 money expended by them during their office ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Smyth and his three children, 
 John, Joseph, and Mary Smyth. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Mary Matfellon and Stepney ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order for the constables of the parishes of St. James', Clerkenwell, and 
 St. Sepulchre's to deliver to Francis Gary and Judith his wife the several goods, 
 household linen and wearing apparel [specified] which were lately stolen from 
 them p. 38 
 
 Order to confirm an order to pay Henry Hawley, esquire, treasurer, 
 money expended upon the repair of Chertsey and other bridges ... ibid. 
 
 Order to reimburse the high constables of the hundreds of Ossulton, 
 Edmonton, and Gore, money expended by them in passing vagrants and 
 cripples ... p. 39 
 
 Like order for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth. p. 40 
 
Sessions r>ook 581 — March, 1701. 225 
 
 Order in a dispute between the parishes of Ealing and St. Saviour's, 
 Southwark, concerning the settlement of Hannah Eniberson and her four 
 children, Hannah, William, and ICli/.abeth Bews, and John Emberson. 
 The said Hannah Enil)erson was married in 1699 to John Emberson in 
 the Fleet Chapel, London, and in 1691 was married in the parish church of 
 St. Mary, Islington, to John l^ews, who was apprenticed to Affon Ciarnet, of 
 the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, a perfumer of gloves ... ... ]). 40 
 
 Order for an assessment to reimburse Thomas Atkins, of the parish of 
 St. Clement Danes, late overseer t^f the said parish, money expended by him 
 during his office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order to deprive John Wilkinson, of Prescott Street, (roodman's Fields, 
 of his victualler's license, upon ])roof that lie suffered tippling in his house 
 on the Lord's Day, «S:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to discharge John Elwich, linendraper, from taking a poor child, 
 apprenticed to him by the overseers of the hamlet of Mile End, in the parish 
 of Stepney ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 The like order for Arthur Bayley, merchant, 
 The like for Roger Jones, merchant, 
 The like for William Heath, merchant. 
 The like for John Bromwell, merchant. 
 The like for Christopher Bendall, merchant. 
 The like for Francis Mingham, merchant, 
 The like for William Orton, merchant, 
 The like for Robert Nicholas, merchant, 
 The like for Charles Reevs, merchant, 
 
 all of Mile End Old Town 
 
 [Pages 46-54 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c. .. 
 
 [Pages 57-60 blank.] 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction 
 
 [Pages 62-67 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 581— MARCH, 1701. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-25 
 
 Order for Thomas Fryer, former upi)er churchwarden of St. John's Parish, 
 Wapping, to be paid the amount due to him ... ... ... ... p- 27 
 
 Order that Andrew Bargrave and John Jarman, former overseers of the 
 poor in the division of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, St. Andrew's 
 
 ... p. 
 
 45 
 
 PP- 55> 
 
 56 
 
 ... p. 
 
 6r 
 
 ... p. 
 
 68 
 
226 Aliddlesex County Records. 
 
 Parish, Holborn, deliver up to certain Justices an account of all "money by 
 them received, and rated, and assessed, and not received, and of all other 
 things concerning their said office " ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Ann, wife of Edward Casse, and one 
 child. The dispute is between the parishes of Hadley and High Barnet. 
 
 p. 29 
 
 Order for the discharge of Francis, son of Elizabeth Wheyman, widow, 
 apprenticed to Michael Weymouth, of Limehouse Hamlet, fisherman. p. 30 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Crockwell, apprenticed to James Curtis, 
 late of the parish of St. Clement Danes, cook ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Kirkby, apprenticed to Thomas Leving, 
 stationer, who kept a shop in Gray's Inn, Holborn ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 John Pingally, otherwise Gill, convicted as a cheat, is fined 3/4. He is 
 ordered " to be stripped naked from the middle upwards and publicly whipped 
 at a cart's tail until his body be bloody ... in and through the whole length 
 of Dean Street," in St. Ann's Parish, within the liberty of Westminster. He 
 is remanded to Newgate until he undergo the punishment, then to be delivered, 
 paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 A letter, dated Council Chamber, at Kensington, the i6th of March, 
 i7oo[i], from six Lords of the Council to the Justices of the Peace, requiring 
 orders to be issued to the constables and others to use their endeavours to 
 capture all deserters from the Fleet ; and for their encouragement in this 
 service, each constable who shall, by the 28th instant, put on board any of the 
 King's ships or tenders "any such persons fit for service at sea," shall receive 
 an allowance of \o\- per man \vide Sessions Book., No. 529, p. 33] ... p. 33 
 
 Francis Watson, convicted for a notorious conspiracy and misdemeanour, 
 is fined 3/4, and ordered to be stripped naked from the middle upwards, and 
 publicly whipped at a cart's tail until his body be bloody, from the Bars in 
 the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, " to and over against 
 the church in the same parish, and back again from the church to the Bars 
 aforesaid." He is committed to Newgate until he undergo the ])unishment, 
 then to be delivered, paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Daniel Hayes, convicted of being a cheat, is fined ^^20. He is to be 
 stripped naked from the middle upwards, and publicly whipped at a cart's tail 
 until his body be bloody, from Temple Bar to " Chaireing " Cross, and to find 
 sufficient sureties for two years, and for his appearance at the next Sessions 
 after the end of the two years. He is remanded to Newgate until he pay 
 the fine, undergo the punishment, and find such sureties ; then to be delivered, 
 paying his fees, 17/6 ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order requiring all constables and others " to be very diligent " in their 
 search after persons keeping disorderly houses, and " such as haunt the same, 
 and more particularly music houses, which tend only to the debauching of 
 persons frequenting them." The said constables are to bring before the 
 Justices " all such profane swearers, cursers, drunkards, and profaners of the 
 Lord's Day as they shall hear, or be informed of, that they ma)- be dealt with 
 according to law." Better returns are expected than have l)een formerly 
 made p. 35 
 
Sessiojis Book 5S3 — -July, 1701. 227 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, commitments, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 37, 38 
 [Pages 39-42 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 43 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed " Calendar of indictments and 
 calendar of recognizances " ... ... ... ... ... pj). 44-47 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 582— APRIL, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, t&c. ... ... ... ... p. 3-21 
 
 [Pages 22-32 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances, committals, &c. pp. 33-35 
 
 Certificate of Joseph Read, teacher of a congregation of dissenters in 
 Little Newport Street, Westminster ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Rough note ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 583— JULY, 1701. 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 7-22 
 
 [Pages 23-28 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Eleanor Witherly at St. Martin's-in- 
 the-Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 The petition of John Andrew Hanckwits and Ann Walters, for the return 
 of goods seized in their house as stolen property, referred to certain Justices for 
 settlement. The petitioners had been acquitted of breaking into the house of 
 Peter Hall and carrying away a great quantit}- of goods belonging to ALargaret 
 Pammell, and Hanckwits had also been acquitted of stealing 18 yards of gold 
 lace from Edward Chamberlaine, and 20 ounces of silver lace from Alexander 
 Mewer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3c 
 
 Order for the auditing of the accounts of William Turner, churchwarden 
 of St. John'.s, Wapping, by two of the Justices ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 On the report of certain Justices who had been appointed to consult with 
 able workmen as to Hicks Hall, the Court directed that Mr. George Jackson 
 take down the two end windows in the dining room there, and set up, in the 
 best workmanlike manner, two new upright sash windows of the best glass 
 in the place and stead thereof, and his bill is to be referred to the judgment 
 of Richard Ryder. He is directed to view the cellar of Hicks Hall and to 
 
 p 2 
 
228 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 report at the next Quarter Sessions how best to repair it. The Justices reported 
 that it was impracticable to continue the windows in the same form and to 
 irefix the coats of arms entire in each window ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order for adjourning the appeal of Mile End New Town concerning the 
 settlement of Thomas Smyth with Joseph and Mary, his children, to the next 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Similar adjournment concerning the settlement of James Vandevell, his 
 wife and three children ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 33 
 
 [Pages 34-48, 50, 51, 53-58 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, committals, &c. ... pp. 49, 52 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison ... .. ... ... p. 59 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 60, 61 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 [Page 63 blank.] 
 Rough memoranda, &:c. 
 
 Margaret Woolaston, at " the King and Queen," in Gray's Inn Lane, 
 licensed to keep an alehouse ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 584— JULY, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• p. 2 
 
 Writ p. 3 
 
 Indictment.s, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 4-24 
 
 Order for raising ^^130 for repairing the highways of St. Ann'.s, West- 
 minster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order appointing Martin Ryder, esquire, chairman of the present Sessions. 
 
 p. 26 
 
 Order prohibiting Justices' clerks soliciting business at the Sessions. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order for certain Justices of the Peace to obtain leave from the Dean 
 and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, to set up and 
 place posts and rails upon the waste and common ground of Tuttlefield, in 
 the parish of St Margaret, Westminster, adjoining the east side of the House 
 of Correction, as well for the accommodation of the said House of Correction 
 as for the inhabitants walking there, for air and for their health ; a rate to be 
 levied upon the said inhabitants to pay the costs thereof ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for reducing the rate paid by all the inhabitants of the liberty 
 of Westminster for maintaining William Laundy [Landy ?], a lunatic in 
 " Bethlem " Hospital. Schedule of the different parishes and the sums to be 
 paid by each. \_Vide Sessions Book 476, p. 39] ... ... ... p- 27 
 
 [Page 28 blank.] 
 
Sessions Book 585 — -July and August, 1701. 229 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning the taking of the oaths, recog- 
 nizances, indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 [Page 31 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 585-JULY & AUGUST, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances ... ... pp. 5-31 
 
 [Pages 32-40 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to recognizances, committals, &c. pp. 41-44 
 
 [Pages 45, 46 blank.] 
 
 The petition of Nicholas Panton to be discharged from his apprentice- 
 hood with Reuben Long, mariner, was dismissed on the ground that the 
 complaint had not been properly made ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Appeal concerning the settlement of Ann Porter, at Harefield, adjourned 
 to the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Ordered that the two large windows in the Grand Jury Room, at Hicks 
 Hall, be taken down by Mr. George Jackson, and that he make and set up 
 new sash windows in place thereof, in such workmanlike manner and form 
 as the sash windows lately made by him in the dining room of Hicks Hall ; 
 the bill to be submitted to the judgment of Richard Ryder, esquire ... ibid. 
 
 Order for William Haverland, gentleman, to pay the overseers, &c., of 
 the precinct of St. Katherine's, the sum of 5/- weekly towards the support of his 
 three grandchildren. Benjamin Collier, and Grace, his wife, the daughter of 
 Haverland, had lived in a tenement in the precinct, rented at ^3 per annum, 
 but six months ago they had privately made away with their goods and run 
 away, leaving their children destitute, and the grandfather, though " of sufificient 
 ability,'"' would not provide for them ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Mary's, Islington, to make a rate 
 to reimburse the surveyors money expended by them in repairing the high- 
 ways p. 49 
 
 The churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Ealing represent to the Court 
 that they pay ^16 and upwards rent for certain poor people in their parish; 
 that there is a building on a waste piece of ground belonging to the parish 
 which is now out of repair and " untenantable," but it can be repaired for ^^50, 
 and accommodate eight poor persons; that using this house will save ;^i2 a 
 year to the parish. Leave is asked to levy a rate of Tyd. in the pound to pay 
 for the repairs. Order granted accordingly ... '■■ ... ... P- 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Smith and his two children 
 at St. James', Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
230 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Petition of divers inhabitants of Mile End against the inequalities of their 
 rates, complaining that the churchwardens, &c., " and others that join with 
 them to make the poor rate are several of them men of great personal estates 
 and also occupiers of great numbers of acres of land to a great value, and the 
 better to favour themselves of one half of what they ought to pay," have agreed 
 to make the rate as unequal as before. The Court refers the complaint to 
 several of the Justices for settlement ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of James Vandevell, his wife, and three 
 children, in the parish of St. John's, Wapping ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order discharging Joseph AVallis, son of John Wallis, victualler, of the 
 parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, from his apprenticehood with Edmund Palmer, 
 painter, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. Palmer had for a long time left his house 
 where his family dwelt, and lives in the Temple to avoid his creditors, only 
 coming home on Sundays ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 55 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas and Elizabeth Lee, in the 
 parish of St. Anne's, Westminster ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Two Justices report that they have viewed a street lying between the 
 upper end of St. Martin's Lane and Castle Street in the parishes of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Anne's, Westminster, and St. Andrew's 
 Street, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, on the east end thereof, and 
 Litchfield Street and a certain street called West Street on the west end 
 thereof. Some part of the street is paved with stone, and the other part, 
 between the houses and yards of Mr. Hall, Mr. Arnold, and Mr. Tomes, on 
 the south side, and the houses of Elizabeth Radlidge, James Dewsuetty and 
 two other empty houses on the north side, containing in all about 377 yards, 
 remains unpaved, " which is a great nuisance." The Justices further report 
 that about 100 yards more of the paving at the ends of Litchfield Street and 
 West Street ought to be relaid. Order made for the work to be done before 
 the ne.xt Sessions... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order to the head constables in the divisions of Finsbury, Holborn, 
 Kensington, and the Tower to require the petty constables of the various 
 parishes to make out a return of all persons who sell beer and ale, such returns 
 to be presented at the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 On the complaint that the returns made by the constables of the various 
 freeholders, liable to serve on juries, is very defective, the high constables of 
 the various divisions of the county are ordered to obtain accurate returns from 
 the different parishes, through the petty constables, by next Quarter Sessions, 
 
 P- 59 
 
 Complaint made by Michael Beckley and John Grange that for many 
 years they have had apartments in that part of the Hospital called the Pest 
 House which is assigned by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to Nicholas 
 Woollaston as keeper of the Pest House, and that they are rated 2d. per 
 week for the relief of the poor of St. Giles', Cripplegate ; that last year their 
 goods were distrained upon, and that they are again threatened with another 
 distraint. They claim that the Hospital is exempt from parish rates. The 
 churchwardens, &c., in their reply state that the Pest House is now divided 
 and let by the keeper in separate tenements at yearly rents. The Court 
 dismisses the complaint, and orders the payment of the rates ... p. 60 
 
Sessions Book 586 — September, 1701. 231 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction p. 61, 62 
 
 Order for paving, by the first day of the next Sessions, the street northward 
 from Shoreditch Church towards Kingsland, from the paved causeway at the 
 south end thereof as far as it is now built on both sides. The petition of 
 the inhabitants sets out that by Act 34 and 35 Henry VHI the paving of 
 the street from Bishopsgate to and above Shoreditch Church had been 
 directed to be done by a time limited ; yet " it doth so happen that the said 
 Act hath not been duly and fully complied with," and the road is almost 
 impassable in winter. The petitioners pray the Court to order that the Act 
 be put into operation. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 [Pages 65-67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Al])habetical list of recognizances ... ..■ ... ... pp. 70, 71 
 
 Rough memoranda concerning gaming in coffee houses, colt money, &c. 
 
 p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 586-SEPTEMBER, 1701. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ,.. ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictment.s, commitments, cvrc. 
 
 PP- 5-36 
 [Pages 37, 38 l)lank.] 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Richard Reevs, Ann his wife, and their 
 three children, Richard, Amy, and May. The dispute is between the parish 
 of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and Bethnal Green Hamlet ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Ann Porter. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of Hillingdon and Harefield ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the augmentation of James Calliday's pension. The said 
 Calliday was formerly a lieutenant on the " Royal Charles," and served in 
 several engagements, when " he lost one of his eyes and received several 
 wounds in his body " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for the discharge of James Newth, apprenticed to Sarah Fellows 
 and Lydia Peirce, " co-partners, late of Gosport, in the county of Southampton, 
 musicianers." The said partners afterwards removed to the sign of the 
 Rising Sun, in the precinct of St. Katherine, near the Tower. Newth, being 
 neglected, "entered himself" on board H.M. ship "Norwich " ... p. 42 
 
 Renewal of the order as to the keeping of strict watches, within the 
 parishes, hamlets, &c., in and near the suburbs of the city. The .same are to 
 be kept until Lady Day next, from sunset until sunrise ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order for the high constables to bring in their accounts with regard to 
 vagrants, and to show what money remains in their hands ... ... p. 44 
 
22,2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, acquittals, (5v:c. 
 
 pp. 45> 47 
 [Pages 48-56 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 57 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 58-61 
 
 Memoranda of appearances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 587— OCTOBER, 1701. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda — writ, acquittals, indictments, &c. p. 2-17 
 
 [Pages 1 8, 19 blank.] 
 
 Address to the King from 23 Justices, expressing their " detestations of 
 the perfidiousness of the French King, in assuming to himself the disposal 
 of your ^lajesty's kingdoms to the pretended Prince of Wales." Twenty-one 
 names follow the signatures of the Justices, headed "Grand Jury " ... p. 20 
 
 Order for John Huggins, of St. Martin's Lane, of the parish of St. ISLartin's- 
 in-the-Fields, e.squire, to have his poor rate lessened ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order that the night watches in the liberty of Westminster be kept from 
 10 P.M. until 6 A.M. until Lady Day next ... ... ... ... ibid, 
 
 [Pages 23-29 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda — names of those taking the oaths, appearances, 
 acquittals, indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... pp, 30-32 
 
 Alphabetical list of name.s, headed indictments ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 [Page 34 blank.] 
 
 "Joseph Foster before G. Harvey, indicted" ... ... ... p- 35 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 588— OCTOBER, 1701. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, accjuittals, indictments, tScc. 
 
 PP- 5-33 
 
 Order of reference as to the matters in difference between Thomas Moore 
 and Robert Perry, of St. Mar)--le-Savoy, barber and periwig maker, and Sarah 
 his wife, John Church and Charles Lilly, his servants, and Peter Spier, for a 
 riot and assault ui)on the said Moore ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary, daughter of Richard Kidney. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of Harrow-on-the-Hill and St. Clement 
 Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
Sessions Jh)ok 588 — Ociobe?', 1701. 233 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Sarah West, spinster. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Bridget'.s, otherwise Bride'.s, and St. Clement 
 Danes ^ P- },'^ 
 
 Order for a rate for the repair of the highways of jNIarylebonc, money 
 being due to the surveyors (named) for the same ... ... ... ]>• 39 
 
 Order for the adjournniL-nl of the appeal as to the settlement of John 
 Price. The dis{)utc is between the parishes of Staines and Wendover. p. 40 
 
 Order for Robert Wyrill, of the parish of St. Mar) Matfellon, otherwise 
 Whitechapel, yeoman, to continue to maintain his apprentice, John Harrison, 
 a poor parish child ... ... ... ... •■• ••• ••• P- 4i 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Richard Kedge, his wife, and three children. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of Harefield and Denham ... p. 42 
 
 Appointment of Alexander Batty as constable of Shepperton, in the 
 place of Edward Hart ... ... ... ... •■. ••• ••• P- 43 
 
 Order for vacating an order made last Sessions for paving the road or way 
 leading northward from bhoreditch Church to Kingsland Road. \_Vide 
 Sessions Book, ^o. S^S, \^' ^Z\ ^''^^"^• 
 
 Order for John Reynalds, esquire, treasurer and Deputy Clerk of the 
 Peace, to pay George [ackson ^45 on account, for repairs now done at Hicks 
 Hall r ' p. 45 
 
 Order for discharging an order made by certain Justices, adjudging 
 Viner Gilbert to be the father of the female bastard of Mary Frost, of 
 St. Martin"s-in-the-Fields Und. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Katherine Read and her child 
 Meriall at Limehouse ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 47 
 
 Report of the Justices who had been appointed to view the road from 
 Shoreditch Church to Kingsland. They find that all the inhabitants and 
 l)roprietors of lands and houses on both sides of the road, from the dwelling- 
 house of William Wood, chandler, at the south end of the street, to the house 
 of Timothy A\'are, blacksmith, northward, have well and sufficiently paved 
 and amended the same ; that the inhabitants have for many j-ears kept the 
 pavement in repair at the south end ; and further, that the part from Timothy 
 Ware's house northward has, time out of mind, been repaired b)- the jxarish 
 of Shoreditch. The Court confirmed the report. [Vide Sessions Book ^^s^ 
 p. 63] p. 48 
 
 Memoranda concerning committals, fines, acquittals, &c. pp. 49~54 
 
 Order on the report of the Justices appointed to consider the petition of 
 divers inhabitants of Mile End against the inequality of the rates. \_Vide 
 Sessions Book 585, p. 53.] It is found that the rates are very partial and 
 unequal, and they are therefore quashed, and a new rate ordered to be 
 levied P- 55 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 5S, 59 
 
234 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 60-63 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 589— DECEMBER, 1701. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda concerning recognizances, committal, acquittals, &c. 
 
 PP- s-z<^ 
 
 [Pages 37, 38 blank.] 
 
 By consent of the churchwardens, (S:c., of St. Mary-le-Bone and 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the question of the settlement of Jane Sherley is 
 adjourned to the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Petition of the churchwardens, (Sic, of Wendover, against the settlement 
 ■of John Price in that parish, is dismissed ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 In the case of the bastard daughter of Mary Jeffries, single woman, of 
 St. Dunstan's, Stepney, the churchwardens, &c., had obtained security of ^100 
 from the reputed father, Robert Jackson, a lieutenant in one of the King's 
 ships. The father of Mary Jeffries petitions the Court to order the church- 
 Avardens, &c., to pay to him ;£io for the cost of maintaining the child since 
 its birth, he being very poor. Order made accordingly ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton 
 Garden, and Ely Rents, to raise ^57 2^-. "j^d. to reimburse John Pendred 
 and William Lambert, late overseers ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order discharging Anthony Oldfield from his apprenticehood with Abraham 
 Harrendine, perfumer, of St. Clement Danes, on the ground of barbarous 
 ill-usage, he being of very tender years ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order granting a pension, from the Maimed Soldiers' Fund, of 52/- a year 
 to Edward Howell, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. He had served King 
 Charles H both in the Horse Guards and Foot Guards, and was now very old 
 .and blind... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the high constables of the several divisions of the county to 
 deliver to the Clerk of the Peace at his office " adjoining to the Cursitor's 
 Office in Chancery Lane," by the 2nd of January, an account of all moneys 
 received, expended, remaining in their hands, &c., for carrying out the Act 
 for punishing vagrants " and sending them whither by law they ought to be 
 sent." The high constables are to attend the next Quarter Sessions for further 
 direction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]). 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth ]\Lale at Limehouse p. 44 
 
 [Pages 45-56 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, committals, &c. ... pp. 57-59 
 
 [Pages 60-65 blank.] 
 
Sessions Book ^C)i^^/aiiua?y, 1702. 235 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of Arthur, son of John Browning of Glasgow, 
 to Thomas Russell, dyer, of St. Anne's, Westminster, for seven years ... p. 66 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction, and a 
 note that the Mitre Music House is to be indicted ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 70, 71 
 
 Rough memoranda : — 
 
 Ordered that 40/- be allowed to Mr. Wainwright (the crier) every winter 
 for firing in the dining room [at Hicks Hall] ... ... ... P- 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 590— JANUARY, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, &:c. ... ... ... ... PP- 3-17 
 
 [Pages 18-20 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to raise 
 ^^230 for the repair of the highways under the Act 3 and 4 William and 
 ^lary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Similar order for the parish of St. James', Westminster, to raise ;^i2o 
 
 P- 2Z 
 
 Order appointing Martin Ryder chairman of the Court, to hold office till 
 
 the July Sessions. A new chairman to be appointed each half year ... p. 25 
 
 [Pages 2 0-2 8 blank.] 
 Memoranda chiefly relating to committals, fines, &c. ... pp. 29, 30 
 
 [Pages 31-33 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 591— JANUARY, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... p. 5-21 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Hill, in the parish of St. Giles', 
 Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Francis Jordan in the parish of St. 
 Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of ^\'illiam Harman in the parish of 
 Harefield ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
236 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 A petition from the inhabitants of the town of Stepney, showing that the 
 church and town are in several hamlets, remote from the parish watch-houses, 
 and praying the Court to revive a former order, of late neglected and fallen into 
 disuse, for keeping due watch in Stepney churchyard. The Court refers the 
 matter to two of the Justices, who are to deal with it as the)' think most 
 convenient ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order confirmed adjudging Thomas Eakins, a sea captain, to be the father 
 of the bastard daughter of Katherine Silcridge, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
 
 p. 26 
 
 Order appointing certain of the Justices to audit the accounts of Henry 
 Hawley, treasurer of the moneys raised for building and repairing the public 
 bridges, and to report thereon to the next Court ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Uxbridge, to make a rate for reim- 
 bursing ;^2 5 3 J. ^d. to Rowland Scott, James Bennett, and A\'illiam Gray, the 
 late surveyors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for William Haverland, gentleman, of St. Katherine's-b)"-the-Tower, 
 to pay i/- per week for each of his grandchildren, Grace, Jane, and William 
 Collier, who have been left destitute ; their father and mother, Benjamin and 
 Grace Collier, having absconded. \l^ide Sessions Book 585, p. 48] ... p. 29 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &:c., of the parish of Ware and 
 Enfield respecting the settlement of Richard Davis, Margaret, his wife, and 
 three children, adjourned to the next Sessions ... ... ... .. p. 31 
 
 Order for raising ^260 \\s. 8d. in the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, 
 and Gore, for paying the constables their expenses in carrying out the Act for 
 the more effectual punishment of vagrants ... ... ... ... ib/d. 
 
 The amount due from each parish m each hundred is set out. 
 
 PP- 33, 34, 39 
 
 Similar order for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, 
 
 with the amounts to be paid by each parish ... ... ... PP- 35-37 
 
 The dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of South Mymms and 
 Hornsey, as to the legal settlement of Anne Blisse, is adjourned to the next 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 [Pages 40-48 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, recognizances ... pp. 49, 50 
 
 [Pages 51-63 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the House of Correction ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Note that the house of George Batty, in Uxbridge, is appointed a ])lace 
 of meeting for dissenting protestants ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 71 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
Scss!0/L< Book 593 — April, 1702, 237 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 592 FEBRUARY, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 7-24 
 
 [Pages 25-35 blank.] 
 
 Order discharging Mary Rigg from her a])j)renticeh()od with Edward 
 Crowden, of \\'hitechapel, "wooden hatmaker," on the ground of cruelty, &c. 
 
 P- 36 
 
 Order for putting Charles Power in the pillory for one hour for forging 
 "a ticket of leave, such as lieutenants in His Majesty's ships of war are used 
 to make out and give to mariners," pretending to be under the hand of John 
 Legger, of H.M.'s ship, the " Ranelagh " ... ... ... ... P- 37 
 
 Order for adjourning to next Sessions the settlement of the dispute 
 between the parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Margaret's concerning 
 the legal settlement of Mary Jones ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Williams, a bastard child, in 
 the parish of St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 The humble address of the Justices of the Peace to the Queen's most 
 Excellent Majesty on the demise of ^Villiam the Third and the accession of 
 Queen Anne, March 17th, 1702 ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 [Pages 40-52 blank.] 
 ^lemoranda concerning committals, fines, recognizances, &c. pp. 53, 54 
 
 [Pages 55-58 blank.] 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 59 
 
 [Pages 60-65 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 66, 67 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68,69 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 593— APRIL, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... .., ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances and indictments, &c. pp. 3-17 
 
 [Pages 18-20 blank.] 
 
 Order for suppressing immorality and profanity, to be affixed to church 
 •doors, (S:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 [Pages 24-34 blank.] 
 
238 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Memoranda concerning committals, fines, &c. ... ... P- 35< 36 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 3S 
 
 [Pages 39, 40 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 594— APRIL, 1702. 
 
 [Pages 3-14 blank.] 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... .« ... ... p. 15 
 
 Order appointing Thomas Gratwick, treasurer for the maimed soldiers, (S:c., 
 for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, in the place of Joseph 
 Short ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 16 
 
 Similar order appointing Leonard Hamond treasurer for Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth Hundreds, in the place of John Jennings ... ibid. 
 
 William Gunson continued as treasurer for the Marshalsea, King's 
 Bench, &c., for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore ... ibid. 
 
 Thomas Fleet is continued for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that the rates of wages be continued as last year, and that the 
 assize of bread be the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Mr. Gunson continued as treasurer of the vagrant money for the hundreds- 
 of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Thomas Foote chosen treasurer of the vagrant money for the hundreds 
 of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &c.... ... ... pp. 17-38 
 
 Order for auditing the accounts of Edward Wilson, late churchwarden 
 of the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate, and the payment of money due 
 to him ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne Langson and two children, in 
 the parish of Laleham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order discharging Edward Broughton, esquire, from being one of the 
 overseers of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, on 
 the ground that he had but lately come to inhabit in the parish, and cannot 
 possibly serve "by reason of his extraordinary affairs and business." Richard 
 Atkins is appointed in his place... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order discharging Richard Hind of the same liberty, from serving the 
 office of overseer, and appointing Philip Dare to the same office. Hind pleads 
 in any other year he would be ready and willing to serve, and endeavour to 
 prevent the irregularities that have been practised therein, but this present 
 year he is too much engaged "in great affairs relating to his trade of a 
 brewer, and making and gauging of malt, which will require his frequent 
 absence in the country " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessio//s Book 594- — Aprii 1702. 239 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices named to summon before them 
 certain inhabitants of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents — 13 in 
 all — to show cause why they refuse to pay the poor rate ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Edward Wyniard, his wife Hannah 
 and three children, in the parish of St. Botolph's, Aldgate P- 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Berry and her infant in the 
 parish of Sunbury ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 44 
 
 Order for Thomas Merrideth, of the parish of St. James', Westminster, 
 who had served King William at sea for 12 years, and who is now blind, to 
 receive ^4 a year from the INIaimed Soldiers' and Mariners' Fund ... ibid.. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Plummer, alias Mollis, in the- 
 parish of St. Andrew's, Holl)Oni ... ... ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Hartwell, a poor widow, in 
 Uxbridge p. 4^ 
 
 Order discharging Nicholas Short from serving as overseer of the parish of 
 Hornsey, as he is a poor man, aged 76, and can neither write nor read ibid. 
 
 Order confirming an order of two of the Justices adjudging Charles 
 Collema, turner, of Castle Street, St. Giles', to be the reputed father of the 
 bastard daughter of Christian Tyson ... ... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 Dispute between the churchwardens, &c., of Roydon, Esse.v, and those 
 of Hackney concerning the settlement of Daniel Lowen, his wife Mary, and 
 child, adjourned to the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order discharging Elizabeth Barnes from her apprenticehood with Mary 
 Cope, mantua maker, of St. Sepulchre's, on the ground that the apprentice 
 had not been taught her art, but put to do the household work ... p. 49 
 
 Certain Justices appointed to examine and audit the accounts of the 
 high and petty constables of the O.ssulston, Edmonton, and Gore Hundreds 
 relating to the passing of vagrants .. ... ... ... ... p- 5° 
 
 A similar order respecting the hundreds of Elthorne, S])elthorne. and 
 Isleworth ^ P- 51 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Davis, Mary his wife, and 
 three children, in the parish of ^^'are ... ... ... ••• ••• ibid.. 
 
 Order settling the charges to be made to officers and soldiers on the 
 march for food, hay, straw, &c., by innkeepers, &c., in accordance with an 
 Act of the 14 William IH : — For a commissioned officer of horse, under the 
 degree of captain, for diet and small beer, 2/- a day ; for an officer of dragoons, 
 under the degree of captain, diet, small beer, and hay and straw for his horse, 
 i/- a day; for a commissioned officer on foot, under the degree of captain, 
 for diet and small beer, 1/- a day ; if the officer has a horse or horses, for each 
 horse 6^. a day ; for a light horseman's diet, small beer, and hay and straw 
 ior his horse, i/- a day ; for a dragoon's diet, small beer, and hay and straw 
 for his horse, 9^. a day ; for a foot soldier, diet and small beer, \d. a day. 
 
 P- 52: 
 
240 Middlesex Coiinty Records. 
 
 Order discharging Sarah Fifield from her apprenticehood with Samuel 
 Hurst, bookbinder, of the parish of Shoreditch, on the ground that she is 
 a notorious, lewd, idle and (lisorderly servant, now great with child, and likely 
 to Vjecome a great charge and burthen to her master ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Bradley, widow, and her three 
 children, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate... ... ... ... j). 54 
 
 Order, confirming an order made Vjy two of the Justices, adjudging 
 Nicholas Hall, wheelwright, of Shoreditch, to be the reputed father of the male 
 bastard of Rebecca Greenaway, of the same parish ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The appeal of the constables of the hamlets of Spitalfields, Wapping, 
 Stepney, Bethnal Green, Mile End Old Town, Poplar, Blackwall, and Lime- 
 house, in the parish of Stepney, against the order, made at the February 
 Quarter Sessions for a standing watch to be kept in the town and churchyard 
 of Stepney, is adjourned to the next Quarter Sessions ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order confirming the report of the Justices who had been appointed 
 to audit the accounts of Henry Hawley, treasurer of the bridge money, p. 5 7 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Beilby, single woman, in the 
 hamlet of Ratcliffe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Order nominating certain of the Justices to view the Haymarket,, and 
 place boundary stones for fixing the limits of the said market place, and to 
 enquire whether it may not be paved for less charge than has been in times 
 past. John Tully, the treasurer, and Edward Lawrence, the collector, are 
 continued in their several offices ; and, on the report of the Justices who had 
 been appointed for the purpose, the treasurer's accounts for the past year are 
 allowed and confirmed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order for putting in force the laws for the observance of the Lord's Day, 
 &c., in accordance with the Queen's Proclamation ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Appointments of treasurers of the Maimed Soldiers' Fund. pp. 63, 64 
 
 Order dismissing the petition of Anthony Doviller, praying to be dis- 
 charged from his apprenticehood with Stephen Russell, japanner, of St. Giles'- 
 in-the-Fields, on the ground that sufficient cause had not been shown. ibid. 
 
 [Pages 65-70 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating mainly to committals, fines, recognizances, (S:c. 
 
 pp. 71-74 
 Amongst other entries : — 
 
 John Guise, dissenting minister, sworn 18 Ai)ril (page 73). 
 
 Edward Bentley, dissenting minister, took the oaths and subscribed to 
 
 the Articles of Religion (page 73). 
 Caleb Rowe, dissenting minister, &c. (page 73). 
 
 [Pages 75-79 blank.] 
 
 The house of Richard Hale, of Uxbridge, is certified for an assembly of 
 protestant dissenters, and the like at the house of Edmund Blunt there, p. 80 
 
Scss?o?is Book 595 — May, 1702. 241 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 p. 81 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 82, 83 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 84, 85 
 
 Copy of the Act of 27 Elizabeth for the Good Government of the City 
 of Westminster, with memoranda as to subsequent continuations of the Act. 
 
 pp. 87-97 
 [Pages 98, 99 blank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda. Amongst them — 
 
 Ordered that no music houses be licensed ... ... p. 100 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 595— MAY, 1702. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 7-21 
 
 [Pages 22-32 blank.] 
 
 Patrick Caishoe, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, is committed to 
 Newgate for three months, for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, and 
 also for refusing to pay the fine of 40/- for the relief of the poor in the said 
 parish p. 33 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Ann Langtern, otherwise Langson, and 
 her two children. Her husband, Daniel Langtern, otherwise Langson, was 
 an apprentice to Mark Melroe, of Spittlefields, Bethnal Green Hamlet, Stepney 
 Parish, weaver ... ... ... ... *" ... ... ••• i^'id. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Daniel Lowen, Margaret, his wife, and 
 their two children. About three years since the said Daniel was, for more 
 than a year, servant to John Ingwell, of Roydon, county Essex ... p. 34 
 
 Whereas upon the information that great disorders, tumults, and riots 
 were being committed daily at a fair held in the parish of St. Martin's-in- 
 the-Fields, commonly called May Fair, the high constable, with his petty 
 constables, on the 12th instant, repaired to the said fair and endeavoured to 
 suppress the disorders ; but suddenly, several unknown persons, in the habit 
 of soldiers, attacked the said constables, and wounded several, one of whom 
 (John Cooper) is since dead. Ordered that application be made to the 
 principal Secretaries of State, to the end that means may be used for the 
 discovery and apprehension of the offenders ... ... ... •■• p. 35 
 
 Order that the question of the watch in Stepney Churchyard be again 
 referred to the Justices in the Tower Division. It was previously recommended 
 to the said Justices at the January Sessions. \^Vide Sessions Book 591, p. 25.] 
 
 P- 3^' 
 
 Order as to the dispute between Francis Drake, of the parish of St. Giles'- 
 in-the-Fields, jeweller, and Charles Frazier, his apprentice ... ... P- 39 
 
 [Pages 40-50 blank.] 
 
242 Middlesex Coitnty Records. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 51, 52 
 
 [Pages 53-56 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names, headed "New Prison" and "House of Correction." , 
 
 P- 57 
 Alphabetical lists of names; Calendar of indictments ... pp. 58-61 
 
 [Pages 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda as to respites ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 596— JULY, 1702. 
 
 Tury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ p. 2 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c... ... ... pp. 3-16 
 
 [Pages 17-19 blank.] 
 
 Order to discharge Leaven Reason from his apprenticeship to Thomas 
 Williams, of the parish of St. Anne, in the liberty of Westminster, joiner, p. 20 
 
 Mr. Martin chosen chairman of the Sessions till January next . . . ibid. 
 
 [Page 21 blank.] 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made upon the inhabitants of the parish of 
 St. Anne, Westminster, for repairing the highways of the said parish, and 
 out of the money thus raised the surveyors are to repair and amend with 
 paviours' work in rough paving 880 yards of the highway and pavement of the 
 said parish as follows : — 871 yards of rough paving at the east and west ends 
 of the parish church of St. Anne, and 9 yards at the north side of the said 
 church ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p 
 
 ■> '> 
 
 Order to the constable of the city and liberty of Westminster to return a 
 true list of all jurors within the said liberty ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 [Pages 25-28 blank.] 
 
 Names (six) of those taking the oath ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning recognizances and indictments. 
 
 PP- 30, 31 
 [Page 32 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
Sessiofis Book 597 — ^////r. 1702, 243 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 597— JULY, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to accjuittals, indictments, &C. pp. 5-29 
 
 Order as to the settlement of James Hales. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. John, Wapping, and Ste])ney ... ... ... ... P- 30 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane, wife of John Bryar. The said John 
 
 was apprenticed to Marfield, in the precinct of Bridewell, weaver. 
 
 P- 31 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Christopher Day. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of South Mymms and Chipping Barnet ... ... ... P- 32 
 
 Order for a rate to be made upon the inhabitants of St. Mary's Parish, 
 Islington, to reimburse the surveyors (named) of the highways in the said 
 parish, money expended by them ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Martin, apprenticed to John Dowsett, 
 of Crauford Parish, carpenter ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order upon the report as to the accounts of Edward Wilson, formerly 
 churchwarden of the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate ... p. 34 
 
 Thomas Bates, of St. Mary Overys, in the county of Surrey, mariner, to 
 be a pensioner upon the fund for maimed soldiers, he having, in 1666, been 
 impressed in the parish of St. Sepulchre's to serve at sea. In 1667, in an 
 engagement against the French in Martinico Harbour, he lost his left leg. 
 
 P-38 
 
 A like order for Silvester Tyson, of Chelsea Parish, mariner. The said 
 Tyson served for seven years on H.M.S. " Ipswich," under Captain Townsend, 
 when he was "disabled in his right arm and bruised in his body" ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the constables in the Holborn, Finsbury, Tower, and Kensington 
 I )ivisions to make diligent enquiry as to the names and addresses of all persons 
 who sell, with or without license, ale, brandy, &c., by retail, to be drunk on 
 the premises, and to make a return of the same on the first day of the next 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•• P- 39 
 
 Order upon the report as to the over-rating of Henry Hankin, of St. 
 James' Parish, Clerkenwell. The said Henry is rated 2/- a month more than 
 the former tenant, Mr. Fawcett ... ... ... ... ... -.• P- 4° 
 
 Order for Richard Forster, clerk, and Samuel Blackerby, esquire, to be 
 allowed £,1 ^s. 6d. for their trouble in transcribing the accounts of the 
 constables in the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and (iore ; William 
 Gunson, gentleman, high constable for Finsbury Division, and treasurer of the 
 money collected for the Marshalsea, King's liench, and Hospitals, and for 
 passing vagrants in the said hundreds, is to pay the said Forster the said 
 amount ... ... ... ... ... ... .-. ... ••• p. 42 
 
244 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for Sir William Withers, knight, Sir James Bateman, knight, sheriff, 
 and James Fell, gentleman, keeper of Newgate, to attend the Court on 
 Tuesday, the 8th of September, with reference to the matters contained in 
 the report annexed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Report upon the complaint of William Ashcombe on behalf of himself 
 and the major part of the debtors, prisoners " in the common side " of 
 Newgate, which sets forth the great abuses and cruelties they received from 
 Mr. Fell, keeper, and James Crosse, Richard Marshall, and William French, 
 who deprived them of their weekly allowance of beef and robbed them of 
 the money allowed them quarterly. The petitioner had further stated that 
 
 Robins-on, one of the turnkeys, for his interest there, did encourage 
 
 lewd women, shoplifters, pickpockets, and common strumpetts to come to 
 the felons and lie there all night. 
 
 "And whereas by an order made at the said Session it was recommended 
 and referred to us, and to certain [other] Justices (named), to repair to 
 Newgate Oaol and to examine into the complaints of the poor prisoners for 
 debt or damages alleged in the said petition, and to make a report thereupon 
 as soon as conveniently we could, to the end the offenders might be prosecuted 
 and punished according to law, and that the poor prisoners might have right 
 and justice done them during their imprisonment. 
 
 "And whereas at the same Sessions the said ^^'illiam Ashcombe, Robert 
 Barnes, and Miles Burrough, in behalf of themselves and the said poor 
 debtors did exhibit one other petition alleging that they had been again 
 grossly abused, and their lives threatened, only on account of their said 
 first petition, and further praying relief. 
 
 "And whereas the matters of the last petition by an order made at the 
 same Session was also recommended to the same Justices, or any three of us, 
 we, the said Justices, whose names are hereunto subscribed, have by virtue of 
 the said recited orders repaired to Newgate and examined into the matters 
 complained of in the said petitions, and into the answers thereto given by the 
 several underkeepers and persons complained against. 
 
 "And we do find that the prisoners in the common side of the prison of 
 Newgate pretend to demand money of every new prisoner that comes in, 
 under the notion of garnish money, which was formerly but 9/-, and is now 
 advanced to 17/-. 
 
 "That there is charity beef sent in and moneys collected and sent for 
 their relief and divided amongst them, and that there were at the time of our 
 examination of the said complaint James Crosse, William French, Richard 
 
 Marshall, William Naylor, Lloyd, Gardner, and — ■ 
 
 Bickerton (the last under the sentence of condemnation). These seven 
 manage the charity beef which, is sent in for the relief of poor debtors in 
 such a manner that all the rest have not above half so much as themselves, 
 and there are about 100 there. 
 
 " That if any prisoner comes in and has not wherewith to pay the garnish 
 money he or she is presently conveyed into a place they call Tangier, and 
 there stript, beaten, and abused in a very violent manner. And when the 
 prisoners have received their quarterage of charity money the same is 
 demanded of them under the notion of garnish money, and if the same he 
 not paid sometimes it is taken away by force, and at other times their pockets 
 are picked of it, which is done from time to time, notwithstanding the 
 prisoner had been stript for the garnish money at his or her first coming in, 
 and sometimes the very bedding taken away and sold, as it was particularly in 
 the case of Ashcombe. 
 
Scsswns Book 597 — -////)', 1702. 245 
 
 "That the petitioner, Barnes, when he had not bread to eat, had 6/-, 
 being his charity money, taken from him l)y the said French in the presence 
 of the said Roliinson, and with his allowance, so that the garnish money is 
 never paid, let them be there never so long. 
 
 '• We further find that the underkeeper lets the felons out of their wards 
 all day long, and they have liberty to go amongst the ijrisoners for debt, by 
 means whereof their pockets are picked when they have money, and they are 
 <:)ften very greatly abused by the felons. That the debtors are often locked 
 up on the Lord's Day and not suffered to go to the chapel, vvhich is done that 
 the under officers may make money by letting in strangers, and money was 
 demanded of the very ordinary's wife. 
 
 " 'lliat there was money collected for the discharge of one Preston, and 
 the same was not applied to that use, but drunk out. 
 
 " That the underkeeper, Robinson, locked up a whore with one Peter 
 Flower, alias Bennett, alias French Peter, and she often lay with him, even 
 when he was under the sentence of condemnation. 
 
 "That the prisoners drank confusion to the late Government, and wished 
 that (iod would damn King William and the parliament, and threatened to 
 knock out the brains of him that would not drink it. 
 
 "That Robinson and other under officers give encouragement to all this. 
 
 " That one Essex, who was in the condemned hole, desired to continue 
 there till the time of his execution, but was refused because he was to be 
 stripped for garnish money. And we further find that the said Robinson and 
 the other persons complained of in the said petitions did greatly threaten the 
 petitioners, insomuch that before we came away they made application to us 
 that we would order that the said William French, James Crosse, Richard 
 Marshall, William Nay lor, and one Elizabeth Dunn (whom they termed a 
 receiver of stolen goods), might be kept apart, so as they might not come 
 near the petitioners in the daytime, forasmuch as they had, before we came 
 away, set the prison in an uproar, and that they were in danger of being 
 murdered. Upon which we directed Mr. Fell to take care in that matter. 
 
 " And we find two of the informants, persons so sensible of their former 
 wickedness and such penitents, that the ordinary has admitted them to the 
 Sacrament, and they receive [it] as often as the under-keeper will permit them. 
 
 " To which these answers were given : that as to the garnish money it is a 
 custom, and that all the prisoners had the benefit of it. As to the condemned 
 person's lying with the whore, the fact was owned, but a pretence made of her 
 being his wife. 
 
 " It was owned the felons were let out in the day, but locked up at niglit, 
 and all the rest of the matters denied. But Mr. Fell promised he would take 
 all care imaginable to prevent the like abuses for the future. 
 
 "All which we humbly certify and submit to the judgment of this 
 Court." [Vide Sessions Book 598, pp. 47-50] pp. 42-45 
 
 Order for the high constables to issue mstructions to the petty constables 
 in their respective divisions to make a true return of the names and addresses 
 of all persons between the ages of 21 and 70 who are fit to serve upon juries, 
 and who have ^.^lo a year "at least above reprizes of freehold or copyhold 
 lands or tenements, or of lands and tenements of ancient demesne, or in 
 rents, or in all or in any of the said lands, tenements, or rents in fee simple 
 or fee tail, or for the life of themselves or some other person " ... p. 45 
 
 [Pages 46-52 blank.] 
 
246 Middlesex Cotinty Records. 
 
 Names of those taking the al)juration oaths between the 6th and the 
 31st July, 1702 ^ PP- 53-57 
 
 [Pages 58-60, 65, 66 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &:c. pp. 61-64 
 
 Proceedings upon the petitions of various prisoners for debt, praying to 
 be discharged under the late Act .. ... ... ... pp. 67-72 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 P- 73 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed Calendar of recognizances and Calendar 
 
 of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 74-77 
 
 Proceedings upon the petitions of various prisoners for debt, as on 
 pp. 67-72 p. 78 
 
 "A meeting of persons called Quakers, for religious worship, is certified 
 and permitted to be held in the house of Thomas Prentice at Edgeware, in 
 this county. 
 
 "A meeting of persons called Baptists, for religious worship, is certified 
 and permitted to be held in the house of Roger Carter and Richard Rogers, 
 at Edgeware aforesaid. 
 
 " The house of Robert Sparke in Crown Court, in Shoreditch, is certified 
 and appointed for a meeting of dissenting protestants." 
 
 Mr. Forster to be paid three guineas by Mr. Gunson, for his trouble in 
 transcribing the accounts relating to vagrants ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 598— SEPTEMBER, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &:c. ... ... pp. 5-34 
 
 [Pages 35-3S blank.] 
 
 Order to discharge Richard Tillear, son of John Tillear, of the parish 
 of St. Bride's, from Newgate Gaol, where he was remanded upon his con- 
 viction for trespass and misdemeanour, and to get him admitted to the 
 Bethlehem Hospital, it being proved that he is a lunatic ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order to certain Justices to audit the accounts of John Driver, late 
 churchwarden of Chelsea ... ... ... ... ... ... Hud. 
 
 Order for certain Justices to enquire into and report upon the matter 
 concerning the bastard child of Katherine Angel, of the parish of St. John, 
 Wapping, and decide as to whether John Waglett, of Shoreditch, be the 
 father of the said child or not ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for the discharge of Katherine Norton, spinster, from her appren- 
 ticeship to Joseph Sayers, alias Seers ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 598 — September, 1702. 247 
 
 Order for Richard Longbottom, of Kensington, gentlemanj to pay 
 William Gregson, his servant, ^25 lo.v. od. wages clue P- 43 
 
 Order to the headborough and beadle of the parish of St. Giles' to deliver 
 to Peter Genner a parcel of " bullion nails." The said nails were supposed 
 to have been stolen, and Peter Genner was bound over to appear and 
 answer for buying the said parcel, but it was proved that they were not stolen, 
 and he was discharged ... ... ... .•- ••• ••• ••• p. 44 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for the repair of the highw^ays of 
 the parish of Hornsey ... ... ... •■• ... ••• •■. P 44 
 
 The like order for the parish of Hendon ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for stricter watches to be kept within all the parishes of the 
 county, between the hours of q o'clock in the evening and 6 o'clock in the 
 morning ; carpenters and other workmen to be compelled to lock up and 
 secure their ladders, and not leave them for the use of evil-disposed persons. 
 
 p. 46 
 
 Upon the report of certain Justices, dated ist of August last, concerning the 
 abuses committed in Newgate gaol \jHde Sessions Book 597, pp. 42-45], "it is 
 thought fit and ordered by this Court that no person or persons w^hatsoever, 
 shall from henceforth take, demand, or e.xact, of any person or persons 
 whatsoever, that now is, or hereafter shall be, a prisoner or prisoners in the 
 said gaol of Newgate for this county, or in New Prison at Clerkenwell, or 
 in any other of the prisons or houses of correction for this county, any sum 
 or sums of money on pretence of garnish or footing money, or on any other 
 pretence whatsoever. 
 
 " And that the keepers of the said prisons and governors of the said 
 houses of correction do take effectual care to prevent the taking and exacting 
 any sum or sums of money of any prisoner or prisoners in their custody, 
 under pretence of garnish or footing mone)-, or any other pretence whatsoever, 
 and to protect the said prisoner or prisoners from being abused and ill-treated 
 by the rest of the prisoners for not paying the same. 
 
 " And that the said James Fell, or his deputy (for whom he shall answer), 
 do take effectual care to see the charity beef and moneys from time to time 
 given for the use and benefit of the prisoners in her Majesty's said gaol of 
 Newgate, be equally distributed amongst all the prisoners in the said prison 
 entitled thereto. 
 
 "And that the said James Fell, and all other keepers of the said gaol of 
 Newgate, for the time being, do permit and suffer all the prisoners in his and 
 their custody, to go to the chapel in the said gaol of Newgate, to hear divine 
 service and sermon as often as the same is performed there, without any 
 hindrance or molestation. 
 
 "And that the said keepers of the said gaol of Newgate, and all other 
 keepers of the other prisons in this county, and governors of the said houses 
 of correction, do take effectual care that the cellars and sutling houses in 
 the said prisons and houses of correction be not opened on the Lord's Day 
 in time of divine service and sermon, nor any drink drawn or sold in the said 
 prisons and houses of correction, during the said time of divine service and 
 sermon. 
 
 " And it is further expressly declared and ordered by this Court that 
 the keepers of the said gaol of Newgate and Gatehouse at Westminster, 
 
248 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 shall not put, keep, or lodge prisoners for debt and felons together in one 
 room or chamber, but that they shall be put, kept, and lodged separate and 
 apart, one from another, in distinct rooms, pursuant to the Act of Parliament 
 in that case made, under the penalties therein contained. 
 
 " And this Court doth further order that the keepers of the said gaol of 
 Newgate and the Gatehouse at AV^estminster, do take particular care that no 
 lewd women (or any that they shall suspect to be such) be permitted to lodge 
 with any prisoners in the said gaols, who are under condemnation of death, 
 or any other, on any pretence or consideration whatsoever. 
 
 " And lastly, it is ordered by this Court, that the Clerk of the Peace of 
 this county, do forthwith deliver to each of the keepers of the said prisons, 
 and governors of the said houses of correction in this county, a copy of this 
 order to the end the same may be duly observed. 
 
 " And this Court is fully resolved to prosecute and severely punish all 
 such as shall offend in contempt of this order, and doth strictly charge and 
 require as well the keepers of the prisons and governors of the houses of 
 correction as all such persons as now are, or hereafter shall be, prisoners in 
 the said prisons and houses of correction, to yield due obedience hereunto, 
 as they and every of them will answer the contrary at their peril." pp. 47-50 
 
 Receipt of William Gregson for money paid to him by Mr. Richard 
 Longbottom ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Margaret Thomas and her two 
 children. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Clement Danes and 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 1 
 
 [Page 52 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 PP- 53-56 
 [Page 57 blank.] 
 
 Indictments and recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p- 58 
 
 A debate concerning the respective rights of Mr. Herbert and Mr. 
 Thornhill to be chairman of the Sessions. Decided in favour of Mr. Herbert. 
 
 P- 59 
 
 [Pages 60-65 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 66 
 
 [Page 67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of recognizances... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
Scssi'o/is Book 600 — October. 1702. 249 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 599— OCTOBER, 1702. 
 
 Jury ])anel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Recognizances, indentures, dire. ... ... ... ... pp. 3-14 
 
 [Page 15 blank.] 
 
 Order for Charles Bonython, serjeant-at-law, to be chairman of the 
 Sessions for the ensuing year ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 16 
 
 Order for the constables of the liberty of Westminster to keep strictly 
 the night watches from 10 o'clock at night until 6 o'clock in the morning. 
 
 ibid. 
 [Pages 17-28 blank.] 
 
 List of persons taking th.e oath ... ... ... ... ... P- 29 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments, recognizances, &c. 
 
 P- 30 
 Lists of indictments... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 600— OCTOBER, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 5-24 
 
 [Pages 25, 26 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Robert Bonner, his wife and children, 
 the parish of Lsleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Eleanor Carter and her two children, 
 in the parish of St. James', Duke's Place ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 The petition of Peter Richer to be discharged from his apprenticehood 
 with William Hopkins, hatmaker, of Fulham, was dismissed, the allegations 
 being false and frivolous. Richer had complained that the work was too hard 
 and laborious for his weak constitution, and that he found himself wasting since 
 he had been forced by his master to work sometimes in the week all night, 
 and allowed no rest in the day time till what was last imposed upon him 
 was finished ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Limehouse, to reim- 
 burse John Cook and John Best, the late overseers, the sum of ;^ii 13X. 9^. 
 
 P- 30 
 
 The petition of the overseers of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
 that Katherine Hovey, widow, might be ordered to provide for her grand- 
 children, was dismissed, as it was not fully apparent to the Court that she 
 
250 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 was of sufificient ability to maintain them. The churchwardens had repre- 
 sented that she had put her son, George Hove)-, in the Marshalsea, 
 Southwark, and that his wife and two children had become chargeable to 
 the parish. In her reply she states that her son George was in prison at the 
 suit of her son-in-law, Thomas Stapleton ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Margaret, the pretended wife of 
 Joseph Ramsey, and their child, in the hamlet of Wapping ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Johnson, single woman, in the 
 parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John, Richard, and Elizabeth 
 Freeman, in the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Hannah Andrews, widow of Cuthbert 
 Andrews, and their two children, Robert and Mary, in the parish of St. Botolph, 
 Aldgate p. 34 
 
 Order for the discharge of Martha Holliday, a poor girl, apprenticed by 
 the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Finchley, to Daniel Whitton, from 
 her apprenticehood, on the ground that she is an idle, pilfering servant. 
 Whitton is to return to the churchwardens ;^5 which he received with the 
 apprentice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order appointing certain of the Justices to inspect the deeds, &c., 
 belonging to the estates of the county, and to report at the next Quarter 
 Sessions what is best to be done to settle and continue the trust for the use of 
 the county ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Order for raising the sum of ^132 ds. id. by the inhabitants of the 
 hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay the expenses, &:c., 
 incurred by the constables in passing vagrants whither they ought to be sent. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 A similar order on the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth 
 to raise ^26 6s. id. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Particulars of the above rate.s, showing how much each parish is to 
 contribute... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 39-42 
 
 Appeal of the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Clement Danes 
 against the appointment of Thomas Goatly, Thomas Pewsey, William Higgins, 
 William Baker, Edmund Abraham, and John Martin as scavengers, which 
 persons had been appointed by Edward Noble and James Burnaby. The 
 Court found that Noble and Burnaby had no right to appoint scavengers, or 
 to make a rate. The Court was satisfied that Matthew Harris, George Pease, 
 Henry Gately, and Richard Lee were duly elected by the churchwardens, &c., 
 and confirmed their appointment, and also the rate made by the church- 
 wardens, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 [Pages 45-56 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, recognizances, &:c. pp. 57-62 
 
 List of names headed : "Took the oaths and sulxscribed the Test Abjura- 
 tion Oath"; 132 names, including Martin Lister ... ... PP- 63, 64 
 
Sessw/is Book 6oia — {^IMouth not kiunvii), 1702. 251 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison aiul in the House of Correction. [). 65 
 
 [Pages 66, 67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of recognizances and indictments (the upper portions- 
 of the pages perished) ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-71 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda: — " 17 Oct., 1702. Carried, }iemine co/itradi- 
 cefife, that when tht- chairman is obliged to l)e ab.sent he shall ap])oint what 
 Justice of the Peace shall take the chair for that time" ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK, 601— DECEMBER, 1702. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-30 
 
 [Pages 31, 32 l)lank.] 
 
 Order for the discharge C)f Daniel Kendrick, apprenticed to David 
 Patten, a Frenchman, of Bethnal Green Hamlet, Stepney Parish, weaver. 
 
 P- 33 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor for the liberty of 
 Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, 
 to pay the overseers and collectors (named) for 1696 the money expended by 
 them ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Beamont, otherwise Leatherby, 
 and her infant. The disjiute is between the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields- 
 and Hillingdon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36' 
 
 [Pages 38-58 blank.] 
 
 Mi-scellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c. ... pp. 59, 60, 63, 64 
 
 [Pages 61, 62, 67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names .. ... ... ... ... pp. 68-7 2- 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 6oia— (Month not known), 1702. 
 
 T/ie fciges of this book arc //inch decayed. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 [Page 2 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to appearance.s, discharges, recognizances, &c. 
 
 pp. 3-18 
 [Page 19 blank.] 
 
 Petition of John IJradshaw praying to be released from his apprentice- 
 hood with Stephen Bantick, to whom he was bound, to learn the art of a 
 mariner " as well the theorick as practick," alleging that his master sent him 
 to sea as a common seaman. Order granting the discharge prayed for, and the 
 return of ;^io of the money paid with the apprentice ... ... ... p. 20 
 
-D- 
 
 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of . . . to pay to . . . certain moneys 
 before the first day of the next Quarter Sessi(jns ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of the parish of St. Eotolph's Without, 
 Aldgate, to pay to Richard WilHs the sum of ^125 i \s. 7^. due to him on his 
 accounts for the year 1700 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Petition of Thomas ^Vebb, a poor watchman of the parish of St. Paul's, 
 Covent Garden, praying that his daughter may be released from her 
 apprenticehood with Jane Gibbins, of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden 
 [court peruke maker], alleging that his daughter has been neglected and 
 l)arbarously treated. Order made dismissing the petition and directing the 
 apprentice to return to her mistress ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order allowing the appeal of Gilbert Rippington, of Ludgate Street, 
 I^ondon, against an order adjudging him to be the father of the female bastard 
 child of [Jane Edwards] born in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and 
 quashing the said Justices' order ... ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Petition of Elizabeth Gardiner on behalf of her daughter Jane, praying 
 that she may be released from her apprenticehood with Theophilus Hawford 
 and his wife, of the parish of St. AIartin"s-in-the-Fields [maker] of stockings, 
 alleging that the said Jane has been barbarously ill-used. Order granting the 
 discharge prayed for ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order confirming an order of Justices made in Petty Sessions at the 
 " Shipp Coffee House, Mansell Street," concerning the watch in the parish 
 of St. Mary Matfellon. The page on which this entry is made is viuc/i 
 decayed; the follo7uiug words are legible: — "Rosemary Lane . . . stand at 
 the corner house known by the sign of the . . . over against the end of 
 Prescott Street in Goodman's . . . another att the . . . end of Rosemary 
 Lane, next Tower Hill, and the .said three watchmen . . . Whitechapel 
 Watch-house aforesaid unto Goodman's Fields, shall come together to the 
 gate called Goodman's Field Gate, and then divide themselves, and one of 
 them shall goe along Lambert Street and another Rupert (?) Street, which two 
 shall meet in Hooper Square, and one of them . . . goe along Prescott Street 
 and soe through Mansell Street and take his ... the end of Harrow Alley, 
 in Aylofte Street aforesaid, and the other . . . mon Street, and take his stand 
 att the Black Horse Inn there, and the watchman shall from Goodman's Fields 
 Gate aforesaid and goe along A . . . eet, and soe through Mansell Street 
 aforesaid and take his stand . . . George, near Goodman's Yard aforesaid, 
 and the watchman which shall be sent from the watch-house in Rosemary Lane 
 shall goe up Chamber Street and down Prescott Street and take his stand at 
 the White Bear aforesaid." All the watchmen to abide in every particular 
 place till 1 2 o'clock, when they are to be relieved by the like number, " which 
 fresh watchmen are to take their walks and continue in their respective 
 stations, and [be] relieved every hour by other fresh watchmen who are to 
 proceed in the like manner as above until six o'clock in the morning 
 between Michaelmas Day and Lady Day in the winter season, and untill four 
 of the clock" in the summer ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for paving the highway leading from St. Giles' Pound "towards 
 Tottenham Court . . . from the east corner of the p . . . the parish of 
 
 St. Gi . . . leading through . . . .said Court soe far as there are 
 
 houses built and adjoining the way "' ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
Sessions Ihok 602 — January, 1703. 253 
 
 On a com])laint of several inhabitants of the ])arisli of St. Sepulchre that 
 a select vestry, unknown to most of the inhabitants, has elected Robert 
 Rajmond to be head beadle in the place of Archil)ald Lovett, deceased, 
 order is made quashing the appointment, and directing that a beadle shall be 
 elected by the inhabitants who pay rates to the church and for the poor. 
 
 p. 28 
 
 Appeal of (iuy Barbault against a Justices' order adjudging him to be the 
 father of the female bastard child of . . . Portwood, born in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Order made allowing the appeal and quashing the 
 Justices' order ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order allowing the appeal of the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 
 against the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields touching the settlement of 
 Elizabeth Oldham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order relating to the money for passing vagrants. [Much perished, but 
 apparently it directs that no money is to be paid by the high constables to 
 the petty constables for this purpose unless the accounts are properly made 
 up and presented to the Court at the next Sessions] ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Memoranda relating to fines, sentences, &c., oaths of allegiance taken, >!^c. 
 
 PP- 35. 3^> 
 Note. — The date /atuian; 1^02, occurs on this page. 
 
 [Pages 37-60 tjlank.] 
 
 Fragment. Probably names of persons in the House of Correction. 
 
 p. 6r 
 [Pages 62-65 blank.] 
 
 Small fragment a])parently of alphabetical lists of recognizances and 
 indictments pp. 66-68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 602— JANUARY, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel p. i 
 
 Writ p. 2 
 
 Indictments, committals, (Sec. ... ... ... ... pp. 3-1 1 
 
 [Pages 12, 13 blank.] 
 
 Order to discharge AHngton Pole, prisoner in the Gatehouse Prison, for 
 debt, at the suit of Robert Lulman and William Bailey, upon proof that he 
 had been in prison six months, that his debt only amounted to ;^20, th^t he 
 was under 40 years of age, and had lately enlisted in Her Majesty's second 
 troop of horse grenadiers under Captain Dent ... ... ... pp. 14-16 
 
 Like order for William Finch, debtor at the suit of William Kn\i)e, 
 gentleman. The said William Finch has lately enlisted under Colonel Ray, in 
 Lord Romney's regiment, being the first regiment of foot guards ... p. 17 
 
2 54 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made to repair the highways of the parish 
 ■of St. Martin"s-in-the-Fields, which are to be repaired with gravel and not 
 paved, by Robert Mead for the sum of ;^i5o. Out of the residue of the 
 money to be raised, the churchwardens shall cause to be repaired with 
 ■paviour's work 250 yards before the old churchyard in St. Martin's Lane, 
 326 yards in Church Lane, 69 yards in the new churchyard, 444 yards at the 
 U'atch-house at the upper end of Hedge Lane, 116 yards at the Almshouse in 
 the parish of St. Anne ; and with mason's work in Church Lane, broad stone 
 paving 785 feet ; at the two doors of the east end of the church 190 feet ; the 
 pavement in the old churchyard leading from the Schoolhouses to the north 
 ■end of the rails at the steeple, and from thence towards St. Martin's Lane, 
 .960 feet ; the pavement along by the stone stumps on the west side of the 
 •old churchyard and the pavement leading from thence towards the middle 
 door of the west end of the church 935 feet ; the stone steps descending 
 from the old churchyard into St. Martin's Lane 270 feet; and the pavement 
 .and steps going up to the Lords' Callery on the south side of the church 
 ■106 feet, iS:c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 19-21 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made to repair the highways of St. James', 
 within the liberty of Westminster ... ... ... ... pp. 21-2 
 
 _ 7 ■> 
 
 Order to raise a sum of ^65 for the repair of the dwelling-house and 
 •workhouse belonging to the House of Correction. Schedule of parishes and 
 their assessment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 23 24 
 
 [Pages 25-28 blank.] 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... \). 29 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to reC':)gnizances ... ... p. 30 
 
 [Pages 31, 32 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 603— MARCH, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]). i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. pj). 2-10 
 
 [Pages 11-17 blank.] 
 
 Order for Elizabeth Knight, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to be paid for 
 nursing Margaret McKenley, a poor orphan child of the said parish ... ]). 18 
 
 Order confirming an order adjudging William Bu.xton, of Charles Street, 
 St. James', baker, to be the father of Mary Holman's male child. The .said 
 .child was born in the parish of .St. Martin'.s-in-the-Fields ... ... ilud. 
 
 Order concerning the weight and price of salt ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 [Pages 21-28 l)lank.] 
 
 Names of those taking the oaths ... ... ... ... ... p. ^9 
 
Sessi'ojis Book 604 — April, 1703. 255 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, &c. 
 
 Alphabetical list of names, headed indictments ... ... ... ]).,>,> 
 
 [Pages 32, 34, 35 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 604— APRIL, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel... p. 3 
 
 Colonel John Bond appointed treasurer for maimed soldiers within the 
 hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and (lore, and to take the accounts of 
 Thomas Gratwick, esquire, late treasurer ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 John Bateman, esquire, appointed to the like office for the hundreds of 
 Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, and to take the accounts of Leonard 
 Hammond, esquire, late treasurer ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 ^Villiam Gulston [Gunson ?] appointed treasurer of the Marshalsea, 
 King's Bench, and Hospitals within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, 
 and Gore ; and Thomas Ponting for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, 
 and Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that the wages of labourers and price of bread stand as they did 
 last Session ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Recognizances, indentures, acquittals, &c. ... ... p. 5-24 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Ramsey, widow of George 
 Ramsey, and her three children, Elizabeth, Ephraim, and Jane. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of St. Ippolites, in the county of Hertford, and Friern 
 Barn et, in the county of Middlesex ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Pegg, widow of Nathaniel Pegg, 
 and her four children, Elizabeth, Thomas, Martha, and Ann ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order for the discharge of Lawrence Thompson from the office of the 
 constable of St. James', Clerkenwell, upon proof that he is old, infirm, and 
 nearly blind ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Catherine Cartwright, widow, and 
 her two sons, Charles and Thomas. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 West Clandon, in the county of Surrey, and St. James', Clerkenwell ... il>id. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Turner, Mary, his wife, and 
 Thomas, Mary, James, Susan, and Elizabeth, their children. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of Witham, in the county of Esse.x, and St. Sepulchre, in 
 this county ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... j). 28 
 
 Upon the petition of several of the inhabitants of Blue Anchor Alley, in 
 the liberty of Grubb Street, in the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, it 
 is ordered that they be allowed to employ and pay a labourer to cleanse the 
 said alley, and to carry away the dirt and soil, they i)aying him for the same ; 
 such payment to be over and above their contribution to the scavenger's rate 
 there ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
256 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging Anthony Stokes, corn chandler, 
 Hving near the postern gate by " Rlorefeild," London, to be the father of the 
 bastard child of Amy Goodey, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 
 P- 30 
 
 Order for Thomas Braint to continue in the office of overseer for Hendon, 
 upon proof that he is not so old and infirm as he alleges, and that he has a 
 son, who lives with him, to help him in his work ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Ellit, IMartha, his wife, and 
 Richard, Sarah, and John, their children. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of Stepney and St. James', Clerkenwell ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order to discharge Gilbert Bearcroft from his a])prenticeship to Charles 
 West, apothecary .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 34 
 
 Order for certain Justices to view the market called the Hayjiiarket, 
 to order the placing and setting of boundary stones for the better ascertaining 
 the limits and bounds of the said market, and to enquire whether the said 
 Haymarket cannot be paved for less charge than in time past. John 
 Tully, esquire, is appointed treasurer, and Edward Lawrence, collector of the 
 moneys received from the said market, and Mr. Tully's accounts for the past 
 year are set out ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order for certain Justices to view the bridge and way at and near Hockley 
 Hole, and to decide whether the inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn-above- 
 Bar.s, or the inhabitants of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, are to pay for the 
 repairing of the said bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 7 
 
 Order for extending the time for paving the roadway from St. Giles' 
 Pound towards Tottenham Court. \l'^ide Sessions Book 607, p. 31.]... p. 38 
 
 Order for John Isley to continue in the office of overseer of the poor of 
 the parish of Islington for the ensuing year .. ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for Lord Montgomery, as having the tithes impropriate of the 
 parish of Hendon, to pay the assessment of ^14 made upon him for poor 
 rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 i 
 
 Elizabeth Anderson, of AVapping, Stepney, is excused from payment of 
 parish rates. [Note in margin : This order was mistaken, and is entered 
 afterwards in this book] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for Richard Turner to continue in the office of overseer of the 
 liberty of Saffron Hill, and to be repaid ^10, which he had paid as a fine, to 
 be discharged from the .said office ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for Richard Skitsley, of Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, to pay \2d. 
 weekly towards the maintenance of his grandchild, Mary Skitsley. It is 
 proved that Robert Skitsley, of the parish of St. Ann, Westminster, son 
 of the said Richard Skitsley, has sold all his goods and run away, leaving 
 his wife, Mary, and an infant, Mary, totally unprovided for ... ... p. 45 
 
 John Bond, ap])ointed treasurer of the maimed soldiers and mariners for 
 the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore ... ... ... p. 46 
 
Scss707is Book 604 — April, 1703. 257 
 
 John Bateman, appointed to the like office tor the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 William Gunson, gentleman, appointed treasurer for the Marshalsea, 
 Queen's Bench, and Hospitals for the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and 
 Gore. Thomas Ponting, gentleman, appointed to the like office for the 
 hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the high constables of the Westminster, Holborn, and Einsbury 
 Divisions, in the hundred of Ossulton, to punctually observe and obey Her 
 Majesty's order (copy annexed) of 2 April, for the quartering of Her 
 Majesty's Foot Guards and the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards in the 
 several parishes mentioned in the said order, and further to provide sufficient 
 quarters and lodging for all soldiers " as shall come to the said high constables for 
 quarters in their march or otherwise." Also to return to this Court in writing a 
 list of the Christian and surnames of all innholders, victuallers, retailers of 
 brandy, and other distilled liquors, keepers of Uvery stables, and all other 
 persons liable by law to quarter soldiers, together with the streets and places 
 where such persons reside \yide Queen's order entered below]... ... p- 47 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to taking the oath, recognizances, 
 indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 49-51 
 
 The Queen's order concerning the Foot Guards : — ^" Our will and 
 pleasure is that the several companies of our First Regiment of Foot Guards 
 be disposed of in the quarters following, viz,, in the parish of St. Margaret's, 
 Westminster, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. James' and Covent Garden. And 
 our Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, two companies in St. Anne's, 
 Westminster, two companies in St. Clement Danes and St. Mary, Savoy, 
 eight companies in St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and St. Andrew, Holborn, and 
 two companies in St. Sepulchre's Without and Clerkenwell, where they are 
 to remain until further order. And the officers are to take care that the soldiers 
 behave themselves civilly and duly pay their landlords ; and all magistrates, 
 Justices of the Peace, constables, and other our officers whom it may concern, 
 are hereby required to be assisting unto them in providing quarters, impressing 
 carriages, and otherwise as there shall be occasion. Given at our Court at 
 St. James" this 2nd day of April, 1703, in the second year of our reign 
 
 By Her Majesty's command, 
 
 William Blathwayt. 
 
 To Henry, Earl of Romney, Colonel of the First Regiment of Foot Guards-; 
 and to John, Lord Cutts, Lieut. -General of the Forces, and Colonel of 
 the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, or to the officers-in-chief with 
 the said regiments." p. 52 
 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order for certain Justices to enquire into and report upon the rules and 
 methods for assessing and rating the prices of all land carriage of goods to be 
 brought into the several inns in this county for the present year ... p. 54 
 
 Order for certain Justices to consider the rules and method for the better 
 regulating the allowances for maintaining and conveying vagrants through any 
 part of the county ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
25S Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Thomas Carney, convicted of unlawfully entering the house of the Right 
 Honourable George, Earl of Huntingdon, and assaulting Elizabeth Whiteing, 
 spinster, is fined 40 marks, and sentenced to hard labour in the House of 
 Correction for one year. He is also sentenced to the same punishment for 
 riot and assault ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order to reimburse Samuel Bonwick and Nathaniel Tarrant, late overseers 
 of the hamlet of Hammersmith, in the parish of Fulham, money expended by 
 them in the relief of the poor ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 57 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made to raise money for the passing of 
 vagrants through the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore. [Schedule 
 annexed] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .■■ ... p. 58 
 
 Like order for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth {see 
 also pp. 64, 65) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Regulations as to the sale of .salt ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 List of names under New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 63 
 
 Rate made to repay constables for their expenses, &c., in connection 
 with the punishment of vagrants... ... ... ... ...» ... p. 64 
 
 Order concerning rates for maintaining and passing vagrants. Sixpence 
 for maintaining a vagrant 24 hours ; dd. for conveying vagrants a mile by cart 
 or horse and carriage ; and for conveying vagrants by foot less than dd. per 
 mile according to the discretion of the Justices of the Peace ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Daniel Darking and his wife. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Sunbury and Littleton ... ... p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 605-MAY, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-19 
 
 [Pages 20-24 blank.] 
 
 William Nicholas and Daniel Alworthy, of New Brentford, husbandmen, 
 are appointed constables of the said town in the room of Alexander Haynes 
 and William Stibbs p. 25 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Rachel, widow of Henry Webster. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East and St. Mary-le- 
 Savoy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order on the petition of several of the inhabitants of the liberty of 
 Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents. The petition show^s that 
 Richard Tanner and Gervaise Fielder, together with John Longland the 
 
Sessicms Book 605 — iMay, 1703. 259 
 
 churchwarden, were appointed overseers of the poor, but that they refuse 
 to serve, and prays reUef from the inconveniences which consequently arise. 
 It appearing that they stand indicted for contempt, it is ordered that others 
 be nominated to serve as overseers for this year ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Dismissal of the complaint of Mary, widow of Thomas Jerome, brick- 
 layer, of Hornsey Parish, against John Walbank, formerly of Finchley Parish, 
 journeyman bricklayer, who has removed to Hornsey, and has obtained a 
 license to sell beer and ale, to the great damage of the petitioner, who has 
 had a license to sell drink in that parish for 15 years ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Order for a rate to be made in the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, 
 and Ely Rents, St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, for reimbursing William Lovett, 
 former surveyor of the highways in the said liberty, the money expended by 
 him .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order of Council, dated Council Chamber, at St. James's, May 4, 1703, 
 and addressed to the Duke of Bedford, requiring his Grace to give directions 
 for the capture of all " straggling seamen " ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 A letter, dated Southampton House, May 6, 1703, from the Duke of 
 Bedford to the Justices of the Peace, enclosing a copy of an Order of Council 
 as to the capture of straggling seamen ... ... ... ... ... P- 31 
 
 Order for a committee to ascertain what fees are taken by the clerks to 
 the Justices, and to settle what fees are fit to be allowed to be received by the 
 said clerks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 32 
 
 Order for a committee to take the affidavits of all persons concerned as 
 to their loss sustained and the damage done by the late great fire in St. John's 
 Parish, Wapping, and to report upon the same at the next Sessions ... p. 33 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Katherine, wife of Rowland, a 
 
 soldier. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and 
 St. Saviour's, Southwark ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• P- 34 
 
 Order for a committee (named) to audit the accounts of Simon Harcourt, 
 esquire, Clerk of the Peace, and John Reynolds, gentleman, Deputy Clerk of 
 the Peace P- 35 
 
 It is referred to the same committee to audit the account of the " colt 
 money " received by the said Mr. Reynolds ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 36-42 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, recognizances, appearances, 
 
 &c. PP- 43-45 
 
 [Pages 46-62 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 63 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Indictments, Calendar of Recog- 
 nizances PP- 64-67 
 
 Memoranda as to constables for New Brentford, the appearance of David 
 Davis, &c. P- 68 
 
 R 2 
 
2 6o Middlesex Cojmty Rccoj'ds. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 606— JULY, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, &c PP- 3-13 
 
 [Pages 14-16 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Anne, to raise 
 ^80 for the repair of the highways ... ... ... ... ... P- 1 7 
 
 Order to Samuel Browne, high bailiff of Westminster, and to the various 
 petty constables, to make out, for each parish, a list of freeholders, &c., liable 
 for service on juries, to be sent in by the first day of the next Sessions... p. 19 
 
 Order discharging John Wynn, aged 14, from his apprenticehood with 
 Robert Clayton, shoemaker, of St. Margaret's ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order for raising ;!^58 from the various parishes in the liberty of West- 
 minster, for the passing of vagrants under the Act of 11 & 12 William III. 
 The sum to be paid by each parish is set out ... . . » ... ... p. 2 1 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Eleanor Newton, widow, in the parish 
 of St. Anne's, Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order on the petition of William Hartley, a common soldier in Colonel 
 Montague's Foot Guards, under the command of the Earl of Romney. Sets 
 forth that he was billeted by a constable on Mr. Morson, or Mawson, " at the 
 sign of the King's Head, Albemarle Street, Pickadilly," a common ale house, 
 but was refused entertainment. Mawson did not appear, and as it was late 
 in the evening of the last day of the Sessions, Mr. Sargent Bonythorn, the 
 Chairman, put to the Justices the question of suppressing the license. Two 
 of the Justices — Joseph Ofifliey and Thomas Crosse — dissented from the motion 
 and requested that their opinion against the suppression might be recorded, 
 but four being in favour of suppressing the license, order was made accordingly. 
 
 P- 23 
 [Pages 25-30 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, recognizances, &c. ... pp. 31, 2,2 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 607— JULY, 1703. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-28 
 
 Order for a rate to be made to reimburse Samuel Storey, one of the 
 surveyors of the highways of Hornsey, and for the repairs of the said high- 
 _ways ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Katherine Rowland. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and St. Saviour's, Southwark. 
 
 P- 30 
 
Sc'ssiofis /)ook 607— y?//v, 1703. 261 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of Robert Horton and Richard 
 Craine, former overseers of the poor of St. Clement Danes ... ... p. 30 
 
 Whereas on the 13th of January last it was ordered that a certain road or 
 way from the east corner of the pound in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, leading, through the respective parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 St. Mary le Bone, and St. Pancras, towards Tottenham Court, so far as there 
 are houses built and adjoining on both sides of the way, should be paved with 
 stone on both sides of the way ; and whereas on the 5th of April last, the time 
 for paving the said way was enlarged until the 24th of August : now, upon the 
 information that the work is not yet begun, it is ordered that the surveyors and 
 some of the inhabitants of the said parishes shall attend on the 15th instant, 
 and show cause why the said road should not be sufficiently paved with stone. 
 
 P- 31 
 
 Order for Thomas Hearne, Paul Griffin, and four others (named), former 
 constables of St. Ann's Parish, within the liberty of Westminster, to attend the 
 Court on the 15th instant, to show cause why they have not collected the full 
 sums rated and charged in their several parishes for passing vagrants ... p. 32 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Alice, wife of John Nelson. The dispute 
 is between the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, and the 
 hamlet of Wapping, Stepney ... ... ... ... ■•• P-33 
 
 Order for examination and equal assessment of the rate made for the 
 relief of the poor of Hatton Garden, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 
 P- 33 
 
 Order of reference as to the petition of Daniel Dyer, of the hamlet of 
 Wapping, Stepney, victualler, which shows that he is over-rated towards the 
 relief of the poor in the said hamlet ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order of reference as to the examination of the accounts of Robert 
 Horton and Richard Craine, former overseers of the poor of St. Clement Danes. 
 [Supra, ^. 2,0] p. 36 
 
 Henry Hankin, of St. James's Parish, Clerkenwell, innholder, is relieved 
 on his appeal against his being over-rated for the poor in the said parish p. 37 
 
 Order for the inspection of the accounts of John Longland, churchwarden, 
 and Richard Atkins and Anthony Goodwin, overseers of the poor, for the 
 liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in St. Andrew's Parish, 
 Holborn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Martha V\'itham, daughter of Sarah, wife of 
 Thomas Cowlidge, of Colchester, in the county of Essex, apprenticed to Mary 
 Branch, of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, spinster, " to learn the art of 
 good housewifery " . . ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3^ 
 
 Order for Ann Marlton, of St. Mary's Parish, \Vhitechapel, widow, to be 
 excused from paying towards the relief of the poor of the said parish for this 
 year. The said Ann's husband was a mariner, and died in the wars 20 years 
 previous ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Richard Cole, Martha, his wife, and Richard 
 and Mary, their children. The dispute is between the parishes of Allhallows, 
 Steyning, and the liberty of Norton Folgate ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
202 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order adjudging Thomas Moi:)re (a lodger in the house of Mr. Amy, in 
 Mile End), gentleman, to be the father of Elizabeth Thompson's male child, 
 who was born in St. Mary's Parish, Whitechapel ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order as to the settlement of \Villiam Warren, Ann, his wife, and Charles 
 and John, his children. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Giles', 
 Cripplegate, and St. Ann's, Westminster ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for discharging Johanna, daughter of Robert Jackson, apprenticed 
 to Frances and Elizabeth Farrand, formerly of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields, mantua and children's coat makers ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, &c. pp. 45-48 
 
 " The names of those who took the oaths of fidelity, &c., and the 
 abjuration oath also " (39 names in all) ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 "Those who took the abjuration oath only, without certificates" (12 
 names) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Seamore. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise 
 Whitechapel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order concerning the payment of moneys assessed and charged on the 
 parish of St. Ann's, Westminster, for the passing of vagrants, &c. ... p. 52 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane, the daughter of Hugh and Judith 
 Trever. The dispute is between the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, 
 and the precincts of the Savoy ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5 5 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Broadgate, widow. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of .St. Margaret's, Westminster, and St. Clement 
 Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas, son of John CoUedge, late of 
 Woodeaton, in the county of Oxford, weaver, apprenticed to William Heart, of 
 St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, pavior... ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order for returns to be made of persons qualified to serve on juries, p. 58 
 
 [Pages 60-64 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of recognizances and 
 Calendar of indictments ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 66-69 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda [?] ... ... ... ... pp. 71-74 
 
Sessions Book 609 — October, 1703. 263 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 608— SEPTEMBER, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, &:c.... ... ... pp. 5-37 
 
 [Pages 3<'^-4o blank.] 
 
 Order to the constables, &c., in the various parishes concerning the 
 setting of the watch too late and withdrawing it too early in the morning ; 
 also concerning ladders being left unsecured by carpenters and builders, p. 41 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, (Sec, of St. Mary's, Islington, to make a rate 
 to reimburse William Graves, Gilbert Edwards, and Robert Moore, surveyors 
 of the highways, money they had expended ... ... ... ... P- 42 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Finchley, to make and collect a rate 
 for the repair of the highways ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 43 
 
 Order discharging Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, 
 [apprenticed] to Jeremiah Gasnett, watchmaker, of Holloway, in the parish of 
 St. Mary, Islington, from her apprenticehood, on the ground that he had 
 misused her, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... .•■ ••• P- 44 
 
 Ordered that certain of the Justices are to go to the gaol at Newgate to 
 inquire what grievances the prisoners there have by the connivance of the 
 keeper and under-keeper, and to further inquire into the payment of garnish 
 money, and to report at the next Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 [Pages 46-52 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, recognizances, &c. pp. 53-55 
 
 List of names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of 
 Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... .•• ••• p. 57 
 
 [Pages 58-71 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 72-75 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 609— OCTOBER, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... 
 
 [Pages 22-29 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, recognizances ... 
 Alphabetical list of indictments 
 
 
 p. 2 
 
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 32 
 
 
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264 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 610— OCTOBER, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ' p. 5 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, &c. ... ... ... ... pp. 7-28 
 
 A complaint from some of the officers of the parish of St. Leonard's, 
 Shoreditch, that, contrary to the custom of the parish, the constable, William 
 Steed, had chosen John Ives to be one of the headboroughs for the remainder 
 of the year, in the place of Benjamin Thatcher who had left the liberty. The 
 Court however dismissed the complaint, and confirmed the appointment of 
 John Ives... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah and Mary Mitchell, infants, in 
 the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order for William Salt, of Whitecross Street, St. Giles, to serve the office 
 of headborough there ; his plea, that he was not of sufficient ability to serve, 
 being dismissed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order discharging Alexander Battle, of Shepperton, from holding the 
 office of constable there any longer. He had served for over two years, and 
 no court leet had been held at which a new constable could be appointed. 
 The Court appoints Edward Hale to the office... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Andrew Piries, of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, complains to the Court that he 
 is over-rated by 20/- to the relief of the poor for the dwelling-house, glass- 
 house, and premises which he rents. The Court orders the abatement of 
 this 20/- ibid. 
 
 A similar order abating 1/6 a quarter in the rates paid by Robert Burd, of 
 the liberty of Hatton Garden, Saffron Hill, and Ely Rents p. 33 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Miles, spinster, in the parish of 
 Rackton (sic), Sussex ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne Bradley in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne AVinckle in the parish of 
 St. Michael, Bassishaw ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &:c. ... ... pp. 37-40 
 
 List of those who took the oaths this Sessions, 16 names. Two of those 
 named took the abjuration oath only, one was a doctor of divinity and one a 
 dissenting minister ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for a pension of 40/- yearly from the maimed soldiers' and sailors' 
 fund, to be granted to John Andrews, who was boatswain of the " Holmes " 
 fireship in 1678 and 1679; i" a fight with "an Algerine man-of-war, [he] 
 had his right arm broke and sprung and strained his back " p. 43 
 
Sessions Book 6ii — December, 1703. 265 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to view and inspect the defects in the 
 House of Correction at Clerkenwell, and to report at the next Sessions what 
 repairs are necessary, and give an estimate of the cost .. ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order contirming the report of the Justices who had been appointed to 
 inspect the accounts of Robert Horton and Richard Craine, overseers of the 
 parish of St. Clement Danes for the year 1701. Richard Craine is to pay to 
 the present overseers ^25 2s. T^d., and they are to pay ;£i2 os. ^\d. to 
 Robert Horton ifnd. 
 
 Report of certain Justices who had been appointed to examine the 
 petition of Cieorge Hughes, late churchwarden of St. Anne's, Westminster, 
 to be reimbursed the money he had paid to the high constable of Westminster, 
 on account of passing vagrants, &c. ; the Court confirms the report, and 
 states that all the late constables ought to be indicted for contempt and 
 neglect ; the present constables are to collect the moneys as yet unpaid. 
 Particulars follow, respecting what had been collected from each ward. 
 
 pp. 46-49 
 
 Order for erecting cottages on Twickenham Common. This is crossed 
 out, and the following entered in the margin: — "This order is entered over 
 again, the following order " ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5° 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Twickenham, at the 
 cost of the parish, and with the consent of Charles, Duke of Somerset, and 
 Elizabeth, his Duchess, the lord and lady of the manor of Isleworth Syon, 
 to build fit and convenient dwelling houses for the use of the impotent poor 
 of the parish, upon a piece of waste or common ground containing about an 
 acre, called the Lower Common, abutting eastwards upon the ground of 
 
 Stanley, widow, westwards upon the common, southwards upon a 
 
 road or cartway leading to the gravel pits, and northwards upon a field 
 called Old Field, "a road or cartway lying between" ... ... pp. 51, 52 
 
 [Pages 53-65 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments pp. 66, 67 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 7° 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 611-DECEMBER, 1703. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... • • - • ■ • • • • P- 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-34 
 [Pages 35-38 blank.] 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Edward Smyth. The dispute is between 
 Spitdefields Hamlet and the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise White- 
 chapel P- 39 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Katherine, wife of William Butler. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and St. George's, 
 Southwark ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4° 
 
266 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Sarah Nuemire and her two children, John 
 and John Henry. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Clement Danes 
 and St. Mary-le-Savoy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i). 41 
 
 Order concerning the repairs at Hicks Hall, New Prison, and Bridewell. 
 
 p. 42 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Sheppard, widow. The dispute 
 is between the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, and the hamlet of Wapping, 
 Stepney ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Joseph Lee, apprenticed to Luke Delahoy, of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, barber and periwig maker ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order as to the examination of the accounts relating to vagrants... p. 44 
 
 Order for George London, gardener, to pay Alexander Henry and 
 William Saunders, labourers, the money he owes them for work done b)- 
 them in the gardens of his late Majesty, King William HI, at Hampton Court. 
 
 P- 45 
 [Pages 47-60 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 61, 62 
 
 [Pages 63, 64, 66, 67 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Calendar of indictments. pp. 68-72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 612-JANUARY. 1704. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &:c. ... pp. 3-16 
 
 [Pages 17-22 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. James', Westminster, to raise 
 ;;^i 20, by rate, for the repair of the highways ... ... ... pp. 23, 24 
 
 Order for the high and petty constables in the liberty to apprehend 
 vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and other disorderly persons, pretending to be 
 indigent, lame, decrepit, &c., who shall be found begging and misbehaving 
 themselves, and to bring them before the Justices ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Report made b)- certain of the Justices, who had been appointed for the 
 purpose, that they had surveyed a new street in the parish of St. James's, 
 called Little Silver Street, leading from a certain new street called Broad 
 Street, to King Street, being the way to a certain new chapel in the said 
 parish, called King Street Chapel, and that there is a new way called the 
 Little ^Vay, part of the said new street called Little Silver Street, leading 
 to Broad Street. These streets have houses and buildings on both sides of 
 the way for 160 yards in length ; the north side of Little Silver Street and the 
 west side of the Little ^^^ay are alread)' partly paved with stone, but the rest 
 
Sessw7zs Book 613 — [amiary, 1704. 267 
 
 of Little Silver Street and Little Way are almost impassable, and the Justices 
 recommend paving them with stone from the front of every house where there 
 is no paving. The Court adopts the report and orders the work to be done 
 by the 15th of April next... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 25-27 
 
 Order appointing Joseph Offley, esquire, chairman of the Court for the 
 next half year. A new chairman is, in future, to be appointed each half year. 
 
 p. 27 
 [Page 29 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... .pp. 30, 31 
 
 [Pages 32, 33 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 613 -JANUARY, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. pp. 5-22 
 [Pages 23-34, 37, 38 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, acquittals, commit- 
 ments, &c. ^ pp. 35> 36 
 
 List of 16 names, headed "Persons [who] took the oaths this Sessions." 
 
 P-39 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, widow of John Hobbs. The 
 
 said John was, before his marriage, a servant to Parish, a higler, 
 
 of Cranfield Parish, with whom he lived for a year. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and Cranfield ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Mary Banfield, of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, widow, is to be allowed 
 2,d. in the ;£ off the poor rate, she having shown she is over-rated to that 
 amount ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, wife of John Sheppard. The 
 dispute is between the parish of St. Mary Matfellon, and the hamlet of 
 Wapping, Stepney .. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 Order for an abatement in the poor rate to be made to Anne Colman, 
 of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, for the liberty-above- Bars, widow ... p. 44 
 
 Order that Walter Lestock, of Limehouse Hamlet, a poor blind and 
 disabled mariner, receive 40/- from the fund for maimed soldiers, &c. p. 45 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Clements, Elizabeth, his wife, and 
 Charles, their child. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Katherine's, 
 near the Tower, and Putney ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the high and petty constables of Westminster Liberty to attend 
 the Court on Thursday, the 2nd of March ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
268 Middlesex Coiuity Records. 
 
 Order of reference on the petition of Thomas Howcraft, who was 
 adjudged to be the father of Mary Powell's male child p. 47 
 
 [Pages 49-60, 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p, 61 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Calendar of indictments pp. 64-67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 614— MARCH, 1704. 
 
 Juty panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p, 5 
 
 [Page 6 blank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 7-26 
 
 [Pages 27-46 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictments, &c. 
 
 pp. 47. 4S 
 [Pages 49, 50 blank.] 
 
 Petition of Justices showing that Francis Sterry, William Gilbert, and 
 Richard Hunt were indicted for unlawfully breaking into the house of 
 Catherine Clark at two o'clock in the morning. It appears that the said 
 Sterry is a lieutenant in the Welsh Fusiliers, commanded by Major-C Jeneral 
 Ingoldsby, and upon pretence of having enlisted William Hall, junior, the 
 only child of William Hall, a gentleman of above ^500 a year, he had in a 
 riotous manner unlawfully entered the house aforesaid, upon the pretence of 
 a w-arrant to seize the said William Hall, junior. It further appears that 
 Sterry was well acquainted with William Hall, junior, and the enlisting was 
 the giving him a shilling after they had been drinking together in a 
 tavern. It is prayed that the said William Hall, junior, be discharged from 
 his enlistment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order to certain Justices to audit the accounts of Henry Hawle), esquire, 
 treasurer of the money collected for building and repairing public bridges. 
 
 P- 52 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect and report upon the repairs lately 
 done to the New Prison and House of Correction, and to examine the bills 
 for the said work and see if they are just and reasonable ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order to deprive Thomas Ayrey of the office of headborough of the 
 parish of St. .Andrew, Holborn, upon proof that he is unfit and incapable of 
 serving the said office, being an alehouse keeper in the said parish ... p. 54 
 
 [Pages 56-64 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 
 [Page 67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 68-71 
 
Scssi07is Book 6i6 — April, 1704- 269 
 
 Benjamin Sweet, paymaster to Her Majesty's forces in Holland, appeared 
 in Court and produced the certificate of his receiving the Lord's Supper, and 
 offered to take the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, but it not being a 
 Quarter Sessions, the Court could not tender him the said oaths ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 615— APRIL, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel p. i 
 
 Writ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 3-15 
 
 [Pages 16-19 blank.] 
 
 Order to pay ^10 to the high constable of the city and liberty of West- 
 minster for the passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne Paine, widow, and her five 
 children, Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Jeremy, and Anna Maria. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and St. Bride's, London. 
 
 p. 20 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Watson, a prisoner for debt in the Gate- 
 house at the suit of John Buckmaster, upon proof that he owes altogether 
 less than ;^ioo, and has enlisted in the regiment of Colonel Thomas 
 Handaside ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order for the collectors of St. Clement Danes to render an account of 
 all moneys in their hands... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for repairing the highways of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 25-27 
 
 [Page 28 blank.] 
 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances, &c.... ... p. 30 
 
 [Pages 31, 32 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 616— APRIL, 1704. 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers for the maimed soldiers' funds : — Richard (?) 
 Milner, esquire, for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, in place 
 of Colonel John Bond ; Richard Morgan, esquire, of Littleton, for the hundreds 
 of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, in place of John Bateman ... p. 6 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers of the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and 
 Hospitals : — William Gunton [Gunson ?] continued for Ossulston, Edmonton, 
 and Gore ; Henry Kendar, of New Brentford, appointed for Elthorne, Spel- 
 thorne, and Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
270 jMiddlcsex County Records. 
 
 Rates of wages and assize of bread to remain as last year ... p. 6 
 
 Memoranda relating to indictments and recognizances, &c. pp. 7-25 
 
 [Page 26 blank.] 
 List of prisoners, <!s:c. ... ... ... ... ... pp. 27,28 
 
 [Pages 29, 30 blank.] 
 
 Order for raising ^^400 in the county for carrying out the provisions of 
 the Vagrancy Act of William III. The amounts to be contributed by each 
 parish are set out... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 31-37 
 
 Order for regulating and paving the Haymarket, as in previous years. 
 John Tully continued as treasurer, and Edward Lawrence continued as collector; 
 certain Justices are to audit the accounts for the last year ... ... p. 39 
 
 The treasurer's accounts allowed and confirmed ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth and Mary Pufford, in the 
 parish of St. Clement Danes ... ... ••• ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Adjournment of question concerning the settlement of Margaret Filp to 
 the next Sessions . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The appeal of John Kinch against his nomination to serve as overseer 
 of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, as he had, 
 eight and a half years ago, paid to the churchwardens, &:c., ^16 to be exempt 
 from such service, was adjourned to the next Quarter Sessions ... p. 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of William Greenaway and his children, 
 Katherine and Ann, in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... p. 44 
 
 Order appointing Peirce Welsh, mariner, of St. John's, ^\'apping, a 
 pension, out of the Maimed Soldiers' Fund, of 40/- a year. He had served as 
 second lieutenant in H.M.'s ship "Salisbury," and on 10 April, 1703, in- 
 an engagement with the Dunkirk squadron, " had his jaw broke by a musket 
 shot, and lost part of his tongue " : he was also wounded above the right 
 ankle, which disabled him ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order discharging Edward Baldwin, of the parish of Hackney, from serving 
 as overseer, as he is over 70 years of age and much afflicted. He came to 
 reside in the parish about three years since, for the benefit of the air. ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas Clark, a supposed bastard, 
 in the parish of Wapping, Stepney ... ... ... ... , . p. 47 
 
 Order for discharging William Thatcher, of Hornsey, from serving as 
 constable. About 10 years previously he had paid ^12 lo^-. od. to be excused 
 from all parochial offices, and had given a piece of plate to the parish worth jQ^. 
 Humphrey Turner, yeoman, is appointed in his place ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Shadd and her daughters, 
 Elizabeth and Catherine, in St. Clement Danes' Parish. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch and St. Clement's ... p. 50 
 
Sessions Book oi6 — ApriL 1704. 271 
 
 The appeal of Margaret Helfield, of the parish of St. Clement Danes, 
 against being rated for the relief of the poor, is dismissed. She states that her 
 late husband, Thomas, was the clerk of Clare Market, and that he rented of 
 the Duke of Newcastle the stalls in the market which are set and placed out 
 three days a week for selling provisions ; and that when the market is over the 
 stalls are removed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order discharging John Cure from his apprenticehood with Richard 
 Whitchurch, tailor, of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, on payment 
 of ^5 from Whitchurch to Thomas Batt, father-in-law of John Cure. Whit- 
 church states that Cure " hath lately assaulted and thrown Samuel Moore, 
 another apprentice, out of a garret window into a court ; that Moore was very 
 much bruised and injured, and his life was despaired of, for which Cure is 
 indicted in this Court. Further, it is stated that Cure has been guilty of 
 many other misbehaviours to his master and his family, being of a morose 
 ill temper, feigning himself mad upon the least disgust taken, to cover his 
 mischievous intention " ; and that Whitchurch having a family of several small 
 children and servants, who are afraid, and in danger of their lives, he cannot 
 have him again in his house ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Thompson, in the parish 
 of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Anne's, 
 Westminster, and St. Giles' ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary, wife of Frederick Mashworth^ 
 and their children, Edward and Elizabeth, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Anne's and St. Giles'. 
 
 P- 55 
 Report of the Justices who had been appointed to audit the accounts of 
 Henry Hawley, treasurer of the bridge money. It is stated that ;^ii lo^-. ^d. 
 remains due to William Sanders and Francis Brown, carpenters, for their 
 work in repairing Chertsey Bridge, and they draw attention to a great charge 
 which " will accrue by the late wet summer and great floods this spring." 
 The Court confirmed the report, and ordered Mr. Hawley to get an estimate 
 of the decays and defects of the public bridges, and the cost of repairing 
 them with timber, gravel, &c., and to report to the next Quarter Sessions. 
 
 p. 58 
 Memoranda respecting committals, fines, &c. ... ... PP- 59-63 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Hornsey to make a 
 rate for the repair of the highways and repayment of between ^60 and jP,'jo 
 to Peter Eyre and John Bay es, surveyors ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 [Pages 67, 68 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 69, 70 
 
 Indenture of apprenticehood of George Kent, son of George Kent, of 
 Ratcliffe, in the parish of Stepney, with Thomas Bateman, bricklayer, of 
 the same parish. 28 February, 1704 ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Names of certain persons who took the oath of allegiance, apparently, 
 including one Dr. Newton, and James [?] Watson, a dissenting minister, of 
 Harrow — 28 names in all ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 71 
 
2/2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 74, 75 
 
 A list of names of certain captains and lieutenants — 28 in all, with 
 names of the colonels under whom they are serving — dated 30 May, 1704. 
 The first reads : " (Captain James Lavally, in Colonel Hayman Rook's Regi- 
 ment, produced (?) a copy of the Queen's sign manual " ... ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 617— MAY, 1704. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. pp. 5-25 
 
 Upon the petition of the poor widows in the almshouses in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, showing that their payments have been of late 
 neglected, it is ordered that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor do 
 account to certain Justices for all moneys by them received and paid for the 
 relief of the poor during the past year ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Order for John Robinson to take upon himself the office of headborough 
 for the liberty of East Smithfield, in the parish of St. Buttolph Without 
 Aldgate, and for John Begerley to be discharged; he having been appointed 
 by the said Robinson to serve in that office, contrary to the custom of the court 
 leet of the manor of the said liberty ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Appointment of Henry Cox, " a substantial householder," in the liberty 
 of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, 
 as overseer of the poor, in the room of John Kinch, who had appealed to be 
 excused from serving the said office ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Margaret, widow of William Filp. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Stanwell and Hillingdon ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that Rathnall Ransum and John Bentley be discharged from 
 serving the offices of constable and headborough of Harrow Weald, in the 
 parish of Harrow, and that Thomas Hunt and William Woods, of the same 
 parish, yeomen, be appointed in their place ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Order for John Reynolds, gentleman, Deputy Clerk of the Peace, to pay 
 to Paul Cowley, senior, the money due to him for carpenters' work and 
 materials bestowed in and about the New Prison and House of Correction, 
 to repair the damage done to the said prisons " by the late dreadful storm." 
 
 P-3I 
 
 Whereas by previous orders it was decided that a certain road or wa)- 
 from the east corner of the pound in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 leading through the said parish and the parishes of St. Marylebone and 
 St. Pancras towards Tottenham Court \yide Sessions Book No. 607, p. 31], 
 should be paved, and whereas an extension of time had been granted for the 
 doing of the said work ; now upon information that the churchwardens and 
 others have met and viewed the said road, and have agreed to have the same 
 
 paved, from the corner of the wall belonging to the house of Turner, 
 
 widow, by the upper cesspool in the said road, to the house of Redman, 
 
Sessions Book 6i8 — -Jiil)\ 1704. 273 
 
 near St. Giles' Pound, at the equal charges of both the said parishes "being 
 so far as both parishes join together," and that the rest and other part of the 
 
 said road or way from the said house in the occupation of the said 
 
 Redman to St. Giles' Pound aforesaid should be paved at the sole charge of 
 the said parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and that the said road be paved the 
 whole length thereof," 30 feet in breadth, the same is to be levelled and made 
 fit for paving by both parishes. Ordered accordingly ... ... ... p. 3 1 
 
 Order for Benjamin Tillard, of the parish of Harrow-on-the-Hill, to be 
 discharged from serving as headborough of the said parish, and for the 
 appointment to that office of John Garrett, of the said parish, yeoman... p. 33 
 
 [Pages 34-36 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, appearances, &c. 
 
 PP- 37, 38 
 [Pages 39-62 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 63 
 
 [Pages 64, 65 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Calendar of recognizances, pp. 66-68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 618— JULY, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Writ ... p. 3 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &:c. ... ... pp. 4-15 
 
 [Pages 16-18 blank.] 
 
 Joseph Offley, esquire, chosen chairman of the Quarter Sessions... p. 19 
 
 Order to discharge George Broadrope from his apprenticeship to Peter 
 Grigg, of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, shoemaker ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to discharge Hannah Bellamy from her apprenticeship to Sarah 
 Simpson, of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, seamstress ... p. 20 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for raising ;^i2o for the repair of the 
 highways of the parish of St. Anne, Westminster ; out of the said ^120, so 
 raised, 880 yards of the highways are to be amended with pavior's work in 
 rough paving, viz., 871 yards of rough paving at the east and west end of the 
 parish church of St. Anne, and 9 yards at the north side of the said church. 
 
 p. 21 
 [Pages 23-29 blank.] 
 
 List [eight names] of those taking the oath ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances, acquittals, &c. p. 31 
 
 [Pages 32, 2>i blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
2 74 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 619— JULY, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 5-28 
 
 [Pages 29-32 blank.] 
 
 Order to discharge John Leonard from the ofifice of overseer of the parish 
 of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and for certain Justices to examine his accounts. 
 
 P-33 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, overseers, surveyors, and scavengers of the 
 parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields to produce their books for inspection. p. 35 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made for the relief of the poor in the 
 parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of several of the inhabitants of the liberty of Saffron 
 Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, showing that they are assessed for poor 
 rate much more highly this year than last, it is ordered that certain Justices 
 enquire into the matter and report thereon ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Walter Buncer, Margaret, his wife, 
 and Margaret, Mary, and Sarah, their children. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of Harrow and Willesden ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Rebecca Cresswell, widow, and her 
 two children, John and Rebecca. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Botolph Without Aldgate, and St. Botolph, Aldgate p. 39 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Mackdanniell, widow, and her 
 two children, James and Alice. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Katherine's, near the Tower, and St. Paul's, Shadwell ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for a rate to be levied for the repair of the highways of the parish 
 of St. Mary, Islington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order to discharge John Kinch from the ofifice of overseer of the liberty 
 of Saffron Hill, upon proof that he has paid a fine of ;^i6 for the relief of the 
 poor, in order to be exempted from serving the said ofifice ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for certain Justices to examine into and report upon the amount 
 assessed for poor rate in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, made upon the 
 petition of several inhabitants showing that it is unequal and partial ... p. 43 
 
 Order to Richard Milner, esquire, treasurer of the moneys raised for the 
 relief of the maimed soldiers, to pay ;^84 5^. od. to Mr. Reynolds, treasurer 
 of this county, or to Mr. Wainwright, crier and housekeeper at Hicks Hall, 
 to be applied to the payment and discharge of the workmen's bills for the 
 repair of Hicks Hall, New Prison, and the House of Correction, occasioned 
 by the late dreadful storm ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order to John Tully, esquire, treasurer of the moneys arising by the tolls 
 and profits of the Haymarket, to pay to Henry Hawley, esquire, the sum of 
 ^20, to be applied to the repairing of Brentford and Chertsey Bridges, p. 46 
 
Si'ssiojis Jyook 620 — Scptc'uidcr, 1704. 275 
 
 Similar order to pay ^^13 to Mr. W'ainwright, housekeeper at Hicks Hall, 
 towards the payment of the bills for the repair of Hicks Hall, New Prison, and 
 the House of Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Certificate proving that Francis Templeman, of the hamlet of Hammer- 
 smith, maltster, had, on July the loth instant, paid the sum of ^32 duty on 
 1 60 quarters of malt, which said malt had been utterly destroyed by a sudden 
 and dreadful fire which ha])pened in the house and malthouse of the said 
 Francis Templeman on April the 4th last ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 It is ordered that Elizabeth Staines, wife of John Staines, of New 
 Brentford, coachman, indicted for an assault upon John Howard, to which 
 she pleads guilty, is to make a submissive and public acknowledgment of her 
 said offence in the open market at Brentford, where she gave the abuse to the 
 said Mr. Howard, and to ask his pardon there, which Mr. Howard is willing 
 to accept, in regard to the poverty of John Staines, the husband of the said 
 Elizabeth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for Sarah Hobbs, convicted of conspiracy and misdemeanour, to 
 be fined 6/8, and to be stripped naked from the middle upwards and publicly 
 whipped at a cart-tail round Leicester Square, in the liberty of Westminster ; 
 she is remanded to Newgate until she undergo the said punishment and pay 
 her fee of 15/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Order to reimburse the late overseers of the liberty of Saffron Hill money 
 expended by them during their office ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the constables to make a return of all the names of freeholders 
 and others liable to serve as jurors ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order to certain Justices to inspect and pass the accounts of the church- 
 warden and overseers of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and the liberty of 
 Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden and Ely Rents ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, taking 
 
 the oath, d'c ■•• P- 53 
 
 [Pages 55-58 blank.] 
 
 List of names under the headings New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 P- 59 
 [Pages 60, 61 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 62-65 
 
 Memoranda as to prisoners for debt ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 620-SEPTEMBER, 1704. 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals ... pp. 7-42 
 
 [Pages 43, 44 blank.] 
 
 A congratulatory address from the Justices and Grand Jury to the Queen, 
 dated 4 September, 1704, upon the "glorious and entire victory " obtained by 
 her Majesty's forces under the command of the Duke of ^Larlborough. p. 45 
 
 s 2 
 
276 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Parke. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Pancras and St. Clement Danes p. 4*^ 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Marsden, apprenticed to John Cole, 
 of St. James' Parish, within the liberty of Westminster, cabinet maker... Una. 
 
 Order for the more strict keeping of the watch within the various parishes 
 until Lady Day next; the same are to be set and continued from 9 p.m. 
 until 6 A.M. P- 47 
 
 [Pages 49-53 blank.] 
 
 Order for Edward Elderton and James Huggett, of the hamlet of 
 Stratford-le-Bow and Old Ford, landowners, to attend, and show cause why 
 they refuse to pay the poor rate •■• P- 54 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c pp. 55-57 
 
 [Pages 58-61 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " House of Correction " and " New Prison." 
 
 pp. 62, 63 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• PP- 64-67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 621— OCTOBER, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ■•• •■■ ■•• ■■• ••• P- i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda — writ, indictments, notes of appearances, 
 acquittals, &c pp. 2-13 
 
 [Pages 14-17 blank.] 
 
 Order for Richard Rider, J. P., to pay Samuel Browne, gentleman, high 
 constable of the city and liberty of Westminster, money disbursed by him in 
 passing vagrants ... ... ... • ■ • . • ■ • • • • ■ • • • • p. 1 8 
 
 Order to William Taylor, gentleman, keeper of the Gatehouse Prison, to 
 discharge John Cressett, esquire, a prisoner for debt. William Eason is the 
 creditor. The said Cressett has procured John Williams to be listed by 
 Captain Francis Alexander in Colonel William Evans' Regiment of Foot. 
 
 ibid, 
 [Pages 21-26 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the taking of oaths, recognizances, 
 indictments, &c pp. 27, 28 
 
 [Pages 29, 30 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed indictments p. 31 
 
 [Pages 32, 33 blank.] 
 
SessiOf/s Jyook 622 — October, 1704. 277 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 622 OCTOBER, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, accpiittals, &c. pp. 7-27 
 
 [Pages 28-36 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. p]). 37-40 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary, wife of Robert Gear, and her two 
 children, Thomas and Edward. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for rehearing the appeal concerning the settlement of Mar}- Gear 
 and her two children ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 The appeal of the parish of St. Clement Danes, as to the settlement of 
 Mary Gear and her two children, is dismissed ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 The appeal of the parish of Battersea as to the settlement of Katherine 
 and Anne, two children of William Greenaway, and Anne, his late wife, 
 is dismissed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Phoebe, Deborah, Hannah, and James, the 
 children of John Grimes. The dispute is between the hamlets of Spittlefields 
 and Mile End New Town ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Anne, Elizabeth, and Christopher, the 
 children of Peter Eagle, deceased. The dispute is between Bethnal Green 
 Hamlet and the borough of Longport, in the parish of St. Paul's near the city 
 of Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... ... .•• ••• P- 4^ 
 
 Order for the discharge of Mary Mills, apprenticed to Hannah Waller, 
 "now called Hannah Conner," of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 "slopseller" P- 47 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John, son of Valentine Tarrant. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and St. George the 
 Martyr, county of Surrey .. . ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 4^ 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Anne, Hannah, John, and William, children 
 of John Blackburne, and Eleanor, his wife, deceased. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of Ealing and Ludford, county Hereford ... p. 49 
 
 John Prendergast, a prisoner for debt, in Newgate, at the suit of Monica 
 Doe,"and who has applied to have the benefit of the Act for the Discharge of 
 Insolvent Debtors, is adjudged not relievable, it appearing that he "stands 
 charged and indebted in more than the sum of ;^too to the said Monica." 
 Order that he be remanded to Newgate... ... ... ••• ••• P- 5° 
 
 Richard Girling, a prisoner in Newgate, who was taken by Richard Best, 
 sheriff's officer, by virtue of a warrant of the Honourable Robert Tracey, J. P., 
 
2/8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 for making his escape out of the Fleet Prison, where he stands charged at the suit 
 of Isabella Suckling for ^124 upon bond, prays to have the benefit of the Act 
 for the Discharge of Insolvent Debtors. It appears that the said Richard " was 
 not a prisoner in actual custody in the said prison of the Fleet," according 
 to the true intent and meaning of the said Act, and the Court therefore 
 declares he is not relievable and ought not to be discharged. Order that 
 he be remanded to Newgate ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 51 
 
 Order that the pension of 40/- yearly, paid to Peirce Walsh, of St. John's 
 Parish, Wapping, mariner, be augmented to ;^3 ... ... ... Unci. 
 
 Order for respiting and adjourning until next Sessions, the appeal of 
 Robert Bell, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, gentleman, who has been adjudged 
 the father of Anne Thompson's male child, lately born in the hamlet of 
 Wapping, Stepney... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 52 
 
 [Pages 53-62, 64-66 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction " p. 63 
 
 List of names headed "Prisoners for debt'* ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments, and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-70 
 
 Memoranda : — 
 
 " Captain Dougall Campbell, of Colonel George Mackartney's regiment, 
 produced a coppy of the Queen's signe manuall dated 12 Ma." 
 
 Robert Ellis petitioned for a pension ; his petition dismissed. Colt 
 money, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 623— DECEMBER, 1704. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals ... ... ... PP- 5-30 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne, the pretended wife of Andrew 
 Williams, and her two children. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Sepulchre's and St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate ... ... ... p. 31 
 
 Order for W^illiam Burdett, convicted of wilful perjur)-, to pa)- a fine of 
 i2(/., and to be put upon the pillory three several days; one day before the 
 great gates of Hicks Hall in St. John Street, another day in the most 
 convenient place in the public street near Temple Bar, and another day near 
 Charing Cross, for the space of one hour each day, with a paper writing 
 placed over his head describing his offence ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of Hendt)n to permit the churchwardens of 
 Aldenham, in the county of Hertford, to inspect their parish books in order to 
 determine the settlement of Mary \Vawford, alias Waller, widow of Ezekiel 
 Wawford, and lier four children ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 625 — January, 1705. 279 
 
 Order for the treasurer of the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals 
 for the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore, to reimburse the petty 
 constables money expended by them ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 [Pages 35-52 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances, &c.... pp. 53, 54 
 
 [Pages 55-66 blank,] 
 
 Lists of names headed New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 68-71 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to relieving a prisoner, and reimbursement 
 for passing vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 624— JANUARY, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Writ ... ... ... . . p. 2 
 
 Recognizances, indictments, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 3-16 
 
 [Page 17 blank.] 
 
 Order to raise ^120 to repair the highways of St. Times', Westminster. 
 
 p. 18 
 
 Order to audit the accounts for 1702 of the overseers of the parish of 
 St. Anne's, Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 19 
 
 Order that Joseph Ofifley, esquire, be chosen chairman of the Sessions. 
 
 p. 20 
 [Pages 22-32 blank.] 
 
 Lists of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... P- 33 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... P- 34 
 
 [Pages 35, 36 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 [Pages 38, 39 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 625— JANUARY, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances and indictments ... pp. 5-22 
 
 Copy of an Order in Council, dated St. James', 2 January, 1704-5, to 
 the Justices to assi.st in the work of raising the recruits required for carrying 
 on'the war. The account of their proceedings and the number and names 
 of recruits to be returned by 15 February ... ... ... ... P- 23 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &C., of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton 
 Garden, and Ely Rents, to make a rate for the relief of the poor ... p. 41 
 
2 So Middlesex County Records. 
 
 A complaint had been made to the Court by certain inhabitants of the 
 parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, of the inequahty of the rates, and comj)laining 
 that there are 200 inhabitants, renting houses at from ^5 to ^^30 per annum, 
 who are not rated, and an appeal had been made for a new rate. The matter 
 had been referred to certain of the Justices for investigation, but they had 
 " been for the most part out of town ever since," and so had not met. The 
 Court enlarges the committee of reference, and gives instructions to report 
 at the next Court of Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the liberty of Norton Folgate to 
 make a rate to reimburse John Lambert and Edward Rowley, overseers, 
 ^20 \s. 8d. due to them, as " being tradesmen they have occasion for their 
 money" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah, the pretended wife of John 
 Marshall Deane, in the parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. The dispute is 
 between Christ Church, Surrey, and St. Paul's, Covent Garden ... p. 29 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Puckle from serving as a headborough of the 
 liberty of Hoxton, in the parish of St. I^eonard's, Shoreditch, as " ' he is very 
 aged and infirm in body, and ought not to be chosen " ... ... p. 30 
 
 The order of certain Justices concerning the settlement of Mary Wa[w]ford, 
 otherwise Waller, widow, with her children, Philip, Mary, and John, in 
 Aldenham, was quashed by the Court. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of Aldenham (Herts) and Hendon ... ... ... . ... p. 31 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Nicholas Griffith, Elizabeth, his 
 wife, and two children, Eleanor and Elizabeth, in the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell. The dispute is between the parishes of Stepney and 
 Clerkenwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... //?id. 
 
 The churchwardens of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, John Cayborne and 
 John Hawkins, state that, in 1702, William Miller and John Bradshaw were 
 overseers, and have still in their hands certain money which they refuse to pay, 
 alleging that their successors, Thomas Cockey and William Skelton, have in 
 their hands money which they refuse to account for. The petition of the 
 churchwardens that all four may be called before the Court is referred to 
 several of the Justices, who are to investigate the matter and take such action 
 as they think fit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Cooke, in the parish of 
 St. James', Clerkenwell. The dispute is between the parish of Clerkenwell 
 and the hamlet of Wapping ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 The appeal of Alice Ballard, of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, against 
 her poor rate being raised from ^^4 icy. to ^8 5^., is allowed. She states 
 that she has been a widow for four years and has lost over ^^200 ... p. 34 
 
 The petition of John Chandler, apprentice to Benjamin Teale, apothecary, 
 of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to be released from his apprentice- 
 hood, was dismissed, as there was no just cause shown for a discharge. It 
 was shown that ^30 had been ])aid as a premium ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, indictments, &c. pp. 37-39 
 
Sessions Jiook 625 — /ainiary, 1705. 281 
 
 Elizabeth Saunderson ordered to be put in the pillory in ( 'ovent (harden 
 against the " Pay Office for Prizes " for one hour, on a pay day between the 
 hours of 1 1 and i, " at the same time Barnaby Hands is whipped round the 
 square" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Similar order for Barnaby Hands to be whipped at the cart's tail round 
 the square of Covent Garden on a public pay day ... ... ... p- 38 
 
 The application of a debtor, James Haugh, a prisoner in Newgate, for 
 his discharge was not allowed ... ... ... ... ... ... i^it 40 
 
 The churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, com- 
 plain to the Court that George Hovey, his wife and child, legally settled in 
 the parish, have for several months been chargeable to the parish. He had 
 been confined in the Marshalsea for 2^ years at the suit of Thomas Stapleton, 
 his brother-in-law, where he was almost starved to death, and is now so weak 
 that he cannot get a livelihood for himself. His mother, Frances Hovey, 
 widow, lives in the parish in a house of the yearly value of ^Cz'^, and is of 
 sufficient ability to relieve her son, but refuses to do so. The Court orders 
 Frances Hovey to pay 2/6 a week towards the relief of her son to the church- 
 wardens, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 The appeal of Nicholas Dove, coachman to Sir John Parsons, knight, 
 late Lord Mayor of London, against a Justices' order adjudging him to be the 
 father of the male bastard child of Jane Clarke, of St. Margaret's, ^Vestminster, 
 was allowed, and the Justices' order against him was discharged ... p. 43 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Edmonton to make a 
 rate for the purpose of paying certain undischarged accounts for wooden rails 
 and gravel, incurred by the surveyors in repairing the highways, in 1698, to 
 Dorothy Gower, Elizabeth Bellis, Margaret Duck, and George Ebbs. p. 44 
 
 Elizabeth Sa[u]nderson, convicted on two indictments for forgery and 
 deceit, is ordered to be put in the pillory in Covent Garden, &c. {see also 
 P-37) ' P- 47 
 
 Barnaby Hands, also convicted on two indictments for forgery, is ordered 
 to be whipped round Covent Garden Square at a cart's tail, &c. {See p. 37.) 
 
 ihid. 
 
 Information is given to the Court that many streets and lanes in Spital- 
 lields have been lighted both with convex lamps and with other glass lamps, 
 and that great confusion had in consequence arisen, some of the Justices 
 having approved of one kind being used, and some of the other. Many of 
 the inhabitants, too, exempt themselves from the penalty of 2/- per night for 
 not hanging out a light by sometimes pretending that they contribute to one 
 kind and sometimes to the other kind. The Court refers the matter to 
 certain of the Justices, who are to examine how the streets are lighted — with 
 lamps of any sort, or by the inhabitants themselves with candles and Ian- 
 thorns. They are to report to the next Quarter Sessions ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order granting a pension of 40/- year to Thomas Fenwick, of the 
 parish of St. Paul's, Shadwell, out of the Disabled Soldiers' Fund. He had 
 been pressed, and, while serving in H.M.S. "Newark," lost his right hand in an 
 engagement with the French fleet off the coa.st of Malaga, 13 August, 1704. 
 
 p. 49 
 
282 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison ... ... ... ... p- 50 
 
 [Pages 51-55 blank.] 
 
 Alj)habetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... PP- 56, 57 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 58, 59 
 
 Rough memoranda relating chiefly to orders given above ... p. 60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 626— FEBRUARY, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to appearances, acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 pp. 5-18 
 
 Order for a rate to be made for the repairs of the highways of Islington. 
 
 p. 20 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Phoebe, Deborah, Hannah, and James, 
 children of John Grimes, and Hannah, his wife. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of Farnham in Surrey and Mile End New Town, Stepney, p. 21 
 
 Order of reference concerning the accounts of Nicholas Grififin and 
 Thomas Rascoe, former surveyors of the highways of Ratcliffe, the nomina- 
 tion of new surveyors, and the making of a rate for repairing the highways of 
 the said hamlet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order of reference as to the auditing of the accounts of Henry Hawley, 
 esquire, treasurer of the money collected for building and repairing public 
 bridges in this county ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order of reference concerning the accounts of Rose, and John 
 
 Swetman, constables, of St. Clement Danes, of moneys by them received for 
 passing vagrants ; and to order the payment of money remaining due to 
 Nathaniel Chandler, gentleman, high constable of Holborn ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order to certain Justices to take the accounts of Abraham Arlidge, and 
 Thomas Field, trustees of certain houses and garden ground in Hogsden 
 [Hoxton], St. Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch (purchased in the name of several 
 inhabitants of the Uberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, 
 St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, in trust for the poor of the said liberty), and 
 concerning moneys and securities by them received as fines from inhabitants 
 wishing to be excused from serving parish ofifices ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 John Farrington, bailiff, is fined ;^io for refusing to discharge Lockey 
 Hill, esquire, an insolvent debtor ... ... ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 [Pages 32-44 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 45, 47 
 
 [Pages 48-52 blank.] 
 
Scss/0/is Book 627 — April, 1705. 283 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison '' and " House of Correction " p. 53 
 
 [Pages 54, 55, 59 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•. PP- 5^-68 
 
 The Justices are desired to meet at Hicks Hall, on Thursday, the 15th 
 of March, at 9 a.m., in order "to ascertain the sums in the rate upon the 
 several parishes for reimbursing the constables the money due to them for 
 passing vagrants"... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• p. 60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 627 -APRIL. 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• P- 2 
 
 Memoranda concerning indictments, recognizances, tScc. ... pp. 3-12 
 
 [Pages f3-i8 blank.] 
 
 A complaint by " some " military officers concerning the quartering, 
 billeting, &c., of regiments, &c., in the liberty is referred to certain of the 
 Justices, who are to take such course therein as they shall think most 
 desirable ... ... -.. ... ■•• ••• ••• ••• ••• P- ^9 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Katherine King, widow, and her 
 children Mary, Sarah, Margaret, and Katherine, in the parish of St. Anne's. 
 Westminster. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Michael's, Bassishaw, 
 and St. Anne's ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to make 
 a rate for the repair of the highways as in previous years ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order for a certain number of Justices to sit every day at St. Martin's 
 Vestry to carry out the provisions of the Act for better recruiting His 
 Majesty's forces until the next Quarter Sessions. Warrants under this Act 
 are to be executed only by the officers named in them, and within eight days 
 of their issue ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• P- 23 
 
 The rota of Justices to carry out this order is set out ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Anne's, Westminster, to pay 
 ^3 2^. \o\d. to Melcher Scholts, constable for Gerrard Street Ward in 1699, 
 money expended by him in passing and relieving the poor ... ... tbid. 
 
 [Pages 25-29 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to fines, committals, &c. ... pp. 30-32 
 
 [Page 33 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ••• ■•• P 34 
 
 [Pages 35, z^^ blank.] 
 
284 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 628— APRIL, 1705. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers for the maimed soldiers' and sailors' fund : — 
 Ralph Bucknall, for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore ; 
 James Hawley, esquire, for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isle- 
 worth. 
 
 Treasurers for the Marshalsea, &c. : — William Gonson for Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore. Thomas Rendar (?) for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth. 
 
 Rates of wages and assize of bread to continue as last year ... p. 4 
 
 Memoranda of indictments, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 5-22 
 
 Order discharging an order made last Sessions by the Court imposing a 
 fine of ^10 on John Farrington, one of the bailiffs of the sheriffs of the 
 county, on cause shown that the order made against him was illegal. 
 Lockey Hill, a debtor in the Marshalsea, had obtained an order from two of 
 the Justices under the Act for Discharging Insolvent Debtors, who are 
 willing to serve in the army or navy, and on the sheriff refusing to discharge 
 him, the last Court of Quarter Sessions fined Farrington ^lo for contempt. 
 Farrington showed that Hill's application for discharge was "not made in 
 proper form ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... p- 23 
 
 Order discharging an order of two of the Justices adjudging Scipio 
 Hill, of Angel Court, St. James', Westminster, to be the reputed father of 
 a child of Mary Scasse (?) ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order discharging John Storye, of the liberty of Whitechapel, in the 
 parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate, from serving as scavenger, on the ground 
 that he is no tradesman, and only clerk to Alexander Pitfield, one of the 
 Justices, and obliged daily to attend his master, and not liable to be chosen 
 to serve the said office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of Enfield to make a rate for reim- 
 bursing Thomas Smyth, late surveyor for the Ponder's End quarter of Enfield, 
 the sum of ^3 18^-. dd. expended by him ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Order for the same churchwardens, &c., to make a rate for reimbursing 
 Richard Crispe, late surveyor of the highways of the Green Street quarter of 
 Enfield, the sum of ^5 5.?. oc/. expended by him .. ... ... p. 28 
 
 Thomas Hunt, constable, of Harrow Weald, Edward Wright, constable 
 of Roxeth, Joseph Swayne, constable of Sudbury, Thomas Goldsmith, 
 constable of Wembley and Alperton, and Richard Constable, of Harrow Town, 
 all in the parish of Harrow, represent that they have each served as constable 
 for a year, and that no court leet has been held at which new constables 
 might be appointed, and pray the Court to discharge them from office, and 
 to appoint new constables. The Court orders their discharge, and finiher 
 nominate constables as follows: — Humphrey Bishop, yeoman, for Harrow 
 Weald ; Abraham Bush, yeoman, for Roxeth ; Thomas Sexton, 3'eoman, for 
 Sudbury ; Thomas Jarvis, yeoman, for Wembley and Alperton ; and William 
 Awsitor, of Harrow Town ... ... ... ... ... ... j). 29 
 
SrssioJis Jhwk 628 — April, 1705. 285 
 
 Order quashing an order of two Justices settling Jeremiah Archer, 
 Martha, his wife, and Anne, Silas, Martha, and Jeremiah, his children, in the 
 parish of Coulsden ... ... ... .. ... ... ... p. 30 
 
 List of persons who took the oath and subscribed the Declaration at 
 Westminster 16 and 17 April, 1705 — 22 names ... ... pp.31, 32 
 
 Ordered that 34/- paid into Court by John Eustace (?) last Sessions be 
 paid to Mary Hill, from whom the same was stolen ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, t&c, of Mile End to appear and show 
 cause why the appeal of the churchwardens, &c., of Farnham, Surrey, should 
 not be heard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the indictment against Mary Flint, Alice, Isabel, and Mary 
 Lilburn be taken together on Friday next, and that Jane Rogers is to have 
 liberty to plead and try her traverse ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of the keeper of New Prison to bring into Court on Wednesday 
 next Rachel, the wife of William Jefferson, late of the parish of St. James', 
 yeoman, otherwise called Rachel Peirson, who at the December Sessions 
 was convicted for being a common bawd, and procuring several evil-disposed 
 persons as well men as women, &c., for which she was fined ^100, and 
 ordered to be kept in prison till she found security for her good behaviour 
 for the rest of her life, to answer to this Court for another misdemeanour. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order committing the above-mentioned Rachel Jefferson to Newgate. 
 
 P- 34 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, refusals of the oath of 
 allegiance, &c _ Pp. 34, 35 
 
 Order granting to Jonathan Cousens, mariner, of the parish of White- 
 chapel, a pension of j£,-^ yearly out of the Maimed Soldiers', &c., Fund. He 
 had been pressed into the service, and three years before his application 
 for a pension had lost the sight of his left eye while serving on H.M.S. 
 "Barfleur" p. 37 
 
 Order discharging Daniel French from his apprenticehood with Nathan 
 Bayley, schoolmaster, of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, on the ground that 
 Bayley had refused to provide for him or instruct him ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne Christofer and 'her two 
 children, John and Thomas, in the parish of Whitechapel. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Spitalfields and Whitechapel ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order confirming the order of two Justices concerning the settlement of 
 Elizabeth Warburton, widow, and William and Thomas, her children, in 
 St. Olave's, Hart Street. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Olave's, 
 Hart Street, and St. James', Westminster ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Hornsey, to make a 
 rate for repairing the highways of the parish, especially the common road, 
 from the sign of the Nag's Head, Highgate, to the sign of the King's Arms 
 there, leading to Finchley ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
286 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Comj^laint of the churchwardens, &c., of St. Andrew's, Holborn, that 
 about a year ago John Leonard, a leatherseller, was chosen as overseer by 
 John Metcalfe, esquire, against the consent of the churchwardens, &c. 
 About four months afterwards Leonard was discharged from his office by 
 the Court of Quarter Sessions for his misbehaviour. Mr. Metcalfe and some 
 other Justices have chosen Leonard again this year, together with one Francis 
 Ladd, a person "who goes to Jacobite meetings and never took the oath to 
 the late or present Government " ; others are chosen who have never served 
 before, new-comers, and persons of mean circumstances. The Court orders 
 the discharge of John Leonard, and that the money due to him be paid by 
 the churchwardens, &c. John Ladd having been tendered and refused the 
 oaths of allegiance, is not, in the opinion of the Court, a person fully 
 qualified to serve the office to which he has been chosen. Further, the 
 ('ourt orders the Justices of the Division at the next Petty Sessions held 
 at the Court-house in Bloomsbury, to examine into the complaints and 
 appoint substantial householders as overseers ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Ralph Bucknall, esquire, appointed treasurer of the Maimed Soldiers' 
 Fund for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, in the place of 
 Richard Milner, and the accounts to be audited ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 William Gunson continued as treasurer for the hundreds of Elthorne, 
 Spelthorne, and Isleworth, of the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 James Hawley, esquire, appointed treasurer for the Maimed Soldiers- 
 Fund for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, in the place 
 of Richard Morgan, and the accounts to be audited ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Thomas Render, gentleman, is continued as treasurer for the Marshalsea, 
 tS:c., for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth ; the accounts 
 to be duly audited "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Hugh Smythson, esquire, convicted for assaulting and wounding Sir 
 Hugh Smythson, baronet, his father, and attempting to murder him, is 
 fined ^25, and ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for seven years : 
 he is committed to Newgate ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for the whipping at a cart's tail, from Temple Bar to the Maypole 
 in the Strand, of Elizabeth Roberts, for petty larceny... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The report of the Justices appointed to audit the accounts of Henry 
 Hawley, esquire, treasurer of the bridge money, is confirmed by the Court. 
 The accounts are set out: — ;£\\ \os. ^d. spent in paying the arrears due 
 to the carpenters for repairing that part of Chertsey Bridge which is in 
 the county ; ;^6 35-. od. was paid to John Aylward, surveyor of the bridges, 
 for gravelling and repairing Brentford Bridge ; and ^3 igs. od. to the same 
 Aylward, for repairing a timber wharf at the south-west side of the same 
 bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order continuing John Tully, esquire, as treasurer of the Haymarket, 
 and Edward Lawrence as collector, as in previous years. The accounts to 
 be audited by certain of the Justices ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for Abraham Arlidge and Thomas Field, pretended trustees of some 
 houses and garden ground in Hogsden (Hoxton) in the parish of St. Leonard's, 
 
Si'ssio/Ls- Jhiok 629 — Alay, 1705. 2S7 
 
 Shoreditch, belonging to the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Carden, and Ely 
 Rents, purchased in the name of several inhabitants of the said liberty, to 
 deliver up to the churchwardens, &c., of the liberty the sum of ^27 
 remaining in their hands, and also a note for ^18 given by Mr. Richard 
 Hinde. The dispute had been referred to certain Justices. \_Vide Sessions 
 Book 626, p. 27.] The pretended trustees asserted that the premises in 
 Hogsden were very ruinous, and that all but 40/- out of the ^^27 had been 
 expended in necessary repairs. The Justices reported that the trustees had 
 received rent for the premises which ought to have been expended in 
 repairs, that they could make little or nothing of the receipts and bills which 
 the trustees presented; that the jQi"] was intended for the immediate relief 
 of the poor ; and that most of the repairs were done since the first order of 
 the Court... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 50-54 
 
 Order for the raising of ^400 from the various divisions of the county 
 to pay the expenses incurred by the constables in the county in passing 
 vagrants in accordance with the Act 11 &: 12 William III ... pp. 54-59 
 
 Order concerning the Petty Sessions at Bloomsbury. The Court having 
 information that Petty Sessions are held in several places in the Holborn 
 Division, and that parish officers are frequently summoned to attend at several 
 places at one and the same time, is of opinion that the Petty Sessions 
 should be held at the known and usual place in each division, and that no 
 such Sessions should be held during General or Quarter Sessions ... p. 60 
 
 [Pages 61-64 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 [Page 67 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances... ... ,. ... ... p. 70 
 
 Rough memoranda. "Sign manual" presented by several ofificers 
 
 p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 629— MAY, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 5-21 
 
 [Pages 22-34 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, recognizances, «S:c. ... pp. 35, 36 
 
 [Pages 37-40 blank.] 
 
 Mr. Robert Auger, churchwarden of St. Andrew's, Holborn, complains 
 that he, with others, has been summoned by Thomas Leonard to attend a 
 Petty Sessions, at the King's Head, Middle Row, Holborn, "while this Court 
 of Quarter Sessions is sitting." This is against the known rules and practice 
 of this Court ; and Mr. Leonard is ordered to attend on Thursday to show 
 cause, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
2 88 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 The petition of John Hayden to be released from his apprenticehood 
 with Peter Narbond, barber and periwig maker, of the parish of Wapping, 
 was dismissed, the Court not considering the charge of ill-usage had been 
 proved ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 1 
 
 John Spurrell, of the hamlet of Ratcliffe, mariner, complains to the 
 Court that, though an order of this Court in the ninth year of King William III 
 reduced his assessment, yet of late an over-rate had been made, first of 6/-, 
 and then of 12/-. Although he had shown the churchwarden the order of the 
 Court, yet, when the petitioner was absent, the churchwarden had unbolted 
 and unlocked his doors and made a distress, carrying away a piece of plate 
 which he still detains. The Court ordered the return of the plate, and fixed 
 the assessment of Spurrell at 20/- ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 The petition of James Roebotham to be discharged from his apprentice- 
 hood with John Groscort, dancing master, on the ground that he had 
 frequently beaten him in a very inhuman and cruel manner, was dismissed, the 
 charge not having been proved ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Martha Smith, widow of Samuel Smith, sailmaker, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, 
 complained to the Court that Arabella Yarwell, daughter of John Yarwell, 
 citizen and spectacle maker, who, in 1694, had been apprenticed to her late 
 husband for 13 years, had, at the instigation of Ann Taylor, deserted her 
 service; further the petitioner declared that she could not well manage her 
 business without her apprentice. The Court ordered the apprentice to return 
 to her mistress ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for Hannah Moor, convicted of petty larceny, to be forthwith 
 stripped naked from the middle upwards and publicly whipped at a cart's tail 
 from the corner of Lord Aylesbury's wall against the watch-house, near 
 St. John's Street, to the end of Mutton Lane, in the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 [Pages 46-60 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction ; several 
 memoranda concerning the same... ... ... ... ... pp. 61, 62 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 64, 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Rough note concerning Robert Evans ... ibid. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 630— JUNE, 1705. 
 Jury panel p. 2 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 3-12 
 
 [Pages 13-20 blank.] 
 
 Order for the high constable of Westminster, to issue his precepts to the 
 petty constables in the liberty to make a return of all persons liable to serve 
 on juries, (Sec. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
Sessions Book 631 — Ji^^y, 1705. 289 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Caskin in the parish of 
 St. Martin's-in-the Fields. 'I'he dispute is between the parishes of St. Helen's, 
 Bishopsgate and St. Martin's ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Anne's, Westminster, to raise 
 ;^8o by rate for the repair of the highways ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Joseph Offley, esquire, re-elected chairman of Quarter Sessions till the 
 Epiphany Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 The Court represents to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster that the 
 keeper of the Gatehouse, Captain William Taylor, has neglected to attend the 
 Court on two occasions, so that two persons who were committed to his custody 
 by the Court escaped, viz., Sara Huffield and Morgan Lloyd ... ... iljicL 
 
 [Pages 26-29 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... pp. 30, 31 
 
 [Pages 32, 33 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 [Pages 35, 36 blank.] 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 631— JULY, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, appearances, &c. 
 
 pp. 5-22 
 [Pages 23-35, 39 blank.] 
 
 Names of those taking the oaths ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, commitments, acquittals, 
 &c PP-37, 38 
 
 Order for an adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Martha, 
 wife of Allen Purdey, and their two children, Thomas and Elizabeth. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Portsmouth and Shadwell ... ... p. 40 
 
 Samuel Wybird sworn high constable of Edmonton Hundred in the room 
 of Samuel Mitchell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iMd, 
 
 Memoranda as to Mr. Jonathan Reynolds's accounts of colt money 
 received by him ; and order for the attendance of the chief constables of 
 Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore Hundreds ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Upon the petition of the overseers of the poor of St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields, showing that the 10 overseers (named) for 1703 hold certain moneys, 
 for the use of the poor of the said parish, which they refuse to pay the 
 petitioners without the order of the Court, it is ordered that the said money 
 be paid to the petitioners ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
290 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of lulward, the bastard chihl of Eli/.abetli 
 Yalden. The dispute is between the yjarishes of St. Clement Danes and 
 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields p. 41 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Matthew Simpson and Bridget, his wife. 
 The dispute is between the parish of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, and 
 the liberty of Norton Folgate ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 42 
 
 Order for Zachariah Rowland, ai)prenticed to William Holmes, of 
 St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, spurrier, to return to the service of his said 
 master ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of William Sansom, apprenticed to Anthony 
 Chilvers, late of Spittlefields Hamlet, " hottpresser." The said Anthony had 
 gone as a soldier to Flanders ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 44 
 
 Order for vacating two former rates, and for making a new rate, upon the 
 inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, in the liberty above Bars ... p. 45 
 
 Order for Richard Ryder, J. P., to view New Prison and Hicks Hall, to 
 take an account in writing of the repairs required, and to agree with Thomas 
 Little, bricklayer, and Paul Cowley, carpenter, with regard to the allowance for 
 the said repairs ... ... .. ... ... ... ... .. P- 46 
 
 Upon the petition of Clement Mew, of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, 
 showing that he holds eight acres of ground in the said hamlet, for which he 
 is over-rated, and praying to be eased in the said rate, it is ordered to be 
 referred to certain Justices (named), who are to report upon the case... p. 47 
 
 Order for an adjournment of the appeal of the churchwardens of Saffron 
 Hill Liberty as to the settlement of Mary Barnes ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Upon the petition of Alice Ballard, of the hamlet of Wapping, Stepney, 
 widow, showing that she has been over-rated, and praying relief in the 
 premises, it is ordered that a reduction be made in her poor rate ... p. 49 
 
 Upon the petition of John Lambert, of Lymehouse Hamlet, showing 
 that he is over-rated, it is ordered that a reduction be made in his assessment 
 towards the relief of the poor ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Hannah, wife of Robert Buck. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and St. Leonard, 
 Shoreditch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for an adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Martha, 
 wife of Allen Purdey, mariner, and their two children ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 [Pages 53-66 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 67 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-70 
 
 Memoranda as to the discharge of Samuel Mitchell, high constable of 
 Edmonton Hundred, and appointment of Samuel Wybird ... ... p. 72 
 
Si'ss/ons Jiook 632 — A nous/, 1705. 291 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 632— AUGUST, 1705. 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictment.s, acquittals, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-36, 41-43 
 [Pages 37-40, 44-46 blank.] 
 
 The appeal of St. Martin's, otherwise Carfax, in Oxford, as to the 
 settlement of Mary, wife of John Chillingworth, and Mary and Frances, their 
 children (removed from Mile End New Town), allowed ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for taking the accounts of the high and petty constables as to the 
 money received and due for the passing of vagrants ... ... ... il^id. 
 
 Order for Richard Ryder, J. P., to view the New Prison and House of 
 Correction, and to agree with the workmen as to the repairs of the same. p. 48 
 
 Upon the dispute between William Dyott, of Plum Street, in the parish 
 of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, gentleman, and Elizabeth Holmes, his former 
 servant, concerning the wages due to the said Elizabeth, it is referred to 
 James Mundy, J. P., to examine into the truth of the matter ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for all constables and headboroughs in the several parishes, hamlets, 
 &c., to set .strong and sufificient night watches from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. until 
 Lady Day next ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 William Dounton and Thomas Randall, former scavengers of 
 St. Katherine"s. refuse to give any account of the receipts and disbursements 
 relating to their office, without having an extravagant allowance made them 
 for their expenses ; it is therefore referred to certain Justices, who, in case 
 the said Thomas and William refuse to render the required accounts, are to 
 commit them to prison without bail ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order on the petition of Mary Edwards, of the liberty of Saffron Hill, 
 St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, widow. Shows that she is in a very weak 
 condition, and has two children, one of whom, Christian, is a cripple, and 
 that she had a pension allowed her for the maintenance of the said Christian, 
 but the overseers have stopped payment of the same. She prays that it 
 may be restored Now upon hearing what was alleged by the churchwardens 
 and overseers, who insisted that the petitioner was by law obliged to wear 
 a badge, which she refused to do, and it appearing that the said pension 
 was allowed for the support of Christian, her daughter, who wears the badge, 
 and that the petitioner desires no allowance for herself, it is ordered that 
 all arrears be paid, and the pension continued for the use of the said 
 cripple p. 53 
 
 Order for Mr. Momford, churchwarden of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, to 
 pay Bethia, daughter of Leonard Johnson, deceased, certain money due to 
 her late father for repairing the watch-house and for keeping an extraordinary 
 watch between Mile End and Bow ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 [Pages 55-64, 67 blank.] 
 
 T 2 
 
292 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction."' p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-71 
 
 Memoranda as to fines. 
 
 " A meeting of a congregation for religious worship is certified and 
 allowed to be at the dwelling house of Mr. Robert Greenough in Ealing 
 Parish, certified by Mr. Hancks of the sheriff's office" ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 633— OCTOBER, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 5-30 
 
 [Pages 31-34 blank.] 
 
 Order for reducing the assessment on the house of William Hummerson, 
 of St. Andrew's, Holborn, from 6/- per annum to 6^. per quarter, for the 
 relief of the poor .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order for James Armaret, an overseer of the hamlet of Hammersmith, 
 to pay to William Rogers, a former chapelwarden, the sum of ^30 165-. ^d. 
 due to him, and which had been collected on a rate ordered by this Court 
 to be made ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Petition of the overseers of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, 
 and Ely Rents, setting forth that Anne Ashton, wife to the only son of the 
 Honourable Colonel William Ashton, and her child, had become chargeable to 
 the parish, as Colonel Ashton had sent his son to sea as a common sailor, 
 and would afford no relief. An order had been made by the Court for 
 Colonel Ashton to appear, but as he was out of town the order could not 
 be served on him. rhe Court on proof that he was duly served with a 
 copy of the first order, and that he was of good substance and ability, orders 
 him to provide for Anne Ashton and her child at his own charge ... p. 37 
 
 Order confirming the settlement of Alice Purdey and her children, 
 Thomas and Elizabeth, in the parish of Portsmouth. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of Portsmouth and Shadwell ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for Hayford Wainwright, crier of the Court, to pay to Edward 
 Mawle the sum of ^18 \os. od. on the petition of Thomas Little, brick- 
 layer. Little had been employed to repair the New Prison, and the materials 
 he used in doing so were provided by the above-named Mawle ... p. 39 
 
 On the petition of Anne Alay, widow, of the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, setting forth that she is over-rated for the relief of the poor, and 
 in mean circumstances, the Court orders that the rate of 20/- per annum be 
 reduced to 10/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Katherine King, and her children, 
 Mary, Sarah, Margaret, and Katherine, in the parish of St. Bride's, Fleet 
 Street, quashed by the Court. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Bride's and St. Anne's, Westminster ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Book 634 — December, 1705. 293 
 
 Order discharging kichard Woollger from his apprenticehood with 
 Solomon Nicholls to learn the art or mystery of a gun-lock maker, as his 
 master had not instructed him, but had absconded ... p. 41 
 
 Order for William Dyott, gentleman, to pay to his servant, Elizabeth 
 Holmes, the sum of £,1 lys. 6d., wages due to her, on the report of 
 Mr. Sergeant Mundy, to whom the matter had been referred. Dyott being 
 present in Court, and refusing to pay, is committed to the New Prison till 
 the money is paid ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• P- 42 
 
 [Pages 44-53 blank.] 
 
 Order committing William Dyott to the New Prison for contempt, as 
 above ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... pp. 55-60 
 
 [Pages 61-71 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to persons taking the oath of allegiance. pp. 72, 73 
 
 [Pages 74-78 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 79, 80 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 8 1 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 82, 83 
 
 Memoranda, fines, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 634-DECEMBER, 1705. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-31. 41, 42 
 [Pages 32-40 blank.] 
 
 Letter to Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford, Custos Rotuloruin, signed by 
 nine members of the Council, and dated from the Council Chamber at 
 St. James's, 29 November, 1705, recommending to his grace and the Justices 
 of the Peace the vigorous execution of the Act for raising recruits for the land 
 forces and marines, in order to enable them early to enter upon action next 
 spring p. 43 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth (a lunatic), widow of Thomas 
 Young, with her four children, Thomas, Hannah, Sarah, and John William. 
 
 P-45 
 
 Order for the discharge of Martha Wilson, daughter of Katherine 
 Gargrey, apprenticed to Owen Salisbury, glover, whose wife, Sarah, was aunt 
 to the said apprentice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
294 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the overseers of the poor of Holborn-above-Bars to pay Alice 
 Ingram 2/- weekly for the maintenance of her child, John Ingram, the son of 
 John Harwood, a merchant ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Discharge of the order of the 12th of October last, whereby Edward 
 Minton, of Henrietta Street, St. Paul's Parish, Covent Garden, victualler, was 
 adjudged to be the father of Barbara Fenwick's child, Mary, who was bom in 
 the said parish on the 9th of September last ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for the discharge of Elizabeth Henderson, apprenticed to Hannah 
 Co.x, cap-maker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Hannah Roberts. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. l)unstan-in-the-\Vest and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. p. 52 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane, wife of Edward Aspinall, and Mary, 
 her child. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 
 and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices (named) as to the Act for the better 
 recruiting Her Majesty's land forces and the marines for 1705 ... p. 54 
 
 [Pages 55-72, 75 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 73, 74 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 76-79 
 
 Memoranda : — " Aylesbury Chapel, in the parish of St. James', Clerken- 
 well, is appointed a meeting place for religious worship for protestants 
 dissenting from the Church of England, and so certified 4 December, 1705," 
 &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 635— JANUARY, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel • p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, <S:c. ... pp. 5-26 
 
 [Pages 27-36 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... PP- 37-39 
 
 Order for Mr. Henry AVhitchcott, of Finchley, to pay Richard Roome, 
 of the same parish, ^i 14^-. od., the balance of an account due to him for 
 digging gravel " for repair of the churchway at P'inchley, called Neither 
 Street," on the report of two of the Justices, ai)pointed to deal with the dispute. 
 
 p. 41 
 
 A pension of jQt^ per annum granted by the Court, out of the fund for 
 maimed soldiers and sailors, to Thomas Tiddaman. of Poplar, mariner. He 
 had been master of H.M.S. " Orford," and while on duty had lost the use of 
 his right arm, and received several wounds in his head ... ... p. 42 
 
Sessions Book 635 — -Janiuiry, 1706. 295 
 
 A dispute between James Ball, butcher, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and 
 Peter and Margaret Woodcombe, was referred to one of the Justices for 
 settlement. Ball had been indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Woodcombe and 
 threatening to kill her, and a cross-indictment charged Peter and Margaret 
 with an assault made on him. Ball had lent the Woodcombes ^^4, and they 
 had given him a pledge in goods and chattels of much greater value. They 
 had repaid him jQz \i)s. 6d., and were ready to repay the rest on receiving 
 the goods pledged. Ball pleaded that he had sold the goods, and yet had 
 endeavoured to get the AVoodcombes arrested for debt ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Anne Kempe and her children, Mary 
 and Anne, in the i)arish of St. Mary Savoy. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Mary Savoy ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Harrison and her children, 
 Alice and Sarah, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Anne, Westminster, and St, Giles... ... p. 46 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Katherine King and her children, 
 Mary, Sarah, Margaret, and Katherine. The mother and Mary are sent to 
 St. Anne's, Westminster, the children Sarah, Margaret, and Katherine to 
 St. Martin's, Ludgate ... p. 47 
 
 A pension of ^t, per annum granted by the Court, out of the fund for 
 maimed soldiers and sailor.s, to John Allen, weaver, of the paiish of St. Giles', 
 Cripplegate. He had been pressed, and had served on board H.M.'s ships 
 the " Royal Katherine" and the "Content." While serving on board the 
 latter vessel he had lost the use of his right arm by the fall of " the garned 
 block upon his left {sic) shoulder as he w^as hoisting the barge upon the 
 boomes of the sliip " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the hamlet of Limehouse, in the 
 palish of Stepney, to pay jQ"]^ ^s. 3^., due to William Weathe, late church- 
 warden of that hamlet, by the first day of the next Quarter Sessions. p. 49 
 
 Order for the overseers of the hamlet of Bow, in the parish of Stepney, 
 to pay within a week ^6 4^. o^., money due to Anne Lowe for maintaining 
 and clothing Elizabeth Smith, a poor girl belonging to the parish ... p. 50 
 
 The petition of Mary Baskerville to be released from her apprenticehood 
 with Lydici Durrant, " .semptress," of the parish of St. James', Westminster, 
 was discharged, and the Court ordered her to return to her mistress. The 
 petitioner stated that ^30 had been paid on her behalf, and that two months 
 ago, while she was "afflicted with a disease called the meazles, her mistress 
 had turned her out of doors " l-ydia Durrant was sempstress to Her Majesty, 
 "and stated that in case of sickness her apprentices \%ere by agreement 
 removed to some other lodging, and that due care was taken for her safe 
 removal." \^Vide Sessions Book 6^-], t^. 27] ... ... ... ... P- 51 
 
 Order for Coling Hunter, alias Collinghouse, within a fortnight, to remove 
 two children from the parish of Hampstead, where he had put them to nurse, 
 and to pay the churchwardens the cost of their maintenance there, since they 
 had become chargeable to the parish ... ... ... ... ... P- 52 
 
 John Knapp, of the hamlet of Mile End, in the parish of St. Dunstan's, 
 Stepney, about a year since let his house in Mile End New Town to William 
 
296 Middlesex County Reeords. 
 
 Radford for five years, keeping some few rooms as a lodging for himself. 
 Radford was to pay all the rates, yet the churchwardens continue to apply to 
 Knapp for the rates. The Court orders the land tax and the rates to be paid 
 by Radford during the five years, and further directs the churchwardens, &c., 
 to reimburse Knapp the money they have levied by distress of his goods. 
 
 P- 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Bridget Blake, widow, in the parish 
 
 of Christ Church, London. The dispute is between the parishes of Christ 
 
 Church and St. James', Clerkenwell p. 54 
 
 [Pages 55-60 blank.] 
 Names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction ... p. 61 
 
 [Pages 62, 63 blank.] 
 Alphabeticallist of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 64, 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp.66, 67 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 636— FEBRUARY, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-18, 31, 32 
 [Pages 19-30, 33, 34 blank.] 
 
 Order for John TuUy, J. P., treasurer of the Haymarket, to pay to Henry 
 Hawley ;£,\o for the repair of New Brentford Bridge ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Order of reference as to the complaint of Joanna Woodgate against 
 George Anderson for wages due to her as servant ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Isaac Long, Jane, his wife and their four 
 children, Henry, Mary, Margaret, and Katherine. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Sepulchre and St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate ... p. 37 
 
 A letter from .Sir Charles Hedges, knight, to [the Justices of the Peace?], 
 dated Whitehall, 21 February, 1706, recommending to their consideration 
 the advisability of placing women convicts, now in Newgate, in houses of 
 correction, to be kept to hard labour, instead of submitting them to trans- 
 portation. This had been done by the City of London ... ... p. 38 
 
 Representation to the Queen from the Justices in reply to the foregoing 
 letter: — Upon consideration of the case as to the women convicts now in 
 Newgate, they find that in 1663 the Clerkenwell Workhouse was built for the 
 employment of the poor, and that great sums were raised for its support by 
 virtue of an Act for the relief of the poor of this kingdom ; but that b\- 
 subsequent reports it was proved that the poor could not maintain themselves 
 by their work, and that the county, having no charities to assist (as the City 
 had), all the moneys raised, it did not answer the end for which it was 
 intended. By a subsequent Act for the better regulation of workhouses, it was 
 enacted that no assessment should be laid on any parishes in Middlesex (except 
 
SessiO//s Jhwk 637 — Aprils 1706. 297 
 
 that of St. Margaret's, Westminster) for carrying on the said workhouses after 
 the 29th of September, 1675, and the county being thereby prevented from 
 raising money for that purpose, the said workhouse stood empty and became 
 ruinous until it was let to Sir Thomas Rowe for j[,io a year. That the House 
 of Correction at Clerkenwell is incapable of receiving convicts, and from 
 information received from the Governor it has been proved that no persons 
 there can, " though with very hard labour," earn sufficient to maintain 
 themselves ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 39 
 
 [Pages 41-51 blank.] 
 
 A letter from H. St. John to the Justices of the Peace, dated Whitehall, 
 26 December, 1705, enclosing a list (which follows) of the several regiments, 
 and their commanders, under orders to recruit for Her Majesty's service 
 abroad. 
 
 [Foot-note.] — " Letter and list delivered back to William Black, sergeant 
 in Colonel Etheridge's Company in the First Regiment of Guards, 
 commanded by the Duke of Marlborough, who said he came for it 
 by order of Major-General Withers, lieut.-colonel of that regiment." 
 
 p. 52 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and "House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 53, 54 
 [Pages 55-57, 61 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 58-60 
 
 Memoranda as to the sign manual for raising recruits ; the repair of 
 Brentford Bridge; John Theodrick, master's mate of the "Royal Ann," com- 
 mitted to New Prison for contempt of court ; and Thomas Jones, prisoner in 
 the House of Correction... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 637^APRIL, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .-• p. 3 
 
 Richard Browne, esquire, is chosen treasurer for the maimed soldiers' and 
 mariners' fund, within the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore ; James 
 Bertie, esquire, for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Jsleworth; 
 William Gunson is chosen and continued treasurer for the Marshalsea, Queen's 
 Bench, and Hospitals for the hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore ; 
 and Moses Bodicott for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth. 
 
 p. 4 
 
 Order that the wages of labourers stand as they were at the last Sessions. 
 The assize of bread to continue the same ... ... ... •.■ ibid. 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, <.S,:c. ... ... pp. 5-22 
 
 [Pages 23, 24 blank.] 
 
 Order of Council for raising and securing seamen, able-bodied landsmen, 
 prisoners for debt, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for discharging Mary Baskerville from her indentures of apprentice- 
 shii) to Lydia Durrant, of the parish of St. James', ^^'estminster, seamstress. 
 
 p. 27 
 
2gi> Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Oriler for contirming a report of certain Justices as to tiie placing and 
 setting up of boundary stones, the repairing and mending of the pavement, &c., 
 in the Haymarket. John TuUy is continued treasurer, and Edward Lawrence, 
 collector, of the profits arising out of the said market. [Tully's accounts 
 follow.] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Appointments of treasurers for maimed soldiers, iScc, as above. pp-3i-33 
 
 A rate for the maimed soldiers within the hundreds of Elthorne, Spel- 
 thorne, and Isleworth. Schedule of the parishes and the amounts assessed. 
 
 P- 34 
 
 William (junson to be continued treasurer for the Marshalsea, Queen's 
 Bench, and Hospitals, as above... ... ... ... ... ... P- 35 
 
 A rate for the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals, for the 
 hundreds of Ossulton, Edmonton, and Gore. Schedule of parishes and their 
 assessments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 36 
 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... P- 38 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning recognizances, acquittals, &c. 
 Order to discharge Richard Lane from his apprenticeship to Thomas 
 Aldridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Moses Bodycott [Bodicott?] appointed treasurer of the Marshalsea, 
 Queen's Bench, and Hospitals as above. Schedule of parishes and their 
 assessment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for discharging John Rickard from his apprenticeship to John 
 Norris, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, periwig maker ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for discharging Joseph Prew from his apprenticeship to Richard 
 Boterell, shoemaker, in Panton Street ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for vacating two rates for the relief of the poor of New Brentford, 
 and for making a new and equal rate ... ... ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 Order for Charles Wapshott, one of theofificers of the Sheriff of Middlesex, 
 to pay j[,^° for contempt of Court in not having released Nicholas Snow, 
 in prison for debt, when he was discharged by the Justices ; ^5 of the said 
 fine to be paid to ALary Snow, daughter of the .said Nicholas ... ... \). 47 
 
 \Vherea.s, on 20th of March last, John Whitehead, of the parish of 
 Edmonton, labourer, and Baptist Woodroofe, of Edmonton, became bound 
 for the appearance of Ann, wife of the said John Whitehead, to answer all 
 things objected against her by Rachel, wife of Edward Lawrence, and the 
 license granted to the said John Whitehead for keeping a victualling house 
 was suppressed ; now upon information that the .said John Whitehead keeps 
 an orderly house and is a person of good reputation, it is ordered that the 
 former order for suppressing his license be discharged, and that all matters in 
 difference between the parties be referred to certain Justices ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for discharging Richard Lane from his a])jircnticeship to Thomas 
 Aldridge, of the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, "bodismaker" ... p. 50 
 
Sfss/Ofis Jnn^k 6^y-—Apri/, 1706. 299 
 
 Order to Mr. Ryder to view the House of Correction, and to take an 
 account of the defects and the repairs needed there, and to give such orders 
 for the repairing thereof as he shall think fit ... ... ... ... P- 5^ 
 
 Order for the discharge of Edward Baldwin from the office of overseer of 
 the parish of Hornsey, upon proof that he is old and very infirm ... p. 52 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Hill, Sarah, his wife, and 
 Ann, their daughter. The dispute is l)etween the parishes of St. Clement 
 Danes and St. Sepulchre... ... ... ... •■■ ••• ••■ ]>• 53 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary, Daniel, and John Holdernes, 
 children of Daniel Holdernes and Elizabeth, his wife. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Margaret, Westminster, and Hurley, in the county of Berks. 
 
 P- 54 
 
 Order for reimbursing Thomas Wetherall, of the liberty-above-the-Bars. 
 in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, money expended by him in relieving 
 the poor ... ... ... ... ... ... •■■ ■•■ ••• P- 55 
 
 Order for certain Justices to enquire into the assessment for the poor rate 
 in the parish of Ealing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 5^ 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Hannah Cosford, widow of John 
 Cosford. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Bartholomew the Great 
 and St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate p. 57 
 
 Order for John Bristoe, son of Mary Bristoe, to continue in his 
 apprenticeship to Barnett Waters, of St. Paul, Covent Garden, periwig maker. 
 
 P-58 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Hunter. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. James', Clerkenwell, and St. Martin, Ludgate . . . Jlu'd. 
 
 Order confirming an order adjudging William Cole, of the parish of 
 St. Botolph Without, Bishopsgate, to be the father of the child of Elizabeth 
 Bullock, born in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Galloway, spinster. I'he 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. (ieorge the Martyr, in Southwark, and 
 St. Sepulchre P- 60 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Hannah Carr, alias Sancto, an infant, 
 aged three weeks. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Olave's, 
 Southwark, and St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... ... ... ■■• Z'''^^/'. 
 
 Order for raising money for the passing of vagrants, and schedule of the 
 different hundreds and the sums assessed ... ... ... pp. 61-66 
 
 [Pages 67-70 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under the headings New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 p. 71 
 [Page 72 blank.] 
 
 Copy of an Order of Council of 4 April, 1706, about taking an account 
 of all the papists in this county and their qualities and estates ... p. 73 
 
 [Pages 74, 75 blank.] 
 
300 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indi(^tnients and recognizances ... pp. t6-']<) 
 
 Certificate, dated 3 March, 1705, of a house adjoining to the house of 
 Thomas Goodwin, in Pinner, being appointed for a place of worship for 
 protestants dissenting from the church of England, and pursuant to the late 
 Act of Parliament ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 Swearing in of constables ... ... ... ... ... ... i/)id. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 638- MAY, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 -Memoranda relating to recognizance.s, indictments, &c. ... pp. 5-20 
 
 [Pages 21-26 blank.] 
 
 Order for the overseers of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to pay 
 £■] 4s. od. to Dr. Frederick Slayer, Whitlock Bullstrode, Richard Hinde, 
 Robert Hinde, and Edmund Holmes, representing the " contributors to and 
 managers of the Charity School " there, towards the maintenance and education 
 in learning and housewifery of two poor female children belonging to the 
 parish. On the payment of another 40/- Edmund Holmes undertakes to place 
 out one of the children, Mary Chapman, and relieve the parish of any further 
 cost on her account ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 27 
 
 Rebecca Stafford, alias Carr, convicted of keeping a brothel, is ordered to 
 be whipped at a cart's tail from the end of King's Street to the end of 
 Southampton Street, in High Holborn, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 
 p. 28 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of a female child, named Priscilla, 
 supposed to be a bastard, in the parish of Hanwell. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of Clerkenwell and Hanwell ibid. 
 
 Order for discharging Sarah Pickford from her apprenticehood with 
 Hannah Billington, button maker, late of the Strand. The apprentice com- 
 plains that she has hard lodging, scarcely any clothes to wear, nor shoes and 
 stockings to her feet, and that sometimes she has been forced to beg for 
 sustenance, and she is left now quite destitute, as her mistress has been for 
 some months in the Marshalsea for debt ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Bennett from his apprenticehood with Michael 
 Cleere, weaver, of Norton Folgate. Bennett complains that his master's wife 
 is a " Roman Catholick," and has frequently endeavoured to persuade him to 
 be of that religion, and that he, by her persuasion, had been at the chapel of 
 the Portuguese Ambassador, who is a papist, to hear Mass p. 30 
 
 Order for certain late officers of the liberty-above-Bars, in the parish of 
 St. Andrew, Holborn, to deliver up the balances of their accounts to the 
 present overseers, who are to give a note for payment of ^50 to Captain Parr, 
 from whom money had been borrowed for the relief of the poor. Further, the 
 overseers are to pay to 15 poor persons, who had petitioned the Court, the 
 arrears of their pensions ; the inhabitants are to make a rate for the relief of 
 the poor il,id. 
 
Sessio/is Book 639 — ^////r, 1706. 301 
 
 A representation to the Queen's Majesty as to a com])laint made by 
 Lieutenant Walter Massey. The Justices point out that the Justices of the 
 Staines Division had duly issued warrants ])utting into execution the Act for 
 raising and enlisting seamen. On Lieutenant Massey's first visit they desired 
 him to name the day for them to meet him, which he did. On the appointed 
 day the Justices met, and at three o'clock in the afternoon Lieutenant Massey 
 sent them word by an ostler that he was gone to another meeting for the like 
 purpose. Notwithstanding this unbecoming behaviour, they sent to him to fix 
 a third day, which he did, naming the 3rd instant. On that day the Justices 
 met, but he sent them word that his horse was taken ill on the road, so that 
 he could not come. The Justices had enlisted three able-bodied seamen, and 
 thev still remain in the custody of the high constable. Further, at their first 
 meeting, not being satisfied with the diligence of the petty constables, they 
 had fined one of them, giving all a strict charge to greater diligence. The 
 Justices for the county urge that they have used their best endeavours to serve 
 the Queen ; and that they cannot find that Lieutenant Massey had given such 
 attendance as was any way useful to Her Majesty's Service. Except at 
 Hammersmith and Brentford, where he enlisted men, Lieutenant Massey 
 either sent excuses for not attending the Justices, or gave directions to the 
 constables by leaving notes at their houses. Three of the Justices have 
 daily been in attendance, except on Sundays, for carrying out the Act. 
 " Therefore the said Massey's informing His Royal Highness that we were 
 very cold and negligent in our duty, was a very unjust reflection." Attention 
 is also called to the fact that captains and other persons employed to receive 
 persons enlisted, discharge them for money and other rewards, rendering the 
 work of the Justices futile. The representation concludes : — " We most 
 humbly hope that your Majesty will put your mark of displeasure upon the 
 said Lieutenant Massey, that others may be discouraged from treating us 
 hereafter in so false and unjustifiable a manner" ... ... PP- 33i 34 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, sentences, fines, &c. ... pp. 35, 36 
 
 [Pages 37-62 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 63, 64 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Rough note on p. 68. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 639— JULY, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-31. 35> 36 
 [Pages 32, 2>l, 38 are blank.] 
 
 William Cooper, of Edmonton, and William Anstery, of Enfield, 
 yeoman, are licensed as kidders ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 34 
 
 List of names (38) of those taking oaths ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
302 Middlesex Coimty Records. 
 
 Order as to the inspection of the accounts of Hayford Wainwright, 
 gentleman, crier of the Court ; particular notice is to be taken of the money 
 received by the said Hayford out of the rents and profits of the Corporation 
 Workhouse, "and other the estate belonging to this county" ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order for John Stibbs, Thomas Mills, Thomas Emerton, and John Jones, 
 all of New Brentford, to take the oaths as constables and headboroughs of the 
 said town ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of John Cooke, former church- 
 warden of Limehouse Hamlet, Stepney Parish ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the attendance of the chief constables of Ossulston, Edmonton, 
 and Gore, who are to bring their accounts relating to the passing of vagrants. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 A like order for the high constables of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for Edward Elderton, of Mile End Old Town, farmer, who rents 
 several lands in the hamlet of Stratford le Bow and Old Ford, to pay to the 
 chapelwardens of the said hamlet certain moneys due from him for the relief 
 of the poor of the said hamlet •-•... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to excuse William Artorbury, of Rotten Row, St. Giles' Without, 
 Cripplegate, labourer, from paying the poor rate ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Mary, wife of Abel Weeks, keeper of the New Prison, is nominated and 
 appointed matron of the House of Cor'-ection ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Edward, son of David Pennery. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. George the Martyr and St. Giles' 
 Without, Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Richard, infant son of Edward Trusted 
 (now gone to sea), and Elizabeth, his wife, now deceased. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and Stepney ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of William Turner, former church- 
 warden of St. John's, Wapping ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the discharge of John, son of Mary Gilli.s, widow, apprenticed 
 to Richard Newton, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, mariner ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the liberty- 
 above-Bars, in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, to pay Thomas Wetherall, 
 former overseer, a certain sum disbursed by him during his term of office. 
 
 P-47 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of Saffron Hill 
 liberty to receive and provide for Sarah, child of John Early, who has left his 
 habitation. The mother of the said Sarah is dead, and the child has been 
 under the care of Barbara Smith, of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, widow, 
 who petitions to be relieved of the responsibility ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Address of the Justices of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenants, Militia Officers, 
 and the Grand Jury, congratulating Her Majesty upon " the glorious and 
 unparalleled victories lately obtained " by her forces under the Duke of 
 
Srssio/is Book 640 — August, 1706. 303 
 
 Marll)orough, and by her allies, and on her extraordinary success in S|)ain, 
 particularly in the relief of Barcelona ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 [Pages 50-60 blank.] 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." p. 61 
 
 [Pages 62-64 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical hsts of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... PP- 65-67 
 
 Memoranda as to those who paid colt money : 
 
 "Certificate dated 22nd April, 1706, that the house of Mr. William 
 Spilsworth, in Stoake Newington, in the county of Middlesex, is appointed for 
 a meeting-house for protestants dissenting from the Church of England, 
 pursuant to an Act of Parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late 
 sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary." 
 
 Abigail Barwick and Elizabeth Yelverton are exempt from paying to the 
 poor rate of Wapping, Stepney, &c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 640-AUGUST, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 7-32, 37-40 
 [Pages 33-36 blank.] 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ann Peale, apprenticed to Margaret, wife of 
 Thomas Sherman, of St. Giles'-in-the- Fields, the said Margaret "having kept a 
 victualling house " in the said parish ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Willis, apprenticed to John Green, of 
 King Street, near St. James's Square, shoemaker, the said Green having gone 
 beyond seas ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the confirmation of a report made by certain Justices (named) 
 as to the accounts of the overseers of the poor of Finchley ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for regulating the nightly watches, which are to be constantly set 
 and continued from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Lady Day next ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order for a rate to be made for the payment of money due to Ferdinando 
 Unsworth, of Kensington Parish, former churchwarden of the said parish. 
 
 p. 44 
 
 Order for Robert King, former chief constable of New Brentford Division, 
 to pay Moses Bodycott [Bodicott?], gentleman, the money he has received 
 from the rate for passing vagrants ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the churchwardens of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, Holborn-above- 
 Bars, Hatton Garden, Saffron Hill, and Ely Rents, to pay the moneys assessed 
 on the said parishes and places in the rate for reimbursing the charges for 
 passing vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 48-62, 65 blank.] 
 
304 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Lists of names headed, " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 63, 64 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments. pp. 66-69 
 
 Memoranda as to Captain Fitzgarrell, of I.oid Tunbridge's regiment, 
 producing a sign manual, dated 26 June, 1706. 
 
 Robert Pattin, of New Brentford, gentleman, chosen chief constable, in 
 the room of Robert King, who has absconded, &c. ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 641— OCTOBER, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ••■ ■•• ••■ •■• p- 2 
 
 Writ p. 3 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 4-21 
 
 [Pages 22-24 blank.] 
 
 Order that certain fines set upon John Huggins, esquire, high bailiff of 
 the city and liberty of Westminster, for contempt of Court in not attending 
 to his ofifice, be discharged and not estreated ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 [Pages 26, 27 blank.] 
 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to recognizances ... ... p. 29 
 
 [Page 31 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 32 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 642— OCTOBER, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel ... 
 
 Memoranda relating to indictments and recognizances ... 
 
 [Pages 32-40 blank.] 
 
 List of pers<ms taking the oath and subscribing (23) 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Lee, single woman, in the 
 parish of St. Sepulchre. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Dunstan 
 and St. Sepulchre ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 49 
 
 Order suppressing the alehouse license of William Fenn, of Tottenham, 
 which license he had clandestinely obtained after it had been suppressed by 
 the Justices in the division ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 
 P- 3 
 
 pp. 
 
 • 5-31 
 
 
 p. 41 
 
 pp. 
 
 43-47 
 
Sess/o/is Book 642 — Octobcj\ 1706. 305 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, (S:c., of St. Mary's, Islington, to make a 
 rate for the repair ot the highways ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Certain of the Justices report that they have inspected a new street in the 
 parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, running from the north end of the present 
 street called Red Lion Street to Lamb's Conduit, intended also to be called Red 
 Lion Street ; one part of it is built on the east side, and the other part on the 
 west side, and they recommend that the new street on the west side should 
 be paved with stone, from the denter stone on the south of a corner house 
 occupied by Edward Izard, victualler, to the middle of the street, on the east 
 side of Izard's house to the north side of a house occupied by Charles 
 Dexter ; from thence northwards towards Lamb's Conduit so far as there are 
 any houses, coach-houses, and stables, gravel should be used. On the east 
 side of the new street, from the denter stone on the south side of a corner 
 house occupied by Edmund Carpenter of the middle of the street, on the west 
 side of the said house, to the north side of a house occupied by William Pain, 
 carpenter, stone paving should be used. Further they report that they have 
 viewed a new street called Ormond Street, and that they judge it should be 
 
 paved with stone before the house occupied by Parker, esquire, on 
 
 the north side of the street, and before the houses on the south side occupied 
 
 severally by Simeon Betts, Francis Etherington, Buning, a baker, 
 
 and William Hawkins. Order made accordingly ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Complaint from certain inhabitants of the Savoy that, for 15 years past, 
 certain persons, calling themselves vestrymen, have imposed extravagant poor 
 rates upon the parish, and that persons who formerly paid 6/6, or 10/10, 
 have lately paid ^3 and ^4. Order made for the examination of the 
 accounts by certain of the Justices, who are to report thereon at the next 
 Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order discharging Samuel Sells from his apprenticehood with John Lock, 
 tallowchandler and grocer, of Uxbridge, his master having given him 
 immoderate correction, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order for discharging an order made by two of the Holborn Justices, 
 adjudging Thomas Poole, turner, of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, to be 
 the father of the female bastard of Elizabeth Mills, widow ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order for certain inhabitants of the liberty above Bars in the parish of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, to audit the accounts of John Hurst, Thomas 
 Wilburne, Thomas Bullock, John Barnes, and Christopher Farmer, and to 
 report to the Justices of the Bloomsbury Division ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Richard Hill, Sarah, his wife, and 
 Anne, their daughter, in the parish of St. Sepulchre. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Sepulchre ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of .Ann Fowley, in the hamlet of 
 Spitalfields, in the parish of St. Dunstan's, Stepney. The dispute is bet^veen 
 the parish of St. Clement Danes and Spitalfields ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The petition of John Ganden, weaver, of Spitalfields, for the discharge of 
 his daughter, Sarah, from her apprenticehood with Alice Smithe, sempstress, 
 on the ground that her mistress had misused her, was discharged ... p. 59 
 
3o6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Wrenn from his apprenticehood with Edmund 
 Juby, feltmaker, of Earle Street, in the parish of St. Giles'-iii-the-Fields. Juby 
 is to return 50/-. The apprentice complained that Juby and his wife had so 
 unreasonably beaten him that he went in danger of his life ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order discharging William Bilson, "of Pancrass, alias Pancross," from 
 his apprenticehood with John Bartholomew, mariner, of St. John's, Wapping, 
 on the ground that the indentures were void in law. It was stated on behalf 
 of Bilson that Bartholomew had not only barbarously ill-used him, but had 
 " left him in parts beyond the seas " ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Henry Fendall in the parish of 
 Hampstead. The dispute is between the parishes of Willesden and Hampstead. 
 
 p. 61 
 
 Order discharging William Hart from serving as constable to the parish 
 of Hanworth, as he has served a whole year, and cannot learn when the lord 
 of the manor will hold a court leet and swear in another constable. The 
 Court appoints William Neve to serve ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order discharging Ezekiel Farmer from his apprenticehood with Joseph 
 Ferrland, weaver, of Spitalfields, on the petition of his father, Hezekiah. The 
 Court held that the indentures were void in law, as Ferrland had induced the 
 lad to become his apprentice without the consent of his father . . . ibid. 
 
 Order discharging an order made by two of the Justices adjudging 
 William White, staymaker, of Surrey Street, in the parish of St. Clement 
 Danes, to be the father of the male bastard of Katherine Nutting, single 
 woman ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 63 
 
 ».>rder granting a pension of ^3 annually, from the fund for maimed 
 soldiers and sailors, to John Williams, of New Brentford. He had been on 
 board H M.'s bomb-ketch, the "Comet," at the bombarding of Barcelona, 
 when he lost his left leg by a cannon ball, as he was loading a mortar, p. 64 
 
 Order reducing the poor rate of Samuel Woodrow, of the parish of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, from 12/- to 8/- per annum ... ... ... p. 65 
 
 Similar order reducing the poor rate of Thomas Walkden, of the same 
 parish, from i o/- to 6/- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 66-72 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 73, 74 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... PP- 76, 77 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp.78, 79 
 
 Memoranda various : — 
 
 "Certificate, dated 7 September, 1706, that Charles Nicholetts, a 
 protestant dissenting minister of the Gospel, designs to make use of the 
 market-house in Shadwell Market for the public worshij) of God in a separate 
 congregation, beginning the then next Lord's Day, he being qualified there- 
 unto as the law directs." 
 
 Richard Baker, sworn high constable of Isleworth ... ... p. 80 
 
Sess/of/s Book 644 — faiiuary, i ']0"J . 307 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 643— DECEMBER, 1706. 
 
 Jury panel p. 5 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, commitments, &c. 
 
 PP- 7-3'> 39-41 
 [Pages 32-38, 42 blank.] 
 
 Upon the complaint of Nathaniel Chandler, chief constable of the 
 Holborn Division, that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor and 
 others, inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, of the liberty of Hatton 
 Garden, Saffron Hill, and Ely Rents, have refused to pay certain moneys for 
 the passing of vagrants, it is ordered that the said churchwardens and over- 
 seers, &c., do pay the same to the said (-handler ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order of reference as to the complaint of Walbridge Todd, widow, whose 
 son John is apprenticed to John Evance, of St. Clement Danes' Parish, barber 
 and periwig maker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the suppression of the license of John Clarke, of the parish of 
 St. Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, victualler, who has been indicted 
 for keeping an ill-governed and disorderly alehouse ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 A like order for Rowland Cambridge, of the same parish, victualler, p. 47 
 
 A letter from the Lords of the Council to the Duke of Bedford, dated 
 5 December, 1706, recommending the vigorous execution of the Act for the 
 better recruiting the army and marines, and desiring him to send up, on or 
 before the 5th of next February, an account, which is to be laid before Her 
 Majesty in Council, of his proceedings in the matter, with the number and 
 names of the recruits raised ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 [Pages 49-68, 70, 71 blank.] 
 
 Lists of Names, headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 p. 69 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 72-75 
 
 Memoranda :--" Captain John Cordon, in the Lord Orkney's Regiment, 
 produced a sign manual, dated 9 November, 1706 "; "Colt" money, &c. 
 
 p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 644— JANUARY, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel .. ... ... ... ... .. ... ... p. i 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda: — Writ, indictment, acquittals, (S:c. pp. 2-15 
 
 [Pages 16-20, 22-27 blank.] 
 
 Order for Thomas Medlicott, esquire, J. P., to be chairman at the Easter 
 and Midsummer Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to those who took oaths, recognizances, 
 indictments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 28, 29 
 
 [Pages 30, 31, iz, 34 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical hst of names, headed "Indictments" ... ... p. 32 
 
 u 2 
 
3o8 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 645— JANUARY, 1707. 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-23, 35. 36 
 [Pages 24-33, 37, 38 blank.] 
 
 Names of those who took the oaths ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary, wife of Peter Greene. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Stepney and St. Paul's, Covent Garden ... p. 39 
 
 Order for Nathaniel Chandler, gentleman, chief constable of Holborn 
 Division, to pay Hayford Wainwright, gentleman, crier of this Court, ^20 
 towards the amount expended by him in passing vagrants ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order of reference as to the petition of Thomas Rascoe, former surveyor 
 of the highways of Ratcliffe Hamlet, Stepney Parish, in which he complains 
 that the churchwarden of the said hamlet refuses to make a rate, as ordered, 
 to reimburse the petitioner moneys expended by him for gravel and other 
 materials ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ann Logue, apprenticed to William Webster, 
 of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The said Willam "is since dead," and Jane, his 
 widow, refuses to deliver up the indenture of apprenticehood ... p. 41 
 
 Order for vacating an order whereby John Pitchford was adjudged to 
 be the father of Mary, the child of Ann Warwick, widow ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the discharge of Elizabeth Hart, apprenticed to Christopher 
 Warinfield, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, child's coat maker ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the discharge of Joseph, son of Robert Ward, of Enfield, 
 apprenticed to John Draper, carpenter ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Upon the petition of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of 
 St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, showing a deficit in the poor rate, owing to 
 the amount of empty houses in the neighbourhood, and praying a quarter's 
 rate more may be made upon the inhabitants, it is ordered accordingly, p. 46 
 
 Jonathan Easden, convicted for cheating Francis Fieldhouse and Thomas 
 Boswell, is fined £,\o upon each indictment, and is to be put in and upon 
 the pillory on Little Tower Hill, near the Victualling Office, for two hours, 
 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., with a paper fixed over his head, describing his 
 offences ; he is to find sureties for his good behaviour for twelve months. 
 He is remanded to Newgate until he pay the fines, undergo the punish- 
 ment, then to be delivered, paying his fees, 35/- ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order as to the .settlement of Sarah, widow of Abraham Corner, and her 
 three children, John, Judy, and Elizabeth. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Margaret's, Westminster. ibid. 
 
 Adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement of Ann Gardner, and 
 William and David, her sons. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Clement's, Cambridge, and St. Katherine's, near the Tower ... p. 49 
 
Sessions J^ook 645 — -January, 1707. 309 
 
 Upon the petition of the churchwarden, constable, and others, inhabitants 
 of the liberty of Grub Street, in the parish of St. Ciiles' Without, Cripple- 
 gate, showing that the watch- house belonging to the said liberty is much in 
 need of repair, and praying for a rate to be made to defray the expense of 
 repairing the same, it is ordered accordingly ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order for Hayford Wainwright to pay John Meard, carpenter, his account 
 for work done at the House of Correction ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 A like order for the payment of the account of Thomas Elford, of 
 St. James' Parish, Clerkenwell, bricklayer, for work done at the House of 
 (Correction ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for a reduction to be made in the poor rate assessed upon 
 William Sims, of St. John's Parish, Wapping, gardener ... ... p. 52 
 
 A like order concerning the poor rate assessed upon Peter Shelstone, of 
 the same parish, brandy seller ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order on a petition and appeal of Richard Price, gentleman, Matthew 
 Nicholas, Henry Turner, Robert Russell, and John Turner against an 
 inquisition taken at the mansion house of Charles, Lord Ossulston, upon a 
 writ of ad quod dampnmn, dated 19 December, directed to the sheriff of 
 Middlesex, requiring him to enquire what damage would be caused if the 
 Queen should grant license to the said Lord Ossulston to enclose part of a 
 common highway, leading from Hillingdon Common to a town called Har- 
 lington. The petitioners had prayed that their rights might be preserved to 
 them as soon as the said way should be enclosed, and it is ordered 
 accordingly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order for Hayford ^Vainwright, gentleman, crier, to pay to William Oram, 
 plaisterer, to Richard Hickman, painter, and to a smith, the money due to them 
 for work done at the House of Correction ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 At the Sessions held last July, the petition of Charles Hargrave 
 and other inhabitants of Finchley Parish as to the poor rate, was referred 
 to certain Justices who were desired to inspect the accounts of the church- 
 wardens and overseers. Upon inspection of the said accounts, it was found 
 that ;,^5t had been expended for law charges, and the said Justices thereupon 
 ordered that ^36 should be allowed towards the charge of the said lawsuit, 
 and that John Williams, churchwarden, should pay Henry Howe, overseer, 
 ^15, the residue of the said sum, to reimburse him the charge he was put to 
 by an unreasonable prosecution. Now, upon complaint that the order of the 
 Justices was illegal, it is ordered that the said report, and order made for 
 confirming the same, be vacated, and the accounts are referred to the Justices 
 to be reviewed and inspected ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 54 
 
 [Pages 57-59, 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Indenture of apprenticeship of Manasses, son of I-'rancis Wadley, of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, cordwainer, to the said Francis, his father ... p. 60 
 
 Lists of names, headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 p. 61 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names, headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 64-66 
 
310 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Memoranda : — 
 
 The rector and churchwardens of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields 
 " do desire to be heard against any order that shall be made for registering 
 and allowing a chapel in Great Queen Street, lately erected by Mr. William 
 Baguley for a place of religious worship for protestant dissenters." 
 
 Jonathan Easden to give notice to Francis Fieldhouse in the back lane 
 behind Well Close, and Mary Boswell in Rosemary Lane. 
 
 Certificate that "a house belonging to Sarah Gully, widow, in Chelsea 
 is set apart for a public meeting house of protestant dissenters in religious 
 worship, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, entitled an Act for exempting of 
 Her Majesty's protestant subjects from certain penal laws." 
 
 Henry Moult, keeper of the House of Correction, for non-attendance at 
 Court, was fined 40/-, which was afterwards remitted. 
 
 Note as to colt money. James Hawley appointed treasurer of the fund 
 for Brentford and Chertsey Bridges, in the place of the late Henry Hawley, 
 his father. 
 
 Daniel Nicoll is ordered to give direction for the repair of that part of 
 Braint Bridge which lies in Willesden. 
 
 William Gunson and Hayford W^iinwright, gentlemen, are to account for 
 money received for the passing of vagrants ; the latter is also to account for 
 money he has received for the public uses. 
 
 " Certificate that a house in possession of Rice Davies, of Uxbridge, 
 otherwise Woxbridge, in the parish of Hillingdon, which house was lately in 
 the occupation of John Hill, his landlord, is set apart for religious worship." 
 
 Adjournment of the appeal as to the removal of Ann Gardner, and 
 William and David, her sons ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 646- FEBRUARY, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 blank.] 
 
 Indictment.s, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 5-21 
 
 [Pages 22-30 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments ... pp. 31, 32 
 
 [Pages iz, 34 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Gardiner and William and David, 
 her two sons. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Clement's, Cam- 
 bridge, and St. Katherine'.s, near the Tower ... ... ... ... p- 35 
 
 Petition of James Lorata, setting forth that he, being born of Arabian 
 parents, "in the desert of Arabia," was brought to England, baptised according 
 to the ordinances of the Church of England, and bound apprentice to Thomas 
 Richardson, who shortly after sent him into the sea service, to redeem another 
 man, with no more clothes than one old coat, jacket, breeches, a pair of old 
 stocking.s, and one shirt ; that .'Vnn Richardson, widow of the said Thomas, 
 has received all the wages due to him while he served on board Her Majesty's 
 ships the "Nottingham" and "Bridgwater," and that he has nothing with 
 which to buy necessary clothing. I'rays to be discharged from his api)rentice- 
 ship and allowed the wages due to him. The case is adjourned ... ibid. . 
 
Sessiofis Book 647 — April, 1707. 311 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Holliday, widow of John 
 Holliday. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Oeorge's, in Southwark, 
 and St. Botolph, Aldgate... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 [Pages 38-54 blank.] 
 
 List of names of those in the New Prison and House of Correction, p. 55 
 
 Alphabetical lists of recognizances and indictments ... pp. 56-58 
 
 Order to the overseers of the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, to pay 
 Sarah Corner, widow, a pension of 2/6 a week, for the relief of herself and 
 her two children, until further notice ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 647^APRIL, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ... PP- 3-15 
 
 [Pages 16-18 blank.] 
 
 Order for the sitting of the Justices, day by day, for the carrying out of 
 the Recruiting Act ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 19 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Anne, Westminster, 
 to raise ^80 for the repair of the highways (as in previous years) ... ibid. 
 
 Similar order for the parish of St. James', Westminster, to raise ^120 for 
 the repair of the highways (as in previous years) ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Similar order for St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to raise ^345 for repairing the 
 highways (as in previous years) ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 1 
 
 Order for discharging Mercy Firnley, alias Ferneloe, from her apprentice- 
 hood with Grace Bollard, mantua maker and child's coat maker. Firnley had 
 not been instructed in the art or mystery, but had been kept " running errands 
 and doing house work " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 23 
 
 [Pages 25-27 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, oaths, &c. ... pp. 28, 29 
 
 [Pages 30, 31 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... .. ... I>. 32 
 
 [Pages 33-34 blank.] 
 
3 1 2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 648-APRIL, 1707. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 David Hechstetter is chosen treasurer for the maimed soldiers' and 
 mariners' fund for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and (lOre, and he is 
 appointed to take the accounts of Richard Brown, esquire, late treasurer. 
 
 Thomas Nullum, esquire, chosen to a like office, for the hundreds of 
 Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, and he is appointed to take the accounts 
 of the Honourable James Bertie, esquire, late treasurer. 
 
 William Gunson, gentleman, continued treasurer for the Marshalsea, 
 Queen's Bench, and Hospitals for the hundreds of Ossulston, PMmonton, and 
 Gore, and Moses Bodicott for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 The rates for labourers to be continued as before. The assize of bread 
 to remain the same ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Indictments, acquittals, recognizances, &c. ... ... pp. 5-30 
 
 [Pages 31, 32 blank.] 
 
 Order for adjourning the appeal of William Cook against an order 
 adjudging him to be the father of the male child of Mary Hart, of the parish 
 of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order for discharging James Lorata from his apprenticeship to Ann 
 Richardson, \_Vide Sessions Book No. 646, p. 35] ... ... ... p. 34 
 
 Order for discharging Ralph Key from the office of scavenger for the 
 upper liberty of St. John Street, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, upon proof 
 that his age is 76, and that he is "dim of sight and thick of hearing." p, 36 
 
 Order for discharging Francis Tow from the office of scavenger of the 
 liberty of Holywell, in the parish of St, Leonard, Shoreditch... ... p 37 
 
 Order for discharging Thomas How from his apprenticeship to John 
 Palmer, of the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, cordwainer ... ibid. 
 
 Order for discharging Elizabet 1 Osborne from her ai)prenticeship to Jane 
 Friend (now the wife of Edward P^ves), mantua maker .,, ... J). 39 
 
 Order for discharging Thomas Page from the office of constable of the 
 hamlet of Ro.xeth, in the parish of Harrow, upon proof that he has served the 
 said office for a year, and that no court leet is being held for the manor of 
 Harrow for this year. Ralph Higgins appointed to serve in his stead. ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of William Aldwin, constable of the hamlet of 
 Weald, in the parish of Harrow, upon same proof as above, Benjamin 
 Tilliard to serve in his stead ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann Earneans, alias Brewer, formerly 
 
 the widow of Clement Earneans, surgeon, and also the widow of 
 
 Brewer. The dispute is between the parishes of Isleworth and St. Clement 
 Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
Sessions Book 648 — April, 1707. 313 
 
 Order for the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn, to pay Thomas Cruttenden 2/- per week for the maintenance of 
 Lucy Fowell, child of Isaac Fowell, left at the house of said Thomas 
 Cruttenden in his absence " by sur|)rize," the father and mother both having 
 disappeared ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Nelson from the office of constable of 
 Willesden. Samuel Betteridge is ordered to serve in his stead ... p. 43 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Pryor from the office of constable of the 
 hamlet of Sudbury, in the parish of Harrow. Richard Bliss to serve in his 
 stead ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Walter from the office of constable 
 for the town of Harrow-on-the-Hill. Thomas Read to serve in his stead. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Davis, widow of Nicholas 
 Davis. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Saviour's, Southwark, 
 and St. Giles'-in-the- Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for the discharge of Elizabeth Bull from her apprenticeship to 
 Francis Jones, broker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn to receive into their care Barbara Cook, a poor child aged 3 years, 
 daughter of Alice Cook, upon the petition of Thomas Butcher, a labourer, in 
 whose house the said Alice Cook lately died ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for the discharge of Thomas Cotterell, son of Elizabeth Cotterell, 
 from his apprenticeship to John Mathews, of the liberty of the Rolls, barber 
 and peruke maker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order for regulating the Haymarket in the liberty of Westminster. [ Vide 
 Sessions Book No. 637, p. 28.] Tully's accounts follow ... ... p. 48 
 
 List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments ... PP- 51-53 
 
 Receipt for ^20 paid by William Brown upon his confession of an 
 indictment against him for selling beer and ale without a license ... p. 54 
 
 Order for certain Justices to inspect the accounts of Henry Hawley, 
 esquire, deceased, late treasurer of the moneys collected for building and 
 repairing the public bridges ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Mr. Moses Bodicott, chosen and continued treasurer for the I\Larshalsea, 
 Queen's Bench, and Hospitals in the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth. Order to the Justices to examine his accounts ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Jane Smyth and Elizabeth Boyle, convicted of cheating and 
 defrauding Isabel, wife of William Scales, of ^9, to be stripped naked from 
 the middle upwards and publicly whipped at a cart's tail round Red Lion 
 Square, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and to be remanded to 
 Newgate gaol until they undergo their punishment and pay their fees. p. 56 
 
314 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for Elizabeth Boyle and Alice Jones, convicted of defrauding 
 Katharine Shute, widow, of ^^9, to be fined 6/8, and for Elizabeth Boyle to 
 be put upon the pillory before Grays Inn Foregate, in the parish of St. 
 Andrew, Holborn, for the space of one hour, with a paper over her head 
 describing her said offence. Alice Jones is to be stripped from the middle 
 upwards and publicly whipped at a cart's tail from Gray's Inn Foregate to 
 Southampton Street, in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The said 
 Elizabeth and Alice are both remanded to Newgate gaol until they pay 
 their fines, undergo their punishment and pay their fees ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for Thomas Wilkes, gentleman, chief constable of the Tower 
 Division within the hundred of Ossulston, and the several petty constables, to 
 attend at Hicks Hall with their respective accounts of vagrant money. p. 57 
 
 The like order for the constables of the Finsbury Division ... ibia. 
 
 The like order for the constables of the Holborn Division ... p. 58 
 
 Order for William Page, of Golden Lane, in the parish of St. Giles' 
 Without, Cripplegate, labourer, to be discharged from paying the poor rate 
 upon proof that he is a very poor man, almost blind, with five children and 
 an industrious wife, and that he has only had three days' work in i 2 months. 
 
 P- 59 
 
 Order for the trial of traverses upon indictments the first four days of 
 every Sessions. This order to be fixed upon the gates of Hicks Hall. p. 60 
 
 Order for confirming an order adjudging Isaac Henriquise to be the father 
 of the female child of Dorothy Seward, widow, of the parish of St. Dunstan's- 
 in-the-West ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Whitethorne, aged 1 1 weeks, 
 
 the son of Jonathan and Mary Whitethorne. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey, and St. Giles' 
 Without, Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order to David Hechstetter, esquire, treasurer of the maiiued mariners' 
 fund, to pay arrears of 15/- to Thomas Tiddman [Tiddaman ?], c>f Poplar, 
 a disabled mariner ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 64-68 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under the headings New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 p. 69 
 [Page 7 I blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 72-75 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda concerning the swearing in of constables and 
 headboroughs. List of persons taking the oath ... ... ... p. 76 
 
 Order at the suit of Nathaniel Senior, gentleman, concerning a robber), 
 lately committed on Finchley Common... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for certain Justices to take the accounts of Henry Hawley, esquire, 
 deceased, late treasurer of the county bridges ; of Mr. Browne, late treasurer 
 of the maimed soldiers' fund in the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and 
 Gore ; and of Mr. Bertie, late treasurer of the maimed soldiers' fund in 
 the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isle worth ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Scssicvis Book 649 -May, i 707. 3 i 5 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 649— MAY, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... pp. 5-19 
 
 [Pages 20-22 blank.] 
 
 Order referring to two Justices for settlement, a dispute between the 
 inhabitants of Hollywell Court, alias King John's Court, in the parish of 
 St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and the Vestry of the same parish, touching the 
 right to elect scavengers for Hollywell Court ... ... ... ... P- 23 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Suger in the parish of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Mary, 
 the Savoy, and St. Giles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... it>id. 
 
 Order for discharging Frances Woodward from her apprenticehood with 
 Stephen Dodd, victualler, of Ratcliff. She had been originally apprenticed 
 to Katherine Attwood by the parish authorities of St. Paul, Shadwell, and by 
 her was assigned to Stephen Dodd. By Dodd and his wife she had been 
 much beaten and bruised, and whipped from the shoulders to the waist until 
 her body was bloody and raw ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 24 
 
 Order for Thomas Wilkes, gentleman, high constable of the Tower 
 Division, to hand in his accounts for the vagrant money to certain of the 
 Justices on 3 June ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 25 
 
 Order for discharging John Langley from his apprenticehood with 
 Abraham Richards, periwig-maker and barber, of the parish of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Fields. Richards had for some time kept an alehouse, and his 
 apprentice was employed in waiting on the guests, and carrying out and 
 fetching in pots, instead of learning his trade ; besides, he was much ill-used 
 by his master's wife. Part of the premium was to be returned ... p. 26 
 
 [Pages 28-36 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &:c. ... ... PP- 37) 3^ 
 
 [Pages 39-64 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 68, 69 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 70, 71 
 
 Memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... P- 72 
 
3 1 6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 650 JULY, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 •Memoranda of recognizances and indictments ... ... pp. 3-14 
 
 [Pages 15-20 blank.] 
 
 Order for raising X'5^ from the various hundreds in the county to pay 
 the costs of constables in passing vagrants. 
 
 [A note in the margin : — "This order was never delivered out or put in 
 execution "] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 1 
 
 Thomas Medlicott, esquire, chosen chairman of the Court of Quarter 
 Sessions till after the Epiphany Sessions ... ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah Carpenter and her three 
 children, John Peter, Daniel, and Mary, in the parish of St. Anne's, West- 
 minster. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Anne's and St. Martin's. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 A petition from the sufferers by fire in the parish of St. Margaret's, 
 Westminster, sets forth that on 10 April there happened in Charles Street "a 
 most dreadful and lamentable fire," whereby 17 houses were utterly consumed, 
 and six more very much damaged, "besides some outhousing " ; that the 
 greater part of the petitioners' good.s, household stuff, and implements of trade 
 were either broken, burnt, or made unserviceable, or stolen, so that the total 
 loss amounts to ;^4,47.S i4-S"- n^- ; they therefore ask for letters patent to be 
 granted them for a brief. The matter is referred to a number of the Justices, 
 who are to report to the Court on 17 July ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 Order for raising ^35 in the various parishes in the liberty of Westminster, 
 to pay: — (i) Arrears of ;^8 10.9. od. due to the widow of John Wyatt for 
 carpenter's work done at the House of Correction in Tuttle Fields in 1702; 
 (2) arrears for work done at the same place by Edward Stone, bricklayer, 
 amounting to j[[,^ z^s. od. ; (3) money due to Francis Reding, the governor of 
 the house, for clothing, &c., for William Landy, a "poor distracted man" in 
 Bethlehem Hospital, 28/- ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order confirming an order of two of the Justices adjudging Arthur 
 Annesley, esquire, commonly called Lord Altham, to be die reputed father of 
 a female bastard child of Eleanor Sheldon, in the parish of St. James', West- 
 minster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 28 
 
 [Pages 30-33 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to oaths, committals, fines, &c. ... pp. 34-36 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 [Pages 39, 40 blank.] 
 
Sess/ons Book 651 — J^t'l)'^ ^ /O?- o^^l 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 651 -JULY, 1707. 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ])[). 5-30 
 
 [Pages 31-40 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... pp. 41,42 
 
 [Pages 43, 44 blank.] 
 
 Order for the treasurer of the maimed soldiers' fund to pay to Mr. Robert 
 Hardisty, gentleman, ;£l\ due to him in defence of a suit against the 
 inhabitants of the hundred of Ossulston ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order for William Gunson, chief constable of the Finsbury Division, and 
 the petty constables to attend three of the Justices on 1 1 July, with their 
 accounts for passing vagrants, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the reduction of the amount paid for the relief of the poor by 
 William Friend, of Limehouse, to 10/- ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order referring a petition from the prisoners in Newgate to several of 
 the Justices, who are to report to the next Court of Quarter Sessions. The 
 petition sets out that the Order, made by the Court on the 8th of September, 
 1702, against exacting garnish, &c., from prisoners, was not observed, &c., 
 and complains that one Robinson, "then and still turnkey of the prison, 
 doth daily permit lewd women and known thieves and others to lodge 
 with the felons all night, provided they pay him i/- for each night's lodging 
 and satisfy with drink four over-plus officers, called partners," who are 
 prisoners set up by the keeper, James Fell, or the turnkey, Robinson. 
 These partners demand 2,- from every person coming in as a prisoner, and 
 claun a double allowance of the charity beef and bread ; they are allowed to 
 strike and abuse the prisoners, and threaten to search and strip those who 
 refuse to pay the 2/-. Further, the women resorting to the prison daily commit 
 thefts abroad, and bring the stolen goods into the gaol ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order confirming the report of the Justices appointed to consider the 
 dispute between HoUywell Court and St. Leonard's, Shoreditch : — The 
 inhabitants of Holywell Court are not to be excluded from the liberty, or to 
 be allowed to rate themselves, but they are to be excused paying the rate for 
 the first quarter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for setting up posts and a chain upon New Brentford Bridge. 
 The treasurer of the bridge money reports that New Brentford Bridge is 
 much " dampnifyed " by the great number of persons passing over it with 
 their horses, carts, and carriages in the summer time, when they have a 
 convenient way below the bridge, but will not make use of it. The posts 
 and chain are to prevent this use of the bridge, and preserve it for foot 
 passengers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 51 
 
 Order confirming the report made by certain of the Justices, who had 
 been appointed for the purpose, on the accounts of the late Henry Hawle)', 
 treasurer of the bridge money ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
J 
 
 1 8 Middlesex County Records 
 
 Order for Joseph Evans, churchwarden of the hamlet of Mile End Old 
 Town, in the parish of Ste])ney, to pay to P^lizabeth Hicks, widow of a former 
 churchwaiden, the sum of ^89, being the balance of an account due to her 
 late husband ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order confirming an order of two of the Justices, adjudging VV^illiam 
 Cook, one of the ofificers of Her Majesty's Duty of Excise, late of the parish 
 of St. John, Margate, to be the father of a male bastard of Mar)- Hart, late 
 of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order for confirming an order made by two of the Justices, adjudging 
 John Hasker, victualler, of Mile End Old Town, Stepney, to be the reputed 
 father of the female bastard of Mary Needham, wife of Thomas Needham, 
 late of Bethnal Green, who is a soldier, and in foreign parts ... ... p. 54 
 
 Order discharging Sarah Ponder from her apprenticehood with William 
 Smyth, fisherman, of Hammersmith, w^ho had so ill-treated her that she 
 despaired of her life. She had been apprenticed by the churchwardens, &c., 
 of Lee, Essex, and as she had gained a settlement in Hammersmith, was 
 likely to become chargeable to the parish. The Court ordered Smyth to pay 
 ;^,'5 I05-. od.. which he had received with his apprentice, and double a|)parel, 
 to the chapelwardens of Hammersmith... ... . . ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order discharging Margaret Carter from her apprenticehood with Hannah 
 Walsh, of St. Mary-le-Strand, alias Savoy, to whom she had been apprenticed 
 to learn houswifery, on the ground that the said Hannah had cruelly ill-used 
 her, and that her master had endeavoured to debauch her ... ... p. 56 
 
 A similar order for the discharge of Dorothy Carter ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Hugh Edwards in the parish of 
 Paddington. The dispute is between the parishes of Paddington and 
 St James', Clerkenwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order discharging an order made by two of the Justices, adjudging 
 Thomas Barne.s, barber, of Mile End Old Town, Stepney, to be the father 
 of the female bastard of Thomasin Hankinson, widow. The Court found 
 that Charles Hankinson was alive, and had been often seen in London, and 
 that the child was not a ba.stard but the daughter of the said Charles. p. 58 
 
 Order discharging Jane l-!est from her apprenticehood with Mary 
 Mackdonnell, widow of Dennis Mackdonnell, button maker. The mistress 
 complains that Best had often robbed her, and for that, and for lying out of the 
 petitioner's house, whoring, and drunkenness, she had been in prison ; but her 
 said mistress had received her again. Since that time she has been often 
 drunk, stayed out at night, assaulted and beaten her, and threatened to 
 kill her ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 The difference of Ann Blow, spinster, and Mrs. Mary Blay, concerning 
 the sum of j[^c) %s. od., claimed as wages by the former, is referred to certain 
 Justices for settlement ; they are to report to the next Court of Quarter 
 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order discharging an order of two of the Justices, adjudging John 
 \\'illiams to be the father of the female bastard of Elizabeth Washborne, of 
 the liberty-above-Bars, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn. The Court 
 found that the hu.sband, Richard Washborne, was alive ... ... p. 60 
 
Sessions Book 651 — y ///)', 1707. 319 
 
 Order relieving ^^'^illiam Atterbury, labourer, renting a house in Rotton 
 Row, St. Giles', Cripplegate, from the payment of poor rates, as he is a very 
 poor man and in mean circumstances ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order discharging Mary Storey from her apprenticehood. She was first 
 placed with Thomas Parker, hemp-dresser, of Aldersgate Street, London. 
 Parker assigned her to Richard Godman, " chirurgeon," of St. Sepulchre's. 
 Godman and his wife falsely accused her of being with child by Richard 
 Goodwin, and she had been imprisoned in the House of Correction on this 
 false charge for seven weeks, and on her release Godman refused to receive 
 her ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Prosse in the parish of 
 St. Pancras. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Clement Danes and 
 St. Pancras ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ralph Rumball, his wife, Elizabeth, 
 and his children, Katherine and Mary, in the parish of St. John's, Hackney. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. John's, Hackney, and St. Giles', 
 Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Colonel William Ashton, late of the liberty of Saffron Hill, 
 Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, to pay the overseers ;^6 \os. od. expended 
 by them in maintaining Ann Ashton and her child since he left the parish, 
 and to provide for them in future, \_Vide Sessions Book 633, p. 37] ... p. 65 
 
 Joseph Evans, churchwarden of the hamlet of Mile End Old Town, in 
 the parish of Stepney, petitions the Court that the order made for him to pay 
 Elizabeth Hicks, widow of John Hicks, a late churchwarden, the sum of 
 jQ^() be set aside. He alleges that since those accounts were audited great 
 sums have been charged to the inhabitants who have forbidden him to pay 
 any further sums to Elizabeth Hicks, and that he has no money to repay her. 
 The Court refused to set aside the order for the payment, but ordered the 
 churchwardens, &c., to make a rate for the purpose ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order for raising money in the county to pay the expenses incurred by 
 the constables in passing vagrants, &c. The amount to be paid by each 
 parish is set out, and the sum total is ^399 19^. I^d. ... ... pp. 67-70 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 71, 72 
 [Pages 73, 75 blank.] 
 
 List of twenty persons who have taken the oath of fidelity and subscribed. 
 
 P- 74 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 76, 77 
 
 AlphabeticalHst of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 78, 79 
 
 Rough memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
320 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 652-SEPTEMBER, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-3 1 > 37-39 
 [Pages 32-36, 40 blank.] 
 
 Order for the regulation of the night watches, which are to be constantly 
 set and continued from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Lady Day next... ... p. 41 
 
 Order for Nathaniel Chandler, gentleman, high constable of Holborn 
 division, to pay Hayford Wainwright, housekeeper of Hicks Hall, the money 
 for the passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order that the high constables issue instructions to the petty constables to 
 make returns of all persons seUing beer and ale, to the end that those who 
 have not licenses may be prosecuted according to law... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the report and affidavits concerning the misdemeanours and 
 abuses committed upon the poor debtors in Newgate, to be placed before the 
 Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Ann Harperley, apprenticed to Ann Gordon, 
 then of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, muff maker ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 [Pages 45-62, 65-67 blank.] 
 
 List of names, headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 63-64 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments. 
 
 pp. 68-71 
 
 Memoranda : — 
 
 " A meeting house is certified to be in the house of Rebeccah Critchlew, 
 in Baldwin's Gardens, Holborn, of protestant dissenters, called Independents, 
 and is allowed and registered according to an Act of Parliament in that case 
 provided," &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 653— OCTOBER, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-30, 41-45 
 [Pages 31-40, 46-48 blank.] 
 
 Order for a rate to be made in the parish of Harrow-on-the-Hill, to raise 
 the money due to John Page, one of the surveyors of the highways in the said 
 parish, for gravel to repair the said highways ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order of reference as to the erection of a watch-house in Hampstead 
 Parish. The constables had complained that there had never been any 
 convenient watch-house in the said parish to protect them from the extremity 
 of the weather, and had prayed that one might be erected ... ... ibid. 
 
Sfss/0/is Jnh)/c 053 — -October, ^J*^^?- 3-' 
 
 Order confirming an Drdcr adjudging William Weston, of Marten, near 
 Mackworth, county of Derh)-, to be the father of Rebecca Redgate's female 
 child ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Isabel Hutchins. The disjjute is between 
 the parishes of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and St. Mary's, Whitechapel... ]). 51 
 
 Order as to the settlement of |ohaiiii;i Williams. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Buttolph U'ithout, Aldersgate, and St. Sepulchre's... //vV/. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane, widow of John Snan. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of St. Clement Uanes and St. Margaret's, Westmmster. 
 
 Order excusing Lawrence Elleson, of St. James' Parish, Clerkenwell, from 
 paying the poor rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 John Tully, treasurer of the Haymarket, is ordered to pa}' to Mr. Robert 
 Hardisty, gentleman, Deputy Clerk of the Peace, the money in his- hands for 
 the public uses of this county ... ... ... ... ... ... I'h'd. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Matthew Dodd, son-in-law of William Pope, 
 apprenticed to Daniel Gibson, then of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 carpenter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Certificate granting James Berry, of the city of Oxford, maltster, an 
 allowance for 57 quarters of malt, which was lost in a barge near Blackwall. 
 
 P- 54 
 
 Order allowing the appeal of John Lee, of Devereaux Court, St. Clement 
 Danes, chairman, who has been adjudged the father of Julian Clarke's child, 
 Richard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order dismissing the appeal of James Taylor, of St. Ann's, Westminster, 
 cheesemonger, he being adjudged the father of Elizabeth, the child of Mary 
 Bourke, widow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for James Taylor to pay the churchwardens of St. Giles'-in-the- 
 Fields ;^5 for the maintenance of Mary Bourke's child, Elizabeth . . . I'h'd. 
 
 Order for the apprehension of all persons with wheelbarrows exposing 
 wares for sale, and carrying dice, whereby they use unlawful means to defraud 
 Her Majesty's subjects ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 57 
 
 Thomas Vaughan, Thomas Davis, Thomas and Edward Knight are 
 convicted for a false accusation against William Guilham ; they are severally 
 fined ^^, and are to be put in and upon the pillory at or near the Maypole in 
 the Strand, for an hour, between 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon, with an 
 inscription over their heads describing their offence. It is further ordered 
 that the said four prisoners, for a false accusation against Edward Barker, 
 apothecary, be each fined a further sum of ^£5, and be stripped naked 
 from the middle upwards and publicly whipped at a cart's tail from Temple 
 Bar to Charing Cross. Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Davis are committed 
 to Newgate until they pay their fines and undergo their punishment, then to 
 be dehvered, paying their fees, severally 30/-, in all ^3 ... ... P- 58 
 
32 2 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of John Warner and Andrew Rich- 
 mond, former overseers of the poor of St. Clement Danes' Parish ... p. 59 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of Hayford Wainwright, gentleman, 
 crier of this court, of all money received and paid for the public use, and for 
 the passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 60 
 
 Order for Mr. ^Vain\vright to pay jQ\ \s. 6d. to Mr. Richard forster, 
 gentleman, for his pains in taking several examinations as to abuses com- 
 mitted in Newgate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i/'hi. 
 
 [Pages 62-71 are blank.] 
 
 Names of those who took the oaths ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 73, 74 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed (Calendar of indictments. pp. 76-79 
 
 Memoranda as to indictments, commitments, &c. ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 654— DECEMBER, 1707. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 [Page 4 l)lank.] 
 
 Indictments, recognizances, acquittals, &c. ... ... pp. 5-28 
 
 [Pages 29-36 blank.] 
 
 Mi.scellaneous memoranda relating to indictments ... pp. 37-39 
 
 [Page 40 blank.] 
 
 Order for discharging John Curtis, son of Prudence Curtis, from his 
 apprenticeship to Philip Bollard, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 
 joiner ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 41 
 
 Order to dismiss the petition of William Macgill, praying that his 
 son-in-law, Egglas Green, may be discharged from his apprenticeship to John 
 Bainbridge, of Fisher Street, Red Lion b(]uare, in the parish of St. Andrew, 
 Holborn, " perukemaker '' ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 [Pages 43-62 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names under the headings New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 P- 63 
 [Page 65 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical lists of indictments and recognizances ... pp. 66-69 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda relating to indictments and committals, p. 70 
 
Scssiof/s J-)Ook 655 -fannary, 1708. 323 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 655— JANUARY, 1708. 
 
 Jury paiul p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous nienioraiKla as to indictments, acquittals, cv'c. 
 
 I'P- 5-23. 37-39 
 [Pages 24-36, 40-44 blank.] 
 
 Order for the attendance of all parties concerned, at the hearing and 
 determination of the appeal of Richard Price, gentleman, and others against 
 the return of the writ of ad c/uod dampnum, as to a license to be granted to 
 Charles, Lord Ossulston. \Vide Sessions Book No. 645, p. 53] ... P- 45 
 
 Order for the hearing of the appeal as to the settlement of Thomas Inns 
 and Martha, his wife. The dispute is between the parishes of Stepney and 
 Padbury, in the county of F.ucks ... ... ■ ... ..- ... il^Jd. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Bayly, spinster. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Heese and Heston in this county ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Horton, apprenticed to Peter Fountain, 
 of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, barber and periwig maker ... ... ibid. 
 
 William Powell, of St. Sepulchre's Parish, is admitted as a pensioner upon 
 the fund for maimed soldiers and mariners, it having been proved he served on 
 board the " Litchfield," where he was disabled... ... ... ... P- 47 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Brooke, widow, and her five children, 
 Pentecost, Martha, Sarah, Edward, and Nathaniel. The dispute is between 
 the parishes of St. Sepulchre and St. Andrew's, Holborn ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for the chapel wardens of the hamlet of Stratford-le-Bow and Old 
 Ford to pay the money due to Samuel Barwick and Robert Hardisty, former 
 chapelwardens of the said hamlet ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Singleton and Susannah, his wife. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and 
 St. Michael's, Cornhill p. 49 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Saddler and his wife. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Harmondsworth and Cowley ... ... P- 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Jane Wood, spinster. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of Friern Barnet and St. Mary, Islington ... p. 5 i 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Margaret, wife of Charles Wroth. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Loughton, in the county of Essex, and 
 St. Botolph's, Aldgate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order confirming the report of certain Justices as to the payment of the 
 poor rates by William Hagar, of Bethnal (keen Hamlet, Stepney Parish, 
 brewer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 52 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Thomas Shephard. I'he dispute is 
 between the parishes of Chiswick and Greenford ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 X 2 
 
324 Middlesex County Rcan'ds. 
 
 Edward 1 )alton, convicted for cheating Edward Clarke, is fined ^5 ; he is 
 to be openly whipped at a cart's tail from Holborn Bars, St. Andrew's Parish, 
 Holborn, to and against the Parish Church of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and is 
 committed to Newgate until he pay the fine and undergo the punishment ; then 
 to be delivered, paying his fees ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
 [Pages 56-63, 67, 71 blank.] 
 
 Names of those taking oaths ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-70 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to names of jurymen, appearances, commit- 
 ments, &c. 
 
 " Captain Boyle Smyth at White Posts, in Great Rider Street, St. James's." 
 
 p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 656— FEBRUARY, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments ... pp. 5-18 
 
 [Pages 19, 20 blank.] 
 
 Representation from the Lords of the Council to the Duke of Bedford, 
 and the Justices, dated from the Council Chamber, Kensington, 25 January, 
 1708, recommending the effectual execution of the Act relating to recruits. 
 The sum of 20/- is to be paid to the parish officers for each person brought 
 before the magistrates to be enlisted, and the sum of ;^5 shall be given 
 to every volunteer ; such volunteer to have his discharge after three years' 
 service if he desire it. The Duke and the Justices are to give an account of 
 their proceedings in the matter, with the names and numbers of the recruits 
 raised ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Order for the discharge of Alice Rudyard, apprenticed to Elizabeth Goss, 
 sempstress... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 22 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Skidder, apprenticed to John Hurrey, of 
 Mile End New Town, Stepney Parish, weaver ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Order for the discharge of Diana Hussey, apprenticed to Stephen Gore, 
 of Hammersmith, and Elizabeth, his wife, child's coat-maker ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of James Hawley, esquire, treasurer 
 of the money raised for repairing Brentford and Chertsey Bridges ... p. 25 
 
 Letter from J. Thurston to General Churchill, dated at Whitehall, 
 I March, 1708, acquainting him that the county of Middlesex, the city of 
 London, and the city and liberty of Westminster are allotted for the two 
 regiments of Foot Guards, and requesting him to order that the chief officers 
 be informed of the respective places where the Justices will meet on the 
 1 8th instant, for the receiving and delivering over of the recruits. Further 
 instructions on the subject ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
Sc'Ss/oNS Book 657 — April, 1708, 325 
 
 Election of Jeremiah Boreman, gentleman, to the post of keeper of the 
 New Prison, Clerkenwell, in the place of Abel Weeks, gentleman, deceased. 
 
 ]). 28 
 
 Order for AVilliam Kilnes to be recommended to Jeremiah Boreman as 
 his deputy and clerk, the said William having served in that capacity during 
 Abel Weeks' term of office ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 29 
 
 [Pages 30-35, 39-64 blank.] 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the accounts of James Havvley, treasurer 
 of the fund for Brentford and Chertsey Bridges; the election of Jeremiah 
 Boreman, William Kilnes recommended to be his deputy ; election of John 
 Mills as chief constable of Holborn Division, in the room of Nathaniel 
 Chandler, gentleman, deceased ; the license of John Beverley, of St. Giles'-in- 
 the-Fields, recommended to be stopped or suppressed ; acquittals, indict- 
 ments, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 36-38 
 
 Lists of names headed "New Priscjn " and "House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-70 
 
 Memoranda as to indictments, colt money, &c. ... ... ... p. 72 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 657— APRIL, 1708. 
 
 J my panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. ^ 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers : — 
 
 1. For the maimed soldiers' and sailors' fund — 
 
 {a) Hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, John Cleeve, 
 esquire, in the place of David Hechstetter, esquire. 
 
 (/') Hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, Jasper 
 English, es juire, in the place of Thomas CuUum, esquire. 
 
 2. For the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals — 
 
 {a) For Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, John Mills, gentleman. 
 {h) For Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, John Styles, gentle- 
 man. 
 The rates of wages and assize of bread continued as in previous years. 
 
 P- 4 
 Memoranda relating to recognizance.s, indictments, &c. ... ])p. 5-52 
 
 [Pages 53-56 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fmes, &c. ... ... pj). 57, 58 
 
 Rough memorandum as to a rate for passing vagrants, iScc. ... p. 59 
 
 Order for Thomas Aldridge and Thomas Turvin, yeomen, to be head- 
 boroughs of the parish oi Acton, on the representation of John Stevens and 
 William Greenhill that, at the court leet held at Acton, there were not 
 sufficient jurors present to discharge them from their office ... ... p. 61 
 
326 Middlesex County Record's. 
 
 Order discharging Richard Sutton, of Finchley, from being constable for 
 the east side of the parish, as he is 68 years of age, very infirm, and incapable ; 
 Piumphrey Newman is nominated in his place ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Thomas Lott and William W^ilkinson nominated petty constables for the 
 parish of Acton, in the place of Edward Briggs and John Sweetbone, who had 
 .served for a twelvemonth, and not been released by a court leet ... ]). 62 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers for tin- maimed soldiers' fund as above 
 (p- 4) P-63 
 
 Order appointing Ihomas Smith, timber merchant, constable for the 
 parish of Kensington, in the place of Thomas Smith, victualler, who has 
 served for above a year; no court leet has been held to release him ... p. 64 
 
 Similar order for Edward Whitehall to be headborough in the same 
 parish, in the place of Richard Leister ... ... ... ... ... i/'uL 
 
 Similar order for Richard Camber to be constable of the parish of 
 Cowley, in the place of John Keeble ... ... ... ... ... //'/>/. 
 
 Thomas Jones, John Stevens, junior, and several other inhabitants of the 
 parish of Acton, complain to the Court that the parish is very much cheated 
 by the surveyors ; they have charged for several hundred loads of gravel more 
 than they paid for, and for labourers and stocking of gravel near jQ^, "which 
 was in truth .spent in alehouses." By threatening the constable they have got 
 into their hanos several sums of money not accounted for, and they have 
 charged 30/- for gathering the money. The overseers are ordered to appear 
 before certain of the Justices that the matters complained of may be investigated. 
 
 P- 65 
 
 Order discharging an order of certain of the Justices adjudging Thomas 
 Kingston, labourer, late of White Lyon Yard, Spitalfield.s, to be the father 
 of a male bastard child of Amy Maghen, of Bethnal Green ... ... //vV/. 
 
 Thomas Gilbert, William Outram, antl Richard Godwin, and others, 
 "journeymen upholders" state that they employed .Mr. William Lock, an 
 attorney, on several matters for w'hich they paid him ^'9 ; but he has sent 
 them extravagant bills for over jQi^, and threatens to run them to twice the 
 charges if they do not pay him, and has brought several actions against 
 them. Lock did not appear, and the Court ordered that his sevt-ral bills l)e 
 ta.xed by the Clerk of the Peace... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order for Stephen Gore to deliver up the clothing of his late api)rentice, 
 Diana Hussey, and the sum of jQi)- Diana Hussey had been apprenticed, 
 to learn the art of making children's clothes, by the charity of Lady Allington. 
 
 ]). 67 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Christopher, an infant, in 
 the hamlet of Spitalfields. The dis])ule is between the hamlets of Bethlem 
 [Bethnal] Green and Spitalfields... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Ann WelLs, an infant, in the parish of 
 St. Leonard'.s, Bromlex. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Leonard, 
 St. ^Lary Magdalene. Colchester, and Bromley... ... ... ... P- 69 
 
Si'ssio//s Book b^j . l/^r//, 1708. 327 
 
 The appeal of Henry Whitchcot, M'illiam Bussey, Richard W'infield, 
 Thomas Odell, and Edward Cooke against an additional rate for the relief of 
 the poor of Finchley, was referred to certain of the Justices for settlement. 
 
 p. 70 
 
 Order continuing John Tully, esquire, treasurer of the Hayniarket, and 
 Edward Lawrence as collector. The state of the accounts is set out, and the 
 same is confirmed by the (^ourt ... ... ... ... ... pp. 71, 72 
 
 Order lining John Denton, a//as Dunton, the sum of 6d., and sentencing 
 him to a whipping at a cart's tail from the Bell alehouse in Whitecross Street, 
 St. Giles', Cripplegate, to the Post and Chain in the same street, for speaking 
 seditious words, and profanely cursing the Queen's Majesty ... ... p. 73 
 
 Richard Jackson, churchwarden of St. Andrew's, Holborn, the court 
 leet jury, and several other inhabitants, represent to the Court that Richard 
 Sherman, Arthur Yarwell, William Gill, Thomas Bournham, Richard Milliard, 
 Hugh Duckworth, and John Cox were, on the 7th of April, approved by the 
 Justices at the Court House in Bloomsbury, and " on the Sunday following, 
 together with the churchwarden, proclaimed overseers of the poor in the 
 parish church." In spite of this John Wisewall, John Wilsanck, a foreigner, 
 and Thomas Dorrington, and John Leonard took upon themselves to act as 
 overseers. These last claimed to have been appointed by the Justices .sitting 
 at the King's Head in Holborn on the 6th of April. 'I'he Court confirmed 
 the appointment of the overseers made at the earlier of the two dates... i7nd. 
 
 Ordered that the accounts of James Walter, gentleman, and Benjamin GiroU, 
 late chapelwardens, and of A\'illiam Andrews, Nevinson Taylor, Ambrose Page, 
 and William Henley, late overseers, etc., of the hamlet of Stratford-le-Bow, 
 Old Ford, be audited and examined by certain of the Justices, who are to 
 settle the matter and report at the next Quarter Sessions ... ... p. 75 
 
 The Court, being informed that riots, routs, and other misdemeanours 
 have been frequently committed at a fair held in the month of May in the 
 parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, called May Fair, desires the Justices living 
 in that district to have the headboroughs, constables, and other peace ofificers 
 before them, and give them orders to attend the fair in turns, and to see that 
 the peace is kept ; ofificers neglecting their duty are to be brought to condign 
 punishment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 76 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomas and Martha Inns in the 
 parish of Padbury, near Buckingham. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of Padbury and Bethnal Green ... ... ... ... ... ... j)- 7 7 
 
 The petition of Robert Leicester for discharge from his apprenticehood 
 was dismissed. He had been apprenticed to Hezekiah Lawrence, shipwright, 
 of the parish of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, who had neglected him, and on his 
 death his wife, Ann, had not caused Leicester to be instructed in his trade. 
 
 //>/d. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Margaret Berry from her apprenticehood with 
 Thomas Butterfield, cane chair-maker, of Wapping in Stepne)', not on the 
 ground of alleged cruelty, but because the indenture was void in law ... p. 78 
 
 Order for discharging Matthew Compton from his aj)prenticehood with 
 Henry Hawes, blacksmith, of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. When 
 the apprentice had served about a year his master enlisted as a .soldier and 
 
328 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 went to Flanders, assigning his apprentice to another blacksmith in the parish, 
 John Walton. About six weeks since Walton's goods were seized by his 
 landlord, and he fled, leaving the apprentice destitute ... ... ... p- 79 
 
 Order coiilirming the account of James Hawle)', esquire, treasurer of the 
 bridge money, and authorising I'homas Cullum, esquire, late treasurer for the 
 Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth Hundreds, to pay Mr. Hawle)- ^{^20 for 
 the repairs of Braintford Bridge and Chertsey Bridge ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 Order for discharging Samuel Stone, one of the high constables for the 
 hundred of Spelthorne, on his representation that he has served for two years, 
 and cannot serve "without great trouble and damage by reason of his frequent 
 absences from his family." John Neale, gentleman, is appointed in his place. 
 
 p. 81 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Stone, of Shepperton, from serving as constable ; 
 he had served that office for over two years, and no court leet had been held 
 there. Richard Coombes is appointed in his place ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 82-84 blank.] 
 
 Order for raising ^,400 from the various parishes in the county to pay the 
 expenses incurred by the constables in conveying vagrants. The amount due 
 from each parish is set out ... ... ... ... ... pp. 85-88 
 
 [Pages 89-95 blank.] 
 
 List of forty-two persons taking the oaths : amongst them are White 
 Kennett, S.T.P., Dean of Peterborough, and Henry Read, dissenting minister. 
 
 p. 96 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 97, 98 
 [Page 99 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 100, loi 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. T02-104 
 
 [Pages 105-107 !:)iank.] 
 
 Rough memoranda relating to various orders, &c., colt mone). 
 Certified that there is a meeting of protestant dissenters in the house of 
 A\'illiam Wild, yeoman, of "Sipson," in the parish of Harmondsworth. p, 108 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 658 MAY, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellane(nis memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-20. 33-35 
 [Pages 21-32, 36-38 blank.] 
 
 Order for Mary, widow and administratrix of Nathaniel Chandler, gentle- 
 man, late chief constable of Holborn Divisicm, to attend with the books and 
 accounts of her late husband, relating to the public moneys by him received 
 and paid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
St'ss/ofis Jyook 659 — Jit^yy 1708. 329 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of William Gunson, gentleman, 
 former treasurer of the fund for the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals 
 within the hundreds o'i Ossulston, I'Mnionton, and Gore ... ... ])• 39 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Harrold, "late a poor child of (!hrist's 
 Hospital," apprenticed to Francis Row, shipwright ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 [Pages 41-52, 55-59 l)lank.] 
 
 List of names headed "New Prison "' and " House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 53, 54 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments, pp. 60-63 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to commitments, colt money ; " Person 
 committed, for selling pretended Prince of Wales" pictures, by Colonel 
 Plumer and Mr. Metcalfe, not to be discharged." 
 
 Francis Moore, of the parish of St. Clement Danes, dancing master, is 
 bound over to appear at the next Quarter Sessions for recusancy, but having 
 taken the oath of allegiance and abjuration, as appears by certificate of 
 Mr. Sealing and Mr. Lavign of the 15th of March last, his recognizance to 
 appear is to be respited, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 659-JULY, 1708. 
 
 Jury panels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, commitments, &c. 
 
 PP- 5-54, 57-59 
 [Pages 55, 56, 60 blank.] 
 
 Order for the further adjournment of the appeal as to the settlement 
 of Mary, widow of \A'illiam Bartholomew, with her two children, Thomas 
 and Katherine. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Giles' Without, 
 Cripplegate, and St. Olave's, Silver Street ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order for the discharge of Hosea, son of Philip Prickat, late of 
 St. Botolph, Aldersgate, deceased, apprenticed to Joseph Holdworth, of 
 St. Sepulchre's Parish, cordwainer. The said Holdworth is also described as 
 a soldier in Her Majesty's service ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 Order for the discharge of William, son of James Dunkerly, of St. 
 Leonard's Parish, Shoreditch, apprenticed to Robert Cole, of Whitechapel 
 Parish, weaver ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 63 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Clement Farmer, and Ann, his wife. 
 The dispute is between the ])arishes of St. Sepulchre and St. Leonard, 
 Foster Lane ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iMd. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, widow of James Flint. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Anne's, Westminster, and St. (iiles'-in- 
 the-Fields . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 64 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Simon Bradley and Sarah, his wife. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Stepney and Christ Church, Surrey. i/'id. 
 
7,2,0 Middlesex County Rean'ds. 
 
 Order as to the .settlement of James 'Ihomas, a child about three years 
 of age. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Anne and St. James, 
 Westminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 65 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Silvester Webb, Elizabeth, his wife, and 
 Ann and Mary, their children. The dispute is between the ])arishes of South 
 Mymms and High Barnet, otherwise Chip])ing Barnet... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Samuel, son of James Mathews, apprenticed 
 to Roger Wells, of 'I'eddington, carpenter ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of William Jeanes, tallow chandler, 
 former overseer of the poor of St. Clement Danes ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Timothy Kerby, Josibed, his wife, and their 
 six children, Timothy, Martha, Mary, Thomas, Sophia, and Sarah. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Bride's and St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 
 p. 68 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Hannah (Jhaddock, widow. The dispute 
 is l)etween the parishes of Christ Church and St. Katherine's... ... ibid. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary Bonner, a child of 10 years. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. James', Clerkenwell, and St. Andrew's, 
 Holborn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 69 
 
 Order for the discharge of Milicent Hall, spinster, apprenticed to William 
 Beckett, of Stepney Parish, "thrower," on account of ill-usage ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Cleeve, esquire, treasurer of the fund 
 for maimed soldiers, in Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore Hundreds. David 
 Hechstetter is appointed in his place ... ... ... ... ... p. 70 
 
 Order for the repair of the sheds on each side of the courtyard, and of 
 the gates at the entrance to the said courtyard, at Hicks Hall ... p. 7 i 
 
 Mary Price, convicted, with others (unnamed), for a notorious conspiracy, 
 fraud, and misdemeanour, is fined dd. ; she is to be stripped naked from the 
 middle upward.s, and publicly whipped at a cart's tail from the Savoy Gate, in 
 the Strand, to Charing Cross, until her body be bloody. She is remanded to 
 Newgate until she undergo the y)unishment, then to be delivered, paying her 
 fees, 4/8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... il'id. 
 
 Order for the discharge of Robert Archer, a poor child of South Mynmis 
 Parish, apprenticed to John Archer, of l^ifield, gardener ... ... p. 72 
 
 Order of reference as to the accounts of James Walker, gentleman, 
 Benjamin Girell, William Andrews, Nevinson Taylor, Ambrose Page, and 
 William Henley, former chapelwardens, and overseers of the hamlet of 
 Stratford-le- How and Old Ford ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 73 
 
 Order for the discharge of John Pickance, apprenticed to William Evins, 
 of St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn, shoemaker. The said Evins has gone to be 
 a soldier and left his apprentice with Susanna Evins, his wife ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that i)ayment be made to Henry Southall. surgeon, for setting the 
 thigh of Elizabeth Boyle (a prisoner in the House of Correction, sent thither 
 from Newgate), who had broken it in endeavouring to escape from the latter 
 building ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]). 74 
 
Sessions Book 660 — SeplcDiber, 1708. 331 
 
 Order for Nicholas Copping, of Ratcliffe Cross, woodmongt-r, to ])ay John 
 Harford the wages due to him ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 75 
 
 Order for vacating an order made last Sessions, for raising money for the 
 passing of vagrant.s ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for raising ^^600 to reimburse the constables for the passing of 
 vagrants. List follows of the parishes, with their respective amounts. p. 76 
 
 Order for Robert Smith, apprenticed to John ^^'eeby, of St. Martin's-in- 
 the-Fields, tailor, to continue in the service of his said master ... p. 80 
 
 Order for the adjournment of the appeal of John Fether, of Hammersmith, 
 waterman, who has been adjudged the father of Jane Evans' male child, born 
 in A\'arwick Street, St. James's Parish, Westminster ... ... ,. ibid. 
 
 [Pages 82-93, 97, 103 blank.] 
 
 Names of tho.se taking oaths ... ... ... ... ... p. 94 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 95. 96 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments, pp. 98-102 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to commitments, passing of vagrant.s, iSrc. 
 
 p. 104 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 6eo— SEPTEMBER, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances and indictments ... pp. 5-31 
 
 [Pages 32-42 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, ^c. ... ... pp. 43-45 
 
 Order for discharging William Greatorix from his apprenticehoocl with 
 John Street, wheelwright, of the parish of Stepney, as he has been ill-treated 
 and not instructed by his master... ... ... ... ... ... J). 47 
 
 Order for discharging William Hodgskin from his apprenticehood with 
 Benjamin Power, schoolmaster, of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, on the 
 ground that his master had beaten and misused him and not instructed him 
 in his art ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to audit the accounts of Nathaniel 
 Chandler, late chief constable of the Holborn District... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of the Holborn Division to collect the 
 arrears of the rate ordered for the passing of vagrants ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order for discharging Thomas Arthington (son of Thomas Arthington, 
 goldsmith, of Poplar) from his apprenticehood with Joseph Lamb, tallow- 
 chandler and cheesemonger, on the ground that he has turned him out of 
 doors, and refused to teach him his trade. The bond which John Lamb had 
 given to Thomas Arthington the elder, that at the end of the lad's apprentice- 
 hood he would make him a freeman of the city of London, was to be given up. 
 
 ibid. 
 [Pages 51-76 blank.] 
 
332 Mu^dlesi'x Coiiii/y Records. 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 77, 78 
 Alphabetical list of inilictHK'nts ... ... ... ... pp. 80, 81 
 
 Mphahetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 82, 83 
 
 .Memoranda, miscellaneous. 
 
 Joseph Offley to be continued chairman for the next half-year. 
 No money to be paid to constables for i)assing vagrants till next Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 661— OCTOBER, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. i 
 
 Miscellane(nis memoranda — writ, appearances, ac([uittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 pp. 2-22 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth Jarman, widow, and .Mary, 
 William, Elizabeth, Christopher, John, and Anne, her children. The dispute 
 is between the ])arishes (jf St. Margaret's, Westminster, and St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... jx 24 
 
 Order for Richard Ryder, esquire, J. P., treasurer of the t'und for the 
 passing of vagrants, to pay Bryan Turbervill, high constable, ^10 due to him 
 from that fund ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 5 
 
 [Pages 26-32, 35, 36, 38 blank.] 
 
 Names of those taking oaths ... ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to recognizances, indictment.s, &.c p. 34 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Indictments ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Note as to the a])pearance of Christo])]ii'r Mooreland, of Denmark 
 Court ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... p. 39 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 662-OCTOBER, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 .Miscellaneous memoranda as lo appearances, acquittals, indictments, Osic. 
 
 pp. 5 29. 39 45 
 [Pages 30 38, 46 l)lank.] 
 
 Writ of Ad quod dainpimin sued out on behalf of the Uuke of (irafton, 
 the Earl of Grantham, Earl Powlett, and Mrs. Alice Wallopp, widow, as to 
 inclo.sing a certain way leading from Dover Street on the west, in and across 
 several other streets called Albemarle Street and Bond Street to Trinity Chapel, 
 in the ])arish of St. Martin'.s-in-theTnelds. The inquisition, taken at the Star 
 and Carter tavern. Pall Mall, on the 3rd of September, finds that the above 
 .said way may be so enclosed. pro\ided that, in the place thereof, a certain other 
 way be made, leading from the end of Do^•er .Street, and not beyond the space 
 of 90 feet distant, in, by, and across a certain close of the said Duke, and the 
 others afore-named, called Conduit Field, to the aforesaid Trinity Chapel. 
 
 PP- 47, 4^ 
 
Srss/o^is Book 662 — October, 1 70S. 
 
 o jj 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Page, his wife, and Sarah, Mar)-, Ann, 
 James, Joseph, and WilHam, their children. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of Enfield and Aston, in the county of Herts... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order confirming an order adjudging John Pether, of Hammersmith, 
 waterman, to be the father of Jane Evans' male child. \l^ide Sessions Book 
 No. 659, p. 80] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Unci. 
 
 Order for the assessment of a rate to pay Richard Osgood and John 
 Huggate, former overseers of the poor of Chelsea Parish, the money expended 
 by them when in office ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Francis, son of Richard Plenty, and Mary, 
 his wife. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Sepulchre and 
 St. Bridget, otherwise St. Bride ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 51 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mar)', widow of Robert Harris, baker, and 
 her three children, William, Sarah, and Susanna Barton. The said Robert 
 is supposed to have served his apprenticeship with Mr. Bradly, of Threadneedle 
 Street, in the parish of St. Christopher. The children are by the said 
 Mary's former husband, Anthony Barton, deceased. The dispute is between 
 the parish of St. Christopher and the hamlet of Poplar ... ... ihid. 
 
 Order as to the inspection of the accounts of Stephen Clinch, Samuel 
 Ridgill, William Dobbs, and Benjamin Dunn, collectors of the scavengers' rate 
 in the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order of reference as to the inspection of the accounts of Nathaniel 
 Chandler, gentleman, deceased, late chief constable of Holborn Division. 
 The attendance is desired of Mary Chandler, widow. \_Vtde Sessions Book 
 No. 658, p. 39] p. 53 
 
 Order for \\'illiam Dickman, of Chiswick Parish, to be admitted as a 
 pensioner on the fund for maimed soldiers and mariners. The said Dickman 
 was disabled while serving on board H.M.S. "Cumberland," under the 
 command of Captain Richard Edwards, and was afterwards a prisoner in 
 France for ten months ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Edmund Slatery, senior, to pay the churchwardens and over- 
 seers of the poor of St. Andrew's, Holborn, certain moneys they have expended 
 in maintaining Margaret, his wife, and their child, E<lmund. The said Slatery 
 was born in Ireland and married to Margaret in France ... ... p. 54 
 
 Certificate showing that on or about the 13th of February last John 
 Newell, of Chiswick Parish, maltster, had suffered loss by the burning of his 
 malthouse at Strand-in-the-Green, in the said parish, and that on the 20th of 
 August last he paid excise duty for the 57 quarters and 5 bushels of malt 
 which had been destroyed by the fire ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Mary, widow of ^^'illiam Bartholomew, and 
 her two children, Thomas and Katherine. The dispute is between the 
 parishes of St. Giles' Without, Cripplegate, and St. Olave's, Silver Street. 
 
 P-56 
 
 Order of reference to certain Justices to consider the best methods for 
 ending the disputes between the inhabitants of this county and those of the 
 
OJ' 
 
 yiiddlcsex CoiLuty Records. 
 
 city and liberty of Westminster as to the assessments, made on the several 
 parishes within the said city and liberty, to pay the constables for their loss 
 of time and expenses in the passing of vagrants ... ... ... p. 56 
 
 Order for certain Justices to attend the Lord Mayor and to place before 
 him the inconvenience which arises by the granting of warrants enabling 
 disabled soldiers and mariners, with their families, travelling from various parts 
 of Great Britain to London, to be passed to several parishes in this county, 
 with directions to be conveyed from the said several parishes, by the nearest 
 way, t(j their abodes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order confirming an order as to the settlement of WiUiam Combs and 
 his wife and children. The dispute is between the parishes of Waisbury 
 [^^'raysbury ?], in the county of Bucks, and Sunbury ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 [Pages 59-67, 71 blank.] 
 
 Names of those taking oaths ... ... ... ... ... p, 68 
 
 List of names headed " New Prison " and "House of Correction.'" 
 
 pp. 69, 70 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 72-75 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to the accounts of the chapelwardens of 
 Bow ; names of the committee to consider the laws against vagrants, and the 
 disputes with the inhabitants of Westminster ; names of those appointed to 
 attend the Lord Mayor about passes ; colt money ; and Samuel Edwards' 
 receipt for wages due to him from Edward Kitchener ... ... ... p. 76 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 663-DECEMBER, 1708. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memorandum relating to recognizances, indictments, &:c. pj). 7-31 
 
 [Pages 32-40 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... ... P- 41 
 
 [Pages 42-44 blank.] 
 
 Order appointing certain Justices to examine the accounts of the chief 
 constables of the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton and Gore, connected with 
 the administration of the Act for passing vagrants ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 'I'he complaint of Oliver Atkey, one of the late overseers of the parish of 
 St. Andrew, Holborn-above-Bars, that his fellow overseer would not come to 
 a settlement of accounts with the present overseers, was referred to certain of 
 the Justices for settlement ... ... ... ... ... ... ihid. 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to deal with the complaint of Sir Thomas 
 Halton, Edward Wills, Charles Anthony, Stephen Mason, and Walter York, 
 of the parish of St. Mary's, Lslington, that an unnecessary rate for the relief of 
 the poor has been levied ; they are to adjust the same, and report to the next 
 Quarter Sessions. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
SessiOfis Jhtok 664 — /aniiaf'v, i 709. 335 
 
 Order for suppressing the license of Robert Higby, of Hounslow, in the 
 parish of Heston, to keep a victualling alehouse, &c. ... ... ... p- 47 
 
 [Pages 4H-72 blank.] 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 PP- 73. 74 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 76, 77 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... v.. pp. 78, 79 
 
 Memoranda, miscellaneous... ... ... ... ... ... p. 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 664— JANUARY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda of indictments and recognizances ... ... pp. 3-18 
 
 [Pages 19, 20 blank.] 
 
 Order appointing Thomas Medlicott, esquire, the present chairman of 
 the Court, to be chairman for the next six months ... ... ... p. 21 
 
 Order discharging Robert Hale from his apprenticehood with Robert 
 Payne, cordwainer, of the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster, as his master has 
 absconded, being in debt, and left him destitute ... ... ... il>id. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Jarman, widow, and 
 her children, Mary, William, Elizabeth, John, and Anne, in the parish of 
 St. Margaret, Westminster. The dispute is between the parishes of 
 St. Margaret's and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. It is mentioned in this order, 
 which is very long, that William Jarman, the husband of the above 
 Elizabeth, served as an apprentice with Caleb Clarke, citizen and weaver, 
 an artificer and " artsma.ster " in the Hospital of Bridewell, London, an 
 extra-parochial place of royal foundation for the reception, education, and 
 maintenance of poor parish boys and others, from all parts of England, in 
 several trades and mysteries there taught at the charge of the hospital ; and 
 that such poor boys, after serving their apprenticeship, have their freedom 
 oi the City of London gratis, on a certificate of the treasurer of the hospital of 
 their service there... ... ... .. ... ... ... pp. 22-24 
 
 [Pages 25-33 blank.] 
 Memoranda concerning oaths taken, committals, fines, &c. pp. 34, 35 
 
 [Pages 36, 37 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 [Pages 39, 40 blank.] 
 
;^^6 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 665-JANUARY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda relating to recognizances and indictments ... pp. 5-22 
 
 [Pages 23-36 blank.] 
 .Memoranda relating to committals, fincF, &c. ... ... PP- 37) 38 
 
 [Pages 39-42 blank.] 
 
 Order for the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to provide 
 for Eleanor DarHng r7/m.? Newton ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order extending the time for auditing the accounts of James Walker, 
 gentleman, and Benjamin Girell, late chapelwardens, and of William Andrews, 
 Nevinson Taylor, Ambrose Page, and William Henley, late overseers, of the 
 hamlet of Stratford-le-Bow, to the i8th of February next ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Solomon Cock, gentleman,- John Mills, gentleman, and 
 Benjamin Gascoyn, gentleman, chief constables of Gore, Holborn, and 
 Kensington Divisions, to attend the Court on Tuesday next with their 
 accounts concerning the passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to audit the accounts of Thomas 
 Wilkes, gentleman, chief constable of the Tower Division, concerning the 
 passing of vagrants, and to report thereon at the next Court of Quarter 
 Sessions. As Wilkes is afflicted with sione, and much out of health, the 
 Justices are requested to meet as near his house as possible, and to give him 
 two days' notice thereof ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Sarah, wife of James Ridgely, convicted of petty larceny, to 
 be whipped from the Bars in Goswell Street to the hither end of Old 
 Street, in the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order discharging James Callender from his apprenticehood with Joseph 
 Owen, tailor, of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. Callender had been 
 apprenticed by the churchwardens of St. Pancras to Owen, who received 
 with him ;^5 in money and two suits of clothes. All the last year Owen 
 had very little work, and the apprentice was not provided for. Owen had 
 undertaken to find another master for him, but he had been taken to the 
 Comjiter, and was now a prisoner in the Fleet Prison... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order adjourning the appeal of the churchwardens, &c., of the parish 
 of St. Olave, Southwark, against the settlement of Elizabeth Smith, widow, in 
 their parish till the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ..." p. 46 
 
 Order for discharging Mary Essingtou from her apprenticehood with 
 Henry Stafford and Elizabeth, his wife, in Rosemary Lane [their trade is not 
 specified]. Sufficient lodging had not been found for the apprentice, and 
 she "hath some time been constrained to lie in the same bed with her 
 master and mistress, and some time upon the ground." Her mistress had 
 pawned divers of her clothes ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions /)Oo/c 665 — /aiiuary, 1709. 337 
 
 John Markly, churchwarden, and several other inhabitants of the parish 
 of the liberty of Church End and Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shore- 
 ditch, represent to the Court that on the loth of January they had elected as 
 beadle, according to the usage of the parish, Thomas Leech, who was fully 
 qualified, having held that office for 12 years. William Darby, constable, 
 refused to accept Leech as beadle, and had " taken one Loyd, who knows 
 but very little relating to the matter." Further, they complain that Mr. Hyham, 
 who at that time was chosen headborough, had forcibly taken away the paper 
 showing the election of Leech, and refused to give it up. The Court decided 
 that the election was irregular, directed a fresh election, ordering Hayford 
 Wainwright, crier of the Court, to attend it and take an account of the 
 voting, notice of the day of election to be given on Sunday, zt^ January, in 
 the parish church ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Mary Durdant, and her children, 
 George, Julian, and Mary, in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Chobham, Surrey, and St. Andrew's. 
 
 p. 49 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Joseph Field, an infant, in the 
 hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall, Stepney. The dispute is between the 
 parish of Hatfield (Herts), and the hamlet of Poplar ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 The appeal of the chapelwardens, &c., of the town of New Brentford, in 
 the parish of Hanwell, against the settlement of Richard and Sarah Yates, 
 children, in their town, adjourned to next Sessions. The dispute is between 
 the town of New Brentford and the parish of EaHng ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Thomazin Frederick, in the parish of 
 St. Leonard, Shoreditch. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Botolph, 
 Aldgate, and Shoreditch... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Herbert Cad, Mary, his wife, and 
 Mary and Ann, their children, in the parish of St. Bride, Fleet Street. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of St. Bride and Hornsey ... p. 51 
 
 Order adjourning the dispute as to the settlement of Elizabeth Cogden, 
 adjourned to next Sessions. The dispute is between the parishes of Watford 
 and Willesden ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... p. 52 
 
 [Pages 53-63 blank.] 
 List of the persons taking the oath, «S:c. — 15 
 List of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction 
 
 [Pages 66, 67 blank.] 
 Alphabetical list of indictments 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... 
 Memoranda, miscellaneous... 
 
 
 p- 
 
 64 
 
 
 p- 
 
 65 
 
 pp. 
 
 68, 
 
 69 
 
 pp. 
 
 70, 
 
 71 
 
 
 P- 
 
 72 
 
338 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 666— FEBRUARY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to acquittals, indictments, t\:c. 
 
 PP- 5-2C, 37-39 
 [Pages 21-36, 40-42 blank.] 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, wife of John Cogden. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of Willesden and Watford ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order for the discharge of John, son of Thomas Nash, apprenticed to 
 Robert Ferrers, of St. Clement Danes, joiner ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for the attendance, on the 15th of March, of the chief constables, 
 who are to bring their accounts as to the assessments made to pay for the 
 passing of vagrants, and for the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, and Hospitals. 
 
 p. 44 
 
 Order for the discharge of Joseph, son of Elizabeth Hanks, apprenticed 
 to Samuel Cole, of Round Court, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shoemaker, p. 45 
 
 Order for the discharge of Sarah Appleby, first apprenticed to William 
 Heffield, .... and afterwards to Christopher Franklin, cork-cutters... p. 46 
 
 Order for Hayford Wainwright, gentleman, to pay Simon Harcourt, 
 Clerk of the Peace, or to Mr. Hardisty, his deputy, the money received for the 
 rents of the "county estate at Clerkenwell." It is further ordered that the 
 Clerk of the Peace pay several bills (persons and amounts named) due for the 
 repairs of Hicks Hall ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 47 
 
 An unfinished address from the Justices of the Peace to 'the Queen, 
 applying for a royal proclamation against the disorders committed in May 
 Fair ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order for Robert Crafts, former constable of the Savoy Ward, to pay 
 John Mills, gentleman, chief constable of Holborn Division, money collected 
 by the said Crafts in the liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the Strand, for 
 the passing of vagrants, (fee. ; the said Crafts to be reimbursed ... p. 48 
 
 [Pages 49-64, 67, 71 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 pp. 65, 66 
 
 Alphabetical lists of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 68-70 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to colt money, acquittals, commitments, 
 appointment of Raphael Dubois as chief constable in the Tower Division 
 in the room of Thomas Wilkes discharged, order for the attendance of some 
 of the inhabitants of Saffron Hill, &c. ... ... ... ... ... p. 72 
 
Sess/ojis Book 6b 8 — May, 1709. 339 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 667-APRIL, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 2 
 
 Memoranda concerning recognizances, indictments, tJv:c. ... \>\). 3-22 
 
 [Pages 23, 24 blank.] 
 
 Order discharging John Li)max (son of John Lomax, porter and 
 watchman, of the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster) from his apprenticehood 
 with Isaac IMoom, cabinet-maker, of the same parish. Bloom had gone 
 beyond the seas and deserted Lomax ... ... ... ... ... p. 25 
 
 [Pages 26-33 blank.] 
 
 List of fifteen persons taking the oath, &c., including Samuel Clarke, 
 rector of St. James', and Joseph Smith, doctor of divinity ... ... p. 34 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &:c. ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 [Pages 36-37 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 668— MAY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Orders appointing treasurers : — ■ 
 
 1. For the maimed soldiers' and sailors' fund — 
 
 {a) Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, John Cleeve, esquire, in 
 
 place of David Hechstetter, esquire. 
 {[)) Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, Richard Shoreditch, 
 
 esquire, in the place of Jasper English, esquire. 
 
 2. For the Marshalsea, Queen's Bench, &c. — - 
 
 {a) Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, John Mills, gentleman. 
 ib) Elthorne, Spelthorne, and Isleworth, John Styles, gentleman. 
 
 Orders continuing the rates of wages and assize of bread, as in the 
 previous year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 5-23 
 
 [Pages 24-40 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, &c. ... ... ... ]3p. 41, 42 
 
 Order for regulating the Haymarket as in previous years. John Tully 
 and Edward Lawrence continued as treasurer and collector respectively. 
 The accounts are presented by the referees and confirmed by the Court. 
 
 pp. 43, 44 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Lott and William Wilkinson, constables, and 
 Thomas Aldridge and Thomas Turvin, headboroughs, of the parish of Acton, 
 William King, Thomas Ogborne, George Wi.se, and John Edwards, having 
 been nominated by Henry, Lord Bishop of London, at a court leet held at 
 Fulham on 28 April, to serve the said offices ... ... ... ... p. 45 
 
 Y 2 
 
340 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the late overseers of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and 
 the overseers of the liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents to 
 submit their accounts to certain of the Justices for audit ... ... p. 46 
 
 Order adjourning the appeal of the parish of Monken Hadley against the 
 settlement of a male infant in that parish, to the next Sessions. The infant 
 had been laid at the door of Stephen Westwood, in the parish of South 
 Mymnis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... p. 47 
 
 Order for the scavengers of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and of 
 the hberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents to submit their 
 accounts to certain of the Justices ... ... ... ... .,. p. 48 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to view the part of Chertsey Bridge 
 ■which lies in the county, and report what it will cost to repair it ... ibid. 
 
 Order discharging Edward Whitehall and John ^\'est from serving as 
 headboroughs of the parish of Kensington, which office they have held for 
 three years, and ^^'illiam Partridge and James Holland are appointed in their 
 stead ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 49 
 
 Order granting a pension of ^3 per annum, out of the fund for maimed 
 soldiers and mariners, to Edward Gwillin, mariner, of the parish of St. James', 
 Westminster. He had served on board divers of H.M.'s ships for several 
 years, but, by reason of his being afflicted with rheumatism, he was frequently 
 discharged; he had lost one eye and the other was much affected ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the Haymarket, as in previous years ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of James Gale in the hamlet of Lime- 
 house. The dispute is between the hamlets of Wapping and Limehouse. 
 
 P-5I 
 
 Order discharging Edward Skinner from serving the office of overseer of 
 the parish of Enfield as he has only been in the parish two years ... p. 52 
 
 Order discharging John Aston, of London, merchant, from serving as 
 ■overseer for the parish of Enfield. He is incapable of serving, having lately 
 had a fall from his horse, whereby his shoulder was broken ; he has been 
 advised and intends to go to Bath for the recovery of his health as soon as 
 he is able ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Eleanor Darling, alias Newton, in 
 the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. Anne's and St. Martin's ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 53 
 
 Information given to the Court that Thomas Charlesworth, of Lemmon 
 Street, Whitechapel, victualler, whose license had been suppressed, had lately 
 obtained a new license, and in contempt of the Justices had put up a sign 
 before his house with this in.scription : — 
 
 " Here I doe dwell in my owne defence, 
 Noe rogues nor knaves shall ever drive me hence." 
 
 Order made for the inscription to be obliterated ; in default the license to be 
 recalled ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 54 
 
Scsshvis Book 668 — May, 1709. 341 
 
 Order discharging an order made by two of the Justices adjudging 
 'I'homas Smith, farrier, of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to be the father of the male 
 bastard of EHzabeth Smith ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 55 
 
 Order discharging an order made by two of the Justices adjudging John 
 Barker, apprentice to Robert Ansell, chirurgeon, of the parish of Isleworth, to be 
 the father of a male bastard of Hannah Sherwood, of the same parish... ]). 56 
 
 Order adjourning the hearing of the dispute between the parishes of 
 Heston and Isleworth concerning the settlement of John Rooding and his 
 wife till the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order adjourning the hearing of the dispute between Kingston-on-Thames 
 and St. Botolph, Aldgate, concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Mann till 
 the next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P- 57 
 
 Order adjourning the hearing of the dispute between the parishes of 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, concerning the settle- 
 ment of Mary Forthergall, widow, and her child, till the next Sessions, p. 58 
 
 Order appointing John Cleeve, esquire, treasurer for the hundreds of 
 Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore {see p. 4). The contribution due from each 
 parish is set out ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 59 
 
 Order appointing John Mills, gentleman, treasurer for the Marshalsea, &c., 
 for the same hundreds {see above, p. 4). The contributions from each parish 
 duly set out ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 61 
 
 Order appointing Richard Shoreditch, esquire, treasurer of the maimed 
 soldiers' fund {see above, p. 4), for the hundreds of Elthorne, Spelthorne, and 
 Isleworth. (Contribution from each parish given ... ... ... p. 63 
 
 Similar order for the same hundreds, appointing John Styles, gentleman, 
 treasurer for the Marshalsea funds. Contributions from each parish shown. 
 
 p. 64 
 
 Henry Moult, governor of the House of Correction, complains to the 
 Court that on the death of the late keeper of New Prison there was a year 
 and three-quarters' rent due to him as governor ; that Mary Weeks, the 
 widow, claims a salary of ^10 per annum as matron, though .she has given no 
 attendance as such ; further, that there is due from the new keeper of the New 
 Prison, Jeremiah Boreman, the sum of ^30, which he refuses to pay without 
 an order from the Court. The Court ordered Boreman to pay ^20 of this 
 sum, adjourning the case as to Mary Weeks to the next Sessions ... p. 65 
 
 Order adjourning the dispute between St. Margaret's, Westminster, and 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn, concerning the settlement of John Gowan, Elizabeth, 
 his wife, and John, Susannah, and Samuel, his children, to the next Quarter 
 Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 66 
 
 Order for John Mills, gentleman, chief constable of the Holborn Division, 
 to pay to John Sweetman, one of the petty constables, the sum of 12/5, due 
 to him for passing vagrants, &:c — ... ... ... ... ... ]'• 67 
 
 List of 45 persons taking the oaths, &c., including John, Duke of Argyle ; 
 Francis Millett, baptist, Richard Claridge, a quaker, who took " the long test," 
 Samuel Clarke and Daniel Clarke, dissenters ... ... ... pp. 69, 70 
 
342 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 List of persons in the New l^rison and House of Correction. jjp. 71, 72 
 
 Order discharging an order of two of the Justices adjudging Richard 
 Street, farmer, of the parish of Harrow, to be the father of the male bastard 
 of Elizabeth Wadbrook, born at Old Brentford, in the parish of Ealing, p. 73 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 74, 75 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 76, 77 
 
 Memoranda, miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... pj). 79, 80 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 669^JUNE, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, acquittals, <S:c. 
 
 pp. 5-16, 33> 34 
 [Pages 17-32 blank.] 
 
 Order to certain Justices to audit the accounts of the former overseersof 
 Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents in St. Andrew's Parish, Holborn. 
 
 P- 35 
 
 Complaint of Sir William Benson, knight, J. P., of the gathering of people 
 at Stratford-le-Bow and Bromley, on pretence of keeping a fair there known as 
 " Greengoose Fair," who, by their erections of booths and sheds on the highway 
 leading from London to Romford, cause obstruction and annoyance. Order 
 that such erections be prohibited ... ... ... ... ... P- 36 
 
 Order to certain Justices to examine into the wants of the prisoners in the 
 House of Correction at Clerkenwell, who had complained that they suffered 
 terribly during "the late hard frost,'" and that six of them nearly died of 
 -Starvation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order of reference as to the repair of Chertsey Bridge, and instructions 
 as to raising a rate for the payment of the said repairs... ... ... ibiiU 
 
 Order confirming an order as to the settlement of a male infant, who was 
 left at the door of Stephen A\'e.stwood, of South Mymms Parish ... j). 38 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John (iowan, Mary, his wife, and their three 
 children, John, Su.sannah, and Samuel. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. Andrew'.s, Holborn, and St. Margaret's, ^Vestminster ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Elizabeth, widow of Francis Mann, and her 
 child, John. The dispute is between the ])arishes of Kingston-upon-Thames 
 and St. Botolph's, Aldgate ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 40 
 
 Order that the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St. Paul's 
 Parish, Shadwell, allow Ann Printon, widow, a pension of t/- a week... p. 41 
 
 Order as to the settlement of John Roodin and his wife. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Heston and Isleworth ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessious Book 670 — /tc/)', 1709. 343 
 
 Order as to the settlement of Frances, widow of John Boston. The 
 dispute is between the parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Mary-le-Savoy. 
 
 p. 42 
 [Pages 43-54, 57 blank.] 
 
 Lists of names headed " New Prison " and " House of Correction." 
 
 PP- 55, 56 
 
 Alphabetical list of names headed Calendar of indictments and Calendar 
 
 of recognizances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 58-60 
 
 [Pages 61-63 blank.] 
 Miscellaneous memoranda as to indictments, &c — ... ... p. 64 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 670— JULY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. p. 2 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda, writ, appearances, acquittals, indictments, &c. 
 
 PP- 3-13 
 
 Re-election of Thomas Medlicott, esquire, J. P., as chairman for the next 
 
 General Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 15 
 
 Order for an equal assessment to be made on the inhabitants of St. 
 Martin"s-in-the-Fields for the repair of the highways in the said parish, which 
 lie as follows : — Before the old churchyard in St. Martin's Lane, 250 yards ; 
 in Church Lane, 326 yards ; in and about the new churchyard, 69 yards ; 
 at the watch-house in the upper end of Hedge Lane, 444 yards ; at the 
 Almshouses in the parish of St. Anne, 116 yards ; in Hemings Row, 180 yards. 
 The foregoing are to be repaired with paviour's work. Mason's work is to 
 be done as follows : — In Church Lane, broad stone paving, 785 feet ; at 
 the two doors at the east end of the church, 190 feet ; the pavement in the 
 old churchyard leading from the schoolhouse to the north end of the rails at 
 the steeple, and from thence to St. Martin's Lane, 960 feet; the pavement 
 along by the stone .stumps on the west side of the old churchyard, and the 
 pavement leading from thence towards the middle door at the west end of the 
 church, 935 feet ; at the stone steps descending from the old churchyard into 
 St. Martin's Lane, 270 feet ; the pavement and steps going up to the Lords' 
 Oallery on the south side of the church, 106 feet ; and in New Churchyard 
 passage, 374 feet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i^^i'd. 
 
 Order for an assessment to be made upon the inhabitants of St. Anne's 
 Parish, within the liberty of Westminster, for the repair of the highways in 
 the said parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 1 7 
 
 Order for the collectors of the said assessment, made in the said parish, 
 to give an account of the money collected and disbursed by them ... p. 18 
 
 Order for the auditing of the accounts of Richard Ryder, esquire, J. P., 
 treasurer of the fund for passing vagrants ... ... ... .. i^id. 
 
 Order as to the settlement of James Head, Mary, his wife, and Ursula, 
 his child. The dispute is between the parishes of St. James' and St. Anne's. 
 
 p. 19 
 
344 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order to Nathaniel Browne, gentleman, high constal)le of Westminster, 
 and to all the petty constables within the said city and liberty, to issue returns 
 of all persons liable to serve as jurors ... ... ... ... .. p. 19 
 
 Order for an assessment to ht made in all the parishes in Westminster 
 for the passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 20 
 
 Order as to the .settlement of Elizabeth, wife of Edward Wiltshire, and 
 her two children, Jane and Edward. The said Edward, her husband, was 
 apprenticed to Joseph Wiltshire, of Gardner's l.ane, St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, joiner ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 Order adjourning to the ne.xt Quarter Sessions, the appeal of Francis 
 Bishop, against an order made by two of the Justices adjudging him to be the 
 father of Francis, a bastard child of Mary Preston, of the parish of St. Martin's- 
 in-the-Eields. The order is made at the request of the churchwardens of 
 St. Martin's, who are to pay 10/- to the said Bishop ... ... ... p. 24 
 
 Order headed "St. Martin's Court Room, 29 September, 1709." Certain 
 Justices, in obedience to Her Majesty's pleasure, notified to them by tjie Earl 
 of Sunderland, to incjuire into the causes of the excessive price of corn, give 
 order that notice be given by the criers to all the Justices in the county and 
 liberty to appear on Saturday the ist October in the Exchequer Chamber 
 adjoining Westminster Hall. Sir Thomas Franklyn, Mr. Hawtrey, Colonel 
 Shoreditch, and Mr. Jennen.s, are especially desired to be present, as they 
 have information and knowledge of great misdemeanours committed in 
 Uxbridge market "touching the ingrossing of corn there." The high constables 
 are to inform themselves through the petty constables, &c., of abuses com- 
 mitted by persons ingrossing corn, and to present a return to the Justices at 
 the meeting at Westminster of the names, &c., of such ingrossers, regrators, 
 forestallers, and other offenders ... ... ... ... ... p. 26 
 
 Order headed " Exchequer Chamber, adjoining AVestminster Hall, and 
 dated i October, 1 709." The high constables, through the petty constables, &c., 
 in the various divisions are to inquire into the abuses in the markets, corn 
 and meal being ingrossed to " inhance the price thereof." They are to 
 discover forestallers and farmers who only bring samples of corn to market 
 "and sell and deliver the gross quantity of their corn at their farms and 
 barns," so that the markets remain unfurnished. The returns of such 
 offenders are to be handed in at the Quarter Sessions to be held in Westminster 
 Hall on 6 October. Further, clerks and toll-gatherers of the markets in the 
 county are required to furnish a similar return, and the Justices living near 
 the towns of New Brentford, Staines, and Uxbridge, are requested to order 
 the constables of those places to attend the markets to get intelligence, &c., 
 that those who do not keep the assize of bread may be proceeded against. 
 
 p. 28 
 
 Memoranda relating to ctMnmittals, fines, oaths, &c. ... pp. 31, 32 
 
 -Mphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 34 
 
Sess/oj/s Book bji — -/^//r, 1709. 345 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 671— JULY, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel p. 3 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 5-27 
 
 Order for raising p^6oo in the county for the payment of the expenses of 
 the constables, &c., incurred in passing vagants, Szc. The amounts due from 
 each parish are set out ... ... .. ... ... ... pp. 29-32 
 
 Order of Council about the poor Palatines, addressed to the Duke of 
 Bedford, and accompanied by a letter from him to the Justices respecting the 
 same. It sets forth that several thousand Germans, oppressed and ruined by 
 the French on the frontier, on account of their religion, have fled into this 
 kingdom ; that a general collection for them has been granted throughout the 
 kingdom, "that they may the sooner be put in a way of e.xercising their 
 industry," and may become useful to the kingdom. The Court is asked to 
 consider the best way for disposing of these distressed protestants in the 
 c(junty, and to afford them all countenance and assistance. The Council is to 
 be informed, from time to time, of the proceedings of the Justices in this 
 matter pp. 32,33 
 
 Order for William Gilbert, victualler, of the parish of Whitechapel, to pay 
 to the churchwardens, &c., there the sum of 14/-, and weekly the sum of 5/- 
 for the support of his wife Mary, whom he has turned out of doors, and who 
 has become chargeable to the parish ... ... ... ... ... j). 33 
 
 [Pages 35-40 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating to fines, committaLs, &c. ... ... i)p. -I1-43 
 
 [Pages 44-46 blank.] 
 
 Order discharging William Badger from serving longer as headborough 
 for Hampton Wick, in the parish of Hampton. The steward of the manor 
 had lately died, and no court leet had been held. John Elmore is appointed 
 in his place ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 47 
 
 Order discharging Richard Pynnell and Edward Man from serving longer 
 as headboroughs of Hampton, for the reason given in the last order. William 
 Wynn and Nathaniel Sumner are appointed in their place ... ... i/nW. 
 
 Order discharging Thomas Cheeseman from serving longer as constable 
 of the parish of Hampton ; he had served for a year, and no court leet had 
 been held, for the reason given in the order above. Richard Blanchard is 
 appointed constable ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 A petition from certain poor distressed prisoners in the New Prison to 
 the Duke of Bedford, calling attention to the unlawful exactions of Jeremiah 
 Boreham, keeper of the prison, is recommended to the consideration of the 
 Court by the Duke. Certain Justices are directed to examine into the truth 
 of the complaint and to report thereon, together with their opinion touching 
 the behaviour of the keeper towards his prisoners ... ... ... //n'd. 
 
346 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 A coin[jlaiiit from the vicar, churchwardens, &c., of the parish of Hamj)- 
 stead that a playhouse has been lately erected in the town against their 
 consent, and that great scandals, annoyances, and disorders, may be occasioned 
 thereby. The Court suppresses the using and acting of any unlawful games 
 or plays in Hampstead, and directs the petty constables and headboroughs 
 of the town to apprehend the players that they may be punished as rogues, 
 vagabonds, and sturdy beggars ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 49 
 
 Order discharging Edmund Skinner from serving as constable in the 
 parish of Enfield, on the grounds that he has only lived in the parish two 
 years, and that his presence is daily required in the city of London for his trade 
 there as a haberdasher of small wares ... ... ... ... ... p. 50 
 
 Order directing a new assessment of a scavengers' rate to be made for 
 the parish of St. Giles'-in-the- Fields, as the one previously sanctioned is found 
 to be unequal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order confirming an order made by two of the Justices adjudging \Villiam 
 Meirs, gentleman, to be the father of a male bastard child of Martha ( iriffin. 
 
 P- 51 
 
 Order adjcjurning to the next Court of Quarter Sessions the appeal of 
 \\^illiani Harris, laceman, of London, against an order made by two of the 
 Justices adjudging him to be the father of John, the bastard son of Fleetwood 
 Williams "singlewoman " ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 52 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah V^'alnisley, in St. Andrew's 
 Parish, Holborn. The dispute is between the parishes of St. George's, South- 
 wark, and St. Andrew's . . ... ... ... .. ... ... p. 53 
 
 Order confirming the order made by two of the Justices adjudging 
 William New, chirurgeon, of the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, to be the 
 father of the male bastard child of Elizabeth Simpson, widow, of Wapping. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Order referring the accounts of John Hur.st, Thomas Wilburne, Thomas 
 Bullock, John Barnes, and Christo])her Farmer, overseers for the liberty above 
 Bars, in the parish (jf St. Andrew, Holborn, for the year 1705, to certain of 
 the Justices, who are to report thereon at the next Sessions. These accounts 
 had previously been referred to certain "ancient inhabitants," who, however, 
 had made no report ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 5 
 
 Order confirming an order made by two of the Justices adjudging Francis 
 Lewis Francia, merchant, of Bond Street {sic)., in the liberty of the Rolls, in 
 the parish of St. l)unstan's-in-the-VVest, to be the father of the male bastard 
 child of Mary Thomas, born in Hall's Court, in the parish of St. Anne, West- 
 minster ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... p. 57 
 
 Order for placing William Hoskins, alias Hodskins, convicted of forger)-, 
 and fined 3/4, in the pillory, one day upon Tower Hill, near the Victualling 
 Office, and another day in the High Street, near the watch-house, against 
 Hollywell Lane, in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, for one hour 
 each day, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Order for fining John Cook 6^., and for placing him on the pillory "in 
 the high and open street near the watch-house against Holywell Lane, in 
 the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch," for cursing the Queen's Majesty 
 and speaking other seditious words ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
Sessions Bool' 671 — ////)'. 1709. 347 
 
 Complaint made to the Court that several |)etl\- constables, «S:c., in the 
 county are very negligent in apprehending rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy 
 beggars, permitting them to go up and down the public streets, &c. Order 
 to the constables, headboroughs, &c., to apprehend and punish all such 
 rogues, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 58 
 
 Order discharging John l-'ord from his apprenticehot)d with Andrew 
 Andrews, joiner, of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, on the ground that 
 he had not treated him properly, had struck him with a sharp rule, and 
 hath broken large sticks upon him. Ford states that he was bred up in 
 the communion of the church of Rome, and that Andrews was of the same 
 faith, and that until he conformed to the church of England his master was 
 very kind to him, but after he so conformed he became very cruel ... p. 60 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John White, in the liberty of Saffron 
 Hill, Hatton Crarden, and Ely Rents. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of St. James', (Jlerkenwell, and Saffron Hill ... ... ... ... ]). 61 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of John Howell and Margere, his wife, 
 in the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The dispute is between the parishes 
 of Christchurch, London, and St. Giles' ... ... ... ... i7h(/. 
 
 Order for John Standish, tailor, of Hatton Garden, to pay 5/- weekl)- 
 to the churchwardens, &c., of the parish of St. Mildred, Bread Street, towards 
 the maintenance of his son's wife, Sarah Standish, and her children, Mary, 
 Elizabeth, and James ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 62 
 
 The Justices appointed last Sessions to view Chertsey Bridge and give 
 an estimate of the repairs necessary, report to the Court that they had viewed 
 the bridge and the highway at the end, " and that by reason of a certain 
 campshott or wharfe in the ground of one Thomas Wood, esquire, near the 
 end of the said bridge," 170 feet in length, the highway at the end of the 
 bridge will be in great danger of being laid under water " by the overflowing 
 of the River of Thames." It is ordered that the Justices, if they think it 
 will be for the benefit and security of the bridge to have the campshott 
 repaired, are to see that it is done ; but this order is not to be taken as a 
 precedent for obliging the county to repair the wharf in future ... p. 63 
 
 Order for raising ;^6oo for repairing Chertsey Bridge. The amount to 
 be contributed by each parish is set out ... ... ... pp. 64-67 
 
 Order for John Davison to pay 2/6 per week to the churchwarden.s, <S:c., 
 of the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate, towards the maintenance of his wife 
 Lydia. and their children, John and Elizabeth ... ... ... ... p. 67 
 
 On the report of the Justices who had been appointed to inquire into 
 complaints made by certain prisoners confined in the New Prison, Clerkenwell, 
 of illegal usage from the keeper, Jeremiah Boreman, the Court dismissed him 
 from office. He had refused to allow prisoners to buy any food except 
 through him, and had exacted fees above the lawful charges. Francis Geary, 
 gentleman, is appointed keeper. He is to pay ^30 a year, maintain the 
 prison in good repair, and to account for all fees received, &c. pp. (58-71 
 
 List of foreign protestants and others who took the oaths. The foreigners 
 are : — Peter Reit, Jaspar Helmunt, Andrew Barge, John Berkhan, Catherine 
 Bosh, wife of Frederick Harcough, and Sebastian Trantman ... ... p. 72 
 
pp. 
 
 73-75 
 
 pp. 
 
 76, 77 
 
 pp. 
 
 78, 79 
 
 
 p. 80 
 
 348 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Names of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction. 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... 
 Memoranda miscellaneous ... 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 672-SEPTEMBER, 1709. 
 
 Jury i)anel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 5-30 
 
 [Pages 31-34 blank.] 
 
 Memoranda relating chiefly to committals, fines, &c. ... pp. 35-38 
 
 Order appointing Ralph Garrott, constable for the quarter of Enfield 
 Green in the parish of Knfield, in the place of Edmund Skinner ... p. 39 
 
 Order discharging Isabella Robson, daughter of Thomas Robson, gentle- 
 man, of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, from her apprenticehood with 
 Catherine Lane, mantua maker, of St. Clement Danes, as the same was void 
 in law. Complaint was made that Lane and her husband had so severely 
 beaten her that for several days afterwards she was unable to lift up her hands 
 to her head, that she had been compelled to work both night and day, and 
 very often till six or seven o'clock "on the Sabbath day morning" ... ibid. 
 
 Order for certain of the Justices to examine and audit the accounts of the 
 late Richard Little, late headborough of the liberty of Glasshouse Yard, that 
 the money due thereon for the passing of vagrants might be paid to his widow, 
 .Sarah, who is in want of the money to satisfy her late husband's creditors. 
 
 p. 40 
 
 Order for certain of the inhabitants of the liberty of .Saffron Hill, Hatton 
 Garden, and Ely Rent.s, to audit the accounts of Richard Hinton and Richard 
 Phillips, overseers for the previous year ... ... ... ... ... p. 4 1 
 
 Address to the Queen on the victory at " Blaregnies " [Blangies, i.e.^ 
 Malplaquet] ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 43 
 
 Report of the Court to the Duke of Bedford as to what has been done 
 for the poor Palatines. It is set out that there is no corporation in the 
 county ; that the Justices have given the Palatines all the assistance they 
 could by recommendation ; that they petitioned the Queen to grant a brief, 
 "whereby they have received very large benevolences," and they hope other 
 counties will be very liberal, and that a general Ijrief may be issued for the 
 whole kingdom ; that they have contributed largely out of their purses ; and 
 they add that "many of us have also taken several families into our particular 
 care and provided for them, and that several parishes in this county have done 
 so too " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 At the Court Room, St. Martin's, Thursday, 29 September, 1709. Order 
 as to the excessive price of corn, smiilar to that made at Westminster on the 
 I St of October. \See Sessions Book, 670, p. 26] ... ... ... p. 45 
 
4 
 
 Sessions Hook 674 — October, 1709. 349 
 
 Another order concerning the price of corn similar to that in the 
 Wt'sfininsfer Book, (i^o, \). 28 ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Representation to the Lords of the Council setting forth what they have 
 done, and the orders they have issued concerning the ingrossing of corn. p. 47 
 
 [Pages 49-58 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in the New Prison and in the House of Correction. 
 
 pp. 59-61 
 [Pages 62, 63 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 64, 65 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 66, 67 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 68 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 673-OCTOBER, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 3 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances, indictments, &c. ... ... pp. 3-20 
 
 [Pages 21, 22 blank.] 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Dassey and her children, 
 John and Benjamin, in the parish of St. Anne's, Westminster. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of St. Martin's and St. Anne's ... ... ... p. 23 
 
 [Pages 24-33 blank.] 
 
 Names of six persons taking the oath of allegiance ... ... p. 34 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, &c. ... ... ... p. 35 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 674 -OCTOBER, 1709. 
 
 Jury panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances and indictments, &c. ... pp. 7-29 
 
 Order upon information given to the Court that in the suburbs the 
 watches are set too late in the evening, that workmen leave their ladders 
 unsecured in the streets where they can be used by burglars, &c., and 
 " that several persons have of late presumed and taken upon them to cast, 
 throw, or fire into the pubUc streets (&c.) great quantities of squibs, rockets, 
 serpents, or other fireworks, to the great danger and damage of Her Majesty's 
 liege subjects," and contrary to the Act William III, c. 9 and xo, to prevent 
 the throwing or firing of squibs, &c. It is directed that the watches be set 
 earlier in the evening, that ladders be secured, and that the throwers of 
 fireworks be arrested ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 31 
 
350 Middlesex County Records. 
 
 Order for the treasurer of the maimed soldiers' and mariners' fund to 
 pay to EHzabeth Welsh, the widow of Pierce Welsh, a pensioner, the sum of 
 15/-, for the quarter in which he died ... ... ... ... ... ]). 32 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Lucy Fowell, in the parish of 
 St. Andrew's, Holborn. 'I"he dispute is between the parishes of St. Martin's 
 and St. Andrew's ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iinJ. 
 
 Order discharging an order of two of the Justices adjudging William 
 Harris, laceman, of London, to be the reputed father of the male bastard of 
 Fleetwood Williams, of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... ... ... ... p. 33 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Sarah Page and her children, Frances, 
 Elizabeth, and Thomas, in the parish of All Hallows the Great, London. 
 The dispute is between the parishes of All Hallows and St. James', Clerk en well. 
 
 li- 34 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of \Villiam Cooke, Margaret, his wife, 
 and their children, Charles, William, Thomas, and Henry. William Cooke, 
 the father, was settled in the parish of Heddington, Oxfordshire. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of Heddington and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... p. 35 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Cartwright and her children, 
 Peter, Mary, and John, in the parish of St. Giles', Cripplegate. The dispute 
 is between the parishes of St. Giles' and St. Andrew's, Holborn ... p. 36 
 
 Order for the treasurer of the money raised in the county for the ])assing 
 of vagrants, &c., for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edmonton, and Gore, to pay 
 to John Hickman, constable of South Mymms, the sum ot ^20 due to him 
 from that fund ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I'Md. 
 
 Order allowing the sum of jQi ^s. to Elizabeth Calliday, the widow of 
 James Calliday, a pensioner of the maimed soldiers' fund ... ... p. 37 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Edmund Walton, in the hamlet of 
 Bethnal Green. The dispute is between Tottenham and Bethnal Green, ibid. 
 
 Order for the treasurer of the money raised in the hundreds of Ossulston, 
 Edmonton, and Gore, for the passing of vagrants, &:c., to pay James Tyton, 
 constable of the Holborn Division, ^5... ... ... ... ... p. 38 
 
 Order for discharging Elie Lorphelin from his apprenticehood with John 
 Pons, silversmith, of the parish of St. Anne's. Westminster. It was complained 
 that Pons had beaten him "with a horse whalebone whip, both with his 
 clothes on and without, and kicked him," &c. ... ... ... ... p. 39 
 
 Order concerning the .settlement of Sarah Nuthall, in the Liberty of 
 Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents. The dispute is between the 
 parish of St. James', Clerkenwell and the liberty as above ... ... [). 40 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Elizabeth Smith, widow, and her son, 
 John Smith, in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Margaret's and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ... p. 41 
 
 The petition of several inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields 
 against a poor rate made, as they alleged, privately, was dismissed on the 
 grounds, first, that the rate had been lawfully made, and, secondly, that any 
 
Scssioffs Book 674 — October, 1709. 351 
 
 appeal against it should iiave been made at the previous Quarter Sessions, 
 directly the same was demanded, and not after certain distresses had been 
 levied ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 42 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Grace White and her children, 
 Lawrence and Jane, in the j)arish of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. The dispute is 
 between the parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate and St. Giles ... ... p. 43 
 
 Order concerning the settlement of Jane Robinson, in the parish of 
 St. Saviour's, Southwark. The dispute is between the parishes of St. Saviour's 
 and St. Giles', Cripplegate ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 At the last Sessions an order was made for certain of the Justices to audit 
 the accounts of John Hurst, Thomas Wilburne, Thomas Bullock, John 
 Barnes, and Christopher Farmer, overseers for the liberty-above- Bars 
 (St. Andrew's, Holborn), for the year 1705. Hurst represented that the 
 referees had not taken the accounts, and the Court extended the time to the 
 next Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 44 
 
 Order for settling the common market prices of the several sorts of 
 middling English corn and grain :— 
 
 Very good English middling wheat, £^^ 4^". od. a quarter. 
 
 Barley, the better sort, 30/- a quarter. 
 
 Very good peas " for boyling," 42/- a quarter. 
 
 The best sort of gray peas for horses and hogs, 42/- a quarter. 
 
 Good clean beans, ]£\ S^. ■^ quarter. 
 
 English sort of good middling oats, 1 8/- a quarter. 
 
 A copy of the order to be hung up in the Custom House ... ... p. 45 
 
 Order remanding Thomas Pudsey, gentleman, to Newgate, for want of 
 sutificient sureties for his appearance at the next Sessions to answer a charge 
 of speaking seditious and treasonable words against the Queen. He had 
 been acquitted of a charge of assault upon a constable of St. Clement Danes, 
 Thomas Ford ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Names of 28 foreign protestants who took the oath ... ... p. 47 
 
 Further list of persons taking the oaths (19 names), including John 
 Robinson, S.T. P. Prebendary of Canterbury ... ... ... ... p. 48 
 
 Memoranda relating to committals, fines, t&c. ... ... pp. 49-53 
 
 [Pages 54-76 blank.] 
 
 List of persons in New Prison ... ... ... ... pp. 77-79 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 80, 81 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 82, 83 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda [almost illegible^ That the house of Nicholas 
 Fletcher, on Bushey Heath, in the parish of Harrow-on-the-Hill, is designed a 
 place for protestant dissenters' religious worship. A new house lately erected 
 in the parish of Edmonton is a place to be used for holding meetings and 
 assemblies of divers persons of Her [Majesty's] subjects, dissenting from the 
 Church, for the exercise of religious worship ... ... ... ... p. 84 
 
;^^2 Middlesex County Reeords. 
 
 SESSIONS BOOK 675— DECEMBER, 1709. 
 
 )ui\- panel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 5 
 
 Memoranda of recognizances and indictments ... ... PP- 7~33 
 
 [Pages 34-38 blank.] 
 Memoranda relating to committals, &c. ... ... ... pp. 39, 40 
 
 Order for Raphael Dubois, chief constable of the Tower Division, and 
 John Cave, chief constable of the Finsbury Division, to attend certain of the 
 Justices on the 8th of December, and produce their accounts for the passing 
 of vagrants, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 43 
 
 Report of the Justices on the above-mentioned accounts, dated the 
 9th of December. Raphael Dubois and John Cave had received considerable 
 sums of money, and instead of paying them in to the treasurer of the vagrant 
 money, as directed, they had used the greater part in allowances to certain 
 petty constables for passing vagrants. The Court orders that the two high 
 constables shall hand in, at the next Quarter Sessions, an exact account of 
 what they have received and expended. The present constable, John Wells, 
 and the late constable, William Noble, of Stratford-le-Bow and Old Ford, are 
 also called to account, the Court being informed that they have passed as 
 vagrants several soldiers and others, from Bow to Whitechapel, who had per- 
 missive passes. Wells, Ford, Dubois, and Cave are to attend certain of the 
 Justices, who are to report on the whole matter at the next Quarter Sessions. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Certain Justices appointed to examine the accounts of Robert Wills, late 
 constable for the liberty of Glasshouse Yard, in the parish of St. Botolph, 
 Alder.sgate, and report, to the next Court of Quarter Sessions, what is due to 
 him for passing vagrants .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... p- 45 
 
 The Court is informed that there are a great number of persons in the 
 county who assume to themselves to be drovers of cattle, badgers, laders, 
 kidders, carriers, buyers and sellers of corn and grain, butter and cheese, and 
 other dead victuals, not being thereunto licensed. The Court orders all petty 
 constables to certify to the high constable in the several divisions, before the 
 31st of December, the full names, addresses, and ages of all such persons 
 licensed and unlicensed. The high constables are to hand in their returns at 
 the next Quarter Sessions ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 46 
 
 Letter from the Clerk of the Peace to the head constables in the county, 
 informing them that the Earl of Sunderland, one of the Secretaries of State, 
 had complained that several seamen had been impressed lately in Middlesex, 
 and sent into the army instead of into the navy, and desiring them to see that 
 all seamen impressed in this county are " sent into Her Majesty's service by 
 sea and not into the land service " ... ... ... ... ... ibid. 
 
 Order that Elizabeth Clarke be stripped naked from the middle upwards 
 and whipped at a cart's tail, from the Horseshoe Tavern, near the Victualling 
 Ofifice on Tower Hill, to the Irongate in the precinct near St. Katherine's, 
 near the Tower, and thence back again to the Horseshoe Tavern, for 
 
Sessions Book 6^ s— December, 1709. 353 
 
 unlawfully procuring and publishing a false and counterfeit letter of attorney 
 to receive the wages of a mariner lately belonging to one of the Queen's 
 ships ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... ... P- 47 
 
 Order for the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, Robert Hardisty, gentleman, 
 between the 20th of December and the next Quarter Sessions, to take the 
 accounts of the head constables of the various divisions connected with the 
 passing of vagrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... tlnd. 
 
 Order for William Collins, headborough of the parish of St. James', 
 Clerkenwell, to receive 12/- for his loss of time, &c., in conveying a poor sick 
 and infirm woman as a vagrant to East Barnet, in the county of Hertford. 
 
 p. 48 
 [Pages 49-66 blank.] 
 
 List of names of persons in the New Prison ... ... pp. 67-69 
 
 [Pages 70, 71 blank.] 
 
 Alphabetical list of indictments ... ... ... ... pp. 72, 73 
 
 Alphabetical list of recognizances ... ... ... ... pp. 74> 75 
 
 Miscellaneous memoranda ... ... ... ... ... .•• p. 76 
 
INDEX 
 
 Aaron, Elizabeth, 113. 
 Abchurch Lane, 35. 
 Abergavenny, George, Lord, 51. 
 Abraham, Edmund, 250. 
 
 Isaac, 95. 
 
 WilHam, 95. 
 Acomb, Joseph, 52. 
 Acourt, James, 204. 
 Acton, 104, 118, 123, 126, 176, 325, 326, 339. 
 
 complainl from inhabitants of, 326. 
 Acton Road, 48. 
 Acton, James, 127. 
 Acts of ParHament — 
 
 Capitation Act, the, 168. 
 
 Vagrancy Act, the, 270. 
 
 For discharge of insolvent debtors, 277, 
 278. 
 
 For enlisting sailors, 301. See also 
 Sailors. 
 
 For Recruiting, 311. Sec also Army. 
 
 For making a new parish to be called 
 St. John's, Wapping, 1 19. 
 Adams, Ambrose, 203, 214. 
 
 Isaac, 165. 
 
 , 71- 
 
 Addle Hill, 206. 
 Addresses voted — 
 
 to the Lord Chief Justice concerning 
 
 Papists, 134. 
 to William III and Mary concerning 
 
 Papists, 15. 
 to William III upon the death of (^ueen 
 
 Mary, 125. 
 to William III congratulating hnii upon 
 
 his escape from a "barbarous and 
 
 horrid " conspiracy, 147. 
 to William III, on the disposal of the 
 
 kingdom by Louis XIV to " the 
 
 pretended Prince of Wales," 232. 
 to Queen Anne upon her Accession, 237. 
 to Queen Anne upon the victories of the 
 
 Duke of Marlborough, 275, 303, 348. 
 to Queen Anne applying for a Royal 
 
 Proclamation against the disorders at 
 
 May Fair, 338. 
 to Queen Anne on the English victory at 
 
 Blaregnies, 348. 
 Adeane, Henry, 150. 
 Adished, Isaac, 48. 
 Adlam, Thomas, 80. 
 
 Agace, Barnaby, 109. 
 
 John, 109. 
 Alay, Anne, 292. 
 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, 332. 
 
 King's Head in, 260. 
 Albertson, Albert, 189, 201. 
 Aibertus, Ferdinando, 51. 
 Aldenham, county Herts, 278, 280. 
 Alder, William, 17. 
 
 Aldersgate. See St. Ann and St. Agnes. 
 Aldersgate Street, 319. 
 Aldgate, 4. 
 
 St. Botolphs (Buttolphs). See St. 
 Botolphs Without Aldgate. 
 Aldridge, Joseph, 126. 
 Mary, 126. 
 
 Thomas, 298, 325, 339. 
 Aldwin, William, 312. 
 Alebone, John, 34. 
 Alehouse keepers, orders as to their not 
 
 holding parish offices, 129. 
 Alexander, Edward, 48. 
 
 Captain Francis, 278. 
 Algiers, 179. 
 
 man of war of, 264. 
 Allen, Alexander, 95. 
 Elizabeth, 203. 
 Henry, 35. 
 John, 295. 
 
 Joseph, 81, 82, 93, 108. 
 Matthew, 19. 
 Richard, 203. 
 Thomas, 195. 
 William, 203. 
 Allhallows, Barking, 26, 130, 150(2). 
 AUhallows, Lombard Street, 93. 
 Allhallows the Great, 350. 
 Allhallows, Staining, l86, 261. 
 Allington, Lady, 208, 326. 
 Allison, Elizabeth, 170. 
 Almond, Phillip, senior, 190. 
 
 Phillip, junior, 190. 
 Alperton, 135, 284 (2). 
 Alsop, Vincent, 27. 
 Alston, Thomas, 162. 
 Altham, Arthur Annesley, Lord, 316. 
 Alwood, John, 35. 
 Alworthy, Daniel, 258. 
 
 Ambrose , 71. 
 
 Amen Corner, 35. 
 Amsworih, Beziah, 71. 
 Henry, 71. 
 
 z -z 
 
356 
 
 Index. 
 
 Amye, Kendrich, 115. 
 Mr., 262. 
 Robert, 1 15. 
 Anabaptists. See under Conventiclers. 
 Anderson, Elizabeth, 256. 
 
 George, 296. 
 Andrews, Alice, 47. 
 Andrew, 347. 
 Cuthbert, 250. 
 Hannah, 250. 
 Jasper, 195. 
 John, 264. 
 Jonathan, 182, 195. 
 Mary, 200. 
 Robert, 250. 
 William, 327, 330, 337. 
 Angel, Ivatherine, 246. 
 Angel Court. See St. James', Westminster. 
 Anger, Robert, 287. 
 
 Anne, Queen, representation to, from the 
 Justices in reference to women convicts 
 at Newgate, 296. 
 sempstress to, 295. 
 Annesley See Altham, Lord. 
 Ansell, Robert, 341. 
 Anstery, William, 301. 
 Anthony, Charles, 334. 
 
 Thomas, 121. 
 Appleby, George, 75. 
 John, 87. 
 Mary, 87. 
 Sarah, 338. 
 Appleton, 171. 
 
 Apprentices, references to, passim. 
 Apprice, Elizabeth, 47. 
 
 John, 47. 
 Archer, Ann, 285. 
 Jeremiah, 285. 
 John, 330. 
 Margaret, 98. 
 Martha, 285. 
 Robert, 330. 
 Silas, 285. 
 Argyll (Argyle), John, Duke of, 341. 
 Arlidge, Abraham, 282, 286. 
 Arlington Street, 77. 
 Armaret, James, 292. 
 Arms, search for, 14. 
 reference to, 6. 
 
 Armstrong, , i. 
 
 Army — 
 
 forces in Holland, 269. 
 
 letter from the Lords of the Council 
 
 with reference to recruiting for, 307. 
 letter from Whitehall, enclosing list 
 of regiments for foreign service, 
 297. 
 orders concerning Foot Guards, 257 (2). 
 as to enlisting, 324. 
 as to recruiting, 324 (2). 
 as to prices to be paid for food 
 
 whilst on the march, 239. 
 as to quartering of regiments, 257, 
 
 283. 
 as to granting warrants to disabled 
 soldiers and sailors, 334. 
 pensions for the. See under Soldiers. 
 
 Army (contjnuea) — 
 
 reference to desertion from, 4. 
 
 to enlisting, 128, 151, 252, 268, 
 
 279, 283. 
 to recruiting, 297, 307. 
 regiments in — 
 
 Coldstream regiment, 257 (2). 
 Dragoons, Captain Coward's com- 
 pany, 127. 
 Dragoons, Royal regiment of, 123. 
 1st Regiment of Guards, 297. 
 Foot Guards, 234, 253. 
 
 Colonel William Evans' regi- 
 ment of, 276. 
 Colonel George Mackartney's 
 
 regiment of, 278. 
 Her Majesty's, 257. 
 Colonel Montague's regiment 
 
 of, 260. 
 Colonel Selw)'n's regiment of, 
 
 122. 
 to be quartered at Westminster, 
 
 324- 
 2nd Horse Grenadiers, 253. 
 Horse Guards, 234. 
 
 proceedings as to quartering on 
 
 their return from Flanders, 
 
 175- 
 Welsh Fusiliers, 268. 
 Lord Orkney's regiment, 307. 
 Earl of Oxford's regiment, 124. 
 Colonel Hayman Rook's regiment, 
 272. 
 
 See also tinder Soldiers. 
 Arnold, Michael, 55. 
 
 Mr., 230. 
 
 Nehemiah, 33. 
 Arnop, John, 203, 214. 
 Arson, punishment for, 222. 
 Arthington, Thomas, 331. 
 Arthurbury {alias Goodrick), " Emy," 112. 
 Artorbury, William, 302. 
 Arundell, Lady Barbara, 222. 
 
 Thomas, 36, 40, 68. 
 Ashcombe, William, 244 (2). 
 Ashford, Sir John, 45. 
 Ashman, Thomas, 145. 
 Ashton, Anne, 292, 319. 
 
 Mary, 204. 
 
 Colonel the Hon. William, 292, 319, 
 Ashwith (Ashwish), Oliver, 56, 71. 
 Ash worth, Robert, 84. 
 Askew (Askue), Francis, 59. 
 
 Francis, 90. 
 Aslett, James, 193. 
 Aspinall, Edward, 294. 
 
 Jane, 294. 
 
 Mary, 294. 
 Assessment of the rates for carriage of goods, 
 
 257. 
 Asterley, Richard, 171. 
 Aston, county Herts, 83, 88, 89, 333. 
 Aston, John, 340. 
 Atherton, Isle of Wight, 40, 41. 
 Atkey, Oliver, 334. 
 Atkins, Daniel, 2. 
 
 Richard, 261. 
 
Index. 
 
 357 
 
 Atkins, Robert, 91. 
 
 Thomas, 135, 16S, 225. 
 Atkinson, Judith, 32. 
 
 Richard, 32. 
 Atley (Ately, Allee), James, 82, 97. 
 
 William, 122. 
 Atterbury, William, 319. 
 Attwood, Katherine, 315. 
 Atwick, William, 130. 
 Aubrey (Awbrey), Thomas, 25, 27, 114. 
 
 William, 214. 
 Auker, Katherine, 6. 
 Austin, Captain Thomas, loi. 
 
 Thomas, 14 (2), 64. 
 
 William, 35, 77. 
 Avelyn, Edward, 33. 
 Averyhall, John, 56. 
 Avies, Mr., 62. 
 Awsitor, William, 284. 
 Axe Court. See St. Peter's, Cornhill. 
 Aylesbury, county Bucks, 213. 
 Aylesbury, Lord, 288. 
 Aylesbury Chapel. See St. James', Clerken- 
 
 well. 
 Ayliffe, or Aylofte Street. See Whilechapel. 
 Aylward, John, 286. 
 Ayres, Peter, 38. 
 
 Susanna, 38. 
 Ayrey, Thomas, 268. 
 
 William, 77. 
 
 B. 
 
 Baber, Lady Bridget, 161. 
 
 Sir John, 161. 
 Backchurch, " St. Dionis." See St. Dionis, 
 
 Backchurch. 
 Baden, 71. 
 
 Badger, William, 345. 
 Badgers, orders as to licensing of, 152. 
 
 and Kidders, names of, 104. 
 Badges, order as to their being worn by 
 
 pensioners, 124, 291. 
 Badwell, Bridget, 47. 
 Bagshaw, William (?), 1S3. 
 Baeuley, William, 310. 
 Baily (Bayley), Anthony, 225. 
 
 Elizabeth, 323. 
 
 James, 37, 41. 
 
 Mr., 50. 
 
 Nathan, 285. 
 
 William, 51, 253. 
 Bainbridge, John, 322. 
 Bake, W^illiam, 40. 
 Baker, Bartholomew, 41. 
 
 Elizabeth, -lo, 195. 
 
 Jane, 195. 
 
 Nicholas, 1 14. 
 
 Richard, senior, 195, 306. 
 
 Richard, junior, 195. 
 
 Thomas, 14. 
 
 William, 250. 
 Balderstone, Mary, 155. 
 Baldwin (Baldwyn), Anne, 106. 
 
 Edward, 270, 299. 
 
 Richard, 100, 167. 
 
 Baldwin, William, 106. 
 Baldwin's Gardens. See Holborn. 
 Ball, Anthony, 202. 
 James, 295. 
 Jonathan, 132. 
 
 William, 11. 
 Ballard, Alice, 280, 290. 
 Bamber, James, ^\. 
 Banckes, Matthew, 194. 
 
 William, 208. 
 Banfield, John, 41. 
 
 Mary, 267. 
 Bannister, Christopher, 143. 
 Bantick, Stephen, 251. 
 Banyard, William, 138. 
 Baptists. See under Conventiclers. 
 Barbadoes, the, 6. 
 Barbault, (kiy, 253. 
 Barber, Katherine, 82. 
 Barber Surgeons Company, the, 217. 
 Barbone, Dr. Nicholas, 171. 
 Barcelona, English victory at, 303. 
 
 bombardment of. 306. 
 Bard, Mary, 126. 
 
 William, 126. 
 Barge, Andrew, 347. 
 Bargrave, Andrew, 225. 
 Barker, Edward, 321. 
 
 John, 341. 
 Barking, AUhallows. See AUhallows^ 
 
 Barking. 
 Barley. See Corn. 
 Barnaby, James, 105. 
 Barnard, James, 65. 
 
 Richard, 65. 
 Barnes, Charles, 176, 177. 
 
 Elizabeth, 239. 
 
 John, 176, 305, 346, 351. 
 
 Mary, 206, 290. 
 
 Richard, 206. 
 
 Robert, 244, 245. 
 
 Thomas, 176, 31 8. 
 Barnet, 112, 113, 197. 
 
 Chipping, 168, 213, 243. 
 
 East, 353. 
 
 house called Mount Pleasant at, 24, 
 
 Friern (Frian), 19, 118, 169, 177, 201 
 
 255. 323- 
 
 High, 19, 226, 330. 
 Barnett, Thomas, 113. 
 Barney, Edward, 17. 
 Barnsbury, Lower, 93, 133, 137. 
 
 Upper, 19, 99, 178, 187, 202, 
 Barnsly, Peter, 82. 
 Barrett (Barratt), Ann, 98. 
 
 Ehzabeth, 98. 
 
 Nicholas, 195. 
 
 Thomas, 105, 107. 
 
 ,98. 
 
 Barringer, John, 159. 
 
 Mary, 159. 
 Barry, Edward, 147. 
 
 Francis, 119. 
 Barry Street, 77. 
 Bars, Liberty above. See Holborn, 
 
 Liberty below. See Holborn. 
 Bartholomew, John, 306. 
 
358 
 
 Index. 
 
 Bartholomew, Katherine, 329, 333. 
 
 Mary, 329, 333. 
 
 Thomas, 329, m. 
 
 William, 329. 
 Bartlett, James, 140. 
 l^arton, Anthony, 333. 
 
 Elizabeth, 137. 
 
 P'rancis, 137. 
 
 Susanna, t,t,2,- \ 
 
 William, 137. 
 Barwell, Richard, 120. 
 Barwick, Abigail, 303. 
 
 Samuel, 323. 
 Basinghall Street, 35. 
 Basingstoke, Hants, 186, 
 Baskerville, Mary, 295, 297. ; 
 
 Basset, John, 94. \ 
 
 Batchelor, Penelope, 25. 
 Bateman, Christopher, 86. ' 
 
 Sir James, 244. 
 
 John, 255, 257, 269. 
 
 Robert, 141. 
 
 Thomas, 271. 
 Bates, Elizabeth, 100, 171. 
 
 " Jermia," 34. 
 
 Robert, 218. 
 
 Thomas, 117, 243. 
 
 William, 120. 
 Bath, 340. 
 
 Bathe, Thomas, 121. 
 Batson, Bryan, 77. 
 
 Thomas, 80. 
 Batt, John, 130, 219, 
 
 Thomas, 80. 
 Batteroone, Nicholas, 105. 
 Battersea (Battersey, otherwise Underbrick), 
 
 county Surrey, 122, 277. 
 Battle, Alexander, 264. 
 Battle Bridge, 112. 
 Batty, Alexander, 233. 
 
 George, 236. 
 Bawden, John, 35. 
 Bawdwell, Letitia, 24. 
 Baxter, Henry, 75. 
 
 William, 75. 
 Bayes, John, 271. 
 Bayleffe, James Havering, 17. 
 Beachy Head, engagement with the French 
 
 off, 119. 
 Beadle, order preventing alehouse keepers 
 
 from holding office of, 129. 
 Beadle (Bedlc), John, 187. \ 
 
 Richard, 183. 
 Beak Street. See St. James. ; 
 
 Bealing, Mr., 329. | 
 
 Beamont, William, 16. 
 Beane, Alice, 57. 
 
 Edv.ard, 57. 
 
 Richard, 57. 
 Bear Street. See St. Dunstan's Hill. 
 Bearbinder Lane, 96. 
 Bearcrofl, Gilbert, 256. 
 Beard, Samuel, 137. 
 Beauchamp (Beacham), John, 85, 127. 
 Beaujen, Theophilus, 5. 
 Beaumont, alias Leatherby, Elizabeth, 251. 
 Beckley, Michael, 230. 
 
 Beckett, Benjamin, 85. 
 
 William, 330. 
 Beddingheld (Bedingfeild), Mrs., 192 (2). 
 
 Thomas, 113. 
 Bedfonl, 63. 
 Bedford, 196. 
 
 St. Mary's Parish in, 86. 
 Bedford, William, Earl of, 66, 72. 
 
 William, Duke of, 147. 
 
 Wriothesley, Duke of, 259 (2), 293, 348. 
 
 letter to, 307. 
 
 order of Council addressed to, 345. 
 
 petition to, 345. 
 Bedford, Elizabeth, 189, 191. 
 
 Thomas, 112. 
 Bedford House, 147. 
 Bedford Street, 78. 
 Bedfordbury, 77. 
 Bedlam. See Bethlehem. 
 Bedle. See Beadle. 
 Beeke, William, 34. 
 Beer and ale, prices of, 8, 36, 68. 
 Begerley, John, 272. 
 Begg, John, ^^. 
 Beggars, vagabonds, &c. , complaint as to, 
 
 347- 
 Beilby, Ann, 240. 
 Beitman, Mr., 187. 
 Belfield, Margaret, 271. 
 
 Thomas, 271. 
 Bell, Eleanor, 196. 
 
 Robert, 278. 
 
 Thomas, 127. 
 Bell Yard, 31. 
 Bellamy, Hannah, 273. 
 Belles, Sir Roland, 51. 
 Bellis, Elizabeth, 281. 
 Bend, Robert, 216. 
 Bendall, Christopher, 225. 
 Bennett (Bennet), James, 236. 
 
 John, 15, 47, 55. 
 
 Richard, 118, 177, 205, 213. 
 
 Robert, 77. 
 
 Thomas, 44, 300. 
 
 William, 92. 
 Bennett Street, 77. 
 Bennett's Court, 77. 
 Benson, Andrew, 136, 137. 
 
 William, 11. 
 
 Sir William, 342. 
 Bent, Robert 23. 
 Bentley, Edward, 73 (2), 80, 170, 240. 
 
 John, 90, 272. 
 Berkhan, John, 347. 
 Bermondsey, 100. 
 
 St. Mary Magdalen. See St. Mary 
 Magdalen. 
 Beron, Clement, 82. 
 Berriman, Roger, 141. 
 Berry, Elizabeth, 193. 
 
 Isaac, 193. 
 
 James, 321. 
 
 Joseph, 78. 
 
 Margaret, 327. 
 
 Mary, 239. 
 Berry Street, 35, 78. 
 Bertie, Mr., 314. 
 
Index. 
 
 359 
 
 Berwick, Benjamin, 203. 
 
 Best (Bestt), Jane, 318. 
 
 John, 249. 
 
 Mr., 75. 
 
 Richard, 277. 
 
 bethleiiem (Bedlam) — 
 
 Hospital, 12, 201, 216, 228, 246, 316. 
 petition for an order to place a 
 lunatic in, 201. 
 Old, 34. 
 Bethnal Gieen, 109, 118, 126, 150, 151, 176, 
 180, 192, 203, 231, 240, 251, 277, 
 31S, 323, 326, 327, 350. 
 Betteridge, 313. 
 Betlinson, George, 214. 
 Bells, Richard, 99, 109. 
 Simeon, 305. 
 Susanna, 35. 
 Beverley, James, 157. 
 John, 325. 
 "William, 157. 
 Bevis, John, 117. 
 Bewick, Anna, 185. 
 Bews, John, 225. 
 
 Bickerton, , 244. 
 
 Bigg, John, 95. 
 >Iary, 122. 
 William, 122. 
 Bignoll, William, 174, 178. 
 Billings, Lieut. -Colonel, 122. 
 Billinglon, Hannah. 300. 
 Billingsgate, " the Gun" in, 71. 
 Bilney, Mary, 92. 
 Bilson, William, 306. 
 Bines (Binns), William, 25, 27. 
 Bird (Burd), Heniy, 135. 
 John, 91, 122, 123. 
 Martha, 122, 123. J 
 Robert, 36. 
 
 William, 3, 48, 56, 114, 173. 
 Birkett, John, 199, 202. 
 
 William. 48. 
 Bishop, Elizabeth, 116. 
 Francis, 344. 
 Hugh, 169, 1S3, 191. 
 Humphrey, 284. 
 Phillip, 116. 
 Bishopsgate, " the Bull Inn " in, 93. 
 
 order for paving street to, 231, 233 (2). 
 Bishopsgate Street, 34 (2), 35. 
 Black, William, 297. 
 Black Boy's Alley. See St. Andrew's, 
 
 Holborn. 
 Blackborne, Anne, 277. 
 Eleanor, 277. 
 Hannah, 277. 
 John, 277. 
 Richard, 45. 
 William, 277. 
 
 Blackgrove, , 7 1. 
 
 Blackerby, Samuel, in, 243. 
 Blackman, Margaret, 19. 
 
 Richard, 21. 
 Blackmore, John, 194. 
 Blackmore Street, 45, 78. 
 Black wall. Stepney, 181, 184, 196, 240, 
 321, 337- 
 
 Blake, Anne, 82. 
 Bridget, 296. 
 John, 48, 82. 
 Mary, 113. 
 Priscilla, 113. 
 Samuel, 48. 
 Sarah, 113. 
 William, 1 13. 
 Blanchard, Richard, 345. 
 Blanchell, William, 125. 
 Bland, John, 201. 
 Thomas, 201. 
 Blanvillon, John, 77. 
 " Blaregnies. " .$"£?£ Mai plaquet. 
 Blastock, Richard, 181, 199. 
 
 Rose, 181, 199. 
 Blathwayt, William, 257. 
 Blay, Mary, 318. 
 Thomas, 66. 
 Blenheim, victory at, 275- 
 Blewgate Field, 46. 
 BHss (Blisse), Anne, 236. 
 Jeffrey, 197. 
 Richard, 313. 
 Blodwell, David, 122. 
 
 John, 122. 
 Bloom, Isaac, 339. 
 Bloomsbury, 287, 305. 
 
 Court House, 39, 147, 286, 327. 
 Market, 175. 
 
 pillory in, 15 1, 175. 
 Blolt, John, 30. 
 Blow (Blowe), Anne, 83, 318. 
 John, 83. 
 Robert, 83. 
 William, 83. 
 Blow Bladder (" Blewe Bladder") Street, 
 
 35> 71- 
 Blow Court \ ields. See Stepney. 
 Bloxham, William, 73. 
 Bluck, William, 25. 
 Blue Anchor Alley. See St. Giles Without 
 
 Cripplegate. 
 Blunt, Edmund, 240. 
 Bodicott (Bodycotl), Moses, 297, 298, 303, 
 
 313- 
 Bodle, Richard, 120. 
 Body, Nicholas, 51. 
 Bodyman, John, 135. 
 Bohun, George, 87. 
 
 J-, 73(2), 79, 81. 
 Bollard, Phillip, 322. 
 Bolter, William, loi. 
 Bolton, Edward, 178. 
 Bond, John, 132, 256. 
 
 Colonel John, 255, 269. 
 Bond Street, in the Liberty of the Rolls, 
 
 346. 
 Bond Street, in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 
 332. 
 Boner (Bonner), James, 77. 
 
 Mary, 330. 
 
 Richard, 35. 
 
 Robert, 249. 
 Bonnet, John, I35. 
 Bonnyman, George, 65. 
 Bonwick, Samuel, 258. 
 
36o 
 
 Index. 
 
 Bonython, Charles, 249. 
 
 Mr., 260. 
 Boonman, Jeremy, 34. 
 Booth, Charles, 44. 
 Boquet, Nicholas, 174. 
 Boreman, Jeremiah, 325 (3), 341, 345, 347. 
 
 Joseph, 9. 
 Borer, John, 182. 
 
 Sarah, 182. 
 
 Thomas, 182. 
 Bosh, Catherine, 347. 
 Boston, Frances, 343. 
 
 John, 343. 
 Boswell, Jarvis, 181. 
 
 Mary, 310. 
 
 Thomas, 308. 
 Boswell Court, 85. 
 Boterell, Richard, 298. 
 Bourke, Elizabeth, 321 (2). 
 
 Mary, 321 (2). 
 Bourne, Timothy, 78. 
 Bournham, Thomas, 327. 
 Bovatt, Mr., 194. 
 
 Bow, 71, 96, 98, 118, 146, 150, 151, 191, 
 291, 295, 334. 
 
 order for paving a street in, 50. 
 
 to London, the great road leading from, 
 150. 
 Bow Bridge, 50. 
 Bow Street, pillory in, 8, 128. 
 
 Wills' coffee house in, 128. 
 See Si. Paul, Covent Garden. 
 Bowes, Joseph, loi. 
 
 Robert, 157. 
 
 , 71- 
 
 Bowles, Joseph, 35. 
 
 Robert, 70. 
 
 Thomas, 160. 
 Bowling Alley. See Westminster. 
 Boyle, Elizabeth, 313, 314, 330. 
 Boylott, Michael, 22. 
 Brabone, Stephen, 218. 
 Braconrigge, John, 147. 
 Braddock, William, 207. 
 Bradford, Alice, 40. 
 
 Elizabeth, 191. 
 
 Henry, 40. 
 
 Robert, 118. 
 Bradley, Ann, 240. 
 
 Elizabeth, 189. 
 
 Mr., 333. 
 
 Richard, 23. 
 
 Sarah, 329. 
 
 Simon, 329. 
 
 Thomas, 99. 
 
 William, 205, 213. 
 Bradshaw, Eleanor, 191. 
 
 John, 251, 280. 
 
 William, 150 (2). 
 Braint, Thomas, 256. 
 Braint Bridge. See Brent Bridge. 
 Braisby, Luke, 32. 
 Bramsgrove, William, 46. 
 Branch, Mary, 261. 
 Brand, John, 86. 
 Brandon, Joanna, 181 (2). 
 Branfield, Andrew, 24. 
 
 Brant, William, 171 (2). 
 
 Braxted, county Essex, 31. 
 
 Braynon, Patrick, 78. 
 
 Bread, prices of, 36, 68, 270, 297, 312, 325, 
 
 339- 
 orders as to, 103, 129, 167, 255, 284. 
 Bredstreet Hill, 35. 
 Brent (Braint) Bridge, Willesden, 310. 
 Brentford (Braintford), 63, 74, 104, 301, 337. 
 
 market at, 275, 344. 
 Brentford Bridge, 40, 274, 286, 296, 297, 
 310, 324, 325, 328. 
 order for setting up posts and a chain 
 on, 3 £7. 
 Brentford, New, 5, 8, 10, no, 176, 177, 182, 
 184, 205, 216, 258, 259, 269, 275, 
 298, 302, 303, 304, 306. 
 pillory, in, 177, 205. 
 Brentford, Old, 24, 106, 119, 125, 190, 193, 
 342. 
 meeting house for Independants in, 193. 
 Brest, expedition against, 126. 
 Breviter, John, 96, 125. 
 Brewer {alias Earneans), Ann, 312. 
 Brewer's Yard. See The Strand. 
 Brewman, John, 168. 
 Brian, Katherine, 35. 
 Brickhall (Brickill), .\nn, 65. 
 
 Thomas, 65. 
 Bride, Anne, 106. 
 Bridewell, the, 118, 191, 203. 
 
 allowance of food to prisoners in, 191. 
 See House of Correction. 
 Bridewell Hospital for educating poor boys, 
 
 335- 
 Bridewell Precinct, 206, 243. 
 Bridge, Ward of, 62. 
 Bridge money, the, 268, 271, 286, 317, 
 
 328. 
 Bridgeforth, William, 164. 
 
 Bridges, , n. 
 
 Bridges Street, in. 
 Bridgwater Clardens, 71. 
 Briggs, Edward, 326. 
 
 Henry, 177. 
 
 John, 205, 207. 
 
 Phillip, 14 (2). 
 
 Phillip, junior, 14. 
 
 Sarah, 205, 207. 
 Brightfoot, William, 16, 23. 
 Brind, William, 47. 
 Briscoe, Gabriel, 217. 
 Bristoe, John, 299. 
 
 Mary, 299. 
 Bristol, 123, 187. 
 
 St. Stephen's Parish, 187. 
 Brittain (Brittin), John, 73 (2), 80. 
 
 William, 80. 
 Broad Street. See St. James' and the Strand. 
 Broadgate, Mary, 262. 
 Broadrope, George, 273. 
 Broadwater, Robert, 82. 
 Broadway, Benjamin, 98, 194. 
 
 Hannah, 98. 
 
 Mary, 98, 194. 
 Brockett, Ralph, 53. 
 Brockwell, Giles, 55. 
 
Index. 
 
 361 
 
 Bromley, 50, 62, 96. 
 
 " Greengoose P'air " at, 342. 
 
 St. Leonard's, 326. 
 
 Sec also under '$s\.. Leonard's, Bromley, 
 Bromwell, Joiin, 225. 
 Bromwharrwood, Elizabeth, 51. 
 
 Thomas, 51. 
 Bromwich, Thomas, 96. 
 Brooke, Edward, 323. 
 
 Martha, 323. 
 
 Mary, 323. 
 
 Nathaniel, 323. 
 
 Pentacost, 323. 
 
 Sarah, 323. 
 Brookes (Brooks), James, 164, 
 
 Thomas, 100, 177, 203. 
 
 William, 11, 39. 
 Broughton, Edward, 238. 
 Browne, Anastus, 176. 
 
 Ann, 126. 
 
 David, 126. 
 
 Elizabeth, 83, 109, 126. 
 
 Ezekiel, 34, 35. 
 
 Erancis, 271. 
 
 George, 109. 
 
 Isaac, 83. 
 
 John, 83, 85, 126. 
 
 Lady, 179. 
 
 Martha, 176. 
 
 Mr., 314. 
 
 Nathaniel, 220, 344. 
 
 Richard, 85, 130, 297, 312. 
 
 Robert, 19?. 
 
 Samuel, 260, 276. 
 
 William, 52, 313. 
 
 , 109. 
 
 Browning, Arthur, 235. 
 
 John, 235. 
 Brownlow Street, 34. 
 Brunton, Anthony, 65. 
 Bryan, Elizabeth, 197. 
 
 John, 197. 
 
 Morgan, 173. 
 
 Thomas, 85. 
 
 William, 105. 
 Bryar, Jane, 243. 
 
 John, 243. 
 Bryarly, Henry, 76. 
 Brydall, Thomas, 30, H- 
 Brydall Lane. See St. James', Westminster. 
 Bubbs, Richard, 107. 
 Buck, Hannah, 290. 
 
 Mr., 80. 
 
 Robert, 290. 
 Buckley, Edward, 207. 
 Buckmaster, [ohn, 269. 
 Bucknall, Ralph, 284, 286. 
 
 Reginald, 5, 134. 
 
 Mr., 75. 
 Budd, Sarah, 123. 
 
 William, 123. 
 Buddin, Jane, 126. 
 
 Thomas, 126. 
 Buffington, Joseph, 52. 
 Bulke, Richard, 191. 
 Bulkeley, Sir Richard, 57. 
 Bull, Elizabeth, 313. 
 
 Bull and Mouth Street, " the Three Neats' 
 
 Tongues " in, 193. 
 Bullingbroke, Lord, 50. 
 Bullock, Elizabeth, 299. 
 
 Thomas, 305, 346, 351. 
 BuUstrode, Whitlock, 300. 
 Buncer, Margaret, 274. 
 
 Mary, 274. 
 
 Sarah, 274. 
 
 Walter, 274. 
 Bunion, Edward, 193. 
 
 Buning, , 305. 
 
 Bunker, Edward, 17 1. 
 Bunn, Ann, 205. 
 
 George, 205. 
 
 Burbanck, , 15. 
 
 Burch, John, 32, 42. 
 Burchell, John, 78. 
 
 Robert, 150. 
 
 William, 150. 
 Burchett, John, 150, 158, 162. 
 Burchnore, Robert, 45. 
 Burcoin, Paul, 35. 
 Burd, Robert, 264. 
 Burdett, William, 278. 
 Burdsey, Elizabeth, 35. 
 Burford, Arthur, 7. 
 Burgis, John, 51. 
 Burial fees, appeal against, t6i. 
 Burke, Richard, 148. 
 Burleigh Street. See St. Martin's-in-the 
 
 Fields. 
 Burnaby, James, 250. 
 Burrett; Nicholas, 12. 
 
 William, 102. 
 Burrough, Miles, 244. 
 Burrowes, Elizabeth, 206. 
 
 William, 114. 
 
 > 71- 
 
 Burt, , 71. 
 
 Burton, Humphrey, 41. 
 Jane, 41. 
 
 Mary, 145. 
 
 Samuel, 145. 
 
 Walter, 117. 
 Burton-upon-Wold, county Leicester, 100. 
 Bury Street. See Edmonton. 
 Bush, Abraham, 284. 
 
 Vincent, 77. 
 Bush Lane, 35. 
 Bushell, William, 55. 
 Bushey Heath, meeting house for Inde- 
 
 pendants on, 351. 
 Bushy, Charles, 6. 
 Bussey, William, 327. 
 Bussint, Nathaniel, 35- 
 Butcher, Thomas, 313. 
 Butler, George, 218. 
 
 Sir James, 29, 104. 
 
 John, 136. 
 
 Katherine, 265. 
 
 Mary, 136. 
 
 Pierce, 148. 
 
 Richard, 52. 
 
 Robert, 21. 
 
 William, 35, 265. 
 Butterfield, Elizabeth, 189. 
 
362 
 
 Index. 
 
 Butterfield, Thomas, 135, 327. 
 Buttery, John, 121. 
 Buxton, William, 71, 113. 
 Byde, Sir Thomas, 30. 
 Bye, Richard, 34. 
 Byrings, Hannah, 9. 
 
 Richard, 9. 
 Byrne, Gerald, 216. 
 
 c. 
 
 Cable, Frederick Hansen, 210. 
 Cable Street. See vStepney. 
 Cad, Ann, 337. 
 Herbert, 337. 
 Mary, 337. 
 
 Caleman, , 71. 
 
 Cadiz, 189. 
 Caine, John, "J. 
 Caishoe, Patrick, 241. 
 Callender, James, 337. 
 Calliday, Elizabeth, 350. 
 
 James, 119, 231 (2), 350. 
 Callow, Benjamin, 52. 
 Calloway, John, TJ. 
 Camber, Richard, 326. 
 Camberwell, county -Surrey, 155. 
 Cambon, Colonel P'rancis, 90. 
 Cambray, Samuel, 170. 
 Cambridge, St. Clement's, 308, 310. 
 Cambridge, Rowland, 307. 
 Campbell, Captain Dougall, 27S. 
 Camplin, John, 104. 
 
 Mary, 104. 
 Campion, Thomas, 51. 
 Canaries, the, 38. 
 Cane Wood, 131. 
 Canning, Nathaniel, junior, 197. 
 Cannon, John, 135, 171. 
 Canon Street, 35 (2). 
 
 orilers for paving, 46. 
 Canonbury Liberty, 198. 
 Canterbury, county Kent, 109, 277. 
 
 St. Peter's, 112. 
 Cantwell, Ann, 148, 151, 164, 181. 
 
 Walter, 147, 151. 
 Caper, Thomas, 171- 
 Caple, Cieorge, 147. 
 
 Carbinel, otherwise Beauleau, Martin, 78. 
 Cardigan, Earl of, permitted to keep arms in 
 
 his house, 136. 
 Cardrow, James, 10, 166. 
 
 Mr., "166. 
 Carey, Edward, 45. 
 Carlisle, Alice, 178. 
 
 Cornelius, 178 (2). 
 Carney, Thomas, 258. 
 Carpenter, Daniel, 316. 
 Edmund, 305. 
 John Peter, 316. 
 Mary, 316. 
 Sarah, 316. 
 Carr, James, 164. 
 
 alias Stafford, Rebecca, 300. 
 Carriers, orders as to the licensing of, 152. 
 Carrington, Richard, 55. 
 
 Carroll, Richard, loi. 
 C.rt, Joseph, 135, 143. 
 Carter, Abraham, 35. 
 
 Dorothy, 318. 
 
 Eleanor, 249. 
 
 John, 78. 
 
 Margaret, 318. 
 
 Matthias, 192 (2). 
 
 Richard, 35. 
 
 Roger, 246. 
 Carters, carmen, &c., orders as to, 64, 85. 
 Carthby, Francis, 77. 
 Cartwright, Catherine, 255. 
 
 Charles, 255. 
 
 Elizabeth, 350. 
 
 John, 350. 
 
 Mary, 350. 
 
 Peter, 350. 
 
 Thomas, 255. 
 
 , 141, 
 
 Carvath, John, 63. 
 Carver, Daniel, 123. 
 Carvill, John, 198, 212. 
 Carwell, Edward, 150. 
 Cary, Katherine, 178. 
 Matthew, 54. 
 William, 178. 
 Case, Ann, 123. 
 John, 123. 
 Caser, Thomas, 77. 
 Cash, John, 212. 
 Caskin, John, 289. 
 Casse, Ann, 226. 
 
 Edv/ard, 226. 
 Casselton, John, 184. 
 
 Castle Street. See Leicester Fields, St. 
 Anne's, Westminster, St. Giles'-in- 
 the-Fields, and St. Martin's-in-the- 
 Fields. 
 Catherine of Braganza, attorney of, 104. 
 Catherine Street, see Katherine Street. 
 Cathness, Moses, 128. 
 Cave, James, 14. 
 
 John, 352. 
 Cayborne, John, 280. 
 Cerricott, county Herts. See Codicote. 
 Chaddock, Hannah, 330. 
 Challoner, Thomas, 9. 
 
 William, 95. 
 Chamberlain, Anne, 160. 
 Fxlward, 162, 227. 
 Hugh, 81. 
 Sir James, 13. 
 Chamber Street. See Whitechapel. 
 Chambers (Chambre), Robert, 15, 93. 
 Stephen, 157. 
 Thomas, 109, 1 18, 129, 142, 146. 
 
 > 71, 
 
 Chamblett, Phyllis, 219, 221. 
 
 Richard, 219, 221. 
 Champing, Hugh, 35. 
 Champion, Thomas, 78. 
 
 William, 33. 
 Chancery Lane, 102. 
 
 Cursitor's Office in, 234. 
 Chandler, Abigail, 106. 
 
 Barbara, 13 1. 
 
Index. 
 
 2,^Z 
 
 See St. Paul's, Ccn-ent 
 
 55> 71 (4), 
 278. 
 
 Chandler, John, 106, 2S0. 
 
 Mary, 32S, 333. 
 
 Nathaniel, 195, 213, 282, 307, 308, 320, 
 325, 328, 331, T,il. 
 
 Robert, 131. 
 
 Sarah, 89. 
 
 William, 12. 
 
 ,36. 
 
 Chandos Street 
 
 Garden. 
 Chanell (Channell), Edward, 50 
 
 Henry, 75. 
 Chaplyn, John, 124. 
 <"hapman, John, 107, 205. 
 
 Judith, 200, 205. 
 
 Margaret, 44. 
 
 Mary, 300. 
 
 Thomas, 220. 
 Chappell, John, 122. 
 Charing (Chaireing) Cross, 21, 
 124, 226, 321, 330. 
 
 pillory at, 5, 132, 134, 148, 
 Charles II, 176, 197, 234. 
 Charles Street. See St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, and Long Acre. 
 Charlesworth, Thomas, 340. 
 Charterhouse (a/ias Sutton's Hospital), the, 
 
 166, 169, 190. 
 Chase, John, 67. 
 Chassey, Samuel, 55. 
 Chatham, 165, 176, 205. 
 Chatham Chest, the, 180. 
 Cheapside, 12, 15, 35. 
 Cheating, punishment for, 324. 
 Cheeseman, Thomas, 345. 
 Chelsea (Chelsey), 87, 96, 123, 136, 
 158, 162, 173, 195, 200, 202, 
 
 246, Hi- 
 " the Maiemaid " at, 186. 
 meeting house for Independents at, 310. 
 Chequer Alley. See St. Saviour's, South- 
 
 wark. 
 Chertsey, 224 
 
 Chertsey Bridge, 40, 136, 138, 146 (2), 149, 
 
 151, 154, 155 (2), 156, 161, 162, 164, 
 
 169, 271, 274, 286, 310, 324, 325, 
 
 328, 340, 342, 347. 
 
 complaint as to a wharf at the end of, 
 
 347- 
 Chesham, county Bucks, 156. 
 Chevallier, James, 157. 
 Chick Lane. See St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 Child, John, 150(2). 
 
 Robert, 74. 
 
 Thomas, 222. 
 
 William, 66. 
 Children, order concerning the putting out 
 to nurse, no. .S^t^CIerkenwell Work- 
 house. 
 Chillingworth, Frances, 291. 
 
 John, 291. 
 
 Mary, 291. 
 Chilvers, Anthony, 290. 
 Chipp, Dorothy, 186. 
 
 Edward, 186. 
 Chipping Barnet. See Barnet. 
 Chipps, Jacob, 117. 
 
 I50» 
 
 243> 
 
 Chipps, Stephen, 73. 
 
 Chinnery, Joseph, 16, 23. 
 
 ChiswcU Street. See St. Giles', Cripplegate. 
 
 Chiswick, 104, 183, 220, 323, 333 (2). 
 
 dissenters' meeting house at, 58. 
 Chomely, Anne, 217. 
 Christchurch, London, 34, 35, 176, 216, 
 
 296, 330, 347- 
 Christ Church, county Surrey, 280, 329. 
 Christmas, John, 24. 
 
 Joseph, 213. 
 Christofer, Anne, 285. 
 
 Elizabeth, 326. 
 
 John, 285. 
 
 Thomas, 285. 
 Christ's Hospital, 38. 
 
 " a poor child of," 329. 
 Church, Anthony, 35, 45, 55, 154. 
 
 John, 232. 
 Church Lane. See St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 
 
 and Whitechapel. 
 Church End Liberty. See St. Leonard's, 
 
 Shoreditch. 
 Churchill, General, letter to, 324. See also 
 
 under Marlborough. 
 Churchlow, Peter, 50. 
 Cinnamon Street, "the Red Crosse" in, 
 
 114. 
 Circuit, Robert, 43. 
 Clancey (Clansey), John, 81, 203. 
 Clare, Earl of, 10. 
 Clare, Elizabeth, 76. 
 
 Francis, 193. 
 
 Mary, 76. 
 Clare Market, 156, 271. 
 
 reference to stalls in, 271. 
 
 Gilbert's Passage in, 45. 
 Claridge, Richard, 341. 
 Clark (Clarke, Clerk), Ann, 173. 
 
 Caleb, 31, 335. 
 
 Catherine, 268. 
 
 Charles, 138. 
 
 Daniel, 341. 
 
 Edward, 23, 30, 32, 324. 
 
 Elizabeth, 352. 
 
 George, Secretary for War, 175. 
 
 Henry, 65. 
 
 Jacob, 1 10. 
 
 James, 20. 
 
 Jane, 173, 281. 
 
 Sir John, 149. 
 
 John, 307. 
 
 Julian, 321. 
 
 Peter, 75. 
 
 Richard, 205, 321. 
 
 Samuel, 339, 341. 
 
 Sarah, 184. 
 
 Thomas, 87, 270. 
 
 Walter, 34. 
 
 William, 56, 198. 
 Claydon, Thomas, 86. 
 Clayton, John, 178. 
 
 Katherine, 181. 
 
 Mary, 19. 
 
 Robert, 260. 
 Cleaver, Henry, 15. 
 Cleere, Michael, 300. 
 
3^4 
 
 Index. 
 
 Cleeve, John, 325, 330, 339, 341. 
 Clements, Charles, 267. 
 Elizabeth, 267. 
 John, 267. 
 Sarah, 120. 
 Clement's Inn, see St. Clement's Inn. 
 Clerkenwell, 116, 300. 
 
 orders for quartering soldiers in, 257. 
 College for Infants at. Sec Clerkenwell 
 
 Workhouse. 
 County estate at, 338. 
 New Prison and House of Correction at — 
 list of prisoners in, passint. 
 governor of the, 155, 164, 168, 176. 
 keeper of the, 152, 285, 325. 
 matron of the, 162. 
 orders as to inspecting the deeds 
 
 relating to, 155. 
 orders as to, 155, 158. 
 order to view, 299. 
 report on, 161. 
 
 starvation of prisoners in, 191. 
 order to examine wants of prisoners 
 
 in, 342, 343. 
 order concerning complaints of 
 
 prisoners in, 347. 
 petition from prisoners in, 345. 
 ground called the orchard near, 166. 
 Workhouse, 13, 75, 156, 254, 296, 297. 
 converted into a college for infants, 
 13, 125, 126. 
 See also under Si. James', Clerkenwell, 
 St. John Street, and Hicks Hall. 
 Clerkenwell Green, 48, 85,90, 97, 114, 117. 
 Clifford, Hugh, Lord, 52. 
 Clifford's Inn, 54, 6x. 
 Clifton, Thomas, 77. 
 Clinch, Stephen, 333. 
 Clipping. Sec Coin. 
 Clithall, John, 221. 
 Joseph, 221. 
 Susanna, 221. 
 Clitheroe (Clitherow), Christopher, 68, 81, 
 
 92 (2), 216. 
 Close, William, -34. 
 Coates, Zacheriah, 62. 
 Cobb, William, 207. 
 Chobham, county Surrey, 337. 
 Coby, Thomas, 51. 
 Cock, John, 158. 
 Samuel, 135. 
 Solomon, 337. 
 Cockey, Thomas, 280. 
 Codicote (Cerricott), Herts, 86. 
 Codrington, Francis, 52. 
 Coetly, Francis, 9. 
 Cogden, Elizabeth, 337, 338. 
 
 John, 338. 
 Coggs, John, 57, 135. 
 
 Mr., 114. 
 Coin, clipping of, 41, 65, 128, 136, 137, 177, 
 194. 
 counterfeit, 131. 
 
 punishment for passing false, 41, 42. 
 See a/so under Tokens. 
 Colchester, county Essex, 261. 
 St. Mary Magdalene's, 326. 
 
 Cole, Dorothy, 128. 
 
 John, 48, 276. 
 
 Joseph., 128. 
 
 Katherine, 81, 82. 
 
 Martha, 261. 
 
 Mary, 261. 
 
 Moses, 113. 
 
 Richard, 261. 
 
 Robert, 329. 
 
 Samuel, 338. 
 
 William, 299. 
 Coleby (Colby), Dorothy, 82. 
 
 Mr., 40. 
 
 Thomas, 131. 
 Coleman, Charles, 44. 
 
 Gilbert, 135. 
 
 John, 94. 
 Coleman Street. See St. Katherine's and! 
 
 St. Stephen's. 
 Coleraine (Colraine), the Earl of, 23, 185 (2) 
 Coles, Thomas, 191. 
 Colledge, John, 262. 
 
 Thomas, 262. 
 See Cowlidge. 
 Collema, Charles, 239. 
 Colleson (CoUison), George, 12, 56. 
 Collett, Edward, 196. 
 
 Thomas, 62. 
 Collier, Benjamin, 229, 236. 
 
 Grace, 229, 236. 
 
 Henry, 179. 
 
 Jane, 236. 
 
 John, 193. 
 
 William, 236. 
 Collins, Eleanor, 7. 
 
 Francis, 173. 
 
 Joan, 81. 
 
 Richard, 205. 
 
 William, 209, 353. 
 Collop (Collup), John, 139. 
 
 , 93- 
 
 Colman, Anne, 267. 
 
 Colnebrook Bridge, dispute as to repairing, 
 
 28. 
 " Colt money," reference to, 185, 259, 278, 
 289, 307, 310, 325, 328, 329, 334, 
 338. 
 Comes, John, 35. 
 Comfort, Mary, 157. 
 Comings (Commins), Francis, 78. 
 
 Samuel, 50. 
 Common Pleas, Court of, 183. 
 Commons, House of, 97. 
 Compton, Mary, 113. 
 
 Mathew, 327. 
 Compton Street. See St. James', Clerken- 
 well. 
 Conduit Field, 332. 
 Conner, alias Waller, Hannah, 277. 
 Conners, 71. 
 Connop, William, 127. 
 Conquest, Charles, 78 (2). 
 Constable, George, 85, 109. 
 
 Richard, 284. 
 
 Robert, 87, 141. 
 Constables ordereil to fix a piece of wood on 
 their doors to show' their office, loi. 
 
Index. 
 
 (65 
 
 Conventicle, conviction for preaching in an 
 unlawful, icx). 
 
 Conventicles, ii, 14 (2), 24 (2), 26, 31 (2), 
 43 (passim), 52 (2), 58, 66, 72, 82, 
 100 (2), 120, 134, 193, 221, 240, 
 246 (3), 292, 294, 300, 303, 306, 
 310 (2), 320, 328, 351. 
 
 Conventiclers, Anabaptists, 31, 52, 82. 
 Baptists, 246, 341. 
 
 Dissenting Protestants, 14, 31, 43 (3), 
 72, 100, 120, 134, 193, 221, 227, 240, 
 246, 294, 300, 303, 306, 310 (2), 320, 
 
 328, 351- 
 
 Independents. ^^c' Dissenting Protes- 
 tants. 
 
 Presbyterians, 66. 
 Cony, Mary, 99. 
 Conyers, Patrick, 77. 
 Cook (Cooke), Alice, 313. 
 
 Barbara, 313. 
 
 Charles, 350. 
 
 Edward, 154, 327. 
 
 Elizabeth, 143, 180, 280. 
 
 Henry, 203, 350. 
 
 James, 180. 
 
 Jane, 180. 
 
 Johanna, 70. 
 
 John, 31, 173, 180, 249, 302, 346. 
 
 Katherine, 180. 
 
 Margaret, 350. 
 
 Mr., Ill, 182. 
 
 Phillip, 51. 
 
 Robert, 15, 25. 
 
 Thomas, 51, 150, 350. 
 
 William, 1 12, 127, 180, 312, 318, 350. 
 Coombs (Combs), Elizabeth, 175. 
 
 Martha, 121. 
 
 Richard, 328. 
 
 Thomas, 121. 
 
 William, 334. 
 Cooper, Anne, 44. 
 
 Charles, 44. 
 
 Hester, 54. 
 
 James, 54. 
 
 John, 241. 
 
 Mr., 194. 
 
 Richard, 164. 
 
 Robert, 12. 
 
 Thomas, 12. 
 
 William, 26, 301. 
 Cope, John, 48. 
 
 Mar}-, 239. 
 Copping, John, 93. 
 
 Mar}-, 93. 
 
 Nicholas, 331. 
 Corbet, Samuel, 86. 
 
 Simon, 140. 
 
 Thomas, 140. 
 Cordell, Thomas, 3. 
 
 Com, petition against distilling of spirits 
 from, 193. 
 
 order to inquire into the excessive price 
 of, 344, 348, 349- 
 
 order settling market prices of, 351. 
 Cornell, John, 86. 
 Corner, Abraham, 308. 
 
 Elizabeth, 308. 
 
 Corner, John, 308. 
 
 Judy, 308. 
 
 Sarah, 308, 311. 
 Cornforth, Richard, 75. 
 Cosford, Hannah, 299. 
 
 John, 299. 
 Cotterell, Ann, 196. 
 
 Elizabeth, 313. 
 
 Thomas, 313. 
 Couch, Anthony, 66. 
 
 Jane, 66. 
 Coulsdon (Coulsden), county Surre}-, 285. 
 Council, Lords of the, letter from in reference 
 
 to recruiting, 307. 
 Council, Orders in, 259. 
 
 about the Poor Palatines, 345. 
 as to niaking a list of Papists, 299. 
 for raising seamen, 297. 
 Country, Charles, 77. 
 
 Court House, Bloomsbury. See Bloomsbury. 
 Courtney, Lawrence, 77. 
 Cousins (Cozens), Ezekiel, 54, 67. 
 
 Jonathan, 285. 
 Covent Garden, 35 (2), 55, 200. 
 
 Hart Street. See under Hart Street. 
 
 Pay Office for Prizes in, pillory near, 
 281 (2). 
 
 Square, 281 (2). 
 
 the " Two Blue Balls " in, 82. 
 
 Anabaptist meeting house at, 82. 
 
 pillory in, 20. 
 
 orders as to quartering soldiers in, 257. 
 See St. Paul's Convent Garden. 
 Coventry Street. See St. James', West- 
 minster. 
 Coward, Captain, 127. 
 
 Cowcrosse, St. Sepulchre's Parish. See 
 St. Sepulchre's. 
 
 orders as to a watchhouse at, 29, 31, 
 145. 
 
 pillory at, 133. 
 
 Porter's Block, 133. 
 
 whipping post at, 29, 30, 145. 
 Cowley, 323, 326. 
 
 Cowley, Paul, 166, 177, 178, 272, 290. 
 Cowley Street, 86. 
 Cowlidge, Sarah, 261. 
 
 Thomas, 261. 
 See Colledge. 
 Cox, Hannah, 294. 
 
 Henry, 272. 
 
 John,' 105, 157, 327. 
 
 Robert, 126. 
 
 Thomas, senior, 187. 
 
 Thomas, junior, 187. 
 Coy, Colonel, 112. 
 Crafford James, 116. 
 Crafts, Robert, 338. 
 Cragg, John, 20. 
 Cranborne Street, 78. 
 Crane (Craine), Richnrd, 261, 265. 
 
 William, 135. 
 Cranfield, county Bedford, 267. 
 Cranfield, William, 83. 
 Cranford, 243. 
 Crawford, Commissary, 175. 
 
 Thomas, 128. 
 
366 
 
 Index. 
 
 Creechurch. See St. Katherine. 
 Creed, William, 218. 
 Cresselt, John, 276. 
 Creswell (Cresswell), Francis, 177. 
 John, 274. 
 Rebecca, 274. 
 Cripplegate. See St. Giles', Cripplegate. 
 Crispe, Richard, 284. 
 Critchlew, Rebeccah, 320. 
 Jrockwell, John, 226. 
 Crooke, James, 55. 
 Richard, 102. 
 William, 102. 
 Crosier, John, 195. 
 
 Mary, 195. 
 Cross (Crosse), James, 244(2), 245. 
 John, 117, 121. 
 Lawrence, 66, 82. 
 Thomas, 260. 
 Crossefeild, William, 132. 
 Crowden, Edward, 237. 
 Crown Alley, See Moorfields. 
 Crown Court. See tmder Westmmster. 
 Crown Street, " the Crown " in, 48. 
 
 orders for paving, 48. 
 Croydon, 5. 
 Crusse, William, 173. 
 Cuffe, James, 141. 
 Cukus (?), John, 78. 
 Cruttenden, Thomas, 313. 
 Cullen, John, 140. 
 Margaret, 140. 
 Richard, 140. 
 Cullimore, John, 216. 
 Cullum, Ann, 83. 
 
 Thomas, 312, 325, 328. 
 Culverly, Thomas, 51. 
 Cure, John, 271. 
 Curies, William, 78. 
 Curtis, Elizabeth, 106. 
 James, 226. 
 John, 322. 
 Prudence, 322. 
 Custom House, the, 351. 
 Customs, Commissioners for, 27. 
 Cuthbert, Ann, 63. 
 William, 182. 
 Cutler, John, 223. 
 Sir John, 33. 
 William, 48. 
 Cutting, Charles, 25. 
 
 Cutts, John, Lord, lieutenant-general of the 
 forces, 257. 
 
 D. 
 
 Dalby, Bridget, 19. 
 
 Timothy, 19. 
 Dale, Robert, 151. 
 Dalton, Edward, 324. 
 Danby, Earl of, 32. 
 Dance, Thomas, 195. 
 
 Dane Street. See St. Anne's, Westminster. 
 Daniel, John, 77. 
 
 Danson, Edward, 113, 115, 121, 124, 126. 
 Darby, William, 337. 
 
 Dare, Phillip. 238. 
 
 Darking, Daniel, 258. 
 
 Darling, alias Newton, Eleanor, 337, 340. 
 
 Darnall, John, 65. 
 
 Mr., 46. 
 Dart, otherwise Dafte, Robert, 26. 
 Dartmouth Street, Park Prospect in Ses 
 
 St. .Margaret's, Westminster. 
 Dash, Robert, 128. 
 Dassey, Benjamin, 349. 
 Elizabeth, 349. 
 John, 349. 
 Datchworth, county Iierts, 130. 
 Davis (Davies), Ann, 207. 
 Charles, 138. 
 Daniel, 30. 
 David, 259. 
 Elizabeth, 263. 
 Francis, 168. 
 John, 220. 
 Margaret, 236. 
 Mary, 220, 239, 313. 
 Matthew, 56, 69. 
 Nicholas, 313. 
 Robert, 7, 13, 15, 26, 28. 
 Samuel, 263. 
 Sarah, 39. 
 
 Thomas, 18, 39, 82, 207, 321. 
 William, 26, 150, 156, 157, 171. 
 Davison, Elizabeth, 347. 
 John, 347. 
 Lydia, 347. 
 Dawes, George, 216. 
 Dawson, Edward, 22. 
 Frances, 216. 
 William, 154, 216. 
 Day, Christopher, 243. 
 Elizabeth, 205. 
 Freegift, 193. 
 John, 193. 
 Dazely, John, 184. 
 Deacon, Thomas, 35. 
 Deakins, Joseph, 35. 
 Deale, John, 150. 
 Dean Street. See Dane Street. 
 Deane, John Marshall, 280. 
 Sarah, 280. 
 Thomas, 31. 
 Deely, Richard, 122. 
 De la F"oss, Samuel, 109. 
 Delahoy, Luke, 266. 
 Denham Parish, 233. 
 Denicour, Benjamin, 65. 
 Denmark Court, 332. 
 Denmark Street, paving of, 186. 
 Dennis (Dinnis), Ann, 222. 
 John, 222. 
 William, 218. 
 Dent, Captain, 253. 
 Denton, John, 88. 
 
 alias Dunton, John, 327. 
 alias Dunton, Joseph, 327. 
 Deptford, county Kent, 179, 217. 
 Descoe, Jane, 44. 
 Desertion from Army and Na%'y, reference 
 
 to, 4. See also Army and Navy. 
 Desimere, Benjamin, 60. 
 
[ndex. 
 
 :^^i 
 
 Devenish, William, 102. 
 Devereaux Court. See St. Clement Danes. 
 Devon (Deavon), Robert, 133, 137, 138 (2). 
 Devonshire, Duke of, Lord Steward of the 
 
 Household, 153. 
 Devonshire Court. See St. Clement Danes. 
 Devonshire Street. See St. Andrew's, Hol- 
 
 horn. 
 Devourse, Mary, 113. 
 Dewart, Cerrard, 29. 
 Dewsuetty, James, 230. 
 Dewy, James, 138. 
 Dexter, Charles, 305. 
 
 Dice, apprehension of persons carrying, 321. 
 Dick, Eleanor, 139. 
 Dickens, Edward, 204. 
 
 Elizabeth, 134. 
 
 Rebecca, 128. 
 Dickenson, Thomas, 31. 
 Dickman, William, 333. 
 Dieppe, expedition against, 126. 
 Dilward, Gerrard, 9. 
 Dillon, Robert, 214. 
 Dimsdall, Ann, 130. 
 Dissenting Protestants. See under Con- 
 
 venticlers. 
 Dix, Henry, 81. 
 Dixon, Joseph, i, 61, 70. 
 Dobbs, William, 333. 
 Dockwra, St. John, 1 1 7. 
 Dodd, Matthew, 321. 
 
 Stephen, 315. 
 Dodson, Christian, 47. 
 Doe, Monica, 277. 
 Doggett, Thomas, 218. 
 Dollard, Grace, 311. 
 Dollis, Thomas, 173. 
 Donaby, Philip, 118. 
 
 Thomas, 118. 
 Dorking, 196. 
 Dormer, James, 192 (2). 
 
 Jeremiah, 195. 
 Dorrington, Thomas, 327. 
 Dorrill, John, 206. 
 Dorsett, Michael, 14. 
 Dorton, Dorothy, 56. 
 Doubleday, Francis, 52. 
 Douglas Eleanor, 214 (2). 
 
 Henry, 214 (2). 
 
 James, 223. 
 
 John, 98. 
 Dove, Nicholas, 281. 
 Dover Street, 332. 
 Doviller, Anthony, 240. 
 Downes (Downe), Henry, 170. 
 
 James, 87. 
 
 John, 172. 
 
 Roger, 75. 
 Downing, Sir George, 184. 
 Dowse, Jane, 218. 
 
 Richard, 29. 
 Dowsett, John, 243. 
 Drake, Dorothy, 193. 
 
 Franci-i, 241. 
 
 Richard, 184. 
 Drakely, William, 70. 
 Drakes, Ward, 69. 
 
 Draper, John, 308. 
 Draton, Joseph, 35. 
 Drayton, West, 107, 159. 
 Drew (Derew), .Abraham, 135. 
 
 Mary, 20 1. 
 
 Sarah, 39. 
 
 Drill, , 182. 
 
 Driver, John, 79, 150, 158, 162, 246. 
 Drovers, orders as to licensing of, 152. 
 Drury Lane, 34, 55, 61, 77 (3). 
 
 (}real Queen Street, 218. See also tinder 
 St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 
 Prince's, 141. 
 
 Turnstile Alley, 218. 
 Drury, Margaret, 140. 
 Dubois, Raphael, 338, 352. 
 Duchy Lane. .SVt' St. Mary-le-Savoy. 
 
 Liberty, the, 155. 
 Duchy of Lancaster. See Lancaster, Duchy 
 
 of. 
 Duck, Margaret, 28:. 
 
 William, 135. 
 Duckworth, Hugh, 327. 
 Duddle, Francis, 51. 
 Dudley, Abraham, 99. 
 
 Edward, 187. 
 
 John, 187. 
 Dufroney, Anthony, 77. 
 
 Duke, , 34. 
 
 Duke's Court, St. Martin's-in-the- Fields. 
 
 See under St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
 Duke's Place. See St. James'. 
 Duke Street, 77, 78. 
 
 York Buildings, 77. 
 Dunbarr, Elizabeth, 139. 
 Duncomb, William, 79, 97, 100, loi. 
 Dunkerly, James, 329. 
 
 William, 329. 
 Dunkirk Squadron, the, 270. 
 Dunn, Benjamin, 333. 
 
 Elizabeth, 245. 
 Dunsteere, John, 18. 
 Dunton, William, 78, 291. 
 Dupire (Dupeer), Solomon, 24, 100. 
 Dupree, John, 167. 
 Durdant, George, 337. 
 
 Julian, 337. 
 
 Mary, 337. 
 Durham, Anthony, 199. 
 
 Elizabeth, 199. 
 
 James, 199. 
 
 John, 199. 
 
 William, 199. 
 Durrant, Joseph, 178. 
 
 Lydia, sempstress to Queen Anne, 295, 
 297. 
 Durston, William, 125. 
 
 Hannah, 125. 
 Dutch poor, complaint as to the excessive 
 
 number of, t^},, 67. 
 Dutton, Hannah, 125. 
 
 Thomas, 207. 
 Duwee, James, 20. 
 Dyall, Hugh, 176. 
 
 Susanna, 176. 
 Dyer, Daniel, 261, 
 
 Henry, 34. 
 
368 
 
 Index. 
 
 Dyer, Hugh, 176. 
 
 Susanna, 176. 
 Dykes, Elizabeth, 141. 
 
 Thomas, 141. 
 Dynes, Barsheba, 67. 
 Dyolt, Anne, 67. 
 
 William, 291, 293 (2). 
 
 Eagle, Anne, 277. 
 
 Christopher, 277. 
 Elizabeth, 277. 
 Peter, 277. 
 Eagle Street. See St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 Eakins, Thomas, 236. 
 
 Weekly, 128. 
 Ealing (Yeeling), 15, 16, 23, 37, 47, 102, 
 106, 107, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125 (2), 
 I35> 146, 150, 183, 213, 225, 229, 
 277, .299, 337. .342. 
 a meeting house in, 292. 
 Earle Street. See St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 Early, John, 302. 
 
 Sarah, 302. 
 Earneans, alias Brewer, Ann, 312. 
 
 Charles, 312. 
 Easden, Jonathan, 105, 308, 310. 
 Eason, William, 276. 
 East Barnet. See Barnet. 
 East Smithfield. See Smithfield. 
 Eastwood Hay, county Hants, 146, 150. 
 Ebbes, George, 281. 
 Eccleston, Ann, 41. 
 Edge, John, 5. 
 Edgware, meeting house for Baptists at, 246. 
 
 meeting house for Quakers at, 246. 
 Edlin (Edlyn), John, 145, 150, 157. 
 
 Mary,' 145, 150. 
 Edmonds, Joan, 61. 
 
 Thomas, ii4, 118. 
 Edmonton, Hundred of, 3, 8 (2), 18, 23, 
 36 (2), 48, 56, 68, 91, 92 (2), 107, 
 109, no (3), 118, 129 (2), 130, 141, 
 i43> 149 (2), 165, 167, 169 (4), 171, 
 187, 197, 203, 213, 217, 224, 236, 
 238 (3). 239, 243, 250, 255 (2), 256, 
 257, 258, 269 (2), 279, 284 (2), 286, 
 289 {2), 290, 297, 298, 302, 312, 314, 
 325 (2), 329, 330, 334, 339, 341, 
 
 350 (2). 
 
 Parish, 23, 135, 222, 281, 298, 301. 
 " the Blue Belle " at, 222. 
 Bury Street, 23. 
 Fore Street, 135. 
 
 meeting house for Independants at, 351. 
 Edwards, Christian, 291. 
 Dorothy, 186. 
 Gilbert, 263. 
 Hugh, 318. 
 Jane, 252. 
 John, 339. 
 Mary, 130, 291. 
 Captain Richard, 333. 
 Samuel, 334. 
 William, 130. ■" 
 
 Elburne, Elizabeth, 153. 
 
 Elderton, Edward, 183, 186, 276, 302. 
 
 Eldrick, John, 34. 
 
 Elford, Thomas, 309. 
 
 EUeson, Laurence, 321. 
 
 Elliott, Grace, 7, 9. 
 
 Henry, 8. 
 
 Robert, 7, 9. 
 See El lit. 
 Ellis, Daniel, 81. 
 
 Edmund, 143. 
 
 Edward, 22. 
 
 Richard, 218. 
 
 Robert, 278. 
 
 William, 82. 
 Ellitt, John, 256. 
 
 Martha, 256. 
 
 Mary, 63. 
 
 Richard, 256. 
 
 Sarah, 206. 
 
 Thomas, 256. 
 See Elliot. 
 Elmes, Elizabeth, 153. 
 
 Humphry, 105. 
 
 Richard, 153. 
 Elmore, John, 345. 
 
 Elthorn, Hundred of, 3, 8, 36 (2), 40, 46, 
 56, 92 (3), 106, 109 (2), no (2), 114, 
 118, 129 (2), 142, 149 {2), 167, 
 169(3), 182(2), 187, 196, 213, 217, 
 224, 236, 238 (3), 239, 250, 255, 257, 
 269 (2), 284, 286 (2), 297, 298, 302, 
 312, 313, 314, 325 (2), 328, 339, 341. 
 Elwes, Sir John, 125, 162. 
 Elwick, John, 225. 
 Ely, Captain John, 188. 
 
 Samuel, 6, 14. 
 Ely Rents. See St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 Emanuel, Sarah, 75- 
 Emberson, Elizabeth Bews, 225. 
 
 Hannah, 225. 
 
 John, 225. 
 
 William, 225. 
 Emblin, John, 9. 
 Emerton, Jane, 196. 
 
 Thomas, 302. 
 Emery, Merinius, 77. 
 Emmerson, Elizabeth, 32, 
 Emmerton, Robert, 21 1. 
 Emms, Frances, 113. 
 Emperor, Edmund, 150. 
 Empes, Lionel, 21. 
 Emplage, Robert, 123. 
 
 Empson, , 198. 
 
 Enfield (Endfeild), 17, 52, 106, 107, 122, 
 130 (2), 145, 164, 178, 236, 284, 301, 
 308, 330, 333, 340, 346. 
 
 Bullcrosse Quarter, 155, 174. 
 
 Green, 348. 
 
 Green Street, n8, 284. 
 
 Bonder's End, 1 18, 284. 
 England, Samuel, 122. 
 
 Sarah, 122. 
 English, Alice, 199. 
 
 Anthony, 63. 
 
 Henry, 199. 
 
 Jasper, 194, 325, 339. 
 
Index. 
 
 ;69 
 
 English, Mary, 199. 
 Enlisting. See Army. 
 Ermindeger, James, 23. 
 
 Mary, 23. 
 Essendon, county Herts, 99. 
 Essex, county of^ 8, 188, 245. 
 Essington, Mary, 337. 
 Etheridge, Colonel, 297. 
 Etherington, Francis, 305. 
 Eustace, Henry, 157. 
 
 John, 285. 
 Eustage, William, 47. 
 Evans, Ann, 207. 
 
 Elizabeth, 210. 
 
 Hannah, 207. 
 
 Jane, 207, 331, 333. 
 
 John, 36, 68, 307. 
 
 Jonathan, loi. 
 
 Joseph, 318, 319. 
 
 Katherine, 207. 
 
 Richard, 207. 
 
 Robert, loi, 196, 288. 
 
 Sarah, 207. 
 
 Colonel William, 276. 
 See Evins. 
 Everard, William, 98, 136. 
 Everet (Everett), >Iary, 11. 
 
 Peter, 35. 
 Eves, Edward, 312. 
 Evins, Susanna, 330. 
 
 William, 330. 
 See Evans. 
 Ewer, William, 34. 
 Excise Duty, the, 318. 
 Exchequer, Chancellor of the, 15. 
 Exchequer Chamber, the, adjoining West- 
 minster Hall, 344 (2). 
 Exeter Exchange, the, or "the Redoubt," 
 
 in the Strand, 181, 182. 
 Eyre, Peter, 271. 
 Eyres, Dorothy, 186. 
 
 Richard, 184, 190. 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairs — 
 
 " Greengoose Fair " at Stratford-le-Bow 
 and Bromley, 342. 
 
 " May " Fair, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 241^,327,338. 
 
 Rag Fair, Whitechapel, 211. 
 Faith Lane, 52. 
 Falkingham, Ann, 157. 
 
 John, 157. 
 Fancock, Elizabeth, 190. 
 
 John, 190 (2). 
 Farmer, Ann, 329. 
 
 Christopher, 305, 346, 351. 
 
 Clement, 329. 
 
 Ezekiel, 306. 
 
 Hezekiah, 306. 
 Farnham, county Surrey, 282, 285. 
 Farr, John, 43. 
 
 Mary, 218. 
 
 Thomas, 218. 
 Farrand, Elizabeth, 262. 
 
 Frances, 262. 
 
 Farrer (Farrah), Marah, 35. 
 
 Thomas, 52. 
 Farrington (Farringdon), Edmund, 72. 
 
 Elizabeth, 1 33. 
 
 John, 282, 284. 
 Fauteleroy, John, 29. 
 Fawcetl, Edward, 117. 
 
 Mr., 243. 
 Fell, James, 190 (2), 244 (2), 247, 317. 
 
 Jane, 190. 
 
 John, 190. 
 
 Mary, 190. 
 
 Mr., 245. 
 Fellows, Robert, 213. 
 
 Sarah, 231. 
 Felster, George, 83. 
 Feltham, 145, 196, 213. 
 Fenchurch Street, 35. 
 Fendall, Henry, 306. 
 Fenn, William, 82, 304. 
 Fenner, Mary, 184. 
 Fenton, Mark, 54. 
 Fen wick, Barbara, 294. 
 
 Mary, 294. 
 
 Thomas, 281. 
 Ferrers, Robert, 338. 
 Ferrland, Joseph, 306. 
 Fetter Lane, 71. 
 Field (Feild), James, 9. 
 
 John, 170. 
 
 Joseph, 337. 
 
 Richard, 155. 
 
 Thomas, 282, 286. 
 
 William, 40, 107, 127. 
 Fielder, Gervaise, 258. 
 Fieldhouse, Francis, 308, 312. 
 Fielding, Robert, 4, 30, 143. 
 Fierson, Richard, 15. 
 Fifield, Sarah, 240. 
 Filp, Margaret, 272. 
 
 William, 272. 
 Finch, Thomas, 150. 
 
 William, 253. 
 
 Finchley, 9, 14, 17, 19, 25, 69, 81, 89, 97, 
 
 112, 113 (3), 115, 117, 120(2), 121, 
 
 122, 124, 126, 175, 177, 196, 250, 
 
 259, 263, 285, 294, 303, 309, 326, 
 
 327- 
 Common, 168, 314. 
 Neither Street, 294. 
 Finsbury, 58, 68, 1(7, 145, 160, 217,230, 
 
 243. 314, 3i7> 352- 
 orders to High Constable of, 257. 
 Prison, 4, 48, 70. 
 
 list of prisoners in, 55, 62, 68, 142. 
 See also under Prisons. 
 Fires, disastrous, in St. John's Parish, 259. 
 in Charles Street, St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster, 316. 
 Fireworks, throwing of, reference to, 349. 
 Firnley, Mercy, 311. 
 Fisher, Anne, 106. 
 Francis, 80. 
 George, 139. 
 Joseph, 217. 
 Sarah, 193. 
 William, 217. 
 
 2 k 
 
370 
 
 Index. 
 
 Fisher Street. See St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 Fishpole, Joseph, 35. 
 Fitzgarrell, Captain, 304. 
 Fitzgerald, Garrett, 166, 171. 
 
 George, 77. 
 Fitzherbert, Basil, 51. 
 Fitzwater, John, 222. 
 
 Thomas, 32. 
 Flack, Thomas, 16. 
 
 Flanders, 126, 157, 160, 175, 197, 290, 
 328. 
 
 the army in, 93. 
 
 return of the army from, 175. 
 Flanders, James, 178. 
 
 Fleet, the, orders as to taking supposed 
 deserters from, 147, 226. See also 
 under Navy. 
 Fleet, Grace, 135. 
 
 Thomas, 238. 
 Fleet Ditch, the. See St. Bride's. 
 Fleet Prison, the, 278, 337. 
 Fleet Street. See St. Bride's. 
 Fletcher, Captain, 112. 
 
 Nicholas, 351. 
 
 Robert, 8. 
 Flewry, Daniel, 42. 
 
 Flewellin, William, 97. See Llewelyn. 
 Flint, Alice, 285. 
 
 Elizabeth, 329. 
 
 Isabel, 285. 
 
 James, 329. 
 
 Mary, 285. 
 Flitwick (F"leetwicke), county Beds, 193. 
 Flood, Hannah, 213. 
 
 John, 213. 
 
 Jonathan, 213. 
 
 William, 213. 
 Floods, reference to, 271. 
 Flower, Joseph, 2. 
 
 Peter, 245. 
 Flyburne, Elizabeth, 45. 
 Flye, Francis, 5, 10. 
 
 John, 5, 10. 
 Folwell, 71. 
 
 Foot, Thomas, 213, 238. 
 Ford, Francis, 35. 
 
 John, 347. 
 
 Mr., 79. 
 Ford, Old. See Old Ford. 
 Foresight, Richard, 75. 
 Forging, punishment for, 281, 346. 
 
 a will, punishment for, 134, 148. 
 
 a letter of attorney, punishment for, 
 
 353; 
 
 a mariner's ticket of leave, 237. 
 Forniser, Reynolds, 75. 
 Forrest, Elizabeth, 12. 
 Forster, Christopher, 157. 
 
 Elizabeth, 50. 
 
 Hannah, 106. 
 
 Mr., 246. 
 
 Richard, 243, 322. 
 
 William, 106. 
 Fortescue, Edward, 168. 
 Fortune, Richard, 127. 
 Foster, John, senior, 202, 209. 
 
 John, junior, 202. 
 
 Foster, Joseph, 232. 
 
 Mary, 189. 
 Foster Lane. See St. Leonard's, Shore- 
 ditch. 
 Fothergill, Mary, 341. 
 
 Foulkes, , 71. 
 
 Fountain, Peter, 323. 
 
 " Fountain " Tavern, the, 182 (2). 
 
 Fowell, Isaac, 313. 
 
 Lucy, 3i3> 350. 
 Fowler, John, 33. 
 Fowles, Robert, 115. 
 
 Valentine, 78. 
 Fowley, Ann, 305. 
 Fox, George, 192 (2). 
 
 John, 68, 72, 97, 205, 213. 
 
 Mr., 66, 100. 
 Frampton, Thomas, 187. 
 France, 203, 333. 
 
 conspiracy in, for an invasion of England, 
 146. 
 Francia, Francis Lewis, 346. 
 Francis, Simon, 35. 
 Franc klyn (Franklin), Christopher, 338. 
 
 Joseph, 52. 
 
 Mary, 153. 
 
 Matthew, 55. 
 
 Thomas, 47, 96. 
 
 Sir Thomas, 344. 
 
 Unica, 117. 
 Franks, Mary, 157. 
 Frater, Martha, 33. 
 Fray, Ann, 181. 
 
 Thomas, 181, 182. 
 Frazier, Charles, 241. 
 
 — ,58. 
 Frederick, Thomasin, 337. 
 Freebody, Samuel, 8, 10, 11, 27, 36. 
 Freeman, Elizabeth, 250. 
 
 John, 250. 
 
 Mary, 222. 
 
 Richard, 250. 
 French, Benjamin, 106. 
 
 Daniel, 2S5. 
 
 Elizabeth, 94. 
 
 George, 106. 
 
 William, 244 (2), 245. 
 French, engagement against, 243. 
 
 engagement with, off Malaga, 281. 
 French Papists, orders as to, 149. 
 
 See also wider Papists. 
 Freshwater, Phillip, 216. 
 
 William, 53. 
 Friday Street, 35. 
 Friend, Jane, 312. 
 
 William, 168, 173, 317. 
 Friern Barnet. See Barnet. 
 Frim, Abraham, 87. 
 Froggett, Eleanor, 194. 
 
 Richard, 194. 
 
 William, 194. 
 Fromanlel, Mordica, 22. 
 Frost Mary, 233. 
 
 Mr., 118. 
 Fryer, Thomas, 225. 
 Fryers, the, 81. 
 Fulford, Elizabeth, 168. 
 
Index. 
 
 -hl^ 
 
 Fulham, loi, 103, 105, 107, 112, 121, 125(2), 
 127 (2), 133, 160, 178, 195, 200, 203, 
 220, 249, 258, 339. 
 Presbyterian meeting house in, 134. 
 Fuller's Rents. See Holborn. 
 Furnall, Mary, 218. 
 
 William, 218. 
 Furshoone, Lewis, 52. 
 
 Gale, James, 340. 
 Gallard, John, 20. 
 Galley, Richard, 55. 
 Galloway, Elizabeth, 299. 
 
 John, 55. 
 
 Stephen, 51. 
 Ganden, John, 305. 
 Gansford, Richard, 208. 
 Gardner (Gardiner), 244. 
 
 Ann, 308, 310 (2). 
 
 David, 308, 310 (2). 
 
 Edward, 213. 
 
 Elizabeth, 252. 
 
 James, 24, 55, 196. 
 
 Jane, 252. 
 
 John, 103. 
 
 Margaret, 177. 
 
 Mary, 193. 
 
 Michael, 177. 
 
 Richard, 1 10. 
 
 William, 308, 310 (2). 
 Gardner's Lane. See St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster. 
 Gare, Edward, 220. 
 
 John, 220. 
 
 Mary, 220. 
 
 Kobert, 220. 
 
 Thomas, 220. 
 Garey, Charles, 205. 
 Gargrey, Katherine, 293. 
 Garnet, Affon, 225. 
 "Garnish money," reference to, 244, 247, 
 
 263, 317. 
 Garraway, James, 171. 
 Garret (Garrett), John, 212, 273. 
 
 Ralph, 348. 
 
 Robert, 35. 
 Garwell, Arthur, 327. 
 Gascoyn, Benjamin, 337. 
 Gastner, Richard, 122. 
 Gasnett, Jeremiah, 263. 
 Gatehouse Prison, the. See Westminster. 
 Gatehouse, Thomas, 87, 89, 90, 91. 
 Gates, William, 35. 
 Gatley (Gateley), Henry, 250. 
 
 Roger, 140. 
 
 William, 44, 46, 60. 
 Gear, Edward, 277. 
 
 Mar)', 277. 
 
 Robert, 277. 
 
 Thomas, 277. 
 Geering, Joshua, 171. 
 Geery, Francis, 347. 
 
 John, 160, 161. 
 Genner, Peter, 247. 
 
 George, Peter, 160. 
 Clermans, influx of, 345. 
 Gerrard, William, 51. 
 Gerrard Street, 283. 
 Ciessel, George, 93. 
 Getley, Mary, 103. 
 Gibbon, John, III. 
 Gibbons, Jane, 252. 
 
 Thomas, 43, 69. 
 Gibbs, Francis, 34. 
 
 John, 34. 
 
 Margaret 34. 
 
 Richard, 173. 
 Gibson, Daniel, 321. 
 Gifford, Jasper, 4. 
 Gilbert, Jonas, 75. 
 
 Mary, 345- 
 
 Thomas, 326. 
 
 Viner, 233. 
 
 William, 268, 345. 
 Gilbert's Passage, Clare Market, 45. 
 Giles, Benjamin, 103. 
 Gill, John, 226. 
 
 William, 327. 
 Gilling, Ann, 200, 202. 
 
 John, 202. 
 Gillingham, John, 83. 
 Gillis, Mary, 302. 
 Gilstropp, Robert, 77. 
 Gimball and Meakins, Messrs., 71. 
 Girell, Benjamin, 327, 330, 337. 
 Girle, Benjamin, 207. 
 Girling, Richard, 277. 
 Gisborne, John, 223. 
 
 Robert, iii, 115. 
 Gittins, Robert, 140. 
 Gives, Hannah, 83. 
 Glasgadine, Mary, 126. 
 Glasgow, 235. 
 Glaspoole, Richard, 77. 
 Glasshouse Yard. See St. Botolph's With- 
 out Aldersgate, and St, Giles' 
 Cripplegate. 
 Glasshouse Yard, Liberty of, 348. 
 Glastonbury, county Somerset, 65. 
 Glave, Nicholas, 52. 
 Glover, Thomas, 63. 
 
 William, 223. 
 Goady, Amy, 256. 
 Goatly, Thomas, 250. 
 Goddard, Hugh, 87. 
 Godfry, Stephen, 121. 
 (jodman, Richard, 319. 
 Godwin, Richard, 326. 
 Goffe, David, 96. 
 
 Mary, 188. 
 Golden Lane. See Golding Lane. 
 Golding, Ann, 44. 
 
 Francis, 113. 
 ■ Joseph, 20. 
 
 Golding (Golden) Lane. See St. Giles' 
 
 Without Cripplegate. 
 Goldsmith, Edward, 52. 
 
 Thomas, 284. 
 Gollop, Squire, 72. 
 Gonson, William, 145, 284. 
 Goodall, Dr. Charles, 166, 169, 190 (2). 
 2 A 2 
 

 Index. 
 
 Goodall, John, 34. 
 Gooflchild, Henry, 157. 
 Ciooding, Richard, 9. 
 Goodluck, David, 146, 150. 
 
 MilHcent, 146, 150. 
 Goodman's Fields. See Whitechapel. 
 Goodrick, alias Arthurbury, " Emy," 112. 
 Goodwin, Anthony, 261. 
 Clara, 106. 
 Jacob, 185. 
 John, 215. 
 Richard, 17. 
 Thomas, 51, 300. 
 WilHam, iii, 130. 
 Gordon, Captain John, 307. 
 Gore, Hundred of, 3, 8 (2), 23, 30, 36 (2), 
 56, 68, 91, 92 (2), 107, 109, no (3), 
 118, 129(2), 141, 149 (2), 165, 167, 
 169, 170, 187, 213 (2), 217 (2), 224, 
 236, 238 (3), 239, 243, 250, 255 (2), 
 256, 257, 258, 269 (2), 279, 284 (2), 
 286, 289, 297, 298, 302, 312, 314, 
 325 (2), 329, 330, 334, 337, 339, 341, 
 
 350 (2). 
 
 Gore, EHzabeth, 324. 
 
 Stephen, 324, 326. 
 Goreing (Goring), Isaac, 177. 
 
 John, 83. 
 Gorton, Elizabeth, 157. 
 
 William, 157. 
 Gosheen, Dominick, 22. 
 Gosling, Edward, 196. 
 Gosport, county Hants, 231. 
 Gosse, Elizabeth, 324. 
 
 Mary, 186. 
 Goswell Street, 38, 71. 
 
 the bars in, 336. 
 Gotobed, Francis, 40. 
 Gough, Philip, 222. 
 Gowen, Elizabeth, 341, 342. 
 
 John, 341, 342. 
 
 Samuel, 341, 342. 
 Gower, Dorothy, 281. 
 Gowse, John, 35. 
 
 Gracechurch Street, " the Bell" in, 93. 
 Grafton, Duke of, 332. 
 Grahame, Sir Richard, 58. 
 Grange, John, 230. 
 Grant, Joseph, 149. 
 
 William, 35. 
 Grantham, Ann, 200. 
 Grantham, Earl of, 332. 
 Gratwick, Thomas, 238, 255. 
 Grave, William, 173. 
 Graves, Anthony, i. 
 
 John, I. 
 
 Sarah, i. 
 Gravett, John, 41. 
 
 William, 41, 263. 
 Gray (Grey), Alice, 99. 
 
 Francis, 224. 
 
 Judith, 224. 
 
 Richard, 68, 106, 109, 1 14. 
 
 Thomas, 212, 221. 
 
 William, 236. 
 Gray's Inn Gate, pillory at, 41, 314. 
 Gray's Inn Lane, 22, 51, 56. 
 
 Gray's Inn Lane, the "King and (^ueen" 
 in, 228. 
 
 King's Gate in, watch house near, 209. 
 (jreat Ealing (otherwise Zealing), See 
 
 Ealing. 
 Great Missenden. See Missenden. 
 Great Queen Street. See tinder Drury Lane 
 
 and St. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 Great Rider Street. See St. James', Cripple- 
 gate. 
 Great Russell Street, " the Crabtree " in, 85. 
 Great St. Helens, 35. 
 Great Square, the. Sec St. Gilcs'-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Great Turnstile, the. See Holborn and St. 
 
 Giles'-in-the- Fields. 
 Greatorex, William, 331. 
 Greek Street. See Soho. 
 (Jreen (Greene), Andrew, 48. 
 
 Edward, 139, 140. 
 
 Egglas, 322. 
 
 EHzabeth, 112. 
 
 Francis, 35, 188. 
 
 George, 112. 
 
 John, 303. 
 
 Mary, 30S. 
 
 Mr., 93. 
 
 Peter, 308. 
 
 Rachael, 216. 
 
 Richard, 130. 
 Greenaway, Ann, 270, 277, 
 
 Henry, 218. 
 
 Katherine, 270, 277. 
 
 Rebecca, 240. 
 
 William, 270, 277. 
 Cireenbury, Sara, 67. 
 Green Cloth, Board of, 154. 
 Greenford, 74, 323. 
 " Greengoose Fair " at Stratford-le-Bow and 
 
 Bromley, complaint as to, 342. 
 Greenhill, William, 325. 
 Green Street. See under Enfield. 
 Greenough, Robert, 292. 
 Greethurst, Mary, 112. 
 
 Phillip, 112. 
 
 Thomas, 112. 
 Gregory, Edward, 195, 206, 207. 
 
 George, 159. 
 
 Mary, 207. 
 Gresham, John, 77. 
 Grey. See Gray. 
 Gribble, Roger, 197. 
 
 Grice (Griss), Nicholas, 29, 35, 74, 84, 125. 
 Grieves, Robert, 205. 
 Grififen, Martha, 346. 
 
 Nicholas, 282. 
 
 Paul, 261. 
 
 Peter, 273. 
 
 William, 99. 
 Griffith, Eleanor, 280. 
 
 Elizabeth, 280. 
 
 Jane, 98. 
 
 Nicholas, 280. 
 
 Paul, 201, 203. 
 
 Thomas, 88. 
 Griffiths, Giles, 54. 
 Grigson, John, 77, 96. 
 
Jiide. 
 
 ni 
 
 Grigson, William, 247, 248. 
 Grimes, Delxjiah, 277, 282. 
 
 Elizalieth, 157. 
 
 Hannah, 277, 282. 
 
 James, 277, 282. 
 
 John, 277, 282. 
 
 Ph(i.l)e, 277, 282. 
 Groscort, John, 288. 
 Grosmenor, Richard, 35. 
 
 William, 35. 
 Grove, Thomas, 106. 
 Groves, Anthony, 94, 117. 
 
 William, 77. 
 Grubb Street. See St. Giles', Cripi)legatc. 
 Guidott, Carew, 92. 
 Guise, John, 240. 
 Gulliver, William, 148. 
 Gully, Sarah, 310. 
 
 Grumbly, John, 214. 
 Gun (Gunn), Elizabeth, 198 (2). 
 
 Frances, 82. 
 
 Francis, 82. 
 
 Jeremy, 34. 
 
 John, 198 (2). 
 Gunson (Gunton), Mr., 238, 246. 
 
 William, 68, 92, 160, 178, 213, 238, 
 243, 255, 257, 269, 286, 297, 298, 
 
 310.317,329- 
 Gunton. See Gunson. 
 Gutteridge, Clare, 25. 
 
 Mary, 25. 
 Guy, John, 105. 
 Gwillin, Edward, 340. 
 
 Walter, 224. 
 Gwyn, Edmund, 77. 
 Gwyzine, John, 77. 
 
 H. 
 
 Hackney, 10, 11, 32, 116, 151, 168, 239, 
 270. 
 
 highway leading to, 151. 
 
 Meere Street, dissenting Pmlestants' 
 meeting house in, 120. 
 
 manor of, 56. 
 
 manor prison, 62, 68, 70. 
 Haddock, John, 77. 
 
 Hadley, 15,226. See also Viov^Xoxv Hadlcy. 
 Hadlowe, John, 139, 143. 
 Hagar, William, 323. 
 Haggerslon, 48, -jt,. 
 Haines, Susannah, 186. 
 Haldron, Elizabeth, 155. 
 Hale, Edward, 264. 
 
 Richard, 240. 
 
 Robert, 333. 
 Hales, James, 243. 
 Haley, Mary, 192. 
 Hall, Edmund, 200. 
 
 Frances, 160. 
 
 George, 51. 
 
 John, 14. 
 
 Joseph, 89. 
 
 Mr., 230. 
 
 Millicent, 330. 
 
 Mordica, 210. 
 
 Hall, iSlicholas, 240. 
 Peter, 227. 
 Sarah, 160. 
 Thomas, 16. 
 William, 268. 
 
 — ;- , },!>, 95- 
 Hall's Ccurt. See St. Anne's, Weslminster. 
 Ilaliin, Matthew, 201. 
 llalhiin, William, 13. 
 Halsey, James, 19, 141, 
 
 John, 102, 117, 207. 
 Malshaw, Pridget, 125. 
 llaltou, Ji hn, 65. 
 
 Sir Tluimas, 334. 
 Ilamblcton, Richard, 44. 
 Hammersmith, 12, 13, 104, 105, 107, 112, 
 115, 117, 134, 184, 192 (2), 208, 220, 
 222 (2), 258, 275, 292, 301, 318, 324, 
 
 333- 
 
 the Maypole at, pillory near, 30. 
 
 Popish school, or nunnery at, 192. 
 Hamond, Leonard, 238, 255. 
 Hampstead, 12, 14, 43, 72, 85, 97, 106, 108, 
 123, 131, 295, 306. 
 Prc>testant dissenters' meeting house at, 
 72. 
 
 on!er in reference to a watch house, 
 320. 
 
 order to suppress plays and pla)\:7s at, 
 346. 
 Hampton, 46, 88 (2), 130, 345. 
 
 parish, 205. 
 
 town, 130. 
 Hampton, John, 213. 
 Hampton Court Palace, 194, 266. 
 
 gardens at, 266. 
 Hampton Wick, i (2), 40, 130, 162, 345. 
 Hancks, A'r. , 292. 
 Ha nek wits, John Andrew, 227. 
 Hancock, Ann, 97. 
 
 Judith, 97. 
 
 Leonard, 81. 
 
 Richard, 97. 
 
 Waddestill, 97. 
 Hand (Hands), Barnaby, 281. 
 
 |ohn, 65. 
 Handaside, Colonel Thomas, 269. 
 Handlcy, Elizabeth, 130. 
 
 W'illiam, 130. 
 Hankin, Henry, 243, 261. 
 Hankinson, Charles, 318. 
 
 Thoiuasine, 318. 
 Hanks, Elizabeth, 338. 
 
 Joseph, 338. 
 Hansted, John, 173. 
 Hanwell Parish, 194, 197, 300, 337. 
 Hanwt nh, 92, 145, 168, 177, 220, 222, 306. 
 Harbndge, John, 218. 
 Harcough, Frederick, 347. 
 Harcouit, Mr., 100, 105, 169, 182, 185. 
 
 Simon, 66 (2), 68, 72, 75 (2), 126, 132, 
 164, 166, 175, 187, 199, 259, 338. 
 
 Thomas, 23. 
 
 -,46. 
 
 Harden, W illiam, 44. 
 Harding, Charles, 162. 
 
 P'rancis, 80. 
 
374 
 
 Index. 
 
 Harding, John, 107. 
 
 Mary, 107. 
 
 Thomas, So. 
 Harding, couniy Herts. See Harpenden. 
 Hardisiy, Mr., 113, 338. 
 
 Robert, 3, 11, 24, 28, 42, 69, 317, 321, 
 323. 353- 
 
 .43- 
 
 Hardreet, John, 164. 
 Hare, Samuel, 12. 
 
 Sarah, 12. 
 Harefield, 43, 149, 150, 229, 231, 233, 
 
 235- 
 Hareford, John, 331. 
 Hargrave, Charles, 309. 
 Hariott (Hariol), Thomas, 3, 63. 
 Harlington, petition to enclose a common 
 way leading from Hillingdon to, 309. 
 Harman, Bridget, 9, 80. 
 Francis, 127. 
 Jasper, 121. 
 William, 235. 
 Harmer, Jasper, 188. 
 Harminger, Peter, 123. 
 Jlarmondsworth, 89, 122, 323. 
 
 meeting house for Independants at 
 " Sipson " in, 328. 
 Harpenden (Harding), county Herts, 135. 
 ^arper, Isaac, 206. 
 Harperley, Ann, 320. 
 Harrendine, Abraham, 234. 
 Harrington, Daniel, 184. 
 Harris, Anne, 5, 123. 
 George, 22. 
 
 John, 25, 135, 171, 205. 
 l^Iary, 333. 
 Mathew, 250. 
 Richard, 78, 123, 333. 
 Robert, 81. 
 Sarah, 333. 
 
 William, 5, 102, 103, 333, 346, 350. 
 Harrison, Alice, 295. 
 Ann, 150. 
 Christopher, 29. 
 •Elizabeth, 123. 
 Jane, 295. 
 John, 233. 
 Robert, 26. 
 Sarah, 295. 
 Susannah, 52. 
 Thomas, 14, 123. 
 Harrold, John, 329. 
 Harrow, 106, 107, 135 (2), 145, 
 157, 171 (3)> 179(2), 180, 
 273, 274, 284 (2), 312, 313, 
 342. 
 Harrow Alley. See Whitechapel. 
 Harrow Weald, 135, 171 (2), 272, 
 
 312. 
 Hart (Heart), Bartholomew, 56. 
 Edward, 130, 219, 233. 
 Elizabeth, 308. 
 Mary, 312, 318. 
 Thomas, 71. 
 
 William, 10, 18, 262, 306. 
 Hart Street, 78 (2). 
 
 Dissenters' meeting house in, 43. 
 
 150, 156, 
 232, 271, 
 
 284, 
 
 Hart Street, Covent Garden, 140. 
 
 Hartigan, Charles, 36. 
 
 Hartley, Ralph, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 (2). 
 
 William, 260. 
 
 Hartopp, , 71. 
 
 Hartwell, Elizabeth, 239. 
 
 John, 43. 
 
 WilHam, 43. 
 Harvey, George, 18. 
 
 G., 232. 
 
 Mary, 82. 
 
 Thomas, 212. 
 Harwich, county Essex, 157. 
 Hawes, Henry, 327. 
 Harwood, Cornelius, 176. 
 
 Elizabeth, 176. 
 
 Henry, 84. 
 
 John, 176, 294. 
 
 Mary, 176. 
 
 Montjoy, 120. 
 Hasker, John, 318. 
 Hassenius, James, 184. 
 Hastings, Knevet, 78. 
 
 Robert, 46, 48. 
 Hatchett, John, in. 
 Hater, Francis, 77. 
 Hatfield, county Herts, 337. 
 Hathwell, Henry, 148. 
 Hatton, John, 28. 
 Hatton Garden. See St. Andrew's, Hol- 
 
 born. 
 Haugh, James, 281. 
 Haughton, Joseph, 198. 
 Haughton Street, " The Feathers" in, 45. 
 Haverland, William, 229, 236. 
 Hawford, Theophilus, 252. 
 Hawkins, Charles, 35. 
 John, 45, 280. 
 
 Mary, 211. 
 
 William, 305. 
 Hawksworth, Thomas, 17. 
 Hawley, Henry, 29, 40, 125, 146, 149, 155, 
 161, 169, 220, 224. 236, 240, 268, 
 271, 274, 282, 286, 296, 310, 313, 
 
 314, 317- 
 
 James, 284, 286, 310, 324, 325, 328. 
 
 Mr., 100, 156, 162, 184. 
 
 William, 40. 
 Hawton, Joseph, 130. 
 Hawtrey, Mr., 344. 
 Haydon (Hayden), Andrew, 170. 
 
 John, 288. 
 Hayes (Heese), 9, 73, 118, 178, 323. 
 Hayes (Hays), Daniel, 226. 
 
 Francis, 204. 
 
 William, 35. 
 Hay Hill, 76. 
 
 Haymarket, the, 55, 77, 184 (2), 198, 240, 
 274, 286, 296, 313, 321, 327. 
 
 order concerning, 340. 
 
 order as to the bounds of, 240, 256. 
 
 order as to regulating, 298, 313, 339, 
 340. 
 
 paving of, 187, 270. 
 Haynes, Alexander, 258. 
 
 Mabel, 91. 
 Hayward Magna, county Stafford, 202, 
 
Judex. 
 
 375 
 
 Hazard, Peter, 77. 
 
 Richard, 212. 
 Head, James, 343. 
 
 Mary, 343. 
 
 Ursula, 343. 
 Heard, Christopher, 52. 
 Hearne, Thomas, 53, 261. 
 Heath, William, 225. 
 Heatley, William, 34. 
 Heckstetter, David, 312, 314, 325, 330, 
 
 339- 
 HecktoUs, Daniel, 2. 
 Heddington, county Oxon, 350. 
 Hedge Lane. See St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
 Hedges, Sir Charles, 296. 
 Heese. See Hayes. 
 Heffield, William, 338. 
 Hellow, Charles, 57. 
 Hells, Thomas, 96. 
 Helmunl, Jasper, 347. 
 Hembrick, William, 169. 
 Hemingway, Mary, 65. 
 Henderson, Elizabeth, 294. 
 Hendon, 11, 25, 30, 32, 59, 100, 106, 145, 
 155. IS7> 173. 193, 210,247,256(2), 
 27S, 280. 
 
 Burrows Green at, 170. 
 Henley, William, 211, 327, 330, 337. 
 Henneage, Faith, Lady, 51. 
 Henrietta Street. See St. Paul's, Covent 
 
 Garden. 
 Henriquise, Isaac, 314. 
 Henry, Alexander, 266. 
 Herbert, John, 109, 1 18, 129. 
 
 Joseph, 166 {2). 
 
 Mr., 169, 248. 
 
 Nathaniel, 130. 
 Heriot, Mr., 80. 
 
 Hermitage Bridge. See St. Catherine's. 
 Herrick, P'rancis, 92. 
 Hesketh, Drue, 90. 
 Heston, 9, 25, 29, 84, 97, 161, 171, 178, 
 
 218, 323, 335, 341, 342. 
 Hews, David, 194. 
 Hewitt, John, 94. 
 Hey, Elizabeth, 65. 
 Heylin, John, 124. 
 Hickman, Edward, 137. 
 
 John, 350. 
 
 Richard, 309. 
 Hicks, Elizai)eth, 31S, 319. 
 
 John, 171, 319. 
 Hicks Hall, 10, 14, 49, 58, 66, 74, 79, 90, 
 121, 153, 188, 229, 233, 235, 283, 
 
 290, 314, 320. 338- 
 alterations to windows of, 227, 229. 
 coat of arms in windows of, 228. 
 repair of cellar of, 227. 
 Grand Jury room in, 152. 
 great chest in, 74. 
 inventory to be taken of property in, 
 
 10. 
 orders for repair of the gates of, 330. 
 pillory in front of, 11, 41, 42, 132, 
 
 278. 
 reference to preserving records in, 74. 
 report on, 18. 
 
 Higby, Robert, 335. 
 
 Higgens (Higgins), John, 220. 
 
 Ralph, 312. 
 
 Thomas, 51. 
 
 William, 250. 
 Higgs, Elizabeth, 215. 
 
 John, 34, 45. 
 
 Joseph, 51. 
 High Barnet. See Barnet. 
 Highgate, 16, 19, 25, 94, 99, loi, 113, 131, 
 138, 168, 197. 
 
 "the King's Arms" at, 285. 
 
 " the Nag's Head" at, 285. 
 High Holborn. See Holborn. 
 "High " Park: See Hyde Park. 
 High Street. See Holborn and St. Leonard's, 
 
 Shoreditch. 
 High treason, punishment for, 30. 
 Hight, John, 55. 
 Higison, Allen, 47. 
 Hill, Ann, 63, 299, 305. 
 
 John, 173, 310. 
 
 Lockey, 282. 
 
 Mary, 235, 285 
 
 Richard, 299, 305. 
 
 Samuel, 48. 
 
 Sarah, 299, 305. 
 
 Scipio, 284. 
 
 Thomas, 52, 72. 
 
 Sir William, 29. 
 
 William, 133. 
 Hilliard, Richard, 327. 
 
 Thomas, 75. 
 Hillingdon, 118, 141, 150, 251, 272. 
 
 " the Red Lion " at, 86. 
 Hillingdon Common, petition to enclose a 
 
 highway at, 309. 
 Hilton, Benjamin, 198. 
 
 Hinch, , 39. 
 
 Hind (Hinde), Richard, 238 (2), 287, 300. 
 
 Robert, 35, 300. 
 Hins, Mary, 182 (2). 
 Hinton, otherwise West, Frances, 32, 84. 
 
 Richard, 348. 
 Hoare, Christopher, 56. 
 
 John, 56. 
 
 Joseph, 56. 
 Hobart, Edward, 51. 
 Hobbs, Elizabeth, 267. 
 
 John, 267. 
 
 Sarah, 133, 275. 
 
 Thomas, 1 19. 
 Hock, Giles, 20. 
 Hockley Hole, 59, 60, 87. 
 
 bridge at, 256. 
 Hoddesdon (Hodsdon), county Herts, 122, 
 
 180(2). 
 Hodding, Daniel, 203. 
 
 John, 203. 
 Hodge, Daniel, 103. 
 Hodges, William, 41. 
 Hodgson, James, 45. 
 Hodgkins, Richard, 35. 
 
 William, 331. 
 Hogg, Frances, 203. 
 
 Gertrude, 221. 
 Hogsden. See St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. 
 
Z1^ 
 
 Index. 
 
 Holborn, 14, 58, 71, 109, 118, 181, 217, 
 230, 243, 282, 287, 308, 314, 320, 
 325. 328, 331 (2), 333. 337, 338, 341, 
 350- 
 
 orders to high constables of, 257. 
 
 Baldwin's Gardens, meeting house for 
 Independents, 320. 
 
 Court House, 39. 
 
 Fuller's Rents, pillory in, 11. 
 
 Gray's Inn Gate, pillory at, 41, 209. 
 
 Gray's Inn Lane, 209. 
 
 High Street, 41. 
 
 King's Gate, 189. 
 
 Leather Lane, i, 35, 59, 60. 
 
 Middle Row, "the K.ing'> Head" in, 
 287, 327. 
 
 Red Lion Street, 152. 
 
 Southampton Street, 300. 
 
 Thavies Inn, 71. 
 
 Turnstile, pillory near, 132. 
 
 See a/so tinder Si. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 Holborn Bars, 32, 41, 42, 85, 109, 197, 207, 
 
 324- 
 Holborn-above-Bars, 36, 89, 138, 155, 206, 
 220, 256, 290, 294, 299, 300, 302, 
 .305> 31S, 334, 346, 351- 
 
 Liquor Pond Street, 197. 
 Holborn-below-Bars, 155. 
 Holden, William, 13. 
 Holderness, Daniel, 299. 
 
 Elizabeth, 299. 
 
 John, 299. 
 
 Mary, 299. 
 Holding, Eleanor, 222. 
 
 Mary, 211. 
 
 Thomas, 115. 
 Holdsworth, Joseph, 329. 
 Holland, her Majesty's forces in, 269. 
 Holland, James, 340. 
 
 John, 96, 130. 
 Holliday, Elizabeth, 31 1. 
 
 John, 311. 
 
 Martha, 250. 
 Holliers, Thomas, 38. 
 Hollingdon, parish of (county Bucks), 231. 
 HoUis, Mary, 239. 
 Holloway, 263. 
 Holman, Mary, 254. 
 Holmes, Edmund, 300. 
 
 Elizabeth, 291, 293. 
 
 Robert, 143. 
 
 William, 290. 
 Holt, Lord Chief Justice, 143. 
 Holywell (Hollowell) Court. See St. 
 
 Leonard's, Shoreditch. 
 Holywell Street. See St. Leonard's, Shore- 
 ditch. 
 Hone, Walter, 37. 
 Honeywood, Isaac, 72. 
 Hoone, Ann, 216. 
 Hooper, Francis, 18, 28. 
 Hooper Square. See Whitechapel. 
 Hopingstall, Robert, 173. 
 Hopkins, John, 14. 
 
 Robert, 43. 
 
 William, 249. 
 Hopley, Walter, 153. 
 
 Hopnian, John, 143. 
 Hopper, Israel, 204. 
 
 Hornsey, 12, 15, 16, 25, 57, 74, 89, 93, 
 94 (2), 97, 98, loi, 112, 113, 117, 
 122, 136, 138, 160, 165, 168, 181, 
 199, 221, 236, 239, 247, 259, 260, 
 270, 271, 285, 299, 337. 
 Hornsey Lane, 112, 168, 197. 
 Horseferry, Westminster, the, 76. 
 Horsfield, John, 13 1. 
 Horton, county Berks, 28. 
 Horton, John, 323. 
 
 Rachael, 52. 
 
 Robert, 261 (2), 265. 
 Hoskins, William, 346. 
 Hotchkin, Thomas, 44. 
 Hounslow, 15, 189, 213, 335. 
 House of Correction. See Clerkenwell. 
 House of Commons. See Commons, House 
 
 of. 
 Hovey, Frances, 281. 
 
 George, 250, 281. 
 
 Katherine, 249. 
 Ho<\' (Howe), Henry, 309. 
 
 John, 130. 
 
 Thomas, 312. 
 Howard, George, 17, 39, 40, 157. 
 
 John, 138. 
 
 Lidia, 121. 
 
 Mr., 275. 
 
 William, 189. 
 Howcroft, Thomas, 166, 268. 
 Howell, Edward, 234. 
 
 John, 347. 
 
 " Margere," 347. 
 Howland, John, 112. 
 Howse, George, 51. 
 
 Hoxton. See St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. 
 Hoy, John, 222 (2). 
 Hubbard (Hubbert), Isabella, 79, 84. 
 
 John, 35. 
 Hudson, Benjamin, 116. 
 Huftield, Sara, 289. 
 Huggett (Huggate), James, 276. 
 
 John, 333. 
 Huggins, John, 232, 304. 
 Hughes, George, 265. 
 Hull, John, 213. 
 
 Thomas, 121. 
 Humfry, Mr., 155. 
 Hungerford Market. See St. Martin's-in- 
 
 the-Fields. 
 Hunt, James, 126. 
 
 John, 59. 
 
 Jonathan, 210. 
 
 Richard, 268. 
 
 Thomas, f;9, 272, 284. 
 Hunter, Charles, 172. 
 
 Colin, 295. 
 
 John, 299. 
 
 William, 172. 
 Huntingdon, George, Earl of, 258. 
 Hunttm, Nathaniel, "j^. 
 Hurdis, Thomas, 197. 
 Hurley, county Berks, 299. 
 Hurly, John, 122. 
 Hurrey, John, 324. 
 
Index. 
 
 2>77 
 
 Hurst, Andrew, 182. 
 
 Elizabeth, 187, 201. 
 
 John, 187, 201, 305, 346, 351. 
 
 Samuel, 240. 
 Hussey, Diana, 324, 326. 
 Hulchins, Isabel, 321. 
 Hutchinson, John, 82. 
 
 Mr., 62." 
 Hutley, Mary, 208. 
 
 , junior, 208. 
 
 Samuel, 208. 
 Hutton, Mary, 218. 
 
 Samuel, 200. 
 Huxtahle, Samuel, 171. 
 Hyde, Richard, 124. 
 
 Robert, 103. 
 Hyde (Hide, " High") Park, 76, 144, 163, 
 
 209. 
 Hyde Park Ward, 34, 67, 159, 172, 211, 
 
 223. 
 Hyham, Mr., 337. 
 
 I. 
 
 Ickenham, 41, 43, 52, 69 (2), 129. 
 
 Idlestry (Elstree), county Herts, 71. 
 
 Ilford, John, 40. 
 
 Ingersole, John, 180. 
 Sarah, 180. 
 
 Ingoldsby, Major-General, 268. 
 
 Ingram, Alice, 294. 
 John, 294. 
 
 Ingwell, John, 241. 
 
 Inner Temple, the. See Temple. 
 
 Inns, Martha, 323, 327. 
 Thomas, 323, 327, 
 
 Inscription, scurrilous, order to be removed, 
 340. 
 
 Ippollitts, county Herts, 83, 255. 
 
 Ireland, 333. 
 
 Iremonger, Joshua, 24. 
 
 Irongate, the. See St. Katherine's near the 
 Tower. 
 
 Isabell, Richard, 220. 
 
 Isgar, William, 120. 
 
 Isleworth, 10, 25, 29, 87, 93 (2), 94, 95, 
 99, 126, 160, 190, 219, 221, 249, 342. 
 
 Isleworth, Hundred of, 3, 8 (2), 36 (2), 40, 
 46, 56, 68, 92, 106, 109 (2), no (2), 
 114, 118, 129 (2), 142, 149(2), 167, 
 169, 187, 213 (2), 217, 224, 236, 
 238 (3)> 239, 250, 255 (2), 257 (2), 
 258, 269 (2), 284, 286 (2), 297, 298, 
 302, 312, 313, 314, 325 (2), 328, 339, 
 
 341- 
 Isleworth Syon, manor of, 265. 
 Isley, John, 256. 
 Islington, 19, 27, 36, 72, 99, 100, lOl, 102, 
 
 130, 136, 174, 191, 192, 198, 221, 
 
 256, 282. 
 See St. Mary's, Islington. 
 Isted, Ambrose, 68. 
 Ithall, Ann, 25. 
 Ives, John, 264. 
 Izard, Edward, 305. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jackett, — , 74. 
 Jackson, Ann, 161. 
 
 Elizabeth, 19. 
 
 (ieorge, 227, 229, 233. 
 
 Johanna. 262. 
 
 Margaret, 82. 
 
 Richard, 327. 
 
 Robert, 234, 262. 
 Jacob, Daniel, 142. 
 Jacobson, Jacob, 134. 
 Jainaica, 132. 
 
 James II, reference to, 12 (2), 13, 147. 
 James, Alice, 188. 
 
 Edward, 102. 
 
 Eleanor, 102. 
 
 John, 43, 115. 
 
 Joseph, 102. 
 
 Mary, 179 (2), 180. 
 
 I'eter, 1 15. 
 
 Thomas, 102. 
 
 William, 149, 169. 
 
 ) 71- 
 
 James Street, 78. 
 Jarman, Anne, 332, 335. 
 
 Christopher, 332. 
 
 Elizabeth, 332, 335. 
 
 John, 225, 332, 335. 
 
 Mary, 332, 335. 
 
 William, 332, 335. 
 Jarvis, John, 49. 
 
 Thomas, 284. 
 Jeanes, William, 330. 
 Jefferies, Mary, 234 (2). 
 
 Thomas, 89. 
 Jefferson, Judith, 220. 
 
 Rachael, 285 (2). 
 
 William, 285. 
 Jemmett, Margaret, 54, 67. 
 
 Mary, 180. 
 Jencks, William, 75. 
 Jenkins, John, 79, 84. 
 
 Sir Lionel, 178. 
 
 , 31- 
 
 Jennens, Mr., 344. 
 
 Jennings (Jenings), Edward, 31. 
 
 John, 238. 
 
 Roger, 74. 
 
 , 71- 
 
 Jerman, Henry, 35. 
 
 jermyn (Jerman, Jermine) Street, St. James', 
 55> 79. 144, 207, 209. 
 
 reference to paving of, 76, 163. 
 Jerome, Mary, 259. 
 
 Thomas, 259. 
 Jesson, John, 76. 
 Jeves (Greeves), Robert, 213. 
 Jewce, George, 183. 
 Jewks, John, 39. 
 
 Richard, 142. 
 Jews, fines paid by, for not burying in 
 
 woollen, 214. 
 John Street. See St. John Street. 
 Johnson, Bethia, 291. 
 
 Colonel, 73 (2), 81. 
 
 Francis, 77. 
 
Z7^ 
 
 Index. 
 
 Johnson, Hannah, 103. 
 Henry, 69. 
 Isabella, 102. 
 Jane, 94. 
 
 John, 47, 82, 138. 
 John Thomas, 1 31. 
 Joseph, 102. 
 Lancelot, 88. 
 Leonard, 291. 
 Mary, 43, 250. 
 Mr., 80, 156. 
 Robert, 76. 
 Tliomas, 28, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 60, 63, 
 
 79- 
 
 William, 42. 
 
 , 8. 
 
 Jones, Alice, 314. 
 
 Anne, 163. 
 
 Captain, 66, 191, 196. 
 
 Cornelius, 17. 
 
 Daniel, 82. 
 
 Francis, 216, 313. 
 
 George, 107. 
 
 Griffith, 132. 
 
 Henry, 23. 
 
 Hugh, 147. 
 
 John, 302. 
 
 Lewis, 196. 
 
 Martha, 152, 160. 
 
 Mary, 237. 
 
 Robert, 220. 
 
 Roger, 225. 
 
 Samuel, 113. 
 
 Sarah, 18, 23. 
 
 Thomas, 326. 
 
 Captain Thomas, 19, 28, 32, 43, 51, 88, 
 91, 117, 152 (2), 153, 155 (2), 158, 
 160, 161, 166, 297. 
 
 Thomasin, 216. 
 
 William, 32. 
 
 Winifred, 62. 
 Jordan, Francis, 235. 
 
 Katherine, 131. 
 
 Robert, 203. 
 Joy, Gabriel, 122. 
 Joyce, Joseph, 133. 
 Juby, Edmund, 306. 
 Judson, Ann, 136, 141, 208. 
 
 Daniel, 136, 140, 208. 
 
 Daniel, junior, 136, 208. 
 
 Elizabeth, 136, 208. 
 
 John, 136, 208. 
 
 Robert, 208. 
 Juries, orders as to serving upon, 159, 245, 
 
 260. 
 Justices of the Peace, petition of for an in- 
 crease in the number of those receiving 
 fees, 37. 
 
 K. 
 
 Katherine Street. See tinder St. Mary-le- 
 
 Savoy. 
 Keane, John, 156. 
 Keates, John, 204. 
 Kedge, Richard, 233. 
 
 Keeble, John, 326. 
 Keel, John, 44. 
 Keelyng, Phillippa, i. 
 Keep, I'eter, 223. 
 Kemp, Andrew, 75. 
 
 Anne, 295. 
 
 Mary, 295. 
 Kendall, John, 191. 
 Kendar (Render), Henr}', 269. 
 
 Thomas, 286. 
 Kendrick, Daniel, 251. 
 Kennell, the, 56. 
 
 Kennett, White, Dean of Peterborough, 328. 
 Kensington, 15, 16, 17, 23, 38, 40, 84, 99, 
 104, no, 112, 119, 122, 131, 142, 
 150, 164, 172, 173, 177, 186, 188, 
 203, 214, 236, 243, 247, 303, 326, 
 337, 340. 
 
 reference to paving at, 58, 131. 
 
 Church, rebuilding of, 170. 
 
 Division, the, 58, 192, 217, 230. 
 
 " the King William and Mary," next 
 the " King's House " at, 185 
 
 Square, orders as to paving, 38, 40, 47, 
 49, 201. 
 
 watch house at, 172. 
 Kent, George, 271. 
 
 Mary, 67. 
 
 William, 1 19, 190. 
 Kentish Town, 117. 
 Kerby, Josibed, 330. 
 
 ^Iartha, 330. 
 
 Mary, 330. 
 
 Sarah, 330. 
 
 Sophia, 330. 
 
 Thomas, 330. 
 
 Timothy, 330. 
 See Kirby. 
 Kerwood, Thomas, 55. 
 Ketchley, Elizabeth, 132. 
 
 John, 132. 
 Key, Henry, 207. 
 
 Ralph, 312. 
 Keyne, 5largaret, 35. 
 Kidders, orders as to licensing of, 152. 
 Kidgell, William, 177. 
 Kidney, Mary, 232. 
 
 Richard, 232. 
 Kilby, John, 52. 
 Kilmurray, Viscount, 161. 
 Kilnes, William, 325 (2). 
 Kilworth, Susanna, 222. 
 Kinch, John, 270, 272, 274. 
 Kindrick, William, 140. 
 King, David, 32. 
 
 Hannah, 199. 
 
 Henry, 138. 
 
 John, 199. 
 
 Katherine, 283, 292, 295. 
 
 Margaret, 283, 292. 
 
 Maiy, 283, 292, 295. 
 
 Mr., 222. 
 
 Peter, 208. 
 
 Robert, 303, 304. 
 
 .>5arah, 283, 292, 295. 
 
 William, 35, 339. 
 
Index. 
 
 379 
 
 See St. Gi!es'-in-ihe- 
 
 King Edward's Stairs, "the Blue Anchor" 
 
 at, 113. 
 King's Bench, Court of, 3, 11, 24, 40, 
 
 42. 
 King's (.iatf. See Holborn. 
 King's Street, 35, 78, 303. See a/so St. 
 
 Giles'-in-ihe-Fields and St. Jamas'. 
 King's Street Chapel. See St. James'. 
 Kingsgate Street. 
 
 Fields. 
 Kingsland, 137, 168, 231, 233. 
 Kingsland Road. See Shoreditch. 
 Kingsman, Richard, 48. 
 Kingston, 197. 
 Kingston, Thomas, 326. 
 Kingston-on-Thames, 341, 342. 
 Kirby, Gertrude, 63. 
 Thomas, 31. 
 
 See Kerby. 
 Kirby Street. See Hatton Garden. 
 Kirke, William, 170. 
 Kirkman, Theophilus, 217. 
 Kitchen, William, 141. 
 
 Kitchener, , 334. 
 
 Knapp, lohn, 295. 
 
 -, 71- 
 
 Knight, Edward, 321. 
 
 Elizabeth, 254. 
 
 John, 141. 
 
 Joseph, 78. 
 
 Robert, 184. 
 
 Thomas, 321. 
 Knight Ryder Street, 71. 
 Knightsbridge, 223. 
 Knipe, Rich-ird, 158. 
 Knott, William, 43, 44. 
 
 See Nott. 
 Knowles, Benjamin, 98. 
 
 L. 
 
 Ladd, Frances, 286. 
 Ladd Lane, 29. 
 
 Laders, orders as to licensing of, 152. 
 Ladyman, Mary, 82. 
 Lake, Thomas, 26. 
 Laleham, 36, 238. 
 Lamb (Lambe), Francis, 91. 
 Joseph, 331. 
 
 , 98. 
 
 Lamb's Conduit. See St. Andrew s, Hol- 
 born. 
 Lamb's Conduit Fields, 96. 
 Lambs, exposing for sale alive, 103. 
 Lambert, James, 26. 
 
 John, 280, 290. 
 
 Katherine, 75, 114, 1 16. 
 
 Margaret, 114. 
 
 Mary, 26. 
 
 William, 234. 
 Lambeth, county Surrey, 5, 189, 216(2). 
 Lambeth Street. See Whitechapel. 
 Lamphire, Theodosus, 16. 
 Lamps and " lanthorns," reference to lighting 
 the streets with. See Streets. 
 
 Lancashire, 90, 
 
 Lancaster, Duch}- of. See under Duchy of 
 
 Lancaster. 
 Landor (Lander), Manassah, 169, 183. 
 Landy (Laundy), Edward, 22. 
 
 Mary, 22. 
 
 William, 21, 228, 316. 
 Lane, Catherine, 348. 
 
 John, 210. 
 
 Richard, 298. 
 Langford, county Somerset, 99. 
 Langhani, William, 105. 
 Langhorne, James, 77. 
 Langley, John, 315. 
 Langley Marsh, 28. 
 Langson, a/ias Langton, Anne, 238, 241. 
 
 Daniel, 241. 
 Lansbury, Mary, 221. 
 Lanyon, Henry, 42. 
 Larceny, punishment for, 337. 
 Lardner (?), Richard, 100. 
 Larke, Thomas, 79. 
 Latchfield, Richard, 160, 165, 180. 
 Lavally, Captain James, 272. 
 Lavign, Mr., 329. 
 Lavy, John, 60. 
 Law, William, 201. 
 Lawley, Henry, 164. 
 Lawrell, John, 103. 
 Lawrence, Andrew, 5, 60. 
 
 Ann, 25, 29, 327. 
 
 Edward, 240, 256, 270, 286, 298, 327, 
 
 339-. 
 
 Hezekiah, 327. 
 
 John, 172. 
 
 Rachael, 298. 
 
 Richard, 99. 
 Layton, John, 220. 
 Lazenby, Bridgett, Si. 
 Leach, Thomas, 216 (2), 221. 
 Leadbetler, Robert, 176. 
 Leadgall, Charles, 126. 
 Leak, Henry, 120. 
 Leather Lane. See Holborn. 
 Leatherby, a/ms Beaumont, Elizabeth, 251. 
 Lecom, William, 35. 
 Le Duke, Michael, 77. 
 Lee (Lea), Sir Charles, 75, 80, 88. 
 
 Elizabeth, 230, 304. 
 
 Henry, 60. 
 
 John, 321. 
 
 Joseph, 266. 
 
 Richard, 17, 250. 
 
 Thomas, 65, 230. 
 Lee, county Essex, 318. 
 Leech, Thomas, 337. 
 Leeds, county York, 12. 
 Legger, John, 237. 
 Leicester Fields, Castle Street, 77. 
 
 pillory in, 136. 
 Leicester Square, public whipping through, 
 
 275- 
 Leicester (Leister), Richard, 326. 
 
 Robert, 327. 
 Leigh, Captain, 123. 
 Colonel, 127. 
 Mrs., 218. 
 
38o 
 
 Index. 
 
 Leman, Sir William, 69. 
 
 Leman Street. See Whitechapel. 
 
 Lemare, Margaret, 161. 
 
 Thomas, 161. 
 Lemmon Street. See Leman Street. 
 Leonard, John, 274, 286, 327. 
 
 Thomas, 287. 
 Leppar, John, 60. 
 Lestock, Walter, 267. 
 Lestrange, Sir Roger, 44. 
 Levack, James, 161. 
 
 Leverat, , 71. 
 
 Levin (Levins), Darby, 77. 
 
 William, 52. 
 Leving, Dorothy, 156. 
 
 Thomas, 226. 
 Lewis (Lcwes), Elizabeth, 179. 
 
 Richard, 150, 164, 179. 
 
 Sarah, 173. 
 
 Susan, 164. 
 
 Thomas, 95. 
 Ley ton, John, 6. 
 
 Libellous paper, reference to a, 1 00. 
 Licenses, complaint against persons buying 
 and selling without, 352. 
 
 not to be granted to "music houses," 
 241. 
 Lidgold, Edmund, 194. 
 Lighting the streets, orders as to. See 
 
 Streets. 
 Lilburn, Mary, 285. 
 Lilly, Charles, 232. 
 
 Limehouse, 13, 2)7f 80, 84, 95, 96, 123, 
 157, 161, 168, 170, 173, 179, 187, 
 201, 218, 226, 233, 234, 240, 249, 
 267, 290, 295, 302, 317, 340. 
 Linacre, Henry, 177. 
 Lincoln's Inn, 57. 
 Lincoln's Inn Pields, 31. 
 Lincoln's Inn Kields, Little, " the Crown " 
 
 in, 45- 
 Lincorne, Thomas, 46. 
 Lindsey (Linsey), Francis, 60. 
 
 William, 75. 
 
 William, junior, 75. 
 
 ,165. 
 
 Liquor Pond Street. See Holborn. 
 
 Lister, Martin, 250. 
 
 Litchfield Street, orders as to repairing of, 
 
 230. 
 Little, Richard, 348. 
 
 Thomas, 158, 161, 290, 292. 
 Little Silver Street. See St. James'. 
 Little Stanmore. See Stanmore. 
 Little Tower Hill, pillory on, 13-4. See 
 
 Tower Hill. 
 Little Way, the. See St. James'. 
 Littleton, 258, 269. 
 Lize (?), John, 24. 
 Lloyd (Loyd), Ann, 1 12. 
 
 James, 213. 
 
 Morgan, 289. 
 
 I'hillip, 90. 
 
 Thomas, 194. 
 
 William, 128. 
 
 , 42, 244, 337. 
 
 Lobb, Henry, 201. 
 
 Lobb, Stephen, 43. 
 Lock, John, 305. 
 
 William, 326. 
 Lodgson, Isaac, 86. 
 
 William, 119. 
 Logue, Ann, 308. 
 Lole, John, 177. 
 Lomax, John, 339. 
 Lombard Street, 93. 
 
 London, 17, 38, 90, 99, loi, in, 124, 137, 
 140, 150(2), 151, 175, 184, 206, 217, 
 342. 
 
 City of, children from Bridewell to have 
 the freedom of the, 331. 
 
 Tower of. See under Tower of London. 
 
 Lord Mayor of, 75, 230. 
 London, George, 266. 
 London, Henry, Bishop of, 339. 
 London Street, Ratcliffe, orders as to paving 
 
 of, 49. 
 London Wall, 35. 
 Londonderry, "river of," 183. 
 Long, Henry, 296. 
 
 Isaac, 296. 
 
 Jane, 296. 
 
 Katherine, 296. 
 
 Margaret, 296. 
 
 Reuben, 229. 
 
 Richard, 37. 
 
 Thomas, 147. 
 
 William, 10. 
 Long Acre, "]"] {passim), 218. 
 
 Charles Street, 43. See also under St. 
 Margaret'o, Westminster. 
 Long Alley, 51. 
 
 "the Dolphin" in, 51. 
 Long Lane, 71. 
 
 Longbottem, Richard, 247, 248. 
 Longland, John, 258, 261. 
 Longport, near Canterbury, 277. 
 Lorata, James, an Arabian, 310, 312. 
 Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of 
 
 England, petition to, 60. 
 Lorphelin, Elizabeth, 350 
 Lott, Thomas, 326, 329. 
 Lotteries, order as to, 187. 
 Loughton, county Essex. 323. 
 Love, James, 127. 
 
 John, 112, 127. 
 Lovelace, John, Lord, 24. 
 Lovelock, Constance, 98. 
 
 Zacheus, 98. 
 Lovett, Archibald, 253. 
 
 John, 35. 
 
 William, 259. 
 Loveing, John, 37. 
 Lovejoy, George, 3. 
 Low (Lowe), Anne, 295. 
 
 Edward, 8, 174. 
 
 Francis, 70. 
 Lowen, Daniel, 239, 241. 
 
 Margaret, 241. 
 
 Mary, 239. 
 Lucas, Lord, 47, 72, 198. 
 
 Elizabeth, 213. 
 
 Elizabeth, junior, 213. 
 
 Richard, 213. 
 
Index. 
 
 ;Si 
 
 Lucas, Robert, Lord, governor of the Tower, 
 
 50 (2). 
 Thomas, 213. 
 William, 97. 
 Ludford, covmty Hereford, 277. 
 Ludgate, Percival, 166. 
 Ludgate Street, 252. See also under St. 
 
 Martin's, Ludgate. 
 Ludgold, Stephen, 97. 
 Ludfow, William, 122. 
 Ludland, Johanna, 61. 
 Lukener, Jane, 44. 
 Lukener's Lane. See St. Giles'-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Lulman, Robert, 253. 
 Lumbley, Richard, 128. 
 Lushington, Thomas, 32. 
 Lutwilch, Sir Edward, 30. 
 Lydall (Lyddall), William, no, 123. 
 Lynne (Lynn), Charles. 172. 
 
 Samuel, 96. 
 Lynnett, Thomas, 94. 
 Lyon, Henry, 77. 
 
 M. 
 
 Mabbett, Elizabeth, 127. 
 Macgill, William, 322. 
 Machell, George, 152 (2). 
 Mackarlney, Colonel George, 278. 
 
 Mark, 154, 216. 
 
 Owen, 66. 
 Mackdanniell, Alice, 274. 
 
 Ann, 274. 
 
 James, 274. 
 Mackdonnell, Denis, 318. 
 
 Mary, 318. 
 Mackedavy, William, 71. 
 Mackworth, county Derby, 321. 
 Maddison, Mary, 51. 
 Maddox, Edward, 18. 
 
 Elizabeth, 205. 
 
 John, 32. 
 
 Matthew, 205. 
 Maghen, Amy, 326. 
 Magnan, John, 52. 
 Maidstone, county Kent, 208. 
 Maidwell, Mr., 39. 
 Mainwaring, John, 206. 
 Maitland, John, 148. 
 Malaga, engagement with the French off, 
 
 281. 
 Maldron, John, 52. 
 Male, Elizabeth, 234. 
 Malplaquet (Blaregnies), battle of, 348. 
 Manake, Hester, 167. 
 Mannasseh, Landor, 191. 
 Mann, Edward, 345. 
 
 Elizabeth, 341, 342. 
 
 Francis, 342. 
 
 John, 342. 
 
 William, 133. 
 Manners, Charles, 152 (2). 
 Manning, Joseph, 147. 
 
 Katherine, 2. 
 Mannowry, John, 82. 
 
 See Whitechapel. 
 243- 
 
 Mansell Street. 
 
 Marfield, , 
 
 Margate, 318. 
 Markets, mention of — 
 
 Bloomsbury, 151, 175. 
 
 Brentford, 275. 
 
 Clare, 156. 271. 
 
 Haymarket. See liaymarkel. 
 
 Hungerford, 1 47. 
 
 Shadwell, 306. 
 
 Spitaltields, 141. 
 
 Uxbndge, 344. 
 Markets, orders concerning the conduct of, 
 
 344- 
 Markham, Jonathan, 87. 
 Markley, Edward, 38. 
 
 John, 337. 
 Marlborough, stage coachman ff)r, 183. 
 ^Larlborough, Duke ..f, 275, 297. 
 
 See Churchill. 
 Marlowe (Marloe), John, 35, 41. 
 
 Margaret, i6o. 
 Marlton, Anne, 261. 
 Marmett, John, 61. 
 Marriots, "Obadiah, 58. 
 Masden, Thomas, 276. 
 Marsh, John, 202. 
 Ralph, 202. 
 Thomas, 32. 
 Marshall, John, 24. 
 Joshua, 24. 
 Peter, 33. 
 
 Richard, 154, 244 (2), 245. 
 Thomas, 59. 
 Marshalsea, King's (or Queen's) Bench, and 
 Hospitals, 8, 36, 68, 72, 92, 106, 
 109, no, 114, 129, 149, 164, 167, 
 169 (3), -82, 187, 
 213 (2), 238, 250, 
 281, 286, 297, 298, 
 338, 339> 341- 
 
 195, 196, 
 
 212, 
 
 257, 269, 
 
 279. 
 
 313. 325. 
 
 329. 
 
 if the, 149, 169, 238, 243, 
 See St. Margaret's, West- 
 
 treasurer 
 
 255- 
 Masham Street. 
 
 minster. 
 Mart, William, 173. 
 Martin, Ann, 21. 
 
 Edward, 40. 
 
 George, 204. 
 
 Hannah, 142. 
 
 John, 243, 250. 
 
 Mr., 242. 
 
 William, 89, 142. 
 Martinico Harbour, engagement against the 
 
 French in, 243. 
 Marlon, county Derby, 321. 
 Mary of Modena, 104. 
 
 search for the valuables of, 12 (2), 13. 
 Mary, wife of William HL death of, 125. 
 
 letter from, referring to the profanation 
 of the Sabl)ath, 49, 64. 
 Marygold Alley, 77. 
 Maryiebone. See St. Marylebone. 
 Mascall, Edward, 90. 
 Mascomb, John, 7, 9. 
 Maseham, Anne, 163. 
 
 Charles, 163. 
 
382 
 
 Index. 
 
 Mashworth, Edward, 271. 
 
 Klizabeth, 271. 
 
 Frederick, 271. 
 
 Mary, 271. 
 Mason, Adam, 34. 
 
 Anthony, 57. 
 
 Charles, 130. 
 
 Richard, 97, 113, 115. 
 
 Stephen, 334. 
 Massey, Lieutenant Walter, 301, 
 Maslerman, William, 222. 
 Masters, William, 37. 
 Matson, Susan, 57, 88. 
 See also Mason. 
 Matthew (Matthews), Ann, 140. 
 Matthew. James, 330. 
 
 John, 313. 
 
 Samuel, 330. 
 
 Thomas, 140. 
 Matting, Elizabeth, 164. 
 Mattison, Mary, 134. 
 " Maudlin '" College, Oxford, 71. 
 Maule, Samuel, 193. 
 Mawd, James, 8. 
 Mawgridge, John, il. 
 Mawle, Edward, 292. 
 Maxum, William, 115. 
 May, Alice, 99. 
 
 Henry, 77, 117. 
 
 James, 84. 
 
 Jonas, 84 
 
 Mary, 99, 208. 
 
 Solomon, 199, 203. 
 
 William, 221. 
 Maycock, Thomas, 21 1. 
 " May P^air," riots at, 241, 327, 338. 
 Maynard, Thomas, 121. 
 Mayne, George, 188. 
 
 William, 188. 
 Mayor, Thomas, 135. 
 
 Maypole, the, at Hammersmith, pillory near, 
 30. 
 
 in the Strand. See under Strand. 
 Mayp')le Alley, 78. 
 McKenley, Margaret, 254. 
 Meachin, William, 85. 
 Mead, Robert, 223, 253. 
 Meades, Robert, 34, 67. 
 Meakins and Gimball, Messrs., 71. 
 Meard, John, 309. 
 Medcalfe, George, 221. 
 Medlicott, Thomas, 307, 316, 333, 343. 
 Meere, John, 32, 42. 
 Meere Street. See Hackney. 
 Meidell, Christopher, 43. 
 Meirs, William, 344. 
 Melksham, county Wilts, 102. 
 Mellin, Elizabeth, 26. 
 Melroe, Mark, 241. 
 Melton Mowbray (Mobra), Leicestershire, 
 
 71- 
 Mercer, Samuel, 63. 
 Merrick, Francis, 9, 109. 
 Merrideth, Thomas, 239. 
 Messenden, Robert, 149. 
 Messenger, George, 51. 
 John, 197. 
 
 Metcalfe (Medcalfe), John, 139, 143, 286. 
 
 Mr., 329. 
 Mew, Clement, 290. 
 Mewer, Alexander, 227. 
 Mews Foregate, 207. 
 
 Mews Gate, the, in St. Manin's-in-the- 
 P'ields. .S'^^St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
 Michells, I'eter, 78. 
 Middlesex, county of, passim. 
 Grand Jurj' of, 147. 
 peiitiiin from the Justices of the Peace 
 
 for, 37- 
 the Sheriff of, 42, 109, 309. 
 Middle Row. See Holborn. 
 Middleton, John, 24. 
 John, junior, 24. 
 Mary, 220. 
 Midgley, Dorothy, 112. 
 Migg's Court, 77. 
 Milbank (Mill Bank), the, 55. 
 
 waterworks at, 22. 
 Mile End, 2, 17, 38, 71, 92, 96, 117, 133, 
 180, 201, 214, 225, 230, 233, 263, 
 285. 
 
 division of, 17. 
 New Town, 9, 24, 29, 51, 69, 102, 133, 
 
 138, 205, 228, 277, 282, 324. 
 Old Town, 83, 89, 123, 183, 198, 202, 
 210, 220, 225, 240, 265, 302, 318, 
 
 319- 
 
 Mountfield Farm, 186. 
 Red Lion Farm, 186. 
 " the Three Colts " in, 210. 
 windmill in, 186. 
 Miles, James, 264. 
 
 John, 78, loi. 
 Milford Lane, 81. 
 Millard, Robert, 35. 
 Miller, Joseph, 114. 
 
 Mr", 35. 
 
 Robert, 207, 220. 
 
 Samuel, 46. 
 
 William, 84, 90, 1 14, 280. 
 Millett, Francis, 341. 
 Millon, Jacob, 204. 
 Mills, Daniel, 173. 
 
 Elizabeth, 305. 
 
 John, 325 (2), 337, 338, 339, 341. 
 
 Mary, 277. 
 
 Thomas, 302. 
 Milner, Henry, 201, 203. 
 
 Richard, 269, 274, 286. 
 Milson, George, 45. 
 Milward, Joseph, 159. 
 Minefeild, Richard, 35. 
 Mingham, Francis, 225. 
 Minories, Trinity, 98, 177. 
 Mint, Francis, 66.. 
 Minton, Edward, 294. 
 Mirde, John, 48. 
 
 Missenden, Great, county Bucks, 163. 
 Mitcham, county Surrey, 160. 
 Mitchell, Abraham, 154. 
 
 Charles, 28. 
 
 Jane, 1 12. 
 
 Joanna, 216. 
 
 John, 109. 
 
Index. 
 
 6^ 
 
 «3 
 
 Mitchell, Mary, 264. 
 
 Samuel, 289, 290. 
 
 Sarah, 264. 
 
 Theodocia, 179. 
 
 William, 122. 
 Mitre Music House, the, 235. 
 Mobbey, Alice, 52. 
 Molyneux (MuUinux), Nicholas, 77. 
 Momford, Mr., 291. 
 Monk, Robert, 210. 
 Monklon (Monkin), Hadley, 94, 122, 340. 
 
 See also under Hadley. 
 Monmouth, Charles, Earl of, 125. 
 Monmouth Street. See St. Giles'-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Montague, Colonel, 260. 
 Montays, Deane, 35. 
 Montgomery, Lord, 256. 
 Mooney, Patrick, 78. 
 Moore (Moor), David, 200. 
 
 Elizabeth, 175. 
 
 Francis, 329. 
 
 Hannah, 288. 
 
 Henry, 12. 
 
 John, 197. 
 
 Matthew, 174. 
 
 Robert, 166, 214, 263. 
 
 Samuel, 271. 
 
 Sarah, 232. 
 
 Thomas, 232, 263. 
 
 William, 164. 
 Moorfields (Morefields), 48, 51, 53. 
 
 Crown Alley, 71. 
 
 petition from the inhabitants of, 49. 
 
 postern gate by, 256. 
 
 Upper Prince's Street in, 100. 
 Mooreland Christopher, 332. 
 Moorin, Robert, 210. 
 More, Robert, 12, 15. 
 
 Dr. Thomas, 12, 15. 
 Morelli, Alcibiades, 164. 
 
 Anne, 164. 
 Moreton, Grace, 99. 
 Morgan, Richard, 269, 286. 
 Morley, John, 166. 
 
 Morphew, alias Streele, John, 132 (2). 
 Morray, James, 78. 
 Morrell, James, 196. 
 
 Mary, 213 (3). 
 
 Robert, 213. 
 Morris, Humfry, 85. 
 
 John, 32, 55. 
 
 Katherine, 32. 
 
 Mary, 65. 
 
 Walter, 199. 
 
 William, 63. 
 Morrisby, Thomas, 149. 
 Morse, Charles, 165. 
 Morson (Mawson), Mr., 260. 
 Mortimer, Edward, 148. 
 
 Lawrence, 107. 
 Morton, Ralph, 184. 
 Mosey, Elizabeth, 4. 
 Mosse, John, 188. 
 Motle, Adam, 39. 
 Mould, John, 118. 
 Moult, Captain, 176, 191. 
 
 Moult, Henry, 173 (2), 176, 310, 341. 
 Mount Street. See'Sii. Giles'-in-the-l'ields. 
 Mulberry, John, 48. 
 
 Munden (Mundin, Mundon), Charles, 182, 
 196. 
 
 William, 17, no, 129. 
 Mundy (Munday), Sir E., 75. 
 
 James, 166 (2), 291. 
 
 John, 176. 
 
 "Mr., 169, 293. 
 Murfey, James, 77, 
 Murray (Murrey), George, 165. 
 
 John, 108, III, 115. 
 Murton, Francis, 95. 
 Murtree, James, 82. 
 Music House, "the Mitre," 235. 
 Music Houses, orders as to, 241. 
 Mutton Lane. See St. James', Clerkenwell. 
 Mymms, South (Southmymms), 64, 71, 72, 
 83, 88, 89, 94, 135, 178, 213, 236, 
 243, 330 (2), 340, 342, 350. 
 Mymms, Robert, 70, 71. 
 
 N. 
 
 Nailer (or Naylor), Mr., 90. 
 
 William, 244, 245. 
 Napps, Joseph, 97. 
 
 Ursula, 97. 
 Narbond, Peter, 288. 
 Nash, James, 105. 
 
 John, 338. 
 
 Richard, 48. 
 
 Thomas, 66, 338. 
 
 Nattwood, , 35. 
 
 Navy, the, no, 119, 183, 352. 
 
 desertion from, reference to, 4. 
 
 " pilfering boy " sent into, 1 17. 
 
 pressing or recruiting for, 27, 129, 147, 
 226, 257, 352. 
 See Fleet. 
 Navy Board; the, 147. 
 
 order of, as to disabled sailors, 334. 
 Nayland, Alice, 41. 
 Neale, Elizabeth, 210. 
 
 John, 328. 
 Neave (Neve), John, 166. 
 
 William, 306. 
 Needham, Lucy, 34. 
 
 Mary, 318. 
 
 Thomas, 318. 
 Neither Street. Sec Finchley. 
 Nelham, Joseph, 97. 
 
 Matthew, 150. 
 Nelson, John, 261, 313. 
 Nelthorpe, Henry, 166. 
 Nerborne, William, 17 1. 
 Netherway, Jonathan, 183 (3). 
 Nevis, Island of, 133. 
 New, Abraham, 186. 
 
 William, 346. 
 New Brentford. See Brentford. 
 New Chappel, the, Charles Street, Long 
 
 Acre, 43. 
 New England, 187. 
 New Palace, pillory in, 21, 26. 
 
384 
 
 Index. 
 
 New Prison and House of Correction. See 
 Clerkenwell. 
 
 New Way, the. See St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster. 
 
 Newberry, Elizabeth, 164. 
 Henry, 75. 
 
 Newcastle, Duke of, 271. 
 
 Newell, John, 42 (2), 333. 
 Sarah, 42. 
 
 Newgate Gaol, 5 (2), 6, 8, 20, 30, 31, 32, 
 ap. (2), 58, 72, 84, 128, 132, 134, 148, 
 156, 165, 184, 195, 197, 203, 205, 
 207, 211, 222, 226 (3), 241, 244 (3), 
 246, 247, 248, 263, 275, 277 (3), 281, 
 285, 286, 296, 308, 313, 314, 322, 
 
 324, 330, 351- 
 
 attempt to escape from, 330. 
 
 keeper of, 244. 
 
 *' Tangier," place in, so called, 244. 
 
 complaint from prisoners as to abuses in, 
 and orders thereon, 244, 245, 247, 
 248, 317. 
 
 letter advising hard labour for women 
 convicts in, instead of transportation, 
 296. 
 Newington. See Stoke Newington. 
 Newman, Humphrey, 326. 
 
 Richard, 33. 
 
 Robert, 177. 
 
 Thomas, 121. 
 
 William, 84. 
 Newport Street. See St. Martin's-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Newth, James, 231. 
 Newthorpe, county Notts, 20. 
 Newton, Dr., 271. 
 
 Eleanor, 260. 
 
 Richard, 302. 
 
 alias Darling, Eleanor, 337, 340. 
 New Town, Mile End. See Mile End. 
 Nicholas, Mathew, 309. 
 
 Robert, 225. 
 
 William, 258. 
 Nicholetts, Charles, 306. 
 NichoU (Niccol), Daniel, 195, 213, 310. 
 
 Robert, 118. 
 Nicholls (NiccoUs), Frances, 26. 
 
 Francis, 211. 
 
 Robert, 42. 
 
 Solomon, 293. 
 
 Thomas, 132. 
 Nicholson, John, 150. 
 
 Ralph, 132. 
 Nightingale Lane, 43. 
 Nixon, Thomas, 169. 
 Noakes, John, 123. 
 
 John, junior, 123. 
 
 Judith, 123. 
 
 Mary, 123. 
 Nobes, Henry, 200. 
 Noble, Benjamin, 149, 169. 
 
 Edward, 350. 
 
 William, 352. 
 No Man's Land. See North End, Fulham. 
 Norfolk Street, 25. 
 Norman, Edward, 93. 
 Norris, John, 298. 
 
 Northall, county Bucks, 36, 213. 
 Northampton Street. See St. James', 
 
 Clerkenwell. 
 Northbrooke, county Oxon, 71. 
 North End, Fulham, 12, 13. 
 Northfield, 177. 
 Northgood, Mrs. James, 2CX3. 
 Northampton Street. See St. James', 
 
 Clerkenwell. 
 Northolt, 176. 
 Norton, Elizabeth, 163. 
 
 Katherinc, 246. 
 
 Richard, 156, 169, 175. 
 Norton Folgate, 40, 81, 93, loi, 160, 220, 
 261, 280, 290, 300. 
 
 watch house in, 64. 
 Norwood in the parish of Hayes, 9, 118. 
 Norwood, Edward, ill. 
 Nott (Not), Lawrence, 86. 
 
 Robert, 45. 
 
 William, 91. 
 See Knott. 
 Nowse, Edward, loi. 
 Nuemire, Henry, 266. 
 
 John, 266. 
 
 Sarah, 266. 
 Nutbrowne, Margaret, 44. 
 Nuthall, , 33. 
 
 Sarah, 350. 
 Nutt, Edward, 3. 
 Nutting, Katherine, 306. 
 
 Oakley, Benjamin, 193, 196, 199. 
 
 Charity, 196, 199. 
 
 Constance ("Constant "), 193, 196, 199. 
 Gates, Titus, 143. 
 Oats. See Corn. 
 
 Oaths, various, reference to the tendering 
 of, &c., 26, 36 (2), 75, 76, 116, 128, 
 241, 250, 262. 
 Odell, Thomas, 327, 
 
 William, 53. 
 Offley, Elizabeth, 164. 
 
 Joseph, 149, 165, 177, 260, 267, 273, 
 279, 289, 331. 
 
 Mr., 160. 
 Ogar, Major, 39. 
 Ogborne, Thomas, 339. 
 Old Bailey, the, 100, 153. 
 Old Brentford. See Brentford. 
 Old Ford, 202, 276, 302, 323, 327, 330, 352. 
 Old Gravel Lane, Stepney, orders for paving, 
 47- 
 
 " the Cart and Horses'" in, 47. 
 
 " the Crooked Billet " in, 47. 
 
 " the George " in, 47. 
 Old Soho. See Soho. 
 Old Street. See St. Giles', Cripplegate. 
 Oldfield, Andrew, 234. 
 Oldham, Elizabeth, 253. 
 
 Henry, 52, 86. 
 Oliver (Olliver), John, 194. 
 
 Mary, 201. 
 Oram, William, 309. 
 
Index. 
 
 385 
 
 Orders in Council. See Council. 
 
 Orkney, Lord, 307. 
 
 Orlibecr, John, 139. 
 
 Omiond Street. See St. Andrew's, Ilolborn. 
 
 Orton, William, 225. 
 
 Osborne (Osborn, Osbourne), Charles, 47. 
 
 Elizabeth, 312. 
 
 James, 41. 
 
 Joan, 122. 
 
 John, 154. 
 
 Thomas, 122. 
 Osgood, Richard, 333. 
 Osland, John, S6. 
 Osmond, Rebecca, 160. 
 
 William, 43. 
 Ossulston, Hundred of, 3, 8(2), 10, II, 23, 
 24, 27, 28, 36, 39, 42, 48, 53, 56, 64, 
 65, 68 (2), 69, 72, 91, 92 (2), 96, 107, 
 109, no, 113, 114, 118, 123, 129(2), 
 131, 141, 145, 149 (2), 156, 160, 165, 
 167, 168, 169, 175, 178, 182, 187, 
 195 (3), 213, 216, 217 (2), 224, 238 
 (3), 239, 243, 250, 255, 256, 257, 258, 
 269, 279, 284 (2), 286, 289, 297, 298, 
 302, 312, 314, 325 (2), 329, 330, 334, 
 339.341,350(2). 
 Ossulston, Charles, Lord, 309, 323. 
 Outing, John, 76. 
 Outram, Elizabeth, 89. 
 
 Mary, 89. 
 
 Robert, 89. 
 
 William, 326. 
 Overffeild, Anne, 35. 
 Ovey, Charles, 160. 
 
 Jane, 160. 
 
 John, 160. 
 
 Margaret, 160. 
 Owen (Owyn), George, 168. 
 
 Hannah, 98. 
 
 James, 77. 
 
 Joseph, 337. 
 
 Mr., 75. 
 
 Samuel, 97, 135. 
 
 Thomas, 47. 
 Oxenden Street, TJ. 
 Oxford, City of, 321. 
 
 " Maudlin " College in, 71. 
 
 St. Martin's, otherwise Carfax, 291. 
 Oxford, Earl of, 124. 
 Oxton, Alexander, 51. 
 
 Padbury, county Bucks, 323, 327. 
 Paddington, 123, 193, 318. 
 Page, Ambrose, 327, 330, 337. 
 
 Ann, 333. 
 
 Elizabeth, 350. 
 
 Frances, 350. 
 
 Henry, 113. 
 
 James, m. 
 
 Jane, 82. 
 
 John, 31, 320, 333. 
 
 Margaret, 208. 
 
 Mary, i,t,t,. 
 
 Samuel, 43. 
 
 Page, Sarah, 333, 350. 
 
 Thomas, 312, 350. 
 
 William, 5, 314, 333. 
 I'agit, (leorge, 34.^ 
 Paine, Andrew, 48. 
 
 Anne, 269. 
 
 Elizabeth, 269. 
 
 Jane, 269. 
 
 Jeremy, 269. 
 
 Mary, 269. 
 
 William, 305. 
 Painter, Peter, 78. 
 Pakeman, William, 31. 
 Palatines. See Poor Palatines. 
 Pall Mall, 25, 34, 78 (2), III, 115. 
 
 " the Star and Garter" in, 332. 
 Palmer, Charles, 48. 
 
 Edmund, 230. 
 
 James, 50. 
 
 John, 312. 
 
 Jonathan, 159. 
 
 Joseph, 78. 
 Pammell, Margaret, 227. 
 Pancrass, alias Pancrosse. See St. Pancras. 
 Panesford, Francis, 193. 
 Pangborn, William, 120, 138. 
 Panton, Nicholas, 229. 
 Panton Street, 77 (2), 298. 
 Papists, lists of, 17, 22, 51, 57, 76, 77, 78, 
 
 134- 
 
 in St. Anne's, W^estminster, 78. 
 in St. Clement Danes, 78. 
 in St. James', Westminster, 77. 
 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 76. 
 in St. Mary-le-Savoy, 78. 
 in St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 78. 
 Earl of Cardigan, allowed to keep arms, 
 
 136.. 
 complaint as to a school for, 192. 
 alleged conspiracy of, for the assassina- 
 tion of William HL 152. 
 orders as to, 17, 57, 152, 154, 170. 
 French, orders as to, 147. 
 priests, complaints as to sheltering, 
 
 192 (2). 
 priests, orders for the arrest of, 192. 
 Order of Council for making a list of, 
 299. 
 Parcince, Elizabeth, 202. 
 
 Parish, , 267. 
 
 Park Prospect. See St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster. 
 Parke (Parkes), Elizabeth, 174, 276. 
 Parker, Edward, 15. 
 Joseph, 140. 
 Thomas, 319. 
 
 , 71, 305- 
 
 Parker's Lane. Sec St. Giles'-in-the-F lelds. 
 Parr, Captain, 300. 
 Parrott, Alice, 173, 176. 
 
 Ann 123. 
 
 Charity, 207. 
 
 Mr., 156, 191. 
 
 Richard, 155, 158, 161, 164 (2), 168, 
 
 173, 176. 
 Parry, Elizabeth, 87. 
 Parsons, Sir John, 281. 
 
 2 B 
 
386 
 
 Index. 
 
 Parsons, Richard, 103. 
 
 William, 173. 
 
 Parsons, alias Roads, , 118. 
 
 Partridge, William, 340. 
 
 , 216. 
 
 Pale, Thomas, 52. 
 Patella, Angellat, 63. 
 
 John, 63. 
 Patten (Pattin), David, 251. 
 
 Robert, 304. 
 Paving, orders as to. See Streets. 
 Paxford, Thomas, 105. 
 Paxton, Benjamin, 128. 
 
 Daniel, 128. 
 
 Thomas, 128. 
 Payne, Mr., 182. 
 
 Robert, 1^,1. 
 Peake, William, 70, 
 Peale, Ann, 303. 
 Pearson (Peirson, Pierson), Deborah, 39. 
 
 Henry, 39. 
 
 Leonard, 79. 
 
 Mary, 135. 
 
 Samuel, 23. 
 
 Thomas, 35. 
 
 William, 125, 135. 
 Pease, George, 250. 
 Pegg, Ann, 255. 
 
 Elizabeth, 255. 
 
 Martha, 255. 
 
 Mary, 255. 
 
 Nathaniel, 255. 
 
 Thomas, 255. 
 Peirce, James, 33. 
 
 Lydia, 231. 
 
 William, 40. 
 Peircy, ^^'illiam, 51. 
 Pelling, Thomas, 109. 
 Pendred, John, 197, 234. 
 Penhalle, John, 61. 
 Penhallock, George, 136. 
 Penington, William, 91. 
 Penn, Simon, 48, 117. 
 
 William, 70. 
 Pennell, Elizabeth, 18. 
 
 John, 61. 
 
 Samuel, 18. 
 Pennery, David, 302. 
 
 Edward, 302. 
 Pennluna, Ann, 131. 
 
 Elizabeth, 131. 
 
 Richard, 131. 
 
 Theodocia, 131. 
 Penruddock, Edward, 78. 
 " Pension Poor," badges worn by, 124, 
 
 291. 
 Pensions for maimed soldiers. See Soldiers. 
 Perceval (Percivall), Thomas, 183. 
 
 William, 153. 
 Percy, John, 92. 
 Perkins, Elizabeth, 205. 
 
 Henrietta Maria, 205. 
 Perrin (I'erin), John, 107, 180. 
 Pery (I'iery), Colonel, 79, 80, 162, 170. 
 
 John, 107, 109. 
 Perry (I'errey), Colonel, 102, 118, 197. 
 
 Elizabeth, 205. 
 
 Perry, Francis, 205. 
 
 Henry, 205. 
 
 Mary, 205. 
 
 Peter, 205. 
 
 Richard, 55. 
 
 Robert, 232. 
 
 William, 82. 
 Persfield, Edward, 96. 
 Peter Street. See St. James', Westminster. 
 Peterborough, Dean of, 328. 
 Pether, John, 331, 333. 
 Petworth, James, 27. 
 Pew, David, 50. 
 Pewry, Edward, 89. 
 Pewsey, Thomas, 250. 
 Phelps, John, 29. 
 Phillips (Phillipps), Sir Ambrose, 31. 
 
 Ann, 83, 88, 89, 196. 
 
 Elizabeth, 83, 89. 
 
 John, 24, 52, 83 (2), 88, 89. 
 
 Mary, 24, 143. 
 
 Nicholas, 71. 
 
 Richard, 348. 
 
 Samuel, 173. 
 
 Thomas, 54. 
 
 W^illjam, 157. 
 Philpott, (ohn, 56, 70. 
 Phipps, Elizabeth, 51. 
 
 Henry, 55, 224. 
 
 Mr., 224. 
 
 Robert, 9, 51. 
 Phcenix Alley, 77. 
 
 Physic Gardens. See St. Margaret's, West- 
 minster. 
 Pickance, John, 330. 
 Piccadilly (Pickadilly) See St. James', 
 
 Westminster. 
 Pickering, Eleanor, 126. 
 
 Jeremiah, 126. 
 
 Launcelot, 18S. 
 
 Mary, 30, 126. 
 Pickett, George, 55. 
 
 Henry, 202. 
 Pick ford, Sarah, 300. 
 Pickleherring, Southwark, 35. 
 Piffe, Samuel, 173. 
 Piggott, John, 82, 118. 
 Pilate, Francis, 76. 
 
 Pillories, reference to, and persons set upon, 
 5 (2), 8, II (2), 20 (2), 21, 26, 30, 32, 
 1,1, 41 (4), 42, 54, 128, 132 (3), 
 
 133 (2), I34> 136, 139 (3). 148, 
 156, 205, 278, 281, 308, 314, 321, 
 
 346 (2). 
 
 Pinckney, Anthony, 38. 
 Pinkethman, William, 8. 
 Pingally, John, 226. 
 Pinner, hamlet of, 106, 135 (2). 
 
 meeting house for dissenters in, 300. 
 Piries, Andrew, 264. 
 Pitcher, John, 137. 
 Pitchford, John, 308. 
 
 Pitfield, Alexander, 169, 176, 177 (3), 178, 
 182, 284. 
 
 Mr., 171. 
 Pitman, Martin, 164. 
 
 Mar>', 173. 
 
Index. 
 
 187 
 
 Pitts, Anthony, 48. 
 
 Playhouse, complaint from the vicar of 
 llampslead, concerninjj a newly 
 erected, 346. 
 Playhouse Yard. See Covenl ( ;ar<lL'n. 
 Plenty, Krancis, 333. 
 
 Mary, 333. 
 
 Richard, m. 
 Plowden, Elizabeth, 52, 57. 
 Plum Street. See St. Giles'-in-the- Fields, 
 Plumer, Colonel, 329. 
 Plummer, Mary, 239. 
 Pole, Alington, 253. 
 Pollexfen, Henry, lord chief justice of the 
 
 Common Pleas, 30. 
 Ponder, Sarah, 318. 
 Ponder's End. See Enfield. 
 Pons, John, 350. 
 Ponting, Thomas, 257. 
 Poole, Jane, 122. 
 
 Richard, 47. 
 
 Thomas, 305. 
 
 William, 122. 
 Poor Palatines, Order of Council about the, 
 
 345- 
 report on what had been done for, 
 
 348. 
 Poor Prisoners, list so headed, 121. 
 Poore, Edmund, 11. 
 Pope, William, 321. 
 Poplar, 181, 184, 240, 294, 314, 333, 
 
 337- 
 Porter, Ann, 229, 231. 
 
 George, 66. 
 
 John, 107. 
 
 Thomas, 135. 
 Porter Street, 78. 
 Porter's Block. See Cowcross. 
 Portley, Maria, 108. 
 Portsmouth, 168, 289, 292. 
 Portugal Street, 78. 
 Portuguese Ambassador's Cnapel, 300. 
 
 Portwood, , 253. 
 
 Post, Robert, 208. 
 
 Thomas, 208. 
 Potter, George, 51. 
 
 Susanna, 70. 
 
 Thomas, 86. 
 Poulteney Hill. See St. Lawrence, Jewry. 
 Poultry Compter, the, 6. 
 Pounds, Captain, 14. 
 Powell, George, 48, 80, 82. 
 
 Mary, 268. 
 
 Matthew, 156. 
 
 William, 323. 
 Power, Benjamin, 331. 
 
 Charles, 237. 
 Powers, Arthur, 95. 
 
 Emmanuel, 95. 
 Powlett, Earl, 332. 
 Pratten, Charles, 43, 114. 
 Prendergast, John, 277. 
 Priestman, Mary, 61. 
 Prentice, Thomas, 246. 
 Prescott, Andrew, 78. 
 I'rescott Street. See Whitechapel. 
 Pressing. See Navy. 
 
 Presson, Robert, 52. 
 Preston, Viscount, 58. 
 Preston, Mary, 344. 
 
 Thomas, 47. 
 
 , 245. 
 
 Prew, Joseph, 298. 
 Price, Evan, 41. 
 
 John, 32, 233, 234. 
 
 Mary, 330. 
 
 Richard, 54, 73, 309, 323. 
 
 William, 18, 218. 
 
 , 194- 
 
 Prickat, Hosea, 329. 
 
 PhiHp, 329. 
 Prideth, Christopher, 137. 
 Priest (Preist), Elizabeth, 52, 57. 
 
 Thomas, 52, 57. 
 Prince, Giles, 123. 
 John, 72. 
 Robert, 72. 
 Thomas, 51. 
 Prince of Wales, " the pretended," 232. 
 
 persons committed for selling pictures of, 
 329. 
 Princes Street, near Clare Market, 156. 
 
 Upper Moorefields. See under St. 
 Leonard's, Shoreditch. 
 Printon, Ann, 342. 
 Pritchard, Hezekiah, 139. 
 Pritchett, Richard, 44. 
 Priltlewell, 184. 
 Pritty, John, 139, 143. 
 Propp, Jane, 82. 
 Prosse, Elizabeth, 319. 
 
 Protestants, dissenting, order exempting them 
 from penal laws, 310. 
 foreign, list of those who took the 
 oath, &c., 347, 351. 
 Pryor, John, 313. 
 Puckle, Thomas, 280. 
 Pudsey, Thomas, 351. 
 Pufiford, Elizabeth, 270. 
 
 Mary, 270. 
 " PuUetry Compter," the, 6. 
 PuUin, Robert, 173. 
 Pulman, James, 37, 41. 
 Purdey, Alice, 292. 
 Allen, 289. 
 Elizabeth, 289, 292. 
 Thomas, 289, 292. 
 Purton, .'Vdam, 203. 
 Putney, 5, 10, 267. 
 Pynnell, Richard, 345. 
 
 Quaker Street. See Spilalfields. 
 Quakers, the, 43, 88, 193, 246, 341. 
 
 meeting house of, at Tottenham, High 
 Cross, 43. 
 (^uarrell (Quarrill), Francis, 44, 46, 60. 
 Quarterman, Edward, 75. 
 Quartering and billeting soldiers. See under 
 
 Army. 
 Queen's Street, T], 207. 
 Quin, William, 77. 
 
 2 B 2 
 
;88 
 
 Index. 
 
 (^uindon, Henry, 205. 
 
 Quins, Andrew, 77. 
 
 <)iiinlin (Quinton), Henry, 85, 176, 190. 
 
 R. 
 
 Racklon [sic), ccmnty Sussex, 264. 
 Radford, William, 295. 
 Radlidge, Elizabeth, 230. 
 Ragg, Daniel, 100. 
 Ragould, James, 77. 
 Rainburrough, William, 36, 37. 
 
 Rallins, , 71. 
 
 Rampane, Mr., 22. 
 Ramsey, Elizabeth, 255. 
 
 Ephraim, 255. 
 
 George, 255. 
 
 Jane, 255. 
 
 John, 250. 
 
 Margaret, 250. 
 Randall, Ralph, 132, 135. 
 
 Thomas, 291. 
 Ranelagh, Earl of, paymaster-general to the 
 
 forces, 148. 
 Ransome, Elizabeth, 10. 
 
 Robert, 10. 
 Ranson, Rathnall, 171 (2), 272. 
 Rant, William, 105. 
 Ranton, John, 42. 
 Rascoe, Thomas, 282, 308. 
 Ratcliffe, Stepney, 7, 9, 15, 18, 24, 80, 81, 
 82, 92, 93, 95, 107, 108 (2), 123, 
 138, 139, 142, 165, 166, 173, 176, 
 179, 180, 188, 198, 202, 207, 211, 
 222, 240, 264, 271, 282, 288, 308, 
 
 315- 
 
 Cross, 180, 331. 
 
 public stairs leading to the Thames 
 from, 188. 
 
 London Street, orders as \.o paving, 49. 
 
 "the Sun Tavern," pillory near, 134. 
 
 influx of poor into, owing to the 
 "present" (1694) war, 107. 
 Ratcliffe Highway, 46, 186. 
 Raven, Eleanor, 35. 
 Rawbone, Phoebe, 162, 164. 
 Rawson, Robert, 65. 
 
 Thomas, 55. 
 Ray, Colonel, 253. 
 Raymond, John, 94. 
 
 Joshua, 90. 
 
 Robert, 253. 
 
 William, 77. 
 Read, Charles, 223. 
 
 Elizabeth, 38. 
 
 Henry, 328. 
 
 John, 38. 
 
 Joseph, 227. 
 
 Katherine, 233. 
 
 Meriall, 233. 
 
 Thomas, 313. 
 Reader, John, 93, 209, 220. 
 Reading (Redding), Francis, 6, 22, 316. 
 
 James, 35. 
 Reason, Leavon, 243. 
 
 Records, county, references to, 74, 166. 
 
 Recruiting. See under Army and Navy. 
 
 Recusants. See Papists. 
 
 Redding, John, 182. 
 
 Rcdgate, Rebecca, 321. 
 
 " Redoubt," unlawful assembly so called, 
 
 held at Exeter Exchange, 181, 182. 
 Red Lion Square. See Holborn and White- 
 chapel. 
 Red Lion Street. 5<?^St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 
 Redman, , 272, 273. 
 
 Redworth, James, 218. 
 Reese, John, 221. 
 Reeson, John, 43. 
 Reeve, "Mistress," 132. 
 Reeves, Amy, 231. 
 
 Ann, 231. 
 
 Charles, 225. 
 
 May, 231. 
 
 Richard, 231. 
 Reit, Peter, 347. 
 Rendar, Thomas, 284. 
 Renew, Peter, 35. 
 Renier, Vincent, 44. 
 Renoe, Andrew, 78. 
 Rest, Mary, 120. 
 Reynell, Richard, 183. 
 Reynolds, John, 26, 28, 233, 259 (2), 272. 
 
 Jonathan, 289. 
 
 Margaret, 5. 
 
 Mr., 274. 
 
 Robert, 5. 
 
 William, 55. 
 
 Mr., 88. 
 Rice, Richard, 3, 8. 
 
 Robert, 6. 
 Richards, Abraham, 315. 
 Richardson, Ann, 310, 312. 
 
 Thomas, 310. 
 Richer, Peter, 249. 
 Richmond, i. 
 
 " the Crown and Bunch of Grapes" at, 
 163. 
 Richmond, Andrew, 322, 
 
 John, 33, 42. 
 Rickard, John, 298. 
 Rider Street, T"]. 
 Rider, Richard, 276, 332, 343. 
 Rideout, Thomas, 188. 
 Ridgely, James, 337. 
 
 Sarah, 337. 
 Ridgill, Samuel, 333. 
 Rigby, William, 198. 
 Rigg, Mary, 237. 
 Righting, Thomas, 218. 
 Rigmaden, John, 51. 
 Rioting, reference to, 32, 241, 327. 
 Rippington, Gilbert, 252. 
 Rishea, Peter, 99, 132. 
 Rislipp. See Ruislip. 
 Roades, James, 218. 
 
 Lettice, 218. 
 
 Roads, alias Parsons, , 118. 
 
 Roakes, James, 122, 123. 
 
 Roath, Margaret, 207. 
 
 " Robbery money," order concerning, 65. 
 
 Roberts, Elizabeth, 286. 
 
Index. 
 
 ;89 
 
 Roberts, Hannah, 294. 
 Henry, 77. 
 
 John, 63, 75. 
 
 Joyce, 63. 
 Robins, John, 28, 29, 49, 59. 
 
 Thiimiis, 95. 
 
 William, 95, 165. 
 Robinson, Anthony, 42. 
 
 Elizaljeth, 176. 
 
 deorge, 41. 
 
 Jane, 351. 
 
 John, 106, 272. 
 
 Prebendary of Canterbury, 351. 
 
 Sarah, 106, 176. 
 
 , 244, 245, 246, 317. 
 
 Robleys, Anthony, 35. 
 Robson, Isabella, 348. 
 
 Thomas, 348. 
 Rock, Andrew, 78. 
 Rockelt, John, 154. 
 Roden, Robert, 198. 
 Roe, -Mr., 154. 
 Roebotham, James, 288. 
 Rogers, Francis, 7. 
 
 Henry, 85. 
 
 Jane, 285. 
 
 John, 52. 
 
 Mary, 52. 
 
 Richard, 93, 117, 246. 
 
 Robert, 31. 
 
 William, 30, 292. 
 Roges, Edward, 99. 
 Rolfe (Rolph, Rolf), Daniel, 35. 
 
 John, 166. 
 
 Mr., 196. 
 
 Robert, 7. 
 Rolls, Dr. Daniel, 43. 
 Rolls Liberty, the, 171, 313, 346. 
 Roman Catholics. See Papists. 
 Romford, 342. 
 
 Romney, Henry, Earl of, 253, 257, 260. 
 Rooding, John, 341, 342. 
 Rooke, Henry, 201. 
 Rooks, Colonel Hayman, 272. 
 
 James, 75. 
 
 John, 71. 
 Roome, Daniel, 155. 
 
 Richard, 294. 
 Roper, Henrietia, 51. 
 
 Henry, 130. 
 
 John, 95. 
 
 Samuel, 130. 
 Rose, Walter, 104. 
 
 , 282. 
 
 Rosemary Lane, 310, 327. 
 
 " the Shipwright's Arms" in, 113. 
 Rosewell, Mary, 6. 
 Ruth, Margaret, 207. 
 Rotherhilhe, 194. 
 
 Rotten Row. See St. Giles', Cripplegate. 
 Rouden, Michael, 105. 
 Round Court. See St. Martin's-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Round House, the, 4. 
 Round Houses, order as to detention of 
 
 persons in, 185. 
 Rous, Jervice, 77. 
 
 Rowe (Row), Caleb, 240. 
 
 Francis, 329. 
 
 Sir James, 4. 
 
 John, 82, 92. 
 
 Samuel, 168. 
 
 Thomas, 80, 125. 
 
 Sir Thomas, 13, 66, 74, 75, 126, 156, 
 165, 297. 
 
 William, 92. 
 Rowell, John, 3. 
 
 Samuel, 31. 
 Rowland, , 259. 
 
 Joseph, 198. 
 
 Katherine, 259, 260. 
 
 Zachariah, 290. 
 Rowley, Edward, 280. 
 
 Richard, 113. 
 Rowman, Peter, 5. 
 Roxeth, 135, 171, 284 (2), 312. 
 Roydon, county Essex, 239, 241. 
 Rudyard, Alice, 168, 324. 
 Rufford's Buildings. See St. James', Clerken- 
 
 well. 
 Rumbold, George, 121. 
 
 John, 197. 
 Ruisiip, 15, 47, 82, 89, 97, 135, 150, 157. 
 Rumball, Elizabeth, 319. 
 
 Katherine, 319. 
 
 Mary, 319. 
 
 Ralph, 319. 
 Rupert Street. See Whitechapel. 
 Rusholme, Robert, 78. 
 Russell (Russel), George, 48, 106, 141. 
 
 John, 113, 131. 
 
 Mar\', 98, 180. 
 
 Robert, 309. 
 
 Stephen, 240. 
 
 Thomas, 235. 
 
 William, 135. 
 Russell Street, 77, 78 (2). 
 Ruth, Benjamin, 206. 
 
 Elizabeth, 206. 
 
 Sarah, 206. 
 Ryder, Martin, 152, 166 (2), 22S, 235. 
 
 i\Ir. , 299. 
 
 Richard, 290, 291. 
 
 Ryder, 227, 229. 
 Rye, Susanna, 163. 
 Rymer, Thomas, 107. 
 
 Sabbath, orders as to observing, 23, 96, 218, 
 240, 247. 
 profanation of the, 23, 49, 57, 5S, 59, 
 61, 64, 80, 218, 226. 
 Saddler, John, 323. 
 Sadier, Frederick, 32. 
 Sadler, Edward, 121. 
 
 John, 127. 
 Saffron Hill. See St. Andrew's, Holborn. 
 Safield, Timothy, 35. 
 Sailor, petition of one who had been a slave 
 
 for 10 years in Algiers, 179. 
 St. Alban's, Herts, 71. 
 St. Alban's Street, 59. 
 
390 
 
 Index. 
 
 St. Andrew's, Ilolborn, 6, 12, 36, 39, 43, 
 56, 71, 83 (2), 85, 86, 89, 92 (2), 94, 
 96, 98(2), 100, 103, 105, 112, 117, 
 118(2), 119, 120, 125, 130, 131, 138, 
 141, 150, 156, 163, 168, 177 (2), 180, 
 194, 197, 215, 224, 230, 239, 248, 
 249, 252, 267 (2), 268, 274, 277, 280, 
 
 281, 286, 287, 290, 292, 299, 300, 
 305. 308, 309, 313, 323, 327, 330, 
 Zlh 337. 341. 342, 346, 350- 
 
 Black Boy's Alley, 94. 
 
 Charity School, 302. 
 
 Chick Lane, 94. 
 
 Devonshire Street, 136. 
 
 Ely Rents, 18, 28, 94, 177, 205, 224, 
 225, 235, 238, 239, 251, 258, 259, 
 261, 269, 270, 272, 274, 275, 279, 
 
 282, 287, 292, 303, 307, 319, 340 (2), 
 342, 347, 348, 350. 
 
 Fisher Street, 322. 
 
 Hatton Garden, 18, 28, 35, 59, 60, 87, 
 94, 205, 224, 225, 234, 238, 239, 251, 
 256, 259, 261 (2), 270, 272, 274, 275, 
 279, 282, 287, 292, 303, 307, 319, 
 340 (2), 342, 347, 348, 350. 
 
 Kirby Street, 256. 
 
 Lamb's Conduit, 305. Sec al.\o under 
 Lamb's Conduit Fields. 
 
 Lamb's Court, 224. 
 
 Ormond Street, a new street so called, 
 
 305- 
 
 Red Lion Fields, new building in, 224. 
 
 Red Lion Square, 16, 69, 313, 322. 
 
 Red Lion Street, 305. 
 
 Saffron Hill, 28, 59, 85, 87, 94, 99, 177, 
 180, 183, 224, 225, 234, 238, 239, 
 251, 256, 258, 259, 261, 264, 270, 
 272, 274, 275, 279, 282, 287, 290, 
 291, 292, 302, 303, 307, 319, 338, 
 340 (2), 342, 347, 348, 350. 
 See also under Ilclborn. 
 St. Anne's, Blackfriars, 174. 
 St. Anne and St. Agnes, parish of, 34, 35, 
 
 98. 
 St. Anne's, Westminster, 3, 22, 26, 44 (2), 
 48, 70, 76, 83, 90, 91, 95, 105, 107, 
 122, 136, 140 (2), 145, 152, 153, 154, 
 159, 160, 163, 172, 193, 200, 204, 
 208 (3), 210, 212 (2), 216, 228, 230, 
 235, 242 (2), 256, 260, 261, 262, 265, 
 271 (2), 279, 283, 289, 292, 295 (2), 
 
 311, 316, 321, 329, 330, ^T,T„ 340, 
 
 343> 349- 
 orders as to quartering soldiers, 257. 
 repairing pavements, 153, 172, 273. 
 almshouses in, 163, 209, 223, 254. 
 Castle Street, 230. 
 Church, 172, 212, 273. 
 Dane (Dean) Street, 226. 
 orders as to paving, 50. 
 " The Coach and Horses " in, 50. 
 Hall's Court, 346. 
 
 Old Soho, otherwise Wardour Street, 50. 
 See also iinder Westminster. 
 St. Bartholomew the Great, Parish of, 24, 
 
 35. 45. 299- 
 St. Bartholomew Exchange, 190. 
 
 St, 
 
 Botolph's (Buctolphs) Without Aldgate, 
 5, 13, 16, 23, 24, 35, 44, 46, 56, 60, 
 93. 97. 157, 164, 165, 166, 171, 174, 
 200, 239, 240, 250, 252, 272, 274, 
 311, 321, 323, 329, in, 341, 342, 
 351. See also under Aldgate. 
 East Smithfield Liberty, 159. 
 Glasshouse Yard, 94, 352. See aUo 
 
 under St. Giles', Cripplegate. 
 order for a watch house at, 119. 
 
 Botolph's Bishopsgate, 193, 285, 299. 
 
 Bride's (Bridgett's) Parish, Fleet Street, 
 35> 47. ^3. 106, 118, 164,200, 202, 
 205, 207, 221, 233, 246, 269, 292, 
 330, Zl-^, 337- . 
 
 Catherine's, Hermitage Bridge, 168. 
 
 Christopher's, Threadneedle Street, 333. 
 
 Clement Danes, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 
 34. 35. 39. 42, 45. 54. 66, 67, n, 80, 
 88, loi (2), 104, 112, 113, 118, 121, 
 122, 123, 126, 133, 138, 146, 151, 
 155, 166, 170, 174, 176, 179 (2), 180, 
 183, 186, 190, 191, 202, 206, 207, 
 211, 214 (3), 215 (2), 225, 226, 232, 
 233. 234, 237, 248, 250, 257, 261, 
 262, 2t)5, 266, 269, 270, 271, 276, 
 
 277, 282, 295, 299, 305, 307, 312, 
 
 319, 321, 322, 329, 330, 343, 351. 
 Church, rebuilding of, 176. 
 Devereaux Court, 321. 
 Dissenter's meeting house in, 43. 
 Sheirlane, 1 15. 
 Surrey Street, 306. 
 Clement's, Cambridge, 308, 310. 
 Clement's, Eastcheap, 93. 
 Clement's Inn, coffee house, 45. 
 Clement's, near Oxford, 195. 
 Dionis, Backchurch, 97. 
 Dunstan's, Stepney, 305, 327. 
 Dunstan's Hill, 35. 
 Dunstan's in the East, 258, 304. 
 Dunstan's in the West, 31, 39, 61, 71, 
 109, 168, 210, 294, 314. 
 Bond Street, 346. 
 Edmund the King, parish of, Lombard 
 
 Street, 198. 
 Ethelburga Within, Bishopsgate, 92. 
 George's, Southwark, 35, 265, 277, 299, 
 
 302, 311, 346. 
 Giles', Cripplegate, 20, 24, 40, 66, 79, 80, 
 92, IDT (2), 103 (2), 107, III, 122, 
 138, 141, 164, 174, 180, 187, 188, 
 203, 205, 207, 213, 216, 235, 238, 
 243, 262, 264, 278, 284, 290, 295, 
 296, 299, 302, 314, 319, 329, 333, 
 
 350. 351- 
 Bartholomew Square, 202. 
 Blue Anchor Alley, 255. 
 Chiswell Street, 71, 85, 160. 
 Glasshouse Yard, 31. See also under 
 
 St. Botolph's Without Aldgaie. 
 Golding (Golden) Lane, 83, 103, 314. 
 Grubb Street, 255. 
 
 watch house in, 309. 
 Hospital, 230. 
 Mount Mill, 215. 
 Old Street, 182. 
 
Index. 
 
 3QI 
 
 St. Giles', Cripplegate, Pest House, the, 230. | St. 
 Playhouse Yard, wat< h house in, 160, 
 
 162. 
 Rotten Row, 302, 319. 
 White Cross Street, 7, 36, 83, 160, 161, 
 170, 189. 
 
 " the l^ell " alehouse in, 327. 
 watch house at the Whitecrosse in, ! St. 
 160. St, 
 
 "the Post an(i Chain " in, 327. 
 See Cripplegate. 
 St. Giles'-m-lhe-hiekls, 2. 15, 18, 23, 25, j 
 30. 31, 38 (2), 39, 44. 47, 48, 51, 57, 
 61. 63, 70, 71, 85, 94, 95 (2), 96, 
 99 (2), 104, 106, III, 112 (2), 114, I 
 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 126, 128, I 
 130(2), 131, 132, 135, 138, 157, 165, 
 166, 167, 173. 174(2), 176, 182, 190, ! 
 193. 194. i95» 196, 200, 201, 207, 
 
 211, 213, 220, 221, 222, 230, 240, 
 241, 247, 251, 252, 256, 261, 262, 
 267, 271, 272, 273, 274, 277, 295 (2), 
 303, 30S (2), 313, 320, 321 (2), 322, 
 325, 329, 341, 346, 347, 350, 351. 
 
 orders as to paving, 273. 
 
 orders as to quartering soldiers, 257. 
 
 petition from inhabitants, 350. 
 
 protest from rector against licensing a 
 chapel for Independents, 310. 
 
 'Bloomsbury Market, pillory in, 151. 
 
 Castle Street, 239. 
 
 Church of, 189, 324. 
 
 Eagle Stren, 102, 109. 
 
 Earle Street, 306. 
 
 Great Queen Street Chapel for Inde- 
 pendents, 310. See also under Drury 
 Lane. St 
 
 Great Square in, 30. 
 
 Great Turnstile, pillory at, 32. 
 
 King Street, ^00. See also under King St 
 Street. St 
 
 Kingsgate Street, 103. St 
 
 Lukener's Lane, 222. 
 
 Monmouth Street, 210 (2). 
 
 Parker's Lane, 218. | St 
 
 Plum Street, 291. 'St 
 
 Pound, 32, 41, 42, 48, 85, 197, 208, ■ St 
 
 212, 224, 252, 256, 273. I St 
 St. Andrew's Street, 230. 
 St. Thomas Street, 218. 
 Southampton Street, 314. 
 
 St. (jeorge, Robert, 77. 
 St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, 289. St 
 
 St. James', Clerkenwell, 27, 31, 53, 63, 65, St 
 68, 70, 90, 93, 98, 108, III (2), St 
 117(2), 119, 120, 122, 124(2), 125, 
 134, 136, 140, 141, 168, 175, 190, 
 200, 205, 224, 243, 255, 256, 261, I 
 280, 296, 299, 309, 318, 321, 330, 
 347> 350, 353- 
 
 Aylesbury Chapel, meeting house for 
 Protestant Dissenters, 294. 
 
 Compton Street, 78, 215, 221. 
 
 Earl's Place, 215. 
 
 (ireat Rider Street, " the White Posts" 
 in, 324. , St 
 
 Mutton Lane, 288. ' 
 
 James', Clerkenwell, Norliiamplon Street, 
 136. 
 
 kufford's Buildings, 136. 
 St. John Street, 192, 215. 
 Turnmill Street, 137. 
 Wood's Close, 136, 215, 221. 
 See also under Clerkenwell. 
 James', Duke's Place, 249. 
 James', Westminster, 12, 21, 22, 34, 35, 
 44, 50, 54, 59, 61, 67, 76, 86, 89, 
 91, 94, 107, 114, 121, 123, 127, 141, 
 144, 147, 150, 151, 159 (2), 163, 
 164 (2), 167, 172, 179 (2), 181, 184, 
 196, 198, 199, 200 (2), 204, 205, 208, 
 209, 211, 212, 219 (2), 223 (2), 229, 
 235, 239, 254, 266, 276, 285 (2), 
 295, 297, 3". 316, 330, 343-. 
 orders as to quartering soldiers in, 257. 
 reference to repairs ol the highways in, 
 
 279. 
 Angel Court, 284. 
 Beak Street, 38, 39. 
 Broad Street, 266. 
 
 Brydall Lane, orders as to paving, 62, 
 Church, 163. 
 Council Chamber at, 293. 
 Coventry Street, 132. 
 King's Street Chapel, 266. 
 Little Silver Street, 266. 
 Little Way, the, 266. 
 Pall Mall, 34, 78 (2), III, 115, 332. 
 Peter Street, orders as to paving, 62. 
 Piccadilly, 6, 144, 163, 209. 
 Piccadilly End, 207. 
 Swallow Street, 39 (2). 
 Warwick Street, 331. 
 . James' Market, 45, 55. 
 
 "the Red Lyon" in St. Alban's Street 
 in, 59. 
 . James' Place, 222. 
 . James' Square, 303. 
 . James' Street, 77, 179. 
 pillory in, 5, 20. 
 
 See also under Westminster. 
 . John, Robert, 31. 
 John of Jerusalem, Liberty of, 19, ill. 
 John of Jerusalem Tavern, the, 85. 
 . John Street, 8, 27, 48, 85, 90, 94, 97, 
 "7, 139, 165, 312. 
 Hicks Hall in. See under Hicks Hall, 
 watch house near, 288. 
 
 See also under Hicks Hall. 
 John's, Hackney, 182, 193, 201, 297,319. 
 John"s, Thanet. See Margate. 
 . John's, Wapping, new parish, to be so 
 called, 119. 
 references to, 119, 126, 130, 136, 140, 
 142 (2), 143, 159, 160, 170, 176, 183, 
 184, 187, 189, 190, 193, 203, 216, 
 220, 225, 227, 230, 243, 246, 270, 
 278, 302, 306, 309. 
 " the Blue Anchor Tavern " in, 155. 
 Wellclose, 142, 145, 310. 
 great fire in, 259. 
 
 See also under Wapping. 
 Katherine, near the Tower, 175, 2IO, 
 231, 236, 267, 274, 291, 308, 310, 330. 
 
392 
 
 Inaex. 
 
 St. Katherine, near the Tower, Church of, 
 6, 56(2), 113. 
 Coleman Street, 16, 23, 54. 
 Cre.echurch, 1 12. 
 Irongate, 352. 
 St. Katherine's Precincts, 12, 26, 229. 
 St. Katherine's Prison, 4. 
 
 list of prisoners in, 55, 62, 68. 
 St. Lawrence Jewry, 155. 
 
 Poulteney Hill, 35. 
 St. Leonard's, Bromley, 202, 326. See also 
 
 under Bromley. 
 St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, 23, 29, 39, 40, 
 48, 50, 51. 52 (2), 70, 72, 11, 79, H, 
 90, 93, 97, 100, 105, 107, 128, 131, 
 132, i35> ^?>7, 180, 183, 187, 190, 
 193, 201, 209 (2), 210, 212, 213, 221, 
 222, 231, 259, 260, 264, 270, 277, 
 2S0, 290, 299, 312, 318, 329, 337. 
 Church End, 132, 216, 221, 337. 
 Foster Lane, 329. 
 High Street, 346. 
 
 pillory in, 346. 
 Holywell, 312. 
 Holywell Court [alias King John's 
 
 Court), 131, 198, 315, 317. 
 Holywell Lane, watch house against, 
 
 346 (2). ^ 
 Hollywell Street, 84, 114, 118, 220. 
 
 pillory in, 32. 
 Hoxton ("Hogsdon"), 117, 132, 135, 
 
 221, 280, 282, 286, 337. 
 " the Rose an'i Crown " in, 168. 
 White Cross Alley, 14, 221. 
 White Cross Street, the Bars in, 222. 
 See also under Shoreditch. 
 St. Margaret Pattens, 199. 
 St. Margaret's, Westminster, 2, 21, 22, ^^, 
 yi, 44, 45. 54, 56 (2), 60, 67, 76, 83, 
 
 98, 100, no, 1X2, 135, 148, 154, 158, 
 167, 174, 176, 184, 194, 211, 215, 
 216, 217, 220, 237, 253, 262, 265, 
 269, 281, 294, 297, 298, 299, 308, 
 311, 312, 321, 332, 335, 341, 342, 
 350. 
 
 orders as to quartering soldiers in, 257. 
 
 See also under Westminster. 
 Charles Street, destructive fire in, 316. 
 
 See also under Long Acre. 
 Dartmouth Street, 75. 
 Gardner's Lane, 344. 
 the Horseferry, 76. 
 Marshani Street, 54. 
 " le New Way," 26. 
 "Oxford Arms," the, 177. 
 Park Prospect, 75. 
 Physic Gardens, 78. 
 Tufton Street, 45. 
 Tuttlefield, 228. 
 St. Martin-in-the- Fields. 
 
 23, 30, V:, (2), 34 
 
 14 (2J, 19, 21, 
 
 42, 43, 45, 47, 
 
 53, 54, 55 (2), 61, 63, 67 (3), 76, 83, 
 99, 114, 116, 124, 127, 128, 140(3), 
 144, 148, 159 (2), 160, 161, 163, 164, 
 168, 172, 174, 176 (3), 178, 179, 180, 
 183, 187, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 
 204(2), 207, 208(2), 210, 211, 214. 
 
 St. Mariin-in-the-Fields, 218, 219, 223, 227, 
 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 252, 253, 
 254, 262, 264, 266, 269, 270, 272, 
 273, 274, 278, 280, 283, 289 (2), 
 290, 294 (2), 308, 311, 315, 316, 
 
 327, 332, 335, 336, 340, 341- 
 orders for paving a new street in, 201. 
 orders as to quartering soldiers in, 257. 
 Almshouses in, 272. 
 Bear Street, 131. 
 Bond Street, 332. 
 Burleigh Street, 77. 
 Castle Street, 201. 
 Church, 163, 349, 350. 
 
 " the Lord's Gallery '" in, 143, 163, 
 209, 223, 254, 343. 
 Church Lane, 76, 163, 208, 209, 254, 
 
 343- 
 rsference to paving, 163, 208, 209, 
 223. 
 Churchyard, 144, 163, 208, 254, 343. 
 
 stone stumps by the, 209. 
 Drury Lane Division. See Drury Lane. 
 Duke's Court, 201. 
 Haymarket, ihe. See Haymarket. 
 
 order concerning the hounds of, 
 
 184, 212. 
 reference to paving, 187, 212. 
 repair of, 184. 
 Hedge Lane, 144, 158, 163, 209, 254. 
 reference to the paving of, 163, 
 
 209, 223. 
 watch house in, 209, 223. 
 High Street or .Strand Division, 55. 
 Hungerford Market, 147. 
 King's Mews, 201. 
 May Fair, riots at, 241, 327. 
 Mew's Gate, 201. 
 Newport Street, 131. 
 Out Division, 55. 
 Round Court, 338. 
 schoolhouses in, 254. 
 Spring Gardens, 77, 153. 
 Spur Alley v\ard, 218. 
 Vestry, 212, 283 
 Martin's Lane, 35, 55, 76, 77 (2), 208, 
 
 209 (2), 230, 232, 254, 313. 
 reference to the paving of, 163, 209, 
 
 223. 
 Martin's-le-Grand, 35 (2), 45. 
 Goal, 33, 34. 
 Martin's, Ludgate, 295, 299. See also 
 
 tinder Ludgate Street. 
 Martin's, otherwise Carfax, Oxfird, 291. 
 Martin's Vintry, 210. 
 Mary Aldermary, 39. 
 Mary Axe, 35. 
 
 Mary, Islington, 19, 47, 63, 65, 79, 84, 85, 
 93,97, 99, 100, 112, 113, 117, 130(2), 
 133, 137, 13^^(2), 155, 156, 157, 158, 
 164, 169, 171, 172, 173, 178, 186, 
 187, 188, 189, 192, 198, 199, 201, 
 202, 203 (2), 201;, 225, 229, 243, 263, 
 
 274, 305, 323, 334- 
 See also under Islington. 
 St. Mary-le-bone Parish, 113, 197, 200, 201, 
 208, 212, 233, 234, 261, 272. 
 
 St. 
 
Index. 
 
 393 
 
 St. 
 
 St. 
 
 St. 
 
 Mary-le-Savoy, 22, 45 (2), 47, 59, S9, 
 108, 112, 118, 123, 126, 131, 132, 
 183, 214, 215, 232, 258, 266, 295, 
 315, 318, 343. 
 
 orders as to quarterinj^ soldiers in, 257. 
 
 Duchy Lane, 106 (2). 
 
 Eagle Court, 199. 
 
 Katherine Street, [)il]ory in, 199. 
 
 Savoy garrison, 57. 
 
 See also under Savoy, the. 
 Mary-le-Strand, 22. 
 Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, 98. 
 Mary Magdalene, Colchester, 326. 
 Mary Matfellon. See \\hilechapel. 
 Mary, Newington, county Surrey, 314. 
 Mary Overy, county .'^'urrey, 243. 
 Mary's Katcliff, Bristol, 205. 
 Mary's, Westminster (/irfj^^rtf^/j' St. Mar- 
 garet's), 186. 
 Mary's Woolchurch, 173. 
 Michael Bassishaw, 264, 283. 
 Michael Querne, 35. 
 Michael's, Cornhill, 323. 
 Michael's, Wood Street, 89. 
 Mildred, Bread Street, 347. 
 Olave's, Hart Street, 285. 
 Olave's, Silver Street, 329, 333. 
 
 Olave's, Southwark, 26, 56, 69, 179, 
 
 299, 337- 
 
 Pancras' Parish, 16, 36, 66, 81 (2), 85, 
 86, 88, 95, 106 (2), 108, 112, 122, 
 123, 164, 16S, 174, 195, 261, 272, 
 276, 306, 319, 337. 
 
 Paul, John, 131. 
 
 Paul's, Dean and Chapter of, 4, 48, 117. 
 prison of the liberty of, 71. 
 
 Paul's, Covent Garden, 22, 36, 81, 89, 
 99, 105, 106, 107, III, 128, 133, 
 140, 153, 161, 164, 177, 192, 203, 
 
 207, 220, 221, 252, 262, 273, 280, 
 299, 308. 
 
 Bow Street, 18S. 
 
 Chandos (Shandos) Street, meeting 
 
 house in, 43. 
 Henrietta Street, 294. 
 Playhouse Yard in, 89. 
 See also Convent Garden. 
 Paul's, Shadwell, 2, 24, 49, 52, 69, 72, 
 83, 86, 93 (2), 95, 96, 115, 123, 155, 
 168, 187, 195, 197, 202, 203, 207, 
 
 208, 217, 274, 281, 288, 302, 315, 
 331, 342, 346. 
 
 Peter's, Canterbury, 112. 
 
 Peter's, Cornhill, Axe Court, 181. 
 
 Peter's, Westminster, Dean and Chapter 
 of. See under Westminster. 
 
 Saviour's, Southwark, 225 (2), 259, 260, 
 
 313, 321, 351. 
 Chequer Alley, 205. 
 
 Sepulchre's Parish, 35 (2), 43, 74, 83, 
 104, 106, 113, 126, 132, 138, 145, 
 166, 169, 183, 185, 191, 193, 200, 
 205, 207, 210, 224, 239, 243, 253, 
 255, 278, 296, 299, 304, 305, 319, 
 323 (2), 329 (2), 112,. 
 orders as to cjuartering sold'ers in, 257. 
 petition from the inhabitants of, 190. 
 
 St. Sepulchre's Parish, Cowcross, 2, 30, 35, 
 85, 176, 190, 205. 
 watch house, 30, 31. 
 whipping post at, 29, 30. 
 
 Smithfield in. See Smithfield. 
 St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, 126. 
 St. Swithun's Parish, 118. 
 '* St. Tooley's," 34. 
 Salisbury, Ellen, 6. 
 
 Owen, 293. 
 
 Sarah, 293. 
 Salisbury Court, 71. 
 Salisbury House, 27, 87. 
 Salmon, Eve, 32. 
 
 William, 85. 
 Salt, reference to sale of, 156, 254, 258. 
 Salt, William, 264. 
 Saltonstall, Mary, 133. 
 Samborne, county Essex, 145. 
 Sams, George, 21. 
 Samwell, James, 75. 
 Sanders (Saunders), Mr., 72. 
 
 Richard, 195. 
 
 Sara, 120. 
 
 Thomas, 35, 68, 92, 1 10. 
 
 William, 127, 193, 266, 271. 
 Sanford, Joseph, 217. 
 Sanger, Ann, 182. 
 Sansom, William, 290. 
 Saunderson, Elizabeth, 281 (2) 
 Savile, Thomas, 8. 
 Savory, George, 102. 
 
 Thomas, 73. 
 Savoy, the, 305. 
 
 deputy provost marshal of, 147. 
 Savoy Gate, the. See Strand. 
 Savoy Precincts, the, 123, 262. 
 Savoy Ward, the, 338. 
 
 See also under St. Mary-le-Savoy. 
 Sawyer, Moses, 86. 
 
 Phillip, 86. 
 
 Sir Robert, 30. 
 Sayers (Seers), Joseph, 246. 
 Scales, Isabel, 313. 
 
 William, 313. 
 Scasse (?), Mary, 284. 
 Scholts, Melcher, 283. 
 Scott, John, 31, 173. 
 
 Leonard, 44, 82. 
 
 Mary, 82. 
 
 Ralph, 179. 
 
 Richard, 179. 
 
 Rowland, 236. 
 
 Thomas, 180 (2). 
 
 William, 159. 
 Scrivener, Thomas, 142, 223. 
 Seacroft, John, 82. 
 Seagood, Donald, 197. 
 Scale, Daniel, 60. 
 
 Francis, 42. 
 
 Jane, 177. 
 Seals, Henry, 48. 
 Seamore, Mary, 262. 
 Sedgwick, Moses, 75, 89. 
 
 Tobias, 60. 
 Seers, alias Sayers, Joseph, 246. 
 Selby (Zelby?), Elizabeth, 75. 
 
394 
 
 hidex. 
 
 Selby, Genard, 79. 
 Sellenger, James, 211. 
 
 Mary, 211. 
 Seller, John, 7, 28, 37. 
 Sells, Samuel, 305. 
 Selvvin, Colonel, 122. 
 Senior, Nathaniel, 314. 
 Settlement, disputes as to, passim. 
 Sevel, Thomas, 35. 
 Seward, Dorothy, 314. 
 Sewers, references to, in John Street, 94. 
 
 in Kensington, 17. 
 
 in St. Pancras, 86. 
 Sex, Hannah, 194, 197. 
 
 Mary, 197. 
 
 Richard, 194. 
 Sexton, Thomas, 284. 
 Seymour (Seamour), Daniel, 35. 
 
 James, 82, 97. 
 Shadd, Catherine, 270. 
 
 Elizabeth, 270. 
 Shadwell, 34, 39, 198, 289, 292. 
 
 Market, 141. 
 
 meeting place for protestant dis- 
 senters in the market-house at, 
 306. 
 
 St. Paul's. See St. Paul's, Shadwell. 
 
 .Sun Tavern in, pillory near, 20. 
 Sharpe, John, 71. 
 
 Thomas, 191. 
 Shaw, David, 222. 
 
 Eleanor, 222. 
 
 Francis, 200. 
 Shea, Walter, 77. 
 Shearne, Edward, loi. 
 Sheep, illegally exposing for sale, 103. 
 Sheering, Samuel, 26. 
 Sheffield, Robert, 119. 
 
 Shelcrosse, , 71. 
 
 Sheldon, Eleanor, 316. 
 
 Henry, 6. 
 
 Margaret, 61. 
 
 Roger, 61. 
 Shelley, William, 136. 
 Shelstone, Peter, 309. 
 Shelton, Lawrence, 55. 
 Shepheard (Sheppard), Anne, 176. 
 
 Elizabeth, 266, 267. 
 
 John, 69, 138, 267. 
 
 Joseph, 176. 
 
 Mary, 192. 
 
 Richard, 20, 25, 192. 
 
 Samuel, 20. 
 
 Thomas, 323. 
 Shepperton, III, 130, 219 (2), 233, 264, 328. 
 
 Sherborn, , 196. 
 
 Sheriff, Robert, 218. 
 Sherley, Mary, 234. 
 Sherman, Mr., 104. 
 
 Margaret, 303. 
 
 Richard, 327. 
 
 Thomas, 303. 
 Sherrington, Robert, 53. 
 Sherwen, William, 52. 
 Sherwood, Hannah, 341. 
 
 Thomas Markaris (?), 22. 
 Sherwood Street, 77. 
 
 Ship Yard, the, 45. 
 Shipp, Richard, 125. 
 Shi|ipe)', Susanna, 2. 
 
 William, 118. 
 Ships, names of — 
 
 Barfleur, 285. 
 
 Bonaventiire, 183. 
 
 Bridgewater, 310. 
 
 Charles, 126. 
 
 Comet, bomb-ketch, 303. 
 
 Content, 295. 
 
 Coruwell, 93. 
 
 Ciiiiiherland, 333. 
 
 Duchess, 136. 
 
 Expedition, 94. 
 
 Gloncestei-, 183. 
 
 Hainpton Court, 95. 
 
 Holmes, fireship, 264. 
 
 Ipswich, 243. 
 
 Litchfield, 323. 
 
 Ne7varA', 281. 
 
 Nottingham, 210. 
 
 Norwich, 231. 
 
 Orford, .94. 
 
 Feiiibroke, 189. 
 
 Ranelagh, 237. 
 
 Royal Ann, 1^1 . 
 
 Royal Charles, 231. 
 
 Royal Katherine, 295. 
 
 Royal Oak, 180. 
 
 Salisbury, 270. 
 Shirklane, 35. 
 Shore, Matthew. 36. 
 
 Shoreditch, 15, 29, 171, 189, 194, 233, 240, 
 246. 
 
 Crown Court, Independeu s' meeting 
 house in, 246. 
 
 Church, 151, 231, 233 (2). 
 
 Holliwell Street, 72, 84, 90. 
 pillory in, 32. 
 
 Kingsland'Road, 39, 231, 233 (2). 
 
 orders as to paving, 231. 
 
 See also under St. Leonard's, Shore- 
 ditch and Kingsland. 
 .Shoreditch, Colonel, 344. 
 
 Richard, 339, 341. 
 Short, Joseph, 238. 
 
 Nicholas, 239. 
 Shorter, Dorcas, 205. 
 
 Roger, 205. 
 Shrewsbury, Earl of, 14, 
 Shute, C.iles, 173. 
 
 Katherine, 314. 
 
 Peter, 10. 
 Sidney. Sec Sydney. 
 Sidway, Mary, 189. 
 Signs, mentioned, 6, 8, 20, 41, 45 (passim), 
 
 47 (3). 50 (4), 5i> 53. 59> 7i (3), 74, 
 76, 78, 82, 85 (2), 86, 93 (2), 102, 
 103 (2), 113 (2), 114, 127 (passim), 
 128, 129, 133, 134, 155, 163, 168, 
 177, 182, 183, 185, 186, 190, 203, 
 210, 222, 228, 231, 235, 252 (3), 
 327 (2), 352. 
 
 Silcridge, Katherine, 236. 
 
 Silke, (ieorge, 34. 
 
 Silver, Richard, 73, 216. 
 
Index. 
 
 395 
 
 Simmons (Simonds), Elizabeih, 117. 
 
 John, 40. 
 
 Thomas, 16. 
 Simpson, Bridy;ot, 290. 
 
 I'AJward, 77. 
 
 Ehzabeth, 346. 
 
 Malhew, 290. 
 
 Sarah, 273. 
 Sims, WiUiam, 309. 
 Singleton, John, 323. 
 
 Susanna, 70, 323. 
 Sion (Syon), manor of. See Isleworlh. 
 Skeiton, William, 280. 
 Skidder, John, 324. 
 Skinner, Edward, 340. 
 
 Edmund, 346, 34S. 
 
 Robert, 153. 
 Skilsley, Mary, 256. 
 
 Richard, 256. 
 
 Robert, 256. 
 Slade, Henry, 43, 88. 
 Slater, Richard, 40. 
 Slatery, Edmund, t,})'}^. 
 
 Margaret, m. 
 Slaughter Yard. See Wapping. 
 Slayer, Dr. Frederick, 300. 
 Sleath, William, 19. 
 Slett, Henry, 162. 
 Slocomb, John, 122. 
 Small-pox, reference to, 186. 
 Smallwood, John, 78. 
 Smart, Henry, 160. 
 
 William, 35. 
 Smith (Smythe), Alice, 305. 
 
 Barbara, 302. 
 
 Benjamin, 214. 
 
 Captain Boyle, 324. 
 
 Edward, 265. 
 
 Elizabeth, 107, 122, 139, 173, 207, 295, 
 
 .337, 341, 350- 
 Sir Erancis, 47. 
 Cieorge, 127, 186. 
 Giles, 176. 
 
 Henry, 113, 170, 174. 
 Sir James, 81, 129, 141, 149, 168, 169. 
 Jane, 199, 207, 313. 
 Sir John, 146, 149. 
 John, 43, 67, 78, 79, iro, 129, 136, 
 
 142, 153, 200, 203, 224, 350. 
 Joseph, D.D., 339. 
 Joseph, 224, 228. 
 Katherine, 18 1. 
 Luke, 135. 
 Margaret, 207. 
 Martha, 288. 
 Mary, 207, 224, 228. 
 Osmond, 198. 
 Randall, 168. 
 Richard, 35, 80. 
 Robert, 11, 141, 331. 
 Samuel, 288. 
 Sarah, 305. 
 Simon, t,"},. 
 Susan, 122. 
 Thomas, 60, 173, 224, 228, 229, 289, 
 
 .326, 341- 
 Timothy, 173. 
 
 Smith, William, 122, 177, 190, 206, 207, 318. 
 
 , 36, 48. 
 
 Smithfield, 13, 56, 119. 
 
 " the Bear and Ragged Staff" in, 190. 
 East, 221, 272. 
 Smithfield Bars, 92, 165. 
 Smythson, Hugh, 286. 
 Sir Hugh, 280. 
 Mr., 169. 
 Snapes, Sergeant, 194. 
 Snelling, Robert, 10. 
 Snowe (Snow), Grace, 196. 
 Henry, 164. 
 Mary, 298. 
 Nicholas, 298. 
 Soan, Jane, 321. 
 
 John, 321. 
 Soho, Greek Street, 85. 
 
 Old, otherwise Wardour Street, 50. 
 " the Red Cow " in, 50. 
 " the Spotted Dog " in, 50. 
 Soldiers, pensions for maimed, 3, 8, 10, 27, 
 32, T,-], 44, 46, 48, 56, 68, 81, 91, 
 92,95, 103, 1*07, 109, no, 114, 118, 
 119, 123, 129, 141, 146, 168, 176, 
 177, 183, 190, 195, 196, 212, 213, 
 234, 238, 239, 240, 255, 256, 269, 
 270, 281, 284, 285, 286, 294, 295, 
 297, 298, 306, 314, 317, 323, 325, 
 326, 330, 333, 339, 340, 341, 350. 
 See also under Army. 
 Somerset, Charles, Duke of, 265. 
 
 Elizabeth, Duchess of, 265. 
 Somerset House, 104. 
 Sondley, county Worcester, 125. 
 South Mymms. See Mymms. 
 Southall, 92, 168. 
 Southall, Henrj', 330. 
 Southampton House, letter dated at, 259. 
 Southampton Street. See High Holborn and 
 
 St. Cliles'-in-the-Eields. 
 Southwark, Blackman's Street, 71. 
 
 St. George's. See St. George's, South- 
 wark. 
 Marshalsea, the. See under Marshalsea. 
 St. Olave's. See St. Olave's, South- 
 wark. 
 Pickleherring, 35. 
 Southwarke, Cypiian, 176. 
 Southwood, Joseph, 197. 
 Spain, English victories in, 303. 
 Sparling, Elizabeth, 19. 
 Speakman, William, 184. 
 Speerman, Nicholas, 50. 
 
 Spelthornc, Hundred of, 3, 8 (2), 36 (2), 40, 
 46, 56, 92 (3), 106, 109 (2), 110(2), 
 114, 118, 129(2), 142, 149 (2), 167, 
 169, 187, 213, 217, 224, 236, 238 (3), 
 239, 250, 255, 258, 269, 284, 286 (2), 
 297, 298, 302, 312, 313, 314, 325 (2), 
 328 (2), 339 (2), 341. 
 Spence, Albert, 189. 
 Jonathan, 189. 
 Mary, 189 (2), 193, 20i. 
 Spencer (Spenser), Hannah, 141. 
 Joseph, 107. 
 Nicholas, 131, 137. 
 
396 
 
 Index, 
 
 Spencer, Randall, 139. 
 
 Spier, Peter, 232. 
 
 Spilman, William, 52. 
 
 Spilsworth, William, 303. 
 
 Spirits, petition against distilling from corn, 
 
 193- 
 Spitalfields (Spittlefields), Stepney, 19, 34, 
 50, 87, 102, 122, 145, 151, 161, 188, 
 240, 241, 265, 277, 285, 290, 305 (2), 
 ^ 306, 326. 
 
 Cuckhold Row, 203. 
 
 Market, 141. 
 
 Quaker Street, 35. 
 
 " the Roebuck " in, 203. 
 
 St. John Street, pillory in, 139. 
 
 orders as to lighting, 281. 
 
 White Lyon Yard, 326. 
 Spooner, Ralph, 123. 
 Spring Gardens. See St. Martin's-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Springum, Dorothy, 130. 
 
 William, 130. 
 Spur Alley Ward. See St. Martin's-in-the- 
 
 Fields. 
 Spurrell, John, 179, 288. 
 Stacey, Abraham, 54. 
 
 Anne, 54. 
 Staffe, Henry, 71, 177. 
 Stafford, alias Carr, Rebecca, 300. 
 Stafford, Elizabeth, 337. 
 
 Henry, 327. 
 Staines, 14, 92, 112, 115, 127, 196, 233. 
 
 "the Anchor " at, 127. 
 
 " the Angel " at, 127. 
 
 "the Bear " at, 127. 
 
 " the Black Hoy " at, 127. 
 
 " the Dog" at, 127. 
 
 "the Nag's Head " at, 127. 
 
 " the Red Lyon " at, 127. 
 
 " the Rose and Crown " at, 127. 
 
 " the White Horse " at, 127. 
 Staines Market, 344. 
 Staines, David, 197. 
 
 Elizabeth, 275. 
 
 John, 197, 275. 
 
 Margaret, 197. 
 
 Sarah, 197. 
 Standish, Elizabeth, 347. 
 
 James, 347. 
 
 John, 347. 
 
 Mary, 347. 
 
 Sarah, 347. 
 Standley, Joseph, 86. 
 Stanhope Street, 45. 
 
 pillory in, 156. 
 Stanley, John, 145. 
 
 Susannah, 65. 
 
 William, 211. 
 
 , 265. 
 
 Stanmore, 170, 180. 
 
 Little, 20, 59, 100. 
 Stanton, Robert, 36. 
 Stanwell, 28, 55, 63, 222, 272. 
 Sianyon, John, 195. 
 Stapler, John, 94. 
 Staples, George, 188. 
 
 Joseph, 13, 157, 161. 
 
 Staples, Mary, 13, 157, 161, 170. 
 Stapleton, Thomas, 250, 281. 
 Starkey, Agnes, 210. 
 
 Jonathan, 210. 
 
 Robert, 183. 
 Stayner, John, 44. 
 Steabunheath. See Stepney. 
 Steed, William, 84, 264. 
 Steel (Steele), Ann, 143. 
 
 Edward, 47. 
 Steele, alias Morphew, John, 132 (2). 
 Steene, PVancis, 21. 
 Steers, William, 92, no, 115. 
 Stent, Joseph, 122. 
 Stephens John {see Stevens), 6. 
 Stephenson. See Stevenson. 
 Stepney, otherwise Stebunheathe, 15, 17, 19, 
 24, 34, 52, 62, 63, 64, 70, 83, 86, 88, 
 89, 100, 102, 107 (2), 112, 114, 121, 
 128, 133 (2), 146, 155, 174, 176, 
 179 (2), 180 (2), 1S7, 199, 202, 204, 
 205, 207, 211, 212, 214, 222, 224, 
 225, 235, 240, 243, 256, 280, 302, 
 308, 323, 329. 
 
 Back Lane, 186. 
 
 Bethnal Green. See Bethnal Green. 
 
 Blackwall. See Blackwall. 
 
 Blow Court Fields, 34. 
 
 Bow. See Bow. 
 
 Broad .Street, Presbyterian meeting house 
 in, 66. 
 
 Cable Street, 141, 143. 
 
 " the Windmill " in, 141. 
 
 Cannon Street, orders for paving, 35, 
 46, 47. 
 
 Causeway, 179. 
 
 Church Lane, 56, 220. 
 
 Churchyard, 190, 240. 
 
 reference to the watch in, 241. 
 
 St. Dunstan's. See St. Dunstan's. 
 
 Limehouse. See Limehouse. 
 
 xMile End. See Mile End. 
 
 Old Gravel Lane, orders for paving, 47. 
 
 Poplar. See Poplar. 
 
 " the World's End Tavern," 102. 
 
 Ratcliffe. See Ratcliffe. 
 
 .St. Katherine's Prison. See St. Kathe- 
 rine's. 
 
 Spitelfields. See " Spitalfields." 
 
 Stratford-le-Bow. See Stratford-le-Bow. 
 
 Wapping See Wapping. 
 Sterry, Francis, 268. 
 Stevens (Steevens), George, 59. 
 
 John, 14, 325, 326. 
 
 Jonathan, 122. 
 See also Stephens. 
 Stevenson (Stephenson), Benjamin, 174. 
 
 Caleb, 174. 
 
 Edward, 124. 
 
 Elizabetii, 190. 
 
 Mary, 142. 
 
 Nathaniel, 174. 
 Steward, Mary, 70. 
 Stibbs, John, 302. 
 
 Thomas, 166. 
 
 William, 258. 
 Stilp (?), Margaret, 270. 
 
Index. 
 
 397 
 
 Stocker, Richard, 170. 
 
 Stockholm, 115. 
 
 Stoke Newingtoii, So, 137, 168, 175, 190, 
 
 193- 
 Irish and Dutch soldiers quartered at, 
 
 59- 
 meeting house for Independents at, 193, 
 
 303- 
 
 Stokes, Anthony, 256. 
 Stone, Edward, 48, 316. 
 
 Samuel, 328. 
 
 Thomas, 328. 
 Stonebridge, 151. 
 
 Stookes, , 71. 
 
 Stott, , 125. 
 
 Storey, John, 2S4. 
 
 Mary, 319. 
 
 Samuel, 260. 
 Storms, destructive, 272. 
 Stowman, Thomas, 75. 
 
 Strand, the, 27, 43, 57, 77, 81, 87, 148, 
 169, 210, 300, iz^. 
 
 "the Belle Inn," 183. 
 
 Brewer's Yard, 77. 
 
 " the Dolphin " in, 183. 
 
 Duchy Liberty in, 114. 
 
 Exeter Change in, 181. 
 
 "the Fountain Tavern," pillory near, 
 
 the Maypole, pillory near, 8, t,t,, 41 (3), 
 45, 54, 286, 321.' 
 
 New Exchange, pillory at, 8. 
 
 Savoy Gate, the, in, 330. 
 Strand-in-the-Green, 333. 
 Stratford-le-Bow, 24, 202, 205, 214, 276, 302, 
 
 1^1,^ 327> 330> IZl^ 352. 
 Old Ford, 205. 
 Greengoose Fair, 342. 
 Stratford, Archelaus, 13. 
 
 Sarah, 133. 
 Stratton, Robert, 6. 
 Street, Cieorge, 183. 
 John, 331. 
 Mary, 183. 
 Richaid, 150, 342. 
 William, 171. 
 Streets, orders as to lighting, 27, 50, iii, 
 281. 
 orders as to paving, 38, 39 (2), 46 (4), 
 48, 49. 50. 53> 58, 59. 60, 62, 69, 
 71, 74, 76, 85, 90, 97, 102, 103, 109, 
 III, 114, 117, 131, 136, 141, 143, 
 242, 252, 254, 261, 266, 272, 273, 
 298. 
 Stringer, Francis, 48. 
 
 . 34- 
 
 Strode, Thomas, 31. 
 
 Stroud (Strowde), Henrj-, 35. 
 
 Mr. , 79. 
 Stubbins, William, 207. 
 Stubbs, Adam, 123. 
 
 . 71- 
 
 Sturt, Thomas, 56. 
 Styles, Joan, 180. 
 
 John, 325, 339, 341. 
 Suckling, Isabella, 278. 
 Sudbury HamleL, 150 (2), 284 (2), 313. 
 
 Sugar, Elizabeth, 315. 
 Sullivan, Edith, 83. 
 
 Lawrence, 83. 
 Summers, Henry, 1 18- 
 
 Izard, 118. 
 Sumner, Nathaniel, 345. 
 Sunbury, 97, 205, 239, 258, 334. 
 Sunday, due observance of. See under 
 
 Sabbath. 
 Sunderland, Earl of, complaint by, in refer- 
 ence to pressing, 352. 
 Surrey, county of, 5, ill. 
 Surrey Street. See St. Clement Danes. 
 Surrovile, Raymond, 78. 
 Sutton, George, 157. 
 
 John, 157. 
 
 Richard, 326. 
 Sutton, in Kingston, 197. 
 Sutton's Hospital. .SVe Charterhouse. 
 Swaine (Swayne), Joseph, 284. 
 
 Katherine, 82. 
 Swallow Street. See St. James'. 
 Swan Yard, 78 (2). 
 Sweet, Benjamin, 269. 
 Sweetbone, 326. 
 Swetman, John, 282, 341. 
 Swift, John, 14. 
 Swinnerton, Thomas, 44. 
 Sydney, Henry, Viscount, 42. 
 Symonds, Henry, 194. 
 
 John, 131. 
 Syrett, Elizabeth, 196. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taafe, John, 127. 
 Tall, John, 42. 
 Tallant, Edward, 43. 
 Tame, John, 135. 
 
 William, 55. 
 " Tangier," a place called, in Newgate Gaol, 
 
 244. 
 Tanner, Richard, 258. 
 Tarling, Mary, 143. 
 Tarply, Elizabeth, 32. 
 
 William, 32. 
 Tarrant, John, 277. 
 
 Nathaniel, 258. 
 
 Valentine, 277. 
 Tatly, Samuel, 3. 
 
 Samuel, junior, 3. 
 Tawny, Henry, 219. 
 Tay, Stephen, 55. 
 Taylor, Ann, 2, 89, 141, 288 
 
 Anthony, 99. 
 
 Bridget, 199. 
 
 Charles, 12, 13. 
 
 Colonel, 201. 
 
 Daniel, 84. 
 
 Captain Edward, 128. 
 
 Elizabeth, 201. 
 
 Faith, 217. 
 
 Frances, 60. 
 
 Godfrey, 48. • 
 
 James, 321 (2). 
 
 John, 2, 141. 
 
398 
 
 Index. 
 
 Taylor, Joseph, 34, 84, 89, 209. 
 Mary, 126. 
 
 Neveston, 327, 330, 337. 
 Richard, 9, 200, 213. 
 Robert, 15, 34. 
 William, 276. 
 Captain William, 289. 
 
 Teague, , 18. 
 
 Teale, Benjamin, 280. 
 Teas, John, 150, 155. 
 Teddaman, Thomas, 294. 
 Teddington, no, 131, 134, 183, 330. 
 Temple, the, 35. 
 
 Inner, the, 136. 
 Temple Bar, 27, 87, 220, 226, 286, 321. 
 pillory near, 278. 
 Bell Yard, 55. 
 Terapleman, Francis, 275. 
 Terrett, Isaac, 187, 198, 212. 
 
 Mr., 187. 
 Terry, Thomas, 121. 
 Tewley, Ann, 213. 
 Frances, 213. 
 Mary, 213. 
 Robert, 213. 
 Thame, county Oxon, 71 (3). 
 Thames, the, 32, 188. 
 
 public stairs leading from Ratclifte Cross 
 to the, 188. 
 Thames Ditton county Surrey, },},. 
 Thames Street, 35. 
 Thanet, Isle of, 11. 
 Thatcher, Benjamin, 264. 
 
 William, 270. 
 Theodrick, John, 297. 
 Thimbleby, John, 51. 
 Thomas, James, 330. 
 Katherine, 207. 
 Margaret, 146, 248. 
 Mary, 207, 346. 
 Richard, 14&. 
 Thomlinson, Anne, 179. 
 John, 179. 
 Mary, 179. 
 Thompson, Anne, 278. 
 
 Elizabeth, 35, 262, 271. 
 John, 162. 
 Lawrence, 255. 
 Thomas, 182. 
 Thornhill, >Ir. , 248. 
 Thornton, Edward, 139, 143. 
 
 John, 85. 
 Thoroughgood (Thorowgood), Mary, 113. 
 
 Thomas, 8, 36. 
 Threadneedle Street, 333. 
 Thresher, Samuel, 35. 
 Threister, Thomas, 175. 
 Throgmorton Street, 190. 
 Thurlewind, Richard, 180. 
 Thurston, }., 324. 
 Tichburne, Mary, 51. 
 Tiddman, Thomas, 314. 
 Tie, Joseph, 142. 
 Tilbury, county Essex, 182. 
 Tillard, Benjamin, 273, 312. 
 Tillear, John, 246. 
 Richard, 246. 
 
 Tilley, John, 15. 
 Timmins, Richard, 93. 
 Tisbury (Tesbury), county Wilts, 181. 
 Titchficld, William, 220. 
 Todd, John, 307. 
 Mr., 85. 
 Walbridge, 307. 
 Tokens, false, reference to, 42, 128, 132, 
 
 139. Sec also under Coin. 
 Tolman, William, 194. 
 Tomes, Mr., 230. 
 Tompkins, Edward, 22. 
 Toogood, Regmald, 165. 
 Tooley, Michael, 128. 
 Tooth, Mary, 203. 
 
 Robert, 203. 
 Topping, Phcebe, 99, 132. 
 Tothill Fields. See under Westminster. 
 Tottenham, 16, 23, 164, 304, 350. 
 Court, 252, 256, 261, 271. 
 High Cross, 48, 193. 
 Quakers' meeting house at, 43. 
 Tow, Francis, 312. 
 Tower of London, the, 47, 145, 243. 
 
 St. Katherine's near the. See St. 
 
 Katherine's. 
 Weld Close, near the, 197. 
 Tower Ditch, the, St. Bultolphs Without 
 
 Aldgate, 113. 
 Tower Division, the, 22, 47, 56, 58, 64, 72, 
 73 (2), 81, 82, 108, 117, 141, 154, 
 155. 169, 174, 177, 213, 217, 230, 
 241, 314, 315, 337, 352. 
 Tower Hamlets, 17, 84, 105, 116. 
 Tower Hamlets Militia, the, 9, loi. 
 Tower Hill, " Horseshoe" Tavern on, 352. 
 pillory near, 308. 
 
 pillory near Victualling Office on, 346. 
 See also under Little Tower Hill. 
 Towerson, Edward, 19. 
 Townsend, Captain, 243. 
 
 Edward, 112. 
 Tracey, the Honourable Robert, 277. 
 Transportation, hard labour at Newgate in 
 lieu of, recommended for women 
 convicts, 296. 
 punishment for illegal, 32. 
 Trantman, Sebastian, 347. 
 Trapps, Henry, 51. 
 Travers, John, 166. 
 Treasury, Lords of the, 37. 
 Treby, Lord Chief Justice, 154. 
 Tressilian, Margaret, 200. 
 Trevis, John, 207. 
 Trevor, Dorcas, 4. 
 Hugh, 262. 
 Jane, 262. 
 Judith, 262. 
 " Trial of John Foster for stealing a mag- 
 pie," paper entitled, 100. 
 Trigoult, Robert, 126. 
 Trinity Chapel, 332. 
 Trinity, Minories, 98, 177. 
 Troughton, Eleanor, 18. 
 
 Samuel, 18. 
 Trubsham (Troubshaw ?), Edward, 92, 202. 
 Trusted, Edward, 302. 
 
Index. 
 
 399 
 
 Trusted, Elizabeth, 302. 
 
 Richard, 302. 
 Try, John, 1 18. 
 Tucker, John, 211. 
 Tufton Street, orders for paving, 45. 
 Tully, lohn, 212, 240, 256, 270, 274, 296, 
 29S, 321, 327, 339. 
 
 Mr., 313. 
 Tumber, William, 113. 
 Tunbridge, Lord, 304. 
 Turbervill, Bryan, 332. 
 Turin, [ohn, 140. 
 Turner, Anna Victoria, 114, 1 16. 
 
 Edmund, 35. 
 
 Edward, 120. 
 
 Elias, 183. 
 
 Elizabeth, 255. 
 
 Dr. Francis, 58. 
 
 Hannah, I. 
 
 Henry, 309. 
 
 Humphrey, 88, 270. 
 
 James, 255. 
 
 John, 41, 69, 129, 149, 158, 309. 
 
 "Mary, 255. 
 
 Noah, 205. 
 
 Rebecca, 70. 
 
 Richard, 256. 
 
 Susan, 255. 
 
 Thomas, 46, 255. 
 
 William, 3, 8, 35, 52, 227, 302. 
 
 , 272. 
 
 Turnmill Street. See St. James', Clerken- 
 
 well. 
 Turvin, Thorras, 325, 339. 
 Tuskin, Richard, 81. 
 Tutchheld, William, 209. 
 Tuttle, Henry, 214. 
 Tuttle Fields. See Westminster. 
 Tuttle Street, 55, 149. 
 
 Twickenham (Twittenham), 31, 68, 91, 94, 
 107, 112, 134, 177, 196(2), 197, 205, 
 265. 
 
 Common, orders for erecting almshouses 
 on, 265. 
 
 Lower Common, 265. 
 
 Old Field in, 265. 
 Tyburn, 200, 208, 212. 
 Tyers, Bartholomew, 184. 
 Tyler, Abraham, 135. 
 Tyllard,IJane, 180. 
 Tyson (Tyssen), Christian, 239. 
 
 Francis, 182, 195. 
 
 Sylvester, 243. 
 Tyton, James, 132, 160, 180, 350. 
 
 Mr., 165, 177. 
 Tyzack (Tissick), John, y] , 41, 73 (2), 80. 
 
 u. 
 
 Udall, Thomas, 131. 
 Umfreville, Sir Charles, 4. 
 Underbill, Mr., 75, 79, 80 (2), 162. 
 
 William, 29, 79, 91, 92. 
 Underwood, Charles, 130. 
 
 Francis, 77. 
 Unlawful meetings, suppression of, 156. 
 
 Unsworth, Ferdinando, 303. 
 Upp, Jonathan, 183. 
 Upper Barnsbury. Sec Barnsbury. 
 Upper Prince's Street. See Morelields. 
 Upthrow, Richard, 174. 
 Upton, Mr., 30, 104. 
 
 Uxbridge, 73, 141, 178 (2), 213, 236, 239, 
 240, 305. 
 Market, 344 (2). 
 
 complaint as to " ingrossmg cnrn " 
 at, 344. 
 meeting house ft)r religious worship in, 
 310. 
 Uxbridge Road, the, 104. 
 
 V. 
 
 Vagrant Money, 352. 
 Vagrants, passing of, passim. 
 ^ Vance, James, 27. 
 Vandemanda, John, 32. 
 Vanderslyes, Ann, 210. 
 Vandervell, James, 228, 230. 
 Vanloon, John, 52. 
 Vanlute, William, 214. 
 Vanstaden, Mr., 194. 
 Varney, Katharine, 136. 
 Vaughan, Andrew, 85. 
 
 Martha, 179. 
 
 Thomas, 321. 
 Vere Street, " the Bullhead," 45. 
 Vernon, Thomas, 31. 
 Victuallers' licenses, orders as t^', 145. 
 Victualling Office, the. Tower Hill, 308, 
 
 346. 
 Vincent, John, 187. 
 Virgin, Arthur, 219. 
 Vivian (Vivion), Peter, 14. 
 
 Richard, 203. 
 
 w. 
 
 Wadbrook, Elizabeth, 342. 
 Wade, John, 128. 
 Wadley, Francis, 309. 
 
 Manasses, 309. 
 Waford, alias Waller, Mary, 280. 
 
 Phillip, 280. 
 Wages, rates of, 68, no, in, 255, 270, 
 
 284, 297, 312, 325, 339. 
 Waglett, John, 246. 
 
 Wainwright, Haughford (Hayford), 10, 166, 
 292, 302, 308, 309 (2), 310, 320, 
 322 (2), 337, 338. 
 
 Mr., 79, 80, 152, 187, 235, 275. 
 Waisbury. See Wraysbury. 
 Wait, Abigail, 19. 
 Wakefield, John, 191. 
 Walbank, John, 259. 
 Walburton, Robert, 193. 
 Wales, Prince of. See Prince of Wales. 
 Walgrave, Francis, 78- 
 Walkden, Thomas, 306. 
 Walker, Ann, 124, 139. 
 
400 
 
 Index. 
 
 Walker, Charles, 105. 
 
 F'rancis, 124. 
 
 James, 330, 337. 
 
 John, 24. 
 
 Mr., 169. 
 
 Robert, 139. 
 
 Thomas, 166, 191. 
 
 William, 210, 218. 
 Wall, Judith, 220. 
 
 Walter, 220. 
 Waller, alias Conner, Hannah, 277. 
 Waller, alias Waford, John, 280. 
 
 Mary, 278, 280. 
 
 Phillip, 280. 
 Wallis, John, 230. 
 
 Joseph, 230. 
 
 Richard, 82, 203. 
 
 Thomas, 216. 
 
 alias Haltord, Ann, 82. 
 Wallopp, Alice, 332. 
 Wallraven, Arthur, 174. 
 
 John, 174. 
 Walmsley, Sarah, 346. 
 Walsh, Hannah, 318. 
 
 Peirce, 278. 
 Walter, James, 327. 
 
 Thomas, 82, 93, 313. 
 Walters, Ann, 227. 
 
 John, 80. 
 Waltham Abbey, county Essex, 106, 107. 
 Walton, Edmund, 350. 
 
 John, 328. 
 Wansor {sic), county Surrey, 71. 
 Wapping, 6, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 28, 37, 38, 41. 
 48, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, "]■}, (2), 79, 80, 
 87, 89, 91, loi, 103, 116, 123, 126(2), 
 
 133. 138. 139, 142, I43> 150. 155' 
 156, 157, 160, 168, 170, 171, 174, 
 180, 216, 240, 250, 256, 261 (2), 266, 
 267, 270, 278, 280, 288, 290 (2), 303, 
 327> 340- 
 " Anchor Tavern" in, 71. 
 Denmark Street, 186 (2). 
 Gravel Lane, 71. 
 Meeting House Alley, Presbyterian 
 
 meeting house in, 66. 
 St. John. See St. John's, Wapping. 
 Slaughter's Yard, 214. 
 Wellclose, 145. 
 
 See also taidei- St. John's, Wapping. 
 Wapshott, Charles, 298. 
 Warburton, Elizabeth, 285. 
 Thomas, 285. 
 William, 285. 
 Ward, Andrew, 69. 
 Anthony, 13. 
 Henry, 20. 
 John, 6, 1 1. 
 Jonathan, 1 15. 
 Joseph, 308. 
 Robert, 308. 
 Wardour Street. See Soho. 
 Ware, Gideon, 43. 
 
 Timothy, 39, 223. 
 Ware, Parish of, 236, 239. 
 Warenfield, Christopher, 308. 
 Warner, John, 322. 
 
 Warren, Ann, 262. 
 Charles, 262. 
 John, 262. 
 William, 262. 
 Washborne, Elizabeth, 318. 
 
 Richard, 318. 
 Warwick, .\nn, 308. 
 Lawrence, 55. 
 Mary, 308. 
 Warwick Street. See St. James', West- 
 
 mins!:er. 
 Watch, orders as to setting a double, 153. 
 Watch House, petition to erect a, 145. 
 Watch Houses. See under Bow ; Cripple- 
 gate ; Grub Street ; Hampstead ; 
 Gray's Inn Lane ; Norton Folgate ; 
 Rosemary Lane ; St. John Street ; 
 Smithfield ; St. Sepulchre's ; Shore- 
 ditch. 
 complaint as to, 349. 
 Watches, order as to, 27, 30, 45, 131, 157, 
 160, 176, 178, 192, 206, 218, 247, 
 249, 252, 263, 276, 291, 303, 320, 
 
 349- 
 
 the " Grand, ' 76. 
 Waters, Barnett, 299. 
 
 George, 64, 72. 
 
 Thomas, 213. 
 Watford, county Herts, 55, ^i^^j, 338. 
 Watkins, John, 40, 77, 131. 
 
 W'illiam, 216. 
 Watson, Elizabeth, 207. 
 
 Francis, 226. 
 
 Hugh, 94. 
 
 Plumphry, 21. 
 
 James (?), 271. 
 
 John, 269. 
 
 Samuel, 65. 
 Wawford, Ezekiel, 278. 
 Wayman, William, 14. 
 
 William, junior, 14. 
 Weald Hamlet. See Harrow. 
 Weale, John, 61, 109. 
 Weathe, William, 295. 
 Weatherhead, Robert, 145. 
 Weaver, Charles, 15, 16, 23. 
 
 ludith, 15, 16. 
 Webb, Anne, 176, 330. 
 
 Clement, 169. 
 
 Elizabeth, 330. 
 
 Mary, 330. 
 
 Sarah, 30. 
 
 Silvester, 330. 
 
 Thomas, 205, 252. 
 Webber, John, 213. 
 Webster, Henry, 258. 
 
 Jane, 308. 
 
 Rachael, 258. 
 
 William, 30S. 
 Wedge, Elizabeth, 90. 
 Weeby, John, 331. 
 Weedon, Samuel, 171 (2). 
 Weeks, Abel, 302. 
 
 Captain Abel, 152 (2), 153, 155, 161, 
 164, 166, 168, 173 (2), 176, 181, 
 185 (4). 
 
 Edward, 27. 
 
Index. 
 
 401 
 
 Weeks, Joseph, 25. 
 
 Mary, 302, 341. 
 Well.y, John, 37, 38. 
 Woldon, John, 78. 
 Wellclose. Sec St. John, Wappiny; ; Wappini; 
 
 and Whitechapel. 
 Weller, (ieori^e, 203. 
 Wells, Alice," 326. 
 Benjamin, 48. 
 Gabriel, 162. 
 John, 127, 352. 
 Roger, 134, 330. 
 Welsh, Elizabeth, 71, 350. 
 
 Peirce, 270, 350. 
 Wembley, 135, 171, 284 (2). 
 Wendover, I'atish of, 233, 234. 
 Wenham, Edward, 173. 
 \Vesthani, county Sussex, 8. 
 West, Charles, 256. 
 George, 17, 22. 
 John, 340. 
 Roger, 86. 
 Sarah, 232. 
 Thomas, 222. 
 West Clandon, county Surrey, 255. 
 West Drayton. See Drayton. 
 West Ham, county Essex, 146. 
 West Street, orders as to re-paving of, 230. 
 Westbrook, George, 157. 
 Westminster, 17, 35, 38, 39, 42, 58, 11 1, 
 123, 138, 143, 181, 217, 249, 260, 
 267, 276, 288, 344. 
 Act for the good government of the 
 
 City of, 241. 
 declaration of, 285. 
 orders to high constables of, 257. 
 orders as to watch kept in, 249. 
 Bowling Alley, 45. 
 Chappell Street, 172. 
 Charles Street, Crown Court in, 6. 
 Dane Street, 50. Sec St. Anne's. 
 Gatehouse Prison in, 11, 26, 35, 45, 545 
 
 55, 61, 75, 154, 248, 253, 276. 
 House of Correction in, 6, 22, 61, 80, 
 
 316. 
 Liberty of, 215, 223, 226, 228, 232. 
 Little Newport Street, 227. 
 Tothill Fields, 45. 
 Tufton Street, 45. 
 St. Ann's Parish. Sec St. Ann's. 
 St. James' Parish. See St. James'. 
 St. "Margaret's Parish. See St. Mar- 
 garet's. 
 St. Alban's Street, 34. 
 St. Peter's Street, 55. 
 streets of, orders as to cleansing, 223. 
 Vine Street, 67. 
 
 See also under St. Anne's, St. Mar- 
 garet's, and St. James', West- 
 minster. 
 Westminster, Dean and Chapter of, 228, 
 
 289. 
 Westminster Hall, 109, 188, 344 (2). 
 Westmore, Edward, 171. 
 Weston, William, 321. 
 Westwood, Stephen, 340, 342. 
 West Wycombe, county Bucks, 93. 
 
 Wetherell (Wetherall), Thomas, 299, 302. 
 
 Weymouth, Michael, 226. 
 
 Whalett, John, 40. 
 
 Wheat. See Corn. 
 
 Wheelbarrows, order for apprehension of 
 persons exposing wares for sale in, 
 and carrying dice, 321. 
 
 Wheeler, Samuel, 29. 
 
 Whetstone, 19. 
 
 Wheyman, Elizabeth, 226. 
 Francis, 226. 
 
 Whipping, orders for, 32, 41, 42, 54, 61, 
 153, 165, 170, 189, 197, 207, 220, 
 222, 226, 275, 281 (2), 286, 288, 300, 
 313, 314, 321, 324, 327, 330, 336, 
 
 352. 
 Whitchcott, Henry, 81, 327. 
 White, Alice, 160. 
 
 Elizabeth, 155. 
 
 George, 216. 
 
 Grace, 351. 
 
 Jane, 351. 
 
 John, 61, 150, 177, 180, 347. 
 
 Joseph, 83. 
 
 Lawrence, 351. 
 
 Liney, 216. 
 
 Lydia, 195. 
 
 Thomas, 195. 
 
 William, 306. 
 Whitechapel (or St. Mary Malfellon), 3, 9, 
 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 34, 60, 70, 
 73. 75. 85, 87, 93, 97, 93 (3), 100, 
 102, 106, no, 117, 119, 120(2), 123, 
 126(2), 135, 136, 145, 157, 173, 180, 
 181, 183 (2), 186 (3), 188, 189, 190, 
 192, 194, 196, 199, 210, 216, 224, 
 226, 233, 237, 261, 262, 265, 266, 
 267, 284, 285, 291, 302, 307, 321, 
 
 352- 
 "Rag Fair "at, 211. 
 " the Artichoake," 50, 53, 74. 
 Alliffe (Ayloffe) Street, 50, 56, 69, 252. 
 
 orders as to paving, 50. 
 Chamber Street, 252. 
 Church Lane, 70, 87, 113, 141. 
 
 orders as to paving, 50, 71. 
 Goodman's Fields, 34, 50 (2), 52, 69, 
 
 94, 103, 252. 
 Goodman's Gate, 50. 252. 
 " the great street " in, reference to 
 
 paving, 74. 
 Harrow Alley, 252. 
 High Street, 50 (2). 
 
 orders as to paving, 50. 
 Hooper Square, 252. 
 Lambeth Street, 182, 252. 
 Leman Street, 50, 103, 340. 
 
 "the Black Boy" Coffee House, 
 103. 
 
 " the Black Horse Inn," 103, 252. 
 letters dated at, 296, 297. 
 Mansell Street, 50. 
 
 " Shipp" Coffee House, 252. 
 Mount, place so called in, 50, 53. 
 order as to the watch, 252. 
 Prescott Street, 252. 
 Rosemary Lane, 50, 211, 252. 
 
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 Index. 
 
 Whitechapel, Rupert (?) Street, 252. 
 
 Red Lion Square, 50. 
 
 St. Mary, 89, 261, 290. 
 
 Wellclose in, 142. 
 
 Wapping Hamlet. See Wapping. 
 
 Wentworth Street, 173. 
 
 Winford Street, 97. 
 
 " the White Bear," 252. 
 Whitechurch, Richard, 271. 
 Whitecott, Henry, 394. 
 Whitecross Street. Scf St. Giles' Without, 
 
 Cripplegate. 
 Whitecross Alley. Sec St. Leonard's, Shore- 
 ditch. 
 Whitefriars, 31, 35, 1 15. 
 W'hitehall, Privy Council at, 170. 
 
 letter dated at, 297. 
 Whitehall, Edward, 326, 340. 
 Whitehead, Ann, 298. 
 
 Charles, 26, 85. 
 
 George, 100. 
 
 John, 298. 
 
 Robert, 212. 
 Whitehorse Street, orders as to paving, 49. 
 Whitehurst, Francis, 159, 165. 
 
 John, 48. 
 Whiteing, Elizabeth, 258. 
 
 Thomas, 94, 135, 156. 
 White Lyon Yard. See Spitalfields. 
 Whitethorne, Jonathan, 314. 
 
 Mary, 314. 
 
 . , 314- 
 
 Whiteupp, Henry, 103. 
 Whitfield, William, 51. 
 Whitham, Martha, 261. 
 Whitherly, Eleanor, 227. 
 Whittle, William, 132. 
 Whitton. See Isleworth. 
 Whitton, Daniel, 250. 
 Wickard, David, 173. 
 Wicks, Abel, 325. 
 
 Samuel, 170. 
 Wiggens, John, 75; 220. 
 
 Stephen, 73- 
 Wilbarnis, Johanna, 321. 
 Wilburne, Thomas, 305, 346, 351. 
 Wilcox, John, 35. 
 
 William, 168. 
 Wild, Mary, 190. 
 
 Richard, 34. 
 
 William, 328. 
 Wild Street, 35. 
 Wildboar, Edward, 17. 
 Wilford, Frances, 174. 
 Wilkes, Thomas, 314, 315, 337, 338. 
 Wilkins, Hannah, 160. 
 
 John, 160. 
 Wilkinson, Hugh, 113. 
 
 John, 225. 
 
 Samuel, 138. 
 
 William, 326, 339. 
 Willchin, Daniel, 97. 
 WiUesden, 97, 126, 136, 274, 306, 313, 337, 
 
 338- 
 Braint Bridge in, 310. 
 William \\\, 237, 239, 266. 
 
 addresses to. See under Addresses. 
 
 William HI, conspiracy against, 152. 
 
 drinking confusion to, 245. 
 Williams, Andrew, 278. 
 
 Anne, 278. 
 
 David, 140. 
 
 Elizabeth, 93, 237. 
 
 Fleetwood, 346, 350. 
 
 John, 6, 78, loi, 177, 276, 306, 309, 
 318, 346. 
 
 Katherine, 99, 188. 
 
 Mary, 181, 211. 
 
 Richard, 82. 
 
 Robert, 183 (2). 
 
 Thomas, 242. 
 Willimott, Mr., 35. 
 Willin, Robert, 35. 
 Willis, George, 96. 
 
 John, 96, 303. 
 
 Mary, 145. 
 
 Richard, 62, 145. 
 
 Thomas, 95. 
 Williston, Robert, 173. 
 Wills, Edward, 334. 
 
 Robert, 352. 
 Wilmer, John, 10, 11. 
 Wilsanck, John, 327. 
 Wilson, Edward, 141, 238, 243. 
 
 George, 198. 
 
 Henry, 72, 114, 118. 
 
 Isaac, loi. 
 
 Martha, 293. 
 
 Mrs., 161. 
 
 Roger, 12. 
 Wiltshire, Edward, 344. 
 
 Elizabeth, 344. 
 Winch, John, 115. 
 Winckle, Anne, 264. 
 Winder, William, 196. 
 Windupp, John, 119. 
 Winfield, Richard, 327. 
 Wing, Daniel, 138. 
 Winkfield, Ralph, 92, 168. 
 Winter, Salvator, 96. 
 Winterborne, Alice, 123. 
 Wise, George, 339. 
 Wisewell, John, 327. 
 Witch Street, 78, 85. 
 
 " the Five Bells," 45. 
 Witham, county I'^ssex, 255. 
 Withers, Major-General, 297. 
 
 Mr., 170, 171. 
 
 William, 29, 79. 
 
 , 79, 8 (2). 
 
 Wolstenholme, Sir John, 169. 
 Wood, 185. 
 W^ood, Jane, 323. 
 
 John, II. 
 
 Joseph, 213. 
 
 Mr., 198 (2). 
 
 Richard, 162. 
 
 Samuel, 76. 
 
 Thomas, 347. 
 
 William, 53, 161, 233. 
 Woodburn (Wolmrn?), county Bedford, 122. 
 Woodcock, Richard, 125. 
 Woodcombe, Elizabeth, 295. 
 
 Margaret, 295. 
 
Index. 
 
 403 
 
 Woodcombe, Peter, 295. 
 Woodcraft, Richard, 55. 
 Woodeaton, county Oxon, 262. 
 Woodgate, Johanna, 296. 
 Wtiodhall (Woodall), Hannah, 29. 
 
 John, 24, 29. 
 
 Mary, 24, 29. 
 
 Susannah, 24. 
 
 Thomas, 24, 29. 
 Woodhouse, Francis, 157. 
 
 John, 23. 
 Woodman, Mr., 35. 
 
 Thomas, 137. 
 Woodroffe (Woodroofe), Baptist, 298. 
 
 Mary, 112. 
 Woodrow, Samuel, 306. 
 Wood's Close. See St. James', Clerkenwell. 
 Woods, William, 272. 
 Woodward, Frances, 315. 
 
 Margaret, 204. 
 
 Wool bridge, , 71. 
 
 Wollaston (Wolleston), Madam, 197. 
 
 Margaret, 228. 
 
 Nicholas, 230. 
 
 Thomas, 160. 
 Woolley, Thomas, 20. 
 
 William, 94. 
 Woollger, Richard, 293. 
 Woolsey, Margaret, 174. 
 Wooton, 89. 
 
 Workhouse, the corporation, 302. 
 Worley, Charles, 118. 
 Worth, Robert, 194. 
 Wotton, Hannah, 174. 
 
 Margaret, 174. 
 Wray, John, 15, 47. 
 
 Richard, 82. 
 ^^'ra^•sbury (Wyrardisbury, Waisbury), 
 
 county Bucks, 159, 334. 
 Wren (Wrenn), Sir Christopher, 194. 
 
 Thomas, 306. 
 Wright, Edward, 284. 
 
 Wright, Ellis, 183. 
 
 Susan, 165. 
 
 Thomas, 165. 
 
 William, 60. 
 Wroth, Charles, 323. 
 
 Margaret, 323. 
 Wyatt, Henry, 33, 34, 45. 
 
 John, 316. 
 Wybird, Samuel, 289, 290. 
 Wycombe, West, county Bucks, 93. 
 Wye, John, 196. 
 Wyniard, Edward, 239. 
 
 Hannah, 239. 
 Wynn, John, 260. 
 
 William, 345. 
 Wyrardisbury. See Wraysbury. 
 Wyrill, Robert, 233. 
 Wytheborn, Clement, 78. 
 
 Yalden, Edward, 290. 
 
 Elizabeth, 290. 
 Yarwell, Arabella, 288. 
 
 John, 288. 
 Yates, Charles, 70. 
 
 Richard, 77, 337. 
 
 Sarah, 337. 
 Yclverton, Elizabeth, 303. 
 Yeoman (Yeomans), Edmund, 149. 
 
 Edward, 129. 
 Yeovil, county Somerset, 118. 
 York (Yorke), Henry, 51-. 
 
 Walter, 334. 
 York Buildings, Duke Street, 77. 
 Young, Andrew, 115. 
 
 Elizabeth, 293. 
 
 Hannah, 293. 
 
 John William, 293. 
 
 Sarah, 293. 
 
 Thomas, 293. 
 
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