Volume 1

Hertford County records.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905-
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Hertford County records. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the highways; and of John Cesar, Esq., and Mr. Andrew Willett, for not working on the highways with their teams. 794. Presentments of John Gimber, of Ware, for keeping and using a net, not being two inches and a-half in “ mashe,” and having no water of his own. Also of John Kinge, of “Hartford,” glover, for killing two trout under seven inches in length, in All Saints, in Hert- ford, in the river Lee. Also of Thomas Medlicott, of Cheshunt, gent., for annoy- ing the highway with a “ sinke.” Also of David Chapman, and John Simson, of Cheshunt, late marsh wardens, for neglecting to cut the weeds and to scour the ditch belonging to the marsh called Waltham Crosse Hoppet, in the parish of Cheshunt. 796. Presentment of John Gooddwall, of Little “ Barckcomsteed,^' Robert Cocke, Nicelas Wringe, and Eobart Kunnington, all of Chesthunt, for absenting themselves from their parish churches for the space of one month. 839. Recognizances of Robert Woolley, of Bishop^s Hatfield, gar- dener, John Bareleggs, of the same, yeoman, and Thomas Avis, the younger, of the same, for the appearance of the said Robert Woolley and Susan, his wife, to answer a charge of abusing Joane Edwards, apprentice to the same Woolley. 851. Recognizances of Gilbert Stone, of Tring, surgeon, and Richard Elliott, of the same, yeoman, for the first named to answer a charge of carrying, keeping, and using a certain gun to destroy the King’s game. 855. Recognizance of Gilbert Stone, of Tring, surgeon, to give evidence against Sir Richard Anderson, of Pendley, in the parish of Tring, baronet, and John Wilford, of the same place, the parish clerk, concerning their assaulting and beating him. 871. Petition of the churchwardens and inhabitants of the parish of Hatfield, setting forth that Steven Ewer, of Punsborne, refuses to pay three several assessments for the repair of the parish church, amounting in all to ^3 7s. Id., unless the parish will consent to repair Mr. Ewer’s chapel adjoin-