Volume 1

Hertford County records.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905-
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Credit: Hertford County records. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    551. The petition of the inhabitants of Kympton, showing that Dorothie Trawley (Crawley?), of Kympton, widow, having an estate of ^12 per ann., ought to provide for her grand- child, Elizabeth Ellis, aged about 12 years, who is “ at this present time chargeable to the said parish of Kympton,” and desiring “ that justice may be done for the settling of the said child by order of law.” 553. The petition of William Hare, of Hertingfordhury, labourer, showing that on the 1st June “last past ” there occurred at the dwelling-house of the petitioner at Hartingfordbury, “ by some unknowne accident,” a fire, which in a short time burned down the said dwelling-house, barns, stable, and outhouses, with all the petitioner’s household goods and wearing apparel, the loss being estimated at .£37 7s. Od. He begs, therefore, that the justices of the peace will take his case into consideration and afford him such relief “ as in such case is usuall.’^ 554. The petition of John Wren, farmer, to the justices of the peace at Hertford, setting forth that on the 19th April, 1667, a fire occurred at Anstey, which consumed one malt- house, two cornlofts, one stable, one granary, and spoiled forty quarters of malt, five quarters of wheat, five quarters of barley, and ten quarters of oats, belonging to John Wren, “ and thereby allmost brought to ruine the said John Wren, his wife, and seven small children,” his loss being estimated at £100, and that besides being “ much impoverisht,” the said John Wren is “put out of his calling and employ- ment,” and he begs that his case may be recommended to the “charitable benevolence of all well-disposed persons’^ in the county. The petition is subscribed to by “some of the principall men of the parish of Anstey.” Signed by Robert Neville, clerk, and others. 555. The petition of Thomas Burnapp to the justices of the peace for Hertford, showing that on Jan. 26th, 1665-6, about midnight, a fire occurred in the petitioner’s malthouse, which burnt to the ground the said malthouse, with the maltlofts, kiln, and other materials belonging to it, besides destroying 224 quarters of malt and baidey, the whole