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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    amounting to the value of £401 4s. and upwards. The petitioner therefore hegs that he be granted a licence “ for the receiving of the charitable benevolence of all well-dis- posed persons in the county, for the relief of himselfe, his wife, and small children.” 556. Certificate of some of the inhabitants of Stanstead Abbott as to the truth of the foregoing account of the loss sustained by Thomas Burnapp through the fire which occurred in his malthouse Jan. 26th, 1665-6. 558. “ Munday, the 15th of July, 1667 : ”— Certificate of Edward Baynes, rector, and Wm. Vernon, as to the losses of John Preston, of Hertingfordbury, by a fire which happened at his house by lightening on June 5th last past. The house which consisted of four bayes of buildings, one barn consisting of three bays of buildings, one stable and outhouse consisting of four bays, being all thatched, were all burned to the ground in the space of one hour, the loss being estimated at ^320. The household goods and other things destroyed being valued at ^30 and upwards. 559. Certificate of Thomas Ley, “ surveyor for the hamblett of Newgate Street, in the parish of Hatfield,” that the inhabi- tants of the said hamlet have performed their duty on the highways. 561. Certificate of the inhabitants of Baldock, that John Thorne, of the same towne, is “ a very fitt and meete man to keep a common alehouse . . . and that he is wellknown to be a man of good life and conversation, also to rule and order his house and household with discression.” Signa- tures follow. 562. Eeport taken in accordance with an order of the sessions by Sir William Glascock with reference to the differences between the inhabitants of Newgate Street and the inhabi- tants of Hatfield, ” touching the repaires of their high- wayes. ... We have called the parties before us and heard both sides therein, but find their allegations very various ... we thought fit therefore for the better finding out of the truth ... to appoint certayn sub-