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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    Amongst the cures prescribed were “ certain words in a scroll of parchment ” to be hung round the patient’s neck. [Ifeid.] SESSIONS FOR 1690—91.* Presentment that a bridge in Coney, in the parish of Shenley, is in great decay, and that Mr. Pountney, ” lord of the town,” ought to make that part of the bridge lying next to Ridge Hill. [Deeds 261.] Presentment of Eobarte Stapleton, of Wormele, “ yese maker, fore haninge of himeselfe ; and of William Clarke, of “ Cheshonte Mylle,” for the way in Wormele Mead, called the New Sonte (?), the same not being a sufficient bridge. [Ibid.] Presentment that Thomas Wrattinge, late of Great Monden, husbandman, withdrew from the service of Henry Bond, without any certificate or testimonial, against the will of the said Henry Bond; and that John Nodes, of Little Monden, hired the said Wrattinge without the production of such certificate. [Deeds 268.] Indictment of Joan White, wife of Thomas White, of Bushey, laborer, “a common witch and enchantress,” for “devilishly bewitching Marion Man, daughter of William Man, of Bushey, tailor, through which she languished exceedingly from 20th December until 27th June next following when she died at Bushey.” The jurors say that the said Joan feloniously killed her. [Ibid.] Presentment of Thomas Kent, of Aston, yeoman, under a statute which provides that any person convicted of striking another with a weapon in any church or cemetery should have one of his ears cut off, or in default of losing his ears should be branded in the cheek. The said Kent, on the above date, with a staff, mali- ciously struck Thomas Bettes, of Aston, yeoman, in the chancel of Hitchin church, drawing blood. [Ibid.] Presentment that Thomas Mathwe, otherwise Stanton, of Bushoppes Stortford, yeoman, had his ditch there next to the highway leading between Bushoppes Stortford and the farm, neither scoured nor cleansed, and by reason of this the highway there is in a very bad condition and, in the winter, is so flooded with water and ice as to be impassable both for foot and horse