Volume 2

Hertford County records.

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

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    from Hertford towards Ware, over a watercourse, flowing between a meadow called Bulls Hook, and a meadow called Cowley, is in decay, and that Giles Dunstar, of Hertford, ought to repair the same. 367, 368, & 370. Indictments for unlawfully keeping dogs and poaching. 346. 1699. Presentment of John Marsh, rother, of Ashwell, for not scouring the river against his grounds, being, by esti- mation, four poles. 160. 15 June, 1699. Alehouse and victuallers’ recognizances. 361. 1 Dec. 1699. Indictment of Mary Lawman, of St. John’s, Hertford, widow, for dividing her tenement in two, and letting the same to various persons with their families as undertenants, to the great danger of infecting the inhabi- tants with the pestilence. VOLUME 1698-1700—continued. 1700. 510. Recognizances of Richard Bigerton, higler, Thomas Ratey, gardener, and James Jacob, victualler, all of Cheshunt, for the first-named to appear and answer the charge of the officers of the said parish, that he leads an idle life, keeps bad company, spends great sums of money, and has no visible means of getting any. 511. Recognizances of Peter Shortridg, of Cheshunt, to appear and answer a contempt in refusing to serve the office of constable according to an order of the justices. 514. Recognizances of Edward Soames, of Stansted Abbott, car- penter, for the appearance of Sarah, his wife, to prefer a bill of indictment and give evidence against Richard Sumner, of the same place, carpenter, for assaulting, beating, and attempting to ravish her. 515. Recognizances of the above named Richard Sumner in i>20, Geoffrey Hunsdon, yeoman; and Henry Peate, carpenter,