Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1710s

Henry Sorrell, William Aggberrow, William Freeman, William Bradley, Job Archer, Hannibal Williams, Thomas Blunt, Mary Prophett, John Sheldon, John South, John Godshaw and John Cookes, poor prisoners for debt. Ref.110 BA1/1/224/34 (1712)

Wigorn sessions

To Phinees Jackson esquire one of her majestyes justices
of the peace for the said county

The humble peticion of Henry Sorrell William Aggberrow William
Freeman William Bradley Job Archer Hannibal Williams Thomas Blunt Mary
Prophett John Sheldon John South and John Godshaw and John Cookes
poor prisners prisoners for debt in the gaole for the county aforesaid

Humbly sheweth
that your poor peticioners upon the seventh day of December
anno domini one thousand seven hundred and eleaven were
actually prisoners for debt damages or costs in the gaole
for the county of Worcester, and have ever since there
continued as such it is therefore the humble request
of your poor peticioners that you will direct your warrant
to the gaoler for the keeper of the gaole for said county
thereby to require him to bring before the justices of the
peace at their next generall quarter sessions of the
peace to be holden for the said county the bodys of your poor
peticioners togeather with the copy or copys of the cause or causes
wee and every or any or either of us stand charged with
and your poor peticioners shall ever pray etc

Dated the 11th day of August 1712

• The marke of
  Henry Sorrell


• William Agberrow


• The marke of
  William Freeman


• The marke of
  John South


• Job Archer


• John Sheldon


• The marke of
  William Bradley


• The marke of
  Thomas Blunt


• The marke of
  Mary Prophett


• Hanibal Williams


• The marke of
  John Godshaw


• John Cookes

Thomas Blunt, a prisoner for debt. Ref.110 BA1/1/205/59 (1713)

[illegible]

To Charles Cocks esquire one of her majestyes justices
of the peace for the said county

The humble peticion of Thomas Blunt now a poor prisoner for
debt in the gaole for the county aforesaid

Humbly sheweth
[that your?] poor peticioner upon the seventh day
of [December last?] past was, and hath ever since
continued actually a prisoner for debt damages
or costs in the gaole for the county of Worcester

It is therefore the humble request of your poor peticioner
that you will direct your warrant to the keeper of the
gaole for the said county thereby to require him to bring
the body of your poor peticioner before the justices of
the peace at their next generall quarter sessions
of the peace to be holden for the said county togeather
with a copy or copys of the cause or causes your poor
peticoner stands charged with and your peticioner
shall ever pray etc

• The marke of
  Thomas Hunt

[Delivered?] the 29 October 1712

John Godshaw and Mary Prophett, poor prisoners for debt. Ref.110 BA1/1/225/33 (1713)

Wigorn sessions

To Charles Cocks esquire one of her [majestys?]
justices of the peace for the said county

The humble peticion of John Godshaw and Mary Prophett
poor prisoners for debt in the gaole for the county aforesaid.

Humbly sheweth
that your poor peticioners upon the seventh
day of December last past were and have ever since
continued actually prisoners for debt damages or costs
in the gaole for the county of Worcester it is therefore
the humble request of your poor peticioners that you
will direct your warrant to the keeper of the gaole
for the said county thereby to require him to bring
the bodys of your poor peticoners before the justices
of the peace at their next generall quarter sessions
of the peace to be holden for the said county togeather
with a copy or copys of the cause or causes, your
poor peticioners stand charged with, and your
peticoners shall ever pray etc

• The mark of John Godshaw
• The mark of Mary Prophett

Delivered?] the 29 October 1712

Inhabitants of Northfield in support of Thomas Row. Ref.110 BA1/1/240/30 (1716)

[Wigorn?] sessions

To his majesties honourable bench of justices at the [general quarter sessions?]
to be holden in the city of Worsester uppon the [second day of October?]
[illegible]

Whereas Thomas Rose the elder sum time past [illegible] with the [illegible]
of the major part of the [freeholders?] [illegible]
built him an house, uppon the [lords waste?] [illegible] [parrishe?] of
Northfield, neare to Mearrits Brook

Now wee whose names are hereunto [illegible]
the said parish of Northfield [doe?] [illegible]
justices, and whome soever else it doth [illegible]
alow and concent to, that the said [illegible]
Rose builded, should and may stand [illegible]
knowledg, in no wise, damnifieing of [the...?] [illegible]
one elce witness our hands this twenty [illegible]
anno domini 1716

• Thomas Kettle


• William [Shaw?]


• Robert Roe senior


• Robert Roe junior


• Squire Smith


• William Bett


• Humfrey Welch


• William Kettle


• William Greene


• Edward Palmer


• John Stone sener


• John Palmer


• Robert Millward

And wee allso whose names are hereunto subscribed being church
wardens and overseers of the poore when the above said Thomas
Rose [buited?] the said house did concent that the said Thomas Rose
should erect an house uppon the lords waste he being at
that time destitude of a [being?] and had noe house to put
in his head

• William Greene


• William Kettle churchwardens



• John Austin


• Thomas Fox overseers of the poor

John Brooks, gardener at the castle gardens at Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/245/39 (1718)

To the honourable justices of the peace
upon the bench for the county of
Worcester

The humble peticion of John Brooks
gardener at the castle gardens at Wor
cester

Most humbly sheweth to your worships
that your said peticioner humbly petiti
=oneth your worships to take into your
consideracions the dammages sustained
by your peticioner by being forset to
remove his walfruit trees and other
tree's wholy destroyd; together with a
pleck of artichoks, severall beds of
asparagus a plack of pease another of
garden plants and sallatin to his great
damage which your peticioner wholy
leaves to your worships generous consi
deracion he being a poor man and
wholy depending on his labour desires
to be alowed somthing towards [illegible]
his loss.

And your petitioner will
forever pray for your
worships health and happ
ines as in duty bound

• John Brooks

40 shillings