Reference
HSA1677/S/59
Title
Deposition: John Simpson, Dunton, butcher.
The Examinacon of John Simpson of Dunton in the County of Bedd Butcher taken before Samuel Bedford Esqr one of his Maties Justices of the Peace for the sd County, the two & twentieth day of May in the xxixth yeare of his Maties Reigne Annoque Dni 1677. Sayth that on Sunday night last being the 20th of this instant May hee & one Samuel Smith als Allen of Sutton Butcher did goe into the grounds of Charles Baynton in the parish of St Neotts in the County of Huntingdon & steale & carry away One Ramme of the sd Charles Baynton, and brought it that night to the house of the sd Samuel Smith als Allen in Sutton aforesd, & intended this day to have killed it, & sould in att Royston markett tomorrow, if they had not been apprehended, And further sayth that hee & the sd Samuel Smith als Allen did so Thursday night last steale two Lambes out of a Pasture neare Toseland in the County of Huntingdon, & brought them home, & hee killed one of them & sould two Quarters of it to two of his neighbours & did eate the rest of it. S Bedford. As HS19/16775/58.
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1677
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From: 1677 To: 1677
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