OR2380/7

Affidavit of Richard Childe of Podington, Gent age 50 years and upwards Served injunction on Clement Johnson, Christopher Quick, Richard Lynn, John Cleaton enjoining them to forbear to sell, cut down or carry away any trees on lands late of Henry Yelverton, Esq, deceased other than necessary costs (1 March 1629[1630])

1, 4 March 1629 [1630]

From: 1630 To: 1630

But Johnson, Quick, Lynn and Cleaton with George Macome and John Lynn have since the injunction lopped and shred 300 ancient trees on orders of Sir Christopher Yelverton, the Younger Loppers said that Clement Johnson told them that by an Order in Court and sent to him by his master Yelverton and his master's letters of command, ordering him to lopp and sell all the lopps on the trees and great white thorn bushes "which are a great shelter for the cattle in the pastures" about a thousand trees involved, great part of them never usually lopped lops advertised for sale. Advertised at Wymington Parish Church and the country thereabout Sworn 4 March 1629 [1630]

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Childe, Richard,
Johnson, Clement,
Quick, Christopher,
Lynn, Richard,
Cleaton, John,
Yelverton, Henry,
Macome, George,
Lynn, John,
Yelverton, Christopher

PODINGTON, affidavit, trees, timber, WYMINGTON, CHURCH