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Minute book of Actions brought in Leighton Buzzard court.-- Gives names of parties, nature of plea (mainly trespass on the case, with some debt cases); no details on process. Occasional notes of chatells taken in distress. Marginal notes of stage of case. 6-12 cases on average per court. Cover of book: General writ of summons to Quarter Sessions at Bedford, Hilary 1655/6,1 October 1655. [See Introduction – list of Manorial Officers. James Pennington was Clerk of the Peace 1689-96]

1 Sep 1655- 31 Jul 1669, 1655-1702

From: 1655 To: 1702

The following manuscript is written on the inside of a parchment cover on a collection of papers “Records of Processes” at the manor court of Leighton Buzzard, 1655-1702. The parchment is 12½ inches wide and 9¾ inches long, and contains 47 lines of manuscript written on ruled lines. In this transcript the list of names which forms the bulk of the manuscript is set out in tabular form for ease of reference, and a stroke / is used to indicate the beginning of each line, with the corresponding line number in the left hand margin. 1. Oure Lord Protector of the Comon Wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging To the Sheriff of Bedd’ 2. Greetings...{illegible]/ county but that you enter into in[?] and take the bodies of Joane Davey of Southill widdowe Conisly of Potton Arthur Crawley of Luton Mary Faldoe of Wotton Francis Stackers [?] of Little Barford 3. widdoe... of/ the same Thomas Yarwell of Risely Andrew Marriott of the same Stephen Farr of Osborne Crawley William ... of Ridgmet Richard Baldocke of Wyboston 4. William Bigligh [?] of/ Pavenham John Cailman of Elvestowe Mary Powlin of Marston Arthur Crawley of Luton Andrew Marriott of Risely Thomas Simpson of the same Thomas Yarwell of the same 5. Robert Bone [?] of/ Thorncott George Briggs of Deane William Buxton of Shefford Thomas Furley of Stachden Christopher Price of Ridgmont widdowe Garret of Sundon Robert Wright of Ampthill 6. Richard G... / of the same John Beale of the same Henry Lawe of Tilsworth Jane Davy of Southill widdowe Huntley of Dunstable William Whitehead of Houghton Regis John Smith of Eyton Bray 7, John Re... / of Stopsley the wife of John Bunyon of Cranfeild Richard Rowse of the same Richard Baldocke of Eaton Socon John Bennet of Hawnes Winifred Clipson of Wotton Thomas Yarwell of Risely 8. ... / Robinson of the same Mr Pearces twoe sonnes of Clophill Thomas Stiles of Turvey James Howe of the same John Hamond of Cardington Thomas Leveridge of the same widdowe Garret of Sundon / 9. Stephen Heynes of Felmersham Edward Bradborne of Ampthill Joseph Tidd of Clophill John Mabbot of Beeston William Underwood of Astwick William King of Everton William Drage of Harrold / 10.John Sutton of Sandy Oliver Warner of Pulloxhill Thomas Riventon, gen’ of Eaton Socon Richard Briggs [?] of Eversholt Edward Staunton, gen’ of Wooborne Richard Waples of Stopsley 11.William / Whitehead of Houghton Regis Abraham Paul of Tilsworth John Browne of Tingreth John ... of Dunstable widdowe Garret of Sundon James Howe of Turvey 12. Richard Baldocke [?]of/ Eaton Socon John Marshall of Bletsoe widdowe Wright of the same John Kefford of Astwick John Hamond of Cardington Thomas Leveridge of the same Winifred Clipson of Wotton / 13. William Copeland of Ampthill James Deare of Arlesey Elizabeth Mason of Dunstable Arthur Crawly of Luton John Keffard of Astwicke Margaret Moore of Marston 14.William / Butterfeild of Ridgemt Richard Elliott of Luton Joseph Heyward of Bedford John Carter of Riseley William Feild of Shefford Henry Waters alias Roberts of Marston 15. William / of Wilshamstead Edward Heyward of Bedford John Heyward of Bedford William Bridgman and his wife of Luton Henry Fell of Wilden William Sandey of Radwell [?] 16. John ... / of Sondey Edward Bradborne of Ampthill John Kefford of Astwicke William Norcott of Leighton Winifred Clipston of Wotton Nathaniel Porrat of Chalgrave 17. John ... / of Leighton Christofer Poole of the same Richard Smith of Milton in Buckinghamshire William Hobbs of the same Edward Tickhill of Chichely in Buckinghamshire Henry Osborne of the same 18. John [?] Bu... of / ... in Buckinghamshire William Weston of Leighton John Cranfeild of Shefford John Peercey [?] of Turvey [?l] Robert Reynolds of the same John Turpin of Dunstable Joseph Randal of Warden 19.John / Felch of Harlington Edward Dudley of Harrold William Lyncham of Sundon Mathew Colins of the same John Tompson of Blunham Nicholas Daniel Joseph Clarke of Luton 20.Thomas / Burley of Stachden Winifred Clipson of Wotton widdowe Earle of Wooborne widdowe Hicks of the same Elizabeth Wilcoxe of Clophill John Kefford of Astwicke [?] 21.William / Weston of Leighton John Cooper of Dunstable John Dearmer of the same Emme S... of Little Stoughton Edward Bradborne of Ampthill Robert Wright of the same / 22. Winifred Clipson of Wotton Elizabeth Wilcoxe of Clophill Thomas Walker alias Moody and his wife of Sharnbrooke John Stanbridge of Stachden Thomas Farley of the same 23.Christian / Dindsell of Dunstable Henry Spurth of Leighton Robert Coles of Milton Bryan widdowe Hadocke of Wooburn John Coleman of the same Israel Daniell of Elntstowe 24.John Kefford / of Astwicke Winifred Clipson of Wotton widdowe Mascall of Southill Richard Baldocke of Eaton Socon Robert Poole of Dunstable Robert Coles of Milton Bryan 25. Thomas / Killingworth of Ampthill Elizabeth Wilcoxe of Clophill Ralph Bland of the same Richard Fisher of Colmorth Thomas Heynes Stephen Heynes of Felmersham 26. Mary Rogers / of Little Barford John Stanbridge of Stachden Thomas Furley of the same Richard Furley of the same Edward Bradborne of Ampthill John Packe of the same 27.Thomas Killingworth / of the same Richard Baldocke of Eaton Socon Robert Coles of Milton Bryan John Boner of the same Hester Partridge of the same Elizabeth Wilcoxe of Clophill 28. Robert Poole / of Dunstable John Knight of Luton Francis Corbet, gen’ of Sundon John Barnaby of Wotton Robert Poole of Dunstable Robert Coles of Milton Bryan John Rolfe of Barton 29.Edward Bradborne of Ampthill Edward Albony of Maulden William Mumford and his wife of Kempston Rafe Scarborough of the same Thomas Steele of Leighton 30.Clement Johnson of / Pertenhall Stephen Heynes of Felmersham Christian Dindsell of Dunstable Anne Wright of Bletsoe William Greenehill Robert Woodward of Biddenham 31.Richard / Gore of Eaton Socon John Dodlyn of Tuddington John Allison of Stachden Francis Lovell of the same Thomas Willimot of Cardington Ann Swingstile of Maulden / 32.Edward Bradborne of Ampthill Richard Backhouse of Milton Ernys Robert Cole of Milton Bryan John Michael of Ridgmont Lee Sadlier of Ampthill 33.Thomas / Colcott of Kempston Thomas Francis of the same Robert Wright of Ampthill Edward Bradborne of the same Thomas Howe of Clophill 34. Jeffry Shortred of the / same John Stevens of the same George Rotherham of Luton Thomas Cheny, gen’of the same Thomas Edward of the same John Knight of the same 35.Thomas / Camfeildof the same Walter Reeve, gen’ of Pertenhall widdowe Bonner of Tilbrooke Edward Nash of Luton Richard Evestaffe of Studham 36. William Aley / of the same John Williams of Oakely Francis Earle of Pavenham James Montague of Sharnbrooke esquire Stephen Haynes of Felmersham 37. William / Stare of Leighton widdowe Feild of the same Robert Coles of Milton Bryan Thomas Stanbridge of Wotton William Stanbridge of the same William Backhouse / 38. and Susan his wife of Milton Ernys William Honylove of Wooburne Thomas Bull of the same Thomas Ince of the same Abraham Sutton of Blunham 39.John / Tompson of the same Sarah Linett of the same widdowe Britten of the same Edward Sansum of the same Thomas Smith of Husborne Crawley 40. the / Constables of Warden the Constables of Sandey Thomas Feilde of Bedford Richard Gale of the same Robert Jeoffery of Turvey 41.Edmund Chamberlin / of Stratton Audley [blank] Woods of the same Edward Chamberlayne of Cranfeild Richard Birchmore of Market Stritte 42. Lancelott Dockwra / gen’ of Puckridge in Hertfordshire William Alee of Studham If they may be found within your Bayliwicke. And them you safely keepe 43. soe that you may have / their bodyes before the Justices assigned to keepe the publicke peace and alsoe to heare and determined [sic] in &c. felonyes trespasses and other misdemeanour etc. perpetrated in your county 44.at the/next general quarter Sessions of your publicke peace to be holden for your county at the Towne of Bedford in your county on Munday next after 45. the Feast of the Epiphany / next coming. To answer unto us of certayne Articles trespasses and contempts whereof they stand Indicted. And have 46. you there thes writ Witness / Bulstrode Whitlocke one of the Lord Commissioners for the Publicke Treasury at the Towne of Bedford 47.the first day of October In the yeare / of our Lord one thousand six hundred fiftie and five (sic)

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Penington, James,
Davey, Joane,
Conisly,
Crawley, Arthur,
Fadoe, Mary,
Stackers, Francis,
Yarwell, Thomas,
Marriott, Andrew,
Farr, Stephen,
Baldocke, Richard,
Bigligh. William,
Cailman, John,
Powlin, Mary,
Simpson, Thomas,
Yarwell, Thomas,
Bone, Robert,
Briggs, George,
Buxton, William,
Furley, Thomas,
Price, Christopher,
Garret,
Wright, Robert,
Beale, John,
Lawe, Henry,
Davy, Jane,
Huntley,
Whitehead, William,
Smith, John,
Bunyon, John,
Rowse, Richard,
Bennet, John,
Clipson, Winifred,
Robinson,
Pearce,
Stiles, Thomas,
Howe, James,
Hamond, John,
Leveridge, Thomas,
Heynes, Stephen,
Bradborne, Edward,
Tidd, Joseph,
Mabbot, John,
Underwood, William,
King, William,
Drage, William,
Sutton, John,
Warner, Oliver,
Riventon, Thomas,
Briggs, Richard,
Staunton, Edward,
Waples, Richard,
Paul, Abraham,
Browne, John,
Marshall, John,
Wright,
Kefford, John,
Copeland, William,
Deare, James,
Mason, Elizabeth,
Moore, Margaret,
Butterfeild, William,
Elliott, Richard,
Heyward, Joseph,
Carter, John,
Feild, William,
Waters, Henry,
Roberts, Henry,
Heyward, Edward,
Heyward, John,
Bridgeman, William,
Fell, Henry,
Sandey, William,
Norcott, William,
Porrat, Nathaniel,
Poole, Christopher,
Smith, Richard,
Hobbs, William,
Tickhill, Edward,
Osborne, Henry,
Weston, William,
Cranfeild, John,
Peercey, John,
Reynolds, Robert,
Turpin, John,
Randal, Joseph,
Felch, John,
Dudley, Edward,
Lyncham, William,
Colins, Mathew,
Tompson, John,
Daniel, Nicholas,
Clarke, Joseph,
Burley, Thomas,
Earle,
Hicks,
Wilcoxe, Elizabeth,
Cooper, John,
Dearmer, John,
Walker, Thomas,
Moody, Thomas,
Stanbridge, John,
Farley, Thomas,
Dindsell, Christian,
Spurth, Henry,
Coles, Robert,
Hadocke,
Coleman, John,
Daniell, Israel,
Mascall,
Poole, Robert,
Killingworth, Thomas,
Bland, Ralph,
Fisher, Richard,
Heynes, Thomas,
Rogers, Mary,
Furley, Richard,
Packe, John,
Boner, John,
Partridge, Hester,
Knight, John,
Corbet, Francis,
Barnaby, John,
Rolfe, John,
Albony, Edward,
Mumford, William,
Scarborough, Rafe,
Steele, Thomas,
Johnson, Clement,
Wright, Anne,
Greenehill, William,
Woodward, Robert,
Gore, Richard,
Dodlyn, John,
Allison, John,
Lovell, Francis,
Willimot, Thomas,
Swingstile, Ann,
Backhouse, Richard,
Michael, John,
Sadlier, Lee,
Colcott, Thomas,
Francis, Thomas,
Howe, Thomas,
Shortred, Jeffrey,
Stevens, John,
Rotherham, George,
Cheny, Thomas,
Edward, Thomas,
Camfeild, Thomas,
Reeve, Walter,
Bonner,
Nash, Edward,
Evestaffe, Richard,
Aley, William,
Williams, John,
Earle, Francis,
Montague, James,
Haynes, Stephen,
Stare, William,
Feild,
Stanbridge, Thomas,
Stanbridge, William,
Backhouse, William,
Backhouse, Susan,
Honylove, William,
Bull, Thomas,
Ince, Thomas,
Sutton, Abraham,
Linett, Sarah,
Britten,
Sansum, Edward,
Smith, Thomas,
Constable,
Feilde, Thomas,
Gale, Richard,
Jeoffery, Robert,
Chamberlin, Edmund,
Woods,
Chamberlayne, Edward,
Birchmore, Richard,
Dockwra, Lancelott,
Alee, William,
Whitlocke, Bulstrode

Leighton Buzzard Manor, SOUTHILL, POTTON, LUTON, WOOTTON, LITTLE BARFORD, RISELEY, HUSBORNE CRAWLEY, RIDGMONT, Wyboston, PAVENHAM, ELSTOW, MARSTON MORETAINE, Thorncote, DEAN, SHEFFORD, STAGSDEN, SUNDON, AMPTHILL, TILSWORTH, SOUTHILL, DUNSTABLE, HOUGHTON REGIS, EATON BRAY, STOPSLEY, CRANFIELD, EATON SOCON, Hawnes, CLOPHILL, TURVEY, CARDINGTON, FELMERSHAM, Beeston, ASTWICK, EVERTON, HARROLD, SANDY, PULLOXHILL, EVERSHOLT, WOBURN, TINGRITH, BLETSOE, ARLESEY, BEDFORD, WILSHAMSTEAD, WILDEN, Radwell, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, CHALGRAVE, Chicheley, OLD WARDEN, HARLINGTON, BLUNHAM, LITTLE STAUGHTON, SHARNBROOK, MILTON BRYAN, COLMWORTH, BARTON-LE-CLAY, MAULDEN, KEMPSTON, PERTENHALL, BIDDENHAM, TODDINGTON, MILTON ERNEST, TILBROOK, STUDHAM, OAKLEY