Examination of Joan Smith, wife of Roger Smith, late of Drayton, county of Lancaster, tinker, an idle disordered person taken before Mr. Henry Smith, the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon

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The depositions mention the names of Lewes Hiccox and Mr. Rogers

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BRU15/13/26
Date

1616
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BRU Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, 1370-1942
BRU15 Volumes of miscellaneous documents, 1370-1886
BRU15/13 'Miscellaneous Documents, Vol. 13', [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/1 Apprenticeship indenture: John Broughton, son of Joan Broughton, late of Stratford-upon-Avon, deceased, 1 Apr 1613
BRU15/13/2 Prohibition against inhabitants of the town tippling in alehouses, 1 Oct 1613
BRU15/13/3 Licence to assign: Windsor Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1613
BRU15/13/4 Licence to assign: High Street and Rother Market, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1613-1621
BRU15/13/5 Petition of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to the Lord Chief Justice and Privy Council about enclosures, 1614
BRU15/13/6 "A note whoe of oure compa[nie] have lether bucketes and whoe have not; those which h[ave] bucketes have a b. over their heades", 17 Jun 1614
BRU15/13/7 A true copy of the certyffycate', 18 Jun 1614
BRU15/13/8 Memoranda relating to lands in Bishopton and Shottery and the enclosures, 1614
BRU15/13/9 Memorandum touching the land purposed to be enclosed by Mr. William Combe, 13 Dec 1614
BRU15/13/10 Meaning and intents of an agreement between Mr. Lane and Mr. Bishopp, 1 Oct 1614
BRU15/13/11 Note of an interview with Mr. Worley of Clements Inn about the enclosure of Welcombe by Mr. Combe, 17 Nov 1614
BRU15/13/12 Apprenticeship indenture: Elyne [Ellen] Burcher, daughter of William Burcher of Henley-in-Arden, cutler,, 1 Nov 1614
BRU15/13/13 Assignment: Old Stratford, Welcombe and Bishopton, 6 Jan 1615
BRU15/13/14 Bond, 5 Apr 1615
BRU15/13/15 Presentments with fines for breaking the Assize in ale and beer, [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/16 Bond, 1614
BRU15/13/17 Piggine's accompt of his collections for the losses of Stratford-upon-Avon through a fire, 1614-1615
BRU15/13/18 Draft complaint concerning enclosure, [1611-1621]
BRU15/13/19 Bond, [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/20 Account of monies received by the Borough of Stratford from Luddington towards the relief of the poor from 1615 to 1650, 1615-1650
BRU15/13/21-22 Apprenticeship indenture: Katherine Mather, daughter of John Mather of Stratford-upon-Avon, deceased, 1615
BRU15/13/23 Unsigned certificate that the bearer, Arthur Brogden, of Stratford-upon-Avon, butcher, is the son of Thomas Brogden late of Stratford, draper, deceased, and requesting that he may be assisted in looking up certain evidences, 1615
BRU15/13/24 Apprenticeship indenture: William Peate, son of James Peate alias Allen, of Stratford-upon-Avon, glover, deceased, 1615
BRU15/13/25 Apprenticeship indenture: John Twining, son of William Twyning of Stratford-upon-Avon, yeoman, deceased, 1615
BRU15/13/26 Examination of Joan Smith, wife of Roger Smith, late of Drayton, county of Lancaster, tinker, an idle disordered person taken before Mr. Henry Smith, the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1616
BRU15/13/27-29 Three leaves of the diary of Thomas Greene, town-clerk of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1614-1615
BRU15/13/30 Examination of Alice, wife of Lewis Hiccox of Stratford-upon-Avon taken before the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon relating to Joan Smith, 1616
BRU15/13/31 Answer of the company to the letters of Mr. High Sheriff [Mr. Combes] concerning the intended innovation at Welcombe, 26 Jun 1616
BRU15/13/32 Examination of Francis Hall taken before Mr. Henry Smith, Bailiff and Mr. Francis Smyth, Chief Alderman of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, relating to his marriage with one Joan, 1616
BRU15/13/33 Letter from William Mace to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon about a writ served upon Edward Cottrill for rent, 12 Apr 1616
BRU15/13/34 Licence to assign: Shottery, 1627
BRU15/13/35 Examination of Robert Humfry, late of Aplebury in the county of Salop, a wandering sturdy beggar, taken before the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1616
BRU15/13/36 Writ for promulgating a proclamation, 1618
BRU15/13/37 Surrender: [?Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon], 1617-1618
BRU15/13/38 Representation of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to the Honorable Society of Grays Inn clearing Thomas Lucas, gentleman, of certain reports raised against him, 1615-1625
BRU15/13/39 Letter from W. Barnes to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1617
BRU15/13/40 Letter from Richard Chambers to Mr. Michael Jonsons of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1617
BRU15/13/41 Letter from Margaret Hill to the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 20 Aug 1617
BRU15/13/42 "Bylles made to be sealed, the moneys to be payd, 3 Februarij, 1617,", 3 Feb 1618
BRU15/13/43-44 Names of those that have the town money, with their sureties and times of loan, lent forth' per Richard Hathwaye [Hathaway] and William Smith, haberdasher, Chamberlains, 1618
BRU15/13/45 Account of land sown with oats and laid down to greensward, 1618
BRU15/13/46 Powers of attorney by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to Richard Baker and Thomas Greene, Chamberlains, to receive the yearly rents etc, 1619
BRU15/13/47 Account of the town money lent 1621, 1621
BRU15/13/48 Certificate by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon for Mr. Richard Walker, 27 Sep 1620
BRU15/13/49 Pass for Thomas Baker and his wife, vagrants, 1619
BRU15/13/50 Written acknowledgment and confession of offences made by Eleanor Fletcher, 23 Mar 1621
BRU15/13/51 Marriage-bond: John Hobbins of Clifford and Anne Allen of Shottery, 1621
BRU15/13/52 Record of the taxations and levies within the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon collected and paid by the Constable, 1621
BRU15/13/53 Warrant addressed to the Constable of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1621
BRU15/13/54 Warrant for levies and collection for the King's Bench etc, Feb 1622
BRU15/13/55 Warrant for levies and collection for the King's Bench etc, Sep 1622
BRU15/13/56 Draft of receipts and payments, 1623
BRU15/13/57 Order of the court at a General Sessions of the Peace, 1644-1645
BRU15/13/58 Counsel's opinion, 19 Nov 1623
BRU15/13/59 Warrant to the Constable of Stratford, 1623
BRU15/13/60 Note from Anthony Langston to the Bailiff of Stratford-upon-Avon, 27 Sep 1624
BRU15/13/61 Marriage-bond: John Wheeler of Stratford-upon-Avon, cordwainer, and Elizabeth Rylande, 1624
BRU15/13/62 Marriage-bond: William Greene of Bishopton, 1624
BRU15/13/63 Bond for Thomas Kemble, tailor, of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Cicely Kemble alias Dixon his wife, to administer to the effects of William Teussell, also of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
BRU15/13/64 Marriage-bond: George Biker, malster, of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
BRU15/13/65 Bond for Robert Johnson the younger of Stratford-upon-Avon to administer to the will of Avis Clarke, spinster, of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1624
BRU15/13/66 Marriage-bond: John Davis, shoemaker, of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Elizabeth Wheeler of Stratford-upon-Avon, Dec 1624
BRU15/13/67 Bond for William Bevis of Alderminster, Worcestershire, to administer to the chattells of Isabel Stanley late of Shottery deceased, 1624
BRU15/13/68 Account for wines, 1624
BRU15/13/69 Letter from Jo[seph] Broke to the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 May 1625
BRU15/13/70 Notes of various transactions between the years 1612 and 1637, 1612-1637
BRU15/13/71 Bond for Elizabeth Richardson to administer to the goods and chattels of William Richardson, her husband, deceased, 1625
BRU15/13/72 Extracts from the will of Mrs. Williams, widow, dated 21 October, 1622, and also that of Thomas Lucas, Esquire, Town-clerk of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, dated 1625, 1622-1625
BRU15/13/73 Bond for Francis Ainge of Stratford-upon-Avon, gentleman, to administer to the effects of Francis Smith late of Luddington, clerk, for the benefit of the brothers and sisters of the deceased, 1625
BRU15/13/74 Bond for debt, 1625-1626
BRU15/13/75 Bond for Anne Roffe to duly administer to the effects of William Roffe, her late husband, 1625
BRU15/13/76 Bond for Margaret Kempson to administer to the chattells of Leonard Kempson, 1625
BRU15/13/77 Marriage-bond: John Francis of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1625
BRU15/13/78 Note of the tillage that is laid down by Mr. Combe in Old Stratford fields, [1612-1622]
BRU15/13/79 Bond for the due administration of the effects of Robert Palmer, deceased, by Rose Palmer the relict, 1625
BRU15/13/80 Acknowledgment by the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon being indebted to Anthony Smithe of Stratford-upon-Avon in the sum of 108£ to be paid on the 3 August 1626, 1 Aug 1625
BRU15/13/81 Order for the payment of 20£ annually to Mr. Thomas Wilson, B.D., Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 Jan 1627
BRU15/13/82 Warrant for levying money towards the defraying the allowance of John Manleye, gentleman, assigned to exercise and instruct the trained bands, 1626
BRU15/13/83 Warrant to the constable for a collection for King's Bench, maimed soldiers, the House of Correction, and prisoners, 1626
BRU15/13/84 Warrant to the constable to furnish six able-bodied men fit for war etc, 22 Mar 1627
BRU15/13/85 Bond for debt, [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/86 Bond for Henry Norman to pay to Thomas Grene and others, the churchwardens, certain monies to the uses of the will of Ann Loyde, 1626
BRU15/13/87 Bond for Margery Johnson to administer to the effects of Robert Johnson late of Old Stratford, 1627
BRU15/13/88 Bonds, 1628-1630
BRU15/13/89 Licence to assign: Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1629
BRU15/13/90 Notification of assignment, 1630-1631
BRU15/13/91 Reversal of an order made 12 January, 1626, for the payment of 20£ yearly to Mr. Thomas Wilson, Vicar of Stratford, for the maintenance of a lecture, 2 Oct 1634
BRU15/13/92 Lease: Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1631-1632
BRU15/13/93 Licence to assign: Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1629-1630
BRU15/13/94 Bond for the performance of covenants, 1631-1632
BRU15/13/95 Licence to assign: Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1632
BRU15/13/96 Account in what the Bailiff and Burgesses of Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon are indebted to Daniel Baker, draper, 1632
BRU15/13/97 Presentments made by the churchwardens, 1633
BRU15/13/98 Mandate relating to Thomas Wilson, clerk, [1633]
BRU15/13/99 Bond for the performance of covenants, 7 May 1633
BRU15/13/100 Warrant to Nicholas Knight, gentleman, one of the high constables of the hundred of Barlichwaie, touching the licensing of ale-houses, 1633
BRU15/13/101 Mandate relating to Thomas Wilson, clerk, 1633
BRU15/13/102 Bond for debt, 1 May 1633
BRU15/13/103 Book of ecclesiastical proceedings of 14 leaves containing presentments, 1633
BRU15/13/104 Memorandum of the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon being indebted to William Shaw in the sum of 54, 1634
BRU15/13/105 Order of the Court of Chancery referring to an order of the 25th of June last in the cause of Thomas Wilson, clerk, and others, plaintiffs, and William Shaw and the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, defendants, 13 Oct 1634
BRU15/13/106 Gilbert Bellamy v. John Bradley and Michael Hare, trespass and ejectment, 1634
BRU15/13/107 Chancery order in respect of Thomas Wilson, clerk, and others v. William Shawe and the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to stay the payment of the 20£, 1634-1635
BRU15/13/108 Bond, 1635
BRU15/13/109 Letter to the Bailiff and his brethren of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon by William Smith, cousin to Thomas Smith late Chamberlain, 23 Mar 1636
BRU15/13/110 Acquittance by Simon Renn of Whitladie Aston, Worcestershire, laborer, to John Taudie of the same place, clerk, of all debts, 1635
BRU15/13/111 Final concord: Stratford-upon-Avon, 1635-1636
BRU15/13/112 Bond for debt, 1636-1637
BRU15/13/113 Bond for debt, 1637
BRU15/13/114 Bond for debt, 1637
BRU15/13/115 General release and quit-claim by John Page of Cambden, Gloucestershire, mason, to the Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1639
BRU15/13/116 Order made at the General Sessions at Warwick to compel the appearance of the overseer of the parish of Luddington for arrears of contribution to the poor of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1638-1638
BRU15/13/117 Account of the revenue of the Chamber, [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/118 Bond for due performance of covenants, 1640-1641
BRU15/13/119 Blank warrant for collecting subsidies, 1641
BRU15/13/120 Note of the poll-money upon the assessments in the hundred containing the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1641
BRU15/13/121 Letter from William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, for taking the protestation, 28 Feb 1642
BRU15/13/122 Letter from Edmund Rawlins to John Wilmore, Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 Sep 1642
BRU15/13/123 Bond for debt, 1642-1643
BRU15/13/124 Writ for the election of Edmund Rawlins, gentleman, to the office of Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1642-1643
BRU15/13/125 Bond for debt, 1643
BRU15/13/126 Review of the landed men for the pole-money in Bewsall, [1637-1647]
BRU15/13/127 Bond for debt, 1643
BRU15/13/128 Three receipts for monies paid by William Lyndon for the tithes of Old Stratford, [1601-1700]
BRU15/13/129 Collector's account headed, "Received by John Beddome for behoof of the infected, 1645,"--Sum, £55 .. 14 .. 10, 1645
BRU15/13/130 Letter from James Castle to the Bailiff and his brethren of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 Oct 1645
BRU15/13/131 A noate of moneys disbursed for the poore infected people by mee, Richard Castell, then Bayliffe, in the yeare 1645', 1645

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Examination of Joan Smith, wife of Roger Smith, late of Drayton, county of Lancaster, tinker, an idle disordered person taken before Mr. Henry Smith, the Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon

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