Volume 1

Hertford County records.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905-
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Hertford County records. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    neare London Koad, which, by much digging, and carting away of chalke out of the said pitt, hath caused the said pitt to fall in, and is very dangerous to the said road.” The inhabitants of Wellwin ought to repair it. Signatures. See also No. 295. 262. Presentment of John Stiles, of Burnt Pelham, for not scour- ing his ditches, and not making his outlet which should have carried the water out of church field “ which maketh a bourne out of the course which hath carried away a tilt in a field called Reddland.^’ Signatures. 264. Presentments of the parish of Stondon, for a “borne” in the common highway in the said parish leading from Sacombe to High Cross, and so to Ware, which is very much decayed and out of repair, and ought to be repaired by the inhabi- tants of Stondon; of Symond Lock, a blacksmith, in the parish of King’s Langley, for following and using the trade of a grocer and a blacksmith both together; and of Abraham Greene, a tailor, for following and using the trade of a grocer and a tailor, both together in the parish of King’s Langley. Signatures. 265. Presentment of Nunn’s Bridge, belonging to the Earl of Salisbury, in the parish of Cheshunt, “which is a great damage to the people and travellers of the rode,” and ought to be repaired by the Earl of Salisbury. Signatures. 266. Indictment of William Bassill, of Hertford, labourer, for entering the close and wood of James, Earl of Salisbury, called Brambler’s Wood, at Broxbourne, and killing and taking away one red deer, value ten pounds, without licence, from tbe said Earl or his keeper. Endorsed : “ Committed to the house of correction for six months.” 272. Indictment of the county for not repairing a bridge in the parish of Standon towards Puckeridge. 273. Indictment of Thomas Day, of King’s Walden, yeoman, for keeping a Grammar School, and school for writing there, without license. 276. Indictment of the inhabitants of Standon for not repairing