Catalogue description Sessions held at Lostwithiel

QS/1/6/26

Justices: Henry Hawkins Tremayne, clerk; John Coryton, Thomas Graham, esqs; and others.

Jury: John Eyre, John Rogers, John Bawden, John Michell, John Pearce, Thomas Pearce, William Perry, John Bunkum, Thomas Clarke, Francis Cole, Charles Willcock, John Rowse, Luke Thomas, gents.

List of average prices of corn and grain usually sold by the Winchester bushel: wheat 5s. 9d., barley 2s. 10d., oats 1s. 9d.

QS/1/6/27

Continued appeal of Helston against order of 22 Sep. 1788 for the removal of Mary Richards, wife of Henry Richards, from Falmouth to Helston: lodged and continued to next sessions.

Continued appeal of Tregony against order of 26 Sep. 1788 for the removal of Mary Jane Penaluna, single woman, from Wendron to Tregony: lodged and continued to next sessions.

Appeal of Gwennap against order of 18 Dec. 1788 for the removal of William Gibben, wife Dorothy and son Joseph (16 mo.) from St Agnes to Gwennap: lodged and continued to next sessions.

QS/1/6/28

Appeal of St Erme against order of 5 Jan. 1789 for the removal of William Tonken, tinner, wife Phebe, and children Joan (26) and Mary (12) from Kenwyn to St Erme: lodged and continued to next sessions.

Appeal of St Issey against order of 10 Oct. 1788 for the removal of William Ilbeart, wife Elizabeth, children Elizabeth (13), Samuel (10), William (8), Mary (4) and Grace (1), paupers, from Colan to St Issey: order reversed; Colan to pay St Issey costs.

QS/1/6/29

Recognizances of Andrew Stephens of Kea, tinner, £50, and Richard Stephens of the same, tinner, £50, for Andrew Stephens to appear at next sessions.

Presentment of roads in Newlyn East, Minster, Crowan, St Teath and Gwennap: continued to next sessions.

QS/1/6/30

Recognisance of William Tiddy of Gwennap, £10, to keep the peace towards Elizabeth Williams for one year.

Appeal of Madron against order of 11 Oct. 1788 for the removal of William Thomas, wife Margaret, and children William (12), Thomas (9) and James (5 mo.), paupers, from Camborne to Madron: order reversed; Camborne to pay Madron costs.

QS/1/6/31

Treasurer to pay Clerk of the Peace 20s. for carrying the statutes and books from one session to another, and £11 for levy warrants at 5s. each; also 6s. 8d. for examination of Edward Williams, and 10 guineas salary for keeping the accounts.

Thomas Matthew, master, and Charles Polgreen, mariner, of the sloop The Fowey, swore at Lostwithiel sessions on 17 July 1788 that, on 21 Dec. 1787, they shipped at Bristol 21 tons of white salt, the property of James Bower of Lostwithiel, 4 tons the property of Benjamin Fox of Par, 4 tons the property of Susanna Emmet, widow, 10 cwt. the property of Jonah Isabell of St Austell, 2 tons the property of Alice Hopwood of St Austell, 1 ton 10 cwt the property of Thomas Jago of Mevagissey, 2 tons the property of John Dawe, jun., of Mevagissey, 10 cwt. the property of Edward May of Lostwithiel, 1 ton 10 cwt. the property of Thomas Daniel of Lostwithiel, 1 ton the property of Petheriah Lukey of Fowey, 2 tons the property of Mary Quinn of Fowey, 10 cwt. the property of Tabitha Bate of Fowey, 10 cwt. the property of Thomas Redding of Fowey, and 10 cwt. the property of William Hicks of Bodennick in Lanteglos by Fowey, and duties were paid; on the voyage to Fowey, the ship was greatly strained by a violent gale of wind, and 3 tons 4 cwt. were lost, not through neglect or fault of the crew.

QS/1/6/32

John Trescowthick; in custody for having run away and left his family chargeable to St Columb Major: discharged after being admonished.

James King alias Ball; in custody for having left his family chargeable to Mevagissey: continued to next sessions.

William Tiddy; in custody for breach of the peace on Elizabeth Williams: discharged, having entered into recognizance for good behaviour.

William Dart; in custody for want of sureties to indemnify Gwennap re bastardy: continued in custody to next sessions.

QS/1/6/33

Matthew Stevens; in custody for want of sureties to indemnify Zennor re bastardy: discharged, no person appearing against him.

John Harry; in custody for want of sureties re bastardy [no parish given]: continued to next sessions, as the woman has not yet given birth.

One bridge rate to be levied and paid to Trehane Symons, gent., Surveyor of Bridges for Eastern Division.

William Treverton of St Minver and his wife; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 8d. each.

Recognizances:

William Treverton of St Minver, £50, and Thomas Treverton of the same, £50,. for William Treverton to keep the peace towards Samuel Symons of St Minver for one year.

William Treverton, £50, for his wife to keep the peace as above.

James Bartell; indicted for taking 6 gallons of potatoes, value 3d., the property of Joseph Bowden: acquitted.

QS/1/6/34

Mary, wife of John Short, late of St Agnes, labourer; convicted of taking 4 pairs of woollen stockings, the property of Robert Calfe, value 6d.: confined to custody for one day.

Rose Harris, late of St Mewan, spinster; convicted of taking one dark cotton gown, one black stuff coat, and one blue handkerchief, the property of Elizabeth Balbery, value 6d.: 6 months' hard labour.

Elizabeth Herd and Grace Batten, late of Launcells; convicted of taking one goose, the property of John Martin of Launcells, yeoman, value 2d.|: one week's hard labour.

William Prince, late of Illogan; convicted for taking one pair of corduroy breeches, value 6d., the property of Thomas Williams: 3 months' hard labour.

QS/1/6/35

Richard Paynter of Perranzabuloe; indicted for 2 assaults; pleaded guilty: fined 1d. for each.

John Bennetts and Richard Perrow, both of Penryn, labourers; convicted for taking one bee hive and one swarm of bees, the property of Henry Thomas and William Sampson, value 6d.: one month's hard labour.

William Penhale, Edmund George and Richard Reynolds, both of Redruth; tried for the same offence: acquitted.

William Penhale, Edmund George, and Richard Reynolds, late of Redruth, labourers; convicted for taking one cotton shirt, the property of Stephen Michell, value 2d.: 6 months' hard labour.

QS/1/6/36

Thomas Baron of Bodmin took oath as a protestant dissenter, and certified that a house belonging to Bodmin, lately erected in Back Street, is to be used for religious worship: recorded.

Job Hopton of St Columb [Major] took oath as a protestant dissenting minister.

William Minheere, late of St Breock, labourer; indicted for taking one woollen shirt, the property of the adventurers of Polbrock Stream Work: acquitted.

Sarah Wilkins, late of Paul, single woman; convicted for taking one shawl or handkerchief, the property of Elizabeth Sullivan, value 1d.: 3 months' hard labour.

QS/1/6/37

Recognizances of Humphry Hicks of St Agnes, and Andrew Paul and Richard Andrew, both of the same, his pledges; estreated for want of appearance of Humphry Hicks at this sessions.

Samuel Rowe; pleaded guilty to taking one silver spoon, the property of Thomas Martin, value 6d.: continued in custody for one day.

Six gaol and marshalsea rates to be raised and paid to Samuel Hext, gent., vice-treasurer.

Recognizances of William Fowler, gent, and Francis John Hext and Peter Edward Scobell, gents., his sureties: continued to next sessions.