Return made by Justices of Peace

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1634-5. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1864.

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'Return made by Justices of Peace', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1634-5, (London, 1864) pp. 104-107. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas1/1634-5/pp104-107 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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RETURNS MADE BY JUSTICES OF PEACE,

May and June 1634,

Principally of Measures for Relief of the Poor taken by them in pursuance of the King's Book of Orders and Instructions of the Council.

Date. For what Place. Nature of Document. Reference to Document.
1634.
May 1. Hungerford. The three hundreds within the division of Newbury, Berks. Richard Browne, single Justice of Peace within that district, to the Council. Forty rogues punished in a month, since which none have been found; 28 poor children bound apprentices. Vol. cclxvii., No. 3. 1½ p.
May 2. Taunton. Taunton, Somerset. Mayor and another to Sir John Carew, sheriff. Certify price of corn: wheat, 5s. 4d.; rye, 4s.; barley, 3s. 8d.; beans, 3s.; peas, 4s.; oats, 18d. Vol. cclxvii., No. 12. ½ p.
May 2. Salop. Shrewsbury. Bailiffs to Sir Thomas Thynne, sheriff. Certify numbers of rogues punished, apprentices bound, and amount levied of swearers and tipplers. Ibid., No. 13. ½ p.
May 2. The same. Duplicate of the preceding. Ibid., No. 14. ½ p.
May 5. Division of Abingdon, Berks. Justices of Peace to the Council. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 37. 1 p.
May 5. Hundreds of Lambourne and Wanting [Wantage], Berks. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 38. 1 p.
May 5. Bewsey. Parishes of Warrington and Winwick in hundred of West Derby, co. Lancaster. The like to Sir George Vernon, one of the Justices of Common Pleas. Send similar certificate. [Seal with arms.] Inclosed, Ibid., No. 39. 1 p.
i. Certificate above mentioned. Ibid., No. 39. i. [Two strips of parchment.]
May 5. Chippenham. Hundreds of Chippenham, Calne, and Damerham North, Wilts. The like to Justices of Assize. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 40. ¾ p.
May 5. Wellington. Hundred of Bradford South, Salop. Similar certificate from the like. They state that they had caused "lownes [loans] to be raised in every parish where they found cause for the relief of the poor." They give the names of apprentices bound and persons fined. Ibid., No. 41. 1 p.
May 10. Hundred of Malmesbury, Wilts. Justices of Peace to Sir Henry Ludlow, sheriff. Similar certificate. [Indorsed as received from the Lord Chief Baron.] Ibid., No. 72. 1 p.
May 16. Tower division in Ossulston hundred, Middlesex. Justices of Peace to the Council. Similar certificate. Apprentices put out, 69; alehouses allowed, 345, suppressed, 181. Vol. cclxviii., No. 13. 1½ p.
May 16. Finsbury division of the same hundred. Other Justices of Peace to the same. Similar certificate. Apprentices put out, 100; alehouses licensed, 127, suppressed, 137. Ibid., No. 14. 1 p.
May 16. Southwark. Hundred of Brixton, besides the borough of Southwark. Justices of Peace to the same. Similar certificate. Alehouses suppressed, 140 at least. Ibid., No. 15. 1 p.
May 17. Kingsclere division, Hants. Justices of Peace [to the Sheriff]. Similar certificate. Wheat, 6s. per bushel; best wool, 14d. per pound. Order given for repair of the beacons. Vol. cclxviii., No. 23. 1¼ p.
May 18. Division of Norfolk unnamed. The same to the Council. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 27. ¾ p.
May 20. Croydon. Hundred of Wallington and town of Croydon, Surrey. The same to the same. Certify that they have suppressed 18 alehouses and licensed 32. Ibid., No. 43. 1 p.
May 20. Hundreds of Bath Forum and Wellow, with the liberties of Norton and Hampton, co. Somerset. The same to the same. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 44. ¾ p.
May 24. St. Andrew's Holborn, St. Giles in the Fields, Marylebone, Paddington, Kentish Town, and Hampstead, co. Middlesex. The same to the same. Certify that they have suppressed 63 alehouses, bound 30 apprentices, and punished 190 vagrants. Ibid., No. 60. 1 p.
May 29. Hundred of Elthorne, Middlesex. The same to the same. Similar certificate. Names given of alehouse keepers licensed and suppressed. Ibid., No. 76. 2 pp.
[May ?] Hundreds of North Erpingham and Holt, Norfolk. The same to the same. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 104. 1 p.
June 2. Acton Burnel. Division of co. Salop unnamed. The same to Sir Thomas Thynne, sheriff. Similar certificate. Vol. cclxix., No. 7. ½ p.
June 2. Taunton. Taunton, Somerset. Mayor and another to Sir John Carew, sheriff. Certify price of corn—wheat per bushel, 5s. 8d.; rye, 4s.; barley, 3s. 8d.; beans, 3s. 4d.; pease, 4s.; oats, 1s. 6d. Ibid., No. 8. ½ p.
June 3. Hundred of Ford, co. Salop. Justices of Peace to the Sheriff. Certificate of proceedings at their monthly meetings. Ibid., No. 15. ¾ p.
June 3. Hundred of Cherbury, co. Salop. The same to the same. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 16. ¾ p.
June 3. Hundreds of Wetherley and Thriplow, co. Cambridge. The same to the same. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 17. 1 p.
June 4. Hundred of Copthorne and half hundred of Effingham, Surrey. The same to the Council. Certificate of alehouses licensed, 17 in 14 parishes. Ibid., No. 23. 1 p.
June 5. Iver. Hundred of Stoke, co. Bucks. The same to [the same]. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 39. 1 p.
June 7. Westminster. Westminster. Justices of Peace to the Council. Certificate of alehouses suppressed and licensed. In St. Margaret's, suppressed 77, licensed 159; in St. Martin's, 85 and 126. Vol. cclxix., No. 50. 1 p.
June 10. Hundreds of Cheveley, Staplehoe, Staine, and Flendish, co. Cambridge. The same (Isaac Barrow one of them) to Sir Robert Bartlett [Berkeley], Judge of Assize. Certificate of proceedings under the Book of Orders. Ibid., No. 64. 1 p.
June 13. Bromham. Hundreds of Swanborough, Pottern, and Canning's Episcopi, Wilts. The same to Sir Henry Ludlow, sheriff. Similar certificate. [Seal with arms.] Ibid., No. 75. ½ p.
June 15. Hundreds of Ongar, Harlow, and Waltham, Essex. The same to the Council. Similar certificate. [Seal with arms.] Ibid., No. 90. 1¾ p.
June 16. Hundreds of Dunmow, Uttlesford, Freshwell, and Clavering, Essex. The same to the same. Similar certificate. [Seal with arms.] Ibid., No. 92. 1½ p.
June 18. Wolverhampton. Hundred of Seisdon, co. Stafford. The same to Sir Henry Griffith, sheriff. Similar certificate. Ibid., No. 100. ½ p.
June 19. Hundred of Hinckford. Essex. The same to the Council. Have bound out 428 apprentices, and suppressed all alehouses except 39. Ibid., No. 109. 1 p.
June 21. Hundreds of Lexden, Winstrey, Thurstable, and Witham, Essex. The same to the same. Care of the alehouses; have bound out 208 apprentices in twelve months. [Seal with arms.] Vol. cclxx., No. 5. 1 p.
June 22. Hundreds of North Stow, Chesterton, and Papworth, co. Cambridge. The same to the Sheriff. Certificate of proceedings under the Book of Orders. Ibid., No. 12. ¾ p.
June 23. Penhow. Hundred of Caldecott, co. Monmouth. Justices of Peace to the Judges of Assize. Certificate of proceedings under the Book of Orders. Ibid., No. 17. 1 p.
June 23. Abergavenny. Hundred of Abergavenny, co. Monmouth. Certificate of Justices of Peace of names of apprentices bound, rogues punished, and alehousekeepers suppressed. Ibid., No. 18. 2¼ pp.
[June ?] St. Clement Danes and St. Mary, alias Savoy, in the Strand. Justices of Peace to the Council. Certificate of alehouses suppressed and apprentices bound. Ibid., No. 73. 1 p.
[June ?] Hundred of Usk, co. Monmouth. Similar certificate of Justices of Peace. Ibid., No. 74. ¾ p.
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