| Description | A serious debate took place over a suit depending at the last great Sessions held at Chester between William Welsheman, plaintiff, and Richard Coddington and others, defendants, concerning right of common on Hoole Heath. When the cause had been tried on May 4th it was agreed by the parties, by Francis Earl of Shrewsbury and by the agents of the City of Chester that the dispute should be referred to the ordering of Thomas Mainwaringe and Thomas Croxton, esquires, arbitrators, and of Thomas Brereton, esq., umpire; and that a bond of £1000 should be entered into by Richard Leicester and John Johnson, Aldermen of the City, for performance of the arbitrament. Now, therefore, the Assembly desired that Alderman Leicester and Alderman Johnson should enter into the said bonds, and that they would join with Edward Bradshawe, Alderman, Mr. Sheriff Griffith, Richard Mynshull, Alderman, and Ralph Davenporte in endeavouring to prosecute the said reference on behalf of the City. It was ordered that the Assembly should save harmless the two Aldermen concerning the bond.
It was ordered that a horse-market should be held every Wednesday in Northgate Street between the gate near the Corn market leading to the Church-yard and the further Abbey gate.
(ZA/B/2/108v). Anne Baxter, widow of Henry Baxter, clotheir, stated that at the beginning of the late war she owed the City £25 as executrix of William Crofts, her former husband, and £100, lent to Henry Baxter to set poor people to work in the Newhouse. At that time Henry Baxter was possessed of an estate of £330, which was seized for the City's use and received by the Treasurers, Aldermen Holmes and Broster. She therefore petitioned that the Assembly would order that the bonds be cancelled. It was ordered that she should be given a discharge from the bonds under the City Seal, that she should give the Mayor and Citizens a general discharge from all trespasses and demands, and that Mr Holmes and Mr Broster should give account of how they had disposed of the goods.
It was ordered that Mr Randle Holmes should receive a further £10 for his care and pains in setting in order the many ancient records remaining in the Treasury.
It was agreed that £25 of Sir Thomas White's money should be continued to Robert Parkes, clothier, for ten years. |