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Assaults and other offences, 1680-90
These come from the Bucks Quarter Sessions records (available from the Bucks Record Society):
Easter 1680
John Greene,
Abraham
Day
senior,
and
Abraham
Day
junior,
all
of
Winslow,
for
assaulting
Thomas
Benboe;
the
first
fined £1;
the
other
two
fined
5s
each.
Midsummer 1681
Elizabeth, wife
of
Thomas
Betts,
Mary
Greene,
widow,
Elizabeth,
wife
of Thomas
Benboe,
Katherine,
wife
of
William
East,
Mary,
wife
of
Richard
Pitkins,
Elizabeth,
wife
of
William
Powers,
Mary,
wife
of
Henry
Tims,
Margaret,
wife
of
William
Lovett,
Joan,
wife
of
Nicholas
Miller,
Elizabeth,
wife
of
Thomas
Bigge,
Hannah,
wife
of
William
Stormer,
Margaret,
wife
of
William
Miller,
Mary,
wife
of
Daniel
Hogston,
Judith,
wife
of
Samuel
Winston,
Joan,
wife
of
James
Allen,
Anne,
wife
of
Christopher
Willins,
Susan,
wife
of
Ralph
Noone,
Ellen,
wife
of
Thomas
Swift,
Mary
Porter,
spinster,
and
Ursula,
wife
of
John
Bowyer,
all
of
Winslow,
for
rioting
and
for
assaulting
Robert
Thornton
at
Winslow
market.
"The
severall
poor
women
of
Winslow
indicted
for
a
ryott
and
assault
upon
Edward
[sic] Thornton
submitted
and
was
fined
severally
3s
4d."
Michaelmas 1681
Thomas
Daniel,
Margaret
Wyett,
William
Hunt,
Robert
Gibbs,
William
Prentice,
Christopher
Coates,
John
Norman, George
Norris,
Abraham
Day,
Joseph
Danderidge,
Robert
Scott,
Nicholas
Miller,
Dorothy
Pitkins,
Anne
Atwood, Elizabeth
Glenester,
John
Ambridge,
Thomas
Goddinge,
Thomas
Mitchell,
Thomas
Pease,
David
East,
John
Kelly,
and
John
Livett,
all
of
Winslow,
for "not
keepinge
the
Assize
in
bread
and
beer."
Michaelmas 1681
Thomas
Slye
of
Winslow,
gentleman,
fined
13s
4d,
for
assaulting
Jane
Gibbs,
widow.
Michaelmas 1682
Thomas
Smallbones
of
Winslow,
labourer,
who
pleaded
guilty
of
stealing
a
turkey
hen,
value
6d,
and
a
duck,
value
4d,
from
Mr
William
Giles
of
Winslow,
is
ordered
to
be
whipped
in
the
gaol, "until
his
body
be
bloody," and
then
discharged,
paying
his
fees.
Easter 1684
George Hardinge
of
Winslow
ordered
to
be
bound
over
to
appear
at
the
next
session,
for
concealing
several
recognizances
which
he
ought
to
have
brought
into
court.
Midsummer 1684
George Hardinge
of
Winslow,
surgeon,
forfeits
his
recognizance
of £100
for
non-appearance,
and
his
sureties,
Charles
Coates
and
Joseph
Glenester,
both
of
Winslow,
forfeit £20
each.
Midsummer 1689
Thomas Ping
of
Winslow,
for
stealing
three
chickens,
value
10d.
Sentenced (Epiphany 1690) to be
whipped
at
the
cart's
tail
from
Aylesbury
gaol
to
the
George
Inn
and
back
again,
and
then
to
be
discharged.
Michaelmas 1690
Elizabeth,
wife
of
Walter
Herbert
of
Winslow,
indicted for
assaulting
Joan,
wife
of
William
Edmonds.
Recognizances
of
Thomas
Smalbones, "habadasher
of
hatts," and
Stephen
Bigg,
blacksmith,
both
of
Winslow,
as
sureties
for
the
appearance
of
Elizabeth,
wife
of
Walter
Herbert
of
Winslow,
barber, and then £20 each for her to keep the peace. She was fined 6s 8d.