Showeth that your petitioner about 2 or 3 years ago being licenced to keep a common alehouse at Rawtenstall aforesaid was indicted at the Sessions then here holden upon pretence that your petitioner had kept some disorder in his house and thereupon two several fines of 10s a piece hath lately been issued out to be collected and levied of your petitioner's goods although your petitioner had no notice at all of any such indictment to be brought against him nor did in any wise deserve the same but was injuriously presented against by some of his neighbours who did envy your petitioner for being licenced as aforesaid. And forasmuch as your petitioner is a very poor man and infirm in his body and has nothing whereon to subsist saving his handy labour whereby he hath hitherto maintained himself and family in an honest and laborious manner without being burdensome unto any. His humble petition therefore is that your worships will be pleased to discharge your said petitioner of the said fines and your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray etc… We whose names are subscribed being neighbours to the petitioner, do make bold to certify that your petitioner was never noted to keep any misorder in his house while he kept a common alehouse to any of our knowledge but demeaned himself and his house very civilly and hath... been very laborious in his calling being a plasterer.
Petitions
LRO
QSP 138/20
Petition
Preston, Lancashire, England
1657 (Epiphany)
Petition
Appeal
1657
Relates To
Keeping a disorderly house
Poor relief
Setting
Alehouse
Transcription
Petitionee
Thomas Gorton
male
Plasterer
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Petitioners
Thomas Gorton
male
Plasterer
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
John Leaworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Robert Dewhurst
male
Clerk
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
John Ashworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Richard Heye
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
John Pickopp
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
James Townley
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Richard Holt
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
James Haworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
John Lord
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Richard Birtwhistle
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Dennis Haworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Henry Persey
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
James [Not specified]
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
James Ashworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
George Duerden
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Alexander Hanworth
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
Edward Barlow
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
Signature
George Holt
male
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England