Petitions
LRO
QSP 203/8
Petition
1661 (Epiphany)
Petition
Application
1661
Intoxicants
Alcohol | Ale
Relates To
Licensing
Brewing/Distilling
Lodging
Setting
Alehouse
Transcription
I am entreated by the bearer to write to you in her husband's and her behalf, and to desire you that you will be her friend in procuring her a licence to brew ale: They [blank] an alehouse and lodging for [blank] Ashton town, but were for some reasons suppressed (as she will inform you) indeed [blank] any other house that keeps lodging and accommodation for horses in the town, so that if [blank] convincing reasons to the contrary [Blank] I shall entreat you that you will endeavour [blank] her a licence, and I shall take it as [blank] from you and remain your assured friend to serve you.
Petitionee
[Not specified]
female
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England
Petitioner
William Gerrard
male
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England
Signature