Depositions & Examinations
ZQSF 69/80
CRO
Theft
1623
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
William Bowker
male
Labourer
Chester, Cheshire, England
Basic Mark
Witness
Ralph Bennett
male
Brewer
Brewer
Chester, Cheshire, England
Signature
Event
Stolen corn sold to a brewer
Sun January 1623
7 evening
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Trade and economic exchange
Brewing
Theft
Setting
Brewhouse
Location of Event
Event
Money spent at Young Bafford's
January 1623
evening
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Company and drinking groups: male
Inferred
Theft
Inferred
Alcohol | Unspecified
4d
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Inferred
Event
Money spent at Old Bafford's
Mon January 1623
evening
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Company and drinking groups: male
Inferred
Theft
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
31 January 1623
William Bowker
Saith that upon Sunday last about 7 of the clock in the night he brought unto one Ralph Bennett’s house some barley and beans in a sack… And saith that after he delivered of the said corn he and one Tellett went to Young Bafford’s where they spent 4d and afterwards they went to Old Bafford’s where they spent all the rest of his money.
Statement
31 January 1623
Ralph Bennett
That upon Sunday last at night he was not in the house when the said Bowker brought the said corn but saith that his wife afterwards told him that the said Bowker had brought the said corn thither and saith that he would have had the said Bowker to have taken the corn back again and he refused whereupon he put the said corn into a barrel in his house.