Depositions & Examinations
ZQSE 3/27
CRO
Settlement / Vagrancy
1581
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
Thomas Throckmorton
male
Basic Mark
Event
Wanderer born at The Bell in London
Bell, Cheapside, London, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Lodging and tabling
Childbirth, laying in, churching
Setting
Drinking house: unspecified
Location of Event
Statement
7 May 1581
Thomas Throckmorton
Examined what countryman he is saith he was born in London at Cheapside at the at the sign of the Bell the son of George Throckmorton gent: who sometimes lyeth with him ten miles of Bristol at a place called Thornberry in the county of Gloucester where his said father is yet living and there liveth upon his lands.