| Description | Bill of indictment of Henry Watson yeoman, Ann his wife, and Margaret Snawden spinster, all late of Exelby, for assaulting Edmund Raper deputy to the Earl of Holderness, bailiff of the liberty of Richmond and Richmondshire, and releasing Watson from custody
On 27 July 1693 a warrant had been issued to the bailiff of the liberty of Richmond and Richmondshire and his deputy to arrest Henry Watson and to bring him before the king's justices at Westminster to answer Christopher Tanfeild for a plea of debt for £26. Edmund Raper had arrested Watson on 18 August 1693 at Exelby
Offence committed at Exelby on 18 August 1693
Endorsed with name of witness and "true bill"
With presentment at Quarter Sessions at Richmond on 16 January 1693/4 |