Description | A list of those convicted for having false weights and balances, as found by John Newby, inspector of weights and balances for the wapentake of Gilling West. Includes:
Arkengarthdale - Obadiah Whitehead for two false weights - Joseph Raine for eight false weights - James Hall for six false weights - Peter Croft for one false weight - John Whitehead for a false steelyard - William Carter for one false weight - Thomas Alderson for a false steelyard
Muker - John Metcalfe for two false weights - Joseph Pounder for two false weights - James Alderson for four false weights - William Hall for six false weights - Isaiah Metcalfe for five false weights - Joseph Sunter for one false weight - Jane Coates for two false weights - William Woodheart for five false weights - Jane Buxton for six false weights - Thomas Buxton for six false weights
Reeth - Mr Lonsdale for two false weights - John Stubbs for one false weight - John Rayner for seven false weights - Mary Metcalfe for two false weights - John Willis for a false steelyard - George Raw for three false weights - James Hird for a false steelyard - Henry Deacon for a false steelyard - Christopher Hilary for one false weight - John Galway for three false weights - William Parkin for four false weights - John Irwin for two false weights - George Raw for seven false weights - Charles Wensley for five false weights - Sarah Sunter for three false weights - Ralph Simpson for a false steelyard
Marrick - Thomas Nelson for a false steelyard - Elizabeth Hopps for two false weights - Henry Rogers for two false weights - David Jones for three false weights - Helen Liddle for four false weights |