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:
Greta Bridge - Thomas Thompson blacksmith for a false steelyard - Dorothy Pickering for two false weights
Rokeby - James Cook paper maker for four false weights - Thomas Harrison for a false steelyard
Bowes - Ann Campbell poor for seven false weights - Joseph Richardson for a false steelyard - John Richardson for four false weights - Jane Martin for four false weights - Ambrose Denham for seven false weights - Edward Johnson for a false steelyard - Phebe Copeland for six false weights - Henry Metcalfe for five false weights - Thomas Laidman for three false weights - John Watson for a false steelyard - James Sayer for two false weights - Charles Copeland for two false weights
Barningham - William Etherington for a false steelyard - William Hawdon for a false steelyard
Thorpe and Hunderthwaite - George Goundry for a false steelyard - Edward Hutchinson for seven false weights - John Prudah for a false steelyard - Robert Johnson for a false steelyard
Cotherstone - Thomas Dixon for a false steelyard - Alexander Stephenson for two false weights - John Watson for three false weights - John Hasleton for a false steelyard - Ann Parmley for five false weights - Sarah Watson for ten false weights - John Vickers for six false weights - Thomas Creighton for six false weights - Jane Fox for seven false weights - Matthew Hutchinson for five false weights - George Jaques for a false steelyard - Robert Allison for six false weights - James Hogg for 11 false weights
Mickleton - Joseph Sowerby for eight false weights - John Burney for seven false weights - Joseph Rain for 11 false weights - Edward Harrison for a false steelyard - Thomas Kidd for a false steelyard - William Wrightson for six false weights - Joseph Atkinson for a false steelyard - Henry Alderson for four false weights - Philip Elliot for a false steelyard
Startforth - John Whitfield for seven false weights - Christopher Roper for four false weights - John Ridley for a false steelyard - John Wiseman for a false steelyard - Margaret White for four false weights
Lartington - George Prudah for a false steelyard - John Hutchinson for a false weight |