Depositions & Examinations
ZQSF 55/67
CRO
Physical Assault
1607
Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
male
Welsh
Defendant
[Not specified]
male
Welsh
Witness
Richard Wall
male
Tameston, Ireland
Signature
Event
A fight in David Allen's house
10 December 1607
1 afternoon
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Company and drinking groups: male
Arguments
Fights and violence
Setting
Alehouse > Garden
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
10 December 1607
Richard Wall
Sworn and examined deposeth and saith that this present day about one of the clock in the afternoon this examinate being in the house of David Allen sitting by the fireside did perceive two Welsh men in the said house talking Welsh together in railing manner as this examinate thought… understandeth not the Welsh languages and saith that the one of them who now is prisoner in the Northgate did draw out his dagger and the other being a joiner and having in hand a ruler they struck each other, and coming together the person that had the dagger wounded the joiner therewith cutting him in the face and head and then they were parted and more cannot depose.