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Depositions & Examinations
QSP 72/32
LRO
Immorality
1652 (Michaelmas)
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
William Sorrocold
male
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
Salford, Lancashire, England
Witness
Jeremiah Wolsencroft
male
Salford, Lancashire, England
Event
Disorderly behaviour at William Sorrocold's house
Sat 17 July 1652
Mon 19 July 1652
Salford, Lancashire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Company and drinking groups: mixed
Spousal consumption
Drunkenness and excessive consumption
Drinking round the clock
Trade and economic exchange
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Alehouse
Event
More disorderly behaviour at William Sorrocold's house
Sat 1652
night
Salford, Lancashire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Theft
Mentioned Only
Breaking and entry
Mentioned Only
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Statement
1652
Jeremiah Wolsencroft
That the 17th of July being Saturday William Sorrocold of Salford harboured in his house two peddlers, Henry Beck, and his wife who drunk there from Saturday in the evening until Monday morning at one of the clock and the said Henry Beck at that time sold his wife and child unto the one of the peddlers for two pence. That the last Saturday night the said William Sorrocold kept and harboured in his house one Richard Lees and others until three of clock in the night which night Mr Byrom of Salford had his house robbed and the said Lees was apprehended for the same. These and several other misdemeanours the said Sorrocold is guilty of which I am several others can make really to appear.