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Depositions & Examinations
QSB 1/34/49
LRO
Immorality
1627
Plaintiff
Anne Taylor
female
Widow
Golborne, Lancashire, England
Defendant
Jane Leigh
female
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
Spouse
William Leigh
male
Golborne, Lancashire, England
Witness
Christopher Wakefield
male
Event
The disorderly house of William Leigh
1627
Golborne, Lancashire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Company and drinking groups
Disorderly behaviour
Swearing and cursing
Fights and violence
Noise and disturbance
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Statement
21 November 1627
Jane Leigh
Confesseth that divers have sitten in their house drinking about two hours together.
Statement
21 November 1627
Christopher Wakefield
Informeth that to his knowledge divers have been drinking in the alehouse of William Leigh in the night and upon Sunday last in the afternoon there was a brabble there and blood drawn.
Statement
21 November 1627
Anne Taylor
Deposeth that she cannot rest in her bed for the lewd company which frequenteth the alehouse of William Leigh in Golborne but hath been constrained to rise out of her bed twice in a night by reason of the wicked oaths which the company in that house have sworn.