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Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1603/49 (unfol.) Holland c Larch
CRO
Immorality
1603
1603
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Plaintiff
Charles Holland
male
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Defendant
James Larch
male
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Event
Adultery and fornication in an alehouse chamber
1603
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Adultery
Fornication
Company and drinking groups: mixed
Setting
Alehouse > Chamber
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
1603
Charles Holland
James Larch is a lewd fellow, and he hath been naughty or committed adultery, or hath had carnally to do with Anne the wife of Thomas Taylor in the house of Adam Holt in Rochdale aforesaid, and that he the said James Larch was found or seen in a chamber with the said Anne Taylor… committing the act of adultery, or in very suspicious manner.