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Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1626/86 (unfol.) Hurst c Flitcroft
CRO
Immorality
19 May 1626
Winwick, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Henry Hurst
male
Winwick, Cheshire, England
Defendant
John Flitcroft
male
Witness
Event
John Flitwick drunk and spewing on the Sabbath
Sun 1626
Winwick, Cheshire, England
Components
Profaning the Sabbath
Drunkenness and excessive consumption
Vomiting
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Church > Yard
Location of Event
Statement
19 May 1626
Henry Hurst
That within the months and years mentioned in the articles exhibited in this cause or in some or one of them the said John Flitcroft upon sabbath day did drink so much that he was so overcome with drink that he could not stay in the church of Winwick but went forth of the church and did cast or spew in a beastly manner and was found asleep in the place where he had so cast upon the said sabbath day, within or near unto the said town of Winwick.