Upon many, some, or at least one of the said days and feasts, being times prohibited, commonly followed, exercise and employed yourselves, or him or herself respectively in the ordinary works or labours of your calling, and namely you or any of you, or many or some of you have, or at least one of you hath upon all and every of the days aforesaid, or upon many, some, or one of them respectively exercised yourselves in the trade of brewing or in carrying forth and carrying abroad of beer openly, to divers houses or to some or one house in the City of Chester, or otherwise been employed in some your corporal servile and unlawful businesses in and about the premises… You… hath employed yourselves in making of malt, or in drying, stirring, carrying, or removing of the same from place to place, or in laborious and servile drawing of water for brewing, or malting, or at least you, or some or one of you… You, or many, or at least some or one of you have or hath been exercised and employed in a querne or hand mill in grinding of malt, and following and doing the ordinary work of your vocation.
Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1613/4 (unfol.) Office c Taylor
CRO
Violation of church rights
1613
Plaintiff
Office [Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
Ferdinand Taylor
male
Chester, Cheshire, England
Event
Brewing on the Sabbath and feast days
1613
Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Brewing
Profaning the Sabbath
Prosecution and punishment
Alcohol | Beer
Statement
1613
Ferdinand Taylor