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Depositions & Examinations
NCR Case 16a/15, fol. 357v
NRO
Undefined
Tue 24 July 1621
Sat 28 July 1621
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Plaintiff
Thomas Francis
male
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Defendants
Thomas Arber
male
Watchman
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Thomas Coates
male
Watchman
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Batten
male
Spouse
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Watchman
Norwich, Norfolk, England
William Hicklinge
male
or Hicklynge
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Event
Three watchmen drinking
Tue 24 July 1621
night
Cross Keys, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Components
Company and drinking groups: male
Policing
Unseasonable drinking
Inferred
Statement
Sat 28 July 1621
Thomas Francis
Thomas Francis doth depose and swear that on Tuesday night last the three watchmen who then watched, whose names as he take it are Thomas Arber, Thomas Coates, one Batten, with one man more whose name is William Hicklinge as he thinketh, all which persons do dwell in this city, and were drinking at the Cross Keys.