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Comm.Ct.I.1	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.2	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.3	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.4	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.5	Acta Curiae rough book
Comm.Ct.I.6	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.7	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.8	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.9	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.10	Acta Curiae neat book
Comm.Ct.I.11	Acta Curiae neat book
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Commissary's Court archives

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Debt causes become almost the entire business of the court before the end of the book. Notable entries include:

f.1: debt arising from dicing involving Ralfe, servant to a Scottish man dwelling about Stamford;

f.21: contract: delivery of grogram;

f.60: contract: failure to teach an apprentice glover;

f.86v: contract: detention of a stone arch;

f.93v: injury: promoted by victims, Cuthbert and Jane Johnson v. James Jurdeine of St Botolph, for 'riding' as punishment for husband beating;

f.160v: John Waterhouse (St John's) inceptor, defendant in debt cause;

ff.252-58: Sturbridge Fair causes heard by Commissary, 1584;

ff.290- 305: causes heard by Legge, described as Vice-Chancellor, 1587;

f.304v: office prosecution against John Betson [? Christ's] for plucking up the clothes of young maidens.

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