Title: Calendar to the Sessions Books and Sessions Minute Books and other Sessions Records of the County of Hertford, 1619 to 1657.
William Le Hardy, 1928, Hertford v 409 et seq.
Date: 1651-1
Place: Hertford
QUARTER SESSIONS BOOK
VOLUME II
30 September, 1650
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD,
f.113
Order that John Pluckrose, now a prisoner in the County Gaol, shall be delivered to the Master of the House of Correction in Hertford to remain and be set at work till he produce a certificate as to "when and where he was married to Elizabeth, his pretended wife."
QUARTER SESSIONS BOOK
VOLUME III
12 January, 1651/2
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD
f. 20
Order that John Pluckrose, now in gaol, shall remain there till he put in good sureties to appear, etc., and meanwhile to keep the peace, especially towards Edward Brand of Hormead.
QUARTER SESSIONS BOOK
VOLUME III
26 April, 1652
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD
f. 23
John Pluckrose committed to gaol till he find sureties to appear at the next sessions.
QUARTER SESSIONS MINUTE BOOK
VOLUME III
26 April, 1652
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD
Presentments: -
No. 1
10 September [A. D. 1651]
That John Pluckrose, late of Great Hornmead, yeoman, was a common barrator.
QUARTER SESSIONS MINUTE BOOK
VOLUME III
26 April, 1652
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD
Presentments: -
No. 4
13 September [A. D. 1651]
That John Pluckrose, late of Great Hornmead, husbandman, took one Thomas West to dwell with him as an inmate.
QUARTER SESSIONS BOOK
VOLUME III
18 April, 1653
SESSIONS HELD AT HERTFORD
f. 29
John Pluckrose of Great Hormead committed to gaol till he finds good sureties for his appearance, etc.
These records cast an interesting light on John Pluckrose. He is probably the John Pluckrose who was christened in Great Hormead on 15 August 1619, which would make him about 30 when he was imprisoned until he produced a certificate to show that he was "married to Elizabeth, his pretended wife". Fifteen months later he was in trouble again, apparently because he had failed to appear in court and also because he appears to have been threatening his neighbour Edward Brand. He is in trouble again, three months later, probably because he failed to appear in court; at the same date he is accused of being a "common barrator" (a barrator is someone who vexatiously stirs up lawsuits, quarrels etc.). Three days later it is recorded that he has taken "one Thomas West to dwell with him as an inmate". It is not clear what this means, unless Thomas West is another known troublemaker. A year later he is imprisoned again for not appearing in court.
