People: Kinsey, Agnes


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Kinsey

Forename

Agnes

Sex

Female

Parish

Warmingham

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Edmund

Remarks

The defendant in this cause is accused of having been bribed by the plaintiffs to defame Agnes by calling her a whore.

Causes

EDC 5/1/6 – named in the libel

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People: Scariot, Alice


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Scariot (Scaryot)

Forename

Alice

Sex

Female

Parish

Formerly of Warmingham

Marital Status

Unknown

Causes

EDC 5/1/6 – defendant

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People: Lightfoot, Gilbert


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Lightfoot (Lightfote)

Forename

Gilbert

Sex

Male

Parish

Warmingham

Marital Status

Unknown

Occupation Status

Clerk

Remarks

Although in the suit at EDC 5/1/6 he is described as a chaplain, he is described elsewhere as a curate, so was presumably curate under the rector of the parish at the time of the suit who was Richard Minshull or Mynshull.

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EDC 5/1/6 – plaintiff (joint)

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People: Minshull, John


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Minshull (Mynshull)

Forename

John

Sex

Male

Parish

Warmingham

Marital Status

Unknown

Remarks

He may have been related to the rector of the parish at the time of the suit. His name was Richard Minshull or Mynshull.

Causes

EDC 5/1/6 – plaintiff (joint)

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People: Orrell, Anne


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Orrell

Forename

Anne

Sex

Female

Parish

Wigan

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Piers Orrell

Causes

EDC 5/1/5 – plaintiff

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People: Orrell, Piers


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Orrell

Forename

Piers

Sex

Male

Parish

Wigan

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Anne Orrell

Causes

EDC 5/1/5 – defendant

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People: Shalcrosse, Ralph


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Shalcrosse

Forename

Ralph

Sex

Male

Parish

Manchester

Marital Status

Unknown

Causes

EDC 5/1580/12 – plaintiff

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People: Ridinges, Robert


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Ridinges

Forename

Robert

Sex

Male

Parish

Manchester

Marital Status

Unknown

Causes

EDC 5/1580/12 – defendant

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People: Chetam, Jane


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Chetam (Chetham)

Forename

Jane

Sex

Female

Parish

Manchester

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Henry

Remarks

It is probable that Henry and Jane Chetham were the parents of Humphrey Chetham, a very wealthy philanthropist. Humphrey was baptised in the collegiate church in July 1580. The Chetham family were wealthy cloth merchants and lived at Crumpsall Hall in north Manchester.

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EDC 5/1580/11 – plaintiff

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People: Hall, Richard


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Surname

Hall

Forename

Richard

Sex

Male

Parish

Manchester

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Margery

Occupation Status

Clerk; fellow of Manchester College

Literacy

Yes - his will mentions a owned a number of books

Remarks

CCEd person ID 31978

Career: Richard Hall was ordained priest on 10 March 1542 and appointed a Fellow of Manchester College by 1559 and remained there until his death, he was buried in the collegiate church on 4 January 1585. He was acting as treasurer of the college at the time of a metropolitan visitation in 1571 when conflict among the Fellows was said to have been occasioned by his failure to pay their stipends.

Further notes:

While at Manchester College he worked as a schoolmaster and also practiced medicine although it was reported that those he treated usually died. He was also said to be of unsound religion and a drunkard.

Sources:

F. R. Raines, The fellows of the collegiate church of Manchester, ed. F. Renaud, vol. 1, Chetham Society, new series, 21 (1891).

Causes

EDC 5/1580/11 – defendant

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