Sex

Male

Marital Status

Unknown

Remarks

Although Robert Young’s parish is unusually not given in the libel, the cause at EDC 5/1/8 concerns the tithes of Over and it may be that he lived in the area of the parish of Whitegate of which the parochial status was in dispute at the time.

Causes

EDC 5/1/8 – defendant

Sex

Male

Marital Status

Unknown

Literacy

Yes - described as 'literatus'

Remarks

He may have been an apparitor as he is listed with Hugh Gillam, who was an apparitor, in the list of witnesses to the sentence.

Causes

EDC 5/1580/5 – witness to the sentence

Sex

Male

Marital Status

Unknown

Occupation Status

Gentleman

Remarks

He is probably John Yardley of Calcott (or Caldecott), one of the gentlemen of Broxton Hundred listed in the visitation of Cheshire in 1580; The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 made by Robert Glover, ed. J. Paul Rylands (London, 1882), p. 7. Caldecott is about 3½ miles from Holt, where John Ledsam lived, and about 5 miles from Commonwood where William Ledsam lived.

Causes

EDC 5/1587/8 – one of the addressees of William Ledsam’s letter to the court