Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr84)

3.4.1730 (Friday 3 April 1730)

document 41900162

jury and homage present a ditch in a place called Newbrook adjoining the Priory canal for defect of scouring becomes a nuisance and orders Jn Hatch Wm Ellis     Peartree widow     Measont widow Jn Campion Jn Collier Wm Baker Jn Porter and Jeff Cook to scour the said ditch in their respective parts and each of them is amerced 1guinea separately if it is not scoured and repaired or mended and the ditch to be made 5ft wide and 3ft deep before stjn.next