66 ENCLOSURE RIOTS AT CHINLEY. 



George Andrewe, Reynold Kyrke, Richard Shower and others, 

 was ryotously by them resysted— howe manye p'sons were they, 

 and what weapons had they, and what ys ther names ? 



" Itm. Whither the sayd p'tyes or enye of them dyd ryotouslye 

 assemble themselfs together in great companies at the Towne of 

 Hayfeld w"' unlawfull weapons, that is to saye, w'*" bowes, pytche 

 fiforks, clobbes, staves swords and daggers drawen and Ryotouslye 

 dyd then and there assaulte and p'sue the sayd Godfrey and 

 Edward Bradshawe, and in ryotouse manner dyd reskewe and 

 take from them the Bodye of the sayd Richard Shower, beinge 

 attached ; the Quenes Officer George Yeaveley constable of 

 Bawdon then beinge p'sent commaundinge the peace to be 

 kepte — yea, or no — howe many p'sons were at the doinge 

 thereof? 



" Itm, Whither dyd not the p'sons before resyted ryotouslye 

 resyste the sayd Edward beinge then offycer as aforesayd, and 

 would not suffer him to arreste suche p'sons as were conteyned 

 in his sayd warrant and p'cepte, and howe you knowe the same 

 to be trewe, howe many p'sons were they that soe dyd, and what 

 were there names ? 



" Itm. Whither dyd Thomas Rawlynson Thomas Bawdon 

 beinge on foote, and Raulphe Mellour upon his horse backe, 

 ryotouslye followe the sayd Edward Bradshawe and Godfrey 

 Bradshawe the space of one quarter of a myle from the sayd 

 towne of Heyfield, and w"* drawen weapons had ryotouslye 

 like to have slayne and murthered the sayd Godfrey and Edward 

 Bradshawe — what weapons had they — and howe you knowe the 

 same to be true — and how many p'sons were they, and what are 

 there names ? 



" Itm. Whither dyd the sayd Edward Rawlinson and others 

 about may daye paste . . . and in ryotouslye manner 

 assemble themselves together in the sayd pasture or Herbage 

 called Chinleys, w"' bowes staves clubbes pytchforkes spades 

 mattockes and pull downe a pece or p'cell of enclosed grounde 

 enclosed by the sayd Godfrey Bradshawe, and why dyd they 

 soe, and whether was not the same enclosyed by ther consents ? 



