‹ E-CIPM 23-691: ELIZABETH WIFE OF JAMES STRANGWAYS, JUNIOR ›

John Swaynby , aged 60 years and more, sworn and diligently examined on the age of Elizabeth, swears that she was born at Ravensworth and baptised in the church of Kirkby Ravensworth. She was aged 14 years on 1 August last. He knows because he married Katherine on the 29 September following. John Halbarn , 50 and more, knows because the bishop of Durham gave him the office of bailiff of the liberty of Alverton in the same year that Elizabeth was born. John Thekeston , 40 and more, knows because Thomas his son died on the day that Elizabeth was baptised. Richard Pykering , 44 and more, knows because the Tees overflowed onto his land in Yarm. Thomas Rud , 46 and more, knows because Agnes his daughter was baptised in the same church, and was aged 14 on the 1 August last. William Emondson , 52 and more, left Ravensworth to stay in Stokesley on the 29 September following. John Palesser , 58 and more, bought the wood of Donland on the 1 September following. Thomas Lokwode , 59 and more, bought a messuage and 40 a. land in East Harlsey on the 11 August following. William Esby , 45 and more, took the way to the holy land on the day that Elizabeth was baptised. Laurence Nicolson , 57, made a new chamber in Hoton in the year that Elizabeth was baptised. Robert Wade , 47 and more, knows because Thomas his son drowned in the Swale the day that Elizabeth was born. George Forster , 53 and more, bought 20 a. wood in Topcliffe.