A
Abbot of Vale Royal 19
Abbreviations xiii
Ackson, John 82, 83
Ackson, Moses 82
Ackson, Thomas 56, 81, 82, 83
Act of Uniformity (1662) 168
Acton 12, 141
Acton, Alan 19
Adam the Salter 9
Adlington 140
Administration, Civil 164
Ainsworth, John 153
Alderley 140
Aldford 176
Ale 126
Ale brewing 24
Ale-tasters 101, 113
Alexander, Thomas 83
All Souls College, Oxford 161
Allen, William 33
Amery, George 147, 159, 169
Anderton, Margaret 170
Angel Hotel 39
Anglican Church 164
Antrobus 33, 94
Antrobus, James 100
Apple Market Street 32, 34, 40, 45, 183
Archdeacon 169
Arley 147, 149
Arminianism 166, 167
Ascension Day 7
Asshal, Thomas 100
Aston Grange 141
Aston, Sir Thomas 174
Ati's Cross 8
Axstuth 18
Aynsworth, Robert 145
B
Backhouse Street 40. See also Leach End
Backside 82
Bacon, Nicholas 147
Baguley, Alice 87
Baguley, Elizabeth 82, 160
Baguley, Ellen 87
Baguley, John 82, 160
Baguley, Margaret 85
Baguley, Randle 82
Baguley, William 82, 99, 160
Bailiff 19, 20, 156, 161, 179
Bakehouse 32, 34, 40, 104, 141
Baker 148
Baker, Thomas 67, 98
Baptisms 49, 50, 51, 52, 143, 166
Barber 84
Barker, Daniel 99
Barker, George 82, 84
Barlow, George 99
Barlow, Robert 73
Barlow, Thomas 67, 100
Barons of Kinderton 131, 178. See Kinderton
Barrow xv, 67, 78, 119, 121, 127, 151, 152, 154, 156, 158, 176
Barrow makers 84
Barterton 12
Bartington 141
Basingwerk Abbey 23, 26
Bassmith, Raph 99
Bateson, William 20
Battle of Middlewich 174
Battle of Nantwich 174
Battle of Rowton Moor 176
Battle of Winnington Bridge 180
Battles. See also Edgehill, Marston Moor, Naseby and Worcester
Baxter 104
Beds and bedding 59, 60, 61, 68, 69, 77, 78, 82, 83, 86, 89, 112, 160
Beeston 176
Beeston Castle 176
Bentley family 59
Bentley, Dr William 33, 55, 65, 66, 69, 85, 139, 148, 156, 162
Bentley, Mrs Dorothy 69
Bentley, Richard 171, 179
Berchenhead family. See Birkenhead family
Berrington, Mrs Thomas 168
Bigge, Richard 23
Billington, Elizabeth 170
Billington, John 171
Billington, Margery 169
Billington, Richard 63
Birchall, Christopher 171
Birchall, Jone 56
Birchall, Lawrence 56, 125. See Witton
Birches 142, 144, 149
Birkenhead family 158
Birkenhead, Elizabeth 159. See also Baguley, Elizabeth
Birkenhead, Ellen 160
Birkenhead, Isaac 159, 179
Birkenhead, John 158, 159, 160, 161
Birkenhead, John (Sir) 84, 158, 161
Birkenhead, Margaret 159
Birkenhead, Marie 160
Birkenhead, Mary 160. See also Jefferies, Mary
Birkenhead, Ralph 81, 82
Birkenhead, Randle 158, 159, 160, 179
Birkenhead, Roger 159
Birkenhead, Sir Henry. See Birkenhead family
Birkenhead, Thomas 159
Birkenhead, Widow 167, 169
Birkenhead, William 68, 81, 153, 158, 159, 160
Biron, Geoffrey 19
Birth out of wedlock 111
Black Death 18
Black Prince, The 16, 20, 21, 23
Blacksmith 73, 79, 80, 83, 88, 157
Blood 126
Blundeville, Randolph (1181-1232) 15
Bochelau 8
Boden, Edward 170
Book of Common Prayer 166
Book of Customs 102, 124
Books 69, 77, 80, 102, 144, 155
Boote, Richard 157
Booth Rebellion 179
Booth, George 139
Booth, Sir George 139, 180
Bordarius 13
Borough xv, 4, 14
Bostock 12, 145
Bostock family 19, 94
Bostock, George 65
Bostock, John 84
Bostock, Mr 39
Boswell, Thomas 178
Bounds of Northwich 24
Bradford, Joan 158
Bradford, Margaret 143
Bradford, Richard 85, 86, 156
Bradford, Robert 156
Bradshaw, Ralph 34
Bradwell, Richard 19
Bragg and puglement 108
Bramall, William 169
Brass 16, 60, 67, 77, 83, 86, 88
Bread baking 24, 104
Brereton 12
Brereton, Lord William 130, 131
Brereton, Sir William 173
Brewhouse 62
Brewing 24, 62, 73, 97
Bridge End, The 159
Bridge, The Town 16, 20, 21, 30, 98, 132, 173
Brine xv, 9, 15, 18, 97, 101, 105, 107, 114, 115, 119, 121, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 132, 133, 183
Strength 129
Brine channel 97, 101, 107, 122, 124, 168
Brine-pit 2, 21, 32, 39, 108, 118, 121, 131, 132, 133, 182, 185, 186
Broken Cross house 67
Bromfield family 25, 59, 74, 147
Bromfield, Geoffrey 66, 68
Bromfield, Mary 151, 152
Bromfield, Mrs Susanna 56, 66, 78
Bromfield, Richard 149
Bromfield, Robert 66, 151, 175, 178
Bromfield, Thomas 26, 33, 118, 147, 171
Brook, Mr 131
Broom, Ralph 186
Broome family 59, 94, 148, 154
Broome, Cicelie 155
Broome, Ellen 154
Broome, George 34, 63, 65, 151, 152, 154
Broome, John 33, 56, 67, 72, 74, 100, 131, 148, 151, 153, 154, 155, 171
Broome, Katherine 148, 154, 170
Broome, Ottiwell 88, 102, 154, 155
Broome, Peter 148
Broome, Ralph 148
Broome, Richard 154
Broome, Samuel 73, 154, 155
Broome, Ursula 154
Brough, Robert 81
Brownslane 94
Broxton 8
Buckingham, Duke of 179
Bucklow East 8
Bucklow West 8
Bulkeley (Family) 20, 22
Bulkeley, Richard 19
Bulkeley, Robert 19
Bull Ring 6, 32, 39
Burgage 153, 158
Burgage plots 14, 68
Burgess 14, 16, 92, 102, 104, 109, 132, 139, 140, 150, 151, 161, 184
Burgess Families 95, 157
Foreign 93
Burgess, Francis 83
Burgess, Joseph 69
Burghal status 16
Burleyman 102
Burroughs, William 99
Bushell, Sir Edward 84
Butcher 72, 73, 155
Butchers' shambles 183
Byrom 176
C
Calveley, Peter 20
Camden 121
Candle maker 83
Cappel, Jane 170
Carpenter 71, 83, 85
Carriers 84, 104
Carrington, Major 173
Carterstuth 18
Castell, Robert 24
Castle 3, 6, 49, 53. See Witton
Castle Hill 30
Castle Street 41
Cattenhall 12
Cavaliers 173
Cavalry 174, 180
Cawley, John 76, 87, 88
Cawley, Mary 88
Cawley, Richard 87
Chair 86, 88, 89
Chamberlain 108
Channel-lookers 113
Channels. See Brine channels
Chapel of St Helen 37, 49, 164, 167. See also St Helen's Church
Chapelry of Witton 49
Chappell Croft 82
Charter 14, 15
Chemical industry 183
Cheney, Ralph 76, 80, 84
Cheney, Raphe 33, 61, 72
Cheshire 92
Deputy lieutenant 173
Earls of 17
Lords Lieutenants 4, 92, 171
Sheriff 141, 172
Cheshire cheese 3, 16, 62, 67, 80, 185
Chester 9, 78, 97, 175, 180
Bishop of 167
Black Death 20
Bridge Street 78
Burgesses 24
Earl Hugh, Earl of 11
Earls of 13, 15, 16, 20, 24
Governor 175
Nuns 19
Siege of 176
Surrender 176
Chesterton 3
Chests and coffers 61, 89
Chief rent 138
Cholmondeley family 117, 141, 180
Cholmondeley, Sir Hugh 122, 138
Cholmondeley, Sir Robert 129
Cholmondeley, Thomas 132, 142, 172, 178
Cholmondeley, Viscount 131, 141
Chow, Marie 81
Chrimes, Alice 162
Christleton 176
Chrymes, John 147
Chrymes, Richard 132
Church Street 32, 34
Church, Richard 66, 70
Civil War, The 161, 172
Clarification 126
Claverton 11, 12
Clergy 164
Clive 12
Cloth 76
Cloth industry 80
Clothing 63
Coal 130, 156
Coats of arms 65
Cockloft 67, 77
Cogshall 12
Collar makers 80, 83, 148
Comberbach 12, 94, 150
Commission of Sequestration 69, 162, 179
Commissions of Array 173
Committee for Compounding 177
Committee for Examining and Ordaining Ministers 168
Common Bell 129
Common Leads 100
Common oven 22, 24, 104
Congleton 1, 4, 9
Conquest, Norman 7
Consistory Court 83, 87, 97, 168, 169, 170
Constable 94, 113, 169, 172
Cook 72, 73
Cook, Peter 99
Coole 23, 118
Cooper 71
Cooper, John 81
Copper 5, 16, 62, 86, 89
Corn 103
Corn mill 37
Coroner 106, 107
Coton, John 19, 24
Cotton, Mr 131
County court 24, 25
Court 12, 14, 18, 96, 102, 182
Perquisites 18, 22, 97
Rolls 24, 93, 97, 112
Court Baron xv, 97
Court House 32, 33, 39, 98, 102, 103, 106, 178
Court Leet xv, 97
Court of Assize 97
Court of Augmentations 143
Court of Wards 25
Court, The Great 97, 100
Cranage 12, 142
Cranage, Richard 74
Crannock 127, 152
Creditors 65
Crewe, Alice 171
Cromwell 168
Crosby, Hugh 138, 149
Cross Street 32, 183
Crowfoot, John 74
Crown Street 32
Crown, The 7, 14, 19, 137, 146, 147, 153. See also Specific Kings and Queens
Crowton 12
Croxton 12
Croxton, Captain 173
Crumbhill 84
Crume Hills 21, 32, 41, 105, 110
Cupboard 61, 62, 88
Customs of the Town 102
D
Dane Bridge, The 39, 105
Davenham 53, 141
Davenport, Lady 140
Davenport, Richard 144
Davenport, Sir Humphrey 140
Davies Street 32
Dean, Richard 171
Deane, Agnes 143
Deane, Anne 143
Deane, John 26, 99, 143
Deane, Richard 26
Deane, Sir John 37, 143, 147
Deane, Thomas 171
Debtors 65
Delves, Sir Thomas 131
Demesne 15
Denbigh, Earl of 175
Derby, Earls of 2, 4, 22, 25, 33, 37, 68, 115, 118, 137, 140, 171, 173, 178, 179, 184
Steward 92, 96
Dewsbury, Alice 68, 153
Dewsbury, George 56, 74
Dewsbury, Peter 151, 171
Dissolution of the monasteries 26, 141, 142, 147
Distraint of Knighthood 171
Ditchfield, George 101
Ditchfield, Hugh 34, 154
Ditchfield, Robert 84
Dobson, Mrs 132
Dobson, Richard 99
Domesday Book 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 27, 37, 182
Done Family 22, 25
Done, Sir John 143
Dorfold 139
Dorton, Samual 101
Dot, Saxon Thane 13
Downes, Mr 106
Draper, Hugh 22
Draper, John 20
Drapers 74, 149
Dressmakers 78
Drink trade 72
Droitwich, Staffordshire 121, 128, 130
Dudestan 8
Dungeon 133
Dunham Massey 12, 139
Dutton 12, 141
Dutton family 22, 137, 141, 159
Dutton, Eleanor 141
Dutton, Gilbert 26
Dutton, John 153, 172
Dutton, Margaret 68
Dutton, Thomas 26, 118, 141
Dutton, William 23
E
Eagle and Child 41
Earl Rivers 131, 132, 140, 149
Earl, Peter 168
East Indies 69
Eaton 12, 141
Eaton, William 80, 159
Eddeson, John 22
Eddisbury North 8
Edgar, Constable Thomas 99
Edgar, Thomas 101
Edgehill, Battle of 179
Edward the Confessor 7, 11, 13, 17
Egg white 126
Ellams, George 84
Ernesilver 18
Exeter, Duke of 21
F
Fabrics 76
Fagg Lane 32. See also Leach Eye
Fair 1, 4, 16, 177, 185
Farmer 16, 18, 19, 20, 72, 108
Farrington, Hugh 145
Farrington, William 145
Fashion 76
Fee farm 14
Felt maker 80, 81
Feoffee 143, 148, 154, 161, 177
Feremon, Ciceley 20
Feremon, Hugh 20, 23
Feremon, John 20, 23
Fiennes, Celia 2, 5, 53, 114, 131, 133
Fighting 108
Fire-looker 113
Fires 19, 106
Fisher, Richard 83
Flood Defences 105
Floods 19
Food and Drink Trades 72
Foodstuff 62
Forced Loans 171
Forestalling 103
Fovell, John 23
Fovell, Maria 118
Fovell, Thomas 23
Fox family 93
Fox, Robert 50, 62, 99
Foxley, Margaret 138
France, Richard 170
Franchises 15
Freedoms 14
Friday boilings 7
Frodsham 3, 12, 93, 133, 151, 185
Frodsham deanery 51
Frodsham, Henry 81
Frodsham, Peter 171
Fryer, Mary 87
Fryer, Richard 73, 87, 170
Fuel, cost of 126
Furniture 60
G
Gadbrook 73
Gandy, John 158
Gandy, William 99
Gandys wich-house 156
Gardner, Yeoman 154
Geffery, Edward 73
Geffery, James 73
Geffery, John 73
Geffery, Samuel 73
Geffrey, John 73
Geffrey, William 73
Gentlemen 56, 66, 67, 70, 74, 77, 83, 88, 145
Gerard, Sir Gilbert 141
Gerard, William 19
Gerrard, Captain 173
Gerrard, James 84
Glazier 84
Glossary xv
Glover 73, 81
Golborne, Edward 144
Golbourne family 25
Golbourne, Edward 118, 151
Gorst, James 99
Grammar School 37, 69, 137, 147, 156, 160, 161, 167, 177
Master 148, 167, 173
Usher 159
Great Budworth 2, 37, 49, 164, 168
St Mary and All Saints Church 164
Great Courts, The 97, 150
Green, William 78
Griffith, Thomas 162
Gripyard 48
Grocer 74, 147
Grosvenor family 180
Gunpowder Plot 166
Gutters 122. See also Brine Channels
Gutter-viewers 101
H
Halton 11, 12
Halton Castle 175
Hammeson, Hugh 20
Hampton Court Conference 166
Hanmere, Ralph 117
Harcourt family 141
Harcourt, Elizabeth 169
Harcourt, Raphe 141
Harcourt, William 56
Harrison, Geoffrey 72, 74
Harrison, Jeffrey 151, 152
Harrison, Thomas 171
Hartford 11, 12, 25, 49, 53, 56, 72, 94, 157, 180
Hearth Tax 51, 53, 54, 85, 88, 154, 155, 159
Heath, Isabell 74
Heesomes Ground 149
Helsby, Mathew 73
Helsby, Robert 101
Helsby, William 33
Heriot xv, 146, 149
Hermitage, Cranage 23, 118, 142
Herneway, Pymme 23
Hewitt family 25
Hewitt, Ellen 157
Hewitt, John 99
Hewitt, William 76
Heyes, Ellen (née Tarbock) 65, 68, 151, 152, 153, 158
Heyes, Mistress 140
Heyes, Thomas 118
Heywood family 184
Heywood, Adam 83
Heywood, James Pemberton 184
Hickock, Widow 34
Higginson, Samuel 76
High Street 22, 30, 32, 34, 40, 41, 45, 53, 76, 115, 118, 145, 155, 156, 157
Hignett, William 82
Hilton, Richard 56, 169
Hilton, Thomas 84
Hindley 9
Hisham, Robert 170
Hodgkis, Joshua 56, 140, 178
Holcroft, Lady Julian 138
Holford 73
Holford family 22, 25, 59, 159
Holford, Christopher 138
Holford, Mary 138
Holford, Richard 50, 65, 70, 151, 152
Holford, Robert 171, 179
Holford, Thomas 68, 117, 118, 153
Holland, Sir John 21
Holme, Randle 167
Holmes Chapel 9
Horsemill 21, 32, 34, 72, 74, 115, 145, 146
Horsemill Street 32, 40, 115, 139, 143, 147, 156
Horten, John 81
Horton, Alice 153
Horton, Ralph 56, 66
Horton, Roger 23, 85, 118
Horton, Thomas 83
Houghton family 148, 155
Houghton, Ann 85
Houghton, Elizabeth 85
Houghton, Henry 22
Houghton, Jeffrey 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 100
Houghton, Margaret 22, 85, 86, 156
Houghton, Margery 85
Houghton, Roger 23
Houghton, Thomas 85, 86, 87, 156
Houghton, William 22, 72, 85, 148, 155, 156
House of Correction 32, 40, 45
House of Lords 179
Howey Croft 149
Huet, William 169, 171
Hugh, son of Geoffrey of Northwich 19
Hulme 23
Hulme Hall 138
Hulse 56, 69, 169, 171, 179
Hundred xv, 2, 4
Bucklow 4, 173
Eddisbury 4, 173
Northwich 4, 69, 169, 171, 172, 173, 182
Hunt, John 99, 101
Hunter, Elizabeth 88
Hunter, Ellen 86
Hunter, Samuel 88
Huntingdon, Earl of 21
Huntington, Countess of 22
Husbandman 70, 72, 79, 80, 85, 143, 150, 154
Huxley 176
Huxley family 74
Huxley, Ralph 74
Hyde, William 93, 94, 96
I
Immorality 169
Inmates 111, 112
Innkeeper 72, 73, 155, 159
Inquisition post mortem xvi, 22, 68, 141, 142, 145, 153, 158
Inventory 58
Ireland, Sir Thomas 137
Iron pans 130, 156, 157
Ironmonger 76, 80
J
Jackson, Dr William 121, 126, 129
Jackson, John 81, 133
Jefferies, Mary 82, 160
Jeffery, William 68, 153
Jeffrey, William 101
Jenkinson, William 100
John, Jackson 73
Johnson family 59
Johnson, John 76, 152, 169
Judger 12, 13, 24, 41, 138, 139, 141, 142, 150
Fine 150
K
Kelsall 77, 94
Kelsall Hill 9
Kennerly, Edward 99
Kennerly, Josiah 99
Kent, Mr (Schoolmaster) 144
Kermincham 155
Killers of Salt 101, 127
Kiln Orchard 26, 41, 106
Kilshall, Ralph 81
Kinderton 12, 13, 23, 142, 149
Barons of 37, 172
King Charles I 161, 166, 169, 171, 176
King Charles II 179
King Edward I 23, 143
King Edward III 9
King Henry IV 22
King Henry V 24
King Henry VII 92
King Henry VIII 25, 26, 58
King James I 165
King Richard II 21, 142, 143
King Richard III 22, 92
King Street 3
Kingesmol 18, 22
Knight, Thomas 99
Knutsford 85, 155
Knutsford Heath 175
L
Lach Dennis 12, 56, 69
Lache 12
Ladders 106
Lamb, Randle 86
Lambert, Colonel 180
Lancashire 92
Lords Lieutenant 92
Lancaster, Duke of 24
Lathom, Samuel 101
Latin Mass 165
Laud, Archbishop William 161, 166, 168
le Scot, John 17
Leach End 32, 40, 148
Leach Eye 32, 40, 104, 115, 118, 139, 147, 148, 156. See also Fagg Lane
Lead fine 138, 150
Lead-looker xvi, 100, 125, 128
Leads xvi, 78, 100, 114, 115, 124, 128, 140, 146, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157
numbers of 130
Leadsmithy 23, 32, 34, 40, 47, 106, 124
Leather Industry 81
Leave-looker 113
Lee, Elizabeth 87
Leftwich 3, 12, 53, 67, 69, 72, 132, 142, 146, 171, 179
Hall Orchard 67
Long Meadow 67
Manor of 141
Near Meadow 67
Leftwich family 22, 25, 137, 141, 149
Leftwich, George 142
Leftwich, Nathaniel 99
Leftwich, Ralph 33, 34, 56, 66, 82, 83, 96, 160, 168
Leftwich, Richard 141
Leftwich, Thomas 118
Leftwich, William 33, 56, 61, 65, 66, 69, 78, 84, 86, 87, 88, 139, 147, 148, 151, 156, 162, 178
Legh family of Adlington 140
Legh, John 19, 24
Leigh 12
Leigh, Colonel John 173
Leigh, Ellen 86, 88
Leigh, John 34
Leigh, Peter 84, 147
Leigh, William 84
Leland, John 1, 4, 114, 117, 121, 122
Lewis, Brother John 20
Ley, John 168
Leycester family 26, 34, 137, 142
Leycester, Peter 34, 118, 139, 142, 178
Leycester, Piers 26
Leycester, Sir George 33
Leycester, Sir Peter 147
Leycester, William 85, 138, 142, 149
Lichfield 78
Lime 156
Lincoln, Countess of 178
Lindsey, Robert 99
Lindsey, Roger 101
Litler, Robert 96
Little Legh 141
Little Street 23, 32, 34, 118, 139
Little Witton 12, 142
Littler, Robert 101
Liverpool 133
Livesey, James 168
Lock-up 98
Lodgers 111
Lodporne Stone 33
Lodstone 106
London 56, 74, 81, 147
Long Parliament, The 178
Lord of the Manor 92, 132, 138, 140, 150, 183. See also Derby, The Earls of
Lord of the Seath. See Seath, Lord of the
Lord Stanley 22
Lord Strange 22
Lostock 49, 171
Lostock Gralam 12, 53, 56, 94, 142, 154, 155, 157, 171, 179
Low, Phillip 81
Lowe, Hugh 147, 151
Lowe, Josiah 99
Lowe, Robert 173
Lower Keuper Saliferous Beds 3
M
Macclesfield 9
Magdalen Hall, Oxford 161
Magistrates courts 184
Mainwaring family 131, 155
Mainwaring, Phillip 172
Maisterson, John 170
Malbank, William 11
Malbon, John 99
Malpas 144, 176
Manor xvi, 178
Manorial tenants 14
Marbury 12, 133, 142, 158
Marbury family 137, 142
Marbury, Mr 131
Marbury, Thomas 157
Marbury, William 133
Mariott, Edward 56, 66, 69
Market 1, 4, 15, 16, 97
Market Hall 40
Market Place 30, 32, 39, 41, 76, 98, 103, 143, 154, 155, 159, 161, 178
Market Street 34, 40
Market-looker 101, 103, 113, 178
Marriot, Mr 156
Marrow, Colonel John 174
Marston 12, 185
Marston Moor, Battle of 175
Martindale, Adam 168
Martinmas 7
Mary Queen of Scots 165
Massey family 180
Massey, Ellen 170
Massey, John 148
Massey, Mary 170
Massey, Peers 148
Master of Requests 161
Mather, Richard 161, 167
Matrimonial affairs 169
Meat 103
Meat preservation 7
Mechanical pumps 121
Medieval period 14
Mercer 74, 76, 152
Merchant guilds 93
Mercia, Earl of 7
Mercia, The Earl of 14
Mercurius Aulicus 161
Mere, William 33
Mershton 88
Middleton, Sir Thomas 179
Middlewich 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 37, 77, 94, 99, 113, 118, 121, 126, 128, 129, 130, 164, 175, 186
Battle of 174
Military obligation 15, 158
Millenary Petition 166
Miller 72, 74, 104
Miller, William 101
Millington, Elizabeth 171
Mills 21, 22, 74
Minshull Vernon 12
Monckton, Sir Francis 140
Monckton, Sir Philip 140
Moore, William 101
Moores, Constable William 99, 100
Moores, Mathew 83, 100
Morality 164
Moriss, Phillip 101
Morris, Phillip 99
Mort, Anne 184
Mort, James 184
Mort, Jonadab 184
Moseley, Mrs Ann 56
Moseley, Mrs Anne (née Sutton) 140
Moseley, Roland 140
Mottershead family 25
Musical instruments 63
Muster Rolls 25, 50, 144
Mytton, Major General 179
N
Nantwich 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 70, 113, 115, 118, 119, 121, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 144, 166, 174, 180, 186
Battle of 174
School 144
Naseby, Battle of 176
Nether Knutsford 149
New Model Army 180
New Swan 68, 158, 172
New Swanne 68, 153
Newall, John 83
Newall, Richard 153
Newall, William 83
Newcastle 142
Newchurch 82
Newton 12, 80
Nickson, Ralph 63, 142, 153, 186
Nickson, Robert 147
Nickson, Thomas 63, 148, 186
Nield, Thomas 88
Nixon, Elizabeth 73
Nixon, Katherine 73
Nixon, Ralph 56, 73
Nixon, Robert 73
Nixon, Thomas 73, 133
Norcott family 25, 59
Norcott, John 81
Norcott, Marie 67
Norcott, Samuel 81
Norcott, Thomas 66, 67
Norcott, William 67, 171
Norman Conquest 14
Northwich 24, 171, 172, 175, 176, 180
Bounds 24
Garrison 173, 174, 175
Lordship 92, 184
Steward. See also Steward, Derby (Earl of)
Northwich Borough Court 52
Northwich Local Board 184
Northwich Rural District Council 182
Northwich Urban District Council 182, 184
Northwich, Hugh 23
Northwich, Lucas 23
Norton Abbey 26
Norton Priory 23
Nuns 19, 141
O
Occleston 12
Occupations 66
Occupiers, The 150
Old Swan 33, 158, 159
Old Swanne 68
Oldfield family 141
Oldfield, Leftwich 132, 156
Oldfield, Mr 131
Oldfield, William 138, 171, 179
Olton 26
Order of St John of Jerusalem 23, 34, 141
Oriel College, Oxford 160
Oswestry 175
Others, The 157
Oulton 176
Over 9, 112, 173, 174, 176
Overseers of the Poor 109
Overton 144
Owners, The 137
Oxford 161, 175
All Souls College 161
Balliol College 69
Brazenose College 161
Magdelen Hall 161
Oriel College 160
P
Pan-cutters 101
Parish 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 66, 109, 110, 134, 137, 141, 145, 147, 157, 158, 159, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169
Parker, Adam 19
Parliament 166, 173
Parliamentarians 140, 161, 168, 173, 175, 180
Parsefull, Thomas 101
Partington family 141. See also Leach Eye
Partington, John 56, 72, 74, 138, 149
Partington, Richard 56, 74, 149
Partington, Thomas 149
Partington, William 74
Pavage 21
Pavement House, The 39
Pavor family 25, 39, 74, 85, 137, 143, 156, 167
Pavor, Dame Dorothy 143
Pavor, Elizabeth 146
Pavor, Ellen 143, 144
Pavor, Emme 144
Pavor, George 68, 153
Pavor, Helen 145
Pavor, James 138, 143
Pavor, Joan 146
Pavor, John 22, 143, 144
Pavor, Jone 144
Pavor, Jonet 144
Pavor, Margaret 146
Pavor, Mary 68
Pavor, Peter 34, 65, 68, 72, 78, 84, 86, 87, 143, 144, 145, 152, 157
Pavor, Rafe 144
Pavor, Roger 144, 145, 146, 152, 171
Pavor, William 143
Peacock, Samuel 99
Peckham, Edmund 26
Peecing xvi, 109, 128, 129, 147, 152, 158
Pemberton 9
Penkstone, James 148
Pennines 9
Percival, Thomas 170
Percival, William 73
Perkins, William 167
Pewter 60, 88
Phithean, Roger 81
Phitheon, Humphrey 50
Pickmere (Family) 25, 106
Pickmere, Joan 33
Pickmere, Margaret 152
Pickmere, Randle 164
Pickmere, Robert 33
Pickmere, William 33
Pierson, Thomas 167
Piggon 89
Piggot, Richard 168
Pigott, Richard (Captain) 167, 173
Pipe Rolls 17, 27
Piracy 172
Plague 50, 83
Ploughland 13
Plumley 12, 94, 117
Politics 171
Poll Tax 51, 53, 54, 74, 84, 85, 146, 154, 155, 160
Pontage 9, 21, 28
Poor Rate 109
Poor relief 54
Pope, The 165
Population 49, 186
Posnett 88
Poverty 109
Pownall family 25, 157
Pownall, Anne 157
Pownall, Elizabeth 157
Pownall, George 157
Pownall, Humphrey 157
Pownall, Margaret 157
Pownall, Raffe 157
Pownall, Ralph 125, 157
Pownall, Robert 157, 158, 168
Pownall, Thomas 157
Poyntz, General 176
Preacher, The 147
Prince Maurice 176
Prince Rupert 174, 176
Princes of Wales 17
Priory of St Bartholomew, Smithfield 143
Prison 33, 40
Protestants 165
Pull, James 19
Pumps 130
Puritans 161, 164, 165, 167, 168
Q
Quarter Sessions 4, 97, 169, 182
Queen Elizabeth I 26, 146, 154, 165, 177
Queen's Peace 99
R
Radford, Daniel 76, 78
Radford, John 78
Radford, Nathaniel 78
Radford, Robert 78
Radford, Samuel 78
Radnor 143
Ratcliffe, John 86, 88
Ravenscroft, Henry 24
Read, John 142
Recusancy 165, 166, 169, 177
Red Lion 34, 40
Reddiche 158
Regrating 103
Religion 164
Rendye, Jone 151
Restoration, The 161
Retailing 74
Rich, Sir Richard 143
Ridgeway Croft 149
River Dane 1, 2, 6, 9, 18, 21, 22, 32, 37, 41, 106, 121, 155, 186
River Weaver 2, 3, 6, 18, 20, 26, 30, 34, 40, 41, 106, 121, 132, 141, 180, 183
Navigation 133
Roberts, Jonathon 99
Robinson family 161
Robinson, Edward 162
Robinson, Elin 162
Robinson, Francis 162
Robinson, James 98
Robinson, John 162
Robinson, Katherine 162
Robinson, Mary 98
Robinson, Thomas 69, 96, 161, 162, 169, 177, 178
Robinson, Wareing 99
Robinson, William 137, 140, 161
Rock salt 133, 185, 186
Roe, William 168
Roelau 8
Rogerson, Alice 171
Rogerson, Thomas 170
Rogerson, William 83
Roman Catholicism 164, 166, 169
Roman Northwich 6
Rossendale, Thomas 141
Rostherne 33
Rowe family 25
Rowe, Richard 151
Rowe, William 56
Royal Society 121, 161
Royalist 159, 174, 180
Prisoners 174
Royle, Joseph 83
Royle, Thomas 83
Rudheath 9, 37, 49, 56, 69, 94, 175
Rued, Hugh 22
Rulers of Walling 100, 113
Running House 115, 140
Ryley, Anne 157
S
Saddler 81, 148, 159, 160
Sadler, Emme 171
Salinae 11
Salt boilings 110
Salt industry 185
Salteresford 9
Saltern 2, 114
Salters 1, 128
Saltersbridge 9
Saltersbrook 9
Saltersford 9
Saltersford Bridge 9
Saltersgate 9
Salterswall 9
Saltersway 9
Salterswell House 9
Salt-making 102, 119, 128
Amounts produced 129, 185
Customs 102
Process 121
Salt-viewer 101
Sandbach 4, 12
Sankey 133
Saxon 14, 15
Scavenger 100, 107, 113
School 77, 147
School-house 54
Sealed Knot 180
Sealers of leather 101
Seamstresses 76
Seath Dealer 113
Seath Street 34, 39, 115, 117, 118, 139, 143, 144, 146
Seath, Lord of the 108, 122
Senhouse, John 148
Sequestration 177
Sequestration Commissioner 177, 178
Sequestration Committee 177
Shakerley family 23
Shakerley, Jeffery 138
Shakerley, Margaret 152
Shakerley, Mrs Margaret 137, 138, 139
Shaw, Ann 170
Shaw, George 153
Shaw, Richard 99
Shaw, Rondle 151
Shermen 80, 81
Ship (Brine store) 117, 119, 124
Ship Money 172
Shipbrook 13, 85, 94, 156
Shoemaker 75, 76, 81, 104
Shopkeeper 78
Shops 15, 23, 26, 32, 34, 39, 40, 59, 68, 77, 80, 81, 82, 103, 118, 142, 149, 153, 159, 168
Shrewsbury 175
Shrewsbury School 173
Shurlach 53, 94
Silk weaver 80
Silk weaving 83
Silver plate 60
Singleton, Robert 73
Sir John Deane's school 143. See Grammar School
Skelhorne, Thomas 70, 125
Skellett 88
Skellhorne, Thomas 152
Smith, Henry 73
Smith, Richard 101
Smith, Thomas 99
Smith, William 1, 2, 4, 37
Specialist Services 83
Spices 76
Sproston 12
St Helen's church 41, 139, 147. See also Chapel of St Helen
Churchwarden 147, 154, 161, 170
Curate 147, 167
Minister 147
Parish registers 164
Perpetual curates 164
Steeple 164
St. Ives, Huntingdonshire 98
Stafford, Sir Richard 21
Stanley family 22, 92, 180
Derby, Earl of. See also
Stanley, Sir Thomas 92, 140
Stanlow Abbey 23
Stanthorne 12, 145, 146
Starkey family 19, 20, 24, 26, 142
Starkey, Hugh 26
Starkey, John 20
Starkey, Lawrence 24
Starkey, Mr 178
Starkey, Peter 20
Starkey, Raphe 142
Starkey, Richard 20, 150
Starkey, Samuel 132
Starkey, Thomas 20, 147
Starkey, William 20, 24
Steven, John 23
Stevene, John 23
Steward xvi, 102, 108, 125, 126, 128, 162
Stockport 9
Stocks 108
Stones, John 34
Stretton 147
Stubbs, John 74, 175
Stubbs, Katherine 175
Stuth 18
Subsidence 40, 41, 183
Subsidy Rolls 25
Sudlow family 25
Sudlow, George 26
Sudlow, Joseph 99
Sudlow, Robert 63
Sudlow, Samuel 99
Sudlow, Thomas 26, 62, 63, 72, 99
Sudlow, William 26, 83
Sudlowe, Rachel 157
Suit Roll 52
Sumner, John 65
Sumner, Thomas 72
Sunderland, John 84
Survey 1606 33, 161
Sutton family 33, 137, 139, 167
Sutton, Anne 140
Sutton, Margaret 140
Sutton, Mary 140
Sutton, near Macclesfield 12, 139
Sutton, Richard 99, 139
Swan, The 32, 41
Swanlow Lane, Over 77
Swetbrun, Randolph 23
Swettenham, Hugh 147
Swettenham, Margery 86, 88
Swettenham, William 84, 87, 88, 157
Swine Market 34
Swine Market Street 32, 34, 40, 85, 148, 155, 183
Swinton, John 85, 155, 156
Swinton, William 33, 76, 82
Sworton, Elizabeth 84
Sworton, John 84, 169
Sworton, Katherine 84
Sworton, Margaret 84
Sworton, Mrs Elizabeth 84
T
Tables 61, 88
Tabley 34, 139, 142
Tailors 75, 76, 83
Tandy, Margery 169
Tandy, William 169
Tanner 81, 168
Tanner, William 81
Tarbock family 25, 94, 152
Tarbock, Elizabeth 153, 170
Tarbock, Ellen 147
Tarbock, George 147, 152, 154
Tarbock, John 22, 23, 146, 152
Tarbock, Margaret 153, 157
Tarbock, Mary 153
Tarbock, Peter 56, 65, 66, 68, 82, 132, 140, 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, 159, 160, 170
Tarbock, Richard 157
Tarbock, Roger 152
Tarbock, Thomas 154
Tarporley 9, 112
Tarvin 94, 175, 176
Tattenhall 142, 176
Tatton 11, 12, 142
Tax on Goods 16
Taxes 21
Pavage 21
Pontage 21
Tench, Ralph 65
Tench, William 81
Termination of wich-house leases 150
Tetton 12
Tewe, Joan 157
Thanes 7, 11
Time limits on salt production 128
Tinker 84
Toft 142
Toft, William 22
Tolls 7, 14, 22, 97
Northwich 8
Production 7
Toll gatherers 108
Transport 7, 18
Toproud family 19
Toproud, Roger 19
Torbock, Roger 151
Tower of London 180
Town Bridge. See Bridge, The Town
Town Officials 100
Town plan 161
Travis, Elizabeth 87, 128
Travis, Richard 83, 87
Trevis, Francis 84
Trevis, Thomas 170
Trustee 161. See also Feoffee
Tunendune 8
Turnell 89
Twambrook 78, 157
Twembrokes, Alice 22
Twembrokes, Robert 22
Twembrook. See also Witton
Twemlow, Joseph 100, 101
Twenbrook. See also Witton
U
Usher or Under-Master 159
Usury 154
Utkinton 143
V
Vale Royal Abbey 19, 20, 23, 26, 142
Abbot of 19
Vale Royal Borough Council 184
Venables family 19, 22, 23, 26, 37, 59, 74, 122, 142, 178
Venables, Anne 132
Venables, Colonel Robert 179
Venables, Gilbert 13
Venables, John 50
Venables, Peter 33, 34, 94, 96, 98, 99, 139, 142, 148, 149, 156, 178
Venables, Robert 33, 50, 56, 172
Venables, Sir Thomas 2
Venables, Thomas 122, 124, 178
Venables, William 19
Vernon family 13, 22, 143
Vernon, John 81
Vernon, Richard 23
W
Wade Brook 149
Wades Brook 37
Walker, John 170
Waller 66, 124, 127, 128
Walling xvi, 126, 128, 140, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 155
Full list 151
Rights 132, 140, 146, 155, 156, 157, 167
Walmes 127, 149
Walton family 23, 25
Walton, Elizabeth 23
Walton, John 99, 167
Walton, Oliver 25
Walton, Richard 23, 87, 118
Walton, Robert 23, 66, 170
Walton, Roger 23
Warburton family 22, 137, 140, 148, 149
Warburton, John 69, 171
Warburton, Justice Peter 33, 137, 140
Warburton, Peter 102, 147
Warburton, Robert 56
Warburton, Sir Peter 153
Warburton, Sir Thomas 133
Warrington 98
Water-mill 21
Waterworth, Stephen 102
Watford 143
Watford, Hertfordshire 143
Watling Street 39
Weaver 12
Weaver Navigation 185, 186
Weaver Navigation Act 185
Weaverham 11, 12, 23, 99, 168, 180
Weaverham,James 19
Webb, William 2, 4, 37, 182
Webster 80
Weedall, Peter 84
Weltrogh, Siddington 144
Whalley 23
Whalley Abbey 23, 139, 142
Whalley, General 179
Wharton 12
Wheelock Brook 186
Whitchurch 9
Whitegate 82
Whitley 149
Wich-house xvi, 11, 23, 26, 67, 68, 69, 73, 78, 84, 85, 89, 97, 100, 105, 106, 107, 114, 117, 118, 125, 128, 130, 131, 132, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 153, 154, 155, 157, 170. See also Derby, The Earls of
Description of 117
Termination of leases 150
Wich-wood 151, 156, 158
Wickstead, Mr 144
Wigan 9, 179
Wilbraham family 94, 106, 143
Wilbraham, Margaret 170
Wilbraham, Margery 170
Wilbraham, Roger 139
Wilbraham, Sir Richard 143
Wilderspool 3
Wilkinson, Ann 171
William, King 11, 13
Williamson, Josiah 99
Wills 56
Wincham 11, 13, 56, 141, 169, 185
Winnington 3, 12, 49, 53, 68, 69, 72, 148, 157, 171, 180
Winnington Bridge 180
Winnington family 19, 20, 22, 25, 137, 141, 142, 167
Winnington Hill 30, 69, 173
Winnington, Ann 170
Winnington, Elizabeth 83
Winnington, Ellen 83, 170
Winnington, George 33
Winnington, Hugh 33, 50, 83, 144
Winnington, John 83, 170
Winnington, Julius 34, 149, 170
Winnington, Lawrence 23, 118
Winnington, Mrs Ellen 83
Winnington, Paul 142
Winnington, Peter 99
Winnington, Richard 24, 164
Winnington, Robert 33, 83, 99, 151, 170
Winnington, Sibill 151
Winnington, Thomas 99, 151
Winsford 185, 186
Winsford Town Council 184
Wirrall, Richard 16
Witton 2, 3, 12, 13, 25, 30, 37, 69, 72, 74, 76, 83, 94, 110, 138, 143, 148, 149, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 169, 171, 172, 183, 185, 187
Curate 161
Parish Clerk 159
Witton Brook 3, 37, 74, 185
Witton Chantry 147
Witton church. See St Helen's Church
Witton Cross 37
Witton Grammar School 154, 155. See Grammar School
Witton House 184
Witton Mill 178
Witton registers 50
Witton Street 37, 41
Wood as fuel 125, 158
Wood, Ellen 144, 169
Wood, John 99
Wood, Richard 144
Wood, Robert 169
Woodhey 143
Wood-tender 101
Wool 61, 63, 74, 80
Woollen draper 72, 138, 149
Worcester, Battle of 179
Worrall, William 151
Worsley, Thomas 83
Wrench, John 76
Wright, James 138, 168
Wright, Richard 83
Y
Yanning, Peter 102
Yate family 25, 106
Yate Street 23, 32, 34, 40, 45, 67, 85, 115, 118, 139, 151, 155, 156
Yate, Hukin 25
Yate, Humphrey 151
Yeomen 70, 73, 157
York 175
York, Archbishop of 167
Young, Peter 99
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