4 January 1781: Bond by Matthew Longden [marks] of Sutton, county Chester, farmer, John Oakes [signs] of Sutton yeoman and Adam Sheldon [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, grocer, to Samuel Boyer clerk of His Majesty’s Court of Record for the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield, in £40: to appear at Macclesfield, Monday 22 January, to prosecute Matthew Nield of Sutton farmer for taking and unjustly detaining 35 sheep. Witness: Samuel Buckley junior [signs]
3 July 21 George III 1781: Bond by John Mason [signs] of Rydyard, county Stafford, yeoman, John Hordern [signs] of Bosley, county Chester, yeoman and Joseph Wheelton [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, innkeeper, to John Haslehurst bailiff of the court of the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £29, to appear at Macclesfield on Monday 9 July to answer George Barker in a plea of trespass upon the case. Witness: Edward Jones [signs]
13 March 1782: Bond by Richard Roberts [signs] of Hurdsfield, county Chester, cotton manufacturer, Benjamin Mather [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, ironmonger and George Simpson [signs] of Macclesfield baker, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £40: to appear at the next court to prosecute John Birtles for wrongfully detaining and keeping six weaving looms and a wheel. Witnesses: Peter Wright [signs], Abraham Moss [signs]
6 June 1782: [Unsigned] bond by Elizabeth Nicolls of Tytherington, county Chester, spinster, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s Court of Record for the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield, in £25: to appear at next court to prosecute John Wright for wrongfully detaining and keeping one gelding and one mare. Witness: [blank]
12 June 1782: Bond by William Simpson [signs: Sympson] of Macclesfield, county Chester, blacksmith, John Stonehewer [signs] of Sutton in the parish of Prestbury, county Chester, esquire, and Joseph Nield [marks] of Macclesfield cordwainer, to George Lloyd esquire deputy steward of His Majesty’s Court of Record for the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield, in £18: for Simpson to appear 8 July to prosecute Charles Cock of Macclesfield clockmaker, for wrongfully keeping and detaining a pair of bars, two pair of tongs, two pokers, a fire shovel, a fender, a swee, a bread iron, a flesh grid, a small iron stand, a bread toasting iron, a frying pan, a Dutch oven, a white wood cupboard & crockery, a white wood table, one painted ditto, a japanned hand board, five rush bottomed chairs, a box iron and heaters, a small looking glass, a weigh beam, two maps and five pictures, two earthen stanes and two jugs, a cheese toaster, an iron pot, an iron kettle, earthen ware, a white wood table, two chairs, a piggin, a hand basket, a shelf, five white plates, two flower pots, two pair of bed stocks, one hanged, two chaff beds, two chaff bolsters, one sheet, one blanket, two bed rugs, a coffer and box, an earthen stane, a wheel and jack. Witness: Wm. Allen [signs]
22 September 23 George III 1783: Bond by James Rowson [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, silkthrowster, Ralph Deane [signs] of the same place grocer and John Lowe [signs] of Macclesfield peruke maker, to Samuel Boyer, clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £20: for Rowson to appear on Monday 29 September to prosecute Ann Hall otherwise Nancy Hall of Macclesfield alehousekeeper, for taking and unjustly detaining one gelding. Witness: Nathan Jackson
15 June 24 George III 1784: Bond by John Downes [signs Downs] of Taxal, county Chester, yeoman, Thomas Wych [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, mercer, and George Pearson the younger [signs] of Macclesfield silk throwster, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £30: for Downes to appear on Monday 5 July to prosecute Thomas Goodwin for taking and unjustly detaining 37 sheep and 9 lambs. Witness: Edwd. Jones [signs]
6 December 1786: Bond by Joseph Albinson [marks] of Macclesfield, county Chester, labourer, John Clowes [signs] of Macclesfield blacksmith and John Johnson [signs] of Macclesfield silkwinder, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £5: for Albinson to appear on Monday 18 December to prosecute John Davenport for taking and unjustly detaining a grate, tongs and poker, solid iron, three candlesticks, 13 chairs, a cupboard, two tables, a dresser, coffer, two tubs, an iron pot, a brass kettle, a shelf, crockery and earthen ware, a bird and cage, four pictures, three pair of bedstocks, three chaff beds, a feather bolster, two pillows, four pair of sheets, three blankets and three bedquilts. Witness: Maurice Jones [signs]
25 January 1786: Bond by Thomas Heald [marks] of Wildboarclough, county Chester, yeoman, Thomas Jackson [signs] of Henbury, county Chester, yeoman, and John Breasner [signs: Bresner] of Macclesfield, county Chester, yeoman, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £12: for Heald to appear at the next court to prosecute Henry Jackson of Siddington, county Chester, yeoman, for wrongfully taking and unjustly detaining a grate, tongs, a swing, a frying pan, a candle stick, a bakestone, a bread iron, a churn and staff, a white wood table, an oak table, a form, a shelf and crockery ware, a clock and case, a lanthorn, an iron pot, an iron kettle, a coffer, four chairs, a brass kettle, a cooler, a tub, four pan-mugs, two stanes, four cheese vats, a pair of bed stocks, a chaff bed and bolster, a sheet, two blankets, a bridle, a girth, a cheese press, a pair of bed stocks, a chaff bed and bolster, a sheet, two blankets, a hackney saddle, a cart saddle, a breechband and cropper, a pair of chains, a deshion, a box, a coffer, a tub, strokes for a cart, a cradle, a deshion, butter weights and lumber, a quantity of hay, two pikels, a rake, a spade, two milking cows, hay over the baulks, a muck fork, a spade, a small quantity of hay and a mare. Witnesses: Edward Sumner [signs] and Jonathan Broad [signs]
27 July 1787: Bond by Thomas Henshaw [signs] of Gawsworth, county Chester, yeoman, Thomas Salt of Macclesfield, county Chester, twister and Edward Bennett [signs: Bennet] of Macclesfield hatband maker, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £18: for Henshaw to appear at the next court to prosecute Thomas Hammond of Macclesfield yeoman, for wrongfully taking and unjustly detaining one eight days clock, two horses, one cart and one chest of drawers. Witness: Edward Sumner [signs]
14 September 1787: Bond by Theophilus Norton [signs] of Buxton, county Derby, yeoman, Maurice Jones [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, yeoman and Joseph Fawkner [signs] of Macclesfield shoemaker, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £3: for Norton to appear at the next court to prosecute John Barlow and James Barlow of Macclesfield Forest yeomen, for wrongfully taking and unjustly detaining one bay gelding. Witness: John Jones
15 November 1787: Bond by Joseph Simpson [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, silkthrowster and Thomas Wardle [signs] of Macclesfield button merchant to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £100: for Simpson to appear at the next court to prosecute Francis Oldfield of Hurdsfield farmer for wrongfully taking and unjustly detaining two mares and four colts. Witness: William Thorley [signs]
24 November 1789: Bond by Thomas Chadwick [signs] of Bredbury, county Chester, hatter, Nathan Royle [signs: Ryle] of Romiley, county Chester, yeoman and Joseph Coppock [signs] of Stockport, county Chester, hatter, to Samuel Boyer gentleman clerk of His Majesty’s court of record for the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £50: for Chadwick to appear at the next court to prosecute John Thorniley of Stockport yeoman, for wrongfully taking and unjustly detaining one gray gelding (worth £50). Witness: Lawrence Walker [signs]