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19 July 1831: Bond by Samuel Linley [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, publican, John Greaves [signs: Graves] of Macclesfield, innkeeper, and Joseph Gatley [signs], of Macclesfield, carrier, to Peter Browne gentleman, clerk of the court of the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £50: for Linley to appear at the next court, Monday 1 August 1831, to prosecute Thomas Preston, Matthew Buxton and John Walters, for taking a quantity of hay part gotten in the cock, a quantity of hay part gotten abroad in the field and all other hay in the other field (worth £25). Witnesses: John Hammersley [signs], James Howard [?] [signs]. Thomas Yarwood [signs] sworn to the value of the goods &c as £20. Witness: John Hammersley [signs] deputy clerk of the court.
