I am sure Dave Leach is essentially right except that:
Robert Pidle's recognisance was in £40 (xl li)
His sureties might be Christopher (Xpofer) Kinge and Edward Jeffrey in £20
each
The second case might be John Luck of Symondsbury in £40
His sureties were Mathew (Matheas) Wade of the same (eadem) yeoman) and John
Canke esq
The heading 'Recognisances ... applies to both.
Robert Pidle and Christopher Kinge had both presumably best arrested for
some criminal offence and were given bail with two sureties each. The text
on the right (which is cut off) may be the offence or the name of the
magistrate who initially heard the case. Most of the Christian names are
abbreviated, the line above Robtus represents the omitted 'er'; similarly
John (Johannis) is abbreviated to Johis
Peter King
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Behalf Of Dave Leach
Sent: 16 January 2005 00:40
To: Peter Wickham King
Subject: Re: manuscript
Can I suggest a little more? From what I can see and also from your
partial transcription, there appears to be two separate cases, one from
line 1 to line 5, and a second from line 6 onwards.
The place names appear to be in the county of Dorset in Southern England.
The modern spellings are Melbury Sampford, Melbury Osmond, and in the
second case, Symondsbury.
Lines 1 to 5 appear to require Robert Pidle (husbandman?) to appear at the
next general quarter sessions court. He is bound to the lord king in the
sum of £10.
His sureties, Thomas(?) Kinge of Melbury Sampford (husbandman?), and
Edward (not Kris) Jeffryes of Melbury Osmond yeoman, are each bound to the
lord king in the sum of £20 to ensure that Robert appears.
The other case does not seem to start with 'Recog...', but the general
form might be the same.
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