| Description | Atwood had been issued with a warrant for the arrest fo Mary wife of John Clarke, Sarah wife of Daniel Whitlock, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Peacock, Sarah wife of John Smith, Elizabeth wife of Richard Clarke, Mary wife of Burton Smith, Jane wife of Robert Corn and Ann Elderkin to answer to a charge brought by John Bayley fo Alconbury that they were going into the common fields and gleaning the corn before the farmers had carried their own corn away. Before he could arrest all the women Atwood was assaulted and three women were released from custody. True Bill. |