November 1653
Officers
| Elected for viewers of fflesh & ffish | Hugh Blackledge & William Whalley |
| Elected for Alefounders | Lawrence Poole & Thomas Dolphin |
| Elected for pinders & herdsmen | John Holden & Henry Cuerdall |
| Elected for affeerers ?????????? | Hen: Blundel gen, Hen: Atherton, John Chorley ye younger, Tho. Bostock |
| Elected for Treasurers for ye poor | Henry Werden & William Lemon |
The names of such persons of this Towne which are ??? & elected for the severall Wards and streets within this Town the surveying & disposing of Inmates fforeynors and strangers & othe Enormoties within this Town for ye year following & confirmed by ye last Guild Merchant.
Officers
| ffor ye ffryergate weends & Backsides adioyning to the same beginning att the shopp of Richard Sumpner and from there to ye end of the same street. | John Tysing & Tho: Tysing |
| ffor ye whole markett place & fishergate begining att Minspitt well weend and for afterwards to ye end of the said Street | Ellis Wakefield & Richard Johnson |
| ffor ye Churchgate beginning att Minspit well weend with all ye weends & backsides of the said street and from there eastward to ye end of ye said Town | Roger Rivington & Tho: Burton |
Inquisition of office. Maior: Edward ffrench, bailiffes: Henry Burns & Richard Primmett. Diverse misdemenors agt divers acts of Parliamt in yt case made and provided By ye oaths of
John Clifton, Ellis Wakefield, Edward Dawson, Rich. Turner, William Dobson, Willm. Darwen
Upon theire oaths And say That one hyde of Leather of Thomas Hodgsons, of Euxton, of the valew of Eight shillings, is not sufficientlie Tanned, and therefore forfeite.
Who likewise find one piece of a Bend of Leather of Richard Cowpes of Cuerdall, of the valewe of sixteen pence to be insufficient, and therefore forfeit.