October 1677
Officers
| Viewers of Flesh & Fish | Thomas Walmsley & Thomas Clifton |
| Alefounders | Thomas Balshaw & John Birches |
| Pinders | William Wiggans & John Southworth |
| Affeerers & Assessors | William Lemon jun, William Werden sen, Thomas Whalley & Hich. Walmsley jun |
| Scavenger | Robert Sergeant |
| Treasurer for the poor | Josiah Gregson & Henry Gradwell |
| Houselookers for Churchgate | Joseph Bolton & John Chorley jun |
| Houselookers for ffishergate & Market Street | Richard Taylor & John Sherdley |
| Houselookers for fryergate | John Radcliffe & Henry Hall |
| Beadle | Roger Dixon |
Jury
| William Werden jun | Thomas fforest |
| John Hynd | William Walsh |
| Richard Clarkson | John Hodgkinson shoemaker |
| William Darwen jun | Mathew Read |
| William Holder | William Marsden |
| Phillipp Burton | Robert Spourer |
| Thomas Primett? | William Seddon |
| Gameliell? Loyd |
1. That ye lane called Ribleton lane, ye lane Leading downe to Broadgate, ye lane Leading to Ribble bridge, ye lane Leading to ye Marsh, ye more lane, ye long causey upon ye more leading to ye horse Bridgs and ye lane Leading to ye nearer end of ye Marsh called ffryer weend are all out of repaire and ought to bee repaired by this towne of Preston and wee do judge and veryly believe that tenn pounds may bee a competent sume to put ye same in sufficient repaire.
2. Ye sevrall psons hereundr named for not appearing at this Cort to pay ye sumes subjoyned to their names.
Chrofer Greenfield Esqre - 1s 0d.
Adam Elston - 1s 0d
James Riddihough - 1s 0d
Peter Gourdon - 1s 0d
Tho: Greenfeild - 1s 0d
John Key - 0s 4d
Thomas Silcocke - 0s 2d
Henr James - 0s 4d
Thomas Cobatt - 0s 4d
Charles Quicknard - 1s 0d
John Crooke - 0s 4d
Roger Bannester - 1s 0d
3. Issabell Copeland wid for harbouring her daughter to pay xs.
Widdow ffletcher for harbouring Edw: Gregson to pay xs.
Anne Greystocke for harbouring Elizabeth Singleton - xs.
John Bayley for harbouring John Millington to pay xs.
Widdow Cowell for harbouring Martyn Wilson to pay xs.
John Bayley for harbouring Elizabeth Bayley his sister to pay xs.
Widdow Harrison for harbouring Thomas ffoster to pay xs.
John Crooke for habouring James Raney to pay xs.
Widdow Shakeshaft for habouring of John Rawlinson to pay xs.
Edward Porter for habouring of Elizabthe Parkinson to pay xs.
Widdow Hale for habouring of Dorothy Postlethwaire to pay xs.
Richard Woods for habouring of Thomas Clayton to pay xs.
Mrs Atherton for habouring of John Jackson, his wife & child to pay xs.
Chrofer Santer for habouring of Willm Southwate to pay xs.
4. Mr John Cockshutt that he scoure his ditch at his close upon ye ffurther Avenham wch is an annoyance to Willm Welsh on or before ye seacond day of ffebr next upon paine of vjs. viijd.
5. Ellen Blackborne hath erected ahouse of office to ye great annoyance of John Woods and that she case ye same to bee amended before ye seacond of ffebruary next upon paine of vjs. viijd.
6. Alexandr Swansey for that he hath taken upon ye townes wast and detaines from ye towne a certaine pcell of iron? wch of right belongs to ye said towne therefore to pay vjl. vjs. viijd.
7. John Hatch for that he being no freeman of this towne doth follow ye trade of a Shoemaker contrary to ye ordrs of this towne therefore to pay for every month xs.
8. The present Baliffs for not repairing ye townes fould both dore & rale and that the repaire ye same before ye seacond of ffebr next upon paine of xs.
9. John Jackson for giveing scurrilous languadge and abusing Mr Richard Taylor one of ye houselookers wthin this towne in ye execucon of his office therefore to pay xs.
10. That ye tenn pounds wch was assessed for repair of ye highways wthin this towne was not imployed by Mr Ashton & Mr Bolton according to ye appoyntmt of ye Maior and Councell.