“& is ordered to appear at any tyme hereafter when Mr. Bailiff shall
requyer.
6th September, 1652.”
The next is an information against John Aston, of Madeley, in the county
of Salop, in which the said John is summonsed to appear before the
Bailiff, John Warham, gent., and Justices of the Peace of the said town
and liberties. The information appears to have been sworn to by Thomas
Smytheman, of Madeley, husbandman, who states that Lawrence Benthall, and
William Davies, of Madeley, were seen drinking on the Lord’s Day, at
Aston’s ale-house. The summons appears to have been issued by John Weld
the younger, of Willey. The case is now brought before the Bailiff who
says:
“Let a warrant issue forth to the officers for the leviing of the
monies forfeited for the said offence, according to the Act of
Parliament in that behalf; signed, John Warham, Bailiff.”
We find similar informations as to ale-houses from Broseley and other
parts of the franchise about the same time.