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232 et Milonem Letherbarrow. Whereas there hath been an indictment preferred against the said Miles Letherbarrow for a forcible entry upon a come mill belonging to the said John, and it hath appeared unto the court that, at the instance of the Lord Arch Bp. of Canterbury, the said John was willing to make a lease thereof unto the said Miles, which lease the said John hath diverse times since offered unto the said Miles accordingly, but he obstinately hath refused the same, chalenging the said mill to belong to himself by other right than from the said John; now because the said Miles doth publickly crave pardon of his obstinacy, and acknowledgeth that he, the said Miles, hath no right to the mill, and submitteth himself to these conditions following: that is to say, that he will yearly pay to the said John and his successors the yearly rent of £6 13s. 4d., and do all suits and services to the courts of the said John and his successors, and keep the said mill in good repair, and grind toll-free all the corne of the said John and his successors, which he or they shall expend in his or their house, and for his necessary servants' relief of sustenance, or which he or they shall give to the poor; therefore upon the motion of this court the said John hath consented that the said bill of indictment shall be withdrawne untill the next assizes, to the end that if the said Letherbarrow shall behave himselfe in such good manner that the said Dr. Bridgeman shall think good to make him a lease, then Roger Downes and Edmund Breres, Esqrs, shall consider what estate is fit for the said John to make to the said Miles, and of the covenants and conditions in the same; wherein they are required by the court to use indifferency and do that which is fitting, and if they disagree then they to report their differences to the next coming judge of assize.H: Winch:"

"On 25th August, 1618, Miles Letherbarrow, miller, came to Wigan Hall, and humbly entreated Dr. Bridgeman that he would forgive him his former folly, and accept him as a tenant to the corne