Elizabeth I (from Calendar of Assize Records: Surrey Indictments, Elizabeth I) Assizes of July 1564 177. Parker (or Coye), Thomas, and Yonge, Robert, labourers of Southwark, indicted for grand larceny. On 5 May 1564 they broke by night into the close of William Saunder, esq., at Ewell and stole 9 sheets (£2) and a tablecloth (6s 8d). Parker found guilty; allowed clergy and delivered to Mr. Fynche, rector of Croydon. Yonge found not guilty. Assizes of December 1564 202. Worsley, Eden, of Ewell, spinster, indicted for murder by witchcraft. On 4 July 1564 at Ewell she bewitched to death Elizabeth Bybye, daughter of Robert Bybye. Tried at the next assizes and found guilty; to hang. Assizes of July 1568 364. Hall, Stephen, of Epsom, labourer, indicted for grand larceny. On 10 June 1568 he broke into the close of John Tegge at Epsom and stole 4 lambs (10s). Not guilty. Assizes of February 1569 390. Tyckner, Thomas, of Ewell, labourer, indicted for grand larceny. On 25 Sept. 1568 he broke into the close of William Saunders, esq., at Epsom and stole a grey horse (26s 8d). Guilty; to hang. Assizes of February 1573 630. Robinson, Thomas, of Epsom, tailor, indicted for barratry. On 16 Dec. 1572 and other occasions at Epsom he was a common barrator, stirring up discord among his neighbours, etc. Endorsed ‘Billa vera: That he is troblesome amonge his neighbours. Ignoramus: That he is a comen barrator’. Verdict unknown. Assizes of July 1574 705. Dyngeley, Henry, butcher, Dyngeley, Joan, spinster, and Trye, Dorothy, spinster, of Ewell, and Rogers, Robert, of Malden, husbandman, indicted for disseisin. On 19 May 1574 they broke into ‘Heydons’, a messuage and 3 acres at Ewell,and disseised Francis Saunder, gent., of the freehold. Verdict unknown. Assizes of March 1576 819. Turner, John, of Leatherhead, glover, indicted for petty larceny. At Kingston sessions, 4 Oct. 1575, before William Fleetwood, recorder of London, Thomas Brown, Thomas Lyfield, Gregory Lovell, Edmund Slyfield, John Skinner, Richard Pelsted, John Lee, John Cooper, Edward Bellingham, J.P.s, a grand jury – Edward Sare, Henry Pyke, John Huntley, Robert Gyles, James Kinge, Edward Atlee, John Tyrrell, Christopher Mellershe, William Tycknor, John Astone, John Slyfeild, John Chenell, William Osborne, Thomas Bowtell, Anthony Cowper, John Worsham, George Miller, Martin Collyns, James Norman, Edmund Sutton, William Arnold – presented that on 28 June 1575 he broke into the close of William Buryman at Epsom and stole 13 young geese (11d). At large. Assizes of March 1578 958. Cole, Robert, vicar of Epsom, and Cole, Elizabeth, his wife, indicted for barratry at Epsom on 7 Jan. 1578 and other occasions. The indictment is inadequate. Tried in July 1578. Assizes of July 1578 970. Leather, Edmund, of Epsom, husbandman, indicted for grand larceny. At Guildford sessions, 1 July 1578, before Sir William Moor, Sir Thomas Brown, Edmund Slyfield, John Cooper, Lawrence Stoughton, J.P.s, a grand jury – John Tirrell, Richard Kynge, Robert Girlington, Thomas Cole, Thomas Hiller, Thomas Gawen, James Kinge, Richard Haywarde, John Woodden, John Woodman, Christopher Mellershe, William Ticknor, John Astone, Henry Whaler, Richard Cox, John Skeate, Arthur Cowper, Robert Bridger, Thomas Hall, John Holmeden, William Bignoll, Thomas Creswell, William Playstowe, James Corneford, Edmund Sutton, John Richardson – presented that on 4 June 1578 at Epsom he stole a sheep (5s) from William Richbell. Not guilty. 979. Evans, Richard, of Ewell, labourer, indicted for grand larceny. On 20 May 1578 at Ewell he stole 2 geldings (£20) from Sir George Norton. Guilty; to hang. Assizes of March 1579 1056. Saunders, Nicholas, esq., of Epsom, indicted for recusancy. Not guilty Assizes of February 1585 1543. Denman, Henry, of Southwark, petty chapman, indicted for grand larceny. On 22 Nov. 1584 at Ewell he stole 10 sheep (£2) from John Woodwarde, 7 sheep (30s) from John Kerrell and 32 sheep (£7) from George Kinge. (Denman had also been tried for breaking into a house at Limpsfield and stealing goods in 1581). Raynolls, William, of Southwark, butcher, is indicted as an accessory. (Raynolls had also been tried for stealing sheep from Southwark and Horsleydown in 1585 and for acting as accessory to the theft of clothes from Westminster in 1586). Denman found guilty; remanded because he is said to have had the book before. Raynolls found not guilty; bailed because he is a man of ill behaviour. Assizes of February 1586 1625. Mathew, Elizabeth, of Epsom, spinster, indicted for grand larceny. On 27 Sept. 1585 she broke into the house of Robert Byne of Epsom, labourer, and stole 3 pieces of money (3s), a silver ring (20d) and a shirt (6d). Not guilty. 1656. Born, Robert, of Epsom, indicted for petty larceny. At a view of frank-pledge held by [...] Kedermister, gent., seneschal, a jury – Roger Lambert, George Gouldsmith, Thomas Burde, Thomas […], […] Woodman, Emery Tailor, Ralph Paris, Henry Charlewood, William Rogers, Henry Parker, William Richbell, Alan Tailor, Robert Michell – presented that on 8 June 1585 at Epsom he stole a sheep (10d) from […] Dawborne of Leatherhead, yeoman. [damaged]. The indictment has no value. Assizes of July 1586 1681. Clenche, Richard, of Ewell, labourer, indicted for petty larceny. On 9 May 1586 at Ewell he stole a sheet (11d) from Thomas Blundell. Guilty; whipped. 1716. Browne, Elizabeth, wife of Cuthbert Browne, gent., Horde, Anne, spinster, Horde, Alan, gent., and Horde, Barbara, his wife, of Ewell, indicted for recusancy for one month. Verdict unknown. Assizes of February 1587 1745. Turpyn, Priscilla, of Southwark, spinster, indicted for grand larceny. On 28 Oct. 15 86 at Ewell she stole a kirtle (4s), a hat (2s), a pair of knitted stockings (2s), a pair of garters (3d), a pair of shoes (1s), a smock (2s) and several pieces of linen (7s) from Owen Aphue. Guilty; remanded on plea of pregnancy. Assizes of July 1587 1813. Gest, Lionel, gent., Maundy (or Percyvall or Wale), William, yeoman, and Saunders, Edward, yeoman, of London, indicted for highway robbery. On 28 Sept. 1586 they assaulted George Shelley, gent., in the highway at Coulsdon and stole from him £34 in money. On 28 Sept. 1586 they assaulted John Turner in the highway at Ewell and stole from him a gold chain (£29 10s), £34 in money, 4 shirts (£2) 13 bands and 6 pairs of handruffs (£4), a pair of linen boothose (10s), 6 socks, 2 kerchiefs and a pillow-bar (30s), a pair of worsted stockings (10s), a pair of garters, a comb and a ‘benche’ (6s), a pistolet (£1), a sword (26s 8d) and a gold ring (26s). Maundy found guilty; to hang. Gest and Saunders are at large. 1821. Payne, William, of Southwark, yeoman, indicted for grand larceny. On 31 July 1585 at Nonsuch he stole a sword (26s) from John Roberts. At large. Pardoned by general pardon. Assizes of February 1588 1886. Ricatts, John, constable of Ewell, indicted for a voluntary escape. On 2 Nov. 1587 Ricatts arrested Alan Cox of Ewell, innholder, by virtue of a warrant issued by Richard Burton, J.P., but on the same day voluntarily allowed him to escape. Confessed to a negligent escape and submitted to his fine. 1888. Gray, William, of Woking, gent., Baker, —, of St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, clerk, Peckham, Sir George, Taylor, Margaret, wife of Robert Taylor, yeoman, and Bezant, Elizabeth, spinster, of St Saviour, Southwark, York, Joan, spinster, and Dorrington, John, yeoman, of Richmond, Whitney, Anne, gentlewoman, Russell, Edward, gent., Russell, —, his wife, Rutland, Dorothy, widow, Rutland, Joan, gentlewoman, and Rutland, —, wife of William Rutland, gent., of Mitcham, and Browne, Elizabeth, wife of Cuthbert Browne of Ewell, gent., indicted for recusancy. Proclaimed according to statute. 1890. Inquisition held at Epsom, 31 Jan. 1588, before John Derrick, coroner, on the body of Edward Dewdney, aged 14 years, servant of Robert Arnolde of Leatherhead, yeoman. A jury – William Parker, Nicholas Humfrey, John […], John Stynte, Thomas Mathey, William Sewell, Edmund Byby, John Comber, John Richebell, George Vergyn, […] Thornecombe – found that on 22 Jan. Dewdney was returning from London to Leatherhead on a horse belonging to his master loaded with a ‘pannell’ and 2 panniers. At Mapleton Bush near Epsom the horse stumbled and fell into the ditch, killing Dewdney. [damaged]. Assizes of March 1589 1961. Jones, Ralph, of Westminster, Midd, labourer, indicted for grand larceny. On 18 Dec. 1588 at Ewell he stole a sheep (3s 4d) from an unknown man. Guilty; allowed clergy. 1977. York, Joan, spinster, and Dorrington, John, yeoman, of Richmond, Mollenax, Jane, wife of Thomas Mollenax of Nutfield, gent., Whittney, Anne, of Mitcham, gentlewoman, Beazant, Elizabeth, spinster, Chaplyn, Joan, wife of Thomas Chaplyn, waterman, Vaughan, Joan, spinster, Sutton, Ralph., yeoman, and Sutton, Elizabeth, his wife, of St Saviour, Southwark, Browne, Elizabeth, of Ewell, gentlewoman, Cooke, John., of Kennington in Lambeth, yeoman, and Glascock, Anne, of St Saviour, Southwark, widow, indicted for recusancy. Proclaimed according to statute. Assizes of June 1589 2000. Preston, Sibyl, of Effingham, spinster, indicted for witchcraft. At Guildford sessions, I July 1589, before Sir Henry Weston, Sir William Moor, Sir Thomas Brown, Anthony Mason, Thomas Lyfield, Edmund Slyfield, William Morgan, George Moor, Lawrence Stoughton, J.P.s, a grand jury – George Kynge of Banstead, Edmund Munter of Ewell, Richard Blundell of Ewell, William Wrenche of Epsom, Ambrose Taylor of Epsom, Austin Cuddington of Ashtead, Francis Styles of Ashtead, William Syms of Ashtead, Edward Ruminge of Fetcham, John Wilkins of Great Bookham, Robert Chippinge of Little Bookham, John Burges of Little Bookham, John Bramson of Leatherhead – presented that on 31 Aug. 1587 at Effingham she bewitched to death a mare (£2) belonging to Bartholomew Humphrey of Effingham and a horse (50s) belonging to Richard Atlee of Effingham. Not guilty. Assizes of March 1590 2041.