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September 4, and knew nothing about the matter ;
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being evidently a specially unwilling witness. Ellys Chester. '
Anderton, carrier,
others . gave
John Huntingdon, blacksmith, and 13. Action
further condemnatory evidence against against the
the defendant. ^L
Margaret's contempt of court being proved, an
order was issued on March 24, 1571, against her,
John Marshall, her miller, Thomas Meire, her carrier,
and three women-servants :—
It appeareth by sufficient proof that the said defendant hath Had. MSS.,
broken the former order [1567] in contempt of the Court: Where- 2081. 109.
fore it is ordered by the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Leicester,
with the advice of the Council of the same Court, that process of
attachment be awarded against the said defendant, returnable the
twelfth day of April next. And at her appearance, to be committed
to ward in the Castle of Chester, there to be punished for the con-
tempt aforesaid. And that she shall remain in ward until she shall
enter into bonds with sufficient sureties from henceforth not to
infringe or break the said order by any means ; but to perform and
accomplish the said order according to the tenour and effect of the
same. And also shall consent to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of
thirty-five shillings for their costs and charges in the suit.
After this we hear nothing more of the brave-
hearted widow, whose desperate attempt to earn a .
living for herself and her family at the expense of
Dee Mills proved so utter a futility.
14. During the progress of the preceding affair 14. Introduc-
Ralph Goodman, in 1570, had died, his interest pass- ^'°^,|^^
ing to William Goodman, who had joined Thomas
Goodman in the prosecution of the Bavand suit.
William Goodman, a prominent citizen, was several
times mayor of Chester, and died during his year of
office, in 1579. His widow, Elizabeth, in 1583,
became the second wife of Alderman Edmund
Gamull, who, by this alliance, was led to take that
official interest in the mills which eventuated in his
purchasing them and inaugurating the reigns
of the most famous of all the king's millers of Dee.
of two
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