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William Prentice of High Easter: Black Sheep
Summer 2003 and Revised 22 Mar 2003
Pamela Wainman, by email of 22 Mar 2003, brings to our attention information about William Prentice of High Easter. It reads as follows:
Session Rolls 1598
"William PRENTICE of High Easter, labourer [was brought before the Court] for assaulting Hugh Northledge in the highway at the same called Park Lane and robbing him of a hat worth 2/- and 11/-in money; and for breaking into the house of William Serredge at the same in the night-time, The said Serredge and all his household being there, and stealing two flitches of bacon worth 20/- and a pair of knitted stockings worth 3/4d and a hat worth 3/-, a belt worth 4d and a knife worth 4d. "
Prentice was found guilty and sentenced to hang.
The first offense would, under English law, be classified as Robbery, a felony. The second offense would be classified as Burglary, a felony.
A search of our database does not disclose his roots.
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