Letter

Scope and Content

John Peck to Sir John Trevor, MP (Cannon Row, Westminster): the Lady Day rents received amounted to £441..17s; has received a basket of roots and sent Richard Griffith to plant them at Plas Teg but another basket sent has not yet arrived; cannot get in any rents in Flintshire until after Caergwrle fair in about 2 weeks' time; Edward Hughes and Edward lettsome have been saying if he takes their cattle they will be utterly ruined 'but for such a mad fellow as life tenant Balntorne I never met withal for when I heard he had taken in his neighbour's cattle to graze having none of his own, I sent three lusty men to distrain the cattle but he, his wife and father beat them and rescued the cattle from them which caused me to direct my warrant to the constable to apprehend him but when the high constable and his men came into the house to take him Blantorne took up a great cleaver and had like to akilled him but that he ran away and swore he would never come there again which forced me to take company with me and go there myself, where after some stir I took both him and his father and carried them away but with some difficulty. I likewise seized of what he had the which I think will yield about £10 but when I had him upon the highway from his house nobody would carry him to the gaol which made me the willinger to make an agreement with him to let him go if he would be gone by such a day out of the house'; he has now gone to be a soldier and writer has got a better tenant 'reserving you liberty to dig coal'; other tenants are very angry because writer has sued them or is threatening to distrain on their cattle and vicar Lloyd is no better at paying 'who I think would have land for nothing'.

Note

Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided).