Removal Orders and Legal cases
| South Petherton people: witnesses, victims and defendants |
| DATE NAME | offence/witness | Reference (Somerset Record Office unless stated otherwise) | |||
| 1607 | HARRYSONS | Henry | South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/2/23-4 |
| 1607 | RUSSEL | John | constable of South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/2/82 |
| 1607 | KINGMAN | William | abuse of Russel and the jurors for the Hundred of South Petherton and being drunk and disorderly in the inn of Mr Pratt of South Petherton | Q/SR/2/82 | |
| 1607 | PRATT | Mr | innkeeper of South Petherton | Q/SR/2/82 | |
| 1614 | CORNELIUS | Jerome | groom of South Petherton, apprentice to John Rowsell | kettles | Q/SR/18/31 |
| 1614 | ROWSELL | John | smith of South Petherton | Q/SR/18/31 | |
| 1614 | WRENCH | William | shoemaker, late of South Petherton | theft of corn | Q/SR/18/65 |
| 1615 | WESTCOTE | Robert | South Petherton | felled timber on his tenement and threatened tenants who went to view the matter | Q/SR/20/25-6 |
| 1615 | FORTE | William | witness | Q/SR/20/25-6 | |
| 1615 | MARKE | John | witness | Q/SR/20/25-6 | |
| 1615 | THORNE | John | the younger | witness | Q/SR/20/25-6 |
| 1615? | PORT | John | South Petherton | not ditching | Q/SR/20/79 |
| 1614 | THORNE | Thomas | husbandman of South Petherton | attack on reapers in Petherton field | Q/SR/21/84 |
| 1614 | BAKER | Alice | South Petherton | attack on reapers in Petherton field | Q/SR/21/84 |
| 1614 | WILLIE | Thomas | South Petherton | attack on reapers in Petherton field | Q/SR/21/84 |
| 1615? | WESTCOT | Robert | beating Thomas Littlejohn at South Petherton | Q/SR/22/89 | |
| 1615? | LITTLEJOHN | Thomas | victim | Q/SR/22/89 | |
| 1616 | PALFREY | William | carpenter, late of South Petherton | theft of tools at Whitelackington | Q/SR/23/29 |
| 1616 | COMMINS | John | South Petherton | theft of yarn | Q/SR/23/41-6 |
| 1617 | GEINTER | George | weaver, late of South Petherton | stole 11s8d and clothing from master after travelling to London | Q/SR/26/48-49 |
| c 1616 | DAWKEN | Margaret | blind and deaf woman born South Petherton lives Martocl | Q/SR/27/174 | |
| 1617 | DAWKEN | Margaret | blind and deaf woman | petition about maintenance payments from South Petherton and Martock | Q/SR/27/89 |
| 1617 | MEADE | Edmunde | of Pitney | petition against brother | Q/SR/27/90 |
| 1617 | MEADE | Tobias | South Petherton | petition by brother – undetailed case | Q/SR/27/90 |
| c 1617 | DANGERFIELD | Johane | wife of Nicholas Dangerfield of South Petherton, prisoner at Ilchester | petition against John Porter | Q/SR/27/189 |
| c 1617 | PORTER | John | South Petherton | taken against Johane Dangerfield and caused her to be put on gaol | Q/SR/27/189 |
| 1617/8 | CROCKER | Thomas | husbandman of South Petherton | warrant for arrest for frequenting ale houses and breaking the peace | Q/SR/28/52 |
| 1618 | HAYNE | Anthonie | tailor of South Petherton | stole candlestick from house of John Symes and platter from house of widow Holland | Q/SR/29/38 |
| 1618 | SYMES | John | victim | Q/SR/29/38 | |
| 1618 | HOLLAND | widow | victim | Q/SR/29/38 | |
| 1617/8 | EDMONDS | John | the younger of South Petherton, groom | confessed to finding dead sheep in field and taking a pound of wool | Q/SR/29/69 |
| 1619 | SANDYS | Emanual | gent, of South Petherton | warrant to allow William Lavor to build | Q/SR/32/84 |
| 1619 | LAVOR | William | labourer | warrant to allow him to build a cottage at Pytwaie [Pitway], South Petherton | Q/SR/32/84 |
| 1619 | MEAD | Tobias | South Petherton | petition re debt owed by Hilbornes of Kingsdon | Q/SR/32/164 |
| 1620 | WESTCOTE | Robert | constable of South Petherton | certificate by parishioners testifying to character | Q/SR/35/24 |
| 1620 | GILL | Richard | order to allow him to erect cottage | Q/SR/35/36 | |
| 1620 | SANDYS | Emanual | certificate granting permission to Richard Gill | Q/SR/35/43 | |
| 1620 | GILL | Richard | permission to erect cottage | Q/SR?35/43 | |
| 1620 | WHITE | Robert | certificate of inhabitants of South Petherton stating he has lived in parish for 60 years and is law abiding | Q/SR/35/173 | |
| 1621 | GREGGE | Johane | South Petherton | warrant for arrest | Q/SR/37/58 |
| 1620/1 | CANNARY | Margery | spinster,South Petherton | waistcoast stolen from William Goodland | Q/SR/38/37 |
| 1621 | SCOTT | Ann | wife of Thomas Scott of South Petherton | witness re assignation between William Back of Merriot and Joane Grigg the maid of Mr Viccars in the churchyard | Q/SR/38/78 |
| 1621 | GRIGG | Joane | maid of Mr Viccars | Q/SR/38/78 | |
| 1621 | JENNING | Thomas | carpenter, South Petherton | witness re William Back saying he had fathered 3 illegitimate children | Q/SR/38/79 |
| 1621 | CANNARY | Margery | widow, South Petherton | witness re assignation between William Back and Joane Grygg | Q/SR/38/80 |
| 1621 | FORT | Elizabeth | South Petherton | witness re assignation between William Back and Joane Grygg | Q/SR/38/80 |
| 1621/2 | WESTCOTT | Steven | husbandman of South Petherton | stealing of hay from Robert King | Q/SR/40/78 |
| 1621/2 | KING | Robert | South Petherton | victim | Q/SR/40/78 |
| 1621 | LAVOR | Thomas | labourer, South Petherton | re travel pass of Richard Redstone | Q/SR/40/119 |
| 1622 | MATRAVERS | John | on behalf of brother Peter | Q/SR/41/195 | |
| 1622 | MATRAVERS | Peter | imptent and deaf man | being mistreated by his wife | Q/SR/41/195 |
| 1623 | PITCHER | John | South Petherton | suspected stealing of corn | Q/SR/42/4 |
| 1623 | HOLAND | William | South Petherton | suspected stealing of corn | Q/SR/42/4 |
| 1623 | WRENCHE | William | South Petherton | receiving of corn and wheat | Q/SR/42/5 |
| 1623 | CABLE | Margery | widow, South Petherton | receiving of corn and wheat | Q/SR/42/5 |
| 1622/3 | GRINTER | George | fustian weaver, South Petherton | break in at house of Edmond Beard and theft of money | Q/SR/42/140 |
| 1622/3 | BEARD | Edmond | South Petherton | victim | Q/SR/42/140 |
| 1622 | GRINTER | George | fustian weaver, South Petherton | confessed to finding butchers block in the street which he carried to graveyard but denied selling it | Q/SR/42/149 |
| 1623 | DAWKINS | Margaret | poor blind woman now resident in Martock | order that parish of South Petherton should contribute to her keep | Q/SR/43/129 |
| 1623 | DAWKINS | Margeret | poor blind woman born in South Petherton | petition by parishioners of Martock | Q/SR/43/133 |
| 1624 | SCOTT | Thomas | clerk, South Petherton | petition | Q/SR/48/44 |
| 1624 | WESTCOTT | Thomas | shoemaker of South Petherton | states that John Symons,servant to Thomas Willye, borrowed two pence from Thomas Westcott’s wife against a skin of leather. John Symons never returned for it and Thomas Westcott made an apron from. Thomas Willye saw and claims as his own. | Q/SR/50/65 |
| 1624 | SYMONS | John | servant to Thomas Willye | Q/SR/50/65 | |
| 1624 | WILLYE | Thomas | Q/SR/50/65 | ||
| 1653 | PITCHER | John | labourer, South Petherton | witness re items stolen from his master | Q/SR/87/22 |
| 1653 | ISHAM | John | cordwainer, South Petherton | witness re what Robert Westcott saw | Q/SR/87/23 |
| 1653 | WESTCOTT | Robert | South Petherton | apparently saw a man leave his father’s stable and that his father’s ostler followed the thief into the green behind his father’s house | Q/SR/87/23 |
| 1653 | ISHAM | Cypeiram | examination of John Paull of Barrington | Q/SR/87/21 | |
| 1653 | POOLE | Edmond | South Petherton | charged with living an evil life | Q/SR/88/2 |
| 1656 | FORTE | Henry | Compton Durville, South Petherton, husbandman | victim: four or five shears of wheat stolen from Compton Fields | Q/SR/93/70 |
| 1656 | SKELL | John | South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/93/70 |
| 1656 | DUNSTER | Susanna | South Petherton | accused of stealing wheat | Q/SR/93/70 |
| 1656 | CLARKE | Christian | South Petherton | accused of stealing wheat | Q/SR/93/70 |
| 1656 | HOOPPER | Christian | wife of John Hoopper of South Petherton | witness re John Porker breaking open a coffin and removing the string between the brain and the heart | Q/SR/93/130-1 |
| 1656 | HULLETT | Mary | South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/93/130-1 |
| 1656 | WEYGOOD | Elizabeth | spinster,South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/93/130-1 |
| 1656 | PORKER | John | labourer, South Petherton | breaking open a coffin and removing the string between the brain and the heart | Q/SR/93/130-1 |
| 1657 | REDBERT | Thomas | butcher, South Petheton | witness re stealing of meat from shambleboards at market by Nicholas Sanford of Norton Sub Hamdon which was then taken yo house of John Westcott | Q/SR/95/26-7 |
| 1657 | ALLEN | John | Compton Durville, South Petherton | witness re stealing of meat from shambleboards at market by Nicholas Sanford of Norton Sub Hamdon which was then taken yo house of John Westcott | Q/SR/95/26-7 |
| 1657 | WESTCOTT | John | South Petherton | witness re stealing of meat from shambleboards at market by Nicholas Sanford of Norton Sub Hamdon which was then taken yo house of John Westcott | Q/SR/95/26-7 |
| 1659 | ANSTICE | Edmond | mercer, South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/97/50 |
| 1659 | BAKER | Robert | South Petherton | prisoner in Ilchester gaol | Q/SR/98/21 |
| 1659 | EDMONDS | Henry | South Harp, South Petherton | prisoner in Ilchester gaol | Q/SR/98/21 |
| 1659 | EDMONDS | Henry | South Harp, South Petherton | accused of stealing 25 sheep from Thomas Lye of Hurcott, Ilton | Q/SR/98/131 |
| 1659 | EDMONDS | Henry | South Harp, South Petherton | gave evidence he sold the sheep he stole to William Pitman of Somerton | Q/SR/98/131 |
| 1659 | PALMER | Henry | South Harp, South Petherton, wollen weaver | gave evidence he had 5 ewes and 5 lambs stolen and suspects Henry Edmonds | Q/SR/98/131 |
| 1659 | BAKER | Josias | alehouse keeper, South Petherton | Q/SR/112/89-90 | |
| 1670 | STURTON | Thomas | South Petherton | gave evidence re theft of hurdles from his grounds then found in the liney house of Robert Reynolds | Q/SR/114/13 |
| 1670 | COPTUER | Humfry | South Petherton | made threats to Thomas Stuckey of Barrington | Q/SR/114/32 |
| 1671 | PITTS | John | constable of South Petherton | assaulted in the house of Anne Westcott | Q/SR/115/12 |
| 1671 | WESTCOTT | Anne | widow, South Petherton | Q/SR/115/12 | |
| 1671 | WARRE | Thomas | junior, Gentleman | assaulted John Pitts with several other men | Q/SR/115/12 |
| 1671 | BURGES | James | witness | Q/SR/115/12 | |
| 1671 | STUCKY | John | witness | Q/SR/115/12 | |
| 1671 | PULLMAN | Edward | witness | Q/SR/115/12 | |
| 1671 | AXE | John | tythingman, South Petherton | witness re theft of cloth, clothes and yarn from Thomas Moore of Martock, dyer’s horse whilst he was inside house of John Willey of SP | Q/SR/115/81 |
| 1671 | WILLEY | John | South Petherton | Q/SR/115/81 | |
| 1671 | PRINCE | Robert | Ostler, South Petherton | accused | Q/SR/115/81 |
| 1671 | VAX | Thomas | accused claimed he did not speak with Thomas Vax | Q/SR/115/81 | |
| 1671 | VAX | Thomas | South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/115/82 |
| 1672 | SANDYS | William | gent, of South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/116/54 |
| 1672 | WILLY | Lawrence | servant to William Sandys | witness | Q/SR/116/54 |
| 1672 | ELLIS | Hugh | South Petherton | accused of assaulting Robert Pullen of Kingsbury Episcopi | Q/SR/117/8 |
| 1684 | MARKES | Mary | wife of Robert Markes of South Petherton | witness to assault on Mary Spratt by her husband Robert | Q/SR/159/36 |
| 1684 | WHITENHOLE | Mary | Coat in Martock | witness to assault on Mary Spratt by her husband Robert | Q/SR/159/36 |
| 1687 | WINE | John | South Petherton | refused to pay hearth tax | Q/SR/170/11 |
| 1687 | HILBOURNE | William | South Petherton | refused to pay hearth tax | Q/SR/170/11 |
| 1687 | Baker | Ann | wife of William Baker | prevented Thomas Bayly collector of hearth tax from distraining several pewter dishes in the house of William Baker | Q/SR/170/11 |
| 1690 | MALLET | Joane | witness to theft whilst at South Petherton church | Q/SR/180/10 | |
| 1690 | PITTARD | William | constable | Q/SR/180/10 | |
| 1690 | HARRIS | John | Q/SR/180/10 | ||
| 1694 | DARBY | Henry | victualler, South Petherton | Q/SR/197/17 | |
| 1694 | WATTS | William | cooper, South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/198/6 |
| 1700 | PROWSE | Amos | attorney, South Petherton | Q/SR/216/2 | |
| 1707 | HIDE | David | fell monger, South Petherton | accused of stealing 2 sheep from Francis Pellen of Curry Rivel, labourer | Q/SR/245/3 |
| 1710 | PITCHER | John | junior, clothier, South Petherton | gave evidence re items of clothing stolen from house in South Petherton of his father John Pitcher, senior | Q/SR/255/6 |
| 1730 | GEAR | Joan | widow | to be removed from West Chinnock to South Petherton | Q/SR/298/77-9 |
| 1703 | GADD | Robert | and wife and children from West Monkton | settlement Certificate | Q/SR/298/125-6 |
| 1703 | GADD | Elizabeth | wife of Robert | settlement Certificate | Q/SR/298/125-6 |
| 1730 | GADD | Robert | wife Ann, and Anna, John, Robert and Mary their children | removal order to West Monkton | Q/SR/298/127 |
| 1731 | ARDIN | Samuel | labourer, South Petherton | order for arrest | Q/SR/299/127 |
| 1732 | CHANNING | James | South Petherton | letter from N Gundry asking for Channing to be excused serving on the Grand Jury as had been confined to his house for several years | Q/SR/300/30-1 |
| 1732 | CHANNING | James | mercer, South Petherton | certificate by William Speke that he was physically incapable of attending Quarter sessions | Q/SR/300/32 |
| 1732 | WILLY | Sarah | wife of Laurence Willy of South Petherton | witness re alleged theft of 2 women’s linen caps by Mary Porter | Q/SR/300/40 |
| 1732 | FOORT | James | South Petherton (and his wife) | Q/SR/300/40 | |
| 1733 | ROWSELL | William | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/301/52 | |
| 1733 | ROWSELL | Jane | wife of William | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/301/52 |
| 1733 | ROWSELL | Mary | child of William and Jane aged 2 years | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/301/52 |
| 1733 | ROWSELL | Diana | child of William and Jane aged about 1 month | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/301/52 |
| 1735 | ELLIOTT | Richard | South Petherton | evidence re theft of turkeys from Mr Prowse and Mr Sandys | Q/SR/303/150 |
| 1735 | BAMBURY | John | Q/SR/303/150 | ||
| 1735 | AXE | John | and his wife Dorothy | Q/SR/303/150 | |
| 1735 | DERBY | Henry | and his unnamed wife | Q/SR/303/150 | |
| 1735 | TOMKINS | Samuel | South Petherton | gave evidence that he and Richard Elliott agreed to steal a turkey from Mrs Sandys and that Elliott killed some chickens in Mr Prowse’s wagon hiuse | Q/SR/303/151 |
| 1735 | BAILY | James | and his wife | Q/SR/303/151 | |
| 1735 | WESTCOTT | Thomas | South Petherton | witness re theft of scythe and baulk by Richard Elliott | Q/SR/301/152 |
| 1735 | FORT | John | South Petherton | witness re theft of scythe and baulk by Richard Elliott | Q/SR/301/152 |
| 1735 | FORT | Joan | wife of James Fort, South Petherton | witness re theft of scythe and baulk by Richard Elliott | Q/SR/301/152 |
| 1735 | PITCHER | John | South Petherton | victim | Q/SR/301/152 |
| 1735 | HARVEY | George | miller, South Petherton | victim – theft of his shoes and brass buckles found on feet of Richard Elliott | Q/Sr/301/153 |
| 1736 | HAMLIN | Thomas | and wife Sarah | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/304/111 |
| 1736 | HARVEY | Robert Mundy | removal order from Isle Abbotts to South Petherton | Q/SR/304/154 | |
| 1737 | CLARK | Joseph | Moor, South Petherton | request for meeting house licence in houses owned by Mr Edward Damer | Q/SR/305/150 |
| 1738 | SYLVESTER | John | South Harp | oath unable to attend Quarter Sessions at Bruton because of rheumatism that he is hardly able to walk or stand | Q/SR/306/60 |
| 2 Feb 1739/40 | ROBINS | Mary | wf of William ROBINS and children Mary and James | removed from Fordington to South Petherton | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonPoorLawRecords.html |
| 1740 | HILLARD | James | South Harp, South Petherton | statement by neighbours re Hillard being taken sick while serving on grand jury | Q/SR/308/77 |
| 1740 | BRADFORD | William | and wife Sarah and children Eleana and Sarah | removal order to Broadwindsor, Dorset | Q/SR/308/184 |
| 1740 | PARKER | Samuel | and wife Elizabeth | removal order from Broadway to South Petherton | Q/SR/308/215 |
| 1741 | WATTS | Nathaniel | removal order from South Petherton to Tintinhull | Q/SR/309/172 | |
| 1741 | BARTER | Sarah | widow and Anne and Hannah, her children | removal order from Martock to South Petherton | Q/SR/309/173 |
| 1742 | PITMAN | John | and Elizabeth his wife | removal order from South Petherton to Wincanton | Q/SR/310/22 |
| 1742 | PURCHASE | Samuel | Elizabeth his wife, and William, Mary, John, Samuel, Elizabeth and Jane their children | removal order from Hardington Mandeville to South Petherton | Q/SR/310/134 |
| 1744 | GLOVER | Susannah | single woman | removal order from South Petherton to Brimpton | Q/SR/312/109 |
| 1744 | MARKES | Sarah | spinster | removal order from South Petherton to Stoke sub Hamdon | Q/SR/312/110 |
| 1745 | MARSH | Susannah | South Petherton, singlewoman | witness re theft of ducks from Lawence Willy | Q/SR/313/31 |
| 1745 | WILLEY | Lawrence | wheelright, South Petherton | victim | Q/SR/313/31 |
| 1745 | HOW | Elizabeth | Single woman, South Petherton | accused of coaxing the ducks into Marsh’s house and killed and skinned them | Q/SR/313/31 |
| 1745 | SHEPPARD | Mary | Single woman, South Petherton | accused of coaxing the ducks into Marsh’s house and killed and skinned them | Q/SR/313/31 |
| 1745 | HOW | Elizabeth | Single woman, South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/313/34 |
| 1745 | MARSH | John | South Petherton, Father of Susannah | Q/SR/313/34 | |
| 1745 | SHEPPARD | Mary | Single woman, South Petherton | witness | Q/SR/313/37 |
| 1747 | OLD | Joseph | and wife Joan and their son, Joseph, plus Joseph [snr’s] children by former wife: John, George and Anne | removal order from Dinnington to South Petherton | Q/SR/315/156 |
| 1748 | CHAFFEY | Ann | bastard child of Betty Chaffey | removal order from Curland to South Petherton | Q/SR/316/1/31 |
| 1748 | VAGG | Elizabeth | apprentice to Amos Prowse of South Petherton | discharged from apprenticeship due to giving birth to bastard child | Q/SR/316/4/30 |
| 1739 | VAGG | Elizabeth | poor child of South Petherton apprenticed to Amos Prowse, gent | apprenticeship indenture in housewifery until she is 21 | Q/SR/316/4/32 |
| 1739 | CALLOW | Robert | Church Warden, South Petherton | witness to indenture | Q/SR/316/4/32 |
| 1739 | COLE | Roger | Overseer of South Petherton | witness to indenture | Q/SR/316/4/32 |
| 1739 | BEALE | John | Overseer of South Petherton | witness to indenture | Q/SR/316/4/32 |
| 1739 | MILLS | John | Overseer of South Petherton | witness to indenture | Q/SR/316/4/32 |
| 1752 | NEWTON | Robert | Shopkeeper and Dowlas Maker, South Petherton | convicted of swearing 12 profane oaths | Q/SR/320/1/33 |
| 1751 | WILLEY | John | born South Petherton but went to work in London when 10 or 11 and then to Maidstone, Kent where servant for 6-7 years | conveyance order | Q/SR/320/1/66 |
| 1752 | MILES | Thomas | South Petherton | convicted of selling a loaf of bread to Robert Isaac without the said loaf being marked with a letter | Q/SR/320/2/32 |
| 1752 | WILLEY | John | shopkeeper, South Petherton | convicted of selling a loaf of bread to Robert Isaac of South Petherton, Labourer, without the loaf being marked with a letter | Q/SR/320/2/33 |
| 1752 | ISAAC | Robert | South Petherton, Labourer | witness against Thomas Mills concerning the making and sale of bread which was unmarked by any letter | Q/SR/320/2/71 |
| 1752 | MILLS | Thomas | of South Petherton, Taylor, | accused | Q/SR/320/2/71 |
| 1752 | ISAAC | Robert | South Petherton, Labourer, | witness against John Willey and Mary Elliott concerning the making and sale of bread which was marked only with the letters ‘JE’ | Q/SR/320/2/72 |
| 1752 | WILLEY | John | of South Petherton, Shop Keeper, | accused | Q/SR/320/2/72 |
| 1752 | ELLIOTT | Mary | of Lower Stratton, South Petherton, | accused | Q/SR/320/2/72 |
| 1752 | MILLS | Thomas | South Petherton, Taylor | convicted of selling unmarked bread | Q/SR/320/2/73 |
| 1752 | WILLEY | John | South Petherton, Taylor | convicted of selling unmarked bread | Q/SR/320/2/74 |
| 1752 | PEPPERELL | George | Overseer of South Petherton | request to apprehend Robert Weare | Q/SR/320/3/62 |
| 1752 | TAYLOR | Robert | South Petherton, Butcher | convicted of selling cider without being licensed | Q/SR/320/4/38 |
| 1752 | ROGERS | William | South Petherton, Linman, | convicted of swearing 30 profane oaths | Q/SR/321/1/26 |
| 1752 | NEWTON | Robert | South Petherton, Shopkeeper | convicted of swearing 4 profane oaths | Q/SR/321/1/27 |
| 1753 | ATTWOOL | James | and his family | notice of removal order from Norton sub Hamdon | Q/SR/321/3/10 |
| 1753 | ATTWOOL | James | his wife Mary and their children Margaret 2 and a half and James 1 | removal order from Norton Sub Hamdon to South Petherton | Q/SR/321/3/12 |
| 1753 | BROWN | John | South Petherton, Yeoman | convicted of swearing 1 profane oaths | Q/SR/322/1/68 |
| 1754 | COLBERT | John | South Petherton, Yeoman | convicted of swearing 2 profane oaths | Q/SR/322/2/20 |
| 1754 | WESTCOTT | Robert | of South Petherton, Constable of the Hundred of South Petherton, | order to account for arrears owed to the treasurer of the county. | Q/SR/322/2/46 |
| 1754 | WESTCOTT | Robert | discharged from position as Constable | Q/SR/322/2/47 | |
| 1754 | HOW | Daniel | South Petherton | convicted of selling beer, ale, or other liquor without being duly licensed to do so | Q/SR/322/4/40 |
| 1754 | EDWARDS | Mary | widow | apprehended as a vagrant at South Petherton, that she is 72, that she was born in Ghent, Flanders, where her father was a soldier, that she came to England in her infancy and travelled with her parents until their deaths, that her father died when she was 15 and her mother when she was17, that she then travelled as a peddler and married Edward Edwards when she was about 30, that her husband is now deceased but was legally settled in Boston, New England. | Q/SR/322/4/49 |
| 1754 | COOKESON | John | South Petherton | Q/SR/322/4/49 | |
| 1754 | NEAL | Samuel | South Petherton | Q/SR/322/4/49 | |
| 1754 | GULLY | Francis | South Petherton, Yeoman | convicted of swearing 4 profane oaths | Q/SR/323/1/25 |
| 1754 | TAYLOR | David | South Petherton | convicted of selling ale without being licensed to do so | Q/SR/323/1/26 |
| 1754 | HOW | Daniel | South Petherton | convicted of wilfully and knowingly harbouring and entertaining vagrants in his dwelling house | Q/SR/323/1/30 |
| 1754 | LOWMAN | Aaron | vagrant | removal order from South Petherton to Taunton St James | Q/SR/323/1/50 |
| 1754 | ANDERSON | John | vagrant | removal order from South Petherton to Axminster, Devon | Q/SR/323/1/54 |
| 1754 | COOMBE | Richard | vagrant | conveyance order to Axminster, Devon on his way to Falmouth, Cornwall | Q/SR/323/1/56 |
| 1754 | MORRIS | James | conveyance order to Axminster, Devon on his way to Falmouth, Cornwall | Q/SR/323/1/58 | |
| 1755 | PAUL | Nicholas | Cordwainer, his wife Jane, and their children John, 5, Francis, 2, Elizabeth, 4 months | removal order from Stocklinch Magdalen to South Petherton | Q/SR/323/2/4 |
| 1755 | PEPPERELL | George | South Petherton, Yeoman | convicted of swearing 50 profane oaths | Q/SR/324/1/56 |
| 1755 | TUCKER | Nicholas | born South Petherton | Settlement examination at Fordington of Mary Tucker wf Nicholas TUCKER mariner otp 1 Mar 1755. Born itp nee ALLEN and married Chideock on Thursday in last Christmas week by Rev Mr SYNDERCOMBE | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonPoorLawRecords.html |
| 1756 | FORTT | John | Constable of the Hundred of South Petherton | presentment that all things are well in the said Hundred. | Q/SR/324/4/21 |
| 1756 | ADDERLY | Margret | and Joseph her son, 3 | conveyance order to St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, on their way to the Kingdom of Ireland where Margret Adderly was born. | Q/SR/325/1/59 |
| 1757 | GUMER | Robert | Constable of the Hundred of South Petherton | presentment that all things are well in the said Hundred. | Q/SR/325/2/30 |
| 1757 | HULL | George | Constable of the Hundred of South Petherton | presentment that all things are well in the said Hundred. | Q/SR/325/2/30 |
| 1757 | DANIEL | William | the elder, his wife Edith, William Daniel the younger, his wife Susanna, and their children Ann, 8, Thomas, 6, and John, 4, | removal order from South Petherton to Lopen | Q/SR/325/4/3 |
| 1757 | WILlMOTT | John | Gardner | removal order from Shepton Mallet to South Petherton | Q/SR/325/4/21 |
| 1757 | EDMONDS | John | the younger, Churchwarden of South Petherton | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | SEAWARD | James | Churchwarden of South Petherton | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | OSTLER | William | Overseer of the Poor of South Petherton, | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | PIKE | Martin | Overseer of the Poor of South Petherton, | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | DENMAN | John | Overseer of the Poor of South Petherton, | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | COLBERT | John | Overseer of the Poor of South Petherton, | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1757 | WHITE | James | poor child of South Petherton | apprenticeship indenture in husbandry to Rev Castelman | Q/SR/326/1/35 |
| 1757 | CASTELMAN | John | Clerk, Vicar of South Petherton | Q/SR/326/1/35 | |
| 1758 | CASTELMAN | John | South Petherton | appeal against apprenticeship | Q/SR/326/1/36 |
| 1758 | WHITE | James | South Petherton, apprentice to John Castelman | Q/SR/326/1/36 | |
| 1758 | PINNEY | Joan | convicted of selling ale, cider, or other liquors in South Petherton without being duly licensed | Q/SR/326/2/33 | |
| 1758 | GENTLE | Hercules | South Petherton, Cordwainer | convicted of swearing 10 profane oaths | Q/SR/327/1/14 |
| 1759 | MILLS | Thomas | South Petherton, Taylor | accused Robert Newton of threatened him with violence, and that he now fears that Newton will do him some bodily harm. | Q/SR/327/2/60 |
| 1759 | NEWTON | Robert | South Petherton, Clothmaker | Q/SR/327/2/60 | |
| 1764 | HARVEY also WEBBLE | Thomas | removal order from Norton Fitzwarren to South Petherton | Q/SR/332/3/7 | |
| 1766 | EAMES | William | and his wife Sarah, and their children Susanna 20 and Levi 1 | removal order from Chard to South Petherton | Q/SR/334/2/18 |
| 1767 | POTTENGER | Joan | widow | removal order from South Petherton to Curry Rivel, | Q/SR/335/3/7 |
| 1767 | EBDEN | William | Thread Spinner, his wife Mary, and their children Betty 8, Sarah 7, Elias 4, and William 3/4 of a year | removal order from South Petherton to Hawkchurch, Dorset | Q/SR/335/3/8 |
| 1767 | PLYER | John | wife Edith, and their daughter Ann, 9 months | removal order from East Coker to South Petherton | Q/SR/335/3/28 |
| 1767 | MARKES | Ann | poor child of South Petherton aged 8, as apprentice to George Tupp to be instructed in housewifery. | Q/SR/335/4/5 | |
| 1767 | TUPP | George | of South Petherton, Cutler, | Q/SR/335/4/5 | |
| 1771 | GARLAND | William | South Petherton, Thatcher | convicted of keeping and using nets to catch and destroy conies in Moor Down, South Petherton | Q/SR/339/3/3 |
| 1771 | GARLAND | John | South Petherton, Thatcher | convicted of keeping and using nets to catch and destroy conies in Moor Down, South Petherton | Q/SR/339/3/3 |
| 1771 | BECK | John | South Petherton, Tallow Chandler | convicted of swearing 10 profane curses | Q/SR/340/1/31 |
| 1771 | ADAMS | Robert | South Petherton, Malster | convicted of swearing 10 profane curses | Q/SR/340/1/32 |
| 1771 | NORMAN | James | South Petherton, Malster | convicted of swearing 1 profane curse | Q/SR/340/1/34 |
| 1773 | VAUX | Ann | South Petherton | convicted of attempting to sell underweight bread | Q/SR/341/3/42 |
| 1773 | MASTERS | John | South Petherton | convicted of attempting to sell underweight bread | Q/SR/341/3/44 |
| 1773 | BAMBURY | Ann | South Petherton | convicted of attempting to sell underweight bread | Q/SR/341/3/46 |
| 1773 | HELLARD | Clifton | South Petherton | convicted of attempting to sell underweight bread | Q/SR/341/3/47 |
| 1773 | STOWER | Samuel | South Petherton | convicted of attempting to sell underweight bread | Q/SR/341/3/48 |
| 1774 | ANSTICE | Josiah | South Petherton, Yeoman, | gave evidence against Samuel Richard and a woman who passes for his wife, that Richard knocked violently at this informant’s door and assaulted him when he refused to give him relief | Q/SR/342/3/14 |
| 1774 | RICHARD | Samuel | accused | Q/SR/342/3/14 | |
| 1775 | WARR | Richard | his wife Mary, and their children Diana, Hannah, Fanny, and Ruth | removal order from South Petherton to Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset | Q/SR/343/2/58 |
| 1775 | GUMMER | George | his wife Grace, and their children William 13, Sarah 10, Thomas 7, Samuel 5, John 3, and Betty 4 months | removal order from South Petherton to Lopen | Q/SR/344/1/32 |
| 1776 | GIFFORD | James | of Roundwell Street, South Petherton | dissenters certificate: his house is to be used for divine worship. | Q/SR/344/4/16 |
| 1776 | MALE | Malachi | of South Petherton, father of bastard child of Mary Bishop of Kingston. | Kingston St Mary, Somerset. Order to constables to apprehend Malachi Male | |
| 1776 | PATCH | Thomas | Now residing in South Petherton, Somerset | When aged about 23 yrs he came with his father to Uplyme as part of his family, where his father rented an estate at £80 a year, never made a bargain with him or any other person as a servant or otherwise | Devon Record Office Uplyme Parish |
| 1781 | HEBDITCH | William | South Petherton | convicted for driving a waggon with more than four horses through the turnpike gate | Q/SR/350/1/19 |
| 1783 | DAVIS | Samuel | South Petherton, labourer | witness re the theft of cider from his master’s cellar by Samuel Clark | Q/SR/351/2/26 |
| 1783 | CLARK | Samuel | South Petherton | accused | Q/SR/351/2/26 |
| 1783 | PREW | Mathew | South Petherton, victualler | gave evidence re the theft of a hogshead of cider from his cellar | Q/SR/351/2/27 |
| 1783 | WHITEHEAD | Robert | Jane his wife and their children Betty, Charlotte, Pamela and James | removal order from South Petherton to Somerton | Q/SR/351/2/56 |
| 1785 | ELLIOTT | Stephen | removal order from South Petherton to West Coker. | Q/SR/354/1/36 | |
| 1787 | CLARKE | Samuel | South Petherton | conviction for pulling a waggon on the Shepton Mallet turnpike road with more than four horses | Q/SR/355/2/33 |
| 1790 | HEBDITCH | Samuel | Over Stratton, South Petherton, yeoman | gave evidence theft of a hempen bag, which he found in the custody of William Ball | Q/SR/359/1/11 |
| 1790 | BALL | William | Over Stratton, South Petherton, butcher | accused | Q/SR/359/1/11 |
| 1790 | GOODRIDGE | Rachael | removal order from South Petherton to Somerton | Q/SR/359/1/25 | |
| 1791 | MITCHELL | Benjamin | South Petherton, Linman, | general quit claim from John Bulgin of Seavington St Michael, blacksmith and Sarah his wife | Q/SR/359/1/45 |
| 1791 | SALISBURY | William | Constable of South Petherton | certificate of repair of roads | Q/SR/359/2/25 |
| 1794 | BAKER | William | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/43 | |
| 1794 | BAILEY | Samuel | South Petherton, labourer | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/43 |
| 1794 | WILLY | Samuel | South Petherton, yeoman | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/43 |
| 1794 | WILLY | Samuel | South Petherton, yeoman | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/44 |
| 1794 | BAKER | William | South Petherton, labourer | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/44 |
| 1794 | BAILEY | Samuel | South Petherton, labourer | general quit claim | Q/SR/362/1/44 |
| 1795 | BECK | Joseph | South Petherton, innholder | gave evidence that William Meech alias Jones, offered to sell him a saddle and furniture | Q/SR/363/4/25 |
| 1795 | MEECH alias JONES | William | accused | Q/SR/363/4/25 | |
| 1796 | HERDMAN | Richard | South Petherton, mercer | gave evidence re Benjamin Gullick paying for goods with counterfeit money | Q/SR/364/3/20 |
| 1796 | VAGG | Gerard | South Petherton, labourer | gave evidence re Benjamin Gullick paying for goods with counterfeit money | Q/SR/364/3/20 |
| 1796 | MARKS | John | South Petherton, cordwainer | gave evidence re Benjamin Gullick paying for goods with counterfeit money | Q/SR/364/3/20 |
| 1796 | GULLICK | Benjamin | accused | Q/SR/364/3/20 | |
| 1796 | POLLET? | Henry | wife Susanna and his children Elizabeth, Mary, John, William and Thomas | removal order removed from Wells St Cuthbert to Etherton? [possibly North or South Petherton] | Q/SR/365/1/25 |
| 1799 | HAMMOND | Joseph | South Petherton, husbandman | General quitclaim husbandman to William Osborne of Merriott, gardener | Q/SR/367/3/66 |
| 1799 | VAGG | John | South Petherton, sheriffs officer | gave evidence re the charges of assault brought against himself and Charles Peers of Ilminster by Susanna the wife of George Lockyear and of unlawful entry by George Lockyear. | Q/SR/367/4/93 |
| 1850 | CLARK | Simon | South Petherton | gave evidence re the theft of three bushels of wheat, of the value of thirteen shilllings and sixpence, and a hemp bag, of the value of one shilling, property of Jonah Hodges of Seavington | Q/SR/577/22a |
| 1850 | TAYLOR | Joseph | South Petherton | gave evidence re the theft of seven faggots of wood, of the value of one shilling, property of Henry Burchall Peren | Q/SR/577/152-3 |
| 1850 | GULLY | James | South Petherton | gave evidence re the theft of seven faggots of wood, of the value of one shilling, property of Henry Burchall Peren | Q/SR/577/152-3 |
| 1850 | BAKER | Job | South Petherton | accused | Q/SR/577/152-3 |
| 1850 | HEBDITCH | Mary | South Petherton | accused | Q/SR/577/152-3 |
| 1850 | ATKINS | Harriet | South Petherton | accused | Q/SR/577/152-3 |
| 1850 | PEREN | Henry Burchall | victim | Q/SR/577/152-3 | |
| 1850 | LANG | Oliver | South Petherton | conviction for stealing money from the person of Elizabeth Glyde Horsey | Q/SR/577/220 |
| 1850 | ATKINS alias HOPKINS | Harriet | South Petherton | conviction for stealing one earthen pan, one basket, and one winnowing sheet, property of James Burt | Q/SR/577/224 |
| 1850 | BAKER | Job | South Petherton | conviction for stealing one hammer, property of Sealy Bridge | Q/SR/577/226 |
| 1850 | LAURENCE | William | South Petherton | evidendence from Alfred Trott re the theft of a box rule, value 6d | Q/SR/580/25-26 |
| 1850 | LAURENCE | William | South Petherton | Examination of Jane Trott, George Trott, Francis Gundry & Samuel Bishop concerning the theft of 7 rans of yarn, one saw, one bag & other articles, property of William Laurence | Q/SR/580/29, 32 |