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- "Thomas Gill of the Chapelrye of Barton, dioc. Chester, gentleman.- 1627.Oct.5. Charles Slyngisbye, bachelour of Divinitye, aged three score and seven. Did repaire to the Cathedrall Cburche with Doctor Cradocke in the forenowne, Doctor Cradocke havinge then uppon him his surplisse and hoode, and walkinge downe the midle alley of the churche to adjourne the Consistorye Courte, as he saide, until Divine service shoulde be done. Thomas Gill beinge then and their presente with John Richardson Esquier, Mr. Tymothy Comyn undersheriffe of the countye of Durham, and Mathewe Vasie servaunte to Richardson, the said Gill did deliver a writte or processe of attachmente to the undersheriffe with some money, and their-upon in the tyme of divine service required the undersheriffe to arreste Dr. Cradocke in the said place of the churche, unto which Dr. Cradocke then and their submitted...."
"...Thinketh that the said acts of Gill and Vasie were verie irreligious and prophane, and in contempte of the place, ,the person and the tyme of Common Prayer."
Footnote on Thomas Gill states "Eldest son of Christopher Gill and ancestor of the Gills of that place. See their pedigree, Surtees' Durham, iii. 338. He died before his father, and was buried at St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, as Mr. Thomas Gyll, vulgo dictus de Barton, 31 Aug.,1631. His son and heir, Thomas, seems to have been a posthumous child, being aged 34 at the Visitation of Dugdale, 6 Sept.,1666"
Excerpt is from THE ACTS OF THE HIGH COMMISSION COURT within the Diocese of Durham, 1627
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