WCKP
The Wigan Court of Kings Pleas was a small debt court used mainly by people to whom money was owed. It provides much information about trade in south central Lancashire during the early seventeenth century and gives some indication of the local trading activities of inhabitants of Coppull during the period.
The original documents, together with a useful calendar, is in Wigan Records Office.
The reference below beginning with "KP" is the reference to the original document. The first name listed is that of the plaintiff in the case, and the second the defendent. The sum of money is the debt owed, and some of the references also include brief details of the nature of the debt.
KP1 f12v 14 James I [1617]
Thomas Nightgall the younger of Coppull yeoman
William Almond of Wigan butcher
10s for a sheep
KP1 f41 15 James I [1618]
Thomas Nightgall the younger of Coppull yeoman
John Molyneux of Wigan Woodhouse gentleman
40s
KP1 f49v 16 James I [1619]
Thomas Foxe of Coppull husbandman
Robert Dicconson of Coppull husbandman
26s 8d
KP3 f49 4 Charles I [1629]
John Lucas of Coppull husbandman
Miles Turner of Wigan haberdasher &
Robert Leigh of Wigan whitawyer
40s 11d
KP3 f56 4 Charles I [1629]
Robert Mawdesley gentleman
Thomas Nightgall of Coppull yeoman
20s
KP4 f33 5 Charles I [1630]
Robert Graves of Blackrod yeoman
Thomas Nightgall of Coppull yeoman
30s
KP4 f42 5 Charles I [1630]
Wiliam Hesketh [Heskin?] of Coppull butcher
Peter Lea of Aspull husbandman
2s 6d
KP4 f50 5 Charles I [1630]
William Browne gentleman
Thomas Nightgall of Coppull yeoman &
William Ormishaw alias Ascroft of Wigan yeoman
£40
KP5 f47 6 Charles I [1631]
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
Peter Higham of Wigan tanner
£7
KP5 f51 6 Charles I [1631]
Alexander Worthington of Adlington gentleman
Roger Slater of Coppull weaver
14s
KP6 f2 6 Charles I [1631]
Thomas Gerrard the younger of Ince gentleman
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
33s 4d
KP7 f12 7 Charles I [1632]
Robert Walthewe of Pemberton yeoman
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
25s “10s lent money and xvs received for his use from Robert Hunt being a debt due to the plaintiff”
KP7 f25 7 Charles I [1632]
Gerrard Banckes mercer
William Prescott of Coppull yeoman
£10
KP7 f47 8 Charles I [1633]
Elizabeth Haydock of Chorley spinster
John Dicconson of Coppull yeoman
£13
KP7 f48 8 Charles I [1633]
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
Richard Orrell of Standish labourer
4s 8d “iijs lent money et le residue for meat and drink 1 Julii 1631”
KP7 f54 8 Charles I [1633]
Richard Orrell of Aspull yeoman
Thomas Nightgall of Coppull smith
26s 8d
KP7 f66 8 Charles I [1633]
Lawrence Nightgall of Coppull carrier
William Browne pewterer &
James Patricke pewterer, executors of Katherine Hyde
12s
KP7 f68
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
John Dowson of Upholland husbandman
27s
KP8 f10
James Shorrocke of Coppull husbandman
James Gorton of Adlington carrier
10s
KP9 f10
William Baron smith
William Gard alias Lee of Coppull husbandman
12s
KP9 f15
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
Richard Orrell of Standish labourer
4s 8d
KP9 f16
George Banckes mercer
William Prescott of Coppull yeoman
£10
KP9 f16
Thomas Gerrard of Ince esquire
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
18s
KP9 f20
Robert Gerrard yeoman
Robert Grimshaw of Coppull yeoman
£50
KP9 f25
Elizabeth Haydock of Chorley
John Dicconson of Coppull yeoman
£13
KP9 f29
Robert Orrell of Aspull yeoman
Thomas Nightgall of Coppull smith
26s 8d
KP9 f38
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
John Dawson of Upholland husbandman
27s
KP10 f9
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
James Browne tanner
7s 5d
KP10 f37
Richard Fairbrother
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
£6 8s
KP10 f43
Thomas Laithwaite saddler
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
2s 8d
KP10 f69
Henry Bannester esquire
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
20s
KP10 f69
William Gerrard grocer
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
£5
KP10 f79
William Rigby the younger of Shevington
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
3s
KP12 f8
Lawrence Standish yeoman
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
20s
KP12 f33
William Dicconson of Coppull husbandman
John Lowe of Wigan smith
15s
KP12 f36
Alice Whalley widow
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
£3 9s “for one fatt cow” sold on 31st Oct 1636
KP12 f37
John Anglezarke husbandman
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
5s 4d
KP12 f38
John Wareing husbandman
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
46s 8d for seven ewes sold 30th September 1636
KP12 f71
William Taylor blacksmith
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
10s
KP13 f6
William Heskin of Coppull butcher
Ralph Leigh skinner
5s
KP13 f26
Margaret Crooke widow (adminstratrix of Richard Crook)
Robert Lee of Windle yeoman
20s “for one rowle of parchment” sold on 2nd Feb 1637
KP13 f 43
John Lucas of Coppull husbandman
John Elderson hatter
7s
KP13 f65 14 Charles I [1641]
Alice Orrell spinster
John Grymshaw of Coppull husbandman (administrator of Degory Forster)
£26 on a bond of 23 April 11 Charles I
KP14 f7
Ralph Leigh skinner
John Grymshaw of Coppull husbandman (administrator of Degory Forster)
£60
KP15 f39 16 Charles I [1641]
Robert Gerrard yeoman
John Unsworth of Coppull smith
22s
KP15 f45
John Bullock Gent
Joseph Rigby of Coppull gentleman
£4