SORRY - Forgot the list again .... Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Roy [mailto:roy.cox@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:24 PM To: 'mjcl' Subject: RE: [OEL] Clogged and Ploged Good Evening - Looks as if they had some sort of law even in those days to control dangerous animals! May I suggest the accused was whipped around the town barefoot? In Somerset there was a similar punishment called "Skimmerton Riding" applied to women of disrepute! And before you ask - NO! Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: mjcl [mailto:mjcl@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:08 PM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OEL] Clogged and Ploged The following is from the Jury's presentment at Quarter Sessions for the west part of Sussex held at Horsham on 5th October, 1696. I have shown the whole presentment. "Imprs We present Clement Poe of Sellsey in the said County yeoman for keeping a certaine Mastife dogg which that don greate damage on Alice the wife of Thomas Crowther of Selsey aforesaid and very likely to do other damage to the Kings Leige People by beeing suffered to goe Loose unMusselled clogged or Ploged:/" Anyone any ideas as to the meaning of " clogged " and " Ploged"? regards Martyn ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator: OLD-ENGLISH-admin@rootsweb.com