jan 1, 1638 - barrator

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A ‘common’ barrator was a person who was given to quarrelling or to inciting disputes and law-suits. <i>c.</i>1535 <i>wythowt that the sayd complenant ys a Common baratrour </i>[sic]<i> or yet a maker of assaltes and Frays</i>, Tadcaster (YRS45/97); 1598 <i>Matheus Hopey nuper de Yeadon. ... fuit & adhuc est co</i>[mmun]<i>is Barrectator</i> (YRS3/32); 1638 <i>Richard Wilson ... a common Barretor ... committed to gaole</i>, Bradford (BAS5/380). The offence was called barratry: 1607 <i>for barratry and promoting of strife, quarrels, etc., and as a fighter in church</i>, West Appleton (NRQS1/65).

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