And that Thomas Wood lately of Marton in the county of York, yeoman, and Grace his wife, and Margaret King lately of the same place, spinster, Henry King lately of the same place, labourer, and James Smith lately of the same place, labourer, on the first day of June in the tenth year of the reign of our lord King William the Third by the grace of god now King of England etc., being over the age of sixteen years, with force and arms at Marton aforesaid in the West Riding in the aforesaid county, and with divers individuals unknown to the aforesaid jury, did illegally assemble and congregate at the same time on the same day in a room (in English, 'a room') of the mansion house of the aforesaid Thomas Wood, then and there situated in Marton aforesaid in the West Riding in the aforesaid county, on the pretext of joining in religious worship (in English, 'Religious Worship'), not at all authorized by the laws of this kingdom of England, in contempt of the said lord king and his laws, against the form of the statute etc., and against the peace etc.
In the margin are the names of the defendants who opted for trial by jury (Thomas & Grace Wood, Margaret King, Henry King, James Smith), and presumably two witnesses (Reginald Heber & Peter Horner). No relationship is stated for Margaret and Henry, but she is a spinster.
Across the top there is reference to three payments of sixpence (but I’m unsure of the abbreviations).
The 1699 entries are recognizances (= bonds of undertaking) of £20 each in the names of Thomas Wood and Henry King, both yeomen of Marton, for Thomas and Grace and Henry and Margaret to appear at the next sessions to be held at Skipton, on an indictment of riot under the guise of religious worship.
