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==== This is the key historical point: ====
* Liverpool was the assize town for this circuit
* Indictments were found there, even when the accused lived across Amounderness, Leyland Hundred, or Furness
* The list reflects jurisdiction, not residence

In short:

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Given the date (1715), the context is almost certainly:
* Jacobite-related oaths / refusals
* or suspected correspondence / financial support

Which neatly explains:
* no offence stated
* wide geographic spread
* inclusion of “Gent.” and civic figures

If you want, next I can:
* map these names to Cuerden / Walton / Preston families
* check which later appear in oath rolls or forfeiture lists
* reconstruct how this page fits with the missing Gale fragments

You’re asking exactly the right questions here.