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Devon Quarter Sessions - Keepers List 1747 [DRO - QS32/39]

Transcribed by Brian Brassett

A True and Perfect List: Alphabetically of the Names of Prisoners who upon the ffirst Day of January 1747 were in the Custody of the Keeper of the Sherriffs Ward or Prison of and for the said County of Devon and of the times

Adams JohnCharged 25th December 1745 by suit of the King.
Abbott JohnCharged 28th June 1746 by Sir Richard Warwick Bampfield.
Bromfield ThomazinCharged 3rd August 1747 by the King at the Instance of Joslin Browne Gent.
Baker JohnCharged 23rd May 1746 by Thomas Copplestone
Bennett WilliamCharged 8th December 1747 by George Glanville [jnr].
Burredge MargaretCharged 11th April 1747 by Thomas Acland; Henry Haytor; Soper haytor; Timothy Wilde; John Denison.
Cherdon Danial alias ChardonCharged 15th October 1743 by Daniel Nogle [clerk]; James Buckingham Gent; William Pasmore.
Cartwright WilliamCharged 11th June 1746 by William Mann.
Cottell AlexanderCharged 12th May 1746 by George Ley esq; Samuel Stevens; Thomas Knight; William Palmer [clerk] Thomas Huett.
Dunning RichardCharged 30th October 1745 by ffrancis Hite Gent; Pristilla Hiern [widow].
Embery Mary spinsterCharged 10th November 1746 by Simon Parker.
ffarley EdwardCharged 3rd July 1745 by the King.
fford SamuelCharged 18th October 1747 by William Butland Gent.
Grove WilliamCharged 19th October 1747 by Sampson Lycett; Elizabeth Mill [widow].
Grove ThomasCharged 19th October 1747 by Sampson Lycett; Elizabeth Mill [widow].
Garland ffrancisCharged 22nd November 1747 by Phillip Welsh Gent.
Hambly JohnCharged 19th ffebruary 1746 by Edward Teague.
Hooper GraceCharged 30th November 1741 by Onesiphorus Shoore Gent; Humphry Tanner [clerk]; John Honycott; John Morrish; John Jewell.
Hyne RichardCharged 8th June 1747 by Ambrose Pen.ound Gent; Thomas Hyne.
Harris HumphryCharged 20th December 1747 by James Hollings.
Harris SimonCharged 18th December 1747 by John Burgess.
Jessop MarkCharged 29th July 1746 by George Strode esq.
Jones NicholasCharged 21st September 1747 by Henry Johns.
Kerslake RichardCharged 5th May 1743 by John Butson; Edward Culverwell [Executor] of John Culverwell [deceased].
Keech Elizabeth [widow]Charged 29th March 1745 by Anthony Braddick Gent.
King Dingle JefferyCharged 4th January 1746 by John Cranch [who hath since withdrawn]; Gilbert Isaac; John Culm Gent; Elizabeth Dipford [spinster]; John Dingley; John Davy [executor of John Davy]; William Ilbert esq; Thomas ffroke [clerk].
King JamesCharged 31st August 1747 by Thomas Early.
Lambell SamuelCharged 26th October 1746 by John Cranch Gent; Robert Code.
Milton JohnCharged 13th ffebruary 1746 by the King at the suit of Edith Cox [widow].
Morrish JohnCharged 31st August 1743 by Richard Sainthill.
Mardon JoanCharged 20th December 1746 by the King at the Instance of Phillip Walter.
Mill JohnCharged 13th May 1747 by Roger Clarke; Stephen Coham.
Morris JosephCharged 12th July 1747 by William Calley.
Northcott Thomas alias NorthcoteCharged 1st July 1738 by Abraham Gilberd [Administrator of Joseph Chubb].
Northleigh HenryCharged 13th march 1744 by ffrancis Hite Gent; The King.
Nosworthy MaryCharged 19th September 1745 by John Babbacombe; William Newman [Administrators of John Hooper deceased]; Edward Pooke.
Parsons WilliamCharged 22nd ffebruary 1746 by the King at the Instance of Thomas Clarke.
Pike AnnCharged 20th January 1743 by the King.
Prince James [jnr]Charged 17th April 1746 by Nathanial Butler Batten
Preston EliasCharged 13th September 1747 by John Clarke Gent.
Page Joan [widow]Charged 12th November 1747 by Elizabeth Wood [spinster].
Payne ArthurCharged 26th December 1747 by Susanna Skardon.
Quick JamesCharged 18th October 1746 by Bartholomew Gidley esq; and Elizabeth Gidley [his wife].
Reed JohnCharged 26th July 1743 by Hugh Lord Clinton.
Richards John [clerk]Charged 2nd April 1745 by Phillip Rogers; Richard Knight; Anthony Lavercombe; John Rogers; the King at the instance of Dame ffrances Chichester [widow].
Rider SimonCharged 16th July 1746 by John Knowling.
Reed JohnCharged 1st January 1746 by Ann Handford [widow - Administrator of John Harding].
Saunders HenryA fugitive surrendered the tenth Day of June.
Strode JohnCharged 1st January 1747 by John Hodder.
Sleep BartholomewCharged 20th November 1747 by Richard Metherell.
Squire ThomasCharged 20th May 1737 by the King.
Sweet AnnCharged 29th March 1745 by the King.
Strong JohnCharged 16th December 1745 by Bridgett Andrews; Jonah Aldridge.
Salter WilliamCharged 4th December 1746 by Courtenay Walrond esq; and Elizabeth Walrond [his wife].
Veysey ThomasCharged 26th September 1747 by Roger Loosemoore.
Ward WilliamCharged 31st December 1739 by John Richards [clerk] who sues as well fo his Majestye as for himself To Satisfye the Churche.
Webber JohnCharged 11th December 1747 by John Crudge.
Dennis StudleySheriff. I George Glanville Keeper of the Sherriffs Ward or Prison of and for the County of Devon do upon my Corporal Oath in the presence of Almighty God Solomnly Sweare profess and declare That all and every person and persons whose name or names are inserted and contained in the fforegoing List by me now delivered and Subscribed were to the best of my knowledge and belief upon the ffirst day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and fforty seven really and truly prisoners in Actual Custody in the Prison or Goal of and for the said of County of Devon at the suits of several persons therein respectively mentioned and that all and every of them have really and truly continued and remained in Actual Custody ever since and that the said List is a true Exact Perfect and just List of all such persons as were really and truly prisoners in Actual Custody in the said Goal or Prison of and for the said County on the ffirst Day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and fforty seven except such persons as are since dead or have been legally Discharged. So help me God. [signed] Geo Glanvill.