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Devon Quarter Sessions - January 1769 [DRO - QS32/46]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Christmas Sessions. Workhouse Calendar January 11th 1769.
| Richard Price | Committed by Revd. James Cannington clerk and John Baring esq October 28th 1767 for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Mary Dean | Committed by Revd Willliam Palmer clerk February 19th 1768 for refusing to swear to the father of her Bastard child. |
| Hannah Woolland | Committed by Revd James Carrington clerk and William Foulkes esq March 11th 1768 for refusing to swear to the father of her Bastard child. |
| Mary Lampitts or Lampin | Committed by Revd James Carrington clerk and John Baring esq April 22nd 1768 an Idle disorderly person delivered of a Bastard child. |
| Alice Daw | Committed by [....] Southy and George Atwood esq's May 6th 1768 for a certain offence against the law and statutes of excise. |
| Elizabeth Thomas | Committed by Southcott Hallett esq July 9th 1768 for refusing to swear to the father of her Bastard child. |
| Elizabeth Dare | Committed by John Stuckey esq September 29th 1768 for perjury. |
| James Bennett | Committed by the Court of sessions October 8th 1768 for not taking proper care of his apprentice. [comment: out on Bail November 7th]. |
| John Blanchford | Committed by Revd James Carrington clerk October 13th 1768 for felony. |
| Mary Blanchford | Committed by Revd James Carrington clerk October 14th on suspicion of felony. |
| Thomas Richards | Committed by R. Webber esq October 17th for felony. |
| John [Trott] | Committed by William Kitson esq November 23rd for want of surities in bastardy. |
| Ann Easterbrook | Committed by Revd James Carrington cleric November 24th an Idle and Disorderly person. |
| Mary Taylor | Committed by John Hollis esq December 2nd a Vagrant. [comment: sent by pass to Ilfracombe]. |
| Benjamine Best | Committed by Revd James Carrington December 9th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Matthew Tucker | Committed by Sir Richard Bampfylde Bart December 12th for felony. [comment: Turned over to Gaol whipped and birched]. |
| Simon Hammond | Committed by Revd James Carrington cleric December 12th for stealing wood, out and upon Bail December 19th. [comment: Turned over to Gaol whipped and birched]. |
| Margaret Webber and 2 children | Committed by John Wills esq December 13th Vagrants. [comment: whipped and sent to Blocksitch in Stafford]. |
| Ann Leonard alias Yarmer | Committed by William Foulkes and William Mark Praed esq's December 16th an Idle Disorderly person for one month. |
| Samuel Legg | Committed by B. Trist and John Wills esq's December 19th for one month for running away from his Master. |
| John Davis | Committed by William Kitson and John Wills esq's December 21st for leaving his family. |
| William Spratt his wife and child Mary Ford | Committed by B. Trist esq December 23rd Vagrants. Mary Ford sent away 3rd January 1769. |
| Edward Good | Committed by Southcott Hallett esq December 23rd for threatening assault. Out upon Bail 27th December. |
| John Russell | Committed by Revd James Carrington cleric December 30th for leaving his family. |
| Ann Trebilcock | Committed by R. Palmer Mayor December 30th for felony. |
| Francis Holmes | Committed by John Wills esq January 10th for stealing severall Elm boards. |
| Jane Ley | Committed by R. Webber esq and Revd John Marshall cleric December 23rd an Idle Disorderly person. Delivered of a Bastard child and discharged. |
| Elizabeth Radford | Committed by William bastard and Thomas Veale esq's December 23rd Bastardy and discharged. |
| William Blatchford | Committed by H. Manaton esq and revd John Jago cleric January 23rd for want of sureties in Bastardy. Died December 11th. |
| William Tayler John Connaly John Fetherstone | Received from High Gaol March 22nd to be imprisoned for 9 months. Discharged 28th November. |
| Joseph Toms [Nuls] Luscombe | Court of Session July 16th for destroying of Shipwreck. To be imprisoned for 6 months. Discharged 29th December. |
| George Windeatt | committed by B. Trist esq September 12th for want of Sureties in Bastardy. Discharged October 21st. |
| Joan Clemmer | Committed by William Melhuish esq October 26th Vagrant sent away 20th November. |
| Elizabeth Pawling | Committed by John Arscott esq NOvember 16th for profane swearing for 10 days. |
| Samuel Swane James Jones | Committed by William Foulkes esq November 18th for profane swearing. Discharged November 19th. |
| Thomas Pile | Committed by William Foulkes esq December 1st for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged 6th January 1769. |
| [Vincent] Juanez Echalz | Committed by William Mack... Praed esq December 1st for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged 6th January 1769. |