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Devon Quarter Sessions - Easter 1785 [DRO - QS32/70]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Easter Sessions Bridewell Calendar Easter Sessions April 6th 1785.
| Mary Evans | Committed by P.R. Webber & H. Beavis esq's Jun 6th 1784 Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Ann Scallion | Committed by George Buck & A. Willett esq's Aug 24th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Carnell | Committed by Rev James Carrington & G. Cooke clerks Aug 28th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Perkins | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Oct 25th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Arthur Maddick | Tried at Sessions Jan 12th 1785 Convicted of felony to be imprisoned for 3 months and get security for his good behaviour for 6 months. |
| John Frost | Committed by John LaRoche esq Feb 8th for cutting and carrying away an Ash tree out of a certain wood for 6 months. |
| Thomas Gadd | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Mar 8th for using Engines to destroy Game for 3 months. |
| Ann Searle | Committed by P.R. Webber & B. Incledon esq's Mar 11th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Smale William Thorn | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 11th To be imprisoned for 2 years. |
| Samuel Woolway John Proctor Thomas Smith William Vicary William Alford | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 11th To be imprisoned for 6 Calendar Months. |
| John Tamlyn | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Mar 16th for using Engines to destroy Game for 3 months. |
| Sarah Budd | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart Mar 17th for returning to a parish after having been sent home by an order for 1 month. |
| William Lawdey | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Mar 21st for cutting and destroying a quantity of wood [second offence] for 1 month. |
| Mary Frost | Committed by Rev J. Cruwys & J. Melhuish clerks Mar 30th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Arthur Cole | Committed by Rev J.P. Hockin clerk Mar 31st for setting fire to the heathm furze or fern of a certain Moor for 3 weeks. |
| Ann Endicott Susanna Tuckerman | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st Bastardy for 12 months. |
| John Eveleigh | Committed by Rev J. Walrond clerk Oct 28th 1784 for feloniously stealing two hempen bags and a quantity of Apples. [comment: Acquitted for want of prosecution]. |
| Ann Underwood Honor Laramy Jane Clowter | Committed by Thomas Taylor esq Mar 5th 1785 for feloniously stealing several Geese. [comment: Guilty - sentenced]. |
| John Garland | Committed by John Luxmoore esq Dec 15th 1784 for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Robert King | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & J. Ley esq Jan 18th 1785 for disobeying an order in Bastardy. [comment: discharged by consent of the parish]. |
| Francis Cove | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 1st for leaving his family. [comment: Acquitted]. |
| Henry O'Keats | Committed by Rev H. Walrond clerk Feb 5th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Mary Hodge Ann Hodge | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 18th for wilfully destroying certain Goods in the poor house belonging to the parish of Hennarly. [comment: discharged no prosecution]. |
| James Crockford | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Feb 18th for want of sureties in Bastardy. [comment: discharged]. |
| James Govier | Committed by Benjamine Incledon esq Mar 2nd for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Mellony Leach | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Mar 17th for leaving her Bastard Child chargeable to the parish. [comment: discharged no prosecution]. |
| Samuel Weymouth | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| Walter Chifsell | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| George Bird | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Apr 1st for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| Isaac Wooley | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Jan 21st Vagrant. [comment: whipped & sent]. |
| Thomas Gower Elizabeth Congdon | Committed by J. Nicholls esq Mayor of Plymouth Feb 5th Vagrants. [comment: Gower = ill - Congdon = whipped & pass]. |
| Hannah Stephens Mary Hemm | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 15th Vagrants. [comment: whipped & pass]. |
| John Bennett | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 21st Vagrant. [comment: whipped & pass]. |
| Judith Williams | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Mar 1st Vagrant. [comment: whipped & pass]. |
| Cornelius Waters | Committed by J. Nicholls esq Mar 7th Vagrant. [comment: Whipped & pass]. |
| William Whitaker | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Mar 12th Vagrant. [comment: whipped & pass]. |
| Lawrence Marshall | Committed by Rev J. Adney clerk Mar 31st Vagrant. [comment: whipped & pass]. |
| Isabella Radford Isabella Radford and her child | Committed by H.S. Brown esq Apr 4th Vagrants. [comment: sent]. |
| Out upon Bail | |
| William Brown | Committed by Rev H. Walrond clerk Mar 16th 1785 for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Prisoners Discharged | |
| Edward Smith | Committed by Rev James Carrington Apr 7th 1784 |
| James Domingo | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Nov 4th |
| Mary Doble | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Nov 5th |
| Peter Evans | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Nov 23rd Committed on suspicion of several Burglaries and felonies. |
| George Martin | Committed by Samuel Eyre esq Jan 21st 1785 for the Lent Assize. |
| John Lightfoot Samuel Lightfoot | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Jan 26th Removed them to Gaol for Tryal March 14th. |
| John Melhuish | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Jan 29th Removed to Gaol for Tryal March 14th. |
| John Carter | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Jan 29th Removed to Gaol for Tryal March 14th. |
| Mary Russell | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Apr 7th 1784. |
| Patrick Connell | Committed by Rev Edward. B. Blackett clerk Sep 20th. |
| Bartholomew Hennary Elizabeth Shucraft Mary Keeler | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Oct 4th - Committed for want of sureties to give evidence against several then in Gaol on charges of felony. Discharged March 18th. |
| Hannah Seaward | Committed by Rev James Carrington & J. Pine clerks Jan 23rd 1784 Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Robert Densham | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 15th To be Imprisoned for 1 year. |
| James Daniel | Tried at Sessions July 14th For a Conspiracy. To be Imprisoned untill he pays a Fine of Five pounds. Discharged Feb 9th. |
| Thomas Loyde | Tried at Lammas Assize Aug 2nd To be imprisoned for 6 Calendar months. |
| James Day | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Nov 15th Charged for escaping from Hertford Gaol where he stood committed for a felony and Robbery. Removed Feb 16th. |
| Francis Newman Thomas Roberts | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Nov 24th On suspicion of a felony. Both Dead. |
| William Harding | Committed by Rev H. Walrond clerk Oct 28th On suspicion of a felony. Dead. |
| Edward Beer | Tried at Sessions Jan 12th 1785 Convicted of a felony to be Imprisoned for 2 months. Dead. |
| Richard Whitchair John Crocker | Tried at Sessions Jan 12th Convicted of felony's to be imprisoned for 2 months. |
| Charles Baker James Merrifield William Haydon | Tried at Sessions Jan 12th Convicted of felony's to be imprisoned for 6 weeks. |
| James Butler Benjamine Ripper James Philips | Tryed at Sessions Jan 12th 1785 convicted of felony's to be imprisoned 1 month. |
| John Welchman | Convicted by Ralph Michell esq Oct 26th 1784 for leaving his family. Dead. |
| William Vesey | Committed by William Cholwich esq Dec 11th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged March 8th. |
| Grace Wakeham | Committed by J. Nicholls esq Oct 21st Vagrant. Dead. |
| James Lush | Committed by Rev James carrington clerk Feb 1st 1785 Vagrant. Discharged Feb 14th. |
| Richard Punchard | Committed by Rev J. Pine clerk Feb 5th for refusing to answer several questions on Oath touching a fraud. Discharged Feb 15th. |
| John Camron | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 9th Vagrant. Discharged Feb 14th. |
| Henry Ellis | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 12th for further Examination. Discharged March 11th. |
| Mary Thomas | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 16th for further Examination. Discharged March 11th. |
| John Thomas | Committed by Rev James Carrington Feb 23rd for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged March 14th. |
| Mary Evans Ann Scullion Elizabeth Carnell Elizabeth Perkins Arthur Maddick John Ffrost Thomas Gadd Ann Searle Elizabeth Smale William Thorn Samuel Woolway John Proctor Thomas Smith William Vicary William Alford John Tamlyn Sarah Budd William Lawdey Mary Ffrost Arthur Colestant, there to be publ;icly Ann Endacott Susanna Tuckerman Henry O'Keats James Gover Samuel Weymouth Walter Chifsell George Bird Thomas Gowen | Let them be continued on their former Committments. |
| John Eveleigh Mary Hodge Ann Hodge Mellony Leach | Let them be Discharged for want of Prosecution. |
| Ann Underwood Honor Laramy Jane Clowten | Convicted of Felony. Let them be carried at Kingsbridge in this County on Saturday the 16th of April Instant, there to be publicly whipt in the Market Place and then Discharged. |
| Isaac Wooley | A vagrant. Let him be Whipt and sent by pass to Otterford in the County of Somerset. |
| Elizabeth Congdon | A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and sent by pass to Saint Andrew in the Borough of Plymouth in this County. |
| Hannah Stephens | A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and sent by pass to Monkton in Somerset. |
| Mary Hemm | A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and sent by pass to St Mary's in the town of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham. |
| John Bennett | A vagrant. Let him be Whipt and sent by pass to St Mary Radcliffe in Somerset. |
| Judith Williams | A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and sent by pass to Wembdon in Somerset. |
| Cornelius Walters | A vagrant. Let him be Whipt and sent by pass to Camron in Cornwall. |
| William Whitaker | A vagrant. Let him be Whipt and sent by pass to the parish of St Mary in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey. |
| Lawrence Marshall | A vagrant. Let him be Whipt and sent by pass to St Sidwell in the County of the City of Exeter. |
| Isabella Radford | A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and sent by pass to Oake in Somerset. |
| Isabella Radford | Singlewoman. A vagrant. Let her be Whipt and by pass to Trowbridge in the County of Wilts. |
| By the Court | |