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Devon Quarter Sessions - Michaelmas 1786 [DRO - QS32/75]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Michaelmas sessions - Bridewell Calendar October 4th, 1786.
| Elizabeth Smale | Tried at Lent Assizes Mar 14th 1785 To be Imprisoned for 2 years. |
| Mary French | Committed by Rev James carrington clerk & J. Baring esq Dec 23rd Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Dyer otherwise Loventor | Committed by Rev T. Baker clerk & R.J. Fortescue esq Apr 20th 1786 Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Vicary | Tried at Lammas Assize Aug 7th To be Imprisoned for 6 Calendar months. |
| Robert Butland | Tried at Lammas Assize Aug 7th To be imprisoned for 3 Calendar months. |
| Elizabeth Bartlett | Committed by Rev james Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Aug 14th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Simon Mills | Committed by J. LaRoche esq & J. Adney clerk Aug 17th As a disorderly Apprentice for 3 months. |
| John Snell | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart & J. Stuckey esq Sep 14th As a disorderly Apprentice for 1 month. |
| Elizabeth Featherstone | Committed by Rev P. Beavis Aug 2nd for feloniously stealing a Plough Chain. [comment: Guilty]. |
| Margaret Westlake | Committed by Rev John Jago clerk Aug 17th for milking a Cow and feloniously stealing the milk. [comment: Not Guilty]. |
| Ruth Goadby | Committed by Thomas Taylor esq Aug 27th for feloniously stealing a pair of Silver Buckles and several other things. [comment: Guilty]. |
| Ruth Lewis | Committed by John Stuckey esq Sep 21st for feloniously stealing a lace Cap. [comment: Ignoramus]. |
| William Tucker | Committed by Rev H. Walrond clerk Sep 26th for feloniously stealing an Iron Bar and two Iron Bills. [comment: Guilty]. |
| Dorothy Edwards | Committed by William Cholwich esq July 28th for setting fire to a quantity of Hay in a Barn whereby a part of it was burnt. [comment: Guilty - Imprisoned until next September]. |
| Thomas Dolbridge | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Mar 28th 1786 for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| George Clarke | Committed by J. Bulteel & J. Lane esq's Mar 30th for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| William Gandy | Committed by J. Baring esq Aug 25th for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| John Kerswell | Committed by J. Baring esq Aug 25th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| John Minifie | Committed by J. Baring esq Aug 25th for leaving his family [comment: discharged no prosecution]. |
| Dorothy Juner alias Bewalling | Committed by J. Baring & James Pitman esq's & G. Cooke clerk Sept 8th for returning to a parish after having been removed by an order and for refusing to swear to the father of her Bastard child. [comment: continuing untill she swears her Child]. |
| Edward Packer | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Sept 23rd for leaving his family. [comment: continued until the next adjourned Sessions]. |
| Charles Granger | Committed by J. Nicolls esq july 24th Vagrant. |
| Elizabeth Smith | Committed by J. Nicolls esq Aug 2nd Vagrant. |
| Elizabeth Scamp Ruth Leval Sarah Cooper | Committed by John Prideaux esq Aug 7th Vagrants. |
| Elizabeth Cole | Committed by D. Tonkin esq Aug 11th Vagrant. |
| Elizabeth Barrack Dorcas Pope | Committed by J. Nicolls esq Aug 11th Vagrants. |
| William Doyle Sarah Doyle his wife Edward Dodsworth Mary Dodsworth his wife John Radford | Committed by Thomas taylor & R.J. Fortescue esq's Aug 14th Vagrants. |
| Mary Ann Willetts | Committed by Joseph Tolcher esq Aug 25th Vagrant. |
| Mary Parkerson | Committed by Joseph Tolcher esq Sept 7th Vagrant. |
| Jane Incledon Ann Joll | Tried at Lammas Assize July 18th 1785 To be imprisoned for 1 year. |
| Mary Williams | Committed by James Pitman esq & G. Cooke clerk Sept 2nd bastardy for 12 months. |
| Ann Cousins | Committed by James pitman esq & G. Cooke clerk Sept 9th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Mary Shute | Committed by T. Taylor esq & J. Baker clerk Sept 15th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| John Norman | Received His Majesty's Pardon Aug 10th On condition of being Imprisoned for 1 year. |
| Elizabeth Carpenter | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & J. Pitman esq Jan 6th 1786 on suspicion of a Burglary. Tried at Lammas Assize. |
| Mary Hill Elizabeth Vicary John Vicary | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Feb 6th for stealing Soap & Candles. Tried at Lammas Assize. |
| Ann Lemon | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Feb 17th for stealing six Turkeys. Tried at Lammas Assize. |
| Thomas Cleave | tried at Lent Assize Mar 20th To be Imprisoned for 6 Calendar months. |
| Mary Johns | Committed by George Bickford esq Apr 26th for setting fire to a Dwelling House. Tried at Lammas Assize. |
| John Wakeham Bassett | Committed by William Cholwich & J. Lane esq's June 29th as a Disorderly Apprentice for 6weeks. |
| Edward Tucker Joseph Harris | Tried at Midsummer Sessions July 11th Convicted of felonies to be imprisoned for 1 month. |
| Thomas Dunn | Tried at Midsummer Sessions July 11th Convicted of felony - Whipped at Cullompton July 22nd. |
| Susanna Lovett | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart & J. Stuckey clerk May 10th 1785 for disobeying an order in Bastardy. Discharged Aug 18th. |
| John Cole | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Sept 5th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged July 21st. |
| Michael Knowling | Committed by John Bulteel esq Jan 22nd 1786 for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged Aug 18th. |
| Thomas Callacott | Committed by H. Stevens esq Mar 25th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged July 19th. |
| Richard Serjeant | Committed by Sir. J.W. Prideaux Bart July 18th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged July 24th. |
| John Churchward | Committed by Thomas taylor esq July 21st 1786 As a disorderly Apprentice for 1 month. |
| William Pollard | Committed by John Baring esq July 22nd for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged July 25th. |
| Thomas Rundell | Committed by James Tolcher & J. Nicolls esq's July 29th As a disorderly Apprentice for 20days. |
| John Buckingham | Committed by Rev Thomas Pearce Hockin clerk Aug 1st for want of sureties to give evidence at the Assize. Bailed August 5th. |
| Elizabeth matthews | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Aug 2nd for stealing 40shillings. Tried at Lammas Assize. |
| James Trind alias Trend | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Aug 3rd for disobeying an order in Bastardy. Discharged Aug 24th. |
| Elizabeth Westron | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Aug 18th Bastardy for 12 months - Died Sept 20th. |
| Virtue Smith | Committed by H.L. Brown esq Aug 8th Vagrant discharged Aug 27th. |
| Robert Burrington | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Aug 15th for refusing to help maintain his family. Discharged Sept 9th. |
| Elizabeth Proudman | Committed by James Pitman esq Aug 18th Vagrant. Died Sept 6th. |
| John Pedlar | Committed by John Luxmoore esq Aug 18th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged Aug 21st. |
| Abraham Neels | Committed by J. Baring & James Pitman esq's & G. Cooke clerk Aug 25th On suspicion of stealing Serges. Removed to Gaol Sept 1st. |
| Abraham Reeve | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Sept 4th As a disorderly person for 1 month. |
| John Wilkins | Committed by John Baring esq Sept 7th for Assaulting and feloniously robbing the Rev George Long. Removed to gaol Sept 8th. |
| George Wildblood | Committed by John Baring esq Sept 10th - Deserter from the Plymouth Division of Marines. Discharged Sept 18th. |