Insolvent Debtors - 1806

Articles from the London Gazette

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The following Persons being Prisoners for Debt in the respective Gaols or Prisons hereafter mentioned, and not being charged in Custody, on the First Day of February One thousand eight hundred and six, with any Debt or Debts, Sum or Sums of Money, exceeding in the Whole the Sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, do hereby give this Public Notice, That they intend to take the Benefit of an Act, passed in the Forty-sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the Relief of certain Insolvent Debtors, at the next General Quarter Session, or General Session of the Peace, to be held in and for the County, Riding, Division, City, Town, Liberty, or Place, or any Adjournment of any General Quarter Session, or General Session of the Peace, which shall happen next after TWENTY-ONE Days from the Publication of their FIRST NOTICES in the London Gazette. And they do hereby give Notice that true and perfect Schedules, containing Discoveries of all their Real and Personal Estates, hereafter to be sworn to, are now ready to be delivered to any Creditors applying for the same, in Manner as by the said Act is directed, to the Keepers or Gaolers, or their Deputies, of the said Prisons.

London Gazette - Issue 15941 published on the 29 July 1806

Prisoners in the Sheriff's Ward or Prison in and for the County of DEVON.
First Notice.
Mary Copp, formerly and late of Peter's Marland, in the County of Devon, Single Woman.
William Drew, formerly and late of the Parish of Ashburton, in the County of Devon, Serge Maker.
William Horwell, formerly of the Parish of Holdsworthy, but late of the Parish of Stokedamarell, both in the County of Devon, Mason.
Samuel Davies, formerly of the Parish of Marshfield, in the County of Gloucester, since of the Parish of Kenton, but late of the Parish of Newton Saint Cyrus, both in the County of Devon, Gentleman.
George Phillips, formerly of Winkleigh, in the County of Devon, yeoman, but late of the Parish of Stokedamarell, in the County of Devon aforesaid, Labourer.
Lewis Badge, formerly of Blacktorrington, but late of Holdsworthy, both in the County of Devon, Yeoman.
Richard Squire, formerly of Tavistock, but late of Fish Market Street, Plymouth, both in the County of Devon, Cordwainer.
William Driller, formerly of the Parish of Seaton, in the County of Devon, Cordwainer, but late of Axminster, in the same County, Victualler.
Joshua Kidger, formerly and late of the Parish of Totness, in the County of Devon, Cordwainer.
Thomas James, formerly and late of Kingswear, in the County of Devon, Cordwainer.
William Daimond, formerly of West Teignmouth, but late of East Teignmouth, both in the County of Devon, Joiner.
Richard Davey, formerly of the Parish of Okehampton, but late of the Parish of Bridestow, both in the County of Devon, Yeoman.
Richard Caunter, formerly of Ashburton, but late of Topsham, both in the County of Devon, Cordwainer.
William Page, a Purser in His Majesty's Navy, lately residing at East Stonehouse, in the County of Devon.
Elizabeth Dorsey, formerly and late of the Parish of Stoke-damarell, in the County of Devon, Widow.
Edward Toy, formerly and late of the Parish of Stokedamarell, int he County of Devon, Shopkeeper.

London Gazette - Issue 15953 published on the 2 September 1806

Prisoner in the Gaol of DOVER CASTLE, in the County of Kent.
Third Notice.
William Sims, formerly of Torquay, in the County of Devon, and late of Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, Innkeeper.

London Gazette - Issue 15955 published on the 9 September 1806

Prisoner in His Majesty's Gaol at ILCHESTER, in the County of Somerset.
Third Notice.
John Bunn, formerly of Uffculm, in the County of Devon, but late of Wellington, in the County of Somerset, Gentleman.