Minutes of County Meetings, from 24 Sept. 1792, to 2 Oct. 1823, when Gaol Sessions...

Resolutions (chiefly recommendations to pay costs of gaol in usual proportions) sent to clerks of peace, who lay them for adoption before the magistrates of each of the three divisions. [The first of these annual race-week meetings at Lincoln took place in 1790. See 2/1 above, pp. 205 ff.]

f.1. Meeting of 4 Sept., 1792. Present Sir Joseph Banks (chairman), John Harrison, Thomas Fydell, Humphrey Sibthorp, John Cracroft and George Uppleby, esqs., Reynold Gideon Bouyer and Samuel Partridge, clerks. The widening of the road to the Castle gate, involving alterations to Mr. Parnell's brewhouse, etc., now completed

f. 3. 10 Sept. 1793. Banks (chairman), Richard Ellison and the Revd. Cayley Illingworth. Purchase of bulwarks adjoining the castle approach

f. 5. 9 Sept. 1794. John Cracroft (chairman), Henry Hutton, Thomas Irwin Bury and the Revd. C. Illingworth. Various structural deficiences reported by Lumby. In future meetings to be held on the Thursday rather than the Tuesday of race-week, at 10 instead of 11 in the morning

f. 7. 10 Sept. 1795. Ellison (chairman), Bury and Illingworth

f. 9. 8 Sept. 1796. Banks (chairman), John Harrison, Charles Chaplin, John Cracroft, C.B. Massingberd, T. Irwin Bury and C. Illingworth. The gaoler in future to procure the agreement of at least one magistrate before embarking on any extraordinary works

f. 11. 7 Sept. 1797. Banks (chairman), Chaplin Massingberd, Bury and the Revd. John Myers

f. 13. 13 Sept. 1798. Chaplin (chairman), Harrison, Massingberd, Cracroft and Bury. Adjourned meeting on the 14th, when the above were joined by Ellison. The lighting of the castle, etc., considered

f. 15. 12th Sept. 1799. Banks (chairman), Sir Cecil Wray, Harrison, Ellison, Robert Heron, Cracroft, Chaplin, Benjamin Bromhead, Massingberd, and the Revds. Jeremiah Ellis, Robert Walls, Maurice Johnson, R.G. Bouyer, C. Illingworth, S. Partridge, Edward Walls, Dearing Jones, John Myers, Edward Waterson and John Ridghill

Chaplain's duty set out. The magistrates who hold weekly meetings at the Justice Room in Lincoln are requested to deal with the late gaoler's accounts

f. 17. 11 Sept. 1800. Banks (chairman), Harrison, Ellison, Chaplin, Massingberd, and the Revds. C. Illingworth, S. Partridge and John Caparn. The Revd. George Davies Kent appointed chaplain at £50 p.a. The late chaplain, the Revd. William Pearson, thanked for his 'exemplary conduct'

f. 19. 10 Sept. 1801. Banks (chairman), Chaplin, Ellison, Cracroft, Massingberd. Adjourned meeting on 11 Sept. attended by the same plus William Marshall, Bromhead and Ridghill

Banks to investigate the case of Mary Evison, a convict sent for transportation but sent back to Lincoln first from Newgate and then from Portsmouth

A meeting of magistrates to be held on the Tuesday of the next assize week to consider the state of the Shire Hall, it having been presented by the grand jury at the last assizes in consequence of frequent complaint from the judges

f. 21. 9 Mar. 1802. Chaplin (chairman), Sir Jennison Gordon, Harrison, Cracroft and Hutton. William Hayward's plans for improving the courts adopted

Grand jury galleries to be altered, and an additional building added

f.23. Adjourned meeting, 11 Mar. 1802. Hayward's plans and estimates to be laid before the magistrates of the three divisions. Lindsey magistrates to adjourn to Lincoln on 11 May, and Kesteven and Holland sessions to be kept open beyond that date (so that magistrates can report back to them from the Lincoln meeting)

f. 25. A further general meeting of magistrates. Chaplin (chairman), Hutton and the Revds. C. Illingworth and M. Alington. Lindsey and Kesteven clerks report the approval of their sessions of Hayward's plans and estimates. Three divisions asked to ratify a contract with Hayward for £499. 15. 6. at their next adjourned sessions

f. 27. 9 Sept. 1802. Chaplin (chairman), Harrison, Cracroft, Hutton, Ellison and Illingworth

f. 29. 15 Sept. 1803. Banks (chairman), Chaplin, Cracroft and Illingworth. The magistrates meeting weekly at Lincoln asked to give directions for the improvements in the courts suggested by the judges at the last assizes. The gaoler (Merryweather) to execute the orders

(Minutes signed by Ellison and Coltman at Kirton and Louth, Michaelmas sessions.)

f. 31. 13 Sept. 1804. Chaplin (chairman), Harrison, Cracroft, Massingberd, Illingworth and Ridghill

f. 33. 12 Sept. 1805. Chaplin (chairman), Sir Thomas Whichcote, Harrison, Edmund Turnor, Cracroft, Massingberd and Ridghill. Hayward presents a total bill of £612. 19s. 10¼d., of which he has already received £449. 19. 8

f. 35. 11 Sept. 1806. Chaplin (chairman), Whichcote, Harrison, Cracroft, Richard Elmhirst, Charles White, jun., and the Revd. John Caparn

Charles Franklyn succeeds Paul Parnell decd., as surgeon. Hayward to survey the walls and report to the magistrates at their weekly meetings at Lincoln

f. 37. 10 Sept. 1807. Chaplin (chairman), Whichcote, Cracroft, White, George Langton, Elmhirst, Illingworth, the Revd. John Nelson

Repairs in progress of the castle walls

f. 39. 22 Sept. 1808. Chaplin (chairman), Cracroft, Langton, Francis Chaplin, White, Illingworth, Nelson

Paving of the yards continues

Magistrates present concur in the grand jury's recommendation about judges' accommodation, and resolve to have a meeting called on 14 Oct. [see 2/1, pp 279 ff.]

f. 41. 21 Sept. 1809. Chaplin (chairman), Whichcote, Sir Montague Cholmeley, H.W. Sibthorp, Cracroft, Francis Chaplin, White, Langton, Elmhirst, Illingworth and Nelson

f. 43. 20 Sept. 1810. Chaplin (chairman), Illingworth, Cracroft, White, Langton, Francis Chaplin and Nelson. Following a grand jury recommendation, the meeting requests the visiting magistrates to give directions for improving the security of the walls. [c.f. 2/1 above, p. 285. The 1790 regulations constituted the magistrates of the county visitors of the gaol, but this duty is not recorded in the grand jury book as having been delegated to specified magistrates until 1831.]

f. 45. 19 Sept. 1811. Chaplin (chairman), White, Francis Chaplin, the Revd. William Chaplin

f. 47. 17 Sept. 1812. Illingworth (chairman), White, Elmhirst, Hutton, Massingberd and the Revd. Edward Bromhead. Magistrates to meet at the County Hall at 2 o'clock on the day of the Stuff Ball to consider building an asylum, under the act of 48 Geo. 3 cap. 96

f. 49. 23 Sept. 1813. Cholmeley (chairman), Illingworth, Cracroft, Francis Chaplin, White, Hutton and Nelson. The Report of the Commissioners for the Judges' Lodgings presented, approved and delivered to the clerk of the peace for Lindsey. The visiting magistrates recommended to appoint two turnkeys (previously appointed by the gaoler)

A new gallows to be erected on the roof of Cob Hall

f. 51. 22 Sept. 1814. Chaplin (chairman), Illingworth, Francis Chaplin, Charles White, Charles Keightley Tunnard, Nelson and the Revd. E. Bromhead

A new bath house to be erected in the building lately put up in the garden by Mr. Merryweather. His proposal for an additional lodge agreed to

Clerks of the peace to inform William Dauber that he must immediately take down a building erected against the south wall of the castle

f. 53. 21 Sept. 1815. Chaplin (chairman), Cracroft, Francis Chaplin, William Reeve, Nelson

Payment recommended of the bill of Joseph Brackenbury (Lindsey clerk) re discharging insolvent debtors

f. 55. 19 Sept. 1816. Illingworth (chairman), Francis Chaplin and Nelson

f. 57. 18 Sept. 1817. F.J.B. Dashwood (chairman), Sir Robert Heron, Illingworth, Charles Chaplin, Francis Chaplin, Charles White, Richard Elmhirst, the Revds. J. Nelson, E. Chaplin and J. Ridghill

A model caravan for conveying male convicts, laid before the meeting by Mr. Pelham, approved

f. 59. 17 Sept. 1818. Cholmeley (chairman), Illingworth, Cracroft, Charles Chaplin, Ayscough Boucherett, C.W. Sibthorp, Revds. J. Nelson and E. Chaplin

The question of remunerating the gaoler for conveying felons, in addition to his expenses, referred to a meeting on the day of the stuff ball at 3 o'clock

The meeting does not agree with the resolution of the Warwick grand jury that a sergeant should attend the midland circuit spring assizes

f. 60. Extract from minutes of Bourne quarter sessions, 21 Oct. 1818. The magistrates there approve the Warwick resolution, and are opposed to remunerating the gaoler for conveying convicts

f. 62. Wednesday 11 Nov. 1818. Cracroft (chairman), Francis Chaplin, Robert Cracroft, the Revds. J. Nelson, W. Chaplin and E. Chaplin

Agreement on an extra £100 p.a. for Merryweather for conveying convicts

f. 64. The Holland magistrates, meeting at Boston on 19 Jan. 1819, do not concur in the above recommendation

f. 65. 16 Sept. 1819. Cholmeley (chairman), E.T.F. Bromhead, Illingworth, Robert Cracroft, the Revds. J. Nelson, E. Chaplin and W. Cooper

The Holland clerk to explain to the magistrates for that division the circumstances of Merryweather's application (having lost his former allowances) and to request their concurrence in the resolution of the general meeting

f. 69. 14 Sept. 1820. John Cracroft (chairman), T.F. Bromhead, Illingworth, Charles Chaplin, Francis Chaplin, Hutton Boucherett, and the Revds. W. Chaplin, J. Nelson, E. Chaplin, and John Rawlins Deacon

The Holland magistrates still declining to pay their proportion of the gaoler's increased salary, Thirkill to inform them that had any of them attended the Lincoln meetings in recent years they would understand the issue better

f. 71. The Spalding justices, at their quarter sessions on 17 Oct. 1820, promise to send a representative to the next annual meeting

f. 72. The adjourned sessions at Boston on 19 Oct. makes a similar reply

f. 73. 27 Sept. 1821. Illingworth (chairman), the Champion Dymoke, T.F. Bromhead, Charles Chaplin, Francis Chaplin, Hutton, Charles Tennyson, and the Revd. E. Bromhead, J. Nelson, E. Fane and E. Chaplin

Since the two Holland magistrates deputed to attend from that division are indisposed, the meeting is adjourned to the afternoon of the stuff ball to consider the gaoler's remuneration

f. 77. Wednesday 7 Nov. 1821. Lord Brownlow (chairman), Heron, Cholmeley, Bromhead, Illingworth, the Revd. Dr. Thomas Henry Coles, Charles Chaplin, Francis Chaplin, Hutton, Tunnard, Augustus Duggan, W.E. Tomline, W.T. Corbett, and the Revds. E. Chaplin, J. Nelson, S.E. Hopkinson and Peregrine Curtois. Resolution of 11 Nov. 1818 confirmed, and Kesteven and Holland magistrates requested to order payment of arrears

f. 79. The Holland magistrates, at the Boston quarter sessions, 5 Dec. 1821, agree to pay up

f. 81. Meeting of magistrates under the chairmanship of the lord lieutenant, 23 July, 1822, to consider Mr. Smirke's plans and estimates for a new county hall. Sir Robert Sheffield, Sir Montague Cholmeley, Archdeacon Illingworth and 10 others represent Lindsey, Sir Robert Heron, W.A. Johnson, Charles Chaplin and 7 others represent Kesteven, and C.K. Tunnard and Augustus Duggan represent Holland

Smirke's plan and estimate approved of. Magistrates of the three divisions recommended to authorise the Commissioners appointed under the recently obtained Act to treat on their behalf for the conveyance of the fee simple of the Castle

f. 84. 26 Sept. 1822. Brownlow (chairman), Dymoke, Sheffield, Heron, Illingworth, Charles Chaplin, Francis Chaplin, Elmhirst, Charles Allix, John Fytche, C.K. Tunnard, A. Duggan, Charles de Laet Sibthorp, C.G. Mundy, W.A. Johnson, and the Revds. W. Chaplin, E. Chaplin, J. Nelson, W. Potchett, W. Moore, J. Kendal, W. Dodson, P. Curtois, E. Fane and S.E. Hopkinson. Annual meeting to be held in future on the first Thursday in October instead of in race week

No works to be done on the Castle without the written direction of at least two visiting magistrates

Gaol to be supplied with provisions by public contract, under the visiting magistrates' direction

Each division at midsummer quarter sessions to nominate one magistrate to form a committee to examine the gaol accounts, to meet at Lincoln on the morning of the annual meeting

Allix and Johnson get Merryweather's salary reduced from £600 p.a. to £400

f. 86. 2 Oct. 1823 (at the Judges' Lodgings). Brownlow (chairman), Sheffield, Heron, Francis Chaplin, Henry Hutton, C. de L. Sibthorpe and the Revd. J. Nelson and P. Curtois

Magistrates to order provision of funds for work done at the Chapter House on the high sheriff's instructions. They are also asked to pay £300 per quarter (in the usual proportions) to the account of the visiting magistrates, for provisions and supplies

Kent and Franklyn reappointed chaplain and surgeon at £200 and £100 p.a. respectively, under the Prisons Act (4 Geo. IV, cap.64)