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Folios 162-168. A detailed list of 47 burlgaries and robberies commited by Edward...

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Date
1726 Mar
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Folios 162-168.

A detailed list of 47 burlgaries and robberies commited by Edward Bunworth and his gang, mentioning William Blewit, Thomas Berry alias G Frange, John Wilson, Emanuel Dickenson, [William] Marjoram alias [?William] Huggadie, John Barton, Nathaniel Walkwood, Robert Cable, [John] Higgs, and John Legee. The list is provided by Christopher Leonard, and there is a full account of the murder of [Thomas] Ball. Mentions the following places, in and about London: Park Wall, Greenwich [Kent]; Gravell Lane, Wapping [Middlesex]; Poplar [Middlesex]; Peckham [Surrey]; Clapham; Putney [Surrey]; Wandsworth [Surrey]; Knightsbridge [Middlesex]; the Park in Southwark [Surrey]; Manchester Court, Westminster [Middlesex]; Chilpot Lane, Fanchurch [Fenchurch] Street [London]; Durham Yard; Stepney [Middlesex]; numerous incidents in Lincoln's Inn Field [London], including a the New Playhouse, at Lord Chief Justice [Sir Robert] Eyre's house, and other robberies in Great Queen's Street; Fleet Ditch [London]; Islington [Middlesex]; Chappell Alley near Swallow Street [Middlesex]; corner of Mansell Street and Goodman's Field [Middlesex]; corner of Exeter Street and the Strand [Middlesex]; Mr Holland's house in New Street, Soho Square [Middlesex]; Half Moon Street [Middlesex]; Hanover Court, Grub Street [London]; Mr Pindar's house in St Jones's Way; two houses in Red Lyon Street, Clerkenwell [Middlesex]; Fleet Street, near Water Lane [London]; a clergyman's house at Fulham [Middlesex]; two incidents at Chelsea [Middlesex], including at Hew Row; Hackney; Vine Street, the Minories [Middlesex]; Hounsditch near Aldgate Church [Middlesex]; Mr Askew's house in Ayloffe Street, Goodman's Field [Middlesex]; Clare Market, near the turnstile [Middlesex]; Piccadilly, near the Bear Inn [Middlesex]; Bow Road, Mile End[Middlesex]; Hungerford Market, the Strand [Middlesex]; and St Clement's Churchyard [London]. Bunworth was concerned with the following people at the White Lyon, Back Street, Bristol [Gloucestershire]: John Stanley; Wm [William] Boswell; John Morley; John Jones; and Ropbert Halfpenny. The following people received stolen goods: Elizabeth Anderson; Ellinor Catelon alias Peartree; Hannah Bradshore alias Britton; Elizabeth Field; and Elizabeth Barton.

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