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Certificate/memorial of Gould and William Henry Ashhurst, on those attainted on the...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/117

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HO 47/3/117
Date
1784 Apr 29
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Certificate/memorial of Gould and William Henry Ashhurst, on those attainted on the Home Circuit, reprieved and recommended for mercy on the conditions set against their names (prisoner's ages are given):

Essex Assizes at Chelmsford in March

1. James Little, for stealing a bay gelding, value £4, property of John Crabb, recommended to 7 years transportation to America.

2. William Surry, for stealing a cow, value £5, and 3 heifers, value £7, property of Daniel Alger, recommended to 7 years transportation in America.

3. James Flack, for stealing a wether sheep, value 10/-, property of Edward Edwards, recommended to 2 years hard labour on the river Thames or on other public works.

Surrey Assizes at Kingston-Upon-Thames in March

4. Thomas Maclean and Francis Maclean, for burglary, breaking and entering the dwelling house of Martin Burton, and stealing goods to the value of £3:3:0, recommended to 7 years transportation to America.

5. James Pantlin, for stealing an iron grey gelding, value £10, and a chestnut mare, value £6, property of Valentina Malyn and Frances Malyn, recommended to 7 years transportation to America.

6. James Mills, for a highway robbery and taking 13/- from Francis Baker, recommended to 12 months hard labour in the Southwark House of Correction.

7. John Williams, for a highway robbery on Sarah Mullins and taking goods and money, value £4, property of Sachervrell Mullins (her husband), recommended to 6 calendar months hard labour in the Southwark House of Correction.

8. John Ramsay and William Johnson, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money, value £1:11:0, property of William Edwards, recommended to 7 years transportation to America.

Hertfordshire at Hertford in March

9. James Sherwood, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money, value 17/1, property of William Cock, recommended to 7 years transportation in America or elsewhere.

10. Samuel Chester (the younger), for stealing a bay mare, value £4, property of William Tamer, recommended to 7 years transportation beyond to America or elsewhere.

11. William Jarmany, for stealing a black gelding, value £10, property of Thomas Jarvis, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

12. James Lawrence, for stealing 2 ewe sheep, value 40/-, and 1 ewe lamb, value 14/-, property of Newman Hatley, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

13. James Freeman, for a highway robbery and taking 12/-, property of Thomas Baldwin, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

14. Thomas Walton, for stealing a black mare, value £7:7:0, property of Michael Sams, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

15. John Cuthbert and Edmund Camp, for a highway robbery taking goods and money, value £4:18:6, property of David Lewis, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

Essex Assizes at Chelmsford in March

16. Peter Vousmene, for stealing 1 ewe sheep, value 20/-, property of Richard Fuller, recommended to 1 year hard labour on the River Thames or on other public works

17. Rammage Bains, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money to the value of £9:17:0, property of Thomas Cooper, recommended to 1 year hard labour on the River Thames or on other public works.

Kent Assizes at Maidstone in March

18. John Hughes, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money, value £8:6:7, property of Edward Halfhide, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

19. Thomas Medhurst, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money, value £3:9:3, property of John Norris, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

20. Edward Maclean, for stealing goods to the value of £8:1:0, property of George Hasted, from the dwelling house of William Scoones, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

21. Thomas Bryant, for a highway robbery and taking goods and money to the value of £7:12:1, property of Elias Carpenter, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

22. John Fuller, for stealing a gelding, value £15, property of Thomas Newnham, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

23. John Shinn alias Sheen/Shean, for stealing a brown mare, value £11, property of Benjamin Tapsell, recommended to 2 years hard labour on the River Thames or on other public works.

24. Richard Goddard, for stealing goods and money to the value of £9:11:6, property of Edward Wilson, from the dwelling house of William Miles, recommended for a free pardon.

25. John Rogers, convicted for privately stealing goods in a shop, value 12/-, property of John Aswell, recommended to 2 years hard labour on the River Thames or on other public Works.

Sussex Assizes at East Grinstead in March

26. John Brand, for stealing a bay mare, value £10, property of William Snell Chancy, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

27. Thomas Boxall and John King, for stealing a dark bay mare, value £10, property of Henry Napper, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

28. Edward Varndell, for stealing a black mare, value £5, property of John Cheeseman, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

29. John Wolfe, of stealing a bay mare, value at £5 property of John Stevens, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

30. Levi Dale, for day time house breaking (no person being therein) and stealing goods of James Wilson to the value of £2:17:6, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

31. John Matthews, for day time house breaking of Michael Greenfield junior, Hannah his wife being therein, and stealing goods, value £2:1:9, recommended to 7 years transportation to America or elsewhere.

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Folios 349-350.

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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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