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Devon Quarter Sessions - Midsummer 1785 [DRO - QS32/72]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Midsummer Sessions Bridewell Calendar July 12th 1785.
| Elizabeth Carnell | Committed by Rev James Carrington & G. Cooke clerks Aug 28th 1784 Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Perkins | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Oct 25th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| John Frost | Committed by John Laroche esq Feb 8th 1785 for cutting and carrying away an Ash Tree out of a certain Wood for 6 months. |
| Ann Searle | Committed by P.R. Webber & B. Incledon esq's Mar 11th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Smale | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 14th To be imprisoned for 2 years. |
| Samuel Woolway John Proctor Thomas Smith William Vicary William Alford William Douglas Nixon | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 14th To be imprisoned for 6 Calendar months. |
| Ann Endacott | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq April 1st Bastardy for 12 months. |
| David Peake | Committed by William Barber & P.R. Webber esq's May 6th for having in his custody a Hare contrary to the Statute for 3 months. |
| Elizabeth Quicke | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk May 19th for attempting to set Outhouses of James Frankpit on fire. For the Assize. |
| Mary Davis | Committed by P.R. Webber esq May 20th feloniously stealing out of a Dwelling house a quantity of Hogs Lard; Potatoes and Cyder. For the Assize. |
| William Westcombe | Committed by J. Nicholls esq Mayor & J. Arthur esq Justice for the Borough of Plymouth June 23rd As a Disorderly Apprentice for 1 month. |
| Jemima Radford | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart June 27th for Embezzling Wool for 1 Calendar month. |
| James Cobley | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & J. Baring esq July 1st as an Idle and Disorderly Apprentice for 1 month. Discharged July 9th. |
| George Perry | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Apr 25th 1785 for feloniously stealing two pieces of Serge. [comment: Acquitted]. |
| Sarah Rodd | Committed by Samuel Eyre esq May 18th for feloniously stealing some wearing apparell. [comment: No prosecution]. |
| John Milton | Committed by Rev Thomas Melhuish clerk Jun 3rd On suspicion of feloniously stealing from an outhouse a quantity of Potatoes. |
| Philip Stear | Committed by Rev Thomas Baker clerk Jun 28th On suspicion of stealing a quantity of Cyder. |
| Henry Keats | Committed by James Pitman esq & George Cooke clerk Jun 10th for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| Walter Chifsell | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st for disobeying an order in Bastardy. |
| Thomas Taffett | Committed by Rev H. Walrond clerk May 9th for leaving his family. [comment: No prosecution]. |
| John Seaward | Committed by Samuel Eyre & J.B. Cholwich esq's May 10th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Susanna Lovett | Committed by J. Stuckey esq & Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart May 10th for leaving her Bastard Child. Also for refusing to perform an order in Bastardy for the Maintainance of the said Child. |
| Mary Flew alias Williams | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk May 19th for wilfully destroying the clothes provided for her by the Parish. Also stands charged on Oath as strongly suspected of perswading Elizabeth Quicke to set fire to the House of James Frankpit. [comment: Bill Ignoramus]. |
| Stephen Hollett | Committed by J.B. Cholwich esq Jun 21st for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Mary Laurance | Committed by J. Arscott esq Jun 24th for threatening to burn the House of Elizabeth Wilmott and for refusing sureties to keep the Peace. [comment: No prosecution]. |
| Elizabeth Greenslade | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Jun 30th As a disorderly Woman and for selling the Clothes provided for her by the parish. [comment: Discharged - no prosecution]. |
| Elizabeth Carrah | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Jun 30th On suspicion of attempting to set the Dwelling House of Joseph Burridge on Fire situate in the Town of Crediton. For the Assize. |
| Ann Ball alias Nash | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Apr 22nd 1785 Vagrant. [comment - whipped & pass]. |
| William Night | Committed by Rev Thomas Baker clerk Apr 30th Vagrant. [comment: whipped]. |
| Donald McLarty | Committed by Rev Thomas Baker clerk May 9th Vagrant. |
| John Farr | Committed by George Bickford esq May 23rd Vagrant. |
| David Stokes | Committed by J. Nicholls esq May 26th Vagrant. |
| John Bray | Committed by J. Nicholls esq May 26th Vagrant. |
| William Whitehead Daniel Downing | Committed by Rev Thomas Baker clerk Jun 13th Vagrants. [comment: whipped/pass]. |
| Elizabeth Greenwood | Committed by Ralph Michell esq Jun 15th Vagrant. [comment: Dead]. |
| Richard Mall | Committed by Rev G. Cooke clerk & J. Pitman esq Jun 17th Vagrant. |
| John Fitts Mary Fitts his wife | Committed by R.J. Fortescue esq Jun 27th Vagrants. |
| Thomas Smith Jane Smith his wife | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk July 1st Vagrants. |
| William Lovell | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk July 3rd for threatening to set fire to a Dwelling House in the town of Crediton. [comment: Discharged - no prosecution]. |
| Joseph Watson | Committed by W. Eyre July 11th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| John Hector | Committed by J.R. Moore esq July 11th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Ann Gundry | Committed by W. Eyre esq July 11th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| George Ham | Committed by Samuel Eyre esq July 11th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Out upon Bail | |
| James Govier | Committed by Benjamine Incledon esq Mar 2nd for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| John Dey | Committed by James Pitman esq Apr 27th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Discharged | |
| Mary Evans | Committed by P.R. Webber & H. Beavis esq Jun 6th 1784 Bastardy for 6 months. |
| Ann Scallion | Committed by G. Buck & A.S. Willett esq's Aug 24th 1784 Bastardy for 12 months. [comment: discharged April 15th]. |
| Arthur Maddick | Tried at Sessions Jan 12th 1785 To be Imprisoned untill he gets security for his good behaviour. Discharged April 23rd. |
| Thomas Gadd | Committed by Rev G. Cooke clerk Mar 8th for using Engines to destroy Game - for 3 months. |
| William Thorn | Tried at Lent Assize Mar 14th To be Imprisoned for 2 years. Broke Prison April 26th. |
| John Tamlyn | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Mar 16th for using Engines to destroy Game - for 3 months. |
| Sarah Budd | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart Mar 17th 1785 for returning to a Parish after having been sent home by an Order. For 1 month. |
| William Lawdey | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Mar 21st for cutting and destroying a quantity of wood - for 1 month. |
| Arthur Cole | Committed by Rev J.P. Hickin clerk Mar 31st for setting fire to the heath, furze or fern of a certain Moor - for 3weeks. |
| Susanna Tuckerman | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st Bastardy for 12 months. Discharged May 23rd. |
| John Garland | Committed by John Luxmoore esq Dec 15th 1784 for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged June 5th. |
| Samuel Weymouth | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk & James Pitman esq Apr 1st 1785 for disobeying an order in Bastardy. Discharged May 23rd. |
| George Bird | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk Apr 1st for disobeying an order in Bastardy. Discharged Apr 30th. |
| John Brown | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Apr 12th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged May 23rd. |
| William Broadmead Ann Matthews | Committed by Rev Thomas Melhuish clerk Apr 15th As Idle and disorderly Persons for 1 month. |
| John Berry | Committed by Rev James Carrington; G. Cooke clerks & James Pitman esq Apr 29th for refusing to deliver his child to be bound an Apprentice. Discharged May 2nd. |
| Peter Horsgood | Committed by Samuel Eyre & J.B. Cholwich esq's May 10th for returning to a Parish after been sent home by an order for 1 month. |
| henry Brown | Committed by Samuel Eyre & J.B. Cholwich esq's May 10th for want of sureties in Bastardy. Discharged June 28th. |
| Mary Baker | Committed by Samuel Eyre esq May 17th for breaking the Peace. Died June 23rd. |
| Thomas Deem | Committed by Sir J.W. Prideaux Bart May 17th for deserting service for 1 month. |
| William Kerslake | Committed by John LaRoche esq May 28th for leaving his family - for 1 month. |
| Henry Ellis | Committed by Rev James Carrington clerk June 20th for further examination - as Disorderly Apprentice. Discharged July 8th. |