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Devon Quarter Sessions - Keepers List 1747 [DRO - QS32/39]

Transcribed by Brian Brassett

A True and Perfect List: Alphabetically of the Names of Prisoners who upon the ffirst Day of January 1747 were in the Custody of the Keeper of the Sherriffs Ward or Prison of and for the said County of Devon and of the times

Adams John
Charged 25th December 1745 by suit of the King.
Abbott John
Charged 28th June 1746 by Sir Richard Warwick Bampfield.
Bromfield Thomazin
Charged 3rd August 1747 by the King at the Instance of Joslin Browne Gent.
Baker John
Charged 23rd May 1746 by Thomas Copplestone
Bennett William
Charged 8th December 1747 by George Glanville [jnr].
Burredge Margaret
Charged 11th April 1747 by Thomas Acland; Henry Haytor; Soper haytor; Timothy Wilde; John Denison.
Cherdon Danial alias Chardon
Charged 15th October 1743 by Daniel Nogle [clerk]; James Buckingham Gent; William Pasmore.
Cartwright William
Charged 11th June 1746 by William Mann.
Cottell Alexander
Charged 12th May 1746 by George Ley esq; Samuel Stevens; Thomas Knight; William Palmer [clerk] Thomas Huett.
Dunning Richard
Charged 30th October 1745 by ffrancis Hite Gent; Pristilla Hiern [widow].
Embery Mary spinster
Charged 10th November 1746 by Simon Parker.
ffarley Edward
Charged 3rd July 1745 by the King.
fford Samuel
Charged 18th October 1747 by William Butland Gent.
Grove William
Charged 19th October 1747 by Sampson Lycett; Elizabeth Mill [widow].
Grove Thomas
Charged 19th October 1747 by Sampson Lycett; Elizabeth Mill [widow].
Garland ffrancis
Charged 22nd November 1747 by Phillip Welsh Gent.
Hambly John
Charged 19th ffebruary 1746 by Edward Teague.
Hooper Grace
Charged 30th November 1741 by Onesiphorus Shoore Gent; Humphry Tanner [clerk]; John Honycott; John Morrish; John Jewell.
Hyne Richard
Charged 8th June 1747 by Ambrose Pen.ound Gent; Thomas Hyne.
Harris Humphry
Charged 20th December 1747 by James Hollings.
Harris Simon
Charged 18th December 1747 by John Burgess.
Jessop Mark
Charged 29th July 1746 by George Strode esq.
Jones Nicholas
Charged 21st September 1747 by Henry Johns.
Kerslake Richard
Charged 5th May 1743 by John Butson; Edward Culverwell [Executor] of John Culverwell [deceased].
Keech Elizabeth [widow]
Charged 29th March 1745 by Anthony Braddick Gent.
King Dingle Jeffery
Charged 4th January 1746 by John Cranch [who hath since withdrawn]; Gilbert Isaac; John Culm Gent; Elizabeth Dipford [spinster]; John Dingley; John Davy [executor of John Davy]; William Ilbert esq; Thomas ffroke [clerk].
King James
Charged 31st August 1747 by Thomas Early.
Lambell Samuel
Charged 26th October 1746 by John Cranch Gent; Robert Code.
Milton John
Charged 13th ffebruary 1746 by the King at the suit of Edith Cox [widow].
Morrish John
Charged 31st August 1743 by Richard Sainthill.
Mardon Joan
Charged 20th December 1746 by the King at the Instance of Phillip Walter.
Mill John
Charged 13th May 1747 by Roger Clarke; Stephen Coham.
Morris Joseph
Charged 12th July 1747 by William Calley.
Northcott Thomas alias Northcote
Charged 1st July 1738 by Abraham Gilberd [Administrator of Joseph Chubb].
Northleigh Henry
Charged 13th march 1744 by ffrancis Hite Gent; The King.
Nosworthy Mary
Charged 19th September 1745 by John Babbacombe; William Newman [Administrators of John Hooper deceased]; Edward Pooke.
Parsons William
Charged 22nd ffebruary 1746 by the King at the Instance of Thomas Clarke.
Pike Ann
Charged 20th January 1743 by the King.
Prince James [jnr]
Charged 17th April 1746 by Nathanial Butler Batten
Preston Elias
Charged 13th September 1747 by John Clarke Gent.
Page Joan [widow]
Charged 12th November 1747 by Elizabeth Wood [spinster].
Payne Arthur
Charged 26th December 1747 by Susanna Skardon.
Quick James
Charged 18th October 1746 by Bartholomew Gidley esq; and Elizabeth Gidley [his wife].
Reed John
Charged 26th July 1743 by Hugh Lord Clinton.
Richards John [clerk]
Charged 2nd April 1745 by Phillip Rogers; Richard Knight; Anthony Lavercombe; John Rogers; the King at the instance of Dame ffrances Chichester [widow].
Rider Simon
Charged 16th July 1746 by John Knowling.
Reed John
Charged 1st January 1746 by Ann Handford [widow - Administrator of John Harding].
Saunders Henry
A fugitive surrendered the tenth Day of June.
Strode John
Charged 1st January 1747 by John Hodder.
Sleep Bartholomew
Charged 20th November 1747 by Richard Metherell.
Squire Thomas
Charged 20th May 1737 by the King.
Sweet Ann
Charged 29th March 1745 by the King.
Strong John
Charged 16th December 1745 by Bridgett Andrews; Jonah Aldridge.
Salter William
Charged 4th December 1746 by Courtenay Walrond esq; and Elizabeth Walrond [his wife].
Veysey Thomas
Charged 26th September 1747 by Roger Loosemoore.
Ward William
Charged 31st December 1739 by John Richards [clerk] who sues as well fo his Majestye as for himself To Satisfye the Churche.
Webber John
Charged 11th December 1747 by John Crudge.
Dennis Studley
Sheriff. I George Glanville Keeper of the Sherriffs Ward or Prison of and for the County of Devon do upon my Corporal Oath in the presence of Almighty God Solomnly Sweare profess and declare That all and every person and persons whose name or names are inserted and contained in the fforegoing List by me now delivered and Subscribed were to the best of my knowledge and belief upon the ffirst day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and fforty seven really and truly prisoners in Actual Custody in the Prison or Goal of and for the said of County of Devon at the suits of several persons therein respectively mentioned and that all and every of them have really and truly continued and remained in Actual Custody ever since and that the said List is a true Exact Perfect and just List of all such persons as were really and truly prisoners in Actual Custody in the said Goal or Prison of and for the said County on the ffirst Day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and fforty seven except such persons as are since dead or have been legally Discharged. So help me God. [signed] Geo Glanvill.

Last updated 24 Jun 2004 - Brian Randell.

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