Family History
Suggested search: Murder, Horse stealing, Hanged
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Hannah Whiteley / Hannah Whitley of Hampsthwaite, wife of John Whiteley
Date: 3 Aug 1789
Crime:
Murder by arsenic poisoning of Joseph Rhodes, aged 5, son of Thomas Rhodes of Hampsthwaite, and attempted murder by arsenic poisoning of all Thomas Rhodes' family.See also TNA: ASSI ASSI 45/36/3/211-220.
Calendar of Felons, Summer Assizes 1789. Whitehall Evening Post, 11 Aug 1789. Criminal Chronology, p 102.
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William Bell
Date: 14 Mar 1763
Crime:
Murder.Court records say the victim was Abraham Beaumont at Langton whom Bell killed by violent beating and bruising; newspaper reports say the victim was William Wright of Allerthorpe, near Pocklington, a fellow servant of Bell. See also TNA: ASSI 45/27/1/1.
TNA: ASSI 42/8; ASSI 42/7. St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post, 17 Mar 1763. Criminal Chronology, p 82.
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Thomas Matthewman
Date: Mar 1726
Crime:
Murder.TNA: ASSI 41/2-59.
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Ann Haywood / Ann Heywood, 23
Date: 18 Mar 1805
Crime:
Murder of her illegitimate child.Hull Packet, 19 Mar 1805. Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 1 Apr 1805. Rede, York Castle, p 104. Criminal Chronology, p 142.
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Richard Clegg of Saddleworth, clothier
Date: 15 Jul 1799
Crime:
Murder of John Morson of Brodsworth.See also TNA: ASSI 45/40/1/27.
Calendar of Felons, 6 Jul 1799. Lloyd's Evening Post, 19 Jul 1799.
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George Lockey of Easby, near Richmond, shoemaker and poultry feeder
Date: 23 Mar 1789
Crime:
Murder of Christopher Barker of Easby.See also TNA: ASSI 45/36/3/110-111.
General Gaol Delivery, 14 Mar 1789; Calendar of Felons, 14 Mar 1789. Bath Chronicle, 2 Apr 1789. Criminal Chronology, p 100.
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Eugene Aram of Lynn, and formerly of Knaresborough, schoolmaster, 54
Date: 6 August 1759
Crime:
Murder of Daniel Clark on 8 Feb 1745.Body hung in chains in Knaresborough Forest. See also TNA: ASSI 45/26/3/1-21.
TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. London Evening Post, 9 Aug 1759. Criminal Chronology, p 67.
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Stephen Tudear, soldier
Date: 30 Jul 1757
Crime:
Murder of Ellen Applegarth of Wetherby.Body hung in chains on Clifford Moor. See also TNA: ASSI 45/26/1/134-138.
TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. Calendar of Felons, 23 Jul 1757. London Evening Post, 19 May 1757; 4 Aug 1757. Criminal Chronology, p 65.
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Bezaliel Knowles / Bezaleel Knowles of Knaresborough, 17
Date: 28 Apr 1753
Crime:
Murder of Dorothy Gibson of Knaresborough.See also TNA: ASSI 45/25/1/79-81.
TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. Public Advertiser, 3 Feb 1753. London Evening Post, 29 Mar 1753; 3 May 1753. Criminal Chronology, p 63.
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James Bardsley, 28
Date: 11 Apr 1840
Crime:
Murder of his father, John Bardsley, at Quick.Morning Chronicle, 23 Mar 1840. Hull Packet, 17 Apr 1840.
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Mary Endick
Date: Lent 1724
Crime:
Murder of her illegitimate child; reprieved 28 Feb 1729.TNA: ASSI 41/2-48,51; ASSI 45/18/6-96; SP 36/10.
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Joseph Vickers / Joseph Vickars
Date: Lent 1750 York City
Crime:
Murder of John Bower; reprieved 14 years Summer 1750.TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.
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Elizabeth Conney / Elizabeth Coney
Date: Summer 1744
Crime:
Murder of her illegitimate child (a son); reprieved 14 years Lent 1745.TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.
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Ann Nell / Anne Nell of Selby
Date: Lent 1740
Crime:
Murder of an infant, Joseph Nell; confessed; reprieved 14 years Summer 1740.TNA: ASSI 41/4.
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Thomas Harrison
Date: Lent 1770
Crime:
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of Robert Whiting with an intent to kill and murder him and to steal his goods; reprieved 14 years Summer 1770.TNA: ASSI 41/6; ASSI 42/8. Calendar of Felons, 24 Mar 1770; 4 Aug 1770.
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Francis Foremead / Francis Furmont
Date: Summer 1724
Crime:
Murder of Mary Garside, wife of John Garside; reprieved.TNA: ASSI 41/2-51; ASSI 45/18/1-52.