Family History
Suggested search: Murder, Horse stealing, Hanged
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Elizabeth Elliott of Thornton Rust
Date: 26 Mar 1792
Crime:
Murder of Mary Walker at Thornton Rust.See also TNA: ASSI 45/37/3/77-78.
General Gaol Delivery, 19 Mar 1792; Calendar of Felons, 19 Mar 1792. General Evening Post, 27 Mar 1792. Criminal Chronology, p 110.
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Benjamin Oldroyd / Benjamin Aldroyd of Sandal Magna, labourer, 46
Date: 27 May 1805
Crime:
Murder of his father Joseph Oldroyd, aged 60 to 70.Elizabeth Oldroyd, Joseph's wife and Benjamin's mother, testified that her husband had suicidal tendencies and that she believed he had hanged himself. Benjamin Oldroyd protested his innocence until the end and physically resisted being hanged.
The Hull Packet, 9 Apr 1805. Caledonian Mercury, 3 Jun 1805. Criminal Chronology, p 142.
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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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Adam Alvin, servant of Enoch Sinclair
Date: 1712
Crime:
Murder of Rev Enoch Sinclair of Owthorne, Holderness, in 1708.George Poulson, History and Antiquities of ? Holderness, 1841, vol 2, p 407.
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Robert Fawthorp
Date: 25 Mar 1749
Crime:
Murder of Elizabeth Tarrand and Mary Park of Fenton.See also TNA: ASSI 45/24/1/25.
TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4. London Evening Post, 30 Mar 1749. Criminal Chronology, p 62.
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Mary Ellah of Broomfleet, near Cave
Date: 28 Mar 1757
Crime:
Petty treason - murder of her husband Thomas Ellah with an axe.Burnt at the stake. See also TNA: ASSI 45/26/1/41.
TNA: ASSI 41/4; 42/7. London Evening Post, 10 Feb 1757; 31 Mar 1757. Criminal Chronology, p 65.
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George Bulmer of York, servant to Mr Simpson of Stonegate, York
Date: 7 Aug 1775
Crime:
Murder of his wife Susannah Bulmer at Farlington on 19 Jun 1775.See also TNA: ASSI 45/32/1/40-42.
TNA: ASSI 41/7; ASSI 42/9. Calendar of Felons, 29 Jul 1775. Public Advertiser, 11 Aug 1775. Criminal Chronology, p 89 (with date of 29 Jul 1775).
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James Beaumont of the Wicker, Sheffield, filesmith
Date: 18 Jul 1796
Crime:
Murder of Sarah Turton, a woman with whom he cohabited, at Sheffield.See also TNA: ASSI 45/39/1/9.
General Gaol Delivery, 9 Jul 1796. Sun, 19 May 1796. Star, 1 Aug 1796. Criminal Chronology, p 132.
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Mary Thorp / Mary Thorpe of Ecclesfield, domestic servant, born 1779
Date: 18 Mar 1800
Crime:
Murder of her illegitimate child, a boy aged one week, by drowning.Court accepted she was suffering from 'milk fever' but did not believe it affected her sanity. See also TNA: ASSI 45/40/2/240-241.
London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, 18 Mar 1800. Rede, York Castle, p 195. Criminal Chronology, p 137.
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John Wilkinson of Holbeck, near Leeds, clothier, 32
Date: 18 Mar 1805
Crime:
Murder of his wife Hannah Wilkinson by arsenic poisoning.Hull Packet, 2 Apr 1805. Criminal Chronology, p 142.
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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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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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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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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.