Catalogue description Sessions held at Bodmin

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Details of QS/1/11/517-549
Reference: QS/1/11/517-549
Title: Sessions held at Bodmin
Description:

QS/1/11/517

 

Justices: John Hearle Tremayne, esq. (chairman), Francis Hearle Rodd, Edward William Wynn Pendarves, John Samuel Enys, Richard Gully Bennet, Nicholas Kendall, George Borlase, Humphry Willyams, William Hext, Henry Thomson, Edward Collins, esqs., Joseph Pomery, Robert Walker, Nicholas Kendall, William Molesworth, Francis John Hext, Thomas Grylls, Richard Gerveys Grylls, clerks.

 

Jury: Stephen Tamblyn Williams, Philip Arthur, William Barrett, Reuben Dyer Bone, Philip Bone, Luke Brokenshear, John Cleave, Thomas Grose, Thomas Hicks, Henry Hockin, George Johns, Thomas Key, jun., George Miners, Francis Paynter, Martin Rickard, James Rosevear, Paul Robins, James Stick jun., Thomas Stick, John Trevail, William Treffry, Thomas Udy, and Edward Venning, gents.

 

QS/1/11/518

 

Fifteen gaol and marshalsea rates levied to be paid to Edward Coode, gent., treasurer.

 

One asylum rate levied to be paid to Edward Coode, gent., treasurer.

 

QS/1/11/518,519

 

Justices certified that Francis Treweek of Feock, wharfinger, and Tobias Michell of Redruth, surgeon appeared on 20 Oct. 1829 and made oath that the railway "or tram road" from Redruth town to Point and Lemon Quays in Feock, and branches to Wheal Buller mine in Redruth, and to the Consolidated Mines and the United Mines in Gwennap had been completed according to the Act passed for that purpose and also for the improvement and maintenance of the navigation in Restronguet Creek. They stated that the navigation from Restronguet Passage to Foxes Wharf below Carnon Bridge had been deepened for the "navigation of vessels, with cuts and channels for preventing the mud and soil from accumulating". A public wharf for landing goods, with proper railways or tramroads leading to it, had been built on the land of Earl of Falmouth, below Devoran quay opposite Narrab's estate in Feock.

 

QS/1/11/519

 

William Herring of Quethiock was sworn in as High Constable of the middle division of East Hundred.

 

Henry Perrow of St. Clement, lab., indicted for stealing 10lbs. of hay, property of Charles Bottrall: private whipping.

 

Christopher Matthews of St. Austell, lab., indicted for stealing 14 gallons of wheat, value 14s., and a sack, property of Joseph Treleaven: six months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

QS/1/11/520

 

William Perrow committed for stealing hay, property of Charles Bottral: discharged ignoramus.

 

Ann Stevens, wife of David Stevens of Madron, lab., indicted for stealing various quantities of furze, property of William Bennetts: one month's hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

Edward Traer of Redruth,lab., indicted for stealing a pair of stockings, a pair of socks, and two pieces of blanketting, property of Philip Richards: twelve months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

QS/1/11/521

 

William Clifton of Camborne, lab., indicted for stealing 5 lbs. of candles, property of Edward Bosanco and Henry Richards: private whipping.

 

Mary Honeychurch, wife of William Honeychurch of Ludgvan, lab., indicted for stealing 12 lbs. of pork, property of William Hutchins: three months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

Thomas Thomas of St. Just in Penwith, lab., indicted for stealing 10lbs. of candles, property of Richard Warren and others: six weeks' hard labour in Bodmin gaol, then private whipping.

 

QS/1/11/522

 

John Juliff, Edward Juliff, James Williams and Richard Williams, all of Ladock, labs., indicted for stealing two gallons of apples, property of Joseph Blake: all acquitted.

 

Bastardy orders

 

Name: James Maynard; Parish: Stratton; Court's decision: To remain in custody.

 

Name: Nicholas Yelland; Parish: St. Mewan; Court's decision: To remain in custody. Child not yet born.

 

Name: William Skin Collins; Parish: South Petherwin; Court's decision: To remain in custody

 

QS/1/11/523

 

John Martin committed to the bridewell for having deserted his family chargeable to Wendron: discharged.

 

George Smith, Mary Miller, Henrietta Miller and Robert Miller committed to the bridewell as "Rogues and Vagabonds wandering abroad and unable to give a good Account of themselves": discharged.

 

QS/1/11/523,524

 

Filiation order

 

Child: M.; When born: 1 Aug.; Parish; Mother; Alleged father: St. Austell; Sophia Bullen, singlewoman; John Hotten of St. Austell, ship carpenter

 

QS/1/11/524

 

Bodmin gaol

 

Committee consisting of Humphry Willyams, William Hext, Edward Collins, John Samuel Enys, Richard Gully Bennet and Henry Thomson, esqs., and Rev. Francis John Hext, to consider salaries and allowances of turnkeys at the gaol and bridewell.

 

Committee appointed to meet on second day of Epiphany sessions to enquire into bridge expenses and contracts.

 

Nicholas Kendall, esq., appointed visiting Justice to the lunatic asylum in lieu of Rev. Richard Gerveys Grylls jun. who has resigned.

 

QS/1/11/525,526, 527,528

 

Report of Visiting Justices of Bodmin gaol and bridewell

 

1. Continued satisfaction with the amended management and good order.

 

2. Reduction of expense and change of diet "not in the slightest degree prejudicial to their [the prisoners'] health".

 

3. On completion of buildings expected that expenses will be halved.

 

4. Treadwheel now erected and working, and governor anxious to connect corn mill machinery to it. Cost will be about £150, but there will be proportional advantages, as the present hand mill will not supply the prison's needs nor afford adequate labour for the class of prisoners employed at it.

 

5. Lower tier of sleeping cells in men's old bridewell completed and occupied. Women's gaol and bridewell also completed.

 

6. Remaining work on men's gaol proceeding according to means. New ward erected there for a third class of prisoners, and foundations laid for a fourth class in unoccupied adjoining space. Alterations complete with exception of sleeping accommodation, within the walls, for the turnkeys, "a measure essential to the due Security of the prisons and to be effected at a trifling additional Expense." Application made to justices from five "inferior Turnkeys" for increase in salary, now £30 p.a.

 

Governor's report

 

1. Said treadwell in use since 21 ult. Repeated request for attached grinding and dressing apparatus, cost not to exceed £145. Insufficient flour for prison at present.

 

2. Confirmed completion of lower tier of sleeping cells in old bridewell, also the Day Room which occupied as a ward for vagrants.

 

3. Also reiterated new accommodation for third and fourth class of prisoners, "notwithstanding the increased Number of Prisoners as well as the high price of Corn."

 

4. Reported improved discipline.

 

Chaplain's report

 

1. Reported improved conditions of prisoners and prison

 

2. Also "daily observance of religious worship", increased classification of prisoners, strict discipline "without severity", "an established dietary and the nicest cleanliness and regularity throughout" all combined to advance the great end of prison discipline, the reformation of the offender. The prisoners reported to be healthy and the "New Hospital has been but little occupied except in the case of Richards, an old man who died there last week of a natural decay".

 

3. Number of committals this year not exceeded that of last year, but a greater proportion of juvenile offenders "chiefly for robbing orchards and gardens ... and many of them were in a state of lamentable ignorance."

 

4. A Sunday school and mutual instruction enabled many to read tolerably and almost all could repeat the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed and the Ten Commandments before discharge. Some of the adult prisoners were also instructed.

 

5. Committee of ladies constantly attend female prisoners.

 

6. Bibles, prayer-books and various tracts published by S.P.C.K. supplied to prisoners in all wards. Regular church services twice every Sabbath etc.

 

Surgeon's report

 

1. Favourable report on prisoners' health. Many cases of fever occurred but not infectious or of long duration. Main diseases brought to the prison by the vagrants. Only death that of Isaac Richards who very weak when admitted. Twelve on the sick list, three of whom in the infirmary, none dangerously ill.

 

QS/1/11/528

 

One bridge rate levied to be paid to James Chapple, gent., bridge surveyor (east).

 

QS/1/11/529

 

One bridge rate levied to be paid to William Moorman, gent., bridge surveyor (west).

 

Appeal by St. Dominick against order of 4 Aug. last for removal of Elizabeth Norcott (alias Stile), John Davey (6), Charles Davey (3), and Mary Davey (10 weeks) "their children" [sic] from Week St. Mary: held over.

 

Appeal by St.Buryan against order of 9 Oct. inst. for removal of John Johns, Ann his wife and their children John (8), William (6) and Elizabeth Tonkin Johns (4) from Paul: held over.

 

QS/1/11/530

 

Appeal by Launcells against order of 29 Sep. last for removal of William Crocker, Sarah his wife, and their children Betty (15), Jane (11), William (6), Sarah (4), and John (2), from Redruth: held over.

 

Continued appeal by Llanelly in Carmarthenshire against order of 23 Aug. last for removal of Mary Richards, widow and her children Richard (12), Edward (10), Jane (6), Benedictus (5) and Marianne (2) from Landewednack: held over.

 

QS/1/11/531

 

Philip Bennet of Boconnoc, lab., indicted for stealing a pair of shoes property of Joel Pedler: two months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

John Thomas Ridler of Redruth, lab., indicted for stealing ten tallow candles, property of William Penhale: fourteen days' hard labour in Bodmin gaol, and private whipping.

 

William Bullen of St. Stephen in Brannel indicted for stealing a silver watch, value 10s., property of Ralph Teague ... [clerk forgot to complete sentence].

 

Peggy Honeychurch and Mary Ridler committed to gaol for stealing pieces of carpetting, property of William Trevorah: discharged ignoramus.

 

QS/1/11/532

 

Thomas May of St. Austell, lab., indicted for stealing a barn-door fowl, property of Benjamin Penhale: fourteen days' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

Jenefer Paul of Redruth, spinster, indicted for concealing her new-born dau. in Wheal Montague mine: acquitted.

 

Charles Oliver committed to gaol for maliciously stabbing William Hockin: discharged for want of prosecution.

 

QS/1/11/533

 

Walter Gummoe of St. Austell, lab., indicted for stealing timber and wood, property of Joseph Pedler: fourteen days' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

Francis Keast of St. Clement, lab., previously convicted and imprisoned in the house of correction, for stealing strawberries from a garden in Kenwyn, now indicted for stealing apples from Samuel Prior's orchard in St. Clement: private whipping.

 

Charles Roberts of Truro, lab., indicted for obtaining on false pretences, a hat belonging to Thomas Coliver: six months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

QS/1/11/534

 

James Palk of Bodmin, lab. indicted for embezzling £2, property of Timothy Congdon, his master, whilst in Timothy Congdon's employment: six months' hard labour in Bodmin gaol.

 

Benjamin Bright committed to the bridewell, by mayor of Truro, for want of sureties in a breach of the peace against Sally Bright his sister: discharged.

 

Jane Walters and Mary Ann Walters committed to the bridewell by mayor of Truro for want of sureties in a breach of the peace against John Heath: discharged.

 

Robert Coode of Gwennap, lab., indicted for attempting to break in and enter Francis Hearle Rodd's house in Gwennap, in order to steal: one month in Bodmin gaol.

 

QS/1/11/535

 

Philip Thomas of Bradock, yeoman; indicted for assaulting William Searle: acquitted for want of prosecution.

 

John Manley of Tywardreath, retail brewer, indicted for assaulting Thomas Petherick: four months in Bodmin gaol.

 

Thomas Hugo and Thomas Philp Hugo, both of St. Mewan, yeomen, indicted for assaulting Edwin Nicholas Hugo: acquitted.

 

Appeal by Richard Wills against a poor rate made for St. Ives on 4 July last: held over.

 

QS/1/11/536

 

Application for enrollment of order made at special sessions held at Selley's Hotel, in E. Division of Kerrier Hundred on 9 July last whereby ordered that an old "Foot road" from Crosspost in Stithians to Gwennap churchtown should be closed: order confirmed and enrolled.

 

QS/1/11/537

 

Application for enrollment of order made at special sessions held in Helston on 12 Sep. last whereby ordered that part of a footway in Manaccan between Helford village and Manaccan village should be diverted over lands of Humphrey Millett Grylls, gent., Gordon William Francis Gregor and Maynard Colchester, esqs., and Edward Rodd, D.D. and the committee of the estate belonging to Dorothy Harris, spinster, a lunatic; order confirmed and enrolled.

 

QS/1/11/538,539

 

Application for enrollment of order made at special sessions held at The New Inn, Callington, on 14 Sep. last, whereby ordered that a public highway in St. Ive, between Four-lanes End and the road leading to Cranson Green, near Gang, and also a public highway in St. Ive leading from the above road to a road leading to Cranson Green, known as Green Lane, should be closed: order confirmed and enrolled.

 

QS/1/11/539, 540

 

Appeal by St. Andrews, Plymouth, Devon, against order of 26 Sep. last for removal of Richard Downing, Mary Ann his wife, and their children John (13), Ann (11) Peggy (8) Elizabeth (6), Mary (4) and Agnes (2) from Launceston: order confirmed concerning parents and chidlren John and Ann. Order reversed concerning children Peggy, Elizabeth, Mary and Agnes.

 

QS/1/11/540

 

Appeal by St. Germans against order of 20 Aug. last for removal of William Littlejohns and his children Richard (15), Elizabeth (13), and Jane (8) from Antony: held over.

 

Appeal by Penryn against order of 3 Oct. instant for removal of Ann Smith from Bodmin: held over.

 

QS/1/11/541

 

Appeal by Kenwyn against order of 25 July last for removal of James Stewart, lab., Mary Ann his wife, and his dau. Elizabeth Jane (1 year 9 months) from Manaccan: held over.

 

Appeal by St. Cleer against order of 1 Sep. last for removal of Hugh Stephens, Margaret his wife and their children Mary (6), Margaret (4), and Hugh (1½) from North Hill: held over.

 

QS/1/11/542

 

Appeal by Morval against order of 18 July last for removal of Samuel Garland and Elizabth his wife from Lezant: held over.

 

Continued appeal by St.Hilary against order of 13 April last for the removal of Catherine, wife of John Curgenven, and their daughters Lavinia (5) and Elizabeth (1) from West Looe: held over.

 

QS/1/11/542,543

 

Continued appeal by Lanteglos by Fowey against order of 2 Feb. last for removal of Agnes, wife of William Dyer, and her daus. Maria (6½), and Elizabeth (1) from West Looe: held over.

 

QS/1/11/543

 

Appeal by St. Hilary against order of 8 July last for remvoal of Henry Floyd, Johanna his wife and their children Marianne (6) and Elizabeth (3) from Stokeclimsland: order reversed. Stokeclimsland to pay £12 costs and maintenance.

 

QS/1/11/544

 

Appeal by Veryan against order of 3 Aug. last for the removal of William Williams, Philippa his wife and unnamed infant son (1 month) from Probus.

 

Continued appeal by St. Mabyn against order of 27 April last for removal of William Harper, Elizabeth his wife and their daughters Mary (3) and Elizabeth (1) from Tywardreath: held over.

 

Rules of Union Club meeting at Methodist Chapel, Goonown, in St. Agnes allowed and confirmed.

 

QS/1/11/545

 

Continued appeal by South Hill against order of 11 July last for the removal of Robert Percy from Lezant: order confirmed. South Hill to pay Lezant £5 costs.

 

QS/1/11/545, 546

 

Continued appeal by South Hill against order 11 Juyly last, for removal of Edward Percy from Lezant: order confirmed. South Hill to pay Lezant £5 costs.

 

QS/1/11/546

 

Mrs. Mules' pension increased to £20 p.a. to commence from last Easter sessions. [Mrs. Mules had been employed at Bodmin gaol].

 

QS/1/11/546, 547

 

Appeal by John Hughes, under Act regulating granting of licences to innkeepers, etc. aginst refusal of two J.P.s. on 24 Sep. last at adjourned meeting of General Annual Licensing Meeting, to allow him a licence for the Britannia Inn at Chacewater in Kenwyn. John Hughes had kept this inn for past two years: licence granted.

 

QS/1/11/547

 

Appeal by Richard Lean, against refusal by five J.P.s at general licensing meeting held at Washaway in Egloshayle on 3 Aug. last, to grant him a licence to sell liquor at his house at Chapel Amble: appeal dismissed.

 

Edward William Wynne Pendarves, esq., requested to preside as chairman at next sessions.

 

QS/1/11/548

 

Appeal by John Martin Bligh and John Every against a poor rate assessment made for Bodmin on 26 Sep. last at 10s. in the £: held over.

 

QS/1/11/548,549

 

Appeal by St. Agnes against order of 20 July last for the removal of Ann Peters, singlewoman, from St. Blazey: order confirmed. St. Agnes to pay St. Blazey £5 costs. held over.

 

QS/1/11/549

 

Appeal by John Samuel Enys, esq., and others against poor rate assessment made for St.Agnes 27 July last at 5s. in the £: held over.

Date: 20 October 1829
Held by: Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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