Petition Letter

[StevieSteve]

Do the words after 'in' give any clues?

[ostrauts]

It reads as follows:

in the year 1819.  So not much help unfortunately.

[ostrauts]

West Linen, is referring to not a place name but the item stolen from James Hunt.  It now reads:

Robbing James Hunt of Headless Cross in the parish of Ipsley in the county of Warwick of west linen off (something) in the year 1819.

[Bookbox]

It's wett Linen (not west). Stealing wet linen off a washing-line was a common offence. Not sure of the last word, though.

ADDED - perhaps something like ...off a ledge...(?). Or ...off an Edges (= hedges)?

[sami]

It's wett Linen (not west). Stealing wet linen off a washing-line was a common offence. Not sure of the last word, though.

ADDED - perhaps something like ...off a ledge...(?)

I see - an Edge? in.....  Can't figure out the last letter of that word. "off a ledge" makes more sense but I can't see that either.

sami

[Bookbox]

Sorry, sami, I added a bit more while you were posting! I also think it's (h)edges, or similar. That could be a long final s at the end? Spreading out the washing to dry on the hedges was common enough practice.

[Bookbox]

After further thought, I think it's actually written ...off an (h)Edg(er)y (= hedgery), with an er abbreviation running through the descender of the letter y at the end.

[ostrauts]

Many thanks Sami and Bookbox for finding out the final word.

[Geoff-E]

1810 newspapers mention James HUNT of Headless Cross "on the great road leading from Bromsgrove to Alcester"