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Offline Man of Kent

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Re: Any dastardly crimes committed in the past on members of your family...?
« Reply #27 on: Wednesday 23 November 05 02:28 GMT (UK) »
My other half found a 13 year old rele had snapped a sappling in half in the late 1800's, he got 5 years hard labour.
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Re: Any dastardly crimes committed in the past on members of your family...?
« Reply #28 on: Wednesday 23 November 05 11:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi, Man of Kent,
What a pity modern day vandalism doesn't seem to merit punishments on such a scale in this country (did I really say that...? Must be having a bad day...)
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« Reply #29 on: Wednesday 23 November 05 13:16 GMT (UK) »
Found a rellie in mid 1700's who was arrested and fined and bound over to keep the peace on quite a few times because he was trampling the common grazing land with his geese and was armed (probably protesting at the enclosures) in Lincolnshire.  He was also the local ferryman and was a publican as well!

Only found him because of searching the access to archives website.

John Rowley
DUNN - Cambuslang, LKS
FORSYTH - Shotts, LKS
FRAME - Hamilton, LKS
HODGSON - Hamsterley, DUR
HUMPHREY - Easingwold, NRY
HUNT - Frimley, Surrey
MCKECHNIE - Argyll - Shotts
NETHERCLIFF(T)/ DRAYCOTT Sandhurst, BKS
PEPPERCORN - Lolworth, Cambs
PRATT - Thirsk, NYK
REDSHAW - Hamsterley, DUR
REYNOLDS - Fritton,Stratton,NFK
ROWLEY - STS to DUR
TALLACK - St Agnes Padstow,CON
WALMSLEY - NRY,Brum
WILSON - Hamsterley, Co Durham
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk