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INDEX
Names in bold are those of prisoner letter-writers involved in forged note activities; more details on these individuals are to be found in the index of prisoner/writers.
The designation 'utterer', 'seller', 'possessor', 'forger' is to be understood as 'person accused or convicted of uttering, selling etc. forged Bank notes'.
Arabic numbers refer to letters; references to the introduction are in roman numerals.
A.
Abell, Edward, prisoner, seller, 147, 622
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 602
Abingdon, 5th earl of, see Bertie
Abraham
-, ..., 70
-, ..., Mr (same?), witness, 124
Acton, John, partner in Freshfields, 2
Adams
-, Ann, 44
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 440
Addington
-, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, see home
secretary
-, William, 1
Adkins, (or Atkins) ..., Mr, of Bow Street public office, 595, 726
age (old age of prisoners), 51, 52, 54, 146, 202, 208, 430–1, 486, 514, 603–5, 651, 697, 754, 766
Agnew, Ann, offender (unspecified), 692, 714
Aikens, ..., 674
alehouses, see London, public houses in
Allen
-, Josiah, prisoner, forger, 661; his wife
-, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235
-, William (or Thomas), prisoner, utterer,
651, 654
America, 86, 87
Amory and Coles, solicitors to the royal mint, 568
Anderson, William, highways surveyor, 375
Andover, Hants, 185
Andrews
-, Levi, counterfeiter (tokens), 180
-, Richard, offender (unspecified), 106
Angers, J., debtor, 20
Anntwistle (or Entwistle), Ann, prisoner, utterer, 169–70
Antony, ..., Mr, of Bow Street public office, 575–6, 596
Appleton
-, J., bakehouse operator, King's Bench
prison, 502
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 533
Archer, Thomas, magistrates' clerk and/or keeper of gaol, Chelmsford, 577, 730
archives, Bank of England, vii, xi–xiii;
-, Freshfields papers in, xi–xii, xxiii–xxiv
armed services:
-, French army in Egypt, 602;
-, naval personnel, 244, 513;
-, prisoners wish to volunteer for, 578, 580,
594, 609, 624;
-, refusal to serve in 'condemned' regiment,
606–7;
-, see also regiments and companies
Armstrong
-, James, debtor, 340
-, Joseph (or John), prisoner, utterer, 340,
702
Arnold
-, ..., Mr, of Plymouth Dock, seller, 349
-, John, keeper of Clerkenwell prison, 561
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 441–2
arraignments, papers for, xxiv
arrest warrants, xxiv, 20–1
Ashbourne, Derbys., 202
Ashby
-, Esther, prisoner, seller, 235
-, Thomas, seller, 347
Ashton, James, prisoner, utterer, 626, 627
Ashwell, Sarah, prisoner, seller, 628, 636
Ashworth, John, prisoner, seller, 689
Astell, (or Esden), Lydia, prisoner, utterer, 398
Atkins
-, (or Adkins)..., Mr, of Bow Street public
office, 595, 726
-, Thomas, utterer, 709
-, William, keeper of Coldbath Fields prison,
152, 385
Atkinson, J., official at Newgate gaol, 162
Austin, David, prisoner, utterer, 439
Aveling, Thomas Butts, manager of Truman's brewery, 524
B.
Bacon, James, magistrate, Clerkenwell, 513
Baddley
-, ..., Mr, of Stockport, 64–5
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 574, 593
Bagnell
-, Thomas, die-sinker, 222
-, William, jr, die-sinker, 222
-, William, sr, die-sinker, 222, 697
Bailey
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 177
-, Joseph, see Boutell, Simon
-, Samuel, 314
Baker, ..., 307, 575, 581
Ball, Joseph, bankrupt, 569
Bamber, John, prisoner, utterer, 241
Bamford
-, Edward, thief, 657, 704
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 449, 720
-, Rebecca, prisoner, seller, 449, 720
Bamford Healy Plant, Lancs., 527
Bampton, ..., 347
Banbury, Oxon., 716
Banister, William, prisoner, possessor, and his wife Nancy, 64–8, 87
Bank investigators/inspectors: ix, xiii, xx,
xxii, xxiv;
-, investigators' office receipt, 84;
-, unnamed investigators, 351, 544, 669;
-, see also Bliss, Thomas; Christmas,
Charles; Freeman, ...; Glover, Thomas;
Lee(s), John; Procter, Charles;
Warwick, John
Bank of England:
-, benevolence to prisoners, and families vii,
viii, xix, xxi–xxiii;
-, chief cashiers of, xiii;
-, debtors to, xii;
-, issue of low value paper money, ix;
-, governors and directors, vii;
see also Dorrien, George; Harman, Jeremiah;
Maitland, Ebenezer; Manning, William;
Mellish, William; Smith, Henry;
-, governors' and directors' evangelical and
charitable sympathies, xv;
-, lawyers acting for, ix, x, xii, xiv, xx, xxiv;
-, police acting for, x, xiv, xx;
-, prisoners' letters addressed to, xiii, xxiv;
-, prosecution policy and strategy, viii, ix, x;
cost of, viii, ix, x; criticism of, x, xxii;
rewards for assistance in, xx;
-, and 'restriction' period, viii, ix;
-, silver coins and tokens, viii, x
Bank of England Committee for Law Suits,
x–xi, xxiv;
-, handling of prisoners' letters, xi;
-, minutes of, x, xx
banks:
-, Biddulph and Cox bank, 717;
-, Hull bank, 581;
-, Leeds bank, 581;
-, Norwich bank, 565;
-, Pontefract bank, 581;
-, Southampton bank, 765
Banks, John, prisoner, 243
Bannister, Moses, prisoner, utterer, 494
Barnard, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 191
Barnes, George, prisoner, seller, 111, 149
Barresley, Joseph, bankrupt, 643
Barrett, Thomas, deputy constable of (Little) Bolton, 196, 735
Barter, ..., 581
Bartram, James, utterer, 114
Bath, Som., 402–3, 595–6, 599
Baxter
-, James, and his wife Mary, 734
Bear, ..., Mr, employer of prisoner's husband, 269
Beavitt, (alias Beverton, alias Gager), Mary, prisoner, utterer, 164, 208, 210, 235
Beckett
-, Joseph, head turnkey at Coldbath Fields
prison, 152
-, Joseph, home office, 47, 114, 210, 652
Beckwith, Francis, partner at Freshfields, xiv
Bedford, Beds., 92–3, 669, 708
Belcher, William, prisoner, utterer, 322
Belfast, Ireland, 701
Bellerophon prison ship, see hulks
Bell
-, John, prisoner, possessor, 663
-, Matthew, prisoner, possessor, 63
Bellairs, John, prisoner, utterer, 69, 88–91
Bellars, (alias Davis) Amelia, prisoner, possessor, 76–8, 81
Benham, William, prisoner, utterer, 373
Bennett
-, Henry Grey, M.P. for Shrewsbury, 660
-, James, jr, prisoner, 732
-, Richard, prisoner, utterer, 314
Bentham, W., solicitor, Sheerness, 739–40
Bentley, James, 743–4
Beresford, ..., 513
Berry, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453
Bertie, Montagu, 5th earl of Abingdon, 157
Best (alias Davis), Mary, prisoner, forger, 629, 636
Bethel, James, 581
Bevan, Esther, prisoner, utterer, 356
Beverton, Mary, see Beavitt, Mary
Biddulph, Rachael, acquitted of uttering, 501
Biggleswade, Beds., 708
Biggs, John, prisoner, utterer, 598–9
Bingham, Notts., 273
Birch, T., counterfeiter, 160
Birmingham, ix, 57, 106, 112, 114, 152, 222,
233, 246, 347–8, 370, 386, 451–2,
573–4, 576, 581, 595–6, 600, 664, 672,
674, 677, 701, 749, 767;
-, high bailiff of, 201
Birnie, Sir Richard, magistrate, Bow Street, 524
'Black Harry', 564
Blackstone, Mary Ann, wife of prisoner William, 235, 236
Blake, Susanna, prisoner, utterer, 185–6
Blaker, George, prisoner, utterer, 215, 675–8; his wife Grace, prisoner, utterer, 262–4, 675–9
Blandford, Dorset, 410
Bliss, Thomas, Bank investigator, 38, 43–4, 53–4, 59
Blyth, Mr, clerk to Portsmouth town clerk, 752
Bodmin, Cornw., 718, 729
Bogg, Robert, utterer, 617
Bolton, (Little), Lancs., 169
Booth, William, forger, 348, 634; his wife, 634
Boreham, John, utterer, 648–9
Boreman, daughters of late Mr and Mrs, 524
Borough compter, see prisons, in London
Borrows (alias Emery) John, prisoner, utterer, 181; his wife Ann, 181
Bosanquet, Mr Serjeant, 380; his wife Lady Bosanquet, 380
Boston, Lincs., 725
Boucher, Charles, keeper of Devon county gaol, 732
Boulogne, France, 736
Boutell, Simon (alias Bailey, Joseph), prisoner, forger, 48, 592–3
Bowden, John, director and governor of Bank of England, 51
Bowers, Thomas, official at Newgate gaol, 372
Boyd, James McLean, prisoner, seller, 672–3
Box (or Bose), Dr, infirmary keeper at Newgate gaol, 318, 420, 424
Bradbery, William, seller, 596
Bradney, Mary, prisoner, seller, 449, 452, 720
Braham (or Abraham), ..., 70
Bramwell, Martha, thief, xvi, 175–7, 183
Branch, Joseph (or Josiah), utterer, 744
Branley, John, prisoner, utterer, 375–6
Brecon, Wales, 721
Briant, Stephen, witness, 693
Bricker, Richard, butcher, tything man, 605
Brics (?) family, 347
Bridge
-, Jane, prisoner, seller, 532
-, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 578
Bridgemen, George, friend of prisoner, 30
Bridle, ..., Mr, keeper of Ilchester gaol, 400, 749, 757
Bridewell ('New'), see prisons, in London
Bristol, 337, 400, 402–3, 599, 632, 695, 757
Brock, Thomas, counterfeiter, 214
Bromley, E. J., ship's surgeon, 449–50
Brooks
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 404–8, 418,
438, 453
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 248
Brown
-, ..., 386
-, Benjamin, prisoner, utterer, 240–2
-, (alias Conner), Catherine, prisoner,
utterer, 296–8, 324; her sister Emma
(alias Kemble, Louisa), prisoner,
utterer, 296–8, 324
-, Eliza (alias Palmer, Margaret or Mary),
offender (unspecified), widow of James,
executed forger, 642
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 483, 507
-, Elizabeth (another), 45
-, James, executed for forgery, 642
-, Jane, prisoner, utterer, 218–20, 263–4
-, Mark, prisoner, utterer, and his wife
Maria, 656
-, William Henry, keeper of Newgate, 54,
293–4, 307, 315, 353–4, 366, 368, 371,
393,410–11,413,417,421,425–7,431,
436, 438, 460, 462–3, 466, 481, 504,
535, 552, 566, 705
Brown Owen, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 387–90
Bryant, Stephen, horse agent, 693
Buckingham, 2nd marquess of, see Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
Buckland, Mr, attorney, 217
Bullock
-, J., offender (unspecified), 587
-, William, seller, 753
Buncal, Robert, see George, Robert
Bult, William (or Ebenezer), prisoner, utterer, 498
Bunton, John, prisoner, 722
Burbidge (alias Johnson), Richard, prisoner, utterer, 531
Burden, J.A.H., debtor, 174
Burgin, ..., Mr, ginger bread maker, 109
Burn
-, ..., Mr, prisoner's landlord, 557
-, ..., Mr, shoemaker, 759
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 584–5
Burr, Horn, Burr, solicitors, Maidstone, 760
Burton (alias Champion), Jemima, prisoner, possessor, xvi, 532, 756–7
Bury St Edmunds, Suff., 753
Bush, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 419–21
Butler, James, prisoner, utterer, 373
Byrne (?Burn), ..., seller, 307
C.
Cadman, Josiah, prisoner, utterer, 513; his wife Sarah (alias Smith, Ann), utterer, 513
Callaway, ..., Mr, town clerk of Portsmouth, 687, 703, 705, 742–3, 751–2
Cannings, James, keeper of Devizes gaol, 722
Capper
-, Henry, seller, 491, 493
-, John Henry, home office clerk for criminal
business/inspector of hulks, 177, 226,
334, 370, 398, 513, 696–7, 704, 724,
753; clerk to, 728
Captivity prison ship, see hulks
Carless, J., warehouseman, 120
Carlisle, Cumb., 268, 334–5
Carmarthen, Wales, 717
Carnegy, Charles, prisoner, utterer, 560
Carr, John, debtor, 644–5
Carter
-, Jane, prisoner, seller, 514, 516, 533
-, John, prisoner, utterer, and his brother
Thomas, 381
-, John (Sir) of Portsmouth, 570–1
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 465–7, 508,
540–2
Cartwright, Mr, gaoler at Shrewsbury gaol, 660
Cashman, George, seller, 738
Catapodi, Peter, promissory note forger, 3
Chamberlain, William, prisoner, utterer, 216; his wife Elizabeth (alias Stubbs), prisoner, utterer, 211, 216, 323
Chambers, ...Judge, 601
Chambre, Sir Allan, judge (same?), 651
Champion, Jemima, see Burton, Jemima
Chandler, Phoebe, utterer, 632
Chapman, William, debtor, 280
Chapple, ..., Mr, gaoler at Bodmin gaol, 729
charity and charitable payments, xxiii;
-, gratitude for, xxii, xxiii
-, regarded as 'due', xxii, xxiii
-, see also Bank of England, benevolence to
prisoners and families
Charlesworth, James, counterfeiter, 150
Charlton, Mary, offender (unspecified), 17
Chave, John, prisoner, utterer, 616–7
Chedlow, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 634, 636
Chelmsford, Essex, 577, 730, 758
Cheltenham, Glos., 402
Cheshire, 62, 334
Chester, 49, 334;
children:
-, mothers and widowers forced to leave
children behind, 34, 55, 71, 103, 188,
195, 269, 398, 451–2, 461, 630–3, 691,
701,711;
-, mothers taking children on transportation
ships, 71, 76–7, 117–18, 130, 143–4,
185–6, 189, 193, 195, 209, 318, 402,
406–8, 451, 636–7, 639;
-, see also death of child of prisoner; ill-health of prisoners' children
Chrisford, William, prisoner, utterer, 110–11; his wife, 110
Christmas, Charles, Bank investigator, 92, 309, 357, 409, 492, 514, 522, 524, 528–9, 576
churchwarden, 375, 605
Clapham sect, Bank directors' and Freshfields partners' connections with, xv
Clark, John, prisoner, utterer, 747
Clarke, Charlotte, petitioner, 155
Clarkson, James, prisoner, forger, 47, 72
Claughton, Thomas, debtor, 568
Cleaver, ..., Mr, sheriff, Jedburgh, 63
clergymen, 25, 483, 605, 660
Clerkenwell prison, see prisons, in London
Clinton, Benjamin, prisoner (unspecified offence), 27
clothing:
-, change of required, 1;
-, lack of, 118, 234, 284–6, 298, 326, 373,
400–1, 409, 414, 424, 433, 436, 451,
457, 467–8, 472, 478, 480, 510, 512,
514–16, 529, 537, 542, 547, 551, 631–3,
741;
-, lost or stolen, 31, 91, 198;
-, pawned/pledged, vii, xix, 38, 43, 54, 73,
76, 79, 91, 99, 117, 139, 163, 206–7,
237, 242, 259, 262, 266, 287, 315,
318–20, 356, 360, 377, 400–1, 404–6,
411, 413, 420, 431, 452, 455, 457,
463–4, 467–8, 475, 480–1, 496, 511,
516, 522, 537, 542, 547, 549, 551,
553–4, 567, 640, 741;
-, redeem from pledge, xxi, 76, 80–1, 91,
117, 264, 421, 464, 543, 567, 656
Clowes, Sarah, prisoner, possessor, 343, 453, 456
Clowsley, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 471
Coal, Thomas, see Cole, Thomas
Coat(e)s, John Paulin (Pullein), debtor, 397, 503
Coe, James, prisoner, suspected utterer, and his father, Thomas, 22
Coldbath Fields prison, see prisons, in London
Cole, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 730
Coles, W., debtor, 710
Collins, Mary, see Pimblott, Mary
common sergeant of London, 300
Connell, William, prisoner (unpaid fine), 525
Conner
-, Catherine, see Brown, Catherine
-, Emma, see Kemble, Louisa
Connolly, ..., Mrs, wife of a prisoner, 372
convict ships, see ships, transport
Cooper
-, ..., Mr, prisoner's bail, 300
-, Charles, offender (unspecified), 85
-, Charles, prisoner, utterer, 129, 145–6
Coote, Thomas, see Coutts, Thomas
Corigan, ..., Mr, prisoner's friend, 531
Cork, Ireland, 701
counterfeit coins (silver tokens and dollars), ix, 83, 147, 150, 160, 180, 210, 222, 227, 349, 574, 581, 596, 600, 716, 731
counterfeiters, ix
courts:
assize courts: Bristol, 695; Carlisle, 268; Chester, 49; Derby, 199, 202; Devon, 349; Durham, 268, 461; Essex, 565; Glamorgan, 748; Gloucester, 196, 274; Hertford, 60; Kent (Maidstone), 529; Lancaster, 630–1, 633, 651, 653, 658, 661, 663–5, 706, 712, 754; Newcastle, 63; Norwich, 602; Nottingham, 268, 273; Shrewsbury, 660; Southampton, 765; Stafford, 661; Surrey, 182, 742, (at Guildford), 394 (at Kingston), 200; Warwick, 201, 449, 451–2, 576, 618, 668, 720, 752; Winchester, 268–9; York, 694;
magistrates' courts in London: Bow Street, 2, 231; Hatton Garden, 561; Queen Square, 393; Worship Street, 160, 244–5;
magistrates' courts outside London: New Bayley (later New Bailey), Salford, 527;
Old Bailey Sessions court, vii, ix, 73, 100, 104, 135, 155, 175, 214, 224, 239, 247, 303, 316, 353, 355, 368, 378–9, 417, 433, 447–8, 504, 519, 535–6, 562, 604, 619, 648, 650, 656, 661, 674, 738, 742;
quarter sessions: Mdx (at Hicks Hall) 124, 300, 563;
sheriff court: Jedburgh, Scotland 63
Courtney, Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 237, 249, 276
Cousins, ..., Mr, prisoner's landlord, 409
Coutts, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 313
Coventry, Warws., 731
Coventry, ..., Mrs, 418
Cowing, James, debtor, 415
Crampton, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 275; her husband William, prisoner, utterer, 694
Crawley, David, prisoner, utterer, 370, 741
Cribb, Thomas, horse stealer, 577
Criss, Susannah, 575
Croft, Mary Anne, prisoner, utterer, 366
Crosby, Robert, clergyman of Hoxton Square, 483
Crowder, Charles, seller, 743
Croydon, Surr., 59
Cunningham, David, prisoner, 750
Curran, Edward, offender (unspecified), 587
Currey, Thomas, prisoner, seller, 712
Cuthbert
-, ..., keeper of Maidstone gaol, 671
-, William, prisoner, utterer, 212–3
D.
Dale
-, ..., Mrs, tried for assault, 124
-, Henry, prisoner, utterer, 129, 152–3; his
wife Ann, xxi, 153
-, Samuel, see Dell, Samuel
-, Thomas, barber on hospital ship, 726
Dardis, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 614–5
Dart
-, Henry, seller, 428, 743–4
-, John, seller, 494, 743–4
-, Mary Ann, see Griffiths, Mary Ann
Davenport, Sedley, official at Newgate gaol, 149
Davies
-, Maria, widow of executed forger, Daniel,
xx
-, Prudence, prisoner, utterer, 532
-, (alias Young), William, prisoner, utterer,
384
Davis
-, ..., 386
-, ..., guard for transportees, 488
-, Amelia, see Bellairs, Amelia
-, John, base dollar utterer, 83
-, John, prisoner, utterer (Dorchester), 593
-, John, prisoner, utterer (London), 620–25;
his wife Ann, 623; his brother Thomas,
621
-, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 386
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 268
-, Mary, see Best, Mary
-, Sarah (alias Long), prisoner, utterer, 73
-, W.C. (Capt.), debtor, 23
Dawson, George, clerk at Surrey county gaol, 456
Day, Harriet, see Treemer, Harriet
Deal, Kent, 687
Deal, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 422
death of child of prisoner, 175, 254–5, 261, 399, 401
death penalty for Bank note forgery and
uttering, ix, xi, xx;
-, compared with other property crimes, xi
-, control of through plea-bargain system, x
-, prisoners awaiting xi, xx, 131–4, 300, 305,
365, 440, 446, 512, 522–4, 672, 673,
689, 712, 747, 754;
-, respite from, xi
debtors and bankrupts at Bank's suit, xii, xxiv see also under individual's name
Dell (or Dale), Samuel, prisoner, utterer, and his wife, 374
Denham, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 538, 550–3, 555–6
Dent, Edward, seller, 314
Deptford, Kent, ix, 118, 169, 171, 184–95, 205–7, 235–6, 268, 273, 275–6, 332–9, 628–35
Derby, 202
Devizes, Wilts., 605, 716, 722
Dewhurst, Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 633
Dicken
-, Anne, prisoner, seller, 449, 451
-, Benjamin (alias Oliver), prisoner,
possessor; his wife Ann and his mother
Sarah, 664
-, G., vicar of Wem, 660
Die (or Dye), William, 306–7, 374
Dittman, John, debtor, 279
Dixon, Thomas, transported utterer, and his wife Charlotte, 193
Docker, Elizabeth (or Sarah), prisoner, seller, 335
Dodds
-, Hannah, prisoner, possessor, 235
-, Samuel, attorney to Bank of England, xiv
Dorrien, George, governor of Bank of England, 118
Dowding, William, keeper of Fisherton gaol, Salisbury, 721
Downes
-, (alias Ward), Clarissa, prisoner, utterer,
310, 367, 438, 453; George and
William, her brothers, prisoners,
utterers, 373
-, James, prisoner, utterer, 495
Downs
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 188
-, John, utterer, base dollars, 83
Downs, the, off Deal, Kent, 664–5, 668
Doyle, William, prisoner, possessor, 665
Dry, Jabis, 575, 596
Dublin, Ireland, 49, 575, 701
Dudley
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 50–1
-, Thomas, offender (unspecified), 733
Duncan, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 235
Duncan prison ship, see hulks
Dunn
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 235
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 274
Durham (city), 268
Durham, ..., prisoner, 402
Dye, Henry, prisoner, utterer, 661; his brother Robert, prisoner, utterer, 661
E.
Eames, Sir John, magistrate, Surr., 383
East India Company, xv, 674
Eaststaff, George, keeper of Reading county gaol, 719
Eastwaite (or Erstwaite), Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 230, 661
Eastwood, John, prisoner, utterer, 592–3
Edinburgh, Scotland, 701
Edgcumbe, Parson, offender (unspecified), 15
Edmunds, ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 216
Edwards
-, ..., 386
-, James, offender (unspecified), 62
Egan, Edward, burglar, 247
Elliott, ..., Mr, shopman, 245
Ellis
-, ..., forger, 728
-, (alias Latkow), John (or George),
prisoner, utterer, 517
Emery, John, see Borrows, John
Enever
-, George, utterer, 595
-, William, utterer, 595
England, Mary, prisoner, utterer, vii, viii, 163, 184, 189; her husband James, vii
Enies and Barnard, Messrs, goldsmiths, 381
Entwistle, Ann, see Anntwistle, Ann
Ernshaw, ..., 581
Erstwaite, Thomas, see Eastwaite, Thomas
Esden, Lydia, see Astell, Lydia
Evans
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235
-, Sarah, see Whiley, Sarah
-, Simon (or Samuel), prisoner, utterer, 557,
759
-, Thomas, keeper of Bristol bridewell, 695
Exeter, Devon, 192, 349, 580
Eyre, William, debtor, 395
Eyreson, Hannah and John, see Hearson
F.
Falmouth, Cornw., 34, 45
Fane, Sir Henry, 157
Farmilo, Susan, prisoner, utterer, 423
Farney, George, informer, 700, 726
Fear, John, prisoner, utterer, 738–9, 740; his wife Ann, 738
Fell, Anne and Charles, petitioners, and Sarah, their daughter, acquitted of uttering, 155
Fenn, ..., Mr, M.P., see Fane
Fenwick, Alexander, keeper of debtors' prison (unspecified), 10
Ferguson, ..., utterer, 728
Fidler (alias Sparrow), Charles, utterer, 563–4
Fisher
-, Frederick, utterer, and Elizabeth his wife,
225–6
-, William, utterer, 662
Flamston, Elizabeth, see Sly, Elizabeth
'Fleet notes', 108
Fleet prison, see prisons, in London
Fleming, Ann, see Harris, Ann
Forde, Brownlow, ordinary of Newgate, 25
Forbes, Jonathan, prisoner, utterer, 589, 593
forged notes:
-, continued selling in prison, viii, xix;
-, note circulation networks, ix;
-, possession of as 'lesser offence', vii, x, xii;
-, price of, 106, 347, 384, 446, 496, 708, 753
forgery, as capital offence, see death penalty
for Bank note forgery and uttering;
-, of other financial documents, 3, 11, 302
Foss
-, (alias Haynes), Ann, prisoner, utterer,
35–9, 45
-, Thomas, prisoner, forger, 131–4, 149
Foster, W., 575, 596
Foy, John, police officer, 164, 374, 562, 670
France, viii, 690
France, Richard, prisoner, possessor, 601
Francis, William, executed for forgery, 590
Franklin, Maria, 12
Franks, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 766
Frankling, ..., Mr, attorney, 671
Freeman
-, Harriet, see Treemer, Harriet
-, ..., Mr, Bank investigator, 393
Freshfield, James, William, partner at Freshfields, xiv, xv
Freshfields, solicitors to Bank of England, vii,
ix, x–xi, xiii–xv, xxiii, xxiv, and passim;
-, archives, see archives, Bank of England,
Freshfields papers at
-, chief clerks at, xv;
-, see also Maynard, Joseph; Rooker J.;
Suter, ...; Westwood, James;
-, offices of, xii, xiv, xv, xxi;
-, partners in, see Acton, John; Beckwith
Francis; Freshfield, James William;
Kaye, Charles; Kaye, Joseph; Maynard,
Joseph Cam; Winter, John sr; Winter,
John jr
Friend, Charles, 110
Frier, John, 759
Fryer, George, seller/housebreaker, 763
Fuller
-, ..., 590
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 392
Furman, William, offender (unspecified), 725
G.
Gager, Mary, see Beavitt, Mary
Games, Charles (alias Garner, George), prisoner, utterer, 158; his wife and children, xx
Gammon, ..., Mr, constable, Chiswick, 217, 248
gaol allowance, vii, xix, 145–6, 165, 183, 216, 238, 241, 248, 256, 259, 309, 319, 321, 377, 394, 405, 414, 430–1, 432, 434, 455, 457, 463, 465, 468, 475–6, 507, 516, 521, 543–4, 552, 628, 679, 720
gaols, see prisons, in London; prisons outside London
Gardener, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 267, 680; her husband, 680
Gardner, James, seller, 759
Garing, Michael, see Gearing, Michael
Garner, George, see Games, Charles
Gearing, Michael, prisoner, possessor, 603–4
George (alias Buncal), Robert, prisoner, utterer, 92–3
Gerain, Michael, see Gearing, Michael
Gibbs
-, J., clerk in Lincoln's Inn, 380
-, Vickery, Sir, attorney general, 695
Gilbert
-, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 317, 319, 377,
424–7, 438, 453
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 602
-, Samuel, prisoner, seller, 674; his wife
Mary, xxi, 674
Giles, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 656, 661
Gillis, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 326
Giltspur Street compter, see prisons, in London
Glasgow, 701
Gloucester, 196, 274, 658
Glover
-, Mary, see Walker, Mary
-, Thomas, Bank investigator, 101, 166, 167,
185, 194, 206, 207, 362, 401, 463, 465,
476, 477, 479, 481, 482, 485, 514, 539,
540, 542, 545, 549, 551, 555, 559, 659,
713, 760
Goodenough, ..., Mr, petitioner for prisoner, 58
Gorman, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 343, 453, 455–6
Gosport Harbour, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks
Gould
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 539
-, Jane, prisoner, utterer, and her husband
Steven, 559
Graham,
-, ..., circuit judge, 157
-, ..., magistrate, Bow Street, 578, 591
Grant
-, ..., Mr, shoemaker, 232
-, William, offender (assault), 346
Grasby, William, shoemaker, 229
Gravesend, Kent, xii, 90–1, 129, 450–3
Green
-, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 366
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 572
-, John (2), prisoner, 410
Greenock, Scotland, 701
Greenslade, Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 217, 248
Greenwich, Kent, 760
Greetham, Moses, jr, solicitor, Portsmouth, 30, 205
Gregg, John, prisoner, utterer, 752
Gregory, Henrietta, prisoner, utterer, 115–18
Grey
-, Frances, prisoner, utterer, 512, 533
-, ..., Mrs, matron at Newgate gaol, 482
-, Robert, prisoner, utterer, 694
-, Thomas, head nurse on hospital ship, 726
Griffin, George, keeper of Bath gaol, 595
Griffith, E., chaplain of Shrewsbury goal, 660
Griffiths
-, ..., (Griffes), Mr, 233
-, (alias Dart), Mary Ann, prisoner,
possessor, 428
Grigg, John, prisoner, utterer, 241
Grime, James (sr), prisoner, utterer, and James (jr) his son, prisoner, utterer, 735
Grosvenor, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 443
Guernsey, 690
Guildford, Surr., 457
Gulley, Thomas, prisoner, seller, 575–6, 590–1, 593; his wife Martha, utterer, 590
Gust (alias Sulbrook),..., 563
H.
Haines, Amelia, see Hines, Amelia
Hale
-, Jim, transportee, 402
-, Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 234
Hall
-, ..., 596
-, Anne, prisoner, utterer, 366
-, Oman, false bank trader, 350
Halliwell, Antony, prisoner, utterer, 662; his wife Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 235
Hammill, Isabella, prisoner, seller, 532
Hancox, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 450, 453
Handsworth, Warws., 347, 733,
Harby, Moses, offender (unspecified), 24
Hardacre, Catherine, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713
Hardy, ..., Mr, official at Newgate gaol, 145, 178, 226, 317, 319, 406
Harland, Edward, prisoner, forger, 179; his widow, xxi
Harman, Jeremiah, governor of Bank of England, 284
Harmer, J., solicitor, 341
Harper, Mr, at Bank of England, 131, 132
Harriot, Mr Thames police officer, 181
Harris
-, (alias Fleming) Ann, prisoner, utterer, 652
-, Henry, prisoner, utterer, 546
-, Robert, thief, 223
Harrison
-, ..., Mr, pawnbroker, 496
-, Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, 238
-, William, prisoner, 241
Hartned, Mary, see Hartnell, Mary
Hartnell (alias Read, alias Wilson), Mary, prisoner, utterer, 318, 429, 438, 453
Harvey, William, prisoner, utterer, 244–5
Harwood, Isack, seller, 273
Hase, Henry, chief cashier, Bank of England, 198, 268, 357, 627, 648, 662, 734
Hatfield, Amelia, prisoner, utterer, 176, 177
Hatton, John, prisoner, possessor, 582–3
Hawkesbury, Lord, see Jenkinson
Haynes, Ann, see Foss, Ann
Hayselden (or Hazelton), Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 210, 235
Healy, Betty, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713
Hearn, John, prisoner, utterer, 373
Hearson (or Eyreson), Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 104–5, 141, 143, 627, 635; her husband John, prisoner, utterer, 103–4, 626, 627
Heath, ...Judge (Norwich), 602
Hebb, ..., Mr, tobacconist, 762
Henderson, ..., sheriff, Jedburgh, Scotland, 63
Henningham, William, prisoner, utterer, 107, 608; his wife, xx
Henshaw, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 236
Herbert, Rachel, prisoner, utterer, 545
Hertford, 191, 642
Hewster, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 486–7, 542, 543
Heylin, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453
Hickson, James, offender (unspecified), 588
Higgins, John, governor of Lancaster castle, 672–3, 689, 699, 712
Hill
-, John, prisoner, possessor, 303–4, 373
-, William, prisoner, utterer, 562
Hilton, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 532
Hindon, ..., Mr, spunging house keeper, 21
Hines, Amelia, prisoner, seller, 449, 720
Hinshaw family, 596
Hitchen, William, offender (unspecified), 82
Hitchens, Frances, prisoner, seller, 720
Hoad, ..., thief, 319
Hobhouse, Henry, home office, permanent under secretary of state, 728, 738
Hoby, ..., Mr, shoemaker, 759
Hodge, William, counterfeiter, 718, 729
Hodges, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 59
Hogan, Lydia, prisoner, utterer, 364, 519–21
Holland, William, prisoner, 161
Hollins, John, offender (unspecified), 570–1
Holman, James, prisoner, utterer, 528–9, 760–2
Holmes, Sarah, see Howell, Sarah
Holt, Cornelius, seller, 44
Holyland, ..., Mr, Bow Street officer, 757
home (secretary's) office, xii, xxiv, 89, 178,
608;
-, see also Beckett, Joseph, Capper, John
Henry; Hobhouse, Henry, White,
Thomas
home secretary, xxi, xxii;
-, Lord Sidmouth, 1st Viscount Sidmouth,
103, 110, 114, 120, 158, 221, 236, 246,
270, 307, 513, 527, 651–2, 656, 664,
668, 698–9, 715, 720, 723, 727–8, 738,
744, 757;
-, see also Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Lord
Hawkesbury (later 2nd earl of
Liverpool); Ryder, Sir Richard
Hooper, R., thief, 224
Hope, Mr, 701
Hopgood, John, prisoner, utterer and his wife Mary, 156
Hopkins, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 271
Horne, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 398
Horneman, H. F., debtor, 277
Horsemonger Lane gaol, see prisons, London
Horsham, Surr., 733
House, Francis, 590
Howard, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 485, 552, 556, 751; her husband William, prisoner, possessor, 556, 751
Howell
-, ..., 575
-, (alias Roberts, alias Holmes), Sarah,
prisoner, utterer, vii, xv, 256–61, 265,
330–1
Howes, Robert, offender (unspecified) 696
Huddersfield, xv
Hudson, J.E., keeper of Chester castle gaol, 764
Hughes
-, Martha, prisoner, seller, 631
-, Michael (or William), prisoner, utterer,
578
-, Peter, prisoner, seller, 673
Hulbert, Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 592–3
hulks (prison ships): xi, xiii, xviii, xix
-, Bellerophon, 666, 668–9, 681–3, 698–701,
723–4, 727;
-, corporal punishment and hard labour on, xi
-, Captivity, 589–94, 598–9, 648–50, 657–8,
667, 695;
-, description of life on, 64, 87;
-, Duncan, 767;
-, Justitia, 196–203, 273–4, 348–9, 527–9;
-, Laurel, 618, 622, 624–5, 703;
-, Leviathan, 556, 704–5, 742–6, 751–2, 759;
-, Portland, 587–8, 600–1, 614–17, 651,
654–6, 697;
-, Prudentia, 59–60, 62–3;
-, request for removal to, 766;
-, Retribution, xvi, 48, 64–6, 68–9, 86–9,
91–3, 97–8, 101–4, 106, 110, 113, 127,
156–9, 234, 436, 662, 664, 684, 694,
702, 737–8, 740–1;
-, Royal Admiral, 61;
-, unnamed, 213, 656;
-, Zealand, 602–3, 606–11, 646
Humphreys, ..., Mr, attorney, 240
Hunt, Edward, keeper of Portsmouth gaol, 750
Hyland (or Ireland), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 377, 412
I.
Idswell, ..., stamp forger and his wife, 2
ill-health:
-, of prisoners, 51–2, 54, 65, 94–5, 175, 208,
211, 233, 269, 318, 321, 330, 334, 336,
360, 362, 366, 386, 388, 399, 401, 402,
413, 420, 424, 428, 430–1, 477, 479,
486, 507, 509, 520–1, 539, 556, 572,
589, 592, 601, 637, 651, 697, 751, 759,
766;
-, of prisoner's spouse, 46, 115, 125–7, 129,
330, 485, 552, 556;
-, of prisoner's children, 118, 123, 175, 177,
190, 254, 260–1, 362, 364, 391, 401,
499, 521; see also death of child of
prisoner
informants to Bank, xii, xviii, xx; see also under name of individual
Ireland, 152, 575–6, 596, 701
Ireland, Sarah, see Hyland, Sarah
Isaacs, Jacob, utterer, 181
J.
Jackson
-, John (alias Tarbox, Joseph), prisoner,
utterer, 742–6
-, Sir John, M.P., 727
-, Samuel, utterer, 658
Jacobs
-, Haffey of Middlesex Street, 596
-, ... (Jacakeps), 677
James, John, prisoner, utterer, and his wife Ann, 246
Janson, ..., Mr, spunging house keeper, 21
Jasper, William, prisoner, utterer, 378
Jedburgh, Scotland, 63
Jelly, James, prisoner, seller, and his wife, 723–4
Jenkins, George, prisoner, utterer, 581
Jenkinson
-, Mary Ann, prisoner, forger, 43–5
-, Robert Banks, Lord Hawkesbury (later 2nd
earl of Liverpool), 45, 46, 590
Jennings
-, Joseph, possessor, 701
-, Joseph (same?), prisoner, possessor, 618
Jervis, William, prisoner, utterer, 534
Johns
-, Phillis, prisoner, utterer, 537
-, Samuel, prisoner, 732
Johnson,
-, Benjamin, offender (unspecified), 221, 228
-, Edward, keeper of Norwich castle gaol,
763
-, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 207
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 592–3
-, J.A., attorney, 765
-, Richard, see Burbidge, Richard
-, Robert, prisoner, utterer, 111
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 514–5, 533
Jonas, ... ('a Jew'), forger, 2
Jones
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 135–8, 140,
148, 636, 638
-, Humphrey, keeper of Ruthin gaol, 572
-, James, prisoner, utterer, 702
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 444
-, J. W., petitioner for prisoner, 418
-, Laurence, forger, and his widow, 2
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 549
-, Richard, prisoner, possessor, 592–3
Jorgensen, Jorgen, debtor, 168
judges, the twelve, 400, 451
jury, grand, 393, 465
Justitia prison ship, see hulks
K.
Kain (or Kaine, Kane, Kean, Keen), Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 171
Kaye
-, Charles, partner, Freshfields, xiv, 717
-, Joseph, partner, Freshfields, xiv, xv, 11,
51, 118, 134, 188–9, 195, 197, 275, 309,
383, 553, 575–6, 596, 628, 711
-, Thomas, witness, 589
Kelly
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 401
-, Mary Ann, utterer, 536
Kemble, Louisa, (alias Conner, Emma), prisoner, utterer, 296–8, 324; Catherine her sister, 296–8, 324
Kent, 716
Kent,..., 527
Kershaw
-, ..., 581
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 666
King
-, ..., seller, 240
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 558
-, James, 716
-, John, see Williams, James
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 393
-, Robert, 575, 596
King's Bench prison, see prisons, in London
Kingswood, Surr., 721
Kirkby
-, ..., Mr, Newgate gaol official (?), 29
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 379
Kirkman,..., 581
Knotts, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 725
Koops, Matthias, debtor, 2
L.
Ladlow, Mr, shoemaker, 759
Lamb, Michael, 'Fleet note' handler, 108
Lambert, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 548
Lancashire, ix, 527, 568, 581
Lancaster castle gaol, see prisons, outside London
Lane, Timothy, prisoner, utterer, 351
Langley, Thomas, executed for forgery, 157
Langstone Harbour, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks
Later, Charles, utterer, 529
Latkow, John (or George), see Ellis, John
Laurel prison ship, see hulks
Law
-, Archibald, clerk to Portsmouth town clerk,
687, 744
-, James, prisoner, utterer, 327
Layshaw, Ann (alias Wardle, Sarah), prisoner, utterer, 565
Leagh (or Leigh), W., prisoner on hulk, 662
Lawrence, Thomas, utterer, 677
Lazarus, Eleazar, prisoner, possessor, 199
Leach, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 94–5
Le Breton, Thomas, governor of Cardiff gaol, 748
Lee(s), John, Bank investigator, 101, 103, 149, 562, 649
Leeds, Yorks., 633
Leeson
-, ..., utterer, 728
-, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 400
Lenny, Mary, prisoner, forger, xvi, 268–9
Leonard, Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 409
'lesser offence', see forged notes, possession of
Lester, Samuel, possessor, 753
letters:
-, appearance and form of, xii, xiii
-, delivery by hand to Freshfields' offices, xii
-, female involvement in writing, xv
-, females able to write, xvi
-, gendered nature of requests in, xvii
-, multi-writers, xv
-, objectives of writers, xv–xix
-, 'oral writing' in, xiii
-, postal delivery of, xiii
-, requesting pecuniary relief, xvii–xviii, xix,
xxi
-, responses to, viii, xx–xxiii
-, use of scribes to write, xiii, xvi
Leviathan prison ship, see hulks
Levy, Lazarus, thief, 705
Lincoln, 273
Litchfield, Staffs., 334
Liverpool, 2nd earl of, see Jenkinson
Liverpool, Lancs., 49, 181, 672, 701
Lloyd
-, James, prisoner, 182
-, Jecks, see Lomas John
-, John, solicitor, Stockport, 64–7, 87, 582–3,
764
Lockyer, Mr, shopkeeper, 244–5
Lomas, John, (alias Lloyd, Jecks), prisoner, utterer, 522–4; his wife, 524
London, places in:
-, Albany (New) Road (Old Kent Road) 348;
Albany Yard (Old Kent Road), 501;
Ave Maria Lane, 381; Basinghall Street,
1; Berkeley Square, 606; Blackhorse
Yard (Aldersgate Street), 708;
Blackwall, 97; Bloomsbury Square,
568; Borough, 387, 688, 762; Bryanston
Square, 734; Camberwell, 150, 534;
Carlisle Place (Borough), 387; Charles
Street, Drury Lane, 491, 493; Chiswick,
248; Church Lane (St George East),
623; City Road, 155; Covent Garden
Market, 740; Coventry Street, 759;
Crooked Lane (Cannon Street), 274;
Chapel Street, 759; Dog Lane (Row?),
Mile End, 522; Drury Lane, 753; Duke
Street (Bloomsbury), 240; Eagle Street
(Holborn), 300; East Smithfield, 688;
Essex Street (Strand), 150; Fann Street,
494, 743; Fleet Lane, 167; Fore Street,
Lambeth, 22; Fore Street (London
Wall?), 204; French Alley (Hatfield
Street), 708; Friar Street (Blackfriars
Road), 496; George Street, Blackfriars
Road, 232; George Yard (Whitechapel),
91; Golden Lane, 160, Gracechurch
Street, 407, 553; Hammersmith, 248;
Hatfield Street (Goswell Street), 708;
Hatton Garden, 341, 561; Holborn, 70,
245; Holborn Hill, xii; Howland Street,
245; Hoxton, 483; Islington, 155;
KentishTown, 496; Kings Street, 615;
Leigh Street, 300; Limehouse, 102;
Lincoln's Inn (New Square), 671; Little
St Thomas Apostle Street, 526; Long
Alley (Moorfields), 231; Long Acre, xii;
Marylebone New Road, 759;Middlesex
Street, 596; Montagu Place, 380; Mount
Street, 759; New Bank Buildings, xiv;
Nightingale Lane, Tower Hill, 2; Noble
Street, 494; Norfolk Street (Strand), 87;
Old Pye Street, 399; Old Street, 109;
13; Oxford Road (Street) 759;
Parliament Street, 568; Pear Tree Street
(Goswell Road), 743; Piccadilly, 759;
Prujean (Prugean) Square (Court), 621;
Ratcliff, 375; Saffron Hill, 318; St
Bartholemew's Hospital, 479–80, 505,
St James's Street, 759; St John Square,
132; St Margaret's Hill, Borough, 762;
St Swithun's Lane, xiv; St Thomas's
Hospital, 708; Shoreditch, ix;
Smithfield, 546, 708; Smiths Court
(Holborn?), 143; Somerset
Street, Aldgate, 200; South Audley
Street, 365; Stepney, 375; Thayre
Street, 589; TokenhouseYard, xiv;
Tottenham Court Road, 245; Tower
Street (Westminster), 153; Vine Street,
536, 564, 759; Wardour Street, 759;
Whitecross Street; 130; Wood Street
(Cheapside), 260; Wych Street, 20
London, public houses (alehouses) in:
-, Admiral Benbow, Golden Lane, 160; Ball,
Long Alley, Moorfields, 231; Brewer,
Friar Street, Blackfriars Road, 496;
Coach and Horses, Drury Lane, 753;
Coach and Horses, Fann Street, 494,
743; Crown and Sceptre, Golden Lane,
357; Golden Lion, Fore Street(London
Wall?), 204; Greyhound, (unlocated),
708; Man in the Moon, Noble Street,
494; Robin Hood (unlocated), 215;
Ship, Whitecross Street, 130
London, prisons, see prisons
Long, Sarah, see Davis, Sarah
Longman, Samuel, prisoner, possessor, 492
Lord, Ann, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 715
Low, John Vesey, prisoner, 154
Lowe,..., 701
Lowes, Jonathan, 677
Lucas, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 479–80, 505, 533
Lymington, Hants, 750
M.
Macarthy, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 28–31, 45
McBride, Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 481–2
McCann (alias Murphy), John, prisoner, seller, 653
McCarthy, Johanna, pri0
soner, utterer, 337, 695
McCormick
-, John, prisoner's landlord, 615
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453
McDermot, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 365
McKenna, R. B., solicitor of Cannon Street, London, 274
Macklanine (?), Thomas, 215
McLaud, Samuel, seller, 384
McMahon, Hugh, prisoner, possessor, 691, 701, 711
Mcnortore,..., Mr, shoemaker, 606
McNoughtion,..., Mr, shoemaker (same?), 759
Macquarie, Lachlan, governor of New South Wales, 307, 667
McQuinn, Charles, 596
Maddocks, Benjamin, prisoner, utterer, 592–3
Maidenhead, Berks., 734
Maidstone, Kent, 670–1, 693, 760–2
Maitland, Ebenezer, director of Bank of England, 51–2
Man, Alexander, debtor, 280
Manchester, 527, 581–2, 631, 672, 723; magistrates in, 581
Manners, Henry, prisoner (Devizes), 722
Manning, William, director and governor of Bank of England, 103, 116
Mannings,..., Mr, solicitor, Clements Inn, 300
Marr, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 363
Marsh
-, ..., 400, 575
-, ..., Mrs, mother of prisoner, 402
Marshalsea prison, see prisons, in London
Marshall, J., prisoner, utterer, and his wife, 1–2
Martin, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 362, 499
Mason, George, 744
Mather, Solomon, prisoner, utterer, 735
Matt, John, witness, 132
Maynard,
-, Joseph, at Freshfields, 517, 522–3, 566
-, Joseph Cam, (same?), partner at
Freshfields, xiv
Mayner, Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 5–6; A. his wife, 6
Mazagora, Mary, prisoner, seller, 205
Mellish, William, governor of Bank of England, M.P. for Mdx, 526
Menzies, W., offender (unspecified), 227
Meredith, William, executed for forgery, 590
Miares, Clementina, prisoner, utterer, 532
Middleton, Lancs., 527
Middleton, William, prisoner, utterer, 98, 102
Miles, Henry, 581
Millbank penitentiary, see prisons, in London
Miller
-, ..., 581
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 394
-, John, police officer, Liverpool, 672
Mills, Eli, solicitor, 765
Millson, Edward, book keeper, discharged prisoner, 151
Milne, Oswell, of New Bayley, Salford, 527, 672
mint, the royal, 214, 596, 729;
-, solicitors to, 568, 726, 729
Mitchell, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453
Montagu, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 532
Moore
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453
-, Henry, offender, (unspecified), 647, 659
-, James, prisoner, utterer, 361
-, John, prisoner, possessor, 727
Morgan, David, keeper of Carmarthen borough gaol, 717
Morpeth, Northumb., 63
Morris
-, Benjamin, prisoner (unspecified), 229
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, 99, 231, 627
-, Frances, prisoner, 350
-, George, prisoner, seller, 668–9, 674; his
wife Elizabeth, 669
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 306–7
-, (alias Tongue), William, prisoner, utterer,
527
Moxham, James, prisoner, utterer, 737
Murphy
-, Archibald, 65, 68
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 448
-, John, see McCann, John
N.
Nadin, Joseph, deputy constable of Manchester, 581, 588, 657, 672, 747
Nash
-, ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 91
-, ..., (alias Williams), 563
navy, see armed services
Neilde, John, prisoner, utterer, 666
Newchurch, Lancs., 715
Newgate gaol, see prisons, in London
Newland
-, Abraham, chief cashier, Bank of England,
580
-, (or Newman), Isaac, prisoner, utterer,
609–10, 613
Newman
-, ..., horse dealer, 693
-, ..., keeper of Newgate gaol, 117, 143–4,
148
-, Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, xx, 305
-, Isaac, see Newland, Isaac
-, Samuel (or Thomas), prisoner, utterer,
240–2
Newmarket, Suff., 93
Noble, Ann, prisoner, seller, 192
Norman, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 333–4
North Bradley, Wilts., vicar of, 605
Northfleet, Kent, 111, 170
Norwich, 763
Nottingham, 268, 273
Nunn, ..., Mr, tailor, 589
O.
occupations, professions and trades:
-, attorney, 1, 202, 240, 671, 765; baker,
pastry cook, 109, 580, 594; baker,
ginger breadmaker, 109; banker, 350,
717; barber, 726; book keeper, 151;
brewery manager, 524; butcher, 22, 599,
605; carpenter, 60, 664; clergymen, 25,
483, 605, 660; clerk, 380, 687, 744, 752;
coachman, 546; cooper, 347, 501;
die-sinker, 222; engraver, 3, 152, 600;
farmer, 660, 689; goldsmith, 381;
hawker, 691, 701, 711; highways
surveyor, 375; hop and corn merchant,
396; horse dealer, 110, 693, 716; inn
keeper, 687; japanner, 43–5; landlady/
landlord, 55, 160, 240, 375, 409, 615;
lawyer, 151; linen draper, 22; lodging
house keeper, 269; navy agent, 244–5;
nurse, 726; paper maker, 152;
pawnbroker, 496; pin maker, 18;
printer, 131–4, 152; printer's
overlooker, 150; rent collector, 375;
rope maker, 347; saddle and harness
maker, 496; sailor, 325, 373, 443, (royal
marine) 513; school teacher, 200, 269;
servant, 139–40, 256, 269, 352, 380,
734; shoe/bootmaker, 229, 557, 606–7,
759; shopkeeper, 244, 245; shop man,
22, 70, 244, 245; soldier, 444, 602, 702;
solicitor, 30, 34, 45, 64–7, 87, 197, 205,
274, 300, 341, 407, 568, 573, 575,
582–3, 590, 595, 598–9, 605, 659, 710,
726, 729 739, 749, 765; tailor, 589;
tobacconist, 762; tradesman, 483, 496;
upholsterer, 300; warehouseman, 120;
weaver (engine weaver), 674; wool
merchant, xv
O'Connor, Dennis, counterfeiter, 611, 646
Old, David, debtor, 18
Oliver
-, Barbara, prisoner, utterer, 268
-, Benjamin, see Dicken, Benjamin
Orton, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 450, 709
Oseland, John, offender (unspecified), 703
Outridge, John, prisoner, utterer, 708
Owen, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 357–8; his wife Elizabeth, 358
Owens, John, prisoner, seller, 312
overseer of poor, 375, 605
Overton, ..., 494
P.
Palethorpe, Joseph, debtor, 84
Paley, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 475–7, 506, 533
Palmer
-, ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 347
-, ..., prisoner, 622
-, Margaret (or Mary), (alias Brown, Eliza),
offender (unspecified), 642
Parr, ..., 300
Pascoe, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 533
Pasmore, John, offender (unspecified), 571
Patrick, Benjamin, forger, 575–6, 701, 733
Paul, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 188
Pauls, ..., Mr, 701
Payce, George, offender (unspecified), 109
Peacock, Jack, 740
Pearson (alias Wright), Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 159, 165, 183–4, 187; her husband John, prisoner, utterer, 159
Pedley, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 628, 636–7
Pendleton, Mary (or Martha), prisoner, utterer, 317, 320, 377, 460
Pendray, William, prisoner, utterer, 349
Penrose, William, treasury official, 570
Percy, Peter, of Bow Street magistrates' court, 386
Peterborough, 660
Peters (alias Walker), William, prisoner, possessor, 586
Phillips
-, George, seller, 749
-, William, prisoner, informer, 575–6, 591,
596
Pierce, Hugh, prisoner, utterer, 600
Pilcher (or Pitcher), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 55
Pilkington, Anne, prisoner, utterer, 326
Pimblott (alias Collins), Mary, prisoner, seller, 532
Pinehard, John, solicitor, 605
Pitcher, Sarah, see Pilcher, Sarah
Platt, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 536
plea-bargain system, vii, ix, x;
-, refusal of offer of plea-bargain, viii, xxii;
-, requests for, xii
-, gratitude for, xxiii
Plymouth, as station for hulks, xix
Plymouth Dock, 349
Pole, Charles, governor of Bank of England, 759
Polley, Hannah, prisoner, seller, 369, 413, 430–1
Porter, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 166, 402, 445, 740
Portland prison ship, see hulks
Portsea, Hants, 244, 696
Portsmouth, Hants, xix, 30–31, 49, 90, 205,
213, 570, 578–9, 613, 619, 625–7,
636–8, 641–2, 653, 661, 687–8, 705,
746, 750, 765;
-, as station for hulks, 556, 587–94, 598–601,
614–18, 622, 624, 648–51, 654–8, 667,
696, 697, 703–5, 742–5, 759;
-, town clerk of, see Callaway
Potter, Humphrey, remanded for burglary, 14
Poulett, ..., chaplain of Shrewsbury gaol, 660
Poultry compter, see prisons, in London
Pownall, John, lawyer, Staples Inn, 151
pregnancy and childbirth, 99, 102, 200, 239, 244, 250–3, 257–9, 375, 433, 484, 537, 554
Prescott, Charles, magistrate, Lancs., 87, 583
Price
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 446
-, John, petitioner for prisoner, 132–3
Prichard, Benjamin, prisoner, possessor, 233
Prince
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 542, 543
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 46, 52
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 532
Prince Regent, the, xx, xxii, 132, 212, 214, 221, 375, 660, 712, 738
Pringle, Sophia, forger, power of attorney, 11
prisons, in London:
-, Borough compter, 382–3, 500;
-, Bridewell (New), 16;
-, Clerkenwell prison, 1–3, 13, 108, 151, 155,
160, 384, 560–1;
-, Coldbath Fields prison, 12, 56–7, 109, 152,
180–1, 228–9, 341, 385, 397, 459,
522–5, 622, 681, 688;
-, Fleet prison, 2, 84, 168, 568;
-, Giltspur Street compter, 26 (New
compter), 49, 172, 346, 351, 386,
519–21, 537;
-, Horsemonger Lane gaol, 14, 17, 58, 96,
150, 182, 233, 272, 342–5, 384, 387–94,
414, 455–7, 501, 518, 534, 558–9, 688;
-, King's Bench prison, 8, 19, 23, 173–4,
279, 340, 395–6, 415–16, 488, 502–3,
526;
-, Marshalsea prison, 85, 161;
-, Millbank penitentiary, 270–1, 321, 528,
714–5;
-, Newgate gaol, vii, xv–xvi, xxii, 2, 11, 25,
28–30, 32–33, 35–47, 50–5, 70–83,
94–5, 99–100, 105, 107, 112, 115–17,
120–1, 125, 131–49, 159, 162–6, 175–9,
183, 208–20, 223–4, 226–7, 237–67,
270–1, 278, 281–329, 333, 335, 337,
352–80, 401, 404–48, 454, 460, 462–97,
499, 504–17, 530–1, 535, 537–57,
561–7, 608, 614, 620–2, 625, 627,
639–40, 675–80, 700, 705, 741, 751;
-, conditions in, xviii–xix;
-, fees in, xix;
-, keeper of, xix, xxii; see also Newman, Mr;
Brown, William Henry;
-, Poultry compter, 9, 18, 27;
-, Tothill Fields prison; 4–5, 7, 397
-, Whitecross Street prison, 244, 277–8, 280,
458;
-, Wood Street compter, 15, 24
prisons, outside London:
-, Ashbourne, 202; Bath, 595; Bedford
county, 708; Birmingham, 573;
Bodmin, 718, 729; Boulogne (France),
736; Bristol bridewell, 695; Bristol
Newgate, 337; Carmarthen borough,
717; Chelmsford, 577, 730, 758;
Cardiff, 748; Chester castle, 49, 764;
Coventry, 731; Devizes, 605, 716, 722;
Devon county, 732, Exeter, 192, 580,
Fisherton, Salisbury, 612, 721;
Gloucester city, 658; Gloucester county,
274; Hertford, 191; Horsham, 733;
Ilchester castle, 400, 749, 756–7;
Lancaster castle, 188, 195, 334, 581–3,
643, 662, 672–3, 689, 691–2, 699,
711–15, 735, 747, 754; Leicester, 709;
Maidenhead, 734; Maidstone, 670–1,
693, 760–2; Morpeth, 63; Salford, New
Bayley, 527; Norwich castle, 763;
Norwich county, 763; Nottingham, 268,
273; Oxford castle, 710; Portsmouth,
750; Reading county, 719; Ruthin, 572;
Shrewsbury, 660; Stafford, 350, 574,
647, 659; Warwick castle, 82, 449, 569,
575–6, 591, 596; Warwick county, 720;
Winchester, 269, 716, 722, 765–6;
Worcester, 652; York castle 644–5
prison system, xix
prison, work in, xviii, 366, 457
Pritchard, ..., Mr, printer's overlooker, 150
Procter, Charles, Bank investigator, 539, 552
Prosser, ..., Mr, shopkeeper, 244
Prudentia prison ship, see hulks
Pryor, Elizabeth, 553; her husband, Nathaniel (or Matthew), 407
public houses (alehouses), see London, public houses in
Pullen, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 54
Q.
Quin, James, prisoner, utterer, 663
Quinn, Catherine, prisoner, seller, 532
R.
Radford
-, Richard, prisoner, utterer, 301, 373
-, William, prisoner, utterer, 592
radicals/reformers of Middleton, 527
Radmore, William, seller, 349
Read
-, (alias Spence), utterer, 245
-, Mary, see Hartnell, Mary
Reading, Berks., 113, 496, 719
Reading, David, prisoner (unspecified), 229
recorder of London, 104, 684
'Red Bill's' woman, 613
Redding (or Reading, or Reeding), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 511, 533
Redford, Mary, prosecution witness, 595
Redgrave, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 391
Reed
-, ..., police officer (London), 675–6
-, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 311, 412,
438, 453
regiments and companies:
18th Hussars, 444; Cambridgeshire Militia (58th regiment of Foot), 602; HM African Corps, 578
'restriction', period of, viii, xxi
Retribution prison ship, see hulks
Rhodes, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 360, 432
'Richmond's party', 107
Ridpath, J. C. P., solicitor, Bath, 595, 598–9
Riley
-, John, die sinker, 222
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 321, 373
Rimes, John, prisoner, 579
Roberts
-, Mary, utterer, 148
-, Robert, thief, 239
-, Sarah, see Howell, Sarah
-, Thomas, prisoner, seller, 653
Robinson
-, ..., 756
-, George, 668
-, George, prisoner, 243
-, John, prisoner on hulk, 662
-, Mary (alias Singleton), prisoner, utterer,
467, 469, 470
-, Savile, offender (unspecified), 13
Rodgers (or Rogers), Henry, prisoner,
utterer, 626, 627
-, Rooke,..., Mr, partner of Danish consul,
277
Roe, H. Mrs, prisoner, 26
Rogers, John, prisoner, utterer, 373
Rooker, J., clerk at Freshfields, 354–5, 409, 422, 474, 494
Ross, ..., 513
Royal Admiral prison ship, see hulks
Royal Exchange Assurance, xv
Roydhouse, William, debtor, 10
Ruff, ..., Mr, Bow Street police officer, 616, 752
Rummer, Ann, utterer on Norwich bank, 565
Rushton, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 49
Russell
-, Edward, debtor, 396
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 111
-, Henry, prisoner, utterer, 157
-, Joseph, debtor, 172
Ryder, Sir Richard, home secretary, 77, 598
S.
Salmon, ..., Mr, Bow Street police officer, 719
Sammon, Bib, 740
Sanderson, J. of Brick Lane, London, 597
Saunders, Ellen, prisoner, utterer, 453
Savage, ..., and family, 347
Sayers, John, prisoner, utterer, 344
Schrouder, John, debtor, 167
Scotland, 152, 596
Scott, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 198
Scrubbs, William, friend of prisoner, 536
Scutts, J.H., cooper, 347, 501
Seath, James, 759
secretary of state for home office/home department, see home secretary
Sellars, (alias Wilson), Margaret, prisoner, utterer, 268
Seymour, George, prisoner, utterer, 496–7
Shanton, ..., Mr, 701
Sharp, Thomas, debtor, 173
Sharpe, David, prisoner, utterer, 447
Sharpies, William, prisoner, utterer, 658
Shaw
-, ..., Mr, police officer in London, 371
-, ..., Mr, solicitor, 274
-, William, prisoner, utterer, 706
Shearer, Charles, commission agent, debtor, 526
Sheerness, Kent, as station for hulks, 159, 234, 602–4, 606–11, 662, 664–6, 668–9, 681–6, 694, 698–702, 706–7, 723–4, 727, 737–41, 767
Sherwood, William, horse stealer, 721
ships:
captains/masters of hulks; Blackman (Portland), 587, 601; Briant (Leviathan), 753; Mears (Retribution), 664; Owen, S. (Portland and Bellerophon), 655, 699; Smith (Justitita), 274; Steadman (Leviathan), 704;
captains of transport ships; Boulay (Indian), 90; Boyce (William Pitt), 30–1, 34, 45; Brown (Morley), 686; Ellerby (John Barry), 746; Osten (Elizabeth), 663; Shore (Fortune), 579; Walker (Fortune), 613; un-named transport ship captains, 89, 190, 651, 728;
hospital ships: Batavia, 706–7, 726; Discovery, 604; Savage, 114; un-named, 129;
naval ships, HMS Censor, 513;
ships (prison), see hulks;
ship's surgeon, Bromley, E.J. (Lord Wellington), 449–50;
T.
transport ships: Admiral Gambier, 592; Baring, 653; Broxbournbury, 118, 169–71; Earl Spencer, 626–7; Elizabeth, 663; Fame, 661; Fortune, 570–1, 578–9, 613; Friendship, 268, 273, 275–6; General Hewitt, 111, 619; Granada, 739; Indian, 90–1; Janus, 398; John Barry, 746; Lord Melville, 235–6; Lord Wellington, xvi, 449–54, 461; Malabar, 529; Maria, 332–9; Mary Ann, 205–7, 532–3, 565; Morley, 664–6, 685–8; Northampton, vii, xvi, 184–95; Sidney Cove, 585; Sir William Bensley, 661–2; Somersetshire, 129, 152; Surrey, 625; Wanstead, 628–38, 641–2; William Pitt, 30–1, 34, 45;
transport ships for females, 553
Shone, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 660
Shrewsbury, 660
Shrubsole, W., governor of Oxford castle gaol, 710
Sidmouth, Viscount, see home secretary
Silvester, Sir John, recorder of London, 104
Simcox, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 347–8, 501
Simpson, Thomas, forger, 272
Sinclair, Alexander, offender (unspecified), 736
Singleton, Mary, see Robinson, Mary
Siston, Som., 599
Skipper, John, under sheriff of Norfolk, 763
Skelton, Harriet, prisoner, utterer, 300
Sladen, Rachel, prisoner, utterer, 195
Slater
-, Bridget (or Elizabeth), prisoner, utterer,
530, 552, 555
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, and ?his wife
Elizabeth (alias Morris), 99, 231, 627
Sly, Elizabeth (formerly Flamston), prisoner, possessor, and her husband John, prisoner, forger, 56–7, 70
Small, Archibald, prisoner, possessor, 661
Smith
-, ..., 513
-, ..., and female companion, 528
-, ..., Mr, prisoner's employer, 260
-, Ann, see Cadman, Sarah
-, Elizabeth (or Harriet), prisoner, utterer,
(Putney), 345, 453, 456
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer (London), 478,
533
-, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, (London,
another), 509, 533
-, George, (alias Tyler), Thomas, prisoner,
utterer, 204
-, George, keeper of Tothill Fields prison,
4–7
-, Henry, debtor, 690
-, Henry, director of Bank of England, 118
-, Jane, prisoner, utterer, 137, 139–40, 636,
638
-, John, prisoner, utterer (Sussex), 97, 101
-, John, prisoner, utterer (Nottingham), 273
-, John, prisoner, utterer (London), 563–4
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453, 461
-, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 472–4, 547
-, Miss ... (Birmingham), seller, 347
-, Mrs ... (Birmingham), seller, 747
-, Philip, 693, 708
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 325, 373
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer (another),
648–650
-, Thomas, tap room operator, King's Bench
prison, 488
-, William, secretary, Bank of England
Committee for Law Suits, 51–2, 118,
367, 422, 468, 474
Solihull, Warws., 347
Spears (or Spires), Margaret, prisoner, utterer, xv, xvii, 232, 250–5, 261, 289–95, 330–1; her brother, 232
Spencer, Sir George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, 157
Spink, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 232
Spithead, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks
Spunden, William, debtor's partner, 279
spunging houses, 20, 167
Spurrier, William, solicitor, Birmingham, 197, 573, 575, 590, 659, 749
Spurrier and Ingelby, solicitors, 749
Stafford, 347, 350, 574, 634, 647, 659
Staffordshire, 573
Stalard, ..., 656
Stalker, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 533
Stamford, Edward, petitioner for prisoner, 518
Stanton, Salop, 660
Startin, Sarah, prisoner, seller, 628, 636
Steel, Mary, prisoner, seller, 453, 454
Stevens, (or Stevenson), William, prisoner, seller, 347, 500
Stevenson, Maria, prisoner, utterer, 532
Stewart
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 514, 533
-, William, prisoner, utterer (London),
606–7
-, William, prisoner, seller (Liverpool), 712
Stilbee, James, acquitted of uttering, 765
Stiles, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235
Stockport, Cheshire, 64, 68
Stone, William, prisoner, utterer, 54, 58
Storey
-, (or Storrey or Story), Ann, prisoner,
utterer, xiv, 281–8
-, (or Story) John, prisoner, utterer, 355
Stott, Elizabeth (Betty), prisoner, seller, 333, 713
Strickland, James, debtor, 53
Stubbs, Elizabeth, see Chamberlain, Elizabeth
Sturgess,..., 494
Styles, William, informer, 767
Summers, ..., 590
Sumner, John, keeper of Birmingham gaol, 573
Suter (or Shooter or Shuter or Souter), ..., Mr, clerk at Freshfields, 31, 70, 74, 80–1, 443, 585
Suthmier, Frederick, debtor, 416
Swain, Mary, forger of navy transfers, 302
Swarbrick, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 86
Tarbox, Joseph, see Jackson, John
Tatnall, Mr, gaol official, Warwick, 596, 720
Taunton, Henry, solicitor at Oxford, 710
Tavenor
-, John, seller, 110, 622, 708
-, Susannah, seller, 633, 708
Tayler,
-, Edward, prisoner, utterer, 200
-, Thomas, school master, 200
Taylor
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 209, 210
-, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 510, 533
-, Charles, 581
-, Cornell (or Collen), ?police office,
Manchester, 527
-, Jane, prisoner, utterer, 336
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 666
tea and sugar, as necessities, xxi, 28, 34, 38, 191, 218, 232, 463, 481, 637
Teague, Mr, official at Newgate gaol, 537
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Richard, 2nd marquess of Buckingham (later 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos), 440
Thames, river, as station for hulks, xiii, xix, 60
Thatcher, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 265–6
Thomas, Hosanna (or Rosanna), prisoner, utterer, 336
Thompson, Louisa, prisoner, possessor, 532
Thomson, ..., (in spunging house), 21
Thorn
-, Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, 533
-, Louisa, prisoner, possessor, 463–4, 481
Thornley, ..., acquitted of forgery, 757
Thorp, Edward, offender (unspecified), 341
Thorpe
-, Eleanor, prisoner, utterer, 630
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 488
Tippett, James, solicitor, Falmouth, 34, 45; his son, 45
Tomlinson, Eleanor, prisoner, utterer, 639–41
Tongue, William, see Morris, William
Tool, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 231
Tothill Fields prison, see prisons, in London
Townsend
-, D., bankrupt, 612
-, John, prisoner, possessor, 593
transportation: as secondary punishment, ix,
x, xi, xxiv;
-, Bank policy on payments on embarkation,
xxi;
-, requests for immediate, 45, 177, 651;
-, return from, 71;
-, wait for ships, ix, xii;
-, see also ships, transport
Treemer, (or Freeman) (alias Day), Harriett, prisoner, utterer, ix, xii
Trindle, Elizabeth, utterer on Norwich bank, 565
Truman, ..., 112
Truman's brewery, Spitalfields, 524
Turnbull, William, prisoner, utterer, and his sister Rebecca, 380
Turner
-, ..., Mr, linen draper, 22
-, Esther, prisoner, forger, 235
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 338–9
-, Thomas, 314
turnkeys, as letter scribes, xiii, xvi
Twine, Richard, prisoner, utterer, 342
Tyler
-, Thomas, see Smith, George
-, William, highways surveyor, 375
U.
Upcroft, John, escaped prisoner, 763
Usher, Betsy, acquitted of uttering, 501
V.
Velton
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 371
-, J., high constable of Bray, Berks., 734
Vernon and Franklin, solicitors to the royal mint, 726, 730
Vickers, J., housebreaker, 489
Voss, ..., 482
W.
Waddle, Letitia, see Wardle, Leititia
Wade (alias Whitaker), Abraham, prisoner, utterer, 754
Waldon, Henry, prisoner (Winchester), 757
Wales, 152
Wales, John, discharged prisoner, 728
Walker
-, James, prisoner, utterer, 698
-, John, debtor, 19
-, Richard, prisoner, utterer, 112, 120–1,
125, 127, 149; his wife Mary (alias
Glover), 119, 122–4, 126, 128–30, 149,
190
-, Sarah, debtor, 8
-, William, see Peters, William
Wallis, J. M., offender (unspecified), 671
Waples, Robert, prisoner, utterer, 681–8
Ward
-, Clarissa, see Downes, Clarissa
-, ..., constable of Chester castle, 49
-, John, prisoner, utterer, 299, 300
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 359, 433–5
Wardle
-, (or Waddle), Letitia, prisoner, utterer,
453, 454
-, Sarah, see Layshaw, Ann
Wardlow, Robert, prisoner, seller, 712
Ware (or Weare), Elizabeth, prisoner, 40–2,
45, 71, 74–5, 79–81; her husband
-, Thomas, 71
Warrington, Lancs., 630
Warwick, 335, 525, 628, 720
Warwick castle, see prisons outside London
Warwick, John, ?Bank investigator, 392
Warwickshire, 573; 720
Watkins, Margaret, prisoner, utterer, 332
Watson
-, Cathrine, prisoner, utterer, 100, 142, 144,
627, 636; her husband, see Wise, Isaac
-, Holland, magistrate, Lancs., 583
-, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 178, 206–7;
Sarah her mother, prisoner, utterer,
178, 184, 194
-, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 373
Weare, Elizabeth, see Ware, Elizabeth
Webb
-, Eliza, transportee, unspecified offence, 565
-, William, prisoner, utterer, 196
Webster, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 509, 533
Weller, William, seller, 736
Wells
-, Cathrine, freed prisoner, utterer, 399
-, Olds, 740
Wem, Salop, 660
Westbrook, Mrs, landlady, 240
Westcoat, Richard, prisoner, possessor, 580, 593–4; his wife Jane, utterer, 580
West India Dock company, 562
Westwood, James, clerk at Freshfields, 129, 133, 188, 196, 216, 226, 228, 240, 305, 310, 321, 341, 607–9, 613, 615, 622, 624, 627, 674, 681, 687
Wheeles, James, 613
Whiley
-, ..., Mr, 44
-, Sarah (alias Evans), prisoner, utterer,
32–4, 36, 45
Whiston, James, keeper of Ashbourne gaol, 202
Whitaker, Abraham, see Wade, Abraham
Whitby, Francis, prisoner, utterer, 382
White
-, Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 716, 722
-, Thomas, home office official, 114
Whitecross Street prison, see prisons, in London
Whitehead
-, ..., Mr, victim of forgery, 601
-, John, prisoner, seller, 699
Whiteley, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 532
Wicks, William, offender (unspecified), 96
wife/family to accompany transported prisoner, applications and permissions for, 97–8, 106, 110, 117–18, 130, 144, 153, 156, 158, 200, 205, 208, 226, 236, 246, 306–7, 370, 591, 606, 608, 656, 664, 668–9, 674, 680, 698–9, 723–4, 727, 743–4
Wilberforce, William, Sir, family of, xv
Wild, Betty, prisoner, utterer, 333–4
Wilkes, Maria, prisoner, utterer, 316, 317, 352, 377, 436, 438, 453; her husband William, prisoner, utterer, 352, 436
Wilkins, William, prisoner, utterer, 197, 201
Wilkinson, John, prisoner, utterer, 518
Willans, ..., 581
Willey, ..., Mr, attorney, 1
Willcock, Alice, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713
Williams
-, ..., 307
-, ..., sheriff of London, 546
-, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 532
-, James (alias King, John), 111, 113
-, Jane, prisoner, utterer, xv, 308–9, 319–20,
377, 404–6, 408, 412, 424, 429, 433,
437–8, 451–3
-, Maria, prisoner, utterer, 366
-, Maria, prisoner, utterer (another), 566–7
Wilson
-, Jane (or Jean), prisoner, utterer, 394, 414,
453, 457
-, John Ivy, prisoner, utterer, 202–3
-, Margaret, see Sellars, Margaret
-, Mary, see Hartnell, Mary
-, Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 315
Wilson Wright, Mary, prisoner, seller, 532
Wiltshire:
-, high sheriff of, 605;
-, magistrates of, 605
Winchester, Hants, 185, 268–9, 716, 722; 765–6
Windle, James, discharged prisoner, 605
Windsor, ..., Mr, victim of forgery, 22
Wingfield (or Winfield), Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 411, 438, 453
Winter and Keys, solicitors, 38
Winter, John, sr, and his son John, jr, partners in Freshfields, xiv
Wise, Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 619; Cathrine his wife, see Watson, Cathrine
Wolstencraft, William, prisoner, utterer, 707
Wood
-, ... Baron Knight, judge, 600
-, ... Lord Chief Baron (same?), 664
-, John, prisoner, possessor, 60
-, Robert, prisoner, utterer, 758
-, Thomas?, 622
Woodbridge, (?Suff.), 575
Woodbury (or Woodberry), William, prisoner, utterer, 490; his wife Sophia, prisoner, utterer, 491
Woodhead, William, prisoner, utterer, 493
Wood Street compter, see prisons, in London
Woolwich, Kent, xii, 398, 449, 454, 461,
532–3, 565;
-, as station for hulks, 48, 59–66, 68–9, 86–9,
91–3, 97–8, 101–4, 106, 110, 113, 127,
156–8, 196–203, 273–4, 348–9, 527–9,
656
Worcester, 336, 652, 701
work/employment, in prison, xvii, 366, 457
Wren, James, debtor, 458
Wrigglesworth and Thorpe, 702
Wright
-, Elizabeth, see Pearson, Elizabeth
-, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 484, 551, 554,
555
Y.
Yates, John, counterfeiter, 731
York, 527, 644–5
York, Prince Frederick Augustus, duke of, 606
York, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 270, 328–9
Yorkshire, 596
'Yorkshire Jack', 759
Young
-, George, prisoner, utterer, 667
-, Mary, prisoner, possessor, 334–5
-, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 61
-, William, see Davis, William
Z.
Zealand prison ship, see hulks