Title:
Sessions bundle
Level: Category
Borough records
Level: Fonds
COLCHESTER, PRE-1835
Level: Sub-Fonds
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS
Level: Series
Sessions bundles, 1724-1820
Scope and Content:
Contains Grand Jury presentments, Epiphany, Easter, and Michaelmas Sessions; appointment by John Bridge, mayor of Thomas Hedge as deputy mayor; return of weights and measures, Epiphany, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas Sessions; gaoler's bills and receipts; certificate of return of gaoler as required by Act of Parliament; orders to convey prisoners Lucy Smith, Charlotte Allen, Thamar Barry and Ann Russell, William Gardner, Mary Sewell, Rose Fuller, Elizabeth Norfolk, Daniel Humm, Edward Andrews, Catherine Moodey, William Baker, Mary Munson and Mary Crawford, Ann Page, Elizabeth Cockerell, Mary Brown, William Johnson, James Simons, Charles Williams, Joseph Whitworth, William Carnol, Thomas Cowane, John Spencer, John and Rosanna Smith, Eleanor Jackson, William Clow, William Wilsonto gaol, and from commanding officers for Privates Lewis Calagan and William Barratt of 2nd Battalion 73rd Regiment and Edward Allen of 2nd Battalion 91st Regiment; precepts to constables of St. Mary at the Walls, St. Peter and St. Nicholas; treasurer's accounts, Borough Rate, Epiphany Session; order of court for payment of bills of William Mason, Town Clerk for issuing precepts and other matters relating to collection of Borough Rate and for gaoler; orders to surveyors of St. Runwald, St. Mary at the Walls to survey all pavements and roads; treasurer's bills and receipts, ? for election expenses etc. [some from Committee of True Blues]; treasurer's militia accounts, Epiphany Session; copy letter to treasurer of county and city of Oxford requesting payment of sums owing for militia; copy order etc. concerning amounts owing for militia from Suffolk; militia accounts of amounts spent on maintenance of wives and families of militia men (details of name, rank and unit), for parishes of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Giles, Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Leonard, Lexden, St. James, St. Mary at the Walls, St. Martin, St. Nicholas, Christmas 1812 - March 1813, for parishes of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Giles, St. Botolph, St. Leonard, St. Peter, St. Mary at the Walls, St. Martin, St. James, St. Nicholas, March - June 1813, for parishes of St. Botolph, St. Leonard, St. Peter, St. Mary at the Walls, St. Martin, St. Giles, St. James, St. Nicholas, June - September 1813, for parishes of St. Botolph, St. Giles, S. Mary Magdalene, September - December 1813; receipts from overseers of parishes to Treasurer of Militia; lists of persons in four wards of Borough with horses, waggons and carts able to carry soldiers, baggage etc.; return of parish surveyors, overseers and constables; examinations of William Sparling, gent. against Mark Beacham, common carrier, both of Colchester, of John Devall of Colchester, cordwainer against Mary Goate, of James Borrodell of Peldon, farmer and Thomas Tracy of Layer-de-la-Haye, labourer against John Gray of Colchester, baker, of William Rayner of Bognor, Sussex, James William Lawrence Corporal in Artillery Drivers and Jonathan Summers of Wivenhoe, baker against Henry Taylor; recognizances for Sarah Fisher of Colchester, Elizabeth Norfolk to appear; settlement examination of William Baker of Earls Colne, cooper; certificates of good fame and alehouse keepers' recognizances of Thomas Crickmore for the Castle and William Green for the Sea Horse, in parish of All Saints, of Elizabeth Ginn for the Sun, of John Brewer for the Leather Bottle, of William Girling for the King's Head, of Joseph Jaggard for the Chequers, all in parish of Lexden, of John Deeks for the Taylors' Arms, of Nathaniel Leech for the Bell, of James Dowson for the Marlboroughs Head, of Robert Houghton for the Fox and Hounds, of Thomas Hewitt for the Sawyers Arms, of Joseph Martin for the Rising Sun, of James Baskett for the Plough, of Thomas Seabrook for the Greyhound, of Charles Inman for the Anchor, of George Hitchcock for the Black Boy, of Sarah Talboys for the Bugle Horn, of James Baskett the younger for the Royal Mortar, of William Ambrose for the Upper Canteen, of John Lingwood for the Blue Posts, of John Scowen for the Duke of York, all in parish of St. Botolph, of James Calver for the Duncans Head and Abraham Gale for the Sailor and Ball, in parish of St. Mary at the Walls, of Ralph Bullock for the Harrow, of Benjamin Glandfield for the Star and Anchor, of Elizabeth Plumbe for the Cross, of Daniel Powell for the Bell, of George Noon for the Woolpack, of George Mason for the Prince of Wales, of James Lufkin for the Marquis Wellington, all in parish of St. Giles, of Francis Malcolm for the Bricklayers Arms, of Mary Griggs for the White Horse, of John Bacon for the Star and Garter, of James White for the Goat and Boot, of John Smith for the Mitre, of John Jacobs for the Red Cow, of William Fenning for the Crown and Punch Bowl, of William Bond for the Rose and Crown, of James Fellows for the Lower Canteen, of William Chambers for the Ship (with testimonial from Kelvedon), all in parish of St. James, of John Chambers for the Three Goats Head, of James Chamberlain for the Queens Head, of John Sealey for the Dolphin, of James Prentice for the Horse Shoes, of Thomas Child for the Swan, of John Barnes for the Ordnance Arms, of Elizabeth Pipe, widow for the Barley Mow, all in parish of St. Leonard, of William Rand for the Bishop Blase, of Elizabeth Cook, widow for the Nelson's Head, of Samuel Rayner for the Royal Oak, all in parish of St. Martin, of Shadrach Seaman for the Fleece, of William Leaggett for the Ship, of John James for the Bull, of Joseph Armsby for the Horse and Groom, of James Cole for the Kings Arms, all in parish of St. Mary at the Walls, of Mary Vincent for the Three Mariners, of Charles Manning for the White Lion, of Mary Roofe widow for the Evening Gun, of Henry Lufkin for the Colchester Arms, of John Williams for the Yorkshire Grey, all in parish of St. Mary Magdalen, of George Biggs for the Dog and Pheasant, Mile End, of James Montagu for the Cross Keys, William Cockrell for the Sun, John Cook for the Sun, of Elizabeth Goslin widow for the Bear, of William Mann for the Fences, of Peter Baines for the George, of William Shave for the Lion, all in parish of St. Nicholas, of Zachariah Pyne for the Cock and Crown, of William Clark for the Castle, of John Stiles for the Weavers Arms, of Henry Strutt for the Coach and Horses, of Abednego Bland for the Marquis of Granby, of Luke Shave for the Chaise and Pair, of Robert Wright for the Cock and Pye, of John Sarjeant Lay for the Waggon and Horses, for John Godfrey for the White Hart, of George Dring for the King's Head, of William Ratton for the Three Cups, all in parish of St. Peter, of James Dowson for the Lamb, of Robert Keymer for the Griffin, of Joseph Rogers for the Angel, of Sarah Roofe for the Blue Boar, all in parish of St. Runwald, of Bowler Webb for the Brewers Arms and Susannah Lewis widow for the Joiners Arms, in parish of Holy Trinity; letter from C.E. Powell of Lincoln's Inn concerning a defendant identifying his accomplice a John Smith of Bedminster near Bristol; certificate from Port of [Great] Yarmouth that William Johnson and five others lost all their goods when the 'Jane' of Newcastle was lost; certificate of arrival at Port of Colchester of D.H. Gadechens from Heligoland, merchant clerk on way to London on board 'Susannah', includes physical description

Dates of Creation:
1813
Extent:
1 bdl.

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Place Names Colchester Borough of Colchester Quarter Sessions bundle, 1813
Document Types Sessions bundle Borough of Colchester Quarter Sessions, 1813
Institutions Borough of Colchester Quarter Sessions bundle, 1813
Institutions Borough of Colchester Quarter Sessions bundle, 1813