Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"CW_ICpage"
id
=
"WACWIC65208IC652080468"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"WACWIC652080468"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"1495"
>
<
note
type
=
"authorial"
place
=
"margin"
>
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1436"
>
City & Liberty of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Westmr
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1436"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"City & Liberty ofWestmr"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1436"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
. in the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
County of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1437"
>
Midsex
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1437"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Midsex"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1437"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
}
</
note
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Informations taken this
<
rs
type
=
"date"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_date289"
>
Sixteenth day of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
November 1768
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_date289"
type
=
"date"
value
=
"17681116"
>
</
interp
>
at the Parish of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1438"
>
St. Anne within
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Liberty of Westmr
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1438"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Anne withinthe Liberty of Westmr"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1438"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
. in the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1439"
>
County of Middlesex
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1439"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"County of Middlesex"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1439"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
on an Inquisition touching the Death of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_n1495-1"
>
Alexander
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mc. Cloughlin
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1495-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Alexander"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1495-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"McCloughlin"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1495-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
County.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1496"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_n1496-1"
>
William Groote
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1496-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1496-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Groote"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1496-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
of Nassan Street
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_occ434"
>
Apothecary
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_occ434"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Apothecary"
>
</
interp
>
on his Oath
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
saith That in his Way home last night a little before Twelve o'Clock
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
this Dept. hearing a Noise in Gerrard Street in the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1440"
>
Parish
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of St. Ann Westmr
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1440"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Parishof St. Ann Westmr"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1440"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
. and upon Enquiry was informed that a
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Man had been run over by a
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
Coach in that Street
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Mr.
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
Ainge one of the Church Wardens desired
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mr. Groote to go to the Watch house (where the Man was taken
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to Bleed him, Says that he went immediately to the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
watchhouse and found the Deced
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
in a Chair and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
a Gentleman just going to Bleed him, Says that Deced
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
bled a few
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
rops only, and appeared to be Dead, having
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Pulse that could be discovered. Says that on Examining
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Deced he found a small Wound on the left side of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
his Mouth, and a Largerated
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
<
del
>
considerable
</
del
>
Contusion on the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
left Temple, which Dept. believes to be the Cause of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Deced's Death. And this Dept. further saith that on
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Examining the Body this day, he found the Stomach
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Swelled.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1497"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_n1497-1"
>
Willm. Groote
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1497-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Willm"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1497-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Groote"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1497-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1498"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_n1498-57"
>
James Wike
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1498-57"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"James"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1498-57"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Wike"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_n1498-57"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
of Gerrard Street
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_occ435"
>
Apothecary
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_occ435"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Apothecary"
>
</
interp
>
on his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Oath saith, That last Night before Twelve oClock, on some
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Person knocking at Depts. Door, he opened it and saw the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Deced upon the Step before his Door held up by the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Watchman and Others who desired this Dept. to bleed him
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Says that he felt the Deced but could discover no Pulse, Says
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
that he Advised the Deced's being carried to some House and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
he would attempt to bleed him, and Deced was carried to the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1441"
>
Sworn Tavern
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1441"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Sworn Tavern"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1441"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
in
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1442"
>
Grafton Street
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1442"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Grafton Street"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65208_geo1442"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, and
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
the People refused
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to take the Deced in as Dept. was informed Says that the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Deced was then carried upon a Horn to the Parish Whitchhouse
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us