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
=
"OB_PSpage"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010PS450100212"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"LMOBPS450100212"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"1990"
>
<
note
type
=
"authorial"
place
=
"margin"
>
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo699"
>
Middlesex
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo699"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Middlesex"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo699"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
}
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to wit
</
note
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1991"
>
The Information of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_n1991-1"
>
John
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Read
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_n1991-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_n1991-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Read"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_n1991-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo700"
>
Chappel Court
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo700"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Chappel Court"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo700"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, near
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo701"
>
Oxford Market
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo701"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Oxford Market"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo701"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_occ278"
>
Labourer
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_occ278"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Labourer"
>
</
interp
>
, taken
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
before me this
<
rs
type
=
"date"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_date70"
>
21st. Day of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
October 1766
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_date70"
type
=
"date"
value
=
"17661021"
>
</
interp
>
.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1992"
>
Who being upon Oath saith that on Thursday
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
last about there of the Clock in the Afternoon as
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
he was passing down Holborn, he was accosted by
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
a Stranger, who after asking Informant what
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
County man he was, decoyed him to an Adjacent
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Public House, where two other Men also
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Strangers, to this Informant interfered and mixed
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in Company; says that after drinking some time
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
there the said three Persons took this Informant
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to another House in the Fields adjoining to a
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Gravel Road, where by several artful Insinuation
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
a Wager of half a Guinea was proposed to be laid
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
with this Informant that he and one of the Parties
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
did not produce within one hour and an half
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
forty Pounds; saith that Suspecting no fraud he
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
went to his Lodgings us above and fetched the sum
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of thirty one Pounds fifteen Shillings and Six pence
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in Gold excepting one Crown Piece in Silver to
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Second House they took him to as aforesaidl; saith
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
they then all three took him to a third Ale house
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
known by the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo702"
>
Sign of the White Hart
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo702"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Sign of the White Hart"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo702"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
and Shoulder
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of Mutton near
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo703"
>
Brooks Market
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo703"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Brooks Market"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45010_geo703"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, where this
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Informant in Order to win his Wager told out
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
his Money, and put it into his Purse again
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us