Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
15.—The Norwich corn merchants demanded of the farmers a month’s credit,
instead of paying ready money for their corn as hitherto, but it was
resisted by the growers, and ultimately abandoned by the merchants. In
the Court of King’s Bench, on November 25th, Lord Ellenborough, who was
applied to for a rule, held that individuals might buy and sell upon
terms agreed to, but combining to impose terms upon the growers was
calculated to enhance the price of grain in the market, and to lessen the
supply in the market, which was another cause for an increased price.
16.—Fundenhall Church was opened, after extensive repair. The chancel
was almost rebuilt by Mr. T. T. Berney, the impropriator.
18.—A rowing match, for five guineas a side, took place between the
Revenge, six oars, and the Lion, four oars. The course was from Carrow
to Whitlingham and back. The Revenge won.
25.—At Blickling Races a silver cup was for the first time offered for
competition by horses ridden in a regiment or troop of Norfolk Yeomanry
Cavalry.
28.—The organ erected at St. Andrew’s Church, Norwich, was opened by Dr.
Beckwith. A grand selection from the works of Handel was played upon the
instrument, and upwards of £120 was collected.
31.—At Holkham, from October 31st to November 17th, Mr. Coke and seven
other guns killed 1,131 hares, 214 pheasants, 366 partridges, 983
rabbits, 30 woodcock, 12 wood pigeons, and 5 snipe.
NOVEMBER.
9.—A woman, named Mary Hudson, aged 35, escaped from Norwich City Gaol
under extraordinary circumstances. She made a hole through the wall of
the room in which she was confined, and crept through it into the street,
taking her six months old infant with her. The wall was two feet in
thickness, and she must have been employed some nights in making the
aperture. The bricks were concealed beneath her bed, and the loose
rubbish put into the pillowcase. Another bed served to conceal the hole
in the wall. In the hue and cry advertisement, offering a reward of ten
guineas for her recapture, it was stated that a Yarmouth hawker and
pedlar, named Thomas Cocks, “who frequently feeds cocks for fighting in
Norfolk and Suffolk,” was suspected of having assisted the woman to
escape. There is no record of her recapture.
15.—Swaffham Coursing Meeting took place. It was described as “the most
successful meeting since the renewal of coursing here.” Two hundred
persons attended the ball.
24.—The Wymondham troop of Yeomanry Cavalry presented a valuable sword to
the commanding officer, Capt. John Darell.
DECEMBER.
10.*—“The lay clerks of Norwich Cathedral have lately had their salaries
augmented £12 each, being only the second advance since the time of Henry
VIII.”
17.—From Saturday, the 17th, to Saturday, the 24th, the Newmarket mail
coach, owing to the heavy fall of snow, did not arrive in Norwich with
the letters until after the departure of the coaches for London. Great
inconvenience was occasioned thereby in commercial circles.
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