Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
19.—At the Norfolk Assizes, held at Thetford, before Mr. Justice Grose,
the action, the King _v._ Augustus Beevor, clerk, was tried. The
information was filed against the defendant by leave of the Court of
King’s Bench, for sending a challenge to Major Edward Payne, in
consequence of a dispute that had taken place between the Major and the
defendant’s father. Defendant, referring to this dispute, wrote to Major
Payne, demanding an apology, “or he should be under the necessity of
compelling it by a mode generally used among gentlemen.” No notice was
taken of the letter, and the defendant meeting Major Payne in the Market
Place at Norwich told him publicly that “the contempt he had for his
character protected his person.” The defendant was found guilty, and at
the next term of the Court of King’s Bench (May 7) was sentenced to three
weeks’ imprisonment in the King’s Bench Prison, and ordered to enter into
his own recognisances of £500, to find two sureties of £250 each, and to
be of good behaviour for three years.
20.*—“The remains of Miss Sophia Goddard, of the Theatre Royal, Norwich,
were interred at St. Peter Mancroft. Mr. Hindes, the manager, and the
principal actors attended on the melancholy occasion. This young lady
had obtained considerable reputation on the Norwich boards, and was
making rapid advance to eminence in her profession when death prematurely
deprived the theatrical world of an actress whose talents would have
ensured her success on any stage. She supported with great fortitude and
resignation a long and painful illness, brought on by exertions that her
constitution was unequal to, and died on Sunday last (March 15), in her
26th year, sincerely beloved and lamented by her family and friends.”
Wheat this month rose to 180s. per quarter.
APRIL.
3.—Died at the Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, Lieut. Robert Scully, 13th
Light Dragoons. His remains were interred on Sunday, April 4th, with
military honours, at St. Peter Mancroft.
4.—Died at Cambridge, Mrs. Lloyd, widow of Dean Lloyd, aged 79. “Her
performances in needlework were so exquisitely wrought that they may
justly be compared with the paintings of the most celebrated artists.
The Transfiguration and other figures represented in the eastern windows
of Norwich Cathedral have displayed the superior skill of her personal
attainments.”
—Mousehold Heath, Norwich, was enclosed and cultivated. Plots of land
were afterwards let at 25s. per acre.
—John Allen (23) and John Day (26), for burglary at the house of the Rev.
Isaac Horsley, at North Walsham; Richard Grafton, for stealing a cow and
three heifers; and James Chettleburgh (36), for stealing six sheep at
Saxlingham, were executed at Thetford. “Day confessed to having
committed four burglaries previous to that for which he suffered, and to
having deserted thirteen times from different regiments.”
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