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HEREFORDIENSIS
160 Years Ago - Abstracts from the Hereford Journal
Herefordiensis is the name of the Society's Journal, which has been published quarterly for over twenty-five years now. It is free to Members and includes helpful articles, members interests, and a query and help section. Articles submitted for publication by members are always welcome. The Journal Editor is Phil Bufton and articles can be sent to: Phil Bufton, 3, Cagebrook Avenue, Hunderton, Hereford, HR2 7AS. (email: Editor). Back numbers of Journals can be obtained from Mr D Jones, 28 Treherne Close, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AF. Most Journals are available, price £1.00 per issue plus 37p postage.)
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The following is a brief extract of an ongoing feature in the Herefordshire Family History Society Journal by John Harnden, entitled:
160 Years Ago - from the Hereford Journal of July, August and September 1842
(This particular item is taken from the October 2002 issue, back numbers of Journals can be obtained from Mr D Jones, 28 Treherne Close, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AF. Most Journals are available, price £1.00 per issue plus 37p postage.)
6th July Howqua’s & Mowqua’s Celebrated Chinese Teas are available in catty (20 ounce) packets in Hereford, Leominster, Ross and Ledbury, and in the latter case from the delightfully named Miss A BUZAGLO, bookseller. ♦ John FRANCIS, who recently fired a pistol at the Queen (see last journal) has been reprieved. His sentence has been commuted from death to transportation for life to the most penal settlement of Tasmania. The next day a ‘puny misshapen vagabond’ by the name of John William BEAN attempted to fire a pistol at the Queen. Luckily it misfired. No wonder the Queen was never amused. ♦ Death, by falling overboard from HM Apollo, off Rio, of Henry Vernon, son of Fulwar CRAVEN Esq of Brockhampton Park.
13th July John FRANCIS is moved from Newgate to Gosport and put aboard the transport ship York for Australia. Meanwhile BEAN said he only did it in order to be transported. ♦ The Queen’s barge, built about 1600 and used to bring Nelson’s body upriver, is being refitted. ♦ At the Hereford City Sessions Amelia ALEXANDER aged 13 is charged with stealing a bag belonging to Mr W CHILD of Eign Street, basket maker. As a habitual offender she was sentenced to three months. ♦ Marriage on 30th June at Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, of Mr Evan DAVIES, Supervisor of Excise at Kington, & Anne, daughter of Mr William DAVIES of Aberystwyth.
20th July Woodhouse’s Ethereal Essence of Jamaica Ginger has the ‘Unprecedented Patronage’ of the Queen, one dead king and three other assorted kings. ♦ The Duke of Orleans, aged 32 & heir to the French crown, dies after an accident. ♦ A Welsh farm-servant, Lewis MORGAN, on the way to church in Shrewsbury, met an acquaintance who shook him by the hand. After parting MORGAN found a shilling in his palm. Later that day he learnt that he had been claimed as a soldier, but when the magistrates heard the story they rightfully dismissed this cunning ruse. ♦ Marriage on 9th July at St Zavier’s [sic] Chapel, Hereford, of Patrick CONOLLY & Charlotte HINDS. ♦ Meanwhile, in Castle Donington, someone stopped the church bell striking so that the happy couple could get married before the ‘canonical hour of twelve.’ ♦ Milborough TRILLOE and Mary DOWNES are both committed to Hereford County Gaol for killing their new-born babies. ♦ For the second time there is a report of a church bell falling through the belfry floor. On the second occasion it was cheerfully reported that the bell was undamaged. In case you are worried, the bellringers escaped as they heard it coming.
27th July Unfortunately this paper is missing. No doubt there were many earth-shattering happenings but we shall have to be brave and do without them.
3rd August Herefordshire Summer Assizes. Joseph FIDO charged with stealing one lamb, property of Thomas GODSALL of Kings Caple for whom he worked. The judge called this a very serious offence & sentenced him to ten years transportation. But Thomas MORRIS, charged with stealing a sheep and ten ducks in Aymestry got away with it. The ducks attended court but understandably did not give any evidence. ♦ Marriage on 25th July at Abergavenny of William BALL, butcher, and Sarah, daughter of Mr SAVIGAR of the Nelson Inn, both of Kington. ♦ Death on 28th July, of Scarlet Fever, of Ellen Maria, aged 4, fourth & youngest daughter, & on 31st July of Richard Henry, aged 2, second & youngest son, of Mr. Richard RUDGE, coal merchant, of Hereford St Martin. At the other end of the scale, on 23rd July, at her son’s house, the Black Venn, Edvin Ralph, Mrs SMITH died aged 100.
10th August Marriage on 9th August at Dilwyn of Edwin HOLDSWORTH Esq, merchant, of Mexico, to Sarah Maria, second daughter of the late Joseph STEVENS Esq of Dilwyn. ♦ Edward BISHOP & James DAVIES are charged with stealing flour, three turkeys and a fustian jacket from Mrs LOW of Leinthall Starkes, and a smock coat and hat from Mrs FARMER of Yatton. ♦ Death in June 1841 [sic], in Montgomery County, Texas, of Mr John PREECE, sculptor, eldest son of Mr William PREECE of Hereford, and of his wife Mary Jane in July. He was an ‘eminent artist’, working in London, and moved to New York about 15 years ago. ♦ Long account of the trial of Milborough TRILLOE, 30, a widow, who strangled her newborn baby and buried it in the garden. She was sentenced to be hanged on 25th November and buried in the gaol grounds. This will be the first execution for ten years in Hereford.
17th August St Paul’s Cathedral is being cleaned and repaired, the first time for fifty years. ♦ The new St Nicholas church at the Friars was consecrated on 11th August, having been built in 16 months. The old church was founded some time after 1292. ♦ Death on 6th August, aged 32, of Eliza, wife of Richard BAKER, guard of the Hereford and Bristol Mail. ♦ Continued rioting at Manchester caused by ‘the reduction of wages by the grasping mill-owners, and the open appeals to violence by the members of the Anti Corn Law League.’ ♦ Useful advice not to open an umbrella to dry it as the whalebone ribs will become permanently bent.
24th August Rowland’s Kalydor is a creamy, odoriferous preparation from Oriental Exotics, and is the only safe and efficient protector and beautifier of the skin and complexion. ‘Gentlemen will find it peculiarly grateful after shaving in healing the smarting pain.’ ♦ Death in Chunar, East Indies, of cholera, after a mere 24 hours, of Thomas, fourth son of Mr John TAYLOR of Leominster, aged 26. ♦ Pembridge church has been reopened after extensive alterations. The free sittings have been increased from 49 to 300. ♦ Joseph FIDO has been removed to the hulk Leviathan at Portsmouth, ready for transportation. ♦ A good deal of feasting and rioting took place at the recent Marden Feast, and James NICHOLAS & William COAKUM came to blows. A peacemaker, John PERKINS, said something unfortunate and was hit by GREAVES, a second of one of the combatants. He fell down dead. ♦ Useful advice to rub linseed oil into fishing rods in hot weather. This will prevent worms eating into the wood.
31st August Mr Isaac STUBBS of Kirkoswald, Cumberland, has a twenty-three year old woodpigeon whose playmates are a sheepdog and a cat. Why this should be national news I have no idea. ♦ Prince Albert was 24 last Friday. Suitable festivities were held. I hope the Queen was amused. And on Monday he and the Queen embarked on the royal yacht for Scotland. ♦ Useful advice on growing winter lettuce.
7th September The Leominster four-horse mail from Worcester will cease on the 11th, its place to be taken by a mail cart. ♦ Death on 22nd August at Weobley of Charles, second son of Mr J P YAPP, chemist & druggist, aged 7. ♦ Members of the Total Abstinence Society, or Rechabites, made the mistake of parading through Ross with a band. Protestors assembled a rival band of kettles, frying pans, saucepans, etc, and annoyed them no end. Things rather got out of hand, leading to the abstainers hastily leaving town.
14th September An irate ‘son of Rechab’ writes to say that the report in last week’s paper about the happenings in Ross was entirely untrue. ♦ Marriage on 5th July at the residence of J C WILSON Esq, Bengal Civil Service, Moradabad, East Indies, of Captain Samuel Athill LYONS of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry and Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr Thomas WALL of Hereford. ♦ Marriage on the 6th at Whitbourne of Mr William MASTERS of Bromyard & Mrs JONES, relict of William JONES Esq of Huntlands, but late of Moor Hall. ♦ Death on the 4th at her parents’ house, of Euphemia, daughter of Dr COX of Eaton Bishop. Cujus animae propitietur Deus. Of course!
21st September The Rt Hon W E GLADSTONE shoots off his left forefinger while at Hawarden Castle and has it amputated. ♦ The report of the death of the King of Hanover in last week’s paper was false, and the report of the marriage of the same person in this week’s paper is ‘premature’. ♦ The queen et al are now back in Windsor after a triumphant tour of Scotland. ♦ Tenders are sought for the office of Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the Brilley district. ♦ At Shrewsbury Mr BIRCH from the British Museum, before an audience of 200, mostly ladies, unwrapped a female Egyptian mummy. A useful note stated that this was a priestess of Amon, aged 21. The whole process took three hours. It beats watching Coronation Street.
28th September Tremendous list on page one of the names of the persons who obtained Game Certificates for 1842. The Annual General Meeting of the Wormelow Association for the Apprehension and Prosecution of Felons will be held on 3rd October. Don’t ask me – I can imagine them at the meeting saying "Caught any good felons lately?" ♦ Death of Mr James NASH of this county aged 90. Formerly a solicitor at Lincoln, and a direct descendent of James NASH, MP for Herefordshire in 1377-99. ‘By his first wife, a niece of Sir Brooke WATSON, he has left numerous descendents.’ Very thoughtful of him. ♦ And Mr Van Amburgh’s lions will be in Hereford next week. I just hope they were on a strong lead.
Contributor: John Harnden, 11 Longworth Road, Tupsley, Hereford HR1 1SP
Last revised: 15th July 2008
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