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1826
The Staffordshire Advertiser. 15 July 1826
- WHITMORE ASSOCIATION.
- WHEREAS divers burglaries, thefts, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, are frequently committed upon the persons and property of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, viz. stealing of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish out of ponds or pools of water, fowls, household goods, implements in husbandry, corn out of barns or fields, potatoes, turnips out of fields or hods, orchards or gardens robbed, and carrying away gates, hinges, posts, rails, and stiles, cutting down and carrying away young trees, timber, and woods, destroying fences, and va- rious other offences. And for the better and more effectual discovery of such person or persons, who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, we do engage and agree to give the following rewards to any person or persons, (not being a member or members of this society,) who shall apprehend or discover any offender or offenders, against our or any of our persons or property, on conviction of such offender or offenders:- namely
- For every person convicted of a capital offence, the sum of ten pounds.
- For every person that shall be cast for transporta tion, the sum of five pounds.
- For every person convicted of a less heinous offence, the sum of one guinea.
- And for every toll-gate keeper, who shall give in- formation of any horse-stealer, highway robber, or house-breaker, or of any person or persons, who shall have stolen any cattle or sheep from any member of this society, so that he, she, or they, shall be apprehended, or convicted through such information, the sum of two guineas.
- The Annual Meeting will be held at the Durham Heifer Inn, on the first Thursday of June, 1827.
- ANDREW MARTIN, Treasurer.
- Whitmore.
- Rev. J. J. Brasier,
- Rev. L. Dixon,
- William Malkin,
- Andrew Martin,
- James Furnival,
- William Clewlow,
- John Broomall.
- Snape Hall.
- Francis Beardmore.
- Lime Pits.
- William Tomlinson.
- Moat Farm.
- Benjamin Pickhorn.
- Woodhouse.
- Samuel Rhodes.
- Bramley Green.
- Vernon Bloore.
- Shutlanehead.
- Sarah Ash,
- John Berks.
- Acton.
- William Beech,
- Joseph Pointon,
- Margaret Venables,
- Thomas Unett.[1]
1827
Staffordshire Advertiser 19 May 1827 WHITMORE ASSOCIATION. WHEREAS divers burglaries, thefts, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, are frequently committed upon the persons and property of us, whose names are hereunto subscribed, viz. stealing of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish out of ponds or pools of water, fowls, household goods, implements in husbandry, corn out of barns and fields, potatoes, turnips out of the fields or hods, orchards or gardens robbed, and carrying away gates, hinges, posts, rails, and stiles, cutting down and carrying away young trees, timber, and woods, destroying fences, and various other offences.
- And for the better and more effectual discovery of such person or persons, who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, we do engage and agree to give the following rewards to any person or persons, (not being a member or members of this society), who shall apprehend or discover any offender or offenders, against our or any of our persons or property, on conviction of such offender or offenders:-namely,
- For every person convicted of a capital offence, the sum of WHITMORE ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS divers burglaries, thefts, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, are frequently committed upon the persons and property of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, viz. stealing of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish out of ponds or pools of water, fowls, household goods, implements in husbandry, corn out of barns or fields, potatoes, turnips out of fields or hods, orchards or gardens robbed, and carrying away gates, hinges, posts, rails, and stiles, cutting down and carrying away young trees, timber, and woods, destroying fences, and va- rious other offences. And for the better and more effectual discovery of such person or persons, who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, we do engage and agree to give the following rewards to any person or persons, (not being a member or members of this society,) who shall apprehend or discover any offender or offenders, against our or any of our persons or property, on conviction of such offen-der or offenders:-namely
- For every person convicted of a capital offence, the sum of WHITMORE ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS divers burglaries, thefts, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, are frequently committed upon the persons and property of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, viz. stealing of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish out of ponds or pools of water, fowls, household goods, implements in husbandry, corn out of barns or fields, potatoes, turnips out of fields or hods, orchards or gardens robbed, and carrying away gates, hinges, posts, rails, and stiles, cutting down and carrying away young trees, timber, and woods, destroying fences, and va- rious other offences. And for the better and more effectual discovery of such person or persons, who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, we do engage and agree to give the following rewards to any person or persons, (not being a member or members of this society,) who shall apprehend or discover any offender or offenders, against our or any of our persons or property, on conviction of such offen-der or offenders:-namely
- For every person convicted of a capital offence, the sum of WHITMORE ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS divers burglaries, thefts, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, are frequently committed upon the persons and property of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, viz. stealing of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish out of ponds or pools of water, fowls, household goods, implements in husbandry, corn out of barns or fields, potatoes, turnips out of fields or hods, orchards or gardens robbed, and carrying away gates, hinges, posts, rails, and stiles, cutting down and carrying away young trees, timber, and woods, destroying fences, and va- rious other offences. And for the better and more effectual discovery of such person or persons, who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, we do engage and agree to give the following rewards to any person or persons, (not being a member or members of this society,) who shall apprehend or discover any offender or offenders, against our or any of our persons or property, on conviction of such offen-der or offenders:-namely
- For every person convicted of a capital offence, the sum of £10 0s. 0d.
- For every person that shall be cast for transporta tion, the sum of £5 0s. 0d.
- For every person convicted of a less heinous offence, the sum of £1 4s. 0d..
- And to any toll-gate keeper, who shall give information of any horse-stealer, highway robber, or house-breaker, or of any person or persons, who shall have stolen any cattle or sheep from any member of this society, so that he, she, or they, shall be apprehended, or convicted through such information, ... £2 2. 0d.
- Whitmore.
- Charles Mainwaring, esq.
- Rev. J. J. Brasier,
- Rev. L. Dixon,
- William Malkin,
- Andrew Martin,
- James Furnival,
- William Clewlow,
- John Broomall.
- John Martin.
- Snape Hall.
- Francis Beardmore.
- Lime Pits.
- William Tomlinson.
- Moat Farm.
- Benjamin Pickhorn.
- Woodhouse.
- Samuel Rhodes.
- Bramley Green.
- Vernon Bloore.
- Shutlanehead.
- Sarah Ash,
- John Berks.
- Acton.
- William Beech,
- Joseph Pointon,
- Margaret Venables,
- Thomas Unett.
- ANDREW MARTIN, Treasurer.
- The Annual Meeting will be held at the DURHAM HEIFER INN, on the first Thursday of June, 1827.
- Dinner on the table at three o'clock.[2]
1835
The Staffordshire Advertiser 6 June 1835[3]
Whitmore:
- Sarah Mainwaring (1774-1837)
- William Malkin (bef.1796-)
- Andrew Martin (1799-1872) (Treasurer)
- James Furnival,
- William Clewlow (abt.1783-1846)
- John Broomhall (1782-1862)
- John Martin (abt.1794-)
- Mary Williams
- John Highfield (1797-1882)
- George Kirkham (1795-1859)
- Thomas Birks (1793-abt.1837) Coney Grove
- Samuel Rhodes (abt.1774-1848) Woodhouse
- William Furnival (1772-1855) Woodhouse
- John Birks (1791-1841) Shutlanehead
- Thomas Unett (abt.1766-1845) Acton
- John Furnival Acton
- John Tompkin Acton
- Thomas Swift Shortwood
- George Harding (1802-abt.1858) Maer
- Thomas Highfield (1772-1851) Maer
- Moses Harding (abt.1806-) Maer
- John Peake Chapel Chorlton
- Charles Harding Wilkins Pleck
Sources
- ↑ The Staffordshire Advertiser. 15 July 1826 page 1 retrieved from FindMyPast (subscription $)
- ↑ Staffordshire Advertiser 19 May 1827 retrieved from FindMyPast (subscription $)
- ↑ The Staffordshire Advertiser 6 June 1835 viewed through FindMypast