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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… as good a place as any other for the trial of suspected felons. When however the old city began to decay in the … presence of neither the king's justices nor of suspected felons and it was natural to allow Wilton to remain as its …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the custom as then stated 8 by a jury would include all felons taken in the city and there convicted, but possibly … received several payments, the price of the chattels of felons who had eloigned themselves and of outlaws seeking the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… manor, all goods, waifs and strays, and goods of fugitive felons, and all other profits arising from the claiming of … the city could not perform there their offices as regards felons and malefactors as they had done and should do. Also …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the church there, from which they were rescued by other felons. 33 The duties of the constable included the custody …
A History of the County of Oxford
… serving royal writs, and evidently authorizing seizure of felons' goods. 56 From the early 16th century they became … a grate seems to have opened onto the street, allowing felons to 'communicate with their associates at large' and … and there was a town association for prosecution of felons. 177 With the founding of the Oxfordshire constabulary …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The Priorslee District Association for the Prosecution of Felons, formed between 1879 and 1885, remained in existence …
A History of the County of Essex
… was formed to provide rewards for the capture of felons. A police horse patrol, who received an allowance from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town of Woodstock and the place of execution of felons'. 44 In the 19th century the triangular green was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 92 and in 1402 the mayor and bailiffs forfeited 5 of felons' goods for allowing an escape. 93 In Woodstock, as … from royal officers. The corporation was to have felons' and fugitives' goods from all inhabitants, wherever … farm directly to the Crown out of the variable profits of felons' goods, waifs and strays, market rents, the wool beam, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 56 A Wrockwardine Association for the Prosecution of Felons was formed between 1814 and 1818. 57 Admaston sewage …