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The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… of Vale Royal, indicted for receiving Randolph Coyntrel, a thief, and other thieves; Walter de Childeston and John de … of Vale Royal, indicted for receiving Randolph Coyntrel, a thief; Richard le Celereresman of Dernhal, indicted for receiving [? at] le Harecourt, a thief, Randolph de Coyntrel of Vale Royal, indicted for the …
The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… by that word infongenthef he claims to have, that, if any thief be taken in his lordship, with the stolen goods, at the … day to claim it; and also if any beast be stolen, and the thief flees, then the ownership of the same beast remains in … And by theft he claims to have the pelfry when any thief is taken in his lordship, and judgment is given at the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… acted as prison-keeper and was assisted by about six 'thief-takers'. 72 To supplement the inadequate police force, … (1939), 8. The precise function and usefulness of the 'thief-takers' is not known. Gill, Hist. Birm. 72. An Act to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… had had but a little. Break up the coffers of the hoarding thief, There millions will be found to make him chief. I have …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… occasion whatsoever; but they have lately seen a penitent thief suffer death for pilfering a few pounds from scatering …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… "scarce in all Leinster was there as much as a rebel or a thief stirring." 2 Rising of the Munster Towns. But a …
County of Middlesex. Calendar to the sessions records: new series
… been bound over to appear there (p. 323). Another horse-thief also underwent the torture of the peine forte et dure … in the place where the offence was done (p. 77); the thief who stole some curtains out of Sir Ralph Winwood's …
Calendar of Treasury Papers
… these are somewhat numerous in this volume. The notorious thief-catcher, Jonathan Wild, is mentioned as being concerned …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… Good Bishop Bonner had been imprisoned like a common thief for refusing to uphold in the pulpit the legality of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… he insisted on the delivery of Cockbank, a great riever, thief, and manslayer. 49 At the end of January 50 Henry …