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Archive Reference / Library Class No.Q/UBOX/26/12
TitleTraverses and Indicments
Date1767-1833
Description- Indictment: John Pearson the elder, blacksmith, John Pearson the younger, labourer, Charles Stafford, labourer, John Thornally, otherwise called John Thornley, farmer, Lee Higginbotham, shoemaker, John Wright, schoolmaster, Philip Aston, cotton manufacturer, all of Glossop, publishing a libel claiming perjury by Robert Arnfield, 30 Jun 1789
- Traverse, George Hudson and Samuel Hudson, both of Dronfield, labourers, assaulting William Wildgoose, 2 Oct 1798

Indictments
• John Spencer of Wirksworth, labourer, entering a close with intent to kill game, the property of Samuel Kinder, 15 Oct 1821
• Wigley Hayward Hodgkinson, gentleman, George Tissington, miner, John Smith, gardener, John Slater the younger, labourer, William Barton, miner, Daniel Eaton, miner, Thomas Bunting, miner, John Bunting, miner, Samuel Bunting, miner, Robert Bumting, miner, Andrew Shaw the elder, miner, Andrew Shaw the younger, miner, George Ogden, miner, Thomas Buxton, miner, William Roberts, miner, Joseph Holme, miner, John Knowles, miner, George Knowles, miner, Adam Knowles, miner, William Knowles, miner, Thomas Buckley, miner, George Buckley, miner, James Ludlam, miner, Samuel Middleton, blacksmith, George Hole, labourer, Job Rowson, miner, Joseph Woodhouse, miner and Joseph Calow, blacksmith, all of Matlock, riotous assembly for six hours, 8 July 1809
• James Fermor of Nottingham, labourer, assaulting William Fretwell and William Wass, constables of Ault Hucknall, appointed to apprehend Joseph Pacey, alias Hooton, accused of breaking the gate leading out of Hardwick Park to Heath under the care of Benjamin Bearcliffe, 9 Aug 1800
• John Cheetham of Nottingham, framework knitter, obtaining money from Joseph Marsh, sergeant, and from David Haggard by claiming to be free to enlist while being apprenticed to Nathaniel Clough of Nottingham, framework knitter, 30 Sep 1805
• Inhabitants of county of Derby to repair Horns Bridge, Chesterfield, 1 Mar 1833
• Samuel Bailey of Yeldersley, overseer of the poor, failing to provide for Elizabeth Coxon (having her taken in a cart from Yeldersley to Shirley when she was about to give birth), 18 Aug 1789
• John Taylor late of Duffield, nailer, James Taylor later of Duffield, nailor, William Walker late of Duffield, nailor, Mary Tennison wife of Jacob late of Duffield, nailor, Martha Melborn late of Duffield, spinster and Sarah Varney late of Duffield, spinster, assaulting Charles Wigley, 13 Jul 1782

Traverses
• Moses Taylor of Bakewell, tailor, entering and taking possession of a dwelling house, the property of Thomas Gregory, 13 Jan 1789
• Henry Merrill of Chapel en le Frith, carrier and overseer of the poor, paying Robert Cartledge of Peak Forest, labourer, to marry Betty Robinson of Chapel en le Frith and paying fees for a marriage licence and marriage ceremony to the parson of Peak Forest (to avoid Betty Robinson becoming chargeable to the parish of Chapel en le Frith), 13 Jan 1789
• William Bromley of Pentrich, labourer, obtaining money by false pretences from Jethro Walters, 13 Jan 1789
• John Slater of Hartington, labourer, assaulting William Chtterton, 7 Oct 1788
• Richard Goodwin of Chesterfield, labourer, stealing five pieces of bond leather and three tanned hides, the property of Paul Webster (records a finding of guilt and a sentence of transportation for seven years), 13 Jan 1789
• John Taylor of Dronfield, labourer, throwing dung at Betty Millington, 21 Apr 1789

Indictment: Daniel Glossop, keeper of the house of correction at Chesterfield, allowing the escape of Peter Mitchell, in custody in relation to begetting Ann Wetton with child, 8 Oct 1811

Traverses
• Isaac Furnis of Chesterfield, collier, assaulting Caleb Unwin, 12 Jul 1774
• John Morton of Duffield, labourer, assaulting Gisebert Blanchon, 13 Jan 1789
• Joseph Pearson of Wirksworth, labourer, assaulting James Wall,14 Jul 1789
• John Beeley of Scarcliffe, farmer, assaulting Joseph Coupe, 13 Apr 1790
• Ann Hall, wife of Joseph Hall of Duffield, yeoman, assaulting Millicent Brooke, 8 Oct 1776

- Indictment: Francis Newton of Sheffield, grocer, assaulting Ann [?]How, spinster, 10 Jan 1775

Traverses
• Francis Moore of Chesterfield, joiner, assaulting John Blurton, 12 Jul 1785
• Grace Allcock, wife of John Allcock of Derby, yeoman, entering the house of John Lane of Duffield, blacksmith and forcing him out, 12 Jul 1774
• John Taylor of Dronfield, labourer, throwing dung at Matthew Millington and at the door of his house, 21 Apr 1789

Indictments
• Theophilus Norton on behalf of the inhabitants of Hartington Upper Quarter, to repair a section of highway, 17 Jul 1772
• Richard Simpson, woolcomber, Ralph Johnson, yeoman, German Buxton, yeoman, Gilbert Goodall, yeoman, Daniel Spencer, labourer, Reuben Spencer, labourer, Joseph Moore, labourer, John Gratton the younger, blacksmith, John Allen, labourer, John Kirkby, tailor, James Taylor, skinner, Samuel Wall, glazier, Samuel Kirk, gardener, Abraham Walklett, all of Wirksworth, entering the house at Middleton of Elizabeth Jebson, widow and assaulting John Jackson, 12 Jul 1774

- Traverse: James Dawson of Wensley, miner, Robert Fletcher of Wensley, miner, James Knowles of Wensley, miner, Francis Glossop of Wirksworth, grocer, Anthony Hardy of Birchover, miner, Benjamin Longden of Winster, miner, John Longden of Winster, miner and Luke Bond of Wensley, miner, unlawfully entering a lead mine (Pitts Coapers?) in the parish of Youlgreave and putting out the owners, John Hall, gentleman, Samuel Frith, George Buckley, William Wright, Henry Knowles, Joseph Knowles, Robert Higgs, William Knowles, William Bateman and William Wallwin, 14 Jul 1767

- Indictment: William Rawlstone, George Bates and Robert Wooton, all of Spondon, labourers, threatening with a gun and a pistol William Byfield, John Biggins, John Williams, Richard Dawson and Richard Rogers, 25 Apr 1797

Traverses
• William Hatfield, Joseph Watson and Samuel Heathcote, all of Ashbourne, labourers, assaulting Sampson Milward and Gervase Nicholson, 10 Jan 1797
• Joseph Watson of Ashbourne, labourer; assaulting Gervase Nicholson, 10 Jan 1797
• Edward Johnson of Crich, labourer, stealing one leather housing, the property of George Smith, (records a sentence of transportation to the coast of Africa for three years), 15 Jan 1782
• William Brightmore of Glossop, labourer, assaulting Mary White at Eyam, 3 Oct 1775
• John Kite, William Whitaker and John Whitaker, all of South Normanton, labourers, threatening to pull down the house of Thomas Duffield at South Normanton, 29 Apr 1794
• John Port of Ilam, esquire and Matthew Bloxam of Thurgarton, esquire, assaulting Edward Poole at Ashbourne, 4 Oct 1785
• John Walton of Brampton, schoolmaster, assaulting Jonas Oddy, 25 Apr 1786
• George Hamilton, otherwise called Hammerton, of Bakewell, labourer, assaulting Sarah Carson, 11 Jul 1786

? Sarah Beardsley, wife of Thomas Beardsley of Duffield, labourer and Henry Redferne of Duffield, labourer, assaulting John Goodwin, constable appointed to apprehend Humphrey Winson of Hazlewood (said to have fathered a female child born at Hazlewood on 20 Jun 1798 to Hannah Smith), 10 Jul 1798

Traverses
• Robert Longdon the younger of Tideswell, weaver, assaulting Margaret Mycock, 25 Apr 1786
• John Beard of Youlgreave, labourer, assaulting Ann Waite
Extent1 bundle
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Quarter Sessions
FormatDocument
AcknowledgementsWith thanks to Roger Jennens for box-listing, July 2026.
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