1782 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1782 |
| Topic | Woman indicted for murder had been at Robin Hood Court [Holborn] |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.
Record
[20 Feb. 1782:]
JANE SWEATMAN's DEFENCE.
I had been all the afternoon in Robinhood's court, I was going along by this place, and saw this woman, Humphries, I asked her where she was going, she said, to Mrs. Topham's, I am sensible she is acquainted with her, I said, I had not seen her a good while, and I would go and treat her, she went with me; as I was going by this place, I said, I wanted to go and ease myself, we went to the necessary together; I never saw any person in the alley but Mary Stebbings , and no person ever met us in the alley but that woman.[1]
Source notes
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IRHB comments
The "Robinhood Court" mentioned here must be that at Shoe Lane. The deceased, who it was eventually decided probably died from natural causes, was found at "Eagle and child alley", which Lockie lists as follows in his Topography of London: ""Eagle & Child-Alley, Fleet-Market,- at 61, the first on the R. about fifteen doors from Holborn-hill, extending to 39, Shoe-lane".[2] The surgeon who examined the body lived in Holborn.
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
Background
- Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of, and Accurate Direction to, Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs. Second Edition (London, 1813), s.n. 'Eagle & Child-Alley'; also Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of and Accurate Direction to Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs (London, 1810), s.n. Eagle and Child-Alley.
Also see
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- 1888 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1893 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey
- Robin Hood Court (Holborn).
Notes
- ↑ Proceedings of the Old Bailey: 20 Feb. 1782.
- ↑ Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of, and Accurate Direction to, Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs. Second Edition (London, 1813), s.n. 'Eagle & Child-Alley'; also Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of and Accurate Direction to Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs (London, 1810), s.n. Eagle and Child-Alley.