Criminal Court Appearances

Derby Petty Sessions 

QUARTER SESSIONS - COURT IN SESSION

   Session Papers - ref. Q/SB/2

      FILE - Information of William Sims; his master, John Lowe of Alderwasley, appointed him and Richard Statham to watch for a thief taking ore out of Lowe's ore-house: they caught Jane Roper and Anne her daughter, Margaret Hough and Alice her daughter Information of Roger Marchington. - ref.  Q/SB/2/256  - date: 3 Jul 1665

      FILE - Information of John Hall, Thomas Frost, and James Marchington, the former two of Castleton, miners, the latter of Sittinglow, against Ellis Dakin, late of Castleton, weaver, for theft of clothes from a coe. - ref.  Q/SB/2/1330 1332  - date: 19 Aug 1801

1798.Feb James MARCHINGTON of Peak forest Shopkeeper Abuse of Weights fine: 5s 
(Wright & denman)


Derby Quarter Sessions
1796.March. James MARCHINGTON of Tideswell, Weaver,  Assault at Litton mill on Thomas Gorton cotton manufacture of Tideswell - All disputes settled. 
1796.March. William MARCHINGTON ofTideswell, Weaver.Assault Litton mill Thomas Gorton cotton manufacture  of Tideswell. All disputes settled.

1789.March. William MECKINGTON Priestcliffe,High Peak, Farmer Assault  George Bagshaw farmer of Priestcliffe. All disputes settled.

 

Papers of the Mellish Family of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, c.1160-1911

   Correspondence - ref. Me C 1-38

      Letter on miscellaneous subjects to Sir Thomas Parker (sergeant at law, then 1710 Lord Chief Justice)

         FILE - Letter from John Morton, Marchington to Sarah Morton. - ref.  Me C 1/2/69  - date: 9 October 1715

Crime of John Marchington living in London in 1320.

Tuesday before the Feast of St. Laurence [10 Aug.], 14 Edward II. [A. D. 1320],. John de Marchyntone  committed to prison by the said Mayor and Aldermen for keeping a baker's shop after abjuring the business of a baker in the City of London for ever.

Folio. cvi.

 

From: 'Folios ci - cxi b: March 1319-20 -', Calendar of letter-books of the city of London: E: 1314-1337 (1903), pp. 117-34. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=33105. Date accessed: 10 January 2007.

NOTES/COMMENTS: Probably this John is a Marchington who came from the village of Marchington directly and as such may not be connected with the High Peak Marchington's.

Lancashire records office. Doc No. QSP/2977/68. Salford general sessions Feb 1833.

William Marchington. was being prosecuted by William Poolesford. A bill of the cost of the prosecution was made to the value of £6. 12s. 6d. Cost of one witness @ 3 days.

Lancashire records office. Doc No. QSP/2977/70.  Salford general sessions c1833.
Same case again involving William Marchingotn, but a second person is also being prosecuted by William Pooleford that being a John Dyson, again a bill of costs was presented in the sum of £10. 13s. 6d. Do not know the out come of this case but hope to follow it up at some stage. 

Lancashire records office. Doc No. QSP/2977/82 . Salford Midsummer 1856.
 This document is set out like an expenses form:- Certificate of expenses paid to Hannah Marchington, Sarah Taylor & Samuel Chartler all of Droylesden, for attendance as witnesses in a case against John Wilson dated 28 Jun 1856 . Expenses paid 2s. 6.d each. The accused was up for Felony exactly what crime it doesn't state but usually Felony is a serious crime, rape, murder, GBH etc, as such John Wilson could have been hanged, Transported of imprisoned if he was lucky. 

I searched the court transcripts for these hearings but couldn't find any reference to them, however the court records were not set out in date order and jumped from month to month backwards & forwards through one year and there was a lot of them and hard to read. It was interesting to note that most people before 1836 who committed a Felony were 'Transported' across the seas ranging from 6 to 17 years banishment and there were a lot of them. William's case seems to be minor and I guess if he was found Guilty of what ever crime/ or civil one, probably he was just fined. John Wilson on the other hand would certainly have be Transported if some of the example records are anything to go by.

Lancashire records office. Doc No. QSP/2977/41. Salford Midsummer 1821. Along with Doc No. QSP/2977/48, QSP/2977/13,  & QSP/2977/30

Dates 16 Feb 1821 through to 16 Jul 1821

All deal with Micah & Mary Marchington who were living in the Ashton -u- Lyne parish.  The local overseer of the poor made an appeal to have them both removed from the parish to the home birth parish of Peak Forest for being;" poor and unpleasant persons". How ever Micah was to ill to move and as such the overseer for the poor made an appeal for a grant of money to be paid by the Overseer of the poor of Peak Forest for their up keep until Micah was fit enough to travel. The sum paid was £3. 9s. This was paid twice as a second removal order was made but set aside again. Micah is undoubtedly from the Henry 1662 line of Chapel Marchingtons. Given his typical non-conformist name.

 

 

 


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