James
Hudgell
Parents: Benjamin
HUDGELL and Elizabeth KING
1817 - 1880
James
Hudgell was married to Ann Threader (1815 -1880) at St Marys and All saints Church
Lambourne in 1836.
In 1837
they had their first child, a son named after tradition the same as his
father James.
James and Ann
fell on hard times and in 1839 James stole from his employer John
Skikelthorpe a plumber:
Essex Quarter
Session Rolls 15 October 1839
James Hudgell of Lambourne: for larceny by servant, puts himself guilty, 2 calendar
months hard labour and 14 days solitary confinement in the Convict Gaol
at Springfield.
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1 and a half pounds of paint to
the value of one shilling |
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One brass tap value one shilling |
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Two ounces weight of glazing
solder value 1 penny |
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14 pieces of paper the value of
one shilling |
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Two pounds in weight of zinc
valued 6 pence. |
When James came
to court on the 15th October 1839 he pleaded guilty of the
offence and was sentenced to serve 2 calendar months hard labour and 14
days solitary confinement in the convict gaol at Springfield.
John Skikethorpe
and his family lived in the small village of Albridge in Essex and James
and Ann Hudgell not far away Crabb Tree Hill in Lambourne Essex.
(Doc reference
Q/SPb22)
Essex
document ref: Q/SR 1089
At top above
details of indictments:
To be imprisoned
and kept to hard labor (sic) 2 calendar months and 14 days solitary
confinement in the convict gaol at Springfield.
Doc reference
Q/SPb22
Guilty: puts himself
Main body of text:
The jurors for our
Lady the Queen, upon their oath present, the JAMES HUDGELL late of the
parish of Lambourne in the County of Essex, labourer -
On the 5th day of
September in the third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria,
by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen, Defender of the Faith, with Force and Arms, in the County a
foresaid being servant to one John Skikelthorpe the elder, then and
there, with Force and Arms, feloniously did steal, take and carry away
from the said John Skikelthorpe the elder, one pound and one half pound
of pain of the value of one shilling, one brass tap of the value of one
shilling, two ounces weight of Glazing solder, of the value of one
penny: 14 pieces of paper of the value of one shilling and two pounds
weight of Zinc, of the value of one shilling and two pounds weight of
Zinc, of the value of six pence -
Of the Goods and
Chattels of his Master the said John Skikelthorpe the elder
Larceny by servant
form of statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of
our said Lady the Queen her crown and dignity.
Initialled and no.
64
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James
Hudgell
HUDGELL/HUDGILL
on Essex Quarter Session Rolls
James Hudgell of Lambourne Essex on 15 October 1839
15
October 1839 James Hudgell: for larceny by servant, puts himself
guilty, 2 calendar months hard labour and 14 days solitary
confinement in the Convict Gaol at Springfield.
(Doc reference Q/SPb22)
Essex document ref: Q/SR 1089
At top above details of
indictments:
To
be imprisoned and kept to hard labor (sic)
2 calendar months and 14 days
solitary confinement in the convict gaol at Springfield.
Doc reference Q/SPb22
Guilty: puts himself
(pleads)
Main body of text:
The
jurors for our Lady the Queen, upon their oath present, the JAMES
HUDGELL late of the parish of Lambourn in the County of Essex,
labourer -
On
the 5th day of September in the third year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, with
Force and Arms, in the County a foresaid being servant to one John
Skikelthorpe the elder, then and there, with Force and Arms,
feloniously did steal, take and carry away from the said John
Skikelthorpe the elder, one pound and one half pound of pain of the
value of one shilling, one brass tap of the value of one shilling,
two ounces weight of Glazing solder, of the value of one penny: 14
pieces of paper of the value of one shilling and two pounds weight
of Zinc, of the value of one shilling and two pounds weight of Zinc,
of the value of six pence -
Of
the Goods and Chattels of his Master the said John Skikelthorpe the
elder
Larceny by servant form of statute in such case made and provided
and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen her crown and
dignity.
Initialled and no. 64
On the back:
John Skikelthorpe the elder
Elizabeth Skikelthorpe
John Skikelthorpe the jun.
(junior/younger)
4 Sworn in court
A true Bill |
After James had
served his sentence he did not reoffend again and lived the rest of his
life crime free in Lambourne.
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