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Waltham Abbey Court Cases

For a full explanation of these court cases and how to further research them, please look at our Essex Court Cases page.

The information is supplied in the following format:

• (d) defendant’s name, age and occupation (when given)
• (v) victim’s name, age and occupation (when given)
• (w) witness names, age and occupation (when given)
• Offence
• Place offence committed and places mentioned where the (d), (v) or (w) lived. Some of the defendants may have been from neighbouring parishes not mentioned by name, or itinerant wanderers.
• The court hearing the case.
• The source newspaper.

• Case
• (d) Daniel Cole labourer and Joshua Burling labourer
• (v) William Barrett
• Arson
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 13 July 1833

• Case
• (d) William Clark
• (v) Eleanor Jane Buer
• (w) Charles Buer and Philip White
• Assault
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Caledonian Mercury 5 August 1802

• Case
• (d) James Head
• (v) Thomas Knight
• (w)
• Manslaughter
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Caledonian Mercury 5 August 1802

• Case
• (d) George Rowe 32 innkeeper, John Cornish 29 ordnance servant, Charles Eves ordnance servant and Jesse Griffith 24 fish dealer
• (w) Henry Topping
• Burglary
• Waltham Abbey
• Waltham Abbey Petty Sessions and and Essex Assizes
• Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper 4 May 1851 and Daily News 24 July 1851

• Case
• (d) Benjamin Rolfe
• (v) Thomas Osborne
• Theft
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 13 March 1830

• Case
• (d) John Harris servant and James Gooch
• (v) John Upton
• Theft
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 24 March 1827

• Case
• (d) Alexander Clarke general dealer
• Perjury
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 18 January 1881

• Case
• (d) Robert Frank
• (v) Philip Tabor
• Assault
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Assizes
• Morning Chronicle 25 July 1828

• Case
• (d) James Lawrence 21 labourer
• (v) Mary Ann Green 16
• (w) William Green farmer
• Abduction
• Waltham Abbey
• Essex Quarter Sessions
• Morning Chronicle 19 October 1839