Illustration by Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Maintenance payments for children born out of wedlock is not a modern day provision. Reputed Father: Robert Downs of Great Ellingham When Mary Cable of Bunwell was delivered of a male child in the Parish of…
Category: Leeder
Court Appearance for Harriet Leeder, Grocery Dealer
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied Great Ellingham born Harriet Leeder was a grocery dealer living in Long Street during the 1860s, with her parents, William and Frances Leeder. Court Appearance In the August of 1864, Harriet Leeder, described as a…
Housebreaking & Theft of Soap, Candles, Matches and Other Articles
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Martha and Jemima Downes Committed for Trial Sisters Martha and Jemima Downes (Downs) of Great Ellingham appeared before Mr A Cockell Esq, a local Attleborough Magistrate, in the August of 1878. On the information of…