ABCP97/1-22

Incest: office v. John Draper, vicar; promoted by Thomas Gurney, farmer, Stevington; Draper, who was married to Mary Keines, was interested in her daughter. Accused of incest with his wife's sister Dorothy. The depositions give full details.

c. 1707

From: 1707 To: 1707

articles against Draper; answers by Draper; extracts from parish registers; depositions:- Matthew Draper of Westminster, gent.; John Pateman, Hardmead, Bucks., clerk; John Rennolds of Kempston, maltster; William Boyer of Stevington, fuller; Margaret wife of Evans Yarrow of Stevington, farmer; Mary wife of Richard Crofts of Bedford, cordwainer; Constance wife of Simon Abbott of Bedford, labourer; Elizabeth Tysoe of Stevington, spinster; Anna Tysoe of Stevington, spinster; Anna Barr of Stevington, widow of John Barr, labourer; Alice Earle of St. Neots, widow; Anna Osborn wife of John of Wootton, dairyman; Disciplina wife of Thomas Smith of Stevington; George Cox of Stevington, yeoman; Robert Stratton of Stevington, lacemaker; Martha Thorpe of St. Martin-in-the-fields, widow; Mary Draper (niece), servant. to Mary May, Middlesex.; Sentence finding Draper guilty.

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Draper, John,
Gurney, Thomas,
Draper, Matthew,
Pateman, John,
Rennolds, John,
Boyer, William,
Yarrow, Margaret,
Yarrow, Evans,
Crofts, Mary,
Crofts, Richard,
Abbott, Simon,
Abbott, Constance,
Tysoe, Elizabeth,
Tysoe, Anna,
Barr, Anna,
Barr, John,
Earle, Alice,
Osborn, Anna,
Osborn, John,
Smith, Disciplina,
Smith, Thomas,
Cox, George,
Stratton, Robert,
Thorpe, Martha,
Draper, Mary,
May, Mary,
Keines, Mary,
Keines, Dorothy

Archdeacon's Court, legal papers, incest, STEVINGTON