Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    PUBZ3/5/73
  • Title
    Folio.133-136 Elizabeth Judd wife of Charles Judd, residing at St Cuthbert, Bedford.
  • Date free text
    29 Dec 1820
  • Production date
    From: 1820 To: 1821
  • Scope and Content
    About 27 years of age. Born at Over in Cambridgeshire. Christmas 1812 she let herself to Thomas Ingle of St Ives, County of Huntingdon , baker for a year at the wages of five pounds. Lived there til Michaelmas 1813 when she let herself again to him for the the wages of six pounds and continued until Michaelmas 1814 without ever having slept out of the house. One night the whole time or ever quitted his service til the Michaelmas day 1814 when she received her full wages and hired herself directly to his father John Ingle of the same parish, victualler, at the wages of seven pounds. She continued there the whole year and received her full wages at Michaelmas 1815. Afterwards lived in the city of Ely but not as a servant nor in any way to gain a settlement til 8 March 1819 when she married at St Ives by Banns to Charles Judd, then living at St Ives, boot maker by whom she has one child about eight months old named Charlotte and she also has an illegitimate child with her born in St Ives named Mary about four years of age. At the time she was confined with her daughter Charlotte she applied to the Parish Officers of St Ives for relief (her husband being then working at his trade in Bedford. The overseers relieved her and went to Bedford and brought her husband to St Ives who was confined 3 days in the Bridewell at Huntingdon and on his release returned to Bedford to which place she followed him in about three weeks. The Overseer of St Ives told her that her husband had been examined to his settlement but he would not tell her where it was, nor would her husband, although she has several times requested him to do so. On Friday morning 8 Dec her husband told her he had been married to another woman eighteen years who now lived in Sheep Yard, Temple Bar, London and that he was going to her. He then left this Examinant at Bedford and she has not seen or heard from him since.
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