• Reference
    QSR1836/4/5/42
  • Title
    Deposition by William Bond of Turvey to Charles Higgins JP regarding proposed fist fight between Thomas Renolds of Harrold and Frederick Bond of Carlton
  • Date free text
    1 October 1836
  • Production date
    From: 1836 To: 1836
  • Scope and Content
    William Bond of Turvey, labourer, came before Mr Charles Higgins JP and informed him on oath that he believed that Thomas Renolds of Harrold had sent a challenge to fight to Frederick Bond of Carlton his brother. Bond believed that Frederick Bond had accepted the challenge from Renolds and they intended to meet next Monday in the parish of Carlton to fight with their fists. Bond also believed that various ill disposed persons did aid, abet and encourage Renolds and Frederick Bond to fight, and that money was to be given to them both accord to the result of the fight, by which the King’s Peace and the lives of Renolds and Frederick Bond were endangered.
  • Level of description
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