QSR1834/4/5/18

Deposition of Hannah Mobbs, wife of George Mobbs of Kempston. In the case of George Mobbs accused of the assault of his wife, Hannah.

30 September 1834

From: 1834 To: 1834

Hannah Mobbs: she had been married to her husband George Mobbs for 5 years. She was brought to bed on Tuesday 30 September. On the Saturday after her confinement he aggravated her so she struck him with the back of her hand. She had a knife in her other hand but did not attempt to hit him with it. When she struck him he struck her on the head with his fist and knocked her out of the chair.. She fell with her baby onto the bricks. She got up and ran out of the doors. Another woman took her child. She reminded out of doors in the street until he had gone to bed. Nothing more passed that night. They had no further dispute until Monday morning when she asked him for some money to buy some bread. He said he would not give her any and hen told her to sit still and he would go and get some victuals. He went out and she followed him to see which way he went. He returned about ¾ of an hour later and sent one of the children for a loaf. Nothing more passed until that night when he returned quite forward in beer. He sent the child for the loaf and said it was to last a week. He then began to swear at her because she had applied to the parish and beat her on the shoulders and arms with his fist. Her arms were bruised. She got away and ran out of the doors. She remained out of the house for a few minutes until she heard him go along the road and then she returned home. He came home at 3am. They both went up to bed. On Tuesday morning, when he came home, she went to the door and he told her not to shut it on him. She said she wasn’t going to. He began to beat her and hit her about the head with his fist. She ran away and he called her a demon bitch. He was drunk. On Tuesday night she was ay the neighbours house with her child. She heard her husband at the door and heard him sat he would split the door if he was not let in. The people told her they heard him say the neighbourhood should not harbour her. She was frightened and rant through the house to the overseers and remained there all night.

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Mobbs, Hannah,
Mobbs, George

KEMPSTON, assault, childbirth, domestic violence