Reference
QSR1823/365-366
Title
Examinations and depositions regarding Benjamin Endersby of Potton, victualler.
Date free text
1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
Scope and Content
Information of Richard Read of Bedford, shoemaker, assistant to Richard Rayment, bailiff to the sheriff of Bedford. Went to Potton with a writ to arrest Benjamin Endersby of Potton, victualler. 'I went into the Swan Inn at Potton - the house of Mr Endersby - I saw him sitting in a chair; I called for a glass of ale - he looked at me and he immediately rose up and walked a step or two; I then told him that I had a warrant against him ... at the suit of Frederick Hogg ... I then called in Mr Rayment - he remained with the defendant about two hours in his own house. He [Endersby] made excuses and objections to accompany us. Mr Endersby continued to drink brandy and water and he became obstinate and outrageous and refused to go with us. A constable was ordered to keep the peace. Mr Rayment desired the constable to get such aid and assistance as would enable him to take the defendant to the Bull Inn. Assistant came to out aid ... we then endeavoured to take him [Endersby] to the Bull inn ... we behaved civilly and gently to him - he atempted to escape, he knocked off my hat, I siezed him by the great coat - he slipt [slipped] out of it - I siezed him again by his common coat - he got out of that - I siezed him then by the shirt and waistcoat; he struggled violently, so that it required at least a dozen or fourteen persons to convey him to the Bull Inn. He threw me down in the street three or four times ... he is a very powerful man. We got him into the Bull Inn - he struck me on the mouth with his fist there; we were forced to get hand cuffs to keep him quiet. We kept him in custody that night, and brought him to Bedford gaol the next day. He was handcuffed to me during the journey to Bedford. My knee is much bruised, and I am sore and stiff from the falls which Endersby gave me ...'Information of Richard Rayment: confirms the foregoing. Also 'I lost my hat in the affray and did not recover it until next day.
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