George Handy

After defending a riot charge in 1830 George Handy relocated from Ilmington to Stratford upon Avon. Perhaps pauperized, at the time of the 1841 census he was living in the Alms house (age is 8 years too low?). Shortly afterwards he married an older widow, Sarah Bartlam, who died the following year. At the time of the 1851 census he is listed as a widower (age 4 years too low?) living with his brother Robert (age 11 years too low?) and a 7 year old daughter Hannah. He may have been a widower twice over at that point, because Hannah was too young to have been the late Sarah Handy's daughter.

ER10/2/392 1830

Contents:

Michaelmas Sessions

Brief for prosecution in Rex (Thomas Edden, Ilmington, farmer) v. George Dumbleton, James Hathaway, William Cattle, William Foster, James Butler, George Handy and David Jones, all Ilmington, labourers, for riot.

(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=188-er10_1&...)

Warwick Michaelmas Sessions 1830.

Warwickshire. Indictment states that George Dumbleton of the Parish of Ilmington Labourer, James Hathaway, of same, Labourer, William Cattle, of same Labourer, William Foster, of same Labourer, James butter of same labourer, George Handy of same labourer and David Jones of same labourer with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of 50 and more to the Jurors aforesaid unknown on the 6th day of August in the 1st year of the reign of King William the 4th withforce and arms, to wit, with sticks, staves and other offensive weapons at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid unlawfully, riotously did assemble and gather together to disturb the Peace etc. and being so assembled and gathered together armed as last aforesaid did then and there remain and continue armed as last aforesaid making such noise, riot and disturbance for the space of one hour and more then next following to the great disturbance and terror not only of the leige subjects of the King then passing etc in contempt and against the Peace etc..

The Prisoners assembled together principally with an intent to prevent the Prosecutor Mr Thomas Edden from employing some Irishmen to get in his harvest and to compel him to discharge the men and drive them from the neighbourhood. There were two Irishmen who gave material evidence before the magistrates and were bound over to give evidence at the Sessions but the distance from the time they were before the Magistrates to this time it is conceived and was sufficient to alarm them as they do not now appear therefore the Case must stand upon the following evidence of the Prosecutor and two other Witnesses.

The Mob followed the Irishmen from out of the Field and threw stones at and otherwise annoyed them and threatened to Assault them and assaulted one or two of them by throwing stones. etc.

MR THOMAS EDDEN. of Ilmington, Farmer, prosecutor, says that on the 6th of August lst he went home from Stratford Market and in going up the Village of Ilmington towards his own house he saw two or three men parading about with sticks...

(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kjn1961/Legacy%20Web%20Pag...)

1841 census information (http://www.freecen.org.uk)

Piece: HO107/1126/14

Place: Stratford -Warwickshire

Enumeration District: 1

Civil Parish: Old Stratford

Ecclesiastical Parish: -

Folio: 8 Page: 8

Address: Alms House

Household:

CRANMER* Rebecca F 80 Almoner Warwickshire

HUGHES Sarah F 8 Warwickshire

HUGHES Ann F 6 Warwickshire

HUGHES Charles M 3 Warwickshire

HUGHES Frederick M 11m Warwickshire

HANDY George M 26 Ag Lab Warwickshire

HEWINS William M 21 Ag Lab Warwickshire

• Surname uncertain

Marriage (to Sarah BARTLAM)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=knUJRN80%2Fk7EsBl...

1851 census (http://web.archive.org/web/20071214082846/www.rootsweb.com/~engcots...)

Piece: HO 107/2074

HANDY George Widower 40 Ilmington

Hannah 7 Scholar Stratford

Robert Brother 38 Agricultural Labourer Ilmington

IGI (http://www.familysearch.org)

GEORGE HANDY

Male

Christening: 17 APR 1807 Ilmington, Gloucester, England

Father: WILLIAM HANDY

Mother: HANNAH

Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C035421 1588 - 1812 0548379 Film 6911856 Film

C035421 1667 - 1694 0246664 Film NONE

Sheet: 00

GEORGE HANDY

Male

Father: WILLIAM HANDY

Spouse: SARAH BARTLAM

Marriage: 14 SEP 1841 Holy Trinity, Stratford On Avon, Warwick, England