An History of Birmingham (1783)

by William Hutton

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A LIST OF THE

HIGH BAILIFFS, LOW BAILIFFS, AND CONSTABLES,

Of the TOWN of BIRMINGHAM, from 1732, to 1782.

YEAR	HIGH BAILIFFS.	LOW BAILIFFS.	CONSTABLES.
1732	Thomas Wilson	John Webster	Joseph Bradnock	John Wilson
1733	John Webster	Joseph Kettle	Thomas Nickin	James Baker
1734	John Wickins	Thomas Lakin	Joseph Scott, esq;[[2]]	James Taylor
1735	Joseph Marston	John Russell	John Webster	Thomas Ashfield
1736	Joseph Bradnock	Robert Moore	Thomas Wickins	Joseph Fullelove
1737	James Baker	Isaac Ingram	John Kettle	Richard Porter
1738	Joseph Smith	William Mason	William Hunt	Henry Hun
1739	Thomas Wickens	William Harvey	Edward Burton	John England
1740	Simon Harris	Thomas Russel	Joseph Richards	T. Honeyborn
1741	Daniel Gill	George Abney	Thomas Turner	John Bedford
1742
1743	Josiah Jefferys	William Kettle	John Russel	Thomas
1744	George Davies	J. Humphrys, Jr.	William Mason	William Ward
1745	Edward Burton	Robert Moore	Joseph Wollaston	John Turner
1746
1747	Thomas Ashwell	J. Taylor, esq;	Joseph Walker	Josiah Hunt
1748	Thomas Wickens	John Roe	Robert Moore	John Horton
1749	Joseph Fullelove	Richard Brett	Henry Hunt	Joseph Ruston
1750	Thomas Lakin	Joseph Smith	John Gill	Luke Bell
1751	Thomas Turner	Benj. Mansell	John Walters	W. Walsingham
1752	James Baker	John Taylor	Price Thomas	Joseph Thomas
1753	E. Jordan, esq;	Samuel Harvey	Samuel Birch	Samuel Richards
1754	Thomas Cottrell	Joseph Richards	John Bellears	John Camden
1755	Joseph Walker	John Wells[3]	Stephen Colmore	John Powell
1756	John Bellears	J. Kettle, esq;	Ambrose Foxall	John Gray
1757	William Patteson	Joseph Webster	J. Darbyshire	Richard Brett
1758	James Horton	T. Lawrence	Thomas Richards	Sam. Pemberton
1759	John Walker	Thomas Abney	G. Spilsbury	Edward Weston
1760	John Turner	Abel Humphrys	Richard Dingley	Web Marriott
1761	John Baskerville	Stephen Bedford	Michael Lakin	Nehemiah Bague
1762	Joseph Thomas	James Jackson	George Birch	John Green
1763	John Gold	John Lee	William Parks	John Daws
1764	Richard Hicks	J. Ryland	S. Bradburn, esq;	Geo. Anderton
1765	Thomas Vallant	Sam. Richards	Ed. H. Noble	Elias Wallin
1766	John Lane	Henry Venour	John Lane	Joseph Adams
1767	John Horn	Jo. Wilkinson	Richard Rabone	Thomas Care
1768	Gregory Hicks	W. Russell, esq;	Thomas Bingham	John Moody
1769	James Male	Samuel Ray	Thomas Gisborne	William Mansell
1770	Joshua Glover	Thomas Russell	T. Lutwyche	Thomas Barker
1771	John Harris	J. Hornblower	Thomas Cooper	Walter Salt
1772	William Holden	Jos. Tyndall	R. Anderton	T. Hunt
1773	Thomas Westley	John Richards	Ob. Bellamy	John Smart
1774	John Ward	John Francis	W. Hodgkins	Thomas Wight
1775	Thomas Hurd	John Taylor, esq;	John Startin	T. Everton
1776	E.W. Patteson	Josiah Rogers	Thomas Corden	Joseph Wright
1777	Ed. Thomason	S. Pemberton	Joseph Jukes	Joseph Sheldon
1778	Joseph Green	William Hunt	Thomas Wright	John Allen[4]
1779	T. Faulconbridge	W. Humphrys	John Guest	Jonathan Wigley
1780	Daniel Winwood	William Scott	William Thomas	John Bird
1781	William Hicks	W. Taylor, esq;	John Dallaway	Richard Porter
1782	Thomas Carless	G. Humphrys	John Holmes	Thomas Barrs

[2] Joseph Scott, Esq; not choosing the official part, procured a substitute to perform it, in the person of the late Constable James Baker.

[3] in office, Benjamin Mansell was chosen in his stead.

[4] was charged with a fine of 25l. by the lady of the manor, and John Miles chosen in his stead.

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