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North Nibley
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FROM "WOTTEN UNDER EDGE" by E.S.Lindley
1578...........ROBERT HALE, grandfather of SIR MATTHEW, left a 20s rent
...................charge in North Nibley for "the poorest inhabitants" it is paid into ...................almshouses accounts
1627...........A rent charge of 40s. on land at Rockampton in 1569 by
...................MARGARET HALE, confirmed in 1578 by Thomas Webb, ...................superseded by gift of the land, "for the poor" when sold later, the ...................proceeds were joined to those from sale of adjoining Hill lands of ...................the Sir Jonathan Dawes 1674 bequest for several purposes, and ...................RICHARD HALE's 1650 bequest for the poor, and given to the ...................almshouses account.
1636...........(Sir) MATTHEW HALE cleared an entail which had barred the
...................gift by his father ROBERT, to the poor, of land in Rangeworthy. ...................This was greatly improved by exchanges at the time of the ...................enclosures in 1811, becoming a farm which let for £115. The land ...................has been sold and the proceeds yield £70 4s. 6d. in funds to ...................almshouses.
1650...........RICHARD HALE (Sir Matthew's elder uncle) for £55 sold land in
...................Rockhampton "for the poor": this too has been amalgamated ...................with the Sir Jonathan Dawes bequest.
There is a tradition in the Hale family that Wortley House (Wotton under Edge) was
then occupied as sub tenant by a MRS MARY HALE. There was a widow of that name who died in 1775) Probably MARY MOUCHER, second wife of the notable ROBERT HALE of COTTLES the last male HALE, and the fact that the house was offered on lease in 1776
KINGSWOOD Settlement Examinations 18th December 1753
Examination of William Cross Pearce, late of Alderley, Millman.
1752.......... Mr William Springett, MATTHEW HALE ESQ., and Mr.William
...................Larton, three of the principal inhabitants of Alderley where the ...................examinent was legally settled proposed he take and rent a cloth of ...................fulling mill of Mr.John Hunt of Kingswood and would supply the ...................examinent money to carry on trade. He rented the mill at £16 and at the ...................time of taking the mill he had a wife and three children
Extracts from "A House of Correction by J Whiting)
LITTLEDEAN HOUSE OF CORRECTION
"A MOST DANGEROUS CHARACTER"
"Insanity was an occasional problem for prisons and in 1826 a 40 year old nailer,
and most dangerous character, THOMAS HALE, was subject to fits which occasionally affected his reason. He had threatened to murder the governess of Littledean Workhouse, "which he is by no means unlikely to do if not strictly watched, should he be freed, " He was in prison for assaulting her. He had scars on both his legs and arms. Phillips certified him insane and he was moved to Gloucester Asylum.
"A FAMOUS ESCAPE"
"It was not until 1830 that another escape took place when 27 year old labourer
JOHN HALE, serving six months for riot and assault, escaped during the night using a home made clay key. He had once escaped from Gloucester gaol. The keeper and the turnkey offered a reward for his capture, and he resisted desperately when cornered within a month. He claimed he had easily put his arm through the cell door's peep-hole trap and pushed the bolts back. This trap defect had to be rectified after his escape. Magistrate Crawley picked both cell locks with a twig in front of the staff to prove how easy it was."
17th July 1832
MATTHEW HALE, son of CLEOPHUS HALE, deceased, of Parish of Cam, and
Mary his wife now marries to Thomas Gunter.
To James Bond of the town of Chepstow, Monmouth
As Blacksmith for 7 years. Consideration £10.
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