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Crime in print

An English view of Welsh lawlessness, early sixteenth century

The murder of Grace Jones, 1671 (Monmouthshire)

The murder of William Powell of Glanareth, 1770 (Carmarthenshire)

Cases in court records

Edward Mason, manslaughter of Lewis Rowland, 1785 (Cardiganshire)

Ithell Jones, housebreaking and theft, 1684 (Denbighshire)

James Fewtrall, theft from a shop, 1688 (Denbighshire)

Anne Locker, theft of sheets, 1709 (Denbighshire)

Judith Evans, theft of cheese, 1764 (Montgomeryshire)

George Frost, seditious libel, 1687 (Denbighshire)

Francis ap Humphrey, slander, 1681 (Denbigshire)

Other sources

Trial of William Owen, smuggler, for murder, 1747 (Carmarthenshire)

About source materials

Court of Great Sessions in Wales: the gaolfiles

Conference papers, essays etc

Angry men and violent bodies

Communities policing 'criminal bodies'

Other resources and documents

Cheshire Documents

Peter Deane and William Davenport, assault, 1678

Death of Francis Wood, 1659

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