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TAYLOR Betty TAYLOR Betty TAYLOR Charles TAYLOR Charlotte King TAYLOR Deborah TAYLOR
Elizabeth
TAYLOR Isaac TAYLOR James TAYLOR Jane TAYLOR Jane TAYLOR John TAYLOR John TAYLOR
Joseph
TAYLOR Rachel TAYLOR Robert TAYLOR
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TAYLOR William TAYLOR William TAYLOR
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The distance mentioned is the distance the Coroner had to travel. The amount of money was the Coroner's fee based on the distance travelled.
| 1753 | #9
15 Jan 1753. Warminster. Rachel taylor, late of
Warminster, spinster: murder by Jane Taylor, her
mother-in-law (sc. stepmother). 14 miles (from Devizes).
£1 10s 6d. (At Salisbury assizes, 13 Apr 1753, Jane wife of James Taylor was acquitted of murdering Rachel, an infant: ASSI 23/6) |
| 1758 | #212 8 Jul 1758. Chippenham. Betty Taylor: pecked headlong into a pond and was drowned. 10 miles (from devizes). £1 7s 6d. |
| 1763 | #354 13 Jan 1763. Castle Combe. Mr William Taylor: found dead in a field; no marks of violence; sudden natural death. 16 miles (from Devizes). £1 12s. |
| 1767 | #506 12 Feb 1767. Castle Combe.Isaac Taylor: died of a bad fever and not from any violence done him, as reported, by William gardiner or any other person. 16 miles (from Devizes). £1 12s. |
| 1773 | #813 7 May 1773. Coulston Marsh. William Taylor: poisoned himself with white sublimate of mercury; lunacy. 6 miles (from Devizes). £1 4s 6d. |
| 1775 | #2427 1 Nov 1775. Downton. Ann Taylor: fit. 7 miles (from Salisbury). £1 5s 3d. |
| 1776 | #1009 4 Sep 1776. Nash Hill in Lacock. Robert Taylor: had been driving a waggon along the Chippenham to Lacock road and, trying to get up into it, fell from the limbers and was killed by the wheels passing over his body. 10 miles (from Devizes). £1 7s 6d. |
| 1777 | #2783 25 Apr 1777. Charlotte King Taylor, a base-born child: natural death. £1. (entry 2783 is in a chapter of Corsham bills) |
| 1778 | #1096 31 Aug 1778. Chippenham. Deborah Taylor: found dead in Wood Lane. 10 miles (from Devizes). £1 7s 6d. |
| 1779 | #1157
1 Nov 1779. Beanacre in Melksham. A new-born female
bastard: murder by Betty Taylor, the mother, and Mary Adams, the
grandmother, for which they were tried and acquitted at
the last assizes. 9 miles (from Devizes). £1 6s 9d. (At Salisbury assizes, 4 Mar 1780, Betty Taylor and Mary wife of Thomas Adams were acquitted of the murder on both the indictment and the inquest: ASSI 23/8) |
| 1780 | #1196 19 Jun 1780. Calne. Joseph Taylor: found dead in the street; the effect of strong liquor. 8 miles (from Devizes). £1 6s. |
| 1780 | #1176 29 Jan 1780. Seend. Thomas Taylor: killed by the wheels of a waggon he was driving. 5 miles (from Devizes). £1 3s 9d. |
| 1781 | #2527 17 Dec 1781. Milton in East Knoyle. John Taylor: killed by a cart overturning upon him. 19 miles (from salisbury). £1 14s 3d. |
| 1782 | #1319 25 Oct 1782. St Mary's parish, Devizes. Elizabeth Taylor: found dead in a house and chamber; no marks of violence. £1. |
| 1787 | #1560 30 Dec 1787. Seend Row in Seend parish. John Taylor: found dying in a garden and instantly after died; natural death. 5 miles (from Devizes). £1 3s 9d. |
| 1789 | #2663 15 Oct 1789. Chaddenwick in Mere. Charles Taylor: killed by a waggon going over his head. 24 miles (from salisbury). £1 18s. |
| 1789 | #1651 3 Aug 1789. Rey Mill in Lacock. Jane Taylor: found floating in a mill- pond, part of the Avon; she had been in the habit of dipping up water and washing her hands there; accidental death. 10 miles. £1 7s 6d. Miles in entry 1651 was from Devizes. |
| 1789 | #1649 22 Jul 1789. Swindon. A starnger, supposed to be named William Taylor: fell off a waggon-load of hay to the ground and instantly died. 20 miles (from Devizes). £1 15s. |