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| Husband: | Thomas PRAWL (c. 1791-1861) | |
| Wife: | Frances SHEPPARD (1792-1852) | |
| Marriage | 18 Sep 1845 | St Pancras, London, England |
| Name: | Thomas PRAWL1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John PRAWL (1751?-1822) | |
| Mother: | Mary DUNN (c. 1745-1783) | |
| Birth | c. 1791 | Crediton , Devon, England |
| Baptism | 13 Mar 1791 (age 0) | Crediton , Devon, England |
| Occupation | 1816 (age 24-25) | Linen draper's shop man; London, England |
| 36 Tottenham Court Road Employed by Thomas Lay |
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| Witness | 14 Feb 1816 (age 24-25) | Old Bailey |
| Witnessed theft from his master's shop and gave evidence. 224. ROBERT HARRIS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th January , three yards of flannel, value 27s. the property of Thomas Lay , privately in his shop . THOMAS PRALL . I live at No. 36, Tottenham Court Road . I am employed by Mr. Lay. He is a linen-draper, residing in Tottenham Court Road. On the 20th January, in the evening, I was informed that a piece of flannel was taken from the door. I pursued the prisoner, and found him in a bye street a short distance from our house. It must be at least a hundred yards to where I found him from our house. He was going on very slowly. I did not see him until I came close up to him. I went up to him, and seized him and collared him. He had the piece of flannel under his arm. I brought him back, and when I took him into the shop, I examined the flannel and knew it to be my employer's property. I knew it by my own marks upon it. (Property produced.) That is it. It cost 27s. and I have no doubt that it is my master's. DANIEL NICHOLS . I know the shop of Mr. Lay, in Tottenham Court Road. I was going by, and saw the prisoner standing at the door. I saw him take this roll of flannel from the door. I immediately went into the shop, and gave the alarm to Mr. Prall. WILLIAM CHILD . I am a constable, and was sent for to take the prisoner into custody. I have had the flannel ever since. GUILTY , aged 26. Confined three months , and fined 1s. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Richards. |
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| Witness | 1 Dec 1819 (age 27-28) | Old Bailey |
| Witnessed theft in his master's shop and gave evidence. THOMAS EVANS was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , seventy-two yards of canvas, value 1 l. 16 s. , the goods of Thomas Lay . THOMAS PRALL . I am shopman to Thomas Lay , who is a linen-draper , and lives in Tottenham Court-road . On the 30th of November, about seven o'clock in the evening, a stranger called, and asked me if I had lost any goods from the door? on looking I missed a piece of canvas from inside the door. He said a boy had been stopped with it in Crown-street - I found them at Coley's house. RICHARD COLEY . I was told a boy was in Crown-street with a roll of canvas; I stopped the prisoner, who stood leaning his elbow on it - it was on the ground. I asked him if it was his? he said Yes - he would not say where he got it; I took him - the prosecutor claimed it at my house. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 13. Confined Three Months . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant |
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| Occupation | 1841 (age 49-50) | Linen Draper |
| Census | 1841 (age 50) | London, England |
| 36 Tottenham Court Road Thomas is a a linen draper at Tottenham Court Road. He is living with Mary Prall, who may be his sister rather than his wife. Shop worker and apprentice John Welstead and Richard Berken are with him. |
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| Residence | 1845 (age 53-54) | London |
| 36 Tottenham Court Road John berry was staying with him here, and his mother. |
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| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 60) | Bermondsey, London, England2 |
| 50 New Church Street, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey | ||
| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 60) | Retired linen draper; Bermondsey, London, England2 |
| Death | 17 Apr 1861 (age 69-70) | Bow, London, England |
| Grove Hill | ||
| Name: | Frances SHEPPARD1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1792 | Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 59) | Bermondsey, London, England2 |
| 50 New Church Street, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey | ||
| Death | 1852 (age 60) | Bermondsey, London, England |
| New Church Street | ||
In 1851 Thomas and wife Frances was in Bermondsey with niece Frances Shepherd born 1832 in Seven Oaks, Kent, and friend Frances Haydon b. 1763 in Carshalton, Surrey
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Thomas Prawl Head Mar 60 Retired linen draper Crediton , Devon Frances Prawl Wife Mar 59 Boston, Lincolnshire |
| ED11 HO107/1560 Folio 323 Page 42. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |