William HAGLINGTON

My Great Great Great Great Grandfather

In 1830, a William Haglington of Dudley was sentenced to 12 months at the Worcester Midsummer Sessions for larceny.

“The Jurors for our Lord the King upon their oath present that William Haglington late of the parish of Dudley in the County of Worcester Labourer and George Jones late of the same place labourer on the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty with force and arms at the parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid the Countinghouse of Joseph Guest and others there situate feloniously did break and enter and four root glasses of the value of two shillings fifteen ale glasses of the value of seven shillings six wine glasses of the value of three shillings and six glasses of the value of three shillings of the Goods and Chattels of the said Joseph Guest and others in the said Countinghouse then and there being found then and there in the said Countinghouse feloniously did steal take and carry away against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of our Lord the (late) King his Crown and Dignity. And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said William Haglington and George Jones on the day and year aforesaid with force and arms at the parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid four Root Glasses of the value of two shillings fifteen ale Glasses of the value of seven shillings six wine Glasses of the value of three shillings and six Glasses of the value of three shillings of the Goods and Chattels of Joseph Guest and others then and there being found feloniously did steal take and carry away against the peace of our Lord the (late) King his Crown and Dignity.

According to the records on the Worcestershire CC website, in 1852, one ‘William Haddlington the Elder’, a labourer of Stafford Street in Dudley appeared before the Epiphany Quarter Sessions charged with stealing ‘seven trestles the property of the Commissioners of the Dudley Town Act’. (Records to be investigated: Packet 788, Doc Nos 118-120)