Wateringbury man sentenced to death for theft (1570)

Post date: May 25, 2011 3:8:2 PM

John Snott, a labourer of Wateringbury, was indicted for grand larceny at Rochester Assizes on 20 February 1570. On 1 November 1569 he broke into a house of Elizabeth Halleway at Goudhurst and stole a double rail, a headkerchief and a sheet (5 shillings). He was found guilty and sentenced to death because he had the book before. Previously, when described as a tinker from Ridley, he had been indicted and found guilty of larceny.

For more snippets about crime in Elizabethan Wateringbury go to Shenanigans in Pelicans; Warlike riot in Wateringbury; Wateringbury riot ; Wateringbury sheep rustlers; Prosecuted for not going to Church; Women burglars of Wateringbury and Wateringbury Constable indicted.