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Ratcliffe Highway murders, 1811 136, 138, 317
Raven, Droitwich Road 77, 87, 246
Red Barn Murder, 1827 2, 252, 317
Red Lion, Driotwich 38, 56, 116, 119, 126, 128, 156, 173, 221, 225, 278, 280
Reed, Thomas 77
Rogers, William 178, 222
Rowe, John 173, 174, 175–6, 179, 204, 237, 242, 300
Sale Green village 77, 125, 194, 213
Sanders, Benjamin 25–7, 322
Sequel to the Oddingley Murders (Sherwood) 294
Sherwood, Mary 3, 33–4, 84, 180, 260, 294
Sketches By Boz (Dickens) 85, 276
Skinner, Reverend John 69–70, 71
Smite Hill 9, 125, 196
Smith, William: first hears of discovery of Heming skeleton 195–6, 197; Heming murder trial and 261, 262, 267, 268, 272–3, 281–2, 286, 287; initial Investigation into Heming murder 195–6, 197, 199, 200–1, 202, 203, 204–5, 277; inquest into Heming murder 206, 207–8, 209–10, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220–3, 224, 233, 234, 236–7, 238–9, 242, 247, 248, 249–50
Southey, Robert 16, 29, 56
Spencer, Earl 158, 159–60, 200
St James’ Church, Oddingley 5, 36, 53, 156, 180, 291, 308, 311
statute, 1702: ‘no accessory can be convicted or suffer punishment where the principal is not attained’ 165, 184; repealed, 1826 184, 261–2, 271
Stephens, Edward 123, 137, 156
Surman, Susan: day of Parker’s murder 7–8, 9, 96, 96, 99, 102, 103, 104, 105, 122, 137, 140, 144, 214–15, 222; Heming inquest and 214–15, 216, 218; Heming murder trial and 278; Heming sightings in weeks before Parker murder 120; on Barnett on the day of Parker’s murder 104, 105, 148; overhears Clewes say he ‘should be glad to find a dead parson in Oddingley when he came back’ 9; Parker inquest and 140, 141
Taunton, William 271, 272, 295
Taylor, James: appearance 173; character 175–6; Clewes confession and 240–3, 244, 251, 254, 258, 296–7, 296–7, 300, 301, 302–3, 305; day of Parker’s murder 173, 174, 175–6, 254; Heming inquest and 237, 238, 240, 242, 243; Heming murder trial and 283, 287, 293
Taylor, Joseph 130, 237
Taylor, Susannah 237, 238
tenant farm system 39
thief-takers 153, 166
Thurtell, John 254, 317
Tibberton 9, 32, 52, 55–61, 113, 114, 147, 169, 182, 206, 226
Times, The 244
tithe 1; as motive for Parker’s murder 157, 293; as opportunity to knit community together 69; avoidance of 52; Butt and 172; Clewes spoils tithe milk 53; commissions, 1840s 316; dispute, Parker’s 73, 76, 79, 80, 85, 101, 157, 251, 254, 281, 293, 314, 315, 317; disputes become common 69, 184–5, 227–8; farmers’ offer to renegotiate with Parker 31, 53–4; history of 43; modus 45; Parker assaulted by Barnett collecting 48; Parker haughtiness in collecting 28; Parker raises 44, 45–6, 47; Parker’s tithe men 48, 53, 207, 213; payment in kind 47–8, 49, 54, 59, 68, 76–7; Sanders forfeit of 27; Skinner and 69, 70; vestry meeting and 43
Tithe Commutation Act, 1836 293, 315
toasts drunk damning Parker 55–61, 74–5, 88, 278
Tookey, Reverend Charles 184, 292
Trench Wood 15, 30–1, 36, 37, 45, 62, 76, 119, 125, 160, 168, 182, 192, 194, 204, 218, 224, 225, 231, 300, 312, 314, 315, 319
trial, Heming murder 262–3, 264–91
Tustin, James: day of Parker’s murder 8, 9, 10, 11–12, 94–5, 96–7, 98, 102–3, 104, 105, 122, 157, 160, 161; Heming inquest and 207, 215; Heming murder trial and 293; Heming pursuit and 102–3, 157, 160, 161, 215; Parker inquest and 134, 137, 139
vestry meeting, Oddingley, 1806 41–3, 48, 55, 78, 79, 247, 293
Virgin Tavern, Newtown 114–15, 218, 279, 280
Ward, Richard 153, 177
Waterson, Henry/Waterson family 246, 258; Clewes and 192–3, 194–5, 196, 197, 204, 242; Heming inquest and 212–13, 218–20
weapon, Parker murder 2, 32, 40–1, 60, 103, 122, 134, 140, 179, 210, 213, 220, 279
Whateley, William 286
Wilberforce, William 46
woodcuts, Oddingley murder 258, 316
Woodforde, Reverend James 68–9, 70, 174n
Worcester: appearance and location of 4, 15–17, 106, 107, 183; bad harvests and 16–17, 169, 181; City Gaol, Castle Street 226, 229–43, 248, 292, 298; Clewes confession in 229–43; Crown Inn meeting of magistrates 157–8, 160–5; fair days 7; food riots, 1790s 44; Guildhall, Heming murder trial at 264–91; Heming inquest in 205–28; Heming murder trial in 264–91; industry 15–16, 107; Napoleonic Wars, attitude towards within 17, 67; Nelson visits 29; River Severn breaks banks at, 1806 32; Sadler’s ‘aerial voyage’ and, 1785 65; Sanders and Parker in 25–6; search for Heming and 107–8, 114–15, 123, 124, 125–6, 127
Worcester Herald: Evans and 187, 188; Heming inquest and 211, 214, 221, 235, 253, 260; Heming murder trial and 262, 270, 296, 298; Heming search and 150, 167, 168–9; Napoleonic wars and 17, 29, 30–1
Worcestershire 3, 62, 65; character and appearance of 15–16; fair days 7; farming in 67–8; food supplies, scarcity of 1, 50, 181; harvests 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16–17, 31, 50, 56, 65, 67, 73, 76, 78, 79, 93, 94, 111, 120, 144, 169, 170, 179, 181, 197, 225; industry in 65–6; map of, 1804 4; nature of early 19th century 16; Napoleonic wars and 28, 29, 181; Oddingley see Oddingley; Oddingley murders story, legacy of within 318–19; seasons and 5, 6, 62, 111, 121; tithe in 47, 68 see also tithe; see also under individual town or area name
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