Damn His Blood (52 page)

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Index

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Allen, Richard 122, 123, 139, 164, 195, 212, 279

Alsop, Thomas 18, 98–9, 160

Aram, Eugene 2, 256, 257–8, 317

Arden, Thomas 38, 110–11, 227

bailiffs 34, 35, 64, 76, 129, 130, 131, 172, 186, 227, 231

ballads 258–60, 314

Banks, Catherine 35, 40, 41, 60, 110, 149, 185, 190, 241, 313

Banks, George 34, 35, 50, 85–6, 110, 129, 169; appearance 34; arrest of 236, 237, 238, 246, 285, 286; character 34; charged with Heming murder 251; Clewes confessions and 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 287, 295–306; clover rick at Church Farm and 178, 179; damns Parker 53, 76, 87, 140; day of Parker murder 94, 111; death 308; Easter meeting and 55–6, 59, 60; Evans and 34, 35, 77, 85–6, 129, 172, 186–8, 189–90, 245, 304; family 34–5
see also under individual family member name;
Heming inquest and 227, 232, 247, 248, 249; jail 260–1, 285, 286; Jones and 76; murder weapon, Parker’s and 60; Parker’s funeral, attends 154–5; Perkins and 59, 169; Pershore Fair, at 166; Pigeon House meeting 74, 75, 87, 94; press depictions of 253; released from jail 292; Sarah Lloyd and 74, 75, 87, 94; stands trial for Heming murder 265, 268, 269, 270–2, 273, 274, 285, 290–1; vestry meeting and 41

Banks, Henry 35, 55–6, 59, 60

Banks, Mary 34, 35, 40, 77, 126, 149, 172

Banks, Naomi R. Mary Cartwright 190

Barber, Thomas 77–8, 213–14, 216, 218, 278

Barneby, Richard 137–8, 139–40, 141, 147, 151, 196, 213, 216, 223, 314

Barnett, Mrs 103, 215

Barnett, John 3, 10, 39, 50, 64, 96, 116, 126, 134, 148, 172, 184; appearance 38; background 38–9; charged with Heming murder 251; Clewes confession and 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 298, 299, 300; court cases and violent incidents involving Parker 19, 48, 49, 53, 246; damns Parker in Raven 77, 87, 140, 246; day of Parker’s murder 8, 97, 98, 99, 102, 104, 105, 110, 111, 137–9, 148–9, 247; death 307–8; Easter meeting and 55, 56; Heming inquest and 207, 216, 227, 247, 248, 249; indifference to Parker’s murder 98, 134–5, 138, 148, 160; jail 260; magistrates, summoned before meetings of 160–2, 163, 176; offers £50 for ‘a dead parson’ 77, 156, 246; overseer, election as 42; Park Farm and 182; Pigeon House meeting 74; Pyndar’s investigation into Parker murder and 160–2, 163, 167, 226; released from jail 292; Smith investigation and 204; stands trial for Heming murder 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 274, 290, 291; throws weight behind search for Heming 160; tithe and 28, 53, 76; vestry meeting and 42, 43; ‘would give any man five Guineas who would shoot the parson’ 49, 156

Barnett, Thomas 39, 55, 56, 77

Barnett, William 42, 64, 184; Bromsgrove Fair 109, 137; character 136–7; Church Farm, acquires 171, 182; clover rick at Church Farm and 179; day of Parker’s murder 136–7; death 308; Evans and 132; Heming murder trial and 293; inquest into Heming death 247; parish constable 136, 137; Parker inquest and 136–7, 138, 140, 141, 145, 216; Smith investigation and 204, 207; Taylor and 175

Bath Chronicle
70

Berkeley, Captain Hubert 312, 314

Berrow’s Worcester Journal
44, 169, 171, 191, 232, 250; Clewes confession and 244, 245; depictions of Evans 255; discovery of Heming skeleton and 203, 217; Heming and 119, 151, 172; Heming murder trial and 262, 294–5, 307, 314; Parker inquest and 167; Parker murder and 119, 145, 151, 172; Richard Patch and 143; reports subterranean den in Trench Wood 30, 31