Damn His Blood (53 page)

Birmingham 16, 26, 57, 86, 107, 187; industry in 65, 66, 69, 154; interest in Oddingley murders within 245, 257, 258; migration from Oddingley to 1, 66; reformist and dissenting movements in 69

Birmingham and Worcester Canal
36
, 182, 191, 218, 312

Birmingham Journal
268–9, 270–1

Bishop’s Daughter, The
(Neale) 177–8, 182, 188, 316–17

Black Country 1, 187

Blight, Isaac 2, 142–4

Bonaparte, Napoleon 28, 31, 50–1, 52, 219

Bow Street: Office 152; Runners 153; Thief–Takers 153

Bowkett, Catherine 186–8, 256

Bridge, John 79, 155

Bromsgrove Fair 7, 9, 93, 98, 102, 109, 115, 137, 144, 148, 173, 214, 222, 223, 239, 247, 275, 278

Bunn, Thomas 219

Burton, Charles: Allen and 123, 195; background 192; discovers Heming skeleton 193–5, 196, 197, 199, 202, 203–4, 207, 208, 209, 212, 217, 218, 219, 225, 231, 246, 258, 268, 277, 281, 304, 307, 310, 311; dismantles barn at Netherwood 193–5, 310; Heming and 123, 192, 208; Heming murder trial and 277, 281, 304, 307, 310, 311; home searched 123; infers Clewes involvement in Heming murder 203–4, 208, 218; inquest into Heming death and 196, 197, 199, 202, 203–4, 207, 208, 209, 212, 217, 218, 219, 225, 231, 246, 258, 268,; Waterson and 192–3, 194, 197, 204

Butt, Reverend John Marten 172, 180, 184

Campbell, John 271–2, 290, 295

Case for the Prosecution, The
(Smith) 262

Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820 2, 184

Chance, Mary 166, 167, 168, 177, 300

Chance, William 27, 49, 111–12, 166, 179

Chellingworth, John 5, 121–2, 123, 170, 178, 207, 214

Church Farm, Oddingley: appearance of 33,
36
; Banks at 76, 129; Barnett at 157, 161, 178; clover rick 178–9; day of Parker’s murder 5, 8, 94, 109–12, 133, 147, 148, 149, 156, 157, 161, 178, 222, 226, 246, 247, 300; Evans and 19, 28, 33–5, 77, 85, 111, 132, 148, 149, 156, 157, 161, 162, 172; Fowler and 32, 40, 77; Heming at 8, 133, 147, 166, 168, 178, 222, 226, 300; location 37; murder weapon found at 32, 60, 143, 170, 179; survival of 311; William Barnett acquires 172, 182, 247

Church Lane, Oddingley 9, 18, 36, 37, 39, 61, 63, 78, 79, 98, 104, 105, 109, 125, 161

Churchill, Clement 86, 110, 156, 160, 246

Clark, Daniel 2, 256

Clewes, Thomas 3, 50, 53, 76, 128, 133, 197; appearance 37; arrest 226, 227, 284; background 37; bankruptcy 181–2; Banks and 239, 240, 241, 296–306; Barnett and 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 298, 299, 300; Burton and 192–3; calls on Parker 77–8; character 38; charged with Heming murder 251; confessions 229–43, 244–9, 253, 254, 258, 259, 275–7, 281–3, 285–8, 295–306; court cases with Parker 49; damns name of Parker 8, 19, 77, 140, 203, 213; day of Parker’s murder 7–8, 93, 109, 110–11, 148, 222, 225; death 308; Easter meeting and 55, 56; enclosure and 66; Evans and 133, 239, 240–1, 242; heard debating the shooting of Parker 8, 49, 156, 214, 222, 225, 275, 278; Heming and 116, 126, 172–3, 177, 203, 212, 221, 224, 225, 226, 241–2; inquest into Heming death/ Smith investigation and 203, 207, 208, 212, 213–14, 216, 217–19, 220, 221–2, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 248, 249; jail 229–39, 260; landlord of pub 313, 314; Netherwood Farm tenure ends 192–3, 197; offers £50 to have Parker shot 78, 213, 274–5; Pershore Fair 166, 287, 298, 299, 303; Pigeon House meeting 74–5; press depictions of 217–18, 253, 255, 294–5; Pyndar’s investigation into Parker murder and 169, 172–3, 174; released from jail 292; ‘should be glad to find a dead parson in Oddingley when he came back’ 8, 156, 214, 222, 225, 275, 278; social standing 38; spoils tithe milk 53; stands trial for Heming murder 261, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270–91; Taylor and 240, 241, 242; threats against Parker 77–8, 140; tithe and 28; vestry meeting and 43

Clewes, Diana 37, 38

Clewes, John 38, 55

Clifton, Reverend Robert: Clewes confession and 229, 233–5, 236, 237–8, 244, 275–6, 282, 283–6, 287, 305, 306; Heming inquest and 226; Heming murder trial and 283, 283–6, 287

Cole, Pennell 134–5, 137, 139, 280–1, 307

Colley, Joseph 116, 122, 156, 160, 221–2, 278

Colley, William 27, 49, 120

Collins, John 133, 220, 224, 225, 230, 231, 287

Colwell, Thomas 113, 114, 115, 122, 123, 139, 168, 223, 279

Commeline, Reverend Samuel 21–2, 23–4, 28, 45

constables 42, 236, 269; Barnett as 42, 136, 137, 140, 247; election of 42; Heming inquest and 223, 226, 229; Heming skeleton and 196, 197; in London 152; powers of arrest 101; Pyndar’s investigation and 122, 123, 136, 137, 139, 140, 146, 164, 173; search Church Farm 179; search Heming’s home 139; in Worcester 108

Cooper, Reverend Sterry 314, 315, 316

Corder, William 252, 317

Crockett, Richard 214, 225–6

Crowle 5, 8, 9, 30, 60, 66, 78, 110, 154, 155, 167, 168, 206, 310

Crown Inn, Worcester, meeting of magistrates at 157–8, 160–3, 166, 262

Cumin, Dr 215–16

Curwood, John 271, 272, 274–5, 276, 278, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290–1, 295, 304

Davis of Dunhampstead, Mr 74, 75, 87, 94

Davis, Marta 231

Day, George 105, 107–8, 115, 123, 137, 207, 213

death penalty 183–4

Dickens, Charles 2, 85, 87, 91, 100, 119, 146, 189, 276

Dream of Eugene Aram, The
(Hood) 256

Droitwich Spa: appearance and nature of 126, 127–8; Clewes and 38, 221, 225, 226, 280; country fairs at 7; Evans and 34, 37, 128–33, 171, 185–7, 188, 190, 312, 313; Heming, search for in 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 125, 139, 147, 151, 155, 159, 164, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177; industry 126–7, 128; location 15; taverns 19

Droitwich Road 56, 77, 107

Earl of Surrey, later, Duke of Norfolk 19–22, 24, 25, 28

Easter Meeting, Tibberton, 1806 55–61, 87

ecclesiastical courts 48–9

Eldon, Lord 267

Elstree murder, 1823 254

Emsley, Clive 130

enclosure acts 66–7

Evans, Captain Samuel 3, 37, 111, 134; appearance 33; arrives at Church Farm 85; background 33, 80–5, 129; Banks and 41, 172, 186–8, 189–90, 297, 304, 305; Barnett and 148, 149, 157, 161, 162–3, 226; challenges Elizabeth Fowler to drink toast against Parker 77, 89–91; character 33–4, 85; Clewes confessions and 239–42, 244–5, 246, 287, 288, 289, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306; coins ‘Bonaparte of Oddingley’ nickname for Parker 50, 52; confronts Parker 60, 78–9; court cases with Parker 49; damns Parker 49, 54, 55, 56, 57–8, 59–60, 74, 77, 86–8, 226, 227, 299; day of Parker’s murder 8, 105, 109–10, 111, 147–9, 160–4; death 186–90, 227, 254–8, 293, 308; drinks left-handed toast to Parker at Plough 55–6, 57, 58, 59–60; Droitwich and 128–31; Easter meeting and 55, 56, 57–8, 59–60; Evans and 148, 149, 161, 162–3, 226; grave 312–13; Heming and 61, 118, 147–9, 157, 162, 164–5, 207, 210, 212, 225, 239–42, 244–5, 246, 287, 288, 289, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 312–14; inquest into Parker’s murder and 138, 140, 141; intimidates people into silence 168; leads opposition to Parker 19; life after Parker murder investigation 185–90; magistrates, summoned before 160, 161, 162–3, 176; murder weapon and 60–1; New House, moves to 171; offers £50 to shoot Parker 246; Perkins and 54, 57–60; Pigeon House meeting and 74; press depictions of 251, 253, 254–8, 306–7; Pyndar’s investigation into Parker murder and 147–9, 155–60, 161, 162–3, 164–5, 168, 169; retires as a farmer 171–2; secures deeds of Church Farm 36; Smith’s investigation Heming murder and 205; social standing 38, 85–6; Taylor and 301, 303; ‘there was no more harm in shooting the parson than in shooting a dog’ 49, 54, 155–6; throws weight behind search for Heming 160; tithe and 28, 43, 45, 53, 54, 85; vestry meeting 41, 42, 78

Feckenham Forest 30, 35, 36, 127

Fir Tree Inn, Dunhampstead
313
, 314

Foley, Lord Thomas 7, 17, 18, 22, 24, 28, 33, 36, 39, 182, 184, 190, 193

Footman 218

footpads 29, 40, 60, 152

Fowler, Elizabeth: day of Parker’s murder 8; discovers murder weapon 32, 40, 41, 60, 143, 179, 246, 279; Evans asks to drink a toast against Parker 77, 89, 90, 91; Heming inquest and 246; Heming murder trial and 279; Parker inquest and 132, 133, 140, 141; search for Heming and 166–7

Fox, Charles 20, 58, 71, 72, 73

France: Revolution 28–9, 49–50, 59; wars with, Napoleonic 1, 17, 28–31, 50–3, 67–8, 181

Galton, John Howard 184, 193

Georgian era/society: architecture 63, 264; deathbed and 189; end of 182–3, 257; literary representations of 2–3; lost nature of 2; personal honour in 89; politics 28–31, 49–53; underworld 30, 119

Giles, Thomas: day of Parker’s murder 9–13, 95–6, 98, 102, 103, 108, 113, 114, 122; Parker inquest and 134, 138–9, 204–5, 213

Gillray, James 51, 58, 71, 72, 73

God Speed the Plough, Tibberton 55–6, 88, 132, 169, 226, 241, 280

Godson, Richard 286

Godson, Stephen 261

Great Expectations
(Dickens) 2, 91, 119, 146

Green, Thomas 109, 110, 148, 149, 161, 163, 226

Grenville, Lord 71

Grose, Francis 43

Guildhall, Worcester 264–5, 268, 269, 290, 291, 295 314

Hadzor 9, 25, 99, 102, 172, 177

Halberd, Henry 222, 300

Hardcourt, Edward 28, 39, 54, 58, 91, 93, 109, 138, 140, 184, 214–15, 222, 278, 311

Hardy, Thomas 2, 7, 90, 317

Heming (née Burton; later, Newbury), Elizabeth: background 118; belief that farmers were hiding something about disappearance of husband 177–9; Burton and 118, 192; Heming murder trial and 277–8; house searched 122, 123; Pyndar interviews 164, 165; Richard Heming and 118; Smith’s investigation/ Heming inquest and 204, 209–10, 211, 213, 227

Heming, Richard 3; appearance 60, 113; background 60, 116–18, 144; Barnett and
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Barnett, John; character 116–20; claims shotgun 60–1; Clewes and 116, 126, 172–3, 177, 203, 212, 219, 221, 224, 225, 226, 239–43, 244–5; day of Parker’s murder 8, 114–15, 122, 139, 144–5, 210; Evans and
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Evans, Captain Samuel; inquest into killing of 206–28, 236–7, 246–50; motive for Parker murder 144–5; murder of 239–319; murder trial 274–91; Pyndar’s investigation into Parker’s murder and 132–3, 145, 147, 148, 164–5, 174, 176; reward for 158, 169, 172; search for 113–24, 125–6, 132–3, 137, 146–7, 149–54, 157, 158, 160, 164–70, 172–3, 176–80, 280; skeleton analysis and identification 202–3, 209–12, 268, 278, 281; skeleton discovered 193–205, 217, 281, 311, 312; as suspect in Parker murder 113–24, 140, 145

Hemmus, Mr 102, 103, 157, 215

Herefordshire Journal, The
217

Hill, Thomas 115, 280

Home Office 146, 201, 202, 235, 305

home secretary 152, 158, 159, 184, 199, 200, 202, 220, 221, 233, 235, 237, 286
see also under individual home secretary name

Hooper, James 242, 281, 282–3, 286

Household Words
126–7

hue and cry 100–2, 137, 158

Hue and Cry and Police Gazette, The
152, 159

inflation 1, 43, 44, 67, 70, 181

inquests: Heming 206–28, 236–43, 246–50; Parker 134–41

Ipswich Journal
2, 255

Jackson’s Oxford Journal
151, 306

Johnson, Dr Samuel 86–7, 121, 141

Jones, George Gilbert 75–6, 246