Hello Brenda
Was William Fairall notorious!! Hanging bobbins are usually connected with
the lacemaking area or are unusual in some way i.e. Franz Muller who
committed the first murder on a railway train.
I'm not a aware of any lacemaking connection with my Miles Weatherhill, but
it was a particularly horrible crime. Though I did find info on the website
of Bucks County Records Office which states that Miles Weatherhill was
sentenced for murder - 9th March 1868. He was executed on 6th April 1868.
In 1867, he fell in love with Sarah Bell who was working as cook for Rev
Anthony Plow, the vicar of Christ Church, Todmorden at Todmorden Vicarage.
The vicar refused permission for Miles to call on Sarah. Sarah returned to
her family in York, and Miles followed her to persuade her to return to
Todmorden. She refused, and in a rage, Miles returned to Todmorden on 2nd
March 1868, broke into the vicarage and killed the vicar, the vicar's baby
daughter, and Jane Smith, a servant. He was tried and hanged at Manchester
jail in 1868.
When I have some time to spare!! I try researching the story to see if
there's any lace connection.
Regards
Diana
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Subject: Re: [lace] Hanging bobbins
It's well out of the traditional lace making area so I doubt there was
ever a bobbin to commemorate William Fairall who hanged at Tyburn in
1749, but if ever anyone comes across one PLEASE let me know!
Brenda
With all this talk about hanging bobbins, has anyone ever come across
one for Sarah Dazeley? It is mentioned in the Springett's book 'Success
to the Lace Pillow' but they say they had never seen one themselves so
couldn't confirm its existence. This is the one I would be interested
in as Sarah did her fell deed, of killing her second husband, in the
village I was brought up in (Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire - don't
worry, people living 7 miles away had never heard of it either!) If
anyone knows anything about this bobbin I would be interested to hear
from them.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/famhistory/munn/
williamfairallmarysmith.htm
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