Deddington Scrapbooks compiled by George Coggins (1846-1920) Volume 1 (of 3) Bodleian Library shelf mark G. A. Oxon 4o 785 Index Folio Source Description Date no. Front Reprint Judgment in insurance litigation. (Loose Nov cover document 787/3.) 1895 Cutting Legal notices; hotel advertisement. Nov 1914 ii Notes Manuscript notes on reports in Law Times. 1877- 1878 iii Notes Manuscript notes on Deddington census figures 1878 1861 and 1871; notes on reports in Law Times. iv-v Oxford Mr. Churchill of Deddington elected Coroner for Undated Herald Oxfordshire in contested election. (See also ff.42-43.) Notice Request by C. Duffell Faulkner for support for 1870 his candidacy as Coroner for North Oxfordshire. vi Oxford Obituary of Sir Algernon Peyton, Bart. 30 Mar Journal 1872 The Times Letter from a barrister about unnecessary Undated committals. vii Cutting Court hearing to recover £200 from Mr. John 18 May Harris of Great Barford by Mr. William Kinch as 1872 Trustee in bankruptcy of Mr. Henry Churchill. viii Banbury Report on legal point whether a 'farmer and 19 Dec Guardian cattle dealer' is a trader. 1872 ix Cuttings Reports about the 'Deddington perjury case' March concerning alleged gambling at a beer-house in 1872 Steeple Aston. x Oxford Cuttings about change of name of Sandford to 1872 Journal Sandford St. Martin and intimidation of non- union men at Woodstock. Cuttings Notices to debtors/creditors of deceased 1872 persons' estates. xi Oxford Report on passing-off action by Oxford tailor. 16 Nov Journal 1872 xii Oxford Meeting at Oxford of licensed victuallers to 18 Sep Times petition for extended opening hours (contrary 1872 petition by teetotallers). xiii Oxford Impending law suit between heirs of Sir 16 Nov Journal Frederick Fletcher Vane, Bart. 1872 Oxford Serious assault on a farmer at Adderbury. 17 May Journal 1873 xiv Banbury Breach of promise by Warwickshire farmer. 6 Mar Guardian Damages £200. 1873 xv Cuttings Legal notices to creditors of bankrupts. 1879 xvi Banbury £20 damages for running over a man near 27 Mar Guardian Brackley. 1873 xvii Oxford Judgment on fraudulent preference in 9 Apr Chronicle bankruptcy of Little Tew builder. 1873 xviii Cutting Winning entry for best form of agricultural Undated tenancy agreement. Cutting Two decisions in Oxford County Court about 13 Mar cheques and set-off. 1876 xix Cuttings 3 reports of legal decisions, two concerning 1875 insolvencies. xx Cuttings 8 legal notices, seven seeking creditors/debtors 1873- of deceased persons' estates. 1877 xxi Cuttings 9 legal notices, six seeking creditors/debtors of 1877- deceased persons' estates. 1882 Notice Particulars of long-established ironmongery Undated business in Deddington for sale. xxii Contract Printed standard form tenancy agreement. 1870s xxiii- Transcript Manuscript transcript from Jackson's Oxford 10 Sep xxvi Journal. Lower Heyford case concerning right of 1859 pasturage on sides of Turnpike Roads. xxvii Contract Standard form weekly tenancy agreement. Undated xxviii- Cutting Important tithe case at Hexham County Court. Jan xxix 1877 xxix Standard Court decision in case between railway July company and adjoining land owner. 1878 xxx- Cutting Unsuccessful compensation claim for detention Oct xxxi on account of delayed train journey. 1877 xxx- Daily Report on libel case against the printer of 'Fun'. 29 Dec xxxiii Telegraph 1875 xxxii- Cutting Libel case against neighbours at Benson by 15 Jan xxxiii vexatious litigant who "rung out" of village on 1878 moving to Ewelme. xxxiii Cutting Case on whether bicycles are carriages. Undated xxxiv Cutting Case concerning imprisonment for debt. 25 Mar 1876 xxxiv-1 Daily Article about differing laws in England and June Telegraph Scotland on bequests to illegitimate children. 1878 2 Cutting Report on appeal concerning liability for church 10 Dec rates. [1878?] Banbury Reports on 3 court cases, including one on the 19 Sep Guardian "modern ideas of servants". 1878 3 Notice Manuscript fair copy of notice to creditors of Mr. 6 Mar Thomas William Gardner of Deddington, farmer. 1880 4-5 Notice Notice of creditors' meeting in bankruptcy of 23 Aug Thomas Hill, butcher and dealer, Steeple Aston. 1882 6-11 Manuscript deposit account entries 12 Cutting Report on claim against gas company. Undated Standard Unsuccessful claim for killing pigeons. 9 Mar 1882 13 Manuscript deposit account entries 14 Note Manuscript note of report in Law Times about 14 Aug bankruptcy rules on compositions. 1875 15 Note Manuscript note of report in Law Times about 5 Jun bankruptcy rules on appeal deadlines. 1875 16&19 Cutting Report on bankruptcy case at Brackley. 17 Jun 1873 16 Pall Mall Unsuccessful prosecution as to whether a Undated Gazette butcher needed a licence for twopenny pies to be consumed on the premises. Daily Unsuccessful summons as to responsibility for a 31 Dec Telegraph choked-up drain. 1875 17 Banbury Reports on cases about (1) right of gleaning and 3 Sep Guardian (2) exemption of preachers from toll. Chipping 1874 Norton tollkeeper had unlawfully charged a Primitive Methodist preacher from Barton. Cuttings Reports about pawnbroking litigation, new [1874] Betting Act and surrendering the licence of a public house. Oxford Ordnance Surveyor fined for damaging crops. 6 Nov Journal 1875 18 Cuttings Reports on cases concerning: [1876] - unlawful toll charged at the Cuckold's Holt gate, Gaginwell, on a Wesleyan minister en route to Barton (19 April 1876); - arrears in accounting to School Board at Milton-under-Wychwood; - delivery of barley not per sample; - claim against widow's executor for implied wages; - defaulting rate collector at Iffley. 19 Cutting Case concerning jurisdiction for rape. 14 May [year?] 20 Cuttings Scraps of press cuttings relating to ff.21&23. 1875 21&23 Daily Leading article about celebrated case of breach 12 Feb Telegraph of promise by a gentleman farmer from Steeple 1875 Barton and a spinster from Chipping Norton. Farmer, the plaintiff, awarded 5 guineas (rather than £500 claimed). Leader, which advocates abolition of claims for breach of promise, likens relationship to the story of Polyphemus and Galatea. 22 Oxford Weights and measures conviction at Watlington. 11 Aug Journal 1875 Daily Negligent treatment by unqualified medical 28 Aug Telegraph practitioner. 1875 Cutting Successful claim for compensation (£350) by 15 30 Mar year old girl thrown out of railway carriage. 1878 23 Daily As f.21 above. 12 Feb Telegraph 1875 24-26 Cutting Committal of William Clarke, Assistant Overseer 21 Jan at Deddington, for embezzling £121 14s. 2¼d. 1876 and false entries. 26 Cutting Grand Jury "ignored the bill" against William Undated Clarke. 26-28 Cutting Indictment of Oxford Times for libelling Undated Alderman Dore. 28 Cutting Suit to set aside a will. 6 May 1876 Cutting Complaint against desecration of churchyard in Undated Kent by sheep. 29 Banbury Cases before South Wootton Petty Sessions, 22 Nov Guardian Woodstock. 1877 Cutting Notice that Congregational Chapel at 14 Jun Deddington registered for solemnising 1882 marriages. Cutting Letter headed "Distressed Nurserymen" Undated explaining the incidence of Excise taxes. Cutting Committal of bankrupt at Kendal for seeking to Undated defraud creditors. 30-31 Guardian Competing claims of first and second 22 Nov mortgagees in bankruptcy of William Coleman, 1877 innkeeper, Adderbury. 31 Cuttings Notice of meeting of creditors of John Alfred 27 Apr Smallwood, innkeeper, Deddington. 1880 Cutting Notice to creditors of above to prove their debts. 12 May 1880 32-33 Daily Appeal by Mademoiselle Sottomayor (27) 23 Nov Telegraph against arranged marriage. 1877 33 Cutting Reports on Amendment to Tithe Commutation August Act and new Innkeepers Act. 1878 34-37 Cutting Two day hearing of claim by widow of James March Harris of Clifton, innkeeper, for compensation for 1878 fatal injuries to her deceased husband from accident with mare in Clifton Road [near Jerusalem Lane, bridleway, no. 187/7]. Evidence given by 20 witnesses. Damages £250. 38-39 Contract Yearly tenancy agreement of Allotment Charity Undated for Westcott Barton and Middle Barton. 40-41 Oxford Report on action concerning bill of sale. 17 Aug Journal 1878 41 Oxford Action to recover proceeds of auction. 17 Aug Journal 1878 42-43 Circular Printed circular from Henry Churchill of 10 Sep Deddington soliciting support of freeholders in 1863 his candidacy to become Coroner for North Oxfordshire in place of his late father, Mr. John Churchill (coroner for 24 years). (See also ff.iv- v.) 44-45 Contract Completed printed standard form of undertaking 17 Jan used by Bicester auctioneers. 1879 46-47 Pro forma Part completed printed standard form of 4 Nov instructions from Christ Church to Bailiff to 1878 distrain goods and chattels of a debtor. 48 Notice Printed letter from Faulkner and Coggins, 13 Apr solicitors, Hudson Street, Deddington, 1881 requesting payment of amounts due to the estate of George William Masslin, late of New Street, Deddington, innkeeper, in liquidation. 49 Circular Dissolution of Kilby & Mace, solicitors, Banbury, 1 Apr in consequence of the bankruptcy of one of the 1881 partners. 50 Circular Printed notice by Valentine Gardner that he has 25 Mar purchased the Carrier's Business (between 1882 Deddington and Banbury) carried on for many years by the late Mr. Henry French. 51 Circular Announcement of partnership changes by Purkis 15 Dec & Perry of Lincoln's Inn Fields. 1881 52 Banbury Death of Mr. William Wing (72), land agent, 26 Feb Guardian Steeple Aston, a well respected local 1881 personality. Detailed obituary. 53 Cutting Personal tribute to late William Wing. 30 Jan 1882 54 Circular Printed letter from Thomas M. Davenport 15 Feb thanking recipients for supporting his application 1882 for the District Registrarship of the Probate Registry. 55 Manuscript deposit account entries 56 Cutting Unsuccessful suit to recover husband's debt 19 Jul from wife's separate property. 1883 57 Manuscript deposit account entries 58 Cuttings Notice to creditors of Charles Hunt of Walcot, 1885 bankrupt; alleged libel by a surgeon.