Personal Details of Henry Bradley
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| Buried: | 07/05/1851 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Henry Bradley |
| Date of burial | 07/05/1851 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Ground |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. H.T. White |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 4 |
Accounts Entry for Henry Bradley
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Accounts Entry for Henry Bradley
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
DEATH OF THE BOROUGH GOALER
| Source: | Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 24/05/1851 |
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Reading Mercury Dated 24th May 1851 DEATH OF THE BOROUGH GOALER The Mayor reported the death of Henry Bradley, the Borough goaler, and it was arranged that the vacancy should be filled up at the next meeting. |
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| Source: | Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 03/05/1851 |
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Reading Mercury Dated 3rd May 1851 On the 2nd instant, Mr. Henry Bradley, goaler of Newbury. |
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Special constables
| Source: | Reading Mercury |
| Article date: | 24/10/1846 |
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The following persons were sworn in as special constables for the ensuing year under the Municipal Act for the borough: Joseph Golding, Henry Newbery, James Frewin, Henry Bradley, William Morris, James Wyatt, Bernard Deane and Richard Brown. Before the constables left the room, the magistrates gave them instructions how they were to deal with parties who should be guilty of letting off fireworks within the borough, particularly on the 5th Nov. next, as they were determined to punish everyone so offending, with the utmost rigour of the law. |
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Biographical Information
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Henry Bradley c1794-1851
Henry Bradley
c1794-1851
Henry was baptised on the 6th April 1794 in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Thomas and Sarah Bradley (nee Wilmott) who were married on the 20th August 1788, at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire.
Thomas and Sarah also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:
William, baptised 14th June 1789 (died aged 57, buried 4th February 1846, at St Nicolas Newbury)
Bartley, baptised 22nd May 1791
Thomas, born 13th June 1795, baptised 16th August 1795 (died aged 3, buried 22nd February 1798, at St Nicolas, Newbury)
Joseph, born 29th September 1797, baptised 5th November 1797 (died aged 30, buried 26th September 1827, at St Nicolas Newbury)
In 1841 Henry (45) was recorded as a Dyer, living in St Mary Hill, Newbury, Berkshire, with Amey Bradley (60).
The following appeared in Reading Mercury, dated 24th October 1846:
The following persons were sworn in as special constables for the ensuing year under the Municipal Act for the borough: Joseph Golding, Henry Newbery, James Frewin, Henry Bradley, William Morris, James Wyatt, Bernard Deane and Richard Brown. Before the constables left the room, the magistrates gave them instructions how they were to deal with parties who should be guilty of letting off fireworks within the borough, particularly on the 5th Nov. next, as they were determined to punish everyone so offending, with the utmost rigour of the law.
Henry was sworn in again as a special constable in 1847 and 1848.
He was appointed goaler of the Borough after the death of Thomas Samuels in 1849.
The 1851 census records Henry (58) as a Dyer, living with his wife Ann Bradley (70) in St Mary Hill, also recorded in the household was a niece, Charlotte Samuels (16). (He was still employed as the borough goaler at this time)
Henry died (age at death recorded as 55 on the GRO and 57 on the NBI) on the 2nd May 1851, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7th May.
In 1861 Amy Bradley (83) was living alone at 4 St Mary’s Almshouses, Cheap Street, Newbury. (mistakenly recorded as Fanny on ancestry). She died aged 83 in 1863 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7th March.
Reading Mercury
Dated 3rd May 1851
On the 2nd instant, Mr. Henry Bradley, goaler of Newbury.
Reading Mercury
Dated 24th May 1851
DEATH OF THE BOROUGH GOALER
The Mayor reported the death of Henry Bradley, the Borough goaler, and it was arranged that the vacancy should be filled up at the next meeting.
Author: gambles
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