Did your ancestor live in Tavistock in West Devon between 1839 and 1896? If so, he/she may appear in these borough court records. The records include court summonses, witness depositions, conviction registers and more.
Did your ancestor live in Tavistock in West Devon between 1839 and 1896? If so, he/she may appear in these borough court records. The records include court summonses, witness depositions, conviction registers and more.
With each record you will find a transcript and an image of the borough document. The detail found in each record can vary depending on the type of event. Most transcripts will include a combination of the following.
Image
The image will reveal even more about your ancestor and give you more context about the event and why your ancestor has been discovered in these records.
Types of events
birth to a child and the father is unknown. The parish would then investigate and try to determine the father responsible for the child. The records are listed by surname since they were created before the mothers gave birth.
in court they would be fined.
The Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts are court papers from the Tavistock borough court collected by Robert Luxton of Tavistock, clerk to the magistrates. The original documents can be found at the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. The borough was integral to daily community life. They were responsible for the administration of poor relief and law enforcement.
The market town of Tavistock, formerly known as Tavistoke, is in West Devon. The town became a borough in 1159. In the mid-eighteenth century, the area was flourishing from copper mining.
Beaford
Beer Ferrers
Black Torrington
Boyton
Bradstone
Bratton Clovelly
Brentor
Bridestowe
Bridgerule
Brixton
Buckfastleigh
Buckland Monachorum
Calstock
Catelock
Cornwood
Coryton
East Stonehouse
Hampton
Horrabridge
Lamerton
Launceston
Lydford
Maristowe
Mary Tavy
Meeth
Milton Abbot
Moretonhampstead
Okehampton
Peter Tavy
Plymouth
Plymouth, St Andrew
Plympton
Plymstock
Redditch
Sampford Spiney
Sidford
Sourton
South Brent
South Sydenham
St Gilesen The Heath
Stockland
Stoke Climsland
Stoke Damerell
Stowford
Sydenham Damerell
Sydenham Damerel
Tavistock
Thrushelton
Walkhampton
Werrington
Whitchurch
Widecombe