Gazeteer & New Daily Advertiser, London Thurs. Nov 1, 1770

"Whereas we, Samuel Williams carpenter and William Davies ostler, both of Hey, Breconshire did on Sunday evening the 21st instant, attack and grossely abuse Mr. Timothy Hill, of Redbrook, in the County of Gloucester, on the highway leading from Hereford to Monmouth, without the least provocation , for which offence Mr Hill had us both secured for that night, under the proper charge of a constable and proper affidavits; but it appearing the next morning to the said Mr Hill, to have proceeded from the effects of liquor, and without any other bad design against him, which he at first apprehended from the manner of the attack, one of us catching hold of his bridle, and the other striking him with a stick several times; has generously agreed to let us at liberty, and not to prosecute us, upon us asking pardon in the public papers, paying the whole expense, and promising never more to be gulty of the like offence against him or any other person, which we solemnly do as witness our hands.Samuel Williams & William Davies, Redbrook Oct 24, 1770."

Mr Timothy Hill married in London on 3 Feb 1771, establishing an ironmongers at the Surrey foot of Westminster Bridge, but what was his occupation at the time of his leniency to those who set upon him? And where did he work? The marriage register states he was from Newland, but the 2 newspaper reports of his marriage state he was from Red Brook... only a couple of miles... [Timothy also had a brother Moses - they were born around 1750].

Sparrow