Accidental death of Thomas Harvey 1790 (Inquests)

by ChrisW @, Sunday, April 06, 2008, 10:22 (6084 days ago) @ admin

May 31. Last week Mr THOMAS HARVEY, one of the Keepers of Dean Forest, riding furiously along the Forest, in pursuit of some timber stealers whom he had in view, unfortunately passing under tree, and not stooping sufficiently, struck his head with such violence against a spreading limb, as to dislocate his neck and fracture his skull, and instantly died on the spot.


Record_ID: 127536
Entry Number:
Year: 1790
Month: May
Day: 24
Surname: HARVEY
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Speech House
Age at death: 50
Officiating Minister: [not stated]
Event: Burial
Cause of death: [not stated]
Memoranda: of the Speech House aged 50 whose almost instant death was occasioned by his riding against a Tree in the Forest in pursuit of some idle people
Notes:
Register Reference: P110 IN 1/4
Page No: 2
Parish_Chapel: Littledean
Soundex: H610


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