My 3rd great grandfather managed to get his name in the local paper quite a few times. Not really a good thing. Henry Tipping was born in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England in 1812. In January 1837 he married Martha Clanfield, also from Brill. She would have been heavily pregnant at the time as by the end of April, their first child Elizabeth (my 2nd great grandmother) had been born and christened. By the beginning of October the same year he was guilty of assaulting a police constable and sentenced to 'imprisonment with hard labour for 3 calendar months'
Henry and Martha stayed together and had 8 children. Henry Tipping died 14 August 1856 at 44 years of age. His youngest child was only 1. Death Certificate states - Pleuritis left (10 weeks) and Empyema (7 weeks) My non medical knowledge/google help interpretation - Sharp chest pain, inflamation of thin layers of tissue separating your lungs from your chest wall. Empyema is a collection of pus in the pleural cavity, usually associated with pneumonia. One of a few risk factors is Alcohol abuse.
Here are a few of his appearances in the news:
8th October 1837 - Indicted for assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty at Brill. The prosecutor swore to the assault and was supported in his evidence by the landlord of the Rose and Crown. Verdict was Guilty - Sentence imprisonment with hard labour for 3 calendar months.
1st September 1840 - Drunken man name Henry Tipping, a carpenter, whose wife with an infant only 5 weeks old in her arms, met him coming our of a pub. He instantly attacked her with severe blows, during which the infants head banged the wall and fractured its skull. Baby was examined by a surgeon shortly after. Henry, who did not go to jail, went missing the next morning.
14 September 1841 - A constable was requested to attend the neighbourhood of the Common at Brill after they heard cries of murder. It was stated that Henry Tipping was murdering his wife and her father. the constable found the wife with a portion of her dress torn and she was bruised and injured. Her father was streaming with blood from the effects of the wounds he had received from Henry Tipping who was still in a drunken and infuriated state, still swearing he would murder them. Henry had accused his wife of having been guilty of a criminal connection to a neighbour. Even while being attacked she swore she was innocent. Her father tried to defend her but he himself also came under attack. Tipping was taken into custody and even in the lock-up he still stated his determination to murder his wife. On the 16th Martha Tipping and her father went to be heard by the resident magistrate who said they were all as bad as each other. Henry Tipping was released and informed that if he promised to stay sober, his crime would be forgiven although he should be fined this time. Tipping denied having been drunk the previous night. He would not promise he wouldn't have some beer and reasserted his charge against his wife. Martha again solembly denied the claims. The magistrate stated that as Tipping was a respectable man and a good workman he did not wish to give him trouble he would leave the parties to settle the affair between themselves or they should bring it before the magistrates in a weeks time. Martha still clamined her life to be in danger and her father showed the bruises and wounds he received. They both are determined to proceed with charges. The Magistrate gave Henry advice to keep sober and discharged him. According to the paper, Henry has many times state his determination to murder his wife, at the time she attended to make her complaint she 'had a child by her side and another at her breast'
10th April 1845 - To the Aylesbury Gaol/House of Correction - Henry Tipping for one month for leaving his family
26 June 1845 - Henry was committed to Aylesbury Gaol for 2 months for leaving his wife and family chargeable to the parish of Brill. This is the second time he has been so committed. he was apprehended in London by one of the constables of Brill, who found him in work and earning good wages.
28th July 1845 - To the Aylesbury Gaol/House of Correction - Henry Tipping, for two months, for leaving his family.
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