Woodfall fined and his Brother, and imprisoned, for Ash-Wednesday's Paper
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Woodfall fined & his Brother,
& imprisoned, for Ash-Wednesday's
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Forbes
Woodfall fined & his Brother, and imprisoned for Ash-Wednesday's paper
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Note on the fining and imprisonment of the Brothers Woodfall
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Forbes
Vol. 9, 2083—2084Paton
Vol. 3, 338—339Credits
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| Date | 26 Nov 1774 |
| Person | Robert Forbes |
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Mr Justice
Aston fined the two Brothers, Woodfall, print-
ers, in the following Words, Court of King’s bench—
“The court doth therefore adjudge that you, Hen-
ry Sampson Woodfall, do pay a fine of two hundred
merks (133 £ 6 s.shillings 8 p.pence), &and do suffer three months
imprisonment, &and until the said fine shall be paid-
And that you, William Woodfall, do pay a fine
of two hundred merks, &and do suffer three months
imprisonment, &and until the said fine shall be paid.”
Aston fined the two Brothers, Woodfall, print-
ers, in the following Words, Court of King’s bench—
“The court doth therefore adjudge that you, Hen-
ry Sampson Woodfall, do pay a fine of two hundred
merks (133 £ 6 s.shillings 8 p.pence), &and do suffer three months
imprisonment, &and until the said fine shall be paid-
And that you, William Woodfall, do pay a fine
of two hundred merks, &and do suffer three months
imprisonment, &and until the said fine shall be paid.”
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Forbes, Robert. “Woodfall fined & his Brother, and imprisoned for Ash-Wednesday's paper.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 124r–124v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/