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From Gloucester in the Friends: B. Pinsent, 800 bushels Indian corn …
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GRO1194 Hennock: Joseph Burton Pinsent: 1806 – 1874
Great Protestant Meeting at Newton Abbot: T. H. Cartwright, Esq., Magistrate for Devon, and Resident Magistrate in Wolborough: We, the undersigned, request you will call a public meeting of the inhabitants of Newton and its Neighbourhood, to Petition her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament against a continuance of the Maynooth Grant, and any further Concessions to Romanism! … List (includes) … J. B. Pinsent (and) John Pinsent, Kingsteighton … Dated 26th Jan. 1852: In compliance with the foregoing requisition, so numerously and respectably signed, I hereby convene a public meeting of the protestant inhabitants of Newton and its Neighbourhood, on Tuesday 3rd February next, at the Town Hall, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon, for the purposes therein specified. Henry Cartwright: Forde House, January 26th 1852.
[see similar Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Saturday 7th February 1852]
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GRO0508 Hennock: John Pinsent: 1799 – 1858
GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901
Bristol Imports: In the Friends, from Gloucester; B. Pinsent, 100 qrs Indian corn.
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GRO1194 Hennock: Joseph Burton Pinsent: 1806 – 1874
Newton Abbot: Petty Sessions: Tuesday (Before H. Chichester, Esq., Chairman); H. Cartwright, C.H. Munro, and J. Woodley, Esqrs. Magistrates … … Refused Transfer of License: Mr. Lugg, the late landlord of the Turk’s Head Inn, Newton, applied to have the license of that Inn transferred to Mr. Avery, the late landlord of the Rising Sun. Mr. Francis supported the application on behalf of Mr. Pinsent, the proprietor of the premises, and Mr. Flamank, the magistrate’s clerk, opposed on his own behalf. Mr. Flamank said that the house in question was opposite his own residence and that Avery had hitherto kept a house of disreputable character in the town and had been fined by the magistrates for doing so. Inspector Barker said that he had seen prostitutes at the Rising Sun, during the time Avery kept it, and there had been disturbances, to which the witnesses’ attention had been repeatedly called, but Avery himself had always assisted to restore order, and clear his house. Mr. Francis spoke at considerable length, in favour of the application, and produced a paper recommending Avery as a fit person to keep the house, signed by some of the guardians, overseers, and most respectable persons in the town …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901
Plymouth and Devonport: Messrs. Tallis and Co.’s annual dinner, provided for their staff of canvassers and other persons connected with the firm in this district, took place on Wednesday last, at the Clarence Hotel, Devonport. After the dinner, which did great credit to Mr. Webb, the worthy host, several neat and appropriate speeches were made. The district agent, Mr. Edward Mullins, who presided, took the opportunity of complimenting the several canvassers on the success of their labors last year, in comparison with those of preceding years, especially noticing Mr. Pinsent, who obtained, in the space of five weeks, 272 orders for various works, to be delivered in part monthly, – the books, when completed, averaged from £1 to £5 each. Mr. Pinsent, in return, candidly acknowledged that it was not so much from his individual exertions as from the cheapness and getting up of the various works published by his spirited employers, that he proved so successful. The evening was enlivened with many very excellent songs, and the ventriloquism of that justly celebrated amateur ventriloquist, Mr. E. Diot, whose extraordinary vocal illusions excited the greatest interest.
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GRO0888 Hennock: William Pinsent: 1797 – 1882
Valuable Quays, Wharfs, Water-side Premises, Dwelling houses and seats in Chapels for Sale: To be sold by public auction on Thursday, 5th day of Feb. Next, at Moorehead’s Royal Hotel, Devonport at half past six o’clock in the evening, by Mr. Joseph Elms, auctioneer: The following desirable property: [6 lots and 4 pews] Lot 3: – All that Dwelling house and premises, with it appurtenances, situate and being No. 49, in St. Aubyn Street, Devonport, together with the Stable and Dwelling House in Barrack Street, at the rear thereof. The former is now in the possession of Messrs. Pinsent at the yearly rent of £55, and the latter in the possession of Mr. Dunn, at the yearly rent of £20. The above premises were some times since in the occupation of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, and are now held for the residue of a term of 99 years, determinable on the death of three lives aged respectively 39, 37 and 32, Conventionary Rent, £6 0s, Heriot £12 12s. For viewing the premises apply to the respective tenants; and for further particulars and information apply to Messrs. Beer and Rundle, Solicitors, Devonport: Dated Devonport 13th January 1852.
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
From Redon in the Jeune Celestine: B. Pinsent, 720 qrs barley. …
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GRO1194 Hennock: Joseph Burton Pinsent: 1806 – 1874
Bristol Police Court: The Mayor, Colonel Worrall and R. Jones Esq. … … Mr. Burton Pinsent, corn factor, Welsh-back, asked the opinion of the bench upon the point raised in the subjoining facts: A French vessel came to this port with a cargo of wheat consigned to him, and finding the berth opposite his warehouse to be unoccupied, the captain took possession of it, and commenced discharging; some time after; however, a Welsh trader, came up and the captain of which insisted on the Frenchman turning out from the inside berth, and on the Frenchman refusing, cut his cable and turned him adrift. What he wanted to know was this: whether occupying warehouse on the Back, and paying extra rent and charges, his vessels had not a right to remain in the berth which they might take up as being most convenient for discharging the Cargoes? … (discussion) … The Bench expressed their opinion that no ship should take up a berth except by direction of the quay warden or harbour master; and that no vessel had a right to eject another from a berth which could only be property done by command of the same authority. … …
[see also Bristol Mirror on the same date]
… Also … … A Begging Letter Impostor: John Hancock, a middle-aged man, was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. It appeared that on Wednesday last the prisoner went into the warehouse of Mr. B. Pinsent, Welsh back, and presented a petition stating that he was death and dumb, and that he wished to make up a sum of £25 for the purpose of placing a sister in the asylum at Bristol. He wrote on a slate to the effect that he must have the money by Friday, and at last induced a gentleman named Hall to give him a shilling; Mr. H. however, hearing the afternoon that he was regaling himself at the Giant’s Castle public hose, caused him to be apprehended, when he was found to be “a great sham,” Mr. J. Bush solicitor, deposed that he gave the prisoner half a crown recently, his charitable feeling having by excited by the same tale. … (continues with discussion of forged letter) … The Mayor said it was a gross case of imposition, and committed him for three months as a rogue and a vagabond …
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Marriage: On the 11th Inst, at All Saints’ Church, Mr. James Jonson to Miss Elizabeth Pinsent, both of this town
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GRO0221 Tiverton: Elizabeth Pinsent: 1833 – xxxx
Council House: Bristol, Saturday January 10th:Magistrates present: The Mayor, Co. Worrall & Mr. Jones: Mr. Burton Pinsent, corn-factor, Welsh Back, appeared before the bench, and asked their worships’ opinion upon the point raised in the subjoined facts: A French vessel came to this port with a cargo of wheat consigned to him, and finding the berth opposite his warehouse to be unoccupied, the captain took possession of it and commenced discharging; some time after, however, a Welsh trader came up, the captain of which insisted on the Frenchman turning out from the inside berth, and on the Frenchman refusing, cut his cable and turned him adrift. What he wanted to know was this, – whether, occupying a warehouse on the Back, and paying extra rent and charges, his vessels had not a right to remain in the berth which they might take up as being most convenient for discharging their cargoes? Mr. Jones thought that the fact of renting a warehouse had nothing to do with the occupancy of berths, though certainly no vessel had a right to turn another out without the direction of the quay warden, and if damage had been done to the Frenchman the captain of the Welsh trader might be summoned. Co. Worrall thought the first vessel that came had the right to the quay wall. Mr. Burgess: Who placed the Frenchman next to the wharf? Was he placed there by the harbour master? Mr. Pinsent (as we understood) said he did not know, but the captain of the Welsh trader asserted a general leave to lie there given to him by the quay warden. In the course of conversation which took place, the bench expressed their opinion that no ship should take up a berth except by the direction of the quay warden or harbour master, but that no vessel had the right to eject another from a berth, which could only be properly done by command of the same authority.
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GRO1194 Hennock: Joseph Burton Pinsent: 1806 – 1874