Margaret, Try this link off Google, it may help you. Tim Mitchell http://www.localhistories.org/bodmin.html -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Bauer Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Bodmin Gaol Hi Listers, Hoping some History buff can help me here with a little knowledge. I have a person (the spouse of a sibling to one of my direct ancestors) back in Tudor times. This person died in gaol and was buried at Bodmin on the 20th May 1592. At first (last year) I just added this in my records and thought no more about it. However, now I want to write a story of the reason this individual was there, and so thought a few paragraphs about Bodmin Gaol in the early times would start off a little background. With a little digging I now find that Bodmin Gaol was not even built until 1776 which is some 184 years still to pass after my John Cosgarne died there. Obviously there must have been some earlier detention centre or prison there for incarcerating people for what ever their charges were, but I do not seem to be able to find anything about that earlier period of history of Bodmin, that would give me some couple of paragraphs about it. John was originally from Gwinear so to imprison him at Bodmin was to take him some near forty-two miles (I think), so it must have been some sort of gaol that was a substantial structure even back then, and in 1565 when his problems first began would have been a fair way to take someone I guess especially along roads in those ancient times. Any suggestions would be helpful Thankyou Margaret ************************* Margaret Bauer Queensland, Australia [email protected] ************************* ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6018 - Release Date: 01/08/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6018 - Release Date: 01/08/13