I found this reference in the abstracts of the Bath Chronicle 1093/1788 article:2 c Bath Chronicle 1093/1788 article:2 c 24 Jul 1788 Crime: small portmanteau from the Kingston Baths at Bath found on a suspicious person at Swansea 17 July 1788. Anyone with information contact John Beavan, JP, County of Glamorgan. Does anyone know anything about this John BEAVAN? Here is the link if anyone wants to search for their own. http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/leisureandculture/recordsarchives/georgian/Pages/d efault.aspx copy and paste the whole link or alternatively go to the BANES site regards Lyn in Oz.