Posted by Brian Lilley Historic Dates 4th April 1829 Matthew and William Liley were hanged at Bedford Gaol for the murder of a 8th January 1904 Second Big Fire at the Half Moon near Water Lane. The Host ' Mr. Anthony was getting ready.....
on 4/26/2001, 10:32 pm
This snippet of historic news I found on the following site seems to suggest that Mathias and William were involved in a bit more than poaching. Note the misspelling of Matthias and Lilley.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/kempston.html
27th February 1826 was the night of the great fire of Kempston which destroyed 40 houses
in the High Street including part ot the King William PH. There is no account of the fire but
a fund for the 55 victims raised £344.13s.
gamekeeper. They were poaching for food for their families.
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