Punishment of women 5
The burial of a baby
Another glimpse of the harsh realities of the penal system of the 18th century is provided in this extract from the Quarter Sessions records. This refers to the burial of an illegitimate baby born to a female prisoner in Brecon County Gaol in 1773. Note that the expenses for the burial are to be paid to the female Keeper of the gaol, although most prisoners would be male.
Breconshire
Quarter Sessions
Epiphany 1773
Powys
County Archives
B/QS/O/4
This extract from the Order Books of the Breconshire
Quarter sessions reads as follows:
"It is Ordered that the sum of one pound fifteen shillings
and six pence be paid Magdalen Williams for her trouble and expences
for maintaining and Burying Moses a Bastard Child born in the
Gaol."
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