Sir John Fielding
Standard Name: Fielding, Sir John
Connections
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Occupation | Henry Fielding | The following year he began his campaign against organised crime in London, in which he was joined and later succeeded by his younger half-brother John
. They set up the Bow Street Runners... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Fielding | Sarah's younger full brother, Edmund, became a soldier and left few traces of his life. Her half-brother, John
, born eleven years after her, was left blind by an accident when he was nineteen. He... |
Wealth and Poverty | Sarah Fielding | In later years she received financial aid from her half-brother Sir John Fielding
(who paid her £20 most years from 1761), from Ralph Allen
(who left her a legacy of £100 in August 1764), and... |
Textual Features | Ann Thicknesse | An introduction explains that this book, although called a novel, will not deal in pathetic tales of love, marvellous prodigies, or even . . . elegant flights of fancy, but only plain simple facts... |
Timeline
12 August 1752: Justice John Fielding defined the crime of...
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12 August 1752
Justice John Fielding
defined the crime of apprentices caught putting on an unlicensed play as mere unlawful assembly; they got off with a reprimand.
1 May 1758: Sir John Fielding, magistrate, questioned...
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1 May 1758
Sir John Fielding
, magistrate, questioned twenty-five women rounded up from bawdy houses in Hedge Lane in London, and recorded their answers.
10 August 1758: The Magdalen Hospital (for fallen women)...
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10 August 1758
The Magdalen Hospital
(for fallen women) opened in Prescot Street, London, after a considerable campaign to influence public opinion.
26 March 1768: Lord Baltimore (Frederick, the sixth baron,...
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26 March 1768
Lord Baltimore (Frederick, the sixth baron
, who was known for his promiscuity and was said to admire the Islamic system of harems) was acquitted (with two female accessories) of raping a Methodist
or Independent
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