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Richard LOYND
Abt 1800 - 1882 (~ 82 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 39 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Richard LOYND Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1800 Chatburn, Lancashire, England 
- From censuses
Baptised 18 Apr 1800 St. James’ Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England - From PR and BT entries (images on Ancestry, viewed 4 Dec 2018)
'Richard Son of James & Mary Loynd of Chatburn bapt. Aprl. 18th'
Gender Male Court 29 Mar 1823 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Charged with intent to do GBH - The Lancaster Gaol Register Of Crown Cases records:
"Richard Loynd, Committed by the Revd. James Quartley, 22nd, March 1823, Charged with having wilfully and maliciously stabbed and cut William Sharples at Blackburn, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Assizes 29th. March 1823 No Bill
Discharged by Proclamation."
Although this is mentioned in the local papers no more details are given.
(from TNA doc. PCOM2/441 - image on FMP, viewed 5 Dec 2018)
Residence 1825 Bent, Oldham, Lancashire, England - When his son James was baptised
Occupation From 1825 to 1871 Shoemaker - Recorded as a Shoe Maker (1825 when his son James was baptized and 1831 when his son Gihon was baptized), Shoe M (1841 census), cordwainer (1861 census), shoemaker (1871 census).
Recorded as 'Formerly shoe maker' in 1881
Residence 1831 Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England - When his son Gihon was baptised
Residence 1841 Deansgate, Bolton, Lancashire, England - With his true wife Alice and six of their children (the 2nd and 3rd letters of their surname switched to produce Lyond)
Miscellaneous 1846 Accused of Bigamy - Although police would arrest, question and secure someone accused of bigamy, they did not generally prosecute, usually this only happened if someone wished to bring a case against the bigamist, sometimes the true spouse who had been deserted, most often the spouse who found the marriage they had entered into was invalid as their supposed husband or wife was already married. It is not clear who raised the matter in Richard's case. It seems quite likely to be Margaret Towers who he had married bigamously, as it appears their relationship had ended. Soon after his imprisonment ended Richard was living with Mary, so it seems he did not return to Margaret. There is no evidence as to whether Richard and Margaret had already fallen out or whether it was the discovery of the bigamy that ended their relationship.
Court 9 Feb 1846 County Court Room, Town Hall, Little Bolton, Lancashire, England Charged in the County Magistrates' Court - "Bigamy. - Richard Loynd, shoemaker, was charged with bigamy. Mr. Gaskell called Thomas Heelis, bleacher, of Little Bolton, who proved that Loynd was married in October, 1823, to Alice Hardman, at the Parish Church, in Bolton; - he was present at the ceremony; his first wife is still living. Andrew Collins deposed that he witnessed the marriage of the prisoner to Margaret Edwards [sic], on the 1844, in Warrington Parish Church. Robert Murry produced the certificates of the marriage of Loynd at Bolton, and also in Warrington. When Murray took the prisoner into custody, he acknowledged that he had married a second wife, because his first wife allowed another man to take liberties with her. Loynd was committed for trial at Liverpool assizes."
(from The Bolton Chronicle and South Lancashire Advertiser, 11 Feb 1846, p. 3, col. 5)
It was also reported in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, with some different details included:
"Bigamy. - At the County Court Room, Town Hall, Little Bolton, on Monday last, Richd Loynd, a middle aged man, a shoemaker, with grey locks, was brought up on a charge of bigamy. It appeared that he was married at the parish church of Bolton, on the 12th October, 1823, by which wife he had several children. They did not live upon the best of terms, and in 1843 he left her, and went to reside at Warrington, where, on the following year, he married a young female of nineteen years of age, named Margaret Towers, with whom he had since lived until apprehended. He was fully committed for trial at the ensuing assizes."
(p. 7, col. 1)
A similar report appeared in the Bolton Free Press (14 Feb 1846, p.3, col. 5). It concluded:
"... Murray had apprehended the prisoner, and told him he was charged with having two wives, upon which he said he had, and that his first wife and himself disagreed. The prisoner on being asksed whether he wished to say anything and having been cautioned, said that he had his first wife a long time, and could not agree with her; she had not behaved properly to him. He was committed for trial."
It seems as though Richard thought the disagreement with his first wife justified his marrying bigamously.
Court 21 Mar 1846 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Trial for Bigamy at the Assizes - Richard, shown as aged 46, was tried, found guilty and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour. This seems a fairly average sentence. Out of 5 bigamy cases listed on the same page in a Home Office criminal register, all tried the same day and court, one man was sentenced to a year, one woman to 4 months, and the other 3, one woman and 2 men, including Richard, to 6 months. The reason for the variation is not clear. Richard was the oldest and had had 9 children with his true wife, the oldest of whom was only just 21 at the time of the trial, the youngest 7, so his action probably resulted in the most hardship. (The bigamist sentenced to a year was aged only 23 so can't have deserted a large family). Three of the 5 cases were reported in the Daily News of 26 Mar 1846 (p. 7, col. 6), in a report of the assizes for the Northern Circuit held in Liverpool, in the Crown Court, before Mr. Justice Patteson. Jane Killan had left a marriage with 6 surviving children, yet got just 4 months. This may well have been because the crime was primarily considered to be against the person duped into believing they were married; in her case it sounds as though the man she bigamously married was aware that she was not free to marry. There is no explanation as to why young James Jackson was sentenced to 12 months; no children were mentioned. However, it seems reasonable to suppose the woman who he wronged by marrying when he was not free to do so was probably also young and maybe this led to her being considered more injured by his action. Richard's conviction was reported thus:
"Richard Loynd, 46, pleaded guilty to having feloniously married Margaret Towers, his former wife being alive at the time. - He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to hard labour."
It seems likely that his expereince of imprisonment led Richard to living with Mary [Goohan] as man and wife without any ceremony, to avoid the risk of any future punishment.
Residence 1848 Castlefoot, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England - When the birth of his daughter Margaret was registered
Residence 1849 Old Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England - When the birth of his daughter Jane was registered
Residence 1861 4, Water Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England Residence 1871 1, Hall Court, Burnley, Lancashire, England - With his wife Betsy and their son Henry
Residence 1881 42, Tentre Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England - With his wife Betsy and their son Henry (the family are all recorded with their surname spelt Lund)
Died 23 Sep 1882 42, Tentre Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England Cause: Old age - GRO ref: LOYND, Richard q3 1882 aged 81 Burnley RD 8e 159
Details from register entry (GRO copy)
Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I305803 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 10 May 2023
Father James LOYND, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary HILTON, d. Yes, date unknown Banns of marriage From 3 Nov 1793 to 17 Nov 1793 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England - From PR (combined banns and marriage entry)
Married 1 Jan 1794 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 12 Dec 2021)
Family ID F301812 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Alice SINGLETON, b. Abt 1798, Bolton, Lancashire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Joseph HARDMAN m. 4 Mar 1821Married 12 Oct 1823 St. Peter’s Church, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England - Married in Bolton in 1823 from account of court appearance of Richard for bigamy.
Precise date and church from PR entry (image on FamilySearch, viewed 24 Apr 2019)
This shows Richard Loyond [sic] bachelor married Alice Hardman widow by Banns
Separated Abt 1843 - The newspaper reports when Richard was charged with bigamy report that Richard and Alice did not live upon the best of terms, and in 1843 Richard left Alice, and went to reside at Warrington. He claimed he had left her because she allowed another man to take liberties with her.
This may be true, but it is noticeable that Richard's following 3 relationships were all with men a good number of years younger than him, so maybe he was no longer happy with Alice, a year or so his senior, leading to her straying. Who knows? - we can only speculate.
Children9 children Last Modified 24 Mar 2023 Family ID F301781 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret TOWERS, b. Abt 1824, d. Yes, date unknown Married 25 Mar 1844 St. Elphin’s Church, Warrington, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: LOYND, Richard to TOWERS, Margaret q1 1844 Warrington RD 20 626
Details from PR entry (image on FamilySearch)
According to the entry Richard Loynd, aged 44, Bachelor, Shoemaker, abode Warrington, son of James Loynd, shoemaker
married
Margaret Towers, aged 18, Spinster, no occupation, abode Warrington, daughter of Daniel Towers, butcher
Richard and Margaret made their marks, as did witnesses Andrew Collin and Elizabeth Casseday
(neither Andrew nor Elizabeth were regular witnesses, not parish clerk, but probably friends or relations)
Separated Bef 1846 - Richard and Margaret seem to have parted company before he was tried for bigamy in 1846 - possibly because of Margaret learning that she was not actually married to him, due to bigamy.
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301780 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Mary GOOHAN, [Father?], b. Abt 1824, Ireland , d. 22 May 1852, Old Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 28 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married Abt 1847 - Richard and Mary seem to have entered into a relationship and probably started living as though man and wife from about 1847, since the birth of their first child together was registered in the second quarter of 1848.
Separated Between 13 Jul 1849 and 30 Mar 1851 - Between the registration of the birth of their second child together and the 1851 census.
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children2 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301773 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 4 Betsy KERSHAW, b. Between 1816 and 1821, Small Bridge, Rochdale, Lancashire, England , d. Jun Q 1885, Burnley Reg Dist, Yorkshire or Lancashire, England (Age ~ 69 years)
Other Partners: John OGDEN m. 10 Dec 1843Married 28 Mar 1864 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England - From the PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 4 Dec 2018)
GRO ref: Loynd, Richard to Ogden, Betsy q1 1864 Blackburn RD 8e 321
Children 1. Henry LOYND, b. Jun Q 1858, Oldham, Lancashire, England , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301782 Family Group Page | Family Chart