Murder by poisoning
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Page from his diary, [DE/X3/4]
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
John Carrington's Diary, 1800
By Llinos Thomas
Ann Mead, aged 16, was found guilty of the Royston murder of Charles Proctor, aged 1, by feeding him a spoonful of arsenic. This is only one of many local criminal cases recorded in the diary of John Carrington (1726-1810), who lived at Bacon’s Farm, Bramfield. John Carrington’s diaries held at Hertfordshire Archives are packed full of interest, and give an insight into national events from a local perspective.