Ann Mould statement

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Ann Mould court statement part 1

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That in further manifestation of the hatred which the said Edward Mould had towards his said wife Anne, on or about the 14 November, even from the very week after his intermarriage with the said Ann Mould, he beat and pushed his said wife Ann in his own lodging room in Mr Johnston's house in Skeldergate, within the city of York, and bruised her so sore that she spit great quantities of blood, and forced two rings off her fingers and took her money out of her pockets, in doing of which he tore her fingers and pinched and squeezed them so that she was in danger of loosing the use of them; and that on the day following he left his said wife and his lodging room and left her neither meat, drink, money nor any manner of provisions whatsoever for her support. And on or about the Wednesday which was the day following the goods in the said lodging room were by his own directions distrained upon for rent, and taken away, so that the said Ann Mould had no clothes and was forced to lie upon the bear bed without clothes; and the next day or the next day but one, he ordered the bed to be taken down and the range to be taken up, which being done he beat his said wife very severely, turned her out of the chamber and threw her or kicked her downstairs, and so into the street in a most barbarous and inhumane manner.

That the said Edward Mould hath removed himself into other lodging and refused to allow anything towards the maintenance of his said wife or take any care to provide her any necessaries, nor did he ever since they were married together give her or provide her with the least sum of money or any clothes or other necessaries whatsoever.