Before the Bobbies. The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan London, 1720-1830

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overseers of the poor, 8, 10, 23, 27, 38,

63, 141, 143, 156-7

Paddington, 150-51
Paley, Ruth, 1
Paley, William, 68
Palmer, Stanley, 1
Palmerston, Viscount, 17
Parish and the County, The, 67
parish constable, see constables
parish vestries, see vestries and
individual parish names
parish vestrymen, see vestrymen
parishes, see government, local;
individual parish names; vestries
Parliament, 3, 12-14, 16-17, 19, 30,
45~, 56, 72, 75, 81, 84, 110-11,
128, 133, 138, 140
debates, 50, 60, 85, 98, 118
House of Commons, 3, 11-12,
16-17, 31, 3~. 45, 50-52, 55,
77-8, 98-9, 104, 111, 129, 139,
155~; Oerks of, 50, 56
House of Lords, 12, 144
legislation, see Acts of Parliament
Members of, 6-7, 14, 39, 45, 50-55,
60, 71, 74, 98, 101, 106, 108, 111,
115, 126-7, 130, 140, 142, 145,
163; see also individual names
petitions to, 12,16-18,31, 35~,
39-41,43,77-8,93,100-1,109,
145-7, 15~. 158
Select Committees, 5, 91, 104;
Criminal law (1770), 48-50;
Westminster night watch
(1772), 51-2, 55; Night Watch
(1812), 97-101, 107; Police of
the Metropolis (1816-18),
106-8, 111; Police of the
Metropolis (1822), 115-16,
126-7, 132; Police of the
Metropolis (1828), 125~,
129-32, 134-40, 145, 153; Police
of the Metropolis (1834), 148,
157, 160--62; Select Vestries
(1829-30), 144-5; used by local
authorities, 12-13, 16, 22, 29,
35-7, 42, 44, 93-4, 121, 143,
163-4

patrols, 51-3, 55, 72, 90, 94, 131-3

age of, 103, 112

appointment of, 79-80, 93, 96-7, 99,

103, 112-14, 116-18

authority of, 64

Bow Street, 81, 112, 114, 116, 128,

134, 138

complaints about, 52, 64, 90, 134

discipline of, 54, 99, 112, 120

Dismounted Horse, 113-14, 116, 127

duties of, 53-4, 63-4, 78-80, 82-3,

99, 112, 114, 117, 120

foot, 112-14, 116

horse,47-8, 112,114,116

numbers of, 53, 57, 63, 78-9, 93, 99,

103, 112-14, 116-17, 127

rewards to, 81-2, 113

supervision of, 52, 99, 103, 112-14

wages of, 51, 53, 81, 112-13

paving, 10, 34, 90, 141

commissions, 6, 121-2, 136, 144;

Clink Liberty, Southwark, 77,

80-82, 94, 120, 145~, 153; East

Division, Southwark, 39-40, 94,

118-19, 155; West Division,

Southwark, 39-41, 77, 94,

118-20

commissioners, 39-40, 119, 121-2,

144, 146, 163, 165

complaints about, 29, 35

see also Metropolitan Roads

Commission, streets, turnpikes

pay, see wages

peace,

of Amiens, 87

Preservation Force (Ireland), 126,

162

and relation to crime rates, 20-21,

28-30, 104-5, 164

Pearson, John, 118

Peckham, 3, 42

Peel, Sir Robert, 1, 4-5, 108, 115-17,

123,125-32,1~,138-40,144-5,

148-9, 152, 155, 157~0. 165

Peel, William, 127

Pelham, Henry, 45

Peterloo, 109-10

petty sessions, see courts

Petty France, 7