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

230 Index

population, 7, 73
growth, 20-21,.25, 27, 29-30, 33-4,
37, 92, 102
movement of, 20, 33, 42, 73, 92
prisons and jails, 37, 45, 58-60, 106,
123, 140
Borough Compter, 37
Cold Bath Fields House of
Correction, 95-6
King's Bench, 37
Marshalsea Prison, 37
Newgate, 59-60
Panopticon, 69, 71
reform of, 58, 69-72, 90--91, 128
private societies, 11-12, 44, 84, 86-9,
96-7, 102, 130, 143
for prosecution of felons, 34, 71, 96,
130; see also Loyal associations,
reformation of manners,
volunteer corps
Proclamation Society (Society for the
Suppression of Vice and
Prophaneness), 70--71, 88; see also
private societies
professionalism, professionalization,
77, 84, 105-8, 110, 112, 123-5,
132-4, 162, 164-6
of constables, 36, 46, 49, 54, 66-8,
74, 85-6, 90, 99-100, 112,
121-2, 133
ofgovernmentservice,14,19,29,32,
61-2, 99, 111
of night watch, 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 19,
21-2, 27-9, 43-4, 52, 55-7,
61-2, 68, 83, 90, 94-6, 103-4,
116, 118-24, 131, 146-7
of magistrates, 46-7, 49, 72, 74,
84-6, 112, 134
prosecution(s), 20-21, 30, 46, 58, 68,
77, 81, 120, 133, 140
of felons, societies for, see private
societies
of felonies, 47, 82, 95, 120
of misdemeanours, 33, 54-5
of nuisances, 23, 114
of police and night watch officers,
112, 120, 134-5
ofradicals,84,86, 100
of vice, 88, 154

prosecutors, 38, 45, 70--71, 81, 88, 128

pub and pubkeepers, 20-21, 49; 73, 88,

106, 123, 128, 141

public, 90

Putney, 40--41, 43

Quarter Sessions, see courts

radicals, radicalism, 4, 8, 30--32, 59, 61,

84-9, 98, 100, 104-5, 107-11, 126,

130, 132, 140--41, 144-5, 154-6,

161-2 see also Wilkites and

individual names

Radzinowicz, Sir Leon, 67

Rainsforth, S., 48-50

Ratcliffe, 3, 35, 95

Ratcliffe Highway murders, 84, 95-6,

101, 109

rates, 8, 35, 121, 137, 142-3,

church, 34, 141-2

collection and collectors, 10, 15-16,

18-19, 22, 27, 44, 50, 54, 99,

101, 139, 155-7

lighting,42, 141-2

limits on, 19, 51-3, 93, 99

poor, 12, 34, 45, 92, 101, 141-3,

155-6

watch, 5, 11-12, 15-19, 21-2, 27, 35,

39, 42, 44, 50-53, 55, 92-5, 99,

101-2

paving, 39, 141-2

police, 148, 155-9

ratepayers, 8, 12-14, 16, 18-19, 34, 44,

55, 101, 137, 140--4, 147, 158

see also householders

Rawlinson, John, 117,131,163

Reeves, John, 75,86,88

reform,

Bill, see Acts of Parliament

costo~5,35,48, 76,78-80,84,92-3,

96, 99, 101-3, 111, 118, 121,

124-5, 133-4, 136-7, 139-40,

146-7, 154-6

criminal justice, 45, 58, 60, 68-70,

91, 97, 138, 165

criminal law, 45, 69-70, 91, 97, 126,

128-9, 138

criminal punishments, 45, 58, 69, 71,

90--91, 128