Valentine Marshall

Male, Deceased Person

1814 – 1874

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Who was Valentine Marshall?

Valentine Marshall was tried and charged for his alleged involvement in the Nottingham Reform Bill riots.

Born Valentine Marshall in 1814 he was the son of Rebecca and John Marshall; John being a framework knitter from Coal Pit Lane. Valentine was described as a farm labourer from Nottingham, five foot seven inches tall with a florid complexion, dark brown hair and dark grey eyes.

At the age of 17, Valentine Marshall was tried at Nottingham's Shire Hall for the offence of 'rioting and burning Colwick Hall'. Several witnesses identified him as being part of the mob, but other witnesses said he was elsewhere at the time. He pleaded not guilty and denied the charge, stating that he was on Colwick Green when the incident took place. Marshall was found guilty and was sentenced to death by hanging; this was later commuted to transportation for life after a public outcry.

Valentine Marshall was briefly held at the County Gaol where his name can be seen, carved into the wall of the prison exercise yard. He was then taken to the hulk 'Justitia' at Woolwich, London, in February 1832. In March of the same year, he was moved with fifty other prisoners to the convict transport, the 'England'. Eventually it held two hundred male convicts including thirty boys from the 'Eurylus' boys hulk.

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Born
1814
Died
1874

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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