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Edward FISHER
(1777 - 1819)

Nick Woods

On August 28 1819 Edward FISHER, who had been convicted at the previous Norfolk Assizes of stabbing William HARRISON, was hanged on the Castle Hill, Norwich. “After receiving the sacrament he long held the cup and bread with the wildest expression of agony in his eyes and features”.

He left a wife and seven children to lament the unhappy end of a husband and father. It was recorded ‘he was of a reserved, sullen, and gloomy temperament in his religious profession as a Methodist, and to a certain degree of unsound mind’. .....

Nick’s complete story can be read HERE.

If anyone has any further information about Edward and is willing to share it, please make contact, and we will add it, with accreditation, into this resource.

Further information

Ipswich Journal, 21st August, 1819, page 4

Freeman's Journal, Thursday, 2 May, 1822, page 4

Background

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Family Historian - Narative

Last updated: Sun, 24 Aug 2025
FISHER, Edward
Family Historian Individual Narrative Edward FISHER, son of John FISHER (c. 1746-c. 1813) and Pleasance BAMBRIDGE (c. 1743-1827), was born in 1777 in Bressingham, Norfolk. He was baptised on 21 July 1782 in Bressingham - aged 5 years, son of John and Pleasance, baptised with other siblings. He married Elizabeth MOSS on 10 August 1802 in Halesworth, Suffolk. On 8 July 1819. Edward stabbed William HARRISON in the abdomen. Edward died in August 1819 in Norwich, Norfolk - executed for the stabbing of William Harrison. He ..... View full FH text (See notes below)
Birth:	1777 : Bressingham, Norfolk
Baptism:	21.07.1882 : Bressingham : aged 5
Marriage:	1802 to Elizabeth MOSS
Death:	00.08.1819 : Norwich, Norfolk : executed for the stabbing of William Harrison.
Burial:	31.08.1819 at Bressingham
Notes:	On 8 July 1819 Edward stabbed William HARRISON in the abdomen.
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