Lucy Toogood: Sherborne’s first policewoman?
Lucia (the Latinised version of Lucy) Toogood is named in the 1547 Sherborne Court Rolls as a ‘tithingman’ – a parish officer elected to preserve good order. Was she Sherborne’s first policewoman?! Rachel Hassall Further reading: Joseph Fowler, Mediaeval Sherborne (Dorchester: Longmans Ltd., 1951), p.222.