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CAKE & COCKHORSE
The Magazine of the Banbury Historical Society
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Vol. I, Nos. 5 Z
1960/1961
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The Magazine o f the Banbury H i s t o r i c a l Society
Issued t o Idembers f o u r times a year.
For t h e New Year t h r e e meetings have been arranged, including an
additional one f o r February. We have been very f o r t u n a t e i n securing
three speakers who a r e all l e a d e r s i n t h e i r own f i e l d s . It i s hoped
t h a t members w i l l respond by attending i n l a r g e numbers, t o give them
t h e audience thcy dcserve. All meetings a r e held a t 7.30 p.m. i n the
Court Room o f t h e Town Hall.
Tuesday,
31st J m u a r y
'IPzrish Govornmcnt i n t h e 18th Century 2 Wi,Tginton and i t s Records"
by Nr. F.D, Price, Dean o f Kzble College.
Although t h i s t a l k concerns Tligginton, i t i s j u s t a s applicable t o
any l o c a l v i l l a g e . M r . Price, who spcnds h i s vacations i n Vigginton,
has brought t o l i g h t many f a s c i n a t i n g glimpses of ordinary r u r a l l i f e
and conditions as they were two hundred ycars ago.
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Tuesday, 28th February
"The Civil
i n North Oxfordshirett by Miss Margarot Toynbee.
Those who cane t o Edgehill i n May, 1959, will have pleasant
memories o f t h e l a s t time Xiss Toynbec v i s i t e d us. Edgehill was by
no means t h e oylly event o f significance i n t h i s area during the Civil
Far. The sicGC of Banbury Castle, and t h e inportant B a t t l e o f
Cropredy Bridge form only part of a subject i n which Niss Toynbce i s
one o f t h e forenost experts.
Tucsdzy, 28th Nlnrch
13srrow Diggers of t h e 1 9 t h Century" by Nr. Hwnphrey Case, N.A. ,F.S.A.
Nr. Cssc i s Scniiir Assistant Keeper, Department o f Antiquities a t
t h e Ashmolean E~~uscw:,
and t h i s summer hcadcd a j o i n t Anglo-French
cxcavnticn i n 3 r i t t a n y . H i s account o f t h e beginnings o f i n t e r e s t i n
archaeology znd t h e somewhat s u r p r i s i n g methods used i s sure t o be
b o t h i n t e r e s t i n g and amusing.
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R E .S E A R C H
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PARISH REGISTERS
Mr. Gibson i s now copying t h e r e g i s t e r s of t h e Chapelry o f
E p w e l l , formerly i n t h e parish o f Swslcliffe. Nlnrrizges have
been copied completely from 1580 t o 183T9 and Baptisms and
B u r i a l s i n t h e two voluiies covering t h e 16th and 1 7 t h century.
The complete r e g i s t e r s of t h e p a r i s h of Swalcliffe i t s e l f and
t h e o t h e r chapelry o f Shutford have already been copied.
The marriages from t h e f i r s t and second volumes of Cdardington
r e g i s t e r s , at present deposited i n t h e Bodleian Library, f o r
t h e period 1603-1694, have a1 so been copied.
OXFORDSHIRY CLOCKIUXERS
I n response t o t h e appeal made on p067 o f t h e November
number information haa been given by Mrs. E. G i l l e t t , Bedford,
IfreM.L. Dix Hamilton, Lindfield, Dilr. F.D. Price, !'Jigginton
and Elrs. K O Taylor, E l s f i e l d , f o r which me a r e most g r a t e f u l .
Apropcia of D r . Brinkworth's a r t i c l e i n t h i s number i t rnw
be i n t e r e s t i n g t o note t h a t Tnomas Gainsborcugh' s b r o t h e r t h e
Rev. H u m p h r e y Gainsborough, Congregational Minister at Henley
on Thames, 1748-1776, was an engincer of note and t h e inventor
o f an unusual kind of r o l l i n g b a l l clock. Humphrey's accomplishments obtained public n o t i c e through the e f f o r t s o f P h i l i p
Thicknesse and p a r t i c u l a r l y by a l e t t e r abcut t h e clock which
Thicknesse wrote t o t h e Gentleman's Magazine on 1 4 November,
1785 under t h e pseudonym r'Polyzena't. After Humghrey diod
Thomss gave t h e clock t o Thicknesse who presented it t o t h e
B r i t i s h IItIuscum on 6 December 1788. Unfortunately it has since
disappeared but a drawing of i t by Thicknesse and l a t e r descripti o n s have been preserved.
Ancther tine-keeping device based on a sundial, a l s o
constructed by Humphrey Gainsborough, passed i n t o t h e possession
of Tkic'messc, was presented t o t h e B r i t i s h Nusewn i n 1784 and
w a s duly l o s t .
C.F. C.B.
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R E V I E W
OXFORDSHIRE CLERGY, 1777-1869.
A study o f t h e Established Church
and of t h e r o l e of i t s Clergy i n l o c a l society, by Diana IvTcClatchey,
(Clarendon Pressg 1960. 45/-).
For a l l who are i n t s r e s t e d i n t h e e c c l e s i a s t i c a l and s o c i a l
h i s t o r y o f Oxfordshire t h i s book i s q u i t e unusually rewarding. It
covers a century o f ferment and c h a n ~ ,which transformed a remarkable
and l a r g e l y medieval set-up surviving i n t o t h e nineteenth century,
and r e a l i s e d t h e Unitarian i d e a l o f a p r i e s t resident i n every
country parish, however small, and comfortably housed i n t h e mansions,
which now l i t t e r t h e countryside l i k e white elephants. But the scope
of t h e book i s l i m i t a d t o a study of t h e men who l i v e d i n t h e parscnage houses r a t h e r than t h e p r i e s t s ministering before t h e i r a l t a r s ,
The readcr must therefora not be surprised t o f i n d l i t t l e d i r e c t
refercnce t o t h e Evangelical and Oxford movcrnents and only rare
a l l u s i o n s t o t h e spread o f High Church practices, which were bsginning
t o cause alarm i n parishes l i k e Bloxharn totvctrds t h e end o f t h e period,
I n t h e e a r l i e r chapters t h e e v i l s of p l u r a l i t i e s and absentoeism
a r e c a r e f u l l y analysed. I n 1793 it was s t i l l considered q u i t e pmper
t h a t t h e Master of D r , R a d c l i f f e ' s School a t Steeple Aston should serve
t h e churches a t Duns Tetv and Barford St. Michael, and t h a t John Francis,
o f f i c i a t i n g minister a t Swinbrook should l i v e a t Rurford and serve i n
a d d i t i o n t h e churches a t S h i l t o n and Westwell. Richard Pretyman,
r e c t o r of Niddletcln Stoney survived until 1856, enjoying an income
o f M 9 0 0 6 derived from h i s Chmrch preferments, but giving a c t i v e
unpaid s e r v i c e t o t h e community as a magistrate. Orders i n t h e Church
o f England were regmded as a profession u n t i l a changing climate o f
opinion, a s s i s t e d by l e g i s l a t i o n and f o s t e r e d by Bishop Wilberforcz
with h i s newly founded t r a i n i n g college a t Cuddesdon, r a i s e d them t o
a vocation.
Incid-entally a f u l l e r account m i g b t have been given here
o f t h e Whig r e f o r m i n t h e 1830%, and t h e r e i s no mention at all of
t h e outstanding services rendercd t o t h e Church i n t h i s connection by
Bishop Biomficld o f London. But t h e zeal and b u s t l i n g energy of
Samuel Wilberforce a r e evident i n a l l t h a t w a s achieved f o r improving
t h e s t a t u s and s i c c e r i t y , t h e inccmo and t h e influence of t h e
country c l e r g ,
A chapter devoted t o educational advance disclosed t h e astonishi n g f a c t t h a t about half t h e schools i n t h s county were e i t h e r b u i l t
o r enlcrged i n t h e 1840% 2nd 1850's. And these, o f course, were all
Church schools. Bor was t h e a c t i v i t y of t h e clergy a s teachers o f
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t h e i r €locks ccinfincd t o church and day scho2l. Many c v i l l a g e
must s t i l l retain i t s Roading b o r n ( a r e v e a l i n g t i t l e ) , where i n
Unitcrisn tints, 3 s a-t DoJJinglytm, evoliing c l a s s e s and l i h r a r i c s
l;Tert? ,r,-anised and t h e l o c a l c l a r a wcrc wont t c give 1:m.tcrn
l e c t u r z s on any subject from China t o Peru. ban; other r c l i c s
of t h i s e r a can cny'sody now pr55uce a specimen o f the T l i x k s Giving Papcrs ,3ven t o discharged p o t i e n t s t c be presented t o
t h e i r awn m i n i s t e r s as a teken o f & r e t i t n d e t o God f o r t h e mercies
they had received i n t h e Radcliffa Infirmary?
Eany other a s p c t s of c l e r i c a l l i f c i n t h e Oxfordshire
parishcs a r a LLscri'ucd i n t h i s notcblc: book, b ~ tdh e r e i s a
s c n s i t i v e agv-aren3ss t o t h e &\;per i s s u e s involvod.
(E.P. Bcker)
PIiILIP TIIICli7\TTSSSE iJTD TRC STEME CIRCLE
By E.R.C.
BrinlsimAh, M.A.
Some time ngo I was &ven a copy Jf Eorclce's O h s , e d i t e d
by David 7Jetsnn and printed a t Lon&n i n 1709, which turned out
t o have m i n t c r c s t i n g lccctl assscintion. For a t page 138 i s
t h e s i p a t u r c of Pl-iilip Tliicknessc, tho notzble 1 8 t h czntury
v r i t e r a d e c c e n t r i c whc w3.s b m n a t his f z t b z r ' s rzct:\ry a t
7nrthin;;hoe on 10 L u p s t , 1719. HG W ~ Seducated a t ignhoc Free
Grammr Sch?ol and at 2estninster.
Intended f o r the melical
p r L , f o s s i mhe sOon care it up f o r t h o a m j 2nd evcntunll-y, i n
1753, bsccme licutenant-gmernor o f Landgnrd I b r t i n Essex.
Tkickmsse c3inbined a m i l i t s r y c-recr with g e z t i n t c r c s t
i n the e r t s . He i t was w h persunclod the ysung G9,insborouZh t o
lcavc Ipsvich f o r fashicnable B-th, and f o r same twenty years
was h i s p-.trcn,
I n 1766 Thickncsse r e s i p c d h i s commmd and henceforward
I A . the l i f e of a d i l e t t a n t e , with frcqucnt chan@s of abode i n
5is c-,untry i n t e r s p c r s e d by tJurs zbroad. Iiis sitpr,turc i n m y
3racc. i s f c l l o v x d by t h e words, "Celcis, 1771tr9 and I h2ve
(Ke vcs iict t k e first
v \ ? r i f i d tl-.-,t hz w2s thzro i n t h a t y3:r.
r l - s t tr, p x k "the lzyaan's breviary" as a t r a v d l i n l ; .
c;mpmi;n. )
Thicknzsse merried, a s his t!iird wife, 1m.n F w d , a yrung
lady of g r a a t bceuty, w i t and outstandin; t a l e n t 2s a write2 and
musician.
GainsSorough' s p o r t r a i t (ncw i n t h e C i n c i n a t t i A r t GaliEry.)
shows h e r s i t t i n g with a g u i t a r i n h e r hand and a v i o l de gamba i n
t h e beckpourid.
R constant stream of boaks and pamphlets poured frm Thicknesse's
pen : cn t r a v e l , chess, "singular p c r s m s now l i v i n g " , cyphcrs, m n midwifery, t h e c i t y of Bath, and h i s omn l i f e . D r . Ji.hnson t o l d
Boswell t h a t he thought them e n t e r t a i n i n g ' t o read once'.
P h i l i p Thicknesse was e man o f s b i l i t y i n several f i e l d s and he
had some admirable q u a l i t i e s . But he was obsessively quarrel some.
Often t h e i s s u e s were t r i f l i n g . The story of h i s d i f f e r e n c e s over a
long period with Dr. Moore, l a t e r Archbishop of Canterbury, i s indeed
an absurd one. It bepan when Moore W ~ aS young curate staying a t
Hinton Rectory a s t h e guest o f D r . Greg. "I found hip tgarccn de
farnille", w r i t e s Thicknesse, "much esteemed by my Srcther-in-law and
s i s t e r , and much admired, I dare say, by t h o i r f c u r dauchters, f o r he
was a very handsome ycung man; and i f I mistake not, he admired one
o f them p a r t i c u l s r l y " .
It wc?s during the f i s t r o p !'Jells season and
Thicknesse and ?%?re were t h e two mzlle players i n a gme c a l l e 2
'Crjnmerce', i n which t h e f G r f e i t involved m e of t h e female players.
"1 had an e a r l y speciinentt, a c i d l y and somewhat confusedly comments
Thicknesse, Itof the great s u s c c p t i b i l i t y so t r i f l i n g a matter
e x c i t e d i n b!r- Elloore's bosom, r e l a t i v e t o a decisicn on which n e i t h a r
o f u s w a s i n t e r e s t e d , than on behalf o f our f a i r friends".
For years
he w a s a t odds with IiIoore, as preber,dary o f Durham, Bishop of Bangor
and Archbishop o f Canterbury, t h e good man r e t u r n i n g s o f t answers but
alwg-ys t o no a v a i l , Dr. Moore on one occasion asked him fr,r Ira sin,gular
weather ccick" and paid a guinea f.sr it. Years l a t e r Thicknesse denied
t h a t he had been paid. Moore sant another guinea "enclosed between two
cards and another very temperate, c i v i l l e t t e r accompanying it". It
was t h i s l e t t e r t h a t Thicknesse took t o amuse Dr. Dodd, t h e famous
parson-forger then i n prison under sentence o f death.
P h i l i p Thicknesse, i n d e f a t i g a b l e t r a v e l l e r t o the end, died i n
his e i g h t y - f i r s t yesr on 18 ITovember, 1792, et Boulogne, ancl was
buried t h o r e c
Joyce Thickncsse, P h i l i p ' s s i s t e r , married Richard Grey, thc young
and eli;.ible Wictor of Hinton-in-the-!ledges.
He w8s chaplain, secretary an& f r i e n d of Batlinniel, Lord Crewe of nearby Steane, Bishop
successively cf Oxford and krham. Grey became Archdeacon of Bedford
These appcintments he held without
and a PrebeWhry of St. P a d ' s .
giving up Hinton where he spent most o f h i s time, devoting himself t o
t h e c a r e of t h e parish, t o Lord Crewe's i n t e r e s t s , and t o scholzrship.
d good many books stand t o h i s c r e d i t , most c;f them s k i l f u l
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con-:-ensations of l a r r e r works by other hands. One a t l e a s t i s
s t i l l uscful x h i s "System o f Enslish E c c l e s i a s t i c a l Law,
cxtr-cted from Bishop Gibson' s CodexI1. Several of h i s s p e c i a l
sermclns wEre published, including ono preached on 3 %ay, 1752,
"at t h e renewing of divine scrvice i n Steanc Chapel and t h e
aumefitation made i n t h z rectory of Steane i n order t o u n i t s i t
with t h e rectory of Iiinton".
Richard GrGy and h i s v i f e l i e
buried a t t h e e a s t end of t h e nave o f Hinton church.
P h i l i p Thicknesse gives a charming account of how t h i s
devoted p i r f i r s t met. He explains t h a t within a mile of Farthinghoe stsod a S e a u t i f u l l i t t l c church (Sfeane) and near it t h e
mansion of L o r d Crewe. The "proud 3nd s t a t e l y p r e l a t e " was much
v i s i t e d by people of a l l ranks from f a r and near and he was
affronted when so near a neighbour as John Thick-nesse, Rector of
Farthinghoe, cmitted t o c a l l . So he sent h i s chaplain Richard
"And i t so happened t h a t before Mre
Grey t o f i n d t h e mason.
Grey had seen my f a t h e r , he had met my s i s t e r , an object which
a t t r a c t e d much of his a t t m t i o n ; and when he came i n t o my '
f a t h e r ' s study, i n s t e a d o f d i s c i o s i n g h i s business, he asked my
f a t h e r wlieiher a young lady he had soan i n t h e courtyard was
h i s daughter. Xy f a t h e r informod h i n he had t w o daughters and
t h a t possibly i t Eight be.
'Bless mo', s a i d M r . Grey, ' i t mado
my h e a r t l e a p t o saa so f i n e a girl i n such a country v i l l a g e ' .
This offendcd M r . Thicknesse much and Richsrd Grey, quickly
n o t i c i n g i t , hastensd t o explain t h e o b j e c t o f h i s v i s i t . And
q y f c t h e r , f i n d i n g him t o be an ingenious young man, began t o
f e e l a s much p a r t i a l i t y t o t h e young parson a s t h e parson had
conceived f o r h i s youngest daugkter. M r . Grey repeated h i s
v i s i t s a d before my s i s t e r wzs well out o f h e r white frcclc,
she bGcame t h e Rectar o f Hintonls wife, tvhere she xay ba seen at
t h i s day, i n h e r eighty-fourth year, with many t r a c e s y e t remaini n g of t h z t beauty which so suddenly caught t h e a t t e n t i o n of
her d-.parted husband".
Among t h c i r c i r c l e of f r i e n d s at Hinton t h e Greys' numbered
L o r d avld Lady Thr?nt?t of Newbottle, a csuple not so happy as they
were, f o r n h i l o h e r l x l y s h i p was a,chowledged a s c a t n i t , h i s
l o d s h i p was rcgarded as a g r e a t borc, nuch addictcfi t o the
r e - t ~ ; l l i i i g of lengthy anecdotes. Grivcn t o despsration, Lady
Thaa,t c m s u l t e d Dr. Gr2g about a p a s s i b l e seperntion. H e
advised c&nst it; but she went. P h i l i p i s again our m t h o r i t y :
"Her la.dyship always c e l l e d Wewbcttle, D u l l b o t t l e , whom she
declared, she had o f t e n heard t h e samc c l u l l s t o r i e s t o l d over
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and over again s o Tftcn t h a t it was one o f h e r c h i e f reasons f o r
q u i t t i n g h e r l o r d and mansion".
Lady Thanct once asked Mrs. Grey i f her husband a l s o was given
t o r e i t e r a n t anecdctage and she admitted t h a t t h e r e was j u s t one s t o r y
he o f t e n recounted. It concerned h i s f r i e n d and patron Lord Crewe,
who on t h e death of h i s beloved young wife Dorotbg had erected a
handsome monurnent t o her i n Steane Chapel and had formed the habit of
s i t t i n g by i t almost d a i l y for hours together. The sculptor had put
a p a r t i c u l a r l y ghastly a l a b a s t e r skull a t t h e bottom o f the monument
and it worried the o l d man. Gne day he s a i d t o D r , Grey, "1 wish,
Dick, t h a t h o r r i d s k u l l had n o t been put thcre".
So the Rector,
wishing t o r e l i e v e him, p r i v i l y sent t o Banbury f o r a carver and
zsked him t o t u r n t h e s k u l l i n t o something pleasing. The r e s u l t was
t h e f i n e l y executed bunch of' grapes which may s t i l l be seen there.
Notes,
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John Thicknessc became Rector of Farthin&oe, i n 1694- He was
descended from an ancien; Staffordshire family of B a l t e r l e y Hall.
P h i l i p was t h e scventh son. Among h i s brothers, a l s o born a t Farthinghoe, was George, who became High Master o f St. P a u l ' s School and
r a i s e d i t t o p e a t r3puta:ion;
indeed, he has been c a l l e d the secmd
founder. He was a reforme-., t o o , and "considered boys as r e t i o n a l
Upon retirement
beings, t o be governed by zeason, n o t by the rod".
he went t c l i v e with an c l d frienC, 'Villiam Holbech, a t Arlescote,
a hamlet which l i e s a t thc foo-5 of Edgehill. A t h i s own request
George Thicknesse was burled on t h e north s i d e of t h e churchyard at
Warmington and t h e place l e f t unmcrked.
Aynhoe Grammar School was founded i n 1671 by Richard Cartwright.
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The endowment, c o n s i s t i n g o f a yearly r e n t charge of Z20 and a sm
i n consols a r i s i n g from the s a l e of t h e Gramar School building was
applied t o t h e National School b u i l t i n 1903. The building i s now a
p r i v a t e house.
3.
One o f t h e daughters of Dr. 2nd Mrs. Grey married t h e Vicar of
King's Sutton and bacamr? thc? mother of the poet William L i s l e Bowlcs
who was born there. Bowzes' work was highly thought o f i n h i s day;
among h i s admirers were Yiordsworth and Col eridge.
4.
A t Steane t h e E l i z a h t h m Manor House stood i n a walled park o f
150 a c r e s , It was a rectangular building with a balustraded g a l l e r y
round t h e inner area. Atout t h e middle of the 1 8 t h century it was
demolished except f o r t h c kitchen and p a r t of t h e i n t e r i o r offices.
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5. ITewbottle Idanor House stood j u s t north o f t h e church and
ivas a huntiiig s e a t o f t h e E a r l s o f Thanet, It was taken down
m r l y i n t h e 19th century.
A s t r o p , near King's Sutton, was one o f t h e many l o c a l l y
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fashionable spss o f t h e l a t e 1 8 t h century. It had a recognised
scason, Assembly Rooms, b a l l s , b r c t k f a s t s and cayd p a r t i e s .
F h i l i p Thicknesse's mother Joyce was t h e deughter of S i r
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John Blencowc, J u s t i c e o f t h e Common Pleas and Baron of t h e
Exch-cquer. Memorials t o members o f t h e family adorn t h e w a l l s
o f t h e parish church a t Udarston St. Lawrence.
It was generally thought t h a t Dr. Richard Grey would have
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become a B i s h o p had i t not been f o r h i s a s s o c i a t i o n with Lord
Crewe who was rcgzrdzd by many a s a time-scrving sycophant. It
i s true t h a t h i s l o r d s h i p trimmed t o all t h e winds o f changz
f r o m t h e r e i p o f Charles I1 t o t h a t of the f i r s t George. But
on t h e c r a d i t s i d e it must be remembered t h a t he was a gocd
bishop. There i s a p c r t r a i t of him i n t h e Town H a l l a t Banbury.
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An Account of those t h a t were touched by King James the
second a t Embury 73cr ye 3 t h 1687 f o r ye distemper c a l l e d ye
Kings evil,
Septenbcr ye 2d Anno Domini 1687 3 Reg. Jac. 2
A C e r t i f i c a t e was t h m granted t o J ohn Davis of W i l l i m s c o t t f o r
Richard the son of t h e a f o r e s a i d John Dzvis.
Ditto.
a c e r t i f i c a t e granted t o William Mcacock of Vardin,"con
i n behalf o f James t h e son of t h e a f o r e s a i d 'Jilliam Msacock
per me, Francis S t a n i e r , Vicar
' i:pteHber 4th An. Dorn. 1687 3 Beg. Jac. 2
C e r t i f i c a t e was then p a n t e d t o I s a b c l l Gre..
c?f 7illiamscott
t;o recomrcend her t o h i s m a j e s t i e s favour t o be touched f o r t h e
cvill.
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The Vicar of Eanbury hns d r a m my a t t e n t i o n t o t h e following
intriguing entry i n t h e parish register:
Baptisms,
1795
"ITeithrop, Cherlcs son o f YJi1I.m. Claridge, labourer,
by Susannnh h i s wife, August 5th.
Note: ( i n margin) For Charles son o f V i l l r n . Claridge etc.
read Charlotte daughter of V ? i l l m . Claridge, etc.
This correction was mrde by me, T.8. Lancaster, Curate, and i s
a t t e s t e d by Susannah Claridge t h e mother o f t h e s a i d Charlotte
Claridgo as witness her hand t h i s 6th Bovember 1815.
Sushanna C1 a r i dge"
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necessity f o r making such a corrcction, no l e s s thzn twenty y e a r s
a f t e r the o r i g i n a l entry.
J. S. W. G,
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L i f e Meabers
B i c e s t e r , The Lady
Erysns, M eC.
Chcney, Professor C.R.
Cox, S.D.
Dorchester, The Lord B i s h o p o f
E;glesfield, G,F.
EI'kcington, A.E.H.
E l l c o t t , G.J.S.
Billmore, &Ire eC Krs. L.J.
F r o s t , Tne Rev. 1.5
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Loveday, Miss H.
Nackay, Xiss C.H,
Rose, A.D.
Shsiv, Mrs. E.G. ,
Stone, Brigadier JaSo!7.
S t r a t f o r d , 1.W.
Thccker, Professor TeB.
Withey, S.A.
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Andrews, Miss J.
Ankar, F.H.
Barrett, H.
R Beeson, Dr. C.F.C.
Bigwood, R.K.
Brachi, P.
R Brinkworth, D r . E.R.C.
Bronley, V,
Brown, Mrs. H.
Brownett, C.E.
Burden, J.W.
Carpenter, The Rev. R.P.R.
Chaplin, 0.
C1 ark W. A.
Coffin, I@. & Mrs. J.C.B.
Coles, E h , & Mrs. A.J.
R Cox, Go
Dzvies, Miss G.W.
Edge, R,T7J.
Edgson, R.G.
E l l a c o t t , Mrs. S.T.
R Elton, The R t . Hon, Lord
Farwell, C.G,B.
Fearon, J.H.
Fearon, ROD.J.
Fearon, C.
Gsrdam, Dr, & Mrs, G.E.
Gibson, Mrs. V.M.
Goodway, A.J.
Gbodway, G.N.
Green, Miss P.
Grecnvor,d, Edrs. E.
Hanscomb, Ur. & N r s . Vi.
Har-tlc?nd9 GoC. J.
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Horton-Smith, R.
Kirby, H.T.
Langl ey J L.
Lawscn, G.F.
Marshall, E.R.
McLuckie, D.
M i l l e r , ROB.
Neal J.M.
Nealil, R.
Pain, M r . & M r s . A.W.
Partridge D. A.
Pearscn, Lady
Rilcy, K.E.
Robinson, E. C.
Rushefi, P,C.
Saye and Sele,
The R t . Hon. Lord and Lady
Shirlcy, X r s . D.K.
Si5son A. W.
Simms C J W.
Simpson, Mr. & Mrso O.B.
Simpson, R.
Stanley-Smith, Miss M.
Stevens, Miss ld.
Stockton, Miss X.
Stokes, b l i s s M.Ge
T a y l o r , Xiss 1i.M.
’Prinder, B.S.
Wagstaffe, A.V.
Tlalklett, L,C.
West, Tks. R.G.
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Xlykham Park Lodge, Banbury.
Booth, Miss ?l.K.
Canning, Fdrs, D.J.
1 2 Park Road, S a ~ b u r y ~
Clark, S i r C-eorge Tho Hcllsnds, Kings Sutton, Banbury.
Dix Hamilton, ?4.L,
The Yhite C L t t z g e , Liiidfield, Sussex.
Grimsley, LIP. & 14rs. 57 Grange Roadg BEmn-ixwy.
Hahn, Yrs. R, Lexton House, TZiddleton Chekiey, Banbury.
E i l l s , Phs, E.US Vestbank, Ldfierbuiy Wcst, Sarzbuq,
Hills, Niss, Wastbank, Aciderbury Vest, Banbury.
Loveday, D r . To ' , i i l l i m s c o t e , Banbury,
Moreton, The Revd., 24 E l i z s b e t h Rise, Banbury.
P r i c e , F.D. Lyndon, 'iligginton, Banbury.
Purdie, Mrs. c / o Morris & Harper, Lincoln Chambers, Market Place,
3mbUry
Szuiiders, J. The School House, Horley, Bznbury.
Shadbqlt, Fhs. L.G., Pcnn Stowe, Pcnn, Bucks.
Sxith, %issK.?I,, 46 Bloxham Road, Eanbury.
7la1liri9 P. Olaf E., I4 Plorzgetan, Stxkholm, Sweden.
White, N r s . J , C ,
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Borough Library, 1larlboroue;h Road.
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The Reference Library.
The University, Ediriund Street.
B1oxhan SChGol.
Buckinghmshire County Library.
Coventry Public Library.
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Corporate Members. (contd. )
London.
College of A r m s , Queen V i c t o r i a S t r e e t , E.C.4.
Guildhall Library, E. C. 2.
I n s t i t u t e of H i s t o r i c a l Research, London University,
Senate House, W.C.1.
London Library St. James' s Square S. W. 1.
Society of Antiquaries, 3 u r l i n g t o n House, Piccadilly, W.1.
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Northampton
Central Public Library, Abington Street.
Countjr Library, 1ing;cl S t r e e t ,
Oxford.
A s h t n z ~el m liluseum.
Bodleian Library.
City Library, St. Aldates.
County Record Office, County Hall.
County Library, Ncrhnrn Gardens.
Shakespeare's B i r t h p l a c e Library, Stratford-upon-Avon, warn.
Tudor Hall School.
Warwickshire County Record Office, S h i r e Hall Warwick.
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C a l i f o r n i a , Henry E. Huntington L i b r q y , San Marino.
ldassachusct ts, Harvard Law School Library, Langdell Hall,
Cambridge 38.
PiTas sachuset t s New Ehgland H i s t o r i c Ger?ealo&ical Society
9 Ashburton Place, Boston 8,
New York, Cornell University L i b r a r ~ ,Ithsca.
..!tab, Genealogical Society, 80 North & i n S t r e s t ,
S a l t Lake City.
? i r @ n i a , H i s t o r i c a l Society, 428 Worth Boulevard, Richmond 20.
Virginia, State Library ( S e r i a l s ) , Richmond 19.
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Mr. R. Rowntree,
Nr. H.G.
Sears.
Re have been sorry t o receive t h e r c s i & n a t i n n s o f t h e following:-
Nr. & Tdrs. L.T. Davies, Kr. & Nrs. P. I i a l l e t t , Niss A. L i l l i o ,
E4rs. R O D eLobcl, M r . S.V. Lovell, b1rs. J.M, Neal, ElIiss C. St. Lcgor,
Mrs. HOGe Ss;2rs9
The folloTjdng have not rejoined:Elr. P. Austin, Nr. L. Beily,
Kiss D. B a r f o r d , Yrs. ’doE. Bennett, Xiss $,Le Bennett,
Miss X. Clnrkc, Miss SOYoClzrk, Mr. i?.M. C311i?.rd9
Mr. B: Nrs. H. Crone, Xr. S. Crowe, Mr. E.J. Dse, D r . c?c Xrs. D. Drew,
I ’ r . & Iirs. D O J O Fairisairn, Thc 2ev. & ErS. TOW, G r i i f i t h s ,
Er. H.K. Iiipmod, Ur. J,V. Hipwocd, Mr. J.G. J e r k i n s , Kr. P. Ord,
Ers. G.X.C.
Snaehan, ldr. P.E. S l i m , Mr. C,J. Snirthwnite,
b 5 s s B. Whecler,
Mr. N. Wilson.
Similar l i s t s a r e preserved i n tl?e Nsrthmptonshire Iiscord
Office i n Dclapre &bey f s r m m y o t h c r psrishGs i n t h e county f o r
t h e y e e r s 1762, 1771, 17r!.().p1777 and 1781. Names crossed out are cf
those consii?orz& by t h s I)eputy Lieutenants 2nd J u s t i c e s o f t h e Peace
not t o be l i a b l o undar t h e 1761 I d i l i t i n Act. Thc,se who signcd t h e
enclosed l i s t s were J.-hn Dlcncowe of Karston St. Lawrence ( d i e d 1777)9
t h e 2.ovd. Richcrd Grey, Archdeacon o f Bebford, Rector o f Einton,
1720-1771, t h e Rcvd-. John Spencer, Ractor o f Chipping Warden, 17191773, and S i r John Dryden o f Canons LshLy (died l 7 \ / C ) . O r i g i n a l l y
conpiled f o r t h e purpose of s e l e c t i n g t h e parish quota of militiamen,
t h e s e l i s t s a r e now of great importance oving t o t h e f a c t t h a t thzy
give t h e occupation o f each man namd.
(by P.I.
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MIDDLETON CHENEY
A l i s t 0 - a1 t h e men usually and a t t h i s time L m l l i n g
within t h e constablewick o f Middleton Cheney between t h e ages
of eighteen and f o r t y f i v e years, November t h e 20th 1762.
Servants:John Samcns
James Thornton
Eiichael B i l sdon
W i l l i s m Ward
Samuel Taylor
Richard Taylor
Thomas Williams
John Nuett
John Carter
C Y i l l i a m Bull
Henry Hall
John B a r r e t t
Richard Douglas
Vki.11i.m Bonnin
John Heyns
J o h n Eees
Jonzithan B1 and
Edward B a r t l e t t (1) Thomas Carter
George Maltus
Richard Gascoign
John Andrews
!7illiam Hawkins
Nehmiah Szben
(1) N,.
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George Baker
and marked ttlameft
Farmers Sons 8John Merivale
H i chard Wise
John KnibS
John Dumbleton
William h i s
Edwzrd h i s
John A r i s
I'Jilliam Uerivale
John Xiso
Joseph Hartwell
Thomas Fcld
James I h l d
I'Jilliarn Nakepeace
Thomas Taylor
Robert Ckambcrlain
William Mold
David Barret
Killiam Larner
William Robinson
Thomas Perm
Labourers:Samuel Braginton
Samuel Trefus
William Vaters
J o h n Clark
John Riorns
Charles Lock
Journeymen Framework KnittersoRichard Hitchcox
Thomas Buckingham
John Buckingham
James Lock
Thornas J e f f s
Willim Blencowe
Master Framework Knitters:Rob e r t Go1b ey
John Pinfold
Will i a m Zoberts
Thomas Lock
Crescent J e f f s
George Tuckey
Thomas J o n c s
Wiliian Gascoign
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Cordminers :-
J o h n Wise
Thomas Gulliver
Mward Upstone
Southam P r a t t
Blacksniths 8'
Daniel1 P i n f o l d
Richard Pinfol d
Thomas Finfold (1)
(1) Name crossed out and n a k e d "deaf"
Masons I Thomas ?Vilkins (1)
Samuel Golbey
James Bull
(1) Name crossed out a d marked " i n f i r m "
Beavers ,o-
W i l l i a m Golbey
Wheelwrights :-
Jmes Simkins
John Webb (1)
Thomas C J i l l i a m s
(1) ??me crossed out and marked "lame"
Shagweavers I-
William Chamberlain
J o h n Middleton
Carpenters:-
Thomas VJilliams
John Walker
Flaxdressers :-
Villiam She1swell
Jarnes Golbey
Staymakerss-
Samuel Lock
J o h n Lock
%a1t st ers 8
V 3 . 1 1 iam Knight
William North
J o h n North
Thornas N o r t h
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Husbandmen 8
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Wool1comber:-
Benjamin Lord
Cooper 8-
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John Drayson
Tanner :
TKhit t aw e r 8
Ricbard Willizins (1)
(1) Nzme crossed out and marked " i n f i r m "
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Thomas Rroof
Baker:-
John Evans
Butcher :-
h e n Buckingham
Clockmaker:-
Biomas Pinf old
Gentlemans-
John Wilkins
Hogdealers:-
R i chard Watt s
Georgo Watts
($To occupation)
Matthew Neal (1)
(1) Name crossed out and m&ed "dischar(g2)d from t h e
Light Hors o
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Constables-
W i l l i a m Cooper
Headborough :-
Thomcs Evans
Churchwardens P -
Robert Perm
W i l l iam W i 11iarm
Overseer of t h e Poor:-
William Williams a t Pool
Surveyors of t h e Highwaysx-
Thomas Golbey Thomas Herbage
Will iam Buckingham
Officer o f Excieer-
John Pearson
Lame:-
Abel Williams
Killiam Baker
V i l l i a m Cook
Thomas Treadwell
ApprenticesoJohn Lamprey
Richard Wilkins
John Golbey
Thomas Herbage
John 23tenan
William G u y
Robert Penn
P i erpoint Gascoign
Poor men w i t h three c h i l d r e n born i n wedlockrJ o seph M i l l e r
Thomcs Elmcr
Samuel Hartwell
Samuel P e t t i f e r
John Pinfold
Will i am H i col 1s
Richard Stanley
Willim Lamence
Will iam Hartwell
With t h r e e c h i l d r e n b o r n i n wedlock:John Smith, VJoollcomber
Thomas Holmer, t a y l o r
Richard n i l 1i m s wheelwright
Richard Wadup, frame k n i t t e r
Thomas Roberts, d i t t o
Robert Gascoign, d i t t o
Richard Simonds, shepherd
Richard Pinfold, blacksmith
Edward Jolinson j o i n e r
Jonathan lxlmbl cton, schoolmaster
Matthew Rise, baker
John Rodnight g l a z i e r
Richard Golbey wheelwright
John Stanlcy, t a y l o r
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Note: ! b e whole o f t h e lame, apprentices and poor men are
crossed through, as are J o h n Smith a i r ? Richard TL‘Jilliams.
November 29th 1762 v e r i f i e d upon oath
Jno, Blencowe D.L.
R i Grey
J Spancer
I n t h e o r i g i n a l which i s arranged i n t h r e e columns t h e t o t a l s of
each column are 51
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BC 44. Idarked on t h e outsiclo 116.
(To be continued)

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