Phillimore's Marriages - Swithland 1624 to 1837

The first Register of Swithland now existing in the parish consists of a single sheet of parchment measuring 19 by 8 inches and containing fifty-four mixed entries of Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for the years 1676 to 1681. It is not (quite evidently) the original, or even a transcript from an original, but rather a compilation as the heading (given later) shows; the writing is all by one hand, good, clear and well-preserved, quite easy to read, in mixed modern with occasional Court-hand letters.

The first entry is: “Thomas, the son of William and An Porter baptized March 26th, 1676.”

The first. (existing) Volume consists of thirty-nine parchment leaves measuring 10¼ by 8½ inches, bound in parchment boards; the whole is loose in the covers, sections of leaves almost falling out ; it badly needs rebinding. First come eleven leaves of Baptisms with an occasional Marriage or Burial from 1700 to 1741. Then follow seven leaves and one-third of a page of Burials from 1702 to 1744 and to page XLIII, then about one and a-half pages of Baptisms from 1741 to 1745. During Mr. Brokesby’s time as Rector, from 1700 onwards, he frequently makes a note, “A Court at Newtown Lindford” and sometimes adds, “me judice.” This was the Court of the Peculiar of Groby under whose jurisdiction were Newtown Linford, Ratby, Swithland, Glenfield, Stanton—under—Bardon, Ansty and Cropston.

Grouped Marriages begin (chronologically) at page LI and continue for five pages from 1701 to 1727; the entries then recommence on page XLIX which has a note, “Here begins a Continuation of Marriages from page LVI” (a mistake for LV). These continue for two pages from 1728 to 1733, then recommence on page XLV; a note states, “The continuation of Marriages from page L,” for the period 1733 to 1742.

Thenceforward the pages are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc., and contain mixed entries, chiefly Burials and Baptisms from 1746 to 1783. At page 20, most of which is blank, there follows a blank leaf, pages 21 and 22. Pages 23 to 28 contain Burials only, 1760-78. 1779, “N.B.—None buried this year,” then 1780 to 1783. The writing is generally bold, good and easy to read, but quantities of “pounce” remained between the pages, which, congealed in patches by damp, have stained them ; several pages also show holes and the writing in places is faint.

Volume II consists of one blank paper leaf, much torn, thirty-four parchment leaves measuring 9½ by 7¾ inches bound in parchment boards and in good preservation, except that the covers are damaged by damp and the pages stained by pounce and damp as before. Three blank paper leaves. The bold, clear handwriting is wholly by Mr. John Llwyd, Rector from 1760 to 1813; the pages are numbered. The entries are Christenings from 1783 to 1813, pages 1 to 31, one entry only on page 31, the rest of that leaf and 14 leaves and 1½ sides of the 15th are blank; several have portions cut away; then 6½ leaves (except one page, blank except the note, “So far reckoned with the Stamp Office Nov. 9th, 1793”). The Christenings in this volume are prefaced by a “Memorandum.- When it duly on the Registry of Burials, Marriages, Births and Christenings was laid by Parliament ‘Anno vicessimo tertio Geogii tertii Regis’ three sheets of stamped paper were bought by the Church wardens of Swithland, one for the purpose of registering the Births and Christenings, one the Marriages, and one the Burials. But as single sheets are liable to he mislaid, it is thought advisable, to the end of more effectually perpetuating evidence, to make a transcript or copy of all such entries in a Book. The Christenings, in number 43, are as follows :-“
At the other end of the volume, inverted, Burials are entered. “Memorandum.— The following 49 entries were made on a single sheet of stamped paper.” Then follow Burials from 1783 to 1812. The Stamped Sheets here referred to are still preserved. There is also a single sheet of parchment measuring 13 by 6 7/8 inches containing transcripts of entries of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for 1812. The Marriages collated with the original entries in Volume III agree except that the name Elizabeth Lakin is given as Labin.

There do not appear to be any entries of extraneous matters and few curious ones. In 1788 Mary, Elizabeth and Martha Newby were baptized, and a note says they were “at one birth.” Many entries occur of children “received into the Congregation of Christ’s flock” with notes of their private baptisms or being
“named.”

On page 21, Volume II, is a list of children named or privately baptised but not yet brought to church. One entry is, “John, son of (blank) Deakin and (blank) his wife, Feb. 4, 1801. 14 weeks old, and another older not yet named. The woman said “times were two hard to have a christening.” In a later hand is a gloss on
this, “and the silly rector received the excuse !! See rubric.”

Volume III consists of printed forms and contains Marriages from 1754 to 1812 and many Banns of couples married elsewhere.

Volume IV is also printed forms and contains Marriages from 1813 to June, 1837, and Banns as before. Both these volumes are loose in their covers, probably the result, of being kept in an iron chest in the Church. This being seldom opened, the damp condenses in warm weather and wets the books.

Volume V contains one Marriage in 1837 and is still in use.

There are three parchment sheets of Transcripts of Baptisms, 1817, and Burials, 1816 and 1817.

Mr. Hartopp’s list of Bishops Transcripts preserved in the Archdeacon’s Registry, 29, Friar Lane, Leicester, shows that transcripts earlier than the existing Registers exist there for the years 1616, 1624, 1633 to 1638; and that others for 1687, 1695, 1701, 1706 to 1708, are in the possession of the Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher. These were bought by Mr. Dimock Fletcher some years ago, having been publicly offered for sale with other muniments belonging to the Peculiar of Groby.

These abstracts have been made by Mr. E. K. Elliott, of Leicester, by permission of the Rev. J. M. Dixon, Vicar of Swithland.

Transcripts in Archdeanry Office

[No Marriages in 1616]

(No. 8) Robert Browne & Elizabeth Smyth, both of Swithland 15 Jan. 1624
(No. 179) “A trew Register of all Weddings, Christenings and
Buryings in Swythland sythence the 26th day of Aprill (1633)”

Marryed.

Fraunces Glenn & Elizabeth Haycock 22 July 1633
William Smyth & Ruth Broadhurst 20 Sept. 1633
Thomas Gibson and Mary Suttone 12 Oct. 1633
Richard Lyon & Joane Picwell 12 Nov. 1633
Samuel Huxley & Martha Fielding 22 Feb. 1633
Adrian Chettle & Dorothy Ball 3 May 1634

(No. 227) 1634-5. Marryed None.

(No. 218) 1636. Weddings.

Richard Ballhusband & Elizabeth Wood, of Mountsorrill 5 Nov. 1635 [sic]

(No. 140) 1637.

Frauncis Patchet, husbandman, & Sara Lummas, s. 18 Oct. 1637

(No. 240) 1638. Weddings.

Bartholomew Webster, laborer, & Ann Dawson, s. 21 May 1638
Robert Shearsha, weaver, & Elizabeth Clarke, s. 21 May 1638
George Skellington, a laborer, & Grace Granger 2 Feb. 1638

Groby Transcripts

[The following Marriages are kindly supplied by the Rev. W G. Dimock Fletcher, F.S.A., from the Swithlland Transcripts belonging to the Peculiar Court of Groby, now in his possession. Those for the years 1706-1708 exist also in the
Registers, but it will be noticed that the entries in the Transcripts contain fuller details.]

Thomas Mais, of Rugby, co. Warwick, & Elisabeth Hudson, of S. 14 July 1687
John Parker, of Rothly, & Ellener Howden, of S. 14 Feb. 1687
Thomas Cramp & Hannah Newberry 25 Aug. 1695
Abel Brokesby, clerk, & Alice Palmer, of the Borough of Leicester 20 May 1701
John Mee, of Ruddington, co. Nottingham,
& Elizabeth Lewin, of this Parish 1 May 1701
Thomas Dix, of Rothly & Elizabeth Clark, of this Town, with Banns 13 Jan. 1706
William Ward, of S., labourer, & Mary Smith, of Mountsorrel
in the p. of Barrow-upon—Soar, spinster, with Banns 21 May 1707
William Barnet, of Willoughby, in Nottinghamshire, blacksmith,
& Ann Andrews, of S., spinster, with Banns 5 May 1707
Richard Heich of Swithland, carpenter & Mary Siston of Mapplewell,
spinster, with a license taken out of the Peculiar of Groby 22 Mar. 1707
John Brown, mason, & Catherine Bolter, spinster, both of S., lic. 3 May 1708
John Paget, of Ragdale, w., & Rachel Hind, of S., w., banns. 30 May 1708

Marriages from registers

The single sheet of parchment mentioned above contains the following :—

“An account of what Christenings, Marriages and Burials that have beene (soe far as we can understand) in the parish of Swithland since Mr. Thomas Jackson took possession of that Rectory.”

James Harris & Helen Blankley 13 June 1678
John Shaw, of Dunnington, & Mary Baker, of S. 7 or 8 June [sic] 1680
John Dan, of Newtown Harcourt, & Mary Hessel, of S. 9 Jan. 1680

Volume I.

“Christenings Burials and Marriages Anno Dom. 1700.”

Marriages.

[As the Register is paged and the entries erratic, it seems well
to give the pagination]

p. I. Robert Hews & Elizabeth Gilbert 11 Aug. 1700
p. II. Abel Brokesby, Rector of Swithland, &
Alice Palmer, of the Borough of Leicester 20 May 1701

[This entry is repeated as the first of the grouped Marriages,
in point of date, not page, On p. II.]

p. XLV. “The Continuation of Marriages from page L.”

[For marriages 1702-1728, see pages 108-110 of these printed abstracts.]

William Palmer, of Glenfield, & Mary Oliver, of Anstey, lic. 4 Feb. 1733
Charles Pole, of Belgrave,
& Sarah Brewood, of Holgate [Hallgate], lic. 24 Feb. 1733
Benjamin Pare, of Plumtree, co. Nottingham,
& Anne Glover, of Stanton-under-Bardon, co. Leicester, lic. 22 Mar. 1733
William Hutchinson, of Sheepshead, & Alice Walker, of S. 23 Apr. 1734
Joseph Petcher & Sarah Walker, both of Newtown Linford 13 May 1734
Richard Baggerley & Sarah Browne, both of Newtown Linford 28 May 1734
John Kiddyer, of Stanton-under-Bardon,
& Mary Abbot, of Clifton, co. Stafford, lic. 3 June 1734
James Passand of Hugglescote, p. Ibstock
& Elizabeth Gilbert of S., lic. 20 Aug. 1734
John Read, of Markfield, & Mary Barnet, of S. 4 Feb. 1734
Joseph Irish, woolcomber, & Mary Poultney 11 July 1736
Thomas Ingram, f.w.k., & Mary Fielding 24 Apr. 1737
Thomas Porter, f.w.k., & Elizabeth Dexter 17 May 1738
p. XLVI. Robert Pryor, of S., & Eliz: Thornton 26 Dec. 1738
John Kellum & Elizabeth Johnson 9 Jan. 1738
Benjamin Glover, of Rothley, & Eliz. Hews, of S. 16 Jan. 1738
Thomas Humber & Sarah Walker, both of S. 3 Apr. 1739
William Needham, p. St. Leonard, Leicester, & Mary Brown, of S. 19 May 1740
William Preston & Mary Ashe, both of S. 19 Nov. 1740
Henry Branston & Mary Dexter, both of S. 31 Mar. 1741
William Soares & Elizabeth Porter, both of S. 29 June 1741
Squire Watnall & Ann Loveit, both of S. 26 July 1741
Thomas Wright, of Long Whatton, & Hannah Hall, of S. 15 Jan. 1741
Thomas Simpson, of Thrussington, & Elizabeth Hughs, of S. 28 May 1742
Thomas Wean, of Woodhouse, & Jane Skellet, of S. 1 Oct. 1742
Joseph Preston, of Rothley,* & Ann Branston, of S. 29 June 1743
Robert Glover, of Rothley,* & Elizabeth Johnson of S. 15 May 1744
William Westle Carpenter & Jane Clerk, both of S. 11 Nov. 1744
Thomas Estlin, of Hinckley, & Elizabeth Prior, of S., lic. 25 Mar 1745
John Bentley, of S., & Ann Cook, of Quorndon 14 Apr. 1745
George Kirby & Mary Bennet 18 Nov. 1745
Jacob Pollard, of S., & Margaret Burges, of Newtown Linford 19 Dec. 1745

p. XLIX. “Here begins a continuation of the Marriages from page LVI.”

* There is confusion in this Register between Ratby, a place spelt Rothby, and Rothley. Groby is p. Ratby, but frequently occurs here (unmistakeably) as p. Rothby. Nicholl’s History of Leicester spells Ratby variously as Rotebie, Rotby and Rotebi (never with an “h”). In places through the Register it is doubtful whether it is Rothly or Rothby, or whether Rothley or Ratby is meant.

John Farrar of Loughborough & Mary Middleton of Glenfield, lic. 15 Sept. 1728
Henry Watson, of S., & Sabina Hall, of Barrow-on-Soar 14 Apr. 1729
Joseph Cave & Emmatt Middleton, both of Glenfield, lic. 21 Sept. 1729
James Chaplin, of Bardon Park,
& Rebecca Bodell, of Glenfield, lic. 30 Sept. 1729
William Pollard & Elizabeth Smith 14 Nov. 1729
Thomas Johnson, of S., & Alice Mountney, of Quorndon 30 Nov. 1730
John Leverett, of Markfield, & Sarah Adcock, of Ratby, lic. 1 Feb. 1730
William Walker & Anna Bates 27 Apr. 1731
William Arnold & Elizabeth Baker, both of Ratby, lic. 31 July 1731
Thomas Clarke & Abigail Hurst, both of Ansty, p. Thurcaston, lic. 12 Oct. 1731
p. L. Thomas Pollard & Elizabeth Peake 11 Nov. 1731
Job Cramp & Alice Bunney, both of Rothby [Ratby], lic. 6 Jan. 1731
Edward Heich of S. & Mary Brewood, of Holgate, p. Newtown Linford 13 Jan. 1731
Valentine Avery, of Markfield, gent.,
& Elizabeth Choyce, of Whittington Grange, p. Ratby, lic. 1 May 1732
Samuel Wright
& Susanna Chaplin, w., both of Ullescroft [Ulverscroft], lic. 28 May 1732
John Dod, p. St. Martin, in the Borough of Leicester,
& Anne Marsden, of S., lic. 18 Apr. 1733
David Jee, of Groby, p. Ratby,
& Anne Coleburne, of Newtown Linford, w. 23 May 1733
John Lovet, w, & Mary Wylde, w., both of Newtown Linford, lic. 19 Sept. 1733
Thomas Clarke, of Sutton Bonnington, Co. Nottingham, w., taylor,
& Elizabeth Stephenson, of Groby, p. Ratby, s., lic. 12 Oct. 1733
John Bakewell, of Barrow-upon-Soar, & Mary Bostock, of S. 13 Nov. 1733

[At foot of p. L. is] “The Marriages are continued at the XLV. page.”

p. LI. John Mee, of Ruddington, co. Nottingham,
& Elizabeth Lewin, w., of S. 1 May 1702
Robert Bakewell & Elizabeth Brown, of Hathern 1 June 1702
William Lee, of Manchester, co. Lancaster,
& Elizabeth Watnall, of S. 3 June 1702
Thomas Pollard, of Syston, & Mary Abbot, of S. 28 July 1702
John Wean, of Thurcaston, & Mary Weston, of S. 17 Nov. 1702
Henry Guilford, of Keyham, & Mary Glenn, of S. 21 Nov. 1702
John Burton, of Barrow-upon-Soar, & Mary Siston, of S. 27 May 1703
p. LII. Thomas Bird & Mary Mason, both of S. 15 Jan. 1703
John Lewen, of Thrussington, & Elizabeth Clark, of S. 30 Apr. 1704
George Woolley, of Ruddington, co. Nottingham
& Eleanor Jenings, of S. 19 Oct. 1704
Thomas Smith & Mary Siston, both of S. 2 Nov. 1704
Thomas Hews & Mary Deakins 27 Apr. 1705
James Cooper & Ann Dudly, both of the Borough of Leicester, lic. 9 Feb. 1705
Thomas Dix, of Rothley, & Elizabeth Clark, of S. 13 Jan. 1706
William Ward, of S.,
& Mary Smith, of Mountsorrel, p. Barrow-on-Soar 1 May 1707
p.LIII. William Barnet, of Willoughby, co. Nottingham,
& Ann Andrew, of S. 5 May 1707
Richard Heich, of S., & Mary Siston, of Maplewell, lic. 22 Mar. 1707
John Brown, mason, & Catherine Bolter, s., both of S., lic. 3 May 1708
John Patchet, of Ragdale, & Rachel Hind, of S. 30 May 1708
Henry Hastings, of Mountsorrel, p. Barrow-upon-Soar,
& Jane Swane, of S. 15 Jan. 1713
Thomas Smith & Ann Dawson, both p. Belgrave 8 Aug. 1714
William Dexter, p. Rothby [Ratby?], & Mary Parker, of S. 30 July 1715
William Westley, of Woodhouse, & Anne Branston, of S. 30 May 1716
Robert Browne & Elizabeth Fielding, both of S. 13 Jan. 1716
William Henson, of Shepshead, & Anne Prier, of S. 13 Jan. 1717
Thomas Poole, of Willingcutt, co. Warwick,
& Sarah Burgess, of Groby Lodge, p. Ratby, lic. 6 Feb. 1717
p.LIV. Robert Blunfill & Mary Prior, both of S. 30 Apr. 1718
John Lacy & Mary Fletcher, both of Groby, p. Ratby 1 May 1718
John Orers, of Loughborough, & Susanna Woodford, of S. 24 June 1718
Samuel Clarke, of S., & Anne Sydderns, of Groby, p. Ratby, lic. 14 Oct. 1718
Thomas Leago, shoemaker, & Anne Prior, both of S. 16 June 1719
William Kirke, of Thorpe Acre, p. Dishley, shoemaker,
& Isabella Prior, of S., s., lic. 29 June 1719
William Greasley, of Groby, p. Ratby, taylor,
& Bridget Eyton, of Ansty, lic. 29 May 1721
John Hacket, of S., sojourner, & Catherine Smith, of Birstall 14 Nov. 1721
Robert Hind & Elizabeth Keatley, both of Newtown Linford, lic. 31 Dec. 1721
Benjamin Palmer, of Market Bosworth,
& Mary Blackwell, of S., both co. Leic. 29 June 1722
p. LV. Thomas Hovey, of Gaddesby, & Jane Preston, of S. 29 Sept. 1722
John Bennet & Martha Hancock, both sojourners in S. 3 May 1723
John Pochin of Sileby, gent. & my daughter, Mary Brokesby, of S.,
both co. Leicester married by tic in Broadgate [Bradgate] Chapple 20 May 1723
George Cooke, a sojourner,
& Mary Hornbuckle, a servant maid in this p. 12 Nov. 1723
John Wildman, of Wanlip, & Amey Fielding, of S. 21 July 1724
William Branston & Jane Pollard, both of S. 12 Nov. 1725
Joseph Sheppeard & Ann Judd, both of Barkby 3 Apr. 1726
John Branston & Anne Barnet, both of S. 3 June 1726
Joseph Prior & Mary Freeman, both of S., lic. 3 Feb. 1727
William Smith & Anne Holt, both of Newtown Linford, lic. 17 Dec. 1727
p. LVI. John Martin
& Anne Jarvice were married in Bradgate Chapple 21 Mar. 1727
Thomas Smith & Catherine Spawton, both of Anstey, lic. 3 June 1728
William Smith & Elizabeth Ward 10 June 1728

“The Marriages are continued at page XLIX.”

[For Marriages 1728-1733, see page p. 107, and for 1734-1745, p. 105-6, of these printed abstracts.]

[Here, 1746, pages begin to be numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.]

p.1. John Warner, of Newton Linford,
& Margaret Measures, of Barrow-upon-Soar, lic. 1 Jan. 1747
William Gilbert & Martha Perkins 21 Apr. 1747
p.2. Samuel Tookey, of Groby
& Mary Fisher, p. St. Mary, Leicester, lic. 18 Oct. 1747
John Brooks & Hannah Dexter 4 May 1748
Stephen Clark, of Woodhouse, p. Barrow-upon-Soar,
& Elizabeth Clark, of S. 2 Nov. 1748
Thomas Smith & Ann Porter, both of S. 5 Jan. 1749
Thomas Atkins, of Charley, & Sarah Smith, of S. 24 Apr. 1749
Thomas Smith, of S., & Elizabeth Widdowson, of Charley 26 Dec. 1750
William Simson, of Cossington, & Elizabeth Baum, of S. 3 Jan. 1750
p. 4 John Fernley, of Rothley, & Mary Goodman, of S. 26 Mar. 1751
John Burrow, of Rothley, & Mary Bloomfield 3 Apr. 1751
Thomas Brawnson & Mary Wheat, both of S. 5 Sept. 1751
Thomas Hardway & Elizabeth Brawnson, both of S. 8 Sept. 1751
John Westley, of Mountsorrel, & Elizabeth Palmer, of S., lic. 17 Oct. 1752
Benjamin Yeomans, of Cropston, p. Thurcaston, & Mary Moor, of S. 27 Nov. 1752
John Hetterley, of Rothley, & Mary Brawnson, of S. 25 Dec. 1752
Thomas Walker & Martha Thornton, both of S., lic. 31 Jan. 1753

[p. 9 to p. 20 contain Christenings only. Faded ink. Excessive “pounce” and damp have done much harm, holes eaten in several pages and entries (well written) very faded. Then follow p. 23 to 28, Burials]

Volume II.

[Parchment, contains Baptisms 1783—1812 and Burials 1783—1812 all in handwriting of John Llwyd, Rector, excellently kept]

Volume III.

Thomas Raynor & Elizabeth Eaglefield 2 Dec. 1754
William Gutteridge, of Woodhouse, labourer, & Elizabeth Woadson 31 Mar. 1755
William Clark & Mary Butt 25 June 1755
Edward Merrell, of Loughborough, & Sarah Smith 12 July 1756
John Bennet & Elizabeth Barwell 21 Mar. 1757
Thomas Baume, of Quarndon, soldier, & Sarah Page, lic. 3 Nov. 1757
William Hutchinson & Jane Johnson 11 Nov. 1758
Thomas Pollard, of S., & Hannah Hurt of the Liberty of Mapplewell 26 Dec. 1758
Andrew Lessley & Sarah Franks 3 Apr. 1759
Thomas Pollard & Mary Braunston, with consent of parents 9 July 1760
William Wells, labourer, & Mary Andrew 15 July 1760
John Pollard, f.w.k., of S., & Mary Lewin, of Newtown Linford 12 Nov. 1760
Thomas Johnson, p. All Saints, Leicester, labourer
& Elizabeth Smallwood 23 Nov. 1760
Robert Broomfield, of S., farmer, & Ann Adcock, p. Ratby,
within the jurisdiction of the Peculiar of Groby, lic. 12 Jan 1761
John Johnson & Elizabeth Turner 28 Aug. 1761
William Pollard & Elizabeth Prior 1 Sept. 1761
Joseph Lewin, of Rothley, & Ann Pollard 29 Jan. 1762
Thomas Hughes, of S., w., & Rosamond Serson, lic. 1 Dec. 1762

[This Marriage is entered twice with a note that the licence for the first Marriage was invalid, because extracted from the Court of the Archdeacon of Leicester, whereas it ought to have been from the Groby Peculiar Court, the parties being within that jurisdiction]

William Snow, labourer, & Ann Bentley, w., lic. 28 Dec. 1762
Thomas Page, of S., & Mary Smith, of Rothley 7 Feb. 1763
William Johnson & Elizabeth Kemb 17 Oct. 1763
William Crapper, yeom., & Mary Farmer, w. 5 Dec. 1763
William Baulm & Jane Brewin 19 Dec. 1763
Henry Hall & Ann Sarson 27 Nov. 1764
John Dykes, of S., gardener,
& Mary Featherstone, of Market Bosworth, lic. 23 May 1765
John Pickard, of the Liberty of Ulverscroft, widowman [sic],
& Sarah Hughes, w., lic. 1 Nov. 1765
William Clark & Elizabeth Brewin, with consent of parents 11 May 1766
Francis Ballard, of Desford [co. Leic.],
& Mary Sarson, lic. (Nevertheless) [sic] 19 Aug. 1766
Thomas Gowen, of S., & Elizabeth Shenton, of Prestwold 3 Nov. 1766
Matthew Eyre & Elizabeth Steers, lic. 25 May 1767
Thomas Chambers, of Nuttall, co. Nottingham, & Margaret Burton,
of the extra parochial liberty of Mapplewell [co. Leic.] 30 June 1767
Henry Chapman, of Stanton-under-Bardon,
p. Thringston, & Lydia Perkins, lic. 21 Jan. 1768
Thomas Ashton, of S.,
& Elizabeth Bonsor, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, lic. 21 Apr. 1768
John Hull & Mary Balm, lic. 11 Oct. 1768
Samuel Soars & Mary Smitham 28 Nov. 1768
Thomas Smitham, tailor, & Elizabeth Hornnor 2 Aug. 1769
Benjamin Pollard, yeoman, & Sarah Hudson 4 Sept. 1769
John Beasly & Mary Johnson 12 Mar. 1770
John Newbold, farmer, & Elizabeth Clarke, lic. 16 Oct. 1771
John Clarke & Ann Ball 25 Dec. 1771
John Kelm, w., & Ann Whatnall, w. 29 Oct. 1771
John Llwyd, rector of the p. of Swithland,
& Mary Major, p. St. Martin, Leicester, lic. 27 Feb. 1772
Henry Burton, of the ex-p. liberty of Mapplewell Longdale,
& Dorothy Johnson 28 July 1772
William Wood & Ann Branston 11 Oct. 1772
Nathanael Hale, w., & Martha Waldrom, lic. 18 Feb. 1773
Robert Taylor, of Woodhouse, & Elizabeth Johnson 27 May 1773
Samuel Humber, of Quorndon, & Elizabeth Broomfield 31 May 1773
Joshua White, of Walton-in-the-Woulds, co. Nottingham,
& Elizabeth Clarke, under age, lic., with consent of parents 5 Dec. 1774
Thomas Burton, of the ex-p. liberty of Mapplewell Longdale,
& Ann Kilbourn 25 Sept. 1774
Thomas Wootnall & Elizabeth Pollard 31 Jan. 1775
Robert Preston, of S., & Elin (or Helena) Gery, of Thurcaston 6 Aug. 1775
John Shelton, of Syston, cooper, & Ann Day, lic. 12 Dec. 1775
Thomas Fukes & Elizabeth Brooks 22 July 1776
John Lawrance & Sarah Bostock 31 Dec. 1776
Stephen Clarke & Jinny Fennelow (under age) 11 Feb. 1777
Isaac Harris, p. St. Martin, Leicester, & Ann Johnson 7 July 1778
Thomas Brown, of Seagro[?a]ve, co. Leicester, & Ann Brown 26 Sept. 1778
James Smart, of Drayton Basset, co. Stafford, & Jane Johnson 21 Nov. 1778
William Fletcher, of S., carpenter, & Ann Hall, of Long Whatton 24 May 1779

[No entries for 1780-81]

William Clarke & Anne Clarke, w., lic. 3 Sept. 1782
Daniel Bates & Jinny Clarke 18 Feb. 1783
John Gray, of S., & Ann Noon, of Rothley 27 May 1784
Joseph Johnson & Elizabeth Gregg 30 June 1784
Thomas Raynor & Christian Preston 11 Aug. 1784

“The sixteen Marriages next following were entered upon a sheet of Stamped Paper and are now copied into this book in their order, lest that should be mislaid, October 1st 1793 John Llwyd, Rector”

[The sheet of Stamped Paper still exists, and the following entries are copied from it and collated with the copy mentioned above]

William Limbert, of Rothley, & Sarah Chamberlain 25 Nov. 1784
William Snow & Mary Hull 24 Jan. 1785
James Ellis, p. St. Martin, in Leicester, & Mary Ralphs 6 Oct. 1786
Stephen Clarke & Jane Bates 31 Jan. 1786
Benjamin Glover, p. St. Martin in Leicester, & Sarah Eyre 8 May 1787
Anthony Woodford, of Barrow-on-Soar, & Elizabeth Pollard 17 May 1787
Richard Quinton, of Barrow-on-Soar, & Mary Johnson 11 June 1787
Edward Townsend & Ann Sharman 20 June 1787
Thomas Fisher & Mary Sharp 23 Sept. 1787
Thomas Lovitt, of Rothley, & Elizabeth Cook 12 Oct. 1788
Matthew Beston, of Woodhouse, & Ann Cliff 26 Nov. 1788
William Hutchinson, of Woodhouse, & Mary Fernerley 16 Dec. 1788
William Plowright, of Cropston, p. Thurcaston, & Rebecca Moore 25 Dec. 1788
William Flint, of Quorndon, & Ann Haddon 18 May 1789
John Johnson & Ann Hall 7 Sept. 1789
William Gaunt & Elizabeth West 28 Sept. 1789
William Brookhouse & Elizabeth Brooksby 3 Nov. 1789
Michael Goadby & Ann Johnson, lic. 5 Nov. 1789
William Brown & Elizabeth Beston 25 Jan. 1790
John Brown, yeoman, & Mary Spencer, lic. 2 June 1790
James Dawkins, of Congerstone, & Sarah Toon 29 Nov. 1790
Thomas Church, of Sileby, grazier,
& Ann Phillips Schwadear, lic., with consent of parents 26 Oct. 1791
Thomas Wood, of Groby, p. Ratby, & Ann Pollard 21 Feb. 1792
Thomas Bramley, of S., stonemason,
& Alse (otherwise Alice) Johnson, of Rothley 10 Apr. 1792
Thomas Preston & Mary Vestey 30 July 1792
William Lovat, labourer, & Elizabeth Wilson, w. 22 Sept. 1793
Thomas Wild, of Barrow-upon-Soar, & Ann Clark 1 Oct. 1793
Joseph Burton & Ann Cresswell 5 May 1794
Thomas Lander, of Woodhouse, & Mary Beasley 18 Aug. 1794
David Bunney & Elizabeth Pitts 29 Nov. 1794
William Wykes, of the South end of Mountsorrel, p. Rothley,
& Martha Preston 24 Aug. 1794
Thomas Thomas, of S., w.,
& Elizabeth Embley, of the City of Bath, w., lic. 23 Oct. 1796
Thomas Brooksby & Dorothy Marson 28 Nov. 1796
Joseph Garner & Mary Swinfield 26 Feb. 1797
George Lovatt, blacksmith, & Mary Astin 18 Sept. 1797
John Crag & Sarah Brown 12 Nov. 1797
John Berrington & Jane Baum 27 Nov. 1797
John Tansley, p. All Saints’, Leicester, & Jane Brown 15 Jan. 1798
John Wakerly & Ann Raynor 29 Jan. 1798
William Simpson & Sarah German 8 Feb. 1798
George Challton & Mary James 24 Apr. 1798
William Allum, of East Leak, co. Nottingham, & Jane Johnson 1 Jan. 1799
Thomas Fewkes, w., & Mary Oadby, lic. 15 Nov. 1799
Benjamin Wilson, of Rothley, & Ann Whatnall 8 Dec. 1799
Benjamin Hemsley & Elizabeth Johnson 28 Dec. 1800
William Brown & Elizabeth James 8 June 1801
Francis Morris & Mary Lovatt 27 Oct. 1801
William Giles, of Heather, co. Leicester,
& Elizabeth Whatnall, lic. 11 Nov. 1801
Thomas Sharp, of S., labourer, & Ann Johnson, of Rothley, lic. 29 Aug. 1802
John Newton, of Queniborough, & Ann Pitts 6 Dec. 1802

[No entry for 1803]

Samuel Priestley, of Barrow-on-Soar, w., & Elizabeth Brown, lic. 9 Nov. 1804
John Bunney & Elizabeth Bates, lic., with consent of her father 11 Nov. 1804
John Hopkins, of Mountsorrel, p. Rothley, & Hannah Hull 12 Nov. 1804
Benjamin Pollard, of S.,
& Elizabeth Hoden, p. St. Margaret, Leicester, lic. 24 Dec. 1804
Richard Vestey & Elizabeth Calladine 26 Feb. 1805
Henry Thornton, of Cropston, in the exempt Jurisdiction of Groby,
& Sarah Cooper, w., lic. 19 Nov. 1805
William Dawson, of Mountsorrel, gardener & Elizabeth Bunney lic. 24 Dec. 1805

[No entries in 1806]

Samuel Shenton & Ann Vestey 30 Mar. 1807
Henry Burton & Sarah Worth 25 Nov. 1807
Samuel Preston & Hannah Palmer 28 Mar. 1808
William Brown & Elizabeth Matthews 4 July 1808
William Greasley, of S., & Ann Bird, of Thurcaston, lic. 12 Jan. 1809
Edward Hickling, of S., a private in His Majesty’s
103rd Regiment of foot, & Elizabeth Woodward, w., lic. 17 Mar. 1809
Benjamin Hemsley, of S., & Mary Hutchinson, of Woodhouse 15 Oct. 1809

[No entry for 1810]

Henry Burton & Mary Row 5 Aug. 1811
Thomas Palmer & Jane Bates 23 Sept. 1811
Thomas Sutton, p. Woodhouse, & Elizabeth Eyre 19 May 1812
William Potter, of Woodhouse, & Elizabeth Hill 31 Aug. 1812
Benjamin Hill, of S., & Susannah Cresswell, of Anstey 31 Aug. 1812
Barfoot Richardson
& Elizabeth Lakin, lic., with consent of her father 26 Oct. 1812

Volume IV.

Richard Bayley, of Woodhouse, & Frances Bates 19 Jan. 1813
William Preston & Ann Kirby 8 Nov. 1813
Thomas Barson & Ann Newby 21 Mar. 1814
Thomas Preston & Sarah Kirby 31 Mar. 1814
George Morris & Ann Bates 17 May 1814
Benjamin Wilford & Ann Stevenson 18 Jan. 1815
Samuel Bunny & Sarah Baum 17 July 1815
Thomas Clarke & Mary Newby, w. 31 July 1815
Joseph Bostock, of Quorndon,
& Sarah Lakin, lic., with consent of parents 7 Nov. 1815
William Adcock & Mary Rower 25 Nov. 1815
Samuel Brown, w., & Elizabeth Jones 1 Jan. 1816
Matthew Hodges & Ann James, of S. [not stated “both”] 5 Mar. 1816
Henry Hind, w. of Loughborough, Co. Leicester & Jane Clarke, lic. 13 June 1817
Zachariah Raynor & Ann Baum, lic. 18 Nov. 1817
Edmund Renals, of Loughborough, & Sarah Bates 2 Feb. 1818
Jefferey Spence, w., & Mary Chalton, w. 25 Jan. 1819
Stephen Clarke, of S., & Sarah Lockwood, of Mountsorrel North End 24 May 1820
John Simpson & Anne Clarke 22 June 1820

[No entry for 1821]

Joseph Bromley & Sarah Raynor 4 Feb. 1822
William Brokehouse & Hannah Vesty 16 Sept. 1822
John Weston & Jane Bereson 19 May 1823
James Clarke & Elizabeth Thorpe 18 Aug. 1823

[No entry for 1824]

Benjamin Petts, of Woodhouse, & Anne Berreson 28 Feb. 1825
Francis Wakerley, of S., & Elizabeth Hefford, of Anstey 3 Mar. 1825
Thomas Harley, of Loughborough, & Gertrude Simpson, lic. 26 Apr. 1825
William Clarke & Sarah Preston 5 Dec. 1825
John Thompson & Hannah Thorpe 30 Jan. 1826
Samuel Vesty & Anne Clarke 29 May 1826
David Wilson & Mary Wakerley 23 Aug. 1826
William Morris, of Woodhouse, & Francis Carter 22 Feb. 1827
William Burton & Elizabeth Sweeney 12 Mar. 1827
George Wesley, of Newtown Lindford, & Dorothea Bruxby 17 Sept 1827
Francis Raynor & Mary Harryman 5 Nov. 1827
John Ward & Jane Chalton 26 Nov. 1827
Joseph Burton & Anne Broomfield 5 May 1828
Joshua Preston & Mary Watson, with consent of parents 9 Mar. 1829
Thomas Farmer, of Thornton, & Mary Vesty 6 July 1829
John Platts, of Rearsby, & Elizabeth Gretton 31 July 1829
Benjamin Petts, w., & Mary Ward 29 Dec. [blank]
John Morris & Sarah Lines 26 Apr. 1830
Daniel Preston & Jane Clark 23 Aug. 1830
Thomas Webster, of Desford, co. Leicester, & Anne Whattoffe, lic. 5 Oct. 1830
John Bowler & Diana Brown 30 Nov. 1830
James Brown & Sarah Pickering 1 Jan. 1831
Edward Topley & Mary Brown 28 Nov. 1831
John Preston & Ann Worrall 24 Jan. 1832
Thomas Hill & Elizabeth Bird 24 Sept. 1832
Richard Thorpe & Elizabeth Ward 8 Jan. 1833
William Brookhouse, w., & Elizabeth Brown, w. 2 Sept. 1833
Thomas Ward & Frances Johnson, w., of Woodhouse 26 Nov. 1833
Edward Willars, of Markfleld,
& Susannah Jarvis, lic., with consent of parents 24 Dec. 1833
William Sharp Potter & Elizabeth Richardson 25 Feb 1834
John Thorpe, w., & Sarah Bunney, w. 2 July 1834
John Clarke, of S.,
& Susan Norman, of Edgbaston [co. Warwick], lic. 14 Aug. 1834
Phillip Fowler, of S., & Jemimah North, of Rothley 8 June 1835
Samuel Lewin & Ann Burton, w. 30 Nov. 1836
Thomas Lines, w., & Elizabeth Brooksby 20 Feb. 1837
John Thompson, w., & Ann Hudson, w. 28 Mar. 1837
Thomas Harriman & Mariah Vesty 13 June 1837
George Morris, blacksmith, & Mary Prince 5 Oct. 1837

Phillimore's Marriages - Glenfield 1604 to 1837

The earliest existing volume begins in 1604, so either an earlier volume is lost or, possibly, as this one has no heading, the pages containing the earlier entries (the Bishops’ Transcripts exist for 1566 and 1568) are lost. This book is bound in limp, double parchment with enclosing flap and one string remaining, and consists of 14 parchment leaves measuring nearly 10¾ to 11 by 6 to 6¼ inches. It is generally well and clearly written, but illiterate and difficult in parts. Except for some stains and being rather loose in the covers it is in good preservation and order. Here are registered Births and Baptisms 1604 to 1696, but very imperfect; Marriages 1604 to 1664, also imperfect, and Burials 1605 to 1676, very imperfect.

In 1633 is this note: -

“Me(morandum) this yeare the Inhabitants of Glenfield fell at difference among themselves & did not agree upon any Order either in Church or Com(m)onweale: Wherefore the Officers of the Church did give in a Bill of All Christnings Burialls & Weddings into the Bishops Court at the Visitation & observed not the Recording any such in this Register according to the desire of John Dixon Rector.” Also :— “ Me(morandum) this yeare the Inhabitants of Glenfleld fell at great suites & Controversies among themselves about their Levies & taxations, so that they observed noe Order for the Church; the king; the poore; or themselves whereuppon every man did what was pleasing in his own eyes, Notwithstanding the many & often prayers & preachings together w(i)th the private and publicke exhortac(i)ons of them to Unity by mee John Dixon Rector.” The next page, the reverse of leave 7, contains only the baptism in 1641 of a son of John Dixon the Rector. The next page contains six burial entries in 1631-32 and the burial of Richard Ryves R(ec)t(o)r of Hallaton, Nov. 18, 1693. Next comes a quite blank page, then one containing only this note :— “ Memorandum the Inhabitants of Glenfield mooved with envy in the yeare 1646 denyed all Tithes & church dues 0 L(or)d Convince them 0 Lord Convert them for they are Madmen.” Then follow entries in disorder, 1644, ‘66, ‘57, ‘61, in various writing. In “1646. Churchwardens, not any; because distractions many; & distructions mightie.”

Six Baptismal entries of the Hubbert family dated in various years 1656-75, but all in one writing are grouped together, one of these occurs before under 1657 but the days differ in each entry. On the last two leaves, inverted, are lists of Briefs for Glenfield, Kirby and Braunston in 1723-30. Two leaves have been cut out after the entries in 1696; it is probable they did not contain any entries, see Volume II.

Volume II. 24 parchment leaves measuring 12 by 8¼ inches bound in parchment boards, in good condition. Sewn in at the end are two paper leaves containing a long “Extract of Glenfd feild Records accordg to Antient custom & present Agreemt of the persons underwritten in respect to every particular man’s Fence, May 25th, 1676.” Signed by the then rector, Ric. Folkingham and nine others. On the last parcbment page is a “Mem” by John Thomlinson, rector 1723-61, as to discoveries of part of an alabaster tomb, a small stone with a coat of arms on it, and a wall-painting when repairing the Church, no date. On the first parchment page is :— “Glenfeild Register, Thomas Tompson, George Hubbard, Churchwardens, July 25th Anno dom 1694. Price six shillings 6s. “The page is otherwise blank except scribbling. Page 2 records only two Births in 1688. Page 3 is quite blank, entries proper, very crowded, begin on page 4. they are, Baptisms, Births and Burials 1696 to 1768, Marriages 1696 to 1758. It therefore appears that Baptisms (except for gaps in Vol. I.) are fully recorded. There are no Marriages registered from 1665 to 1695, thirty years, this added to the gaps in Vol. I. shew a very imperfect record. No Burials are registered from 1677-94.

Volume III. Marriages, printed forms, 1757 to 1795.

Volume IV. A square, parchment book in parchment boards, rather loose in cover, 17 leaves in good order. Registers Births and Baptisms 1769 to 1807, Burials 1769 to 1806.

Volume V. A parchment book in good condition, registering Births, Baptisms and Burials 1808 to 1812, only four leaves and a flyleaf used.

Volume VI. Marriages, printed forms, 1796 to 1812.

Volume VII. Marriages, printed forms, 1813 to 1837, July.

Volume VIII. Banns of Marriage, 1823, still in use.

Volume IX. Baptisms 1813-56

Volume X. Burials, 1813-81.

The Bishops’ Transcripts exist, in the Archdeacon’s Registry in Leicester, except those marked * which are at Lincoln, for 1566, 1568, 1604*, 1607*, 1611, ‘12, ‘18, ‘21, ‘22, 1625 to ‘28, 1632 to 34, 1636 to 39. These include several years missing from Vol. I. owing to the peculiar state of parochial affairs recorded therein.

Hereunder G. means Glenfield, B. Braunston and K. Kirby Muxloe.

These abstracts have been made by Mr. E. K. Elliott and are printed under his supervision by permission of the Rev. 0. Philpott the Rector.

Volume I

Thomas Heath & Bridget Wavcar [?Waucar=Walker] 28 Nov. 1604
Wm. Pottar & Margaret Harrisson 29 Nov. 1604
Richard Chesterto[n] & Cornelis Sare 20 July 1604
Georg[e] Simkyn & An[n] Battersbee 6 Dec. 1604
Will[ia]m Wavcare & Tom[m]esing Smithe 20 Feb. 1604

[None in 1606-9. No entries in 1607-9 except one burial in 1606. After the entries for 1676 at the top of p. 1 the last leaf but one is :—“ Anno dni 1606, Wedding 1606 Matrimonii[a] nulla.”]

[1610 “Weddings none.”]

William Rutter & Ellen Tillee 19 Jan. 1611
Richard Lewen & Margaret Hassole [Hassall] 1 Feb. 1611

[None in 1612—14]

Will[ia]m How, the son of Edward,
& An[n} his wife were marryed [sic] 25 Nov. 1615
Thomas Hethe & Ellen his wife were marryed 4 Feb. 1615
Thomas Cotton & Margaret Butcher 20 Nov. 1616
George Bates & Frances Midgeley 1 June 1617
Willia[m] Jhonson & Elizabeth Wels 30 May 1619
John Scriven & Elizabeth Hassole 2 Oct. 1619
Will[ia]m Berrye & Maudlyn Midgeley 18 Nov. 1620
John Hadden & Elizabeth Nutt 8 Sept. 1622

[None in 1623-4]

John Parr & Elizabeth Lewin 22 Oct. 1625
Thomas Ball & Ann Bozer 2 Oct. 1626
Jeffray Clarke & Margaret Lewin 5 Oct. 1626
John Fletcher & Elizabeth Gillman 7 Oct. 1626
Richard Armstrong & Helen Lewin 16 Oct. 1626
John Steedman & Alice Martyn 8 Apr. 1627
Thomas Steedman & Mary Martyn 30 Apr. 1627

[1628-29 “Weddings none”]

Matrimoniu[m] 1[egi]timu[m] sol[emn]izat[um] fuit p[er] licent[iam] M[agis]tri J[o]h[ann]is Presgrave peculiaris de Grooby inter Roh[er]tum Walker de Grooby & Ehizabetham Clarke de Glenfeild 15 die Decembris 1630.

“1631 Matrimonium nullum.”

Thomas Cooper & Elizabeth Oliver 22 Nov. 1632
James Johnson & Alice Parsons 18 Mar. 1632

[No Marriages registered 1633-62]

John Tomson & Jone his wife were married 9 July 1663
George Hubbartt & Sarah his wife [out of order] 23 June 1663
Thomas Sydnire [? very badly scrawled] marryed Ann, the daughter of Tho: Styon 22 Feb. 1663
Ralphe Downes & Margaret Feylding, w. 23 Feb. 1663
Matthew Prisson & Ann, the daughter of Henry Styon 23 Sept. 1664

[Beyond here the Register is badly and irregularly kept.]

Volume II.

William Smith, of Earl Shilton, co. Leicester, & Jane Neal, of B. 1 June 1696
John Wilkinson & Mary Seal, of Ayleston 23 Oct. 1696

John Hassall & Elizabeth Hubbard “pretend to be marryed upon 5th of July, 1697, and have since cohabited and lived together as man and wife.”

William Steedman, of G., & Isabel Lilley, of Barrow-on-Soar 15 July 1697
Mr. Thomas Bullock & Mrs. Ann Styans, both of G. 7 Nov. 1697
Edward Tomson, of G., & Ann Hubbard, of Whitwick 13 Feb. 1697
Wm. Hunt, p. St. Nicholas, Leic., & Joyce Bigging, of B. 22 Mar. 1697
Nicolas Middleton & Sarah Jordan, both of G. 25 Nov. 1698
John Glover, of Thurcaston, w., & Mary Barber, of G. 11 Apr. 1699
Richard Kay & Margaret Folkingham 5 Sept. 1699

[None in 1700-1]

James Wells, of B., & Isabel Laken, of Lubbesthorpe 30 Sept. 1702
Robert Briers & Ann Sikes, of G. 12 Dec. 1702
Richard Neal & Margery Guiesberry, of B. 5 Apr. 1703
Humphrey Barnett & Dorothy Taylor, p. G. 13 Nov. 1703
Robert Briers & Sarah Gamble, both of G. 19 Jan. 1705
John Johnson, of Leicester, & Elizabeth Charner, of G. 13 Jan. 1707

[None in 1708-10]

John Lawrince, of Thurlaston, & Mary Tilly 11 Mar. 1711
Thomas Freeman & Mary Butler 21 Dec. 1712
John Jones & Katharine Goddard 3 Feb. 1712
William Hardy & Mary Richardson 28 Nov. 1712

[None in 1713-18]

John Everard, of K., & Rachel Smith, of G. 12 Apr. 1719
John Trevis & Anne Charnor 26 Nov. 1720
Edward Thomson & Eliz. Hardy 29 Sept. 1723
Henry Harold & Ann Bennett 25 Nov. 1723
Wm. Newberry & Mary Rowby, both of Loughborough, lic. 28 Dec. 1724
Wm. Adams, of Arnesby, & Eliz. Bennett, of G., married at Kirby 24 Apr. 1725
John Geery, of Groby, & Susannah Martin, of G. 26 Apr. 1725
Thomas Gamble & Sarah Hutchinson, of G. 24 June 1725
John Almont, of Hallaton & Catherine Slatr., [sic.?Slater], of G. 10 Apr. 1726
Thomas Tuckr., [sic.?Tucker], p. St. Martin, Leic., & Ann Bennett, of G. 10 Apr. 1726
Richard Bennett & Mary Hunt, mar. at B. 9 May 1726
Leonard Coates & Alice Bland 27 Feb. 1727
George Walker & Catherine Gamble 26 Oct. 1729
Benj[amin] Smith & Mary Hacket 6 Oct. 1730
Tho. Cross, of Braunston, & Eliz. Townsend, of Aylestone 3 Jan. 1731
Richard Nutt & Ann Chice [? Choice] 19 Apr. 1731
Nathan Proctor & Mary Snead 2 Sept. 1731
John Richardson & Mary Slater 29 Sept. 1731
John Moor & Mary Waving 7 Oct. 1731

[None in 1732-3]

Jos[eph] Reed & Mehitabel Bunney 17 Dec. 1734
John Walker & Ann Gamble 8 Aug. 1736
Rich[ar]d Biddle & Jane Stedman 15 Nov. 1737
Thomas Moor & Sarah Sweetnam, of K. 7 Feb. 1738
Jos[eph or Ja[mes] or Job? Badly rubbed] Wilson, clerk,& Sarah Tomson 24 Feb. 1738
Charles Horton & Catherine Messeng[e]r, of Leicest[e]r 9 Aug. 1739
Jos[eph] Reed & Mary Smith 1 Feb. 1739
John Johnson & Mrs. Joyce Hunt, both of B., lic. 26 Apr. 1740
John Bent, of Dadlington, & Hannah Hefford of G. 27 May 1740
Thomas Brewin & Ann Heward 2 July 1740
John Timson, of Groby, & Mary Essex 19 Sept. 1740
Richard Bakewell, esq., & Miss Prudence Shears 23 Dec. 1740
Wm. Reed & Ann Heward 21 Sept. 1742
Peter Heward, junr., & Eliz. Farm[e]r 26 Sept. 1742
Tho[mas] Kirke & Dorothy Walker 30 Sept. 1742
William Wells & Margaret Horn 9 Nov. 1742
Benjamin Toone & Dor. [sic ? Dorothy] Pindar, of Earl Shilton 24 July 1743
John Hitchcock, of Leic., & Eliz: Woodcock, of Leicester Forrest 27 Aug. 1743
John Braunson & Sarah Moor, of Swithland 26 Sept. 1743
John Cuflin & Ann Martin 2 Apr. 1744
John Geery & Sarah Wilson 30 Apr. 1744
Benjamin Spencer & Sarah Bruin, of Leicester 28 Aug. 1744
Wm. Thomson, of Cropston, & Mary Hassell 20 Nov. 1745.
Thomas Hughes & Eliz. Lewin, both of Swithland, lic. 10 Jan. 1746
Wm. Twigs & Ann Walker 9 Feb. 1746

[None in 1746-7]

Wm. Wooldridge & Katharine Bouch[e]r 30 June 1748
Wm. Hurst & Margaret Moor, of K. 5 Feb. 1748
Abraham Bilson, p. Narborough, & Mary Whinyates, of K., lic. 25 July 1749
Edward Johnson & Eliz. Hind, both of Swithland, lic. 15 Feb. 1749
John Johnson, of Swithland, & Sarah Tookey, of G. 26 Feb. 1749
Joseph Marshall & Ann Bull, both p. All Saints, Leic., lic. 10 June 1750
John Baty & Ann Sykes 4 Nov. 1750
Wm. Ledge & Mary Barlow, both of Cadeby, lic. 27 Dec. 1750
John Everard & Eliz. Mitchell 2 July 1751
John Bateman & Eliz. Heward 10 Oct. 1751
Edward Heward & Priscilla Howard 30 Mar. 1752
Wm. Adcock & Sarah Jacob 10 Nov. 1752
Jos[eph} Ball, of K., & Jane Langton, of Wigston 22 Feb. 1753
John Gamble & Mary Bradshaw 14 July 1753
Daniel Brearley & Ann Nutt 10 Oct. 1753
Wm Clark & Ann Feeny, both of K. 13 Nov. 1753
Richard Heward & Eliz. Branson 17 Nov. 1753
John Bateman & Eliz. Stanley, lic. 16 Oct. 1755
John Spires & Alice Mitten 21 Mar. 1757
Richard Wilson, p. G., sojourner, & Eliz. Keep, p. Willoughby 22 Mar. 1757
Edward Twiggs, of Broughton [?Astley], & Matthews [sic] Gamble Walker 26 Sept. 1757
James Tubney, of G., & Jane Pickard, of Polesworth, lic. 27 Feb. 1758

Volume III.

John Spires, weaver, & Alice Mitten, consent of parents 21 Mar. 1757
Richard Wilson, of G., weaver, & Eliz. Keen, of Willoughby, consent of parents 22 Mar. 1757
Edward Twiggs, p. Broughton, comber, & Martha Gamble Walker, consent of parents 26 Sept. 1757
James Tubney, p. Glenfield, weaver,& Jane Pickard, of Polesworth, lic., consent of parents 27 Feb. 1758

[These four entries above are also registered in Volume II., and as there are discrepancies both are given]

Joseph Harrington, p. Stanton-under-Bardon, & Ann Brealey 2 June 1759
John Adams & Sarah Chapman, lic. 9 July 1759
Joseph Whittle & Mary Bishop, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 12 Sept. 1759
Wm. Stevenson & Ann Hick 30 Oct. 1759
John Clark & Sarah Whittle, both p. St. Leonard [Leic.] 1 Jan. 1760
George James, p. Burton-on-the-Wolds, & Sarah Kirk, of the Frith, Leicester Forest, lic. 20 Sept. 1760
Mathew Cartwright & Eliz. Thornton, both p. St. Leonard [Leic.] 28 Sept. 1760
John Hassall & Mary Earpe, lic. 3 Oct. 1760
Edward Heward & Jane Smith 16 Oct. 1760
Wm. Biggs & Eliz. Slater 16 Oct. 1760
Wm. Braunston & Mary Swift 23 Nov. 1760
Benjamin Sarson, of G., & Eliz. Sowers, of Sharman’s Lodge, lic. 23 Nov. 1760
John Townsend, of the Frith, p. Leic., & Mary Bunney, of Groby, p. Ratby, lic. 9 Apr. 1761
Ralph Sheepey & Maria Taylor, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 12 May 1761
Peter Russel & Sarah Harris, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 9 Aug. 1761
Mark Lamen & Eliz. Cowdell, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 26 Apr. 1762
Wm. Aldridge, p. Ravenstone, Co. Derby, & Hannah Marle 23 May 1762
Thomas Eissam & Sarah Colver 4 July 1762
John Adams & Anne Thompson 28 Sept. 1762
Joseph Caledine, of K., & Anne Watton 13 Oct. 1762
James Brewin & Jane Hitchcock, both of K. 15 Oct. 1762
Joseph Bason, servant man, & Jane Ward,. lic. 24 Nov. 1762
Thomas Martin, gent., p. G., & Mrs. Jane Hull, p. Anstey, co. Warwick, lic. 26 June 1763
Wm. Bilson, p. S. Martin, Leic., & Eliz. Everard 7 Nov. 1763
Thomas Hardy & Mrs. Ruth Dexter 2 Dec. 1763
James Hutchinson & Ann Wordall 12 May 1764
Thomas Brewin, p. G., & Eliz. Heward p. Desford 8 July 1764
John Siddon & Mary Brewin 14 July 1764
Jonathan Coltman & Millicent Wright, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 26 Oct. 1764
George Drakeley & Sarah Smith, both p. St. Leonard, Leic. 28 Oct. 1765
Richard Coltman & Mary Cowdell, both p. St. Leonard 17 Nov. 1765
Thomas Smith & Jane Fisher 31 Dec. 1765
Wm. Kemp & Anne Chamberlain 19 Jan. 1766
John Adams, of G., & Sarah Moore, of K. 18 May 1766
Valentine Knight & Eliz. Adkin, both p. St. Leonard 25 Dec. 1766
Joseph Bason, labourer, & Eliz. Worthington 6 Feb. 1767
Robert Atkins & Ann Adkin, both p. S. Leonard 3 Mar. 1767

“Braunston Chapel. Note.—The underneath Certificate was inserted in this Register because the key of Braunston Register could not be had.”

Henry Valentine, p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Ann Foxan [signs Foxon], of Braunston, lic. 25 June 1767
[This is duly registered at B. also.]

Wm. Price & Mary Pettifer, both p. St. Leonard 7 Sept. 1767
John Wrighte & Sarah Adkins, both p. St. Leonard 12 Oct. 1767
James Smith, p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Bett Richardson 12 Oct. 1767
Luke Whitel & Mary Radford, both p. St. Leonard 12 Oct. 1767
Joseph Dawes & Eliz. Jaquist, both p. St. Leonard 19 Oct. 1767
Theophilus Healey & Eliz. Gilbert, both p. St. Leonard 30 Nov. 1767
Robert Lander, p. Desford, & Eliz. Tomson 15 Dec. 1767
John Worth, of Stanton-under-Bardon, p. Thornton, & Sarah Stanley 29 Dec. 1767
John Harcourt & Allice Clark, both p. St. Leonard 26 Mar. 1768
Ambrose Hayfield & Eliz. Seale, lic. 26 Mar. 1768
Edward Cosby, servantman, & Sarah Tatler 3 Apr. 1768
John Hayes, weaver, & Nancy Cuflin 3 Apr. 1768
Wm. Adkin, p. St. Leonard, & Mary Allsopp, p. Wigston 3 Sept. 1768
Thomas Cramp, of Ratby, & Eliz. Cramp, of K., lic. 5 Sept. 1768
John Welton, p. Kirkby Mallory, & Eliz. Parker 26 Sept. 1768
John Allin, p. Whitwick, & Mercy Pegg 14 Oct. 1768
Peter Glover & Sarah Rowarke, both p. St. Leonard 16 Oct. 1768
Thomas Green & Sarah Hayfield, both p. St. Leonard 31 Oct. 1768
John Barkar & Eliz. Lee 5 Dec. 1768
Wm. Stippels & Anne Owram Elliswesson, both p. St. Leonard 15 May 1769
John Coltman & Jane Clark, both p. St. Leonard 5 June 1769
Joseph Moore, of Kirby Frith, & Mary Tomson 14 Sept. 1769
Edward Winters, p. Sibston, & Sarah Gearey, lic. 10 Feb. 1771
John Tomson & Martha Tomson 28 Apr. 1771
Thomas Brewin & Alice Spires 19 May 1771
Thomas Smith & Mary Heward 1 June 1771
Richard Hardy, of G., & Sarah Spires, of Burbage 2 Mar. 1772
John Clarke, of K., & Anne Holings, lic. 8 Mar. 1772
Richard Tomson, p. G., & Catharine Creswell, p. Knighton 7 Apr. 1772
Wm. Marshall & Mary Durham, both of K. 4 July 1772
Thomas Stevenson & Kezia Henson 4 Aug. 1772
Wm. Johnson & Eliz. Heward 5 Jan. 1773
Charles Phillips, p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Mary Hardy 23 May 1773
Thomas Kirke, of G., & Jemima Nutt, of Glenfield Frith, lic. 25 May 1773
Thomas Deakin, p. Aston-upon-Trent, Co. Derby, & Mary Burton 7 June 1773
Robert Moore, of K., & Mary Bradley 12 Oct. 1773
Joseph Hall & Sarah Waldram 25 Jan. 1774
Joseph Timson & Jane Waldram 27 Dec. 1774
Wm. Rudkin, of Groby, p. Ratby, & Sarah Geary, lic. 3 July 1775
Joseph Beadman & Anne Smith 17 Oct. 1775
John Kirke, of G., & Eliz. Burten, of B. 29 Jan. 1776
George Hall, of Burton-on-the-Wolds, & Eliz. Smith, of B., lic. 15 Mar. 1776
Ralph Siddon, carpenter, & Susannah Tomson 19 Aug. 1776
Wm. Tomson, blacksmith, & Mary Slater, lic. 2 Oct. 1776
George Hall & Susannah Burdett, both of B. [out of order, the date was first written 1775 and altered to “six”] 14 Jan. 1776 [sic?1777]
Wm. Rudkin & Anne Hutchinson 16 June 1777
Job Crampe, junr., & Hannah Tomson, lic. 10 July 1777
Richard Tomson & Anne May, lic. 3 Mar. 1778
Edward Hook, p. Desford,& Dorothy Spencer, of Sharman’s Lodge, extra parochial, lic. 26 Mar. 1778
Thomas May, of G.,
& Amy Bailey, of Westcoats [Westcotes] p. St. Mary in Leic., lic. 2 Apr. 1778
Robert Taylor, p. Melb[o]urne, co. Derby, & Eliz. Henson 5 July 1778
Richard Nutt & Sarah Bateman 19 Oct. 1778
Joseph Bradley & Mary Noone, both of B. 6 Nov. 1778
John Almond & Eliz. Tracey 29 May 1779
Thomas Kirke, junr., & Mary Nutt, lic. 19 Sept. 1779
John Frith & Sarah Tomson 17 Oct. 1779
John Gearey & Mary Redford, w., lic. 21 June 1780
Wm. Bown & Anne Smith 16 Jan. 1781
Benjamin Everard & Rebecca Timson 18 Jan. 1781
John Towle, of Draycott, & Eliz. Biggs 12 Oct. 1782
James Kinton, of G., & Eliz. Jordin, of Kirby Frith 29 Dec. 1782
Thomas Hurst, p. Desford, & Eliz. Hassall, lic. 15 June 1783
John Frith & Eliz. Spires, lic. 21 Oct. 1783
Richard Nutt & Sarah Thurlby 4 Oct. 1784
Thomas Neal & Molly Hutchinson 29 Nov. 1784
John Smith & Eliz. Allen, lic. 13 Dec. 1784
Thos. Porter, p. Thurcaston, & Jane Hardy 7 Feb. 1785
Wm. Chapman, of G., & Mary Brewin, of Braunston Frith 14 July 1785
John Cox & Catharine Stevenson 19 Oct. 1785
Richd. Barber, of Frith Hall, extra-parochial adjoining p. G., & Ann Willott, of same, lic. 21 May 1786
Robert Cothorn & Mary Moore 5 Nov. 1786
John Hubbard & Mary Hassall, lic. 21 Dec. 1786
Thomas Stevenson, of G., & Anne Stanley, of B. Frith 19 Feb. 1787
Joseph Goddard, p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Eliz. Heward 19 Feb. 1787
Charles Page, of G., & Mary Phillips, p. St. Margaret; Leic. 11 June 1787
George Allin, of Mayfield, & Anne Reed, of B. 12 May 1788
Joseph Slater, of G., or of an extra-parochial place,
& Ruth Brown, p. St.Mary, Leic. 19 May 1788
Thomas Falconer, of Foston, co. Derby, & Anne Siddons, lic. 20 Mar. 1789
Peter Heward & Eliz. Bacon 3 Aug. 1789
Benjamin Chambers, of B., & Mary Hickingbottom, of G. 4 Oct. 1789
Wm. Stevenson, of G., & Martha Ball, of Leicester, lic. 19 Oct. 1789
Wm. Marshall & Diana Cufflin 25 Nov. 1790
Wm. Smith & Jane Porter 23 Apr. 1791
Wm. Hardy & Mary Spires 23 Apr. 1791
Joseph Cope, of Draycott, co. Stafford, & Ann Tompson, lic. 6 July 1791
Edward Tompson & Anne Williamson 4 Oct. 1791
James Allen, of Enderby Lodge, & Mary Hitchcock, of K., lic. 3 Dec. 1791
Thomas Sleath, of G., & Murrah [or Murray] Ansty, of B. Frith 12 Dec. 1791
George Kniton & Jane Heward 11 June 1792
Thomas Bloxam [signs Bloxham], of Aylestone, & Frances Hutchins 22 Jan. 1793
Wm. Hassall & Sarah Wykes, lic. 27 Apr. 1793
Robert Pain & Mary Cosby [no year stated] 26 May
Thomas Adams & Sarah Tomson 17 June 1793
Joseph Bateman & Ann Hardy 26 Dec. 1793
Thomas Heays & Ann Hardy, both of K. 4 Mar. 1794
Edward Cosby & Eliz. Thurnby 18 Apr. 1794
John Hitchcock, of K., & Ann Poynor, of K. Frith, m. at K. 16 Sept. 1794
John Forman & Eliz. Catless 22 Sept. 1794
Wm. Cosby & Eliz. Dooman 25 Dec. 1794

[Volume IV.and V. Baptisms and Burials only.]

Volume VI.

William Hunt & Eliz. Cramp, lic. 28 Mar. 1796
James Hassall & Anne Stevenson 17 July 1796
Samuel Hassall, farmer, & Susannah Hays 20 Nov. 1796
James Poyner, of K. Frith, & Ann Brewin, of Leicester Forest 11 July 1797
Joseph Sutton & Mercy Bateman 23 Jan. 1798
John Siddons & Eliz. Varnam 1 May 1798
John Keightley & Eliz. Adams 2 July 1798
Joseph Timson & Sarah Kendrick, w. 15 Oct. 1798
Joseph Reid & Mary Ridgway 5 Nov. 1798
Thomas Farr & Eliz. Tomson 27 Dec. 1798
John Jackson & Sarah Ball 7 Oct. 1799
John Williamson & Sarah Read 13 July 1801
George Walton & Mary Siddans 10 Jan. 1803
James Wright, of B., & Hannah Smith 24 Jan. 1803
John Siddons & Mary Gunn 21 Feb. 1803
George Kinton, w., & Ann Bown, w. 3 July 1803
Thomas Adcock, f.w.k., & Mary Ward 8 May 1804
Wm. Adcock & Eliz. Farr, w. 29 Jan. 1805
Edward Moor & Mary Thurlington 23 Feb. 1805
Wm. Cooper & Susanna Sharpless 11 Oct. 1805
Wm. Hayes & Eliz. Hardy 12 Jan. 1806
Jonathan Cramp & Catherine Wilkinson, lic. 27 Feb. 1806
James Oaim [sic] & Ann Morton 20 Apr. 1806
Thomas Morton & Anne Gilliam 21 Apr. 1806
Thomas Statam, of Thurcaston, & Martha Morton 14 Oct. 1806
James Keightley & Ann Orm 8 Feb. 1807
Thomas Tomson & Amey Reed 29 June 1807
George Kinton & Ann Hutcheson, W. 9 Aug. 1807
Wm. Timson, of Sharman’s Lodge, & Mary Morton 28 Nov. 1808
Wm. Timson, of Ratby, & Maria Easom 24 July 1809
Thomas Seal, f.w.k., & Lucy Thompson 31 Dec. 1810
John Throsby, carpenter, & Hannah Nutt 5 Feb. 1811
Joseph Tomson, farmer, of the Oaks, p. Newton Linford, & Mary Hibbard 19 Feb. 1811
Wm. Dillon, husbandman, & Rebecca Moore 19 Nov. 1811
Wm. Dowell, f.w.k., & Catharine Nutt 19 Jan. 1812
Thomas Clarke, husbandman, & Mary Cawthorne, f.w.k 20 Jan. 1812
Joseph Foster & Eliz. Cooper, both of K. 25 Apr. 1812
John Reade, husbandman, & Eliz. Fouldes 26 Apr. 1812
Abraham Adcock, f.w.k., & Rachael Thompson 27 Oct. 1812
Wm. Thompson & Mary Smith, consent of parents 9 Nov. 1813
Daniel Moore & Susanna Hardy, consent of parents 25 Dec. 1813
Wm. Hardy & Ann Ward, consent of guardians 10 Apr. 1814
Thos. Morton & Elinor Tomson 4 Sept. 1814
Henry Pointer & Eliz. South 2 Jan. 1815
Thomas Jordan, of Ratby, & Mary Hardy, consent of parents 23 Jan. 1815
Thomas Hayes, p. Wellingborough, Co. Northampton, & Ann Grant, consent of parents 8 Aug. 1815
Nathanael Hooke, of G.,& Catharine Tompson, of Groby, consent of friends 12 Sept. 1815
Thomas Hoball & Ann Heward, consent of parents 17 Oct. 1815
Thomas Sharman & Sarah Price, consent of parents 30 Oct. 1815
Thomas Neal & Hannah Bateman, consent of parents 23 Nov. 1816
Charles Jarvice, p. Swepstone, & Eliz. Keen, consent of guardians 26 Dec. 1816
Charles Kilby & Mary Fisher 19 Oct. 1817
George Neal & Amy Hutchson 29 Dec. 1817
Wm. Biggs & Eliz. Hassell 23 Feb. 1818
Wm. Moore & Katharine Morton 20 July 1818
Robert Shipley & Ann Sewell 8 Aug. 1818
Benjamin Thompson & Mary Kilby 13 Oct. 1818
Joseph Jarvis & Sarah Cufflin, both of B. Frith 13 Oct. 1818
John Wykes & Hannah Langley 17 Oct. 1818
John Bates & Ann Adams 24 Oct. 1818
James Bateman & Eliz. Sutton 1 Aug. 1819
Thomas Davis & Mary Timson 6 Dec. 1819
Joseph Speers & Mary Hayes 10 July 1820
George Pallet & Alse Geary, both of New Parks 16 July 1821
John Blissett [signs Blisset] & Eliz. Cosby 12 Nov. 1821
Wm. Hubbard, of G., & Eliz. Starkey, of Leicester Frith 11 Apr. 1822
Thomas Everard & Alice Grant, lic. 28 Apr. 1822
Wm. Warwick & Julianor [sic] Bateman 27 May 1822
Daniel Stevenson & Charlotte Neal 25 Dec. 1822
Joseph Wykes & Hannah Morton 12 Sept. 1823
Jonah Gun, of G. [signs Gunn] & Ann Bradbry, of B. Frith 14 Oct. 1823
Wm, Wood & Phoebe Neal 25 Dec 1823
Joseph Wood & Amelia Bateman 12 May 1824
John Biggs & Frances Bramley 1 June 1824
Richard Russell & Mary Siddon 5 Oct. 1824
Wm. Gun & Ann Sutton 11 Oct. 1824
Philip Astill, of K., & Mercy Sutton 15 Nov. 1824
Richard Taylor & Ann Jackson 11 July 1825
William Bown & Mary Hutchenson 11 July 1825
Joseph Bateman & Jane Young 11 July 1825
Samuel Blisset & Eliz. Heward 10 Oct 1825
Joseph Reid & Dorothy Smith 29 Dec. 1825
Jonathan Willay [signs Willey ?], p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Ann Hubbard, lic. 29 Dec. 1825
Wm. Payne & Eliz. Morton 11 Oct. 1826
John Ward & Ann Hassall 11 Oct. 1826
John Hayse [signs Hayes] & Sarah Nutt 11 Oct. 1826
Hosea Hafford, p. St. Nicholas, Leic.,& Joanna Smith, lic. 17 Oct. 1826
John Plant & Annette Thompson 3 June 1827
Thomas Siddon, of G., & Maria Grant, of Sharman’s Lodge 21 Oct. 1827
Joseph Stafford, p. Ratby, w., & Catherine Hook, w. 27 Nov. 1827
John Neal & Amy Neal 2 Dec. 1827
John Jackson & Eliz: Seal 25 Dec. 1827
John Glazebrook & Ann Hayes 25 May 1828
Wm. Adcock & Amelia Dewell 13 Oct. 1828
Thomas Furness & Ann Kendall, both of Anstey Pastures 13 Oct. 1828
Benjamin Siddons & Eliz: Jackson 19 Apr. 1829
Samuel Spriggs, of Newtown Linford, & Ann Siddon 10 Dec. 1829
Samuel Kilby & Mary Heath 21 Feb. 1830
John Hubbard & Eliz: Cramp, consent of friends, lic. 19 Oct. 1830
John Kilby & Amelia Ward, consent of friends 16 Nov. 1830
Joseph Smith & Jane Timson 27 Dec. 1830
Thomas Smith & Sarah Dewell 23 Jan. 1831
Wm. Moore & Hannah Jordan, both of Anstey Pastures 10 Feb. 1831
Thomas Tomson & Susanna Grimes 21 Feb. 1831
Benjamin Keightley & Mary Geary 11 Apr. 1831
Wm. Morton & Dorothy Hays [signs Hayes] 24 Apr. 1831
John Adcock & Alice Hassall 10 July 1831
Thomas Adcock & Sarah Cosby 11 Dec. 1831
Joseph Wharton, of Alfreton, co. Derby, & Jane Joweitt 1 Mar. 1832
Samuel Hackett & Eliz Siddons, both of Frith House, lic. 29 Apr. 1832
Joseph Drummond & Eliz: Reid 1 May 1832
John Knowles & Sarah Hassell, lic. 27 May 1832
Thomas Cook, of Ratby & Jane Cosby 8 July 1832
Robert Moore & Mary Parry 8 July 1832
Charles Reid & Eliz: Valence 5 Aug. 1833
James Hayes & Sarah Hayes 16 Sep. 1833
Mark Jackson & Alice Hassall 26 Jan. 1834
George Garton p. Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York,& Charlotte Robinson, of Kirby Frith, extra-parochial, lic. 19 Mar. 1835
George Smith, of Barsby, & Phoebe Gretton, of Anstey Pasture 20 Apr. 1835
Wm. Johnson & Ann Shawcross 10 Aug. 1835
Henry Barrett, of Groby, p. Ratby, & Ann Adcock 17 Apr. 1836
Thomas Gray, w., & Eliz: Adcock, lic. 25 Apr. 1836
Wm. Briggs, esq., of Halifax, co. York,& Mary Frances Robinson, of Kirby Frith, extra-parochial, lic. 17 July 1836
Wm. Arguile, of Glenfield Frith, & Hannah Stevenson 16 Oct. 1836
John Hassall & Mary Ann Foster 20 Feb. 1837
Joseph Reid & Mary Wheatley 23 July 1837