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 - Ratby, Leicestershire 1695 to 1812

The registers of Ratby have been the object of much misfortune. About the year 1735 the fine old Church of Ratby was partially destroyed by fire, and with it, we understand, the old records. Unfortunately, destruction did not end here, and the registers were again the victims of fire during the earlier part of last century. Practically nothing remains of the records of the Baptisms and Burials, prior to the year 1812, beyond a few charred fragments, and even the Burial Register from 1813 to 1853 shews signs of smoke discolouration.

The Banns and Marriage Registers combined, covering the period from 1754-1812, however, remain intact, and consist of two volumes, They are on the usual printed forms.

The above registers have been transcribed by Mr. Leopold Choice, of Disley in Cheshire, with the permission of the Rev. G. E. Gilbanks, M.A., Vicar of Ratby.

It is with much pleasure that we are able to give the Marriages recorded from 1695-1710, taken from a pamphlet, edited by Mr. Henry Hartopp, of Leicester, and which we reproduce with his kind permission.

“The Parish Registers of Ratby, co. Leicester, 1695-1710.” Transcribed by Henry Hartopp.

We are indebted to the Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A., of Shrewsbury, for letting us publish some transcripts, in his possession, of the Ratby Parish Registers, for a short period not covered by the original records. The transcripts (10 in number) relate to the years 1695, 1697, 1699. and 1704 to 1710 inclusive, the entries for each year being on a separate strip of parchment, and those from 1704 to 1710 being signed by the incumbent and the churchwardens of Ratby and Groby. Ratby originally formed part of the ‘Peculiar’ or Manorial Court of Groby, being exempt from the jurisdiction of the Archdeacon of Leicester.

It then comprised the township of Groby and the small hamlets of Botcheston, Newtown Unthank or Little Newtown, and Whittington Grange. The existing Registers of the parish only date from 1774, the earlier ones having been accidently burnt, hence the value of these transcripts.

The Rev. Edward Stokes succeeded the Rev. John Coleman to the vicarage of Ratby-with.Groby in 1700, which he held until his preferment to the living of Willoughby Waterless in 1710. It will be observed that the transcripts relate chiefly to his time—in fact several of them are in his handwriting. Some of the families whose names frequently occur in the entries, such as Cramp, Cufflin, Freeman, Geary, and Jordan, are still represented in the parish and neighbourhood.

A true copy out of the Regester for the year 1695 for Ratby.

John Keemp & Jone Hunt, lic, from the peculer 10 Dec. 1695
Daniel Keemp & Hana Jordin, lic., from the peculer [no date]
Georg Hougton & Rebacca Juice, both of Ratby 5 June 1697
John Frier & Elizabeth Durdin, both of Gruby 24 Aug. 1697
Gilbert Hollyland, of Desford, & Ann Fletcher, of Ratby 20 Sep. 1697
John Lord & Judeth Sumerfeild, both of Gruby 27 Nov. 1697
John Jordain & Sarah Kirke, both of Ratby 9 Mar. 1697
Joseph [ ], of Throlsworth, & Mary Rawen, of Litel Newtown 24 May 1699*
John Jordain, of Ratbye, & Mary Wildman, of Earl Shilton 2 June 1699
John Huchison, of Ratby, & Mary Cooper, of Leicester 31 July 1699
Isaac Townsend & Elizabeth Cramp, of Litel Newtowne 2 Sep. 1699
George Whatten, of Gruby, & Elizabeth Sycks 24 Jan. 1699
Thomas Colver, of Botcheston, & Elizabeth Orton, of Rotby [—] Apr. 1704
Samuel Mason, of Thornton, & Ann Cramp, of Rotby 28 Sep. 1704
Thomas Martin & Jane Goodman, in ye fields 22 Jan. 1704
John Grose, of Leicester, & Elizabeth Bunny, of Rotby 19 Mar. 1704
William Chaplain, of Woodhouse, & Anne Neal, of Rotby 9 May 1705

* 1699 is conjectural; the year is faded, but it is after 1697 and prior to 1704.

Abraham Bunny & Jane Houghton, of Rotby, clandestinely married,
Acknowledged their marriage in ye court 8 May 1705
John Hollans, of Rearsby, & Isabel Presson, of Groby 26 June 1705
William Armstrong & Ann Peach, of Groby 1 Jan. 1705
Robert Launder, of Castle Dunnington, & Mary Edins, of Botcheston 25 Mar. 1706
Edward Lord & Jane Boulter, of Ratby 29 July 1706
William Bigges & Hannah Orchard, of Ratby 13 Sep. 1706
John Flaticer, of Grooby, & Sarah Foone [of] Chitterman Hills 14 Nov. 1706
John Gery & Mary Able, of Groby 24 June 1707
Harrington Powers, of Dunnington, & Ann Hunt, of Newtown 23 Sep. 1707
Joseph Raven, of Newtown, & Sarah Astill, of Wigston 21 Oct. 1707
Francis Boulter, of Raatby, & Eliz. Hames, of Enderby 24 June 1708
John Bates, of Ratby, & Mary Power, of Brodgate ye last of July 1708
William Palmer, of Glenfild, & Mary Geary, of Grooby 4 Nov. 1708
Joseph Lord & Hannah Edglee, of Ratby 25 Apr. 1709
William Sykes & Mary Herison, of Ratby 15 June 1709
Joseph Richard & Anne Fryer, of Grooby 2 Oct. 1709
Richard Horn, of Ansty, & Mary Berry, of Grooby 6 Oct. 1709
William Gooding, of Peckleton, & Ann Fletcher, of Grooby 23 Oct. 1709
John Eddols & Mary Berry, of Grooby 20 Nov. 1709
William Astill, of Newtown Unthank, & Elinor Hunt, of Ratby 30 Jan. 1709
Thomas Adcock, of Ratby, & Sarah Worth, of Stanton subter Bardon 23 May 1710
Stephen Timbrell, a sojourner in Ratby, & Elizabeth Clarke, of Kirby 1 June 1710
Richard Putchen, of Wigson, & Ann Lawless, of Groby 8 July 1710
Thomas Sperry & Mary Lander 13 Nov. 1710

[Here end the Marriages in Mr. Hartopp’s transcript. The above entries have been collated with the original transcripts by the
Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., of Shrewsbury.]

Volume I.

Thomas Smith, of Peckleton, & Ann Rogers 18 Apr. 1754
Thomas Abell & Mary Boulton, of Thornton 11 July 1754
George William Pike & Ann Brian, of Belgrave [Banns only] 29 Sep. 1754
James Pates [signs Peets] & Jane Parsons
[James Peets acts as witness] 21 Oct. 1754
William Biggs & Mary Starkie 21 Oct. 1754
Samuel Deacon & Mary Radburn 11 Nov. 1754
William Clark & Eliz. Baxter, of Thornton, lic. 21 Apr. 1755
William Lawnder, of Markfield, & Eliz. Baguley, lic. 19 May 1755
William Wykes & Ann Slater 2 June 1755
Thomas Cooper & Ann Mays 3 June 1755
John Bown & Eliz. Clark 5 July 1755
William Brown & Elizabeth Arnold, of Markfield, lic. 14 Sep. 1755
Abraham Jordan & Eliz. Bunney 24 Feb. 1756
Job Sutton & Elizabeth Chalner, of Grooby,lic. 24 Mar. 1756
John Jordan & Elizabeth Marvin, lic. 19 June 1757
William Judd & Elizabeth Lilly 20 June 1757
William Johnson, of Swithland, & Ann Forman 27 June 1757
William Ball, of the Liberty of Leicester Forest, & Ann Parker 12 Oct. 1757
William Noon, of Great Wigston, & Rebecca Hunt 6 Nov. 1757
Richard Haywood & Sara Tookey, lic. 26 Mar. 1758
John Boyer & Katherine Boughton 26 Mar. 1758
Thomas Jordan & Ann Clark 12 June 1758
Thomas Chalner & Edey Parker 7 Aug. 1758
George Kinton & Mary Collins 10 Oct. 1758
Philip Aston & Mary Mitchell 16 Oct. 1758
Isaiah Marvin & Mary Lilley, lic. 23 Oct. 1758
John Sharman & Mary Foster 24 Oct. 1758
William Frost & Mary Standley 28 Nov. 1758
John Biggs & Elizabeth Bailey 1 Jan. 1759
Thomas Thirlby & Ann Carter 25 Jan. 1759
Thomas Bunney & Sarah Bunney 16 Feb. 1759
William Jordain & Eliz. Swinfield 23 Oct. 1759
John Ireland & Elizabeth Copeland 13 Nov. 1759
Thomas Steveson, of Glenfield, & Jenny Keen 27 Nov. 1759
Joseph Bott, of Bardon, & Constance Morris 6 Dec. 1759
John Farren & Elizabeth Marvin 17 Jan. 1760
Charles Feneley, of Swithland, & Isabell Leager 18 Feb. 1760
Thomas Worth, of Stanton under Bardon, & Mary Dexter,
of Cliff Hill, nr. Stanton, and both in the exempt
jurisdiction of Groby, lic. 13 Aug. 1760
John Jordain & Mary Toone 28 Oct. 1760
Francis Swan, of Mount Sorrell, & Elizabeth Doleman 3 Nov. 1760
Henry Sneap, of Kirkby Mallory, & Anne Chamberlain 27 Nov. 1760
John Ball & Susanna Tomson 20 July 1761
Richard Coley & Mary Mills, of the hamlet of
Calton, p. of Market Bosworth, lic. 9 Aug. 1761
John Foulds & Mary Grugins [signs Grudgins] 26 Aug. 1761
Thomas Oatty, of Ibstock, & Sarah Freeman, lic. 29 Sep. 1761
John Brett & Lydia Flier 25 Oct. 1761
Edward Crosen & Sarah Calamy 26 Oct. 1761
Francis Jordain & Mary Swinfield 12 Nov. 1761
William Bunney, junr., & Elizabeth Collier, lic. 10 Jan. 1762
Daniel Marvin & Elizabeth Cramp 19 Jan. 1762
Benjamin Judd & Isabella Cramp 19 Jan. 1762
Edward Bradley, p. of St. Nicholas, Leicester, & Mary Biggs, lic. 14 Feb. 1762
John Goodrich, of Wigston, & Dorothy Morris 13 May 1762
Tomas Hopkinson & Sarah Lace 27 Aug. 1762
John Geary & Elizabeth Dexter 12 Oct. 1762
James Kinton & Jane Marvin 26 Oct. 1762
Thomas Hawkins & Ann Basset 4 May 1763
John Basset & Alice Daft 11 May 1763
Williams Hammons, a sojourner in this p., & Ann Foster 12 May 1763
George Stevenson & Mary Bennet 1 June 1763
Joseph Walton & Ann Everard 7 June 1763
Richard Booth & Elizabeth Bown 19 June 1763
John Stables & Elizabeth Godfrey 3 July 1763
William Bennet & Mary Farren 5 July 1763
Samuel Deacon & Sarah Stevenson 22 Aug 1763
Thomas Hunt, of Ansty, & Elizabeth Bilson 29 Aug 1763
Samuel Ankers & Ann Poultney 26 Sep. 1763
George Keen & Elizabeth Bott 18 Oct. 1763
Joseph Isen, of Desford, & Ann Leaverack 6 Dec. 1763
John Cufflin & Jane Woolet 26 Dec. 1763
Job Sutton & Ann Hawkins 22 Apr. 1764
William Moor & Elizabeth Foster 4 Oct. 1764
Robert Chaplain, of Ibstock, & Elizabeth Bown 4 Oct. 1764
William Dexter, of Markfield, & Martha Colver 5 Nov. 1764
William Kirke, of Glenfield, & Emy Kinton, lic. 26 Dec. 1764
Philip Mason, w., p. Cole Orton, & Ellen Clarke, lic. 20 Jan. 1765
Robert Heawood & Elizabeth Revell 8 July 1765
Richard Hawkins & Ann White 5 Aug. 1765
Josiah Grudgings & Elizabeth Arnald 17 Sep. 1765
John Barwell & Jane Bates 17 Sep. 1765
Edward Geary & Alice Abbott 10 Oct. 1765
John Hitchin & Elizabeth Jackson 13 Nov. 1765
George Smith & Sarah Bott, both of the Liberty of Bardon 3 Dec. 1765
Robert Gillespie, of Markfield, & Mary Kellam, lic. 28 Jan. 1766
Humphry Burton, of Thornton, & Elizabeth Kinton 31 Mar. 1766
Jno. Adams, of Ibstock, & Hannah Boughton 13 May 1766
Thomas Cufflin & Dorothy Grudgings, lic. 27 June 1766
John Collier & Elizabeth Kirke, of Grooby, lic. 26 Nov. 1766
William Payn, of Mancetter, Co. Warwick, & Sarah Geary, lic. 11 June 1767
William Spencer & Anne Crampe, of Oadeby 3 Sep. 1767
Thomas Cartwright, a sojourner in this p., & Elizabeth Timpson 6 Oct. 1767
William Marvin & Sarah Levis 22 Nov. 1767
Richard Cufflin & Sarah Lilley 29 Dec. 1767
William Cooper, Payne’s Lane, co. Salop. & Elizabeth Tomson, lic. 19 Jan. 1768
Thomas Smith, of Thulston, &
Katharine Geary, of Old-Hay, p. of Ratby, lic. 9 Feb. 1768
Richard Arnold & Elizabeth Toon, lic. 16 Feb. 1768
Richard Clark, of St. Martin’s, Leicester, & Mary Lea, lic. 24 Aug. 1768
William Darker, of Hugglescote, & Elizabeth Edwens, lic. 30 Sep. 1768
Thomas Jackson & Martha Wykes 11 Oct. 1768
John Smith & Elizabeth King 30 Dec. 1768
John Smalley & Mary Wright 3 Jan. 1769
Thomas Varnham, of Braunston, & Elizabeth Carter 6 Feb. 1769
Thomas Cook, of Desford, & Ann Alman 3 Apr. 1769
John Barrot, of Newtown Linford, & Mary Shaw, lic. 15 July 1769
Thomas Marson, of Wharton-on-the Wouldes
[?Walton-on-the-Wolds] & Mary Kirke, of Grooby, lic. 10 Oct. 1769
John Hunt & Ann Arnold 14 Nov. 1769
James Boyer & Mary Leak, lic. 20 Nov. 1769
James Astill, of Grooby Park, & Elizabeth Hunt, lic. 17 Apr. 1770
Richard Heawood & Mary Yeomans 26 Nov. 1770
Philip Asston & Sarah Keen 29 Nov. 1770
Jonathan Bunney & Mary Timpson 3 Dec. 1770
Henry Spencer & Elizabeth Chadburnd 4 Feb. 1771
William Chapman, of Thornton, & Alice Grime 12 Feb. 1771
William Lewin & Mary Aston 12 Feb. 1771
Stephen Plant of Bagworth, p. of Thornton, & Elizabeth Biggs, lic. 7 May 1771
Isaac Loon & Elizabeth Stevenson 12 May 1771
John Willson, brickmaker & Anne Cooper of
Bagworth p. Thornton, lic. 20 June 1771
Gervas Callis, of Loughborough, & Jane Stevenson [or Stevens] 24 June 1771
Eli Arnold & Nelly Fisher, of the Liberty of Kirby Frith, lic. 4 Nov. 1771
William Sills, of Barleston, & Ann Lilly, lic. 18 Nov. 1771
Thomas Bryan, of Saddington, & Ann Burbage 2 Dec. 1771
William Moore, of Thorpe Constantine, &
Dorothy Buckley, of Botcheston, lic. 9 Jan. 1772
Henry Cramp, junr., & Ann Hurst, of Desford, s., lic. 23 Feb. 1772
Thomas Golby, of Atherstone, p. Mancetter,
& Elizabeth Kirk, of Grooby 30 Mar. 1772
John Leak & Eleanor Morris 20 Sep. 1772
William Clare, of Ibstock, gent., & Elizabeth Chamberlain, lic. 24 Dec. 1772
Joseph Freeman & Elizabeth How, of Whitwick, lic. 24 Mar. 1773
Thomas Tiar & Elizabeth Chamberlain, sojourners in this p. 15 June 1773
Michael Bunney & Mary Bateman 15 June 1773
Thomas Pemberton & Mary Wetton 8 Nov. 1773
Mark Mathers & Ann White 23 Nov. 1773
Robert Buckley, of Botcheston, & Mary Chamberlain,
of Newtown Unthank, lic. 31 Mar. 1774
John Holt & Ann Poultney, both sojourners in this p. 4 Apr. 1774
Reuben Stevenson & Rebecca Webster 10 Oct. 1774
William Copeland & Anne Clifton, of Kirby 18 Oct. 1774
Thomas Hardy & Eleanor Lockley 27 Mar. 1775
Thomas Smith of Tooley p. of Peckleton, & Elizabeth Bayley, lic. 6 Apr. 1775
Francis Holmes & Ann Hare, of the Liberty
of Stanton-under-Bardon, lic. 13 June 1775
William Walker, of Desford, & Sarah Martin 29 Apr. 1775
Richard Lewin & Sarah Aston [no date]
William Marvin & Alice Simmons 11 Oct. 1776
William Jacome & Elizabeth Norris 29 Oct. 1776
Joseph Dimmocks & Sarah Bramley 14 Nov. 1776
John Kirchin & Hannah Balm, lic. 13 Apr. 1777
Joseph Bent & Mary Foulds 28 July 1777
Thomas Harras & Mary Button 13 Oct. 1777
Edward Geary & Jane Spencer 15 Oct. 1777
John Timpson & Susanna Marvin 21 Oct. 1777
Joseph Bradbury, of Thornton, & Elizabeth Gibson, lic. 6 Nov. 1777
John Buckley, junr., of Bagworth, gent., & Mary Lea, lic. 17 Nov. 1777
Laurence Chiswell & Mary Kinton, lic. 20 Nov. 1777
Richard Goodwin & Sarah Martin 4 Dec. 1777
Josiah Grudgings & Ann Jordain 30 Mar. 1778
Richard Everard, junr., & Mary Fletcher, both of Grooby, lic. 22 July 1778
Thomas Tomson & Priscilla Gray 21 Sep. 1778
John Hardy, of Markfield, & Mary Everard, of Grooby, lic. 12 Oct. 1778
Samuel Jacomb & Elizabeth Timson 20 Oct. 1778
William Adcock & Mary White 22 Oct. 1778
Edward Wright & Mary Gimson, lic. 26 Oct. 1778
Samuel Pike & Elizabeth Frost 29 Dec. 1778
George Bywater, of the Liberty of Ulverscroft,
& Mary Cook, of Grooby, lic. 24 June 1779
Thomas Tomlinson & Elizabeth Keightley, sojourners in this p. 27 June 1779
John Benskin, of Wanlip, & Anne Buckley, of Botcheston, lic. 19 Aug. 1779
James Swinfleld, of Markfield, & Elizabeth Caladine 4 Feb. 1780
John Leaverack of Markfield, & Elizabeth Blastock of Grooby, lic. 13 Apr. 1780
Nathaniel Hook, of Desford, & Ann Sills, lic. 12 Oct. 1780
John Keightley & Elizabeth Armstrong, of Bagworth 17 Oct. 1780
George Carter & Mary Freeman, both of Grooby, lic. 5 Apr. 1781
Joseph White & Ann Deacon 28 May 1781
Thomas Wigglesworth & Mary Judd 23 July 1781
Isaac Arvey & Ann Deacon 15 Oct. 1781
Robert Bickley, of Earl Shilton, & Mary Hunt, lic. 13 Nov. 1781
William Sharp & Phebe Wootton 5 Mar. 1782
George Peat, of Long Whatton, & Mary Fisher 8 Apr. 1782
William Kinton & Sarah Warner 11 Oct. 1782
John Sketchley, of Whitwick, & Mary Spencer 14 Oct. 1782
William Foulds & Hannah Waight 16 Oct. 1782
Thomas Frear & Sarah Blastock 24 Nov. 1782
Richard Hooley & Ann Jones, of Belton 18 Dec. 1782
John Spencer & Sarah Freeman 1 Jan. 1783
Daniel Harris, of Thornton, & Mary Wigglesworth 7 July 1783
John Wheatly, of Markfield, & Mary Ward, of Newtown, p. of Ratby 13 Oct. 1783
Thomas Sutton & Anne Peacefer 13 Oct. 1783
Rowland Siddons & Elizabeth Chaplin 3 Nov. 1783
John White & Catherine Holyland 24 Feb. 1784
John Jordan & Mary Blockley 30 Aug. 1784
William Biggs & Sarah Adams, of Glenfield, lic. 18 Oct. 1784
Charles Cramp, of Ratby, & Elizabeth Ballard, of Thurcaston, lic. 18 Oct. 1784
Caleb Brown & Ann Pool, lic. 16 Dec. 1784
Richard Jonson, of Ansty, & Ann Chaplin 27 Dec. 1784
Josiah Foulds & Susana Hunt 9 Jan. 1785
John Wigglesworth & Hannah Foulds 18 July 1785
Joseph Caladine & Lydia Timpson 31[sic.]Nov. 1785
Jonathan Kirk & Mary Bown, of Grooby 17 Jan. 1786
William Chaplain & Elizabeth Marvin, lic. 26 Jan. 1786
John Foster, of Thornton, & Sarah Cramp 30 Apr. 1786
William Freeman & Sarah Frisby, both of Grooby, lic. 15 June 1786
Joseph Clark & Catherine Kinsey, both of Grooby 13 July 1786
William Gibbs & Elizabeth Sutton, of Grooby 26 Sep. 1786
Thomas Lockley & Ann Marvin 10 Oct. 1786
Joseph Heawood,of Thurlaston,& Jane Whight 13 Oct. 1786
Thomas Stretton & Sarah Freeman 16 Oct. 1786
Robert Loak & Elizabeth Foulds 26 Dec. 1786
Joseph Freeman & Anne Freeman 19 Feb. 1786
Thomas Keen & Sarah Hunt 9 May 1787
William Simmons & Sarah Bound 9 May 1787
Thomas Abbot & Jane Doleman [signs Abbot] 28 May 1787
John Cramp & Elizabeth Holyland 4 June 1787
Thomas Swain & Sarah Siddans 4 June 1787
Richard Dawkins, of Burbage, & Dorothy Hunt, lic. 16 July 1787
Mathew Roberts & Jenney Grimes 10 Dec. 1787
John Price & Sarah Freeman 3 Jan. 1788
Thomas Burley, of the Liberty of New Parks,
& Elizabeth Hough, of Grooby, lic. 21 Jan. 1788
John Ellis, of the Liberty of Hugglescote, p.
of Ibstock, & Mary Mawby 26 May 1788
Thomas Robson & Mary Barse, both of Grooby, lic. 27 Oct. 1788
John Yates, of Loughborough, & Ann Bassett 22 Dec. 1788
Thomas Pemberton, of Ratcliffe Culey, & Lydia Bryan 30 Mar. 1789
Richard Stevenson, of Glenfield, & Elizabeth Hunt, lic. 31 Mar. 1789
William Cramp & Jane Burgess, lic. 16 Apr. 1789
George Foulds & Jane Timpson 12 Oct. 1789
William Callis & Anne Hooley, of Grooby 23 Oct. 1789
Benjamin Marshall, of Seagrave, & Mary Saunders 12 Nov. 1789
Francis Jordain & Mary Stirley 26 Apr. 1790
Henry Freeman & Mary Moseley, of Groby,lic. 4 May 1790
John Salisbury & Jane Lovett 21 Sep. 1790
John Burton & Deborah Jordan 12 Oct. 1790
John Hawkins & Elizabeth Brooks 16 Jan. 1791
John Bassett, of Anstey, & Ann Whight 12 Sep. 1791
John Rudkin, of Newtown Linford, & Sarah Keen 4 Oct. 1791
John Jordan & Martha Bott 12 Oct. 1791
John Lea & Mary Holyland, lic. 3 Nov. 1791
Francis Garner & Mary Foster, lic. 13 Nov. 1791
John Adcock, of Glenfield, & Sarah Hayes 21 Nov. 1791
Matthew Rudkin, b., & Ann Walton, s., both of Grooby, lic. 22 Feb. 1792
George Bateman, of Glenfleld, & Isabel Moore 20 Sep. 1792
Joseph Swift, framework knitter, & Mary Raven, s. 9 Oct. 1792
John Storer, of Ibstock, & Catharine Heawood 14 Oct. 1792
William Marvin, labourer, & Ann Chapman 4 Dec. 1792
John Biggs, labourer, & Ann Burgess, both
of Whittington Grange, p. Ratby, lic. 6 Dec. 1792
William Fletcher, framework-knitter, & Jane Foulds, w. 10 Dec. 1792
Thomas Wikes, labourer, & Ann Welton, both of Grooby 20 Dec. 1792
John Read, of Markfleld, labourer, & Ann Winters, of Grooby 28 Jan. 1793
Henry Noble, of Gt. Wigstone, labourer, & Ann Burbidge 5 Feb. 1793
William Fairbands, woodcutter, & Elizabeth Keen 4 Apr. 1793
John Gibson, of Mountsorrel, breeches maker,
& Mary Lovett, of Grooby 8 Apr. 1793
William Thornman, labourer, & Sarah Wikes 14 Oct. 1793

Volume II.

James Parker, bricklayer, & Elizabeth Lovett 14 Oct. 1793
William Astill, labourer, & Mary Wheatley, W. 27 Jan. 1794
James Kinton, blacksmith, & Mary Cufflin, lic. 13 Feb. 1794
John Geary, framework knitter, & Phoebe Wheatley 29 Apr. 1794
Daniel Marvin, carpenter, & Elizabeth Kinton 29 July 1794
John Goff, of Thringston, p. Whitwick, coke
carrier, & Elizabeth Jacomb,w. 31 Aug. 1794
Thomas Jordan, labourer, & Elizabeth Wikes 30 Oct. 1794
Thomas Chaplin, of Ratby, woodkeeper, & Elizabeth Warner 23 Nov. 1794
William Sanders, farmer, & Ann Holyland, lic. 2 June 1795
Thomas Gray & Jane Lewin 6 July 1795
Henry Brown, of Thornton, & Sarah Webster, of Grooby, lic. 29 Dec. 1795
William Geary & Mary Swift 27 June 1796
William Cheatle, shoemaker, & Ann Brookes [signs Cheatle] 11 Oct. 1796
Gabriel Cramp, framework-knitter, & Mary Marvin 13 Oct. 1796
Thomas Rudkin & Francis Robinson, both of Grooby 16 Oct. 1796
John Siddons, p. All Saints, Leicester, & Sarah Pembutton 18 Oct. 1796
John Bassett, blacksmith, & Elizabeth Smith, w. 21 Nov. 1796
Thomas Beadman, of Shackerstone, & Elizabeth Marvin 28 Dec. 1796
William Webster & Isabella Marvin, lic. 18 Apr. 1797
Richard Heyes, of Anstey, & Mary Halford, lic. 1 Aug. 1797
Thomas Jordan & Sarah Arnold 14 Aug. 1797
George Upton & Elizabeth Reynolds 28 Nov. 1797
John Slingsby & Mary Jordan 1 Jan. 1798
Thomas Salisbury, of Gt. Wigston, & Mary Cramp 19 Feb. 1798
Isaac Wright & Sarah Coley 9 Apr. 1798
Thomas Castledine & Dinah Everard 25 June 1798
Thomas Stretton, of Shakerstone, & Elizabeth Deakin 29 July 1798
Charles Wykes & Mary Gamble 11 Oct. 1798
Edward Upton & Ann Easom 29 Oct. 1798
John Carter & Elizabeth Salisbury 12 Nov. 1798
Thomas Smeeton & Catharine Flemings 10 Dec. 1798
John Grudgings & Sarah Jordan 11 Oct. 1799
John Wikes & Catherine Chapman 15 Oct. 1799
William Clark & Elizabeth Flude 23 Oct. 1799
John Rowse, of Whitwick, & Martha Lacy 28 Oct. 1799
William Allen & Elizabeth Neal 18 Nov. 1799
Thomas Andrew & Sarah Gray 28 Nov. 1799
George Robinson, clerk, of Ansty Pastures, &
Joanna Chamberlain, of Newtown Unthank, lic. 3 Apr. 1800
Benjamin Moore & Mary Lawrence, of Desford 7 Aug. 1800
Richard Jordan & Hannah Walton 13 Oct. 1800
Thomas Beresford, of Barton-in-the-Beans, & Ann Bunney, lic. 14 Oct. 1800
Stephen Kimberlin & Susanna Ball 23 Oct. 1800
William Jordan & Mary Staram 3 Nov. 1800
John Lewis, of Wigston Magna, & Ann Roberts, of Botcheston, lic. 6 Nov. 1800
William Wykes & Mary Foxon 4 June 1801
Joseph Gray, of Melton Mowbray, & Sarah Hardy, of Grooby, lic. 10 Sep. 1801
George Ball, of Peckleton, & Ann Hargrave 11 Oct. 1801
Benjamin Foulds & Hannah Orme, of Thornton 16 Nov. 1801
John Kent & Rebecca Hayes 19 Nov. 1801
William Saltzer, p. St. Martin’s, Leicester,
& Elizabeth Geary, of Old Hays, lic. 1 Feb. 1802
Richard Reynolds & Ann Matthews 30 Aug. 1802
William Mills & Sarah Reynolds 18 Oct. 1802
William Jacomb, p. All Saints, Leicester, & Anne Blood w. 27 Feb. 1803
William Slingsby & Ann Bunney, lic. 12 Apr. 1803
Thomas Bennett, of Kirkby Muxloe, & Elizabeth Wright,
of Newtown Unthank, lic. 15 June 1803
Richard Wintle, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, & Ann Carter, of Grooby 12 July 1803
Richard Cufflin & Sarah Holyland, lic. 21 Sep. 1803
Samuel Walker & Elizabeth Matthars, both of Steward’s Hay 16 Oct. 1803
John Sturgess, of Grooby, & Elizabeth Dilks 17 Oct. 1803
John Parker & Mary Jordan 25 Oct. 1803
Henry Freeman & Sarah Adcock, both of Grooby, lic. 10 Nov. 1803
Thomas Glover & Rebecca Ward 5 Dec. 1803
William Percivall, of Barkby, & Elizabeth
Roberts, of Newtown Botcheston, lic. 30 Dec. 1803
William Hassall, of Glenfleld, & Dorothy Jordan, lic. 23 Feb. 1804
John Christian, p. St. Margaret’s, Leicester,
& Dorothy Lewin, of Grooby 22 May 1804
George Hoe & Ann Bonsor, both of Grooby, lic. 23 Sep. 1804
John Carter & Dorothy Earp, both of Botcheston 9 Oct. 1804
William Smith & Mary Pike, both of Grooby 25 Dec. 1804
Joseph Norfolk & Ann Hackett, both of Botcheston 31 Dec. 1804
George Keen & Hannah Pike, of Grooby 26 Feb. 1805
Thomas Cufflin & Jane Roe, both of Grooby 21 Oct. 1805
Francis Parker & Elizabeth Flemings 10 Feb. 1806
John Johnson, of Newtown Linford, & Fanny Fouldes 11 May 1806
William Cooke & Elizabeth Geary, both of Grooby 8 July 1806
Joseph Johnson & Martha Chapman 5 Aug. 1806
Joseph Poulton, of Uttoxeter, co. Stafford, &
Mary Pearson, of Whittington Grange, lic. 24 Sep. 1806
Thomas Bown & Mary Carter, both of Botcheston 13 Oct. 1806
John Tetley & Ruth Bird 13 Oct. 1806
Joseph Keen & Elizabeth Boweren 27 Oct. 1806
James Valence & Lydia Norfolk 3 Nov. 1806
William Wigglesworth & Hannah Stafford, lic. 29 Dec. 1806
Joseph Tonllinson & Dorothy Harvey, both of Botcheston 22 June 1807
Richard Lewin & Elizabeth Chandler 7 July 1807
Uriah Goodman & Ann Jesson 12 July 1807
William Spencer & Sarah Ward 13 Aug. 1807
William Riley, p. Martin’s, Leicester, & Judith Issett 14 Oct. 1807
Francis Doleman & Sarah Walton 25 Dec 1807
John Salisbury & Mary Astill 18 Jan. 1808
Francis Jordan & Elizabeth Smith 23 Feb 1808
John Hill, of Markfield, & Mary Sutton, lic. 8 Sep 1808
Thomas Wilkinson & Mary Jordan 31 Oct. 1808
William Baker & Sarah Grudgings 26 Dec. 1808
John Burton, of Overseal, & Elizabeth King
Hunt, of Newton Unthank, lic. 23 Feb. 1809
Richard Burchnall, of Swithland, & Ann Hardy of Grooby, lic. 25 Apr. 1809
William Varnem & Mary Keightley 15 May 1809
Benjamin Fouldes, w., & Mary Archer, w. 5 June 1809
John Chapman & Elizabeth Brooks 30 Oct. 1809
Joseph Swift, w., & Elizabeth Siddans 13 Nov. 1809
Samuel Kirkland, of Desford, & Rebecca Cooke 5 Feb. 1810
Thomas Sharp & Phoebe Whooton, both of Grooby 31 July 1810
Stephen Martin & Felless Frost 20 Aug. 1810
John Branson & Mary Brown, lic. 28 Aug. 1810
William Bywater & Ann Marvin, lic. 18 Oct. 1810
Francis Jordan & Mary Almon 20 Nov. 1810
William Loak & Elizabeth Lockley 27 Dec. 1810
George Pitt & Eleanor Geary, both of Grooby 2 June 1811
William Jordan & Elizabeth Sills 15 Aug. 1811
John Holt, of Cadeby, & Ann Breward, of Newtown Unthank 14 Oct. 1811
John Wilson & Elizabeth Ball 3 Feb. 1812
George Kinton & Catherine Sills 2 Apr. 1812
John Siddans & Martha Sills 14 May 1812
Joseph Stafford & Ann Webster 1 June 1812
John Brewin & Mary Bunney, of Grooby 8 June 1812
Michael Harris & Sarah Siddans 27 Oct. 1812

Banns of Marriage

Joseph White & Jemima Arnold, p. St.Martin’s, Leicester pub. 8 15 22 Dec. 1793
Thomas Jordan, of Grooby-Lodge, & Elizabeth Wikes, of Grooby, pub. 12 19 26 Oct. 1794