These Marriages are contained in the following three volumes Volume 1. consists of 43leaves of parchment, measuring 10½ by 6 inches (the 35th leaf is a mere slip and carries no entries) bound in parchment boards (binding loose). The heading of the first page says that it begins in the 21st year of Queen Elizabeth [1578-9], but that date must relate to an earlier register of which this one down to 1601 is a fair copy, as ordered by the Canon of 1597,, for the present volume does not begin until 1589 if we except a single baptism (Thomas, s. of John and Ann Orpudde) in 1585. The whole volume contains entries of Baptisms from 1589 to 1797, Marriages 1589 to 1753, and Burials from 1593 to 1799. Down to the middle of the 17th century the three classes of entries are kept separate and are in proper chronological order, but after that date they are in great confusion, occurring haphazard in various parts of the volume. Thus Baptisms are entered on pages 1 to 28, p. 37, pp. 32-36, pp. 53-70. Marriages are on pages 38-41, pp. 33-36(among baptisms) and 77-8. Burials occupy pages 44-50, then go back to pp. 42-3, then pages 29-31 and then pages 81-94, the end of the volume. Four leaves, having the pages numbered 67-8, 71-4, and 79-80 have been cut out since the page numbers were affixed.
Page 27 contains a list of the churchwardens year by year from 1633 to 1650 inclusive. To the entry of the baptism of William, son of John & Sarah Paul, 23 Aug., 1679, is added this note “This W. Paul, a clergyman, was unhappily engaged in the rebellion at Preston in 1715 & executed for the same—-betrayed by—Byrd of Claybrook - for which service he was never rewarded. See the printed account.”
There are some paper fly-leaves to this volume, on which a former rector, John Rowton, has recorded (a) the enclosure of the Glebe land and ceiling and pewing of the Chancel by another rector, Francis Duckett, (b) the re-roofing of the Chancel by himself in 1749, (c) the enlarging of the parsonage by him in described at some length, by which it appears that at that time the date 1661 was to be seen above the fireplace in the “best chamber.”
Mr. Hartopp records that there are transcripts at Leicester for Ashby Parva for two years prior to the present volume I possibly as early as 1561, the other for the year 1566.
Volume II. of paper, with four printed forms on each page, contains Marriages from 1754 to 1812.
Volume III. contains Marriages from 1813 to 1837.
The Marriages in Volume I. have been copied by Mr. Harold Mason under the supervision of Mr. T. M. Blagg, by whom they have been checked, and the collation of the volume written. The remainder have been kindly copied by the Rev. A. Manwaring, Rector of Leire, and all are here printed by permission of the Rev. J. Benson Sidgwick, the present Rector of Ashby Parva.
Volume I.
*William Smythe & Elizabeth Thornton 4 Nov. 1589
William Paule & Catherine Miles 7 July 1589
John Bell & Joan Humfrey 2 Feb. 1595
Thomas Watson & Joan Ingram 8 Dec. 1598
Henry Becke & Alice Bracegyrdle 6 Nov. 1599
William Beale & Joan Carter 14 Jan. 1600
John Cutler & Margaret Pale 16 Oct. 1602
Richard Beal & Elinor Orpud 4 May 1605
Robert Fidgin & Anne Bracegirdle 4 May 1605
Edward Muchill & Anne Smith 9 Apr. 1608
Thomas Kynne & Ann Paybody 31 Nov. 1609
Robert Taylor & Anne Newman 16 Feb. 1610
John Castell & Tomasine Paule 30 Apr. 1612
William Coton & Elizabeth Randle 29 Nov. 1616
John [T]oone & Elizabeth Raynor 1 Nov. 1617
James Clyfe & Agnes Coxe 24 May 1618
Richard Pratte & Alice Paybody 6 June 1618
Edward Norman & Alice Bale 7 July 1618
William Kinge & Anne Paule 30 Oct. 1620
John Johnson & Margery Beale 27 Jan. 1623
William Seale & Elizabeth Paule 19 Jan. 1624
William Beale & Isabel Smith 3 July 1625
Edward Carter & Joan Foxen 18 July 1625
Thomas Neale & Alice Horpud [i.e. Orpard] 25 July 1625
Robert Palmer & Joan Darmen 31 Jan. 1625
Samuel Jephcote & Mary Almy 30 Oct. 1627
*These entries commence on p. 38 of the Register.
William Kynney & Agnes [written over Mary] Ducket 30 Nov. 1627
John Browne & Alice Edmund 22 Sep. 1629
Edward Winstare & Rebecca Hodgkinson 20 May 1631
Peter Smarte & Dorothy Horton 30 Apr. 1634
Thomas Sweetlad, servant, & Jane Fardine 1 Dec. 1636
Thomas Pageat, labourer, & Elinor Horpud 11 Mar. 1636
Thomas Smith, of Bitteswell, husbandman,
& Elizabeth Bachelor, of the same, lic. 4 July 1637
Thomas Kisse, of Lear, husbandman,
& Elizabeth Mason, of Ashby-magna, lic. 24 June 1639
William Sweetlad, mason, & Elizabeth Pi[cro]ft 2 Feb. 1641
*Thomas Gilbert, of Bitteswell, husbandman,
& [Alice?] Coltman, of A. 1[0] Feb. 1647
Thomas Orme & Elizabeth Beale 14 Sept. 1670
Edward Murdon, of Welford, & Elizabeth Orpud 19 Oct. 1668!
Richard Elliot & Frances Beal 15 Feb. 1681
John Smith & Elizabeth Bosworth 14 Oct. 1681
!!John Orpud & Sarah Bent [m. at Leicester] 3 July 1695
“John Gilbert & Hannah Mobs were married at Leicester with
licence & paid the king’s dues ther[e] & again at Ashby
because he brought no certificate & would not give himself
the trouble to fetch one” 28 Nov. 1697§
John Orpud & Sarah Bent 3 July 1695
Thomas Lawrence & Catherine Orpud 29 Apr. 1697
Thomas Bughton & Joan Paule 3 Oct. 1698
John Tompson & Margaret Frier 4 Mar. 1700
John Bunny & Elizabeth Crisp 25 Mar. 1702
*This and the following six entries occur on p. 41.
!In this order in the original.
!!Also entered on page 36 of Register.
§ In this order in the original.
Edward Broughton & Anne Marlowe 9 July 1702
John Compton & Mary Coltman 10 Aug. 1702
John Elliott & Anne Causer 12 Oct. 1702
Richard Burrow & Isabel Crisp 8 Nov. 1702
Thomas Willey & Dorothy Wale 14 Jan. 1702
Richard Lucas & Elizabeth Ward 1 Jan. 1703
[On page 33.] William Dawkins, of Frowlsworth,
& Elizabeth Foxon, of A. 7 Apr. 1706
[On page 34.] Thomas Hollowell & Sarah Paul, both of A. 7 June 1706
*Richard Beale, of Leir, & Martha Ross, of A. & Leir 24 Jan. 1716
*Thomas Row, of Dunton-Bassett, & Anne Hollowell, of A. 4 Aug. 1717
!William Thurborough, of Frowlsworth,
& Mary Thornton, late of this p. 22 Apr. 1711
!William Goddard, of Enderby, & Catherine Foxon 24 Apr. 1712
!James Williamson, of Kettering,
& Sarah Knight, p. of Ashby Magna, lic. 3 June 1716
!!Joseph Smith, senior, p. of Leir, & Hannah Clark, of A. 9 July 1719
Edward Coultman & Elizabeth Smith, lic. 11 Feb. 1719
William Hill & Mary Lett, of Ullesthorpe 13 June 1723
Ralph Tomson, of Stoke Golding, & Anne Doewell, of Higham, lic. 3 Mar. 1723
Richard Palmer & Sarah Paul, both of A. 11 Apr. 1727
Robert Foxton, of Ullsthorpe, & Elizabeth Sleath, of A. 6 June 1729
John Cave & Elizabeth Reynolds 23 Sept. 1730
Richard Wale & Ruth Perkins 24 Nov. 1731
William Hensman
& Jane Good [or Food], both of Flackny, co. Leicester, lic. 1 Nov. 1732
William Hunt, of North Kilworth, & Elizabeth Orpud, of A. 2 Sept. 1733
John Gilbert & Elizabeth Gilbert, lic. 24 Mar. 1734
*These two entries occur among some baptisms on page 36.
!These three entries occur on page 35.
!!This and the remaining entries occur on pages 77 and 78.
Mark Sutton, junior, of Leir, & Mary Mason, of A. 10 Feb. 1737
Edward Ashby, sojourner, & Mary Clark, “servant at
Thomas Frier’s in this Town in the parish of Leir.” 1 May 1739
William Mason, of A., & Anne Loomes of Gil-Morton, co. Leicester 25 Sept. 1742
John Beale & Sarah Gilby, of A. 10 Jan. 1742
Thomas Scott, of Walton, p. of Kilncoat, & Mary Damask,
“of this parish & Leir (see her Bapt. 1724)”* 19 Apr. 1744
William Leader & Elizabeth Copson, both of A. 23 Feb. 1744
Thomas Smith, of Bitteswell, & Sarah Beale, of A. 22 July 1745
John Beale & Alice Kinton, both of A. 6 May 1747
John Rowton, rector of this parish, & Elizabeth Duckett,
eldest dau. of the late Rev. Mr. Francis Duckett, rector,
were married by Banns 2 July 1747
William Green, of A., & Anne Coltman, of Ullesthorpe 12 Aug. 1748
John Orpwood & Elizabeth Chamberlain 2 July 1749
1750 [blank].
William Knight, p. of Great Ashby, & Sarah Follis, of A. 16 Sept. 1751
1752 [blank].
Joseph Parnell, of Frowlesworth, & Mary Follows, of A. 29 Jan. 1753
1754 & “See the printed Register for Marriages.”
“Robert Freer, son of Thomas who then livd. with his Father at
this Town, & Mary Copson, who then livd. Se[rva]nt to Mrs Anne
Bagshaw in Widow Beale’s House were married at Leir, both the
above Houses being deem’d in the Parish of Leir 28 Nov. 1759
*“M. the Daughter of John Damask, of the parish of Ashby par[va]
cum Lier, by Mary his wife was Baptizd. Jan 4th 1724.”
N.B.—If Leir shd ever dispute the Settlem[en]t of Thos. Freer’s
House this Marriage will prove an Article in Favour of Ashby.
Subpoena the Minister & Church Wardens of Leir to produce the
Register of Marriages.”
Volume II.
Note.— Unless otherwise stated it is to be assumed from this date
that all parties are described as of the parish of Ashby Parva.
John Crane, p. of A.,
& Avice Rollison p. of Leir. (consent of par.) 6 Apr. 1754
William Taylor, p. of Lilbourne, & Anne Cornish, lic. 1 Aug. 1758
Benjamin Bowne p. of Stoney Stanton
& Mary Smith (cons. of Widow Smith) 9 Aug. 1759
Thomas Mansfield, p. of “Leir. in this Town” & Mary Belshaw 21 Oct. 1760
Thomas Mansfield, p. of Gilmorton, & Elizabeth Knight 13 Oct. 1761
Robert Coltman, p. of Gilmorton, & Elizabeth Elliott, lic. 4 Oct. 1763
Henry Walpool, p. of A., & Elizabeth Whitehead, p. of Leir. 24 Oct. 1763
Francis Sharp, p. of Leir., & Elizabeth Clark 26 June 1764
Thomas Crane, p. of A., & Sarah Coltman, p. of Leir 11 May 1767
Joseph Shipley, p. of Bitteswell, & Elizabeth Shepherd 5 Nov. 1767
John Eagle, p. of A., & Elizabeth Crowson, “of this p. & Leir.
living in Wm. Bray’s odd house which is reputed upon both”
[i.e. parishes] 29 Feb. 1768
John Mason, p. of A.,
& Mary Porter, “of the p. of Leir. in this town” 4 Oct. 1768
John Daws Ross, clerk, of All Sts., Leicester,
& Elizabeth Rowton, lic. 8 Dec. 1768
William Knight, a sojourner of this p., & Mary Bray “of this p.,
and the p. of Leir, living at Wm. Bray’s odd house” 1 May 1776
William Jaques, p. of A.,
& Anne Hubbard, of Leir. of the p. of Kimcote 22 July 1776
John Beale & Elizabeth Wills 12 Oct. 1777
Zaccheus Rowton, ironmonger, p. of Hinckley,
& Sarah [“Sally”] Raynor, lic. 6 Apr. 1779
Job Whitmore, p. of Frowlesworth, w., & Elizabeth Beal, lic. 10 May 1779
Samuel Foxon, of Ullesthorpe, & Mary Whitmore 6 June 1784
Henry Walpole, w., & Elizabeth Burdett 2 Dec. 1785
Matthias Scott, of the Newton-Burgaland, p. Swopston,
& Ann Wallin, lic. 19 Sep. 1787
Samuel Foard, p. of Dunton-Basset, & Elizabeth Smith 4 Feb. 1794
Benjamin Stevenson, p. of Claybrook, & Anne Sawbridge 15 Sep. 1794
John Beale, w., & Millicent Robinson, w., lic. 17 Oct. 1794
George Bland & Elizabeth Walpool 16 Oct. 1797
Samuel Rowley, w., & Ann Riley 11 Dec. 1797
Richard Wallin & Dorothy Byrd 3 Aug. 1801
William Wright & Ann Roberts, lic. 10 June 1803
John Elliott & Elizabeth Spell 7 Aug. 1804
William Nurse, p. Sapcote, & Elizth. Porter, lic. 31 Jan. 1805
Edward Vines, p. of Bitteswell, & Catherine Mason, lic. 3 June 1805
Francis Langton, p. of A., & Prudence Collis, p. of Kimcote 23 Apr. 1807
William Dowell, p. of Saddington, & Dorcas Bray, lic. 13 Nov. 1809
Joseph Riley, p. of Leire, & Mary Mason, lic. 11 June 1810
Joseph Stevenson, of Ullesthorpe, & Mary Beale, lic. 6 Aug. 1810
Joseph Patch, p. of Willey, & Elizabeth Chamberlain 16 Oct. 1810
Saml. Sivvens & Mary Marriott 4 Oct. 1812
Volume III.
Only the following 23 entries in this register. Nos. 1 to 23.
William Higginson, p. of Leir, & Ann Scott, lic. 14 July 1813
William Norse & Ann Kemman (cons. of par.) 10 Oct. 1813
George Beale, p. of A., & Sophia Dand, of Walton,
p. of Monks Kirby, lic. (cons. of par.) 28 Feb. 1815
Henry Coleman, p. of Barby, & Alice Beale, lic. 14 Sept. 1815
William Wallis, p. of Long Buckby, & Sarah Mason, lic. 8 Nov. 1815
William Nickols, p. of Monks Kirby, & Mary Reynolds, lic. 1 Jan. 1816
John Taylor, p., of A., & Rebecca Elson, p. of Great Ashby
(consent of those whose consent is required) 27 Oct. 1817
William Wakefield, p. of Claybrook,
& Ann Reynolds, lic. (cons. of friends) 12 Nov. 1818
George Mawby & Hannah Gilbert 1 Feb. 1820
Edward Wright & Mary Stevenson 25 May 1820
Richard Smith, p. of Lutterworth & Catherine Smith 11 Oct. 1820
William Higgs, p. of Sapcote, & Ann Mayne 27 Feb. 1823
John Clarke, a minor and an orphan,
& Mary Ann Smith, a minor (cons. of par.) 22 May 1825
Thomas Capell, p. of Swinford & Elizabeth Chandler 19 Sept. 1825
William Bayliss, p. of Wolvey, & Jane Middleton 28 Mar. 1826
John Button, cordwainer, p. of Ashby Magna,
& Dorothy Mason, w., lic. (cons. Of par.) 4 Jan. 1827
Robert Cooke, p. of Peatling Magna & Sarah Wright (cons. of par.) 1 Dec. 1828
John Stevenson
& Rebecca Gimson, p. of Dunton Basset, lic. (cons. of par.) 26 May 1829
Richard Farmer Bray, p. of A.,
& Anna Atkinson, p. of St. Nicholas, Leicester, lic. 4 Jan. 1831
Thomas Billing & Rebecca Smith 1 Apr. 1832
Edward Davis, p. of A.,
& Sophia Bottrill, p. of Monks Kirby (cons. of par.) 13 Oct. 1835
Thomas Berridge, p. of Willey & Jane Wallin, lic. (cons. of par.) 23 Dec. 1835
Lewis Bannister, w., & Charlotte Mason (cons. of friends) 19 Sept. 1836
