The Parliamentary Return of 1831 states that Eastwell Registers do not begin until 1719. A goodly portion of an earlier volume is now, however, preserved with the later Registers. This portion consists of 18 whole leaves of parchment, measuring 14 ½ by 5½ inches, and half, or rather more, of three other leaves. These leaves are loose, and without the protection of a cover. The first page of the first leaf is headed “The Register for the towne of Eastwell from the yeare of our Lord 1588 the thirtye yeare of o[ur] Lady Eliz.” Though headed 1588, the first entry, the baptism of Henry, son of William Portman, is for 9 June, 1586, after which, however, the further entries begin regularly with the baptism of Katherine, daughter of the same William Portman, 4 Nov., 1588. The entries for the year 1609 are cut away and the leaves of the Register for the years 1640-1647, and 1659~1685 inclusive, and all after 1692 are missing. Of these missing Periods there is a transcript at Lincoln for the year 1609, and transcripts at Leicesler for 166o to 1663, 1665 to 1670, 1672 to 1681, 1684 and 1685, and 1695 to 1700, besides, probably, most of the 19 years at the beginning of the 18th century. It would, therefore, be possible to recover nearly all the information missing from the mutilated volume. The years 1640-1647, the stormy period of the Civil War, would be the greatest gap.
This volume records the election of Thomas Healy, husbandman, as the lay register on 23 January, 1653, and the induction of Christopher Wright as Rector in January 1655. There are some entries of the Waring family.
Volume II contains Marriages from 1719 to 1753.
Volume III. contains Marriages from 1754 to 1812.
Volume IV. contains Marriages from 1813 to 1837.
These Marriages have been copied by Mr. T. M. Blagg, and are now printed under his supervision by permission of the Rev. H. J. Blathwayt, of Eaton Vicarage, who is also Rector of Eastwell.
Volume I.
[-] & Marget Ryle 16 Nov. 1588
Francis Clipston & Grace Mason 29 Nov. 1590
Edward Bucksam & Mary Parpointe 28 May 1593
Randall Freman & Jane Mason 3 Dec. 1593
Thomas Grococke & Annible Browne 5 Nov. 1599
Anthony Crane & Catherine Symson 11 Nov. 1599
John Whartnebye & Elizabeth Towers 18 Aug. 1602
Ralph [“Rafe”] Lynne & Sislea Wrygthe [?Wright] 13 May 1604
William Burbidge & Mary Geason 30 Nov. *1564
William Flynte & Marget Tomson 19 July 1606
John Bishope & Margery Spicke 30 Nov. 1606
George Browne & Isabel Walker 24 June 1607
Thomas Tugman & Elsabeth Ashlyne 29 Nov. 1607
[The entries for year 1609 are cut away.]
Thomas Topple & Annis Ausdene 11 Nov. 1610
William Gulson & Catherine Portman 24 July 1611
Philip Pell & Alice Hardall 10 Oct. 1611
Valentyne Oleave & Amise Huckerby 16 Jan. 1611
Thomas Flynt & Catherine Boare 20 Apr. 1612
Thomas Lavage & Ann Robottam 5 June 1613
William Ouldfeilde & Annise Spicke 4 Feb. 1614
Richard Porter & Millie Arnee 5 May 1616
George Clarke & Jane Spicke 16 Nov 1618
Mr William Watts & Mts Ales Blyth 4 Feb. 1618
Humphrey Wilde & Jane Mason 6 May 1622
Edward Dunill & Alis Bailye 15 Nov. 1623
Henry Smith & Jane Barker 3 Oct. 1625
Benjamin Slater & Martha Harda 18 Apr. 1626
Mr Francis Barrow & Elizabeth Peirpoynte 5 Sept. 1626
John White & Ann Clyfton 21 Jan. 1629
Thomas Dixon & Ann Neille 10 Mar. 1630
William Fillingam & Isabel Hardall 15 Nov. 1632
Thomas Mason & Francis Lowe [or Love] 9 Oct. 1634
Francis Randall & Martha Slator, w. 30 Apr. 1635
Thomas Stevnson [or Steemson] & Elizabeth Green 16 Nov. 1635
Henry Pyne & Joan Orsonne, lic. 11 Mar. 1636
John Goatbe, milner, & Jane Barker, w. 17 May 1639
*This date is thus in the original register, but was probably a clerical error for 1604, occuring among the entries for 1604-5.
Richard Borbeck & Ann Labidge 10 June 1636
[Register leaves missing from 1640 to 1647 inclusive.]
George Willson & Mary Franke 17 Nov. 1650
Robert Knighte & Jane Yarwood 28 Jan. 1650
William Pennington & Margaret Bowman 17 July 1652
Henry Silles & Jane Dickson 19 Oct. 1652
Robert Seir, clerk, & Temperance Hassall 13 Apr. 1653
William Holt & Susanna Wayte 14 Apr. 1653
“Publication of Marig Stevenes Willoton and Luse Hopkin was published three lordes dayes in the parish church of Eastwell that is to say the 20 July 27 July and the 3 of Agust in the yere of Our Lord 1656.”
Stevenes Willoton & Luse [Lucy] Hopkin was maried” 7 Oct. 1656
John Bever, of Burly [Burleigh], co. Rutl., husbandman,
& Mary Ducot [or Drcot, Dracot], of E. 9 Oct. 1656
William Healy, second son of Richard Healy,
& Ann Hore, dau. of Ralph Hoare, of Cobbollby, co. Leic. 8 Sept. 1658
Richard Healy, yeoman, & Jease Aling [?Jessie Allen], w. 9 Sept. 1658
{Possibly this was Richard Healy’s third matrimonial venture, for on the previous page is recorded—” Margret Healy the second voife of Richard Healey, husbandman, and lived in the Grange, as buiried the 20th day off Aprill in the yeare off Christ 1657.”]
[The leaves of the Register bearing entries for the years 1659 to 1685, inclusive, are missing.]
Nicholas Pitts & Mary Huckerby 13 Nov. 1687
George Bruster & Ann Haile 15 Nov. 1689
Robert Littledike, of Hose, & Mary Gulson, of B. 25 Feb. 1689
Phillip Sprotley & Elizabeth Wilson 30 Nov. 1691
[The last entry on this leaf is a baptism in 1692, and the other leaves with the entries between that year and 1719 when the next volume begins, have not been found.]
Volume II.
[Though the Register begins in 1719, no marriage occurs till 1722]
William Darby & Elizabeth Rastall, both of E. 6 Aug. 1722
Mr Richard Burgess, clerk, Rector of Waltham,
& Alice Stephens, of Croxton 10 Feb. 1722
Richard Rear, of Redmile, & Catherine Flint, of E. 15 Nov. 1724
Thomas Shelton & Elizabeth Bealy, of Chadwell 14 Mar. 1724
Thomas Clayton & Martha Chamberlain, of Harby, lic. 29 Apr. 1725
Robert Marriot, of Claxton [Long Clawson] & Margaret Wright of E. 27 May 1725
Samuel Sharpe & Elizabeth Formidge, both of Redmile, lic. 24 Jan. 1728
Mr William Annis & Mrs Mary Chambers, of Grantham 9 Apr. 1730
Mr William Harris, curate of Saxilby,
& Mrs Mary Harrison, of Dalby-on-the-Woulds, lic. 23 Mar. 1730
Richard Fawkes & Ann Whittle, both of Claxton, lic. 14 Nov. 1731
George Flint & Elizabeth Read 9 Apr. 1732
Nathaniel Stone & Frances Harrison, both of Goadby, lic. 4 Dec. 1732
Henry Hand & Ann Cook 27 July 1735
John Jackson, of E., aged 76,
& Mary Killmgly, of Goadby, aged 72, lic. 26 Apr. 1736
Thomas Brewster, of Howes [Hose], & Mary Jackson, of E. 26 Dec. 1737
Francis Huckerby & Mary Barnes 21 Aug. 1739
John Palmer, of Long Claxton, & Ann Mason, of E. 20 Jan. 1739
George Flint, junr, & Ann Remington, of Stathern 25 Nov. 1740
Richard Paget & Catherine Mason 6 May 1742
John Read, of E., & Ann Musson 2 Apr.1749
Volume III.
[After this date it is to be assumed that all parties are described as of Eastwell parish, and bachelor or spinster respectively, unless otherwise stated].
Solomon Foyster, p. of Buckminster, & Mary Dixon 24 Oct. 1754
John Allatt & Christian Wheat 18 Nov. 1754
Richard Smith, p. of E., & Elizabeth Loseby, p. of Scalford 11 Oct. 1756
William Darby & Lucy Baker 10 Jan. 1759
William Waite, p. of Goadby, & Elizabeth Arnold 25 Nov. 1761
Charles Revil, p. of Langham, co. Rutland, & Ann Dixon 16 Dec. 1762
William Wright & Elizabeth Colbert 20 Nov. 1763
John Exton, p. of E., & Hannah Lester, p. of Scalford, lic. 5 Feb. 1765
William Dixon, p. of E. & Sarah Goodwin p. of Goadby Marwood lic. 18 Feb. 1767
Thomas Torvall, p. of Harlaxton, co. Linc., & Elizabeth Huckeby 20 Jan. 1771
William Lane, p. of Long Claxton, & Mary Huckerby 27 Apr. 1772
John Cook & Jane Holmes, lic. 7 Sept. 1772
Charles Fox, p. of Eaton, & Mary Dearby, lic. 4 May 1773
Francis Huckerby, w., & Ann Whiteacre 18 July 1773
Thomas Cobley, p. of Stonesby, & Mary Bark, lic. 1 Aug. 1776
John Lord, farmer, p. of Sproxton, & Susannah Bark, lic. 12 Aug. 1776
William Hall, p. of Barrowby, co. Linc., & Ann Huckerby 27 Jan. 1777
James Dixon & Elizabeth Church, lic. 14 Apr. 1777
Gabriel Patchet, p. of Edenham, co. Linc., & Elizabeth Patchet 26 Dec. 1780
William Mason & Mary Taylor 4 Mar. 1783
John Darby, w., & Bridget Barnes, lic. 30 May 1785
John Donovan, w., & Ann Huckerby 30 Jan. 1786
William Dickman, w., & Christian Allatt, w. 14 Aug. 1786
Vincent Reed, p. of Poynton, & Margaret White, p. of Eaton, lic. 7 Jan. 1788
Francis Dixon, p. of E. & Ruth Shepherd p. of Melton Mowbray, lic.20 Feb. 1788
John Bird & Ann Dixon, lic. 7 May 1792
Richard Holmes, p. of Long Clawson, & Bridget Darby 22 July 1793
John Cox & Sarah Pyzer 28 Oct. 1793
Henry Stokes, p. of Hose, & Catherine Patchit 6 May 1795
John Clarke, p. of Branston, & Mary Egglestone, lic. 17 Apr. 1797
Charles Fox & Mary Dixon 22 Jan. 1798
William Holmes & Elizabeth Hall 22 July 1799
Thomas Little p. of Kirklington co. Nottm & Catherine Buston, lic.24 Feb. 1800
Samuel Smith, p. of St Peter, Derby, & Ann Turner, lic. 16 Aug. 1801
John Skinner, p. of Dalby-on-the-Wolds, & Eleanor Smith 24 Nov. 1801
William Low, p. of Goadby Marwood, & Elizabeth Holmes, w. 23 July 1804
George Flint, p. of Eaton, & [—] Cook 26 Nov. 1804
Benjamin Hall, p. of Welbourn, co. Linc., & Ann Fox 25 Nov. 1806
John Young, p. of Normanby, co. Linc. & Maria Francis Buston, lic.20 Oct. 1807
James Rouse, p. of Hose, & Mary Cobley, lic. 15 May 1809
Francis Sumner, p. of Stathern, & Elizabeth Cobley, lic. 23 July 1810
Robert Twell, p. of Woolsthorpe, co. Linc., & Sarah Cooker 12 Oct. 1811
Volume IV.
Charles Fox, w., & Ann Rimenton 8 May 1815
John Hauwood & Mary White, lic. 30 May 1816
James Goodson & Editha Dixon, lic. 13 July 1817
Thomas White & Elizabeth Arnold 20 Apr. 1818
Edward Holmes & Ann Clarke, lic. 20 Dec. 1818
John Gilson, p. of Wissendine, co. Leic. [sic. evidently
Whissendine in co. Rutland], & Mary Williamson Holmes, lic. 11 Jan. 1821
James Judson, of Thorpe [?Thorpe Arnold] & Elizabeth Cox 5 Mar. 1821
John Edwards & Mary Maltby, w. 25 Nov. 1822
John Dixon & Jane Bissel 27 Nov. 1822
William Smith, p. West Rasen, co. Linc.,
& Mary Anne Little, lic., and with consent of parents 14 Jan. 1824
William Cox & Mary Ann Smith 25 Apr. 1825
John Merin, p. of Thorpe Arnold, & Margaret Symonds 27 Mar. 1826
Thomas Cox, p. of E., & Elizabeth Wells, p. of Ruddington 29 Aug. 1826
John Coy & Elizabeth Asher 27 Nov. 1826
Thomas Newton, p. of St Peter, Nottingham, & Elizabeth Garratt 15 Jan. 1827
George Bell, p. of Eaton, & Ann Holmes, lic. 24 Apr. 1827
Anthony Jackson, p. of Stathern, & Helen Holmes 20 July 1828
lohn Goodwin, p. of Goadby Marwood, & Ann Turner 26 Nov. 1828
Benjamin Barnes, p. of Croxton Kerrial, & Ann Holmes 24 Nov. 1829
William Henry Gilian & Sarah Cox, lic. 19 Sept. 1830
Thomas Blount, p. of Harby, w., & Ann Holmes 17 Oct. 1830
Thomas Cook & Ann Fox 29 Nov. 1830
William Sumner, p. of Hose, & Catherine Turner, lic. 26 Nov. 1832
