Nichols, in his History of Leicestershire, says of Eaton: “The Register begins in 1591 and is very imperfect. Unfortunately this earlier volume disappeared between the time when Nichols compiled his History and the making of the Parliamentary Return of 1831, when the earliest register at Eaton is stated to begin in 1724. This volume is still extant, being the earliest of the two volumes which are all that remain of the Eaton Registers prior to 1813. To some extent, however, the contents of the lost volume are recoverable from the Bishop’s Transcripts, which exist at Lincoln for the years 1604, 1606 to 1609, and 1618; and at Leicester for 1582 (nine years before the Register began in Nichol’s time, if the date he gives is correct) 1613, 1617, 1621, 1622, 1625 to 1629, 1632 to 1634, 1636 to 1638, 1660 to 1666, 1670 to 1672, 1674 to 1683, 1686 to 1688, 1690 to 1692, 1695 to 1700, and for most of the subsequent years.
Volume I. consists of 16 leaves of parchment, 14 measuring 14 ins. by 7¾ ins., and the last two being cut some inches shorter. The last page is blank. The volume is bound in paper boards and contains entries of Marriages from 1724 to 1752, with a few in 1774-5 and 1786, and Baptisms and Burials from 1724 to 1788.
Volume II., a folio book of printed forms on paper leaves contains entries of Marriages from 1755 to 1812. It is in a binding of rough calf, but the leaves have become loose and are in danger of being lost unless the volume is re-bound.
Volume III. contains Marriages from 1813 to 1837.
A volume containing Baptisms and Burials from 1788 to 1812, though extant at the time of the Parliamentary Return of 1831 has since disappeared, so that two out of the first four volumes of the parish registers of Eaton are now lost.
These Marriages have been abstracted by Miss Blagg, of Newark, by permission of the vicar, the Rev. H. J. Blathwayt.
Volume I.
William Caunt & Dorothy Thorill [-] Jan. 1724
George Willson & Elizabeth Glen 13 Feb. 1725
John Stepson & Ann Jud 6 Nov. 1726
Joseph Talor & Elizabeth Willson 7 Feb. 1727
Henry George & Ann Blackburn 4 Dec. 1729
Thomas Sutton & Ellin Ruchason [?Richardson] 25 Apr. 1730
Luke Judd & Sarah Willkisson 20 Apr. 1731
John Read & Anne Walker 20 Apr. 1731
Bartholomew Holmes & Christian Beet 22 July 1731
Anthony Rodgers & Elizabeth Blankley 27 Mar. 1733
William Jud & Elizabeth Burdon 17 July 1733
William Watson & Anne Nixson 29 July 1733
William Freck, of Harby, & Dorothy Bealy 25 Dec. 1733
Henry Whatehorn, of Caudwell, & Alce Exton 9 Jan. 1733
John East, of Croxton, & Mary Nixson 18 Apr. 1734
Robert Mears & Elizabeth Williamson 3 May 1734
John Riminton & Ann Chister [Chester] 17 Oct. 1734
Robert Towers & Catherine Mears 24 June 1735
William Darby & Mary Glen 18 May 1736
John Cox & Elizabeth Jud 28 June 1739
Joseph Alderman, cordwainer, & Eliz: Wiseman 22 Apr. 1747
John Hoe & Elizabeth Tinkler 13 Apr. 1749
William Thornton & Mary Chester 12 Nov. 1751
Jonathan Steemson & Anne Burden 20 Nov. 1752
[There are six other entries of Marriages in this Volume, but as four of them are given with more detail in Volume II, we here print only two, for 1786, which are omitted from the next Volume.]
Roger Holmes & Mary Smith 1 Aug. 1786
John Allum & Elizabeth Stevison 22 Oct. 1786
Volume II.
John Fisher & Elizabeth Allam 19 Oct. 1755
William Hunt & Sarah Bugg 2 May 1756
John Cowson, p. of Barkston, & Mary Dewy, p. of Knipton, lic. 8 Jan. 1756
John Mason & Eliz. Doubleday, lic. 12 Aug. 1757
Richard Dolby,* p. of Stonesby, & Frances Hoe 12 Dec. 1757
*“Widower” stated in notice of Bann
George Steel, p. of Stainsby, co. Linc., & Sarah Bailey 9 Jan. 1758
William Caunt & Hannah Bailey, w. 29 Oct. 1759
Robert Roe, p. of Kinoulton, co. Nott., & Mary Beet 6 Feb. 1760
John Payne & Ann Marting 14 Apr. 1760
John Reed & Ann Musson 8 June 1761
John Broughton & Eliz. Jeshop 23 Nov. 1761
William Holmes & Elizabeth Rodgers, lic. 21 Feb. 1762
William Mathers & Eliz. Brown 24 Nov. 1762
James Gibbon, the younger, p. of Little Ponton, co. Linc.,
& Isabel Read, lic. 1 Dec. 1762
John Broughton & Mary Brewin 2 Apr. 1763
Thomas Bealy & Sybille Whittle 4 Apr. 1763
Daniel Booth, p. of Heckenby [Hacconby] co. Linc.,
& Mary Season, lic. 11 July 1764
Robert Baker & Elizabeth Wolf 8 Sept. 1766
Richard Peach, “sojourner” in E,
& Hannah Lewin, “sojourner” in E. 26 June 1769
Thomas Gulding, p. of E., & Edith Tinsley, p. of Plungar 30 Nov. 1769
John Sills & Ann Martin, w. 27 Dec. 1769
John Beet & Elizabeth Toddinton, w.* 22 Oct. 1771
Francis Shelton & Ann Wiseman 26 Apr. 1773
Thomas Shillcock & Elizabeth Willson 4 Dec. 1774
William Williamson & Mary Blankley, lic. 8 Dec. 1774
Thomas Dumelow, p. of Chellison, co. Derby, & Helen Turner, lic. 23 Jan. 1775
Richard Rouse & Mary Glenn 13 Nov. 1775
John Foster, cordwainer, p. of Shelford, co. Nott.,
& Frances Marshal, lic. 30 May 1776
Richard Thorold & Ann Willson, lic. 4 July 1776
Thomas Brutnell, p. of Waltham, & Jane Martin 21 Jan. 1777
Thomas Turner & Ann Sills, 1 Aug. 1778
Nathaniel Bates, p. of Branston, co. Rutland, & Anne Wright, lic. 17 Nov. 1778
*”Widow” stated in notice of Banns.
John Riley & Mary Stimson 30 Nov. 1779
William Cross & Alice Thornton 11 Apr. 1779
William Draper & Elizabeth Glen 7 June 1779
Anthony Rodgers & Elizabeth Blankley 27 Oct. 1779
Joseph Johnson, p. of Branston, co. Leic., & Elizabeth Thorold 30 Mar. 1780
George Blankley & Sarah Wilford, lic. 25 June 1780
William Marson, p. of Long Claxton, & Ann Glenn 22 Jan. 1781
John Glenn & Ann Rodgers 8 Feb. 1781
John Lamley, p. of Coultsworth [?Colsterworth] co. Linc.,
& Sarah Short 23 Dec. 1782
Thomas Marriott, p. of Knipton, & Ann Thorold, w. 11 Sept. 1783
[For two marriages in 1786, see Vol. I.]
John Stevenson, p. of Barrowby, co. Linc., & Mary Wilson 8 Apr. 1787
Thomas Smart & Anne Darby 22 Nov. 1787
William Gibson, p. of Waltham, & Anne Pain 26 Nov. 1787
Daniel Stapleford, p. of Saxleby, & Lucy Flint 28 July 1788
Thomas Darby & Grace Spalton 26 July 1790
Joseph Anderson, of Melton Mowbray, & Ann Eaglestone 22 Nov. 1790
Thomas Mathars, of Braunston, & Ann Fisher 26 Nov 1792
Thomas Dewy, p. of Waltham, & Ann Smalley 25 Nov. 1793
Thomas Richardson & Sarah Newton 2 June 1794
William Lee, p. of Stoke, co. Nottm., & Eleanor Shelton, lic. 26 June 1794
Thomas Bealey & Mary Drewry 22 Dec. 1794
John Holmes, p. of Eastwell, and Elizabeth Williamson 20 Feb. 1797
John Williamson & Elizabeth Shelton, lic. 16 Oct. 1797
Roger Holmes, p. of E., & Sarah Lord, p. of Melton Mowbray 9 Nov. 1797
Thomas Newton and Ann Darby 22 Jan. 1798
John Pitts, p. of Edenham, co. Linc., & Ann Stevenson 20 Feb. 1798
George Winter, p. of Osbournby, co. Linc., & Millicent Fisher 16 Apr. 1798
Benjamin Jenkinson & Bridget George 8 Oct. 1798
John Newton & Elizabeth Mason 19 Nov. 1798
Robert Sills & Dinah Lane 26 Nov. 1798
Thomas Bealey & Elizabeth Glenn 25 Nov. 1799
George Mantle, p. of Hose, & Elizabeth Attiwell 18 June 1800
Robert Sills & Elizabeth Farthing 1 Dec. 1802
James Whitticary & Martha Manchester 4 June 1804
Noel Wilford & Ann Spalton 5 Nov. 1804
Robert Worth, p. of Stathern, & Mary Williamson 7 Nov. 1804
Thomas Sills & Mary Pykit 26 Feb. 1805
Thomas Whittaker & Frances Morrison 28 Aug. 1805
John Burrings, p. of Wymondham, co. Leic., & Rebecca Fox 26 Nov. 1805
Thomas Thorold & Sarah Blankley, lic. 22 June 1806
William Kealy & Sarah Holmes, w. 6 Oct. 1806
Thomas Cross & Ann Gibson 30 Oct. 1809
Thomas Glenn & Frances Shelton, lic. 1 Jan. 1810
John Taylor & Jane Cook 26 Feb. 1810
George Weston, p. of Sproxton, & Elizabeth Harrison 14 May 1810
William Harrison & Ann Pratt 18 June 1810
George Attiwell & Helen Jackson 3 Dec. 1810
John Rodgers & Hannah Williamson, lic. 20 May 1811
Thomas Pearson & Elizabeth Hallam 13 Oct. 1811
Thomas Tomkin, p. of E., & Mary Manchester, p. of Scalford 25 Nov. 1811
Robert Wing, p. of Branston, & Sarah Richardson 3 Aug. 1812
Banns.
The following Banns of persons married elsewhere are also recorded in this volume
John Cox, p. of Eaton, & Elizabeth Roberts, p. of Freeby 7, 21, 28 May, 1769
James Harraman, sojournor in E., & Hannah Haddock, p. of Scarrington, co. Nottm., 4, 11, 18, Nov. 1769
Thomas Brutnall, p. of Waltham & Jane Martin, p. of E. 5, 12, 15, Jan. 1777
Volume III.
George Kilby, p. of St. Margaret, Leic., & Sarah Turner, lic. 28 June 1813
John Wilford, p. of Harby, co.Leic., & Elizabeth Holmes 22 Sept. 1813
John Glenn & Theodosia Swain 8 May 1815
John Colclough, p. of Newark, & Ann Lee, lic.,
with consent of her father William Lee 4 Sept. 1815
William Wilford, p. of Stathern,co. Leic., & Elizabeth Swain lic. 4 June 1818
George Threaves, p. of [Strelly?] ,co. Nottm., & Ann Kitchen 28 Nov. 1818
William Holmes, p. of Osbournby, co. Linc., & Elizabeth Hubbard 1 Feb. 1819
John Dilks & Ann Holmes 22 Feb. 1819
John Holland, p. of Market Deeping, co. Linc.,
& Elizabeth Thorold, lic., with consent of Samuel Thorold 4 Mar. 1819
Robert George, w., & Sarah Thorold, lic. 22 July 1819
Thomas Manchester & Mary Wright 26 June 1820
William Shelton & Ann Towers 23 Nov. 1820
Thomas Jackson & Sarah Shelton 27 Nov. 1820
John Newton & Mary Williamson 27 Nov. 1820
John Gibson & Ann Shelton 7 May 1821
Nathaniel Kemm & Mary Lord 25 July 1821
John Jenkinson, of E., & Mary Green, p. of Bottesford 17 Dec. 1821
John Cox, p. of E., & Sarah Haynes, p. of Redmile, co. Leic. 10 June 1822
George Esome & Mary Bailey 25 Nov. 1822
John Dolby, p. of Waltham, & Eleanor Holmes 27 Nov. 1822
William Darby, p. of Waltham, & Mary Holmes 27 Nov. 1822
William Kelham & Penelope Broughton 23 July 1823
Robert Fowler, p. of Croxton Kerriel, & Elizabeth Glenn 22 Oct. 1823
John Hubbard & Frances Shelton 26 Jan. 1824
William Sills & Mary Tipler, w. 15 May 1824
John George, p. of Branston, & Maria Whittaker, lic. 30 Sept. 1825
William Breathwate, p. of Plungar, & Sibyl Jackson 9 Jan. 1826
Charles Duffin & Elizabeth Sisson 27 Nov. 1826
Francis Shelton, p. of Garthorpe, & Sarah Starbuck 26 Nov. 1827
William Kealey & Elizabeth Toon 26 May 1828
John Tinkler & Jane Hallam 27 May 1828
Richard Picket & Lucy Coverley 23 June 1828
Thomas Gash, p. of Ancaster, co. Linc.,& Mary Bullimore 23 Nov. 1828
William Kealey & Eleanor Watson 18 Feb. 1829
Thomas Swain & Mary Thorold, lic. 19 Apr. 1829
Walter Parr, p. of Thorpe Arnold, co. Leic., & Elizabeth Bakewell 13 May 1829
John Attiwell, p. of Stonesby, & Lucy Bellamy 8 Mar. 1830
William Beeton & Elizabeth Whitaker 20 June 1831
William Welborn & Mary Manchester 18 Jan. 1832
William Darby & Hannah Judson 31 Jan. 1832
William Sharman, p. of Whissendine, co. Rutland, & Ruth Whitaker 2 Oct. 1832
Richard Belcher, p. of Lower Hayford, Co. Oxford,
& Elizabeth Sills, lic. 14 Apr. 1833
John Musson & Mary Tinkler 26 June 1833
Henry Oswin & Mary Whitaker 22 June 1834
Jesse Gibson & Sarah Pears 24 Nov. 1834
James Musson, p. of Redmile, & Sarah Oswin 27 Apr.[1835?]
Joseph Hill, of Chapelry of Wykeham-cum-Chadwell & Ane Pearson 25 May 1835
Richard North & Elizabeth Night 20 July 1835
John Pearson & Elizabeth Cook 20 June 1836
William Widdowson, p. of Scalford, & Mary Holmes 20 June 1836
William Jesson & Ann Starbuck 28 Nov. 1836
James Goodson & Mary Weston 27 Dec. 1836
John Headworth & Sarah Pearson 18 June 1837
