The Registers of Thurnby are remarkable for their early commencement, the first entry is, “The daye of the baptisme of the sonne of Thomas Atkin the 2nd daye of November 1538.” This is elaborate but unsatisfactory, in as much as the child’s name is omitted!
The Registers are in good order, generally speaking. The first Volume consists of 31 parchment leaves measuring 12½ in. to nearly 12 7/8 in. by nearly 5 5/8 in. bound in thick paper. The contents are Baptisms and Burials from 1538 to 1675; Marriages 1564 to 1672, early ones must have been omitted. There are no entries whatever for 1539, 1554-7, 1559-61 all inclusive. No Marriages are registered for 1570-2, 1578-80, 1582-4, 1588-90, 1592-4, 1605-6, 1624-6, 1673-80, 1686-9, 1696-7, 1708-11, 1722-4, 1748-9, 1774-5, 1793-9, 1813-4. This is a transcript of an earlier book to 1603. Entries are all classes mixed down to 1636 when Samson Davenport, vicar, began to classify them separately, first Baptisms and Marriages and, four pages later, Burials, but this was soon dropped. After 1642 entries are most erratic as to year until 1656, earlier and later years being mixed anyhow, the handwriting also varies greatly. The condition of the book, except for some pages stained and thumbed, and some small tears, is good. The writing is nearly all good, generally very good and legible except a few entries. Three leaves have apparently been cut out of middle of book (probably used for the annual “Register Bills “or Transcripts), but no gap in the entries occurs there.
Volume II. consists of 15 parchment leaves of irregular sizes, 12½ in. to 12 5/8 in. by 5¾ in. to 6¼ in. in paper binding matching Volume I. It contains all classes of entries from 1675 to 1722. There are no Marriage entries in 1673-80 inclusive.
On the first page of leaf 11 are six entries inverted, one is :—
“August 17, 1702. Joseph Veary of Bushby (a fanatic dissenter) did then inform me that his child which he calls Elizabeth was born the first day of June last.” There are two similar entries of other children of the same father, also burials of the two last, then the entry of birth of another son, Joseph.
This volume is inferior in every way to Volume I. It is badly kept in very various writing, generally bad, the later pages the worst of “parish-clerkly” script. Poor ink has caused many entries to fade, a few hopelessly. There must have been many omissions. One leaf is partly cut out, one page contains only three marriage entries. General condition is fair.
Volume III. All classes of entries classified, 1722-41. Nine parchment leaves about 14½ in. by 9 in. in parchment boards, in excellent condition. All entries are in the bold, clear writing of Jarvis Bradgate, vicar, and easy to read.
Volume IV. Mixed entries, all classes, 1744-75, so the records of three years are missing. No leaves appear to have been cut out at beginning, but six or more have been at end. Nine parchment leaves measuring 14¼ in. by 6 7/8 in. At end two odd leaves are loosely attached, one 13 5/8 in. by 5 7/8 in. the other about 12 5/8 in. by about 5¾ in. Binding, parchment boards. Writing mostly clear and good, and very legible. Condition quite good.
Volume V. Baptisms and Bnrials only, 1776-1812. Nine parchment leaves, three measure nearly 14 5/8 in. by 9¼ in., then four are sewn in, thicker and of different quality, two of which measure 12 7/8 in. by 9 1/8 in., one measures 11 in. by about 9 1/8 in., and the other 6 in. by 9 7/8 in., then two 14½ in. by 9¼ in. Five leaves contain Baptisms, four Burials which are at end, inverted. The Vicar, William Newton’s writing is “copperplate,” the rest mostly “parish clerk,” all legible. Stiff paper covers, good condition.
Volume VI. Marriages, 1757-1812. The usual printed forms.
Volume VII. Marriages, 1815-36. Gap of two years between
Volumes VI. and VII. Printed forms.
Volume VIII. Marriages, 1837 (none) to present time, on printed forms.
The Bishop’s Transcripts of the Thurnby Registers in the Archdeacons Registry, 29, Friar Lime, Leicester (those marked * are at Lincoln), exist for the following years :—1563-4, 1574-5, 1581-2-3-4, ,1604*, 1606*, 1607*, 1609*, 1612-13-17-21-22-26-29-32-34, 1636 38-60-67-72-74-75-77 to 87, 1693-95-99.
These abstracts have been made by Mr. E. K. Elliott, of Leicester, and the Vicar, the Rev. William Seaver, by whose permission they are here printed.
Herein T. means Thurnby ; B., Bushby.
Volume I.
A Register Book made by the commandment of Kinge Henrye the eight in the 30th yeer of his reign the 6th day of November 1538.”
“Willm Jaram & Barbara Barret were joined together in matrimonie” 14 Aug. 1564
William Tomson & Elizabeth Steevens 27 Feb. 1565
Willm. Joueson & Elizabeth Whyte 25 Jan. 1567
John Whyte & Margaret Weston 5 July 1567
Robert Reade & Amy White 5 Nov. 1567
Thomas Gamble & Agnes Dakin 13 Nov. 1569
John Wels & Alice Howson 13 Nov. 1569
Raphe Reade & Agnes Dakin 21 Nov. 1569
Robert Dawkin & Margerie Walton 23 Jan. 1569
John Hall & Amy Reade 24 Jan. 1569
[None in 1570-72]
Robert Hall & Margaret Walton 23 Nov. 1573
John Hoden & Cicely Poole 28 Nov. 1573
[None in 1574-76]
Willm. Moodie & Dorothy Waters 9 Nov. 1577
[None in 1578-80.]
John Hoden & Eleanor Poole 20 Oct. 1581
[None in 1582-84]
Robert Dakin & Elizabeth Jakes 30 Sept. 1585
Willm. Lamton & Ellen Otes 10 Aug. 1587
John Lewin & Alice Reade 6 Feb. 1587
[None in 1588-90]
Robert Homes & Emot Pelton 19 June 1591
[None in 1592-4]
Willm. Reade & Elizabeth Snepson 3 Feb. 1595
Willm. Haw[?m]es & Agnes Greene 3 May 1596
Thomas Greene & Grace Hoe 9 Jan. 1596
Nicholas Broadgate & Jane Clarke 18 Nov. 1598
Robert Homes & Margaret Wallice 2 Feb. 1599
Robert Bradsell & Margaret Fost[e]r 21 Sept. 1602
Francis Walton & Agnes Newton 27 Jan. 1602
[Current entries follow Transcript here 1603]
John Joneson & Grace Reade 30 Oct. 1604
Thomas Dav[e]nport & Mary Sherwoode 14 Jan. 1604
[None in 1605-6.]
Edward Jackson & Margery Walton 31 Aug. 1607
John Vickers & Agnes Te[?]rate 16 Apr. 1608
Willm. Symson & Agnes Keir 2 July 1610
John Vickers & Helen Bate 15 June 1611
Robert Coley & Margery Howse 14 Nov. 1612
[None in 1613-15]
Willm. Henstarke & Elizabeth Watt[?s] 29 Nov. 1616
Christopher Kisse & Agnes Lewyne 25 Oct. 1618
Humphey Evans & Isabel Foster 26 Feb. 1619
John Matthewe & Margaret Burton 26 Feb. 1619
Henry Undrill & Mary Reade 7 Aug. 1620
George Wright & Jane Walton 14 Aug. 1620
Nicholas Noome [sic] & Grace Dawkin [blank] Feb. 1621
John Jeffes, of Stretton, & Maria Lewyne, of T. 27 July 1622
Willm. Burrows, of Ratby, & Amy [?],the d. of Michael Walton 1 May 1623
[None in 1624-26]
John Read & Elizabeth Hall 9 Feb. 1627
Thomas Broughton & Agnes Penne, lic. 16 Aug. 1629
Richard Belton & Grace Jervice 4 Oct. 1630
William Pickle & Annie Kinge 2 Jan. 1630
Thomas Croson & Margaret Devonport, lic. 25 Feb. 1632
Thomas Ownes & Frances Robinson 16 Nov. 1633
Thomas Coldman & Mary Palmer 28 Nov. 1633
John Dalbey & Amy Foster 2 Feb. 1633
Thomas Scampton & Margaret Alkin 23 Nov. 1634
John Jackson & Elizabeth Read 14 June 1635
Francis Pole & Elizabeth Lewin 25 June 1635
Raph Smaley & Alice Walker 26 Nov. 1635
Grace d of Alice Smaley w.
& lately the wife of Raph S was baptised 23 Feb. 1636
Richard Pownds, husbandman, & Frances Hall 11 Oct. 1637
Edward Lee, of South Croxon [Croxton], & Margaret Ownes
d. of Robert Ownes, senr., of Bus[h]by, husbandman 21 Oct. 1638
John Brewin, butcher, & Mary Reed 14 Apr. 1640
Zachus Hawford & Elizabeth Stanford 12 Nov. 1640
John Holmes & Sislie [? Cicely] Keir 3 Feb. 1642
Richard Orton & Alice Lamton 16 Oct. 1642
John Goodacre & Agnes Strange 6 Nov. 1642
[After this entries are most erratic as to date, it is useless to
attempt to sort them or to mark any “out of order” where nearly all are so]
Richard Simkin & Frances Walker 2 Nov. 1643
Thomas Foxon & Margery Picke 15 Apr. 1630
John Dale, of Ragdale, & Elizabeth Bird, of T. 25 July 1650
Richard Frances & Mary Reede 3 Oct. 1650 [sic]
[This entry is apparently interpolated and in a different writing
from most entries on this page]
Thomas Inge & Frances Neale 11 Nov. 1630 [sic]
Thomas Howard & Mary Neale 12 Oct. 1650
Matthew Holmes & Mary Fryer 2 Oct. 1660 [sic]
John Tuffe [later spelt Tough and Toughe] & Frances Ing 28 June 1656
Mr. Ralph Woodcock & Mrs. Elizabeth Lewyn 7 Aug. 1656
[Thomas Lewyn, gentleman, occurs several times]
William Astle & Frances Coleman 28 July 1656
[This is different writing and ink from the rest.]
Thomas Sharwood [Sherwood in several other entries] & Ann Reade 30 May 1659
[The entries at this period are in a great variety of hands. ]
John Hall, the son of William Hall,
& Alice Lewen, the d. of Thomas Lewen 17 July 1661
Samson Coley & Watson Tey 1 Aug. 1662
Edw. Howson* & Eles [sic] Webles 18 Sept.[?]1672
John Oswin & Joan Eayle was married about the same time.
[The last two entries are consecutive. The writing here is not
faded but bad and difficult to decipher]
Volume II.
[No Marriages entered 1673-80 inclusive]
William Robinson, of Leic.,& Mary Reynolds, of Bushby 25 Aug. 1681
John Matthews & Ann Littlewood 7 July 1682
Joseph White & Dorothy his wife were m. 11 Dec. 1683
Thomas Roddle, of T., & Anne Brooks, of L. 25 Dec. 1685
Robert Darker, of T., & Alice Brook, of Leic. 11 Jan. 1685
[None in 1686-89]
Nicho [?Nicholas] Woodcock [rest blank] married 17 Sept. [16?]90
*This name is very puzzling, might be Whenson or Stowton.
William Swanson & Frances Duffill [Duffield occurs in 1737, etc.] 25 May 1695
[None in 1696-7]
Thomas Hall, son of John Hall, gent., & Alice his wife,
& Margaret, dau. Of Ralph Woodcock, gent., & Eliz: his late wife 28 Apr. 1698
John Darker, of T., & Eliz. Weston, of Bushby 7 Feb. 1685
Ralph White & Francis his wife were m. 16 Dec. 1686
Tho. Smith & Ann Coley 9 Feb. [16]89
[Last three entries out of order.]
Robt. Freeman, gent.,
& Mary Sherwood, dau. of Mr. George Sherwood & Mary his wife 18 Apr. 1699
Francis Inge & Elizabeth Chamberlin 15 Jan. 1700
Francis Walker, grazier, & Mary Roulston, dan. of Rob: Roulston 17 Nov. 1700
Rob. Carr, grazier & Mary Wyet, dau. of Rob. Wyet & Mary his wife 30 Jan. 1700
John Darmount [later Darman], carpenter, & Mary Barley 24 June 1701
[None in 1702-3]
Philip Winterton, miller, & Ann Read 25 Apr. 1704
John Davenport, gent., & Elizabeth dau Of Jarvis Bradgate,
gent. & Elizabeth his wife, lic. 24 Feb. 1705
John Johnson, labourer, & Mary Coleman 6 May 1707
John Dalby, grazier, p. Galby & Sarah Davenport, Junr., of Bushby 27 July 1707
[None in 1708-11]
Tho: Gray & Marg[a]ret Attwo[o]d 15 Nov. 1712
Jeesey [?Jesse] Jarvis & Cath[er]ine Bishop 15 Sept. 1713
[None in 1714-15]
Willia[m] Lewis, of Wigston, & Cornelia Bradgate, of T. lic. 23 May 1716
Thomas Davenport [&] Ann his wife 23 June 1717
John, the son of Thomas Sanderson & Mary his wife 17 Jan. 1717
[A baptismal entry shews that Mary was the wife of John, not his mother]
William Sanderson & Showzanno [?Susanna] his wife 4 Dec. 1718
Philip Summerfeild & Elizabeth his wife 22 Sept. 1720
Thomas Raven & Hannah Davenport 26 Oct. 1721
John Coll[e]y & Eliz. Plumer 19 Feb. 1721
[None in 1722-4]
Volume III.
William Freer, of Great Wigston, & Katharine Cheney, of T. 10 Nov. 1725
John Paybody & Esther Sanderson 2 Feb. 1725
Thomas Lewin & Mary Darker 9 June 1726
William Taylor & Ann Darnell 23 May 1727
Wm. Cooke & Eliz. Barsby 13 Nov. 1729
Hugh Kirk & Elizabeth Woodcock 3 Feb. 1729
Jonathan Symons & Alice King 18 July 1731
William Coley & Elizabeth Meacox 10 Oct. 1731
Gilbert Hall & Mary Tod 10 Apr. 1732
Richard Lowesby
& Mary Watts, both of Houghton [on-Hill], aged persons 25 May 1734
Anthony Friar, “clarke of the parish,” & Elizabeth Mugg 6 Nov. 1735
John Sanderson & Mary Biggs 17 May 1737
Thomas Darnell & Keziah Burton 12 June 1737
Thomas Duffield & Mary Vesey 16 Aug. 1737
Mathew Sheppison, of B., & Sarah Waters 4 Apr. 1738
Thomas Jarvis & Elizabeth Sanderson 6 Mar. 1738
[Out of order.]
George Webster & Frances Carter 25 Apr. 1739
John Johnson, of Burton Overy, & Ann Pollard, of T. 7 Sept. 1740
Thomas Anderson & Mary Friar 30 Mar. 1741
Jo[h]n Partridge, of Houghton [on-Hill], & Mary Wilson, of B. 11 July 1741
Volume IV.
John Coley & Susanna Woodford, both of B. 26 Feb. 1744
George Webster, of Billesdon, & Mary Coley 30 June 1745
Robert Sikes, of Skeffington, & Jane Humberstone 3 Dec. 1747
[None in 1748-9]
Thomas Low & Sarah Botts 29 Sept. 1750
John Davenport & Mary Thompson, both of T. 26 Dec. 1750
William Peberdy & Mary Coly 7 Dec. 1750
[None in 1754-6]
Volume VI.
Daniel Plummer, of T., & Elizabeth Bates, p. St. Margaret, Leic. 7 Apr. 1757
John Greaves & Mary Bennett 9 Oct. 1758
John Fisher & Elizabeth Coley 30 Sept. 1759
George Jackson & Mary Freer 23 Sept. 1760
Anthony Woodward & Mary Davenport 25 Nov. 1760
William Cooper & Mary Waldrom 18 Apr. 1762
Edward Seal & Mary Goddard 4 Apr. 1763
Thos. Smith, of Tugby, & Mary Seal, lic. 23 May 1763
William Good & Rachael Peal 19 Sept. 1763
Joseph Branton [signs Brawton] & Frances Coley 3 Oct. 1763
John Gumley & Elizabeth Freer 22 Nov. 1763
Robert Webster & Mary Porter 24 Apr. 1764
Samuel Springer & Alice Darnell, lic. 25 Apr. 1764
John Hunt, clerk, & Elizabeth Hunt, lic. 9 June 1765
Joseph Dilk, p. All Saints, Leic., & Jane Woodcock, w. 13 Aug. 1766
Phillip Summerfield & Elizabeth Johnson, lic. 18 June 1767
Thomas Turlington, of Loseby, & Mary Woodford, lic. 8 Mar. 1768
Thomas Brian, of Thurcaston, & Mary Goddard 2 Oct. 1768
William Johnson, p. St. Martin, Leic., & Hannah Johnson, lic. 23 Oct. 1768
Robert Marston, jun., yeoman, of Enderby, & Ann Vann Hunt, lic. 24 Oct. 1769
Wm. Meadows & Dorothy Clayton, lic. 21 Apr. 1770
Andrew Wilson & Elizabeth Boswell, p. St. Martin, Leic., lic. 3 May 1770
Thomas Walker, of T. & Sarah Davenport p. St. Martin, Leic, lic. 12 Feb. 1771
James Staple & Elizabeth Goddard 21 July 1771
Ralph Woodford, of T., & Mary Goodacre, of Greenwich 25 Oct. 1772
Thomas Adcock, labourer, & Ann Wright 6 Dec. 1772
William Ager, of B., & Alice Springer 12 Oct. 1773
William May & Elizabeth Summerfield, lic. 27 Oct. 1773
[None in 1774-5]
Thomas Allen & Elizabeth Darnel 16 Jan. 1776
William Pebardy & Elizabeth Sewell 11 Nov. 1776
John Harrison, of Evington, & Elizabeth Goddard, of B., lic. 8 May 1777
John Plummer & Mary Wright 17 May 1777
John Brown Boughton [? Broughton] & Mary Sanderson, lic. 7 Apr. 1778
Thomas Pebardy, of B., & Ann Plummer 27 Dec. 1778
Joseph Cox, of T., & Mary Sutton, of B. 1 Nov. 1779
James Day & Mary Graves 11 Feb. 1781
Thomas Davenport, of B., & Sarah Barfield 19 June 1781
Thos. Humberstone, of T., & Ann Goddard, of B., lic. 24 Oct. 1781
John Meekins & Elizabeth Smith 17 Nov. 1782
William Jarvis & Ann Jeffs 25 Dec. 1782
John Cartwright, of Stoughton, & Elizabeth Goode 18 May 1784
John Pebardy, of B., & Alice Ireland 24 Feb. 1784
Bazill Brooks & Ann Pebardy, both of B. 12 Apr. 1784
William Mason & Sarah Davenport 31 May 1784
James Goode & Susanna Gilbert 12 Oct. 1784
Richard Seale, of B., & Susanna Coleman, of Birstall 4 Apr. 1786
John Hunt & Elizabeth Pawley 14 Nov. 1786
John Pawley & Susanna Jarvis 12 Apr. 1787
John Chamberlain, of Hungerton, & Mary Humberston, lic. 14 Oct. 1787
William Humberston & Ann Summerfleld 5 Feb. 1788
William Beaumont & Mary Pick 30 Mar. 1788
John Draper & Elizabeth Bennett 23 Feb. 1789
John Orton & Diana Neale 21 Oct. 1790
Richard Pebardy & Mary Swingler 8 Mar. 1791
George Ross, of Evington, & Elizabeth Pebardy 6 Nov. 1792
[None in 1793-99]
William Issitt & Mary Webster 1 Sept. 1800
Benjamin Breward, p. St. Mark, Leic., & Ann Pawley 1 Sept. 1800
John Pawley & Mary Jelley 29 Nov. 1801
William Hull, of Evington, & Kitty May 2 Nov. 1802
Green Plummer & Mary Sturges 4 Nov. 1804
Robert Cam, of Great Stretton, & Elizabeth Allen, lic. 4 Nov. 1804
William Norfolk & Elizabeth Cooper 2 Nov. 1805
Joseph Jarvis & Mary Howitt 13 Oct. 1806
James Starbuck & Sarah Brown 24 Nov. 1806
Daniel Plummer & Ann Harris 17 Apr. 1808
William Jarvis & Mary Waldram 27 June 1808
Daniel Plummer, of T., & Elizabeth Buzzard, of Evington 5 Nov. 1809
Richard Jelley & Lucy Seal 19 Feb. 1810
William Dunkley & Mary Wright 20 Oct. 1810
Edward Newton & Elizabeth Cooper 3 Dec. 1810
John Littledike, of Humberstone, & Susanna Davenport 4 Nov. 1811
William Pippin, of Billessdon, w., & Ann Humberstone, w., lic. 9 Nov. 1811
John Grant, of Witham, & Elizabeth Palmer 25 June 1812
William Mason & Hannah Brooks 11 Oct. 1812
Robert Barrand & Hannah Morley 11 Nov. 1812
Henry Hunt, of T., & Mary Hardaman, of Stoughton 27 Dec. 1812
[None in 1813-14]
Volume VII.
Thomas Davenport, w., & Mary Plummer, w. 26 June 1815
Job Jarvis & Ann Peberdy, consent of parents 31 May 1817
William Seal & Susannah Ward 27 Oct. 1817
John Duffin, of Burton Lazars, p. Melton Mowbray,
& Charlotte Peberdy, consent of parents 1 Apr. 1818
John Wildman, p. Humberstone, farmer,
& Elizabeth Hunt, alias Webster, lic., consent of guardians 11 Aug. 1818
Samuel Pawley & Mary French 18 Oct. 1818
James Elverson p. St. Margaret Leic., hosier & Sophia Hawes, lic. 31 May 1820
William Jarvis & Ann Boddington 19 June 1820
Henry Pawley & Mary Fewkes 14 Nov. 1820
William Wagstaff, of Houghton-on-Hill, & Sarah Hunt, lic. 22 Mar. 1821
William Nedham & Margaret Louisa Gill 22 June 1821
Richard Martman [?Markram very indistinctly written], of Oadby,
& Elizabeth Peberdy 5 Nov. 1821
Joseph Seal, of Ashby Folville, & Mary Rollings, of B. 24 Nov. 1823
Thomas Shipley, p. St. Mary, Leic., & Elizabeth Wait 25 Dec. 1823
George Crosher, of B., & Mary Ann Bramley, lic. 18 Oct. 1825
George Larrad & Elizabeth Bradshaw 14 Feb. 1826
George Hurst, of T., & Mary Wildbore, p. St. Martin, Leic., lic. 17 May 1827
David Wait & Ann Pawley 25 Feb. 1828
Thomas Orton, of Kibworth Harcourt, & Susanna Measures 12 Oct. 1828
Francis Allsop, of Humberstone, & Elizabeth Allen, lic. 5 May 1829
Thomas Arnold & Elizabeth Dewick, both of B. 26 Oct. 1829
Joseph Williamson, of T., & Hannah Riddell, p. St. Martin, Leic. 25 Dec. 1829
William Williamson & Elizabeth Allen 20 Sept. 1830
Robert Smith, p. Billessdon, & Elizabeth Astil 14 Oct. 1830
William Barrett, of Tilton, & Ann Webb, of B. 25 Oct. 1830
John Noon, of Stoughton, & Ann Webb, of B. 24 May 1831
Benjamin Ellis, p. St. Margaret, Leic., & Mary King 20 June 1831
Joseph Williamson, of T., & Sophia Peberdy, p. Humberstone 22 Dec. 1831
Daniel Ralph, of Corby [?co. Northampton or Lincoln],
& Rebecca Cook 26 Mar. 1832
Edward Fowler, p. St. Martin, Leic., w., & Selina Bennett, lic. 16 Oct. 1832
Edward Hudson, p. St. Nicholas, Leic., & Mary Crosher, w., lic. 19 May 1833
William Plummer & Jane Parker 4 Mar. 1834
Henry Vice Maltby & Sarah Ann Dunkley 2 Nov 1834
George Norman, of Oadby, & Ann Jarvis 21 July 1835
Joseph Frederick Aldridge, gentleman, & Elizabeth Bradfield, lic. 20 Aug. 1835
William Swain & Mary Clark, lic. 15 Oct. 1835
Edward Draper & Ann Looms 25 Oct. 1835
John Bradshaw, p. Rothley, & Sarah Plant 26 Jan. 1836
William Draper & Susannah Allen 26 June 1836
Thomas Allen & Hannah Gamage 20 Oct. 1836
[None in first half of 1837.]
