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Title: The Register of Ratlinghope

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Credits: Transcribed from the 1909 Shropshire Parish Register Society edition by David Price

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Transcribed from the 1909 Shropshire Parish Register Society edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

The Register of Ratlinghope.

Ratlinghope is a parish situate on the road from Shrewsbury to Bishop’s Castle, four miles west from Church Stretton and twelve miles south from Shrewsbury, in the hundred of Purslow, rural deanery of Bishop’s Castle, archdeaconry of Ludlow, and diocese of Hereford.  The township of Gatten is in Ford hundred.  Its area is 5,456 acres, of which 3,756 are arable and pasture, 200 woodland, and about 1,500 common.  The population in 1901 was 197.  The surface is hilly, and the soil is sand and clay, on a rocky subsoil.  An old Roman road, the Portway, runs between Ratlinghope and Church Stretton, and is continued along the crest of the Longmynd in a north-easterly direction.  In the neighbourhood are some British camps and tumuli.

Ratlinghope, in Domesday Rotelingehope, means the hope or valley of the children of Rotel, “Rotel” being the Saxon name from which the County of Rutland was called.  At the time of the Domesday survey, Rotelingehope was a manor of two hides, which were waste, and was held by Robert fitz Corbet of Earl Roger de Montgomery.  In Edward the Confessor’s reign, Seuuard had held it.  Robert fitz Corbet was a younger brother of Roger, the builder of Caus Castle; he left two daughters, his heirs, Sibil (or Adela), and Alice.  Sibil, who had been one of Henry I.’s mistresses, married Herbert fitz Herbert, whilst Alice became the wife of William Botterell.  Before 1209 Ratlinghope was acquired by Walter Corbet, an Augustine Canon, and a relative of Prince Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, who gave him a letter of protection.  Walter Corbet founded here a small cell or priory of Augustinian Canons of St. Victor, in connection with Wigmore.  Nothing is known of its history, but at the dissolution there was a Prior and 29 Canons; and the possessions of the Priory, valued at £5 11s. 1½d., per annum, were sold in May, 1546, to Robert Longe, citizen and mercer of London. [ia]

In 1845 the manor and advowson of Ratlinghope were purchased by Robert Scott, Esq., of Great Barr, M.P. for Walsall, and at his death in 1856 they passed to his son John Charles Addyes Scott, Esq., who died in 1888, and on the death of his widow in 1907, their son, James Robert Scott, Esq., became lord of the manor and patron of Ratlinghope.

Stitt and Gatten, two miles north-west, were members of the Domesday manor of Ratlinghope.  Between 1204 and 1210, William de Botterell confirmed a moiety of Stitt to Haughmond Abbey.  Robert Corbet, of Caus, also gave to the Canons of Haughmond his culture of Gateden, and an assart situate near their culture of Gatteden.  There was a church at Stitt in the reign of Henry II., but since the dissolution of Haughmond Abbey nothing more is heard of it, and its district with Gatten was annexed to the parish of Ratlinghope.  W. E. M. Hulton-Harrop, Esq., is lord of the manor of Gatten, which, he inherited in 1866 from his maternal grandfather, Jonah Harrop, Esq.

The Church of St. Margaret, at Ratlinghope, is a small stone building, consisting of nave and chancel, with south porch, and a wooden bell turret.  The original Church erected in the 12th century was no doubt the Priory Church also.  The Rev. D. H. S. Cranage says that the mediæval Church may have entirely disappeared, and that there are no details which prove that the present building is not entirely of post-Reformation date. [ib]

The south and only door was made in 1625, and erected by Humfrey Bigge and Thomas Bright, then Churchwardens.  The roof may be of the same date.  There are two fonts.  In 1341, Ratlinghope Church was in the Deanery of Clun.  It was afterwards held to be in the Deanery of Pontesbury.  It is not named in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1534-5.  Until the dissolution of the Priory it was considered as extra-parochial and extra-diocesan.

The Church was served by the Canons until the dissolution; and no Incumbent seems to have been instituted by the Bishops of Hereford until 1555.  The following is the most complete list of the Incumbents we have as yet been able to make out:—

1549.  Sir Lances Philson, clerk, curate.

1555.  Laurence Johnson, a Canon of Wigmore, presented by Philip and Mary, and instituted 15th February, 1555.

1587.  Richard Davis, curate, presented by William Whittingham, gent.  His salary was £7 13s. 4d.

1755.  William Williams, curate.

1758.  George Hodges, born at Shrewsbury 1720, educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, B.A. 1743.  Rector of Woolstaston 1770-1780.

1769.  David Richards, signs in 1767-70 as “Minister,” and afterwards as “Curate.”

1778.  Thomas Williams.

1782.  Richard Lloyd, curate.

1795.  John Hawkins.

1833.  Edward Homfray, died 24th June, 1856.

1857.  Edmund Donald Carr, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge.  Rector of Woolstaston 1865-1900.  Died June, 1900.

1866.  William George Clutton Nottley, Rector of Alpheton, Suffolk, 1876-8.

1876.  William Henry Whitworth, M.A. and sometime fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

1885.  Henry Anderton.  Vicar of Hopton Cangeford 1881, and of Garway 1883-4.  Resigned in 1891, and went to live at Chester.

1891.  Arthur William Benjamin Walmsley Watts, B.A. Selwyn College, Cambridge.  Resigned 1892.  Rector of Coates, 1901.

1892.  Thomas Baker Aston, M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, Curate-in-Charge.  Rector of Habberley since 1869.  There was no Incumbent from 1892 to 1895.

1895.  William Perry Ireland, M.A. Merton College, Oxford.  Vicar of Peter’s Marland, 1897.

1896.  Thomas Robert Glenn, L.Th. Univ. of Durham.  The present Incumbent.

The Inventory of Church Goods made 11th August, 1549, shows that there were then at Rotlynchope “one chalyce off sylver parcell gilt, and one cruete of pewter, one vestment of crule, one crismatory, one altare cloth, one towell, and two bellys.”  In 1553 there remained “to bellys, [one chalice of silver] with the patent thereunto”; and another return of 1553 gives “a chales of sylver, ij belles.”  The Religious Census of Shropshire made in 1676, states that there were at Ratlinghope (in Pontesbury Deanery) 128 Conformists, no Papists, and 3 Nonconformists.  These were the number of inhabitants over the age of sixteen.  In 1727 William Mitton was patron of the perpetual curacy.

The Parish Register Abstract of 1831 contains the following account of the Ratlinghope Registers:—

“Ratlinghope R.  Nos. I., II.  Bap., Bur., 1702-1793, Marr., 1702-1752.  No. III., Bap., Bur, 1794-1812.  No. IV., Marr., 1755-1812.”  The Registers have been very badly kept, all the earlier ones are missing, and those of the earlier ones that remain are in a bad state of preservation.  Nos. I. and II. are now altogether lost; they were apparently in existence in 1876, when the Rev. W. G. C. Nottley made a list of the Registers, and placed it in the box in which the Registers were kept.  Sometime between 1876 and 1896 these Registers disappeared, together with Mr. Nottley’s list.

The Marriage Register 1755-1812 (No. IV. above) was formerly bound in boards covered with parchment, but one board has disappeared, leaving the parchment torn and crumpled, with a large hole in the centre, and the whole book is in a dilapidated condition.  The marriage entries are on the first twelve leaves which are loose and damaged.  It is a folio book, containing the usual printed forms.

The Baptisms and Burials, 1794-1812 (No. III. above) simply consists of three loose sheets of parchment, folded, making twelve pages, without any cover.  The writing in places is nearly obliterated, and difficult to decipher.

The transcripts at Hereford, which commence in 1660, are fairly complete, and it would be very desirable that these should be copied and printed, so as to make this Register more perfect.

The Registers were copied by Miss Hulton-Harrop (now Mrs. Rowan Robinson), and were collated in 1903 by the late Rev. F. W. Kittermaster, and have been seen through the press by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher.  They are now printed, by permission of the Rev. T. R. Glenn, the present Incumbent, at the cost of W. E. M. Hulton-Harrop, Esq., of Gatten Lodge and Lythwood Hall, who has generously presented these Registers to the Society.

W. G. D. FLETCHER.

OXON VICARAGE,

SHREWSBURY,

MAY, 1909.

VOLUME I.

MARRIAGES, 1755-1813.

[The parties are of Ratlinghope, and the Marriages by banns, except where otherwise stated.]

1755, Mar. 6

Edward Lewis & Elizabeth Homes [signs Home], wid.

,, Oct. 28

Bromley Coles & Elizabeth Price.

1756, Oct. 17

Edward Clark & Mary Bowen, of Churton.

,, Oct. 31

John Thomas & Mary Wild, of Ford, lic.

1757, Feb. 11

Thomas Andrews & Mary Harries, lic.

1758, Oct. 13

William Pugh, of Worthen, & Elizabeth Hayward.

1759, Jan. 23

Richard Harris & Sarah Perkin.

,, Oct. 6

Richard Andrews & Sarah Sankey.

,, Nov. 4

Robert Cooke & Martha Home.

,, Dec. 26

Richard Davies & Ann Preece.

1760, Oct. 1

Thomas Morris, p. Edgstone, & Mary Gwilliam.

1761, Apr. 11

Samuel Davies & Ann Davies [both signs Davis], lic.

,, Apr. 23

Joseph Jones, p. Pulverbatch, & Ann Pearce, lic.

,, Apr. 26

Joseph Price & Catharine Small.

,, May 11

William Hurdley [signs Hordley], p. Smethcot, & Margery Bowen.

,, Aug. 27

William Andrews [signs Andrus], yeoman, & Mary Tudor, lic.

1762, Aug. 3

Charles Gwilliam & Hannah Whigley [signs Haner Wigley].

1763, Apr. 10

Thomas Morris, servant, & Mary Davies.

,, July 13

Thomas Tudor, yeoman, & Martha Everall, lic.

1764, Nov. 2

Joseph Davies [signs Davis] & Catherine Gwilliam.

1765, July 20

William Andrews, widr., & Sarah Butler, wid., p. Wentnor, lic.

,, Nov. 21

Edward Gough [signs Goff], p. Condover, & Ann Clarke, lic.

1766, June 1

William Pugh, widr., & Jane Henley.

1769, Oct. 9

Thomas Munslow & Elizabeth Sankey.

,, Oct. 12

William Jones & Ann Tudor.

,, Dec. 9

Richard Jones & Martha Pool.

1770, Feb. 26

Edward Swinnert & Jane Howells.

,, Aug. 8

Mathew Morris, p. Stapleton, & Mary Lewis, lic.

1771, Nov. 3

Robert Everal [signs Everall], p. Hyssington, & Martha Brees [signs Price], lic.

1772, Oct. 17

Robert Jones & Mary Tomkins.

1774, Nov. 18

Richard Jones & Mary Hayward.

1775, Dec. 11

John Dod & Jane Morris [signs Moris].

1776, Aug. 5

Job Bishop & Martha Sankey.

1777, Aug. 1

William Lee & Mary Holmes, lic.

1778, Feb. 23

John Price & Sarah Gwilliam.

1779, Feb. 11

John Tudor & Martha Holmes [signs Home], lic.

,, May 3

William Medlicot [signs Medlicott], p. Wentnor, & Mary Groves.

,, July 25

Morris Everal [signs Everall], & Joan Perkin.

1780, June 18

Thomas Dodd & Catherine Matthews.

,, Sep. 8

Edward Pryce & Martha Hotchkis.

1781, Jan. 8

Joseph Thomas & Mary Haberley.

1782, Dec. 24

Joseph Purslow & Mary Price.

1783, Mar. 3

John Andrews & Sarah Ancritt.

1784, Oct. 4

John Jones & Susannah Gwilliam [signs Guilliam].

,, Oct. 11

William Rogers, p. Smethcot, & Priscilla Groves, lic.

Examd. & Recd, the duty to this place, J. Edwards, D. Collector.

1787, Sep. 10

John Careless & Elizabeth Lewis, lic.

1789, Apr. 13

Thos. James, p. Wentnor, & Susannah Davies [signs Davis].

1789, July 6

Edward Everall, widr., p. Wentnor, & Jane Davies.

1790, May 4

Thomas Andrews & Ann Humphreys.

1791, May 11

Samuel Poulter & Sarah Fox.

,, Dec. 7

Evan Evans & Martha Fox.

1792, May 3

Morris Davies [signs Davis] & Sarah Price.

,, Oct. 13

John Williams & Ann Pinches.

,, Dec. 13

Thomas Roberts & Ann Jones.

,, Dec. 23

Reese Reese & Elizabeth Poulter [signs Poult], lic.

1793, July 29

John Williams, widr., & Martha Cooke, wid.

,, Aug. 12

Thomas Davies & Ann Doveson.

,, Nov. 18

Edward Gough, p. Madeley, & Ann Everal [signs Everall].

1794, Aug. 7

Benjamin Langdon & Mary James, wid.

1795, Apr. 30

Thomas Poulter & Jane Morris.

1795

Banns of William Jones and Ann Andrews were publised on April 26th, May 3, and May 10th.

,, May 10

William Andrews [3] [sic] & Ann Andrews.

,, Nov. 12

Robert Munslow & Elizabeth Jones.

1796, Jan. 26

John Homes & Elizabeth Edwards, p. Westbury, lic.

1797, Mar. 6

Samuel Pinches & Ann Munslow.

,, Aug. 14

James Warwick & Harriot Knight, p. Church Stretton, lic.

1798, May 6

Samuel Wilks & Rebecca Gravner.

,, June 17

William Rogers, widr., & Mary Pinches, lic.

1800, May 15

John Thomas & Catherine Jones.

1802, Oct. 10

Henry Poulter & Sarah Cooke [signs Cook], p. Norbury, lic.

,, Nov. 20

John Finch & Rebecca Postan.

1803, June 7

Clement Carless, widr., & Mary Humphries.

1804, May 7

James Pugh, p. Worthen, & Sarah Medlicott, lic.

1805, Oct. 28

William Jones, widr., & Sarah Edwards, wid.

1807, Mar. 17

John Beddoes & Mary Price.

,, Nov. 17

Thomas Pugh & Hannah Munslow.

1808, Jan. 24

James Coxsell, widr., p. Pontesbury, & Mary Bishop.

1808, June 2

Richard Crump & Elizabeth Pugh.

,, Nov. 25

William Munslow & Hagar Martin.

1809, May 11

Thomas Gwilliam & Ann Rogers.

1811, Feb. 7

James Ambler, p. Church Pulverbatch, & Mary Lewiss [signs Lewis], lic.

,, Dec. 9

Richard Savage, p. Church Pulverbatch & Elizabeth Lewiss [signs Lewis], lic.

1812, July 6

Richard Jones & Ann Andrews, wid.

,, Oct. 12

John Vaughan, p. Westbury, & Eleanor Beaumond, lic.

,, Dec. 11

Edward Mansell & Eleanor Partridge.

1813, Apr. 20

John Sankey, p. More, & Ann Groves, lic.

VOLUME II.

BAPTISMS AND BURIALS, 1794-1812.

1794, Jan. 12

Mary, d. of Richard and Susanah Pugh

bap.

,, Jan. 13

Abraham, s. of John and Martha Tudor

bap.

,, Jan. 21

Hariot, d. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

,, Mar. 2

Ann, d. of William and Prissella Rogers

bap.

,, Mar. 9

Prissella, w. of William Rogers

bur.

,, Mar. 23

Josiah, s. of John and Jane Gwilliam

bap.

,, Apr. 6

Prissila, illegitimate d. of Martha Rogers

bap.

,, May 18

William, s. of Edward and Jane Everall

bap.

,, May 21

Elizabeth, d. of William and Mary Lewis

bap.

,, Aug. 4

John, s. of John and Mary Dolphin

bap.

,, Oct. 5

Robbert, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cook

bap.

,, Oct. 12

Susanah, illegitimate d. of Sarah Brown

bap.

,, Nov. —

Sarah, d. of John and Sarah Andrews

bap.

1795, Jan. —

Prissilla, d. of William and Mary Medlicott

bap.

,, Apr. —

Elizabeth, d. of Thomas and Mary Parry

bap.

,, May —

William, illigitimate s. of Elinor Harriss

bap.

,, May —

Jeremiah, s. of William and Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

,, Aug. 12

Frances, d. of William and Ann Jones

bur.

,, Aug. 21

Ann, d. of William Rogers, widower

bur.

,, Sep. 15

Mary, w. of Clemont Carless

bur.

,, Oct. 7

John, s. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

1795, Oct. 11

Ann, d. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

,, Nov. 1

Mary, d. of Thomas and Jane Poulter

bap.

,, Nov. 2

Edward Medlicott, s. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

1796, Mar. —

Susanah Gwilliam, wid.

bur.

,, Mar. —

Jone Tudor, wid.

bur.

,, Apr. —

Ann, d. of Richard and Susanah Pugh

bap.

,, Apr. —

Ann, d. of William and Mary Lewis

bap.

,, May 1

Ann, d. of Robbert and Elizabeth Munslow

bap.

,, May 9

Elizabeth, illegitimate d. of Mary Gwilliam

bur.

,, Aug. 5

Edward Meddlicott, s. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bur.

„ Aug. 14

James, s. of John and Jane Gwilliam

bap.

,, Nov. 16

Hannah, d. of Ann Andrews, wid.

bur.

,, Dec. 21

Ann Sankey, wid.

bur.

1797, Mar. 27

John Davis, batchelor

bur.

,, Apr. 9

Charlott, d. of John and Elizabeth Carless

bap.

,, Apr. 30

William, s. of William and Mary Andrews

bap.

,, June 18

Thomas, s. of John and Sarah Price

bap.

,, June 25

William, s. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

,, July 1

Mary, w. of John Everall

bur.

,, July 2

Mary, d. of Thomas and Mary Parry

bap.

,, July 9

George, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cook

bap.

,, Sep. 18

Samuel, s. of William and Mary Medlicott

bap.

,, Sep. 17

Sarah, d. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, Sep. 29

Elizabeth Lewis, wid.

bur.

,, Oct. 8

Thomas, s. of Robbert and Elizabeth Munslow

bap.

,, Nov. 26

Richard, s. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Nov. 26

Martha, d. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

1798, Jan. 14

Ann, d. of Richard and Sarah Pinches

bap.

,, Jan. 21

Sarah, w. of John Price

bur.

,, Jan. 29

Samuel, s. of William and Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

1798, Mar. 12

Samuel, s. of William and Mary Lewis

bap.

,, Apr. 1

Betty, d. of Richard and Susannah Pugh

bap.

,, May 25

Richard, s. of James and Mary Pinches

bap.

,, Nov. 4

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Esabella Price

bap.

,, Nov. 25

Richard, s. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

1799, Apr. 12

Thomas Hill

bur.

,, May 12

Samuel, s. of William and Mary Rogers

bap.

,, May 25

William, s. of William and Mary Richards

bap.

,, June 1

Sarah, d. of John and Sarah Andrews

bur.

,, June 9

Prissilla, d. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

,, July 21

Mary, illegitimate d. of Ann Andrews

bap.

,, July 28

Elizabeth, d. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, Aug. 9

Martha, d. of John and Mary Price

bap.

,, Aug. 15

Samuel Everall

bur.

,, Oct. 3

Ann Humphreys, wid.

bur.

,, Nov. 7

Robbert Jones

bur.

,, Nov. 15

Richard, s. of John and Martha Tudor

bur.

1800, Jan. 17

Thomas, s. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Feb. 5

John, s. of John and Elizabeth Carless

bap.

,, Apr. 6

John, s. of Robert and Elizabeth Munslow

bap.

,, Apr. 12

Thomas, s. of John and Maria Humphries

bap.

,, Apr. 17

Elizabeth, d. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

,, Apr. 28

John, s. of William and Mary Lewis

bap.

,, May 17

James, s. of William and Mary Medlicott

bap.

,, May 13

Samuel, s. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

,, May 21

James, s. of William and Mary Medlicott

bur.

,, June 8

Eleanor, d. of William and Mary Rogers

bap.

,, June 8

Edward, s. of William and Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

,, June 15

Thomas, s. of Morriss and Sarah Davies

bap.

,, Aug. 31

Elizabeth, d. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Sep. 14

Samuel, s. of Thomas and Jane Poulter, recd. into the Church

,, Sep. 21

Richard, s. of John and Mary Price

bap.

1800, Dec. 14

Eleanor, d. of Richard and Susanna Pugh

bap.

,, Dec. 25

Abigail, d. of John and Elizabeth Bishop

bap.

1801, July 8

Benjamin, illegitimate s. of Jane Richards

bap.

,, Aug. 2

Mary, d. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

,, Aug. 16

Robert Hayward

bur.

,, Oct. 4

Thomas Andrews

bur.

,, Nov. 25

Samuel, s. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bur.

1802, Jan. 31

Elizabeth, d. of Charles and Mary Bufton

bap.

,, Feb. 7

Mary, d. of James and Mary Pinches

bap.

,, Feb. 14

William, s. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Mar. 7

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Hannah Poulter

bap.

„ Mar. 7

Sarah, illegitimate d. of Mary Thomas

bap.

,, Mar. 17

Mary, d. of William and Mary Rogers

bap.

,, Mar. 31

Mary, d. of William and Mary Rogers

bur.

,, Apr. 10

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Hannah Poulter

bur.

,, June 16

Ann, d. of John and Mary Price

bap.

,, June 13

Thomas, s. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

,, Aug. 1

William, s. of Thomas and Eleanor Williams

bap.

,, Aug. 19

Thomas, s. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, Aug. 22

Thomas, s. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bur.

,, Oct. 17

Edward, s. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

,, Oct. 26

Peter, s. of Richard and Susanna Pugh

bap.

,, Nov. 21

Sarah, d. of William and Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

,, Dec. 5

Samuel, s. of Robert and Elizabeth Munslow

bap.

,, Dec. 21

John, s. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Dec. 24

John, s. of William and Ann Jones

bur.

1803, Apr. 3

William, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cook

bap.

,, Aug. 7

Benjamin, s. of John and Mary Price

bap.

,, Aug. 8

Hannah, d. of William and Mary Rogers

bap.

,, Aug. 12

Andrew, s. of William and Mary Andrews

bap.

1803, Aug. 28

Samuel, s. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, Oct. 7

Ann, d. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

,, Nov. 2

Emma, d. of Samuel and Ann Groves

bap.

1804, Jan. 22

Sarah Amiss, wid.

bur.

,, Feb. 17

Elizabeth Everall, wid.

bur.

,, Mar. 3

Amia, d. of John and Elizabeth Bishop

bap.

,, Apr. 8

Richard Davies

bur.

,, May 27

Hannah, d. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Aug. 1

Martha, d. of Thomas and Sarah Bady

bap.

,, Aug. 5

Mary, d. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Sep. 16

Thomas, s. of Thomas and Eleanor Williams

bap.

,, Oct. 14

James, s. of Charles and Mary Bufton

bap.

,, Oct. 21

John, s. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

,, Oct. 23

. . ., d. of John and Elizabeth Carless

bap.

1805, Feb. 25

Samuel, s. of Thomas and Rebecca Spencer

bap.

,, Feb. 25

Elizabeth, d. of Joseph and Sarah Edwards

bap.

,, Mar. 3

George, s. of John and Mary Price

bap.

,, Mar. 6

William Harriss

bur.

,, Mar. 17

Jeremiah, illegitimate s. of Ann Tudor

bap.

,, Mar. —

Elizabeth, d. of Robert and Elizabeth Munslow

bap.

,, Apr. 28

Ann, d. of William and Mary Rogers

bap.

,, May 26

Charles, illegitimate s. of Hannah Batfield

bap.

,, July 6

Joseph Edwards

bur.

,, July 14

Mary, illegitimate d. of Hannah Jones

bap.

,, Sep. 9

George, s. of John and Mary Munslow

bap.

,, Oct. 17

Priscella, d. of William and Mary Andrews

bap.

,, Nov. 17

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Ann Crockat

bap.

,, Nov. 22

Francis, d. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

1806, Mar. 2

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Ann Crockat

bur.

,, Mar. 4

Samuel Davies

bur.

,, Mar. 9

Sarah, d. of William and Mary Lewis

bap.

,, Apr. 6

Thomas, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cook

bap.

,, Apr. 20

Jeremiah, illegitimate s. of Ann Tudor

bur.

1806, Apr. 20

Sarah, d. of Morriss and Sarah Davies

bur.

,, June 13

William, s. of Benjamin and Francis Bromley

bap.

,, July 13

Hannah, illegitimate d. of Ann Perkin

bap.

,, Aug. 3

Ann, d. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Aug. 3

Samuel, s. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

,, Aug. 10

John, s. of John and Elizabeth Bishop

bap.

,, Sep. 21

Sarah, d. of Robert and Martha Everall

bap.

,, Oct. 19

Elizabeth, illegitimate d. of Ann Poulter

bap.

,, Oct. 19

Richard, s. of Thomas and Rebecca Spencer

bap.

,, Nov. 20

Mary, w. of John Richards

bur.

1807, Jan. 13

Priscilla, d. of Edward and Ann Everall

bap.

,, Feb. 1

Robert, s. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Apr. 12

Ann, d. of Edward and Susanna Griffiths

bap.

,, July 5

Elizabeth, d. of William and Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

,, Aug. 9

Mary, d. of John and Mary Beddow

bap.

,, Aug. 30

Mary, d. of John and Sarah Richards

bap.

,, Oct. 8

Mary Thomas, wid.

bur.

,, Nov. 8

Robert, illegitimate s. of Mary Purslow

bap.

,, Nov. 15

James, s. of Robert and Martha Everall

bap.

,, Nov. 15

Sarah Harrington, wid.

bur.

,, Dec. 13

John, s. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

„ Dec. 27

Thomas, s. of William and Mary Andrews

bap.

1808, Feb. 21

Thomas, s. of Richard and Mary Gwilliam

bap.

,, Mar. 9

William, s. of Thomas and Rebecca Spencer

bap.

,, Mar. 9

Sarah, d. of Benjamin and Francis Bromley

bap.

,, Mar. 24

Clement Carless

bur.

,, Apr. 7

Ann Davies, wid.

bur.

,, May 10

William, s. of James and Mary Pinches

bap.

,, May 11

Thomas, s. of Charles and Mary Bufton

bap.

,, July 17

Edward, s. of Thomas and Ann Price

bap.

,, Aug. 14

John, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cook

bap.

,, Aug. 21

Thomas, illegitimate s. of Sarah Irish

bap.

1808, Sep. 23

Catherine, d. of William and Sarah Jones

bap.

,, Oct. 30

Edward Burley, s. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Nov. 6

Elizabeth, d. of Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes

bap.

,, Nov. 13

Priscilla, illegitimate d. of Ann Jones

bap.

,, Nov. 30

Thomas, s. of Charles and Mary Bufton

bur.

1809, Apr. 23

Thomas, s. of Thomas and Hannah Pugh

bap.

,, Apr. 24

Eleanor Harriss

bur.

,, July 16

Elizabeth, d. of Richard and Elizabeth Crump

bap.

,, Aug. 13

Frances, illegitimate d. of Elizabeth Roberts

bap.

,, Sep. 10

Sarah, d. of Jeremiah and Sarah Medlicot

bap.

,, Oct. 22

Elizabeth, d. of John and Sarah Richards

bap.

,, Oct. 23

Edward Burley, s. of Thomas & Mary Everall

bur.

,, Oct. 25

Hannah, w. of John Brazenor

bur.

,, Nov. 26

Robert, s. of Robert and Martha Everall

bap.

,, Nov. 26

Ann, d. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Dec. 25

William, illegitimate s. of Mary Rogers, recd. into the Church, turned two years three quarters old

1810, Jan. 4

Eliza, d. of William and Mary Andrews

bap.

,, Feb. 11

Edward, s. of Thomas and Maria Evans

bap.

,, Mar. 18

Elizabeth, d. of Thomas and Sarah Beady

bap.

,, Apr. 15

James, s. of William and Hagar Munslow

bap.

,, June 24

John Thomas

bur.

,, July 11

Eleanor Hill, wid.

bur.

,, Aug. 26

Ann, d. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, Nov. 27

Edward and Martha (twins), s. and d. of Thomas and Mary Everall

bap.

,, Dec. 9

Hannah, illegitimate d. of Elizabeth Jones

bap.

,, Dec. 17

Martha and Susanna (twins), illegitimate daus. of Jane Richards

bap.

1810, Dec. 24

Martha Milnes, d. of Adam and Sarah Rutherford

bap.

,, Dec. 26

Martha, d. of John and Elizabeth Bishop

bap.

,, Dec. 30

Samuel, s. of Samuel Poulter

bur.

1811, Feb. 10

Hannah, d. of Edward and Sarah Overton

bap.

,, Mar. 3

Eleanor, illegitimate d. of Ann Hotchkiss

bap.

,, Mar. 10

Richard, s. of Richard and Mary Gwilliam

bap.

,, Mar. 29

Eliza, d. of Benjamin and Hannah Corfield

bap.

,, June 29

Edward, s. of Charles and Mary Bufton

bap.

,, June 29

Martha, d. of Benjamin and Martha Bennett

bap.

„ July 18

James, s. of James and Mary Ambler

bap.

,, July 21

Thomas, s. of Richard and Francis Weaver

bap.

,, Sep. —

Richard, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cooke

bap.

,, Dec. 23

William, illegitimate s. of Sarah Wainwright

bap.

1812, Jan. 5

Richard, s. of John and Mary Jones

bap.

,, Apr. 5

Margaret Turnbull, d. of Adam and Sarah Rutherford

bap.

,, Apr. 26

Timothy, s. of Samuel and Ann Pinches

bap.

,, May 3

Samuel, s. of Samuel and Mary Evans

bap.

,, June 7

Charles, s. of Thomas and Margaret Griffiths

bap.

,, July 26

Samuel, illegitimate s. of Letitia Harriss

bap.

,, Aug. 24

John Everall

bur.

,, Sep. 27

Sarah, d. of William and Ann Jones

bap.

,, Nov. 1

Richard, s. of Richard and Martha Pugh

bap.

,, Nov. 14

Richard, s. of John and Mary Munslow

bap.

,, Nov. —

Richard, s. of John and Mary Munslow

bur.

,, Nov. —

John, s. of Richard and Elizabeth Savage

bap.

,, Nov. 27

Margaret Turnbull, d. of Adam and Sarah Rutherford

bur.

,, Nov. 27

Elizabeth, w. of Abraham Poulter

bur.

RATLINGHOPE.  INDEX LOCORUM.

Compiled by F. A. ROBERTS.

[An Asterisk (*) denotes that the place occurs more than once on the page.]

Alpheton, co.  Suffolk, iv.

Bishop’s Castle, iii.

Cambridge, Emmanuel Coll., iv; Selwyn Coll., iv.

Caus, iii.

Chester, iv.

Church Pulverbatch, 4*. see also Churton and Pulverbatch.

Church Stretton, iii*, 3.

Churton, 1.

Clun, iii.

Coates, iv.

Condover, 2.

Durham, iv.

Edgton (Edgstone) 1.

Ford, iii, 1.

Garway, iv.

Gatten (Gateden, Gatteden), iii*, v.

Great Barr, iii.

Habberley, iv.

Haughmond Abbey, iii*.

Hereford, iii, iv, v.

Hopton Cangeford, iv.

Hyssington, 2.

London, iii.

London, Westminster, iv.

Longmynd, iii.

Ludlow, iii.

Lythwood, v.

Madeley, 3.

More, 4.

Norbury, 3.

Oxford, Christ Church, iv*; Corpus Christi Coll., iv; Merton Coll., iv.

Oxon, v.

Peter’s Marland, iv.

Pontesbury, iii, iv, 3.

Pulverbatch, 1, 4*.

Purslow, iii.

Ratlinghope (Rotelingehope, Rotlynchope), passim.

Rutland, co., iii.

Shrewsbury, iii*, iv, v.

Shropshire, iii, iv.

Smethcott (Smethcot), 1, 2.

Stapleton, 2.

Stitt, iii*.

Walsall, iii.

Wentnor, 2*, 3.

Westbury, 3, 4.

Wigmore, iii, iv.

Woolstaston, iv*.

Worthen, 1, 3.

INDEX NOMINUM.

[An Asterisk (*) denotes that the name occurs more than once on the page.]

IRREGULARITY:—Christian name omitted: . . . Charles, 8.

Ambler, Jas., 4, 11*; My., 4, 11.

Amiss, Sar., 8.

Ancritt, Sar., 2.

Anderton, Hy., iv.

Andrews (Andrus), Andrew, 7; Ann, 3*, 4, 5, 6; Eliza, 10; Hannah, 5; Jn., 2, 4, 6; My., 1*, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Prise., 8; Rich., 1; Sar., 1, 2*, 4*, 6*; Thos., 1, 3, 7, 9; Wm., 1, 2, 3, 5*, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Andrus, see Andrews.

Aston, Thos. Baker, iv.

Bady (Beady), Eliz., 10; Marth., 8; Sar., 8, 10; Thos., 8, 10.

Batfield, Chas., 8; Hannah, 8.

Beaumond, Elean., 4.

Beddoes (Beddow), Jn., 3, 9; My., 3, 9*.

Bennett, Benj., 11; Marth., 11*.

Bigge, Humph., iii.

Bishop, Abig., 7; Amia, 8; Eliz., 7, 8, 9, 11; Job, 2; Jn., 7, 8, 9*, 11; Marth., 2, 11; My., 3.

Botterell, Wm. de, iii*.

Bowen, Margery, 1; My., 1.

Brazenor, Hannah, 10; Jn., 10.

Brees, see Preece.

Bright, Thos., iii.

Bromley, Benj., 9*; Frances, 9*; Sar., 9; Wm., 9.

Brown, Sar., 4; Sus., 4.

Bufton, Chas., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Edw., 11; Eliz., 7; Jas., 8; My., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Thos., 9, 10.

Butler, Sar., 2.

Carless (Careless), . . . 8; Charlotte, 5; Clement, 3, 4, 9; Eliz., 2, 5, 6, 8; Jn., 2, 5, 6*, 8; My., 3, 4.

Carr, Edm. Donald, iv.

Clark (Clarke), Ann, 2; Edw., 1; My., 1.

Coles, Bromley, 1; Eliz., 1.

Cook (Cooke), Eliz., 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11; Geo., 5; Jn., 9; Marth., I, 3; Rich., 11; Rob., 1, 4; Sar., 3; Thos., 4, 5, 7, 8*, 9, 11; Wm., 7.

Corbet, Adela, iii; Alice, iii*; Rob., iii; Rob. fitz, iii*; Rog., iii; Sibil, iii*; Walt., iii*.

Corfield, Benj., 11; Eliza, 11; Hannah, 11.

Coxsell, Jas., 3; My., 3.

Cranage, Rev. D. H. S., iii.

Crockat, Ann, 8*; Thos., 8*.

Crump, Eliz., 4, 10*; Rich., 4, 10.

Davis (Davies), Ann, 1*, 3, 9; Cath., 2; Jane, 3; Jn., 5; Jos., 2; My., 1; Morris, 3, 6, 9; Rich., iv, 1, 8; Sam., 18; Sar., 3, 6, 9*; Sus., 2; Thos., 3, 6.

Dod (Dodd), Cath., 2; Jane, 2; Jn., 2; Thos., 2.

Dolphin, Jn., 4*; My., 4.

Doveson, Ann, 3.

Edward the Confessor, iii.

Edwards, Eliz., 3, 8; J., 2; Jos., 8*; Sar., 3, 8.

Evans, Edw., 10; Evan, 3; Marth., 3; My., 10, 11; Sam., 11*; Thos., 10.

Everall (Everal), Ann, 3, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 9*; Edw., 3, 4, 5*, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 10; Edw. Burley, 10*; Eliz., 6, 8; Jane, 3, 4; Jas., 9; Joan, 2; Jn., 4, 5, 8, 11; Marth., 1, 2, 5, 9*, 10*; My., 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8*, 9, 10*; Morris, 2; Prisc., 9; Rich., 5; Rob., 2, 9*, 10*; Sam., 6; Sar., 9; Thos., 4, 5, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 10*; Wm., 4, 7.

Finch, Jn., 3; Reb., 3.

Fletcher, Rev. W. G. D., v*.

Fox, Marth., 3; Sar., 3.

Glenn, Rev. Thos. Rob., iv, v.

Goff (Gough), Ann, 2, 3; Edw., 2, 3.

Gravner, Reb., 3.

Griffiths, Ann, 9; Chas., 11; Edw., 9; Marg., 11; Sus., 9; Thos., 11.

Groves, Ann, 2, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8; Edw. Medlicott, 5*; Emma, 8; Harriet, 4; My., 2, 7; Prisc., 2, 6; Sam., 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8; Wm., 5.

Gwilliam (Guilliam), Ann, 4; Cath., 2; Chas., 1; Eliz., 5; Hannah, 1; Jas., 5; Jane, 4, 5; Jn., 4, 5; Jos., 4; My., 1, 5, 9, 11; Rich., 9, 11*; Sar., 2; Sus., 2, 5; Thos., 4, 9.

Haberley, My., 2.

Harries (Harris, Harriss), Elean., 4, 10; Letitia, 11; My., 1; Rich., 1; Sam., 11; Sar., 1; Wm., 4, 8.

Harrington, Sar., 9.

Harrop, Jonah, iii.  see also Hulton-Harrop.

Hawkins, Jn., iv.

Hayward, Eliz., 1; My., 2; Rob., 7.

Henley, Jane, 2.

Henry I., iii.

Henry II., iii.

Herbert, Herb. fitz, iii.

Hill, Elean., 10; Thos., 6.

Hodges, Geo., iv.

Home (Holmes, Homes), Eliz., 1, 3; Jn., 3; Marth., 1, 2; My., 2.

Homfray, Edw., iv.

Hordley (Hurdley), Margery, 1; Wm., 1.

Hotchkis (Hotchkiss), Ann, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11; Edw., 6; Elean., 11; Eliz., 9; Jer., 4; Marth., 2; Sam., 5; Sar., 7; Wm., 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.

Howells, Jane 2.

Hulton-Harrop, Miss, v; W. E. M., iii, v.

Humphreys (Humphries), Ann, 3, 6; Jn., 6; My., 3, 6; Thos., 6.

Ireland, Wm. Perry, iv.

Irish, Sar., 9; Thos., 9.

James, My., 3; Sus., 2; Thos., 2.

Johnson, Laurence, iv.

Jones, Ann, 1, 2, 3*, 4*, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 10*, 11; Cath., 3, 10; Eliz., 3, 6, 10; Frances, 4; Hannah, 8*, 10; Jn., 2, 7*, 11; Jos., 1; Marth., 2; My., 2*, 8, 11; Prisc., 10; Rich., 2*, 4, 11; Rob., 2, 6, 9; Sar., 3, 10, 11; Sus., 2; Wm., 2, 3*, 4, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 10*, 11.

Kittermaster, Rev. F. W., v.

Knight, Harriet, 3.

Langdon, Benj., 3; My., 3.

Lee, My., 2; Wm., 2;

Lewis (Lewiss), Ann, 5; Edw., 1; Eliz., 1, 2, 4*, 5; Jn., 6; My., 2, 4*, 5, 6*, 8; Sam., 6; Sar., 8; Wm., 4, 5, 6*, 8.

Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, Prince, iii.

Lloyd, Rich., iv.

Longe, Rob., iii.

Mansell, Edw., 4; Elean., 4.

Martin, Hagar, 4.

Matthews, Cath., 2.

Medlicott (Medlicot), Jas., 6*; Jer., 10; My., 2, 4, 5, 6*; Prisc., 4; Sam., 5; Sar., 3, 10*; Wm., 2, 4, 5, 6*.

Mitton, Wm., iv.

Morris (Moris), Jane, 2, 3; Mat., 2; My., 1*, 2; Thos., 1*.

Munslow, Ann, 3, 5; Eliz., 2, 3, 5*, 6, 7, 8*; Geo., 8; Hagar, 4, 10; Hannah, 3; Jas., 10; Jn., 6, 8, 11*; My., 8, 11*; Rich., 11*; Rob., 3, 5*, 6, 7, 8; Sam., 7; Thos., 2, 5; Wm., 4, 10.

Nottley, Wm. Geo. Clutton, iv*.

Overton, Edw., 11; Hannah, 11; Sar., 11.

Parry, Eliz., 4; My., 4, 5*; Thos., 4, 5.

Partridge, Elean., 4.

Pearce, Ann, 1.

Perkin, Ann, 9; Hannah, 9; Joan, 2; Sar., 1.

Philip and Mary, iv.

Philson, Sir Lances, iv.

Pinches, Ann, 3*, 5*, 6, 7*, 8*, 9, 10*, 11; Eliz., 6; Frances, 8; Jas., 6, 7, 9; Jn., 9; My., 3, 6, 7*, 9; Rich., 5, 6; Sam., 3, 5, 6, 7*, 8*, 9, 10, 11; Sar., 5*; Thos., 7*; Tim., 11; Wm., 9.

Pool, Marth., 2.

Postan, Reb., 3.

Poult, see Poulter.

Poulter (Poult), Abr., 11; Ann, 9; Eliz., 3, 9, 11; Hannah, 7*; Hy., 3; Jane, 3, 5, 6; My., 5; Sam., 3, 6, 11*; Sar., 3*; Thos., 3, 5, 6, 7*.

Preece (Brees, Price, Pryce), Ann, 1, 7, 9; Benj., 7; Cath., 1; Edw., 2, 9; Eliz., 1; Geo., 8; Isa., 6; Jn., 2, 5,* 6*, 7*, 8; Jos., 1; Marth., 2*, 6; My., 2, 3, 6*, 7*, 8; Rich., 6; Sar., 2, 3, 5*; Thos., 5, 6, 9.

Price (Pryce,) see Preece.

Pugh, Ann, 5; Betty, 6; Elean., 7; Eliz., 1, 4; Hannah, 3, 10; Jane, 2; Jas., 3; Marth., 11; My., 4; Pet., 7; Rich., 4, 5, 6, 7*, 11*; Sar., 3; Sus., 4, 5, 6, 7*; Thos., 3, 10*; Wm., 1, 2.

Purslow, Jos., 2; My., 2, 9; Rob., 9.

Reese, Eliz., 3; Rheese, 3.

Richards, Benj., 7; Dav., iv; Eliz., 10; Jane, 7, 10; Jn., 9*, 10; Marth., 10; My., 6, 9*; Sar., 9, 10; Sus., 10; Wm., 6*.

Roberts, Ann, 3; Eliz., 10; Frances, 10; Thos., 3.

Robinson, Mrs. Rowan, v.

Roger de Montgomery, Earl, iii.

Rogers, Ann, 4*, 8; Elean., 6; Hannah, 7; Marth., 4; My., 3, 6*, 7*, 8, 10; Prisc., 2, 4*; Sam., 6; Wm., 2, 3, 4*, 6*, 7*, 8, 10.

Rutherford, Adam, 11*; Marg. Turnbull, 11*; Marth. Milnes, 11; Sar., 11*.

Sankey, Ann, 4, 5; Eliz., 2; Jn., 4; Marth., 2; Sar., 1.

Savage, Eliz., 4, 11; Jn., 11; Rich., 4, 11.

Scott, Jas. Rob., iii; Jn., Chas. Addyes, iii; Rob., iii.

Seuuard, iii.

Small, Cath., 1.

Spencer, Reb., 8, 9*; Rich., 9; Sam., 8; Thos., 8, 9*; Wm., 9.

Swinnert, Edw., 2; Jane, 2.

Thomas, Cath., 3; Jn., 1, 3, 10; Jos., 2; My., 1, 2, 7, 9; Sar., 7.

Tomkins, My., 2.

Tudor, Abr., 4; Ann, 2, 8*; Jer., 8*; Joan, 5; Jn., 2, 4, 6; Marth., 1, 2, 4, 6; My., 1; Rich., 6; Thos., 1.

Vaughan, Elean., 4; Jn., 4.

Wainwright, Sar., 11; Wm., 11.

Warwick, Harriet, 3; Jas., 3.

Watts, Arth. Wm. Benj. Walmsley, iv.

Weaver, Frances, 11; Rich., 11; Thos., 11.

Whittingham, Wm., iv.

Whitworth, Wm. Hy., iv.

Wigley (Whigley), Hannah, 1.

Wild, My., 1.

Wilks (Wilkes), Ann, 8; Eliz., 10; Reb., 3, 6*, 7*, 8, 9, 10; Rich., 6; Sam., 3, 6*, 7*, 8, 9*, 10; Thos., 7.

Williams, Ann, 3; Elean., 7, 8; Jn., 3*; Marth., 3; Thos., iv, 7, 8*; Wm., iv, 7.

INDEX RERUM

British Camps and Tumuli, iii.

Dugdale’s Monasticon, cited, iii.

Haughmond Abbey, connexion with Ratlinghope, iii.

Ratlinghope, Church, Account of, iii, iv.

,, Derivation of the name, iii.

,, History of, iii.

,, Incumbents of, iv.

,, Inventory of Church Goods, 1549 and 1553, iv.

,, Manor, History of, iii.

,, Priory of Augustinian Canons at, iii.

,, Registers, Description of, iv, v.

,, Situation, iii.

Religious Census of Shropshire, 1676, iv.

Roman Road, the Portway, iii.

Transcripts of Registers at Hereford, v.

Wigmore Priory, iii.

Footnotes

[ia]  See Dugdale’s Monasticon, VI. 496-7.

[ib]  Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Vol. 1, p. 423.

[3]  This is clearly a mistake, and should be William Jones; for in the Banns the man’s name appears as William Jones, and by his mark, he signs the Register with William Jones.

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Table of Contents

The Register of Ratlinghope.

VOLUME I.

VOLUME II.

RATLINGHOPE. INDEX LOCORUM.

INDEX NOMINUM.

INDEX RERUM

Footnotes

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