The Register of Ratlinghope, by W. G. D. Fletcher
Transcribed from the 1909 Shropshire Parish Register Society edition by David Price, email [email protected]
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 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
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.
,,
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
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;
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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