Chapter 02 THE VICARS AND CHURCHWARDENS

II.

THE VICARS AND CHURCHWARDENS.
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the Following is a translation of the Charter of King John, confirming the grant of the Advowson, &c., of the Church of Hope and its Chapel of Tideswell to the Bishop of Coventry. (Reliquary, vol. xi, 1870-71. Communicated by the late R. Daniel-Tyssen, F.S.A.)

Charter Roll. 7 John (1206): John, by the grace of God etc. " Know ye that we have granted, and by this our Charter have confirmed, to our Venerable Father G . . . . Bishop of Coventry, and to his successors, in free alms, the Church of Hoppe, with the Chapel of Tydeswell, and with all other things, to the Church or Chapel belonging, and the tithes and oblations, and all obventions in lands and pastures, and all other things, with the right also of the advowson, and with every other right that to the same may belong, with all entirety and liberty for ever to be possessed. That according to the disposal of the same Bishop, and of all his successors, at all future times, that Church and Chapel should be assigned to whomsoever they shall wish, in perpetuity either as a prebend or in promotion of either of their churches of Coventry or Lichfield, or to other uses, according to the will of the same Bishop, all which premises we granted to Hugh of good memory, Bishop, the predecessor of the before mentioned Bishop G . . . , when we were earl of Moreton, as our Charter which we made to him plainly testifies.

Wherefore, we will etc., that the aforesaid Bishop G. . . , and his successors, may have and hold the aforesaid Church

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with the Chapel, and all their appurtenances, and all other things aforesaid, well and peaceably, free and quiet, wholly and honourably in all places and things, with all liberties and free customs, to the same belonging as is aforesaid." witnesses : Lords W.London, J. Norwich. Bishops G. . . , the son of Peter Earl of Essex, W. Marc Earl of Pembroke, W. Earl of Salisbury, Albert de Veer Earl of Oxford, Roger de Lascy Constable of Chester, Saho de Quincy, W. de Briwerr, Simon de Patesch.

Dated by the hand of H. de Well Archdeacon of Wells, at Ongar, 10th day of August in the 7th year etc."

The patronage of the livings of Hope and Tideswell subsequently became vested in the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, the present patrons, by the grant of Geoffrey de Muscbamp, the Bishop of Coventry referred to as Bishop G. . . in the above Charte.r. This grant was confirmed (1215-1221) by William de Cornhill, Bishop of Coventry. " It was during the episcopate of Alexander de Savensby (1224-1238) that the Vicarage of Hope seems to have been formally ordained."1

The present vicarage house was erected, at an estimated cost of £20, between 1854 and 1857, on the site of an older vicarage, which was taken down in 1854 when the Rev. Wilmot C. B. Cave was vicar.

There is no complete list of the Vicars of Hope extant. The Rev. Dr. Cox, author of Churches of Derbyshire, recovered some of the names of the earlier vicars from the Chapter of Lichfield Acts Books, and several of the seventeenth century vicars are mentioned in the Hope Parish Registers. There are also chance references in ancient charters; and later the Churchwardens' Account Book supplies the names of most of the vicars.

¹ Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, by Dr. J. Charles Cox, 1877.

Notes from a Peakland Parish.

A petition against John Dean, Vicar of Hope, and others was presented to the King and Council, 4th Henry IV (1403) as follows:

To the most wise Lords of the Council of our Lord the King, most humbly prays a poor and plain esquire, Godfrey Rowland of the County of Derby, and complains of Sir Thomas Wendesley1 knight, and John Dean vicar of the Church of Hope, for that the said Thomas and John, with John Shawe, Richard Hunt, Reynold Wombewell, John de Sutton, Thomas Swynscowe, and John Swynscoe his son, with many others of their bad associates, armed in a warlike manner, on the Monday next before the Feast of the Translation of Saint John of Beverley, in the 23rd year of the reign of King Richard, formerly King of England, came feloniously to the house of the said petitioner at Mikel Longesdon, and the said house, with force and arms, broke into and despoiled, and all his goods and chattels there found, as well living as dead, to the value of two hundred marks, took and carried away, and the said petitioner, out of his said house, took and brought with them to the Castle of High Peek, and there imprisoned him for six whole days without giving him any meat or drink; and after the six days they brought him out of the said Castle, and cut off his right hand wrongfully and against the peace, and to the perpetual injury and loss of the said petitioner; therefore be pleased in your most wise discretion to consider the shameful trespasses and the bad example of those, the poverty and loss of the said petitioner, and to order to the said petitioner proper and hasty remedy, according to your wise discretion, for God and as a work of charity."

¹ Wendesley or Wensley. "Sir Thomas Wendesley, Knight, mortally wounded at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV anno 1403 ; buried in Bakewell Church." (Note in the Reliquary by T. N. Ince.)

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The 'Valor Ecclesiasticus" 27th Henry VIII, gives the value of the Vicarage of Hope at £13 13s. 4d., and Nicholas Heys was then the vicar. In 1602 Edmund Eyre, vicar, died under Church censure, and it is recorded in the Parish Registers that he was buried in the night without service or bell. In 1650 the Parliamentary Commissioners report Thomas Booking the present incumbent, formerly in armes against the Parliament and reputed scandalous". That he fought on the other side was in those days considered to be ample justification for the adjective scandalous; but as we have seen from the inscriptions and date on the pulpit at Hope, he apparently remained there in 1652, though he is described as " teacher " rather than vicar. In a conveyance dated November llth 1654, of a property at Nether Hurst in the parish of Hathersage, which I have seen, the name of Thomas Booking, clerk, figures as an occupier of the land. One supposes that the vicar, or ex-vicar of Hope, is referred to, as it is very unlikely that there were two individuals of the name, both " clerks", living at the same time in the Hope valley.

From 1764 to 1814 five vicars in succession appear to have been absentees and their duties performed by curates, whose names alone appear in the Registers and Churchwardens' Accounts during that period. In the case of Charles Buckeridge, one of them, it is recorded in the Chapter Acts Books that he had accepted two livings at the time (1789) that his successor Richard Buckeridge was instituted. John Baptist Proby, vicar from 1791 to 1804, may have been a son of Dr. Baptist Proby who was Dean of Lichfield in 1776.

LIST OF THE VICARS OF HOPE.

Between
1254 & 1278. william . . . vicar of Hope, named in a bond.

(' Derbyshire Charters'—J eaves.)

1359. william godwine, named in a grant of 1359.

(' Derbyshire Charters '—Jeaves.)

Notes from a Peakland Parish.

1387 & 1394. richard forester, mentioned as vicar in a deed, 10th Richard II (1387) amongst some charters of the Eyre family of Hassop. A pension of 27 marks was granted him out of the fruits of the vicarage (Cox). Witness to a release in 1394 (' Derbyshire Charters '—J eaves.)

1395—1425. john dean, appointed on the resignation of Richard Forester. A petition was presented to the King and Council against John Dean, vicar of Hope, and others in 1403 by Godfrey Rowland. (See above.) He was vicar in 1412.

1425. richard walkeden, on the death of John Dean. Vicar in 1438 (Deed in the Wirksworth Hundred Rolls). Described as "late vicar of Hope" in 1459. (Deed in the Sheffield Central Reference Library.) william kyrke.

1487—1529. william bagshawe, on the death of William

Kyrke.

1529—1532. thomas lowe, on the death of William Bagshawe. " To be inducted by Thomas Bradwell, Chaplain of Hope " (Cox).

1532. nicholas haye or heys, on the death of Thomas Lowe. " Robert Comberford was first instituted, but he does not seem ever to have been inducted or to have really held the benefice" (Cox). Nicholas Heys mentioned as vicar in the 'Valor Ecclesiasticus' (27 Henry VIII, 1536), when the annual value of the vicarage was ^13 13s. 4d. (Cox).

1565. edmund burton. Had a dispensation in 1565 to hold the vicarage of Hope with the rectory of Ibstock, Lincoln (Chapter Acts Books).

1601. robert eyre. "Mr. Robert Eyre, Vicker" ; buried at Hope 18th Oct. 1601 (Hope Parish Registers).

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1602. edmund eyre, "Vicar of Hope, was buried the xvth Aprill, without service or bell, in ye night ". 1602. (Hope Registers.)

1602. rowland merrike. the first vicar whose signature appears in the Hope Registers. Was inducted as vicar by William Greaves, vicar of Tideswell, 16th July 1602 (Hope Registers). He signs the Burials as late as 20th June 1604.

1604. william leadbetter. His signature as vicar appears in the Hope Registers as late as 1634, his handwriting apparently until 1639.

1650. thomas bocking. " The Parliamentary Commissioners, in 1650, speak of him as ' the present Incumbent, formerly in armes against the Parliament and reputed scandalous'" (Cox). He was still vicar in 1652 ; under which date his name is carved on the pulpit door of Hope, with the appelation of teacher.

1671. john simpson. His name appears in the Registers

as vicar as late as April 1676.

1676—1679. roger hellifield. Entry of the baptism of his son Benjamin in the Registers 19th Nov. 1678 ; and of his own burial at Hope 31st March 1679.

1679—1690. william browne appears as vicar in the Registers in January 1680, and in 1685 in the entries of ' Briefs' in the Churchwardens' Book. He resigned the living in 1690 (see ' The Free School of Hope,' p. 43, of which he was sometime school-master), and his name appears in the Registers for the last time in March of that year.

1690—1696. thomas browne appears as vicar in the Registers and Churchwardens' Book from 1690 until his burial at Hope 12th Nov. 1696.

1696—1722. jacob creswell, on the death of Thomas

Browne. Burial recorded 14th Dec. 1722.

Notes from a Peakland Parish.

1723—1731. thomas hayes, on the death of Jacob Creswell. His name appears in the Registers as vicar in May 1724. From 1724 to 1732 Thomas Wormald signs the Churchwardens' Accounts as " curate ".

1732—1764. thomas wormald. Presented by the Crown through lapse. Inducted as vicar, 14th Oct., 1732.

1764—1783. benjamin bond, on the death of Thomas Wormald. He died in 1783. From 1764 to 1786 Matthew Barber signs the Accounts as " curate ". Mr. Bond's name never appears. Was he an absentee?

1783—1789. charles buckeridge. Resigned in 1789.1

1789—1791. richard buckeridge. Resigned in 1791.1

1791—1804. john baptist proby, Resigned in 1804.1

1804—1814. stephen hartley. Resigned in 1814.1

John Ibbotson held the Mastership of the Free School of Hope until 1810.

1814—1828. john ibbotson, on the resignation of Stephen

Hartley.

1829—1843. francis orton. He exchanged with Wilmot

C. B. Cave in 1843.

1843—1856. wilmot cave-brown-cave. He resigned in

1856.

1856—1870. charles john daniel, on the resignation of

Wilmot C. B. Cave.

1871—1903. henry buckston, on the resignation of C. J.

Daniel.

1904. edward cecil vincent, on the resignation of

Henry Buckston.

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¹ These names do not occur at all in the Churchwardens' Accounts. Matthew Barber up to 1786, and John Ibbotson from that year until 1814, sign the Accounts as " curates ". It would seem that these vicars were absentees.

THE CHURCHWARDENS OF THE PARISH OF HOPE SINCE THE YEAR 1685.

(A COMPLETE LIST COMPILED FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS.)

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1685     William Browne, Vicar                Thomas Eyre
1686-7       ,,      ,,      ,,            John Turner            Joseph Eyre                 William Bradwall
1687-8       ,,      ,,      ,,            Robert Bagshaw        Joseph Eyre                 John Turner
1688-9       ,,      ,,      ,,            Dennis Booking         Thomas Barber              George Buxton
1689-90 Thomas Browne, Vicar             John Booking   John Bagshaw               Henry Ibutson
1690-1       ,,       ,,      ,,             George Trickit          James Knowles              Henry Ibutson
1691-2       ,,       ,,      ,,             George Bennett         Henry Ashton               Thomas Stephenson
1692-3       ,,       ,,      ,,           John Pointon           John Hall                   Robert Heald
1693-4       ,,       ,,      ,,              Edward Derneley        Wm. Pointon               Thomas Barber
1694-5       ,,       ,,      ,,             John Hall              Thomas Barber              William Pointon
1695-6       ,,       ,,      ,,             John Hall              Joseph Ibberson       .      James Bagshaw
1696-7    Jacob Creswell, Vicar                   William Wragg         Thomas Barber Peter Robinson
1697-8      ,,      ,,      ,,               John Ibbutson          John Bagshaw               Daniel Greaves
1698-9      ,,      ,,      ,,               John Ibbutson           Nicholas Smith              Robert Webster
1699-1700   ,,      ,,      ,,            Isaac Morten            Joseph Ibbutson             Christopher James
1700-1      ,,      ,,      ,,                Hugh Buxton           Thomas Middleton           William Bagshaw
1701-2      ,,      ,,      ,,               Abraham Slin           Robert White               Thomas Harrison
1702-3      ,,      ,,      ,,               Joseph Wilson           Edmund Darwend           John Hall
1703-4      ,,      ,,      ,,               John Greaves           William Greaves            William Milns
1704-5      ,,      ,,      ,,               John Greaves           William Greaves            John Heald
1705-6 (Vicar's name not appended) Robert Middleton George Bagshaw Joseph Hargreave
1706-7    Jacob Creswell, Vicar     Joseph Wilson          Jonathan Bagley    Joseph Hargreave
1707-8      ,,      ,,      ,,               Ralph Booking          Nathaniel Greaves           Thomas Barber
1708-9      ,,      ,,      ,,               George Burrows         Robert Barker               Anthony Cleaton
1709-10     ,,      ,,      ,,               Robert Fanshaw        Robert Hunter              Anthony Cleaton
1710-1      ,,      ,,      ,,               William Greaves        Anthony Raworth            Edward Frost
1711-2      ,,      ,,      ,,               Roger Key              John Heald                 Thomas Morton
1712-3      ,,      ,,      ,,               Robert Balguy          Joseph Eyre                 Robert Helld (? Heald)
(There are no accounts entered in the Churchwardens' Book for 1712-13 ; the above names are entered in connection with the collections made that year.)

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1713-4 Jacob Creswell, Vicar Roger Key Reginald Hollingworth Samuel Marpols 1714-5 ,, ,, ,, Christopher Bocking Anthony Raworth Jonathan James

1715-6 ,, ,, ,, Philemon Pickford Thomas Eyre Thomas Gardner

1716-7 ,, ., ,. William Marrison Thomas Furniss John Newton

1717-8 ,. ,, ,, Christopher Bocking Joseph Eyre John Heald

1718-9 ,, ,, ,, Robert Burrs Francis Syks John Newton

1719-20 ,, ,, ,, Christopher Bocking for Robert Pointon Robert Marshall
Wm. Darwent

1720-1 ,, ,, ,, John Burdikin Joseph Willis Thomas Morton

1721-2 (Vicar's name not appended) Richard Wragg Thomas Bagshaw George Robinson

1722-3 Thomas Hayes, Vicar Adam Grant John Eyre John Whitby

1723-4 (Vicar's name not appended) Robert Middleton John How John Heald

1724-5 Thomas Wormald, Curate Godfrey Hall Thomas Morton Joseph Wilson

1725-6 (no name) John Fanshaw Ben. Andrew Wm. Hattersley

1726-7 Thomas Wormald, Curate Joseph Eyre Wm. Hattersley Robert Naul

1727-8 " " " Mr. Balguy Ellis Needham Robert Middleton

1728-9 " " " John Paramore Thomas Slater

1929-30 " " " (The Accounts and Churchwardens for these three years are given in a single entry.)

1730-1 " " " Robert French Hugh Bradwall Matthew Chapman

1731-2 " " " Robert French Hugh Bradwall Matthew Chapman

(The Accounts and Churchwardens for two years in one entry.)

1733-4 Thomas Wormald, Vicar Robert Bocking Wm. Hattersley Nicholas Chapman

1734-5 (no name) John Greaves John Low Jonathan How for Wilcockson

1735-6 Thomas Wormald, Vicar Isaac Morton Joseph Booth John Heald for
Samuel White (Stoke)

1736-7 (no name) Isaac Morton Jonathan How Abraham Cooper

1737-8 Thomas Wormald, William Darwent Bartholomew Bagshaw Zachariah Middleton

for George Clayton

1738-9 (no name) Edward Eyre Charles Greaves Edward Bagshaw

1739-40 (no name) Joshua Barnsley Charles Greaves Thomas Bocking

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1740-1 Thomas Wormald, Vicar, Joshua Barnsley Thomas Bagshaw Robert Marshall for

Thomas Winfield

1741-2 ,, ,, ,, Joshua Barnsley Thomas Bagshaw Robert Marshall for

William Thomason

1742-3 ,, ,, ,, Robert Fanshaw Zaccheus Middleton Isaac Hambleton for

George Bagshaw

1743-4 ,, ,, ,, Ellis Eyre Joseph Hadfield Thomas Gleadhill

1744-5 ,, ,, ,, Isaac Hamilton for Mr. William Oliver Joseph Justice

Oliver of Smalldale

1745-6 ,, ,, ,, William Raworth John Elliott Joshua Needham

1746-7 ,, ,, ,, Ralph Bocking John Gellott Robert Thornhill

1747-8 ,, ,, ,, Martin Middleton Thomas Hallom John Eyre

of Gantley

1748-9 ,, ,, ,, Thomas Fanshaw John Eyre John Sikes

1749-50 ,, ,, ,, John Eyre for Robert Bagshaw Ralph Newton

Ralph Bocking, senr.

1750-1 ,, ,, ,, Thomas Fox Samuel Bagshaw Thomas Marshall

1751-2 ,, ,, ,, George Robinson John Greaves Joseph Francis

1752-3 ,, ., ,, Joseph Ibbotson John Greaves John Heald

1753-4 ,, ,, ,, Thomas Pickford Thomas Eyre Thomas Wragg

1754-5 ,, ,, ,, Godfrey Grant Robert Needham William Walker

1755-6 ,, ,, ,, John Dakin Samuel Oliver William Thomason

1756-7 ,, ,, ,, Ellis Marshall Joseph Baggaley William Hattersley

1757-8 ,, ,, ,, John Middleton Joseph Thornhill Thomas Fox

1758-9 ,, ,, ,, John Hadfield Thomas Eyre George White

1759-60 ,, ,, ,, Elias Marshall Joseph Webster Robert Hodgkinson

1760-1 ,, ,, ,, William Darwent Joseph Chapman Joseph Chapman

of Little Hucklow of Woodland

1761-2 ,, ,, ,, Abraham Ibbotson Zaccheus Middleton William Hathoway

1762-3 (no entry in the Churchwardens' Account Book for this year)

1763-4 Matthew Barber, Curate Thomas Fanshaw George Hall William Bradwall

1764-5 ,, ,, ,, John Bocking Zaccbeus Middleton Robert Middleton

1765-6 ,, ,, ,, Anthony Wright Joseph Booth Joseph Raworth

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1766-7 Matthew Barber, Curate Francis Ashmore Joseph Booth Nicholas Green

1767-8 ,, ,, ,, George Hall Jonathan Howe William Fuesdale

1768-9 ,, ,, ,, John Wright John Booking for Thomas Lowe

Mr. Charles Greaves

1769-70 ,, ,, ,, Jacob Darwent Thomas Greaves Thomas Outram

1770-1 ,, ,, ,, Christopher Booking John Kirk George Clayton

1771-2 ,, ,, ,, William Howe Zaccheus Middleton Robert Wilson

1772-3 ,, ,, ,, Wm. Rauworth Zaccheus Middleton John Bagshaw

1773-4 ,, ,, ,, John Cottril George Little-wood William Bagshaw

1774-5 ,, ,, ,, George Barnsley Francis Ashmore Thomas Bradwall

1775-6 ,, ,, ,, John Middleton William Thorpe Thomas Bagshaw

1776-7 ,, ,, ,, Andrew Eyre Thomas Bagsbaw William Burgon

1777-8 ,, ,, ,, Benjamin Kirk Thomas Gleadhill Samuel Oliver

1778-9 ,, ,, ,, Joseph Ashton Thomas Newton Thomas Hall

1779-80 ,, ,, ., James Eyre Charles Wain for James Newbould

John Eyre of Crookbill

1780-1 ,, ,, ,, Robert Hill William Walker George White

1781-2 ,. ,, ,, Robert Wilson Rowland Eyre Godfrey Fox

1782-3 ,, ,, ,, Joseph Booth Thomas W<iin Robert Bagshaw

1783-4 ,, ,, ,, Robert Poynton George Fox Edward Bagsbaw

1784-5 ,, ,, ,, Benjamin Elliott Thomas Eyre John Howe

1785-6 (no name) George Robinson Joseph Webster Hugh Bradwall

1786-7 John Ibbotson, Curate Thomas Fox Francis Bagshaw Thomas Newton for

George Chapman

1787-8 ,, ,, Robert Robinson Joseph Hadfield Thomas Fox

1788-9 ,, ,, John Danforth Benjamin Green Thomas Eyre

1789-90 ,, ,, Thomas Creswell Joshua Needbam George Eyre

1790-1 ,, ,, John Kirk Benjamin Longden Samuel Feepound

1791-2 ,, ,, John Dakin Isaac Outram Thomas Wilcock

1792-3 ,, ,, William Ashmore John Kirk Christopher Booth

1793-4 ,, ,, John Willson Jonathan Baggaley Joseph Eyre

1794-5 ,, ,, John Middleton Mr. Thomas Greaves James Bagshaw

1795-6 ,, ,, Robert Hill Mr. Thomas Greaves Joseph Francis

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1796-7 John Ibbotson, Curate John Ashmore Hugh Bradwall Thomas Bridge

1797-8 ,, ,, George Robinson Benjamin Wragg Robert Middleton

1798-9 ,, ,, George Hall Thomas Bagshaw Robert Middleton

1799-1800 ,, ,, Robert Middleton George Hall for John Rydale

Robert Outram

1800-1 ,, ,, John Cottrill John Higginbotham John Howe

1801-2 ,, ,, John Howe William James Edmund Ashmore

1802-3 ,, ,, Edmund Ashmore John Howe for Thomas Bridge

George White of Stoke

1803-4 (no name) Benjamin Longden John Birch John Gleadhill

1804-5 John Ibbotson, Curate Joseqh Ashmore Joseph Jowie Richard Chapman

1805-6 (no name) Abraham Willson John Eyre Paul Gill

1806-7 John Ibbotson, Curate Benjamin Pearson John Eyre John Bagshaw

1807-8 ,, ,, Isaac Hill Isaac Middleton John Bradwell

1808-9 ,, ,, Isaac Hill William Walker Thomas Jennings

1809-10 ,, ,, Joseph Hallam Joseph Eyre George Robinson

(Shatton)

1810-1 ,, ,, Champion Bray Jesse Wain Thomas White

1811-2 ,, ,, Hugh Hill Dence (? Dennis) Fox Thomas Longden

1912-3 ,, ,, William Eyre John Eyre John Hawksworth

1813-4 John Ibbotson, Vicar John Hall (Hope) Isaac Middleton John Middleton

(Woodlands) (Hope) for Robert

Tomlin (Stoke)

1814-5 ,, ,, Robert Middleton Isaac Middleton JohnMiddleton(Hope)

(Bradwall) (Woodlands) for James Bright-

more (Highlow)

1815-6 ,, ,, Jacob Darwent John Middleton for Robert Wilson (Little

(Thornhill) Thomas Fox(Woodlands) Hucklow)

1816-7 ,, ,, Thomas Gould (Hope) Joseph Eyre for George John Bagshaw

Eyre (Alport, Woodlands) (Grindlow)

1817-8 ,, ,, Thomas Jeffery Thomas Bagshaw Joseph Eyre for

(Bradwall) (Abney) Elizabeth Eyre (Alport)

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1818-9 John Ibbotson, Vicar Thomas Gleadhill John Longdm George Robinson

1819-20 ,, ,, James Brown John Longden George Barnsley

1820-1 .. ,, Thomas Fox Benjamin Eyre John Lomas

1021"2 .. .. John Wilson Joseph Eyre William Barker

(Shatton) for Edwd.

Outram (Nether Padley)

1822-3 .. ,. Robert Burdekin Joseph Eyre (Woodlands) John Goddard

for James Shaw

1823'4 .. .. William Bramall Joseph Eyre Samuel Thornhill

1824-5 .. ., Joseph Ollerenshaw Charles Greaves Francis Hancoch

1025-6 .. .. Christopher Greaves Thomas Bridge John Brightmore

1826-7 .. ,, William Ashmore Gervas Hartley Matthew Bingham

(Bradwall) (Woodlands) (Little Hucklow)

1827-0 .. ,, Joseph Wilson Zaccheus Middleton Zaccheus Middleton

(Thornhill) (Woodlands) (Grindlow)

1828-9 Francis Orton Vicar Joseph Kirk (Hope) Samuel Riding Henry Bagshaw

(Woodlands) (Abney Grange)

1829-30 ,, ,, Joseph Kirk (Hope) Robert Middleton John Middleton

(Woodlands) (Offerton)

1830-1 .. .. Thomas Hill (Bradwall) Benjamin Ashton George Bingham

(Woodlands) (Hazlebadge)

1831-2 ,, .. Charles Fieldend Joseph Wilcockson Thomas Bagshaw

(Aston) (Woodlands) (Shatton)

1832--' .. .. John Burdekin (Hope) Dennis Wilson Thomas White

(Woodlands) (Nether Padley)

1833-4 (no name) William Bramall William Thorp Robert Chapman

(Smaldale) (Woodlands) (Great Hucklow)

1834-5 Francis Orton, Vicar Robert Middleton Matthew Dawson John James

(Brough) (Woodlands) (Wardlow)

1035-6 .. .. Robert Kay (Hope) Robert Walker Robert Higginbotbam

(Woodlands) (Stoke)

1836-7 .. .. Robert Middleton John Allot (Woodlands) John Brightmore

(Bradwall) (Highlow)

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1837-8 Francis Orton, Vicar, John Wilson (Thornhill) John Cottrill (Woodlands) Martin Chapman

(Little Hucklow)

1838-9 ,, „ Robert Cottrill (Hope) David Wain (Woodlands) William Handcock

(Grindlow)

1839-40 „ „ William Ashmore Joseph Wilcockson William Walker

(Bradwall) (Woodlands) (Abney Grange)

1840-1 „ ,, Thomas Elliot (Aston) Matthew Abbott John Bradwall

(Woodlands) (Oflerton)

1841-2 ,, ,, Thomas Gould (Hope) John Tym (Woodland) George Fox

(Hazlebadge)

1842-3 Wilmot C. B. Cave, Vicar William Kenyon Samuel Eyre (Woodlands) William Kay

(Bradwall) (Shatton)

1843-4 ,, ,, ,, Joseph Wilson Thomas Wain Matthew Crossland

(Thornhill) (Woodland) (Nether Padley)

1844-5 (no name) Charles Pearson (Hope) Jonathan Eyre Thomas Shirley

(Woodland) (Great Hucklow)

1845 & 1846 (no name) Elias Needham Charles Wilson (Aston) John Hadfield

(Bradwall) (Twitchhill)

1847-8 (no name) Robert Kaye (Hope) John Longden John Bagshaw

(Woodlands) (Highlow)

1848-9 „ „ „ „ „ John Bagshaw

(Highlow)

1849-50 „ Robert Hill (Bradwall) John Hadfield John Frost (Grindlow)

(Woodlands)

1850-1 „ „ „ „ „ William Booking

(Abney Grange)

1851-2 „ „ „ „ „ William Robinson(Offerton)

1852-3 „ John Kirk (Hope) „ „ „ William Barker

(Shatton)

1853-4 Wilmot C. B. Cave, Vicar, William Robinson „ „ Durham Wragg

1854-5 ,, ,, ,, „ „ „ „ „ Matthew Crossland

1855-6 Charles John Daniel, Vicar, ,, „ „ „ William Chapman

1856-7 „ „ „ ,, „ ,, Thomas Bradwell

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1857-8 Charles John Daniel, Vicar William Robinson John Hadfield (Woodlands) Nathan Somerset

1858-9 „ „ „ Robert Middleton „ John Bagshaw

1859-60 „ „ „ ,, ,, „ Robert Gravenor

1860-1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Joseph Chapman

1861-2 ,, „ „ „ „ „ William Bagshaw

1862-3 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Thomas Bagshaw

1863-4 „ „ „ ,, ,, „ William Robinson

1864-5 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, „ James Brown

1865-6 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, George Barnsley

1866-7 „ „ „ ,, ,, „ Matthew Crossland

1867-8 (no name) ,, , ,, James Furniss

1868-9 ) Henry Bnckston, Chairman W. Wills Gould John Bagshawe

1869-70 Accounts and Churchwardens for two years in one entry.)

1870-1 Henry Buckston, Vicar ,, John Hadfield J. Outram

1871-2 „ „ ,, ,, Martin Chapman

1872-3 „ „ James Brown William Bagshawe

1873-4 „ „ ,, ,, George Rose

1874-5 „ „ ,, ,, J. Heald Bradwell

1875-6 „ „ ,, ,, William Robinson

1876-7 „ „ ,, ,, William Andrew

1877-8 „ „ ,, ,, “

1878-9 „ „ ,, John Middleton

1879-80 „ „ ,, ,, William Littlewood

1880-1 „ „ ,, ,, “

1881-2 „ „ ,, ,, “

1882-3 „ „ ,, J, Outram

1883-4 „ „ ,, ,, “

1884-5 „ „ ., ,, Henry Robert Crossland

1885-6 „ „ „ ,, John Robinson

1886-7 „ „ ,, “ John Bagshaw

1887-8

1888-9 „ „ ,, “ William Bagshaw

1889-90 „ „ ,, “ John Wilson

1890-1 „ „ ,, “ Thomas Eyre

VICAR OR CURATE. CHURCHWARDENS.

1891-2 Henry Buckston, Vicar James Brown William Littlewood

1892-3 ,, ,, George Brown George Turner

1893-4 „ „ ,, ,, "

1894-5 „ „ ,, ,, John Robinson

1895-6 ,, ,, ,, ,, Bateman Bagshaw

1896-7 „ „ ,, ,, William Bagshaw

1897-8 „ „ ,, ,, Benjamin Wilson

1898-9 „ „ ,, ,, Thomas Eyre

1899-1900 „ „ ,, ,, James Henry Spittlehouse

1900-1 „ „ ,, ,, George Turner

1901-2 „ „ ,, ,, William Bagshaw

1902-3 „ „ ,, ,, William Henry Cooper

1903-4 E.Cecil Vincent, Vicar ,, John Needham

1904-5 ,, ,, Ben Wilson “

1905-6 ,, ,, Henry Eyre Joseph Unwin

1906-7 ,, ,, William Smith Porter “

1907-8 “ “ “ " “

1908-9 “ “ “ " “

1909-10 “ “ “ “ “

1910-1 ,, ,, Arthur Chapman

1911-2 “ “ “ “ “

1012-3 “ “ “ “ “

1913-4 “ “ “ “ “

1914-5 ,, ,, Edward Hampton “

1915-6 “ “ “ “ “

1916-7 ,, ,, ,, “ Joseph Eyre

1917-8 “ “ “ “ “

1918-9 ,, ,, Arthur Chapman “

1919-20 ,, ,, ,, Henry Freckingham

1920-1 “ “ “ “ “

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1922-3 ,, ,, J. E. Hunt C. V. White