S1vin11e1·1011 Family History

The Journal of the Swinnerton Society

ISSN 0508 6755

VOLUME FOUR NUMBER THREE JUNE 1980 The Swinnerton Society From the Editor's desk A non-profit making organisation devoted to the raearch uacl publication of Swinnerton family records and the welfuc of Church. A member of the Federation of Family History Societies. This issue could almost be said to be a progress report containing as it does the latest news on our research into the three PRESIDENT principal branches of the family. It also contains a collection of oddments about the family and you will The Rt.Hon.Lord Stafford see that many of these have been sent in by kind friends Swynnerton Park who have no connection with us at all. Staffs. This is genealogy at its best, I am always most grateful VICE-PRESIDENTS for snippets like this - they all help to build up a picture of the family and I try and reciprocate Frank Swinnerton Esq. whereever possible. Sir Ro g e r S w y n n e r to n CM G • OB E . MC . Sir Peter Sw in nerto n Dyer F RS. It is even more important that you, the family itself, H. Norm an Sw in nerto n ASc. keep me supplied with details of your doings and of ANY (America) mention of the family you come across so do keep LOOKING and LISTENING. COUNCIL J. W. S w in n e rto n MB E . T D. BSc . ( Eco n . ) Col.J.C.A. Swynnerton OBE. The Rev. B. T.Swinnerton LCP.CF. The Rev.Edward Swinnerton * * * S. K.Armitstead MA THE SWINNERTON FAMILY C. L.Swinnerton Esq. (Treasurer) Most of the Swinnertons known today are descended from one of these three men . SECRETARY & EDITOR 1. WILLIAM SWINNERTON of BETLEY, Co.Staffs. 1740-1809 Lt. Col.I.S.Swinnerton TD.JP. DL. Owls Barn, Bridgnorth Road, Stourton, 2. WILLIAM SWINNERTON of ,Co.Staffs.1757-1828 Nr.Stourbridge, W. Mids. 3. THOMAS SWINNERTON of FILLONGLEY, Co.Warks. c.1710-1760 1. WILLIAM SWINNERTON of BETLEY has a clear descent from the Swinnertons of Whitmore and thus the Swinner­ tons of Swynnerton (vide Collections for a History of Subscription £ 2.50 per annum Students & Senior Citizens £1.00 Staffs. Vol.VII Pt.II).

- SFH.4 p.29 - 2. WILLIAM SW I NNER TON of ADBASTON's origins are, as yet, unknown but hi s 3rd son, JOHN SWI~ERTON (1787- SWINNERTONS OF BETLEY ( 6) 1857) married Sarah Harding the daughter of William Harding and ELIZABETH SWI~ERTON who has a clear desc­ ~ have numbered this (6) as although we have not prev­ ent from the Swinnertons of Yew Tree (Whitmore) and iously numbered the chapters relating to this branch as thus the Swinnertons of Swynnerton (vide S.H.C.Vol.VII we hav.e t.he others of Warwickshire and Adbaston, it is Pt.II above). now building up into a coherent story and so it will ma~ (William of Betley and Elizabeth of Yew Tree were 7th it easier for future reference. cousins once removed). ~n the Rev .Charles' books which I mentioned in our last 3. Nothing previously was known of THOMAS SWIN\JERTON issue I have found the answer to several questions which of FILLONGLEY' s antecedents and there was no known have been puzz ling us for some time. In particular connection between him or his descendants and William he gives the following which not only establishes th~ of Betley or William of Adbaston. However, the fol­ birth of Thomas, the gamekeeper (TS.26) and proves as lowing extract from a letter from our member Ken Arm­ I had always surmised, that he was the son of Willia.:n itstead throws a whole new light on the matter and I (WS.14) and Margaret but also adds some previously un­ think he has made a very convincing case. known children to the tree.

"Now I think! have found THOMAS. You may remember that I said I Willia• & Margaret's Fa•ily was struck with the regular occurrence of the Yew Tree christian names in the Warwickshire branch and wondered what happened to the Thomas born June 20 1794 died Sept.18 1856 various Yew Tree members who are simply named in the tree (SHC.Vol. Elizabeth Dec. 29 1795 May 21 1877 VII p.162-164) with no details. I have been going through Alan Mary Aug. 2 1797 June 20 1866 Joseph Treherne 1 s letter* and find that JOHN, son of EDWARD OF Yew Tree ? Mar. May 1 1800 Jan. 1872 Jesse and Sarah bapt.6 Jan 1663/4, had by his second wife a son THOMAS July 6 1803 Nov. 30 1877 William bap. 4 Aug .1709 at Newcastle under Lyme. He is the right age but Feb. 26 1805 what is telling is that his first three sons were called JOHN, Samuel Oct. 30 1807 Oct. 24 1855 THOMAS and JOSEPH, the names of his father and two uncles. How, Hannah Feb. 2 1810 we may ask, did he get to Fillongley ? Well, he was only three John Dec. 12 1812 years old when his father died and I think it very likely that his Henry Dec. 22 1814 June 12 1887 mother, who was his father's second· wife and so possibly younger than he, would have married again and brought up Thomas in his Jesse left behind him two sons, William and George. The stepfather's family. What I would like to find now is the marriage latter is married to a daughter of the above named John, named of an ELIZABETH Swinnerton after 1712 which would give the name of Anne. Address of George - 18 Forknam Road, Upper Holloway, her second husband. We could then look for them in the Fillongley London N. area and if we found them there it would clinch the matter. n Pedigree

* The letter from Mr. Treherne referred to is packed John Swinnerton died July 30 1782 aged 87 ) "my gt. gt. full of new information and was in response to a letter Mary II his wife, d. June 30 1797 aged 96 )grandfather" c.s. which I wrote following a newspaper cutting saying William Swinnerton d. May 31 1809 aged 70 ) II ) "my gt.grandfather" that he was interested in the clock and watch-making Hannah d. March 20 1828 aged 89 c.s. industry of Newcastle. I hope to publish this in a William Swinnerton d. Oct. 12 1839 aged 67 future issue. Margaret II his wife d. May 24 1865 aged 92

- SFH • 4 p •.30 · - - SFH.4 p . 31 - · Pedigree, cont'd THE SWINNERTONS OF ADBASTON {Part V) I.S.SWit\t;IERTON Thomas Swinnerton b. June 25 1794, d.Sept.13 1856 A careful check of the original registers of Adbaston Married twice - had by his first wife - has revealed some errors in the original transcription 2nd John b. May 2nd 1818 which was done by the then incumbent many years ago. 4th William ) The first is for 1826 when, in fact, the Register reads: No record of their ages 7th Samuel ) 1826 April 15 Margaret Swinnerton, wife of George Swinnerton -) 8th Henry No record of their ages, Margaret of Shebden, aged 44. Buried 5th Elizabeth ) being the eldest. Dead - Samuel, Mary 3rd Mary ) Elizabeth and Esther The other is 6th Esther ) 1846 July 30 George Swinnerton of Shebden aged 61 Buried

By his second wife - This means that what I had assumed were errors in the Register were errors in copying. Thomas. Born and died in Australia. No record of birth or death We know that GEORGE had more children. Mrs. Litton, John Swinnerton married Elizabeth Stinton who died 21 Sept.1876. searching the High Offley register for her own Ethell Had issue - Thomas born 8 July 1846 family,. found the following : Elizabeth Esther born 30 August 1857, died Nov.18 1858 1817 May 14 George s. of George & Margaret Swinnerton of Thomas married Catherine Miller Tool on 9 July 1878 Shebden. Sap. Had issue - Nina Isabella born 1879 1819 Oct. 3 Mary Maria, d. of Sap. John Russell born May 1881 1822 June 20 John, s. of of Sheldon Bap. 1825 Feb. 21 Sarah, d. of Bap. Note : These notes are an insertion on a loose sheet of 1830 Dec. 30 George Swinnerton otp. widower & Enceone (sic) paper and are not in the Rev.Charles's writing. Unfor­ Edwards of Forton, Co.Staffs.by Lie. Married tunately, it is undated but the insertions are initialled (Witness Daniel Swinnerton) (C.S. )Rev. So - George did marry again and did have a son GEORGE (by his first wife) as I surmised. I must assume there The Rev.Charles, of course, concentrated on this branch fore that the MARGARET born in 1833 to GEORGE and MAR­ as it was his own family. This now ties our South GARET (nee Sheldon) was George Senior's granddaughter African member Mr.TOM SWI~ERTON firmly in to the Betley even though her father would only have been 16 at the Branch but also opens up several more avenues for re­ time. search - for example, what happened to Jesse's descend­ ants. George Senior's second wife died in 1854 as we see from the Adbaston Register : The mystery man is Thomas mentioned as being born in 1854 Oct.29 Exeoner (sic) Swinnerton of Garmellow, 1794 and marrying twice. Who was he ? , aged 79 Buried Two other errors have come to light from the same tran- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * script CHARLES (SFH.3 p.14) was buried in 1839 not 1836 and Elizabeth, his wife, in 1837.

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It appears that a good part of the Adbaston family had now transferred their allegiance to High Offley church. Adbaston {contd) Shebden is a small hamlet roughly half way between the two {High Offley is the next parish to Adbaston going Notice how they all returned to their home parish to be SE.) and the register shows a number of Swinnerton buried. entries from now on including the families of several of old WILLIAM of Adbaston's other sons - THOMAS, FRANCIS DANIEL is a totally new figure, the only one so far is and JCl-fN. in the Betley family - perhaps this indicates a link between the two branches, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To bring the tree down to the present day it was only However, for the moment we are only concerned with the necessary to work through the records at St.Catherine's family of GEORGE. His grandson FRANCIS next appears House, London. The present representatives of this in the records when we see in the High Offley register: branch are our members Mr.H.J.Swinnerton and Mrs. J.G. 1862 Aug.13 Francis Swinnerton otp (of this parish), Bach. Wade. However, there are still many gaps and many and Jane Timmis otp. Sp. by Banns. Married questions to be ans we red. The re are several names on the tree where we only have a record of their baptism and have no idea what subsequently became of them. In The witness to the marriage is again DANIEL SWINNERTON. the case of HENRY, PRISCILLA and ELIZA we do not even The next thing we see is the baptism of two children have a record of their baptism, we only know that they 1836 July 27 Mary Ann, dau. Francis & Jane Swinnerton existed because they are mentioned in their mother's of Shebden, Blacksmith will. Much research remains to be done. 1840 Jan. 9 Emma " II " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Our extracts from the register stop here but General what we have discovered so far - see Tree overleaf. Registration commenced on the 1st July 1837 and from a For Any additions or corrections would be very welcome. certificate in my possession we know that Francis and Jane also had a son, another FRANCIS who was born on 7th April 1845. This was the founder of the catering firm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * with which I hope to deal in a future chapter. COLONIAL PAPERS 2, East Indies. Calendars at Guildhall Library There were also other children. On a gravestone in Adbaston churchyard can be seen : No.281 Charter of Incorporation of the East India Corrpary In memory of BETSEY Swinnerton born 17 Mar.1850. Died Oct.22 1859 pp .115-6 Also of EDWIN Swinnerton, son of FRANCIS & JANE Swinnerton of Gives the names of George, Earl of Cumberland and 215 Shebden, b. Oct.9 1834. D. Dec.12 1863 knights, aldermen and merchants who formed the Company, among them being : and on another headstone we find : John Swinarton the younger In memory of FRANCIS SWINNERTON of Shebden who died 14 Dec.1867 aged 58 / also JANE, wife of FRANCIS SWINNERTON who died 22 Feb. Dec.31 1600 Westminster. 1881 aged 67. (ex Mrs.Muriel Reeson.)

-SFH.4 p.34 - - SFH.4 p.35 . - GEORGE SWINNERTON (1) Margar et •••• ••• SWINNERTON OF AOBA STO N 2nd. son of William Swinner ton of Adbaston bur.15April1826 Adbaston Table 2 bap.15Jan1786 Adbaston b. circa 1782 bur.30July1846 Adbaston (2) Exeoner Edwards (widow) Blacks1ith 30Dec1830 High Offley (GS.2) bur.290ct1854 Adbaston

FRANCIS SWINNERTmN Jane Timmis GEORGE SWINNERTON Margaret JOHN SWINNERTON ANN '(AS.86) MARGARET(MS.142) MARY MARIA(MS.168) SARAH (SS.116) bap.29Nov1809 Edgmond 13Aug1832 Bap.14May1817 Sheldon bap. 20J u nlf~2 bap.14Jun1812 bap.5Feb1815 bap.30ct 1819 bap.21Feb1825 High Off le d.14Dec1867 Shebden High Offley High Offley Adbaston Cheswardine High Offley Sigh Offley Blacksmith d.22Feb1881 d. d. (FS.1) Adbaston (GS.Bl) Stephen Talbot William Dodd (JS.296) Samuel Timmis 1 28Dec1830 8Jun1835 7Feb1844 High Offley Adbaston Adbaston

EDWIN SWINNERTON FRANCIS SWINNERTON = Emily Honor MARY ANN(MS.170) EMMA (ES.149) BETSEY(BS.15) HENRY SWINNERTON PRISCILLA(PS.27) MARGARE~MS.169) b.9 Oct1834 b.7Aprl845 Jenkins bp.27Jul 1836 bp.9Jan1840 b.17Mar1850 bp.180ctl833 d.12Decl863 Adbaston High Offley 24Janl869 High Offley High Offley d.220ct1859 ELIZA (ES.150) Swynnerton (ES.82) d. Newport bur.Adbaston (HS.54) Caterer (FS.27)

FRANCIS SWINNERTON Mabel Florence b.19Aug1875 S-0-T Corbin d.10June1929 29Aug1898 Eglwysthos Caterer b.25June 1876 (FS.26) d.17Jan 1929

FRANCIS CORBIN SWINNERTON Muriel Irene MABEL FLORENCE (MS.101) b.29Mar1901 S-0-T Moss b.8Jan J904 S-0-T d. Jan1953 8 Sep 1923 S-0-T d. 969 Caterer b. (ES.25) d. June 1960 John Ro ey Booth 9 Dec 1927 Bombay

FRANCIS ARTHUR SWINNERTON Helen Patricia HENRY JOHN SWINNERTON Jo an Clare Ingle b.16Apr 1925 S-0-T Stanier Rowley b.11 Decl934 S-0-T 17 July 1958 Sheffield Caterer 22 Apr.1948 Caterer (FS.28) Nantwich (HS.46)

MARETTA LOUISE (MS.100) Charles Jerrett ANNABEL MURIEL (AS.61) Jeremy George W~de FRANCIS JOHN SWINNERTON (FS.29) 2 ~eb.1 979 Mucc l estone b. 15 June 1962 S 0-T . The History of Cheshire, cont'd THE HISTORY OF CHESHIRE Ormerod Vol. I (Sir John Savage survived Maud his first wife, and II Sir John Savage of Clifton, knight, 6 Hen.V son and married, secondly, Elena, widow of James de Haryngton, heir of John, married Maude, daughter and heir of Sir 1428) Robert Swinnarton, by w~e had the mannor of Barrow; (ex Mrs . P. M. Litton) and had issue, John Savage son and heir; William,Arnold (who married El en, dau. of William, son of sir Richard * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * de la Lee, juxta Bacford, Knt.circ.1458) George, and COUNTY OF SALOP Roger; also Margaret married John Dutton, second son ABSTRACT OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS ROLLS 1820 - 1830 of sir Piers Dutton of Dutton, 6 Hen.V. afterwards heir t .o sir Piers his father, 11·b.C fol. 160 ' w. x·, Maude ' Jan.1830 pp.139-143 married sir Thomas Booth of Barton in Lancashire. Charles Swinnerton of Soudley Constable, having a sus­ · He married Maude Swinnarton about the beginning of the picion that John Gaytar, John Rycroft and Andrew Green, reign of Henry the Fourth: for in anno 1409. 10 Hen.IV all of Soudley, navigators (navvies), were concerned I find them married. Lib.D.pag 170,d. Whose Ances­ in depredations in the neighbourhood, went to their tor sir Roger Swinnerton was made a banneret by Edward houses about 11 pm and saw them go towards Cheswardine, the Third, to whom the king (in part of three hundred the constable called upon Sam Pitchford, and they pounts worth of land for the supporting of the state stationed themselves so that they could see the men of a banneret for his life) had given all the lands return home, about 4 am Gaytor and Rycroft returned which belonged to Hugh le Dispenser earl of winchester loaded with sticks and Green with a bag on his back in the counties of Stafford and Chester; and after by which appeared to be a great weight, at 8 am the Con­ his charter, dated at Nottingham, 16 Julii, 8 Edw. III stable with Joe Lee and Samuel Matthews went into the 1334. Consideratione praemissorum ac obtentu laudab­ house and saw the three men, Adam Deavenhall the owner ilis obsequii quod idem Rogerus nobis indies impendit, of the house and his wife take three ducks into a par­ lour, the oven appeared to have been recently heated, concedimus quod ipse habeat et retineat sibi et haered­ the constable pulled off the lid and saw two geese ibus suis, mannerium de Magna Barow in comitatu Cestria cum pertinentiis; ac omnes terras in villis de Rusthton roasting in one dish, and a pie filled with goose and duck, on searching further he found a plate with a foot Corneford, Austanfield, in comi tatu Staffordiae; quae fuerunt praefati Hugonis le Dispenser. He gave also amongst the giblets; Hannah wife of John Anderson saw Little Barrow to him and his heirs, by another charter her husband's two geese and gander on Saturday night dated at Westminster, 25 Septembris, 8 Edw.III Lib.D. in a pot near the house, in the morning they were not pag.169,B. And these were confirmed tv Robert de to be found, later her neighbour Jackson told her two Swynerton consanguineo et haeredi praedicti Rogeri, 13 geese and some ducks were found at Soudley, she went Decembris, 2 Rich.II 1378. Which sir Robert Swynerton to the Fox & Hounds Inn in Cheswardine, and was shown died 12 Edw. III after whose death Robert Swynerton, the foot which she knows by a mark to be the foot of clerk, possessed the same as son and heir; which Robert one of her geese. John Rycroft says they went to see a young woman, and on the way back he picked up a few died mense Junii, 23 Edw.III after whose death sir sticks to light a fire. John Gayter says Rycroft and , Thomas Swynerton, knight, as brother and heir of Robert Green catched the geese; Green says Gayter took a goose possessed the same lands; which sir Thomas died mense Decembris, 35 Edw.III after whose death sir Robert off him after he had catched it. (ex Mrs.C.A.Beard) Swynerton, his son and heir, enjoyed them and left them to this Maude his daughter and heir. Lib.D. pag.178,d. SFH.4 p.39 - - SFH.4 p.38 - A VERY PATRIOTIC ENGLISHMAN (JOSEPH SWINNERTON - JS.219 1895-1974) JOHN SWINNERTON PHILLIMORE "To your contributor J.W. in the May issue who asks about Last year our member Jack Swinnerton of Blackpool sent John Swinnerton Phillimore - he was my uncle. me a Merchant Seaman's Discharge Book belonging to the above and aprogramme of a Grand Variety Concert at the He and his family spent their years between Glasgow, Theatre Royal, Hyde, for 19 April 1945 organised by where he was Professor of Humanity at Glasgow University "Mr.J.Swinnerton" to add to our collection of Swinnerton and Cam Cottage, Shedfield. Memorabilia. He, Belloc and G.K.Chesterton were together at Oxford and great friends. In Hampshire they explored the Roman I put these on show with the other family bi ts and Road which runs from Winchester to Wickham. He died pieces at the Gathering last September and they aroused in 1926 and is buried at Shedfield. quite a lot of interest. Unfortunately, I had not got Mr.Swinnerton's notes with me but I now print this to In a book of his poems "Things New and Old" published explain their history. by Humphrey Milford in 1918, there is a section 'Sonnets of the Hampshire Roadside in Peace and War'. One is "The articles enclosed belonged to my brother Joseph (JS.219) -he died headed 'In Praise of Botley'. in 1974, I thought that perhaps they may be of interest to the Society. "To Botley three good things belong; the tale Joseph commenced work at Broadstone cotton mill at Reddish, Stockport. Of that poor churl who, from the parlour beam On the declaration of war in 1914 he immediately volunteered along Dangling, did sorely by mischance redeem with my brother, Walter Clifford. Joseph was placed in the Cheshire The sin of grudging pot-companions ale. Regiment but was later invalided out and married Doris Marston - 2 The next, Will Cobbett; though they clapt in jail years later Doris died in childbirth and a short while later the baby That Rural Rider, yet what freemen deem also died (Hilda Dora HS.57). Honest and true his yeoman style for theme Referred; and Squire - cum - parson felt his flail. He then sold up his home and went to sea, during the years at sea he But best of all, where beach and plan o'erarch met and married Theodora Galman -a short while after this he left the Inbrowning the Hamble stream below the mill sea and settled in London. The pool that twice a day when tides convulse After a few years in London, he next came north as the Licensee of The vasty seas, amare of the holy march the Norfolk Arms Hotel in Hyde, Cheshire. During the years at Hyde Of moon-led waters, all alert yet still. he organised concerts for charity and raised quite a large sum of Conspires remotely with Atlantic pulse. 11 money to be distributed. He also was the Conservative candidate for Shedfield House,Shedfield. Richard Phillimore the local council - unfortunately he was not elected. In his hotel he displayed two very large portraits - one of the Queen and one of Sir Winston Churchill - he never hid his views ! From the Hampshire County Magazine,August 1979 ex Miss Mary Tyrell,Secretary of the Tyrell Family History In the discharge book is listed a ship the 'Port Nicholson' - I was Society. For the Phillimore connection with us see . given to understand that it struck a rock off Las Palmas and sank. SFH.Vol 2 p.28. Fortunately, there were no casualties. He used to talk a lot about the 'Mauretania 1 so I surmise that it was * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * his favourite ship - he seemed rather upset when it was taken out of service. Quote from a calendar : "Where there's a will there's relations" After many years at Hyde he retired to Blackpool where, as I say, he died in 1974 " - SFH.4 p.41 - - SFH.4 p.40 - From Mr.David Jacques, 2 Novello Street, London SW6 4JB "ELGAR ON THE JOURNEY TO HANLEY" by Keith Aldritt Dear Col.Swinnerton pub. Andre Deutsch 1979 Having come across references to some Swinnertons in the records of the Grocers Company of London, I thought I "She spoke apologetically and trustingly to Elgar. She would drop you a line to tell you of them in case they felt drawn to him in sympathy and he to her. For despite are unknown to you : his tiredness there was a vitality in him that affected and attracted her. It was born of his successful exp­ 1599 John Swannerton freed (i.e. had undergone 7 years minimum as erience of working with the choir and the choirmaster an apprentice toJohn Harvie, then Thomas Clifton) at Hanley. To her he was now someone other than the . I slightly patronising elder man that she had known earlier 1617 John Swinnerton freed (had been an apprentice to Lionel Haynes) in the day. There was a powerful excitement in him 1623 (12 December) 11 Tho•as Swinarton student and schollar of Corpus that created an exhilaration in herself. Christi Colledge in Oxforde beinge sonne of John Swinarton Grocer shall have one of the sayd exhibicons". Alice intervened to establish a necessary perspective. 1632 (26 January) "John Swynnarton, Grocer, requested and was 'Dr.Swinnerton Heap is, of course, the real leader, the granted a benevolence on the occasion of the marriage of a true leader of the musical life of Hanley and its sur­ roundings. He studied at Leipzig and holds a doctorate daughter". from Cambridge. ' 'I have met Dr.Heap on more than one occasion w ••• w .•• Yours sincerely, when he came to conduct the choral society here in Wolv­ David Jacques erhampton' said Dora " (Ex B.R.G.Swinnerton - see SFH.Vol.2 p.4) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

SOME SWINNERTONS AT ESSEX RECORD OFFICE (2) AN UNUSUAL MEMORIAL Swinnerton, Thos. (alias Roberts) D/OU 271 The article in our last issue has aroused a considerable Deeds of small pieces of land etc. (many copyhold) , in amount of interest. Our member Jack Swinnerton of Thorpe-le-Soken, Kirby-le-So ken, Wal ton-le-Soken and Blackpool has sent me a photograph of one he has for Frinton, 1440-1805, presented by Dr.E.A.Wood, Flat 3, John Barker - a maternal uncle, and the Rev.Brian Swinn­ Strathmore, Filsham Road, St. Leonards on Sea, February erton has written to say that he remembers several in and July 1954. his family when he was young and he recalls them hanging ( D/DU 271 /27 is a full typescript calendar compiled by on parlour walls in the thirties usually close to the Dr.Wood.) portrait of a uniformed loved one. He says they were ex Mr.J.L.Rayment. given to the next of kin of all the fallen in 1919/20. Miss Madeleine Killick, Editor of the Killick Family * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Journal, wrote to say she.has one for an uncle and she had always understood that they were intended to be embedded on a family gravestone or memorial. I have, A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignance. at the Rev. Brian's suggestion, written to the Imperial Alexander Pope 1668-1744 ) War Museum for further information.

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Changes of address Dr.G.S.Swinnerton to , PUBLICATIONS OF THE SWir-.f\JERTON SOCIETY Mr. D.G.Brock to

Swinnerton Family History. The Journal of the Society Mr. F.J.Swinnerton to Vol.1 1974-5 (Indexed) (10 issues in Binder) £2.50 Mr. M.J.Swinnerton amend to Vol.2 1975-77(Indexed) (10 issues in Binder) £2.50 Vol.3 1976-1979 (10 issues in Binder) £2.50

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Swynnerton & the Swynnertons (197~) It was with great sadness that we read of the death of by the Rev.B.T.Swinnerton £0.75 Mrs.MARY SWINNERTON, wife of our Vice-President Mr.Frank Swinnerton Family Trees Vol.1 (1974) £0.75 Swinnerton and mother of our member Miss Olivia Swinner­ ton on the 16th April at Cranleigh. All our sympathy Reprints of works by the Rev.Charles Swinnerton goes to her family. No.1 Two Early Charters (1979) £1.00 DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS No.2 Two Ancient Petitions from the Public Record Office (1979) £1.00 One or two of these apparently had the centre page rev­ ersed so that they are not strictly in alphabetical No.3 An Introduction to"A History of the order. If you have one of these, my apologies - if you Family of Swynnerton" (1979) £1.00 remove the staples and reverse the middle pages the seq­ uence will then be correct.

SUBSCRIPTIONS Thank You to all who responded to my appeal for help. 56 have now paid - 35 to go.

CAR BADGE 5 have now been ordered, half way to the target. Please let the Treasurer (C.L.Swinnerton) knpw if you would like one. -•.

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