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CAKE AND COCKHORSE Banbury Historical Society 2s.6d. Spring 1969 BANBURY HISTORICAL SOClETY President: Chairman: G. J . Fothergill, M .A. 102 Bath Road, Banbury Hon. Secretary: Hon. Asst. Treasurer: Hon. Treasurer: J.S.W. Gibson, F.S.A., Dr. G.E. Gardam, A.W.Pain, A.L.A., Humber House, 11 Denbigh Close, c/o Borough Library. Bloxham, Broughton Road, Marlborough Road, Banbury Banbury Banbury (Tel: Bloxham 332) (Tek Banbury 2841) (Tek Banbury 2282) Hon. Editor '* Cake & Cockhorse" B. S. Trinder , 90 Bretch Hill, Banbury Hon. Research Adviser Hon. Archaeological Adviser E.R.C. Brinkworth. M.A., F.R. Hist. S. J.H.Fearon, B. Sc. Committee Members R.K.Bigwood, J.F.Carter, F. Willey, B.A. The Society was founded in 1957 to encourage interest in the history of the town of Banbury and neighbouring parts of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. The Magazine "Cake & Cockhorse" is issued to members four times a year. This includes illustrated articles based on original local historical research, as well as recording the Society's activities. Publications include "Old Banbury - a short popular history" by E.R. C.Brinkworth (2nd edition), "New Light on Banbury's Crosses", "Roman Banburyshire" and'Banbury's Poor in 1850". all 3/6d, .and a pamphlet "History of Banbury Cross*', 6d. A Christmas card has been a popular annual production. The Society also publishes an annual records volume. These have included "Oxfordshire Clock- makers, 1400-1850"; "South Newington Churchwardens' Accounts, 1553-1684"; "Banbury Marriage Register, 1558-1837" (3 parts) and "Baptism and Burial Register, 1558-1653". 'A Victorian M. P. and his Constituents; Thecorrespondence of H. W. Tancred, 1841-1859". and the second part of the Banbury Baptism and Burial Register, 1653-1723, will shortly be published. "Banbury Wills and Inventories, 1591-1650". "Bodicote Churchwardens' Accounts, 1700-1822". " Wigginton Constables' Accounts, 1691-1804", and "Banbury Politics, 1830-1880" are all well advanced. Meetings are held during the autumn and winter, normally at 7.30 p. m. in the Conservative Club. Talks on general and local archaeological, historical and architectural subjects are given by invited lecturers. In the summer, excursions to local country houses and churches are arranged. Archaeological excavations and special exhibitions are arranged from time to time. Membership of the Society is open to all, no proposer or seconded being needed. The annual subscription is 40/-, including the annual records volume, or 20/- if this is excluded. Junior membership is 5/-. Application forms can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary or the Hon. Treasurer. CAKE AND COCKHORSE The magazine of the Banbury Historical Society. Issued to members four times a year. Volume Four Number Three Spring, 1969 NEWS Society Activities 34 THE SEVENTEENTH Eric Chitty The Whatelyand Wheatley Family of CENTURY Banbury 35 M. J. 0. Kennedy A Banbury Seafarer 41 ARCHAEOLOGY J. H. Fearon A Roman Site Identified -Manor Farm, Dedd ingt on 44 REVIEW The State of the Bishopric of Worcester, 1782- 1808 44 At no period in its history was Banbury more widely renowned than in the seventeenth century. The list of literary references to the townk Puritan zeal compiled by Alfred Beesley is an impressive testimony to Banbury's reputation. Probilbly at no other time in its history does the study of Banbury offer more to the student interested in the understanding of wider historical problems. The sieges, plagues and pillaging of the Civil War period so well chronicled by Beesley, the remarkable story of the demolition of the medieval Banbury Cross described in our Winter 1967 issue by Paul Harvey, and the vitality of the Quakers and Presbyterians in the town during and after the Interregnum all provide insights into the understanding of major problems in English history. No satisfactory account of seventeenth century Banbury has yet been written, nor is one immediately in prospect, but when this period does find its historian, he may be grateful for I the contributions made to his work in this issue. Mr. Chitty has patiently unravelled the com- plex genealogy of a family of major importance in seventeenth centuryBanbury, who provided mayors and magistrates for the town as well as the famous "Roaring Boy" vicar. Miss Kennedyk article reveals the somewhat surprising existence of a seaman among the town's inhabitants in the latter part of the century, and almost equally surprising is the ammnt of detail she has dis- covered about the background of this somewhat obscure man's voyage. It is with no disrespect to our present contributors that we suggest that an even more signifi- cant addition to our knowledge of seventeenth century Banbury will be the publication in the Historical Society's Records Series (for 1969) of the Banbury W ills and Inventories for the first part of the century, which should provide fascinating pictures of the standard of life of the town's mast notorious Puritans. The Society has already completed the publication of the town's mar- riage register and 03f the baptisms and burials register until 1653, and :he next volume which covers the period until 1723 is at an ad.lranced stage of preparation. If there is no full history of seventeenth century Banbury written within the next dxade it will not be through lack of material. Our Cover: An ornamental initial 1e:ter from the 1640 edition of "PrOKOLpS", by "thar faith- full and painefull Preacher of Gods Word, William Whdtely late Pastou of Banbury". 34 SOCIETY NEWS AND ACTIVITIES Spring Programme Thursday, 20th March, Banburyconservative Club. 7.30 p. m. Local Churches Fifty Years Ago The Rt. Rev. D. G. Loveday, Bishop of Dorchester and Vice-President of the Society. The Loveday family have long been associated with the Banbury area. The Bishop of Dor- chester's reminiscences of Banbury, churches and clergy a generation and more ago are certain to be interesting and entertaining. Tuesday, 29th April. Village Meeting at Deddington. Speakers: Dr. H. M. Colvin and Miss Betty Hill. The meeting will probably be held in the church, at 7.30 p. m. , but members will receive a further notice. Advance notice: Saturday, 7th June. A.G. M. at Sibford School, by kind invitation of the headmaster. Friday, 28th November -- Second Annual Dinner. The Oxford Canal Members of the Historical Society will be delighted to learn that work is going ahead on a history of the Oxford Canal. The book is being written by Mr. Hugh Compton of 122 Hermitage Road, St. Johns, Woking, Surrey, who had alreadypublished articles on the Cassington Canal and the wharf at Epsham in the Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society. Mr. Comp- ton would be very pleased to see any photographs of the canal which may be in the possession of members, and will gladly pay for all postage and return photographs with the minimum of delay. The Origins of Eydon In a recent lecture at Northampton, Professor Maurice Beresford, author of "The Lost Villages of England': commented on the very regular formation of the village of Eydon with the Park on the south side, and queried whether the village had been moved to make the Park. Our member Mr. S. J. Tyrrell of The Mullions, Eydon, has taken up Professor Beresford's query, and after consultation with various authorities has concluded that the village is probably Saxcm in origin, and that it still conforms largely to its Saxon plan. Mr. Tyrrell would be glad to discuss the problem-+irh anydnk. else who may have an interest in it. ..r: The Co-operative Society Flour Mill Several members inquired about the location of the Banbury Co-operative Society's Flour Mill that was featured on the cover of the Winter 1968 issue of "Cake and Cockhorse". We are. informed by the Society's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. R. Pavitt, that this still exists, to the rear of 47 Broad Streex, though it is no longer the property of the Society. Mr. Pavitt is collect- ing together photographs of places and events illustrating the Co-operative Society's history, and anyone with pictures of interest might like to contact him at 10-15 & 18, Broad Street, Banbury. Index: Cake and Cockhorse, Vol. III The index to the last volume of "Cake and Cockhorse", published between 1965 and 1968, is now being printed, and (together with title and contents pages) will be distributed with the next issue to all corporate members. In order to reduce costs copies will be supplied onlyto individual members who specifically request them. Anpne wanting a copy is requested to in- form the Hon. Sec., Banbury Historical Society, Humber House, Bloxham, Banhuy. There will be no charge for the index. 35 THE WHATELY AND WHEATLY FAMILY OF BANBURY Despite the renown of the Puritan Divine and "Painefull Preacher" William Whately, Vicar of Banbury, and the fifteen terms of office served by members of his family as Bailiffs and Mayors, no serious attempt seems previously to have been made to marshal the references tO the family in the parish registers - well over 300 down to 1812 - into a complete genealogy. It is somewhat remarkable that less than twenty of these references defy reasonably certain placing in the pedigree, when reinforced by wills and other evidence. The primary object of the present enquiry was to expand (and at some points to correct) the family history privately published by the late Rev. George Pepys Whately in 1940. As that writer observed, the name is probably derived from the hamlet of Whateley in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, and it may first have been borne by a migrant to Henley-in-Arden in WOOttOn Wawen parish, twenty miles to the south, where the Whatelys appear to be well-established by the early sixteenth century and whence some moved on to Banbury.