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South Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Date BUR ALLEN Dennis Infant traveller Bix 12/12/1781 BUR AMMON William A poor traveller 19/6/1727 BUR ANDROS Mary A traveller Watlington 6/12/1673 BUR ARCHER Ann Selina (1 ½) of Longcot Died in a tent at Caversham Caversham 1856 BUR ARWYN David A Scotch pedlar Watlington 4/1/1717 BUR BAILY Elizabeth A stranger Caversham 12/10/1692 BUR BAKER Gustavus Fills s/o Martha a traveller Cuxham 10/9/1783 Brightwell BUR BAKER ------A widow a poor wandering woman 16/12/1642 Baldwin BUR BARNES Elizabeth A widow a stranger Bix 2/5/1662 BUR BATEMAN John A traveller 22/2/1792 BUR BAYLISS Hester d/o Edmond a stranger Swyncomb 7/2/1684 BUR BEKTY Thomas Travelling Scotsman Nuffield 20/11/1749 BUR BELL Joseph vagrant Bix 31/10/1748 BUR BELLSON Ayme A stranger Sonning 22/12/1671 BUR BERRY Jonathan Journeyman shoemaker Watlington 12/11/1726 BUR BLACKMAN James Infant stranger Whitchurch 24/3/1770 BUR BLACKMAN Lucy (28) stranger consumption Whitchurch 3/4/1770 BUR BOSWELL Margaret A travelling woman 27/5/1748 BUR BOUCHER ------Infant s/o Martha, widow, a stranger and travelling woman Nuffield 13/10/1699 BUR BRADSHAW Sarah Child of a stranger Bix 21/4/1670 BUR BRIDE Marie A stranger Caversham 6/5/1664 BUR BRECKES John This Breckes was a tinker that dwelt, as he sayth, at Plymouth. Sonning 13/6/1608 BUR BROWN Robert A stranger from Gloucestershire, drowned in the Thames 9th September 1824, aged 20. Sonning 11/9/1824 BUR BROWNE John A traveller Sonning 9/3/1757 Brightwell BUR BROWNE ------s/o a tinker lying at Antony Spiers of Drues 19/8/1634 Baldwin BUR BUDDS William s/o travelling people Whitchurch 21/5/1683 BUR BUNCE William A stranger Sonning 1/4/1748 BUR BURLEY Mary traveller Watlington 12/2/1729 BUR BUTLER Mary A vagabond Sonning 23/9/1703

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR CARTER Charles (9 weeks) Great Brittle, Bucks Goring 13/12/1815 CARVELL or BUR Ann A traveller Watlington 25/2/1683 CATWALL BUR CHAPMAN Mary Traveller smallpox Bix 6/11/1772 BUR CLEE Mary (11 ) d/o Edward + Martha of Didlebury, Salop. consumption Bix 17/11/1810 BUR CLEMENTS Benjamin (40) died at the lodging house, Watlington. Buried by order of the Coroner. Watlington 23/7/1844 BUR COCKEY Benjamin s/o Walter Watlington 30/12/1693 BUR COCKEY John brasier Watlington 10/1/1694 BUR COCKEY Margery Wife of Walter, brasier Watlington 16/8/1698 BUR COLEMAN William (80) of Southampton Sonning 4/10/1828 BUR CONNEL Michael s/o a travelling woman Shiplake 4/3/1722 BUR CONNER Thomas An infant gypsy Bix 7/4/1780 BUR COOK Hannah A vagrant Whitchurch 8/5/1765 BUR COOKE Anne traveller Watlington 10/6/1701 BUR COOKE Sarah Wife of Thomas ragman Watlington 26/8/1727 BUR COOKE Susannah A traveller Watlington 13/6/1671 BUR COOKE William Snr ragman Watlington 7/10/1722 2 unnamed BUR COOKE Children of William ragman Watlington Feb.1716 children BUR CRIPS Thomas s/o Thomas + Mary travellers Nuffield 25/3/1777 BUR CRITCHFIELD Richard A traveller Sonning 8/10/1750 BUR CURTIS Elizabeth Pittman (15 ) Chineham, Hampshire Goring 11/6/1839 BUR DAVIS Mary d/o Daniel + Mary who said they came from Syseley, Gloster 25/2/1776 BUR DEARLOVE George (65 ) Benson Died from exposure to cold in Wood Bix 9/2/1895 from Henley A journeyman shoemaker who was found dead in the New Road by Lady BUR DINGLE James 31/12/1793 Stapleton’s park gate. Greys BUR DORLOW Elizabeth (43) stranger Sonning 7/11/1826 BUR DRAPER Sukey d/o a gypsy Harpsden 27/6/1779 BUR DUTFIELD Fanny (18 months) d/o John + Ann higler Bix 18/8/1793

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date EDWARDS BUR (alias Margaret A cripple brought from Middlesex before a Justice’s seal Nuffield 9/2/1676 WILLIAMS BUR ELLOT Margaret Infant traveller’s child (died 6th ) 7/8/1759 BUR FAULKNER John A stranger Harpsden 1662 BUR FISHER Ann A stranger Sonning 31/1/1730 BUR FLETCHER Richard A stranger born in Calls parish in the countie of Huntforth as it appeared in his passport Sonning 22/12/1611 BUR FLOWER Richard A stranger Bix 12/5/1669 BUR FORBES William Barber a stranger Goring 6/11/1737 BUR FORD Jeremiah traveller Watlington 11/5/1703 BUR FORD Jeremiah A tinker Warborow Watlington 12/8/1704 BUR FORDE Margaret wife of Jeremiah traveller Watlington 18/3/1701 FOSSET (or BUR James s/o the wandering br.man (broom man) Whitchurch 16/1/1652 POSSET) BUR FRERY Anne (7 weeks ) d/o a traveller Watlington 24/7/1828 BUR FRUIN George (56) He had lain rough in the last 7 years ,sleeping in barns. Brightwell Baldwin 09/10/1908 BUR FULLER James A poor traveller Watlington 2/8/1772 BUR GAITON Thomas A stranger Sonning 6/1/1756 BUR GOLDING Ann (48) of Tonbridge Wells Sonning 27/7/1827 BUR GOLDING Ann (74) of Tonbridge Wells Sonning 24/12/1828 BUR GOODY Mary A vagrant Whitchurch 29/4/1745 BUR GREY Alice (57) died at the lodging house Watlington 22/2/1865 BUR GREY Hoseph not parishioner Sonning 10/12/1812 BUR GREY John not parishioner Sonning 10/12/1812 BUR HAINS Robert s/o Robert chair. Watlington 12/7/1705 BUR HALE John stranger Watlington 13/1/1764 BUR HAMBLETON Rich. broom man Watlington 20/3/1723 BUR HAMMOND Samuel A vagrant Whitchurch 22/11/1728 BUR HARRIS Charles Watlington 27/6/1799 BUR HARRIS Eleanor A traveller Sonning 12/7/1737 BUR HARRIS Thomas A pauper who died as he was going through the parish by a Pass Bix 13/12/1786

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR HEIGATE Richard A boy of unknown parentage 19/6/1622 BUR HENES Walter A traveller Sonning 22/5/1732 BUR HERBERT Robert A traveller Sonning 14/5/1798 BUR HILL Mary (about 50) unknown Died at a lodging house, Watlington. Buried by order of the Coroner Watlington 5/9/1842 A stranger travelling from Windsor towards Tyso in the county of Warwick where he had BUR HITCHMAN John Bix 14/9/1658 formerly lived. Dyed and was buried. BUR HOLLIDAY John s/o John of Scarborough , near Beverley, Yorkshire Sonning 3/10/1785 BUR HOLLOWAY Thomas A stranger died at Bix 20/4/1633 BUR HOLTON James traveller Caversham 30/5/1752 BUR HOLTON William traveller Caversham 30/5/1752 (about 35) Cookham Rise He was an unknown man, found dead near Grove Farm, but later BUR HOWARD George Brightwell Baldwin 16/07/1924 identified. BUR HUNT Jeremiah (13) Coventry, Warwickshire Goring 30/8/1821 BUR JACKSON Margaret A travelling woman Watlington 21/1/1726 BUR JOHNSON Joane A traveller Watlington 15/4/1689 BUR JONES Charles (28 weeks) s/o William + Mary cabinet maker inflammation of the lungs Bix 3/3/1793 BUR JONES William (10 months) s/o William + Mary cabinet maker inflammation of the bowels Bix 9/11/1794 BUR LAMB William A traveller Watlington 30/12/1744 BUR LAWRENCE Thomas A traveller found dead in the Hollow Way going up the hill to Whitchurch gate Whitchurch 3/11/1797 BUR LAWRENCE ------A very old man a wanderer Brightwell Baldwin 10/1/1650 BUR LEWES James A wandering man Brightwell Baldwin 7/8/1646 BUR LILLY Mary A stranger Whitchurch 28/2/1710 BUR LINKE John A poore man and travaylor Cuxham 21/1/1624 BUR LONGE Edward stranger Goring 21/10/1741 BUR MILLARD Joseph (48) a travelling man who said he came from Halifax, Nova Scotia Cuxham 4/5/1832 BUR MILLER James s/o James a traveller Watlington 18/12/1708 BUR MILLS Anne (32) a travelling pauper Watlington 23/8/1837 BUR MILTON Elizabeth A traveller Sonning 9/12/1631 BUR MOODY Rachel A stranger Goring 16/3/1719 BUR MOOREBY Thos A stranger Sonning 18/12/1670 BUR MORGAN Henry A traveller Sonning 8/6/1749

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR NASH Catherine A stranger’s child Sonning 25/7/1716 BUR NASH Elizabeth A vagrant’s child Watlington 15/2/1713 BUR NEALE ------A traveller Sonning 11/7/1766 BUR NICOLLS Joane A traveller Harpsden 8/10/1629 BUR NORRIS Elizabeth (about 70) vagrant Bottom Rd. (said to be of Eling, Hants) Rotherfield Greys 28/2/1831 BUR OWEN Jeremiah (60) vagrant found dead Rotherfield Greys 5/12/1822 BUR RANDALL John A passenger Sonning 29/1/1700 BUR REINARD Richard s/o Richard a travelling man Nuffield 25/1/1707 BUR REUBEN Edom Infant a gypsy’s child died 24th Brightwell Baldwin 26/3/1759 BUR RIGGS Thomas Labourer of Dene, Herefd. Coming here on a Pass Nuffield Aug. 1679 BUR ROBINS Jacob traveller Watlington 2/12/1720 BUR ROBINSON William Sojourner in this parish Watlington 21/7/1880 BUR ROSS John a person drowned Sonning 9/4/1775 BUR PARKER John s/o John brasier Watlington 27/12/1684 BUR PARKER Mary d/o John brasier Watlington 5/3/1685 BUR PARKER ------Goodwife a traveller Sonning 18/5/1702 BUR PARRE Francis A stranger’s child Whitchurch 4/7/1655 BUR PEAK Anne d/o William + Elizabeth travellers Whitchurch 10/1/1764 BUR PEARS George (37) a stranger Nettlebed 9/4/1848 BUR PENDLEBURY William A traveller Bix 3/10/1733 BUR PERRY Anne A stranger Sonning 14/7/1673 BUR PERRYN Abraham Sojourner with Thomas Lewindon Goring 20/1/1678 BUR PHILLIPES John A traveller from Ringwood in Hampshire Sonning 20/9/1610 BUR PHILLIPOE Sarah A vagrant Sonning 17/1/1650 BUR PICTIN William A traveller Rotherfield Greys 11/3/1631 BUR PIERCY Jane (74) a travelling pauper Watlington 9/2/1837 BUR PINK Robart A barge man Sonning 20/12/1744 BUR PIPPIN Tissiah A stranger’s child Sonning 1/7/1716 BUR PLANTANY William A traveller Bix 3/10/1733 BUR POOK John Unknown. Supposed to be John Pook, aged about 23. Sonning 28/12/1841

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR POORE ------One Poore, a stranger from the lodge Caversham 25/9/1616 POSSET (or BUR James s/o the wandering br. man (broom man) Whitchurch 16/1/1652 FOSSET) BUR POWEL Amy A traveller Sonning 24/7/1759 BUR POWELL ------Child of one travelling tinker Watlington 20/12/1726 BUR PRICE Robert A stranger Nuffield 30/8/1598 BUR PUE Mary A stranger Sonning 19/5/1714 BUR SHOULDER Louisa (7 months) Westerham, near Sevenoaks Goring 30/8/1821 BUR SILVESTER Elizabeth A traveller Sonning 31/1/1750 BUR SIMMS Jane A poor passenger Nettlebed 14/10/1689 BUR SIMSON John A poor traveller Caversham 8/5/1630 BUR SMITH Edward A stranger Watlington 13/8/1759 BUR SMITH James A traveller (died 14th) Brightwell Baldwin 15/4/1773 BUR SMITH Nathan Infant child of a tramp Watlington 13/4/1876 BUR SMITH Nathaniel (8 months) a traveller’s child Whitchurch 8/12/1831 BUR SMITH Richard s/o Richard + Mary of Fawley. Bucks BIX 5/2/1745 BUR SMITH William A traveller Watlington 14/2/1704 BUR SMITH William s/o Shadrach a vagrant Whitchurch 16/1/1741 SNOW ( alias BUR Dorothy traveller Watlington 27/2/1710 BETSON) BUR STEVENS Anne Widow traveller Rotherfield Greys 21/4/1670 BUR STEVENS Anne ( 63 ) of Bentworth, Hants Sonning 6/7/1823 BUR STEWAR John A pedlar Watlington 22/4/1702 BUR STINT Thomas A man found dead on the road Shiplake 14/9/1769 BUR STOPP William A stranger Cert. Watlington 14/3/1725 BUR STUBBLES Ann (46) of Sherfield, Hants Sonning 1838 BUR SWAFFYELD Mary A travelling woman Watlington 23/2/1724 BUR TAYLOR William A traveller Sonning 16/4/1736 BUR TAYLOR William A strange man died in this parish (28) Bix 30/12/1825 BUR THOMAS Henry An old pedlar Watlington 3/12/1726 BUR TOMLINS Sarah (died 6th) a travelling woman Brightwell Baldwin 10/2/1762

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR TOOKE ------A travelling man died in Thomas Strainge’s stable Nuffield 26/9/1725 BUR TOWNSEND Isac Of Calne, Wilts a boatman (16) Sonning 15/12/1824 BUR TREY James s/o Thomas a traveller Watlington 5/9/1691 BUR TURNER Mary A travelling woman who dyed in this parish Nettlebed 6/2/1699 BUR TWYNE Ales A poore woman a travayler Cuxham 27/12/1630 BUR TWYNE Hugh A poore travaylor Cuxham 8/4/1631 BUR TYSOE Anne A stranger Watlington 8/8/1725 BUR VAUGHN Elizabeth d/o Fortunatus traveller Rotherfield Greys 25/7/1667 BUR VICKER Margaret A traveller Sonning 4/5/1729 BUR WAINE Joseph Of Aston in the county Died at Bix of a decline as he was removing home by a Pass Bix 11/8/1796 BUR WALL Edward s/o John + Elizabeth vagrants Whitchurch 18/6/1757 BUR WALLIS Mary d/o Abraham traveller Watlington 23/3/1686 BUR WALLIS Thomas (55) a traveller fell from a wagon in a fit, as it was supposed, and was taken up dead Shiplake 24/9/1803 BUR WALLIS ------The accepted son of an unknown John Wallis Rotherfield Greys 10/12/1630 BUR WEBB George (88 yrs) a traveller Rotherfield Peppard 16/9/1846 BUR WESTWOOD Anne A vagabond Whitchurch 18/12/1737 BUR WHEELER John A stranger Nuffield 5/9/1694 BUR WHITE William A sojourner Shiplake 16/11/1787 BUR WHITE William traveller pauper Goring 9/10/1788 BUR WICKS ------A vagabond Sonning 28/10/1768 BUR WILLIAM Jane A travelling woman Nuffield 14/11/1746 BUR WILLIAMS John A vagrant Sonning 9/5/1685 BUR WILLIAMS John s/o John a traveller Cuxham 20/3/1718 BUR WILLIAMS Maria (37) a travelling woman Watlington 28/1/1828 BUR WILLIAMS Mary A traveller Bix 10/9/1773 BUR WILLIAMS Sarah Wife of a vagrant Whitchurch 19/5/1765 who was sent by Passe from St Giles parish in the Fields, London, to be conveyed to the BUR WILLIAMS Thomas Bix 20/3/1676 parish of Closties in coun. Hereford BUR WILLIAMS William A traveller Sonning 12/2/1726

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South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong

Type Surname First name Information Parish Date of Eminghan, Co. Lincoln. Having received punishment at Odiham, Co. South. for a vagrant, was ordered to be carried from tything to tything towards Emingham, the last place of his BUR WILSON John 6/2/1655 abode, and after he was received by Robert Hart, Constable, dyed ye 5th and was buried ye 6th . BUR WILSON ------A stranger Sonning 12/4/1722 BUR WOOD Charles Aged 26 of Lewisham, Kent Found drowned Sonning 3/6/1829 WOOTON who was sent by Pass from Faversham to be conveyed to Temple Gayting in BUR (alias Richard Bix 4/1/1669 Gloucestershire HIGGINS)

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