TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS
VOLUME 12
Marriages
1779 to 1812
and
Parish Register Transcripts
for
1779 to 1812
Transcribed by C.W. Sellars, M.A., B. Phil. TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUMES 9 TO 12 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
This transcription of the Tadcaster Parish Registers is taken from the originals which are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research of the University of York. It also incorporates the annual Parish Register Transcripts which were submitted by the incumbent to the Diocese of York: these are also held in the Borthwick Institute.
The layout of the transcription differs from that for volumes Ito 6 (for which see the general introduction to volumes 1 to 6) and it is substantially the same as in volumes 7 and 8 (for which see the general introduction to volumes 7 and 8): the following general rules remain the same in all volumes:
1) TYPE:
This indicates whether the entry is a burial, christening or marriage as follows:
B = Burial C = Christening (baptism) M = Marriage
(These abbreviations commonly appear in the Registers themselves)
Where an entry appears in a Transcript as well as in the Register this is indicated by the letter "T" in brackets after the type of entry:
e.g. B(T), C(T), M(T)
If an entry appears in a Transcript alone and not in the Register this is indicated in a footnote.
2) SURNAME:
This is shown with the spelling that it has been given in the Register or Transcript. In cases where the spelling differs between the Register and the Transcript the Register spelling is normally preferred and the Transcript spelling is given in a footnote.
Surnames are always given in upper case letters wherever they occur in the Registers or Transcripts:
e.g. GRANGER, BARKER.
3) FORENAMES:
There is normally (but not exclusively) only one forename.
The rules for spelling are the same as for surnames except that occasionally a different forename is given in the Transcript: in this case the Register forename is preferred and the Transcript forename is given in a footnote.
Forenames are always given in lower case letters:
e.g. Mary, Brian, Elisabeth.
4) RELATION:
Bastards:
Bastards are rarely specifically identified in the baptisms from volume 8 onwards but are generally clearly indicated by the omission of a father's name and the description of the mother as a spinster. Twins
Twins are usually identified as such in the entries of baptisms from volume 8 onwards. Since dates of birth as well as dates of baptism are given in these volumes it is possible to avoid the error of assuming that children of a family baptised on the same day were necessarily twins. The number of cases, however, where children of different birth dates were baptised on the same day is surprisingly small.
5) DATE:
Dates are given as they appear in the Registers and Transcripts.
The new (Gregorian) calendar began with the first entries for January 1752 in volume 5 of the Registers and the year is taken as beginning on 1 January throughout volume 7 and following volumes of the Registers rather than 01125 March which had been the practice before 1752. Transcript entries, however, follow the old practice of running from 25 March to 25 March in the following year.
There are occasional differences of date between individual entries in the Registers and Transcripts. These are noted where they occur.
6) RESIDENCE, OCCUPATION, TITLE ETC
Residence:
The parish of Tadcaster, during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, included the town of Tadcaster and the hamlets of Catterton, Hazlewood, Oxton, Ouston and Stutton. There are frequent occasions in the marriages in volume 12 where the partners are simply said to be 'of this parish": this makes identification of the exact place of residence difficult but the vast majority clearly came from the town of Tadcaster. Places of residence outside the parish become very much more frequent than in the volumes before volume 7; they are usually indicated in the Registers.
Occupation:
Occupations of husbands are generally given in volume 12 (marriages) until 1795 but only very rarely after that year. They are almost universally given in volumes 9 to 11 which cover the same period as volume 12.
Title:
The social status of a person entered in the Registers or Transcripts is quite frequently indicated by a title.
The most common are:
"Mrs." (i.e. "mistress" - which does not necessarily indicate a married woman) "gentleman" (often abbreviated to "gent.") "widow" "widower" "spinster" "bachelor" degrees of seniority in a family such as "the younger", "the elder", "senior", "junior', etc.
("Mr." and "Mrs." occur less frequently in volume 12 than in the other volumes but "widow", "widower", 'spinster" and "bachelor" are very extensively used in that volume.)
ii 7) ENTRY NO:
The entry numbers do not appear in the Registers or Transcripts but have been allocated to individual entries by the transcriber. Double entries such as marriages and double baptisms or burials have an entry number for each individual in the entry. These entry numbers are intended to be in chronological order throughout all the volumes of the Registers. (There are a few places where the numbers are not exactly in the order of the Registers and a few gaps in the series but each entry has a unique number). The entry numbers relate to a computer database which has been compiled by the transcriber for the purposes of statistical analysis and family reconstitution and they will be used as reference numbers in any material which results from such investigation.
8) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
Additional material which is not part of the regular form of an entry is shown immediately below the entry to which it refers. This is normally reproduced verbatim and indicated as such by inverted commas.
Most of the Transcripts are signed by the incumbent and/or other persons (generally the churchwardens). These signatures are noted at an appropriate point in the transcription when they occur.
LAYOUT OF TRANSCRIPTION OF VOLUMES 9 TO 12 OF THE REGISTERS
Volume 9 contains the Register of baptisms and burials from 1792 to 1804 (baptisms to 1803) and it is a "Dade"1 register which includes much fuller information in each entry. The volume contains pre-printed, headed columns running across two facing 'folios" (or pages) and the entries are made in these columns. Volume 10 contains the Register of baptisms from 1803 to 1812 and volume 11 the Register of burials from 1804 to 1812.
Baptisms include both the day and dates of birth and baptism; the name, occupation and residence of the father; the name of the mother and the descent of both father and mother (the names of both their parents in each case) with similar information about occupations and residence.
Burials show both dates of death and burial; name, residence, age and cause of death; the name, occupation and residence of the father and the name of the mother together with the name, occupation and residence of her father.
The details of descent are not always completely full, especially on the female side.
This much fuller information necessitates completely revised forms of layout for both baptisms and burials. These revised forms of layout are fully described in the introduction to volumes 9 to 11.
Volume 12 contains the Register of marriages from 1779 to 1812. It is entered in a pre-printed book which includes for each marriage a record of the residences of the partners in the marriage and the signatures of the celebrant, the partners in the marriage and two or more witnesses. It also shows whether the marriage took place after the publication of banns or by licence. Unlike volume 7, however, it does not give the dates of the publication of the banns nor does it give details of banns where the eventual marriage took place elsewhere. It refers exclusively to marriages which took place at the church in Tadcaster. The layout is virtually identical to that used in volume 7; it is fully described in the introduction to volume 12.
I See C.C. Webb - A Guide to Parish Records in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research - 1987, p. viii
111 EDflORJAL MATERIAL:
Footnotes are used to make editorial comment where necessary.
Additionally some editorial comments are made in the course of the transcription. These are normally placed in brackets.
A number of editorial abbreviations are used throughout the transcription:
?: Where some part of an entry has been omitted in the Register or Transcript which might have been expected to be present e.g. a forename. This is placed at the relevant point in the entry.
"(?)":Placed after a word or words which are difficult to decipher where the transcribed version may be incorrect.
(indec): Where a word or group of words is indecipherable.
(blank): Where a blank has been left in the original Register or Transcript for the later insertion of a part of the entry (usually a name) but which has not subsequently been completed.
INDEXES:
Three indexes are supplied at the end of each volume of the Registers. They are:
1) Index of Surnames:
All surnames which occur on each page of the transcription are listed in alphabetical order in their original spellings. Where it is possible that a name has not been correctly transcribed a note in the index is used to suggest other likely alternatives. For ease of search surnames which are probably variants of the same surname are grouped together and marked with an asterisk. Suggested modernised spellings of surnames or groups of surnames are placed above them in brackets.
2) Index of Placenames:
The same rules apply as with surnames.
3) General index:
This includes occupations and titles and other information which may be obtained from the volume in question.
iv TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 INTRODUCTION
Borthwick Institute Reference No: PR TAD 12
Volume 12 of the Tadcaster Parish Registers consists of a pre-printed marriage register book containing 148 paper pages for marriage entries of which 16 are unused. These pages are described as "folios" in the transcription to avoid confusion with the page numbers which are given at the foot of each page of the transcription. Each "folio" is numbered in a contemporary hand and contains four numbered marriage entries. The entries begin on 14 July 1779, following immediately after the last entry in volume 7, and end on 21 December 1812. There is only one notable gap from 24 November 1808 to 29 July 1809.
All the entries are of marriages in Tadcaster parish church and contain the names of the marriage partners, their residences, their signatures and the signatures of the celebrant of the marriage and two or more witnesses. There are numerous occasions on which a mark is made in place of a signature; this is shown in the transcription by the abbreviation "(Mk)" after the name of the person concerned. The ages of the marriage partners are also usually given and these are shown in brackets after their names in the transcription. It is also indicated whether the marriage was by banns (without dates) or licence and (rather infrequently) when parental permission was given if one of the partners was below the age of 21. Occupations of husbands are generally given until 1795 but only very rarely after that year. The status of the wife ("spinster", "widow") is generally given throughout; the status of the husband ("bachelor", "widower") is equally generally given after 1795, but less frequently before that date. On one occasion there is a record of the payment of marriage duties but the total number of marriages each year is not given.
The layout of the transcription is identical with that in volume 7 and is as follows:
TYPE SURNAME FORENAMES DATE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION ENTRY TITLE ETC NO
The names of the celebrant and witnesses and whether the marriage was by banns or licence are shown below the main entry for each marriage.
The incumbents in the period covered by the Register were1
Henry NOBLE - instituted 17 September 1754. - eldest son of The Rev. Henry NOBLE of Croglin, Cumberland. - married to Mrs. Elizabeth FISHER at Tadcaster (by Minister of Saxton) 10 May 1768. - died of asthma (aged 51) and buried in the church at Tadcaster 7 December 1779.
John CROSLEY - instituted 16 December 1779 - M.A. (Cantab.) - Master of the Grammar School - formerly vicar of Bilbrough - son of William CROSLEY - married to Elizabeth HARPER dr. of Mr. James HARPER, yeoman, Cocksford, Ryther - died 4 July 1791 and buried in the church at Tadcaster 6 July 1791 (aged 55)
1 See G.E. Kirk - Guide to St. Mary's Church, Tadcaster - 1939 John PARKER - instituted 7 November 1791
Thomas VERNON - instituted 19 September 1792
Jonathan ASBRIDGE - instituted 22 June 1797
Thomas SOCKETT - instituted 13 June 1808
William RHODES - licensed as curate of Tadcaster? 1784 - son of James RHODES of Hebden Bridge - married to Ann ADDINAL dr. of Mr. John ADDINAL, farmer, Tadcaster on 23 April 1786 - previously curate of Walton - graduated B.D. at St. John' s, Cambridge in 1796 and became Master of the Grammar School at Tadcaster in that year - instituted as vicar ? November 1811 - buried at Tadcaster 4 January 1830
(John PARKER, Thomas VERNON and Jonathan ASBRIDGE each celebrated very few marriages. Thomas SOCKETT was the incumbent of several parishes and apparently not resident at Tadcaster; his name never appears in the Register. The main celebrant of marriages was William RHODES from the last years of John CROSLE?s incumbency onwards. There were also other curates; John BROCKBANK and Thomas LEECH each celebrated a few marriages in the incumbency of John CROSLEY. A few marriages were celebrated by others acting as officiating ministers)
Parish Register Transcripts exist for all the years covered by the Register; in all cases they run from 25 March in the year of the Transcript to 25 March in the following year.
There is no miscellaneous information or comment in either the Register or the Transcripts.
11 TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 Flyleaf
Inscribed on flyleaf
When married Persons married Title Age Of what Parish By what married By whom married In whose presence' TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS LSJtSJlS Title Page
The
REGISTER BOOK
For
MARRIAGES
in all
PARISH CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Conformable to an Act of the Twenty Sixth of King GEORGE II
Intitled
M Act for the better Preventing of Clandestine Marriages
Published according to Act of Parlaiment
(Royal Coat of Arms displayed)
By T. LOWDNES, No. 77, Fleet-Street London, 1776 TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 Second Title Page
The
REGISTER
of
MARRIAGES
Solemnised in the
(Space for Parish left blank)
The Act of Parliament directs, that every Marriage Register-Book shall be marked at the Top of each Page 1, 2, 3, and so on; that every Page thereof shall be ruled with Lines at equal Distances; and in order to prevent any Mistakes that might happen in entering the Marriages in the Register, the following Form is prescribed in the Act.
A.B. of the/this Parish and
C.D. of the/this Parish were married in this Church/Chapel by Banns/Licence with the consent of Parents/Guardians this Day of in the Year
by me I.K. Rector/Vicar/Curate
This Marriage was solemnised between Us A.B./C.D.
In the Presence of E.F./G.H.
In order to render this Register as plain as possible, we have on the Back of the Title Page given four Examples, by which the Blanks on the other Pages may be filled up as the Case requires
Lowndes's Marriage Registers are printed on Paper, Parchment, or Vellum. Twenty-five Sheets of Demy Paper contain 400 complete Registers, which are sold at 4s. Some are printed on Parchment, Demy Size at Is. Others on Vellum, Demy Size, at 2s per Leaf
Registers for Banns are either bound at the End of the Books, or sold separately, at 4s per Quire TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 Reverse of second Title Page
Four printed examples of Marriage entries TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 FOLIO 1 AND TRANSCRIPT FOR 1779-1780
TYPE ST.JRNAIVIE FORENAMES DATE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION ENTRY TITLE ETC NO
No. 1
M(T) CA WOOD Sarnuel(23) 14 Jul 1779 Tadcaster blacksmith 19001 ABBEY Ellin(MkX20) Tadcaster spinster 19002
By: John CROSLEY Witnesses: Edward BUCKLE, Benjamin ASQUITH
By banns with consent of parents
No. 2
M(T) HUDSON Christopher(Mk60) 4 Aug 1779 Wingate Ash labourer 19003 POTTER Sarah(MkX50) Tadcaster 19004
By: Henry NOBLE vicar Witnesses: Richard ALLAN, Mark PARKER
By banns
No. 3
M(T) FAIRWEATHER John(25) 16 Nov 1779 Doncaster servant 19005 HURSCROFT Ann(MkX27) Tadcaster 19006
By: Henry NOBLE vicar Witnesses: Thomas BRUMIT, Sarah ADKINSON
By banns
No. 4
M(T) DICKINSON Robert(25) 24 Nov 1779 Tadcaster servant 19007 VINCE Ann(MkX23) Tadcaster spinster 19008
By: Henry NOBLE vicar Witnesses: Richard FAWCETT, Thomas LISTER
By banns TADCASTER PARISH REGISTERS VOLUME 12 FOLIO 2 AND TRANSCRIPT FOR 1779-1780 (continued)
TYPE SURNAME FORENAMES DATE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION ENTRY TITLE ETC NO
No. 5
M(T) HOLL]NGS George(23) 1 Dec 1779 Tadcaster taylor 19009 BARKER Ann(2 1) Tadcaster spinster 19010
By John CROSLEY minister Witnesses: Edward BARKER, Mark PARKER
By banns
No. 6
M(T) STELLING George(22) 6 Dec 1779 Escnck bricklayer 19011 ALLENBY Elizabeth(21) Tadcaster spinster 19012
By: John CROSLEY minister Witnesses: Ann ROCKLIFF, Mark PARKER
By licence
No. 7
M(T) TEASDALE Robert(33) 16 Dec 1779 Bolton Percy 19013 SIMPSON Ann(33) Tadcaster spinster 19014
By: J. WARD Witnesses: Jonathan SIMPSON, Ann SPENCER
By banns
No. 8
M(T) LOCKWOOD William(26) 24 Mar 1780 Tadcaster 19015 NAYLOR Ann(28) Tadcaster spinster 19016
By: John CROSLEY vicar Witnesses: Thomas CAMPEY, Martha NAYLOR
By banns