D ail he de of life o ebb d flowin be de m y t ti s g ing an g si the , ' T h u d of h bb he Wh he e e d for o san s t ro ing arts, ere t irs ar at r st an

T h u d of chi b Wh he l on er e bu o san s a ng rains, ere t irs no g ar sy,

ho san s of l h d Wh h s h ave c e ed from he l ab u T u d toi ing an s, ere t eir as t ir o rs,

Th u d of we fee Wh r the h v e c m le ed r n o san s ary t, e e irs a o p t thei j our ey !

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LONGFELLOW.

S T A F F O R D

R W. WRIGHT 56 PRINT ED . GR NGA S R , , EE TE T EET .

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TO THE

G RAN D C H TL D RE N A N D GR E AT - GRAN D C HILD R E N

OF THE LAT! !

T U H W E J A M E S S C . . R B A , ,

OF LITTLE HEYW OOD ,

THIS BOOK OF FAMILY RECORD S IS D ED ICATED

BY THEIR AF FECTIONATE AUNT

S U S NN T U S W A A R B HA .

Little He yw ood ,

1876 .

F A M I L Y R E C O R D S .

n, any of the members of our family Will take the trouble to look i N — at the Ordnance Survey, a little to the orth East of Kids

from Kn ersle W find grove and not far yp y, they ill a place called TrubshaW : here originally stood a residence designated Trubshaw

Hall, and until the last few years Trubshaw Ley for cattle was

hir Advertis er dul y ann ounced in our Staflords e . This district now and converted into Collieries belonged to our ancestors, and here

th e in neighbourhood they occupied an important position . In ’ “ t — — ” Ward s History of the Borough of S oke upon Trent, in speaking

us of Longton, he tells “ The upper part of the vil lage Where th e roads to Tuns tall

r and and Burslem diverge was formerly called T ubshaw Cross, an W ancient stone cross stood there, of hich the base or plinth yet

and - remains, is now placed at the foot of a handsome lamp pillar,

n in a central position between the roads, still maintaini g its former rude character . And he proceeds to state The Act of Parliament for making the present turnpike road (passed in 1762) describes the road from Tunstall to Newcastle as going by Trubshaw ’ W H ollow Cross, and the Tan House ( olstanton) down Spark s ,

- - a m field to New cast l over co mon called The Brampton, e and another branch extending from Burslem to Trubshaw Cross afore said . We conceive that Trubshaw was the most ancient name of find this locality, though now forgotten, for we Thomas de Trobe ” of 27 shawe one of the jurors Tunstall Court, Anno Henry VI . 6

139 6 2oth m Kni ersle In , of Richard II . , Willia Bowyer of p y u married Margaret da ghter of Thomas Trubshawe, and the arms of Trubshawe are impaled w ith those of Bowy er on an old tomb

— a Erdeswick in Biddulph Church , their son married daughter of ’ “ ” of Sandon, and in Burke s Landed Gentry, in speaking of the

Trubsh a h Standishes of Lancashire, mention is made of Henry g ,

Trubsh a h son of Richard g , who was married at the church door of 1 13 I . 285 Wigan, th Edward , Anno , to Mabel Standish .

Now Fern h ou h , at the time that our old friend Captain y g was employed in the British Museum to collect information respecting f the pedigree of some of our Sta fordshire families, my father received a letter from him, of which the following is a copy

2nd 183 February ,

My dear Sir, m I have discovered in the British Museum, a ongst the M find SS . Harleian the pedigree of Lister, wherein I Alice Trub shawe married the heir of that house, thereby her descendants are

ustice and connected with Lord Ribblesdale, Lord Chief J Lister, by

t &c marriage wi h the noble house of Russel . 5 the arms of Trub shawe are given in the impalement of Lister, and the pedigree

am o n perfect . I g i g through the whole of these MSS . and I will

a send you the produce of my rese rches .

am &c &c I , . . THO AS FERNYHOUGH M .

To James Trubshaw, Esq .

In the postscript of this letter came a list of the families with “ n n whom we were allied ; but, Jenny blushi g behi d her fan, modestly keeps it in the background .

H e had better let the dead rest, said my father in his manly

so a way, as he laid down the letter, and , for w nt of encouragement, the researches were not pursued . We could very well live without them ; we were an independent race ; were alive to the fact that

h ad a we had a grandf ther, and did not greatly care for a further cor it roboration of . It was enough that we were spared the trouble n of advertisi g our gentility, by stealing the distinctive badges of

&c hi . n others to head our note paper after the fas on of Brow , ” Jones and Robinson .

My father had an idea, either his own or inherited (the last I have every reason to believe, as he seldom troubled his head much

a about such m tters) , that our family, when it began to die out at

t Trub sh aw es Trubshaw, set led at Wolstanton 3 certain it is that the

w Lichfield resided there for many years, and, from a ill proved at , we ’ find or Trubsh aw e s a Richard Trubshawe of Trubshawe ( Cross) ,

Parish of Wolstanton, who desired to be buried in the graveyard of ’

St . r 1643 find Margaret s in the same pa ish . Then in we another

on Richard Trubshawe buried there . They came , according to my ’ father s idea, from Wolstanton to Sandon, and it was probably at the latter place that the gentle blood began in some measure to wane; but as there is generally compensation, it may be through this that the men of our family have been indebted for their tallness of stature, powerful frames, physical strength, and an exemption from

flesh S i many ills to which is heir through a uperabundance of t . A t w Hey ood they settled in the capacity of masons, carrying n “ E on an extensive busi ess in that line . The name of dward

Trv bsh aw , Mason, may be found carved on the highest gable of Sandon Church, and also on the tower at Armitage is ” a Trvbsh aw th t of Thomas . And now having mentioned physical strength as a characteristic of our race, which enabled them in athletic sports to yield the ’ hi palm to few, I will mention a feat of my father s, w ch, from its A t connection with Sir Francis Chantry, may be interesting.

m i I- I all M r the time he ( y father) was bu lding Ilam , there was in . Watts Russell ’ s family a tall tutor who was held in repute by the 8

r i t Mr va ious members of it for sw f ness of foot, and who was by .

a t e ein Watts Russell pitted gains my father in a race . The latter y g w f his man and kno ing his own powers, o fered to compete with

Chantry on his back, and came off victorious . It is amongst some of the earliest entries in the Colwich

Registers, that we meet with the name of Richard Trubshaw, and i u th s Richard was the father of George, who was baptised A gust

2 4th 16 65 - i , , and whose prettily carved little qua nt old gravestone,

hi s Sh usann with name and that of his wife, forms a pleasing con trast in the midst of the tall heavy unadorned ones of more modern date .

The next in succession was his son Richard, a noted man in

in n our family many ways, and whose ame was handed down to

s 9 H e e u as worthy of respect he was born in 168 . carri d on an n E extensive business, not only in ma y of the nglish Counties, but likewise in Wales gave his son a good education ; left behind

hi s substantial proofs of prosperity ; had a love for books, and ’ ” a Gwillim s in collected some v luable ones . Heraldry is still our possession, in which he has not only entered his name, but also

d \Ve 2s . 0 . where it was purchased (Chester), and the cost “ ’ ” h d - have also Sir Matthew Hale s Sermons, a an somely bound “ ” “ ’ r and copy of Vit uvius Britannicus, Bailey s Dictionary, ff 6 s 6d . bought at Sta ord, cost . , in which he allowed his son to 1740 write his name in , and underneath , the good father, apparently

satisfied well with the penmanship, has added

My son James Trubshaw writ the above .

But what most interested me in my childhood concerning him n was, that he was disti guished by the appellation of Richard the

first Wrestler, and when my grandmother used to recite to me the and last verse (all she could recollect) of a song made in his honour,

off t i when he came victorious in a great wres l ng match, I listened 9

Osbaldist on with as much delight as did Frank , when old Mabel poured herself forth to his infant car in descriptions of the ” scenes of her yo uth . hi hi T s match took place at Repton in Derbyshire, in w ch his

m Park n s opponent was backed by Sir Tho as y , the author of a

. r n 172 noted wo k on wrestli g . In 7 Sir Thomas issued a third

and edition of his book, dedicated it To His Sacred Majesty King George the Second in it he tells the m ann er in which his friend —“ M Richard Allen Green was defeated, of whom he thus speaks y friend Richard Allen (of B ucknell) a lias Green from his grandfather

w h o h as who educated him, wore the Bays and frequently won ’ t z B - e rei n d mos Pri es, besides other y match s, g Champion of Not t ingham shire and the Neighbouring Counties for twenty years at

ont h s w as t least, and about eight M before this Printed, he Wres led

z n for a small Pri e, whe at least twelve Couples were Competitors, it ” F and without much Fatigue won . rom this it appears our di ancestor had no or nary opponent . My imagination was always more or less excited by this old o song. It was the nly one composed in our honour of which I

n had ever heard, and I lo ged for the whole . Besides, as its k n opening and closing verse, to my thin i g, bordered on the heroic, what might not the intermediate stanzas be ! In course of time

my eldest brother, having occasion to visit Repton, made enquiries d about this song, and at last was irected to an old inhabitant who l it cou d recite .

It stands thus take it with its faults and merits !

‘ St afiordshire m In there lived a jolly handso e man,

And his name it was Trubshaw, disprove it if you can 5 c To Repton town he ame, his valour for to try i With one Richard Allen Green, w th one Richard Allen Green

Whose fame it was all the cry. 10

A a w as i w ger there laid all upon the wrestl ng trade, Between Allen and brave Trubshaw upon a certain day ; flin When they came into the ring, brave Trubshaw Green did g,

O u zz ! O zz , brave Tr bshaw, hu a , brave Trubshaw, hu a ! ’ For he ll surely win the day.

’ Park ns i b There was one Sir Thomas y , Green s backer, stand ng y,

And upon these two gamesters he cast an anxious eye,

H e k said to Green I think that I see thy courage sin , & For zz c . its Trubshaw, hu a ’ ’ And, I fear, he ll win the day .

— ‘ Green said unto his master Oh, be not thou so bold,

' th ou will For if that thou art, surely lose thy gold, ’ H e l is so stout and strong, that he ays me all along . & 0 zz c . , brave Trubshaw, hu a ’ air For he ll f ly win the day.

The bells they did ring, and the trumpets they did sound,

A nd hi off the Nottinghams re lads they went sadly the ground, m For their money they had lost, to see their cha pion tossed & B zz ! c . y brave Trubshaw, hu a

a For he f irly won the day.

u e When to B rton town they came, they sail d all amain

c In triumph, in great triumph that brave Trubshaw won the lay i The masons they were glad, for to th nk of such a lad

&c zz ! . As brave Trubshaw, hu a b For e fairly won the day.

finish And now before I this subject, I will insert the following, which may not be uninteresting.

“ A Poem in Defence of the Marble Effigies of Sir Thomas

Park ns u y , of Bunny Park, in the Co nty of Nottingham , Baronet,

in - z his Erected by him his Life time, in a morali ing Posture, in 11

Chancel of the Church of Bunny Bein g the first posture of Wrestling 5 an emblem of the Divine and Human Struggle for the glorious Mastery. I By FRANC S HOFFMAN.

’ t fir st in Heav n The art of Wres ling was shown, ’ When the fall n Angels for foul Play were thrown

L uc er Thus, if and his proud Angels all ’ Receiv d at last an ev erlasting Fall

Luc er find Next if , most treacherously we F gave an unhappy all to all mankind . ’ ’ J a cob s first Pow r But, the Man of Fame and , t t That strove the Art of Wres ling to res ore .

H e i had the Skill of Wrestl ng still at Heart, ’ And taught the H eav nly and Terrestrial art i Inspired by Christ, the promised Seed w thin,

H e wrestled with the World, and Hell, and Sin ’ ’ His great Redeemer s Genius in him mov d him, ’ ’ E en in the Womb to wrestle as beh ov d him 5 Early the glorious Wrestler J d oob strove ’ For Empire here on Earth and H eav n above St The Art of Wrestling Great . Paul commends,

Ol m ick n And quotes y p Games for Gospel E ds .

n If in the Church Wrestlings Exemplar show , A Marble Wrestler decks a Church of Stone ’ z s The morali ing Posture a just Type,

Who envies it gives Truth the foulest Gripe, And sho ws his Sense and Judgm ent are unripe 3 Is in his C‘ensure impious and bold

Against the Testaments, both New and Old . PA RKYNS m A COR’ S Brave i itates Great J fame, Marble and Books record the Wrestler’ s Name ’ Briton s n O Bold Stre gth improved, the PATRI T proclaim . S 12

I can picture to myself the conquering hero returning home — accompanied by his workmen for would they not be certain to go — in a body to see the match ii the whole village alive to welcome a them b ck, and the Colwich bells ringing merrily (for bells in those days were not particular, and this was too great an event for them to keep silent) . Some years ago, when Colwich Church

first was about to be warmed for the time, it was found necessary ’ to dig near to Richard Trubsh aw s grave and a thigh - bone w as brought to light, which proved him to have been a man of gigantic t s ature . His son Charles, thanks to an industrious father, inherited

H e and also maintained a good position . carried on a very extensive

r H e business, and employed a g eat number of workmen . was a sculptor as well as builder, and we still possess a clever specimen i of his workmanship in a head of Bacchus, crowned with v ne leaves and grapes, beautifully executed in white marble, with

He m several other proofs of his talent . was succeeded by y

his if grandfather, who in the early period of married l e resided at

e . Mount Pl asant, now Colwich Priory My father and two of his

difficul brothers were born there, but my grandfather getting into ties, sold his residence to Thomas Selleck Brome . And now I will

M r . . . digress a little, in order to make mention of and Mrs Brome Ki nd, friendly and neighbourly, they were well adapted to adorn

Mr. country life . Brome improved the house, lived in good style, drove a large yellow chariot and pair, and kept a conveyance for

hi s far the accommodation of neighbours, that and near went by “ ’ ” in the name of Brome s Caravan . How usefully it always came to take my brothers to school, and fetch them home for the holidays,

us f M r an and sometimes to take shopping to Sta ford . Brome had appearance of neatness most striking : he wore a suit of light - coloured

m ualit with kersey ere clothes of the best q y, gaitersto match, and large

— finest shirt frills of the very French cambric . We were accustomed him di to meet on our way to school, as he was wen ng his way 13 towards the Ford Lane with his fishing rod and basket we had

i r always a k nd word and pleasant greeting. They kept thei n wi n servants a lo g time, and having occasion to part th a coachma ,

Mr who had probably got the upper hand, . Brome recommended him ri i hi to a valuable f end w th t s character Sober, honest and

an d hi steady, fond of little work gh wages . The very man for ” ai him am me, s d his friend, and engaged at once and, if I not

ak t his mist en, the same coachman lived wi h the latter up to death, u and from his caref l habits saved a handsome sum of money.

— a flow er — And now for Mrs . Brome genuine lover of s her greenhouse and gardens were always well kept . She planted a — the holly hedge by the road side where Priory wall now stands, it was a thick handsome hedge, and quite an object of admiration

r t it to eve y one she set roots of violets the whole leng h of , that ’ nh passers by might i ale their sweetness, and within arm s reach, that theymight gather a bunch ; andwas not shewell pleased to make i an annual visit to her neighbours with a little basket of grapes of her own growing. She was a person of much ingenuity ; made a number of u fi ures i of c rious little g , and attached them to the w res her piano, and was as much delighted with their movements as the lookers — u ou they came under the head of c riosities in those days . She

r n took lessons, within my memo y, from a travelli g shoemaker ; set u i a p a bench and the requisite tools, and for some t me m nufactured

own i i her dress shoes, but th s bus ness dropped through, as I expect

(list ast ful it became e . Then when my father went to London what commissions she gave him to purchase materials for her work ! H e once walked many miles after some fan- sticks ; it resembled in some measure “ ’ a h et s w as i a h et— not J p Search he too l ke J p to be discouraged, and came home triumphant—never to be defeated when once he undertook a thing . 14

Kind Mrs . Brome held a theory (all have their crotchets) that donkeys were as manageable as horses, if properly treated, and was at much pains to prove her theory. She undertook the i n training of several, and set up a l ttle do key carriage, but the donkey did not always act up to expectation however he went fast, and the driver of the mail coach used to humour the old ’ in lady by letting her think, that the mile s run between here and n it Great Heywood, her do key had the best of . Then the good i old lady, happy in the belief, boasted that in short d stances, the donkey beat the mail coach . She once upset a friend when

v dri ing fast down hill for this purpose, and the friend (but friends i even are somet mes tenacious) , declared Mrs . Brome never enquired ’ n if she were hurt, until she had examined her donkey s k ees . Dear old lady ! who would wonder at it ? We all mourned when ’ M r l . Brome s summons came, and when Mrs . Brome went to ive

M r elsewhere . . Pitchford was unable to perform the last mourn ful duties over his valued friend, and a neighbouring clergyman was solicited to read the funeral service . in After leav g Mount Pleasant, my grandfather let it for a

u V — time, and came to reside at the ho se in the illage now the fii 19 1 9 1 O ce. 7 Post It was June the th, , when he parted with it ’ A t Mr M r . . to . Brome Brome s death it was let for a few years,

and hi s and then sold to Lord Tamworth, at decease it was purchased by a community of Benedictine Nuns . u in And now tro bles crept , as they will do, some time or other, into all families . ’ first My grandfather s wife was Margaret Lander, whose father resided at Shugborough, and afterwards at Great Heywood in the

l ot M r T ec e . . house now occupied by Dr. y Lander was a man of di 24 some property ; his daughter ed at the age of , and he had had the good sense to settle her fortune upon her child. This caused her son, my uncle Thomas, to be in a better position for 15

many years than his half- brothers and sisters : he Was more attached him n to my uncle Charles than to the rest, and left an an uity of

H e M r 40 . £ . willed most of his property to Collins, a solicitor

aff in St ord, who honourably left it back to the family. My grand ’ z t father s second wife was Eli abe h, daughter of John Webb, of

L evedale D w as , and orothy his wife, whose maiden name Bagnall .

hi chi efl She inherited a good fortune, w ch y came to her father

hr his u al f t ough ncle John Webb of Coppenh l, who le t the bulk of i nk his property ly ng at Coppenhall, Pe ridge, Overton, Knowle, i Coton near Seighford, and Wedges M lls near Cannock, to this il nephew John, son of W liam Webb, and to his godson John, son

‘ f i He o Sampson Webb of H xon . left my grandmother and her

e £ 15 0 - sist r each when they attained the age of twenty one . It was a great trouble to my grandm other when her property ' difficulties of had to be sold to relieve my grandfather in his , and,

n t o his course, a great trouble also, whe he had sell own in the neighbourhood.

The second family consisted of seven sons and two daughters . My father and his brothers were accustomed to wal k dail y to

r Rugeley (a distance of three miles) to school at a ve y early age.

v o When only ele en, the former was taken away to g each morning to Sandon (a di stance of seven miles) to keep an eye upon the men employed under my grandfather to make alterations at

l and Sandon Ha l for Lord Harrowby, to give a helping hand into the bargain.

i ul as Th s was sharp work, partic arly my father was alive to

v n the ad antages of educatio , and I have heard him say, how his

hi s r anxious mother used to get breakfast at a very early hou , and n him him to e courage, and give a start, would accompany to the ” “ top of The Hollow, and that he never durst turn to say good ” bye, lest she should see the tears, which he could not always

u . restrain, for he felt it would never do to add to her tro bles 16

A i y, as I said before, th s was sharp work, and went on for

five hi either or seven months, I forget w ch, and excellent Mrs .

wh o i t ben eficial infl Hanbury, had the g f of exercising uenc e on all with whom she came in contact, encouraged him greatly in his l — h youth, by telling him he wou d be sure to prosper e was so

hi s . ni thoughtful for mother No doubt, it was this early i tiation into the habits and capabilities of workmen, that rendered him

o il s through ut life, so sk ful in his management of them. After thi , t o he went school again for a short time, but was soon taken away for good . l I have heard him say, that at the age of sixteen, he cou d in have earned a livelihood any town or county in England, and i d at sixteen , not know ng what better to do, he set out for Lon on

Now on his own account . , a journey to London on a stage coach

V was a great event at that period, and the illagers assembled to nh t i see him start I have heard some of the old i abi ants recur to t . Perhaps it may be interesting if I mention that my father

h e remembered how , with his mother, brothers, and the villagers used to group together in the road to watch for the arrival of the

He first coach that ran between London and Liverpool . lived to see this coach give place to the railroads .

n n Westm acott wi hi s O reaching London, he we t to , th whom father had had business transactions for many years, and asked

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m A t Mr. was n him for employ ent . that time Beckford erecti g i the celebrated Fonth ll Abbey, on which it is said he spent the

W estm acott enormous sum of sent him there, where m his uncle was foreman of the masons, but y father, who had already learned the value of money and the evil arising from ex t rav a ance his g , incurred the jealousy of uncle, who had no talent for saving, and the latter declared that my father was endeavour ing to undermine him and get hi s situation . Greatly distressed

di Westmacott with this, he resolved to leave imme ately. then

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1800 In he married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Bott . My grandmother had been left a widow some years with two daugh

w as t sh e ters my mother the younges was, in every respect, well

o r m a n in o suited f a anxious to make his way life . She helped him t

- work and to save . I have frequently heard her say she should have been at no loss had her lot been cast in the backwoods of

it as America, neither would she have disliked . With clear a h ead as his own and with as much industry, they climbed the hill h - in - d an d t and han , prosperity, in due course of time, followed heir

H e n footsteps . My father brought his wife to ywood, hopi g to t h put things on a bet er footing, and it was here t at my eldest n findin brother was born . Soo after this, g he could not mend

h re matters at home, he commenced business wit very slender sources on his own account at Stone, and it was probably some

a d where about this time that he c me un er the notice of Mrs .

n h Sneyd, who was on the point of buildi g As combe Hall . Struck — h by his integrity and business like abits, she would have no denial, m build it he ust . This was a formidable undertaking to a young man with no capital , and without friends to instruct or give advice

difficulties in case arose so with the honesty of nature, for which n he was always noted, he at once stated his misgivi gs, when Mrs . ff Sneyd set all at rest, by o ering to aid in every way. She assisted in d - h making the plans, and rove over each pay day wit a black

ba silk g, in which were deposited the guineas, silver and copper, which her - kind forethought had provided - to keep up his credit

H e with his workmen . always owned himself under the greatest

in vears obligations to her, and I have heard him say his later , that

do so great was his anxiety to justice to his kind benefactress, that he left no step unturned to give satisfaction, and that he never after

first wards built a house better than this, his formidable under

n . taki g, Ashcombe Hall

I r - ron perseverance, st ict habits of self denial, and integrity,

19 were the giants that assisted him in surmounting and trampling

' difficult ies h ad down , and moreover he that great passp ort to v success, a cheerful readiness to give a helping hand whene er and

n at mn ou ht wherever it was ecessary, and the good sense to set g

h — bane l influ that foolis pride that upas tree of the many, the fu

a s our ence of which not only de den sphere of usefulness, but casts b e a light ov r our very comforts.

’ M r nd a . Sn e d s n m Then through . Mrs y recomme dat ion; he et with employment, not only in their family, but amongst their n m frie ds, all of who treated him with marks of friendship and

M r K . nnersle respect . y y of Loxley Hall, Sir Thomas Sheppard, t m o . fa her and son, were a ongst his ldest and best supporters ’ f m m i s It was on my ather s return from a walk of any le , I

el v su erin b ieve from Ashcombe, and ha ing been on foot all day p e t nding his men, he came home weary and exhausted, and retired

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d re lon . wh en to bed, here he ha not sted g, he was aroused by a messenger from Heywood to tell him his father. was not expected “ “ not di e h out to live, and could wit Fatigue had

n a e h e take such hold, that I have he rd him d clare walked the

H e in greater part of the eleven miles in his sleep . was just

' see n ot time to his father, who had taken his eyes from the door

- of his bed room for some hours, close them for ever as he entered ' b h . is the apartment After this, e considered it wise to take up abode at Heywood and try tg reco ver the business so in the h his f h his a ouse where ather breat ed l st, my grandmother and her

n t d three you gest boys, the li tle one only eight years ol er than my d m n el est brother, y father, mother, and their six childre lived to

m f a in gether for so e years, my ather th nkful to have it his power to assist his brothers and happy in being able to give a home to his and mother, it was now under his roof that my grandmother w l A found that peace to hich she had ong been a stranger.

e a thoughtful disposition , added to trouble, sowed the s eds of gre t 20

in piety, her anxiety to be useful household matters, and the love and kindness sh e bestow ed upon her grandchildren deserve n ever

n n to be forgotten, and as God tempers the wi d to the shor

m h er la b, so through his mercy declining years were blessed with

— five h comforts . In person she was remarkably tall feet ten, t in, ' — st ifl very upright, and adhered to the old style of dress stays and

n to —h er d lo g waists, with sleeves the elbow, hair rolle back under d w a close border of clear muslin e ged with narro lace . This style of dress suited h er tall figure and caused her to be almost as much

as sh e in n admired in her old age had been her youth, whe in ' - l st ifi high hee ed shoes, French silks, and powdered hair, she had h ’ been t e belle of her father s neighbourhood . We have preserved several of her dresses : amongst the number

dd d - and her we ing ress of pale cream coloured silk, also her wedding shoes : the latter were the gift of the family shoemaker ; they

are of rich brocaded silk, with very high heels, pointed toes and

silver buckles . n She had very dark hair, which remai ed almost unchanged to

th e n t last, serious and i telligent brown eyes, a formed nose, wi h a

e a delicate and feminine cast of count n nce . She was honoured and ' “ beloved by all for the constant solicitfifde she showed to repay my ’ ’ father s and m other s kindness . My mother always thought that

sending away my sister and myself to N ew cast le - under- Ly me to

h ad finish . our education, hastened her end We never until my d thirteenth birth ay been separated for more than a few days, and

ayoc at ions a i to giving up her customary , and t k ng her room imme diat el a y on our departure, an ttack of pleurisy supervened, which caused her death before we were summoned home . This was our first great grief It was a year or two after m y father came to settle at Heywood

And am t h . t at I was born now I on the subjec of the old house, n t it A t m I will name a incident connec ed with . the ti e the Duke

0 0 d d

f n and they quite set the ashio and gained her much credit, as did

th e hi also nankeen bonnets with cord runners, w ch she introduced m here , and my grand other herself prepared the warm breakfast of

us bread and milk, and wrapped up previous to setting out : we were not left to ourselves for one or other had always an eye upon ' us ; there are no nurses like mothers and grandmothers, depend

n o w upon it and John Kent, the parish clerk at Great Heywood,

us was selected from his steadiness to take to school, and when we d — “ approached a part of the road particularly irty Now John, ” us oh n a e draw through the puddle, and J , who at his g could not n be expected to be quite as steady as old Time, in his good ature ’ generally acceded to our wishes . In my mother s old age, the son

h e r - of this very John Kent drew out in her Bath chair . It was not very long after entering on our ne w residence that

M r: my father was employed by Watts Russell to build Ilam Hall, and it was probably there - that he became acquainted w it h those

Jose h : excellent men, the Revs . John and p Miller of high intel

V lectual powers and adorned with Christian irtues, they were men of whose friendship all might be proud .

s After the building of Walkeringham Vicarage, Nott , and h ose K . a r keeping under the contract, the Rev . J p Miller ever fte him wards treated with the most friendly respect and attention, and presented him with a handsome silver teapot with a suitable inscription, in which he found the following playful lines

‘ in ff Whereas, I James Trubshaw of Heywood Sta ord,

fine ff To make a speech for my life cannot a ord, ’ a n inclin d Being quite plain dealer, and nothi g

SPOUT ING diff n To , except of a ere t kind Now therefore all persons w hom this may concern ’ Be adm onish d hereby to take notice and learn,

That in lieu of a speech I this promise propound,

B w hich ' I am firml h u y y obliged , eld, and bo nd ; 2 3

’ That my friendly REMEMBRANCE OF W ALK RINGHAM V ICARAGE Shall but take from this present a keener and quicker edge ’ O er th e cups which I hope it is destined to fill t d I will alk of the onors, and think of them still ; u And whenever on b siness, or idleness bent,

o N I g . so far orth on the banks of the Trent,

I will - make it a point (barring impossibilities) ’ To demand the said Vicar and Lady s civilities .

im ff . ave The Rev John Miller g h a co ee pot to match , and the E i “ ” other brother, the Rev . Thomas lton M ller, not to be outdone,

he as he said, although had then never had an interview with my him father, sent a pocket of hops .

Ou M r his last visit to Bockleton, . John Miller addressed him to the accompanying complimentary lines, suggested by a

h e w walk had . ith the two brothers Thomas and John, where he was conducted to a rocky seat on which the poet Wordsworth h ad t h a res ed when on a recent visit to them . They were e ded by a — - pretty pen and ink sketch of the spot .

’ The Poet s Stone .

E s 12 1848 To James Trubshaw, q , June th, .

’ The mass of rock here rudely sket ch d doth own ‘ ’ The appellation of The P oet s S tone ’ So n am d as earnest oft is mixed with jest, Since on its rugged surface sat for rest The Bard of Rydal (holding social talk

‘ With neighbouring host on an exploring walk) , Foremost of living men to whom belong ’ ow r build The p and skill to immortal song . ’ But e en as wealth draws wealth - w still adding more To treasures where abundance was before 2 4 — So greatness comes to greatness fame to fame A nd m thou, proud stone, hast thus another clai

- To honour, having had for guest to day ’ One skill d no less to build in other way th Witness y bridge, fair Dee, where noblest span ’ Of cont riv d single arch as yet by man, ’ — Gives grace to Chester s City l he hath sat

This morn on thee, whose skill completed that ! Art not a lucky stone ? and may not pride

Be u j stly theirs, whose lot it was to guide — ’ Such visitors to thee so richly skill d build ? The one with matter, one with mind, to

“ — ‘ ’ N B . A s n of r s t x . le der tribute e pect o the e cellent Ar chitect of certain ” ar sona s and o im o an orks p ge ther p rt t w .

A t m ’ J y father s decease, the Rev. ohn Miller wrote the sub ’ Gen tlem an s M a a zine n 185 4 joined Memoir for the g of Ja nary, , “ ” us and in a letter to , termed it a labour of love . It is very ’ H e t truthful . also wrote the inscrip ions for my father s and ’ mother s tombs in Colwich Church and Churchyard .

Soon after the building of Ilam, came that of Chester Bridge, ’ an important era in my father s life, and after its completion, the

ca Rev. Sidney Smith, with whom he be me acquainted at Sir

’ Phili s s ff d u it George p , o ered to raw p an account of , provided my him father would furnish with the details, but wishing it to stand

di d . entirely on its own merits, he not accept the kind proposal

am But I not about to enter into a list of his labours, except u that I will mention Weston Ho se, Warwickshire, built for Sir

G. Philips, and Wybunbury Church Steeple, which having

fiv e re declined feet eleven inches from the perpendicular, was

stored to its proper equilibrium at a small cost, and by a very u simple process, witho t damaging a single stone of the whole ” M - t w di . y father from boyhood had of en expressed a ish buil ng l 25

to restore this tower, and what is remarkable, he then conceived in t it A the very mode, by which af er years he accomplished .

as br s plate inserted in a stone in the Vestry of the Church , records t this res oration .

- — The late Herbert Minton, Esq . , of Stoke upon Trent, requested that a portion of the clay from under the steeple might be brought t o u him, and of this he manufactured an immense j g, which he kindly presented to my father as an interesting memento of th e work . A t t in News ead Abbey, when employed making alterations

‘ m an for Colonel Wildman, he met with y persons associated with

m of a the emory Lord Byron, in fact with a more than ordin ry facility of acquiring knowledge of men of note, had he given time it mi ni to , he ght have fur shed as interesting an autobiography as most men. 1836 In the year , my eldest brother was elected a Fellow of in the Society of Antiquaries, and the follow g is an extract from the Wolverhamp ton Chronicle of that year

w en Thomas Trubshaw, Esq . , of Little Hey ood, who has riched this county w ith some of the finest specimens of Tudor

z and Eli abethan architecture , has been elected a Fellow of the nl Society of Antiquaries, an honour conferred o y on the highest grade of his profession and we believe it is the first instance in ” which a provincial architect has attained this mark of distinction .

Lichfield Manley Hall, near , with its remarkably handsome c a himneys, is a specimen of his t ste .

al w The churches of Brereton, S t and Great Hey ood (before, w its alteration) ere designed by him, as also the pretty lodge at ’ Ba ot s — an i i the entrance of g Park object of much adm rat on, and

r in laying out flower gardens he was ve y successful . c 26

To show the estimation in which he was held, I subjoin an

a r hir A r tis r extract from the St f o ds e dve e .

D IED

“ A t 7th u Little Heywood, on the instant, Thomas Tr bshaw,

. 40 Esq , aged . “ We regret to announce in our obituary of this week, the

M r m w death of . Tho as Trubsha , of Little Heywood . Highly

a nd distinguished for his architectural and general acquirements,

f d his — equally valued by his rien s, for kind hearted and generous disposition, we cannot but feel that the country has sustained a b diffi ult loss which it may e c to estimate . The churches and other buildings which have been erected under his direction, have done much to revive a taste for the beauties of architecture, they w us ill long remain as monuments of his talent, and cause to ” lament his removal at so early a period of his life .

185 3 It was after a short actual illness in that my father died,

b enefit leaving his children to reap the of his labours, and also,

hi s d - not forgetting gran children, twenty four in number, to each

n his of whom he left a handsome legacy. It was arra ged by kind forethought that my mother was not t o be disturbed from her home .

Now chi efl , the looking over his papers and letters y devolved upon my sister and myself. It was almost impossible to commence

v whilst w as us our labours, my mother spared to , for we were well aware that it would not only take days, but weeks, to examine t them, and as her heal h was much enfeebled, she required the i ul greatest care and attention, besides it would have been very pa nf i 185 7 to her to be so constantly rem nded of the past. In in her

82nd us . year, she was taken from My dear mother inherited from her parents a more than 27

ni ordinary huma ty of disposition, was consistently kind to every living thing, and always expressed a just indignation towards all who either wantonly or heedlessly infli ct ed pain or took away

r life, so that the co responding verse to the day of her birth, in

P r verbs the last chapter of o might be said to be characteristic, for she was ever ready to open her mouth for the dumb in the cause ” of all such as are appointed to destruction . And here let me

hi in whi w as hope, that t s k dness, of ch she so bright an example, may spread its mantle over her descendants, and that the breath — of life that inexplicable mystery - the electri c spark in the link

hi s between God and creatures, may never be thoughtlessly nor cruelly destroyed . u In person my mother was tall, with a tendency to sto tness,

fine with a fall of shoulders, almost transparent fairness of com n plexion, dark brown hair, large ear est grey eyes, and a noble d forehead, both as regarded height and brea th . She was a woman of deep thought and great intellectual powers, yet possessing at

diffidence the same time much natural , very truthful, a great reader from her earliest years, read aloud with remarkable force, i 80t h and after attain ng her birthday, could discourse upon books and in repeat much of the standard poetry of her youth ; fact,

first S such was her love for books, that her ixpence was devoted to the purchase of The Countess of Pembroke’ s Arcadia ” at an — w i ’ old bookstall in the market place of her native to n . The ch ld s u sing lar choice attracted the notice of the old bookseller, and he ” i u purposely procured for her The Pr nce of Carency, caref lly laying it aside until her funds enabled her to become its possessor. n The former she read twice before attai ing her tenth year, and with so much genuine interest that many portions of it became stereotyped on her memory, and shortly before her death, she detected a passage from it in a sermon, and to our surprise, not in only carried on the passage, but found it readily the work 28

itself, although the said work had been laid aside with her child hood .

Had her means at that time equalled her will, she might, from

m an a the evident interest the old took in her, h ve become probably n the possessor of many rare works . Her ma ners were gentle and

n . her counte ance placid She was of quiet domestic habits, never w n unemployed, gifted ith excellent common se se, and much

h r . e beloved by her servants It might have been justly said of ,

She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the ” t law of kindness . She was fond of an iquities, but fonder still of ’ — — — nature s works the rising and the setting sun the moon a thunder storm— the varying clouds attracted her notice and admira

th e flow ers tion to last, and her love for never forsook her. The day before her death, she expressed herself so sweetly upon some placed in her feeble hands, as though their hidden mysteries were opened to her. Her end was peace . 0 The following verses were addressed to her by my sister on the anniversary of a birthday

on i Dear mother, th s happy day I dedicate to thee

Th ese sim l e s p line , content if they

A be pleasant tribute , Though I could wish in loftier strain ul To sing thy e ogy.

h To t ank thee for the patient care,

The abiding love of years, ’ Alike my guide through Childhood s snares ’ And woman s hopes and fears, Which prove a zest to all my joys

And a balm to all my tears.

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But did I al l the eloquence Of poesy possess, d Wor s are but idle sounds, and Can gratitude express By deeds alone I hope to prove ” That I feel it not the less . A T . .

I cannot do better than finish with an extract from a letter ’ I received after my mother s decease .

’ I th e n d in was not the less sorry to‘ receive tidi gs conveye ’ your letter of yesterday, though my aunt s death was an event we

i of — were led to th nk , as not far distant, from the long enfeebled s tate of her health . It now seems to have taken place at its a al ppointed time, like the f ling of one of the last leaves of Autumn, a nd you have the consolation of thinking that she has been gently

a e . gathered, not harshly plucked, in a ripe and honoured g May

r n t we hope that ou end will be as resig ed and tranquil . Tha she wi a ll be missed from mong you all, I have little doubt, for those onl i i y who have experienced a s m lar loss, can know what it is to

i a s . lose a mother. There satisfaction in bearing testimony to her fittin worth, now that she is gone, and not the least g monument

be in to her will , the kindly place she has secured our memories . It was more than a year after her decease when our resi

. t dence was sold , My sister and I had lef the house, but as it ’ was more convenient to examine my father s papers there, as they ha d d office not been remove from his , we went daily to the old ho me and in one of the empty rooms carried on our Herculean

Now labour, as there we were entirely free from all interruption . , the examination of these papers was almost as hopeless a task as a that of Graciosa when set to sort the fe thers. They were entirely papers and letters connected with business . My father had been in the habit of careful ly preserving and endorsing all letters he 30 received There is no telling but they may be useful some ” time or other, he would say, as he arranged them according to

w - their dates, and sto ed them in pigeon holes and cupboards, and ' on this l it account, there was p robably as great an accumu ation as his was possible for any one in profession to possess . The work f n from its magnitude was a very ormidable un dertaki g. We felt it was a duty we owed to his memory conscientiously to look over every paper separately. It was monotonous work as may be i imag ned . Clothes basket after clothes basket was piled up in the otfice to be opened in the empty room, and to dispose of them

ui h fire was no easy task, for they not only exting s ed the , but took “ — us up much time, until a bright idea struck my sister Let carry them to the large brick oven and set fire to them as we fill i ” t . l This happy thought relieved us from much difficu ty . How — the old came back as we sat at our work how like and yet how d ff I i erent The time when we had all been together . The manly

a tread which invariably announced his pproach, as he came along

ofii the ball from his ce into this apartment . The place the old

his large sofa had occupied , on which in old age he would allow i — h mself a little rest ; the comfortable old fashioned chair, which o w we were always glad to ccupy in his absence, and hich after his ff decease we held so sacred, that my sister and I would have su ered it much, ere we could have again seated ourselves in , and above h all that, the energetic nature t at in the midst of a multiplicity of business could find opportuni ty for competing in our youthful

t A t - pas imes . one time he carried in his great coat pocket a cup and ball, to be in readiness for practice as he walked by the side of his horse quietly up hill, his invariable custom in those long wearisome drives, before railroads were made, and

last m eal w . hen recruited by a refreshing cup of tea, his at night,

re— would challenge all to a game, making the walls echo with that buoyant laugh, in which , despite defeat, we could not refrain 31

f ni . e rom joi ng We have still his cup and ball and bandalor . A y, and sometimes even now, I come across the lengthy riddles in verse, written out at his request by my mother, to be committed to memory under similar circumstances, to keep up his popularity n i with the you g . The nterval between the deaths of our

— final — hi us parents the close all these t ngs came across , as they wi have done, and ll to thousands as long as time lasts .

All houses wherein men have lived and died

Are haunted houses . Through the open doors

The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,

fl r With feet that make no sound upon the oo s.

We meet them in the doorway, on the stair,

c o Along the passages they ome and g ,

al a Imp p ble impressions on the air,

A sense of something moving to and fro .

It was in looking over my father’ s papers that we came upon ’ Richard and Charles Trubsh aw s ledgers : they were like a little d i oasis in the desert, from having entries ma e of various th ngs disconnected with business : there seemed to have been a large correspondence carried on in the way of bo th business and friend i ship between the latter and a fr end in London, and there were several bundles of letters carefully preserved . It was not an age n of ma y newspapers, and there were occasionally bits of information respecting the political events of the period, and of occurrences taking place in the great metropolis, and interchanges of gifts

: fiit ch es mentioned on the country side, of bacon, turkeys and

of — geese, and the London, pounds tea, Indian silk handkerchiefs & i c . and notice of the little knitting g rl in the country, and then

v t the little Londoner was sent on a isit to the coun ry, and after a 32

’ hi r w le, as she probably became a pet, a desire on her uncle s pa t, that she should not be pampered ”—well

l t Golden lads and asses mus , — s . As chimney sweepers, come to du t

But the most pithy part of the business was connected with ’ h w hi s t ransac Richard Trubs a s ledgers . Here were business t hi s and hi s l ions ; domestic economy , moreover, wonderfu recipes ; all entered therein ; the latter, had it not been for me, might have been lost to his descendants. I have subjoined a w fe extracts to interest them as they have interested me . I had almost forgotten to mention th at this Richard Trubshaw was noted for his remarkable pedestrian powers, despising the

w his slo conveyances of the day, which to a man of energetic

n : t nature, must indeed have been tryi g he was in the habi of

to walking London two or three times a year, a distance of one

hi s i hundred and thirty miles, transacting business and return ng

m All hi s ! in almost incredibly short ti e . honour to memory he n was no commo character. And now having fini sh ed all I have to say on the subject of

e our family, eight generations of whom (and probably mor ) rest ll n in Colwich Churchyard, I wi conclude by acknowledgi g the deep debt of gratitude we all owe to my dear father, and saying

hi s in the words of the Rev. John Miller, inscribed on tomb, “ which all who knew him can faithfully attest, that he was a

r ff man of great natu al ability, unswerving integrity, and una ected ” Christian worth . E ! T R A C T S

F ROM

A ’ LED RICHARD CHARLES TRUBSH W S GERS .

36

Memorandum that Sir WE Wolseley Bart went with M r Charles Wedgwood to Lit chfield as a Compliment as part of the W way to the Bath . Sir E Coming towards Haywood Home, fell such a dreadfull Rain and Thunder at the Brook end at Longdon 7th 1728 7 or Long July about o/clock at night, the Brook was so High took him down Chariot 3 mares and Large Horse all ’ 80 4 value d about pounds, the Drownd and poor Sir William . ’ (Coachman sav d himself and his man that Rode before his Coach ’ man Edward Taylor got to an apple tree sav d himself) thi s n parish mour s for the loss of him myself for one .

n This is a just account of Ba gor Steeple, and South side of Church built by me in the year 1726

' 1725 Edw ard Sim eon nr . Work done for Sir Aston Stone

r M . Chetwynd Grendon 1 26 7 . This is a just account of what money I have paid for ale Sir Arthur H azlerigg Bart of Noselcy Leicestershire

? 28 R Shutbrou h 17 . Account taken by me Trubshaw of g th Bridge July 6 . ’ — May 7th 1729 Snow d in the morning Might e Hard Lent ’ M r Y . Morrell my oung Man s Companion — April 8 1729 . then began to pluck down the East front of Tixal Hall .

h utbrou h 2 Poor Baldwin Died at S g 15 July 17 9 . I paid

i l 0 s d ur l o . for his Coffin and b a l Cost me l . d Rich 3 Nov 10 . . This day paid Smith for carrying Loads

h r u s S utb o h 4 . 6d of Pebble Stones to g Bridge . Will Atkins 1 — 3 day helping him shillings those stones cost me picking.

Y 3s March l st 1738 pd ates . to buy me a Dog at U ttoxeter and did not !

s an of M ss Hanna S s om om Ri a dson dr his The hu b d i h turge , fr wh ch r ew m a character of Pa el . 37

8 Mr Lit chfield 19 173 . Sept then paid Green, Barbour, in for — — my wigg £1 l 1s 6d an d all pai d to this day — — March 14 174% then paid my Daughter 0 3s 0 I expect to have a just account h ow she lays her moneys out that

— h first I pay to her t is is ye payment. Ellen H eatherstick began with me on the 5th of May 1742

2 s— 6d o 47s— 6d gave her in part f wages, and that was per year, ah allowing her a taylor one day and a new pair of shoes into bargain . Here lyes the body of Nicholas Hookes (son of Nicholas

’ re Hookes Esq who was ye 41st Child of his Father by Alice his — w ife) (h e the father of 2 7 children) ye above lived at Conway in

r Carnarvonshi e .

fift 175 5 . Jane Mottram came to me, to live at y shillings per year ? P a 6 6— 1766 . R gged Tom days at Ingestre 0 1 7th 1742 Rec May then f of Richard Wootton, one pound

' in e new leasow e — full for rent of y being due y last Lady day, or for ye year 174 1. d Rec one pound of Widdow son in law towards his rent

. £ 1 2 8 of Ansell Grounds as I hold in Haywood I was to have . r — 6d jp year) 2s 6d lies behind I have given him no receipt for i — — e t thi s was due ye last Lady day for y year 174 1. And £1

2 s 6d 2 He e 174 . £1 5 s 0d more for y year now oweth me one , it but God knows when I shall have .

8 ff l 5 s his May th 1743. then Recd of John Su o k for last year Rent dew the last Lady day d — — June 2 7 1747 Rec of Sam Tabenor for New Leasow £ 1 0 0 12 D 2 n Oct. of J Farmer for Haywood piece till Michaelmas last 38

A receipt for a strain for back Take the Oyl of Ch ammomile and the Oyl of Spike and the O l O ls y of Swallows one ounce each, these y and two ounces of Spirits of Wine and mix it altogether you must first rub his or her back which is sprained very well with these Oyls every three days but then you must have a Cat ready to kil l and Clap upon it n h t i warm, this must be do e three times, t at is hree several t mes and after all this you must lay a Charge upon his or her back whi ch is sprained which must be after this manner Take 4 ounces of — — Barbadoes Tar Half a pound of Stone pitch 2 ounces of M astick

2 3 ounces of black Rosin mix them altogether, put them in Pan

fir all over a gentle e till be melted .

’ Mf Sh ackerley s Receipt for Pain in ye Back — this is I am told a never failing receipt

l ai The pi ls Consist of Sn ls calcined, wild carrot Seeds, Burdock Seeds Ashen Keys hips and haws all burnt to A Blackness maide up with Soap and Honey . — April 29 1744 Poor James Trubshaw died at London of u d 25 the Smal l Pox and B ried there . Age .

a 28— 1745 Inflamm ati n Richard Trubsh w died April of an o . 5 6 Aged . (entered by his son) I have copied the following to shew the wages of workmen at the period .

25 e l 0th 17 . Days Work done at Wolseley Bridge since June y s d d Rich Trubsha w 37 days and a half at 2/ per day 3 15 0

m M r ervis 6 One day myself to eet . J at Stone 2

85 1 0 Walter Cartwright a labourer one day 0 .

Thos . Mellor do . do . 39

May 25th 1733. — Thomas Bromley Sawyer 33 foot 6in at 7 per foot days work at 16d per day

9 Badkin . 1737. Humphrey Mason days

his labourer 10 days . .

— John Arblaster Mason 18 days My Son 3 days

Bricklayers per day. Carpenters Bricks 10/ per 1000

Work done Master Sneyd

Mr z — . Fit herbert Swinnerton

Colwich Church .

u r Master Vernon S dbu y. Lord Falcombridge at his house in ff Sta ord . Lord Aston

Lord Chetwynd .

‘e Esq; Parkhurst of Haunch Hall — Sir Walter Bagot of Blithfi eld In Hertfordshire

e Esqi Vernon Hilton £5 2 My Bargin is of Norton Church 0 . Sept l st Then began of the Spire at Greenh ill Lichfield Sir Theophilus Biddulph Esq? Congreve Esq? Arblaster

i ? 1732 Rich M ott ersh aw March i, Trubshaw and Rich l Churchwardens Colwich 40

1726 Aug 24 The Charge of my New Bed

r — lb Ga sey 23 lbs at 14d per . come to Spinning at 9d per lb

Calldrin i 4 1 z Weaving, g and Pr nting yds of Chint at 11d per yard — 6 doz Rings for the bed l 2d 3 ounces of thread a piece of tape 6d— 6 yards 5 Buckram 11d 7 yds Print to line the Q uilt — 14d

For Feathers for the bed The bed tick Bolster and pillows The wood and work Come to The two Blankets Making Iron work for the bed t om out Of ledger The Q uilting of the W0 0 1 £ 12 7 0

uil wi The upper part and Q t my fe found not charged . — Work done at vario us times by Charles Trubshaw copied from his ledger— for

ble ? E The H on Thomas Anson The Rev M Bagot The J Barry Esq? Sir William Bagot Sir Thomas Broughton Viscount Chetwynd

bl e ? “ ‘re The H on M Clifford Tho Fitzherbert Esq Sir Bryon Broughton Delves Sir Edward Littleto n The Lord Kilmorey Mainwaring Esqie Whitmore Th eParson age at Swinnerton 1760 Trentham B ridge 176 6 bl e ” ? — The Hon M Talbot M Talbot H oarcross

re George Venables Vernon Esq MTWhitby

e George Adams E sqi 4 1

Abstract to show the Wages of the period .

175 7. . Acton, Work done at Acton Church

My time 12 days 3 0 0 James Bold 73 days 7 6 0 M J Bul kley 85 days 7 1 8 7 7 J Ratcliffe 17 days l 6 11 WE Scofield 45 5 3 12 0 % 7 0 11 8 George Allen,

6 5 5 s 6d Dan! Walley / his labourer 5 / .

‘1 - 13 1762 July . Rec of Richard Whitworth Esq? the sum of Two pounds two shillings in full for four milestones placed between Wolseley Bridge and Stafford by me

CHARLES RUBSHA T W.

— ble 1764 Built ye Temple of ye Winds for the Hon Tho Anson Esq?

In memory of George dz Shusann Trubshaw ’ H e dy d May 26 63 she ’ n d dy d June 2 1714 dx Thom as their ’ son dy d November 1714

U nderneath lie interred the bodies of Richar d Elizabeth Trubshaw of Little Haywood — A ril 28 1745 5 6 A ed ; g get e! l 74o 5 3 They had Issue

— — — z Charles, George James Richard Eli abeth of whom only the first and last survived

them .

This stone was laid at the expen ce of his second wife Ann by whom

he left a daughter named Susannah .

NOTE . i s on F in 1 2 R Th s t e was repaired by my ather 8 5 . ichard Trubshaw was ba z d Ma 5th 1689 —I annot find out wh ere—see x a t rom L pti e y , , c E tr c f edger. 4 6

a Tablet the South Wall inside Colwich

To the memory of Charles Trubshaw who died

" d D ec 2 21 1772 Aged 5 6

Beneath lie the remains of Margaret the wife of James Trubshaw She died March 7? 1771 Aged 2 4 Also Richard their son i who died an nfant . James Trubshaw died April 1333 1808 Aged 6 1 years

Elizabeth his second wife

‘ died May 122 1824 Aged 71 years 4 7

In memory of J ames Trubshaw, Civil Engineer and Architect Late of Little Hey wood in this Parish 5

a man of great natural ability, i unswerving ntegrity,

and unaffected Chri stian worth .

Many important Public Works in this and neighbouring Counties attest his Professional skill ; and the unequalled Arch of the

Grosvenor Bridge, over the Dee, at Chester,

ri long remain it is hoped as his endu ng Monument . — H e died October 2 8 185 3 1 77 hi s In the £3year of age, E xtensively respected and deeply regretted .

Mary Trubshaw his Widow and faithful partner for nearly 5 3 years n in the spirit of love, and of a sou d mind, followed him to this resting place 1 5 81 March 1 ? 18 7 Aged .

was youngest daughter of Thomas Mary Bott .

m t Till I die, I will not remove ine integri y from me,

i o my righteousness I hold fast, and w ll not let it g 5 my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live b 2 — 5 — Jo . 7 6 .

sam e inscri t ion A tablet inside the Church bears the p . In memory of

Thomas Trubshaw, F S A Architect and . . . eldest son of James and Mary Trubshaw of Little Haywood 4t ltx 1802 born April , “ 1842 died June 72 . Married Ellen eldest daughter of Jeremiah

r n Gi ders of Ingestre,

n had issue James, Elle ,

Thomas, and Mary, all of whom survived him

U nderneath lie the remains of Elizabeth

Tildesle Relict of Thomas y, and daughter of Thomas Mary Bott

of Stone, " w h o died July 31 1815

Aged 42 years . Also of Mary Relict of Thomas Bott

of Stone, Who died May 28th 1826 Y Aged 83 ears . 49

MY ON HER 67TH Y TO MOTHER BIRTHDA .

8 1843 Jannary th, .

’ ’ ’ Long may st thou live to grace th accust om d place

I oft Where thou and , in converse seated , ’ Have gazed upon the fitful clouds and t rac d in i t Angels and warriors the r outlines sof , Whilst domes and palaces before the eye ’ flittin ass d b Like g shadows quickly have p y.

Is it some secret sympathy of soul That makes our thoughts and eyes agree to trace Outlines alike to both ? Or is it that In every heart such forms may have a place ? — s I know not, yet sometimes it seem to me i Thine eye alone with m ne these things can see .

’ ’ ’ Long may st thou liy e to grace th accust om d place

us d w Where at our early meal we sit o n , For ever is thy eye the first to greet ' — afiection— — With joy watchfulness mine own,

f be And many an eye more lashing there may , Bu ’ t none so fill d with love as thine for me .

And when these things unto the past belong,

fleetin ! Ah bright and lovely things, how g they May Memory bring them back with spell so strong And make them seem as things of yesterday ;

And Memory a noble power thou hast, A charm is thine to purify the past. E The little cares—annoyances— that wait U —in pon the present, it have no share,

Connected with the past and those we love, How pure is everything— how sweet— how But oh m ay many a year roll smooth along Ere thy dear name does to the past belong

The late Rev. John Miller, Fellow of Worcester College, w win Oxford, the riter of the follo g Memoir of my father, was a man held in the highest estimation by all who had the good fort uue m ” him to be acquainted with hi . Southey in The Doctor calls The thoughtful John Miller and quotes a remarkably interestin g passage from his Bampton Lectures, which deserve, as he says, “ ” to be side by side with those of the lamented Van Mildert, and Sir John Coleridge in his Memoir of Keble thus speaks of him I could not but love and honour him more and more the longer him m I knew . But with Keble his relations were ore close and from an earlier period as young m en they had so much in common

and nn in their habits and characters, in their simplicity of ma er and original humour, that when thrown together they could not hi well escape an intimate friendship . T s was the man between whom and Keble the closest communion of feelings and principles ” existed .

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positions in life . It may be added that both were equally esteemed t m e n . and respected, wherever known, as of unblemished integri y

' But it is not intended to run parallels where neither comparison r nor contrast is needed, and where the celebrity of each ests on its own solid foundation . The points of resemblance have been alluded to only because they were fellow- labourers of the same

benefit t generation , for the of their country, in a common depar

M r a ment 5 and because in . Trubshaw perh ps the last is gone of l the old school of engineers, whose works wi l be handed down to posterity as records of intuitive genius combined with singular

M r practical skill . For . Trubshaw, like his great contemporary, had few advantages of education ; but in its stead he seemed to be gifted with an insti nctive perception of all great mechanical prin

ci les m . p , uniformly guided by excellent com on sense

chiefl In earlier life his abilities became gradually known, y w ithin his own county, where he acquired the favour and esteem

His first n of many of its aristocracy . special patro ess and friend h b w . A s com was the then Mrs Sneyd, of , to whom he himself al ays attributed his start in the world 5 but throughout life he received unremitting encouragement and kindness (and even posthumously) m fro other members of that much respected family. The late Sir Thomas Gotten Sheppard and his father may be mentioned as other constant friends ; and, at a later day, Sir George Philips ; by all of whom his tried worth was consistently appre c1at ed 5 but his name was well known and esteemed thr ough the county A t . M r n generally a later day . Trubshaw became E gineer of the l Trent and Mersey Cana Company, in which capacity his services and works were of the most valuable kind, whether in the way of

i i : v construction, repair, or superv s on The various reser oirs, i feeders, railways, and other works which he d rected for that

one hi s Company, bear equal witness , in form or other, to judicious

a a man gement or able contriv nce . 53

M r a r i As an architect . Trubsh w was natu ally w thout classic pretensions ; but his designs were always cleverly arranged for ni u purposes of conve ence and comfort . It was, however, as a b ilder

al d that his t ents were most conspicuous . Among his omestic

am l u and works in that department Il Ha l, near Ashbo rne, Weston

s i Hou e, in Warwickshire (wh ch he built for their respective t owners af er designs of Shaw and Blore), may be quoted as speci

fir st - mens of rate execution . In another line, by a bold and

ri na ac o gi l conception of great simplicity withal, he complished a

very remarkable work . The lofty tower of Wybunbury Church,

h ad i five Cheshire, decl ned more than feet from the perpendicular. A t ul a small cost, and by no other process than that of caref ly n removi g the earth on the higher side, by means of gouges adapted

i n an d to the purpose, until the fabric above m ght gradually si k i t s Mr. settle by its own weight, Trubshaw restored the tower to e upright position, without damage to a single ston of the whole il * bu ding. “ In t his hi s e the outse of career, however, great fancy had b en ni for bridges, and, as his earliest works of any mag tude were in

t art . hat branch of and science, so were his latest and greatest ’ so Perhaps the Grosvenor Bridge over the Dee, at Chester (

named by her present Majesty, then the Princess Victoria, at its ni ll — formal ope ng in is, and wi remain, his master piece of il An ab ity. elegant design for the structure had been produced

The compiler of this mem oir feel s him self little qualified t o describe an m an a o ss but on s o k t o ha n a om s as y ech ic l pr ce , he c ceive the w r ve bee cc pli hed foll ows : supposin g the inclination of the tower t o have been from south t o north it m a s not h h in ac was so or vice versa a o k n t n w as ( tter w et er f t it , ) , w r i g re ch du on h or so s a o ss h r a of h o and r om s g t e upper uth) ide, cr t e b e dth t e t wer, f thi n roun n a h as far as t o nor h n o n a on s w as s oo d tre ch the g d be e t , the t er f u d ti , c pe out and m a a so of o an a n so i no h as o k a an , de rt c l der, le vi g lid ty e ug , the w r dv ced, t o s s s n or io n ss r n n it s a a s s n hr o re i t udde v le t pre u e, yet i viti g gr du l ub ide ce t ugh akn ss a s d h o a on s Wh s o b e a o the we e c u e by t e perf r ti . ether thi , h wever, c rrect i n d s o or not a is n s a s r . e cr pti , the f ct i di put bly u e 5 4

Mr. by the late Harrison, of that city, and its cleverness and beauty were readily acknowledged . To design, however, is some times easier than to execute 5 and where was to be found a m an — if — bold enough to undertake a work, which ever completed was to stand unrivalled in the annals of bridge- building ? A single di arch was to be thrown across the river, of a span excee ng two n i hundred feet. Telford and other celebrated e g neers had pro nounced the feat almost impracticable 5 and the terms of contract

sufficientl mi alone, amounting to were y for dable for a

i un defin able z work attended w th so many possible, yet ha ards, at a day when the gigantic contracts of later time had not become

M r mil . a fa iar. Nevertheless, Trubshaw cour geously undertook the

six fir work . It occupied years in the completion ; the st stone

1827 t o having been laid in Oct. , and the bridge opened the public hi ’ 1833. an in Dec . T s was of course a term of great anxiety d of severe trial . The perils, both by land and water, were many and

i i ' great. Demands were somet mes urgent, wh le supplies were necessaril y dealt out with rigid caution by managers who could not afford to listen to pleas of indulgence 5 t urns of adversity now

e and then ensued, and (as will ver be the case) there were not n ki wanting some who looked upon the u derta ng with adverse eyes, di or worse, whom predictions of sappointment, or even less worthy considerations, forbade to sorrow for any prospect of failure .

h e Thus , on whom the responsibility rested, was more than once i reduced to very disquiet ng straits . But he was no vain theorist

be or random pretender, neither had calculated his resources

afluct uation l loosely 5 and, after many of cloud and sunshine, bo d enterprise and honest perseverance had their reward. The design was achieved in full 5 and one of the many wonders of thi s king dom now remains for a lasting memorial (as is hoped) of the ’ builder s comprehensive genius and sterling courage . The sim plicity of construction in the centres of this great arch (an inven . 5 5

hic i tion of w h he was justly proud) , and the mode of slacken ng

- i them to bring the arch stones to their respective bear ngs, drew forth great admiration from the members of the Society to which

Mr . Trubshaw belonged, and by whom he was treated at all times with marked respect . A model of the bridge and centres (with him and some others of interest) was presented by to the Society, a problem of no small importance has been solved in bridge archi

hi and tecture by the triumphant issue of t s venturous able work . “ t are Though it be to pass from a grea er subject to a less, there

M r w some details connected with a later work of . Trubsha (also i al of very considerable magn tude), so graphic ly characteristic of ul the man, that this record wo d be incomplete without a reference

hi new al th e to them . T s was, the erection of the bridge, c led ’ dis Exeter Bridge, over the Derwent, at Derby. More than one a f n strous lood occurred in course of its progress, involvi g damage — obviously fatal to all but the credit of the high spirited con tractor, then on the shady side of threescore years and ten . And i now comes the characterist c evidence just referred to, as shown

s i on occa ion of a public d nner given at Derby, in celebration of

i al 185 0 . the open ng of this bridge in October, The he th of the builder having been proposed in complimentary and very feeling w ill terms, ith an usion to his ill fortune in the foregoing respect, coupled w ith good wishes for all the enjoyment which intelligence ’ ul an a and integrity co d give to old man in the last d ys of his life,

M r i d . Trubshaw replied in terms worthy of be ng recorde , as a sp eci ‘ ’ u am men of what may be sincerely called nadorned eloquence . I much pleased (he said) that my conduct has met with your approv i n bat o . but I have been in the habit of thinking all my life, not — of tal king much 5 and if the bridge whi ch has been opened to day ifi d i r us w rat e . w ll car y all ell over, I shall be much g With respect

W n w as to the cost, it has never given me much trouble . he I

s f asailed by sudden loods, and by quicksands in the middle of the 5 6

fit s ro be . river, I soon found out where my p would However, I — — have paid or shal l pay in the course of a few days all the

ur expenses incurred 5 and I shall then b n the accounts, and think in no more about them . I thank the Mayor, particular, and the

vil gentlemen present, for the ci ity and kindness I have received n w duri g the progress of the ork, and I hope the bridge will do ’ am credit to my memory when I no more. The line in the play forcibly occurs here Was ever tale With a m ore gallant m ode st y rehearsed ?

’ M r Trubsh aw s . age and comparatively failing health after

hi . t s period forbade him attempting a further work, to which allusion had been made, and which was at the time under serious

— r consideration namely, of erecting a monument to M . George

Stephenson, to consist of a single stone which should be several ’ ’ feet longer than Cleopatra s Needle . The proj ec t was gravely did entertained, and he himselfwas sanguine as to its feasibility 5 nor hi s peculiar skill in the construction and application of machin ery for all building purposes leave much room for doubt that his com bined genius and energy would have brought the scheme to a suc

cessful and. issue, had it been actually taken in hand, life been spared

difficulties to him . His ingenuity in surmounting of such kind as l would have been invo ved, had been very conspicuously shown in the erection of a column at Ramsgate, commemorative of the IV 182 1 landing of George . in , of which he had undertaken the

Mr . direction at request of Shaw, to whom his abilities had become at that time experimentally known .

M r . b In social life, Trubshaw was cheerful and friendly 5 a

’ horrent from every sort of afiect ation or pretence 5 and ready at all times to communi cate his valuable ideas and stores of practical information . Order was a great feature of his mind, in all ways 5 and he was carefully deferential to those of higher degree with 5 7

whom he conversed, without any tincture of servility. It may be d ul a ded with truth, that, as an employer, no master co d ever have taken more thought and pains to render to all their dues— as well ui to those who served him, as to those whom he served . His g d

— ou — ing principle either side, and all his life through was a l — sing e hearted uprightness . As respected the just claims of work

r h im hi men, his own ea ly experience had made a ghly competent

his al judge ; and so great was anxiety to do them justice ways,

- h h e that, at an early period of his business whic commenced at — n Stone, with very slender resources either he nor his estimable ul un wife would ever allow themselves any ind gence, til the work ’

and . men s wages all trade debts had been made secure Many, at that time, were the long and weary walks he undertook in collecting hi s o wn dues for such purposes 5 and greatly distressing was it to both, whenever those exertions happened to prove unsuccessful at the moment . And other like traits of honesty might be adduced in abundance, did such mere personal anecdotes properly belong to th such general outline of character as epresent.

M r fi ure In person, . Trubshaw was of a commanding g , tall u and athletic, as may be judged in part from the somewhat sing lar fact of his having been one of seven brothers, whose aggregate H 2 1st . 180 1 4 1 . e height was over feet was married on the Jan , to Mary, youngest daughter of Thomas and Mary Bott, of Stone, u w n who s rvives him, and ith whom he truly found and shared, duri g ‘ a n ua a term of more than h lf a ce tury, that mut l society, help, and comfort, which the one ought to have of the other in married ’ i A n life, both in prosperity and advers ty. more thoroughly u ited

r - i pai cannot have been often met with . Forty four years of the r happy union were spent at Little Heywood, where he settled in 1809 , and where they had the satisfaction of receiving from friends, 185 1 l i in , some little memoria s of the r wedded jubilee . Three sons

five and three daughters, of whom remain, were the issue of the ~ 5 8

t marriage his eldest son, Thomas, an architec of considerable mi 8 2 H 1 4 . is pro se, died prematurely in eldest daughter is the

m . Li hfi ld c e . wife of Tho as Johnson, Esq , Architect, of

M r z It is pleasant to add, that . Trubshaw eventually reali ed e n a handsome indep nde ce, although moderate in proportion to the

hi s l n H e l extent of abours and unfailing i dustry. died calmy, t t l ri r af er a short ac ual il ness, and was bu ed in the chu chyard of 4th Colwich on the of November last, having died, as he had lived, n a faithful and humble member of the Church of Engla d . His death occasioned deep sorrow, and received, in his own and imme t diate neighbourhood, that highest testimony of sincere regre n and al amely, of being felt as a private person loss in many houses

hi s beyond the circle of own family .

R. W. W i P in s S affo d . r ght, r ter , t r