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BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE 

Catalogue of the parish records of 

Hungerford 

(D/P71)


CATALOGUE OF THE PARISH RECORDS OF 

HUNGERFORD 

This catalogue is issued with the compliments of the Berkshire Record Office. It 

contains a list of all the parish records which have been deposited in the Record 

Office, and it should be kept in a safe place in the parish - possibly in the church 

safe - where it can be referred to when necessary. In the event of further records 

being deposited, additional pages will be supplied for insertion into this catalogue 

as appropriate. The complete catalogue will not normally be reissued. 

Additional copies of all or part of the catalogue can be supplied if required, but a 

charge will be made to cover copying costs. 

Berkshire Record Office 

Peter Durrant 

9 Coley Avenue County Archivist 

Reading 

Berkshire RG1 6AF 0118 901 5132


HUNGERFORD PARISH RECORDS D/P' 71 

Deposited,in March 1950 (ace. 224), September 1950 

(aces. 274, 275), May 1951 (ace. 356), May 1956 

(ace. 697), February 1977 (ace. 2194), April 1977 

(ace. 2205), November 1984 (ace. 3471), June 1986 

(aces. 3828, 3845), March 1987 (ace. 3960), 

September 1988 (ace. 4303), July 1989 (ace. 

September 1989 (ace. 4456), November 1989 (ace. 

4480).


HUNGERFORD PARISH RECORDS D/P 71 

Schedule of accessions 

Ace. 224: 4/1; 6/1-6; 8/1-5; 11/1-3; 12/1-17; 13/1-7; 

14/1-3; 15/1-5; 17; 18/1-12; 19/1-3; 21/1; 

22/1; 24/1-8; 25/1-14; 27/1-2; 28/1-8, 10-12. 

Ace. 274: 5/1. 

Ace. 275: 28/9. 

Ace. 356: 1/1-7; 24/13; 25/1; 11/3-19. 

Ace. 697: 5/2. 

Ace. 2194: 8/6. 

Ace. 2205: 1/8-30; 1A/1. 

Ace. 3471: 

Ace. 3828: 

1A/2-3. 

28A/1-5. 

Ace. 3845: IB/1-16; 1C/1; 4/2; 5/3-5; 6/7-9; 8/7; 

8A/1-6; 25/15; 28/13-15. 

Ace. 3960: 

Ace. 4303 : 1A/4; 

28A/6. 

8A/7-8. 

Ace. 4438 : 28A/7-8; 

28A/9/1-7- 

Ace. 4456 : 1/31; 1A/5; 1C/2-3; 3/1-3; 6/10-11, 13-15; 

8A/9-12; 28/16-20. 

Ace. 4480 : 6/12.



Summary 

REGISTERS : baptisms, 1559-1727; marriages, 1562-1979; burials, 

1559-1969; banns, 1754-1808, 1859-1987; confirmations, 1901- 

1908, 1925-1986; marriages (St Saviour's, Eddington), 1877-1969. 

SERVICES : registers of services, 1894-1902, 1910-1973; registers of 

services (St Saviour's, Eddington), 1894-1971; registers of services 

(St Mary's, Newtown), 1902-1960; registers of services (St John's 

mission church), 1953-1983; licence to perform services (St Mary's 

Newtown), 1870. 

BENEFICE PAPERS : 1898-1900. 

CHURCHWARDENS : rates, c.1866, 1896-1897; accounts, 1659-1951; 

accounts (St Mary's and St Saviour's), 1906-1951; deeds of Church 

House, 1699-1867; ground plan of church, [1879]; faculties, 1891- 

1943; miscellaneous papers, 1748, 1866-1940. 

VESTRY : minutes, 1581-1970; minutes of special standing 

committees, 1782-1834. 

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL : minutes, 1920-1979; annual 

accounts, 1953-1988; miscellaneous papers, 1938-1939. 

OVERSEERS : rates, 1682-1843; accounts, 1721-1831; workhouse 

accounts, 1807-1822; settlement certificates, 1692-1775; 

examinations, 1732-1834; removal orders, 1694-1834; 

apprenticeship papers, 1654-1831; bastardy papers, 1712-1836; 

miscellaneous papers, 1762-1844. 

SURVEYORS : agreement for widening Chilton Lane, 1824. 

SPECIAL COMMITTEES : miscellaneous papers, 1811-1858. 

CHARITIES : deeds, 1625-1842; miscellaneous papers, 1925-1974. 

SCHOOLS : Hungerford National School: admission register, 1816- 

1856; managers' minutes, 1837-1910. 

Newtown School: deed of site of school, 1842. 

TITHE : altered apportionments, 1866-1876; copy tithe award, (1848). 

MISCELLANEOUS : 1672-1970, including lists of parishioners, 1825- 

1834. 

PARISH MAGAZINES : 1871-1880, 1981-1989.



INCUMBENT 

Service of the Church 

MF 134 1/1 

Register of baptisms (from 1559), marriages 1 vol 

(from 1562), and burials(from 1559). 

(Burials 1559-1563 appear before baptisms at 

the beginning of the book. At end of baptisms 

two folios contain the names of children born 

in the parish 1696-1718 but not baptised, as 

required by the Act 7 and 8 Wm. and Mary 

c.35 (1695); a note of mortuaries paid 

occurs after some names in the burials up to 

1646; under the burial entries for 1657/8, 

the following occurs:- "Jan. 13 Daniell 

Lawrence aged 120', and for 1701, the 

following 'Sept. the 2nd. Edmund Chilvester, 

born in the year 1597 Sept. 19th'; at the 

end of the book there is an entry stating that 

the book was produced as evidence in a case 

in Chancery between Edward Brothers and 

Elizabeth, his wife and Nicholas Butler 

1559-1732 

MF 134 

1/1 

(cont.) 

and others, being shown on behalf of Butler 

to Joseph Wells, clerk and Richard Sharpess 

at the time of their exmination on 18th Oct. 

1718). 

MF 134 

1/2 

Register of baptisms (1732-1764), marriages 

(1732-1779) and burials (1732-1764). 

1 vol 

1732-1779 

MF 134 

1/3 

Register of baptisms (to 1795) and burials. 

(On inside of front cover is an entry by 

J. Clarke, vicar, that on '24th March 

1773 Hannah the wife of Joseph Coxhead...., 

bricklayer, was delivered of four children 

(viz.) - three boys and one girl, three 

of the children were born alive but died 

immediately afterwards 1 ; following this is 

a list of those responsible for upkeep of 

certain lengths of the churchyard wall and 

railings; sealed into the front is a 

licence to Rev. John Clarke to make entries 

in the registers without affixing a stamp or 

mark) . 

1 vol 

1764-1796


HUNGERFORD PARISH RECORDS 

D/P 71 

MF 134 1/4 

Register of baptisms and burials. (A table 

of service fees and charges for churchyard 

monuments is entered on the front flyleaf). 

1 vol 

1796-1813 

MF 135 

1/5 

Register of banns and marriages. 

1 vol 

1754-1770 

MF 135 

1/6 

Register of banns and marriages 

to 1808, marriages to 1782). 

(banns 

1 vol 

1770-1808 

MF 135 

1/7 

Register of marriages. 

1 vol 

1782-1812 

MF 446 

1/8 

Register of baptisms. 

1 vol 

1813-1832 

MF 447 

1/9 


1 vol 

1832-1854 

MF 447 

1/10 


1 vol 

1854-1874 

MF 447 

r 

1/11 

1/12 


Register of baptisms. (List of Communion 

Plate in parish Church and in St. Saviours', 

Eddington, inside front cover). 

1 vol 

1 vol 

1874-1885 

1885-1897 

1/13 

Register of baptisms (newspaper cuttings, 

1898, on 'Donations for Church Work' inside 

front cover). 

1 vol 

1897-1927 

MF 447 

1/14 

Register of burials (list of 'burial fees 

unpaid, or that have been refused payment', 

1832-1834, inside front cover). 

1 vol 

1813-1846 

MF 447 

1/15 

Register of burials. 

1 vol 1846-1875 

MF 447 

1/16 

Register of burials (two burials by a 

Congregational minister, 1903, entered on 

last page of register). 

1 vol 1875-1914 

1/17 


1 vol 

1914-1935 

1/18 


1 vol 

1935-1955 

1/19 


1 vol 

1955-1969 

MF 447 

1/20 


1 vol 

1813-1837 

MF 371 

1/21 


1 vol 

1837-1867


HUNGERFdRD PARISH RECORDS 

D/P 71 

MF 371 

1/22 


1 vol 

1867-1910 

1/23 


1 vol 

1911-1919 

1/24 


1 vol 

1919-1927 

1/25 


1 vol 

1928-1937 

1/26 


1 vol 

1937-1945 


1 vol 

19H5-195H 

1/28 


1 vol 

1954-1964 


1 vol 

1964-1971 

MF 589 

1/30 


Eddington). 

(St Saviour's, 

1 vol 

1877-1969 

1/31 

Register of marriages, June 1971 - 

March 1979- 

1 vol 

1971-1979



/ 

1A 

Service of 

the Church 

(cont.): 

registers 

of banns 

1A/1 

Register 

of 

banns of 

marriage. 

1 

vol 

1919-1952 

1A/2 

Register 

of 

banns . 

1 

vol 

1859-1879 

1A/3 

Register 

of 

banns . 

1 

vol 

1879-1919 

1A/A 

1A/5 

Register of banns. 

60 

Register of banns, October 19jj£- - 

May 1987. 

1 vol 

1 vol 

1952-1965 

1965-1987



IB 

Service of the Church (cont.)t 

registers of services etc. 

IB/1 

Register of services. 

1 vol 

1894-1902 

IB/2 


1 vol 

1910-1915 

IB/3 


1 vol 

1915-1919 

1B/3A/1-3 Documents removed from D/P 71/1B/3 : 

list of people willing to join in the 

chain of silent intercession (1914), note of 

collections on Easter Day for the fund for 

relief of the prisoners of war from the 

Royal Berkshire Regiment (n.d.); SPCK 

receipt (1918). (3 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1914-1918 

IB/4 


1 vol 

1919-1923 

IB/5 


1 vol 

1923-1933 

IB/6 


1 vol 

1933-1953 

1B/6A Document removed from D/P 71/1B/6 : 

letter from A.L. Moreton of Wilton House, 

Hungerford to the Reverend K. Tagg relating 

to Money's book on Hungerford, 21 March 1960. 

1 doc, 1960 

IB/7 


St. Saviour's, Eddington 

1 vol 1953-1973 

IB/8 


1 vol 

1894-1902 

IB/9 


1 vol 

1902-1913 

IB/10 


1 vol 

1913-1925 

IB/11 


1 vol 

1925-1940 

IB/12 


1 vol 

1940-1971 

St. Mary's, Newtown 

IB/13 


1 vol 

1902-1931 

IB/14 


1 vol 

1931-1960



Mission Church of St. John the Baptist 

IB/15 

IB/16 



1 vol 1953-1966 

1 vol 1966-1983



1C 

Service of the Church (cont.); 

miscellaneous 

1C/1 

1C/2 

1C/3 

Confirmation register. 

Licence to perform divine service in 

St Mary's school chapel, Newtown. 

1 vol 

1 doc 

Register of confirmations. 1 vol 

1901-1908 

1870 

1925-1986


HUNGER^ORD PARISH RECORDS D/P 71 

INCUMBENT 

3 Property and Income of the Benefice 

3/1 Pages from Hungerford parish magazine 1 doc 1898 

(June 1898) relating to benefactions to 

the parish. 

3/2 Queen Anne's Bounty acceptance of donation 1 doc 1898 

on trust until St Saviour's, Eddington 

becomes a separate benefice. 

3/3 Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 1 doc 1900 

agreeing to the annexation of land next 

to the parsonage house to the living.



CHURCHWARDENS 

Rates 

[See also 71/24/5,6 for church rates levied 

by trustees appointed under Acts for the 

repair of the parish church 51 and 55 Geo. Ill, 

1825-52; and 71/8/3-5] 

MF 371 4/1 

Rate book. 

1 vol 

post 1866 

4/2 

Rate book. 

1 vol 

1896-1897



CHURCHWARDENS 

5 

Accounts 

MF 135 

5/1 

Detailed accounts (includes an inventory 

of church goods made 1660 and, at back, 

figures of sums collected under various 

briefs, 1660-1682; copy of notice of a 

vestry meeting to be held 16th November 

1812 to discuss the letting of parish lands; 

detailed list of those who receive 'twelve 

peniworth 1 of bread every Sunday, 1720, under 

the terms of Henry Hobbes's Charity). 

1 vol 1659-1820 

MF 371 5/2 

Detailed accounts, together with Vestry 

Minutes from 1851 onwards. (Pasted in 

front cover is plan of lands in triangle 

between Moon Lane and junction of Salisbury 

and Sanham Green roads; at back is a note 

of a subscription for the Vicar, 1887). 

1 vol 1820-1906 

5/3 

5/4 

5/5 

Churchwardens' accounts for St. Lawrence's, 

Hungerford, St. Mary's, Newtown and St. 

Saviour's, Eddington. 

Churchwardens' accounts as above. 

Churchwardens' accounts as above. 

1 vol 1906-1930 

1 vol 1931-1939 

1 vol 1940-1951



CHURCHWARDENS 

MF 372 

6 

6/1-6 

6/7 

6/7A/1-4 

6/8 

Property 

Title deeds relating to Church House on 1 bdl 1699-1867 

the west of the High Street, Hungerford, a 

cottage in Sanden Fee and the site of the 

National School and the school master's house. 

(6 docs.)' [For schedule of deeds see 

Appendix I]. 

Minutes of the Parish Council fund for a 1 vol 1879-1882 

new organ and church improvements. 

Documents removed from D/P 71/6/7 : 1 bdl 1939-1940 

correspondence relating to church plate and 

furniture, 1939-1940. Also a letter relating 

to the Hungerfords of Highclere Church (n.d.) 

(4 docs.). 

Drawing of a candlestick by H.S. Rogers, 88, 1 doc. 1936 

St. Aldates, Oxford with note that 2 were 

required, metal silver-plated. 

6/9 Drawing of a cross for Hungerford Church 1 doc n.d. 

signed H.S.R. 

6/10 Release of cottage in Cow Lane, Hungerford. 1 doc 1748 

6/11/1-5 Papers relating to the establishment of 1 bdl 1866-186? 

St Saviour's, Eddington, including printed 

resolution and subscription list. 

(5 docs). 

6/12 Ground plan of church showing allocation 1 doc n.d. [1879] 

of pews. 

6/13/1-12 Faculties. (13 items). 1 bdl 1891-1943 

[For detailed list, see Appendix III]. 

6/14/1-3 Papers, including estimate, relating to 1 bdl 1899 

repairs to the church roof.



CHURCHWARDENS 

6 

6/15 

Property (cont.) 

Letter about the inscribed stone associated 1 doc n.d. [c.19^0 

with the tomb of Sir Robert Hungerford. 

)



VESTRY AND PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL 

8 

Vestry 

MF 136 

8/1 

Minute Book. (Includes llth July 1594, 

an agreement between William Cambell of 

Wantage, plumber, and the churchwardens for 

the repair of the lead of the church for the 

sum of £3, and for its maintenance during 

his natural life for a yearly sum of 8/-; 

an order concerning the upkeep of graves; 

mention of recusants; decree of John 

Bridges, Dean of Salisbury and ordinary 

of the peculiar of Hungerford, ratifying 

and confirming all the orders for the 

government of the church, 1582; occasional 

details of rents owing for church lands and 

surrenders of leases; lease of a shop to 

the town authorities, 1587; list of fees 

for bell-ringing and grave-digging, 1593; 

orders for the purchase of communion bread 

and wine by inhabitants, each paying in 

proportion to the number of their servants 

1 vol 1581-1823 

MF 136 8/1 

(cont. ) 

or apprentices, 1597; decree of the Dean of 

Salisbury appointing a committee to assign 

pews and seats to each parishioner according 

to his status, 1605; order that each 

parishioner pay Id. towards the provision of 

bread and wine, 1606; order that no special 

collection be made in answer to briefs issued 

after natural catastrophes, but that the 

churchwardens shall pay a suffifient sum out 

of the Church stock, 1607; order that £10 

per annum be spent on the lead of the Church 

till it is in full repair, 1616; numerous 

entries relating to the levying of rates for 

the upkeep of the Church, early 17th century; 

a catalogue of the documents concerning the 

church lands, placed in a box and lodged with 

Mr Francis Goddard of Standen, 1632; licences 

to eat flesh during Lent, 1632, 1638; order 

that the Parish Clerk shall have half the profits 

of the bell, the Sexton the other half, 1704; 

details of responsibilities for upkeep of 

churchyard walls, 1775; resolution that



MF 136 8/1 

(cont.) 

vaccination by cow pox is less violent 

and more effective than by natural smallpox, 

and all parishioners are strongly recommended 

to use it, 1811; minutes of meetings prior to 

the rebuilding of the church, 1814-15 [see also 

D/P 71/24]; note that on 27th March 1737 

Mrs Mary Hunderford, widow of John Hungerford, 

late of Lincoln's Inn, gave 2 flagons, a chalice 

cover and a salver, when she was granted that 

piece of land under her husband's monument as a 

burial place for her and her husband; a list of 

the boundaries of the churchyard and a note of 

those responsible for the upkeep of each section, 

1598; a list of incumbents, 1559-1766; a list 

of surveyors, 1602-1640; a list of overseers 

1614-1640; note that Jawen Baker is to cast a 

corner bell and a treble bell and enter into 

security that they remain tuneable for a year and 

a day, for the casting and installation he is to 

be paid £7. 5. Od. and a load of wood; a list of 

the taxers to raise the money for this work, 1601; 

order by churchwardens that John Yewell, Richard 

Greene and Benedick Tayler are to pay such taxes 

as are assessed on them, 1601). 

MF 136 8/2 

Minutes. (Entries relate chiefly to the 1 vol 1823-1850 

appointment of churchwardens, and overseers 

for the tythings of Hungerford, Sanden Fee, 

Charnham Street, Eddington and Hidden (later 

called Newtown), with justices' warrants 

for the appointments, and of surgeon to 

the poor). 

[For minutes from 1851 see also 5/2]. 

MF 136 8/3 

Minutes of special Standing Committee of 1 vol 1782-1794 

the vestry, including churchwardens and 

overseers, primarily concerned with poor 

law matters, but also includes references 

to the levying of church rates, the fabric 

and repair of the church and the surveying 

of church lands. 

MF 136 

MF 136 

8/4 

8/5 

Minutes of special Standing Committee of the 1 vol 1809-1827 

vestry. 

Minutes of special Standing Committee of the 1 vol 1828-1834 

vestry.



MF 372 8/6 

8/7 

Minutes (this volume contains brief minutes 

of the vestry meeting at the Town Hall, 

1 vol 1866-1895 

mainly for appointment of overseers, surveryors 

and other parish officers and for making poor 

rates; from 1870-71 church rates are also 

mentioned though meetings of the parishioners 

to appoint the churchwardens continue to be 

held separately and are recorded in the 

churchwardens' account book (5/2). The 

volume also contains minutes of meetings of 

ratepayers of that part of the parish "wherein 

the provisions of the Act of the 3rd and 4th 

Wm. 4th c.90 relating to Lighting have been 

carried into execution"; at end, overseers' 

accounts, 1867-1871). 

Minutes (signed). Includes mintes of a 1 vol 1900-1922 

meeting between the vicar and churchwardens, 

1905. 

[For minutes of the annual vestry meeting 

1922-1970 see D/P 71/8A/1-6].



D/P 71 


8A 

Parochial Church Council 

8A/1 Minutes of the Parochial Church Council. 

Also minutes of the Finance Committee 

(1920-1927) and the annual vestry meeting 

(1922-1927). 

8A/1A/1-10 Documents removed from D/P 71/8A/1 : 

Correspondence relating to the repair of the 

chancel. (10 docs.). 

1 vol 

1 bdl 

1920-1927 

1925-1927 

8A/2 

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council 

and its committees. Also minutes of the 

annual vestry meeting. (1928-1933). 

1 vol 

1927-1933 

8A/3 



annual vestry meeting (1934-1943). 

1 vol 

1934-1943 

8A/4 


and Finance Committee. Also minutes of the 

annual vestry meeting (1944-1959) and 

counsel's opinion regarding the matter of 

Denford Church (1958). 

1 vol 

1944-1960 

8A/5 


and Finance Committee. Also minutes of the 

annual vestry meeting (1960-1964). 

1 vol 

1960-1965 

8A/6 


of Hungerford and Denford and its committees. 

Also minutes of the annual vestry meeting. 

(1965-1970). 

1 vol 

1965-1970 

8A/7 



annual parochial meeting, 1970-1979. 

1 vol 

1970-1979 

8A/8/1-13 Annual statements of accounts. (13 items). 1 bdl 1975-1987




8A 

8A/9/1-12 

Parochurch Church Council (cont.) 

• 

Annual statements of accounts. 

(12 docs). 

1 bdl 

1953-1964 

8A/10/1-7 

Annual statements of accounts. 

(7 docs). 

1 bdl 

1966-1972 

8A/11 Annual statements of accounts. 

8A/12/1-4 Papers relating to legacy of £200 

bequeathed by Mrs C.V.G. Mitford. 

1 doc 1988 

1 bdl 1938-1939



OVERSEERS 

11 

Poor 

Rate 

MF 

137 

11/1 

Poor 

Rate. 

[Parchment sheet]. 

1 

doc 

20 Oct. 1682 

MF 

137 

11/2 

Poor Rate. [Parchment sheet], 

[Avington par. is here rated with Hungerford. 

See also H/ZP 1.] 

» 

Rate Books 

1 

doc 

9 Nov. 1703 

MF 

137 

11/3 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1763-1783 

MF 

137 

11/4 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1810-1812 

MF 

138 

11/5 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1813-1815 

MF 

138 

11/6 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1812-1815 

MF 

138 

11/7 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1815-1817 

MF 

139 

11/8 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1817-1819 

MF 

140 

11/9 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1819-1820 

MF 

141 

11/10 

Rate 

book. 

1 vol 

1820-1825 

MF 

141 

11/11 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1825-1828 

MF 

142 

11/12 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1828-1830 

MF 

143 

11/13 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1831-1832 

MF 

143 

11/14 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1832-1834 

MF 

144 

11/15 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1834-1835 

MF 

144 

11/16 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1835-1836 

MF 

144 

11/17 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1836-1837 

MF 

372 

11/18 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1841-1842 

MF 

372 

11/19 

Rate 

book. 

1 

vol 

1842-1843



D/P 71 

OVERSEERS 

12 

Accounts 

[For accounts, 1867-1871 see D/P 71/8/6]. 

MF 144 

12/1 

Accounts. Monthly figures of disbursements 

1722-1726. Later entries are less detailed 

but include lists of uncollected or 

irrecoverable rates by tythings. The 

volume is marked "Easter Book". 

1 vol 1721-1814 

12/2 

Accounts. Includes lists of uncollected 

rates by tythings and a list of the houses 

owned by the parish with the names of the 

occupiers (1823). 

1 vol 1814-1831 

12/3/1-18 

Abstracts of overseers' accounts rendered 

monthly on printed forms. [These are 

similar to the forms later used to render 

returns to the Poor Law Commissioners]. 

(18 docs.). 

1 bdl 1822-1824 

[Accounts of disbursements by the Overseers. 

These volumes supplement D/P 71/12/1 and 

12/2, giving detailed figures of monthly 

payments of relief for each tything within 

the parish], 

MF 145 

12/4 

Disbursement accounts 1758-1767. 

Includes memoranda, 1750-1754. 

1 vol 

1750-1767 

MF 145 

12/5 

Disbursement accounts. Includes expenses 

of Grubbing and Denford (1788). 

1 vol 

1783-1794 

MF 145 

12/6 

Disbursement accounts. 

1 vol 

1798-1803 

MF 145 

12/7 


1 vol 

1803-1808 

MF 146 

12/8 


1 vol 

1808-1813 

MF 146 

12/9 

Disbursement 

accounts. 

1 vol 

1813-1816 

MF 146 

12/10 


1 vol 

1816-1819 

MF 146 

12/11 


1 vol 

1819-1823



MF 146 12/12 

MF 146 12/13 

12/14 

MF 147 12/15 

Disbursement accounts. Includes a 

settlement examination relating to Jane 

Taylor, n.d. 


Disbursement accounts. The volume includes 

the entries found in D/P 71/12/12 and 12/13 

arranged alphabetically in families. It 

gives the monthly payments received as well 

as listing the ages of the paupers and the 

number of children. Also ordinary 

disbursements given. 

Workhouse Account 

Accounts of the workhouse by the overseer. 

The volume gives the monthly expenses of 

maintenance and provision of materials for 

the workhouse, together with payments for 

work done by paupers. 

1 vol 1823-1826 

1 vol 1826-1829 

1 vol 1822-1831 

1 vol 1807-1811 

MF 147 12/16 

Accounts of the workhouse by the overseer, 

The volume gives the same information as 

above. 

Miscellaneous 

1 vol 1811-1822 

MF 372 12/17/1-61 Bills. (61 docs.). 1 bdl 1834-1835



D/P 71 

OVERSEERS 

13 Settlement papers 

Due to the re-arrangement of documents in this 

section the order of the documents on the 

microfilm (MF 148) is not the same as the order 

given below. 

MF 148 

13/1/1-72 Settlement certificates. (72 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1692-1775 

MF 148 

13/2/1-135 Examinations of paupers. (135 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1732-1834 

MF 148 

13/3/1-174 Removal orders into Hungerford parish. 

(174 docs.). 

1 bdl 

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docs.) . 

MF 148 13/5/1-17 Bonds. (17 docs.). 

MF 148 13/6/1-12 Constables' orders relating to vagabonds. 

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1 bdl 

1 bdl 

1694-1834 

1670-1828 

1732-1821 

MF 148 13/7/1-47 Miscellaneous correspondence and papers 

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accounts for the cost of removals, copies of 

entries from parish registers and constables' 

orders. (47 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1737-1838



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MF 149 

MF 149 

OVERSEERS 

14 Apprenticeship 

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(61 docs.). 

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1730-1752 

1654-1831 

MF 149 14/3/1-51 Indentures. (51 docs.). 1 bdl 1703-1750

BERKSHIRE 

RECORD OFFICE 


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15 

Bastardy papers 

MF 149 

MF 149 

MF 149 

MF 149 

MF 149 

15/1/1-54 

15/2/1-22 

15/3/1-89 

15/4/1-19 

15/5/1-6 

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Bonds. (54 docs.). 1 bdl 1712-1796 

Examinations. Includes a warrant for the 1 bdl 1764-1832 

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Filiation orders. (89 docs.). 1 bdl 1814-1834 

Warrants for apprehending reputed fathers. 1 bdl 1736-1834 

(19 docs.). 

Miscellaneous examinations, correspondence 1 bdl 1775-1836 

and papers. (6 docs.).



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17 Militia papers 

MF 149 17/1 Order from R. Sellwood, Edmund Seymour 

and John Reeves, deputy lieutenants, to 

overseers of Charnham Street, requiring 

them to pay £4. 4. Od. to Thomas Bradford 

of Charnham Street, servant, a volunteer 

in the county Militia. (Endorsed with receipt 

for £4. 4. Od. by Bradford). 

1 doc 1762



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18 Overseers' miscellaneous 

MF 372 

MF 149 

18/1 Affadavit by churchwardens and overseers 

prior to making a poor rate. 

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1810 

MF 149 

18/2/1-8 Correspondence and receipts relating to 

subscriptions to Bath and Salisbury 

Hospitals. (8 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1811-1817 

MF 149 

18/3 Justices' order confirming poor rate assessed 1 doc 

on Edward William Leybourne Popham. 

1812 

MF 372 

18/4/1-6 Papers concerning County Rate. (6 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1822-1831 

MF 149 

18/5/1-3 Correspondence relating to William Rivers, 

a "Chilsea" pensioner, now insane and 

maintained by the parish. (3 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1831 

MF 372 

18/6 

Justices' warrant and printed form calling 

for a list of insane paupers in Charnham 

Street. [Uncompleted]. (2 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1831 

MF 372 

18/7 

Justices' warrant appointing overseers, with 

"Instructions and Directions to Overseers". 

1 doc 

1832 

MF 372 

18/8 

Printed copy of "A Bill for the Better 

Employment of Labourers in Agricultural 

Parishes". 

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1832 

MF 372 18/9 

Fire Insurance Certificate for Workhouse. 

(2 docs.). 

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1813 

MF 149 18/10/1-8 Bonds for loans for help in erecting Workhouse 

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MF 372 18/11/1/1-•25 Papers relating to the valuation of the 

parish of Hungerford. (25 docs.). 

MF 372 18/11/2/1-13 Draft version of 18/12. (13 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1 bdl 

1 bdl 

1802-1821 

n.d. 

n.d.



MF 150 18/12 Volume giving details of owners, occupiers, 

and values of lands with figures of 

titheable, rateable and commonable values 

for the parish of Hungerford. [Probably a 

reasoned statement of the chaotic figures of 

18/11]. 

1 vol n.d. 

[early 19c.]



OVERSEERS 

19 Overseers' Post-1834 records 

MF 372 19/1 Printed circular letter from Poor Law 

Commissioners suggesting and advising 

the best ways of giving relief. 

MF 372 19/2 Draft account of casual payments. 

MF 372 19/3 Volume containing assessments for county 

rates. 

1 doc 1834 

1 doc 1835 

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SURVEYORS 

21 Accounts 

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21/1/1-7 Weekly accounts of work done on the roads, 

March-May. (7 does.)* 

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SURVEYORS 

22 Miscellaneous 

MF 372 

22/1 Agreement between Lt. Gen. Edward William 

Popham and the surveyors of Charnham Street 

tything for widening Chi1 ton Lane. 

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MF 372 24/1 

Report and accounts of Trustees for 

repairing, improving and altering the 

Parish Church of Hungerford under the 

Act of 51 Geo. Ill, c.126. [Printed]. 

1 doc 

1814 

MF 372 

24/2 

An Act, 55 Geo. Ill, for enlarging the 

powers of the Trustees under 51 Geo. Ill, 

c.126. [D/P 71/24/1]. 

1 doc 

1815 

MF 372 

24/3 

Accounts of the Treasurer to the Trustees 

under the above Acts. 

1 vol 

1813-41 

MF 149 

MF 373 

24/4 

Printed version of 24/3. 

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MF 373 

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Rate book of assessments, made by virtue 

of the above Acts by Trustees : 

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(This volume contains minutes of the 

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MF 373 24/7/1-12 

Bonds for loans to Trustees, 1815-1829 

with notes of interest paid. (12 docs.). 

1 bdl 

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MF 373 24/8/1-5 

Papers in a case submitted to Sir Fitzroy 

Kelly for opinion. (Concerns the powers 

of the churchwardens over pews now that 

the Acts have lapsed and the money 

advanced under their terms has been paid 

off. See also 71/27/2). (5 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1858



[24/9] 

MF 373 [24/10] 

A bill for Repairing and Improving the 

Parish Church of Hungerford. 

[This document forms part of the Lucas and 

Marshall collection where it is catalogued as 

D/ELm 02. Please quote this reference when 

ordering]. 

An Act for Repairing and Improving the 

Parish Church of Hungerford. 51 Geo. Ill 

c.126. 




ordering]. 

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3 docs 1811 

MF 373 [24/11] 

Copy of an order of 25 January that Mr James 

Hall be appointed solicitor for further 

prosecuting the bill for enlarging the 

powers 51 Geo. Ill, c.126; and that John 

Pearse, Esq., of Chilton Lodge and Rev. 

Mr. Coxe of Hungerford Newtown and a third 

person, to be chosen if necessary, are to 

settle Mr Ryley's account for the work 

already done on the bill. 

1 doc 

1815 




ordering]. 

MF 373 [24/12] 

Opinion by.the Attorney General on the 

validity of church rates levied by the 

Trustees for the rebuilding and concerns 

action to be taken against defaulters. 

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the church commitee held at the Town Hall, 

30 November 1821. 

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MF 373 24/13 Minute book of church rebuilding 

committee [supplementary minutes are 

contained in 8/1] . 

1 vol 1812-1824


HUNGE^FORD PARISH RECORDS 

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25 

Charities 

MF 373 

25/1-13 

Title deeds and miscellaneous papers relating 

to lands belonging to Hobbes's gift, 

Lawrence's bequest, Hamblin's bequest, 

Field's gift and Cummin's charity. Also a 

list of benefactions to Hungerford, deeds 

relating to a cottage and 8 perches of land 

at Sanden Fee and deed of land in Hungerford 

Newtown, site of a school. 

1 bdl 

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[For a schedule of this bundle see Appendix II] 

MF 150 25/14/1 

Admission book, Hungerford National School. 

(Gives names of parents with occupation, and 

place of residence, date of leaving and name 

of sponsor). 

1 vol 

1816-56 

MF 374 25/14/2 

Minute book of the Managers of the National 

School. 

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25/14/3 

Minute book of the Managers of the 

National School. 

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25/15 

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1925-1957 and accounts of the Mitford 

Christmas Gift fund, 1943-1959. 

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miscellaneous correspondence, vouchers 

and lists of recipients of the above CvoS&b 

charities. (71 docs.). 

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25/16/1-17 :'• Annual statements of accounts of Hungerford 1 bdl 

Church charity. 

1972-1988



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27 Tithe 

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27/1/2 Altered tithe apportionment. 

27/1/3 Altered tithe apportionment with plan. 

27/1/4 Altered tithe apportionment with plan. 

27/2 Copy of the tithe award (1848) and 

copy of award of pews by the Trustees 

(1817). 

1 roll 

1 roll 

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1 roll 

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1866 

1870 

1876 

n.d.



28 MISCELLANEOUS 

MF 374 28/1 Lease for 3 lives at 6/8 p.a. rent. 1 doc 1672 

Constable, Bailiff and Portreeve of 

Hungerford to John Wooldridge of Eddington, 

yeoman. 

3 acres arable land in Charnham Street 

(co. Wilts). 

Witn: Ralphe Mackrell, Tho: Barrett. 

Seals. 

MF 150 28/2/1-8 

Wills, Probate Certificates and Marriage 1 bdl 1694-1723 

Settlements relating to the Hanson family. 

(8 docs.) . 

MF 150 28/3 Bond for £10. 1 doc 1706/8 

Thomas King of Burbage (co. Wilts), yeoman, 

to Richard Alexander of Charnham Street, 

blacksmith. 

For repayment of £5. 3. Od. by 30th July 

1707. 

Witn: 

Seal. 

Jno. Butler, Robert Rabnutt. 

MF 150 28/4 Feoffment to Uses. 

Richard Jones of Ramsbury (co. Wilts), 1 doc 1726 

esquire, to the Hon. Philip Wenman of 

Ramsbury, esquire. 

A messuage in Alborne (co. Wilts) with 10 

acres of wood; 15 a. meadow, 18 a. 

pasture, 62 a. enclosed arable, 20 a. wood, 

all in the Old Park Ramsbury; 53 a. wood 

in the Great Park, Ramsbury; 45 a. Wood 

(Blake's Wood); messuage and 25 a. land 

(Blake's Bargain) in Ramsbury; tithes of 

Knighton Farm, Knighton Woods, Thrup Farm; 

to the use of R.J. during his life, then to 

the use of William, his eldest son and his 

heirs male, then to the use of Richard, 

another son, and his heirs male, then to 

the use of Samuel, his youngest son, and 

his heirs male, then to the use of R.J., 

his heirs and assigns. 

Witn: 

Geo. Garrard, Bartho: Staples.



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MF 150 28/5 

MF 374 28/6 

Assignment of stock in trade and debts. 1 doc. 1750/1 

John Field of Birchin Lane, London, 

merchant, to John Knight of the same place, 

merchant. 

By agreement of 12 May 1746, parties entered 

partnership for buying and selling shoes for 

14 years; this is now dissolved and J.F. 

has sold his share for £321.17.6d. assigning 

it to J.K., who has entered into a bond in 

£650 with two other merchants to pay this 

sum to J.F. A schedule of the debts of the 

business is attached. 

Witn: James Holmes, Chas. Lesure. 

Seals 

Stitched paper cover containing:- 

An Act for enabling the proprietors of the 

Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation to complete 

same. (1801). 

An Act for inclosing lands at Hungerford, 

(1811). 

An Abstract for claims under the Inclosure 

Act. (1811). [Printed]. 

1 doc. 1801-1811 

MF 150 

28/7 

Volume containing names and ages of 

inhabitants together with similar figures 

for their children. 

1 vol 

1825-1834 

MF 150 

28/8 

Similar volume marked "Names and Ages, 

taken 14th May 1828" 

1 vol 

1828-1831 

MF 150 

28/8A 

List of families with the number of persons 

for "Mr. Barker". [From D/P 71 28/8]. 

1 doc. n.d. 

MF 374 

28/9 

Hungerford Parish Magazine. 

1 vol 

1871-1880 

MF 374 

28/10 

Bill for legal expenses in Exchequer of 

Pleas (parish officers of Hungerford 

defendants). 

1 doc. 

1837-1838 

28/11 

Letter to Mr Fruin (parish clerk) from 

F.J. Kitson asking for a search to be made 

in the parish register. 

1 doc. c.1880 

MF 374 

28/12 

Pencil list of extracts from burial register 

- mainly Rosier family in 18th cent. 

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28/13 Minutes of the Hungerford Auxiliary British 

and Foreign Bible Society. 

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miscellaneous correspondence, agendas and 

newsletters relating to the Bible Society. 

Also an order of service of the United Service 

for Bible Sunday held at Our Lady of Lourdes 

Roman Catholic church, Hungerford (1968) and 

a copy of "Thus says the Lord", an act of 

worship in dramatic form (n.d.). (18 docs.). 

28/14 Minutes of the Hungerford Auxiliary British 

and Foreign Bible Society. 

28/15 Minutes of the meetings of the knitting 

party in aid of the Seamen's Missions, 1955- 

1962. At the end of the volume is a list of 

subscribers (n.d.); a list of people informed 

of the Missions to Seamen meeting held at the 

1 vol 

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1 vol 

1938-1969 

1968-1969 

1969-1970 

1955-1964 

continued 

28/15 Church House, (1955); list of people 

(cont.) relating to the Church and Sailor Magazine 

(n.d.). Enclosed are letters from the 

Rev. F. Laight, The Missions to Seamen, 

regarding the woollens (1963), and from 

Bettie (1964). (D/P 71/28/15a & b) . 

28/16 Male and female population figures for 

Eddington and Newtown, Sanden Fee, 

1 doc 

Hungerford Town and Charnham Street on 

4 July 1831. (On reverse of card 

advertising the services of John Westall 

of Hungerford, agent to the Phoenix Fire 

Assurance Company). 

28/17 Transcript, with index, by the Revd. A.T. 1 vol 

Finch of the churchwardens' accounts, 

1659-1712. 

[Part I of D/P 71/5/1]. (Includes 

engraving of Hungerford church, 1811). 

28/18 Transcript, with index, by the Revd. A.T. 1 vol 


1712-1796. 

[Part II of D/P 71/5/1]. 

1831 

1945-19^8 

1945-19^8



28/19 Transcript, with index, by the Revd. A.T. 


1796-1820. 

(Part III of D/P 71/5/1]. (Includes 

sketches and other illustrations of 

Hungerford and Edington, co. Wilts., 

churches). 

1 vol 1945-1918



D/P 71 

8A 

Parish Magazines 

[for parish magazines, 1871-1880 see D/P 71/28/9]. 

28A/1/1-4 

Parish magazines - St Lawrence's and St Mary's 

Churches. Nos. 1-4 Sept-Dec. (4 docs.). 

1 bdl 

1981 

28A/2/1-12 

28A/3/1-12 

28A/4/1-12 

28A/5/1-12 

28A/6/1-12 

Parish magazines - St Lawrence's and St Mary's 1 bdl 

Churches. Nos. 5-16 Jan-Dec. (12 docs.). 






Churches. Nos 41-52 Jan-Dec. (12 docs.). 



1982 

1983 

1984 

1985 

1986 

28A/7/1-12 Parish magazines - St Lawrence's and 

St Mary's churches. Nos. 65-76. 

(12 docs). 

28A/8/1-12 Parish magazines - St Lawrence's and St 

Mary's churches. Nos. 77-88. 

(12 docs). 

1 bdl 

1 bdl 

1987 

1988 

28A/9/1-7 Parish magazines - St Lawrence's and St 1 bdl 

Mary's churches. Nos. 89-95. 

1989



APPENDIX I page 1 

Schedule of Deeds In D/P 71/6/1-6 

1. 8th April 1699 

Assignment of Lease for 7 years at £6 per annum rent 

for a consideration of £34. 

(i) John Hamblen and Edward Hanson, Churchwardens, 

to (ii) Thomas Butler, Constable of Hungerford. 

Messuage called Church House on the west 

side of High Street, leased 2nd November 

1698, to John Hudden of Hungerford, mercer, 

by (i). 

Witnesses: 

Jonathan Bid, William Hamblen. 

2. 6th August 1754. 

Lease for 21 years at £8. 10. Od. per annum rent, 

(i) Edward Lovelocke, gentleman, and Thomas 

Woodroffe, plumber, Churchwardens, to (ii) Edward 

Lucas of Hungerford, mercer. 

Property as in 1, now occupied by (ii); 

lease determinable at the end of 7 or 14 years, 

on 6 months' notice. 

Witnesses: Thomas Spooner, Thomas Hayward. 

Seals 

3. 1st February 1859. 

Lease for 14 years at £12 per annum rent. 

(i) George Willes of Hungerford Park, esquire, 

and Reverend Thomas Penruddocke Michell of Standen 

House, Hungerford, clerk, Churchwardens, to 

(ii) Thomas Jelfs of Hungerford, auctioneer. 

Witness: 

Seal 

Property as in 1. 

H.E. Astley, solicitor. 

4. 1st June 1773. 

Lease for 1 year at peppercorn rent. 

(i) Samuel Lawrence of Sanden Fee, labourer, to 

(ii) Seymour Mundy of Hungerford, attorney-at-law. 

Cottage in Sanden Fee, occupied by 

Witnesses: Jane Duke, Jehosophat York. 

Seals 

(ii).



) 

APPENDIX I 

Schedule of Deeds in D/P 71/6/1-6 (cent.) 

5. 2nd June 1773 

Release in trust for consideration of £25 paid 

from poor rates. Parties as in 4, with 

addition of Thomas Robinson of Hungerford, draper, 

one of the churchwardens. 

Property as in 4; to the use of (ii) Seymour 

Mundy during the life of (i) Samuel Lawrence, 

who is to occupy it during his life, then to 

the use of (ii) during the life of Jane, wife 

of (i), then to the use of (ii) in trust for 

parishioners of Hungerford. 

Witnesses: as in 4. 

Endorsed with receipt for £25, witnessed as in 4. 

Seals 

6. 4th December 1867 

Lease for 30 years at £5 per annum rent. 

Churchwardens of Hungerford, with consent of the 

vicar, to Trustees of the National School site and 

adjoining schoolmaster's house. 

Seals


) 


APPENDIX II page 1 

Schedule of deeds in D/P 71/25/1-13 

Hobbes's Gift 

1. 1st September 1625. 

Grant of annuity of £5. 4. Od. 

Henry Hobbis of East Woodhey (co. Hants.), gent., to 

Sir Darill of West Woodhey, bart., Edward 

Hungerford of Cosham, (co. Wilts.), esquire, George 

Browne of Great Shefford, esquire, John Barkdale of 

Newbury, esquire, Humfry Dolman of Shawe, esquire, 

William Howes of Newbury, gent., William Weston of 

Newbury clothier, Vincent Smyth of Hungerford, gent., 

and Thomas Currie of Sannam, gent. 

An annuity of £5. 4. Od. chargeable on lands in 

East and West Enborne, is granted to 2nd. parties; 

half this sum is for the relief of the poor of 

Newbury, the other half for the relief of the poor of 

Hungerford: the vicars and churchwardens of both 

parishes are to purchase I/- worth of bread weekly, 

for distribution to paupers attending morning service 

1. on Fridays: to ensure that the same persons do not 

(cont.) benefit every time, a roster of recipients is to be 

observed. 

Witn: 

Seal 

Geo. Rythe, William Basset, Henry Basksdale, 

William Hatt. 

2nd September 1671. 

Assignment of trusteeship. 

Sir Thomas Dolman of Shaw, kt., son and heir of Humfry 

Dolman, esquire, deceased, to Sir Francis Popham of 

Littlecot (co. Wilts.), K.B., Sir William Craven of 

Benham Valence, kt., John Kingsmill of Sandleford, 

esquire, Edward Goddard of Standen (co. Wilts.)., esquire 

Philip Weston of Newbury, esquire, Samuel Whitelocke of 

continued


HUNGEJRFORD PARISH RECORDS D/P 71 

APPENDIX II . 

Schedule of deeds in D/P 71/25/1-13 (cont.) 

Hobbes's Gift (cont.) 

2. Chilton Lodge (co. Wilts.), esquire, the Mayor of 

(cont.) Newbury, and Jethro Tull of Shalborne, gent. 

Humfry Dolman survived all the trustees named in 25/1, 

and his trusteeship descended to Sir T.D., his son, who 

now assigns it to the 2nd parties, elected by the 

inhabitants of Newbury and Hungerford for the better 

fulfilment of the terms of the charity. 

Witn: 

Lawrence's Bequest 

Edmund Stephens, senior, Ric. Pocock, William 

Ross, Edmund Chievester. 

3. 9th January 1697/8 

Copy of surrender in Manorial Court of Old Alresford 

(co. Hants.) by Ezekiel Lawrence of Lasham, clerk, of 

copyholds in Old Alresford and Hattingley (co. Hants.) 

as securities for payment of £5 p.a. to the Vicar, 

3. churchwardens and overseers of Hungerford for the 

(cont.) apprenticing of one poor boy of Hungerford every year 

for a space of 7 years. 

Hamblin's Bequest 

4. 28th April 1729. 

Will of John Hamblen of Hungerford, gent., with 

certificate of probate, 18 Nov. 1730. 

Bequeaths £100, due to him on bond from Thomas Lay, 

his cousin, to the vicar, churchwardens, Constable and 

Portreeve of Hungerford to be used for the purchase of 

lands, the income of which is to be disposed of as 

follows:- On Jan. 9 each year, the vicar is to preach 

a sermon for which he is to receive 10/-, for attendance 

on the same day, the singers are to receive 6/-, the 

clerk and sexton 2/- each. The residue of the income is 

to be spent on bread to be given to one man or woman of 

each poor family attending this service.



APPENDIX II 


Hamblin's Bequest (cont.) 

5. 11 April 1803. 

Exchange. 

Trustees of Hamblen's Charity and Feoffees of 

Hungerford. 

Trustees hold 6 acres arable land which is 

commonable, feoffees 3 acres not commonable in that 

part of the parish which is in Wiltshire: these 

lands are exchanged: the 6 acres to be annexed to 

the Common Downs of Hungerford. 

Witn: 

Seals. 

Geo. Ryley. 

6. 19 September 1827. 

Lease for 7 years at £21 p.a. rent. 

Trustees of Hamblen's Charity to Henry William Salt, 

of Hungerford, publican. 

Chantry Meadow, contaning 5 acres 26 perches. 

Witn: 

Seal 

Field's Gift 

John Halcomb, junior. 

7. 12 May 1743. 

Admission and Surrender in manorial court of St. John 

of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell (co. Middx.). 

On 19 May 1737, John Alcock of St. Giles, Cripplegate 

London, goldsmith, and Mary Field, spinster, were 

admitted as tenants of two messuages and 1^ roods 

of land in Islington (co. Middx.), on trust according 

to the terms of the will of John Field, citizen and 

distiller of London, deceased, for John Field of 

Beenham (cousing of the late J.F.) until he attained 

21 years: J.F. is now admitted and surrenders the 

lands to such uses as he shall appoint by will. 

[It is presumed these lands have a connection with 

Fields apprenticing charity; see Charity Commissioners' 

Report, 1905, p.832.

) 



APPENDIX II 

Schedule of deeds in D/P 71/25/1-13 (cent.) 

Cummin's Charity 

8. Copy of the will 1743 and codicil of Mrs Elizabeth 

Commins of the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, 

Westminster (co. Middx.), bequeathing inter alia;- 

£400 to the town of Hungerford for the purchase of 

lands, the income to support the education of such a 

number of boys and girls as the vicar and churchwardens 

thought fit, the boys to be taught Latin, the girls 

reading, working and writing. If the boys were not 

taught Latin, then the moiety reserved to that purpose 

was to be paid to a charity school in Newbury for a like 

purpose. By her codicil, she gave a further £600 for 

educational purposes, and £200, the interest on which 

sum was to be spent on bread for monthly distribution 

to the poor. 

Miscellaneous Charities 

9. Fire Insurance Certificate for Charity School, 

1784. 

10. List of Benefactions to Parish of Hungerford, 

c.1800. 

11. 4th December 1782. 

Feoffment. 

John Cripps of Easton (co. Wilts.), cordwainer, and 

Elizabeth Cripps of Hungerford, eldest son and heir 

and wife of William Cripps late of Hungerford, 

labourer, deceased to William Cripps of Hungerford, 

labourer, another son of W.C., deceased. 

Cottage in Sanden Fee occupied by E.G., to enable 

W.C. to discharge debts incurred by his father 

when alive and to reimburse him for his expenses in 

maintaining his father.



APPENDIX II 

• 


Miscellaneous Charities (cont.) 

11. Witn: John Hidden, John Bushell. 

Endorsed with note of livery of seisin witnessed 

as above. 

Seals. 

12. 16th March 1791. 

Feoffment in trust for a consideration of £31. 1. Od, 

John Cripps of Pewsey (co. Wilts.), cordwainer, to 

Henry Clements of Hungerford, chapman. 

Cottage as in 11, with 8 perches of land in 

trust for the parish officers and poor of 

Hungerford. 

Witn: Thomas Pike, Jn (?) Deadman. 

• 

Endorsed with note of livery of seisin and receipt 

of £31. 1. Od. witnessed as above. 

13. 17th January 1842. 

Grant. 

Richard Compton of Eddington House, esquire, to Rev. 

Win. Cookson, clerk, vicar of Hungerford. 

Land in Hungerford Newtown for the site of a 

school for poor persons of Hungerford Newtown and 

Eddington tythings under the management and control 

of the vicar of Hungerford; if the tythings are 

formed into a separate parish, the vicar of such a 

parish is then to have control.



APPENDIX III page 1 

List of faculties in D/P 71/6/13 

1. Faculty to erect a new pulpit and three stained 

glass windows, 1891. 

2. Faculty to place a stained glass window at the east 

end of the chancel in memory of the Rev. Joseph 

Ball Anstice, late vicar, 1895- 

3. Faculty to erect a war shrine in front of the north 

east window, 1918. 

14. Faculty to erect an oak chancel screen, 1923. 

5. Faculty to rehang, retune and re-clapper the bells 

and to add two new bells, 1927. 

6. Faculty to install central heating, 1929. 

7. Faculty to install electric light, to provide a new 

altar and accessories and an aumbry, 1930. 

8. Faculty to replace the old lectern with a new 

oak lectern, 1931. 

9. Faculty to form a lady chapel, to move the war shrine, 

to move the font, to form a children's corner, to 

move the chancel screen, to move the pulpit and to 

rearrange the steps to the high altar, 1936. 

10. Faculty to remove a wood and glass partition from the 

porch and to insert a small window, 1937. 

11. Faculty for the reservation of a space for the ashes of 

the Rev. Arthur Thomas Finch and his wife in the closed 

churchyard, 1942. (With sketch). 

12. Faculty to place the ashes of Edward Hayter Cox in the 

closed churchyard, 1943.

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