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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
St Mellion St Mellanus

 

The Parish

The parish of St Mellion lies in eastern Cornwall not too far from its border with neighbouring Devon. St Mellion is located about 5 miles north of the port of Saltash. St Mellion is a small and compact village sitting on the A388 road which connects Saltash with Callington. The scenery within the parish is rather pleasant with deeply incised valleys cut into the landscape and much woodland around, the village today is rather dominated by the golf course and hotel of St Mellion Park which takes advantage of the scenery. The economy of St Mellion in the past was dominated by a mixed agricultural regime with both pastures and arable farming present. St Mellion sits close to the River Tamar which forms the border of the counties of Devon & Cornwall and small streams drain the parish eastwards to join that drowned river valley. St Mellion village is sited at around 120 metres above sea level and local heights top out at Veverdon Down just a couple of miles to the north which reaches 200 metres. St Mellion parish is of a fairly typical size for this area, it covered just under 1,500 acres and supported a population of almost 400 parishioners, many spread over the area of the parish. There is no specific mention of St Mellion in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Melanus' church sits just to the west of the A388 on the northern side of the main village lane. The church largely dates from the crossover period between Decorated & Perpendicular styles and makes extensive use of local granite. Pevsner dates the southern side as earliest with a 14th century date whilst he places the northern aisle & the tower to the 15th century. The main interest of the church is internal and the numerous monuments to the Coryton family which Pevsner clearly finds rather reactionary and styled to an earlier period than their dates. The church sits in an elevated position above the lane with the churchyard at or above head height and buttressed by a local stone wall. A wooden gateway and steep steps allow entry. The churchyard has few obstructions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 22nd September 1754 - 26th March 1812 Cornwall Record Office - Reference P143/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads The combination of a faded register with poor handwriting leads to the conclusion that there may be many misreads within this portion
2 8th June 1813 - 15th April 1837 Cornwall Record Office - Reference P143/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Fading continues to be an issue albeit with improved handwriting limiting the misread likelihood to just a few


St Ive
Callington St Mary
St Dominic
St Ive
St Dominic
Pillaton St Odulphus
Quethiock St Hugo
Quethiock St Hugo
Pillaton St Odulphus
Pillaton St Odulphus

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 22/09/1754 James HERRING     Martha GARLAND    
2 22/12/1754 John HATCH   St Dominic Jane HERRING    
3 09/01/1755 John BINNEY     Mary ELFORD    
4 14/11/1756 Ralph RICKARD     Mary HERBET   St Dominic
5 09/01/1757 John LAFFER     Mary COMBE    
6 12/02/1757 James CANE     Grace CLIFT    
7 29/07/1758 William HARFORD     Elizabeth HARVEY    
9 17/01/1760 Peter SKINNARD     Susanna REEP    
10 11/02/1760 John DEACON     Mary ROUSE    
8 11/08/1760 John HOSKIN     Sarah BENNETT    
11 03/03/1761 John POND     Johanna BARNACK    
12 23/11/1761 John JANE     Catherine JOLLIFF    
13 00/00/1763 John RETALLACK   St Ive Jane BATTEN    
14 29/05/1764 John HAWK     Mary SPILLER   Landrake
15 19/08/1765 William WILLIAMS   Pillaton Elizabeth CONGDON    
16 11/11/1765 Abraham SMITH   Botus Fleming Joanna KEANER    
17 11/12/1765 John SMITH     Agnes HARRIS    
18 15/07/1766 Richard VINCENT     Ann HAWKE    
19 03/10/1766 Stephen COWLING     Elizabeth SMITH    
20 26/12/1766 George WYATT   Stoke Damerel, Devon Elizabeth BUTCHER    
21 31/01/1767 Samuel HOCKIN     Elizabeth HERRING    
22 17/10/1767 Martyn RICHARDS     Mary PHILLIPS    
23 28/08/1769 William BULLON     Catherine HERRING    
24 28/08/1769 William GABRIEL     Mary LANDRY    
25 29/01/1770 Phillip WADGE     Elizabeth SEARLE    
26 16/07/1771 John BENNET     Joanna HERRING    
27 19/06/1772 Francis SAMBELL     Jane WILLIAMS    
28 23/12/1774 Samuel HATCH     Dorothy TUCKER Widow  
29 06/10/1775 Richard LANDRY     Jane MILDRON    
30 17/12/1775 Thomas WEBB     Grace TRUSCOTT Single  
31 05/01/1776 John STEPHENS     Mary HOSKYN Single  
32 15/01/1776 Philip HAWKE     Amy LAUNDER Single Tavistock, Devon
35 22/10/1776 Edward PHILLIPS     Albina RICHARDS Single  
33 15/11/1776 John BUTTON     Mary DAW    
34 15/11/1776 Thomas LITTLETON     Judith WATTS    
36 09/09/1777 William WONNACOTT     Catherine TREWEEK Single  
37 24/08/1778 Samuel LANE   Stoke Damerel, Devon Albinia GRILLS Single  
38 06/09/1778 Charles GRILLS     Mary LUCAS Single St Dominic
39 06/11/1778 John WILCOCKS     Rebecca CRISPIN Single  
40 11/10/1779 John CRABB     Mary RICKARD Single  
41 19/11/1779 John RICKARD     Jenefer TOYN Single  
42 09/01/1780 James JOPE     Joan BENNETT Single  
43 08/02/1780 John WARRICK   Calstock Sarah LANGFORD Single  
44 07/04/1780 Anthony BARRETT     Mary CONGDON Single  
45 06/07/1780 William DYER     Mary SHORT Single Pillaton
46 06/10/1780 Henry ALLEN   Quethiock Jane LAWNDRY Single  
47 22/02/1781 Matthew KENNAR     Elizabeth HANCOCK Single  
73 24/05/1781 James DAW   St Ive Mary DAW Single  
48 04/06/1781 John JOHNS   Callington Jane COWLING Single  
49 05/07/1781 John WESTLAKE     Mary KENNAR Single  
50 04/02/1782 Samuel CHUBB     Mary HENDER Widow  
51 04/07/1782 Benjamin BLOOMFIELD     Jane Margaret CORYTON Single  
52 14/02/1783 Sampson WELLS     Joanna RICKARD Single  
53 17/03/1783 George HILL     Obedience MEANDER Widow  
54 12/05/1783 Thomas HAINE   Liskeard Ann RUNDLE Single  
55 05/04/1784 William WEEKS   Pillaton Elizabeth HAWKE Single  
56 21/05/1784 John HICKES     Elizabeth REEP Single  
57 01/06/1784 Henry JEFFERY     Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
58 19/06/1784 John Moor BARTLETT   Callington Sarah KENNER Single  
59 02/05/1786 John HAWKE     Margaret TREFRY Single St Stephen By Saltash
60 11/07/1786 John DAW   St Ive Matilda HAWKE Single  
61 16/02/1787 William TUCKER     Jane RICKARD Single  
62 03/05/1787 George WHITE Single   Alice HILL Single  
63 05/07/1787 John HOCKIN     Martha REEP Single  
64 05/11/1787 William HERRING Single   Mary SWEET Single  
65 04/02/1788 John TRENANCE Single   Mary MATTHEWS Single  
66 13/06/1788 Robert WICKETT     Mary REEP Single  
67 28/08/1788 Francis HATCH   St Dominic Dorothy COCK Single  
68 21/04/1789 Arthur SYMONS     Jenefor TUCKER Single  
69 26/05/1790 John POMEROY     Jane HARVEY   St Stephen By Saltash
70 19/07/1790 Robert HAWTON     Joan NEALE Single  
71 08/12/1790 John MITCHELMORE   Stoke Fleming, Devon Hannah HANDCOCKE Single  
72 14/01/1791 James THOMAS     Rebecca SYMONS Single  
74 24/05/1791 Stephen KELLY     Joan RICKARD Single  
75 12/08/1791 William BUTTERS Single   Mary COWLING Single  
76 05/05/1792 Richard BARTLET Widower St Ive Mary LAFFEY Single  
77 24/12/1792 John LINCH   Callington Martha CHEAVE Single  
78 30/09/1793 Edward PEARCE     Elizabeth RICKARD Single  
79 07/11/1793 George JOHNS     Mary SAMBELL Single  
80 21/04/1794 John KERNICK     Sarah HILL Single  
86 29/06/1794 Francis Hearle RODD   North Hill Mary Ann CORYTON Single  
81 17/07/1794 William HERRING     Catherine SHORT Single  
82 25/08/1794 John LANE   Charles, Devon Grace SAUNDERS Single  
83 24/11/1794 George HARRIS     Mary DYER Widow  
84 05/03/1795 James RICKARD     Susanna CURTIES Single  
85 25/05/1795 John HOSKYN     Ann BENNETT Single  
89 10/06/1796 Robert BENNETT     Grace REEPS    
90 15/08/1796 Roger TRENAMAN     Ann HALLS    
91 20/11/1796 Joseph RICKARD     Elizabeth HICKS   Pillaton
92 05/01/1797 John HODGE     Hannah Pearce COUCH    
93 27/02/1797 Joseph PEEK   Quethiock Hannah COWLING    
94 26/12/1797 Humphrey HOYLE     Mary VINCENT Single  
95 12/01/1798 James BALSOM     Ann KNIGHT Single  
96 26/03/1798 James PINE     Betty RICKARD    
97 08/10/1798 William WEYMOUTH     Jane ROBBERTS    
98 01/11/1798 Robert WILLS   St Stephen By Saltash Grace RICHARD Single  
99 01/04/1799 Francis SAMBELLS     Mary BENNETT Single  
100 04/04/1799 Samuel LAUNDRY   Stoke Damerel, Devon Elizabeth ROWE Single  
101 14/05/1799 Edward BUDGE   Pillaton Catherine HODGE Single  
102 22/06/1799 William RICKARD     Ann ROGERS Single  
103 19/07/1799 James WILLS   Callington Jane SAMBELLS Widow  
104 31/07/1800 Nicholas HALY     Mary HAWK    
105 22/11/1800 Joseph CONGDON     Mary RICKARD Single  
106 11/08/1801 John JEFFRY     Grace BOUNDY Single  
107 17/02/1802 John LEMON     Martha MOOR Single  
108 11/06/1802 James SMITH     Elizabeth WADE    
109 14/06/1802 John SHORT     Patience HOSKIN Widow  
110 16/01/1803 Roger TRENAMAN     Martha BARTLETT    
111 08/04/1803 Abraham HOSKIN     Mary BARRATT    
112 27/04/1803 Robert DEACON     Grace RAPSON    
113 25/05/1803 Edmund FORTESCUE   East Allington, Devon Elizabeth TOOSE    
114 30/12/1803 John DUNSTAN     Jane KELLY    
115 23/10/1804 John HICKS     Mary RICKARD    
116 22/04/1805 Charles VERCO     Martha KELLY   Quethiock
117 27/02/1806 John HEDDON     Elizabeth HIGMAN   Quethiock
118 01/05/1806 William ASKET     Grace RENOLDS    
119 11/05/1806 Thomas DAVY   Egloshayle Julia HALEY    
120 11/07/1806 John JOPE     Jane PEDLAR    
122 08/11/1806 Stephen GRILLS     Mary RICKARD    
121 18/11/1806 John SHORT     Mary ROUSE    
123 30/12/1806 John ANDREWS     Ann HAWKE    
124 31/01/1807 Philip HENDY     Christian TUCKER    
125 31/01/1807 Jacob CRADICK   St Dominic Sarah WILLS    
126 02/05/1807 William REWE     Margaret WHERRING    
127 15/10/1807 John PADDON     Joan BARRATT    
128 05/11/1807 Richard BAKER     Mary GUBBIN    
129 03/05/1808 William GREET     Mary PHYSICK    
130 09/07/1808 William GREENWOOD   Callington Elizabeth COLEMAN    
131 14/08/1809 Thomas SEARL     Mary SMITH    
132 14/10/1809 John MASTERS   Forrabury Mary DINGLE    
133 16/12/1809 Richard HAWKING   Landulph Mary JANE    
134 04/01/1810 William HIGMAN     Johanna DYER    
135 10/04/1810 Thomas HOSKIN     Hannah Stevens VEALE    
136 01/11/1810 William HODGE     Grace DYER    
137 07/12/1810 Richard BUDGE   Pillaton Elizabeth RICKARD    
138 30/03/1811 William CURTIS   Pillaton Mary MORGAN    
139 23/05/1811 Thomas KEEN     Rebecca MARTIN    
140 26/03/1812 John Hoskin RICKARD     Elizabeth WILCOCKS Single  
1 08/06/1813 Nicholas RICKARD   St Gennys Mary WILLS    
2 10/02/1814 William SHORT   St Germans Grace VEALE Single  
3 10/12/1814 Thomas Blyth CROSLEY   St Stephen By Saltash Margaret BARRETT    
4 20/06/1815 William LEE     Christian MOORE    
5 22/01/1816 John SEARL     Mary TRENANTS Single  
6 03/11/1816 Francis JASPER     Elizabeth COWLING    
7 01/12/1817 James HERRING     Ann WARWICK    
8 09/12/1817 John SHORT     Mary VEALE    
9 16/08/1819 William MARTIN   St Austell Susan HAWKINGS    
10 25/09/1819 Edward Burrows CLOKE Single   Mary HOSKIN Widow  
11 07/04/1820 Thomas VEAL     Jenifer POPE    
12 09/10/1820 Richard JOHNS     Elizabeth TRENANAM    
13 02/11/1820 John BONE     Mary RICKARD    
14 18/06/1821 Joel KNATWELL     Margaret HOBB    
15 26/04/1822 Thomas Hodge Wymond NARRAVANCE   Landulph Susannah RICKARD    
16 14/05/1822 Samuel HOSKING     Hannah TUCKER    
17 04/06/1822 Peter DUNSTAN   Botus Fleming Amelia BENNETT    
18 05/06/1822 Nicholas WILLS     Mary RICKARD    
19 25/07/1825 William RICHARD Single   Mary DUNSTAN Single  
20 29/12/1825 William NILE Single   Rebecca Jane HODGE Single  
21 29/12/1825 William DAWE Single St Ive Mary HODGE Single  
22 04/04/1827 John DONEY     Jane CLAMMICK    
23 17/12/1827 John HOSKIN     Martha TRENAMAN    
24 21/04/1829 William DAW Single   Mary HENWOOD Single  
25 02/10/1830 John NETTING   Pillaton Jane DUNSTON Single  
26 19/05/1831 James TUCKER     Ann TRENAMAN Single  
27 18/09/1832 John TUCKER     Sarah TRENAMAN    
28 17/10/1833 William BARRETT     Jane SHEARE Single  
29 07/11/1833 James NETTING   Pillaton Grace BENNETT Single  
30 20/07/1834 William NEALE     Mary NORCOTT Single  
31 21/08/1834 William WARWICK     Grace JOHNS Single  
32 04/09/1834 Robert HOSKIN     Elizabeth Dyer HODGE Single  
33 22/08/1835 Nicholas LOWREY     Harriet EVA Single  
34 16/09/1835 William WEYMOUTH     Elizabeth HARRISH Single  
35 28/09/1835 William ROBINS     Mary CUDLIP Single  
36 15/04/1837 John LACEY     Ann BURROW Single  

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