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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Shearsby St Mary Magdalen

 

The Parish

The parish of Shearsby lies in southern Leicestershire close to the border with neighbouring Northamptonshire. Shearsby was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Knaptoft but was registered for marriages separately. The compact village is sited about 8 miles south of the city of Leicester just west of the A6199 road which links Leicester to Northampton. Shearsby is sited along a looping lane which heads westwards then south from the A6199, it is compact but not a large village. The landuse is a mixture of arable and pastoral fields, mostly small and well-hedged. The village sits at about 120 metres above sea level amidst a rolling landscape - typical hunting country. The drainage is headed mostly northwestward to join the River Sence, a tributary of the Soar. The parish is not a large acreage but supported just under 400 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held three ways with the majority held by one Norman of Hallaton it supported only 5 ploughs and had some meadow.


The Church

St Mary Magdalen's church sits adjacent to, appropriately enough, Church Lane which runs westwards from the A6199. The church occupies an elevated site on the northern side of that road. This is not an ancient church, except perhaps in site. Much of the fabric dates from the 18th and 19th centuries and clearly didn't raise much enthusiasm with Pevsner who completes his description in a mere short paragraph. The site is embanked with a stone wall and access is from the northwestern end by a sloping pathway. Apart from a scatter of small trees the site is mostly open giving clear views of the building from most angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 39th March 1755 - 4th April 1781 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1202/2 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd February 1782 - 26th October 1783 & 29th December 1794 - 27th December 1812 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1202/3a Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads

None

NB This register is bound with the extant composite register and the following register into a single archival deposit
3 10th November 1783 - 26th August 1794 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1202/3b The clerk has abused a standard Banns register turning the wording to that of a Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number The abuse of a banns register to make it into a Marriage register creates a confusing picture - there is a possibility of omission as a result.

NB This register is bound with the extant composite register and the preceding register into a single archival deposit
4 16th February 1813 - 24th April 1837 Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1202/5 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 Poor handwriting leads to a possibility of a few misreads


Arnesby St Peter
Arnesby St Peter
Fleckney St Nicholas
Fleckney St Nicholas
Arnesby St Peter
Bruntingthorpe St Mary
Saddington St Helen
Bruntingthorpe St Mary
Kimcote and Walton All Saints
North Kilworth St Andrew
Husbands Bosworth All Saints
Mowlsey St Nicholas

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
30/03/1755 Job GOODMAN     Ann ANSTY    
21/10/1755 Thomas GAMBLE     Ann TANNER    
11/11/1755 John HAYTON     Mary SQUIRE    
20/11/1755 William BROOKS     Mary REYNOLDS    
25/07/1756 John LANGHAM   Misterton Elisabeth JERVIS    
27/06/1757 John WESTON     Hannah GOODMAN    
27/10/1757 John GLOVER     Jane BROOKS    
04/12/1757 Edward GOODE     Judith GOODE    
15/05/1758 Joseph HACKET   Peatling Parva Hannah WHITEHEAD    
29/07/1758 William BROOKS     Ann DAY    
21/10/1758 Job GOODMAN     Hannah JELLY    
25/10/1758 Richard BURDET     Elisabeth HOWET    
03/01/1759 Thomas STURGIS     Ann WARD    
18/06/1759 Richard BURBAGE     Mary BENT    
21/09/1759 Jonathan BLACKWELL     Hannah REYNOLDS    
11/01/1761 John SMITH     Ruth ROE    
12/01/1761 William FREEMAN   Fleckney Elisabeth BURDET    
13/12/1762 Thomas COLEMAN     Mary HACKETT    
24/04/1763 William SMITH Widower Mowsley Hannah SEALE    
07/03/1764 Robert BATES   Hardingstone, Northamptonshire Martha BUTLER    
04/06/1764 Thomas GRANT   Fleckney Ann MOWSARES    
15/08/1764 William CRAMP     Henny DAVENPORT    
26/09/1764 John STURGES   Fleckney Jane RANDALL    
20/05/1765 William WARD     Anne SMITH   Gilmorton
31/05/1765 William HOBILL   Bruntingthorpe Elizabeth SIMONS    
03/06/1765 Thomas HOBILL   Braunstone Elizabeth WOODFORD    
21/10/1765 Daniel FORTON     Judith BLACKWELL    
15/11/1765 Thomas WINDLEY   Mowsley Esther BILLINGS   Kibworth Beauchamp
30/06/1766 Richard SEALE     Ruth CAVE    
31/08/1766 Joseph OLIVER     Mary BIRDETT    
11/03/1767 William ELLIOTT     Sarah SMITH   Kimcote And Walton
02/06/1767 Robert RANDALL     Mary WYATT   Arnesby
20/07/1767 William LIMBER     Mary COOK    
08/10/1767 Edward MOUSUM     Mary WELLS    
17/04/1769 William HIGGS   Bruntingthorpe Elizabeth WARD    
23/10/1769 William HERBERT     Elizabeth WARD    
25/12/1769 Thomas CRAMP     Mary TILLEY    
21/05/1770 Thomas SIMONS     Elizabeth SANTON    
09/12/1770 Ralph HOBILL     Susanna MEADOWS    
22/03/1771 Thomas GOODMAN     Anne TILLEY    
21/05/1771 Richard COLLIS     Anne COOPER    
22/06/1771 John WILSON     Elizabeth JEYES    
14/10/1771 John OSWIN     Elisabeth JEYES    
04/01/1772 John WESTON     Mary SIMONS    
09/01/1772 William LANGHAM     Mary GOODMAN    
29/03/1772 Thomas WARD     Anne PYWELL   Kibworth Beauchamp
27/09/1772 Jonathan HUTCHINS     Anne CRANE    
15/04/1773 John HERBERT     Anne SMITH    
25/07/1773 Robert SMART     Mary WARD   Peatling Parva
17/10/1773 Thomas JELLEY     Lydia GWILLAM    
28/11/1773 Thomas WELLS     Hannah HARBERT    
11/09/1774 John SMART     Mary FRENCH    
26/10/1774 John BEAUMONT     Frances HERBERT    
06/11/1774 Thomas BROOKS     Ann TURVILLE    
15/03/1775 Thomas PARSON   North Kilworth Ann SMART    
04/09/1775 John LEVETT   Willoughby Waterless Barbara HURST    
01/01/1776 John BURDETT   Arnesby Alice MEADOWS    
26/12/1776 John BURDETT   Bitteswell Hannah CRANE    
26/10/1777 John CRAMP     Elisabeth WOOLMAN    
03/12/1777 Thomas WALKER     Mary BRYAN    
03/03/1778 John BROADWELL     Elizabeth NEALE    
23/11/1778 Benjamin MARLOW     Elizabeth WHITMORE    
20/12/1778 Edward GOODE     Anne STURGIS    
01/07/1779 Thomas BROWN   Broughton Astley Sarah HIGGS    
25/07/1779 Francis HERBERT     Mary JELLY    
26/07/1779 Edward LOOMS   Gilmorton Ann WARD    
05/06/1780 John HIGGS     Catharine CHRISP   Gilmorton
04/07/1780 John TILLEY     Ruth SEALE    
25/10/1780 Thomas BRYAN   Saddington Alice LONG    
15/03/1781 Essom HOOKE     Mary LIDGELY    
04/04/1781 Thomas BROWN   Saddington Ann HERBERT    
1 03/02/1782 Thomas HOBILL     Ann Mariah WARD    
2 16/12/1782 William HEIGHTON     Elizabeth POLE    
3 20/01/1783 Thomas MOORE   Aylestone Elizabeth GAMBLE    
5 16/03/1783 Jonathan MONK     Sarah OSWIN    
4 26/10/1783 Thomas DALBY   Ilston On The Hill Hannah MOORE    
10/11/1783 Richard JEYES     Mary HOBILL   Bruntingthorpe
10/02/1785 Thomas HIGGS     Elizabeth SIMONDS    
23/01/1786 Edward GILBERT   North Kilworth Susannah SMART    
09/04/1787 James TILLEY   Broughton Astley Ann MARCH    
10/06/1787 Thomas GOODMAN     Alice GOODMAN   Cosby
20/08/1787 William JELLY     Elizabeth BROADWELL    
05/11/1787 John HERBERT   Lubenham Sarah NEALE    
07/01/1788 John WESTON     Elizabeth MITCHELL    
11/05/1788 Benjamin HEATHCOTE   Husbands Bosworth Jane GLOVER    
13/05/1788 John WHITMORE     Elizabeth HEIGHTON    
27/07/1788 Richard HARRIOTT   Little Bowden Alice WILLIAMSON    
02/12/1788 Joseph SCOTT     Mary HIGGS    
22/01/1789 Thomas JELLY     Mary JELLY    
12/03/1789 Thomas GLOVER     Comfort SMART    
08/11/1789 William STEANS     Grace WARD    
17/10/1790 Isaiah WATTS     Jane PAGE    
31/01/1791 John STEVENS   Arnesby Hannah WESTON    
30/04/1791 Samuel BLACKWELL     Elizabeth BLOUNT    
27/11/1792 William WOODCOCK   Gilmorton Martha BLACKWELL    
03/11/1793 John CRAMP Single   Hannah GOODMAN Single  
18/12/1793 Samuel BURDETT     Jane BURDETT    
26/08/1794 William PEBERDY     Elizabeth HOBILL    
6 29/12/1794 Thomas JELLY   Gumley Elizabeth MILES    
7 30/12/1794 Richard LAUNDON   Bruntingthorpe Mary ELLIOTT    
8 06/04/1795 Thomas ROSS     Frances PEBBERDY    
9 19/04/1795 John SANDERSON     Elizabeth HANEWORTH    
10 08/11/1795 John WARD   Dunton Bassett Elizabeth DUNKLEY    
11 29/12/1796 Thomas READ     Elizabeth HOBALL    
12 17/04/1797 John WESTON     Jane PEBERDY    
13 21/05/1797 John MAIN     Elizabeth CHINEY    
14 04/09/1797 John SMART     Martha BROOKS    
15 26/09/1797 William BURBRIDGE     Elizabeth SIMONS    
16 09/10/1797 William ROSS   Oadby Maria PEBERDY    
17 16/10/1797 George POOL     Mary NEEDHAM    
18 26/03/1798 Peter CHANCE     Sarah BURBIDGE    
19 10/04/1798 John HERBERT     Sarah READ    
20 10/05/1798 Thomas Langham BINGLEY   Mowsley Elizabeth GLOVER    
21 05/06/1798 John JEYES   Arnesby Elizabeth BLACKWELL    
22 07/10/1799 Richard BOSWELL   Stretton Parva Ann JELLY    
23 21/10/1799 Thomas BOTTELL     Ann ELLIOTT    
24 25/10/1799 Thomas WHITMORE     Ann WATERFIELD    
25 26/11/1799 George ROW Widower Kilby Ann DUNKLEY Widow  
26 24/02/1800 Benjamin WELLS Single Arnesby Mary JEYES Single  
27 07/09/1800 George ROSS Single Wigston Magna Cornelia WILSON Single  
28 14/10/1800 Thomas WESTON Single   Grace HOBELL Single  
29 09/06/1802 Barak WARD Single Wigston Magna Elizabeth WILSON Single  
30 25/10/1802 William LOYLEY Single Arnesby Ann READ    
31 22/11/1802 Thomas BIDDLE Widower   Martha SMART Widow  
32 03/03/1803 James WHITMILL Single Daventry, Northamptonshire Elizabeth JEYES Single  
33 26/06/1803 Thomas THICKPENNY Single   Elizabeth STUBBS Single  
34 26/12/1803 George RINSEY Single   Sarah WHYMANT Single  
35 05/01/1804 Thomas GILLAM Single Countesthorpe Elizabeth ROBINSON Single  
36 23/01/1804 Robert SHUTTLEWOOD     Mary JEYES    
37 25/09/1804 John WHITMORE Widower   Elizabeth LIMBER Single  
38 22/10/1804 James BROOKS Single   Elizabeth LOOMS Single  
39 29/07/1805 Thomas WARDEN Single Willoughby Waterless Mary CRAMP Single  
40 28/04/1806 Thomas WILLSON Single   Mary Galey WARD Single  
41 16/10/1806 Thomas MARKS Single Bruntingthorpe Ann SLIM Single  
42 20/10/1806 Joseph DAY Single Husbands Bosworth Mary CLARK Single  
43 30/10/1806 William LEE Single Peatling Parva Ann JEYES Widow  
44 30/03/1807 George WATTS Single Dunton Bassett Alice WILLSON Single  
45 11/10/1807 William REST Widower Blaby Sarah WRIGHT Widow  
46 10/02/1808 Edward Smith HARNESS Single Frolesworth Ann BAUM    
47 18/08/1808 Thomas PACKWOOD Single   Elizabeth CAVE Single  
48 07/02/1809 Benjamin CRIDLAND Single All Saints, Leicester Mary WALKER Single  
49 27/07/1809 Joseph HOLLIS   Kilsby, Northamptonshire Sarah WARD    
50 09/07/1810 Samuel TARRY     Whybro GAMBLE    
51 23/10/1810 Thomas BROOKES     Mary WOOLMAN    
52 14/10/1811 John OSBORNE   Welford, Northamptonshire Elisabeth ELSTON    
53 27/12/1812 William LIMBER Widower   Ann CRAMP Single  
1 16/02/1813 Thomas WALLIN Single   Rebecca JEYES Single  
2 17/02/1814 Joseph JELLEY Single   Ann GLOVER Single  
3 29/04/1815 John WILLIAMS   Bruntingthorpe Elizabeth GAMBLE    
4 01/08/1815 William GAMBLE Single   Mary CLOWS Single  
5 30/10/1815 Joseph CRAMP Single   Mary MARLOW Single  
6 29/02/1816 William DOWELL Widower Saddington Ann WALKER Single  
7 15/04/1816 John GOODMAN Single   Elizabeth SMITH Single  
8 14/10/1816 John WEBB Single   Ann HOPKINS Single  
9 02/12/1816 Thomas ELLIOTT Single   Mary JELLEY Single  
10 02/02/1818 Thomas WARD     Anne SIMONS    
11 26/10/1818 Charles Robert ELLIOT     Mary RANDLE    
12 24/07/1820 Job HOLYOAK   Kibworth Beauchamp Sarah GOODMAN    
13 25/01/1821 William GLOVER     Frances BERRY    
14 25/04/1821 John PEBERDY   Saddington Mary WESTON    
15 27/05/1821 Robert BINDLEY   Mowsley Jane WELLS    
16 10/06/1821 Thomas DUNKLEY     Alice SIMONS    
17 24/09/1821 Moore SMART     Jane WESTON    
18 26/12/1821 Daniel WALLIS   Gilmorton Frances CLOWS    
19 25/02/1822 John BOTHELL     Hannah NAP    
20 29/07/1822 William ROBINSON     Catherine SMART    
21 26/12/1822 William LIMBER     Sarah CRAMP    
22 20/05/1823 Matthew PARTRIDGE Single   Hannah CRANE Single  
23 20/05/1823 Matthew SHAW Single   Susannah CRANE Single  
24 07/03/1825 John HESSON   Harlestone, Northamptonshire Hannah TIPLER    
25 03/10/1825 Samuel ROSS Single   Mary HARDY Single  
26 12/12/1825 Christopher SMART     Sarah RANDLE    
27 23/11/1826 Francis HAYES   Brinklow, Warwickshire Sophia GAMBLE Single  
28 27/02/1827 Thomas SHAW   Arnesby Alice LOCKWOOD    
29 21/05/1827 Edward HALL Single North Kilworth Ann FREER Single  
30 22/10/1827 Job WHITMORE     Ann SAGE    
31 28/07/1828 Joseph WALLACE   Bruntingthorpe Esther ROBINSON    
32 30/07/1828 Leonard ROBINSON     Hannah BOTTEREL    
33 01/12/1828 Jason STAFFORD   South Kilworth Mary WATERFIELD    
34 23/04/1829 Joseph WALKER   Church Langton Elizabeth DAVENPORT    
35 13/07/1829 Joseph SMITH   Mowsley Mary WESTON    
36 12/10/1829 William CLOWS     Martha DYSON    
37 14/10/1829 William GAMBLE   Bruntingthorpe Mary HORNE    
38 23/08/1830 John WYLDE     Anne READ    
40 30/06/1831 Edward CONSTANT   Frankton, Warwickshire Dorothy SHUTTLEWOOD    
41 05/09/1831 Thomas READ     Charlotte ELLIOTT    
39 01/02/1832 Thomas WESTON     Elizabeth RALPHS    
42 29/04/1833 Jonathan WATERFIELD     Anne PACKWOOD    
43 14/10/1833 John BRUNT     Hannah TARRY    
44 19/05/1834 William ELSON Single   Susannah WHITMORE Single  
45 28/07/1834 Thomas STABLEFORD     Harriet READ    
46 20/10/1834 William TAYLOR     Jane STURGES    
47 30/10/1834 John DANCER     Mary ELLIOTT    
48 19/04/1835 Joseph BERRIDGE   St Martin, Leicester Sarah GOODRICH    
49 06/07/1835 Richard SIMONS     Rebecca WESTON    
50 21/09/1835 William BROWN   Saddington Frances GLOVER    
51 07/07/1836 John TAYLOR   St Luke, Middlesex Jane WESTON    
52 19/09/1836 Daniel WATERFIELD     Elizabeth RANDLE    
53 30/01/1837 Daniel BILLINGHAM     Mary DYSON    
54 03/04/1837 Robert WESTON     Ann ELLIOTT    
55 12/04/1837 Joseph BOTTERILL Widower Kimcote And Walton Mary BROOKS Widow  
56 24/04/1837 James BURBIGE     Sarah HIPWELL    

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