Briningham St Maurice

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Briningham St Maurice

The Parish

The parish of Briningham lies in central northern Norfolk about 4 miles southwest of the small market town of Holt. Briningham is a small and relatively compact village which sits on the B1150 road which connects Holt with East Dereham; much of Briningham is built along a narrow lane running southeastwards from that road and named "The Street". At the time of this transcript the economy of the village would have been dominated by arable agriculture and little has changed over the years, the village being surrounded by fields of grain, oil seed and beet. Briningham is drained by small tributaries of the River Glaven which runs the short distance to Norfolk's northern North Sea coast at Cley Next The Sea. Briningham is sited at around 7 metres above the sea in gently undulating country, local heights reach to almost 100 metres within a mile of the village. Briningham parish was fairly typically sized for this area, it covered around 1,200 acres and would have supported a population of around 250 parishioners. In Domesday times Briningham was largely held by Bishop William of Thetford with a small area in the hands of Count Alan of Brittany, the parish was also small in those days offering just 7 ploughs, small meadows and woodland but it did possess a mill.

The Church

St Maurice's church sits just to the northeast of the village centre accessed by Church Lane from The Street. The church has an early date for a Norfolk church with Pevsner tentatively giving a date circa 1300. The church is unusual in having the tower slightly offset in a southwestern position rather than the normal western end. Much of the building is built in the Decorative style with both nave and chancel showing many features of that period, however most of the windows are later and Perpendicular in style indicating a later refurbishment. The roofing was replaced during 19th century restorations. The church is accessed by a short pathway from the corner of Church Lane, the churchyard is relatively open albeit some trees encroach closely to the tower restricting some viewing angles.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	31st December 1754 - 12th October 1812	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD646/3	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number	Tiny handwriting for periods make reading tricky and lead to the possibility of a few misreads
2	18th January 1814 - 24th December 1836	Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD646/4	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Gunthorpe St Mary	Gunthorpe St Mary Brinton St Andrew	Brinton St Andrew
Gunthorpe St Mary Thursford St Andrew		Brinton St Andrew Stody St Mary
Thursford St Andrew	Swanton Novers St Edmund the Martyr Melton Constable St Peter	Melton Constable St Peter

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	31/12/1754	Edward	DROZIER			Mary	RICE
3	22/09/1755	John	MASSINGHAM	Single	St Saviour, Norwich	Mary	PEGG	Single
4	15/01/1756	Benjamin	BARNES		Briston	Dorothy	FLACKE	Single
5	26/01/1756	Thomas	ROUSE	Single		Ann	MONEY	Single
2	14/10/1756	Thomas	WHITESIDES	Widower	Edgefield	Elisabeth	GIRDLESTONE	Single
6	23/04/1760	John	BASSEL	Single		Ann	REEVE	Single
7	19/04/1763	James	FOX	Single	Cley Next The Sea	Mary	MEAD	Single
8	29/11/1763	James	HOOKS	Single		Mary	DUGLESS	Single
9	07/02/1764	William	RICHES	Single		Ann	HUNN	Single
10	02/10/1764	William	TURNER	Single		Frances	GAGE	Single
11	25/06/1765	Robert	BURLINGHAM	Single	Holt	Ann	MEAD	Single
12	12/06/1767	John	EARLE	Widower		Cicely	BECKHAM	Widow
13	20/10/1767	William	LAWES	Single	Thornage	Ann	STOAKES	Single
14	10/10/1768	Robert	MURREL	Single		Mary	HUNN	Single
15	09/10/1769	Samuel	KNOWLES	Single	Hunworth	Mary	ROUSE	Single
16	12/10/1770	Samuel	PAINTER	Single		Mary	BELL	Single
17	24/12/1770	Edmund	BAMBRIDGE	Single	Stody	Frances	MEAD	Single
18	01/06/1772	Francis	HARLING	Widower	St Augustine, Norwich	Barbara	RICE	Single
19	08/08/1774	Kittwood	HALL	Single		Elizabeth	HARDY	Single
20	27/09/1775	Richard	COCK	Single		Hannah	HUNN	Single
21	09/10/1775	William	BLOG	Single		Susannah	FINCHAM	Single
22	31/10/1775	Joshua	PAGE	Single	Briston	Elizabeth	BUNTING	Single
23	21/01/1777	Thomas Waller	ENGLAND	Single		Sarah	GRIGGS	Single
24	06/08/1777	Edward	BUNTING	Single		Henrietta Maria	GRESHAM	Single	Briston
25	28/11/1777	James	POINTING	Single		Margaret	GAY	Single
26	11/10/1780	John	WITHERS	Single		Martha	PRESS	Single
27	11/10/1780	John	HAGON	Single		Mary	PRESS	Single
28	19/10/1781	Thomas	RAYNER	Widower		Upley	PERKINS	Single
29	09/06/1782	William	SUTTIN	Single	Saxthorpe	Eleanor	PORTER	Single
30	02/10/1783	John	HUNN	Single		Mary	LOCKSMITH	Single
31	27/12/1783	John	BAKER	Single		Sarah	HARDY	Single
33	20/10/1784	William	MOORE	Single	Swanton Novers	Elizabeth	ELVES	Single
34	28/02/1785	Thomas	RUST	Widower	Hindolveston	Anne	RICHES	Widow
35	04/04/1785	Richard	HARMAN	Single	Melton Constable	Mary	OLIVER	Single
36	09/05/1785	Robert	PURDY	Widower		Susanna	HOOKE	Single
37	17/10/1785	John	RYE	Single	Brisley	Ann	GAY	Single
38	16/12/1785	William	DAGLESS	Single		Elizabeth	DENNIS	Single
39	06/03/1786	John	WATERSON	Single		Mary	BUNTING	Single
40	11/10/1786	Thomas	WRAGG	Single		Mary	COLMAN	Single
41	10/03/1788	Henry	POYNTING	Single		Elizabeth	PURDY	Single
42	10/11/1789	James	CLARK	Single		Elizabeth	COLMAN	Single
43	11/10/1792	George	COLMAN	Single		Anne	BRAMBLE	Single
44	27/11/1792	Thomas	SUMER	Single		Elizabeth	WILLIAMSON	Single
45	06/12/1792	Nicholas	DAGLESS	Single		Susannah	FICKLING	Single
47	12/12/1795	John	LOCKSMITH	Single		Mary	BARNES	Single
48	01/11/1796	John	PLEASANCE		Gunthorpe	Mary	ANTHONY	Single
49	16/05/1797	John	SMITH	Single		Rebecca	HARDY	Single
50	17/06/1797	William	ANTHONY	Single		Elizabeth	GREENGRASS	Single
51	10/04/1798	Michael	PURDY	Single		Frances	BULLEN	Single
52	29/11/1798	Robert	LOCKSMITH	Single		Elizabeth	BUNTING
53	31/03/1801	John	SANDS	Single	Gunthorpe	Elizabeth	TURNER	Single
54	18/10/1802	John	HOWARD	Single	Sharrington	Anne	BLOGG	Single
55	25/07/1803	John	POINTING	Single		Eleanor	TUCK	Single
56	08/08/1803	John	ELVES	Widower		Mary	FULLER	Single
57	16/04/1805	James	CHESTER	Single	Gunthorpe	Martha	BURWICK
58	05/11/1805	Daniel	PLATTEN	Single		Esther	TURNER	Single
59	20/12/1805	William	MOORE	Single		Sarah	HAGON	Single
60	28/04/1807	Thomas	HAGON	Single		Elizabeth	MOORE	Single
61	12/10/1808	Joseph	BAMBRIDGE	Widower		Susannah	DOUBTY	Widow
62	24/08/1809	George	GOOCH	Single	Harpley	Sarah	WALLER	Single
63	10/09/1809	William	BUNTING	Single		Hariot	BAMBRIDGE	Single
64	02/10/1810	Jonathan	LANDYMORE	Single	Swanton Novers	Bridget	BRERETON	Single
65	31/01/1811	John	MARIS	Single	Swanton Morley	Bridget	TURNER	Widow
66	06/02/1811	James	NEAL	Widower	Stody	Mary	WAGG	Widow
67	19/03/1811	Robert	MURRELL	Single		Sarah	WINN	Single
68	23/03/1812	Henry	POINTIN	Widower		Mary	BUNTING	Single
69	12/10/1812	Samuel	BECKET	Single		Elizabeth	POINTEN	Single
1	18/01/1814	William	RUST	Single		Ellen	CLARKE	Single
2	22/02/1814	Thomas	HUDSON	Single	Briston	Susanna	BAILEY	Single
3	10/01/1815	John	KEELER	Widower		Elen	POINTER	Widow
4	17/01/1815	John England	FISHER	Single		Tabitha	DROSIER	Single
5	08/08/1815	William	COLMAN	Widower		Sarah	WARNES	Single
6	27/12/1815	James	BUNTING	Single		Emily	WARNES	Single
7	19/06/1817	James	MIDDLETON	Single		Elizabeth	DOUGHTY	Single
8	20/11/1817	William	DAPLING	Single		Ellen	OLLY	Single
9	19/03/1819	James	WAKEFIELD	Single		Emily	HIPPERSON	Single
10	15/02/1821	John	OLIVER	Single		Elizabeth	OLLEY	Single
11	02/08/1821	William	NEALE	Single	Stody	Hannah	BUNTING	Single
12	11/04/1822	Mark	WATERSON	Single	Sharrington	Elizabeth	FULLER	Single
13	11/04/1822	John	FULLER	Single		Mary	SMITH	Single
14	04/07/1822	William	HOWMAN	Single	Brinton	Maria	HOOKE	Single
15	25/12/1823	Josiah	TURNER	Single		Martha	OLLEY	Single
16	25/10/1825	James	GIDNEY	Single		Esther	STROULGER	Single
17	03/11/1825	John	MOORE	Single		Mary	MOORE	Single
18	14/05/1826	Richard	DROZIER	Single		Sarah	MOORE	Widow
19	17/08/1826	Joseph	COLMAN	Single	St Marylebone, Middlesex	Sarah	LOCKSMITH	Single
20	15/01/1828	Edward	WOODGET	Single		Susanna	LOYNES
21	03/08/1828	James	WAKEFIELD	Widower		Mary	CLARKE	Single
22	16/03/1829	John	DUGDALE	Single		Ann	WARNES	Single
24	26/01/1830	William	HOWE	Single		Ann	BUCK	Single
25	13/04/1830	Christopher	OLLEY	Single		Esther	BUNTING	Single
26	01/08/1830	Edmund	MELTON	Single		Martha	POINTEN	Single
27	01/11/1830	John	POINTER	Single		Ann	MASSINGHAM	Single
28	10/04/1831	Henry	CLARK	Single		Hannah	REYNOLDS	Single
29	26/11/1831	Henry	MOY	Single		Mary Ann	BUNTING	Single
30	17/01/1832	Thomas Ockly	SNELLING	Single	St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich	Esther	TURNER	Single
31	11/03/1832	John	WIGG	Single		Dorothy	LOCKSMITH	Single
32	25/07/1832	Robert	BOLTER	Widower	Swanton Novers	Judith	FRIER	Single
33	09/10/1832	Marshall	BUNN	Single		Ann	POINTEN	Single
34	18/12/1833	Timothy	WINN	Single		Alice	WEB		Hindringham
35	20/01/1834	Robert Thurston	LOYNES	Single	Wells Next The Sea	Mary Anne	BUNTING	Single
36	01/12/1834	David	CATCHPOLE	Single		Mary	MOORE	Widow
37	18/02/1835	Porter	PAYNE	Single		Mary	RANDELL	Single
38	04/04/1835	John	BUNN	Single		Lucy	PARKER	Single
39	08/05/1835	William	CLARK	Single		Susanna	WEST	Single
40	15/02/1836	Benjamin	DUNTON	Single	Melton Constable	Eliza	BAILEY
41	31/03/1836	James	BRANCH		St Paul, Norwich	Caroline	LOCKSMITH
42	22/04/1836	James	BARWICK	Single		Susan	CLARK
43	24/12/1836	James	BUNTING	Single		Ann	SAVAGE	Single

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