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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Fritwell St Olave

 

The Parish

The parish of Fritwell is located in northeastern Oxfordshire, indeed it forms part of the border with neighboring Northamptonshire. Fritwell is located about 5 miles northwest of the market town of Bicester and just west of the B4100 road which connects Bicester on towards Banbury. A more modern road (the M40) now cuts through Fritwell parish although there is no exit there. Fritwell is a compact village built largely around a crossroads of minor roads which more or less trend east/west and north/south. The village stands on a plateau of relatively flat land at around 130 metres above sea level. Despite the valley of the River Cherwell running a couple of miles to the west the drainage is headed eastwards becoming the Pedbury Brook before joining the Great Ouse at Buckingham. The water is headed for The Wash rather than The Thames. The area, at the time of this transcript was dominated by pastoral farming, this has changed greatly with the impact of modern machinery and now it is largely an arable scene. Fritwell parish is fairly typically sized for this area, albeit with a detached portion beyond part of Somerton parish, it comprised almost 1,900 acres and supported a healthy 520 parishioners. In Domesday times the parish was split between two landholders; the larger portion by one Earl William, the smaller by Bishop Odo of Bayeux. The land supported around 8 ploughs as well as possessing meadows worth noting.


The Church

St Olave's church is sited in the western part of Fritwell, down a surfaced lane off the minor road to Somerton. The church has ancient origins, with much that is Norman in style and possibly from the 12th century. The church has the standard design of nave, chancel and western tower but enhanced with aisles. The church shows features from most mediaeval styles from Norman, through Early English, Decorated to Perpendicular and was clearly added to over the centuries. The most recent changes were wrought by the Victorians who restored the church and rebuilt the tower in the 1860s. The church sits facing the end of the narrow lane and hemmed in by farm pastures to left and right, it shows its northwestern side to the entry. The graveyard is surrounded by a low local stone wall and is accessed by a delightful lych gate. Despite many mature trees on site there are good views to enable adequate photographs to be taken.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 28th April 1755 - 23rd November 1811 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR110/1/R3/1 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 4th January 1813 - 16th October 1836 Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR110/1/R3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Souldern St Mary
Aynho St Michael, Northamptonshire
Croughton All Saints, Northamptonshire
Croughton All Saints, Northamptonshire
Souldern St Mary
North Aston St Mary
Somerton St James
Stoke Lyne St Peter
Somerton St James
Somerton St James
Ardley St Mary

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 28/04/1755 Anthony CHARLETT   Bladon Elizabeth WATTS    
2 28/04/1755 James COLLINGRIDGE     Sarah YATES Single Brackley, Northamptonshire
3 01/02/1756 Thomas JENNINGS Single   Philippa TAYLOR Single  
4 07/02/1756 Mose SEBEN Single   Ann PRYOR Single  
5 02/05/1756 John HOBCRAFT     Mary SMITH Single  
6 16/05/1756 Robert CARTER   Bicester Mary COLLEY Single  
7 12/10/1756 William CONSTABLE   Weston On The Green Mary PICKETT Single  
8 19/10/1756 Thomas PAVIOUR Widower Bicester Elizabeth COLLEY Single  
9 12/04/1757 Thomas PHILLIPPS Single Stoke Lyne Rose COLLEY Single  
10 19/12/1757 Richard SALMON Single Kidlington Elizabeth HEYDON Single  
11 17/01/1758 Francis FREESTONE   Souldern Mary NEWELL Single  
12 12/07/1758 Thomas CROSS     Mary SCASBROOK    
13 16/07/1758 John FRENCH     Mary LOW Single Stanwell, Middlesex
14 15/10/1759 Hicks JACKSON Single   Amy CARTER Single  
15 02/11/1760 John WARD Widower   Anne MIDDLETON Widow  
16 19/10/1761 James WATTS     Jane JONES Single Stowe, Buckinghamshire
17 18/01/1762 William PETTIFAR   Somerton Mary HOPCROFT Single  
18 26/05/1762 Henry HOPCROFT     Keziah GASKINS Single  
19 11/09/1762 John COOPER Single Woodstock Rebecca WATTS Single  
20 13/10/1762 William SLATTER Single   Millisent ROBINS    
21 21/04/1763 John COLLEY Single   Elizabeth ABRAHAM    
22 22/08/1763 Thomas ABRAHAM     Anne CAVE    
23 03/12/1764 John ROSE   North Aston Elizabeth HAILES Single  
24 21/01/1765 Sewell STEVENS   Bicester Jane HALES    
25 26/04/1765 Richard FRENCH     Ann BAGGOT    
26 04/11/1766 George MAYO     Mary LONDON    
27 17/12/1766 John ABRAHAM     Mary FLETCHER    
28 20/10/1767 William STUTCHBERRY   Hillesden, Buckinghamshire Elizabeth PATCHELL    
29 13/02/1768 John GAMBELL   Somerton Johannah COLLEY    
30 16/02/1768 William BONNER   Stoke Lyne Sarah HAILES    
31 12/04/1768 Robert COLLEY     Joyce JARVIS    
32 13/03/1769 John WATTS   Kidlington Elizabeth STEVENS    
33 14/08/1769 Richard EVANS   Eynsham Elizabeth HOPCRAFT    
34 12/02/1770 John ANDREWS     Helen COLLINRIDGE    
35 10/11/1770 Joseph JARVIS     Ann KELBY Widow  
36 28/01/1771 George ANDREWS     Mary KILBY    
37 11/04/1771 William SAVIN     Helen SOLEY    
38 12/05/1771 Richard HOBCRAFT     Hester SOLEY    
39 01/10/1771 James HAKEWILL     Catharine BURMAN    
40 26/10/1771 Thomas SCOT     Ann TURNER   Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
41 26/10/1771 James FRANKLIN     Mary HAINES    
42 09/11/1771 John ANSTEE   Twyford, Buckinghamshire Mary SOLEY    
43 04/01/1772 Edward BUSBY     Elizabeth SOMERTON   Somerton
44 17/03/1772 Joseph BURGES Single Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire Anne ELDRIDGE    
45 29/06/1772 Joseph HEATH     Rhodia MOBBS    
46 14/02/1774 Christopher MASON   Southam, Warwickshire Elizabeth JOHNSON    
47 04/10/1774 Henry WISE     Mary MATTHEWS    
48 25/02/1775 Daniel RAND     Hannah SNEWING   Deddington
49 01/06/1775 Henry WISE     Elizabeth SLATER    
50 31/07/1775 William DADDLE     Elizabeth HOBCRAFT    
51 22/09/1775 William BRAZIER   Adderbury Elizabeth WALTON    
52 20/05/1776 Thomas KIRBY     Mary ELDRIDGE    
53 27/05/1776 Henry ESSERY     Mary COLLINGRIDGE    
54 11/10/1776 William RUTTER     Mary HERN    
55 14/10/1776 James FINCH     Elizabeth BENNETT    
56 27/10/1776 John KIRBY     Sarah WHITTEN    
57 20/08/1777 Thomas WINTERINGHAM     Ann CLEMENTS   Hardwick
58 23/04/1778 John HARTSHORN     Jemima TAYLOR    
59 27/04/1778 Robert WALTON     Ann PALMER    
60 26/10/1778 John BORTON     Ann SHARMAN    
61 05/11/1778 William HUNT     Mary ROUSE    
62 07/07/1779 Samuel BONHAM   Adderbury Mary DADWELL    
63 02/09/1779 William OWEN     Elizabeth KIRBY    
64 02/08/1780 Thomas STUTCHBERRY   Ardley Sarah WILSON    
65 10/09/1780 Jobe ANDREWS     Ann PATCHELL    
66 12/10/1780 William FRENCH   Stoke Lyne Sarah COOPER    
67 17/10/1780 William WEBB   Bampton Mary JENNINGS    
67 09/12/1780 Haines GIBBS   Deddington Sarah GEORGE    
68 18/01/1781 Thomas HEARNE   Ardley Rhoda ANDREWS    
69 05/06/1781 John SMITH   Dunstew Jane KILBY    
70 25/06/1781 Edward WATSON   Hethe Ann COLLINRIDGE    
71 09/08/1783 John COLLY     Ann REYNOLDS    
72 17/11/1783 Thomas ROUGHAN   Lower Heyford Mary JOHNSON    
73 16/03/1784 William GUBBINS   Evenley, Northamptonshire Ann PAVIOUR    
74 06/07/1784 Joseph HERITAGE   Bicester Mary PATCHELL   Hardwick
75 15/09/1784 George ANDREWS     Barbara HALL    
76 05/01/1785 Richard KILBY     Hannah ELDRIDGE    
77 12/05/1785 William ROUSE     Margaret JENNINGS    
78 23/07/1785 Lionel BUTLER     Susanna BUTLER   Newbottle, Northamptonshire
79 08/10/1785 William GREEN   Wendover, Buckinghamshire Catherine HOBCRAFT    
80 11/04/1786 John BUTLER     Sarah PATCHELL    
81 03/05/1786 James WATTS     Hannah SALMON   Fringford
82 04/05/1786 John CROSS     Elizabeth HUMPHRIES   Bucknell
83 15/08/1786 William HOUSE   Kidlington Mary GRANT   Hardwick
84 19/12/1786 John HOBCRAFT     Elizabeth KIMBER    
85 05/05/1787 William CROSS     Mary HOPCROFT    
86 15/10/1787 George CROW   Finmere Ann HUGHES    
87 22/05/1788 Thomas SMITH     Martha BADGER    
88 28/07/1788 Thomas PATCHELL   Hardwick Mary WESTLEY   Hardwick
89 19/06/1789 James HARTIN   Hardwick Mary BURN   Hardwick
90 03/10/1791 Henry SOLEY     Mary PETIVER    
91 04/10/1791 Thomas PAXTON   Stanton Ann RAINES    
92 23/11/1791 William HARTALL     Sarah PATCHELL    
93 14/05/1792 John HOPCROFT   Everdon, Northamptonshire Jane GODSON   Brailes, Warwickshire
94 17/08/1792 Joseph HILL   Bicester Ann ROUSE    
95 08/01/1793 William FRANKLIN     Jane JOHNSON    
96 04/03/1793 Joseph ALDER   Islip Mary WALKER   Newton Purcell
97 09/08/1793 Thomas EGERTON   Bicester Catherine JOHNSON    
98 09/08/1793 Martin WISDOM   Brackley, Northamptonshire Susannah HARRISON   Hardwick
99 16/08/1793 John HEATH     Patty FAWKES   Ross, Herefordshire
100 28/10/1793 Thomas RIDDLE     Elizabeth PETIVER    
101 19/11/1793 William SOUTHAM   Claydon Elenor HOBCRAFT    
102 06/01/1794 John TAYLOR   Hardwick Ann WHALE   Newton Purcell
103 24/03/1794 John SMITH   Granborough, Buckinghamshire Mary MAYO Single  
104 27/05/1795 Joseph JOHNSTON     Ann HARTSHORN    
105 08/02/1796 Abraham WALTON     Ann HAWKINS    
106 08/02/1796 Samuel JOHNSON     Mary COLLEY    
107 03/10/1796 John WEST   Adderbury Sarah SOUTHAM    
108 29/12/1796 William PLUMB     Elizabeth JARVIS    
109 30/11/1797 William TOWNSEND     Elizabeth SOUTHAM    
110 16/05/1798 John ALLDAY   Croughton, Northamptonshire Sarah SPACKER    
111 05/12/1798 Thomas FLETCHER     Margaret FRENCH    
112 17/02/1800 George CHARLES   Bicester Peggy FINCH    
113 20/10/1800 William COX Single   Mary SCOTT Single  
114 25/12/1800 Richard HOPCRAFT     Jane FRANKLIN    
115 28/09/1801 Thomas HANDY Single   Elenor TOWNSEND Widow  
116 16/02/1802 Henry GEORGE   Twyford, Buckinghamshire Anne HEARN    
117 19/07/1804 Anthony CROSHOW     Ann HARRY    
118 18/10/1804 William JOHNSON     Ann KIMBLE   Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire
119 29/10/1804 William HAWKINGS   Adderbury Jane HOPCRAFT    
120 06/08/1805 John JOHNSON   Easington Catherine HORNE    
121 11/10/1805 Joseph ADAMS Single   Mary HUNT Single  
06/11/1806 William BROOKS     Sarah HERN    
123 28/09/1807 William GASCIN     Mary KIRBY    
21/04/1808 John OLIVER     Mary RICHARDS    
125 17/05/1808 Thomas GOLDING   Upper Heyford Ann BONNER    
01/08/1808 John BORTON   Stoke Lyne Peggy BAYLIS    
127 02/11/1808 John PHILLPOT     Jane COLLEY    
05/12/1808 Christopher NORTH     Frances CLIFFORD    
12/06/1809 John TAPLIN     Elizabeth TERRET    
13/07/1809 James JARVIS     Elizabeth RUTTER    
13/10/1809 John HAWKINS   Evenley, Northamptonshire Susannah JOHNSON    
18/11/1809 Richard FAULKNER   Brackley, Northamptonshire Hannah JARVIS    
17/09/1810 James WIGGINS     Elizabeth HUNT    
10/12/1810 James BAYLIS     Ann BONNER    
21/10/1811 William GREEN     Sarah WISE    
04/11/1811 William FORCE     Jane MAYOR    
30/03/1812 Edward HEARNE     Mary ROW    
13/04/1812 Edward BORTON     Ann KILBY    
11/06/1812 Thomas PARKER     Jane CROSS    
15/06/1812 Aaron SPIERS   Croughton, Northamptonshire Elizabeth HERN    
13/08/1812 Thomas RUTTER Single   Sarah BIRD Single Deddington
12/10/1812 Joseph TAYLOR Single Evenley, Northamptonshire Sarah GILES Single  
23/11/1812 Samuel CAREY     Mary BIDDEL    
1 04/01/1813 John FINCH     Hannah ROW    
2 16/08/1813 John GRIFFIN Single   Catherine RUTTER Single  
3 28/11/1813 William GUN Single Upper Heyford Susanna BUTLER Single  
4 28/11/1814 Thomas PULLIN   Somerton Mary SALMON    
5 13/04/1815 Joseph PARISH     Anne ABRAM    
6 19/09/1815 Joseph BENNET   Charlton On Otmoor Alice GREGORY   Clifton Hampden
7 04/11/1815 Robert RUTTER     Hannah HEARN    
8 26/02/1816 Robert CRICK   Souldern Hannah KIRBY    
9 29/07/1816 John TEBBY     Elizabeth CLAYDON    
10 30/07/1816 Jonathan PRICE     Mary BUTLER    
11 21/09/1816 Richard ROGERS     Hannah ATTWOOD    
12 14/10/1816 John FOX     Eleanor HEMMINGS    
13 16/10/1816 William ALLRIDGE   Kintbury, Berkshire Ann RUTTER    
14 09/11/1816 Henry BORTON     Anne COOPER    
15 03/09/1817 James VARNEY     Elizabeth BUTLER    
16 02/11/1818 John BUTLER     Elizabeth MAYO    
17 08/12/1818 John WAIN     Mary BRAIN    
18 11/10/1819 Timothy HUMPHRIS     Anne GODDEN    
19 14/04/1820 Richard TUCKWELL   Weston On The Green Elizabeth SANDERS    
20 27/11/1820 Robert ROW     Sabina BOWLES    
21 11/12/1820 Robert SCOTT     Sarah ELKERTON   Aynho, Northamptonshire
22 15/01/1821 William PLUMB     Elizabeth AUSTIN    
23 23/04/1821 Daniel TEBBY Single   Leah JOHNSON Single  
24 11/06/1821 John JOHNSON Single   Mary TEBBY Single  
25 16/07/1821 James BORTON Single   Hannah BIDDLE Single  
26 27/08/1821 John BUTLER Single   Elizabeth FILPOT Single  
27 15/11/1821 William KIRBY Single   Ann KIRBY Single  
28 01/01/1822 Lionel BUTLER Single   Mary PHILPOTT Single  
29 08/04/1822 William GODFREY Single   Elizabeth BORTON Single  
30 16/12/1822 John BERRY Single   Ann FORSTER    
31 01/01/1823 George TRUBY   Charlton On Otmoor Patty HEATH    
32 28/10/1823 James MARCHANT   Aynho, Northamptonshire Jane PLUMBE    
33 18/11/1823 John HEATH     Rebecca TRAFFORD   Kirtlington
34 09/08/1824 John WRIGHTON Single Aynho, Northamptonshire Elizabeth WIGGINS Single  
35 15/09/1824 William HAYNES Widower Pitsford, Northamptonshire Ann WINTRINGHAM Single  
36 16/12/1824 James EAST Single   Jane OSBORNE Widow Souldern
37 16/12/1824 Charles HOPCROFT Single   Mary Ann CLIFTON Single  
38 28/11/1825 Thomas COX Single Souldern Charlotte REEVES Single  
39 23/01/1826 Robert KING Single Deddington Mary JARVIS Single  
40 12/10/1826 William BUSBY   Fringford Martha HARTELL    
41 16/10/1826 William PETTEFER     Maria BRION    
42 16/10/1826 Thomas ADAMS     Johannah RUTTER    
43 29/10/1827 Thomas HOPCROFT Single   Ann WAKENELL Single  
44 01/12/1828 William HARRIS Single   Elizabeth BAKER Single  
45 07/05/1829 James BUTLER Single   Rachel JOHNSON Single  
46 27/07/1829 Joseph HEATH Widower   Ann LETT Single  
47 16/11/1829 William EVINS   Burford Mary Ann BUTLER Single  
48 12/04/1830 Samuel SHIRLEY Single   Sarah ELFRED Single Adderbury
49 10/05/1830 John REEVE Single   Mary JOHNSON Widow  
50 16/08/1830 Thomas WATTS Single Stoke Lyne Sarah HEATH Single  
51 01/11/1830 James CROSS Widower   Sarah WAKENELL Single  
52 09/05/1831 John HEATH Single Amersham, Buckinghamshire Margaret ANDREWS    
53 10/05/1831 George SCARSBROOK   St Ebbe, Oxford Mary CLAYDON    
54 05/09/1833 Thomas ROBINS   Deddington Frances ANDREWS    
55 09/09/1833 Samuel LETT     Hannah HEARN    
56 10/10/1833 John RUTTER     Mary TAYLOR    
57 21/10/1833 William TURNER   Ambrosden Rebecca BUTLER    
58 11/11/1833 John BYE Widower Aynho, Northamptonshire Rachel REEVES Single  
59 28/06/1834 George BOWERS Single Bucknell Hannah NORTH Single  
60 14/08/1834 Jeffery LETT     Frances ADAMS    
61 16/10/1834 Richard SMITH Single   Hannah FAWKES Single  
62 20/10/1834 George BASELY Single Stoke Lyne Anne FINCH Single  
63 04/05/1835 Thomas VICKERS Single Stoke Lyne Anne FINCH Single  
64 05/11/1835 John FRENCH Single North Aston Ann FAWKES Single  
65 29/11/1835 Robert LETT Single   Eliza HEARN Single  
66 24/12/1835 Robert BORWELL Single Stoke Lyne Mary NORTH Single  
67 11/10/1836 John IZZARD Single Daventry, Northamptonshire Maria NORTH Single  
68 16/10/1836 Felix FORDER Single   Ann WARD Single Chaddleworth, Berkshire

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