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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Cheddon Fitzpaine St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine lies in western Somerset about 3 miles northeast of the county town of Taunton. Cheddon Fitzpaine is a relatively small and compact village which lies about a mile north of the A3259 road which links northern Taunton with the A38. Modern developments in the form of the Taunton & Bridgwater Canal pass through the parish. Cheddon Fitzpaine's economy would have been largely based upon pastoral farming, it sits on the flood plain of the River Tone which would have produced rich pastures but heavy soils. The Maiden Brook drains the parish the short distance southwards to the Tone which then heads east and then north to reach the Bristol Channel through the port of Bridgwater. Cheddon Fitzpaine is sited at around 30 metres above the but land starts to rise to its north, as the first outliers of the Quantock Hills, reaching over 200 metres within a couple of miles. In a county of relatively small parishes Cheddon Fitzpaine was one of the smaller, it covered just under 950 acres and would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Cheddon Fitzpaine was tiny indeed, it was held by one Roger Arundel and could offer just 4 ploughs along with small meadows & pastures.


The Church

St Mary's church sits on the southern edge of the village at the western end of Maidenbrook Lane. The lancet windows in the western tower immediately alert to a church with some details in the Early English Gothic style, this confirms a date of the 13th century for that piece. The church, however, has received two major changes following that initial start. Extensively restored and rebuilt during the 15th & early 16th century much else is Perpendicular in date and style. The church, however, also received an extensive restoration (over restored according to Pevsner) in Victorian times, in this case in the 1860s to result in today's church. Maidenbrook Lane is quite narrow but there is an ample pull-in at the church entrance, the northern edge of the site. The entranceway is something quite special with an elaborate modern lychgate granting entry to a churchyard that has scattered yews but otherwise few obstructions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 23rd June 1754 - 19th May 1812 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/che.f/2/1/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 16th March 1813 - 24th October 1836 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/che.f/2/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Kingston St Mary
Broomfield All Saints
Broomfield All Saints
Kingston St Mary
Taunton St James
Kingston st Mary (detached)
West Monkton St Augustine
West Monkton St Augustine
West Monkton St Augustine
West Monkton St Augustine

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 23/06/1754 James WOOD     Betty DOSTER Widow West Monkton
2 24/12/1754 George LANG   West Monkton Elizabeth PORTER Single  
3 20/01/1755 William PRIEST     Mary VICKARY Single  
4 29/05/1755 Richard JORDAN   Cothelstone Ann FRENCH Single  
5 26/05/1756 John ELMES   West Monkton Betty PROLE Widow  
6 02/11/1757 James MILLS     Mary BRUFORD Single  
7 11/05/1758 James THOMAS   West Monkton Mary BURGE Single  
8 16/04/1759 John COLLICK     Jane WEBBER Single  
9 21/06/1759 John DENT     Lavinia GOLD Single  
10 13/08/1759 William UPHAM     Joan AVIS Single  
11 27/11/1759 James HARCOMBE   Kingston St Mary Mary CANNIFORD Single  
12 06/04/1760 William CANNIFORD   North Petherton Sarah SPURLE Single  
13 07/04/1760 Henry MADDOCK   West Monkton Catherine BALL Single  
14 15/05/1760 Thomas HAWKINS   St James, Taunton Betty BRUFORD Single  
15 15/05/1760 Francis BRUFORD     Mary BAKER Widow Weston Zoyland
16 14/10/1760 John MILLS   West Monkton Betty DENT    
17 02/02/1761 Thomas POUNDSBURY   West Monkton Mary BUTCHER Single  
18 04/10/1761 Faithful BODY   Bishops Lydeard Elizabeth WINTER Single  
19 05/01/1762 Charles POOL     Martha BUNTER Single  
20 28/09/1762 Thomas AIRE     Mary HUSSON Single  
21 30/01/1763 Richard BURD     Charity DUNMAN Single  
22 22/04/1764 John HILL     Sarah COLLICK Single  
23 22/08/1765 Robert PILE Widower   Elizabeth HOW Single  
24 06/10/1766 John BURNET     Ann PAINE Single  
25 05/11/1766 Moses CHAPELL   Kingston St Mary Grace CURE Single  
26 05/11/1767 John JARMAN   St James, Taunton Hannah BRODBEARD Single  
27 12/05/1768 James SPRAGUE     Martha THOMAS Single  
28 02/06/1768 Samuel BRUFORD Single Crowcombe Sarah INKER Single  
29 29/08/1768 Aaron CHAPEL     Jane HARCOTT Single  
30 01/09/1768 George POOLE   Kingston St Mary Sarah CURE Single  
31 15/04/1769 Samuel THORNE Widower Kingston St Mary Joan JAMES Widow  
32 15/05/1769 Samuel JARMAN     Betty STUCKEY Single  
33 27/05/1769 Thomas BULT Single Kingston St Mary Joan BRUFORD    
34 02/07/1769 Henry BEER Single St James, Taunton Ann JORDAN Widow  
35 21/09/1769 John GOVIER Widower Kingston St Mary Sarah MUSGRAVE Single  
36 25/10/1769 John BRUFORD Single   Joan TULLIET Single Stoke St Gregory
37 10/12/1769 Thomas BALDON Single   Sarah BINDEGO Widow St Mary, Taunton
38 22/02/1770 Jonathan ROGERS Single West Monkton Mary UPHAM Single  
39 30/04/1770 Thomas LEIGH Single   Mary ROGERS Single  
40 16/10/1770 Christopher WILKINGS Single   Hannah MULLENS Single  
41 26/06/1771 John STUCKEY Single   Sarah HAKE Single  
42 13/08/1771 John STANDFAST Single   Grace COLEMAN Single Wellington
43 20/02/1772 Reuben COLEMAN Single   Mary LAURENCE Single  
44 02/11/1773 William SLOCOMBE Widower   Ann CARDER   Goathurst
45 06/07/1774 Joseph PEARCE Widower Milverton Mary LITTLEJOHNS Single  
46 19/07/1774 John STANDFAST Widower   Mary BURROWS Single  
47 22/11/1774 John BENNET   West Monkton Martha GADD Single  
48 08/04/1776 William GAMBLIN Single   Grace STUCKEY Single  
49 05/11/1776 Emanuel WILLS Single   Sarah TRICKEY Single  
50 22/03/1778 Henry BEER Widower St James, Taunton Catherine BUTCHER Single West Monkton
51 25/04/1778 Jeremiah BRUFORD Single   Mary WOOD Single  
52 23/04/1779 Philip CURE     Joan COLES Widow  
53 24/05/1779 William POOL   Kingston St Mary Mary WILLS Single  
54 15/06/1779 Samuel BOWDITCH   St Mary, Taunton Rachael PILE Single  
55 27/12/1779 John WILLS     Jane HOOKINS    
56 27/02/1781 Edward HOOKENS     Elizabeth LONG    
57 21/10/1781 James STANDFAST     Ann THOMAS    
58 12/03/1784 Thomas MEAR Widower   Hannah WARR Single Oake
59 04/08/1784 Edward ELLETT   Broomfield Joan ALVIN    
60 01/04/1785 Robert REE   West Monkton Agnes WILLS    
61 19/07/1785 Thomas POOL     Mary HAKE    
62 03/09/1786 William TURNER     Mary PRIEST    
63 16/11/1788 Robert CHICK   Milverton Alice CHAPPLE    
64 16/06/1789 Robert BRIER     Grace BROOM Single  
65 03/02/1790 Isaac WOOLCOTT     Sarah BEER    
66 03/09/1790 John MILL   Pitminster Mary ACRE    
67 02/01/1791 Robert PACKER     Elizabeth PLEACE    
68 30/10/1791 James POOL     Mary MURFET    
69 01/01/1792 Abraham HOW     Betty PILE    
70 10/09/1792 John WINTER     Ann SKETEREY    
71 20/12/1792 George OWEN     Sarah THRESHER    
72 10/10/1793 Samuel STUCKEY Widower West Monkton Mary CROCKER Single  
73 14/07/1794 Thomas ARSCOTT   West Buckland Martha BUNTER    
74 30/07/1795 Samuel BRUFORD     Mary BUNTER    
75 18/10/1795 Richard MULLINGS   West Monkton Betty EDWARDS    
76 11/08/1796 Robert PILE     Mary SHATTOCK   Corfe
77 03/11/1796 John PARROTT     Hannah ALVIN    
78 20/02/1798 John RIDON     Elizabeth BAXTER    
79 15/04/1799 George RICE     Sarah CROSS    
80 23/10/1799 Richard KIDNER Single West Monkton Elizabeth BRUFORD Single  
81 06/04/1800 Edward HOOKINGS     Mary PERRY    
82 15/04/1800 John STONE     Rachael HARE    
83 29/07/1800 William PLEAS     Mary RICE    
84 16/02/1801 James SIMONS     Mary ROBERTS    
85 01/11/1802 William DAVY     Susanna TRUMP    
86 30/05/1803 James GAMBLIN     Jane BOND    
87 10/08/1803 John BOND     Mary RADFORD    
88 25/10/1803 John WEST     Betty HALLETT    
89 14/05/1805 John SMITH   St Mary, Taunton Martha SENDELL    
90 10/07/1805 George OWENS     Betty THORN    
91 30/09/1805 Abraham HOW     Jane COZENS    
92 23/04/1808 John BRUFORD     Mary REE    
93 21/07/1808 William STANDFAST     Ann BURGE    
94 31/08/1809 Thomas BURNET     Betty TOTTLE    
95 09/10/1809 Aaron HOLMES     Elizabeth KNELLS    
96 12/12/1809 Robert BALE     Mary WAITES    
97 15/04/1811 Joseph RADFORD   Goathurst Mary BAILEY    
98 18/05/1812 James STANDFAST     Betty BALL    
99 19/05/1812 Charles WILKINS     Patience STUCKEY    
1 16/03/1813 William REED Widower Kingston St Mary Mary BRUFORD Widow  
2 24/10/1813 John BODGER     Elizabeth BABB    
3 29/05/1815 Samuel GAMBLIN     Mary SUMMERS    
4 27/07/1815 Edward STYLING     Elizabeth BROWN    
5 25/07/1816 Abraham REED     Jane BRUFORD    
6 13/05/1817 William MALLARD     Elizabeth GIBBS    
7 13/05/1817 William VIRGIN     Mary PRING    
8 22/06/1817 Francis ACKREY     Joan HILL Widow  
9 20/07/1817 Robert BURROW   Cullompton, Devon Sarah GIBBS    
10 16/11/1817 John GOLLOP   West Monkton Rachel COLMAN    
11 30/07/1818 Samuel BOND   Ruishton Mary DORRINGTON    
12 14/11/1819 William PAULFREY     Mary BABB    
13 08/02/1820 John ELLETT   West Monkton Mary BRUFORD    
14 17/09/1820 John PARSONS   St James, Taunton Sarah HARRIS    
15 22/03/1821 William CLOSE     Harriett THORNE    
16 28/11/1821 William METFORD   St James, Taunton Mary Eliza ANDERSON Single  
17 04/06/1822 John BURGE   St James, Taunton Charlotte BRUFORD    
18 26/08/1822 James BRUFORD     Elizabeth TRENT    
19 13/11/1823 Thomas REE Single   Sarah Bradbeer THOMAS Single  
20 03/06/1824 Richard BRUFORD Single West Monkton Mary MORRISH Single  
21 07/09/1825 George LETHEBY Widower   Sarah HILL Single  
22 26/01/1826 Emanuel WILLS     Elizabeth STACEY    
23 18/04/1826 Richard FARTHING     Mary Anne SMITH    
24 31/12/1826 John LANGFORD Single   Mary HILL Single  
25 19/02/1827 Thomas RICE     Mary Anne FRENCH    
26 28/05/1829 John PLEAS     Mary TOTTERDELL    
27 15/10/1829 Charles RICE     Jane WILLS    
28 06/12/1829 Samuel CHARD     Mary HAYMAN    
29 23/03/1830 Joel SPARKS     Mary MILLS    
30 14/02/1831 Samuel BRUFORD     Ann WEST    
31 28/03/1831 John WILLS     Sarah SYMES    
32 22/11/1831 Lawrance BRAGINGTON     Mary WILLS    
33 28/02/1833 Hubert Kestell CORNISH   Salcombe Regis, Devon Louisa WARRE    
34 11/04/1833 Henry ROWLAND     Mary ROGERS    
35 28/05/1833 William HALLETT     Mary BABB Widow  
36 06/08/1833 James ANDREWS   North Curry Mary WEST    
37 12/09/1833 George STEVENS     Martha PHILIPS    
38 14/10/1833 Robert COLES     Jane BROWN    
39 29/05/1834 Samuel PLEAS     Lydia HULL    
40 30/07/1835 James WAYETT     Betsey EDWARDS    
41 08/09/1836 Henry SIMMONS     Elizabeth WESTCOTT    
42 24/10/1836 Henry HODGES     Mary Anne STOCKHAM    

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