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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Lindsey St Peter

 

The Parish

The parish of Lindsey lies in southern Suffolk about 4 miles west of the market town of Hadleigh. Lindsey sits about 2 miles south of the winding A1141 which runs from Hadleigh through Monks Eleigh & Brent Eleigh to reach Lavenham. Lindsey is a curiously dispersed settlement, there is more cohesion about Lindsey Tye to the north than the "village" containing the church. Most properties lie along the lane leading from the A1141 southwestwards towards Edwardstone. Lindsey, like most Suffolk parishes, would have largely earned its living from arable farming but here this would have been supplemented in earlier times by the production of woollen goods earning them the name "Linsey Woolsey". A small tributary of the nearby River Brett drains the parish eastwards, the Brett turns south to join the Stour and thus to the North Sea through the latter's estuary and Manningtree, Lindsey is sited at around 60 metres above the sea in rather gentle terrain where local heights rise to 80 metres a little toward the northwest. Suffolk has a lot of rather small parishes and Lindsey was one of these, covering a little over 1,200 acres it would have supported a population of almost 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Lindsey was also a relatively small place offering just 7 ploughs, 5 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey with the remaining two controlled by Count Gilbert's son Richard.


The Church

St Peter's church sits towards the southwestern end of the straggle that is Lindsey and some 3/4 of a mile southwest of the grouping of properties at Lindsey Tye. The church dates from the early 14th century and in the Decorated style of that period. The windows of both the southern aisles and the chancel reveal the detailing that determines that period. Also 14th century is the timber porch that graces the southern face and the same period is illustrated by the octagonal piers within the arcade. St Peter formerly came with a western tower, but threatened collapse resulted in removal in 1836 and replacement with the wooden bellcote that tops the western end today. A typical Victorian restoration of 1865 completes the picture albeit roofing repairs were ongoing when I made my own visit. The Church Hall sits next to the churchyard and allows short-term parking enabling a visit. The churchyard is surrounded with a low picket fence with a graveled path leading to the church, the surroundings have few, if any, obstructions for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
9th July 1755 - 20th March 1812
Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FB69/D/3/1
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 12th November 1813 - 11th November 1836 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FB69/D/3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Monks Eleigh St Peter
Chelsworth All Saints
Semer All Saints
Monks Eleigh St Peter
Semer All Saints
Kersey St Mary
Groton St Bartholomew
Groton St Bartholomew
Kersey St Mary
Kersey 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 09/07/1755 Thomas KEBLE Mary WELLS
2 07/10/1755 Joseph WILLIS Ann SCOFIELD Polstead
3 06/11/1757 John SUDBURY Groton Mary LEMON
4 17/10/1758 John EDEY Mary DEKES
5 09/11/1758 George BANNUM Elizabeth WILLIS
6 23/02/1759 Robert GARDNER Creeting St Peter Martha LEMON
7 04/06/1759 John WYMARK Elizabeth GOYMER
8 10/10/1759 Richard TYLER Mary MOLDEN
9 24/12/1760 Richard TILER Ann GOYMER
10 03/02/1761 James DURRANT Elizabeth SKIRREL
11 11/05/1761 John CLIFFORD Elizabeth FARTHING
12 21/09/1762 James WOODS Susan WYMARK
13 29/11/1764 Simon BIRD Alice ELLISTON
14 09/05/1766 John BUGG Single Buxhall Hannah KEEBLE Single
15 15/12/1767 John GRAY Single Tattingstone Anne GRIMSEY Single
16 25/12/1767 Robert SNELL Single Mary SMITH Single
17 16/02/1769 Edward POWLING Widower Bildeston Mary WILLIS Single
18 10/10/1770 John HASEL Single Susan PITTOCK Single
19 12/02/1771 William WHYMARK Single Mary PALMER Single
20 10/12/1771 Philip HICKS Single Kersey Anne GREEN
21 11/02/1772 John GLADDEN Single Susan FARTHING Single
22 29/09/1772 Robert CHAPLIN Single Monks Eleigh Elizabeth GREEN Single
23 20/04/1773 Richard SMITH Single Kersey Susan ARTHY Single
24 18/11/1776 John SYER Single Elizabeth COUSINS Single
25 16/03/1779 Samuel FAYERS Single Bildeston Hannah MICKLEFIELD Single
26 20/04/1779 John GAME Single Rebekah COUSENS Single
27 04/01/1780 William KENENGALE Single Chelsworth Ann ARTHY Single
28 27/10/1780 Thomas BYAM Widower Milden Sarah WILLIS Single
29 14/07/1782 William WASS Single Mary KEEBLE Single
30 25/12/1782 Robert MANN Single Susan SNELL Single
31 19/01/1783 George BANHAM Elizabeth DURRANT
32 25/07/1783 James BANHAM Juda RISBY
33 30/10/1783 John MARSH Single Milden Ann BIRD Single
34 27/01/1784 George ELLISTON Single Elizabeth BOUTTELL Single
35 01/07/1784 John STEVENS Single Semer Ann GRIGGS Single
36 27/03/1785 John DURRANT Widower Hannah MANN Single
37 19/07/1785 Edward PITTOCK Single Mary TILLED Single
38 28/10/1785 John CONSTABLE Elizabeth ROUSE
39 27/12/1785 William WIMARK Single Elizabeth CLIFFORD Single
40 03/02/1786 John BLOSS Single Elizabeth ARTHY Single
41 11/10/1786 Francis PEARSONS Single Alice CLIFFORD Single
42 17/12/1786 James DURRANT Single Ann CLIFFORD
43 29/01/1788 Joseph ARTHEY Single Sarah POOLEY Single
44 20/01/1789 Joshua ARTHEY Single Ann VINCENT Single Little Waldingfield
45 09/06/1789 John ARTHEY Widower Alice POSFORD Single
46 23/06/1789 Thomas TAYLOR Layham Mary BOUTTELL
47 01/04/1790 James KEEBLE Sarah GANT
48 22/07/1790 Robert SNELL Sarah MURRELLS
49 03/08/1791 James DRIVER Single Mary GRANGER Single
50 19/09/1791 John CRAFER Elizabeth TYLER
51 08/05/1792 William WHYMARK Sarah PHILIPS
52 19/06/1792 Richard TYLER Mary CUTTEN
53 25/09/1792 John CLIFFORD Sarah GARDINER
54 05/02/1793 Samuel WILLIS Fanny SPARROW
55 25/03/1793 John MASKALL Judith BANHAM
56 12/07/1793 William TYLER Sarah GRANGER
57 22/09/1793 James FARTHING Sarah CUTTEN
58 25/02/1794 John BOUTELL Elizabeth ARTHY
59 13/03/1794 John VINCE Mary KITTLE
60 14/10/1794 Samuel BUGG Mary HAZEL
61 31/03/1795 William FARTHING Single Elizabeth CUTTER Single
62 08/11/1796 Benjamin LEGGON Mary KINGSBURY
63 15/02/1798 John ELLISTON Edwardstone Elizabeth SYER
64 10/10/1798 Roger GRIGGS Sarah WILLIS
65 16/10/1798 Abraham GRIGGS Susan LEWIS
66 14/05/1799 Samuel KEEBLE Widower Elizabeth EDDY
67 28/05/1799 Jonathan SMITH Alice WHYMARK
68 18/06/1799 Thomas SMITH Monks Eleigh Sarah ARTHEY
69 13/10/1801 Isaac FARTHING Single Lucy PRIKE Single
70 04/11/1802 Robert FARTHING Single Ann GRANGER Single
71 23/10/1803 William PARSONS Single Jemima CLIFFORD Single
72 16/12/1803 William WORTERS Single Boxford Susan ARTHEY Single
73 10/07/1805 Hugh GOYMER Susan BANHAM
74 31/07/1806 Benjamin BENNETT Single Hadleigh Elizabeth GODDARD Single
75 11/11/1806 Joseph DRYWOOD Single Kersey Hannah CLIFFORD Single
76 26/11/1806 John GLADDEN Sarah HAYZEL Widow
77 13/07/1807 Henry SCUTCHY Single Elizabeth JOCELYN Single
78 20/10/1808 Thomas SYRETT Single Kersey Lucy EAST
79 03/11/1808 Thomas MOODY Single Elizabeth DURRANT Single
80 06/11/1808 John CLARKE Widower Kersey Susan WYMARK Single
81 26/07/1809 Joshua CLIFFORD Ann FARTHING
82 07/11/1809 Abraham GOSLING Single Mary EDEY
83 29/10/1810 John FARTHING Single Elizabeth PARTRIDGE
84 20/03/1812 John TRICKER Single Sarah WYMARK Single
1 12/11/1813 John VICKERS Single Alice WHYMARK
2 07/10/1814 Thomas CANLER Single Wetherden Deborah RUSH Single
3 29/01/1816 Philip ARTHEY Single Sarah RAMPLIN Single
4 15/12/1817 Joseph ARTHEY Single Emily GARDINER Single
5 26/12/1817 William LINGLEY Single Lavenham Susan FARTHING Single
6 24/07/1818 Joseph HEAD Single Monks Eleigh Sarah WHYMARK Single
7 12/10/1818 John DURRANT Single Mary CUTTER Single
8 02/12/1818 Edward Baker RUSH Single Susan CANLER Single
9 14/07/1819 John TYLER Single Elizabeth GRIMWOOD Single
10 24/10/1820 Benjamin BOUTTELL Elizabeth COOPER
11 26/12/1820 James KEEBLE Mary FARDING
12 29/05/1821 William MANN Single Mary HAZEL Single
13 16/04/1822 John FARDING Single Charlotte VINCENT Single Groton
14 19/04/1822 Jesse FARDING Single Jemima WHYMARK Single
15 15/10/1822 Joshua FARTHING Mary STARNES
16 24/12/1822 Luke GANT Single Groton Elizabeth GLAND
17 25/03/1823 Thomas SMITH Single Susan CLIFFORD Single
18 26/12/1823 John SMITH Single Elizabeth FARTHING Single
19 01/12/1824 Samuel KEEBLE Single Sarah WARD Single
20 30/12/1824 Robert BOUTTELL Single Susan ARTHEY Single
21 09/05/1825 Joshua HORREX Single Newton Elizabeth FARTHING Single
22 17/05/1826 John PARTRIDGE Single Mary FENNING Single
23 18/12/1826 Richard SMITH Single Hannah GARDNER Single
24 26/02/1827 Thomas WILLIS Single Susan PARTRIDGE Single
25 19/05/1827 William WHYMARK Single Frances TYLER Single
26 02/06/1827 John SMITH Single Jane ALLEN Widow
27 25/12/1827 William PARTRIDGE Single Sarah FARTHING Single
28 22/11/1828 John WILLIS Single Anne FARTHING Single
29 26/01/1829 Benjamin SEGGAR Widower Ann HARBORD Widow
30 23/08/1829 John POTTER Single Sarah SMITH Single
31 26/01/1830 Richard BLUNDELL Single Dedham, Essex Mary BOUTTELL Single
32 11/07/1830 George FARTHING Single Mary Ann RICE Single
33 19/09/1830 James ELMER Single Susan PARSONS Single
34 12/10/1830 William CLARK Single Sarah ELMER Single Kersey
35 18/11/1831 Robert FARTHING Single Esther FOSKER Single
36 06/03/1832 Zacheriah Orger TRICKER Single Ann FARTHING Single
37 05/06/1832 Thomas BAKER Widower Susan WIMARK Single
38 11/10/1832 Robert ALDIS Single Sarah PARSONS Single
39 13/11/1832 William GREEN Single Monks Eleigh Elizabeth PARTRIDGE Single
40 24/01/1833 John WATKINSON Single Abberton, Essex Ann COUSENS Single
41 31/10/1833 Isaac MAN Single Hannah RANSON Single
42 31/10/1833 Jonathan BEESON Single Polstead Harriet FARTHING Single
43 21/12/1833 William ELMER Single Sarah GARDINER Single
44 27/03/1834 Charles FISH Single St Pancras, Middlesex Sarah ARTHEY Single
45 01/05/1834 John ARTHEY Single Hannah BOUTTELL Single Kersey
46 28/07/1835 Joshua PARTRIDGE Single Eliza ELMER Single
47 23/06/1836 Robert James RAYNHAM Single Elizabeth HOGGEN Single
48 11/11/1836 William SCUTCHER Single Mary Ann BAKER Single

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