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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Rumburgh St Michael & St Felix

 

The Parish

The parish of Rumburgh lies in northeastern Suffolk about 4 miles south of the market town of Bungay and 4 miles northwest of the market town of Halesworth. Rumburgh lies in a network of lanes that lie about 2 miles west of the A144 road which links those two Suffolk towns. Rumburgh sits on a broad, flat agricultural plain with little variation in height for many miles. This is arable country "par excellence" with vast cereal fields resembling the Great Plains of the USA. The area was also excellent for the placement of airfields and in World War II the many airfields which dot the area helped to defend England. The plain sits at a height of approximately 50 metres above sea-level and what little drainage there is consists only of narrow brooks and ditches draining into, ultimately, the River Waveney to the north. The parish is small, as are many in this area, almost 1,400 acres but supporting over 400 parishioners. The parish is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book but there was history here, a monastery was founded here by Benedictines in the 11th century and flourished until Henry VIII's dissolution.


The Church

St Michael & St Felix' church lies a short distance north of the centre of Rumburgh and hides behind farm buildings from the main lane. The church was founded as the Benedictine Priory church and probably originally dates from the foundation as it has a largely Saxon form. The present building, however, largely dates from the mid 13th century e.g. 200 years later. The tower is the church's principal feature and is highly unusual in an area dominated by flint towers. The timber-boarded story and strange hipped roof are unique in this area. The church is accessed by a concrete farm-track which heads eastwards from the main lane about a quarter mile north of the main crossroads, this track gives way to the churchyard which lies to the south of it and is closely hemmed in by trees making for difficult photographic angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 20th November 1754 - 11th October 1792 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 141/D/1/4
 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
2 26th December 1792 - 19th November 1812 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 141/D/1/5 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
3 6th July 1813 - 11th December 1835 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 141/D/1/6 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 Fading of this register makes for the possibility of a few misreads


South Elmham All Saints
South Elmham All Saints
South Elmham St Michael
Ilketshall St Margaret
South Elmham St James
Ilketshall St Margaret
Spexhall St Peter
South Elmham St James
Wissett St Andrew
Spexhall St Peter
Wissett St Andrew

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 20/11/1754 Edward BARBER Single   Elizabeth DERBY Single  
2 29/04/1755 John DAVY Single   Abigail GOOCH Single  
3 15/05/1755 Samuel REYNOLDS Single   Avis READ Single  
4 24/10/1755 Samuel BEAR Single   Elizabeth OWENS Single  
5 28/10/1755 John FISK Single   Mary MOORE Single  
6 09/10/1757 Joseph BISHOP Single St Michael, South Elmham Margaret WOODS Single St Michael, South Elmham
7 15/05/1758 William NEWSON Widower   Easter ENGLISH Widow  
8 09/06/1758 Thomas COLE Single   Lydia ALDRICH Single  
9 12/06/1758 William HAYLOCK Widower   Hannah BAKER Single  
10 03/06/1759 Simon BAKER Single   Sarah GRICE Single Halesworth
11 05/08/1759 James BAXTER Single Bramfield Elizabeth GRAY Single  
12 07/04/1760 John STARNE Single   Esther ALLEN Single  
14 16/10/1760 John BEARRAWAY Single Weybread Elizabeth SALLOWS Single  
15 29/09/1761 John HAMANT Widower   Hannah SAMSON Widow  
16 09/12/1761 John COVEL Single   Elizabeth TANN Single  
17 02/03/1762 Samuel GREEN Single Denton, Norfolk Sarah DOWNING Single  
18 18/07/1762 Thomas CLARK Single   Mary SPINCK Single  
19 17/12/1762 John GIRLING Single All Saints, South Elmham Mary BAKER Single  
20 07/01/1763 Sampson FOYSTER Single   Deborah WARNER Single  
21 12/07/1763 Charles PAGE Single   Elizabeth THROWER Single  
22 14/11/1763 Samuel DAVY Single   Elizabeth REYNOLDS Single  
23 30/06/1764 Philip BUCK Widower Flixton Amy CROWFOOT Single  
24 27/09/1764 Thomas GOODWIN Single   Elizabeth ROWE Single  
25 26/11/1764 Robert WYATT Single St Peter, South Elmham Elizabeth FLATT Single  
26 17/07/1766 Thomas SPALDING Single Wissett Rachel TAYLOR Single  
27 28/07/1766 William CHIPPERFIELD Single   Elizabeth GOOCH Single  
28 04/11/1766 William PROCTOR Single Redenhall, Norfolk Susanna KING Single  
29 14/07/1767 Robert HAMMANT Single   Elizabeth MANFIELD Single  
30 12/10/1767 William ALDRICH Single   Mary WORNER Single  
31 01/05/1769 David DAVY Widower   Susanna FOYSTER Single  
32 31/10/1769 John DAVY Widower   Mary SEWELL Single  
33 08/01/1770 James HOLLAND Single   Ann RICHARDS Single  
34 22/01/1770 William PINKNEY Single   Prudence BAKER Single  
35 20/01/1771 Joseph MOUNSER Single   Ann EVESON Single  
36 21/05/1771 Charles BEVERLEY Single   Elizabeth BRIERTON Single  
37 31/10/1771 William ROWE Single   Sarah HOWLET Single  
38 10/11/1771 William KING Single   Mary DENNY Single  
39 10/01/1772 John TAYLOR Single   Ann FEAVER Single  
40 06/04/1772 William ALDISS Single Thorington Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
41 31/06/1772 John TEAREL Single Coddenham Lydia FEAVYR Single  
42 11/02/1773 Benjamin THOMPSON Widower   Ann COATES Single  
43 07/06/1773 William HALL Single   Lydia PINKNEY Single  
44 08/10/1774 Francis KING Single   Jemima EVERSON Single  
45 08/02/1775 James CHIPPERFIELD Single   Elizabeth ALDRICH Single  
46 04/09/1775 Robert IFE Single Yoxford Ruth TYE Single  
47 19/10/1775 Samuel SKOLDING Single   Sarah WRIGHT Single  
48 13/04/1776 Edward THROWER Widower   Sarah HACON    
49 27/05/1776 John REYNOLDS Single   Rachel GOOCH Single  
50 30/09/1777 Joseph BACON Single   Deborah DAVY Single  
51 01/06/1778 William PINKNEY Widower   Sarah TEY Single  
52 08/06/1778 Charles GOODWIN Single   Mary SOAMES Single  
53 07/07/1778 John WRIGHT Single   Sarah GRAYHAM Single  
54 02/04/1779 Rushmer HOWLETT Single   Mary SEWELL Single  
55 30/07/1779 Shadrach HUFFLETT Single   Amy HOWLETT Single  
56 02/11/1779 Edward STOCKDELL Widower   Mary ALGER Single  
57 15/11/1779 William WELTON Widower   Ann PAGE Single  
58 14/12/1779 Samuel REYNOLDS Single   Eve ROBERTS Single  
59 11/10/1780 Mark MITCHELS Single Wissett Mary CLARKE Single  
60 11/10/1780 Robert JENERY Single   Phillis MAYHEW Single  
61 13/11/1780 David NEWSON Single   Mary COTTON Single  
62 20/11/1781 Charles SEMANS Single   Mary BUNN Single  
63 03/12/1781 John BLOWERS Single   Elizabeth BRIANTON Single  
64 15/07/1782 Samuel REYNOLDS Widower   Sarah HADDINGHAM   Westhall
65 29/10/1782 William GARDINER Widower   Elizabeth SWAN Single  
66 16/10/1783 Thomas PRINGLESOME Widower Halesworth Elizabeth FISK Single  
67 23/11/1783 James MORLEY Widower   Sarah PARISH Widow  
68 14/04/1784 Robert SALLOWS Single   Mary REYNOLDS Single  
69 18/05/1784 Jonathan SEWELL Single Blyford Deborah DAY Single  
70 26/06/1784 William PINKNEY Widower   Barbara DENNY Widow  
71 22/10/1784 Benjamin HATCHER Single   Hannah PINKNEY Single  
72 09/11/1784 Jacob ALEXANDER Widower   Mary GRINLING Single  
73 01/02/1785 George HOWLETT Single   Sarah HILL Single  
74 05/07/1785 Robert BROWN Single   Martha GOODEN Single  
75 11/10/1785 Robert BAKER Single   Mary GATES Single  
76 19/12/1785 William HANSER Single   Mary REYNOLDS Single  
77 23/02/1786 Thomas BURY Single Homersfield Elizabeth GODFREY Single  
78 18/05/1786 Oliver KERRIDGE Single Darsham Deborah FOYSTER Single  
79 06/11/1786 Robert GOBBETT Single   Mary HANSER Single  
80 27/11/1788 Robert EMPSON Single   Martha KING Single  
81 05/01/1789 John PINKNEY Widower   Ann KING Single  
82 24/02/1789 William HOWARD Single St Michael, South Elmham Sarah HOLLAND Single St Michael, South Elmham
83 16/12/1789 James HARLOCK Single   Mary MUDDETT Single St Andrew, Ilketshall
84 24/02/1790 George SELF Widower   Dorcas STERNE Single  
85 13/07/1790 John HANSEY Single   Mary PLEASANTE Single  
86 29/07/1790 William FOYSTER Single   Sarah HADINGHAM Single  
87 10/08/1790 Robert REEDER Single   Mary DAVY Single  
88 15/08/1790 James ENGLISH Single   Susan HAYLOCK Single  
89 31/12/1790 Henry BRIGGS Single   Prudence BAKER Single  
90 07/11/1791 Thomas MARCH Single   Charlotte CATTERMOLE Single  
91 22/11/1791 William JAMES Single   Hannah NORMAN Single  
92 27/01/1792 Abraham FREESTONE Single St Michael, South Elmham Ann BEE Single St Michael, South Elmham
93 03/02/1792 William PINKNEY Single   Elizabeth PROCKTER Single  
94 03/04/1792 George BRYANT Single   Elizabeth CUTTS Single  
95 04/07/1792 William WILKINSON Single Linstead Magna Susanna SUMMONDS Single  
96 11/10/1792 William BRUNNING Single St Michael, South Elmham Jemima HARLOCK Single St Michael, South Elmham
1 26/12/1792 Samuel SKALES Single Shotesham All Saints, Norfolk Sarah KING Single St Michael, South Elmham
2 05/11/1793 Jonas JAY Single St Margaret, Ilketshall Mary PLUMBE Single St Michael, South Elmham
3 19/11/1793 John HARNSEY Widower   Ruth BUTTERS Single  
4 05/05/1794 Samuel HARNSEY Single   Amy TAYLOR Single  
5 06/02/1795 James HUNT Single   Hannah PINCKNEY Single  
6 27/10/1795 James ALDRED Single   Mary JUBY Single  
7 12/06/1797 Thomas CHIPPERFIELD Single   Elizabeth ROUS Single  
8 23/02/1798 Joseph HOWELL Single   Elizabeth HATCHER Single  
9 00/04/1798 William REYNOLDS Widower   Ruth HUNSER Widow  
10 04/06/1798 James KING Single   Sarah STANFORD Single  
11 05/11/1798 William FOYSTER Widower   Sarah WOOLNOUGH Single  
12 10/11/1798 Jonas KING Single   Sarah FOYSTER Single  
13 21/10/1799 James CHIPPERFIELD Single   Rebecca FISK Single  
14 04/12/1799 Thomas WILSON Single   Ann ALDRED Single  
15 03/02/1800 George ELLET Single   Susanna DAVY Single  
16 15/05/1800 William FRANCIS Single   Elizabeth NEVET Single  
17 23/11/1801 Robert BAKER Widower   Penelope POLLARD Single  
18 27/12/1802 William COOPER Single Tunstall Martha WARD Single  
19 26/07/1803 William SHORT Single   Mary CHIPPERFIELD Single  
20 04/09/1803 Daniel WOODS Single   Mary HURN Single  
21 17/11/1803 William WARD Widower Thelveton, Norfolk Ann FISK Single  
22 04/01/1804 Elijah BAKER Single   Elizabeth HANSEY Single  
23 07/02/1804 David DAVY Single   Ann BARBER Single  
24 28/03/1804 Christopher HATTEN Single   Jane DANIELS Single  
25 01/04/1804 George SELF Widower   Ann BALLS Widow  
26 30/07/1804 Joseph MOUSER Widower   Mary BENTFIELD Widow Westhall
27 25/12/1804 Francis CUTTS Widower   Elizabeth CHIPPERFIELD Single  
28 27/02/1805 James REYNOLDS Single   Rebecca HADDINGHAM Single  
29 07/04/1806 William NEWSON Single   Frances BEDINGFIELD Single  
30 20/11/1806 Robert STOCKDELL Single   Hannah BARBER Single  
31 10/10/1808 William HOWELL Single   Lydia HUNTLER Single  
32 13/10/1808 Daniel RUFFELS Single   Matilda SMITH Single  
33 27/10/1808 Henry ALGER Single   Keziah REYNOLDS Single  
34 13/04/1810 Jeremiah PIPE Single   Mary REYNOLDS Single  
35 05/06/1810 Samuel BAKER Single   Elizabeth CONSTANCE Single  
36 22/11/1810 Benjamin FIELD Single   Elizabeth Jane FISK Single  
37 16/12/1811 John SMITH Single   Mary Ann SELF Single  
38 23/06/1812 John BLEWERS Single   Elizabeth DUNFORD Single  
39 07/07/1812 David HOLLAND Single Horningtoft, Norfolk Sarah ALEXANDER Single  
40 14/07/1812 Mathusalem CATCHPOLE Single St Margaret, South Elmham Avice SALLOWS Single  
41 15/09/1812 James FISKE Single   Susan GREEN Single  
42 05/10/1812 William ALEXANDER Single   Mary Anne WELLS Single  
43 19/11/1812 Robert SALLOWS Widower   Mary Anne ALEXANDER Widow  
1 06/07/1813 Benjamin HALL Single   Sarah REDGRAVE Single  
2 19/01/1814 Charles COOK Single Wissett Mary GIRLING Single  
3 18/04/1814 Samuel MARTIN Single Holton By Halesworth Mary Ann ALEXANDER Single  
4 25/07/1814 William SADLER Widower   Mary SHORT Widow  
5 24/10/1814 Joseph HOWELL Widower   Mary JACKSON Single  
6 02/12/1814 Capon GROOM Single   Elizabeth POPPY Single All Saints, South Elmham
7 02/12/1814 William PAGE Single St Michael, South Elmham Elizabeth STANFORD Single  
8 24/02/1815 Thomas POPPY Single All Saints, South Elmham Lydia GROOM Single  
9 28/02/1815 John PEAK Single St Margaret, South Elmham Milicent FISKE Single  
10 25/07/1815 Benjamin MANNING Single   Mary Ann HORNSEY Single  
11 09/10/1815 Robert WOOLNOUGH Single St Lawrence, Ilketshall Molley ALGAR Single  
12 08/07/1816 John CABLE Single Saxmundham Elizabeth REYNOLDS Single  
13 19/08/1816 Abishai ALDRICH Single   Mary ALGAR Single  
14 11/10/1816 George GOLDSMITH Single Gorleston Elizabeth ALDOUS Single  
15 25/12/1816 James BURROWS Single   Hannah HANSER Single  
16 15/04/1817 James GARRUD Widower   Charlotte MARCH Widow  
17 13/10/1817 Thomas GARRUD Single   Martha LAWS Single  
18 14/10/1817 John JACKSON Single   Elizabeth PINKNEY Single  
19 16/03/1818 John RACKHAM Widower Wissett Elizabeth BRUNNING Widow  
20 13/05/1818 Robert REEDER Single   Maria CRISP Single  
21 16/02/1819 Simon DANIELS Widower   Mary GOODWIN Widow  
22 21/03/1819 Thomas PLAYFORD Widower   Lettalas SAVAGE Single  
23 27/07/1819 Christopher HARVEY Single   Rachel BAKER Single  
24 26/10/1819 Philip WRIGHT Single   Mary EDWARDS Single Fressingfield
25 09/12/1819 John GARDINER Single   Hannah HUNT Single  
26 28/02/1820 William CROSS Single   Sarah GOODWIN Single  
27 05/02/1821 James ROUS Single   Mary Ann EVERSON Single  
28 27/02/1821 William ROSE Single   Sarah NEWSON Single  
29 23/10/1821 Stephen REYNOLDS Single   Susanna HUNT Single  
30 12/11/1821 Henry RUMSBY Single   Lydia HAND Widow  
31 17/12/1821 Thomas CHAMBERLAIN Single   Rachel FISK Single  
32 06/02/1822 William HUNT Single   Mary Ann JACKSON Single  
33 10/10/1822 John MOSS Single Metfield Rebecca ALDOUS Single  
34 10/10/1822 James BALLS Single Withersdale Edith ALDOUS Single  
35 27/10/1823 Stephen SONES Single St Michael, South Elmham Sarah Ann KING Single  
36 30/10/1823 James HAYLOCK Single   Eliza CULLHAM Single  
37 04/11/1823 Samuel ROSE Single   Elizabeth GARROD Single  
38 06/11/1823 John PAGE Single   Harriet HANSER Single  
39 25/11/1823 William ALDRICH Single   Ann ELLIOTT Single  
40 10/12/1823 William CONSTANCE Single   Maria HUNT Single  
41 23/12/1823 John SHELDRAKE Single   Mary SMITH Single  
42 15/03/1824 James WHITING Single St Giles Cripplegate, City Of London Mary ALDOUS Single  
43 03/05/1824 Thomas BUCK Single Ditchingham, Norfolk Mary Anne PAGE Single  
44 25/11/1824 William BAYFORD Single Holbrook Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD Single  
45 27/06/1825 Stephen SUMMONS Single St Peter, South Elmham Elizabeth ROSE Single  
46 12/10/1825 Mark REARSOME Single Spexhall Phoebe CLEVELAND Single  
47 12/10/1826 James BAKER Single   Ann HAYLOCK Single  
48 27/10/1826 Samuel LUDBROOKE Single   Sarah FISKE Single  
49 10/11/1826 Robert CUTTS Single   Susan FISKE Single  
50 04/06/1827 William WARREN Widower   Susanna PINKNEY Widow  
51 12/10/1827 Randal ROOK Single Theberton Phoebe HANSER Single  
52 16/10/1827 William STOCKDALE Widower   Matilda ALDRICH Single  
53 09/11/1827 Joseph BISHOP Single St Andrew, Ilketshall Sarah PINKNEY Single  
54 14/11/1827 Robert BAKER Single   Mary REEDER Single  
55 11/01/1828 Isaac BUXTON Single St Mary, Bungay Maria THREDGIL Single  
56 21/04/1828 John WALKER Single Walpole Harriett ALDRICH Single  
57 26/05/1828 William Goodwin GREEN Single   Anna Maria BLOOMFIELD Single  
58 05/06/1828 William GARROD Single   Susan REYNOLDS Widow  
59 07/11/1828 James CLEAVLAND Single   Sarah SWANN Single  
60 22/12/1828 George WARD Single   Martha FOYSTER Single  
61 17/08/1829 John SALLOWS Single   Charlotte HUNT Single  
62 12/10/1829 Charles WOODS Single   Martha EASEY Widow  
63 29/11/1829 Edward GARRARD Single   Charlotte ROSE Single  
64 12/10/1830 Benjamin GOFF Widower   Hannah REYNOLDS Single  
65 12/10/1830 David PINKNEY Single   Avis REYNOLDS Single  
66 25/04/1831 Alfred KING Single   Elizabeth HUNT Single  
67 25/05/1831 Henry BRUNNING Single Wissett Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
68 17/10/1831 James ENGLISH Widower All Saints, South Elmham Frances GELLY Single  
69 29/03/1832 Garrould OLDRIN Single   Sarah THOMPSON Single  
70 09/04/1832 John ALDRICH Single   Eliza BLOWERS Single  
71 11/10/1832 James HAYLOCK Single St Margaret, South Elmham Rebecca SHORT Single  
72 14/11/1833 Henry REEDER Single   Maria HAYLOCK Single  
73 22/11/1833 William FISK Widower   Jane FREEMAN Single  
74 14/02/1834 George HANSEY Single   Hannah REYNOLDS Single  
75 09/05/1834 William LENNEY Single Beccles Harriett HOWLET Single  
76 01/10/1834 William HATTON Single   Emily Edwards WRIGHT Single  
77 06/11/1834 David Baker HANSEY Single   Elizabeth CABLE Widow  
78 28/01/1835 Hammond SMITH Single   Sarah ALDRED Single  
79 09/06/1835 Robert PINKNEY Single   Mary FAIRHEAD Single  
80 14/07/1835 Thomas MANSBRIDGE Single Portsea, Hampshire Rebecca SMITH Single  
82 16/11/1835 John ENGLISH Single   Ann CALTHORPE Single  
81 11/12/1835 Robert HUNT Single   Maria CADEY Single  

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