Shermanbury St Giles

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Shermanbury St Giles

The Parish

The parish of Shermanbury lies in central Sussex about 7 miles west of the growing town of Burgess Hill. Shermanbury is a rather linear settlement built along the A281 road which connects Horsham with Brighton. Shermanbury is bordered to the south by the course of the River Adur but spreads along the A281 to the north for almost a mile, even so the parish church sits a half mile east in the grounds of Shermanbury Place. Sitting in the Weald Shermanbury would undoubtedly have exploited the iron-rich sandstones as well as farming providing a staple to the economy, today all trace of those rural industries has gone. The Adur drains the parish southwards to reach the nearby English Channel through the port of Shoreham by Sea. Shermanbury is sited at around 10 metres above the sea in gently undulating terrain. Shermanbury parish was a small parish for its area, it covered around 2,000 acres and would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Shermanbury was held by one William of Braose, it was a very small place offering just a pair of ploughs.

The Church

St Giles' church, as already mentioned, lies over a half mile east of the A281 within the grounds of Shermanbury Place. The church is difficult to adequately date, Pevsner is not specific stating that the two significant restorations dominate, the first in 1710, the second in 1885. The walls he infers are mediaeval and others state 13th century with earlier origins implicated but all of the typical dating cues are missing. The wooden bell-turret and its spike are attractive features making for a pretty building in a very rural location. The church is only accessible on foot and two footpaths of a little over a half mile set out from the A281 a further access and slightly longer enters from the east off Frylands Lane. Within the churchyard St Giles is rather tightly enclosed to south and west by trees which take away some of the best viewing and photographic angles.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	11th October 1757 - 24th December 1812	West Sussex Record Office - Reference - Par167/1/1/3	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	6th April 1813 - 23rd April 1835	West Sussex Record Office - Reference - Par167/1/3/1	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

Cowfold St Peter	Cowfold St Peter	Cowfold St Peter
West Grinstead St George		Woodmancote St Peter
Henfield St Peter	Henfield St Peter	Henfield 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	11/10/1757	William	WOOD	Single	Cowfold	Mary	SKINNER	Widow
2	06/04/1758	Edmund	SAYERS	Single		Ann	CUMBER	Single	Cowfold
3	02/05/1758	John	MARCHANT	Widower		Dorcas	ALFREY	Single
	18/02/1759	Thomas	RICHARDSON		Woodmancote	Elizabeth	WICKHAM
	29/04/1759	William	AYLWARD		West Grinstead	Mary	HAYLER
	15/10/1759	Thomas	MILES	Single	Shoreham, Kent	Mary	EMMERY	Single
	19/02/1760	Richard	EWENS	Single		Jane	BURTINSHAW	Single
	21/05/1760	Edward	SAYERS	Single	Gatton, Surrey	Elizabeth	REEVE	Single
	08/02/1764	Jacob	BOURNE	Single	Bolney	Cassandra	SILSBY	Single
	24/04/1764	Matthew	PETERS	Single	Shipley	Elizabeth	BROAD	Single
	06/03/1765	Nicholas	BURTENSHAW	Single		Elizabeth	BURTENSHAW	Single
	27/05/1765	Edward	BERRY	Single	Bermondsey, Surrey	Mary	TOMSET	Single
	12/06/1765	Thomas	BURTENSHAW	Widower		Sarah	MARTIN	Single
	10/04/1766	John	BATLEY	Widower	West Grinstead	Mary	CHIPPS	Widow
	10/04/1766	William	DAVEY	Single	Bolney	Ann	WISDEN	Single
	22/12/1767	Stephen	JUPP	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Martha	GODLY	Single
	11/05/1769	William	WALDER	Single	Ashurst	Catherine	COOK	Single
	12/10/1769	Thomas	ANSCOMBE	Single	Nuthurst	Ann	KNIGHT	Single
	19/12/1769	John	BROWN	Single	Bolney	Mary	WALDER	Single
	16/04/1770	Richard	LANGRIDGE	Single	Henfield	Sarah	ALFREY	Single
	24/06/1770	Robert	STONER			Mary	HENNING	Single	Twineham
	13/11/1770	Henry	SAYERS	Single		Mary	WALNUT	Single
	03/12/1771	William	EDE	Single		Mary	HUES	Single	Henfield
	29/09/1772	Joseph	SILSBY	Widower	Henfield	Sarah	TOOTH	Single
	14/10/1772	Henry	PARSONS	Single	Slindon	Martha	SAYERS	Single
	12/01/1773	Henry	JUPP	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Mary	HEPNEY	Single
	13/12/1773	Richard	GOBLE	Single		Sarah	PEIRCE	Single	Cowfold
	30/06/1774	William	SHAVE	Single		Lucy	TOMSET	Single
	01/10/1775	John	FOWLER	Single	Woodmancote	Ann	READ	Single
	10/10/1775	William	ANSCOMBE	Single		Mary	SIMMONDS	Single
	22/09/1776	James	PARSONS	Single		Elizabeth	WARD	Single
	13/04/1777	Thomas	MOBSBY	Single	Cowfold	Ann	LEAPARD	Single
	18/08/1777	David	CHILD	Single		Mary	ATTREE	Single
	19/08/1777	Richard	TIDY	Widower		Hannah	BONIFACE	Single
	15/05/1778	Samuel	BANNISTER	Single		Sarah	WALDER	Single
	16/07/1779	John	MITCHELL	Single		Mary	SAYERS	Single
	16/07/1779	John	MITCHELL	Single		Mary	EWINS	Single
	10/10/1779	John	MITCHELL	Single		Ann	CHURCHER	Single
	12/05/1780	William	GOLDSMITH	Single	Dorking, Surrey	Ann	STEPNEY	Single
	12/06/1781	James	NICHOLAS	Single		Ann	COLLIER	Widow
	01/11/1781	Samuel	WALDER	Single		Mary	BURTENSHAW	Single
	05/06/1783	Henry	RICHARDSON	Single		Elizabeth	FIELD	Single
	29/09/1783	Peter	WEEKS	Single		Rachel	WHEELER	Single
	06/11/1783	Thomas	HARWOOD	Single	West Chiltington	Susanna	TURNER	Single
	27/04/1784	Stephen	JONES	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Ann	MARCHANT	Single
	24/05/1786	Charles	TURL	Single	West Grinstead	Sarah	MICHELL	Single
	07/11/1786	John	SNELLING	Single	Slinfold	Jane	MATHEWS	Single	West Grinstead
	08/04/1788	Henry	GANDER		Twineham	Tabitha	BATCHELOR	Single
	16/10/1788	Robert	SAXBY	Single	St Dunstan In The East, City Of London	Mary	WOOD	Single
	06/11/1788	James	MITCHELL	Single		Lucy	WOOD	Single
	28/05/1789	James	MOORE	Single	Twineham	Mary	DALE	Single
	15/10/1790	Henry	GRINFIELD			Sarah	KNIGHT
	08/01/1791	William	NICHOLAS	Single		Kitty	BURTENSHAW	Single
	12/02/1791	Thomas	JUPP	Single		Frances	BROOKER	Single
	24/02/1791	Benjamin	TERRY	Single	Twineham	Elizabeth	STONER	Single
	04/09/1791	Benjamin	CHATFIELD	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Ann	MATHEWS	Single
	22/09/1791	James	WARD	Single	Henfield	Sarah	MATHEWS	Single
	27/01/1792	Richard	FOWLER	Widower	Henfield	Elizabeth	BISHOP	Single
	02/05/1792	John	HOWELL	Single	Ditchling	Betty	ATTREE	Single
	17/05/1792	John	STANFORD	Single	West Grinstead	Phebe	STONE	Single
	26/08/1792	John	MARTEN	Widower		Catherine	BROWN	Single
	25/10/1792	George	MANSELL	Single	West Grinstead	Phillis	CHERRYMAN	Single
	30/10/1792	William	WHITEING	Single	Henfield	Elizabeth	DAWES	Single
	11/02/1793	Henry	STURT	Single		Jane	BURTENSHAW	Single
	09/10/1793	Philip	FIST	Single		Phoebe	EVERTON	Single
	28/11/1793	William	HAYBITTLE	Single		Frances	GODDARD	Single	Henfield
	30/08/1794	Michael	GODSMARK	Single	Twineham	Elizabeth	GLASSBROOK	Single
	26/10/1794	Peter	ROWLAND	Single	Ditchling	Ann	WOOD	Single
	21/04/1795	John	TIDEY	Single	Cowfold	Hester	SAYERS	Single
	27/04/1795	Thomas	GILHAM	Single	Bolney	Martha	SAYERS	Single
	17/09/1795	William	HODGES	Single	Henfield	Charlotte	FOWLER	Single
	17/10/1795	Stephen	SAYERS	Single		Ann	PEACOCK	Single
	01/12/1795	Thomas	WINTER	Single	Newtimber	Elizabeth	MOBSBY	Single
	10/01/1796	Thomas	STONER	Single	Horsham	Barbara	BUCKWELL	Single
	03/02/1796	John	BURTENSHAW	Single	Cowfold	Mary	BUCKMAN	Single
	20/06/1796	Richard	NEWMAN	Single		Sarah	CHERRYMAN	Single	Henfield
	04/09/1796	Daniel	ROWLAND	Single	Pulborough	Frances	WOOD	Single
	01/05/1797	John	SAYERS	Single		Ann	ANSCOMB	Single
	09/06/1797	Charles	PEACOCK	Single	Cowfold	Martha	HENTY	Single
	07/04/1798	John	DALE	Single	Henfield	Sarah	PARSONS	Single
	29/01/1799	Edmund	PRONGER	Single		Sarah	WARD	Single	Henfield
	05/02/1799	Richard	WOOD	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Elizabeth	TILLEY	Single
	12/05/1799	William	STEPNEY	Single	Ifield	Frances	SAYERS	Single
	25/10/1799	John	MITCHELL	Single		Martha	SILSBY	Single
	21/11/1799	Henry	MITCHELL	Single		Jane	MOBSBY	Single
	21/06/1801	James	FOICE	Single		Mary	MITCHELL	Single
	12/11/1801	Richard	STEDMAN	Single		Sarah	SAYERS	Single
	05/06/1802	William	DEWDNEY	Single		Mary	KNIGHT	Single
	22/06/1803	Jesse	GRATWICK	Single		Sarah	BLABER	Single
	14/11/1803	John	THRUSTON	Single		Harriett	DIGGENS	Single
	13/02/1804	John	WOOLGER	Single		Ann	NYE	Single
	06/04/1804	Thomas	KNIGHT	Single		Mildred	THOMPSET	Single
	14/04/1805	Benjamin	TERRY	Widower		Ann	LELLIETT	Widow
	16/04/1805	John	LELLIETT	Single		Ann	BANFIELD	Single
	20/01/1807	John	BOWLEY	Single		Mary	POLLARD	Single
	27/01/1807	Thomas	PARSONS	Single		Ann	LELLIETT	Single
	21/04/1807	William	FAULCONER	Single		Mary	WALDER	Single
	17/06/1807	William	NYE	Single		Elizabeth	PARSONS	Single
	20/01/1808	Thomas	WALDER	Single		Mary	FOWLER	Single
	20/02/1808	Charles	PEACOCK	Single	Woodmancote	Sarah	HARDS	Single
	22/03/1808	Stephen	HOLLANDS	Single		Ann	WALDER	Single
	12/10/1808	William	BURSTOW	Single		Jane	NEWNHAM	Single
	06/04/1809	William	SHEPHERD	Widower		Mary	MOBSBY	Single
	12/07/1809	John	WOOLVIN	Single		Betty	CLARK	Single
	12/10/1810	Charles	SILSBY	Single		Ann	PARSONS	Single
	07/05/1811	James	JENDEN	Single		Elizabeth	POLLARD	Single
	15/06/1811	John	WHITEING	Single	Bolney	Mary	MARTIN	Single
	24/12/1812	Felix	WEEKS	Single		Ann	BATEMAN	Single
1	06/04/1813	James	DEWDNEY	Single		Sarah	WELLING	Single
2	11/05/1814	John	HOLLOWAY	Single	Reculver, Kent	Sarah	HENTY	Single
3	19/05/1814	Richard	TURNER	Single	Hurstpierpoint	Sarah	WALDER	Single
4	27/05/1814	Thomas	BANFIELD	Single		Ann	GLASSBROOK	Single
5	06/02/1815	James	SILBY	Single		Martha	KENNARD		Woodmancote
6	16/05/1815	James	MATTHEWS	Single	Bolney	Mary	PEACOCK	Single
7	02/07/1815	James	BANFIELD	Single	Twineham	Lydia	GLASSBROOK	Single
8	21/03/1816	Henry	HOBDEN	Single		Mary	STURT	Single
9	09/12/1816	John	BALEY	Single		Ann	MARTIN	Single
10	14/12/1816	James	MACEY	Single		Sarah	BUNGER	Single
11	25/02/1817	William	MANSTRIDGE	Single		Sarah	NEEVE	Single
12	08/04/1817	John	STANFORD	Single		Elizabeth	MATTHEWS	Single
13	29/05/1817	Henry	NEWMAN	Single		Catharine	MATTHEWS	Single
14	11/10/1817	John	WELLER	Single	West Grinstead	Elizabeth	TIDEY	Single
15	06/04/1818	John	RHOADS	Single		Diana	WHEELER	Single
16	08/04/1818	William	KING	Single		Esther	SAYERS	Single
17	03/05/1818	Thomas	STURT	Single		Hannah	BACON	Single	West Grinstead
18	08/09/1818	Thomas	WOOLVEN	Single		Mary	SAYERS	Single	Cowfold
19	15/10/1818	Thomas	GILBERT	Single		Sarah	STURT	Single
20	17/11/1818	John	BANFIELD	Single		Elizabeth	MARTEN	Single
21	27/12/1819	William	LEE	Single		Jane	SILSBY	Single
22	29/09/1820	John	GANDER	Single	Twineham	Phoebe	GILLHAM	Single
23	03/04/1821	Thomas	STARLEY	Single		Caroline	SELSBY	Single
24	13/10/1821	John	DEAN	Single	Upper Beeding	Jane	WELLING	Single
25	06/01/1822	James	WOOD	Single	Twineham	Mary	TIDEY	Single
26	10/02/1822	Thomas	FAIRS	Single	Cowfold	Mary	JUPP	Single
27	17/03/1822	William	NEWNHAM	Single		Fanny	PARSONS	Single
28	07/04/1823	Henry	JENDEN	Single		Frances	HAYBITTLE	Single
29	09/10/1823	Thomas	PARSONS	Widower		Charlotte	BONIFACE	Single
30	12/08/1824	John	EDWARDS	Single	Bolney	Sarah	FOWLER	Single
31	27/12/1824	Edmund	PARSONS	Single	Cowfold	Sarah	TIDEY	Single
32	27/12/1824	Henry	FOWLER	Single		Ann	HARDS	Single
33	28/12/1824	Henry	FILLERY	Single		Mary	LEONARD	Single	West Grinstead
34	09/04/1825	John	BRISTOW		Horsham	Hannah	BONIFACE
35	03/06/1825	Jesse	MITCHELL	Single		Jane	NEWMAN	Single
36	22/08/1825	James	LASHMORE	Single		Sarah	GRINSTED	Single
37	25/05/1826	Peter	GRINSTED	Single	Henfield	Kitty	STURT	Single
38	24/04/1827	William	MOBSBY	Single		Mary	MITCHELL	Single
39	22/10/1827	Abel	MURRELL	Single		Eliza	MITCHELL	Single
40	23/10/1827	Richard	SHARP		Woodmancote	Ann	TURNER
41	24/11/1827	John	DAVEY	Widower		Elizabeth	GLAZEBROOK	Widow
42	27/05/1828	George	KNAPP	Single		Rebecca	WELLS	Single
43	08/11/1828	James	BOTTING	Single	Cuckfield	Jane	BANFIELD	Single
44	08/12/1829	William	BANFIELD	Single	Woodmancote	Ann	HEASMAN	Single
45	01/06/1830	Philip	DEWDNEY			Mary	MOBSBY
46	05/10/1830	James	MARTEN		Henfield	Harriett	GRINSTED
47	17/10/1831	Henry	WHEELER			Jane	MATHEWS
48	31/10/1832	Peter	TIDEY			Mary	WALDER
49	18/03/1834	John	BLAKE	Single		Ann	AGATE	Single	Warminghurst
50	23/04/1834	James	MITCHELL	Single	Twineham	Harriet	TINSLEY
51	25/11/1834	Peter	MATHEWS	Single		Sarah	ANSCOMB	Single
52	23/04/1835	Henry	CARTER	Single	Cowfold	Ann	EDE	Single

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