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

 

The Parish

The parish of Rous Lench lies in eastern Worcestershire just a short distance from the border with neighbouring Warwickshire. Rous Lench is located about 7 miles north of the market town of Evesham. Rous Lench is a small village which sits, in lanes, about 2 miles south of the A422 road which connects Worcester with the small Warwickshire market town of Alcester. The village name comes from the Rous family who held the parish from 1382 until 1721. Much of Rous Lench's economy was underpinned by pastoral farming with the area characterised by small pastures in a classic landscape often depicted as "hunting country". Today Rouse Lench remains something of a backwater being a relatively isolated rural community off the "beaten-track". Rous Lench is drained by the Whitsun Brook which heads off southwest to shortly join the Avon and thence the Severn eventually reaching the sea through the Bristol Channel. Rous Lench is sited at around 70 metres above the sea in what is relatively gently undulating countryside, local heights rise only a further 10 metres at Goom's Hill. Rous Lench parish was fairly typically sized for its area, it covered just over 1,400 acres and would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Rous Lench was fairly affluent, held by the Bishops of Worcester it could offer 9 ploughs, meadows and a mill.


The Church

St Peter's church sits at the hart of Rous Lench on the eastern side of the main lane running through the village and sits by the moated site of the former seat of the Rous family. Much of St Peter is ancient and Norman Romanesque in style. The nave, northern aisle & chancel as well as both northern and southern doorways show extensive 12th century styles despite late modifications. The relief of Christ gibing blessing has documentary evidence dating it the 1140s. The chancel was rebuilt and extended during the 13th century and the western window of the nave replaced during the 14th but little else changed until Victorian times. The restoration of the 1880s replaced the a timber bell turret with today's bellcote, replaced the chancel arch and added a Neo-Norman mortuary. St Peter is well screened from the road by trees, a small pull-in allows parking by the gateway to the churchyard. Once through those trees the churchyard is relatively open if small making for a straightforward photographic project.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 12th November 1754 - 3rd June 1811 Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service - The Hive - Reference - 850ROUSLENCH/10631/1/ii
 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with X entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads A large ink stain throughout the register impacts the top entry of each page making some data illegible
2 18th April 1814 - 1st November 1836 Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service - The Hive - Reference - 850ROUSLENCH/10631/1/v Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Kington St James
Inkberrow St Peter
Inkberrow St Peter
Abbots Morton St Peter
Kington St James
Abberton St Edburga
Abbots Morton St Peter
Abberton St Edburga
Church Lench All Saints
Church Lench All Saints

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 12/11/1754 Charles HILL Single   Sybylla DESON Single  
2 03/12/1754 William DOUDING Single   Elizabeth ROBERTS Single  
3 05/12/1754 William BIGNIL Widower   Elizabeth HEMING Widow  
4 11/10/1755 John HARBOUR Single   Mary DASON Single  
5 08/11/1755 John PRATT Single   Sarah HEMMING Single  
6 08/01/1756 Thomas PUGH Single   Anne MARSHALL Single Salford Priors, Warwickshire
7 02/02/1757 Thomas HUNT Widower Oldberrow Sarah YARNHOLD Single  
8 24/04/1757 Stephen WESTON   Cropthorne Elizabeth DESON Single  
9 11/10/1757 Henry CHAIR Single Bidford, Warwickshire Katherine HUNT Single  
10 28/09/1758 John HARBOUR Single   Mary DUFFY Single  
11 15/06/1761 John PULLEY Widower   Martha HATSON Single Abberton
12 01/10/1761 Richard HUNT Single   Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
13 01/10/1761 Samuel BENTON Single   Elizabeth HAY Single  
14 21/02/1762 Moses HUBAND   Bengeworth Mary WILLIAMS Single  
15 04/12/1762 William TARPLEE Single   Mary BURFORD Single  
16 06/04/1763 Thomas HEMMING Single   Mary BEST Single  
17 17/10/1765 Robert PAINTER Widower   Mary BUNN Single  
18 19/10/1765 William STANLEY Single   Elizabeth TAYLOR Single  
19 01/09/1766 John PRIDE Single   Susannah CLARE Widow Abberton
20 08/12/1766 James KINSHIN Widower   Mary HUNT Widow  
21 12/10/1767 John BISHOP Single   Hannah MOOR Single  
24/02/1768 George KING   Abberton Elizabeth SALE Single  
26/05/1768 George BOONE Single   Elizabeth DORLING Single  
26/12/1769 William DOWDING Single   Hannah HILL Widow  
33 09/04/1774 John DAVY   Inkberrow Elinor FRIER Single  
34 30/07/1774 Stephen DONNE Single   Esther BRADLEY Widow  
35 04/10/1774 William ROULASON Single   Elizabeth CHANCE Single  
36 06/12/1774 William HYDE Single   Mary HURSEL Single  
37 30/10/1775 John JONES Single   Mary ANDREWS Single  
38 09/12/1777 Samuel LUNN Single Warndon Susanna MORETON Single  
39 20/12/1777 Matthew SMITH Single   Ann PULLAY Single  
40 23/11/1778 John TOVEY Single   Elizabeth LANE Single  
41 04/02/1779 Thomas NEWMAN Widower   Elizabeth MARTIN    
42 16/10/1779 John YEEND Single   Mary BIGNELL Single  
43 16/10/1779 Richard BUNN Single   Elizabeth CLARKE    
44 10/11/1780 William BLUNDEL Single   Sophia GANESTON Single  
45 31/12/1780 Thomas DAVIS Widower   Ann MARCHAL Single  
46 04/12/1781 John HARRIS Single Norton Mary MASTERS Single  
47 23/02/1782 Joseph HUGHES     Mary HARBER    
48 20/04/1782 Thomas WRIGHT Single Harvington Mary WYNNEAT Single  
49 10/10/1782 William WOODWARD Single   Hannah YOUNG Single  
50 11/10/1782 John LASON Single   Elizabeth BROMLEY Single Inkberrow
61 29/10/1782 Thomas MARTIN Single   Mary CHECKETTS Single  
1 22/11/1783 William WRIGHT Single   Mary ROGERS Single  
2 21/05/1784 John BUN Single   Elizabeth WINNET Single  
2 14/10/1784 Henry COLLINS Single   Mary HARRIS Single  
18/05/1785 Joseph FORTNAM Single Inkberrow Jane HUNT Single  
1 17/10/1786 Richard MACE   Besford Elizabeth DOWDING    
2 21/12/1786 Joseph PARTINGTON Single   Phillippa HOPKINS Widow  
1 14/01/1788 Thomas BRISTOW Single   Ann BAKER Single  
2 23/10/1788 John TANDY Single   Lydia BRISTOW Single  
06/08/1789 Thomas HEMMING     Mary BRISTOW    
12/09/1789 Timothy MUNSLOW Single   Winney BROADSHAW Single  
13/10/1791 William COX Single Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire Sarah FREEMAN    
04/12/1792 John BELCHER     Elizabeth MILLS    
22/10/1793 William BURFORD Single   Mary THORNBURY Single  
57 02/03/1796 James BILCLOCK     Sarah GILBERT    
58 29/12/1796 John YOUNG Single St Helen, Worcester Fanny BRISTOW    
59 02/11/1797 William GANDERTON Single   Mary MILLARD Single Mickleton, Gloucestershire
60 11/09/1798 John HOWEL Single   Mary BIGNEL Single  
61 17/10/1798 John HAY Single   Mary CARE Single  
62 07/11/1799 William JONES Single   Elisabeth BROOM Widow  
63 12/11/1799 William STANLEY Single   Sarah HARRIS Single  
64 24/12/1801 Thomas ANGEL   Church Lench Mary GILBERT Single  
1 01/11/1802 William HAWKS Single   Ann DAVIS Single  
02/12/1802 George WILLIS Widower Abbots Morton Elizabeth BUN Single  
07/10/1803 Thomas WRIGHT Single   Mary LOYD    
19/12/1803 Samuel HEMING Single   Nancy HEMING Widow  
20/12/1803 Richard PERRIN Widower Naunton Beauchamp Mary DAVIS Single  
26/12/1803 George KINGS     Mary DONES Widow  
12/11/1804 Richard STANLEY Single   Hannah STAIT Single  
02/05/1805 William BARLEY Single Abberton Elizabeth GILBERT Single  
15/09/1806 James LLOYD     Lucy DAVIS    
04/05/1807 Thomas WINCOMBE   Hanbury Fanny MILLS    
19/10/1807 Isaac KINGS   Wick Mary WRIGHT   Church Lench
07/07/1808 Arnell BARLEY Single Abbots Morton Sophia GILBERT Single  
19/12/1808 Thomas HEMMING Widower   Mary ALDINGTON Widow  
19/06/1809 Thomas COLLETT   Evesham Mary HYDE    
16/10/1809 William COLLETT   Arrow, Warwickshire Phoebe VINER    
18/10/1809 William Tilley DIXON Single Bromsgrove Mary LANE Single  
06/03/1810 Robert MILES   Norton Lydia BUNN    
03/05/1810 William GOFF     Mary HUNT    
31/07/1810 William HUNT   Bishampton Ann ROBINS    
17/12/1810 James TAYLOR     Ann WRIGHT    
03/06/1811 William WOODWARD     Mary OWEN    
4 18/04/1814 John COLLINS Single   Elizabeth HOUGHTON Single  
7 02/02/1815 William SMITH Single   Ann PENN Single  
8 01/06/1815 Mark OSBORNE Single   Elizabeth COLLINS Single  
9 15/06/1815 Thomas CALLOW Single Church Lench Ann YEEND Single  
10 04/07/1815 William WRIGHT Single   Frances STANFORD Widow  
11 10/10/1815 Moses BLAKE Single Inkberrow Mary HARRIS Single  
13 20/12/1816 John TANDY   Fladbury Sarah LANE    
14 09/01/1817 William GILBERT     Betty LANE    
15 05/05/1817 William HARMAN   Feckenham Ann LANE    
16 10/08/1817 William WILLIS Single Birlingham Fanny LEASON Single  
17 28/03/1818 William HUNT Single   Sarah FREEMAN Single  
18 02/02/1819 William WILLIAMS Single   Sarah HEMMING Single  
19 09/07/1821 William BARFORD Single Abbots Morton Elizabeth OSBORNE Single  
20 17/12/1822 William MASON Single   Sarah WRIGHT Single  
21 13/01/1823 Benjamin LANE Single   Anne TANDY Single Fladbury
22 03/03/1823 John COOK Single Feckenham Ursula WRIGHT Single  
23 19/05/1823 Henry IZARD Single   Anne FRIER Single  
24 30/12/1823 Thomas PHILLIPS Single   Mary GOUGH Widow  
25 25/01/1824 William LEWIS Single Severn Stoke Hannah BERRY Single  
26 28/07/1824 Edward TONGUE Single   Anne DAVIES Widow  
27 27/06/1825 Richard PARDER Widower   Sarah LAMBLEY Single  
28 20/10/1825 Robert WILKINS Single   Mary FRYER Single  
29 07/11/1825 William WILLIS Widower   Sarah TONGUE Single  
30 17/04/1826 William STEVENSON Widower Cropthorne Mary DAY Single  
31 29/08/1826 William STANLEY Single   Eleanor FRYER Single  
32 26/05/1827 William GIBBS Single Willersey, Gloucestershire Elizabeth YEND Single  
33 29/09/1827 Robert HUNT Widower Inkberrow Maria LANE Single  
34 08/11/1827 Richard COLLETT Single   Elizabeth STANLEY Single  
36 24/11/1827 Joseph REEVE Single Salford Priors, Warwickshire Mary HOWELL Single  
37 23/10/1828 Francis BUNN Single   Anne PORTER Single  
38 23/09/1829 John LAMBLEY Single   Anne LOYD Single  
39 27/01/1830 Thomas MILLWARD Single   Elizabeth WRIGHT Single  
40 11/09/1830 John BLUCK Single Grafton Flyford Emma SPICER Single  
41 06/11/1830 John HUNTING Single   Fanny WRIGHT Single  
42 30/11/1831 John BAKER Single   Esther RUTTER Single  
43 14/11/1832 Thomas LOYD Single   Anne STANLEY Single  
44 30/01/1833 Richard HEMMING Single   Hannah STANLEY Single  
45 01/05/1833 William STANLEY Single   Elizabeth HOWELL Single  
46 29/09/1833 Job COX Single   Mary DOWDING Single  
47 10/03/1834 Joseph SOLLIS Single   Elizabeth GOUGH Single  
48 20/03/1834 Thomas MANSELL Single   Emmy BUNN Single  
49 14/04/1834 Charles BULL Single   Sarah GOUGH Single  
50 24/12/1834 William UNION Single Inkberrow Sarah SPICER Single  
51 24/10/1835 Thomas LLOYD Widower   Anne BROOKS Single  
52 15/10/1836 Daniel FIELD Single   Hannah STANFORD Single  
53 01/11/1836 John FRYER Single   Alley SPIERS Single  

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