Burials 1771

The Rev^d Robert Harden, Rector of this Parish was buried

16 January

This duly worthy man was a Native of Somerset & was M.A. Fellow & some time Vice Principal of Hertford College Oxf^d & Rector of Evesbatch Herefordshire he died unmarried aged 56 years

Mary Daughter of W^m & Margaret Morgan was buried

12 December

Isabel Phillips was buried

12 December

W: Hayward Rector

Thomas Shipton

1772

James Smith was buried

25 January

Tho: Lord a child was buried

5 June

Tho: Hill of Hasfield was buried

17 May

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July 12^th 1773)

1773

Mr^s Marg^t Hill Wife of M^r Jos: Hill of Bromsberrow Court was buried

31 December

1774

Rich^d Son of M^r Joseph Hill & Marg^t his wife was buried

23 February

William Morgan of the Heath was buried

23 January

Ann Winniat was buried

12 July

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July 12^th 1774

1775

Isabel King was buried

5 January

Elizabeth Smith was buried

20 January

Edward Crocker was buried

2 February

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July 14^th

1776

William Weaver was buried

10 December

Joseph Son of Sarah Smith Widow was buried

14 June

Ann Daughter of Tho^s & Ann Hankins was buried

12 September

William Lane was buried

1 November

Mr^s Mary Baker from Russel’s End was buried

6 November

Sam^l Birchling a child was buried

7 December

Sarah King was buried

13 December

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June 26^th

1777

Mary Hooper was buried

6 March

Tho^s Son of James & Mary Hooper

11 March

John Taylor from Red Marly D’abitot was buried

15 June

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July 1^st

1778

Thomas Brewer was buried

3 May

Eliz: Turner a child was buried

1 September

Jane Wife of Rich^d White of the Psh of Red Marly in the County of Worcester was buried here

18 November

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Aug^st 7^th

1779

Mr^s Deborah Brooke Wife of M^r Rich^d Brooke of Russells End was buried She was Daughter of Robert Dobyns Gentⁿ of Ridmarley æts 61[?]

2 [?] May

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May 14

1780

Thomas Hill Grubb was buried

24 February

Mary Ann Daughter of Tho^s & Ann Hankins of the Heath was buried

28 February

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June 26

1781

Joseph Baldwin was buried

18 March

Tho^s Son of Joseph & Mary Harbor was bur^d

12 August

Ann daughter of Nathaniel Russell (a servant of R.G.D. Yate Esq^r) and of Elizabeth his wife was buried

12 September

1782

Elizabeth wife of Joseph Philips Yeoman, formerly of Tony’s Farm died of an ague in her 70^th yr at Hartpury & was buried here

7 March

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June 21^st

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate Rectr

Burials 1783

John Coldrake Labourer was buried
NB. He was found dead on Tuesday the 31st of December, with his head in a stream near the kennell of R^t G^s Dobyns-Yate Esqr: it was supposed that he fell in by accident & from his age (being near 70 years old) & infirmities, was unable to extricate himself & perished by the inclemency of the weather. The Coroner’s Inquest sat on the body & the jury brought in their verdict unanimously, accidental death.

3 January

Anna-Maria daughter of Robert-Gorges Dobyns-Yate Esq^r of Bromsberrow-Place died May the 3^d of a gradual decline occasioned by an obstruction in the glands & was buried by the Rev^d John Morton A.M. Rector of Ridmarley

5 May

John Phillips Carpenter from Pendock (descended of Parents who formerly rented Toney-Farm in this Parish) died of a mortification in his leg at the age of 70 years & was buried here

9 June

NB. The Transcript delivered in at the primary Visitation of Bishop Hallifax  to Newnham on 26^th June

John Hill Labourer of Norburys Tenement died of an Ague Aged 50 years & was buried here

30 June

Anne widow of M^r John Hill of Donnington & daughter of the late Richard Brooke Gentleman of Russell’s End in this Parish, died at Donnington aged seventy years & was buried here (by her particular desire, near the body of her Grand-father the Rev^d Richard Eaton Sen^r formerly Rector)

21 July

John infant son of William Turner of Bromsberrow-Heath and of Margaret his wife was buried by y^e Rev^d J Jenkins

19 August

Mem: In October an Act took place granting to his Majesty a stamp duty on the Registry of Burials, Marriages & Christenings, where to avoid the expence of New Register Books, the Rector with the concurrence of the Parish took out a licence from the Stamp-Office to write the usual entries in the present Books having privately executed a Bond to account annually, & when called upon, for the moneys received for this tax.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

William M: Gibbs, Churchwarden

1783 continued

Mary infant daughter of William Baghott Labourer of the Parish of Pendock in the County of Worcester & of Susanna his wife (daughter of Joseph Devereux of this Parish) died at the Poor’s-House & was buried

22 October

Mary infant daughter of the late Joseph Baldwin Labourer of this Parish & of Anne his wife (now married to John Devereux of Eastnor) died at the Poor’s-House & was buried

24 October

Mem: The Act does not require any stamp duty, where the Party resides in an Alms’ or Charity-House or receives relief from the Parish.

John-Jacob the son of M^r Jacob Vertegins of the Lower-Brookend Farm & of Judith his wife was buried aged two years & two months

23 November

1784

Richard Robertson the Blacksmith died of a consumption the 3^d of February aged 33 years & was buried

5 February

M^r Richard White Tenant of the Sear Farm in Ridmarley, descended from a family connected with this Parish was by his request, buried here by the Rev^d John Morton, aged 78 years

2 April

John Salcombe Labourer of the Parish of Pauntley was buried here aged about forty years. He died of the small pox (caught in the natural way) at the Dickhouse where he was placed to be under the care of the Overseer

31 May

M^r Henry Taylor from the parish of Much Marcle, Herefordshire was by his own request buried here was buried here (near the body of his late Brother Abel Taylor) aged 70 yrs

3 June

N.B. The Transcript was delivered in at Newnham June the 15^th at a Visitation held by the Rev^d Charles Sandiford A.M. Vicar of Awre & others Commisaries appointed by the Hon^ble Very Rev^d & Worshipful John harley D.D. Dean of Windsor & Arch-Deacon of the Hereford Archdeaconry &c

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Josiah Tibbatts, Church-Warden

1784 continued

Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Robert Dobyns-Yate Esq: & of Elizabeth his wife, died of the natural small pox June the 15th & was buried by the Rev^d John Morton (she was born at Hereford August the first 1764)

17 June

Elizabeth Lane Widow of the late William Lane Labourer died of the natural small pox June the 16^th aged about 69[?] years & was buried by the Rev^d John Howe A.B. Scholar of University College, Oxford

17 June

Mary Symonds, widow of the late William Symonds, Labourer of Alford’s Tenement was buried, aged ninety one years

3 October

Thomas Sandy the younger (eldest son of M^r Thomas Sandy of this Parish, a Freeholder of the County) died of a lingering disorder for which he was twice admitted into the Gloucester Infirmary without success & was buried, aged 27 years

4 November

M^r Joseph Phillipps formerly Tenant of Tonys’ Farm was brought here from Hartpury & buried in his 84^th year. His death was occasioned by a kick from a Mare, which broke his leg.

7 November

Elizabeth widow of John Hill Labourer & daughter of the above-mentioned M^r Joseph Phillipps died of the natural small-pox Nov^r the 23^rd & was buried aged 36 years

25 November

Mem: On Dec^r 9^th the Rector settled with the Collector of the Stamp-duties at Glocester for one year’s Register tax ending on October the first.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Josiah Tibbatts, Churchwarden

1785

Mary infant daughter of George Webb Labourer of Norburys Tenement & of Mary his wife was bur^d

2 January

Anne wife of M^r William Gibbs of Little Lintridge in Dimmock & Tenant of the Fairfields in this Parish died Jan^y the 24^th in her 63^d year & was buried here. She was of the family of Brewer of Evesbatch, Herfordshire.

27 January

M^r Benjamin Fisher formerly Tenant of the Upper-Brookend Farm in this Parish, died at Dimmock Feby the 5^th in his 84^th year & was buried here

8 February

William Barksdale, Carpenter of Bromsberrow Heath (son of the late Clement Barksdale & Sarah his wife now married to Richard Shaile) died of consumption February the 15^th & was buried, aged 25 years [This was a family of great credit in this County formerly: Charlton Barksdale great Grandfather to the above William, having the Benefices of Hawling, Brockhampton & Sevenhampton & Clement Barksdale another of his Ancestors being Author of several ingenious treatises & presented by King Charles 2^d to the valuable Rectory of Naunton for the loyalty of his principles.)

18 February

M^r Thomas Hankins of the Heath & Tenant of the Upper Brookend Farm in this Parish, died of a malignant fever on April 10^th aged 62 years & was buried

13 April

M^r Thomas Hill of Little Lintridge in Dimmock formerly Tenant of Bromsberrow-Court Farm died April 23^d in his 90^th year & was buried

25 April

Bridget wife of M^r Tho^s Sandy of Halls died of an inflammation in her bowels aged 51 & was buried by the Rev^d Jenkin Jenkins, Rector of Donnington & Vicar of Preston

28 May

Robert-Gorges Dobyns-Yate Esq^r, Lord of the Manor & Patron of this Church, died of a gouty disorder May 26th aged 33 years & was buried by the Rev^d John Howe

31 May

Homo totiens moritur, quotiens amittit suos. vat: scat:
[A person dies as often as he loses his loved ones.” Publilius Syrus Sententiae]

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Josiah Tibbatts, Churchwarden

1785 continued

The Transcript was delivered in at Newnham at the Visitation of the Hon^le & Rev^d John Hartley D.D. &c &c on June the twenty-second

Richard Brooke Gentleman of Russell’s End, descended of a family of great antiquity in this Parish died July 12^th in his 80^th year & was buried

Mem: he was the eldest son of the late Richard Brooke Gent: & Alice his wife, daughter of the Rev^d Richard Eaton, formerly Rector

15 July

Anne White, eldest daughter of John White Labourer of this Parish, died at Gold-Hill in Eastnor (where she lived in the service of Tho^s Howe Gent:) of a malignant Fever, aged 22 years & was buried

10 September

Jacob infant son of M^r Jacob Vertegans Tenant of the Lower Brookend Farm and of Judith his wife was buried

23 September

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Tho^s Shipton, Churchwarden

1786

Samuel Knight Labourer died of an asthmatic complaint aged seventy years & was buried

13 March

Joseph Stone possess’d of a small freehold estate near Bromsberrow-Heath died of a dropsical disorder aged seventy years and was buried

21 April

John Coundley alias Cowley a Protestant Dissenter (a blind man who received relief from the charitable institution founded by M^r Stock in London) was buried in his eighty-sixth year

8 June

Mem: The Transcript as deliver’d in at the first triennial Visitation of the R^t Rev^d Samuel Lord Bishop of Gloucester, at Newnham on Friday the twenty-third.

Mem. On Sept^r 26^th the Rector settled with the Collector of the Stamp-duties for one years tax on the register ending October 1^st 1785 & on Dec^r 16^th he again settled the last year’s duty ending Oct^r 1^st 1786.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

John Smith, Churchwarden

1787

Elizabeth wife of Rich^d Cale of Ridmarley was buried by the Rev^d Jenkin Jenkins

7 March

Anne Baldwyn daughter of the late Joseph Baldwyn of Ridmarley, a Parish Apprentice at Russell’s End Farm was buried by the Rev^d Michael Cowles

10 May

Mem. William Woodward having held the office of Parish Clerk near thirty two years & requesting to be reles’d from it, on account of his advanc’d age & infirmities, the Rector, on the third of June, appointed Richard Shaile to succeed him, a a person duly qualified.

Samuel son of John Smith Tenant of Tonys & the Leasowes Farms died of a decline June the 19th & was buried aged twenty six years

20 June

The transcript was deliver’d in at the Arch-Deacon’s Visitation at Newnham on July the tenth this year.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

The Mark of Thomas Jones, Churchwarden

1788

M^r John Smith Tenant of Tonys & the Leasowes Farms died February the tenth in his sixtieth year was buried

13 February

Mem: May 30^th The Rector paid the tax on the Register-Book for one year ending October the 1^st 1787

The Transcript was deliver’d in at Newnham on the first day of August, being the primary Visitation of James Jones D.D. Archdeacon of Hereford.

M^r William Gibbs Tenant of Fairfields & of Little Lintridge in Dymock was buried aged seventy five years

9 September

Thomas infant son of Thomas & Elizabeth Thackway of the round-Hill Tenement was buried

28 November

Thomas infant son of Thomas Lucy Labourer & of Sarah his wife was buried

14 December

Hannah wife of Richard Child of Bromsberrow-Heath (in Dymock) Labourer was buried aged about eighty years

26 December

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

1789

William Phillips a Taylor was drown’d in a pond near Bromsberrow-Heath by accident & was buried by virtue of a warrant from the Coroner aged 76

18 February

Elizabeth Taylor Widow from the Sear Farm in Ridmarley was buried here aged eight nine years

15 May

M^r William Hill from Little Lintridge Dymock son of M^r Thomas Hill formerly Tenant of Bromsberrow Court Farm was buried by authority from the Coroner aged sixty seven years

27 May

Sarah Smith Widow of William Smith was buried aged sixty eight years

22 June

Mem: The Transcript was deliver’d in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation at Newnham on August the eleventh.

Edward Clements, an infant, illegitimate Son of Sarah Devereux was buried

30 August

Annabella-Christiana eldest daughter of the late Robert Gorges Dobyns-Yate & of Annabella-Christiana his Wife died of a pleuritic fever October the second & was buried by the Rev^d John Howe Rector of Ridmarley

8 October

Register Tax settled to Ocotb^r 1^st

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

W^m Brooke, Churchwarden

1790

M^r James Gibbs died of a gradual decline at Little Lintridge in Dimmock & was buried aged 24 years. He was the youngest son of M^r William Gibbs deceas’d & rented the Fairfield in this parish.

23 February

Mem: The Transcript was deliver’d in at the primary Visitation of the R^t Rev^d Richard Lord Bishop of Gloucester, at Newnham on July the thirteenth.