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"An account of all the inhabitants of the Parish of Croydon
in the County of Cambridgeshire commencing from 1 January 1843"

by
Rev Francis Fulford 1803-1868
Rector at Croydon 1841-1845

Additional notes by Reverend R S B Sandilands, Rector 1845-1848
Commentary by David Ellison | Online edition by Steve Odell

Explanatory Notes

This is the annotated text of the "Speculum Gregis" pages 1 to 29 inclusive. This annotated version includes additional background material, family research contributions, excerpts from the 1841 census, and some related photographs.

The wording used in both versions is a distillation of three separate transcriptions of the original hand-written text. Where the texts differed, I have followed the majority unless historical evidence suggests I should do otherwise.

In the pages of the original "Speculum Gregis", two handwritings are apparent, that of Francis Fulford (entries from 1843 to 1845) and that of his successor, the Rev Sandilands (entries from 1845 to 1848). The notes by the Rev Sandilands have been shown in this online edition as RSBS: (dark blue text within round brackets) and sometimes identified as a later entry. Fulford generally devoted one page to each family; and I have retained his page numbers as serials for the entries. Crossings out are as in the original document. Information, notes and commentary additional to the original "Speculum Gregis" texts are shown in [grey italic in square brackets].

A national Census was taken on the 6 June 1841, three weeks before Fulford's arrival in Cambridgeshire and eighteen months before the "Speculum Gregis" was started. Details from the Croydon-cum-Clopton census have been added to page entries where appropriate. Note that the ages of adults were generally rounded to the nearest five years by the census enumerator and therefore they should not be taken as a reliable indication of age. The enumerator also reported that 26 Croydon labourers were "having left the district for the hay harvest in the neighbourhood of London", which would explain the absence of a number of the known heads of households.

Page 1

I have begun the list at the Arrington End and then gone straight up the road.
Richard Carter
Formerly kept the "Carpenter's Arms" [also known as the "Axe and Compasses"], has been in penury difficulties - is a carpenter - and now lives in the Yard adjoining the "Queen Adelaide" Public House; his wife is sister to Mrs Thomas Larkins. He has three daughters and two [one?] son[s].

[1841 Census: Richard Carter (aged 40), wheelwright, wife Eliza Carter (35), children Cathrine Carter (14), George Carter (11), Jane Carter (8) and Rebecca (6).]

"Axe and Compasses" c1905
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"Carpenter's Arms" [/"Axe and Compasses]
Samuel Bartel and Mary his wife
They have been keeping the public house for about one year. He wants to get a licence from the Magistrates - but failed this year (1845) [1843] owing to an informality in his notices. I refused to sign his petition this year - and should do so again - as a girl, his servant, complained to me of his improper treatment of her, and his character entre nous is notorious in that line. His wife is a dawdle, and his children unruly.

[1841 Census: Samuel Bartell (aged 30), agricultural labourer, wife Mary Bartell (30), James Bartell (9), Samuel Bartell (4), Thomas Bartell (2) and Sarah Bartell (6 months).]

[James Bartle dismissed from Sunday School. "Entered the School January 1843 aged 11 years. He attended very irregularly, was idle and very disorderly and was dismissed by me May 1845" - Rev Francis Fulford.]

[Samuel Bartle had taken part in the 1832 Croydon Riot and was sentenced to three month's imprisonment]

[Alternative local spellings: Bartel, Bartell and Bartle.]

Page 2

Near the "Carpenter's Arms" or "Axe and Compasses"
James and Jane Thacker
Aged people, can both read. He attends Croydon Church: she says she attends Wendy Church, having long been used to it. She is mother by her first husband (Titmus) to William, John and James Titmus, Jane Chapman (Jonathan's wife) and Mary Blowes. He has child by her first husband by a former wife, Martha Spencer, and William Thacker (page 16).

[1841 Census: James Thatcher (aged 45), agricultural labourer, wife Jane Thatcher (45), and James Titmus (20). At the time of the census Richard Hagger (40) was also living here.]

Lives in the same house
James and Elizabeth Titmus
Can both read. She was a servant living at Mrs George's. They were married in Croydon Church on 14 October 1842. They have one infant.

[Local records use both Titmus and Titmarsh as the family name]

RSBS: (Richard Hagger, aged and disabled in one hand, brother to John Hagger, has his meals here but sleeps at John and Sarah [Pedley].)

I believe..................

Page 3

The next house toward the village.
William and Anne Pearce
Both can read. He works for Mr Merry.
1. William Pearce, aged 14. In the Sunday School.
2. Isaac Pearce, aged 12. Can read.
Both christened at Croydon Church. I was obliged to turn Isaac out of the Sunday School, he was so unruly and turbulent. William is the same at times.
There are also some daughters older than the two sons. Lydia, aged about 19, was married in Croydon Church to Richard Barton of Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, October 31 1842. There is another daughter Mary, out at Service, who has had a baseborn child, which lives with its grandfather. It is aged 4 years and is called Arthur, but has not been Christened.

They all attend Church very regularly. Anne Pearce seems to be of a peevish temper but they have great trials. Pearce has been obliged to give over work from infirmity.

[William and Isaac Pearce dismissed from Sunday School 1843. "These were very disorderly boys who had been used always to do as they pleased before I came, and would not submit to discipline and disturbed the school." - Rev Francis Fulford.]

[1841 Census: William Pearce (aged 50), agricultural labourer, wife Ann Pearce (45), Lydia Pearce (15) and Arthur Pearce (2).]

Page 4

The Rectory
Reverend F Fulford

RSBS: (The good shepherd, to whom his successor* feels greatly obliged
for this 'Speculum Gregis'.)

[*Reverend R S B Sandilands.]

[1841 Census: Rev George Dealtry (aged 54), Clergyman of Independent Means.]

Francis Fulford
Lord Bishop of Montreal
Photographed in Canada by W M Notman in the 1860's.

Page 5

House next to Mr Ellis's garden, by the Horse pond.
William and Lydia Titmus
He is son to Jane Thacker (page 2). He can't read, she can. He works for Mr Haydon of Arrington. Samuel Richardson, grandson to Widow [Mary] Edwards (page 64), her son by her former husband, lives with them, aged 22. Both Titmus and Richardson are given to drinking, but Titmus has of late begun to attend Church very regularly. Lydia and Samuel Richardson also attend church regularly.

RSBS: (Samuel Richardson is gone to Canada. Lydia Titmus is a great talker.)

[Local records use both Titmus and Titmarsh as the family name]

[1841 Census: William Titmus (aged 35), agricultural labourer, and wife Lydia Titmus (35). Samuel Richardson (40), agricultural labourer, was living with his grandmother Mary Edwards.]

Page 6

Next door to the former.
John and Eunice Titmus
Brother to the last. She is daughter of John Simpson the late Clerk. They both read very little.
1. Mary Titmus, aged 13. Can't read.
2. Jane Titmus, aged 10. In the Sunday school
3. Eliza Titmus, aged 8. In the Sunday school.
4. William Titmus, aged 5.
5. Is[a]iah Titmus, aged 3.
All christened at Croydon Church, where they were married. He works for Mr[s] Ellis, is given to drinking and rarely attends Church - she only occasionally. She says she can't manage to send her oldest girl to the Sunday School. Jane was dangerously ill with a fever August 1842.

RSBS: (Eunice has attended church pretty regularly of late. John is very ill, a good deal brought on by drinking. He is a member of the Odd Fellow's Club.)

RSBS: (Later: John has profited much by his late illness and I have a good hope it will be a blessing to him.)

[Local records use both Titmus and Titmarsh as the family name]

[1941 Census: John Titmus (aged 30), agricultural labourer, wife Eunice (spelt 'Unais'!) (30), and children Mary Titmus (12), Jane Titmus (9), Eliza Titmus (7), William Titmus (3) and Isaiah Titmus (10 months).]

Page 7

First New Cottage at the bottom of the village
Joseph and Anne Purser
Aged people. Dissenters. They generally attend Bassingbourn Independent Meeting, and he expounds etc in the village on Thursday evenings. She acts as a midwife.

RSBS: (Joseph Purser has attended Church constantly twice every Sunday for more than a year, and she very often. I believe them to be good sort of people.)

[1841 Census: Joseph Purser (aged 65), agricultural labourer, and wife Ann Purser (65).]

Live in the same house with the above.
Jacob and Jessie Wootton
([she has] alias Mahala) He is son of Joseph and Honor Wootton, works for Mr Ellis, can read little. She can read. They were married at Swaffam. They attend church very regularly.
1. Ada Maria Wootton, aged 3. Christened in Croydon Church.
2. Charlotte Wootton, aged 2. Christened in Croydon Church.
3. ------------------ [possibly a third child but no details given]

RSBS: (Mahala dropt down dead suddenly in a dancing booth at the Feast 1844.)

RSBS: (Later: Jacob Wootton married again in October 1846; his wife's name is Lydia, some years older than himself. He maintains a good character, and she seems a very respectable person.)

[1841 Census: Jacob Wootten (aged 25), agricultural labourer, wife Haillay (Hayley?) Wootten (20) and one child Maria Wootten (1).]

Page 8

Next door
John and Sarah Pedley
Aged. He works at present for Mr Elliston. Can't read either of them. She is sister to Ann Miller, very orderly old people.
1. William Pedley, aged 20. Sleeps at Miss White's. He can't read, was Christened at Croydon.
They all attend Church very constantly.

RSBS: (William has left the parish.)

[1841 Census: John Pedley (aged 55), agricultural labourer, and wife Sarah Pedley (55). William Pedley (15), agricultural labourer, is at Charles King's farm.]

Richard Hagger
Sleeps in the same house, but has his meals with James and Jane Thacker. He is aged and disabled in one hand, very rarely attends church, and is a rough subject.

RSBS: (I find him regular at Church now, and generally civil. December 1848)

[1841 Census: Richard Hagger (aged 40), agricultural labourer, is staying at James and Jane Thacker's.]

Page 9

Next door.
Simeon and Susan Titmus
He can read. She can't read. He sings at Church and works for Mr C King. He is son to Charles and Kitty Titmus, and Susan is sister to Thomas Nash.
1. Jane Titmus, aged 8. Attends the Sunday School.
2. Anne Titmus, aged 4. Attends the Sunday School.
3. Rebecca Titmus, aged 2.
They were married in Croydon Church and all their children Christened there. They attend Church very regularly, and are steady respectable people.

Susan is one of our washerwomen.

[Simeon Titmarsh had taken part in the 1832 Croydon Riot and was sentenced to six month's imprisonment]

[1841 Census: Simeon Titmus (aged 25), agricultural labourer, wife Susan Titmus (25), children Jane Titmus (5), Ann Titmus (2) and Rebecca Titmus (2 months).]

[Local records use both Titmus and Titmarsh as the family name]

Sleeps here
William Graves
Aged about 30, is cousin to Catherine Lee [page 35], and has his meals at her house. He can read, attends Church constantly, is rather out of his mind at times. Has no near kindred.

RSBS: (I think he has left and lodges elsewhere. He is a very simple, harmless fellow. He lodges with John Green, the Clerk.)

[William Greaves had taken part in the 1832 Croydon Riot and was sentenced to three month's imprisonment]

[William may be also known as Samuel Graves as per page 34. Some confusion here?]

Page 10

Next door.
John and Bathsheba Hagger
He can't read. She can a little. He works for Mr[s] Ellis. He met with an accident and injured his right hand about a year and a half ago. William Payne's wife is their daughter.
1. Emma Hagger, aged 18. Can read.
2. James Hagger, aged 15. Can read, a wild lad.
3. Jane Hagger, aged 12. Can read. In the Sunday School, a very sharp, clever girl and well behaved. [Candidate for Confirmation June 1844 but rejected as " too young and unsteady" - Rev Francis Fulford.]

They were married here and their children Christened in Croydon Church. Mrs Hagger is a very respectable woman and is our washerwoman.

Emma had a child by a Wendy man about a year since, but expected to marry him, but he deceived her. Saving this, she is a very well conducted young woman and a clean good servant, and has been much afflicted at her misfortune, and I believe on proper grounds. She is a good servant, and we intended to have taken her to London.

RSBS: (and did take her.)

[1841 Census: John Hagger (aged 55), agricultural labourer, wife Bersheba Hagger (45), children James Hagger (13) and Rebecca* (10).]

[*Rebecca's surname not given. It is possible that (a) Rebecca might be Emma's baseborn child and the age shown indicates 10 months, or, (b) Rebecca could be Jane and simply a recording error by the enumerator. Emma and Jane do not appear elsewhere in the Croydon Census.]

Page 11

The bottom house in the row below the "Queen Adelaide"
William John and Ellen Law
Can both read. He is a dissenter - and brother to James Law at Croydon Wilds. She attends Church.

He has a son by a former wife - Charles, aged 9 - and one daughter by his present wife, Ellen, aged 1 year - baptised in Croydon Church.

[1841 Census: Ellen Law (aged 25), Charles Law (7).]

Gravestone in Croydon Churchyard.
"William Law
who died 28 January 1886 aged 79 years
also of Ellen his widow
who died 17 March 1887 aged 78 years"

Page 12

Richard Mole and his wife
Blacksmith. Several sons and 2 daughters, one in service. They are a very wild set and hardly ever enter a place of worship. The wife I believe to be a well-intentioned woman, but surrounded by a bad lot.

[1841 Census: Richard Moule (aged 55), smith, wife Lettucie Moule (50), children James Moule (20), journeyman, George Moule (15) and Joseph Moule (15).]

Page 13

Next door.
William and Sarah Mole
He is eldest son of the last people, can read very well, as can she. He works for his father as a blacksmith.
1. Marianne Mole, aged 11. Attends the Sunday School.
2. John Mole, aged 10. Attends the Sunday School.
3. Luke Mole, aged 7. Attends the Sunday School.
4. William Mole, aged 4.
5. David Mole, aged 2.

RSBS: (Sarah Mole was confined again February 10 (I believe) 1843 with a daughter.)

RSBS: (Later: He works hard - and she is a bad-tempered woman - has used her eldest son very cruelly and seldom attends church.)

RSBS: (Later again: The two eldest boys the most troublesome and disorderly that I found in the School. They are both out of it now. The third bids fair to give as much trouble. It is difficult to say which parent is the least in fault.)

[Local records use both Mole and Moule as the family name]

[1841 Census: William Moule (aged 30), smith, wife Mary Moule (30), children Mary Moule (9), John Moule (8), Luke Moule (5), William Moule (3) and David Moule (6 months).]

Page 14

The "Queen Adelaide"
Thomas Larkins and wife
They keep the "Queen Adelaide". He is a carpenter. I can't say much for them
1 grown up daughter, for some time in Lady Hardwicke's nursery.
1 son, in the Sunday school. [Alfred Larkins aged 11?]
1 daughter, about 6 years old.
The wife has never been to church since her last child was borne, except for her churching them.

RSBS: (He is one of the choir - died in 1847. Since his death, his widow has attended Church; the eldest daughter also, who was confirmed in 1847.)

[1841 Census: Thomas Larkins (aged 40), publican, wife Elizabeth Larkins (40), children Emma Larkins (15), Alfred Larkins (9). Also staying Carilione Larkins (15) and Jane Larkins (10 months).]

Page 15

Next door.
Anne Chapman
A widow, can read.
1. William Chapman, aged 12, attend[s] the Sunday school. [Confirmed 22 June 1844]
2. James Chapman, aged 9, attend[s] the Sunday school.
3. Edward Chapman, aged 7, attend[s] the Sunday school.
[Above entry is crossed through]

RSBS: (Now live in the Walnut Field.)

[1841 Census: Ann Chapman (aged 35), children William Chapman (12), James Chapman (9) and Edward Chapman (6).]

Caleb and Maria Payne
And one little boy.
He can read. They are very nice respectable people. She irons for us. They are regular at Church. He is shepherd for Mr Ellis.

Page 16

Next door.
William and Emma Thacker
He is son of James Thacker (page 2) and can read - she cannot. He works for Mr Elliston.
1. William Thacker, aged 12. In the Sunday school.
2. Jane Thacker, aged 9. In the Sunday school.
3. Emma Thacker, aged 4.
They buried one child aged 14 months, 7 October 1842, called Mary. They attend Church very constantly, and are very respectable people, particularly the man. Her name was Easy before she married. They were married and all their children Christened in Croydon Church.

[1841 Census: William Thacker (aged 30), agricultural labourer, wife Emma Thacker (30), children William Thacker (10), Jane Thacker (7), Emma Thacker (3).]

David and Sarah Mole
Lodge in the same house with them. He is a shoemaker, belongs to Arrington, and goes there to his work every day. They have one child born before their marriage.
1. David Mole, aged 5, in the Sunday school.
She seems to be going into a decline.
[Above entry is crossed through]

RSBS: ( Left the parish.)

[Local records use both Mole and Moule as the family name]

Page 17

Next door.
William and Mary Lee
He is son to Elizabeth Lee (page 68), and can read. She can read a little.
He works for Mr C King. They are very respectable people. He sometimes attends Wendy Church and Morden Dissenting Chapel, at other times both attend Croydon. They were married and their child Christened at Croydon Church.
1. Charles Lee, aged 3/4 a year.

[Mary died of Typhus fever - See also reference on page 53]

[1841 Census: William Lee (aged 30), agricultural labourer, wife Mary Lee (25). Also living here at the time of the census was Ester Thomas (30).]

Lives with the above
Anne Thomas
A widow, mother of Mary Lee, also of Edith Hopkins and Edward Thomas. She can't read, attends Croydon Church.

[Above two entries are both crossed through]

[1841 Census: Ann Thomas (50) was living with John and Edith Hopkins. See page 38.]

RSBS:(Joel How and his wife. He works for Summerkin, the Arrington blacksmith. Has one son by a former wife, daughter of Elizabeth Lee (page 68). He is not a parishioner of Croydon, and I hear he is about to leave the parish. [see 1841 census entry on page 68])

Page 18

Next door.
Samuel and Hannah Graves
They can both read. He works for Mr Merry, and generally attends Bassingbourn Meeting. She is sister to Mary Newman and Kezia Law. Very steady people.
1. Samuel Graves, aged 6 months. Christened in Croydon Church.

[1841 Census: Samuel Greaves (aged 25), agricultural labourer, living at Mr Chandler Merry's Farm.]

Anne Graves
A widow, mother of Samuel Graves. She also has a daughter, Jane, aged 26, rather deformed, who lives with her. They can both read, attend Croydon church, very nice, good, respectable people. Her maiden name was Lee. Both these are communicants. Jane Graves works very well at her needle, and Mrs Fulford used to let her have some work occasionally.

[Above two entries are both crossed through]

[1841 Census: Ann Greaves (aged 60) and Jane Greaves (20).]

["moved here now" see Page 46]

RSBS: (Richard Carter, mentioned before (page 1), lives here now.)

Page 19

The next house in the road to Hagger's.
James and Elizabeth Woods
He can't read. She keeps a day school, and is schoolmistress in the Sunday School and is a communicant. She comes from Wimpole, where they were married [22 Apr 1834 James Woods to Elizabeth Gadd]. They both attend Church very regularly. He is a most hardworking man and can turn his hand to all sorts of out of door work.

Elizabeth Woods
Mother to James, aged and deaf. Never attends Church because she says she can't hear.

RSBS: (She is as deaf as a post.)

RSBS: (Later: Dead now.)

[1841 Census: Elizabeth Woods (aged 70), son James Woods (35), agricultural labourer, his wife Elizabeth Woods (50), and child Elizabeth Woods (9).]

[Wimpole parish records have an Elizabeth Gadd baptised 20 June 1790 which confirms the given census age of 50, but would Elizabeth Woods aged 9 be a granddaughter or visiting relative?]

Page 20

Next door.
William and Mary Seaboy
He can't read. He works for Mr Pearman. She can [read] a little. They have no kindred here, were married at Ashwell where the eldest children were Christened; the three youngest in Croydon Church. He was a widower, she a widow before, and she has two daughters by her first husband out at service. They seldom attend Church and are not very tidy or respectable people - drink
1. George Seaboy, aged 15. Works for Mr Pearman. In the Sunday School.
2. William Seaboy, aged 13. Works for Mr Haydon. In the Sunday School.
3. Edward Seaboy, aged 11. Works for Mr Pearman. In the Sunday School.
4. Sarah Seaboy, aged 6.
5. Eliza Seaboy, aged 3.
6. Abraham Seaboy, aged 1.

RSBS: (One of her daughters by the first husband is now at home with a bastard child. They are about to move up to the Lime Kilns to Lowring's house.)

[Edward and William Seaby dismissed from Sunday School 1843. "These were very disorderly boys who had been used always to do as they pleased before I came, and would not submit to discipline and disturbed the school." - Rev Francis Fulford.]

[Local records use both Seaboy and Seaby as the family name]

[1841 Census: William Seaby (aged 45), agricultural labourer, wife Mary Seaby (35), children George Seaby (12), William Seaby (11), Edward Seaby (9), Sarah Seaby (4)
and Eliza Seaby (1).]

Lodges here.
Rule Miller
A bad and drunken fellow.

RSBS: (The house belongs to Rule Miller, and Jabez Chapman and family are come to live with him in the room of the Seaboys.)

[1841 Census: Rule Miller (aged 50), agricultural labourer.]

Page 21

Next door.
Joseph and Honor Wootton
He can't read, works for Mr Ellis. She can.
1. George Wootton, aged 18. Reads very little.
RSBS: (Married.)
2. Thomas Wootton, aged 15. Can read.
3. Naomi Wootton, aged 12. Can read and is in the Sunday School.
They were married at Orwell. Their children were Christened at Croydon. They have buried two children since last February, viz Eliza, March 15, and Ebenezer, June 21 1842. They are very respectable people and attend Church very regularly. She keeps a shop - and rather talkative and inclined to dissent.

[Contribution: Joseph Wooton, parish of Cocking (Cockayne) Hatley, Bedfordshire, married Honer Barron, March 28, 1815]

[1841 Census: Honor Wootten (aged 50) and children Naomi Wootten (10) and Ebinezer Wootten (4).]

[Known spelling variations: Wooton, Wootton, Wootten.]

Page 22

Next door.
John and Sarah Hilott
Reads a little. He works for Mr Wilkins. She can read. She is cousin to Ann Pearce. He is brother to Anne Hill and Bathsheba Chapman who is now gone to live at Hatley.
1. Thomas Hilott, aged 21. Works for Mr Wilkins.
2. John Hilott, aged 19. Works for Mr Law.
3. Eliza Hilott, aged 15. She was in the Sunday School but has lately left it. A steady girl.
Joseph Hilott, aged 5.

They were married in Croydon Church, and their children baptised here, and they attend Church. They do not bear the best character for honesty, and the young people are wild.

RSBS: (Thomas has since married.)

[1841 Census: John Ilot (aged 40), agricultural labourer, wife Sarah Ilot (40), children Thomas Ilot (15), agricultural labourer, John Ilot (15), Eliza Ilot (13), Joseph Ilot (4) and Stephen Ilot (8 months).]

[Known spelling variations: Ilot, Ilott, Hilott.]

Page 23

Next door.
William and Mary Payne
He can't read, works for Mr Ellis. She can read a little. She is daughter of John and Bathsheba Hagger (page 10). They attend church. She is a good needlewoman, and we have her often to work in the house.
1. Alfred Payne, aged 2 months, Christened in Croydon Church.

Lodge in the same house.
Thomas and Julia Payne
Father and mother of William. They can't read. He works for Mr Ellis. They both attend Church. She is an odd woman and a great gossip.

RSBS: (Also have another son, James a widower not resident in Croydon.)

[Thomas Pain had taken part in the 1832 Croydon Riot and was sentenced to three month's imprisonment. In mitigation, the Reverend J D Hurst (Rector of Tadlow) said there was not a better labourer or a better man than Pain ]

[1841 Census: Thomas Paine (aged 60), agricultural labourer, wife Julia Paine (65), son William (30), agricultural labourer, and wife Mary (25).]

(Contribution: Julia Payne née Julia Wenham. James Payne later married Lydia Miller (née Lydia Hill, see pages 24 and 48) on 31 December 1852.)

[Known spelling variations: Payne, Pain, Paine.]

Page 24

Next door.
William and Anne Hill
He is was clerk in Wendy church. She can read very little. He works for Mr Ellis. She hardly ever attends Church - and their family is very disorderly. Lydia Miller (page 48) is their daughter.
1. John Hill, aged 24. Can read.
2. Samuel Hill, aged 15. A very idle boy, reads very little indeed. In the Sunday school.
3. Mary Hill, aged 13. In the Sunday school.
4. Rebecca Hill, aged 10. In the Sunday school.

They were married, and all their children Christened in Croydon Church - she is sister to John Hilott [= Ilot].

RSBS: (John is gone to Canada - William Hill bears a good character. An elder son of William and Anne Hill is just returned from abroad, discharged from the Army blind of the eye. His name is [Ilot], and he is since married, in November 1848, to Susan Warboys, a widow.)

[Contribution: Ann Hill née Ann Ilot.]

[1841 Census: William Hills (aged 40), agricultural labourer, wife Ann Hills (45), children John Hills (20), agricultural labourer, Lydia Hills (15), Samuel Hills (14), Mary Hills (10) and Rebecca Hills (8).]

Page 25

Next door.
Samuel and Kitty German (alias Lyon)
He can read, is a carpenter, has worked generally for Mr Carter. She can read a very little. He attends Church tolerably, she but seldom. She is not a very straightforward person in what she says.
1. Sarah German, aged 25. Can read. Has a base-born child one month old. Abraham Pearman [page 80] is said to be the father.

RSBS: (Sarah is a dressmaker. I have not heard anything against her since the above occurrence.)

[1841 Census: Samuel Jarman (aged 45), carpenter, wife Kitty Jarman (45) and child Sarah Jarman (20).]

Page 26

Next door.
James and Susan Warboys
He can read a very little. She reads a little. He works for Mr Lilly at Hatley.
They attend Croydon Church.
1. Eliza Warboys, aged 18. In service at Mr C Kings. Reads very little.
2. Mary Warboys, aged 14. Rather silly.
3. Hannah Warboys, aged 12. In the Sunday School.
4. James Warboys, aged 11. In the Sunday School.
5. Charles Warboys, aged 6.
6. Alfred Warboys, aged 2.

RSBS: (Eliza is married to Jabez Chapman, and they all live together)

RSBS: (Later: [Jabez Chapman and family] gone to live with Rule Miller [see page 20]. Mary is dead. Hannah is very steady, learning dressmaking at Potton. Susan Warboys herself is a respectable, well spoken woman, and I believe the man is steady.)

RSBS: (Later again: James Warboys died in the summer of 1846 and the widow is married to Ilot (see page 24).)

[1841 Census: James Warboys (aged 35), agricultural labourer, wife Susan Warboys (30), children Eliza Warboys (16), Mary Warboys (12), Hannah Warboys (10), James Warboys (8), Charles Warboys (4) and Alfred Warboys (2 months).]

Page 27

Next door.
Sarah Lyon
Widow. Can't read. She is a carrier to Royston and Cambridge.
1. Mary Lyon, aged 19. Can't read, laid up with a bad leg.
2. Robert Lyon, aged 21.
3. William Lyon, aged 15.
4. Joseph [Josiah?] Lyon, aged 10. In the Sunday School.
She herself has a tolerable character, but all the rest of the family are very disreputable and wild. All the children Christened in Croydon Church. None of the attend Church, or but rarely. She does our carrying business.

[Joseph Lyon dismissed from Sunday School 1843. "[he was a...] very disorderly boy who had been used always to do as he pleased before I came, and would not submit to discipline and disturbed the school." - Rev Francis Fulford]

In the same house
James and Mary Lyon
[Aged] 26. Son of the above. Can read. Nobody knows how he lives. He is just returned from prison where he has been confined for poaching etc.
1. Levi Lyon, aged 5. Has been christened.
2. Emily Lyon, aged 1. Has not.

RSBS: (He has taken out a game certificate this year!!)

RSBS: (Later: Sent again to prison in July 1847 for one and half years for carrying lead that had been stolen from Wimpole mansion.)

In the same house
Robert Lyon
Aged and infirm.

RSBS: (Dead.)

[1841 Census: Sarah Lyon (aged 60), James Lyon (25), agricultural labourer, Mary Lyon (25), Mary Lyon (15), Robert Lyon (60), agricultural labourer, William Lyon (13), agricultural labourer, Josiah Lyon (10), agricultural labourer, and Levi Lyon (3). A Mary Lyon (30) is also listed next door (page 28).]

Page 28

Next door.
Thomas Pestill
A shoemaker. A woman of the name of [Mary] Lyon lives with him - not his wife. She is a Wimpole woman, and relative to the Lyons next door. He has a wife. I have remonstrated with him. I presented him at the Visitation, but without any effect.

[1841 Census: Thomas Pestell (aged 35), shoemaker, Mary Lyon (30), and apprentice John Wynn (12).]

[Wimpole Parish Records have a Mary Lyon baptised on 18 November 1810, daughter of William and Mary.]

[Alternative local spellings: Pestill, Pestel and Pestell.]

Page 29

Next door.
Thomas Nash
A widower. His wife was a gipsy and they used until very recently to live in a tent in a lane towards Hatley. He can't read.
1. Emily [Emma?] Nash, aged 17. Can read a little.
2. Isabel Nash. At the Sunday School.
3. Henry Nash.
Emily is not a steady girl and their home is the most destitute, comfortless place.

[Above entry is crossed through]

[1841 Census: Thomas Nash (35), agricultural labourer, children Emma Nash (12), Isibell Nash (5) and Henry Nash (4). Also living here at the time of the census was Sarah Chapman (15). See also note on page 87.]

RSBS: (Thomas Hilott [Ilot], wife and child live here now - since he married and he is become a steady man.)

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