>________________________________ > >    >Hello Jill, > >There is a marriage at Stretton, 1720 November 3rd, Charles Sibley, clerk and Anne Gretton 'were then married by licence' > >Presumably the marriage bond, if it still exists will be at Lichfield RO as Stretton was in Derbyshire at that time. >Trust that helps, > >Sue Brown >http://www.derbysmarriages1538-1837.co.uk/ > > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:48:23 +0100 >From: strobridge jill <jill.strobridge@blueyonder.co.uk> >Subject: [DBY] GRETTON family in Stretton en le Field c.1688-1727 >To: DERBYSGEN@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: >    <CAArp8cp9cvFWwmeHcpf9g4Cs24csqeaBqG40Z=VkEF647vcMqg@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Hello > >I know this village is in Leicestershire now but I thought I would ask >here first because it was in Derbyshire at this period.  I'm looking >for a GRETTON family in Stretton en le Field for the period 1688-1727, >in particular Ann Gretton, her father Rev. Gretton and there is >probably also a sister. > >The story is as follows:  Ann Gretton and her father the Rev. Gretton >went up to London prob. 1707 (?maybe to stay with a son who had a shop >there - just a guess) and while there she met up with a young man Mr >John Stroubridge, heir to a small estate in Dorset.  They fell in >love and on 8th June 1707 (probably on his 19th birthday) married >clandestinely in the Fleet Registry in London.    Sadly this story >does not have a happy ending.  John's father was furious and there is >a small collection of angry letters exchanged between the two >families.    He refused to acknowledge the wedding sending his son >back to Dorset and persuading Ann's father to take her "into the >country" which I assume means back to Derbyshire.  John eventually >acceded to his father's wishes,and walked away from their marriage. >He bought a commission in the Army where he seems to have stayed until >about 1718 and it looks like the two of them did not meet again.  In >Oct 1713 Ann raised a legal claim against John claiming her >matrimonial rights or at least an alimony payment but I don't know >what the result of this was.    John married again in 1727 or 1729 and >though a divorce is possible it's more likely that Ann, poor lass, >died prior to that date.  I don't think John's 2nd marrige was >bigamous - he had a civil service job by that date and it would have >been much too great a risk. > >I would very much like to find out more about Ann if possible and in >particular whether she did die in Stretton.  The letters written in >1707 are addressed: "To the Reverd Mr Gretton at Stretton: Le: Field >near Ashby de la zouch, Darbyshire - by [the] Loughborrough bag" so I >guess he was minister of St Michael's church.    Does anyone know >where these church records are or whether they have been transcribed >so that I can have a look through them? > >I'd be grateful for any information! >Best wishes >Jill Strobridge > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:26:14 +0100 >From: "Christine Simpson" <c.a.simpson@btinternet.com> >Subject: [DBY] Marriage Jane Bullock to William Shipley 25 Nov 1828 >    Duffield >To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <000d01ce3ad8$427fc5e0$c77f51a0$@btinternet.com> >Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" > >Hi Sue > > > >I wonder if you have any further details of the above marriage which Dawn >Scotting has found for me.  I know father's names were not given around this >date but witnesses may be a big help or if they were married by licence. >The marriage is at Duffield so presumably that would be Duffield church >itself and not just in the Duffield area.  Any help would be much >appreciated. > > > >Regards > >Christine Simpson > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the DERBYSGEN list administrator, send an email to >DERBYSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the DERBYSGEN mailing list, send an email to DERBYSGEN@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of DERBYSGEN Digest, Vol 8, Issue 94 >**************************************** > > >