Hello again Thanks to your replies to my call for help. Following are my replies to your comments or queries. Regarding Thomas being a church warden for one year only. Was it for him to qualify under item 4 in the 1662 settlement act, conditions listed below. 1. Be born into the parish. 2. Have lived in the parish for three years before 1662. 3. Be hired for over a year and a day that takes place within the parish. 4. Hold an office within the parish. 5. Rent a property worth £10 per year or pay the same in rent. 6. Have married into the parish. (I believe this is for women only) 7. Gained poor relief in that parish previously. 8. Have a seven-year apprenticeship with a settled resident. Being "settled" prior to his marriage would account for Thomas being "from Hartpury" in the St Mary de Lode register. As to a certain standard of education required for the post of church warden, Thomas' eldest son, another Thomas, became the parish clerk in Lassington which may show that there was some learning. Ashleworth had a Bayley families for generations who seemed to have many clandestine marriages and I cannot find a death of a possible first wife of the Thomas b. 1657. Bayleys seemed to keep clear of Hartpury until Thomas and Mary had a family there. I am descended from their son John who made his way to Newent parish where the line continued until 1900+. Regards Roger Bailey

did they reside in Ireland , or part f the family go there? myrna -------------------------------------------------- From: "Roger Bailey" <rogereb@lineone.net> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 7:46 AM To: "GlosGen" <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Subject: [GLS] Bayley family in Hartpury again > Hello again > Thanks to your replies to my call for help. Following are my replies to > your comments or queries. > > Regarding Thomas being a church warden for one year only. Was it for him > to qualify under item 4 in the 1662 settlement act, conditions listed > below. > > 1. Be born into the parish. > 2. Have lived in the parish for three years before 1662. > 3. Be hired for over a year and a day that takes place within the parish. > 4. Hold an office within the parish. > 5. Rent a property worth £10 per year or pay the same in rent. > 6. Have married into the parish. > (I believe this is for women only) > 7. Gained poor relief in that parish previously. > 8. Have a seven-year apprenticeship with a settled resident. > > Being "settled" prior to his marriage would account for Thomas being "from > Hartpury" in the St Mary de Lode register. > As to a certain standard of education required for the post of church > warden, Thomas' eldest son, another Thomas, became the parish clerk in > Lassington which may show that there was some learning. > > Ashleworth had a Bayley families for generations who seemed to have many > clandestine marriages and I cannot find a death of a possible first wife > of the Thomas b. 1657. Bayleys seemed to keep clear of Hartpury until > Thomas and Mary had a family there. > I am descended from their son John who made his way to Newent parish where > the line continued until 1900+. > > Regards > > Roger Bailey > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On 2011/05/30 16:46, Roger Bailey wrote: > Regarding Thomas being a church warden for one year only. Was it for him to > qualify under item 4 in the 1662 settlement act, conditions listed below. Some time ago, I was able to download a digital copy of the book "The Handy Book of Parish Law" by W.A. Holdsworth. From Google, I think. This contains a lot of information about the way an English Parish should have been administered. If you go to <http://www.archive.org/details/handybookparish00holdgoog>, you should be able to view a PDF version of the book. Then, if you have a PDF add-on for your browser, you too can save a copy of the book to your PC. Not exactly what I would call bed-time reading, but interesting, all the same. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg