Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . The York Herald, and General Advertiser (York, England), Saturday, July 17, 1847 On Friday the 16th inst at the Centernary Chapel, York by the Rev C Cheetham, Mr Thomas Wiseman of Fulford, late coachmaker, of this city to Mrs Willah of this city. The bridegroom has now been married five times, is in his 88th year and made his own coffin 27 years ago. The happy bride has has four husbands and is about 56. No relation – just spotted it and thought I’d share for amusement Jane

I am finally nearing the end of all the transcription of the material I collected during the last Yorksgen for my three One-Place Studies (Aughton, Bubwith and Ellerton in the East Riding). The updates so far include: AUGHTON and ELLERTON Archbishops' Visitations: Very useful in understanding the extent of non-conformity in a parish; the state of education; charities within the parish; presence of alms-houses; state and condition of any chapels; the enthusiasm, or lack of it, which which the parishioners attended their church; and an indication of the general prosperity, or lack of it, throughout the parish. Both Aughton and Ellerton were quite poor parishes. Archdeacons' Visitations: Where the 'moral crimes' of the parishioners were dealt with. Here can often be found the origins of bastardy. The churchwardens were not reticent about naming putative fathers and the unhappy couple would be named and shamed and made to perform humiliating Penances. Even couples that married, but had a baby within 9 months of their marriage, would be charged with pre-nuptial fornication. Also to be found are parishioners being presented for non-attendance at their parish church (recusants were frequently cited for this), and failure to pay their church 'sess' (short for 'assessment', or the church or parish rates as they later became known). This was often an indicator of non-conformity, but some care should be taken as sometimes the reason for non-payment was financial, rather than non-conformity. Faculties: As well as the normal business of Faculties (permission to alter the fabric of a church, by installing new pews, for example), the Faculty Books also recorded requests to establish dissenters' meeting house. The Toleration Act 1689 allowed protestant dissenters to hold meetings openly, provided that the places where such meetings were held were registered with either the diocesan bishop or the justices of the peace. The Faculty Books show such requests from 1737-1816 and are often accompanied by the names of several sponsors to the requests, showing early Methodist or Quaker supporters. Terriers: These show the exent of lands and income of the parish church. Ellerton held very few lands and so their terriers are brief, but there are two interesting additional documents in the terriers box at the Borthwick: a statement of the Rights of both Aughton and Ellerton (and the chapelry at East Cottingwith) in 1716, and a Petition from the Vicar of Ellerton dated 1764. Land Tax Assessments: 1783-1809 Parish Documents: The extent of availability of parish documents, in addition to the parish registers, has been uploaded. These cover such things as Churchwardens', Overseers', and Surveyors' Accounts. In addition to the above, I have uploaded a WWI Roll of Honour for Ellerton and the Clergy List for Aughton 1227-1911 BUBWITH Two new additions: 1. A Citation of the 1670s which charged many parishioners with recusancy. For this reason I have placed this in the Non-Conformity section, rather than the Archdeacons' Visitation section. 2. A detailed survey of the Manor of Breighton undertaken by Archbishop Sharp circa 1695, but with the details of all the leases encompassing a period over 20 years before his incumbency, and continued by his successors, i.e. 1671-1771. There is more to come, and I wil be spending the next month transcribing the Aughton Churchwardens' Accounts and the Ellerton Overseers of the Poor accounts. Hope there is something here that is of some help to you, Colin http://www.aughton.info/ http://www.bubwith.net/ http://www.ellerton.info/

Thank you, Colin! How generous and kind of you! So much research and work is represented here. EE -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colin B. Withers Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:02 AM To: Yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Major Updates to three East Riding One-Place Studies I am finally nearing the end of all the transcription of the material I collected during the last Yorksgen for my three One-Place Studies (Aughton, Bubwith and Ellerton in the East Riding). The updates so far include: AUGHTON and ELLERTON Archbishops' Visitations: Very useful in understanding the extent of non-conformity in a parish; the state of education; charities within the parish; presence of alms-houses; state and condition of any chapels; the enthusiasm, or lack of it, which which the parishioners attended their church; and an indication of the general prosperity, or lack of it, throughout the parish. Both Aughton and Ellerton were quite poor parishes. Archdeacons' Visitations: Where the 'moral crimes' of the parishioners were dealt with. Here can often be found the origins of bastardy. The churchwardens were not reticent about naming putative fathers and the unhappy couple would be named and shamed and made to perform humiliating Penances. Even couples that married, but had a baby within 9 months of their marriage, would be charged with pre-nuptial fornication. Also to be found are parishioners being presented for non-attendance at their parish church (recusants were frequently cited for this), and failure to pay their church 'sess' (short for 'assessment', or the church or parish rates as they later became known). This was often an indicator of non-conformity, but some care should be taken as sometimes the reason for non-payment was financial, rather than non-conformity. Faculties: As well as the normal business of Faculties (permission to alter the fabric of a church, by installing new pews, for example), the Faculty Books also recorded requests to establish dissenters' meeting house. The Toleration Act 1689 allowed protestant dissenters to hold meetings openly, provided that the places where such meetings were held were registered with either the diocesan bishop or the justices of the peace. The Faculty Books show such requests from 1737-1816 and are often accompanied by the names of several sponsors to the requests, showing early Methodist or Quaker supporters. Terriers: These show the exent of lands and income of the parish church. Ellerton held very few lands and so their terriers are brief, but there are two interesting additional documents in the terriers box at the Borthwick: a statement of the Rights of both Aughton and Ellerton (and the chapelry at East Cottingwith) in 1716, and a Petition from the Vicar of Ellerton dated 1764. Land Tax Assessments: 1783-1809 Parish Documents: The extent of availability of parish documents, in addition to the parish registers, has been uploaded. These cover such things as Churchwardens', Overseers', and Surveyors' Accounts. In addition to the above, I have uploaded a WWI Roll of Honour for Ellerton and the Clergy List for Aughton 1227-1911 BUBWITH Two new additions: 1. A Citation of the 1670s which charged many parishioners with recusancy. For this reason I have placed this in the Non-Conformity section, rather than the Archdeacons' Visitation section. 2. A detailed survey of the Manor of Breighton undertaken by Archbishop Sharp circa 1695, but with the details of all the leases encompassing a period over 20 years before his incumbency, and continued by his successors, i.e. 1671-1771. There is more to come, and I wil be spending the next month transcribing the Aughton Churchwardens' Accounts and the Ellerton Overseers of the Poor accounts. Hope there is something here that is of some help to you, Colin http://www.aughton.info/ http://www.bubwith.net/ http://www.ellerton.info/ ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message