Alfred LAUGHTON

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Reference Number: 16.7
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• _UID: 0E684EA84555410581BA12959C508FC56E14
• Birth: Abt 1850, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 26 Apr 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1 May 1877, London, England; servant
• Residence: 1 May 1877, London, England; 77 Hamilton Terrace
• Census: 1881, London, England
• Directory: 1890, Bedfordshire, England
• Directory: 1894, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes:

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buy marriage registration for Alfred Laughton and Annie [Dedman?] from Marylebone Registration District, Volume 1a, page 919, in June 1877 quarter. Ordered April 11, 2009

Birth:
Since he was age 27 when he married on May 1, 1877, his birth year was calculated as circa 1850.

Census:
Alfred was aged 1 and born in Renhold.

Census:
Alfred was living with his parents, Mary and Samuel Laughton, at Salph End Farm, Renhold. He was aged 11, born in Renhold, and a scholar.

Census:
Alfred was living with his parents, Mary and Samuel Laughton, in Renhold. He was not married, aged 22, a carpenter, and born in Renhold.

Residence:
http://www.stmarks.me.uk/

Census:
Alfred was the head of the family at the Pyrgo Arms, Eastwick, Hertfordshire (Greater London East). He was aged 31 and born in Renhold, Bedfordshire.

Directory:
Alfred was listed as a farmer and beer retailer in Renhold.

Directory:
Alfred was a farmer in Renhold.

Census:
Alfred was the head of the household, aged last birthday 61, married for 33 (completed) years, a jobbing fardener, a worker (rather than an employer), and born in Renhold, Bedfordshire. He was living with his wife, Annie Laughton.

Alfred married Annie DEDMAN on 1 May 1877 in Marylebone, London, England. Annie (daughter of William DEDMAN) was born about 1848 in Harlow, Essex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St. Mark's Church, Marylebone, London, England, UK


Welcome to the web site for St Marks church, Hamilton Terrace.

St Marks is a Church of England church in the Diocese of London. It is built on a site purchased in 1846 from the Trustees of Harrow School, who had owned the land since 1592.

The Parish in which it stands occupies the extreme Northwest of the original Parish of St. Marylebone, which by 1846 had become an urban development area too large for the mother church to deal with.

The Church was built to a design by Thomas Cundy ?u?II?/u? and was consecrated on 24th June 1847. The Chancel was rebuilt and enlarged in the years 1878-9, and the baptistery was added in 1912 at the Southwest corner. The Church is mainly distinguished for its internal furnishing, especially as regards the Chancel. For more information about the construction of the Church see the ?u?Church construction ?/u? page.


?b?Brief History:?/b?

By Robert Tyerman

"St Marks's Church was consecrated by the Bishop of London on 24th June 1847, and has enjoyed a history of education and literary associations and, for most of the time, moderate, non-partisan churchmanship ever since. As well as the cure of souls, finance and building have presented continuing challenges, as much in the heyday of the 19th-century pew-renting congregations as today.

Built to cater for the new villa dwellers who came to live on this previously rural fringe of London, St Mark's was intimately connected with the foundation of St John's School, Leatherhead, and the genesis of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' books. The need for a church in the new district was felt from the early 1840's and a small temporary building was constructed as an outpost of the parish of Christ Church, Marylebone. The freehold of the site was brought for ?600 in 1846 from the trustees of Harrow School.

St Mark's was built at a cost of ?9,300 (in the money of the day) by the architects, Thomas Cundy and his son, also Thomas. One critic called it somewhat mysteriously 'a large broad, Gothic riding school' and the Ecclesiologist magazine lamented 'another vast hall with galleries around three sides'.

Most people, then, as now, however, appreciated the building's qualities of light and space. It had seats for 1,450, with 1,000 rented seats and the rest free. The divisive practice of pew renting persisted in the Church of England well into the twentieth century, in some cases up to the Second World War, but, even in today's stretched financial conditions, there have been no voices raised for its reintroduction at St Mark's.

Ashley Haselwood, who had been the Christ Church curate in charge of the initial St Mark Project, became the first vicar. Haselwood moved to have a school founded next to the church for the sons of poor clergy (who were less widespread than now), which became St John's School.

First reactions to his plan were distinctly tepid. It was suggested he wanted the school simply to provide choristers and that some of the money raised to fund St John's was in fact used to pay his curate; in those days, incumbents paid curates out of their own stipends.
Haselwood, who lived in Bond Street, was frequently absent from the church. Richard Hughes, the historian of St John's, recalls there were criticisms of Haselwood's handling of the money from rented pews and allegations of speculation in railway company shares.

Nevertheless, the money for the school was raised, one wealthy parishioner, Lady Burdett-Coutts, of the banking family, committing more than ?600 a year to the project - each pound gave the donor a vote on admissions to the school. St John's began life next to the church, later shifted to Greville Mount, in Kilburn, and finally moved to Leatherhead in 1872. Haselwood's curate, Dr Thompson, became its headmaster. Today, St John's still provides scholarships for the sons and daughters of the clergy and Hughes says it is anxious to revive associations with St Mark's.

Haselwood was succeeded in 1857 by John Bellow, a noted and popular preacher, who eventually went over to the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1870, perhaps the most famous of all St Mark's incumbents - so far - was installed, Canon Robinson Duckworth.

From its beginning, incumbents of St Mark's have been presented by the Prime Minster. It was perhaps no coincidence that Duckworth was also tutor to Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Queen Victoria's youngest son.

Duckworth proclaimed it his mission "to provide a type of service which should be identified with no party but should be reverent, dignified, representative of the best spirit of the Church of England and void of offence in the eyes of all who are loyal to the Prayer Book". The Parish schools, started in 1864, but in a dilapidated state, were rebuilt in 1873 in what is now Violet Hill. The chancel was built in 1877 and 1890, during Duckworth's incumbency.

It was on a boating expedition that Duckworth introduced Alice Liddell, the daughter of his friend, Charles Liddell, to the Revd Charles Dodgson, alias Lewis Carroll, a clerical don who used her as the model for his books, ?i?Alice in Wonderland?/i? and ?i?Alice through the Looking Glass?/i?. Duckworth himself appears in the foreword of an early edition of the ?i?Wonderland?/i? as 'The Duck' and ?i?Alice through the Looking Glass?/i? is supposed to have been written in his vicarage. He also had a tenuous link with George Washington. His friend Charles Liddell's cousin, the Earl of Strathmore, married a grand-daughter of the American President's cousin, Robert Porteous, whose son, coincidentally, later became a Bishop of London.

After 26 years, Duckworth was succeeded by another well-connected parson. John Magee, the son of an Archbishop of York and great-grandson of an Archbishop of Dublin. Magee was a former chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester, Randall Davidson, who was Archbishop of Canterbury during the First World War. He invited many of the famous preachers of the day to St Mark's but was criticised by low church people for departing from Duckworth's policy and taking St Mark's too 'high'.

This tendency was blamed by his critics for the falling-off in congregations and grave financial problems which beset the church in the first two decades of the present century. Hospital collections fell from ?160 in 1907 to ?28 in 1922 and the Easter offering from ?202 in 1914 to ?64 in 1922.

But, there were other problems, besides liturgical differences. The population mix of the district was changing with more non-Christians coming into the area. The First World War had a traumatic and profoundly dislocating effect on the community and the church.
St Mark's had never been richly endowed and always relied on the support of parishioners and well wishers, as it does today. One such, Joseph Good, funded the building of the spire and much of the chancel.

In 1908, St Mark's had to find ?1,200 to rebuild its drains and underpin the west end of the church. Some of the money came from voluntary contributions and some from a bazaar, opened by the Duchess of Albany. After Duckworth's death in 1911, funds were raised to build the present baptistery in his memory. Money was raised to later, under Magee's successors, to electrify the church in 1925, for ?340, and make other improvements, as congregations slowly rebuilt in the inter-war years. Magee's successor, Perceval Gough, inherited debts of ?800 and an annual stipend which had fallen to ?300. Vigorous fund-raising through bazaars and other means became the order of the day.

John Newsham Taylor, who took over from Gough in 1933, decided to economise further by disposing of the old vicarage at 5 Abbey Road. He moved into a smaller house in Clifton Hill. A lawyer, as well as a cleric, he went back to the bar in 1933 before rejoining the church in the Midlands, where he died suddenly while taking a service in 1941.

Arthur Morris, who succeeded Taylor, was popular, both as preacher and pastoral minister, but as ever, had to devote much of his energy to repairs and renovations. Finding Clifton Hill too small, ha and his family moved to a vicarage in Abercorn Place, but the lease expired in the year war broke out in 1939. It was decided to build a new vicarage beside the church and the Morrises moved in to today's building in 1943.

The Second World War brought its own dramas to St Mark's. In October 1941, a bomb fell over the road and the force of the blast was such that the spire had to be taken down. St Mark's congregation was given temporary refuge for services in the Abbey Road Baptist Church and the Presbyterian Church in Marlborough Place.

When usable, St Mark's was often fuller during the war than for decades. The district was a collecting centre for the RAF, which held church parades in St Mark's. In 1944 the church was narrowly missed by a flying bomb, which shattered much of the glass. Morris, who had rejected offers of preferment during the war, left afterwards and later, became the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Joseph Hobling, assistant priest at St Mark's in 1939, had been called up as an army chaplain and captured by the Germans. Staying with the other ranks in prison camp, he organised entertainments and even took confirmation classes. Late in the war, some American bombers mistook the camp for a German training centre and bombed it, wounding Hobling fatally in the head.


Morris's successor, William Wilson, was inducted in 1947. It was during his term that the spire was rebuilt, in 1955, and St Mark's issued its first appeal for a community hall with a pamphlet, 'The People Next Door Need Your Help'.

In 1965, St Mark's was the venue for the launching of the St John's Wood Preservation Society, under the presidency of Lord Ampthill, to oppose the encroachments of property developers. That same year, Barrington Wainwright replaced Wilson as vicar. Donald Aird took over from Wainwright in 1979 and left us in 1995, after a ministry which is still warm in our hearts. John Barrie, our new incumbent, is the 13th at St Mark's and he and his wife Rosy have all our support in facing new challenges in the future.



Marriage:
The Church was St. Marks [Church of England], in the District and Parish of St. Mark's, Marylebone.

Marriage witnesses:
Amos Laughton was Alfred's brother. [Susan Dedman and Elizabeth Dedman were likely relatives of Annie.]

Marriage:
Since they had completed 33 years of marriage when the 1911 census was taken on April 2, 1911, their marriage year was calculated as circa 1878.

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Reference Number: 32.0
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• _UID: 9DD2BFF6E71D44FA8FAAEDAC16493F1EF46A
• Occupation: 1830, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 4 May 1852, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1854, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 24 Mar 1854, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 12 Oct 1858, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1 Jan 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 26 Apr 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Marriage witness: 1 Aug 1869, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1 Aug 1869, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1 May 1877, England; farmer
• Census: 9 Apr 1881, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Will: 31 Mar 1882, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Directory: 1890, Bedfordshire, England
• Gravestone: 1891, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Will: 5 Aug 1891, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England
• Burial: 30 Aug 1891, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

On 24 Mar 1854, lived in Salph End & was shopkeeper & parish clerk

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microfilm 1597357 items 15 to 35 - Churchwardens, etc. in Renhold. Make notes on Samuel's job at Parish Clerk in Item 16 Churchwarden's accounts 1764-1881. Also check for other Laughton's in overseer's accounts.

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Renhold microfilm 1341388. 1881 census

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Renhold census. PHOTOCOPY. Film 0542733.

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microfilm # 0452164. Bedfordshire Directory - Kelly's Post Office Directory 1877

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Booklet is in Lorna Laughton library - England.

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BEDFORDSHIRE 1861 CENSUS. "These CDs have scanned images of all of the original census enumerators' notebooks, for viewing use Adobe Acrobat Reader. This set of 3 CDs is not surname-indexed, but using the Adobe Acrobat Reader you can zoom in to read the pages without loss of detail." Order in writing from Mrs. V. Brown, 90 Devon Road, Luton, Beds LU2 0RL, enclosing a sterling cheque made payable to BFHS. Price: ?23.50. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 15, No. 3, September 2005, page 16.

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"Local Census Listings 1522-1930: Holdings in the British Isles". Jeremy Gibson and Mervyn Medlycott. Ref: article by Pam Ormerod "Making Full Use of the 1841 Census", BFHS Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, June 2003, page 7.

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Poor Law Union Records Volume 1: South-east England and East Anglia. Jeremy Gibson, Colin Rogers and Cliff Webb. Ref: Pam Ormerod's article "Making Full Use of the 1841 Census", BFHS Journal, Volume 14, No. 2, June 2003, page 10

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Bedford (Gilbert Union) Poor Law Union Records. Settlement Records 1792-1839 (gaps). Bedford [2] has Weekly Indoor Relief Lists 1836-1847, Admission and Discharge Registers 1835-1855, Registers of Apprentice(ship) 1838, 1845-1913, Removal Orders 1835-1863, Birth Registers 1836-1857, Death Registers 1835-1857, and Loans to Paupers 1837-1851. See what is available in "Poor Law Union Records Volume 1: South-east England and East Anglia". Jeremy Gibson, Colin Rogers and Cliff Webb. Ref: Pam Ormerod's article "Making Full Use of the 1841 Census", BFHS Journal, Volume 14, No. 2, June 2003, page 10. Manuscripts at BLARS.

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942.565 B4b v. 73, v. 77, v. 79, v. 80. Bedfordshire Churches in the 19th Century. Chris Pickford. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society publications.

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see A00571 article in Families Vol. 42, No. 4, November 2003, pages 227-229 by Andrew McCreary, Toronto.

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article on "From Rushden farmers to Hampshire gentry" in "Footprints", Northamptonshire FHS, Vol. 23, No. 2, Nov 2001. Ref: Chinook, AFHS, Vol. 23, No. 3, June 2003, page 22.

Occupation:
Samuel was the parish clerk of Renhold. An entry in the Church Wardens accounts for 1829-1830 lists "Lawton's salary ? 5.00". This may not be Samuel, since he would have only been 18 years old, however, he was certainly the Parish Clerk sometime.

Census:
Samuel was enumerated as a male, age 25 (rounded), an agricultural labourer, and born in Bedfordshire. He was living at Salph End, Renhold, with Mary Laughton 25 (rounded), George Laughton 4, Jesse Laughton 2, and Leonard Laughton 5 months.

Census:
Samuel was aged 38, a farmer and grocer, and born in Renhold.

Occupation:
Samuel was living at Salph End, Renhold, and was a grocer, at the time of his son Frederic's baptism.

Occupation:
In the 1854 Kelly Directory, Samuel was listed as a shopkeeper

Occupation:
Samuel was a shopkeeper and parish clerk at the time that his son, Francis, was baptised.

Occupation:
Samuel was the Parish Clerk when his son George married to Eliza King.

Occupation:
Samuel was the Parish Clerk when his son, Jesse, married Ann Buck.

Census:
Samuel was living with his wife, Mary, at Salph End Farm, Renhold. He was aged 48, born in Renhold, and a farmer of 12 [or 16] acres.

Marriage witness:
Samuel was a witness to the marriage of his daughter, Ann Laughton, to Charles Westley Wildman.

Occupation:
Samuel was a farmer at the time of his daughter Ann's marriage to Charles Westley Wildman.

Census:
Samuel was living with his wife, Mary, in Renhold parish. He was aged 58 and born in Renhold. He was a farmer of 27 acres and employed one labourer and one boy.

Occupation:
His son, Alfred Laughton, married Annie Dedman on this day.

Census:
Samuel was enumerated as being the head of the family, married, a male, aged 68, a farmer of 18 acres who employed 1 man and 1 boy, and born in Renhold, Bedfordshire. He was living with his wife Mary Laughton 68 at Top End Farm.

Will:
Samuel made a will on 31 March 1882. He appointed his brother, William, and his wife, Mary, as his executors. He specified that he be buried in the churchyard at Renhold "as close to my father's remains as possible and let a headstone be erected to my memory". The sale of his property and effects was to provide for his wife, then at her death to be devided among his children, George, Leonard, Jesse, Peter, Amos, Alfred, Frederick, and Ann (wife of Charles Westley Wildman). The will was witnessed by Leigh Spencer, the Vicar of Renhold, and Philadelphia Rosa Spencer, wife of the Vicar. The will was in the Northampton County Record Office.

Directory:
Samuel was listed as a farmer in Renhold.

Gravestone:
The gravestone in the churchyard cemetery of All Saints Church, Renhold, reads "Sacred to the memory of Samuel Laughton / Born October 1st 1812 / Died August 25th 1891 / Upwards of 30 years Clerk of this Parish".

Will:
Samuel made a codicil to his previous will. He added that he was "of Renhold, Bedford, now residing at No. 70 Aylesbury Street, Wolverton". He appointed his son, Leonard, and his brother, William, as executors to his will dated 31 March 1882. The witnesses were William Welch of 5 Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, carpenter, and George Wildman, 11 Stratford Road, Wolverton, carpenter and joiner. This will was proved on 17 September 1891. His estate was valued as ? 82 " 9 " 9 gross.

Burial:
Samuel was "of Wolverton, late of Renhold, aged 78 years" when he was buried. The burial service was conducted by H. Rudkin, Vicar. The Vicar also noted that "deceased was for nearly 40 years Parish Clerk of Renhold".

Died:
Samuel was 78 years old when he died.

Buried:
Samuel's burial service was conducted by H. Rudkin, Vicar of Renhold.

Samuel married Mary WILES on 4 Apr 1836 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. Mary (daughter of John WILES and Ann SIMONS) was born on 27 Apr 1812 in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1886 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 22 Oct 1886 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Name: Mary Wyles
• Reference Number: 33.0
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• _UID: F30592F5122342598C356D28697BDED940C9
• Parents: 1812, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Residence: 4 Apr 1836, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 26 Apr 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 9 Apr 1881, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Gravestone: 1886, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

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Parents:
There does not seem to be a baptism for a Mary Wiles in Ravensden in 1812, so her parents are not known. However, there is a WILES family in Ravensden who were having children at the time. I am assuming that Mary is the daughter of John Wiles and his wife, Ann Simons.

Residence:
Mary was from Ravensden at the time of her marriage.

Census:
Mary was enumerated as a female, age 25 (rounded), and born in Bedfordshire. She was living at Salph End, Renhold, with George Laughton 25 (rounded), George Laughton 4, Jesse Laughton 2, and Leonard Laughton 5 months.

Census:
Mary was aged 38, living with her husband, Samuel Laughton, and born in Ravensden.

Census:
Mary was living with her husband, Samuel Laughton, at Salph End Farm, Renhold. She was aged 48, born in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, and a wife.

Census:
Mary was living with her husband, Samuel Laughton, in Renhold. She was aged 58 and born in Ravensden, Bedfordshire.

Census:
Mary was enumerated as being the wife of Samuel Laughton, married, a female, aged 68, a farmer of 18 acres who employed 1 man and 1 boy, and born in Ravensden, Bedfordshire. She was living with her husband Samuel Laughton 68 at Top End Farm.

Gravestone:
The tombstone in the churchyard cemetery of All Saints, Renhold, reads "Sacred to the memory of Mary / The beloved wife of Samuel Laughton / Born April 27th 1812 / Died October 18th 1886".

Died:
Mary died aged 74 years old.

Buried:
Mary was buried by Horace Rudkin, Vicar, at All Saints' churchyard.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The banns were read on Sunday 6 March, Sunday 13 March and Sunday 20 March 1836 by A. J. Crispin, Vicar, at All Saint's Church, Renhold.

Marriage:
The marriage was conducted by A. Crispin, Vicar.

Marriage witnesses:
The witnesses were John Elsom, Anna Wyles, and Elizabeth Carter. On the Bishop's Transcripts, Elizabeth Carter was left out.

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Name: Thomas Lawton
• Reference Number: 64.0
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• _UID: CE6A17DF736D4A178D7193CF5136937E67F7
• Census: 1782, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 7 Dec 1815, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 11 Jul 1819, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1830, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Land: 1832, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 13 Sep 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Burial: 7 Feb 1858, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

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Read about wills in England in 1858. Thomas died in Feb 1858.

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microfilm # 1595630 item 5. Bedfordshire, Renhold? land - tax assessment. Names of proprietors & occupiers, description of property, amount. # 1595630 item 5 (1797-1832). Also, # 1595742 item 13 (1930-1949).

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microfilm # 0087676 for Renhold Bedfordshire census 1851 - see page 72. PHOTOCOPY

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microfiche # 6905906 - births - 1 fiche. Index to Cardington Cotton End Chapel (Independent and Baptist) births & christenings for 1784 to 1837; check for any Laughtons. Extracted from microfilm # 583982 item 11 (PRO RG-4 series no. 274). Not in FHC, Calgary, 9 March 2002

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Renhold, Bedfordshire. Deposited documents: PO Howbury Estate Muniments - see items 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 56, 68, 69, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 129. Ref: Finding aid for Howbury Estate Muniments FHL microfiche 6085327. Manuscripts at BLARS.

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See report in Family History binder

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microfilm # 0241190. Renhold 1841 census. See database source # 59, Legacy source A00049. Check surnames of other families. PHOTOCOPY Laughton family entries - pages 4, 5, 15 and 16.

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From BFHS. SURNAME INTERESTS BFHS. 2003. Bedfordshire Family History Society. Cost ?2.50. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 14, No. 6, June 2004, pages 44 & 45.

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microforms room?, 1 copy of 19 microfiche U of C call number DA600.V5 A18 - Volume 1 index, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3. THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD. Edited by Arthur Doubleday and William Page. Publication: Washington: Brookhaven Press, repr. 1978, c. 1904. Originally published: London: Constable, 1904-1914. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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Buy book "Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire: County Sources at the Society of Genealogists. Interlink does not have this one. None at Global. Order from SOG website: www.sog.org.uk

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Book 942.565 B4b v. 50. Samuel Whitbread's notebooks, 1810-11, 1813-14. Edited by Alan F. Cirket. With some early Nonconformist Church books. Index. 152 pages. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1971. The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society v. 50. Microfilm # 990095 item 13. [Is this series at U of C Library or U of A Library?]

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BEDFORDSHIRE PARISH POOR LAW PAPERS 1622-1834. This is a reprint. "The index includes all parish poor law papers included in or traceable through the Archives Service's lists of deposited parish records." Sterling cheque made payable to BFHS. Price: ?8.75 including P&P. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 15, No. 2, June 2005, pages 34 & 35. ARE THESE THE SAME AS THE MICROFICHE THAT I HAVE?

Census:
Thomas was living with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Hopkins Laughton, and his sisters, Susanna, Mary and Sarah. Although he would have been only 3 years old, he was 'at school by Mr. Howard'.

Occupation:
At the baptism of his son, William, Thomas was recorded as a labourer.

Occupation:
At the baptism of his son, Joseph, Thomas was recorded as a "cottager".

Occupation:
Was Thomas the Parish Clerk of Renhold before his son, Samuel?

Land:
Thomas was not listed in the Poll Books for 1832 (Family History Library microfilm # 416152), so it is unlikely that he owned land.

Census:
Thomas Laughton was enumerated as a male, age 60 (rounded), a farmer, and born in Bedfordshire. He was living with his wife Mary Laughton 60 (rounded) and youngest son, Joseph Laughton 20 (rounded) in Renhold. His married daughter, Susan Goodliffe and her family were also living with them.

Census:
Thomas Laughton was the enumerator for Renhold, enumeration district # 14.


Occupation:
Thomas was the parish clerk when his son, Joseph, married Sarah Hopkins.

Census:
Thomas was aged 73, a farmer and labourer, a widower, and born in Cardington.

Burial:
The Bishop's Transcripts of Renhold confirm that Thomas was 80 years old and from Renhold when he died. William Ussher was the vicar.

Died:
Thomas died aged 80 years.

Buried:
Thomas' burial service was conducted by William Ussher, Vicar.

Thomas married Mary KEMP on 29 Dec 1801 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. Mary (daughter of William KEMP and Mary ROBERTS) was born in 1781 in England; was christened on 24 Jun 1781 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; died on 16 Jul 1841 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 18 Jul 1841 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: F
• Reference Number: 65.0
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• Birth: Abt 1778, Bedfordshire, England
• Baptism: 24 Jun 1781, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Salph End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Death: 16 Jul 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; of dropsy, age 63 years, wife of Thomas Laughton,
• Burial: 17 Jul 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

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Bedford 1841 September quarter Vol 6 page 13.

Birth:
Since she died on July 16, 1841 age 63, her birth year was calculated as circa 1778.

Baptism:
Mary's baptism was recorded in the Bishop's Transcripts of Renhold. She was the daughter of William and Mary Kempe.

Census:
Mary Laughton was enumerated as a female, age 60 (rounded), and born in Bedfordshire. She was living with her husband, Thomas Laughton (60 rounded), and their son Joseph (20 rounded) in Salph End, Renhold. Her married daughter, Susan Goodliffe, and family were living with them.

Death:
The attendant was Rebecca Hopkins.

Burial:
Mary is "of Renhold, aged 61." In the Bishop's Transcripts, the burial date is recorded as 18 July 1841.

Died:
Mary was aged 61 when she died.

Buried:
Mary's burial service was conducted by A. J. Crispin, Vicar.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The banns were read in All Saints Church on November 29, December 6, and December 13 by A. J. Crispin, Vicar.

Marriage witnesses:
The witness was Joseph Cooper. There may be another witness, but the record is obscure.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Reference Number: 66.0
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• _UID: 61B39B09498745B486DBCEA39297A0AFCBE7
• Baptism: 10 Jan 1779, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England; son of Noel Wiles and his wife, Hannah,
• Condition: 29 Mar 1799, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; John was a bachelor when he married Ann Simons
• Residence: 29 Mar 1799, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 1841, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 15 Apr 1845, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; labourer, when his son, Joseph Wiles, married Lydia Warwick
• Burial: 31 Aug 1845, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; aged 68 by A. J. Crespin, Vicar,

Notes:

Baptism:
John Wilds, the son of William Wilds and his wife, Mary, was baptised on August 3, 1877. This may not be the right person.

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Family Tree Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 5, March 1992. Copy pages 9, 15 and 16. ISSN: 02671131. AFHS library set starts in 1994. Also on microfilm # 1559423 item 1 (May 1991-October 1992) and microfiche # 6036471. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 9, 2005.

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Baptism:
See Laughton and related families database.

Residence:
John was living in Ravensden at the time of his marriage to Ann Simons.

Census:
John was aged 60 (rounded), a carpenter, living with his wife, Ann, and not born in Bedfordshire.

John married Ann SIMONS on 29 Mar 1799 in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England. Ann was born in 1782 in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1860 in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 27 Mar 1860 in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 67.0
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• Birth: Abt 1782, Bedfordshire, England
• Birth: Abt 1783, England
• Condition: 29 Mar 1799, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; Ann was a spinster when she married John Wiles
• Residence: 29 Mar 1799, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England
• Income: 1801-1802, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Parenthood: 1813, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 1841, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 1851, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
• Death: 23 Mar 1860, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; aged 78 of epilepsy debility
• Burial: 27 Mar 1860, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England; aged 78, by Henry Dodwell, Officiating Minister,

Notes:

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Was Ann Simons born in Thurleigh circa 1783? Find microfiche numbers and order.

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Was Ann Simons born in Little Mounden, Cambridgeshire, circa 1783? Find Little Mounden or check source again. Find microfiche numbers and check.

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Look at Rene's note. Baptism Thurleigh - microfiche 6505846. Microfilm 0908072 item 6, microfilm 537073 item 4, or Q 942.565 B4e.

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She died March 27, 1860. Buried in Ravensden? Check NBI? 1860 Q3 September, Bedford 3b 180 line 24 Ann Wiles OR 1860 Q1 March, Bedford 3b 242 line 16 Ann Wills?

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She died March 27, 1860. Buried in Ravensden? Check NBI? 1860 Q3 September, Bedford 3b 180 line 24 Ann Wiles OR 1860 Q1 March, Bedford 3b 242 line 16 Ann Wills?

Birth:
Since Ann died on March 23, 1860 aged 78, her birth year was calculated as circa 1782.

Birth:
There is an 'Ann Wiles', a widow, who lived with her son, Joseph Wiles, in the 1851 census of Ravensden. She was aged 68 and born in Little Mounden, Cambridgeshire. I can't find 'Little Mounden'.

Residence:
Ann lived in Thurleigh at the time of her marriage to John Wiles.

Income:
Ann was 'in need' several times during the years. She was paid small amounts by the Ravensden Overseers. Some of the references were: May 30, 1801 paid 4s 0d; December 1, 1801 paid 2s 6d; January 27, 1802 paid 5s 0d; and February 2, 1802 paid 3s 0d.

Parenthood:
When Ann had a baby, the Ravensden Overseers' paid 5s 0d for the midwife on July 9, 1813.

Census:
Ann was aged 55 (rounded), and living with her husband, John Wiles.

Census:
Ann was age 68, living with her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Lydia Wiles, and born in Little Mounden [?], Cambridgeshire.

Death:
Sarah Fensom [neighbour] was the informant who was in attendance.

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Name: Thomas Lawton
• Reference Number: 128.0
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• _UID: 20075ECD6DC04FBF80FDBDBF6C914B501E7C
• Residence: 11 Oct 1764, Wootton, Bedfordshire, England; at the time of his marriage
• Occupation: 1774, Bedfordshire, England; as a labourer
• Burial: 24 Feb 1778, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; in the graveyard of the church of St. Mary [Church of England]

Notes:

_TODO:
Read about wills in England. Thomas died on 24 Feb 1778.
Elizabeth Hopkins Laughton died 11 August 1792.

_TODO:
Family History Library microfilm# 0,826,471. Is this parish register or Bishop's Transcripts? Marriage to ELIZABETH HOPKINS in Wootton August 7, 1792. Check in banns, too.

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Also book 942.565? Poll Book 1774

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Cardington church records microfilm. Burial records are not on microfilm # 1,042,928. PHOTOCOPY. Buried February 24, 1778 (National Burial Index II) in St. Mary's, Cardington.

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look at - maybe order in Calgary microfiche # 6905837 - 2 fiche. Index to Cardington marriages A thru Z for 1573 to 1812; extracted from microfilm and book. Look for all Laughton/Lawton & Hopkin names. Not at FHC, Calgary, on 9 March 2002.

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Microfiche # 6905836 - index to Cardington births & baptisms for 1572 - 1812; look for all Laughton/Lawton names, also Hopkins. From film # 0599354 item 1 and/or book Q 942.565 B4e v.8

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Family History Library microfilm # 1,895,575 item 4. [check microfilm number] Cardington, Bedfordshire land tax assessment 1797-1832 Cardington

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Microfilm # 0924129 item 11. Bedfordshire directory 1785

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Check the copy of the 1782 census of Cardington that was recently found for any new information on the Laughton family in Cardington. BLARS.

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Wootton Bishops Transcripts - item 2 on Family History Library microfilm # 1,066,998. No banns on this microfilm. Marriage of Thomas and Ann Hopkins August 7, 1792

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Mount photocopies of Bedfordshire Marriage Licences onto legal paper to photocopy and reduce. See file folder in Laughton plastic file box.

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942.565 B4b v. 81. No microfilm. EPISCOPAL VISITATIONS IN BEDFORDSHIRE, 1706-1720. Edited by Patirica Bell. Volume 81 of the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Records Society.

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PRIME CD. "This is the surname index to Bedfordshire Parish Registers up to 1812. The final version database is available for direct searching on your own PC. Over 750 copies sold, a must for all family historians searching for Bedfordshire ancestors." Price to Members: Overseas
?9.50 including overseas P & P for surface mail. Orders in writing to Mrs. V. Brown, 90 Devon Road, Luton, Beds LU2 0RL, enclosing a sterling cheque made payable to BFHS. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 15, No. 3, September 2005, page 16.

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8 library tower, 1 copy, U of C call number NA969.B4 P47. BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF HUNGTON AND PETERBOROUGH. Author: Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Published: Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1968. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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SURNAME INTERESTS - online. Bedfordshire Family History Society website: www.bfhs.org.uk. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 14, No. 6, June 2004, pages 44 & 45.

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BLT - GOV, 1 copy, U of C call number UK1 /LCH330/64L0003A. LIST OF THE LANDS OF DISSOLVED RELIGIOUS HOUSES. VOLUME 1: BEDFORDSHIRE- HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Corporate author: Great Britain. Public Record Office. Series. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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photo for front cover
info for back page of front cover
re-format title page
change "produced" to "compiled" in footer - how?
change page to page "X of Y" in footer - how?
find map of England
find map of Bedfordshire - highlight Bedford City, Cardington, Goldington, Ravensden, Renhold, Stagsden, and Wootton

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5 library tower, 1 copy, U of C call number DA645.A4 V.3. THE PLACE-NAMES OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Author: Allen Mawer and F. M. Stenton. Published 1926. Series: English Place-Name Society, volume 3. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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Occupation:
Thomas was not listed in the Poll Book for Bedford 1774. He likely did not own land.

Thomas married Elizabeth HOPKINS on 7 Oct 1764 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas HOPKINS and Susanna) was born on 30 Nov 1740 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1740 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England; died in Aug 1792 in England; was buried on 11 Aug 1792 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Reference Number: 129.0
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• _UID: 47A36C041D1142D6B7457694D4CCEF00351F
• Census: 1782, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England
• Marital Status: 4 Sep 1782, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

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Try IGI on FamilySearch for her birth in England around 1740

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Cardington church records. Burials are not on microfilm # 1,042,928. Death in 1792. PHOTOCOPY. ELIZABETH LAUGHTON died in 1792. Married to Thomas Laughton.

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ELIZABETH LAUGHTON, widow of Thomas Laughton.

Census:
Elizabeth Laughton was a widow, living at cottage number 36, in the 1782 census of Cardington. Her children Susanna, Mary, Sarah and Thomas were living with her.

Marital Status:
Elizabeth was a widow at the time of the death of her daughter, Mary.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 130.0
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• _UID: 8C4DF2DBEE4C49CBB6947A291F468BBC8D8C
• Residence: 3 Apr 1768, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
• Residence: 16 Apr 1768, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
• Marital Status: 27 Jun 1802, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Burial: 3 Dec 1816, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

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William baptized c. 1745 not likely in Renhold

Residence:
At the time of the reading of the banns to Mary Roberts, William Kemp was recorded as being of the "parish of St. Paul's, Bedford."

Residence:
At his marriage, William was aged 23 and "of the parish of St. Paul's, Bedford."

Marital Status:
William was a widower when the banns were read for his marriage to Mary Merrill.

Burial:
At his burial, William is recorded as being 71 years old. His burial service was conducted by A. J. Crispin, Vicar.

Buried:
Burial service conducted by A. J. Crispin, Vicar. William was aged 71.

William married Mary ROBERTS on 16 Apr 1768 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. Mary (daughter of Richard ROBERTS and Mary) was born in 1746 in England; was christened on 19 Oct 1746 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; died in May 1797 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 12 May 1797 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 131.0
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• _UID: D5CA9602191A4D188D6D4E48AF2905ABE723
• Residence: 16 Apr 1768, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

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find his email and reply to Bedford Bates about Roberts family

Residence:
At the time of her marriage, Mary was aged 22, and living in Renhold.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The banns were read on April 3, April 10, and April 17, 1768, at All Saint's Church.

Marriage witnesses:
The witnesses were Thomas Ashpole, and Richard Ashpole. Also: Wm. Bick? present?