Parish of Radipole

 

BISHOP’S TRANSCRIPTS FOR RADIPOLE, DORSET 1779-1812

 

This transcript of the first bundle of Bishop’s Transcripts for Radipole was made by Will Stevens from the originals, which are held at the Wiltshire County Record Office.

 

The BTs themselves are written on pieces of paper of varying size. They are generally untidy, and are often difficult to read, especially the BT for 1797, which is crumpled and stained with ancient mud, and the BT for 1812, which was written in a large sprawling hand apparently by George Luckham, a churchwarden. In fact, neither of the two incumbents involved, the Revd T Grove, or the Revd William Gorton, seems to have taken the job of preparing BTs particularly seriously.

 

This transcript is intended to be a complete line-by-line representation of what is on the documents. Question marks are used to indicate doubtful words, and other comments are in square brackets. Lines, like the one below, indicate where one document ends and the next begins. For convenience, personal names have been emboldened. The foreign and foreign-seeming names are probably accounted for by the presence of troops in the area.

 

Researchers should be aware that for considerable periods, the same incumbent was responsible for both Radipole and Melcombe Regis, and there are consequently many Radipole entries in the Melcombe Regis Registers and BTs. In connection with this, there is appended below a transcription of a list prepared by the Revd William Gorton in 1813 of all the Registers for Radipole and Melcombe Regis which were then in existence. The original is filed with the BTs at the Wiltshire County Record Office.

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Baptisms at Rhadipole [This spelling is used consistently until 1804]

From last visitation 1779

June 27 Edith dr of Robt & Joan Bridle

Jany 9 1780 Mary dr of Jno & Mary Dickey

 

Burials at Do

 

1779 (?)

June 30 Jno son of Wm & Alice Heaping (?)

July 10 Ann Dr of Ann & Jno Brown

     19 Edwd & Benjamin Davis Sons

of Jno & Edith Davis

July 25 Henry Son of Ann & Jno Brown

Augt 28 Sarah Dr of Thos & Mary Margery (?)

Novr 2 Thomas Terry

        8 Mary Margery

1779

 

                                                T Grove Rector

                                                the Mark of Wm Reepen (?)

                                                Churchwarden

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 Rhadipole Baptisms 1780

 

June 11 Thomas Son of Benjamin & Rachael

Atakins (?)

Augt 14 John Son of William & Alice Keeping

Novr 26 William Son of Jane Dinnes Base born

                        1781

 

March 14 Martha Dr of William & Elizabeth Ellis

April 1 William Son of Wm and Elizabeth Church

house

Burials 1780

Mary Dr of Thomas & Agness Green Aug 23

John Son of William & Alice Keeping Sept 8

 

                                    T Grove Rector

                        William Ribben Churchwarden

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[The are no BTs for the years 1781-1795 in the Wiltshire County Record Office]

 

Baptisms Rhadipole

1796 May 1 Hannah Dr of Thos & Hannah Simmons

of E Chickerel bap:

May 15 Thomas Son of Henry & Ruth Mess (?) bap:

July 10 Thomas Son of William & Elizabeth

White bap:

Augt 3 Joseph Son of Henry & Elizabeth

Cozens bap:

 

Burials 1795 Rhadipole

June 10 Mary Cross buried

July 10 Ann Loveless buried

July 31 Ann Thorne buried

March 28 1796 Elizabeth Legg buried

 

                        Thomas Grove Rector

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Baptisms 1796 Rhadipole [NB duplications - see above]

May 1 Hannah Dr of Thos & Hannah Simmons

of East Chickerel

May 15 Thos Son of Henry & Ruth Mess

July 10 John Thos Son of William & Elizabeth

White

August 3 Joseph Son of Henry & Eliza

beth Cousins

Octr 10 Jane Dr of Reuben & Jane Groves

Octr 10 Elizabeth Dr of Henry & Jane

Gill

Decem 24 Edith Dr of Richard & Mary

Davis

 

Burials 1796

Elizabeth Legg March 28th

Sarah Wife of Robert Loader Decemr 31

            1797

March 24 Robert Loader

April 18 John Son of Edward & Susanna

Mowlem

June 9 Ann Wife of Saml Margerie

June 9 Edward Son of John & Sarah

Dowel

July 18 [illegible]

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[This document is crumpled and mud stained; hence the difficulty in reading it]

 

List (?) of the the Baptisms of Radipole 17(?)7

[illegible] 31st Joseph the Son of Henry (?) [illegible] Lock (?)

[illegible] 31st Thos Son of Wm & Elizabeth [illegible]

March [illegible] Martha daughter of James [illegible]

March (?) 22nd George Son of Ruben (?) [illegible]

May [illegible] John (?)

 

Burial

Decr 19th 1797 Martha [illegible]   Wm Gorton Minister

Rhadipole [illegible]

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A Copy of the Baptisms of Rhadipole

 

 1798

June 29th Joseph & Mary Son & daughter of Henry

& Elizabeth Cozens

 

1799

February 22nd (?) Wm & Jane Son & daughter of George &

            Martha Jeanes (?)

May 12th Martha daughter of Robert & Sarah Lucas

                                    Wm Gorton - Minister

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a Copy of the Burials of Rhadipole

1798

June 16th Thomas Margerie

       24th John Swazer (?)

1799

March 25 Mary Dowl daughter of John & Sarah Dowl

                                                Wm Gorton - Minister

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A Copy of the Baptisms & Burials of the Parish of

Rhadipole in the County of Dorset delivered at the Archdeacons

Visitation 11 June 1800

 

Baptisms

July 2d 1799

William Son of Wm & Elizabeth White

Septr 9th Margaret daughter of Wm & Elizabeth Harrison

 

1800

March 30th Mary daughter of James & Martha Read

April 25th  Hannah daughter of Richard & Mary Davies

April 27th Levi Son of Reuben & Jane Groves

May 25th Daniel Son of Benjamin & Ann Whiting

       25th Elizabeth daughter of Benjamin & Ann Whiting

       25th Henry Son of Benjamin & Ann Whiting

 

Burials

June 1st 1799 Thomas Palmer

August 12th James Dun (?)

October 13th John Ingland

November 24th Benjamin Whiting

December 16th Catharine Beer

 

Rhadipole                                 Wm Gorton    Minister

10th June 1800

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A Copy of the Baptisms & Burials of Rhadipole

in the County of Dorset

 

1800

August 17th James Son of Joseph & Fanny Snook

Septr 28th Richard Son of John & Elizabeth Pitman

Decr 21st Martha daughter of Wm & Elizabeth Wills (?)

 

1801

April 26th Sarah daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Cozens

 

Burials

August 9th 1800 Robert Brunt (?)

Decr 26th Richard Pitman

January 21st 1801 Ann Clark

 

            The above is a true Copy of the Register

 

Rhadipole                                 Wm Gorton - Minister

            4th May 1801

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A Copy of the Register of Rhadipole

in the County of Dorset

 

Baptisms 1802

July 4th Charlotte daughter of Reuben & Jane Groves

Novr 21st Robert Son of Robert & Sarah Lucas

 

Burial

May 27th Editha (?) Daughter of John & Sarah

Dowl

 

The above is a true Copy of the Register

 

Rhadipole                     Wm Gorton - Minister

            May 24th 1803

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A Copy of the Baptisms & Burials of

the Parish of  Rhadipole in the County of Dorset

 

Baptisms 1803

June 7th Ann daughter of Joseph & Fanny Snook

Novr 27th George Son of George & Matilda Hunter (?)

1804 Jan 22nd Ann daughter of John & Elizabeth Pitman

June 22nd Elizabeth daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Cozens

 

 Burials 1803

June12th Mary Elford (?)

July 3d James Son of James & Margaret Coates

 

1804

January 8th Ann Ellis

June 27th Thomas Bathon (?)

July 5th Henry Turgente (?)

 

Rhadipole                                 Wm Gorton   Minister

            3d September 1804

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[The right hand part of this page has been cut off, so some of the entries are incomplete]

 

A Copy of the Baptisms of the [page cut]

the County of Dorset - 1804

 

September 16th Harriet Groves

 

1805

March 17th Richard Davis Son [page cut]

 

Burials 1804

Septr 19th            Ann Henning

          28th            Ann Day

Octr 6th            Henry Franking (?)

Octr 13th            Ann King

Oct 19th            Frederick Lingel (?)

Novr 5th            Frederick Manuke (?)

        16th            Wm Winklebach (?)

 

1805

March 28th            Lucy Mickland (?)

April 17th            Lewis Brank (?)

 

                        The above is a true Co[page cut]

Rhadipole

            10th May 1805

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A Copy of the Register of the Parish of

Radipole

Baptisms 1805

26th May James Perry Son of James & Elizabeth Perry

16th June Mary Fooks daughter of John & Elizabeth Fooks

2 September Amelia Bowls daughter of John & Mary Bowls

 

16th February 1806

            Wm Pitman Son of John & Elizabeth Pitman

 

Burials 1805

10th May

            Richard Lucas

2 August Elizabeth Lather (?)

29th August John Steel

30th Novr Wm Pool

 

                                    Wm Gorton  Minister

Radipole

            20th May 1806

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A Copy of the Register of the Parish of

Radipole in the County of Dorset

 

Baptisms 1807

August 2d Wm the Son of Simon & Susanna White

            30th James Skinner Son of

                        Amelia Skinner

 

1808

May     26th Wm the Son of Wm & Elizabeth Pitman

            26th Richard Son of the Above

            30th Jane White daughter of Wm & Elizabeth White

June 20th Georgia Wilhelmina Mary Charlotte Augusta

von Donop daughter of George Wilhelm &

Charlotte Augusta von Donop

 

Burials 1807

November 16th            Ann Brown

Decr 9th                       Mary Carher (?)

1808

January 2d                    Frederick Orman (?)

            12th                 Wm Wyar (?)

            21st                  Frederick Ballen (?)

April 26th                     Frederick Bent (?)

June 29th                      Mary Curtis (?)

August 2d                     [no entry]

 

[overleaf]

Burials 1808

August 2d                     Frederick Thiers (?)

 

The Above is a true Copy of the Register

 

Radipole                                   Wm Gorton - Minister

            16th August 1808

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A Copy of the Register of the Parish of

Radipole in the County of Dorset

 

Baptisms 1808

October 25th George Roberts Son of John & Jane Roberts

                        1809

February 26th Ann daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Cozens

April 23d Edward Son of Edward & Lethoe (?) Dear

July 30th Charles Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Hawkins

 

Burials 1809

March 7th            Henry Westerfield

                        Wm Poole

April 22d            Richard Sandifield

July 4th Esther Mowlam

 

The Above is a true Copy of the Register

Radipole                                   Wm Gorton  Minister

            4th September 1809

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A Copy of the Register of Radipole in the County of Dorset

 

Baptisms 1810

[The following six entries probably should be dated 1809, not 1810. See above and below]

February 11th            Ann Rop the daughter of John & Ann Rop

                        Joseph Letty the Son of Thomas & Sarah Letty

               25            Catharine Davitt (Davill?) the daughter of Luke (?) & Ann Davitt

April 8th            Christopher Barber the Son of Wm & Elizabeth Barber

                        Ann Barber daughter of the Above

June 10th            James Laney (?) the Son of John & Elizabeth Laney

 

Burials 1809

Novr 6th            John Hall

        14th            Thomas Chitord (?)

        24th            Ann Cozens

Decr 2d            Job Herridery (?)

4th January 1810 Sophia Lomax

Feby 7th            George Lack (?)

       27th            Job Cholan (?)      

March 11th            Wm Barmen (?)

          11th            Wm Silvester

May 3d            Mary Mowlam

        9th            John Hoatt (?)

      30th            Samuel Armitage

June 2d            Mary Noake (?)

       18th            Letitia (?) Weyman

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A Copy of the Baptisms of the Parish of Radipole

in the County of Dorset - 1810

 

February 10th            Hannah daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Cozens

              16th            Jane daughter of Edward & Rachel Ward

              27th            George Son of George & Elizabeth Hawkins

              28th            Julia daughter of Richard & Ann Clerk

 

Burials 1810

July 7th Joseph Cahill (?)

      16th            John Pitman

Septr 15th            Cornelius Jefferson

         29th            Eliza Oakley

1811

February 12th            James Marsh

              15th            James Goodman

March 20th            Thomas Pain

 

The above are true Copies of the Register

Radipole                                   Wm Gorton    Minister

            27th May 1811

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Baptisms in the Parish of Radipole

in the County of Dorset

 

[Most of this sheet, starting at this point,  is written in a large careless hand, which is very difficult to decipher. The fact that George Luckham, a churchwarden, is mentioned at the end suggests that the Revd Gorton delegated to him the task of compiling this BT.]

 

Octr 26 1811 (?) William Ellis Honeybun son of John

& Elizth Honeybun

Nov 3  Jane Daughter of John & Elzth (?) Pitman (?)

11 Susanna Dr of John & [illegible] Imber (?)

Jan 7 1812                  

12 Thomas son of Thomas & Susanna

Deckman

Apl 19 Thomas son of Thomas & Ann Wright (?)

May 10 John son of John & Sarah Tizard

 

August 1811    Burials

26 John Call (?)

[illegible] John Marsh

8 Mary Green

16

18 William Rangeard (?)

29 John Williams

Novr 6 Henary Ralph

8 Elizth Pane (?)

12 John Smith (?)

Decr 8 John Bantor (?)

11 William Tompson

13 John Nixon

18 Geo Lee

29 William King

 

[overleaf]

 

1812

Jan 9 William Nixon

9 James Davis

15 Thomas Tinckelan (?)

21 Joan (?) Stone

Feby 24 Mark Lines

26 Thomas Townsal

March 8 Robert Gould

16 Job Gooding

18 (?) John Brown

Apr 4 Samuel Grimshaw

22 Thomas Marsh

25 Joseph Gill (?)

 

[in a different, smaller hand]

 

The above is a true Copy of the Register of Radipole

In the County of Dorset

 

August 18th 1812                William Gorton  Minister

                                                Geo Luckham   Churchwarden

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[The following sheet is filed with the BTs, and is of interest in that it lists the Parish Registers for Melcombe Regis and Radipole which were in existence in 1812. Although the wording is confused, the note at the end seems to indicate that the Registers for baptisms and burials at least were kept at Melcombe Regis, and that the incumbent, presumably, relied on notes or memory when making entries for Radipole. This is supported by the later evidence from Census Returns that some Radipole christenings went unrecorded.]

 

A list of all extant Register Books in the

Parishes of Melcombe Regis & Radipole

 

1st Register of Baptisms Marriages & Burials

April 9th 1592 to November 15th 1641

2d Septr 18th 1606 to April 3d 1653

3d April 4th 1657 to December 30th 1691

4th April 5th 1695 to March 6th 1705

5th March 25th 1706 to March 20th 1728

6th March 27th 1729 to December 31st 1750

7th March 29th 1758 (?) to December 31st 1775

8th January 1st 1776 to April 6th 1803

9th April 9th 1803 to May 29th 1813

 

 Marriage Registers

1st 23rd June 1754 to 15 January 1764

2d 12th Feby 1764 to 31 December 1775

3d 1st January 1776 to 28th December 1793

4th 11th January 1794 to 29th January 1803

5th 3d February 1803 to 24th May 1810

6th 7th June 1810 to 26 December 1812

7th 7th January 1813 to 29th May 1813

 

The above Registers are deposited in the Church of Melcombe Regis

and the Marriage register is deposited in the Chapel of Radipole

12th October 1797 to 11 May 1811       Wm Gorton  Curate

                                                                Melcombe Regis     May 31st 1813

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