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Rolls Chapel register: Memorandum book of marriages, burials and baptisms conducted...

Catalogue reference: PRO 30/21/3/1

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Reference

PRO 30/21/3/1

Date

1736-1892

Description

Rolls Chapel register: Memorandum book of marriages, burials and baptisms conducted in the Rolls Chapel, including:

MARRIAGES (unless otherwise stated, couples marrying are single):

  • Marriage: Edward Frewen of [the parish of] St Michael le Quern [Cornhill], London, and Mary Stevens, of Culham [in Wargrave, Berkshire]. (1736 Dec 7).
  • Marriage: Rev Richard Fletcher and Mary Hayre, both of Woolwich, Kent. (1736/7 Feb 1).
  • Marriage: Richard Glover of St Martin Orgar, London and Hannah Nunn of St Bartholomew the Great, London. (1737 May 21).
  • Marriage: Joseph Skidmore of Christ Church, Middlesex, and Hannah Prior of St George the Martyr. (1737 June 3).
  • Marriage: William Fellows and Sarah Bliss, both of St George, Hanover Square. (1738 May 23).
  • Marriage: James Turner, widower, and Martha Spencer, both of Stoke Newington, Middlesex. (1738 June 24).
  • Marriage: William Martin of Wooburn, Bucks, and Margaret Parker of Harmondsworth, Middlesex. (1738 Dec 4).
  • Marriage: Walter Grinstead of St Gregory, London, and Rachael Barnes of Hayes, Kent. (1738/9 Jan 20).
  • Marriage: Thomas Pochin of Loughborough, Leics, and Dame Prudence Jenkinson, widow, of St George the Martyr, Middlesex. (1741 Dec 17).
  • Marriage: Thomas Immines, widower, of St Giles, Cripplegate and Elizabeth Immines of St Andrew, Holborn. (1742 May 13).
  • Marriage: James Cawthorn and Mary Clare, both of St Anne, Westminster, Middlesex. (1742 Nov 14).
  • Marriage: William Sergeant and Anne Jolly, both of the parish of St George [not specified]. (1743 May 19).
  • Marriage: Samuel Cook and Elizabeth Wilson, both of St Martin in the Fields. (1743 May 31).
  • Marriage: Godfrey Langhelt and Barbara Herbert, both of St Margaret, Westminster. (1743/4 Feb 5). See also PRO 30/21/3/2.
  • Marriage: William Massingberd, widower, of Gunby, Lincolnshire, and Elizabeth Drake, of the city of Lincolnshire. (1744 May 3).
  • Marriage: Rev Richard Ward and Elizabeth King, both of Kensington, Middlesex. (1745/6 Mar 6). See also PRO 30/21/3/3.
  • Marriage: Charles Boyland, widower, and Anne Willis, widow, both of St Brides, London. (1746 June 8). See also PRO 30/21/3/4.
  • Marriage: Nicholas Dennys of Lion's Inn, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Belfield, of the liberty of the Rolls, in the parish of St Dunstan in the West, London. (1747 May 29).
  • Marriage: John Dowding, widower, and Elizabeth Long, widow, both of St James, Westminster. (1748 June 30).
  • Marriage: Rev Thomas Chapman, Doctor of Laws, vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and Elizabeth Barnwell of St Catherine Coleman, London. (1749 Apr 6).

BAPTISMS:

  • Baptism: Jane Frances, daughter of Henry lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, and Jane Elizabeth his wife. (1837 Mar 12).
  • Baptism: Alfred Morgan, son of Julia Jane and Alfred Kingston. (1860 Apr 1).
  • Baptism: Mary, daughter of Matilda Isabella and William Hayes. (1861 July 28).
  • Baptism: Matilda Jane, daughter of Matilda Isabella and William Hayes. (1863, June 7).
  • Baptism: Mary, daughter of Julia Jane and Alfred Kingston. (1865 June 28).
  • Baptism: Julia Annie, daughter of Julia Jane and Alfred Kingston. (1866 Oct 17).
  • Baptism: Howell Tertius, son of Annie Augusta and William Archibald Howell, organist in the Rolls Chapel. (1886 Jan 18).
  • Baptism: Sydney Kenneth, son of Annie Augusta and William Archibald Howell, organist in the Rolls Chapel. (1887 May 10).
  • Baptism: Margaret Irene, daughter, son of Annie Augusta and William Archibald Howell, organist in the Rolls Chapel. (1890 Sept 4).
  • Baptism: William Wallace, son of Annie Augusta and William Archibald Howell, organist in the Rolls Chapel. (1892 June 20).

BURIALS:

  • Burial: Sir Joseph Jekyll, Master of the Rolls. (1738 Aug).
  • Burial: William Fortescue, esq, Master of the Rolls. (1749 Dec 16). Note: Wall tablet in former Public Record Office museum, Chancery Lane.
  • Burial: Sir Thomas Clarke, Master of the Rolls. (1764 Nov 21). Note: For papers of Clarke as Master of the Rolls see PRO 30/26/2-7.
  • Burial: Sir Thomas Sewell, Master of the Rolls. (1784 [Mar]). Note: Wall tablet (with wife and child) in former Public Record Office museum, Chancery Lane.
  • Burial: Richard Pepper, lord Alvanley, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and formerly Master of the Rolls. (1804 Mar 26).
  • Burial: Dame Mary Elizabeth Sewell, widow of Sir Thomas Sewell, late Master of the Rolls. (1820 Sept 26). Note: Wall tablet (with Sir Thomas Sewell, above) in former Public Record Office museum, Chancery Lane.
  • Burial: Sir Thomas Plumer, Master of the Rolls. (1824 Apr 1).
  • Burial: Robert, Baron Gifford, Master of the Rolls and deputy speaker of the House of Lords, of St Leonard's, Devon. (1826 Sept 12). Note: Wall tablet in former Public Record Office museum, Chancery Lane.

Arrangement

The register is arranged with the Marriages at the front followed by the Baptisms, which are largely in a tabular format. The Burials are in reverse order from the back of the register.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Physical description

1 volume(s)

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3510240/

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Series information

PRO 30/21

Rolls Chapel: Records and Artefacts

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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts

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Within the series: PRO 30/21

Rolls Chapel: Records and Artefacts

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