Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (16) Ernest Maynard

Ernest Albert Maynard
War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: L/Corp. E Maynard Essex. Church window: Ernest A Maynard. Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore) as E A Maynard [ERO A10815].
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment "A" Coy. 8th Battalion (formerly 27282 Essex)  Service No: 33237 [CWGC]
Service Details: Enlisted: Warley. [WFA] Medal card shows roll ref for Victory/British medals as K/2/104 B11 p. 744.  No reference to L/cpl rank. [Ancestry.com]
Personal and family information: The Baptism Register [ERO D/P 266/1/11] confirms that Ernest Albert Maynard was baptised on 4th May 1890. His parents were George, a builder, and Emma. Ernest Albert Maynard is recorded in the Sunday School ‘Scholars’ Admission Book’, baptised May 4 1890 [ERO D/P 266/28]. In the 1901 census Ernest Maynard was living in the Chelmsford Road with his parents, George and Emma,  and 4 older children: Fred W, Joseph H, Eleanor and Edgar. In 1911 census his parents lived in Chelmsford Road, Blackmore. George, a bricklayer born Blackmore was aged 62, and Emma, his wife of 40 years, born Mile End, was 58 years old. In the 1911 census Ernest Maynard (then aged 21) was a “domestic gardener” living with his sister Gerlinda [Gertrude] Sankey (aged 26) and her husband, William Sankey (aged 28, a “groom domestic”) at Ivy Cottage, Stondon Massey.  William Sankey is recorded on the War Memorial as coming through the war.  Ernest Maynard worked in the garden at Stondon Massey Rectory before going to war.  George Maynard died, aged 63, and was buried at Blackmore on 20th March 1912 [Burial Register –original in Church Safe]. Revd. Edward Reeve, Rector of Stondon Massey, was a keen recorder of events during the First World War. He wrote [source: ERO T/P 188/3]: 7th February 1916 Gardeners of military age who can pass the medical tests will now of course be unknown.  William Penson, gardener at Stondon Rectory, went in November 1914 to do his part.  He was engaged for some five months at Stratford, and then proceeded for a rather longer period to Chelmsford where he was employed in guarding Marconi Wireless electric apparatus, and in patrol work of divers kinds.  More recently he has been removed to Manningtree. His place has been filled by Ernest Maynard, a Blackmore lad who has been learning under him, but he too will now be in request for home service. 7th March 1916 Our younger garden helper, Ernest Maynard, has now been called up, and is to join his company for duty on March 15th at Epping. 6th July 1917 We have received news of the death of Ernest Maynard killed on the French Front, formerly a helper in the Rectory Garden.  It appears that he was attached to a Machine Gun which was doing good service when a shell burst among those manning it, killing most of them instantaneously.” Reeve kept a number of letters relating to local men serving on the Western Front. Two letters relate to Ernest Maynard [ERO D/P 98/28/18] 1.            A black edged letter “Fingrith Hall Road, Blackmore. July 13 [1917] The Rev Reeve Dr Sir. so sorry to write to tell you the sad news of the death of our dear brother Ernest Maynard who was killed in action June 27. Mother has received a very nice letter referring to his noble death also that he was buried in a cemetery.  Yours truly J H Maynard” 2.            a second letter, dated 8th August 1917 “Dr Sir. Thankyou very much for letter received so sorry but we were unable to answear before as Mother was waiting the captains letter so I have enclosed same My brother was in the Essex drafted to the Bedfords and he was also a Lewis gunner untill he met his death again thanking you for your kind letter. Yours truly J Maynard”. Reeve noted on the letter, “He was hit by a shell and died instantly. Buried at the British Cemetery at Philosophe. G W Brewster. Captain”. [ERO D/P 98/28/18] Revd. Reeve records that Ernest Maynard “joined at Epping in March [1916] the 12th Essex” [ERO T/P 188/3 f745] Following the War Revd Reeve wrote of the deliberations of names to be included on the War Memorial at Stondon Massey: “The six names are all that we could fairly include, though Ernest Maynard, a Blackmore lad who worked in the Rectory garden here up to the time of enlisting, was well known, and almost eligible; and Fred Garnham, who fell in the Mons retreat, had been brought up in the village, but had married and joined from Radley Green, Writtle.  R J Ellis was living at Norton [Mandeville] when he died, but was included as being a true Stondon lad, and with his old parents still in the parish” [ERO T/P 188/3 f860-863] His name is not recorded on the Essex Regiment Museum database. [Essex Regiment Museum]. Following the war his mother always laid a wreath at the War Memorial every Armistice Day to his memory [Mary Coller].
Date of Death: 27th June 1917
Age: 27
Where died: Killed in action  [WFA]
Place of Burial or Commemoration: I. S. 19. Cemetery: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe.  [CWGC]
List of Sources: Ancestry.com, Mary Coller “Blackmore My 1920s Wonderland”, Church Safe with grateful acknowledgment to the Vicar and churchwardens, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Western Front Association

Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (15) James Roast

James Roast

War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: Pte. J. Roast Essex; Church Window: James Roast War Memorial Tablet inside All Saints Church, Doddinghurst Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore & Doddinghurst) [ERO A10815]

Rank: Private

Regiment: Essex Regiment 13th Battalion. Service No: 23706 [CWGC]

Service Details: Born: Norton Mandeville, Lived: Kelvedon Common, Enlisted: Epping [Essex Regiment Museum] Medal card: Victory/British K/2/102 B9 p. 450 [Ancestry.com]

Personal and family information: Son of James and Sarah Ann Roast, of Blackmore House Cottages, Hook End.  [CWGC] Son of James & Sarah Ann Roast, Blackmore House Cottages, Kelvedon Common, Brentwood, Essex  [source: Essex Regiment Museum database] Birth registered Q4 1891 Ongar. [Ancestry.com] James Roast was baptised on 20th December 1891 at All Saints Church, Norton Mandeville. His parents were James, a groom, and Sarah Ann.  The family lived at Norton Mandeville [ERO 267/1/7]. 1881 Census. No Roast in Blackmore.  1891 Census. James and Sarah Ann living at Norton Mandeville 1901 Census. Blackmore House, Coachman House James Roast.  Head.  Married.  [Age] 42.  Gardener Domestic.  [Born] Writtle Sarah Ann Roast.  Wife.  Married.  [Age] 40.  [Born] Norton Mandeville Sidney R Roast.  Son.  [Age] 17.  Gardener Domestic.  [Born] Norton Mandeville Edith Roast.  Dau.  [Age] 12.  [Born] Norton Mandeville James Roast.  Son.  [Age] 9.  [Born] Norton Mandeville Thomas Roast.  Son.  [Age] 6.  [Born] Norton Mandeville Lily Roast.  Dau.  [Age] 4.  [Born] Norton Mandeville Arthur Roast.  Son.  [Age] 1.  [Born] Blackmore Kelly’s Directory 1908 lists a J Roast (father) as gardener to Captain Pigott. 1911 Census. Forest Hall, Ongar, Essex. James Roast (age 19) is a Groom domestic at the home of Stephen H King.

Date of Death: 28th April 1917

Age: 26

Where died: Wounded 7/1916. Killed in action. France. Buried: Not known [Essex Regiment Museum database]

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7  [CWGC]

List of Sources: Ancestry.com, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Essex Regiment Museum, Ron West: who has researched those commemorated on the Doddinghurst War Memorial.

Blackmore. Remembering Frederick Garnham

Fred Garnham

Fred & Rosa Garnham

Frederick Garnham
War Memorial: Place and inscription War Memorial: Highwood War Memorial Tablet inside Roxwell Church
Rank: Private
Regiment: Essex Regiment. 2nd Battalion.  Service No. 8086
Service Details: Private Frederick Garnham Essex Regiment. 2nd Battalion Service No: 8086 Born: Chadwell Heath, Essex Enlisted: Warley Resident: Blackmore [source: SDGW courtesy WFA]
Personal and family information: Maureen Garnham-Lopez wrote, “Frederick Garnham, was born 25, September, 1887 in Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, Romford, baptised 22, July, 1894 in the Parish Church of Stondon Massey, where both his parents were living. His father was foreman at the Soaphouse Farm.  Private Fred Garnham enlisted in the Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion.  He was in Norwich, market square where pictures of the troops were taken, he sent two of these photos (postcards) which were dated 10, August,1914, to his wife. He was deployed from Norwich to France, was killed in the Battle of the River Marne, 8, September, 1914 and is buried in Montreuil-Aux-Lions, British Cemetery, France.  His name is on the memorial inside and outside of the church in Highwood, also inside Roxwell Church, and is on the Essex Roll of Honour in the Essex Chronicle dated Friday, 8, January, 1915.  My father, Frederick Wilfred Garnham was born 4, September, 1914.” In 1914, the Electoral Roll for Mid Essex / Chelmsford Division records Frederick Garnham as a voter at 'Lightfoots' (the qualifying property), 'Radley Green via Blackmore' [ERO C/E 1/1/26]. Revd Edward Reeve, the Rectory of Stondon Massey recorded in his ‘Notes For A Parish History’, “We hear of the death of Private Fred Garnham, killed in action in France, early in September.  Now living at Radley Green near Writtle, his father for some years held the Soap house Farm in Stondon.  (His widow afterwards received on his behalf the 1914 Star and Riband issued in commemoration of the Gallantry shown by our ‘contemptible little Army’)”.  Following the War Reeve wrote of the deliberations of names to be included on the War Memorial at Stondon Massey:  “The six names are all that we could fairly include, though Ernest Maynard, a Blackmore lad who worked in the Rectory garden here up to the time of enlisting, was well known, and almost eligible; and Fred Garnham, who fell in the Mons retreat, had been brought up in the village, but had married and joined from Radley Green, Writtle.  R J Ellis was living at Norton [Mandeville] when he died, but was included as being a true Stondon lad, and with his old parents still in the parish” [ERO T/P 188/3 f860-863] Maureen Garnham-Lopez recalls her family’s visit in 2004 to meet granddad for the first time. “France was very beautiful, breathtaking countryside: quaint little villages with only a few houses, all with wooden shutters and they were all closed. It was as if there was only one road going through the middle of colourful fields, we had seen only two farmers working the fields and that was it.  From a distance I could see the cross. The memorial was just like they said, 96 kilometres South-South-West of Riems on the road from Château-Thierry to La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, just off the main road. As our car came to a stop, my heart started racing, I stepped out of the car, opened a small gate, it squeaked just like in the movies. We were looking, all looking for him, where was he? I could not believe how I felt. It felt like I was meeting him for the very first time.  This man whom I loved so much. We all said our hellos, expressed our love, shed some tears and stood there in silence, putting our hands on the headstone like we were gently touching him. Grandad, we have found you at last, I thought.”
Date of Death: 8th September 1914
Age: 26
Where died: Killed in action: France and Flanders
Place of Burial or Commemoration: Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. B. 2  Cemetery: Montreuill-Aux-Lions British Cemetery
List of Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Maureen Garnham-Lopez a descendant

Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (11) William Scudder

William Henry Scudder

War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: A/mech W Scudder R.N.A.S. Church Window: W.H. Scudder Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore) entered as W H Scudder [ERO A10815]

Rank: Aircraftman

Regiment: Royal Air Force.  1st Class (Dwina River Force).  Service No: 227344.  [CWGC]

Service Details: No military record found on Ancestry.com 100114 Lost his life in the Baltic, 2nd July 1919, trying with one officer and three other men, to stop a mine drifting down on a hospital barge. His action saved the barge and is to be highly praised. He was loved by his fellow men and highly respected by his officers for his efficient and unfailing conscientious work on all occasions. The campaigns of 1918-1920 in several parts of European Russia were the outcome of the Russian Revolution of November, 1917, and are closely connected both with events in Asia (particularly in Persia and in Siberia) and with the general course of the War in the West. The continued German and Turkish threats to India by way of Persia and Afghanistan, and the crisis of 1918 in France caused by the withdrawal of Russia from the Entente, form the background to the North Russian Expedition and the Allied intervention in South Russia Air Ministry: Air Historical Branch: Papers (Series I) AIR 1/16/15/1/81 Russia, Dvina Front - Senior Naval Officer's report on operations during July and August 1919. . Russia, Dvina Front - Senior Naval Officer's report on operations during July and August 1919. Air Ministry Registered Files Air Ministry: Air Historical Date: 1919.  [Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives]

Personal and family information: Henry William Scudder was baptised on 13th August 1899 at All Saints Church, Norton Mandeville. His parents were William James (an Inn Keeper) and Martha Rebecca, whose place of residence given was High Ongar [ERO D/P 267/1/7]. At that time William John Scudder was publican at the White Horse, Norton Heath [Kelly, 1898, 1899]. [Source: http://deadpubs.co.uk/EssexPubs/NortonHeath/whorse.shtml] 1901 Census: William was a licensed victualler in Leigh, then [Kelly 1906] landlord of The Leather Bottle public house.  He is buried in Blackmore, and his son Henry is recorded on the gravestone.

Date of Death: 2nd July 1919

Age: 20

Where died: Russia

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Archangel Memorial.

List of Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, DeadPubs.co.uk, Essex Record Office, Kelly’s Directory, The National Archives.

Mother and Son: Bessie Blount and Henry Fitzroy of Blackmore

Two books closely related to the history of Blackmore have recently been purchased for the Library of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History. ‘Bessie Blount, Mistress of Henry VIII’ (told in the title of the book by Elizabeth Norton), a lady in the retinue of Catherine of Aragon, was sent in confinement to Blackmore Priory in 1519 where in the neighbouring house she bore his child, Henry Fitzroy (told in ‘Bastard Prince. Henry VIII’s Lost Son’ by Beverley A. Murphy).

This note unravels the research and establishes whether Henry VIII may have really “gone to Jericho”.

According to Beverley Murphy, the King’s affair with Elizabeth may have been brief and began following the pregnancy of Catherine in April 1518. “It is a sad irony that Katherine’s happy condition was probably the impetus for her husband to seek solace in the arms of Elizabeth Blount” (Murphy, 27).  Elizabeth Norton disagrees, because as early as autumn 1514 Bessie had met the King: “without the birth of Henry Fitzroy, Bessie’s own affair would have probably gone unrecorded” (Norton, 119).  The birth date of Henry Fitzroy is unclear other than he was six years of age in June 1525.  About the time that Bessie was to become visibly pregnant Thomas Wolsey discreetly dispatched her to Jericho House in Blackmore, the home of the prior Thomas Goodwyn (Murphy, 30).  “Bessie made her final appearance at court early in October 1518” (Norton, 131). 

Wolsey was charged with taking an active interest in Henry’s illegitimate child: Blackmore was “sufficiently quiet not to rouse unwelcome gossip” (Norton, 133). Henry VIII is alleged to have been a frequent visitor to Jericho House and is said to have given orders not to be disturbed hence the expression used in Court, “He has gone to Jericho”. This has entered into local folklore fuelled by Philip Morant who used these words in his ‘History of Essex’ (1768) adding that the Priory was one of the King’s “Houses of Pleasure”.  Subsequently historians have suggested that Blackmore Priory was dissolved in 1527 because of its immoral goings-on. From “the records of the dissolution … it does appear that the prior was somewhat more worldly than he should have been” (Norton, 134): its debts ran to one third of the annual income.  But then if a future King lived there perhaps the debts were with some justification? 

Henry VIII may have visited Elizabeth at Blackmore, contrary to the view expressed by Murphy. Bessie certainly did not resume her duties following the birth of Fitzroy (Murphy, 31) and there is no record of the King staying overnight (Norton, 134). But this should not suggest the King had nothing further to do with Bessie.  Blackmore is relatively close to Newhall, Chelmsford, which was renamed Beaulieu in 1523, from where the King “set out to visit her. This is once again evidence that Bessie’s departure from court was not the end of the affair between her and the King” (Norton, 134). It is possible that she later had a daughter by the King around 1520 (Norton, 139) perhaps conceived in Blackmore (Norton, 151). Fitzroy’s biographer disagrees (Murphy, 32).  

The King was delighted with the news of the birth of a son and whilst in Essex that summer might have held a formal celebration at the manor of Havering-atte-Bower (Murphy, 31).  Cardinal Wolsey was named the child’s godparent, as he had been for his half-sister Mary, the only surviving child born of Queen Catherine, some three and a half years earlier. Although no christening records survive Wolsey’s absence from Court from 19 June to 29 June 1519 may have been due to his attendance at Fitzroy’s baptism probably at Blackmore.  Could the font have been the place where the ceremony quietly took place?

Bessie Blount was married off to Gilbert Tailbois (or Tailboys), who hailed from a rich Lincolnshire family.  This may not have happened as quickly as historians have suggested: the first record of marriage is recorded in June 1522 (Murphy, 33; Norton, 139). They may have married in April 1522 because “the king began to be conspicuously generous to Gilbert Tailboys” (Norton, 141).

Historians are again divided as to whether Bessie had any involvement in Fitzroy’s upbringing. Her biographer suggests “it seems probable that she would have retained custody of her son … perhaps playing a part in raising both Henry Fitzroy and Elizabeth Tailboys until her marriage in 1522” (Norton, 151).

Much admired and spoilt by Henry VIII, Henry Fitzroy was, by the age of six, created Duke of Richmond with the titles Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Somerset. This placed Henry Fitzroy in an honoured position because the title held precedence over all other Dukes except potential legitimate sons of the King. By doing so, Henry VIII had elevated his son’s position in society such that he would be a more eligible bachelor. By the age of eight Henry Fitzroy was Admiral of England, Ireland and Normandy but died in 1536, aged seventeen of tuberculosis. He was buried at Thetford Priory.  Had he survived the course of English history could have changed and Fitzroy crowned Henry IX.

Andrew Smith

Principal Sources:

Murphy, Beverley. A.. Bastard Prince. Henry VIII’s Lost Son (Sutton Publishing, 2001)

Norton, Elizabeth. Bessie Blount. Mistress to Henry VIII (Amberley, 2011)

High Ongar: War Memorial

The names of those on the War Memorial outside St Mary’s Church, High Ongar, have not, to my knowledge, been published before online.  This transcription is produced 100 years to the day since Britain entered the Great War.

On the front face:

To our / glorious dead / 1914 – 1918

And below:

1939 -1945

On the south face is recorded:

Pte. J E Argent,  R. W. Kent Regt.  

Pte. S J Bush,  Essex Regt.  

Sergt. J Crane, D.S.M.,  R.M.Fus.  

Pte. H Clark,  Essex Regt.  

Pte. L W Cook,  Essex Regt. 

 Cpl. T A Donovan,  Norfolk Regt.  

Sergt. A F Donovan,  Norfolk Regt.  

Pte. J Farr,  Essex Regt. 

L.Cpl. P Fincham,  Essex Regt. 

Pte. S S Fogg,  Duke C.L.I. 

Pioneer G A Hall,  R.E.  

Bombor. W King,  R.F.A.  

Pte. E Maynard,  Linc. Regt.  

Pte. H Maynard,  R.W. Kent Regt.  

Pte. Wal. Maynard,  Essex Regt.  

Pte Wm. Maynard,  Lab. Corps.  

Pte Com Owers, M.C. Corps  

Seaman H C Pearce,  Royal Navy

The names of the fallen of the First World War continue on the north face of the Memorial thus:

Pte. F L Pennington,  Essex Regt.   

Pioneer H W Phillips,  R.E.  

Sig. F T Ruscoe,  Essex Regt.  

Sergt. T F Smith,  West Rifles   

Pte. T A Saunders,  R. Sussex Regt.  

Pte. F Saunders,  Essex Regt.  

Pte. C Savill,  Bedf. Regt.  

Pte. J Savill,  Bedf. Regt.  

Pte. C Shepherd,  Essex Regt.   

Pte.. H H Sitch,  R.A.S.C. 

Pte. T Tadgell,  R.A.S.C.  

Pte. A H Thomas,  V & L Regt.  

Pte. H Wood,  Midsx. Rgt.  

Pte. C W Wright,  Essex Regt.  

Pte. F C Witham,  Essex Regt. 

Sergt. R G Wood,  R.E.  

L Cpl. C W Wye,  W V Regt.

Those who died in the Second World War are commemorated on the base of the Memorial.  On the south face:

A.C.2. H Bentley,  R.A.F.  

F/O S T Byer,  R.A.F.  

Pte J J Guyher,  Suffolk Regt. 

Sapper S R King,  R.E.  of Norton Mandeville parish  

Fl.Sgt. W W Hopper,  R.A.F.  

Cnr. S C Neville  R.A.

Then on the north face:

Major A McCorquodale,  Coldstream Guards   

W/O R W C Phillips,  R.A.F. V.R.  

Pte. F Radaian,  P/C Q.O. Regt.  

Fl.Sgt. J Smyth,  R.A.F. 

Cpl. R L Wright,  Pioneer Corps

Blackmore: Change of Ecclesiastical Boundary 1955

Ecclesiastical Boundary of Blackmore redrawn

THIS ORDER IN COUNCIL WAS PUBLISHED

IN THE LONDON GAZETTE ON 8 JUL 1955

AT THE COURT AT HOLYROODHOUSE

The 30th day of June, 1955

Present,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

Whereas the Church Commissioners have duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a Scheme bearing date the 20th day of May, 1955, in the words and figures following, that is to say : "We, the Church Commissioners, acting in pursuance of the Pastoral Reorganisation Measure, 1949, and the Union of Benefices Measures, 1923 to 1952, now humbly lay before Your Majesty in Council the following Scheme which we have prepared with the consent of the Right Reverend Falkner, Bishop of Chelmsford (in witness whereof he has signed this Scheme) for effecting (1) the union of the benefice of High Ongar with the benefice of Norton Mandeville (now part of the united benefice of Blackmore with Norton Mandeville) and (2) an alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of High Ongar and Blackmore, all of which benefices and parishes are in the diocese of Chelmsford.

"SCHEME

"1. Union of Benefices "

“(i) The benefice of High Ongar and the benefice of Norton Mandeville (now part of the united benefice of Blackmore with Norton Mandeville) shall be permanently united together and form one benefice with cure of souls under the style of 'The United Benefice of High Ongar with Norton Mandeville' (hereinafter called 'the united benefice ') but the parishes of the said benefices shall continue in all respects distinct.

"(ii) The remaining part of the united benefice of Blackmore with Norton Mandeville shall be known as 'The Benefice of Blackmore ' and the incumbent thereof shall have the cure of souls within the limits of the parish of Blackmore.

"2. Taking effect of union

"The union shall take effect upon the day when any Order of Your Majesty affirming this Scheme is published in the London Gazette and the Reverend Bernard Hartley, if he is then incumbent of the said benefice of High Ongar shall, with his consent (testified by his signature hereto), be the first incumbent of the united benefice.

"3. Parsonage house

"Upon the union taking effect the parsonage house at present belonging to the benefice of High Ongar shall be the house of residence of the incumbent of the united benefice.

"4. Patronage

"With the consent (testified as aforesaid) of the Right Reverend Falkner, Bishop of Chelmsford, being the patron of the united benefice of Blackmore with Norton Mandeville and with the consent (in testimony whereof they have executed this Scheme) of the Church Society Trust, being the patrons of the benefice of High Ongar, the interest of the said Bishop in the patronage of the said benefice of Norton Mandeville shall be surrendered in favour …

(D.C. 270) 1, 1,45

… of the said Church Society Trust and the patronage of the united benefice of High Ongar with Norton Mandeville shall belong wholly to the said Church Society Trust.

"5. Endowments

" (i) Upon the union taking effect the whole of the endowments and property now belonging to the united benefice of Blackmore with Norton Mandeville shall be annexed to the benefice of Blackmore.

"(ii) Upon the union taking effect a part of the endowments of the benefice of High Ongar, namely a capital sum sufficient to produce a permanent annual income of £200 being part of a larger capital sum held by us on behalf of the said benefice, shall be severed from that benefice and from the united benefice and shall be appropriated and held by us for the augmentation of the benefice of Blackmore.

"6. Alteration of boundaries

"Upon the union taking effect and with the consent (testified as aforesaid) of the said Reverend Bernard Hartley as the incumbent of the benefice of High Ongar, there shall be transferred and annexed to the parish of Blackmore all that part of the parish of High Ongar (coloured pink on the map annexed hereto) which is bounded upon the west and south-west by the parish of Stondon Massey, upon the east and south-east by the parish of Blackmore, upon part of the north by the parish of Norton Mandeville and upon the remaining part of the north and north-west by an imaginary line commencing at a point on the boundary which divides the parish of Norton Mandeville from the parish of High Ongar in the middle of the road which leads from Chelmsford to High Ongar where it is crossed by the last mentioned boundary and continuing thence south-westwards along the middle of the last mentioned road to a point opposite the northern end of the western boundary of close numbered 276 and continuing thence southwards to and thence generally south-eastwards along the last mentioned boundary to the point where it meets the north-eastern end of the wall or fence which divides the close numbered 318 from the close -numbered 319 on the map and continuing thence south-westwards along the last mentioned wall or fence to its junction with King Street and in the same straight line in continuation thereof to the middle of the last mentioned street and continuing thence north-westwards along the middle of King Street for a distance of approximately 4½ chains to a point opposite the northern end of the wall or fence which forms the north-western boundary of close numbered 320 and continuing thence south-westwards to and along the last mentioned wall or fence to its end and continuing thence north-westwards along the wall or fence which forms the north-eastern boundary of close numbered 346 and continuing thence generally southwards along the western boundary of the last mentioned close to the point where it meets the wall or fence which forms the south-eastern boundary of close numbered 345 on the map and continuing thence south-westwards along the last mentioned boundary and in continuation thereof along the wall or fence forming the south-eastern boundary of close numbered 344 on the map to a point where the last mentioned boundary meets an un-named stream and continuing thence generally south-westwards to and along the middle of the last mentioned stream (thereby crossing the bridle road which forms close numbered 408 on the map) to the boundary which divides the parish of High Ongar from the parish of Stondon Massey."

And Whereas the provisions of the Union of Benefices Measures, 1923 to 1952, the Union of Benefices Rules, 1926 and 1930, and the Pastoral Reorganisation Measure. 1949, relating to the preparation and submission of this Scheme have been duly complied with :

2

And Whereas the said Scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council : Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is pleased hereby to affirm the said Scheme and to order that it shall be and become effectual in law immediately upon the publication of this Order in the London Gazette.

W. G. Agnew.

Printed by Hut MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE PRESS,

Drury Lane, W.C.2.

Blackmore: Notes from the Parish Registers

Notes from Blackmore Registers, pre 1812 from the Browne transcript kept at Blackmore; subsequently from registers in Essex Record Office

Nurse Children

Burials

1608

Christopher Tucke son of Charles of London, a nurse child with Tho

30^th May

Thomas Baule son of Rich^d  of London a nurse child with Thomas Grove 3 June

1609

(Blank) Whight of London nurse child of Thos Willit 13 May

1610

(Blank) (Blank) a nurse child of London with Thomas White (May) or (June)

1669/70

William Glinne a nurse child with Thos Browne of Fryerning (Dec or Jan)

Baptisms

John son of Elizabeth Powton of Blackmore wife of Isaac 2-5-1819

Charles son of Robert Groves and Elizabeth Powton wife of Isaac 2-8-1829

Joseph son of Robert Groves and Elizabeth Powton of Fryerning 11-9-1831 base born

Maria Harris daughter of Robert labourer Transported for life and Mary 19-3-1826

May Oakley son of May and Esther 11-3-1827. I have seen this male christian name in baptisms and marriages.

Selected occupations

Surgeon: George Spratt baptisms 1814, 1816.  Nathaniel Barlow 1833 – 1848

Schoolmaster: Henry Mullocks 1836-48

Cow doctor: Collop 1833 etc

Organ builder: Thomas King of High Ongar 1847

Drawing Instrument Maker: Francis Voisey of Blackmore 1856

Prostitute: Frederick base born son of Rebecca Sparrowhawk of Blackmore 31-10-1851

Fanny Piper illegitimate daughter of Eliza Sarah, domestic servant, of Blackmore born at Norton Mandeville. C. 19-2-1854

The following are not described as base born

Joseph Roast, son of John “Baker of Blackmore deserted his wife and family” and Harriet born at Writtle 26-10-1846 C. Blackmore 30-12-1855

and Sarah Ann, born at Writtle, Oct 1848. C. Blackmore 30-12-1855

Edward, born at Writtle 28-12-1852 C. Blackmore 30-12-1855

Charles Richard, born Chelmsford Union House C. Blackmore 30-12-1855 (and presumably an infant)

1663

William Boones base son of Philip daughter in law to Giles Batsford, C. May 5^th

1836-7 Six burials record the cause of death

Males: Oct A2 Inflammation, Nov A55 Liver complaint, A70 Dysentry, Jun A50 Drowned.

Females: Dec B2 Inflammation Jan B59 Dropsy.

Church Goods Sold by 1548

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EMBEZZLED CHURCH GOODS OF ESSEX.

BY EDWARD PERCIVAL DICKIN, M.D.

{Transcribed for the internet from the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society (now the Essex Society for Archaeology and History), ‘New Series’ Volume 13 Part 3 (1913). The text as originally published shows the original script with variable spelling.  In this item we have added in curly brackets (thus {}) the modern spelling of the words, which researchers may more easily find from search engines.  We welcome your feedback.}

THE church goods of Essex have received considerable attention in the Society's Transactions. The late Mr. H. W. King's transcripts of inventories of confiscated church goods were printed in vols. iv. and v. (o.s.) and in vols. i., ii., and iii. (n.s.). Mr. R. C. Fowler and Mr. W. C. Waller printed some further inventories in vols. x. and xi. respectively. These all referred to goods taken into the king's hands in 1552, and in some cases the goods previously sold are also named.

The following transcript (the Essex part only of S.P.D. Edw. VI., vol. v., no. 59) refers to the goods which the churchwardens and parishioners had sold by 1548. The Essex parishes number one hundred and fifteen, and are distributed fairly equally over the county. The MS. is apparently a copy of the original certificates. The goods named in some parishes are mentioned in the later inventories already named, but in most the information is additional. The chief interest lies in the uses to which the money received was put. Some was of course used for church repairs, and for removing the signs of the old religion, but it will be seen that much was used for a great variety of secular purposes. Contractions in the MS. have been extended and a little punctuation added to make the sense clearer.

 [P. 33.]  THE DEANERY OF BARSTABLE

HUTTON. John Smith, Barnard Roos, Churchwardens doo say that he the same Barnard Roos and John hatter being Churchwardens there dyd sell of the church plate there one [sic] Croose and one chalyce for the somme of vjli. And they say That parte of the same Somme was bestowed in repayring the churche parte in amending the highwayes parte in setting forth of Souldyers and parte thereof yet still remayneth unbestowed which was soulde as they say abowte Easter last past.

{HUTTON.  John Smith, Bernard Roos, Churchwardens do say that he the same Bernard Roos and John Hatter being churchwardens there did sell off the church plate there one Cross and one chalice for the sum of £6. And they say that part of the same sum was bestowed in repairing the church part in amending the highway part in setting forth soldiers and part thereof yet still remains unspent which was sold as they say about Easter last past.}

BURSTEDDE MAGNA. William Harryes, John Bowyour, Churchwardens Doo presente and say That Thomas Wattis and Thomas Wolnur by the consent of parryshe dyd sell of the church plate there a senser, a shippe, ij. Sylver paxes, and a chalyce for the Somme of xijli. xiijs iiijd., whereof they say they haue layed owte and bestowed ixli. xiijs. iiijd. partelie emongest poore fookes, partelie for the reparcions of the churche, and partelie for the Churche debte, which was soulde as they say in the moneth of ffebruary anno 1545.

{GREAT BURSTEAD.  William Harris, John Bowyer, Churchwardens do present and say that Thomas Wattis and Thomas Woolnor by the consent of the parish did sell off the church plate there a senser, a shippe[1], 2 silver paxes, and a chalice for the sum of £12.8s.4d. whereof they say they have laid out and bestowed £9.8s.4d. partly among the poor folks, partly for the reparations of the church and partly for the church debt, which was sold as they say in the month of February 1545.}

LYTLE BURSTEDDE. John Dyer, Thomas Fenner, Churchwardens, doo say That he the same Thomas Fenner and John Stewarde with the consent of the parryshe hathe sold one chalyce of the churches for the Somme of iijli. ixs. ixd. whereof remayneth in thandis of certayne men of the same parryshe lvjs. viijd. And the resydue of the same money was gyven emongest poore people which was sould as they say at mydsommer was twelf moneth.

{LITTLE BURSTEAD. John Dyer, John Fenner, Churchwardens do say that he the same Thomas Fenner and John Stewarde with the consent of the parish have sold one chalice of the church for the sum of £3.9s.9d. whereof remains in the hands of certain men of the same parish 55s.8.d And the residue of the same money was given among poor people which was sold as they say at midsummer was twelve month.}

 [p. 37.] THE DEANERYES OF ONGO[R], CHAFFORDE, CHELMESFORDE, AND DENGEY.

{THE DEANERIES OF ONGAR, CHAFFORD, CHELMSFORD, AND DENGIE}

CHYGWELL. Roberte Woode, Laurence Mundis, Churchewardens Doo saye That they haue sold certayne candlestyckes of latten belonging to the said churche for whiche they have receaued the Somme of xviijs. whiche Somme they say ys employed upon the reparacions of the same churche.

{CHIGWELL. Robert Wood, Laurence Munds, Churchwardens do say that they have sold certain candlesticks of brass belonging to the said church for which they have received the sum of 18s. which sum they say is employed upon the reparations of the same church.}

WARELEY MAGNA. Robert Marrowe, parson, Rychard Nelson, Churchwarden and Rychard brighte Doo say that they with the advyse of the parryshe there hath sold so manny latten Candelstyckis of the saide churche as came to the Somme of xxixs. ijd. which Somme remayneth holle in the saide churchewardens handes as they say.

{GREAT WARLEY.  Robert Marrowe, parson, Richard Nelson, Churchwarden and Richard Bright do say that they with the advice of the parish there have sold do many brass candlesticks of the said church as came to the sum of 29s.2d. which sum remains wholly in the said churchwardens hands as they say.}

BADOWE MAGNA. Rychard hyckes, Lawrence Spylman, Churchwardens there doo saye That Roberte Kinge, James Drylande, John Postill, and Robert Sturgeon, parryshenours there did sell their parcells of plate folowinge; a Chalyce all gylte wayeng xix. vunces dimidium at iiijs. vjd. the unce … Summa iiijli. vijs. ixd.

Item, A shyppe of sylver parcell gylte and a lytle spoone wayenge vj. vunces dimidium at iiijs. ijd. the vunce, two silver sawcers parcell gylte wayenge vj vnces dimidium at iiijs. ijd. the vnce, ij. Cruettis parcell gylte wayenge x. vnces at iiijs. ijd. the vnce … … Summa xvijli. xvjs. vid.[? xiijli. vjs. 4d.]

All whiche money they saye ys bestowed vpon the reparacions of the churche allso sold fyfite pounds of latten ijd. the libra. Summa viiijs. iiijd. with as moche latten as came to vs. iiijd.

{GREAT BADDOW.  Richard Hyckes, Lawrence Spylman Churchwardens there do say that Robert King, James Drylande, John Postill, and Robert Sturgeon, parishioners there did sell their parcels of plate following: a chalice all gilded weighing 19½ ounces at 4s.6d. per ounce … Sum £4.7s.9d.

Item, A shippe of silver partly gilded and a little spoon weighing 6½ ounces at 4s.2d. the ounce, two silver saucers partly gilded weighing 6½ ounces at 4s.2d. the ounce, 2 cruetts partly gilded weighing 10 ounces at 4s.2d. an ounce … Sum £17.16s.6d [? £17.6.4d.}

All which money they say is bestowed upon the reparations of rhe church also sold fifty pounds of brass 2d the pound. Sum 9s.4d with as much brass as come to 5s.4d.}

LEES MAGNA. John England, George Osborne, Churchwardens Doo presente That James Spylman and John Danyell dyd sell vj. torches for iiijs. vjd. whiche was employed to the poore mens boxe.

{GREAT LEIGHS.  John England, George Osborne, churchwardens do present that James Spylman and John Daniell dis sell 6 torches for 4s.6d. which was employed to the poor mens box.}

CHELMESFORDE. Geffrey Skotte, William Nooke, Churchwardens Do presente That they and Roger Platte, paryshenour, solde as much mettall as they receaued xlviijs. vjd. with as many olde towels as came to viijd. whiche money they haue with more spente in wasshing the churche with lyme and wryting of scripture abowte the churche with taking downe of ymagis.

{CHELMSFORD. Geoffrey Skotte, William Nooke, Churchwardens do present that they and Roger Platt, parishioner, sold as much metal as they received 48s.6d. with as many old towels as came to 8d. which money they have with more money spent in washing the church with lime and writing of scripture about the church with taking down the images.}

WODEHAM FFERRYES. Robert Styleman, Rychard Newton, Churchwardens, doo presente That abowte three yeres agoo John Sandis, gentleman, and William pirrs beinge Churchwardens dyd sell a broken bell for the somme of xvli. Also a Chalyce of sylver with a paxe of sylver for the Somme of vli. whiche money the say was employed vpon the makinge of a newe fframe in the steple for the bells and for shingling ot the churche.

{WOODHAM FERRERS.  Robert Styleman, Richard Newton, Churchwardens, do present that about three years ago John Sands, gentleman, and William Pirrs being Churchwardens did sell a broken bell for the sum of £15. Also a chalice of silver with a paxe of silver for the sum £5 which money they say was employed upon the making of a new Frame in the steeple for the bells and for shingling out the church.}

NORTON. John Whytinge Churchwarden there doo say That he solde as myche allablaster as came to xxd. which money ys yet in his kepinge.

{NORTON MANDEVILLE. John Whiting Churchwarden do say that he sold as much alabaster as came to 20d which money is yet in his keeping.}

MARGARETYNGE. Robert Taber, William Dawson, Churchwardens doo say That they sold to repayre the church one unce of brooken sylver for iiijs.

{MARGARETTING. Robert Taber, William Dawson, Churchwardens do saythat they sold to repair the church one ounce of broken silver for 4s.}

 [P. 74]  THE DEANERY OF DUNMOWE.

{THE DEANERY OF DUMNOW}

SEELO BOWELLS. Rychard Sampforde hath solde of the said churches plate one Clalyce of sylver and gylte for the Somme of xxxvijs. iiijd. whiche money the same Rychard bestowed in repayring the same churche.

{SHELLOW BOWELLS. Richard Sampford has sold of the said church plate one chalice of silver and gilded for the sum of 37s.4d. which money the same Richard bestowed in repairing the same church.}

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[1] Shippe = perhaps suffix for –ship as in worship