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Extracted by Kay Collins, kindly checked by Margaret Powell, 1999/2000

Meeting Houses Index

1699 - 1753
(None for 1708-1736)

1754 - 1852


The first two books are a combined record of Gamekeepers licences and Meeting House Certificates issued, each being listed from one end of the book. The pages are numbered from one for both records. There is a third book of Meeting House Certificates granted, 4 & 5 are rolls of loose papers, (each paper detailing one particular application) both bundles are catalogued to “have a list of those which do not appear to have been registered” (not found), 6 is a note that six Certificates are noted in the Quarter Sessions Minute book for 1689, 7 is the Annual Returns to the Bishop of Peterborough, 8 is a printed return with statistics and 9 is a Return made to the Registrar General. 1-7 are combined for this index. In Misc. QS.292/4/76 there are two small scraps from which the ink has almost disappeared and the details were undeciphered.

This index of the Meeting Houses, for non-conformist services, gives the name of the person seeking permission to hold the services (usually in part of his property) and the village. Volume 3 starting in 1789 lists several people applying for permission to hold services in a particular property, name of the occupier, if it is a new building, sometimes giving the street and some occupations and status are given. Forenames have been expanded if contracted, and modernised as are Place names but all Surnames are spelt as in the documents. For the early entries the Regnal year is given in the book but for this index the Year is modernised and upgraded for Jan-Mar. To help locate the entry in the books the page & volume numbers are added. Several pages are blank. Volume 2 has a place name index at the end of the entries.

Forename Surname Status Parish
Year
Page
Item
No.
Notes
Jonathan ABBOTT grocer Raunds
1706
17
1
 
 
John ADAMS   Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Henry ASKHAM occupier Raunds
1798
12
3
171
 
Henry BAILEY owner/occupier Raunds
1849
 
7
 
 
John BAXTER owner, yeoman Hargrave
1846
 
7
 
 
Thomas BAYES   Wollaston
1704
13
1
 
 
Solomon BAYS   Irchester
1765
 
5
 
 
John BERRILL   Irchester
c1757
 
5
 
 
George BROWN occ, joiner Wollaston
1823
 
7
 
 
Thomas CASELDINE occupier Stanwick
1813
 
7
 
 
Joseph CLARK   Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Joseph CLARK   Stanwick
1786
 
4
58
 
Benjamin COLSON occupier Raunds
c1758
 
5
 
 
Benjamin COLSON   Raunds
1758
5
2
 
 
Henry COOLES   Stanwick
1786
 
4
58
 
Joseph COX occupier Higham Ferrers
1832
 
7
 
 
Amey DAVIS   Bozeat
1776
23
2
 
 
Amy DAVIS wid, occupier Bozeat
1775
 
4
31
 
William DEACON occupier Stanwick
1786
 
4
58
 
William DEACON   Stanwick
1786
33
2
 
 
Simon DRAGE occupier Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Jane DUNCOMBE occupier Higham Ferrers
1822
 
7
 
a school
George EKINS occupier Raunds
1850
 
7
 
 
David FELCE owner Higham Ferrers
1827
 
7
 
 
John FISHER   Irchester
1765
 
5
 
 
Thomas FISHER occupier Hargrave
1824
 
7
 
 
Henry FLINTHAM   Raunds
c1758
 
5
 
 
Thomas FLINTIHAM weaver Raunds
1706
17
1
 
 
Thomas FREEMAN occupier Hargrave
1820
 
7
 
 
Green GASCOIGNE   Irchester
1783
31
2
 
 
William GRANT   Irchester
c1757
 
5
 
 
William GRANT   Irchester
1760
6
2
 
 
Joseph GROSS occupier Stanwick
1775
 
4
30
 
Joseph GROSS   Stanwick
1775
23
2
 
 
John HALL   Raunds
1798
12
3
171
 
Samuel HALL   Raunds
c1758
 
5
 
 
William HALL   Raunds
1798
12
3
171
 
Benjamin HOTTON   Bozeat
1775
 
4
31
 
Elizabeth JOHNSON occupier Higham Ferrers
1822
 
7
 
 
William JOLEY occupier Irchester
1846
 
7
 
 
Joseph LAMB occupier Higham Ferrers
1851
 
7
 
a room in The Queens Head Inn
Edward MANNING   Irchester
1754
3
2
 
 
John MASON   Irchester
1738
26
1
 
 
Thomas MASON   Irchester
1776
 
4
32
 
William MASON   Irchester
1776
 
4
32
 
William MASON occupier Irchester
c1757
 
5
 
 
William MASON   Irchester
1754
1
2
 
 
William MASON   Irchester
1760
6
2
 
 
William MASON   Irchester
1760
6
2
 
 
Thomas MOULTON occupier Irchester
1846
 
7
 
 
Richard MUNDAY   Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Charles MUNTON occupier Irchester
1841
 
7
 
 
Charles NEAL   Wollaston
1704
12
1
 
 
John PICKERING   Irchester
1783
31
2
 
 
Thomas PITTS   Bozeat
1775
 
4
31
 
John ROBINSON   Stanwick
1775
 
4
30
 
John ROBINSON jun Stanwick
1775
 
4
30
 
John ROBINSON   Stanwick
1749
39
1
 
 
Thomas ROBINSON   Stanwick
1775
 
4
30
 
Thomas SAMONS occupier Irchester
1776
 
4
32
 
Thomas SAMONS   Irchester
1776
24
2
 
 
Elizabeth SHARMAN occupier Higham Ferrers
1826
 
7
 
 
Jonathan SIMCOCK occupier Irchester
1765
 
5
 
 
William SKEVINGTON owner Bozeat
1848
 
7
 
 
Elizabeth SMITH   Bozeat
1775
 
4
31
 
William STURGIS   Wollaston
1738
25
1
 
 
Sophia TALBOT occupier Bozeat
1848
 
7
 
 
John TAYLOR   Stanwick
1786
 
4
58
 
Thomas TEETON   Wollaston
1704
13
1
 
 
Thomas TRASLER   Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Robert TWELVETREE   Raunds
1748
36
1
 
 
John UNDERWOOD   Irchester
c1757
 
5
 
 
Edward VORLEY   Raunds
1800
14
3
178
 
Kezia WELLS owner Irchester
1833
 
7
 
 
John WORLIDGE   Irchester
c1757
 
5
 
 
William YORK owner Hargrave
1819
 
7
 
 
---     Ringstead
1815
 
7
 
new Methodist Chapel
---     Stanwick
1815
 
7
 
new Methodist Chapel
---     Higham Ferrers
1822
 
7
 
a barn
---     Wollaston
1839
 
7
 
Methodist Chapel
---     Stanwick
1841
 
7
 
new, Baptists
---     Raunds
1844
 
7
 
new, Baptist Meeting House
---     Bozeat
1845
 
7
 
Union Chapel
---     Irchester
1848
 
7
 
 
---     Higham Ferrers
1850
 
7
 
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel & schoolroom
---     Wollaston
1851
 
7
 
former blacksmiths shop
---     Bozeat
1823
 
7
 
a certain building
---     Raunds
1824
 
7
 
General Baptist Revivalist


RO Ref . Box X6757   Misc. QS 292/1-9 
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