1791

Jany 15^th 1791, Paid the Register Tax up to Ocotber 1^st 1790.

William illegitimate son of Anne Young was buried

18 March

Thomas illegitimate son of Elizabeth Forster of Eastnor was buried

22 June

Mem: Transcript delivered in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation on August the second

William infant son of Jacob Vertegans & Judith his wife was buried

21 August

N:B: On the 17^th Decemb^r the Register-Tax was paid up to the first of October in this year.

James Burton Labourer resident in Dymock but a legal Parishioner of Bromsberrow died at Newent (where he was placed by the Overseer under a Surgeon’s care for cure of a wounded hand) & was buried aged 33 years

31 December

1792

Hannah Roberts a Daughter of the late John Robertson Carpenter of Deerhurst in this County & of Anne his wife (daughter of Elizabeth Croker of this Parish by her first Husband Joseph Deveral) died of an inward decay January the sixteenth & was buried aged 21 years

19 January

Jane, only surviving Child of M^r John Williams (Citizen of London but now resident in Ledbury) died of a Consumption at the Lower Brookend April the fifteenth & was buried, aged 21 years

20 April

George Barksdale, Carpenter (grandson of Charlton Barksdale Cler mentioned in the account of burials for the year 1785) possess’d of a small freehold Estate at Ryton died May 20^th & was buried aged 56 years

24 May

Mortem aliquid ultra est?  Vita, si cupias mori. vet: sent:
[“Does anything exist that is worse the death?  Life, if you are going to die.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Agamemnon]

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Jacob Vertegans, Churchwarden

Sarah the wife of Richard Shaile Clerk of the Parish was buried aged 58.
She was a daughter of Michael Sparrow, formerly Parish Clerk & Widow of Clement Barksdale, a Carpenter.  She died of a malignant fever on the 6^th inst^t

9 June

Thomas Phillips (many years Tenant of Hopes-Yale in this Parish who received relief from Eastnor in which he had a legal settlement) was buried aged 74

16 September

Elizabeth the Widow of Edward Croker was buried, in her ninetieth year

25 October

William Woodward formerly Clerk of this Parish was buried, in his ninetieth year

13 December

Mem. The Transcript was deliver’d in on the ninth of August

1793

Buried Elizabeth Beale Widow late Tenant of Woores Farm in Dymock in her eighty-second year.
N.B. her single name was Fosbury, she was a servant to Col^l Yate, & married twice: 1^st to her fellow servant John Nurbury & afterwards to Robert Beale.

11 January

Mem: The Rector paid the Register Tax up to the first day of October 1792

Anne-Maria Barksdale from Dymock was buried here aged nine years

5 April

Mary the wife of Joseph Whittle, Labourer, was buried aged 35
N.B. she died whilst hay-making, from the heat of the weather.

11 July

Esther the wife of John Eaves Labourer was buried aged 71

19 July

[Mem. The Transcript was delivered in 6^th August at the Archdeacon’s Visitation at Michel-Dean, the Bishop being prevented visting by illness.]

Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Lewis died in Child-bed 15 was buried aged 32

17 November

Her infant son Joseph Lewis was buried

29 November

Mem: On 27^th Decemb^r the Register-Tax was paid up to the 1^st day of October, now past.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

James Cooper, Churchwarden

1794

M^r Thomas Hope from Newent (Son of M^r Hope, formerly Tenant of Bromsberrow Place Estate) was buried

26 January

Thomas infant son of George Webb Labourer & of Mary his wife was buried

2 February

William Symonds late a Gentleman’s Servant in London, eldest Son of Peter & Elizabeth Symonds, died of a Consumption, for which he had been a Patient in S^t Bartholomew’s Hospital & was buried aged 28

13 February

Richard Child from the Dymock side of Bromsberrow-Heath was buried aged 89

22 May

Sarah the daughter of M^r Robert Hartland Tenant of Great Lintridge Farm in Dymock & of Deborah his wife (a Daughter of the late M^r William Weale) was buried here, aged 3 years.

4 June

Benjamin infant son of William Davies Labourer (an Inhabitant of Poor’s-House) & of Anne his Wife was buried

14 June

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at the Episcopal Visitation at Newnham (where the Rector preached) on the 1^st of July.

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

James Cooper, Churchwarden

1795

John Eves formerly Tenant of Lodwicks-Farm died at Aubreys Farm aged ninety years & was buried

11 April

N.B. The Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation on the 14^th August

Sarah infant daughter of Joseph Lewis Labourer was buried

21 September

Thomas infant son of George Child Labourer of Dymock & of Sarah his Wife was buried

29 October

John Mason Labourer was buried, aged 60

4 December

Mary the wife of John Hardman was buried aged 44

13 December

John Hardman was also buried aged 50 years

25 December

Mem: This worthy couple fell a sacrifice to their prejudices against Inoculation for the small-pocks, having died of that disorder caught in the natural way: the circumstance is here mention’d, as a warning to others not to commit a similar error.  Four of their Children were at the same time afflicted with this malady & the two Sons narrowly escaped the same fate.

Elizabeth the wife of Peter Symonds died December the twenty-seventh aged 61 & was buried

30 December

1796

John Hartland (placed at the Green-House as a Parish Apprentice from Dymock) was buried aged 9 years

8 February

John Williams Gentⁿ of Ledbury died almost suddenly on the 15^th of April, aged 65 & was buried here
n.b. He was a Native of Herefordsh: had acquired a fortune by commerce in London & had for some years retired to Ledbury.

20 April

Elizabeth, Daughter of the late Clement & Sarah Barksdale (see page 24) & wife of William Cheshire, Labourer of the Dymock side of Bromsberrow-Heath was buried, aged 34

1 May

M^r George Rodway was brought from London & buried aged 76.
N.B. He was a native of this Parish & had lately purchased a freehold estate here, having acquired a fortune in the Capital.

11 July

Edward the son of the late Edward Fowler Carpenter died of a Consumption at Ryton, & was buried here aged 22
N.b. He had been in the Army & was discharged from a military Hospital as incurable.

18 July

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at Michel-Dean July 29^th

Anne infant daughter of Joseph Hill Gentleman, Attorney at Law of the Town of Newent, died there on August the twenty-first & was buried here

23 August

H^y G^s Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Thomas Smith, Churchwarden

1797

Thomas Patrick Labourer died on the 19^th of December & was buried aged 53 years

22 December

N.B. The Transcript was delivered in at the Episcopal Visitation at Newnham on July 14^th

1798

Anne Hope daughter of the late M^r Thomas Hope of Newent was brought here from Gloucester & buried here

29 January

Thomas Holder, an infant, natural son of Jane Holder of much Cowarne in the County of Hereford was buried

27 February

Mary the wife of Joseph Devereux Labourer died the 3^d of June aged 68 years & was buried

6 June

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at Michel-Dean July 16^th

1799

Mary wife of Samuel Sparrow late shopkeeper of Dymock died suddenly on 9^th January aged 60 & was buried here

12 January

Thomas Terrett Gentⁿ died at the Rectory-House on 1^st of February aged 74 & was buried at Ridmarley

5 February

Anne infant daughter of Tho^s Thacway Labourer & of Elizabeth his wife was buried

23 April

John Lucy jun^r Servant in Husbandry, was buried by authority from the Coroner aged 15 Mem: he was overthrown & killed by a Team of Horses at Aston Ingham, Herefordshire July 10^th & was interred here

14 July

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation at Michel-Dean on Auguts 6^th

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Thomas Jones, Churchwarden

1800

Samuel Sparrow of Dymock was buried here aged 80

23 February

Joseph Hill Gentleman died of an asthma on march the eighteenth, aged 71 & was buried

27 March

John the eldest son of M^r Robert Hartland of Great Lintridge died at Newent 30^th April was buried here aged ten years

3 May

M^r Thomas Shipton many years Tenant of Brownsend Farm, died at little Lintridge, aged 80 & was buried here

6 May

Mr^s Elizabeth Loveridge, Widow, died at Ryton May the 12^th aged 89 & was buried here. Mem: She was Daughter of the late Richard Brooke, Gentⁿ of Russels-end by his wife, a Daughter of the Rev^d Richard Eaton, Sen^r, formerly Rector of this Parish.

15 May

John Pullen, Labourer, who had for many years received relief from the Parish was buried aged 80

23 May

M^r Thomas Hope died at Newent May 26^th aged 25 & was buried here

30 May

Mary the daughter of James Howell of the Pepper-Mill & of Comfort his wife was buried aged six years & a half

19 October

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

James Hill, Churchwarden

Mem: Transcript delivered in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation on Auguts 5^th

1801

Elizabeth White single-woman was buried aged           She was Sister to John White of this Parish & died at Ryton of a cancer.

22 January

Francis Young Labourer an Inhabitant of Poor’s House was buried aged 62 years

2 August

Anne the daughter of George Barksdale of Ryton Carpenter & of Sarah his Wife was buried aged one year & four months

17 September

Catherine-Burland daughter of Walter-Honywood Yates of Bromsberrow-Place Esq^r & of Margaret his Wife died September the eighteenth, aged fifteen weeks & two days & was buried by the Rev^d James Watts B.A. Curate of Ledbury

25 September

M^r Josiah Tibbatts, Tenant of Bromsberrow Court Farm, died of a dropsy on November the 4^th & was buried aged 69 years

10 November

Martha Shipton Widow of M^r Thomas Shipton formerly Tenant of Bromsberrow Farm, died at Dymock December the ninth, aged 79 years & was buried here. She was a Daughter of Mr White, some time Tenant of the Manor Estate

14 December

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at the Episcopal Visitation at Newnham on 30^th June

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

James Hill, Churchwarden

1802

Sarah Nokes, Widow, Sister of Joseph Stone (possessed of a freehold Estate at the bottom of Bromsberrow Heath) afterwards of Joseph Nokes Labourer was buried, aged sixty seven years.

7 February

John Burlow an illegitimate Infant was burnt to Death by being incautiously left without proper companion & was brought from Ledbury to beburied here

16 February

Robert-Gorges Dobyns-Yate, a Student of S^t John’s College, Cambridge, died of a decline at Dingwood-Park on June the sixth & was was buried here, aged twenty years

Illa # rapit Juvenes primâ flovente Juventâ.
# Mors scilicet                                          Virg.

12 June

William the son of John Devereux & Anne his wife died by a casualty & was buried here from Eastnor, aged nine years

3 July

Martha Knight Widow was buried aged seventy-two years

17 July

Susannah Lissiman Single-Woman from the Poor’s-House was buried aged twenty-seven years.

13 August

N.B. The Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacons Visitation June the twenty-fourth.

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Jacob Vertegans, Churchwarden for the Lower Brookend

1803

M^r Thomas Jones, tenant of the Upper Brookend Farm & a Freeholder of the County of Hereford died the 30^th ul^t of a dropsy & was buried aged 62

3 January

Mary the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Thackway of a decline was buried aged 57

20 February

Sarah the wife of Thomas Price of the Poor’s-House died of a decline aged 40 & was buried

27 February

William the base infant son of Esther Phillips was buried aged 40

9 March

M^r Robert Hartland, Tenant of Great Lintridge Farm in Dymock & a Freeholder of the County of Hereford, died of a rupture on May the first aged 44 & was buried here

3 May

Peter Child died at Dymock Work-House of an imposthume & was buried here aged 63 years

3 July

Thomas Rodway, Cordwainer, died at his freehold Estate near Bromsberrow-Heath of the palsy & was buried aged 67 years

1 April

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacons Visitation at Michel-Dean on July the 5^th

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Jacob Vertegans, Churchwarden for Aubreys

1804

Joseph the infant son of George Kyte Carpenter, assistant Lay-Clerk of this Parish & of Mary his wife was buried

12 February

Rice-Burland-Dobyns infant son of Walter-Honywood Yates Esqr: & of Margaret-Burland his wife, died at Hucclecote April the sixth, aged one year & two weeks &  was buried here by the Rev^d Stephen Thackwell, M.A. Rector of Birtes-Morton

11 April

Omnes una manet Nox,
Et calcanda semel via Lethi.
Mista Senum et Juvenum densantur funera                 Hor.
[One night is awaiting us all, and the way of death must be trodden once. Old and young die in mixed heaps.”
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina (I, 28, 15 & 19)]

Mr^s Mary Smith, Tenant of Tony’s Farm widow of M^r John Smith (see page 24) was buried aged 74 years.

13 May

Thomas Symonds, from Berrow, whose Ancestors lived in this Parish, was buried here, aged 74 years

5 July

Elizabeth, Daughter of William & Anne Davies & Wife of Francis Skinner was buried here from Pauntley, aged 26 years

21 October

Francis infant son of the said Francis & Elizabeth Skinner was buried here aged 17 weeks

27 October

Thomas Sandy from Ryton aged 74 years was buried

20 November

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at Newnham at the primary Visitation of Bishop Huntingford on June the second

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

Jacob Vertegans, Churchwarden for

1805

Joseph Harber of Chandlers, Labourer, died of an apoplexy February 22^d aged 48 years & was buried

25 February

Thomas Eves of Eastnor, Horse[?]-Dealer (whose Father formerly rented Lodwicks-Farm in this Parish) died in Worcester Infirmary  aged 51 years & was buried here

8 April

Philip infant son of Thomas Edwards, Labourer (an Inhabitant of Poor’s House) aged 62 years & of Catharine his wife buried

Christmas Day

Mem: Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacons Visitation Michel-Dean, July 4^th

1806

Samuel son of the late M^r Thomas Hankins of the Heath-Farm in Dymock, died suddenly at Corse &was buried here aged 24 years

7 May

N.B. Transcript was sent to the Archdeacons Visitation Michel-Dean July the tenth

1807

Elizabeth Phillips Widow was buried æt 90

24 January

Sarah Sandford Widow was buried ætatis 90

8 February

Benjamin the son of Joseph Hill Gentⁿ of Ridmarley Dabbitot & of Mary his Wife was buried aged eleven years

25 February

Sarah the Widow of George Barksdale Carpenter from Dymock was buried aged 68 years

26 March

Margaret wife of William Turner Husbandman (& Widow of William Morgan, formerly Tenant of the Hook-House Farm) was buried, aged seventy years

16 April

Samuel the son of John Hill Labourer of the Leasowes & of Maria his wife was buried aged 9[?] years

3 May

Mary-Judith daughter of M^r Jacob Vertegans of the lower-Brookend was buried aged 29 years

31 August

M^r Thomas Gibbs, Mercer, was brought here from Hereford & buried aged 47 years N.B. He was Proprietor of the Dyck-House Farm

8 September

M^r John Davis was buried aged 67 years

9 November

Transcript was delivered in at the Bishop’s Visitation Newnham, June the sixth

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

W^m M: Gibbs, Churchwarden

1808

Thomas Gibbs infant & only son of the late M^r Thomas Gibbs Mercer was brought from Hereford & buried

15 January

Sophia the daughter of Benjamin White Husbandman & of Elizabeth his wife was buried

7 February

Annabella-Christiana Widow of Robert-Gorges Dobyns-Yate Esqr: died of a pulmonary disorder at the Rectory House on 6^th of April aged 53 years & was buried by the Rev^d Thomas Hill, Rector of Staverton
Mem: She was only Daughter of William Honywood Esqr: of Malling-Abbey in the County of Kent, Sister to Sir John Honywood Bar^t of Evington-Court in the same County & to William Kongswood Esqr: the present Representative in Parliament for the said County.

13 April

Tendimus hûc omnes, metam properamus ad unam,
Omnia sub leges Mors vocat atra suas      Ovid
[“We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal.
Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws” Publius Ovidius Naso, Ad Liviam (359)]

Susannah the wife of John Bradley of Dymock Lab^r died in Child-birth there & was buried in the Church-yard of this Parish aged thirty years. N.b. She was a daughter of the late Edward Fowler, Carpenter.

7 November

William Phillips (a Son of the late Thomas Phillips of Hopes-Yate) Labourer, died unmarried in the Work-house at Ridmarley, aged fifty-nine years &was buried here

30 December

William the son of Thomas Crockit of Berrow Labourer & of Sarah his wife (eldest Daughter of John Lucy of Hopes-yate) died suddenly there & was buried here

the last-mentioned day

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

W^m M: Gibbs, Churchwarden

N.b. The Transcript was delivered in 21^st of June at the Archdeacon’s Visitation, Michel-Dean

1809

William Shayle of Berrow Carpenter, was buried aged 64 Years

11 March

Richard Farmer of Keysend Hill Bricklayer, died of a gradual decline & was buried aged 59 years

16 March

Esther the daughter of William Smith a Farmer & of Esther his wife died at Dymock of a Consumption, aged 19 years & was buried here, being Easter Day

2 April

William infant son of William Hill Labourer & of Maria his wife was buried

5 April

Richard Shayle, the Lay-Clerk of this Parish (the Duties of which Office he performed with Zeal & punctuality) was buried aged 67 years

8 April

Richard Maisey a Servant in Husbandry at Tony’s Farm was buried aged 32 years

13 April

Thomas infant son of Thomas Baker of the Shiremere Cottage, Labourer & of Hannah his wife was buried

11 May

Sarah another daughter of M^r William Smith & of Esther his wife died likewise of a Consumption at Dymock, aged 16 years & was buried here

21 May

Anne infant daughter of Benjamin Birchley Labourer & of Mary his wife was buried

14 September

John-Berkeley Bishop, Yeoman was buried aged 57 years.  Mem: He married Sarah Daughter of the late M^r William Gibbs of Dymock & died at Bosbury

3 December

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

John Webb, Churchwarden

Mem: The Transcript was delivered in at the Archdeacon’s Visitation at Newnham on 6^th of  June

Baptisms 1810

Patience the daughter of Joseph Hill of Keysend Hill, Labourer & of Sarah his wife was baptised

17 January

Thomas the son of John Hardman of Lodwicks Labourer & of Anne his wife was baptised

3 March

Sarah the daughter of Thomas Daniel of the Heath Labourer & of Sarah his wife was baptised

10 March

Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Baker of the Shire-mere Cottage, Labourer & of Hannah his wife was baptised

1 April

Anne the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Roberts single-woman was baptised

4 April

Margaret the daughter of Thomas Webb of Keysend-street Husbandman & of Amey his wife was baptised

13 April

Mary the daughter of William Summers (an Inmate at Nurbury’s Tenement) Labourer & of Anne his wife was baptised

20 May

Richard son of the late William Birt Tenant of Aubrey’s Farms by Anne his wife being Ascension-Day was baptised

31 May

Thomas the son of William Lane Tenant of Dobyn’s Farm & of Mary his wife was baptised

9 July

James the son of William Thomas of the Leasowes Woodman & of Sarah his wife was baptised by the reverend Joseph Higgins M.A. Rector of Eastnor was baptised

21 October

H^y Gorges Dobyns-Yate, Rector

John Webb, Churchwarden