Persons, parent category.
Tuesday 26th July 1842
William Joseph Barton, son of William Barton and Esther Barton, of 14 Jubilee Place, Commercial Road, London, apprenticed to William Hayns, carpenter, of Grundy Street, Poplar, London, 7 years, £25, 26th July 1842. Esther Barton is from Warminster. William Barton senior is in very ill health. They have five children.
Tuesday 21st December 1841
Alfred William Butcher Haynes, son of Daniel Haines and Marianne Haines, of 4 John Street, Stepney, London, apprenticed to Henry Orme, last and jointed clog maker, of 36 Mile End Road, London, 7 years, £25, 21st December 1841. Daniel Haines and Marianne Haines are from Warminster and have four children. Marianne Haines is in ill health. The indenture was cancelled 15th November 1842 as directed and £5 returned.
The 1841 Census for Warminster records William Trapp (a stone mason) and his family living in the house at East Street which later became the Masons Arms public house.
The next entry in the census records James Dutch, brewer, aged 25, born in Wiltshire. (A reference to the brewhouse at East Street).
William Trapp’s first wife was Susannah Dutch.
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Leases of premises including Malthouse in the Market Place 1817, 1825 and Mancombe farm 1832, 1840 all in Warminster owned by the Warren family. 1817-1840. Farnfield and Nicholls, Solicitors of Warminster. Reference 628/47/3.
1838
James Fletcher Horner, son of cabinet maker James Horner, of Heytesbury. was apprenticed to John Snelgrove, cabinet maker, of Heytesbury (in the trade of cabinet maker) during 1838.
1838
Richard Farley, aged 16, son of labourer Richard Farley, of Heytesbury. was apprenticed to John Snelgrove, cabinet maker, of Heytesbury (in the trade of cabinet maker) during 1838.
Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) was privately educated before joining his family’s banking business at Fleet Street, London. A large allowance from his grandfather, Henry, gave him financial independence.
Following the death of his wife in 1785 he travelled abroad, making drawings of the interesting objects he saw. Then he commenced, with zeal, investigating hundreds of barrow mounds in Wiltshire but gave credit to his colleague William Cunnington for the exploratory work. Hoare’s History Of Modern Wiltshire (1822-1844) was published in six volumes.
His other books concentrated on travels to Elba, Italy and Sicily. He also wrote a description of Stourhead House and Garden which his grandfather had built and planned. Altogether he wrote 19 books.
Eventually deaf and suffering from gout, he died on 19th May 1838 and is buried at St Peter’s Churchyard, Stourton.
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Nine copy legal papers, etc., a sale particular, and a conveyance to James Curtis of a cottage in Fore Street, Warminster Common (later no. 22), one of a number of cottages at Warminster Common sold by the Board of Guardians. 1835-1837. Reference 860/3.
Thursday 27th July 1837
John Gibbs, son of J0hn Gibbs and Ann Gibbs, of 5 Foster’s Buildings, Lambeth Marsh, London, apprenticed to John Day, boot and shoe maker, of 17 Commercial Road, Blackfriars, London, 27th July 1837. John Gibbs senior is from Warminster and has four children.
From The London Gazette, 13th January 1837 (page 102):
The creditors who have proved their debts under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against John Tivitoe Thring, of Warminster, in the county of Wilts, Scrivener, not having attended the meeting advertised to be holden at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster, on Wednesday the 28th day of December last, inconsequence of the severity of the weather and the stoppage of the roads by snow, the said creditors are now hereby requested to meet the assignees of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, on Monday the 6th day of February next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Bath Arms Inn, in Warminster aforesaid, in order to take into consideration the matters of a certain petition presented to the Honourable the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, on or about the 1st day of November last, by Joseph Everett and John Ravenhill, of Warminster aforesaid, Bankers and Copartners, creditors of tbe said bankrupt, touching the deposit of certain deeds, instruments, and securities made by the said bankrupt with the said petitioners from time to time previous to the date and issuing forth of the said fiat to cover advances made by the said petitioners to, for, or on account of the said bankrupt, which said petition came on for hearing on Tuesday, the 15th day of November last, where upon the said Honourable Court did make certain orders and directions touching and concerning the matters therein referred to, full particulars whereof will be laid before such meeting; and to assent to or dissent from the assignees adopting all such measures as they in their discretion shall see fit or consider most advantageous towards compromising, settling and adjusting or relinquishing and abandoning any matter, claim or dispute relating to the said petition and the matters therein set forth in order to protect the said Bankrupt’s estate from any further costs or expences concerning the same, or in prosecuting or defending any suit or suits at law or in equity, or other proceedings therein, and otherwise to authorise and empower the said assignees to make, and accept such terms and agreements with the said petitioners touching or relating to the matters aforesaid, any or either of them, as the said assignees shall think most advisable ; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees paying and defraying certain costs, charges, and expences incurred, previous and subsequent to the issuing and opening the fiat against the said bankrupt, in and about the preparation and completion of a certain deed of assignment of the whole of the said bankrupt’s real and personal estate and effects for the benefit of his general creditors; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees giving and delivering up to the wife of the said bankrupt certain jewels, trinkets, and ornaments of the person, part of the said bankrupt’s estate yet remaining undisposed of; and also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees commencing, prosecuting, or defending any actions at law, or suits in equity, or petition in the Court of Review, for recovery or protection of the said bankrupt’s estate and effects, or any part thereof, and in supporting and establishing the validity of the said fiat, and compounding any debt or debts, or submitting to arbitration, or otherwise agreeing or settling any matter, claim, or dispute with any person or persons whomsoever, touching or concerning the said bankrupt’s estate and effects; and to assent to or dissent from the course and proceedings adopted by the said assignees relating to the said bankrupt’s affairs since their appointment, and up to the day of meeting hereby convened; and generally to authorise, and empower the said assignees to act for the benefit of the said bankrupt’s estate as they may deem most proper and advantageous; and on other special affairs.
