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201	late in his life Charles, in expectation that his cousin Peregrine would eventually inherit the Towneley estate, had bought more farms around Burnley to increase the annual income. When his father John died in 1813 Peregrine set about renovating Towneley, selling his father's book collection to help to pay for the rebuilding.	Peregrine Edward TOWNELEY
202	The Catholic Relief Act of 1829 allowed Catholics once again to take public office and in 1831 Peregrine became High Sheriff of Lancashire. He continued to increase the size of his estate and in 1835 he bought the manor of Slaidburn and the Bowland Forest estate of about twenty thousand acres in Yorkshire. Peregrine had two sons, Charles and John, and on his death in 1846, the elder son Charles inherited the estates.	Peregrine Edward TOWNELEY
203	descendant of Geoffrey Dean of Whalley	Richard TOWNELEY
204	Richard Towneley (10 October 1629 – 22 January 1707) was an English mathematician and astronomer from Towneley near Burnley, Lancashire. He was one of a group of seventeenth century astronomers in the north of England, which included Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree and William Gascoigne, the pioneer astronomers who laid the groundwork for research astronomy in the UK. An investigation carried out with the physician Henry Power, followed by correspondence with Robert Boyle, showed the relationship between the pressure and volume of gas in a closed system and led to the formulation of Boyle's Law, or as Boyle named it, Mr. Towneley's hypothesis. He introduced John Flamsteed to the micrometer and designed the movement for the clocks used in the Greenwich Observatory Townley was born at Nocton, in Lincolnshire, on 10 October 1629. His father was Charles Towneley (1600-1644) and his mother before marriage was Mary Trapppes (1599-1690). He had three brothers and three sisters. Towneley came from a Catholic family which stoutly refused to conform to the Protestant Church and was thus excluded both from public office and from English universities. He is thought to have been educated at one of the English colleges in the Low Countries as his younger brothers are both known to have studied at the English College, Douai in France.[1] His interests included mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy. His father, Charles, was killed at the battle of Marston Moor in 1644.The civil war had been disastrous for the Towneley family and their Lancashire estates were confiscated by Parliamentary sequestrators. Richard married Mary Paston of Barningham, Norfolk and fathered four sons and four daughters. Although the date of their marriage is not recorded their first son Clement, was born in 1654. By 1653 the Lancashire lands were regained, but the Nocton estate in Lincolnshire had to be sold in 1661 to pay outstanding debts.[2] The income from the family estate meant that Towneley had no need to take any other employment. He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and natural philosophy, leaving the management of his estates to his younger brother Charles Towneley (1631-1712).[3] Henry Power (1623-1668), of Halifax, was both the Towneley family's physician and a friend who shared Towneley's enthusiasm for experimentation. On 27 April 1661, they used a barometer, of the type invented by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643, to measure the pressure of air at different altitudes on Pendle Hill in Lancashire. As a result, they recognised a relation between the density of air and its pressure. Power eventually published the results in his book Experimental Philosophy in 1663 but an early draft was seen by Robert Boyle in 1661 and it seems Towneley also discussed the experiments with Boyle when he visited London in the winter of 1661-62. Later in 1662, Boyle was able to publish what is now known as Boyle's Law, but what he referred to as Mr Towneley's hypothesis	Richard TOWNELEY
205	Richard Towneley the elder died in 1556 and his will made nephew John Towneley his executor. The will contained a long list of beneficiaries including three bastard daughters of the late Alice Brinley, another bastard daughter called Johan and two bastard sons, both called John. No mention was made of his granddaughter Mary. In 1556, John Towneley obtained the church's permission, confirmed by the Bishop of Chester, to marry Mary Towneley. On 8 June 1557, Robert Percivall, Archdeacon of Chester issued a licence for the marriage. It has been suggested that Sir John and his son Richard were at odds over religion. Sir John died in 1540 confirming the Catholic faith of his ancestors and later events suggest Richard was a Protestant. All this is supposition but it is true that the national controversy over religion in the subsequent thirty years was to leave a permanent mark on the family. From 1547 to 1553 the Protestant reformation was in the ascendancy, and then from 1553 to 1558 the pendulum had swung back in favour of the Catholics before finally resting with the Protestants when Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in November 1558.	Richard TOWNELEY
206	Richard Towneley the elder died in 1556 and his will made nephew John Towneley his executor. The will contained a long list of beneficiaries including three bastard daughters of the late Alice Brinley, another bastard daughter called Johan and two bastard sons, both called John. No mention was made of his granddaughter Mary. In 1556, John Towneley obtained the church's permission, confirmed by the Bishop of Chester, to marry Mary Towneley. On 8 June 1557, Robert Percivall, Archdeacon of Chester issued a licence for the marriage.	Richard TOWNELEY
207	Richard was arrested for treason after the Battle of Preston that marked the end to the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. The records of his trial survive and show he was fortunate to be found not guilty. The trial was however not without its price. The expense incurred in his defence could only be met by cutting down and selling all but one of the oaks in Towneley Park. In 1717, the size of the Towneley estate in Lancashire was 2,406 acres and its farms carried an annual rental of £991.	Richard TOWNELEY
208	Richard was the eldest legitimate son of Richard 1499 -1556 Sir John settled lands in Lancashire in trust for himself and his last wife Anne for their two lives and after to the use of his grandson Richard Towneley. After the marriage of Richard the younger in 1537, Sir John modified the entail to include the heirs of Richard and Frances.	Sir Richard TOWNELEY
209	Sir Richard de Towneley, knight. Married Elena. Appointed sheriff of Lancaster by John of Gaunt in 1375, 1376, and 1377, served in house of Commons. Died in 1379, inquisition of estate in 1381. ■John de Towneley, born 1350, married 1382 ■Robert de Towneley ■Henry de Towneley ■Alice de Towneley, John de la Legh and Cecilia had two sons, Gilbert and Richard. In February 1351 the franchise for providing a bailiff for the district of Blackburnshire was shared between the Abbot of Whalley, John de Altham, Gilbert de la Legh and his brother who now called himself Richard de Touneley. They collected the profits and in return rendered a fix yearly sum to the Lord of Blackburnshire who at this time was Henry Grosmont, 4th Earl of Lancaster. Later that year, King Edward III gave the Earl of Lancaster sovereign rights within the county as the 1st Duke of Lancaster. As a result, the de la Legh family became, in effect, direct tenants of the crown. Richard de Touneley developed a career as a court official. In 1353 he was one of two receivers for Lancashire appointed by Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and in 1361 and 1371 he attended Parliament as a knight of the shire. He was Escheator of the County in 1371 and was High Sheriff from 1375 to 1378. Although Richard used Towneley as his surname, he probably did not live at Towneley during the last thirty years of his life. In 1351 he rented the manor of St Saviour, called 'le Sted' (now Stydd), at Ribchester five miles west of Whalley..	Sir Richard TOWNELEY
210	Last of the male line	Richard Henry TOWNELEY
211	a nun	Ursula TOWNELEY
212	William Towneley (1714-1742) married Cecilia Standish. She was a wealthy heiress and her mother was a daughter of Henry, sixth Duke of Norfolk	William TOWNELEY
213	Roberts when married Whiteley Shirley Mildred Whiteley Birth Date: 29 May 1936 Death Registration Month/Year: May 1999 Age at death (estimated): 63 Registration district: Uckfield Inferred County: Sussex Register number: 39E Entry Number: 152 Birth?	Shirley Mildred TURNBULL
214	William Turnbull Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891 Relation: Son Father's Name: Robert Mother's Name: Margaret Gender: Male Where born: W Hartlepool, Durham, England Civil Parish: West Hartlepool Ecclesiastical parish: West Hartlepool St Aidan County/Island: Durham Country: England Registration district: Hartlepool Sub-registration district: Hartlepool ED, institution, or vessel: 69 Household schedule number: 40 Household Members: Name Age Cora Turnbull 1 Eva Turnbull 8 Isabella Turnbull 6 Margaret Turnbull 33 Robert Turnbull 41 William Turnbull 10 Save This Record	William T TURNBULL
215	Esther Turner Year of Registration: 1887 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Wisbech County: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk Volume: 3b Page: 747 (click	Esther TURNER
216	William Edward, known as Eddie was born at 28 Ashington Road, Fulham in 1902 and christened at the nearby St Dionis Church where he later became a choirboy. About 1911 the family moved to 33 Glendarvon Street, Putney. The house was owned by a Mr and Mrs Fowle and his parents took lodgers, often from among the students training for the University Boat Race at the boathouse on the Thames a short distance down the road. His brother Leslie recalled that while they were both very young they had a noisy pillow fight in one of the bedrooms which caused their father burst in to tell them to stop disturbing the lodger. Leslie said that he hit Eddie round the head with the back of a hair brush, so severely that they caused him to bleed from the ears. From that time on he suffered from severe headaches, irritability and depression which would build up to a point where he would experience a seizure. . After the seizure he would be left tired, confused and with the headache unrelieved. Eddie never mentioned the beating to his children. When he was 12 his father found him a part time job with a local butcher. Later he obtained a job at a firm making spark plugs and finally became a grocer's assistant, subsequently obtaining a post with a very famous firm in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge. Then about 1928 he became Manager of Rapson's Stores in Crawford Street, Marylebone. The Turner family had "musical evenings" at home when Leslie would play the piano and May and Eddie would sing popular "parlour songs". May had a deep contralto voice and Eddie sang bass. His favourite songs were "Ole Man River" and Billy Merson's "The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life", first published in 1911 but remaining popular for several decades. The latter was his signature song and during the Second World War he performed it at morale raising concerts in Beckenham when Edie would accompany him on the piano. At some point between the end of the First World War and his marriage he contracted an illness which was thought at the time to be the "Spanish 'Flu" and which infected about half of the world's population. Now believed to be of a similar strain to the bird flu' more recently reported and a popular rhyme of 1918 was "I had a little bird, Its name was Enza. I opened the window, and in-flu-enza This 'flu made people very ill, London streets were sprayed with chemicals in an attempt to reduce infection rates and people started wearing anti-germ masks. On 3rd November 1913 the News of The World advised it's readers "Wash inside nose with soap and water each night and morning; force yourself to sneeze night and morning, then breathe deeply; do not wear a muffler; take sharp walks regularly and walk home from work; eat plenty of porridge." During his working days in London Eddie's "illness" caused many problems and his brother told of occasions when he was called by shop staff to collect Eddie and take him home. Nnevertheless he managed to enjoy life and when his mother and Edie's mother arranged for him to accompany her on a blind date to a dance at the Chelsea Town Hall he did so willingly. They soon became a couple. He had a smooth terrier dog named Bob and at different times a motor bike and a car. Both of them had bicycles. It was on one of their excursions that he first saw cabbages growing in a field. Until then he had no idea how they originated having never seen agricultural land but only streets and parks of London. He and Edie were married at Putney Parish Church in 1929 when the local paper described the event as a "Pretty Putney Wedding". His younger brother Leslie was his best man and the reception was held in the parish hall with Edie and her mother doing the catering. After the wedding he and Edie shared a flat in Upper Richmond Road but when his brother Leslie married and bought a house in Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham he and Edie took a look at the development themselves. They bought a house just round the corner in Stanhope Grove. Both houses backed on to a recreation ground and fields and were near the station for daily travel into London. Eddie would set off early in the morning to walk to the station attired in the dark suit, stiff collar, white spats and button hole suitable for his position as manager of an upmarket store in the West End of London. The couple soon led a sociable and eventful life sharing holidays with local friends and taking day trips to the south coast resorts. No doubt his first few years in Beckenham were very happy, although still disrupted by the effects of his illness for which he took daily painkiller medication.. His first child was Pat, born in 1931 and the family was completed by Sea- Shell (known as Sheila), a beautiful Landseer Newfoundland and Toby a Smoke Persian cat. Eddie filled his spare time by making garden ornaments of moulded concrete and by constructing a cart inspired by the goat carts Pat had ridden in while on holiday in Bognor. He thought that Sheila could take the place of the goat but this idea came to nothing when he was quickly advised by Sheila's breeder that it was "unsuitable"! The cart was sold to the local window cleaner. He also kept Fantail pigeons and a large flock of budgerigars in aviaries constructed in the back garden. In late 1936 his second child Rosalie was born and from time to time Edie's mother, who was in poor health stayed with them. Then in late 1936 after a prolonged illness Edie's mother joined the family in Beckenham and remained there until the early months of the war when she evacuated to Bluntisham. Eddie's mother died in 1936 but his father and sister continued to live at Glendarvon Street until his sister married at the end of 1938. As Edie's mother's room was empty at that time his father moved in to live with them but was only there for a short time before he died in hospital after being taken ill while walking, with Leslie, on Bromley Common. The Second World War broke out in September 1939 and travel and life generally gradually became more difficult. All men between 18 and 41 were called up for war service but Eddie was graded E and considered unfit. So he undertook fire watching duties in London on some nights and became an Air Raid Warden at home in Beckenham. These ARP duties involved hours of walking the Beckenham streets in his sector. The warden had to know how many people lived in a house and whether they were babies, young children or invalids. People were supposed to notify the warden if they went away so that he knew the number of people in any particular house on any given night. The sector headquarters was the Warden's Post where there was a gas detection system, warning systems, a first-aid box and anti-gas clothing. There was also a telephone for communicating with the Report Centre. Eddie had to learn about protection against poison, gas, incendiary bombs as well as first aid and reporting. When bombs fell in his sector he was responsible for reporting what damage had been and notifying the rescue party where the occupants were under the debris. In some cases he helped to dig people out. The government encouraged householders to grow their own vegetables and posters were to be seen everywhere with the slogan "Dig for Victory". Families were also encouraged to keep small livestock so that when not on fire-watching duty, instructing neighbours on the use of stirrup pumps to extinguish incendiary bombs and helping to dig out those who had been trapped in wreckage left from high explosive bombs he looked after the rabbits, ducks and chickens which replaced the fancy pigeons and budgerigars in his back garden. The recreation field was partly given over to allotments and he secured one right at the bottom of his garden and when his neighbours left Beckenham for the duration of the war they allowed him to extend his chicken pens into their garden too. He had a large tool shed situated between his garden and the allotment where he stored and distributed animal feeds allocated by the government for livestock owned by the local wartime suburban smallholders. This shed also accommodated a step ladder which he used to take out and place against the garden fence so that when the Spitfires and Messerschmitt fighters were in dog fights overhead he could climb to the top shouting "Come on Boys!" to the British pilots overhead. The rabbit cages covered the sides and top of a very ambitious concrete underground shelter he had built while war was looming . He was pouring concrete for the roof while the Prime Minister was on the "wireless" announcing "We are at war with Germany" and this was where the family slept during the blitz and on many other nights as well. The shelter was designed to be gas proof with filters on the door. It also had an emergency exit into the tool shed which also housed a chemical toilet. Amongst air raid shelters his was a luxury edition. Throughout these years he continued to suffer from the constant headaches, irritability and depression cause by his illness. Edie and Pat family learned to recognize the changes in him during the build up to the seizures. Medical advisers suggested that these would be triggered by different phases in the moon and that when they occurred Edie should bathe his forehead and feet with vinegar and water. This period in his life saw the worst effects of his illness and after several stays in south London hospitals he was finally warned to reduce stress by cutting down on his activities generally and to stop travelling in and out of London. Years later, when Eddie developed Parkinson's Disease there were suspicions that his earlier illness had actually been encephalitis lethargica or "sleeping sickness" a disease often confused with Spanish Flu' and with near identical symptoms. Whether the PD was caused by this illness or was yet another complication following the head injury in adolescence will never be known but in 2003 a paper was published stating that people with a history of head injury were four times more likely to develop PD When the advice was given to leave London the children were evacuated to Bluntisham to live with their grandmother, Eddie resigned from Rapsons and the house in Stanhope Grove was sold. He and Edie invested in a business at a leasehold property on the corner of Church Walk and the High Street at East Malling Kent. The shop was a mini department store selling groceries, provisions, baked goods, household products, fresh vegetables, tobacco, cigarettes, confectionery, and proprietary medicines. There were also knitting wools, drapery, toys and a lending library. Finally there was a cafe and a large upstairs room used for catering for events such as the weekly cricket club teas and refreshments for the coach parties of Londoners touring the Kent orchards and hopfields.. The business grew too big for two people to manage, even with staff and by about 1952 it was sold to a partnership of two couples. He and Edie then purchased two small adjoining shops in Horam Road, Heathfield, Sussex where they spent several years running the business between them selling groceries, provisions, confectionery and other general items. His final career change came when, as a result of a legacy from one of his uncles he was able to purchase Gibby's Tea Cottage and Gardens in Jevington, East Sussex . He and Edie catered for morning coffees, lunches and afternoon teas and they also took in guests for "Bed and Breakfast". Eddie developed and maintained the gardens and also kept pet donkeys, and goats to keep the vegetation down and provide an attraction for the visitors. There was also a flock of chickens to provide eggs for Edie's cake making. By 1970 he began to experience the early effects of Parkinson's Disease and this led to retirement at a bungalow at Te Whare in Little London Road, Horam from where, after a few more years they moved to a smaller bungalow with a smaller garden nearby. By about 1975 Eddie had become virtually crippled by the Parkinson's Disease and Edie was no longer fit enough to care for him unaided. Temporarily they stayed with Pat in Eastbourne but there too there were difficulties as Eddie was unable to walk and confined upstairs while she had mobility problems of her own and her paraplegic husband to care for downstairs. It was agreed that he and Edie would move to share the home of Rosalie and her husband Jim and they remained with them until the families moved together to a bigger house in Crowborough. It was from the house in Crowborough that Eddie went to the Pembury Hospital for rehabilitation and unexpectedly died while he was there.	William Edward TURNER
217	Date of Baptism(d/m/y) 28/02/1601/1602 Name Henry TYDY son or dau. s Date born –/–/– Father's Name George TYDY Mother's Name – TYDY Occupation – Abode – Parish Rusper St Mary Magdalene Notes –	Henry TYDY
218	John was and his sister Sarah were illegitimate son of Ann Wales and John was christened John Wales.His sister Sarah was christened Sarah Tidy and her christening record states that her mother was Ann Wheales. Since Ann later married John Tidy the year after John was born it is concluded that he was the father of Sarah and John as well as Elizabeth,born after their marriage.	John WALES
219	Marriages Mar 1880 (>99%) Waterson William W. Derby 8b 489 Marriages Sep 1894 (>99%) Waterson Samuel W.Derby 8b 539 Marriages Dec 1896 (>99%) WATERSON William James Hartlepool 10a 198 Marriages Sep 1903 (>99%) Waterson Allan Hartlepool 10a 238	unknown WATERSON
220	Alexander was a Minister-In 1612 Pocahontas was taken prisoner. Alexander Whitaker converted her to Christ and she was bapized by him. He performed the marrieage ceremony of Pacahontas and John Rolfe. Alexander never married He was known as "The Apostle to Virginia" Alexander was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received his B.A. in 1604. He accepted a parish in Yorkshire for a time, but, in 1611, gave it up and migrated to Virginia, to become a minister to the Indians. He founded the church at Henrico, where he preached for some years. He became known as the "Apostle of Virginia." Alexander made his will in February 1610, just before embarking for Virginia; the will was proved 4 Aug 1617. In it, he mentions five of his siblings and a couple of cousins. “Sister, Susanna Lothrop, 5 pounds. I owe Christopher Levite, a linen draper of the city of York, 5 pounds 1 shilling. Cosen Anthony Culverwell owes me 16 pounds. Cosen Mr. William Gouge, clerk of Blackfryers, overseer. Brother Samuel Whitaker, 24 pounds and all moveables and sole executor. Sister, Marie Clark, wife of Reindolph Clarke, 5 pounds. Brother, William Whitaker, 5 pounds. Brother, Jabez Whitaker, 5 pounds. Needy poor 5 pounds. Cosen William Gouge 2 pounds to buy himself either a ring or books. Brother Samuel and his heirs my bill of adventure to Virginia.” Witnesses: Richard Culverwell and Caleb Gouge. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11 (1904) p.147.)	Alexander WHITAKER
221	baptised on Dec 11th,the day after his father's funeral and named Jabez by his mother because he was "born in sorrow". Jabez Whitaker was sent to VA with the rank of Lt. by the Virginia Company, in charge of tenants for one of the plantations known as the College land -- set aside for the endowment of an Indian College "for the training up of the children of those Infidels in true Religion, moral virtue and Civility." By November he settled near Jamestown in charge of fifty colonists, and gave a "good acompt of the trust reposed in him." In late 1619, Lieutenant Jabez Whittaker and perhaps as many as fifty men were sent by the Virginia Company to the Company's tract. According to Whittaker, he and his men built a 40' by 20' "guesthouse" to season new immigrants. They also erected other dwellings, and fenced in their acreage and livestock. The tenants who worked on the Company Land agreed to serve for seven years in return for 50% of the profits of their labor. Additionally, the Virginia Company provided the tenants with a year's supply of food and cattle along with clothes, weapons, tools, and other equipment. This "guesthouse" became, in times of illness, the first hospital in Virginia. Aboard the Bona Nova in 1621 there were shipped "600 bushells of English meale whereof 36 were sent to Smiths hundred and 20 bushells to Mr Farrars Plantation soe there remayned to the 2 Companys of C. Weldon and Lieve-Whitakers 544 bushel onely witness the Cape Merchant. We do know that from reading the 'Records of the Virginia Company' that the ships in the 1618-1620 era left London on the Thames River and arrived in Virginia in the Isle of Wight at Cowes and that Jamestowne in Virginia had its own separate port. We know that, from this same passage, of 100 men aboard the first known trip of the Bona Noua, 50 were Captain Weldon's men and 50 were Lieutenant Jabez Whittaker's men." Mary Whitaker Ross. From 1624-1626 he was Captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1626 he was a member of the Colonial Council of Virginia, when he received a letter from his father-in-law Sir John Bourchier "ordering him back to England to his wife and child." Jabez Whitaker, youngest son of Dr. William A. Whitaker and his second wife, Joan Taylor, was born in 1595, a few days after Dr. William A. Whitaker died. Joan Taylor Whitaker named the infant Jabez, citing I Chronicles 4:9: “and his mother called his name Jabez, saying ‘Because I born him in pain.’” About 1617, Jabez married Mary Bourchier, daughter of Sir John Bourchier and Dame Elizabeth Bourchier, of Lambeth Parish, County Surrey, England. The Bourchiers are descended from the youngest son of King Edward, III. As far as is known, they had only one son, William Whitaker, b. 1618, England, d. after 1668, James City County, Virginia, of which more later. About the time his son was born, Jabez left his wife and child in England and went out to Virginia, possibly because his brother, Alexander Whitaker, “The Apostle to Virginia,” had drowned in the James River in 1617 and he had to tend to his estate, though there are no surviving documents. At any rate, Jabez soon became a noteworthy citizen of Virginia. The Records of the Virginia Company of London, the organization that “settled” Jamestown, notes of him on 23 June 1620: “Hee haveinge receaved notice of the good carriage of some psonnes in Virginia was specially to recommend unto them one Mr. Jabez Whittakers, Leiutennant of the Companies men who had given a good Accounpt of the trust reposed in him.” (p.22) “Ffor so much as it appeared y Mr. Whttakers has obeyed the Companies orders in buildinge a Guesthouse for entertaynement of Sick psonnes and for y relief and comfort of such cases as came weake from Sea and had allso begunn to plant vaine, Corne, and such good Comodities and rayled in 100 acres of ground, it was moved y the Court would please to bestow some reward uppon him for his better encouragement in soe good a course. Whereoppon itt was agreed and ordered that hee should have two boyes sent him when the Comp shal be able and that the reward of Tobacco allowed him by the Governor of Virginia shall be confirmed onto him.” (p.23) This reference to Jabez Whitaker’s “rail fence” is the first mention of a fenced plot of land in America. In 1623, Jabez was referred to as a Captain: “... and we further require and commaund all persons whatsover under the charge of the said Captain Jabez Whitaker, that they yield unto him ready obedience touching all our abovesaid commands, as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perills. Given at James City, the 13th of May 1623.” signed: Frances Wyatt, Governor (p.25) Jabez Whitaker was Elizabeth City’s representative to the House of Burgesses in the session that met from 5 March 1623 to 1624. And he was a member of the Council of Virginia in 1626. On June 16, 1622, The Records note: “Sir John Bourchier’s request by letter for his Sonn Whitaker’s returne to England who, (as he sayeth) intended not to stay here any longer from his wife and child, he means to leave behinde hime, than he can furnish himselfe with necessaries.” Jabez died in Virginia in 1626, before he could return to England.	Jabez WHITAKER
222	Not sure which wife was mother	John WHITAKER
223	unmarried	John Grimshaw WHITAKER
224		Mary WHITAKER
225	or is this Henry?	name unknown WHITAKER
226	Nicholas was churchwarden at St Peter's Church between 1634 and 1637. In 1647 he appeared before the Quarter Sessions in Preston. The Court determined that he should "keep the peace" to his namesake Nicholas Whitaker who was a blacksmith of Mudgouse.	Nicholas WHITAKER
227	Nicholas was churchwarden at St Peter's Church,Burnley for 1613 and 1614 in 1617 the Healey Estate was 71 acres and had an annual value of £37.11s 3d. In 1634 Nicholas Whitaker was allocated the pew in row 7 on the south side of the middle aisle.	Nicholas WHITAKER
228	unmarried	Nicholas WHITAKER
229	Entry into the medical profession required a medical degree at a university.Robert Whitaker studied at St John's College,Cambridge between 1659 and 1662. He was awarded a minor exhibition which entitled him to free rations. He was awarded his degree in 1652 and started his medical practice in Burnley. Qualified doctors wore gowns and wigs and did their medical rounds on horseback. They made up their own medicines.There were no anaesthetics but opium or alcohol was used to induce a stupor. Teeth were extracted at a rate of 4d each tooth. Robert became a noncornformist.When his friend Thomas Jolly,the Puritan parson of Altham,was perseceuted and imprisoned he was invited to live at Healey Hall on release. With religious toleration enabled by the 1672 Declaration of Indulgence Healey Hall was made available as a "preaching place". His will was written in 1703.Executors were his sons Nicholas and Thomas and John Jolly. A copy of the original is available on request.	Dr Robert WHITAKER, MD
230	In 1588 Robert Whitaker of Healey was taxed 8 shillings on his goods.	Robert WHITAKER
231	Robert Whitaker, oldest son of Thomas Whitaker and Elizabeth Nowell, m. Margaret Greenwood. They were the ancestors of Dr. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, noted divine and author of The History of the Original Parish of Whalley, 1806. This Branch of the family inherited The Holme and lived there until 1912 When Burnley Grammar School was founded in 1559 when it was clear that the Roman Catholic Chantry School would not be restored six prominent men of Burnley were appointed to act as governor trustees. Robert Whitaker was one of these and he held the position until his death.	Robert WHITAKER
232	The only record of Robert Whitaker is that naming him in 1480.	Robert WHITAKER
233	Heir of William Whitaker	Thomas WHITAKER
234	heir to Holme	Thomas WHITAKER
235	In 1552 Thomas Whitaker gave evidence at Whalley on behalf of Ellen,illegitinate daughter of Sir John Townely regarding a land ownership dispute. In the Lord of the Manor's Halmot Court at Burnley in 1568 Thomas was described as a gentleman. In 1583 a settlement of ten messuages was made on Thomas and his wife Elizabeth and grandson Thomas.	Thomas WHITAKER
236	Not sure which wife was mother	Thomas WHITAKER
237	The only evidence that Thomas Whitaker of Holme existed is that he was recorded in 1431. The Whitaker Family (with one 't') trace their ancestry back to at least 1340, when Richard de Whitacre, came to live in Cliviger at Padiham, Lancashire. They were clearly an influential family of some importance during the Middle Ages and Tudor times, as in 1431, there is a reference in records to one Thomas Whitaker of The Holme The Holme is also well documented, described as "… originally a 40-room manor house … and the county seat of the Whitaker family from the 15th century". Prior to the Whitaker ownership of the manor, Holme belonged to the Tattersall family, and had previously belonged to Edward Legh, of the Legh family from Cheshire. Gradually, the Whitakers strengthened their local standing through marriage with other notable families of Lancashire and Cheshire, including the Sherburnes, Stanleys, Harringtons and the Towneley family	Thomas WHITAKER
238	Thomas inherited the estate at Holme on the death of his grandfather in 1588. Thomas and Ann were married at St Peter's Church,Burnley where all their children were baptised. However it is considered likely that the family remained loyal to the Roman Catholic faith and attended services at St Peter's to avoid proseceution. Their house at Holme had a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests. The family was one of several Burnley families who worshipped as Roman Catholics and helped protect the Catholic priests in the area. Thomas was brother-in-law to Bernard Bancroft who had been Headmaster of Burnley Grammar School and a devout Protestant.When Bernard Bancroft made his will he excluded his Catholic brothers and sisters and Thomas Whitaker should also be excluded.	Thomas WHITAKER
239	Born at Rainham,Norfolk,the son of William Whitaker(1730-1782),curate of Rainham and Lucy Dunham Allen Whitaker,Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759-1821) received his early education under the care of a series of provincial Church of England clergy before gaining admission to St John's College,Cambridge,in 1775.(LL.B 1781)(LL.D 1801). He had intended to enter the law,but upon the death of his father he settled with his mother,at Holme,Lancashire where he remained until 1785,in which year he entered into Holy Orders in the Church of England.However,Whitaker remained without pastoral charge until 1797,in which year he became perpetual curate at Holme,adding to that the Lancashire parishes of Whalley,Haysham (1813-1819) and Blackburn. If nothing else ,Whitaker represents well "the good life" led by certain affluent provincial clergy during the early nineteenth century. At Holme Whitaker spent his time organising a local literary club,improving his estate,maintaining domestic order within his parishes and writing. Known for his volumes on local history and topography Whitaker also found the time,,as evidenced by his contribution to this lot,for the study and translation of Middle English literature. He died at Blackburn vicarage on 18th December 1821,with burial at Holme - his coffin having been constructed from a tree of his own planting and done so under his own written directions. As he had lived the good life Whitaker died the good death. The Rushton M Dorman books,manuscripts and documents. Holme Hall, built in 1605, is now a sad sight and derelict following a fire before which the building served as an old people's home.(fire in 2003) It is a disgrace that gems such as this fall into ruin as it has such a wonderful tale to tell. In the late 18th Century, the hall was the home of the Rev Dr Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the historian who wrote so voluminously about Whalley and Craven. His works were illustrated by the famous painter Turner, who spent lots of time in the area. Whitaker was responsible in 1787 for the demolition of an old chantry chapel, which gave its name to Holme Chapel in the parish of Cliviger. In its stead arose St John's Church, which was consecrated in 1787. Whitaker himself was vicar here from 1796 to 1821 and he used it as his own private museum. Here he installed a wooden pulpit from Kirkstall Abbey, near Leeds From a Tourist Guide to Cliviger. There is a memorial bust of Thomas Dunham Whitaker in St John's Church,Cliviger. Thomas Dunham Whitaker came from the Whitaker family of Holme near Cliviger, Burnley. In 1769, William Whitaker's elder brother, who was unmarried, died and he succeeded to Holme, which had been in the Whitaker family since the reign of Henry VI. Thomas was educated initially by the Rev. John Shaw of Rochdale. In 1774, after spending a period with the Rev. W. Sheepshanks at Grassington, he was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge and went up in October 1775 at the age of 16. In November 1781 he took the degree of LLB and his initial intention was to practice law. However, on the death of his father in 1782, he went to live at Holme to manage the family estate. In 1785, he was ordained but had no appointment until 1797 when he was appointed perpetual curate of the chapel at Holme on his own nomination. He had restored the chapel at a cost of £470 and had bought the patronage for £400. In 1801, he was awarded the degree of LLD. Dr. Whitaker achieved his ambition of becoming vicar of Whalley in 1809, a benefice then worth about £100 a year. In 1813 he was presented by Thomas Clarkson, then a minor, to the living of Heysham in Lancashire but he never lived there. In 1819, he resigned the post and Mr. Clarkson was then qualified to nominate himself. In 1818, Dr. Whitaker became the vicar of Blackburn and retained the livings of both Whalley and Blackburn until his death. At this time it was not uncommon for clergy and bishops to have multiple livings and to use curates to perform their duties when they were absent. At Holme, Dr. Whitaker worked to improve his estate and won the gold medal of the Society of Arts for planting 64,000 larches in a year. He established an informal literary society at his home with other clergy and gentlemen interested in arts and history. Among the regular members were the Rev. Starkie of Blackburn, the Rev. William Barton, incumbent of Harwood and Samlesbury, the Rev. Robert Smith, incumbent of Waddington and the Rev. Thomas Wilson, master of Clitheroe School. It was in the late 1790s that Dr. Whitaker conceived his plans for major topographical works on the area. His History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honour of Clitheroe in the Counties of Lancaster and York, appeared in three parts from 1801. It was dedicated to Charles Townley, Esq., FRS, FSA, the owner of the Townley Estate in Burnley and of an extensive collection of historical manuscripts. He was one of the trustees of the British Museum with a great interest in history and art. In the preface to the first edition, Dr. Whitaker gives Mr. Townley pride of place in his acknowledgements for giving him access to the Townley MSS. It is interesting that Dr. Whitaker, who became one of the most prominent Anglican ministers in East Lancashire, enjoyed a good relationship with Mr. Townley, one of the leading Roman Catholics in the district. Two more editions were published during Whitaker's lifetime and an enlarged edition was edited by John Gough Nichols, FSA, and the Rev. Ponsonby A. Lyons between 1872 and 1876. The History of the Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven first appeared in 1805 with a second edition in 1812 and a third edited by Alfred William Morant in 1878. Among his other historical works were an account in Latin based on John Home's History of the Rebellion of 1745 and Life and Original Correspondence of Sir George Radcliffe, Knt., LLD., the Friend of the Earl of Strafford. In addition he published sermons written by Dr. Edwin Sandys, formerly the Archbishop of York and a new edition of Langland's Vision of Piers Ploughman. The History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of Yorkshire appeared in two volumes in 1823. This was part of a much more ambitious project to write a history of whole county. It contained 32 engravings made from paintings by J. M. W. Turner, RA, who had contributed drawings to Whitaker's earlier works. Dr. Whitaker planned but did not complete a history of Lonsdale, and new editions of John Whitaker's History of Manchester, Horsley's Britannia Romana and Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect. During the period 1809 to 1818 he wrote 28 articles for the Quarterly Review. Dr. Whitaker enjoyed widespread respect within the parishes of Whalley and Blackburn and intervened in trade disputes including one at Blackburn in 1817 for which he was presented with a public testimonial. In the period immediately following the Napoleonic Wars there was economic depression and industrial strife. Dr. Whitaker had been a magistrate for twenty years when he was called upon to read the Riot Act at Burnley in 1819. This was during the period of unrest associated with the campaigning of Henry Hunt,which reached its height in August at St. Peter's Field in Manchester. Dr. Whitaker died at Blackburn vicarage on 18 December 1821 and was buried at Holme. He had married Lucy, the daughter of Thomas Thoresby, a merchant of Leeds, in 1783 and they has three sons and two daughters. One daughter died in 1816. His son the Rev. Thomas Thoresby Whitaker, who was curate at Whalley from 1809, was tragically killed in a fall from his horse in 1817. Another son, Robert Nowell Whitaker, became vicar of Whalley in 1839. There are portraits of Dr. Whitaker by W. D. Fryer of Knaresborough, engraved for his works on Whalley and Craven, and by James Northcote, RA, a small version of which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine in February 1822. A bust was executed by MacDonald. There is a monument on the north side of the chancel at Whalley, erected by public subscription in 1842. It was designed by Anthony Salvin, FSA, and the effigy by Mr. C. Smith of London is based on the bust by MacDonald. Sources: The Dictionary of National Biography The introduction to the 4th edition of Whitaker's History of Whalley, 1876 History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster by Edward Baines, improved and revised by John Harland, 1870.	Rev Thomas Dunham WHITAKER
240	There is a Mural Memorial to the Rev William Whitaker in the church of St John the Divine Cliviger which replaced the old chapel at Holme,pulled down in 1788.	Rev William WHITAKER
241	When William Whitaker died in 1641, he held the capital messuage called "The Holme," as well as other messuages called Thieveley, Grimshaw, and Backclough, with 42 acres. He apparently had to pay the king at his castle, Clitheroe, a sort of quitrent of 23 s, 7 1/2 d, per annum. "The Holme is a picturesque two-story stonebuilt house, with stone-slated roof, standing amidst beautiful scenery in the valley of Cliviger, facing south. The plan follows the usual type of central hall and projecting endwings [the shape of an "H"], but in the course of time and as a result of rebuildings and alterations has lost some of its originial features, though retaining many of the characteristics of the earlier building. It is said to have been constructed originally of wood, but the middle and east wings appear to have been rebuilt in stone about the year 1603 or before." (ref: "A History of Lancashire" p.482) HOLME (fn. 32) became the property of the Whitaker family about the 15th century, (fn. 33) and has continued to descend regularly till the present time. (fn. 34) A settlement of ten messuages, &c., was made in 1583. (fn. 35) William Whitaker died in 1641 holding the capital messuage called Holme, with 34 acres of land, and other messuages called Thieveley, Grimshaw and Backclough with 42 acres. The whole was held of the king as of his castle of Clitheroe in socage by a rent of 23s. 7½d. Thomas Whitaker son and heir of William was ten years old. (fn. 36) Two of the family attained distinction. Dr. William Whitaker, a younger son of Thomas Whitaker, who died in 1595, was one of the leading Protestant divines in the time of Elizabeth. Through Lord Burghley's influence he became Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1586, having been Regius Professor in the university since 1580, and was made canon of Canterbury in 1585, in which year he died. He published numerous works, including a reply to Bellarmine, and left others in manuscript; all are of the extreme Calvinistic school in doctrine, and though he conformed to the queen's authority in matters of ceremonial he was favourable to the Puritans. (fn. 37) Dr. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the often quoted author of the History of Whalley, has been noticed in the accounts of the churches of Blackburn and Whalley, of which he was vicar. He died in 1821, and was buried in the chapel at Holme. (fn. 38) From: 'Townships: Cliviger', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 478-487. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53156. Date accessed: 05 December 2007.	William WHITAKER
242	William Whitaker was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1649 and is refer to as "Lieutenant Colonel" "Major" and "Colonel" in Virginia William Whitaker, born 1618 in Surry, England. It is uncertain when William came to Virginia, but he was a Major and a Colonel in the Virginia Militia, a tobacco planter; and in 1648-56 he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1656 he was granted a 90-acre patent on the N.E. side of the James River for transporting two persons to Virginia. He was a member of the Colonial Council of Virginia in 1659. William Whitaker, only son of Jabez Whitaker and Mary Bourchier, was born in England in 1618, and died in Virginia after 1668. His name first appears in the records of Warrick Co, VA, in 1639, when he was a “Viewer of Tobacco.” From 1649 to 1659, he was a member from James City County of the House of Burgesses at all its meetings, where he served on several important committees. In 1655, he was referred to as Lieutenant-Colonel, and in 1658 and later as Captain. In 1659, he was a Member of the Council of Virginia. Two Land Grants were made to him: 90 acres, June 5, 1656, in James City County; and 90 acres, March 1662. He was an early resident of Martin’s Hundred. We do not know the name of his wife, but William had two sons, (Capt.) Richard Whitaker born 1643 in VA; and William Whitaker (Jr. or II), born abt 1645. (Source: History of Baldwin County, Georgia; Records of the Virginia Company; Virginia Magazine of Genealogy Vol. III.)	William WHITAKER
243	The name Whitaker is now the 359th most common name in the country and is particularly common in Lancashire,especially around Blackburn where it is usually splet with a double "t". The Whitaker family have lived in the Burnley area from at least the beginning of the fourteenth century.A document dated 1311 states that John Whitaker was a free tenant and occupied a tenement and eight acres of land in the Burnley area,for which he paid an anual rent of four shillings. Over the years the Whitaker family continued to acquire land in the Burnley area.Between 1423 and 1440,three of the residents of Burnley were Henry,Richard and Robert Whitaker. By that time the family occupied a substantial area of land on the south side of Burnley,known as Healey. The hamlet known as Healey occupied the rising ground of what is now the Manchester Road.The original Healey Hall is thought to have been a thirteenth century building. With its farm,Healey Fold and several cottages,it occupied a site near the present day Clevelands Road. It had 12 acres of land,including gardens and orchards. By the sixteenth century the family had acquired most of the Healey district. In addition to Healey Hall they owned nearby Rylands Hall,Yatefield and a fam in Habergham Eaves with five and a half acres of land called Perkinrood.They owned the fields called Rische Hey,Bright Ing,Weit Ing and the Great Field of four acres. William Whitaker inherited the Whitaker Estate where he grew up.In 1510 he and his wife Alice made feoffment (granting of a free inheritance of land to a man and his heirs) of Rylands Hall,Healey and Perkinrood. In 1539 a deed named William Whitaker of Healey,his wife Alice and son Nicholas so it is likely that son Robert had died. When William died the feoffees granted Yatefield to his son and heir,Nicholas	William WHITAKER
244	William was born at The Holme in 1547. Under the Law of Primogeniture, the estate was to pass to his oldest brother, and he, as third son, was sent off to get an education and enter the church. He advanced in life through the preferment and influence of his Nowell uncles and other powerful men.He gained a reputation of earning the fame and power he came to have. After attending the common school in Burnley, William was taken to London, where his uncle Alexander Nowell, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, enrolled him in the church's "prep school." At age 16, William matriculated in Michaelmas Term, 4 Oct 1564, at Trinity College, Cambridge. Another uncle, Robert Nowell, bequeathed an annuity of 40 lbs to his nephews, William and Richard Whitaker, in his will in 1563, admonishing Richard to find a good wife, if he could. In a codicil to the same will, Robert left an annuity of 40 lbs to his nephew, William Whitaker, then A.B., scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. The will was attested by William Cecil, later Lord Burleigh. The master of Trinity College was the Rev. Whitgift (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury), who singled William out for special favors, because of William's indefatigable study of scriptures, the commentators, and the schoolmen. William was regarded as an authority in both Latin and Greek. He took his B.A. in 1567-8, was made a Fellow of Trinity in 1569, and took his B.D. at Trinity in 1578. He was ordained priest and deacon at Lincoln, 21 Dec 1576; was appointed University Preacher in 1577; and invested with the Prebendary of Norwich in 1578, in which year he was also "incorporated" at Oxford University. In 1580, through the influence of the Nowells and Lord Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth appointed William A. Whitaker "Regius Professor of Divinity" at Cambridge University. At the time, there were only three Regius Professors in all of England, and only one in Divinity. Shortly afterwards, the Queen also made William A. Whitaker Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1580-1587. In 1587, also, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1586, Queen Elizabeth appointed him Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, over the protests of some of the Fellows who objected to William's Calvinistic Puritanism. William had gained his position through influence and patronage, but his administration was based wholly upon merit, scholarship, ability. His judgements were soon regarded as fair, just, and impartial, which soon made him one of the most loved of Masters. In his "History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge" (1869), Thomas Baker is almost unbounded in his praise for William Whitaker as one of the greatest Masters of all time. William held the post for eight years, until his death in 1595. William published several major works of theology in his lifetime and left several others in manuscript. His works are all extremely Puritan in argument and tone, he being an ardent follower of Calvin and Deza. Still, he came to be respected as the foremost theologian in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In 1573, 1574, 1578, and again in 1673, he published Greek translations of Latin verses by his uncle, Alexander Nowell. These translations were widely regarded for their grace and beauty. In 1581, he published a bilingual (Latin and Greek) "Ten Answers to Edmund Campion, the Jesuit." An English translation (?with the Latin on facing pages) was published in London in 1606, by Richard Stock. In 1582, William published "The Pope of Rome is the Antichrist." Over the years, he published learned disputes over scriptures with John Durei, the Scottish Jesuit (1583), Robert Bellarmine (1588), and Thomas Stapleton (1588). In all these arguments, William was said to have stated the opposition's position fairly, with clarity, and then offered his counterarguments with such logic and force, that even his opponents respected his abilities and arguments. Some of his opponents are said to have hung his portrait on their walls as a gesture of admiration and honor. In November and December of 1595, he was working with others in London on the socalled Lambeth Articles. In inclement weather, he caught a cold, which worsened, and he died 4 Dec 1595. He was buried under a modest monument in Old Chapel, St. Johns College, Cambridge. This Old Chapel was demolished before 1869, and now all that remains are a few stones marking the foundation. A memorial tablet to William Whitaker was installed in the center of the anteroom of the New Chapel. The epitaph reads (in English): "Here lies Dr. Whitaker, formerly Regius Professor Divinity, a man gifted with eloquence, judgement, clarity of mind, memory, industry and sanctity. But his humility, rarest of virtues, outshone all of these. He was Master of this College for more than eight years, farsighted, defending the right and punishing wickedness." A biography of him was written by Rev. Edward C. Brookes, B.D., M.A., Somerleyton Rectory, Suffolk, entitled "Dialogue and Syllogism in the Sixteenth Century, a Study in the Life and Theology of William Whitaker (ob. 1595), Master of St. John's, 1587-1595, Regius Prof of Divinity, 1580-1595," (unpublished thesis, 1971, University of Leeds). The Archives of St. John's College has a [poor] typescript copy. I found the English practically impenetrable. There are two portraits of William A. Whitaker in the Master's quarters at St. John's, one in the master's office, one in the guest bedroom. With acknowledgement to Mary Whitaker Ross Dr. William Whitaker, a younger son of Thomas Whitaker, who died in 1595, was one of the leading Protestant divines in the time of Elizabeth. Through Lord Burghley's influence he became Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1586, having been Regius Professor in the university since 1580, and was made canon of Canterbury in 1585, in which year he died. He published numerous works, including a reply to Bellarmine, and left others in manuscript; all are of the extreme Calvinistic school in doctrine, and though he conformed to the queen's authority in matters of ceremonial he was favourable to the Puritans. (fn. 37) A History of the County of Lancashire Vol 6	Dr William A WHITAKER
245	Quartan Ague . Thought to be a form of Malaria which caused intermittent cold shivers and high fever with episodes lasting about seventy two hours. Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911. NB at the time the EB 1911 was published it was believed that there were different forms of a Malaria parasite. This theory was later disproved.	Dr William A WHITAKER
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249	Quaker FRCS FLS	John WINDSOR
250	FRCS SSA	Thomas WINDSOR