Peeke Families in the Parish of Cornworthy, Devon,

in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Abstracted and modified from the paper ‘Some Aspects of the Parish of Cornworthy in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century’ By Bruce R. Peeke, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., Published in the ‘Transactions of the Devonshire Association’ Volume 123 1991

INTRODUCTION

The parish of Cornworthy is described and notional Census enumerators’ entries have been compiled for all the Peeke individuals it is possible to identify from various sources for each of the Census years from 1801 to 1841. This is because such details about individuals were not obtained until the 1851 Census. The main sources used were the parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; the sole remaining volume of the assessments and accounts of the Overseers of the Poor (covering the years 1810-1831); the Land Tax assessments for 1780-1832; and the actual Censuses of 1801 to 1861. Other sources used are mentioned and include the inscriptions on a number of headstones in Cornworthy churchyard. All names mentioned refer to a member of the Peeke family unless another surname is given and reference numbers have been given to individuals for ease of identification. Information available is used to illustrate the status of individuals and their social positions in the parish over the period. Finally, comment is made about the operation of the Poor Laws in the parish, with special mention being made about the system of parish apprentices.

THE PARISH

The parish of Cornworthy lies on the west bank of the River Dart halfway between the towns of Totnes and Dartmouth, between Bow Creek and Dittisham Mill Creek. It is bounded on its landward sides by the parishes of Ashprington, Halwell, Blackawton and Dittisham, whilst the river separates it from the parish of Stoke Gabriel. White's 1850 Directory of Devon described Cornworthy itself as a small village and the parish as then containing ‘554 inhabitants and 2575 acres of land, including the small hamlets of Allaleigh, East Cornworthy, Tideford, and part of Tuckenhay.’

In the middle of the 18^th century the parish was said to be of 'about 2000 acres all arable and pasture' with 'Near fifty acres of orchards' and 'About 40 or 50 acres of Woodland – Chiefly coppice'. Of the people, there was no 'remarkable instance of long lived Persons' although 'The Inhabitants in general are a Strong healthy People and of a brown Complexion'

In 1843, it was stated in the Tithe Award that: ‘All the lands of the Parish amounts to 2290 ac which are cultivated as follows: 1782 ac Arable, 308 ac Meadows & Pasture, 100 ac Woodland, and 100 ac Orchards & Gardens.’ A report to the Tithe Commissioners explained that John Peeke, Edward Holditch and Agnes Tucker were then joint impropriators of the tithes on approximately 1000 acres.

THE INHABITANTS

The population tables of the 1851 Census show Cornworthy's population as 468 in 1801, 477 in 1811, 607 in 1821, 567 in 1831, 554 in 1841 and 567 in 1851. The 1801 figure was almost exactly the average of all the 395 rural or mainly rural Devon parishes, but in 1851 the then average figure of 660 is nearly 100 more than that of Cornworthy. Cornworthy's population thus increased over the fifty years at a rate rather less than the average for all the other similar parishes.

A note with the tables attributes the decrease in 1831 as being due 'to the stoppage of a flax manufactory'. This was at Tuckenhay, on the boundary of Cornworthy and Ashprington parishes and the presence of the 'manufactory' could well also be the explanation for at least some of the sharp increase in population in 1821. A clue to the small rise in 1851 is possibly given by the appearance of Permenas Syms, 'papermaker', in that year's Census returns, perhaps denoting a new use for the former flax 'manufactory'. White's 1850 Directory in fact says 'there is a large paper mill' at Tuckenhay. Parmenas’ wife Susanna (O22F) was the daughter of the John Peeke already mentioned.

Of the total 554 inhabitants in 1841, the actual Census entries show that 30 were named Peeke and that 7 of the 119 families or households were then headed by a Peeke. Their ages ranged from 81 to 1 month, the sizes of their households varied from 7 to 1, and their status descriptions cover the full social spectrum in the parish from 'independent' and 'farmer' to 'agricultural labourer', so they could be said to cover all categories and aspects of parish life.

Appendices 1-4 set out notional enumerators' book entries for the Census years 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831, in a format similar to that of the 1851 Census, for every Peeke individual who can be identified. Appendix 5 is basically a copy of the actual Census entries for 1841 but with the addition of relationships and marital status, and with the ages of adults given more precisely than the rounded down form of the actual entries where it is possible to do so. Uncertain details are given within round brackets and information about non-Peekes inside square brackets. To work out ages all the Censuses have been assumed to have been carried out on 31st March, since this was the day on which the 1851 Census was held, and the children have been assumed to have been 1 month old at baptism. As a general rule, children have been assumed to have moved away from home by the time they reached the age of 20 unless there is seen to be a specific reason why they did not, e.g. a subsequent marriage in the parish.

The following examples show how the entries have been compiled:

Elizabeth (O12W), found to be the wife of John and mother of William E. (P01M) and Richard (P02M) in 1831, does not appear in the 1851 Census, but an entry in the burial register records the burial of an Elizabeth aged 48 on 27 May 1850. Thus her age in 1831 and 1841 could be deduced.

Another John (N23M), like Elizabeth's John recorded as being a widower aged 66 in the 1851 Census, and his daughter Susanna (O22F), then aged 39 and married to Permenas Syms, match with the family found for 1821 when Susan(na) was 9. This made it possible for this John's age to be deduced for that year, for 1831 and 1841, and for Susan(na) to be entered for 1831. An inscription on a headstone, one of a number mainly grouped together near the north-west corner of the parish church (whose inscriptions have been summarised in Appendix 6), with which John's age agrees, then enabled the age of his wife Susan (N23W) to be determined for 1811, 1821 and 1831.

Other names were obtained for the years 1811, 1821 and 1831 from the assessments and accounts of the Overseers of the Poor, with suitable status descriptions according to the nature of the entries. Their families were then derived from the registers of baptisms. This step obtained the names and families of those paying the poor rate or receiving relief, but left out those not in either of those categories, except as in the case of Jacob (M19M) in 1811 where services had been provided for the poor. It was thus then necessary to extract from the burial registers the names of those not already found, these being cross-checked with the headstone inscriptions listed in Appendix 6. Entries in the marriage registers enabled the departure of Peeke girls and the arrival of Peeke wives to be traced.

The frequent recurrence of the same Christian names in the families make it difficult to precisely identify some individuals. Deaths before 1813 cause problems because no ages are given in the burial register, although the information on the headstones gives this in some cases. In 1821 there are three possible Mary’s and two John’s who might have been the recipients of payments made by the Poor Law Overseers. The name ‘John Peeke’ appears throughout the Overseers accounts, with entries for regular payments as well as for occasional ones such as 'to make up his wages on the Highways', 'in sickness' and (frequently) 'in need'. Proof that there must have been more than one John who received relief over the period is given by the entries made in January 1822 for 'Stretching John Peeke...Coffin for John Peeke...John Peeke's Grave...' It is possible to identify 'Carpenter Peeke' (April 1814) with 'Jacob Peeke (M19M) for Work done in the Poor House' (March 1815) thanks to the subsequent entry 'paid Jacob Peeke as per Bill for Carpenters Work' (March 1817).

The Land Tax assessments show that Thomas Peeke (M03M) was one of two assessors and collectors of the tax in 1801, when he himself occupied land assessed at £10.17s.4d out of a parish total of £111.0.0d. He in fact carried out these tasks from 1791 to 1803 and until 1797 shared them with Matthew (M17M). These two families were thus two of the most prominent in the parish at that time. It is not possible to be clear if the other Matthew (N16M), the son of Matthew (M17M) and English (M17W), was farming any land in 1801, but the specific mention of 'Mr M. Peek Sen' and 'Mr M. Peek Jun' in the assessments in 1805 clarifies the later position. A copy of a very involved indenture dated 24 September 1801 explains how Thomas Peeke, Henry Tucker and Henry Holditch, all described as yeomen, subscribed the then considerable sum of £2127.10s.0d to purchase the great tithes on the parish. Of the other Peeke households listed for 1801 in Appendix 1 it is only possible to pick out the older John (M27M) as occupying land. The description of Jacob (M19M) as husbandman is tentative because it relies on his status at his marriage in 1770 and the entry for Mary (N76F) and her son John (O14M) relies on his baptismal entry on 3 January 1796 stating that he was her 'base-born child'.

For 1811 (Appendix 2), as with 1821 and 1831, the Overseers’ Poor Law accounts are available. Thomas was buried in March 1813 at the age of 76 so the signatures in 1811, 1814 and 1815 approving the previous year's accounts would seem to be those of his son (N33M), married to Eleanor. It thus seems probable that the Matthew who was one of the Overseers in 1810, 1811 and 1812 was the son (N16M), Elizabeth's husband. By 1811, therefore, these sons had joined their fathers in the upper echelons of the parish hierarchy. Out of a total parish rate of £4.6s.3½d in 1811, Thomas was liable for 6s.7d and Matthew for 1s.3½d. The older Matthew was liable for 9d for Allaleigh, which in May 1811 became the responsibility of his youngest son John (N23M).

At the other end of the social scale, the accounts show that another Thomas (O21M), the son of yet another Thomas (N45M) and his wife Mary, was bound as a parish apprentice in July 1810, whilst a John was receiving regular payments from the Overseers, with four children mentioned in one entry. As this John (N03M), married to Mary, had by then had five children and there is no record of any having died, the eldest, another John (O02M) aged 12 in 1811, is presumed by then to have been apprenticed. In June 1811 the accounts record that a total of 12s.0d was paid for the funeral of 'Jno Peekes Maid', which the burial register shows to have been his 6 year old daughter Elizabeth (O05F). In December that year the Overseers 'Pd John Peeke for clothing his Maid out as an apprentice to Mr. Pitts'. This would have referred to his eldest daughter Mary (O04F) upon her 9th birthday, as a statement in the 1826 Report on Charities states in respect of Cornworthy's poor children ‘of five and nine years, it being the custom of the parish to bind them out as apprentices at the latter age.’

The most striking aspect of the derived 1821 entries in Appendix 3 is the large number of apprentices. William (O06M), aged 4 in 1811 and the youngest son of John and Mary, is one of two boys of the same name recorded in the Overseers’ accounts as being apprenticed in August 1816 and listed in 'A List of Apprentices bound out' at the back of the book. His being apprenticed is not surprising in view of his family's frequent appearances in the accounts, but the apprenticing of William E. (O11M), the son of Robert (N27M) and Elizabeth, is the only entry in the book concerning this particular family, except for a payment to Elizabeth in December 1821 'for Tending John Peeke'. This John (O14M) was the one for whom in January 1822 there were the entries made for 'Stretching John Peeke...Coffin for John Peeke...John Peeke's Grave...' which have already been mentioned and was Mary's illegitimate son, then aged 25. The large number of apprentices listed in Appendix 3 as being with Thomas in 1821 reflects the number mentioned in the Overseers' accounts between 1813 and 1820. They may, however, have been divided amongst his different properties because in the Overseers list there are the successive entries:

‘1819 Mary Ann Wooton to Thos Peeke late Jno Peeks

1820 May 2 Wm Lock to Thos Peeke on East Dinnicombe’.

The status of Thomas is confirmed by him having been one of the approving signatories of the accounts in 1814, 1815 and 1822, and that of one of the Johns, either the husband of Susan(na) or of Joanna, by him being an Overseer from 1814 to 1816. Matthew's rise in status to yeoman is given in a lease dated 24 June 1818 which records his rental of 'Tuckey Wood or Kings Wood' for 12 years. 'Mr. Peeke the High Constable' is mentioned in the accounts in 1814 but there is no further clue to his exact identity.

By 1831 (Appendix 4) the situation had changed. Thomas died in April 1830 at the age of 61, as evidenced by the headstone inscription on his grave (see Appendix 6), but is recorded in the accounts earlier that year, as on various occasions in 1824, 1825, 1826 and 1827, as being paid the County rate. On one occasion, on 26 March 1826, this was paid to one of the Johns but this was possibly because Thomas was indisposed. A John was also a signatory of the accounts in 1828. There is evidence of two new households headed by a Thomas, one of who was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth. One Thomas (O15M) appears on the Voters List for 1832, where his abode is given as The London Inn, Cornworthy, although his voting qualification is given as being the holder of freehold lands. Two Johns also appear in this list with similar qualifications.

Jacob's last years are recorded in the Overseers' Accounts from March 1823 by both regular and occasional payments until, in February 1825, his death at the age of 83 is recorded by payments totalling 10s.9d 'for laying forth...for watching...for making a grave', etc. After his death regular payments are recorded to his wife Honor (M19W) and then also to his daughter Honor (N41F) after a serious illness is recorded in January and February 1827 by payments 'for watching' and 'for tending' her. These seem particularly appropriate as the very first payment recorded in the accounts book, in May 1810, is to Honor 'as pr Bill'. This is clarified by subsequent entries such as in March 1812 'for tending Edmd Beer, Wm Ash and Mary Dadd in Sore Legs etc' and in December 1813 'for looking after Wounds on Several of the Poor People last Year'. Subsequently, up to the last entries in the accounts in March 1831, payments are recorded to one or other of the Honors for making clothes for other people.

After 1832 there are no Land Tax returns nor is there any detailed parish Poor Law information, but for 1841 (Appendix 5) the basic information is available from the actual Census enumerators entries. In these the elder John is described as 'Independent', with his three daughters living with him. As noted earlier, his wife Susan had died in 1837 aged 47. The Tithe Apportionment shows him not only to have been part owner of the tithes, as already described, but also the sole owner of some 27 acres of land. Thomas (O15M), the eldest son of Matthew and Elizabeth, had married and taken over land from his father by 1831 but in July 1835, aged 36 and 37 respectively, he and his second wife Susanna were buried within two weeks of each other, followed later in the same month by Robert (N27M), then aged 68 (see Appendix 6). This Thomas seems to be the one already mentioned as being recorded in the Voters Lists as living at the London Inn because he appears as such in the lists for 1832, 1833 and 1834, but neither he nor the London Inn appears in the 1835 list dated 31st July. A study of epidemics in Devon mentions cholera in south Devon in 1832 and influenza in the area in 1834 and 1837, but these do not seem to provide an explanation for these three deaths.

The only Peeke recorded by the 1841 Census as a farmer is William (O20M), the youngest son of Matthew and Elizabeth, who is mentioned in the Tithe Apportionment as occupying 15 acres owned by his father and who is the only Peeke inhabitant listed in White's 1850 Directory. The Census returns show Matthew and Elizabeth themselves to be living at Larcombe, not far away in Halwell parish, with another of their sons, another Matthew.

Except for 82 year old Elizabeth (N27W), like John described as 'Independent' but unlike him not likely (as the widow of a labourer) to have been truly so, all the remainder are described as agricultural labourers or their families. This includes 10 year old Richard (P02M) who is recorded as living with Phillip Michelmore at Dinnicombe House, where he was presumably an apprentice. His brother William E. (P01M), John and Elizabeth's eldest son, does not appear in the Cornworthy entries, but a 14 year old William Peeke is recorded in the Blackawton returns as an agricultural labourer at Stone Farm with John Tozer. As Stone Farm is immediately adjacent to the Cornworthy parish boundary, it seems likely that this is Richard's brother and that John Tozer could even be the same man who in 1816 was listed by the Cornworthy Overseers as taking a William (possibly the uncle of these two boys) as an apprentice.

Maria's husband Thomas (O21M) appears in the only surviving parish Highways Surveyor's accounts in June, July and August 1840 as receiving 1s.4d a day on 'day labor' and both he and Jane's husband William (O06M) received 1s.6d a day in February 1841 for clearing snow. Thomas is known not to have been in Cornworthy in 1831 because his eldest children were born at St Marychurch after his marriage there in 1827.

By the time of the 1851 Census all the male Peeke adults are described in the enumerators entries as agricultural labourers except for John, who is described as a retired farmer and shown as living with his now-married eldest daughter, Susan(na). There are three families with young children compared with four in 1841, and the four eldest children of William and Jane are all 'Farm Servants' (presumably apprentices) on different farms, including Margurit (sic) who has replaced Richard at 'Dinicombe'. All the children between 5 and 9 are described as scholars and this is explained in the 1826 Report on Charities in which the Rev. Charles Barter is reported as stating that:

THE OLD POOR LAW IN OPERATION

The Overseers accounts have been used in the previous section to illustrate the lives of individuals and it is apparent from the entries that the Poor Law system covered much more than just direct monetary support. It has already been mentioned that Honor (N41F) received payments for tending the poor and she seems to have acted as a type of parish nurse between 1810 and 1813. Others were paid for similar services from time to time. A doctor was paid an annual salary and in April 1814 was paid £8 'for Vaccination 32 Poor Children' (somebody 'ill with the smallpox' is mentioned in an entry of 4 August 1827). The seriously ill were tended and 'watched' and in some cases, usually terminal, there are entries for seeming luxuries, such as those in June, July and August 1821 for 'Whine for Mary Peekes son'. Cases of hardship were relieved by ad hoc payments, the old and infirm were given 'pensions' and when they died, as has already been illustrated in the cases of 6 year old Elizabeth, Mary's son John, and Jacob, their burial costs were met.

Clothing was provided either by buying the materials and paying someone (who presumably needed the money) to make it up, or by direct purchase. One of the Matthews seems to have acted as a clothing contractor between 1811, when there is the entry for 13 April 'Pd Mr. Matw Peeke for Clothing for the Poor recd as pr Bill £2.13.10', and 7 November 1819, when there is 'Mr. Peeke for Cloathing Soap & Candles for W. Ash £1.1.0½d’. In the year 1815-16 he received a total of £19.16s.6½d, but whether this service was provided through altruism or nepotism, or on a commercial basis, it is not possible to tell, although it seems a somewhat curious enterprise for a farmer. Another curiosity is provided by the following entries in 1823, similar to one of 13 March 1822, for which there seem to be no obvious explanation:

‘Aug 12 Pd for Bread & Beer for the children 9d

Dec 2 Pd for Beer & Cakes for the children 6d’

The number of apprentices listed in Appendix 3 for 1821 has already been commented upon. Although it only covers a limited period and there seems to be at least one omission (in 1813 'Oct 12 Pd Mr. Thos Peeke with Ann Westaway a Parish Apprentice' is mentioned in the accounts but she is not listed), a list of apprentices at the back of the Overseers book shows the number apprenticed before 1821. The apprenticing of three of John and Mary's children, already mentioned, illustrates the way in which paupers' children were apprenticed to avoid relief having to be paid for their support. The system was compulsory on both sides and an entry in the Poor Law accounts in December 1817 for a summons for refusing to take an apprentice illustrates this. The accounts contain a number of entries relating to the Overseers having to appear before magistrates to answer complaints, presumably relating to claims for relief, and abuses which could occur within the system appear to be confirmed by the 1818 entries:

‘May 16 Journey at Dartington with Thos Peekes man and an Apprentice Maid Jane Westaway 3/6;

Recognisance 3/6; Jane Westaway in need 3/-

August 1 Mr. Jno Pering Journey at Dartington for a Summons for

Mr. Thos Peeke respecting his Apprentice Maid 3/6.’

However, Cornworthy appears to show at least two instances of benefits of the parish apprenticing system. The apprenticing of their son William E. appears to have enabled Robert and Elizabeth to survive without further help or any other of their children being bound. Also the three Westaway girls, orphaned after their widowed mother died in March 1815, were kept together with Thomas and Mary (see Appendix 3). This was presumably deliberate, although John and Mary's children, Mary and William, were separated. A possible non-random selection of masters is perhaps also indicated by the fact that no Peeke children from the poorer families were bound to any of their better-off namesakes.

COMMENTS

Although the number of Peeke's in Cornworthy seems to have reached a maximum rather earlier (41 entries for 1811 in Appendix 2) than the population of the parish as a whole and then declined more rapidly, to 30 in 1841 and 11 in the 1861 Census, they do seem to mirror the general situation in the parish. Prosperity at the turn of the century led to growth, followed by decline after 1821. For instance, Elizabeth's husband John was described as a husbandman when their son Robert was baptised in 1831, but in 1841 the Census entry describes him as an agricultural labourer and their two eldest sons were then apprentices. There were at least four Peeke's as farmers in 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831, but only one in 1841 and none in 1851.

APPENDIX 1

Cornworthy John Head M (25) (Labourer) N03M

Mary Wife M (25) N03W

John Son U 2 O02M

Richard Son U 1 O03M

Robert Head M 34 N27M

Elizabeth Wife M 41 N27W

Rebecca Dau U 9 O08F

Elizabeth Dau U 6 O09F

Richard Son U 1 O10M

Matthew Head M 35 (Farmer) N16M

Elizabeth Wife M 25 N16W

Thomas Son U 1 O15M

(Allaleigh) Thomas Head M 64 Yeoman M03M

Ann Wife M 67 M03W

Thomas Son U 32 N33M

John Son U 27 N37M

Sarah Sist U 73 M02F

[Matthew POPE Serv U (16) Apprentice]

Broadridge Matthew Head M 67 Farmer M17M

English Wife M 63 M17W

Judith Dau U 21 N21F

Elizabeth Dau U 19 N22F

John Son U 16 N23M

(Poor Bridge) John Head M 60 Farmer M27M

Mary Wife M 58 M27W

Mary Dau U 32 N76F

John G’son U 5 O14M

Thomas Head M (30) N45M

Mary Wife M (25) N45W

Richard Head W 69 M18M

Richard Son U 38 N24M

Ann Dau U 30 N29F

Sampson Son U 25 N31M

Jacob Head M 59 (Husbandman) M19M

Honor Wife M 53 M19W

Honor Dau U 18 N41F

Grace Head W (65) M16W

APPENDIX 2

Cornworthy John Head M (35) (Labourer) N03M

Mary Wife M (35) N03W

Mary Dau U 8 O04F

Elizabeth Dau U 6 O05F

William Son U 4 O06M

Grace Dau U 2 O07F

[? Head]

John Serv U 12 (Apprentice) O02M

Robert Head M 44 (Labourer) N27M

Elizabeth Wife M 51 N27M

Rebecca Dau U 19 O08F

Elizabeth Dau U 16 O09F

Richard Son U 11 O10M

William
E. Son U 8 O11M

John Son U 5 O12M

Matthew Head M 45 Husbandman N16M

Elizabeth Wife M 35 N16W

Thomas Son U 12 O15M

English Dau U 9 O16F

John Son U 3 O18M

John Head M 26 Farmer N23M

Susan(na) Wife M 21 N23W

Allaleigh Matthew Head M 77 Farmer M17M

English Wife M 73 M17W

Judith Dau U 31 N21F

Thomas Head M 74 Farmer M03M

Ann Wife M 77 M03W

John Son U 37 N37M

Sarah Sis U 82 M02F

Allaleigh Thomas Head M 42 Farmer N33M

Eleanor Wife M 41 N33W

Anne Dau U 1 O29F

(Poor Bridge) John Head M 70 M27M

Mary Wife M 68 M27W

Mary Dau U 42 N76F

John G’son U 15 O14M

Thomas Head M (40) (Labourer) N45M

Mary Wife M (35) N45W

[A. WAKEHAM Head]

Thomas Serv U 9 Apprentice O21M

Jacob Head M 69 Carpenter M19M

Honor Wife M 63 M19W

Honor Dau U 28 N41F

Richard Head U 48 N24M

APPENDIX 3

Cornworthy Matthew Head M 55 (Yeoman) N16M

Elizabeth Wife M 45 N16W

Thomas Son U 21 O15M

English Dau U 19 O16F

John Son U 13 O18M

Matthew Son U 8 O19M

William Son U 4 O20M

[Eliz.LANE Serv U (17)Apprentice]

[Susan LEE Serv U (11)Apprentice]

Robert Head M 54 (Labourer) N27M

Elizabeth Wife M 61 N27W

Richard Son U 21 O10M

John Son U 15 O12M

Richard Bro U 58 N24M

John Head M (45) (Labourer) N03M

Mary Wife M (45) N03W

Grace Dau U 12 O07F

[Mr. PITTS Head]

Mary Serv U 18 Apprentice O04F

[J. TOZER Head]

William Serv U 14 Apprentice O06M

Allaleigh John Head M 36 Husbandman N23M

Susan(na) Wife M 31 N23W

Susan Dau U 9 O22F

Matthew Son U 7 O23M

Mary Ann Dau U 5 O24F

[E.HOLDITCH Head]

William E. Serv U 18 Apprentice O11M

Thomas Head M 52 Farmer N33M

Eleanor Wife M 51 N33W

Anne Dau U (12) O29F

[Ann WESTAWAY Serv U (18) Apprentice]

[Eliz WESTAWAY Serv U (14) Apprentice]

[Jane WESTAWAY Serv U 9 Apprentice] O06W

[M.A. WOOTON Serv U (11) Apprentice]

[Wm. LOCK Serv U (10) Apprentice]

Cornworthy English Head W 83 (Independent) M17W

Jacob Head M 79 M19M

Honor Wife M 73 M19W

Honor Dau U 38 N41F

[A. WAKEHAM Head]

Thomas Serv U 19 Apprentice O21M

Poor Bridge Mary Head W 78 M27W

Mary Dau U 52 Pauper N76F

John G’son U 25 Pauper O14M

Allaleigh John Head M 49 Farmer N37M

Joanna Wife M 40 N37W

Mary Ann Dau U 6 O26F

APPENDIX 4

Cornworthy Matthew Head M 65 Yeoman N16M

Elizabeth Wife M 55 N16W

John Son U 23 O18M

Matthew Son U 18 O19M

William Son U 14 O20M

Robert Head M 64 (Labourer) N27M

Elizabeth Wife M 71 N27F

Richard Son U 31 (Labourer) O10M

Richard Bro U 68 (Labourer N24M

John Head M 25 Husbandman O12M

Elizabeth Wife M 28 O12W

William E. Son U 3 P01M

Richard Son U 2 P02M

John Head M 46 Husbandman N23M

Susan Wife M 41 N23F

Susan Dau U 19 O22F

Matthew Son U 17 O23M

Mary Ann Dau U 15 O24F

Ann Dau U 9 O25F

John Head W (55) Pauper N03M

Mary Wife M (55) N03W

Grace Dau U 22 (Farm Servant) O07F

Eleanor Head W 61 Farmer's Widow N33W

[Wm LOCK Serv U (20) Apprentice]

[Jane WYETT Serv U (11) Apprentice]

Honor Head W 83 Pauper M19W

Honor Dau U 48 Pauper N41F

[J. TOZER Head]

William Serv U 24 (Labourer) O06M

Mary Head U 62 Pauper N76F

(Allaleigh) John Head M 59 N37M

Joanna Wife M 50 N37F

Mary Ann Dau U 16 O26F

Thomas Head M 31 Farmer O15M

Mary Wife M 29 O15W

Elizabeth E. Dau U 1 P38F

APPENDIX 5

Cornworthy William Head U 24 Farmer O20M

Cornworthy William Head M 34 Labourer O06M

Jane Wife M 29 O06W

Thomas W. Son U 8 P09M

William Son U 6 P10M

Margaret W. Dau U 4 P11F

Richard Son U 2 P12M

George Son U 1 month P23M

Cornworthy Thomas Head M 39 Labourer O21M

Maria Wife M 36 O21W

William Son U 12 P28M

Maria Dau U 10 P29F

Mary Dau U 5 P30F

Thomas Son U 2 P31M

East Cornworthy Richard Head M 41 Labourer O10M

Maria Wife M 28 O10W

Mary Ann Dau U 1 P13F

Dinnicombe House [P.MICHELMORE Head]

Richard Serv U 10 Labourer P02M

Cornworthy John Head W 56 Independent N23M

Susan A. Dau U 29 O22F

Mary Ann Dau U 25 O24F

Ann Dau U 19 O25F

Cornworthy John Head M 35 Labourer O12M

Elizabeth Wife M 38 O12W

Robert Son U 10 P03M

John Son U 8 P04M

Elizabeth A. Dau U 6 P05F

Mary Dau U 4 P06F

Samuel Son U 1 P21M

Cornworthy Elizabeth Head W 81 Independent N27W

APPENDIX 6

Matthew Peeke of this Parish(N16M)

died 5 April 1847 aged 81

also

Thomas Peeke (O15M)

son of above

died 29 June 1835 aged 36

also

Susanna Peeke (O15W)

wife of Thomas

died 13 July 1835 aged 37

also

Elizabeth Peeke (N16W)

wife of above Matthew

died 28 March 1862 aged 86

Elizabeth Peeke (O17F)

daughter of Matthew

and Elizabeth

died 6 July 1806 aged 3

also

English Came her sister (O16F)

wife of John Came

died 3 October 1828 aged 27

Matthew Peeke of this Parish(M17M)

died 29 September 1819 aged 86

English Peeke (M17W)

wife of Matthew

died 17 February 1822 aged 84

Susan Peeke (N23W)

wife of John

died 26 January 1837 aged 47

John Peeke (N23M)

died 27 March 1874 aged 88

Joanna Peeke of Allaleigh (N37W)

died 30 October 1844 aged 64

Erected by her only child

John Peeke (N37M)

died 11 January 1864 aged 92

husband of above

Richard Peeke (N24M)

died 13 February 1833 aged 70

also

Robert Peeke (N27M)

brother of above

died 28 July 1835 aged 68

Elizabeth (N27W)

wife of Robert

died 16 July 1846 aged 87

John Peeke (M27M)

died 23 February 1820 aged 80

also

Mary Peeke (M27W)

wife of above

died 22 January 1831 aged 88

Avice Peeke (N75F)

died 30 September 1834 aged 56

also

Mary Peeke (N76F)

died 10 September 1840 aged 72

Daniel (N49M)

son of John and Mary Peeke

died 12 April 1799 aged 15

Thomas Peeke of ...leigh (N33M)

died 6 April 1830 aged 61

also

Robert son of Nicholas

and Anne Pering (O29F)

died 5 December 1838 aged

3 years and 10 months

Lydia Peeke (N06W)

wife of William

died 16 April 1822 aged 52

also above

William Peeke (N06M)

died 18 October 1845 aged 74

Ann? Peeke

late of this parish

died

26? December 1835 aged 86