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Rackenford Oath-Takers, 1723

Appendix: Table 2

Name

Relationship to others
Date & place of oath

Literacy
Parish register/ Marriage licences/Acland Survey of Lands 1726. (1184add 6/110)

Age in 1723

Wife alive in 1723 (Y)
Offices heldDocument referencesSocial status

Property or holding
Ayre, Arthur5 Oct., Witheridge

Marked AA but could sign, see Doc ref 2
m Katherine Nicholls 1708 by licence; d 1725

(at least 40, more probably 50)

Y
On Jury list 1711 onwards1.Bought life lease of Canworthy 100 acres and moor rights for £50 1694, leased to tenant (1148m/add2/L36/10)
2. In 1705 one of 11 signatories to Colman pew application (Moger PR517/176)
3. Widow gave silver flagon to church in his memory 1725 (TDA 51 p106)
Yeoman (Doc 1)

(East Backstone)
Ayre, Dorothy wife of Thomas25 Dec., Exeter

marked A
d 1750  Yeoman's wife
Ayre, Thomas23 Oct., Chulmleigh

signed
bapt 1678; m Dorothy Crooke by licence 1707; d 1762

age 45

Y
1. On jury list 1711 onwards
2.1729 Constable Witheridge 100
3. Overseer, 1740 & 1750
1. Sale of lease of village house shows educated signature 1703 (2309B/T52/36)Yeoman (Doc 1)
4th generation freeholder of Worthy with Colson, 200 acres. House reduced from 4 hearths to 3 1680.
Burcher, Hugh

(brother in law to Deborah Farr)
23 Oct., Chulmleigh

marked B
bapt 1653; m Anna Crooke 1686; d 1732

age 70
Churchwarden 1705 and 1712 Brother of yeoman
Cockram, William23 Oct., Chulmleigh signedd 1742

married

Y
1. Overseer 1728
2. On jury list 1726 and from 1734
3. Churchwarden 1737
Party in tithe dispute 1741 (PRO E112/1104/175)Yeoman (jury list). Originally leased but had bought Tidderson 200 acres by 1738
Courtenay, Bartholomew

brother to Philip and William
23 Oct., Chulmleigh

marked C
(bapt c 1673); d 1753

married

age c.50

Y
Churchwarden 1728, 1744 (terrrier) 1745 Marked terrier 1744 (Moger 264)Father a butcher (Church Reg)
Courtenay, Philip

Brother to Bart and William
5 Oct., Witheridge

Marked P
bapt 1668; m Susannah Hagley by licence 1697; d 1743

Age 55
Overseer 17421. Deposition re will of P Quicke 1712 as yeoman aged 41 (Moger Test Causes series 11 P374)Yeoman (Doc 1) (possibly Blindwell, son there 1768)
Courtenay, William

Brother to Bart and Philip
12 Dec., Exeter

Marked C
bapt 1676; m Mary Stephens by licence 1697; d 1749

age 47
Overseer 1734Lease to him as butcher; two tenements in Oakford 1722 for 21 years, rent £24. Butcher
Crook, Peter Brother in law of Wm Handford the elder23 Oct., Chulmleigh

Marked P
bapt 1677; m Charity Handford 1704; d 1731

age 46

Y
 Other members of family were carpenters Freeholder of tenement in village (Myrtle Cottage deeds) (carpenter)
Farr, Deborah5 Oct., Witheridge

Marked F
as widow of William Burcher of Rackenford m Thomas Farr of Sampford Peverell, serge maker, by licence 1717

executrix to first husband with 2 children still under age 1723
 TNA, PROB11/558 William Burcher's will; yeoman; left £400 to younger children and rights in estate in Wilton to second son ThomasYeoman's widow
Gammon, Mary5 Oct., Witheridge

Marked
born Grant, m Anthony Gammon gent widowed 1719

age 41
 Lease (1184 add 6/11)Yeoman's widow. Paid £50 to add lives of children to lease of Canworthy 200 acres 1722. Son is yeoman in 1738 jury list.
Greenslade, Hugh23 Oct., Chulmleigh

Marked G
    
Greenslade, MaryNot knownd 1727  Possibly widow tenant of E. Batsworthy Creacombe 1726(1184add 6/11)
Gregory, Grace23 Oct., Chulmleigh

Marked G
m John Veysey of Witheridge farmer by licence 1730

Two sisters also m by licence 1728 and 1733
   
Gunn, John

Brother in law of William Veysey
8 Oct., Exeter

Marked G
m Joan Veysey; d 1731

Y
Overseer 1730Will shows legacies of £200 before main legatee and describes as yeoman (Moger Series II p1171 )Yeoman (will) Leased Middlecott 160 acres (55/8/6)
Gunn, Thomas

Brother of John
23 Oct., Chulmleigh

signed
born 1679; m Charity Voysey 1701 by licence; d 1754

age 44

Y
On jury list 1734-1747mentioned in probate dispute 1731 (Moger Series II p1171)Yeoman (jury list) Paid £90 for Lease of Lower Bulworthy 1702 and £31 to add lives 1729 (1184m/add 6/11)
Handford, William

Father of Wm Junr
5 Oct., Witheridge

marked W
bapt 1677; m Eliz Braddon by licence Mar 1723/4

d 1743

age 46
Parish constable 1732 (QS Process Bk 9/30)
Jury list from 1727
1.Witness to lease 1703 (2309B/T52/36) with a signature
2. Leased tenement 1707 for £37 also signed
Tanner and miller (lease). Leased Blackdown Mill 1713 , bought it for £315 1726 (2309 B/T52/5 & 6)
Handford, William Junr5 Oct., Witheridge signed b 1704; d 1754

age 19
  Tanner and miller
Heard, Malachi22 Oct., Chulmleigh

marked H
d 1726 George Heard husbandman sold Taddyport 1741 for £42 18s(husbandman) freeholder of small tenement Taddyport in village
Matthews, Joan23 Oct., Chulmleigh

signed
d 1747 as a widow   
Matthews, John23 Oct., Chulmleigh

signed
d 1757Churchwarden 1734Signed terrier 1745Possibly an innkeeper; his father Adrian Matthews who died 1718 was a licensee
Mogford, Katherine11 Dec., Exeter

marked M and wife of Lewis
born Parkhouse married Lewis Mogford of Oakford Jan 1713; (d Jan 1723/4)   Yeoman's wife. Lewis Mogford of Oakford described as yeoman on 1727 jury list.
Parker, Robert11 Dec., Exeter

marked P
bapt 1688; m Eliz Pollard 1712

age 55
  Parkers a Rackenford yeoman family
Parkhouse, Frances

Daughter of Humphrey
11 Dec., Exeter

marked P
bapt 1700; m Thomas Heyman of E Anstey farmer 1726 by licence

age 23
   
Parkhouse, Humphrey23 Oct., Chulmleigh

marked
d 1723 Dec 30Witheridge hund. Constable 1700-17031.Signed as witness to lease 1703 (2309B/T52/36) and Colman Pew application 1705
2. 1707 Appl. to discharge apprentice
Yeoman (Doc 2) (possibly Hilltown Witheridge; Church reg ref to grandfather)
Partridge, John5 Oct., Witheridge

signed
d 17681. Parish Constable 1726
2. Churchwarden 1730
3. Petty jury list from 1722
Compiled list of jurors 1726 describing self as yeomanYeoman (jury list)
Snell, WilliamNot known

marked S
    
Tanner, Robert

(crossed through; is probably Robert Tanner of W Anstey who signed on the same date)
11 Dec., Exeter

Not signed or marked
bapt 1651

age 72
  Yeoman family of E & WAnstey and Creacombe. Probable lessor of W Batsworthy Creacombe 140 acres 1698 (1148m/add2/L17/7) Bought half Northcombe 1724 for lives £35
Tarr, William23 Oct., Chulmleigh

marked T
    
Thomas, Alice5 Oct., Witheridge

marked
    
Voysey, John (Veysey)

brother of Wm
11 Dec., Exeter

Signed
bapt 1674; d 1746

age 49

Y
  Yeoman. 3rd generation freeholder Higher Bulworthy (Cal.DeedsEnrolled) 2 hearths in 1684. 158 acres.
Voysey, William

Brother of John

Brother in law of John Gunn
23 Oct., Chulmleigh

signed
d 17691. Churchwarden 1711
Overseer 1734
mentioned in probate dispute 1731 (Moger Series II p1171)Farmer, later of Creacombe
Webber, JohnNot known

signed
    
Webber, RogerNot known

marked
    
CREACOMBE
Burston, Richard8 Oct., Exeter

marked B
    
Tanner, William5 Dec., Exeter

marked T
m Agnes Venn by licence 1699; d 1747 Yeoman in release naming him as trustee (47/3/1/6)Tanners a yeoman family originally with freehold of Creacombe Barton Later leaseholders of E and W Batsworthy
Tucker, Humphrey5 Dec., Exeter

marked H
    
Table 2: Rackenford Oath takers 1723 (references are to DHC docs unless otherwise stated; churchwarden and overseer information all from DHC 2984A/PO) (references in brackets are possibilities)

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