Abbot, Edmund – His Grant of Administration, dated 1576, can be found in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Abbot, John – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £5. 8s. 4d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. His will, dated 1587, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Adams, Andrew – He was the grandson of George Reade. In George Reade’s will, dated 1725, he bequeaths one shilling to his daughter, Elizabeth Adams, and one shilling to his grandson, Andrew Adams, which suggests that Elizabeth Reade was Andrew’s mother.

Adams, Elizabeth – She was the daughter of George Reade. In his will, dated 1725, he bequeaths to her one shilling, and to his grandson, Andrew Adams, presumably her son, one shilling.

Adams, Thomas – His Administration Bond, dated 1827, can be found in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Aldridge, Annie – Born in Milton, in 1838. She was the daughter of Matthew Aldridge (1) and his wife, Mary.

Aldridge, Mary – Born in Milton in 1811. She was the wife of Matthew Aldridge. They had two children; Annie, born 1838, and Matthew (2), born 1842. She died in 1885, aged 74.

Aldridge, Matthew (1) – Born in Christchurch, in 1813. He married Mary. They had a daughter, Annie, born 1838, and a son, Matthew (2), born 1842. In 1867 and 1875 he is recorded farming at Manor Farm. The 1871 census records him farming 440 acres, employing 8 men, 4 women and 4 boys. This was probably Bustard Manor Farm. He died in 1891, aged 78. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Aldridge, Matthew (2) – Born in Milton in 1842. He was the son of Matthew Aldridge (1) and his wife, Mary.

Alfrede, Henry – In 1332 he paid 5s 1d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Alfrede, William – In 1332 he paid 12 ¼ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Alner, Maria – Born in 1858. She was the wife of Thomas Alner, and the mother of Sidney. She died in 1939, aged 81. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Alner, Sidney – He was born in 1887. He was the son of Thomas and Maria Alner. He died in 1916, aged 29 years. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Alner, Thomas – Born 1851. He married Maria and they had a son, Sidney. He died in 1918, aged 67. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Amey, Caroline – Born in Martin in 1828. Her first marriage was to Mr Lockyer and they had two sons, Edwin, born 1855 and Charles, born 1857, both born in Martin. By 1871 she had married John Amey, the grocer, and Edwin and Charles, aged 16 and 14, were living with them. A lodger, Sophia Spray, Schoolmistress, aged 26, was also living with them at this time.

Amey, John – Born at Blagdon in 1815. In 1867, and at the time of the 1871 census, he was a grocer and baker in the village. He lived at the Grocers Shop. He was married to Caroline and had two step-sons, Edwin and Charles Lockyer. At the time of the 1871 census his step-sons were 16 and 14, a blacksmith and an agricultural labourer. They also had a lodger, Sophia Spray, Schoolmistress at the Church School, living with them.

Attewelle, Agnes – In 1518, the Medarius of Glastonbury held Tulkes Farm as a freeholder. It was described as comprising two virgates of arable, once belonging to Agnes Attewelle and Ada Coffyne and lately to John Tooke. Tulkes is the farm now known as Bustard Manor Farm.

Auger, Alice – In 1332 she paid 5s 4 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of her moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). Was this Alice, the wife of William Aunger, below?

Aunger, William –In 1325, Wiltshire Feet of Fines records a farm called ‘Aungers’ in Martin. It also records that William Aunger let land in Estmerton to John le Flemyng of Suthampton and his wife, Alice; this consisted of 1 messuage and 31 and half acres of land. The Feet of Fines of 1331 confusingly records that Alice (Peytevyn), wife of Henry Russel, was the wife of William Aunger during her life.

Ayles, Silas – In 1684 he was the curate at Martin.

Ayles, Ada Clara – See Ada Bennett. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennett. In 1913 she rented Bennetts Cottage from Thomas Street, for 70 years, on a rent of one peppercorn per annum.

Ayton, James – His will, dated 1831, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Ayton, James (2) – In 1855 he was a farmer in the village.

Bagus, Alice – Her will, dated 1809, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. She is described as a widow at this time. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bagus, George – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, at Tidpit, on the 1788 Map of the Parish. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bagus, Jane – She was the wife of Joseph Bagus. She was the aunt of John Compton, Sarah Staples, John Bound and Mary Dyer, who were all left bequests in her will. Her will was witnessed by Thomas Hewett and Samuel White. She died, a widow, in 1797. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bagus, John – In 1696 he was a churchwarden with Henry Parker. He was married to the daughter of George Reade (2). They had three children; John, William and Mary. In 1725, George Reade bequeathed one shilling to his son-in-law, John Bagus. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bagus, John (2) – He was the son of John Bagus and the grandson of George Reade (2). In 1725, George Reade bequeathed five shillings to his grandson, John Bagus (2). He died in 1781. His Administration Bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bagus, Joseph – He was married to Jane Bagus. He was a wheelwright. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote at The White Hart on the 1788 Map of the Parish. He died in 1797. His Administration Bond and Will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bagus, Mary – She was the daughter of John Bagus and the granddaughter of George Reade (2). In 1725, George Reade bequeathed twenty shillings to his granddaughter, Mary Bagus.

Bagus, William – He was the son of John Bagus and the grandson of George Reade (2). In 1725, George Reade bequeathed twenty shillings to his grandson, William Bagus.

Bailey, Charles – Born in Martin, in 1868. He was the son of John and Charlotte Bailey. In 1871 he was a scholar, aged 3.

Bailey, Charlotte – Born in Martin in 1837. She was the wife of John Bailey and they had four children; Francis, born in 1855, Elizabeth Ann, born in 1857, Henry, born in 1859 and Charles, born in 1868. Their first three children were born in Cripplestyle and Charles was born in Martin.

Bailey, Edwin – Born in Donhead St. Mary, in 1815. He was the son of Joseph and Emma Bailey. At the time of the 1871 census he was a ploughboy, unemployed, aged 13.

Bailey, Elizabeth Ann – Born in Cripplestyle, Dorset, in 1857. She was the daughter of John and Charlotte Bailey.

Bailey, Emma – Born in Salisbury in 1837. She was the wife of Joseph Bailey. She was a dressmaker. They had two children; Edwin, born 1815 and a daughter, born 1871.

Bailey, Francis – Born in Cripplestyle, Dorset, in 1855. He was the son of John and Charlotte Bailey. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 16.

Bailey, Henry – Born in Cripplestyle, Dorset, in 1859. He was the son of John and Charlotte Bailey. In 1871 he was a scholar, aged 12.

Bailey, John – Born in Cripplestyle, Dorset, in 1826. He was a labourer. He married Charlotte, from Martin, and they had four children; Francis, born in 1855, Elizabeth Ann, born in 1857, Henry, born in 1859 and Charles, born in 1868. Their first three children were born in Cripplestyle and Charles was born in Martin.

Bailey, Joseph – Born in Donhead St. Mary. He was a stonemason. He married Emma, from Salisbury. She was a dressmaker. They had two children; Edwin, born 1815 and a daughter, born 1871.

Bailey, Robert – He was a boot and shoemaker. In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent. In 1839 he received a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for a chapel and premises in the holding and occupation of himself, William Larkam and William Flemington (2), Primitive Methodists. His will, made in 1859, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Baker, Hannah – She was born in 1784. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow and a pauper, aged 81, lodging in the house of Jane Chalk. She died in 1885, aged 101 years.

Baker, Margery – Her valuation and will, dated 1704, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a widow at this time.

Baldewyne, John – In 1332 he paid 5s and 2 ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Balham, John – In 1668 he was the vicar of Martin. At that time the churchwardens complained that ‘Mr Jo. Balham, our vicar has not provided us with a sufficient curat as wee formerly have had for wee have not our prayers read in church according to the cannons’. In 1674 they complained that the vicarages houses were much out of repair ‘in so much as they are likely to fall’.

Barter, Edwin – In the 1911 and 1915 editions of Kelly’s Directory he was recorded as a farmer in Martin. Prince’s Farm was known as Barter’s Farm during the 1930’s.

Barter, Emily – Born in Tidpit in 1823. She was the daughter of James Barter. She married George Cox. They had ten children; John, born 1840, Sarah, born 1847, Tom, born 1850, Fanny, born 1852, Emma, born 1856, Ada, born 1857, Frank, born 1859, Ellen, born 1862, Simeon Charles (known later as Charles), born 1864 and William George, born 1868. At the time of the 1851 census they had Emily’s father, James, who was a widower and a pauper, living with them. At the time of the 1881 census, they had a grandson, Walter, aged 5, living with them and George’s brother John, a widower, aged 67 also living with them.

Barter, Herbert – In the 1911 and 1915 editions of Kelly’s Directory he was recorded as a farmer in Martin. Prince’s Farm was known as Barter’s Farm during the 1930’s.

Barter, James – Born in Coombe in 1787. He was the father of Emily. At the time of the 1851 census he was a widower and a pauper, living with Emily and her family in Martin.

Baskerville, Petronilla de – See Petronilla Boteler.

Baskerville, Ralf de – He married Petronilla Boteler, the sister of Juliana who was the wife of Robert of Martin. In 1242 he sub-leased half the knight’s fee at Tidpit (see Serlo) from Nicholas Martin. Lane Poole says ‘it appears from the subsequent absence of Nicholas from the records, that he (Nicholas) surrendered the other half of the fee to Ralf de Baskerville.’ In 1255 he conveyed the fee, with the chapel and advowson to the Abbey of Glastonbury. He also held a third part of a virgate in Tidpit, which he bought for fifteen marks from his father-in-law, Walter Boteler. He sold his villain, Philip Hardyng for twenty shillings to Richard of Chisingbury, the vicar of Damerham and Martin, to liberate him ‘from the bonds of servitude.’ See Lane Poole p144.

Batchelor – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows an enclosed field called ‘Batchelor’s Down, measuring 15.0.17 and another called ‘Batchelors’ Small Lane Ground’, measuring 15.2.5. This may have been land enclosed by a farmer called Batchelor.

Batt, George – In 1813 he was a church warden with Richard Williams. Between 1819 and 1827 he rented Sweetapples and Staples from the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Beach, Albert – Born in Martin in 1870. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Beach.

Beach, Frank – Born in Martin in 1857. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Beach. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 17.

Beach, George – Born in Martin in 1857. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Beach. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 14.

Beach, Jane – Born in Rockbourne in 1831. She was the wife of Joseph Beach. They had six children; William, born 1853, Frank, born 1854, George, born 1857, Jemima, born 1862, Stephen, born 1863 and Albert, born 1870. At the time of the 1871 census Joseph’s widowed father, Henry, also deaf, aged 79, was living with them. Joseph’s brother, Thomas, an agricultural labourer aged 50, also deaf, lived with them too.

Beach, Jemima – Born in Martin in 1862. She was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Beach. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 9.

Beach, Joseph – Born in Martin in 1822. He was deaf from birth. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Jane and they had six children; William, born 1853, Frank, born 1854, George, born 1857, Jemima, born 1862, Stephen, born 1863 and Albert, born 1870. At the time of the 1871 census his widowed father, Henry, also deaf, aged 79, was living with them. Joseph’s brother, Thomas, an agricultural labourer aged 50, also deaf, lived with them too.

Beach, Stephen – Born in Martin in 1863. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Beach. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 8.

Beach, William – Born in Martin in 1853. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Beach. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 18.

Bedford, George – He did not live in Martin but was a wealthy clothier in Salisbury who employed many Martin farmers. He produced large quantities of woad on Cranborne Chase and especially on newly-broken arable land at Martin. His accounts contain many agreements with husbandmen to plough and cultivate virgin downland, to sow woad on his behalf and to supply woad to his four woad mills. An inventory of his possessions at the time of his death in 1607 lists 18 tons of processed woad worth £400, leases of land for growing woad at Martin, Blagdon, Pentridge and Handley; ‘an olde woade house and fower woade mylles whereof two are at Martin and two at Blagdon’, worth £10. Some of the woad was used at his own cloth mill at Laverstock, and he also supplied woad to clothiers in several parts of Wiltshire and Somerset. In his will he left bequests to the poor of the parishes of Damerham, Martin, Pentridge and Cranborne, ‘in rememberance of my good will for theire labours and worke bestowed on my business.’ Bedford’s widow married the prominent Salisbury lawyer and Member of Parliament, Henry Sherfield. His accounts include many references to large-scale woad cultivation on his land at Blagdon and Boveridge.

Beffin, Caroline – Born in Martin, in 1822. She had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1861. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a widow, aged 48, and a pauper, recorded as an imbecile. She was living with her ten year old daughter.

Beffin, Charles – Born in Martin, in 1823. He was married to Sarah, twenty-two years younger than himself. At the time of the 1871 census he is recorded as a pauper and imbecile, aged 48. They had a six year old son, William (2), at this date, and a daughter, Jane, aged 2.

Beffin, Charlotte – Born in Martin, in 1854. The 1871 census records her working for George Waters (2) as a general servant and housemaid, aged 17. She lived in his house.

Beffin, Edwin – See Biffen, Edwin?

Beffin, Elizabeth – Born in Martin, in 1861. She was the daughter of Caroline Beffin. At the time of the 1871 census she was ten, her father had died and her mother was a pauper, recorded as an imbecile.

Beffin, Jane – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Charles and Sarah Beffin.

Beffin, Mary – Born in Gorley, in 1793. She was the wife of Thomas Beffin. They had a son, William, in 1825. At the time of the 1871 census, William was living with them, aged 46 and unmarried.

Beffin, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1845. She was the wife of Charles Beffin, twenty-two years older than herself. They had a son, William (2), born in 1865 and a daughter, Jane, born in 1869.

Beffin, Thomas – Born in Boveridge in 1793. He married Mary. They had a son, William, in 1825. At the time of the 1871 census he was a recipient of the Talks Charity. His son, William, was living with them, aged 46 and unmarried.

Beffin, William – Born in Martin in 1825. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Beffin. He was an agricultural labourer. At the time of the 1871 census he was 46, unmarried, and living with his parents.

Beffin, William (2) – Born in Martin in 1865. He was the son of Charles and Sarah Beffin.

Bennett, Ada Clara – She was born in Wimborne St. Giles in 1856. Her married name was Ada Ayles. At the time of the 1911 census she was living at the Manor House in Martin, a widow, aged 32, as companion and housekeeper to her uncle, William Street. Therefore her mother must have been William’s sister, the daughter of Amelia and William Street. (But not Ellen, as the dates don’t work.) In 1913 William’s brother, Thomas Street, of Gussage St. Andrew, leased what is now known as Bennetts Cottage to his niece Ada for 70 years, on a rent of one peppercorn per annum. When Thomas Street died, his three children, heirs to his estate, extended Ada’s lease for the duration of her lifetime. In 1940 the British Government requisitioned Bennett’s Cottage, which was empty at the time – so Ada must have been living elsewhere by then. She died in 1956, aged 100 years. She is buried in the churchyard, with her parents, and her gravestone is under the yew tree, inside the gate to the left. It is suggested that Ada reverted to her name before marriage when she came to the cottage, and that is why it is now known as Bennett’s Cottage.

Bennett, Elizabeth – See Elizabeth Vidler. Born 1732. She was the daughter of Mary Vidler. She married John Bennett. They had two children, William and a daughter. Her will, dated 1784, was witnessed by Edward Hewitt and Christopher Hally (?). She died in 1788, aged 56. Her executor was her sister, Mary Nicholas, widow. Her gravestone is in the churchyard. Her will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bennett, Henry – He was the curate at Martin from 1754 to 1769.

Bennett, John – He was the husband of Elizabeth Bennett.

Bennett, John (2) – According to Land Tax Assessments, John Bennett (2) was the occupier of the farm and Parsonage (the Manor House), Staples and Sweetapples, all owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury, from 1828 to 1833.

Bennett, Kate – Born in 1864. She died in 1916, aged 52. She was married to William Bennett (2). Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bennett, William – He was the son of Elizabeth and John Bennett.

Bennett, William (2) – In 1896 he was a churchwarden with Mr Thompson. In 1897 he was a farmer in the village. He was recorded in Kelly’s Directory as the treasurer of the Talks Charity in 1911 and 1915. He died in 1923. He was married to Kate. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bentink, Charles – In 1889 he bought Bustard Manor Farm from Mr Topp and transformed the farmhouse into a ‘residential villa’.

Bentink, Mrs – She lived at ‘Bustard House’. Her sister married Henry Brounker.

Bentick, Lieut. Colonel W.E. – In 1897 he farmed Bustard Farm. In 1901 he sold the farm to the Monks of Briquebec Abbey, refugees from France. There is a map of the farm with his planting plan and yields in the Martin Village Archive.

Berenger, Ingram – In 1301 he held, under William of Merton and his wife Isabel, 1 messuage, 1 carucate of land, 9 acres of meadow, 16 acres of wood in West Merton and Stapleham. William was later successful in an action to recover that land from Berenger.

Bestall, Agnes – Born in Oakhampton, Devon, in 1850. She was the niece of Elizabeth Pullen. At the time of the 1871 census, she was 21, living with her aunt in Martin and recorded as an ‘Artiste Drawing’.

Biffen, Charlotte – Born in Martin in 1852. At the time of the 1881 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 29. She was recorded as a ‘General Servant (Sometimes)’. Two young girls, Elizabeth Biffen, aged 4 and Emma Biffen, aged 3 months, were also inmates of the workhouse. These may have been her daughters. Emma was born in Fordingbridge – could she have been born in the workhouse?

Biffen, Edwin – Born in Martin in 1852. At the time of the 1871 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 19 and recorded as an ‘Imbecile’. Could this surname be a mishearing of the name Beffin?

Biffen, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1877. At the time of the 1881 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 4, and recorded as a scholar. It is likely that Charlotte Biffen was her mother and Emma Biffen was her sister.

Biffen, Emma – Born in Fordingbridge in 1881. At the time of the 1881 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, age 3 months. It is likely that Charlotte Biffen was her mother and Elizabeth Biffen was her sister. She may have been born at the workhouse.

Biffen, Charles – Born in Martin in 1826. At the time of the 1891 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 65 and married. His wife was not with him there at that time.

Bingham, Eleanor – She was born in Martin in 1380 and married Henry Horsey. Her son, William, inherited the Manor of West Martin.

Bishop, Mr – He was the curate at Martin from 1625 until his death in 1639. Is this John Bishop, see below?

Bishop, George – Born in Norton, Wilts, in 1852. At the time of the 1871 census he was 19, a carpenter’s labourer, lodging at the home of Richard and Eliza Francis. In 1897 he was a carpenter and wheelwright.

Bishop, John – In 1625 he was the curate at Martin. In 1631 he was also the Church clerk. Walter Follett was a churchwarden with him at the time. He died in 1638 and is buried in the churchyard, although there is no stone to record his grave.

Bishop, John (2) – John Aubrey wrote that the practice of burnbaking was introduced into South Wiltshire by a Mr Bishop of Merton who had learnt it in Flanders about the year 1639. ‘This is confirmed by the records of the Earl of Shaftesbury concerning John Bishop’s tenure of Horsey Farm at Martin. In 1639 Bishop was said to have spent £230 ‘in bringing Earth and Chalke to the Land and in Rootinge parte of the grounde and in burning of Beete’ in order to improve the extremely barren land.’ (Wiltshire Farming in the Seventeenth Century’ ed. by Joseph Bettey.) Is this the same John Bishop, above, who was the Church clerk?

Blake, Agnes – She died, a widow, in 1563. Her will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blake, Elizabeth – She died, a widow, in 1583. Her will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blake, John – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £8. 13s. 4d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. This sum was second only to the contribution of Sir Bartholomew Horsey who lived at the Manor House, and might suggest that John Blake farmed Manor Farm in East Martin? His will, dated 1583, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Blake, William – In 1518 he farmed 81 acres at East Martin. His will, dated 1545, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Blandford, Agnes – In 1664 she was married according to the rites of the Quakers.

Blandford, Alice – The daughter of Bernard Blandford. Sister of Joan and Katherine Blandford. She was convicted as a Quaker, as described in the churchwarden’s presentment of 1662, but erroneously described as a popish recusant when she was convicted of recusancy, (refusing to attend the services of the Established Church on Sundays and Holy days,) in 1664, 1666 and 1667. She married William Scott in 1667. Their marriage is recorded in the Quaker birth, marriage and death register.

Blandford, Ambrose – Born in Martin in 1853. He was the son of John Blandford (3) and his wife, Martha. At the time of the 1871 census he was 18, working on his father’s farm. Is this the same Ambrose Blandford (2) below?

Blandford, Ambrose (2) – Born in 1857. He married Blanche. They had one son, William. In 1897 he farmed at Tidpit Farm. Kelly’s Directory records him as a farmer in Tidpit in 1911. He died in 1924, aged 70. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Blandford, Ann – She was the wife of William Blandford (4). They had four children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census.) William 25, Eli 20, Anna 13 and Sarah 11.

Blandford, Anna – She was the daughter of William Blandford (4) and his wife Ann. At the time of the 1841 census she was 13.

Blandford, Anne – She was the daughter of Margaret Blandford, sister of William (3). She was left an orphan before her majority. In 1743, she was apprenticed to the tailor, Henry Pearcy.

Blandford, Barnard – Church sidesman in 1608.

Blandford, Bernard – Baptised on 26th August 1726. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Blandford.

Blandford, Bernard (2) – Baptised on 31st Jan 1735. He was the son of Joshua and Margaret Blandford. Father of Joan, Alice and Katherine Blandford. According to Lane Poole, although he was named in churchwarden’s presentments, (probably as a Quaker,) he apparently escaped conviction as his name does not appear in the recusant rolls. He lent his house for Quaker meetings in 1669. However, in 1640 he was a church warden with Thomas Holloway.

Blandford, Blanche – She was born in 1856. She was the wife of Ambrose Blandford (2). They had one son, William. She died in 1924, aged 68. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Blandford, Catherine – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Blandford, Eli – Born in Martin in 1819. He was the son of William Blandford (4) and his wife Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, unmarried, aged 52 and recorded as an ‘Imbecile’. He was still there, ten years later, in 1881, when the census records that he had been ‘An imbecile from birth’.

Blandford, Elizabeth – In the seventeenth century she married William Harris.

Blandford, Elizabeth (2) – Married into the Blandford family. See Elizabeth Talk.

Blandford, Elizabeth (3) – Born in Martin in 1860. She was the daughter of John Blandford (3) and his wife, Martha.

Blandford, Joan – Daughter of Bernard Blandford, sister of Alice and Katherine Blandford. She married Jacob Selfe. Joan was a Quaker, although convicted as a popish recusant at the Damerham South Quarter Sessions in 1664, 1666, 1667 and 1671. She was enrolled at a monthly meeting in 1678. John Blandford was their instructor.

Blandford, Joan (2)? – She died, a widow, in 1744. Her will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. How does she relate to Joan Blandford above?

Blandford, John, senior – He died in 1665. His Administration Bond and Inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. How does he relate to John Blandford below?

Blandford, John – Married to Susannah. He was a yeoman. He was convicted of being a Quaker in 1662 and is recorded as being a ‘speaker at meeting in Bernard Blandford’s house.’ In the Damerham Quarter Sessions of 1666 he is described as a yeoman, and in 1664 as ‘John Blandford the younger’. In 1668 he and Susannah were presented before their Bishop for not attending church and were excommunicated for two years. He died in 1726. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blandford, John (2) – In 1753 he was the blacksmith in Martin. He witnessed the presence of the notorious gypsy, Mary Squires, the night she stayed in Farmer Thane’s barn. Mary Squires was later accused of abducting and imprisoning a young servant girl, Elizabeth Cannings, in London. Her defence was that she was in Dorset and Wiltshire at the time. However, some believed that the gypsies were involved in smuggling and Free Trade. (There was a local tradition that Tidpit was a depot or warehouse of the Free Trade.) The Cannings case became very famous and it was said that everyone in the country had an opinion about who was telling the truth, the gypsy or the servant girl. The case can be read about in many online accounts and also in the book ‘Alibi Pilgrimage’ by F.J. Harvey Darton, who followed in the footsteps of the accused gypsies from Dorset to London.

In 1762 he took John Harris (8) as an apprentice. In 1776 he took Jonas Wright as an apprentice. In 1777 he took William Blandford as an apprentice.

Blandford, John (3) – Born in Martin in 1807. He was married to Martha. He was a farmer. They had two sons and a daughter; John Blandford (4), born 1842, Ambrose, born 1853 and Elizabeth, born 1860. In 1855 and 1867 he is recorded as farming at Tidpit. At the time of the 1871 census he was lame and he farmed 95 acres, employing one boy.

Blandford, John (4) – He was recorded farming at Tidpit in 1875.

Blandford, Joshua – He was a yeoman. He was married to Margaret. They had a son, Bernard (2), who was baptised in 1735. He died in 1737. His Administration Bond and Will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blandford, Katherine – The daughter of Bernard Blandford. Sister of Alice and Joan Blandford. She was convicted of being a Quaker. In 1671 she married Nathanial Colman of Sutton, who is mentioned in ‘The Second Period of Quakerism’ by W.C.Braithwaite (1961) pp. 316, note 3.

Blandford, Margaret – She was married to Joshua Blandford. They had a son, Bernard (2), baptised in 1735. Could this be the same Margaret Blandford below?

Blandford, Margaret – She lived in and farmed Toyd Farm. She had a son, William (3), and a daughter, Anne. She died a widow in 1741 while her children were still in their minority. Both children were apprenticed to Henry Pearcy, the tailor. Her account, two administration bonds, four inventories and tuition bond are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Her inventory records that all her wheat was spoilt by severe weather that year.

Blandford, Martha – Her Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1690, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a widow at this time.

Blandford, Martha (2) – Born in Martin in 1817. She was the wife of John Blandford (3). They had two sons and a daughter; John (4), born 1842, Ambrose, born 1853 and Elizabeth, born 1860.

Blandford, Sarah – She was the daughter of William Blandford (4) and his wife Ann. At the time of the 1841 census she was 11.

Blandford, Susan – Wife of John Blandford the younger. She was convicted of being a popish recusant in 1664, 1666 and 1667 and 1671, but was undoubtedly a Quaker, like her husband and his family.

Blandford, Susannah – She was the wife of John Blandford. In 1668 they were both presented to their Bishop for not attending church and excommunicated for two years.

Blandford, Thomas – In 1683 he was a churchwarden with Richard Compton. In 1688 he was a churchwarden with Henry Loxley.

Blandford, Thomas (2) – His inventory and will, dated 1721, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. He died in 1724. Is this the same Thomas Blandford as above?

Blandford, Thomas (3) – In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. His Administration Bond, dated 1725, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Blandford, William – He was a yeoman. He died in 1681. His will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blandford, William (2) – He died in 1712. His Administration Bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Blandford, William (3) – He was the son of Margaret Blandford, the brother of Anne. He was left an orphan before his majority. In 1743 he was apprenticed to the tailor, Henry Pearcy. In 1777 he was apprenticed to John Blandford, the blacksmith.

Blandford, William (4) – At the time of the 1841 census he was 55, so born approx. 1786. He was a smith. He was married to Ann. They had four children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census.) William 25, Eli 20, Anna 13 and Sarah 11.

Blandford, William (5) – He was the son of William (4) and Ann Blandford. At the time of the 1841 census he was 25.

Blandford, William (6) – Born in 1879. He was the only son of Blanche and Ambrose Blandford. He was a member of the church choir. He served with the 63rd Co. Imperial Yeomanry (Wilts) and died at Kronstadt S.A. on Aug. 22nd 1900, aged 21 years. There is a tablet to his memory in the church.

Blashford, Richard – His Administration Bond, inventory and renunciation, dated 1685, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Blysse, John – In 1518 he farmed 21 acres at West Martin.

Bont, Robert le – In 1332 he paid 2s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Bont, Walter le – In 1332 he paid 3s ¼ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Bonyour, Alice – In 1305 she was ‘slayed’ by Ralph le Skynnere, who was hanged for the crime.

Bor, Emma la – In 1332 she paid 5s 3d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of her moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Bor, John le – In 1268 the Wiltshire Eyre records that, ‘Concerning defaults, they say that the abbot of Glastonbury (writ) John le Bor…did not come here on the first day, so (he) is in mercy.’ (N.b. He is to be fined.) In 1275 he was accused of harbouring a felon. A man was taken from his house and hanged in Cranborne. Richard Pik, the bailiff at Damerham, is recorded as having extorted 10/ from John le Bor.

Boteler, Juliana – The daughter of Walter Boteler. Sister of Petronilla. In 1224 she married Robert of Martin. Sometime in the second half of the thirteenth century, she renounced her dowry in Tidpit in a deed witnessed by William of Martin.

Boteler, Petronilla – Daughter of Walter Boteler. Sister of Juliana. She married Ralf de Baskerville.

Boteler, Walter – He was described as ‘of Compton’ (Chamberlayne). He had two daughters, Petronilla, who married Ralf de Baskerville, and Juliana, who married Robert of Martin. He sold a third part of a virgate in Tidpit to his son-in-law, Ralf de Baskerville for fifteen marks. He had earlier purchased it from Robert de la Felde.

Botley, William – He was a farmer. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated December 3rd 1853, records that ‘Louisa Chalke and Mary Ann Jenkins were charged with stealing turnips, the property of Mr William Botley, in the parish of Martin on the 22nd November: – Fined 10s and cost, and in default of payment, 21 days imprisonment.’ In 1855 he was recorded as a farmer in Martin. Land belonging to Botley’s Farm was sold to build the houses along Townsend Lane and Downview Road and to create the recreation ground. The farmhouse and yard became ‘West End Farm’.

Bound, Ambrose – He was born in 1828, the son of George and Sarah Bound. He was a carpenter.

Bound, Anna – Born in 1836. She was the daughter of George and Sarah Bound.

Bound, Edmond – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. In 1811 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams. In 1832 and 1838 he was a churchwarden with John Hewett. His will, dated 1841, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. He is described as a yeoman.

Bound, Edward – He was the son of George and Sarah Bound. At the time of the 1841 census he was 15.

Bound, George – Born in 1783. He was married to Sarah. They had seven children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census.) William, Thomas 20, Edward 15, Phillida 15, Ambrose 13, Anna 6 and Sarah (2). Thomas and Ambrose were both carpenters. According to the 1851 census, George was a carpenter employing two men and a farmer with 30 acres, employing two men. In 1855 he was a wheelwright and carpenter in the village. He died in 1862, aged 79. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bound, John – He was the nephew of Jane Bagus. She bequeathed to him one shilling in her will, dated 1797.

Bound, Mary – She was born in Hindon in 1814. She was the wife of Thomas Bound (2). At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, recorded as ‘Retired, Independent’, and living alone, aged 56. She died in 1887, aged 73. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bound, Mary (2) – She married Samuel White. They had ten children; Caroline, 1821, Josiah, 1823, Elizabeth, 1826, George, 1827, Robert Bound, 1830, George, 1831, Samuel, 1833, Mary A. 1835, John, 1839 and William, 1840.

Bound, Phillida – She was the daughter of George and Sarah Bound. At the time of the 1841 census she was 15.

Bound, Robert – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Bound, Sarah – Born in 1788. She was the wife of George Bound. They had seven children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census.) William, Thomas 20, Edward 15, Phillida 15, Ambrose 13, Anna 6 and Sarah (2). She died in 1852, aged 64. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bound, Sarah (2) – She was born in 1816. Her parents were Sarah and George Bound. She died in 1865, aged 49. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bound, Thomas – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Bound, Thomas (2) – Born in 1820. He was the son of George and Mary Bound. He was a carpenter and farmer. He married Mary. He died in 1867, aged 47. His gravestone is in the churchyard. His will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bound, Thomas (3) – He was the son of George and Sarah Bound. At the time of the 1841 census he was 20.

Bound, William – He was born in 1807. He was the eldest son of George and Sarah Bound. He died suddenly in 1869, aged 62. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bracher, Anna – Born in Whitchurch, in 1813. At the time of the 1871 census she was living in Martin with her son, Edward, a grocer and draper, and his wife, Caroline. She was recorded as their ‘housekeeper’, aged 58.

Bracher, Caroline – Born in Taunton, Somerset, in 1834. She was married to Edward Bracher, the grocer and draper and she worked as a ‘Grocer’s Wife’. At the time of the 1871 census they had Edward’s mother, Anna, aged 58, living with them as ‘housekeeper’.

Bracher, Edward – Born in Tisbury in 1844. He was a grocer and draper with a shop in Martin. He was married to Caroline. In 1875 he was a grocer in Martin. At the time of the 1871 census his mother, Anna Bracher, aged 58, was living with them and recorded as ‘housekeeper’.

Bridle, George – In 1897 he was the Police Constable.

Bright, Ellen – Born in Cranborne in 1865. She was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Bright, who ran The White Hart inn. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 6.

Bright, James – Born in Cranborne, in 1866. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Bright, who ran The White Hart Inn. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 5.

Bright, Jane – See Jane Goodridge.

Bright, Joseph – Born in Fovant, in 1834. He was an innkeeper. He married Jane Goodridge (2). They had four children; Ellen, born 1865, James, born 1866, Joseph, born 1868 and Mary Jane, born 1871. Ellen, James and Joseph were all born in Cranborne. At the time of the 1871 census he ran the White Hart Inn. He was also recorded at the White Hart in 1875. He died in 1910, aged 76. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Bright, Joseph (2) – Born in Cranborne, in 1868. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Bright, who ran The White Hart Inn. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 3.

Bright, Mary Jane – Born in Martin, in 1871. She was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Bright, who ran The White Hart Inn.

Brock, Denis – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1591, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Bromley, James – He married Anne White.

Brooks, George – In 1855 he was a farm bailiff.

Brooks, William – The Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, of August 23rd 1823, records that William Harris was ‘committed to the House of Correction for stealing a quantity of apples, the property of William Brooks, of the parish of Martin.’ In 1837 he was a churchwarden with John Hewett.

Brounker, Henry – Born in 1845. Died 1895. He married a sister of Mrs Bentinck of Bustard House. His family acquired Boveridge from the Hoopers in 1788, and with it, Kite’s Nest Farm and part of Martin Woods in the parish.

Brown, Alfred – Born in Blandford, in 1848. He had three children; Harriet, born 1878, Bert, born 1896 and Dorothy, born 1906. At the time of the 1901 census, they were living in the Extra Parochial parish of Toyd and Allenford.

Brown, Bert – Born in 1896. He was the son of Alfred Brown. At the time of the 1901 census, they were living in the Extra Parochial parish of Toyd and Allenford.

Brown, Dorothy – Born in 1906. She was the daughter of Alfred Brown. At the time of the 1901 census, they were living in the Extra Parochial parish of Toyd and Allenford.

Brown, George – On 21st June 1841, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported on ‘A Case of “Three Straws”. ‘George Brown was charged with setting fire to his father-in-law’s house at Martin, Wiltshire, on February 12th, his father-in-law and others being there at the time. – Mr Ravenhill prosecuted. It appeared that the father-in-law, an old man named Francis, was ill. His son, Thomas, was asked to sleep with him, and this aroused the jealousy of Brown, who remonstrated. The son said that Brown had not acted properly to the old man. Words ensued and prisoner took up the lamp and said he would set the house on fire. He placed the lamp against the walls and then under the thatch, and but for his wife, who put it out, there would have been a serious fire, as there were huddled together in the room four or five people, a crowding together which the Judge deprecated. The police produced the three straws which caught fire. Prisoner, who had a good character, said he was ill-used by the parties because he objected to the indecent crowding in the house. He never meant to set fire to the cottage. He was found guilty and strongly recommended to mercy. The Judge said it was a malicious act, but as prisoner was recommended to mercy by his father-in-law, the sentence on him would be very light, viz., one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.’

Brown, Harriet – Born in 1878. She was the daughter of Alfred Brown. At the time of the 1901 census, they were living in the Extra Parochial parish of Toyd and Allenford.

Bryant, Mr – He is recorded in the Glebe Terrier of 1783 owning unenclosed land at Bustard Farm. Recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote at Bustard Farm on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Budden, Emily – Born in Christchurch, in 1817. The 1871 census records her living in the house of George Waters (2) as his housekeeper, aged 54 and unmarried.

Burbage, Ann – Born in Martin, in 1857. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Burbage. At the time of the 1871 census she was 14 and recorded as an ‘Idiot’.

Burbage, Charlotte – Born in Martin, in 1870. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Burbage.

Burbage, Eliza – Born in Martin, in 1862. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Burbage.

Burbage, Harry – Born in Martin, in 1859. He was the son of John and Sarah Burbage. At the time of the 1871 census he was 12, working as a plow boy.

Burbage, John – Born in Cranborne, in 1831. He was a carter. He married Sarah, from Bowerchalke. They had six children; Ann, born 1857, Harry, 1859, Martha, born 1858, Eliza, born 1862, Simon, born 1867 and Charlotte, born 1870.

Burbage, Martha – Born in Martin, in 1858. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Burbage.

Burbage, Sarah – Born in Bowerchalke, in 1833. She was the wife of John Burbage. They had six children; Ann, born 1857, Harry, 1859, Martha, born 1858, Eliza, born 1862, Simon, born 1867 and Charlotte, born 1870.

Burbage, Simon – Born in Martin, in 1867. He was the son of John and Sarah Burbage.

Burges, George – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington as Primitive Methodist.

Burgess, Aquila – Born in Martin in 1863. He was the son of George and Sarah Burgess. At the time of the 1871 census he was 8 years old and a scholar.

Burgess, Ellen – Born in Martin in 1867. She was the daughter of George and Sarah Burgess.

Burgess, George – Born in Martin in 1835. He was a thatcher. He married Sarah. They had a son, Aquila, born 1863, and a daughter, Ellen, born 1867. At the time of the 1871 census he was aged 36 and unemployed, his wife was working as a needlewoman.

Burgess, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1841. She was married to George Burgess. They had a son, Aquila, born 1863, and a daughter, Ellen, born 1867. At the time of the 1871 census she was working as a needlewoman, while her husband was unemployed.

Burnell, John – In 1270 he was appointed vicar of Damerham and Martin by the convent at Glastonbury.

Burrey, Jane – Her Administration Bond, inventory and will, dated 1684, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a spinster at this time.

Bush, Emma Agatha – Born c.1833. She married the shepherd James Lawes. Their children were James, born 1854; William George, born 1857; Fanny, born 1859; Joseph, born 1860; Harriet, born 1863; Edgar, born 1865; and Albert, born 1867. In later life James and Emma moved from Martin to Soke, near Silchester. There they took in lodgers, specifically archaeologists working on the local excavation. We can hear Emma’s voice in a letter she wrote to the mother of W.J. Hemp, an archaeologist who was lodging with them in 1913. “Dear Madam, I am writing to thank you all for the Presents you sent us I am sure it is very kind indeed to think of us in such a kind way. I said to my husband we are blessed bean measure and Mr and Mrs Smith send us some coals I really did not know how to be thankful enough for all your kindness I cried it is a good many years to be together but the Lord have kept us perty comfortable by hard work and by given us strength to do it we have had our trials but thank god we are spared yet but we find we are not so active as we have been my husband is 80 4 and I in my 80 year hoping you and Mr Hemp will be spared so Lang I beg to Calse with lots of thanks frame my Husband and self. Bleive me very sincerely Emma Agatha Lawes”.’ James and Emma also took the writer W.H.Hudson as a lodger several times. Hudson often enjoyed talking at length with James and the shepherd’s recollections inspired the book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, in which James is characterised as Caleb Bawcombe.

E.H. Lane Poole wrote in a newspaper dated 23/6/45 that ‘James Lawes is still remembered as having walked with a limp, and his wife as having set up a business on her own.’ This is recorded in W.H. Hudson’s book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’ as the wife of the shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, temporarily leaves him ‘to start a little business of her own. (Chap. IV).’

In the same newspaper, dated 25/8/45, W. J. Hemp described Emma as ‘a “character”, with a sharp tongue, and a kind heart and a gift for “malapropisms”. Mill Stephenson lodged with them for several summers, while he was excavating the Roman town at Silchester for the Society of Antiquaries, and one of Mrs Lawes’ sayings that I remember was – “Mr Stephenson he can’t abide them Slicy Island potatoes.” ‘

An undated newspaper extract to be found in Daphne Lawes album (see below) announces ‘SILCHESTER. A Diamond Wedding. – On Monday Mr and Mrs Lawes completed the sixtieth year of their married life. Their original home was in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, where Mr Lawes was occupied as a shepherd. He is a veritable storehouse of Wiltshire folklore, dialect and anecdote. Mr W.H.Hudson, who writes so pleasantly and learnedly on natural history and rural life, used, during his sojourns at Silchester, to spend many evenings in Mr Lawes’ company and those who read Mr Hudson’s ‘A Shepherd’s Life’ may be interested to learn that Mr Lawes was the prototype of ‘Caleb Bawcombe’. Many of the incidents in the book were those of Mr Lawes own experience. He is now in his 85th year whilst his wife is four years his junior. They are both justly esteemed by their neighbours of whatever rank in life.’

James Lawes’ daughter-in-law recalled, when she was in her eighties, that Hudson used to sit with James hour after hour, and as the old man talked, so Mr Hudson made notes of what he related. But this habit of writing down what the old shepherd said did not meet with the approval of Emma.

Emma’s letter to Mr and Mrs Hemp and a photograph of her with James outside their cottage in Soke can be found in the collection of Lawes memorabilia in the Martin Village Archive. Emma outlived her husband and died in 1921.

Busher, Mr – In 1616 he became a churchwarden with Mr Compton, which he continued until 1638.

Butcher, Frederick – Born in Cranborne, in 1865. He was the son of Joseph and Jane Butcher.

Butcher, Jane – Born in Cranborne, in 1840. She was the wife of Joseph Butcher, the shepherd. She had been married previously and had two children from her first marriage; Henery Harris, born 1859 and Charlotte Harris, born 1861. She and Joseph had two children; Frederick, born 1865 and Kate, born 1869.

Butcher, Joseph – Born in Wiltshire, in 1842. He was a shepherd. He married Jane from Cranborne. They had two children; Frederick, born 1865 and Kate, born 1869. He also had two step-children; Henery Harris, born 1859 and Charlotte Harris, born 1861.

Butcher, Kate – Born in Martin, in 1869. She was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Butcher.

Butler, Charles – Born in 1788. He married Elizabeth. He died in 1846, aged 58. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Butler, Charles (2) – In 1855 he ran ‘The White Hart’.

Butler, Elizabeth – She was born in 1815. She was the wife of Charles Butler. She died in 1844, aged 29 years. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Butler, Mrs Frances – In 1867 she ran ‘The White Hart’.

Cacknell – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office ref. No.?) shows seven fields called ‘Cacknells’. It is not known if these were enclosed by a farmer called Cacknell?

Cailes, Betsy – Born in Martin in 1870. She was the daughter of Elizabeth and William Cailes (2).

Cailes, Elizabeth – Born in Penterage in 1836. She was the wife of William Cailes (2). They had two children; John, born in 1866 and Betsy, born in 1870.

Cailes, John – Born in Martin in 1866. He was the son of Eilzabeth and William Cailes (2). In 1871 he was a scholar, aged 5.

Cailes, Martha – Born in Martin in 1849. She was the daughter of William and Mary Cailes. At the time of the 1871 census she was living at home, aged 22, unmarried and recorded as an ‘Idiot’.

Cailes, Mary – Born in Gussage All Saints, in 1816. She was the wife of William Cailes. They lived in Broad Lane. They had a daughter, Martha, born in 1849. At the time of the 1871 census Martha was living with them, aged 22, unmarried and recorded as an ‘Idiot’.

Cailes, William – Born in Woodland, Dorset, in 1814. He was a carter. He was married to Mary. They lived in Broad Lane. They had a daughter, Martha, born in 1849. At the time of the 1871 census Martha was living with them, aged 22, unmarried and recorded as an ‘Idiot’.

Cailes, William (2) – Born in Wimborne St. Giles in 1836. He was an agricultural labourer. At the time of the 1871 census he was living in Martin with his wife, Elizabeth, and his children; John, born in 1866 and Betsy, born in 1870.

Caish, James – At the time of the 1841 census, he was 65 and living alone.

Caish, Jane – Born in Martin in 1830. She was the wife of John Caish.

Caish, John – Born in Martin in 1808. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Jane.

Calewe, William – In 1332 he paid 2s 2 ¼ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Calve, John de – In 1281 the Foresters of the Chase attacked John de Calve in his house in Martin and held him in Cranborne until he paid a fine.

Calvus, John – He appears as the holder of a virgate in the Rentalia of 1235. (Is this John de Calve?)

Cammell, Robert – He was the Rector at Tidpit from 1411 to 1422. In 1422 he was appointed the Vicar of Damerham.

Cannings, Mary – Born in 1823. She was the wife of Thomas Cannings. She died in 1913, aged 90. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Cannings, Thomas – He was born in 1841. He married Mary. In 1875 he was the carrier, going to Salisbury on Tuesdays and Saturdays. In 1897 he was farming in the village. He died in 1916, aged 77. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Carent, Alice – She was married to John Horsey. In 1376 she had a son, Henry. Her grandson, William inherited the Manor of West Martin. She died in 1434.

Carpenter, Valentine – In 1518 he farmed 33 acres at West Martin.

Caryde, John – In 1332 he paid 16d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Case, Eliza – She was the wife of George Francis (2). They had six children; Joseph, born 1832, William, born 1834, George, born 1839, Mary Ann (or Marriane), born 1844, Nancy, born 1847 and Charles, born 1850.

Catterns, Charlotte – Born in 1867. She was the daughter of Harry and Jane Catterns.

Catterns, Fanny – Born in 1868. She was the daughter of Harry and Jane Catterns.

Catterns, Harry – Born in Damerham in 1845. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Jane Fry. They had three daughters, Charlotte, born 1867, Fanny, born 1868 and Latitia, born 1870. At the time of the 1871 census Jane’s brother, James Fry, an undercarter, was living with them.

Catterns, Jane – See Jane Fry.

Catterns, Latitia – Born in Martin in 1870. She was the daughter of Harry and Jane Catterns.

Cecil, William, the second Earl of Shaftesbury – In 1622 he acquired the patronage of the church of Damerham and Martin. It remained in his family until 1698, when James, the fourth Earl, was impeached for his adherence to the Catholic faith.

Chalk, George – Born in Martin in 1845. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Rosana, who was also a farm labourer.

Chalk, Jane – Born in Martin in 1802. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 22nd January 1853, records that Jane Chalk and Betsy Evans were summoned for unlawfully taking sticks from a hedge, on the 17th of January, in the parish of Martin. Defendants were seen to go to the hedge and pull out the sticks and carry them away; this they denied, and said they only picked up some sticks that the shepherd’s boy had thrown away, but it was stated that some of the sticks found in their possession were covered with wet mud and bore marks of having been but recently taken from the earth. They were fined 5s each, including costs, or seven days imprisonment, and to pay the amount of damaged done to the hedge.’ (Note the time of year at which they were trying to gather firewood.) At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow and a pauper, aged 69. Hannah Baker, also a pauper, aged 81, was her lodger.

Chalke, Louisa – The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated December 3rd 1853, records that ‘Louisa Chalke and Mary Ann Jenkins were charged with stealing turnips, the property of Mr William Botley, in the parish of Martin on the 22nd November: – Fined 10s and cost, and in default of payment, 21 days imprisonment.’

Chalke, Rosana – Born in Penterage (Pentridge) in 1842. She was married to George Chalke. In 1871 she was an agricultural labourer, like her husband.

Chapeleyn, John – In 1332 he paid 16d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Chaper, Edmund – He was a husbandman. His will, administration bond, inventory and quit claim, dated 1587, 1588 and 1603, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Chaper, Elizabeth – In 1576 she was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. She died, a widow, in 1582. Her will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Chaper, Robert – His will, dated 1568, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Chappell, Agnes – She was born in 1882. She was the wife of Arthur Chappell. She died in 1929, aged 64. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Chappell, Arthur – He was born in 1873. He married Agnes. He died in 1941, aged 68. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Chator, William – In 1332 he paid 20 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Cheyw, Henry – In 1332 he paid 2s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Chisingbury, Richard of – He succeeded John Burnell as the vicar of Damerham and Martin. He paid Ralf de Baskerville twenty shillings for the liberation of his villain, Philip Hardyng ‘from the bonds of servitude’. See Lane Poole p. 144.

Clark, Zachary – His will, dated 1729, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke –The sheep accounts of Sir John Cooper of Rockbourne, dated 25th June 1621, show ‘Sould unto Farmer Clarke of Marteine 107 lambs to be paied at Midsomer’. The price paid was £16.

Clarke, Agnes – She died, a widow, in 1603. Her administration bond and note of administration are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, Anthony – He died in 1598. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, Dorothy – She died in 1695. Her administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, George – He was a yeoman. He died in 1682. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, Humphrey – He was the Rector of Tidpit somewhere between 1433 and 1453.

Clarke, John – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

His Grant of Administration, renunciation and will, dated 1587, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, John (2) – He died in 1631. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clarke, Thomas – He was a yeoman. He died in 1690. His administration bond, account, inventory and renunciation are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Clefton, Mrs – Mrs Clefton had a farm adjoining the east side of the vicarage house and garden in 1608.

Coffyn, Ada – She occupied the Abbey’s Grange (once called Tulkes farm, now Bustard Manor Farm) at the end of the fifteenth century. In 1518 The Medarius of Glastonbury held the farm as a freeholder. It was described as comprising two virgates of land, once belonging to Agnes Attewelle and Ada Coffyne and lately to John Tooke. Coffyn was still the name of the tithing in 1605.

Cokes, Joan – Her will, dated 1570, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. She was a widow at this time.

Coles, Ann – Born in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, in 1793. At the time of the 1841 census she was a retired farmer’s wife, widowed and living alone in a private house in Martin.

Combes, Richard – He died in 1742. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows one field named ‘Compton’s Down’. It measures 5.3.20. It was probably enclosed by farmer Compton.

Compton, Mr – In 1616 he was a churchwarden with Mr Busher, which he continued until 1638.

Compton, Edmund – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Compton, Elizabeth – She died, a widow, in 1721. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, Elizabeth (2) – In 1725 she was a witness to the will of George Reade. She could not sign her name but made her mark. She died, a widow, in 1734. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, George – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1559, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 11s ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France

Compton, George (2) – In 1620 he stood surety for Richard Compton who was undertaking a recognisance. In that document he is referred to as a husbandman.

Compton, George (3) – In 1705 he was a churchwarden. His will, dated 1732, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. Was this the same George Compton as above?

Compton, John – His inventory and will, dated 1613, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could be the same John Compton, below. He lived in Tidpit.

Compton, John – He was a tailor. He died in 1614. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, John (2) – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1615, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, John (3) – He was a husbandman. He died in 1632. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, John (4) – He died in 1727. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, John (5) – He was the nephew of Jane Bagus. She bequeathed to him ‘the sum of two pounds and two shillings’ in her will, dated 1797.

Compton, Mary – She died, a widow, in 1624. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, Purnell – She died, a widow, in 1563. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, Richard – In the sixteenth century Richard Compton farmed Toyd, together with Thomas Prince, John Prince and, later, Robert King as a syndicate. Their arable consisted of 120 acres at Toyd and 60 at Allenford, which they were allowed to sow, in accordance with the medieval practice of the three field system, with 60 acres of winter and 60 acres of spring corn. Moreover they had the use of the lord’s sheep fold for which they had to find the hurdles. The rent was eight pounds and twenty-four capons annually. The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’ His will, dated 1570, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives and describes him as a husbandman. The name Richard Compton is recorded in the Glebe Terrier of 1608. Not sure if this record relates to this man or Richard Compton (2)? Not sure how he relates to Richard Compton (2) and whether there was even a Richard Compton (3)?

Compton, Richard (2) – The name Richard Compton is recorded in the Glebe Terrier of 1608. (Not sure if this record relates to this man or Richard Compton, above?) In 1620 he entered into a recognisance, as a tippler, undertaking to keep the law not to sell meat in Lent or on any Friday of the year. (A tippling-house was a low-class alehouse.) The Glebe Terrier of 1631 records ‘We have heard that a little parcel adjoining the vicarage barn and hayhouse of c. 1/2a. held by Richard Compton, but when it came into his possession we have not heard; formerly belonged to the vicarage.’ In 1662 he was a churchwarden with Robert Harris. In 1674 he was a churchwarden with John Thane. In 1683 he was a churchwarden with Thomas Blandford. His name was inscribed on a new bell that year, along with Robert Harris. His name is recorded in the 1671 Glebe Terrier.

Compton, Richard (3) – He was a linen weaver. He died in 1698. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, Thomas – In 1518 he farmed 25 acres at West Martin.

Compton, Thomas (2) – He was a yeoman. His will and inventory, dated 1714, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, William – He was a yeoman. He died in 1685. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Compton, William (2) – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1716, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Cook, Charles – Born in Rockbourne in 1826. He was a carter. He was married to Martha. They had four children, none of whom were born in Martin; James born 1859, Charles (2) born 1863, William born 1866 and Sarah Ann born 1869.

Cook, Charles (2) – Born in Bishopstone in 1863. He was the son of Charles and Martha Cook. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 8.

Cook, James – Born in Bulford in 1859. He was the son of Charles and Martha Cook. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 12.

Cook, Martha – Born in Bulford in 1837. She was the wife of Charles Cook. They had four children, none of whom were born in Martin; James born 1859, Charles (2) born 1863, William born 1866 and Sarah Ann born 1869.

Cook, Sarah Ann – Born in West Harnham in 1869. She was the daughter of Charles and Martha Cook.

Cook, William – Born in Stratford Tony in 1866. He was the son of Charles and Martha Cook. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 5.

Coombs, Ann – Born in Idmiston in 1795. At the time of the 1871 census she was married, aged 76, a landowner’s wife with 15 acres. They lived in a farmhouse.

Coombs, Ann (2) – Born in Pentridge in 1805. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, a pauper, living alone in Martin.

Coombs, Ann (3) – Born in Martin in 1811. At the time of the 1881 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 70 and a widow. She was recorded as deaf and partially blind.

Coombs, Charles – Born n Martin in 1816. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Mary Ann. They had a daughter, Ellen, born 1848 and a son, George, born 1864. At the time of the 1871 census they had a grandson, Edwin, aged 4 months, living with them. Ellen may have been his mother. A lodger, Tom Hart, aged 16, an undercarter, was also living with them.

Coombs, Edwin Frank – Born in Martin 1870/71. He was the grandson of Charles and Mary Ann Coombs. At the time of the 1871 census he was living with his grandparents and their daughter, Ellen. She may have been his mother.

Coombs, Ellen – Born in 1848. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Coombs. At the time of the 1871 census she was living with her parents. A 4 month old grandson, Edwin, was also living with them – Ellen may have been his mother.

Coombs, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1816. She was the wife of John Coombs (2). They had two daughters, Lydia, born 1856, and Esther, born 1860.

Coombs, Esther – Born in Martin in 1860. She was the daughter of John Coombs (2) and Elizabeth. At the time of the 1871 census she was 11 and a scholar.

Coombs, George – Born in 1864. He was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Coombs.

Coombs, Jane – Born in Handley in 1802. She was the wife of Thomas Coombs. At the time of the 1871 census they were both paupers.

Coombs, John – In 1797 he occupied the Parsonage (The Manor House). From 1799 to 1805 he was the ‘occupier’ of the farm and the parsonage and Sweetapples, all owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury. From 1800 to 1805 he also ‘occupied’ Staples and Tidpit Parsonage. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 28th December 1801, records that ‘The late John Coombs, a respectable Farmer of Stapleford, in this county, has bequeathed by his will 20l. to the poor of the parish of Stapleford (where he resided); 20l. to the poor of the parish of Martin (where he occupied a farm); and 5l. to the poor prisoners in Fisherton Gaol, which were last week distributed by his executors – a pattern of benevolence worthy of imitation.’

Coombs, John (2) – Born in Martin in 1814. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Elizabeth and they had two daughters, Lydia, born 1856, and Esther, born 1860.

Coombs, Lydia – Born in Martin in 1856. She was the daughter of John Coombs (2) and Elizabeth. At the time of the 1871 census she was 15 and an invalid.

Coombs, Mary Ann – Born in Martin in 1823. She was the wife of Charles Coombs. They had a daughter, Ellen, born 1848, and a son, George, born 1864. At the time of the 1871 census a grandson, Edwin, aged 4 months, was living with them. Ellen may have been Edwin’s mother. A lodger, Tom Hart, aged 16, an undercarter, was also living with them.

Coombs, Thomas – Born in Martin in 1809. He was married to Jane. At the time of the 1871 census they were both paupers.

Coombes, Richard – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Coombes, Robert – He was a tailor. In 1778 he took William Garrett as an apprentice.

Coombes, William – In 1837 he owned and lived in Rose Cottage. His Administration Bond, affidavit deposition and will, dated 1845, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Coote, Charles – Born in Fordingbridge, in 1871. He was the son of Henry and Eliza Coote.

Coote, Eliza – Born in Rockborne, in 1833. She was the wife of Henry Coote, the shepherd. They had four children; Elizabeth, born 1860, Francis Stephen, born 1866, Henry William, born 1869 and Charles, born 1871.

Coote, Elizabeth – Born in Rockborne in 1860. She was the daughter of Henry and Eliza Coote.

Coote, Francis Stephen – Born in Cashmoor, in 1866. He was the son of Henry and Eliza Coote.

Coote, Henry – Born in Rockborne in 1828. He was a shepherd. He was married to Eliza. They had four children; Elizabeth, born 1860, Francis Stephen, born 1866, Henry William, born 1869 and Charles, born 1871.

Coote, Henry William – Born in Martin in 1869. He was the son of Henry and Eliza Coote.

Cork, Elizabeth – Born in Tisbury in 1814. She was the wife of the shepherd, John Cork. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1841.

Cork, James – Born in Tarrant Hinton in 1772. He was the father of John Cork. At the time of the 1851 census he was a widower, a recipient of Talks Charity, living with his son, John, and family.

Cork, John – Born in Martin in 1808. He was a shepherd. He married Elizabeth. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1841. At the time of the 1851 census his father, James, a widower, aged 79, was living with them, also a shepherd boy, James Jarred, aged 12, who is recorded as his son-in-law.

Cork, Sarah – Born in 1841. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Cork.

Coster, Sarah – She is recorded as a widow and a tenant in East Martin on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Cosyn, Adam – In 1332 he paid 2s 6 ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Cosyn, Nicholas – In 1332 he paid 3s ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Cottethorne, Adam de – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls of 1302-1304 and 1305-1306 record Adam de Cottethorne as the Reeve for Damerham, which included Martin.

Coty, John – He was the father of Marjorie Coty. He was given a tenement of one and a half virgates in Martin from Reginald of Tidpit. In 1318 he let land and property in Tudeputte and Berewyk Sancti Johannis (Berwick St John), to his daughter, Marjorie and her husband, John Fraunceys; this consisted of 3 messuages, 87 acres 1 rood of land, 1 and a half acre of meadow, 10 acres of wood and pasture for 3 oxen, 2 heifers, 2 cows and 60 sheep.

Coty, Marjorie – Daughter of John Coty. In 1308 The Abbot of Glastonbury visited Damerham and received homage from Marjorie Coty for one and a half virgates held by her in Martin. She later married John Fraunceys. In 1318 she and her husband were tenants in Tudeputte, farming land belonging to John Coty, the elder, in Tudeputte and Berewyk Sancti Johannis (Berwick St John).Their son, Stephen Fraunceys was convicted of felony in 1341 and the property escheated to the Abbey in 1345.

Courtney, Ambrose – Recorded as a lifehold tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. At some time in the eighteenth century, Sweetapples Cottage was known as ‘Courtneys’.

Coward, John – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1778, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Cox, Ada – Born in Martin, in 1857. She was the daughter of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged 14.

Cox, Charles – See Simeon Charles Cox.

Cox, Daisy – Born in Martin, in 1900. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Edward – Born in Martin, in 1907. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Elizabeth – Born in 1827. She was the wife of John Cox (2). They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1849.

Cox, Elizabeth (2) – See Elizabeth Martin (2). Born in Chilbolton, Hants in 1874. She was the wife of William Cox. They married in 1894. At the time of the 1911 census they had had eleven children, three of which had died. They were; George, born 1898, Daisy, born 1900, Evelyn, born 1901, Emily, born 1903, Edward, born 1907, Veronica, born 1909 and Teresa, born 1910. All the children were born in Martin. William was a dairyman and probably worked at Kings Farm, where the family was living at one time. They moved from there to live in Rose Cottage, on the green.

Cox, Ellen – Born in Martin, in 1862. She was the daughter of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged 9.

Cox, Emily – See Emily Barter.

Cox, Emily (2) – Born in Martin, in 1903. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Evelyn – Born in Martin, in 1901. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Frank – Born in Martin, in 1859. He was the son of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a shepherd’s boy, aged 12.

Cox, George – Born in Martin, around 1808. He was a farm labourer. He married Emily Barter. They had ten children; John (2), born 1840, Sarah, born 1847, Tom, born 1850, Fanny, born 1852, Emma, born 1856, Ada, born 1857, Frank, born 1859, Ellen, born 1862, Simeon Charles (known later as Charles), born 1864 and William George, born 1868. At the time of the 1851 census they had Emily’s father, James, who was a widower and a pauper, living with them. At the time of the 1881 census, they had a grandson, Walter, aged 5, living with them and George’s brother John, a widower, aged 67 also living with them. At this date George, aged 73, was recorded as suffering from near sightedness.

Cox, George (2) – Born in Martin, in 1898. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Cox. They lived at Kings Farm and then at Rose Cottage. George served his country during the First World War, aged 17, as Pte Cox 9046 – 1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment. He joined the 1st Wiltshires which were in 7th Brigade in the Regular Army 3rd Division. In 1914, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the battalion was facing the initial German invasion of the war into Luxembourg and Belgium. The battalion fought gallantly at Ypres and Neuve Chapelle, defending a vital ridge which was the German path to Lille. On 30 October, the battalion was transferred back to Hooge in the Ypres sector to defend against further German assaults.

On 17 November, the battalion faced heavy German shelling which started about 0900 hours. This was followed by an infantry attack during which about 150 Germans got into D Company’s advanced trenches. A platoon bayonet charge drove them out killing about 50 and wounding many others. The enemy then started to shell D Company very heavily. One man was killed and 15 wounded during the day.

The battalion remained in place, in freezing weather, being shelled and taking more casualties, until it was relieved by some French troops on 20 November. It withdrew to billets at Westoutre, again under shell fire which killed and wounded more men. On 30 November, 1st Wiltshires moved into trenches at Kemmel, where they remained until 1915.

It may be that Pte Cox was wounded during these battles, but it is unlikely that we will detect exactly where and when. However, he was transferred back to England and taken to Charing Cross Hospital. His mother was able to visit him but he never returned home and died in hospital, aged 19. He is interred at Brompton Cemetery, London District’s Military Cemetery.

Cox, John – Born in Martin, in 1814. He was the brother of George Cox. At the time of the 1881 census, he was a widower, aged 67, a labourer, living with his brother’s family.

Cox, John (2) – Born in Martin in 1817. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Elizabeth. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1849. Could this be John Cox above?

Cox, John (3) – Born in Martin, in 1840. He was the son of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1851 census he was an eleven year old plow boy.

Cox, Sarah – Born in Martin, in 1847. She was the daughter of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1871 census she was recorded as a servant, unemployed, aged 23.

Cox, Sarah (2) – Born in 1849. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Cox. At the time of the 1861 census, she was a scholar, aged 12.

Cox, Simeon Charles – Born in Martin, in 1864. He was also known as Charles. He was the son of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a scholar, aged 7.

Cox, Teresa – Born in Martin, in 1910. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Thomas – In 1855 he was a farmer in the village.

Cox, Tom – Born in Martin, in 1850. He was the son of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1861 census he was a shepherd, aged 11. At the time of the 1871 census he was an agricultural labourer, aged 21.

Cox, Veronica – Born in Martin, in 1909. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cox.

Cox, Walter – Born in Martin, in 1876. He was the grandson of George and Emily Cox. At the time of the 1881 census he was a scholar, aged 5, living in his grandparents’ house.

Cox, William George – Born in Martin, in 1868. He was the son of George and Emily Cox. He married Elizabeth Martin (2), of Chilbolton, Hants, in 1894. At the time of the 1911 census they had had eleven children, three of which had died. They were; George, born 1898, Daisy, born 1900, Evelyn, born 1901, Emily, born 1903, Edward, born 1907, Veronica, born 1909 and Teresa, born 1910. All the children were born in Martin. William was a dairyman and probably worked at Kings Farm, where the family was living at one time. They moved from there to live in Rose Cottage, on the green.

Crouch, Thomas – In 1723 he was a smith in Martin and took on John Hamby as an apprentice.

Cull, Mrs Mary – In 1867 she was a farmer at Tidpit. In 1897 she is recorded as a resident in Martin.

Cull, William – He was a farmer. He was married to Mary. They rented the Manor House from the Earl of Shaftesbury and were the last residents before the Earl sold the property. In 1842 he was a churchwarden with Martin Sweetapple Friend. In 1855 he was a farmer in the village. His will, dated 1865, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Cuttethorne, John – In 1332 he paid 8s 1d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Curteys, John – In 1518 he farmed 87 acres at West Martin.

Curteys, William – In 1332 he paid 5s ¼ d tax – being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Curtis, Henry – In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as a lifeholder tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Curtis, James – In 1897 he was recorded as a farmer, also in Kelly’s Directory in 1911 and 1915. He farmed at Read’s Farm.

Curtis, John – In 1897 he was a farmer.

Curtis, Walter – He was a husbandman. He died in 1638. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Dale, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1496 to 1498.

Daniell Rev. George W. B. – He was the first vicar of Martin, from 1854 to 1871. The reredos in the church was erected in his memory.

Daniell, John – In 1860 he re-hung the old church bells.

Dawkins, Thomas – In 1762 he was apprenticed to James Hibberd, the wheelwright.

Deare, Edward – He was the curate at Martin from 1643 to 1665.

Delicate – The Rev. Edward Peacock’s History of Martin (Hants Record Office ref: 9M66/PZ) records that ‘There is a family at Martin, named ‘Delicate. ‘In 1757 William Dellicot was convicted at the Salisbury Quarter Sessions of stealing one penny, whereby his effects, consisting of Bank Notes to the amount of one hundred and eighty pounds, and 20 guineas in gold were forfeited to the Bishop as Lord of the Manor, but to his Lordship’s credit, it is stated that he ordered one hundred pounds to be put out, at interest for the benefit of Dellicot’s daughter, 20 pounds to be given to his aged father, the residue to be returned to the delinquent.’ I copied this from ‘Scraps’ of 22nd April 1893. The Bishop was John Gilbers, and as Martin belonged to the See of Salisbury, probably the man was a Martin man.’

(Note. ‘Scraps’ may be a section from The Salisbury and Winchester Journal?)

See also the family name Dilicote.
Dellicot – See Delicate and Dillicote.
Dench, John – In 1748 he was a blacksmith in Martin. In 1750 he took Henry Lasley as an apprentice.

Dennett, Dennis – He occupied the Manor House at West Martin for a few years in the 1840’s, before dying, intestate, in 1849. His Administration Bond, dated 1849, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. His name lives on in the property now known as Dennetts, which was the dairy belonging to the Manor House.

Dennett, Francis – In 1855 he was a farmer in the village.

Dibben – The Dibben family lived at College House until 1998.

Dibben, Charles – Born in 1848. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa Dibben.

Dibben, Frank – Born in 1849. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa Dibben.

Dibben, Frank (2) – Born in 1855. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa Dibben.

Dibben, George – Born in Witchampton in 1796. He married Sarah Summers. They had eight children; Charles, born 1819, Thomas, born 1822, Mary, born 1827, George, born 1831, Andrew, born 1832, Joseph, born 1834, Emily, born 1836 and Herbert, born 1839. He died in 1846.

Dibben, Herbert – Born in 1839. He was the son of George and Sarah Dibben. In 1897 he was a grocer and draper. (This could have been Herbert Dibben (2) see below.)

Dibben, Herbert (2) – Born in Martin in 1859. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa Dibben. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 12. He may have been a grocer and draper – see Herbert Dibben above. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, Herbert Dibben was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5.

Dibben, Jane – She married Robert White. They had eight children; Frederick, born 1821, George, born 1822, Reuben, 1823-27, Mary Ann, born 1824, Reuben, born 1827, Charles, born 1829, Caroline, born 1830 and Enos, born 1834.

Dibben, John – Born in Martin, in 1867. He married Mary. He was recorded as a carrier and dealer. At the time of the 1871 census he was a carrier. In 1875 he was recorded as a general dealer.

Dibben, Louisa – See Louisa Harris.

Dibben, Mary – Born in Henstock (?) Wilts, in 1814. She was the wife of John Dibben.

Dibben, Mary (2) – Born in Martin in 1827. She was the daughter of Sarah Dibben. At the time of the 1871 census she was 44, unmarried and a pauper, living with her mother.

Dibben, Sarah – Born in Damerham, in 1796. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, aged 75, a pauper and blind in one eye. Her daughter, Mar (2), aged 44, unmarried and also a pauper, lived with her.

Dibben, Sarah Ann – Born in 1856. She was the daughter of Thomas and Louisa Dibben.

Dibben, Thomas – Born in Martin, in 1822. He was the son of George and Sarah Dibben. He was a mason. He married Louisa Harris. They had six children; Charles, born 1848, Frank, born 1849, Frank, born 1855, Sarah Ann, born 1856, Herbert, born 1859 and William, born 1868. At the time of the 1871 census he employed one labourer His son, Frank, was also recorded as a mason, aged 17, in that census. In 1875 he was a bricklayer He died in Fordingbridge in 1896. His will was administered by Herbert Dibben (which?) and John Titt. His effects were valued at £15 8s.

Dibben, William – Born in Martin in 1868. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa Dibben and known as ‘Willie’. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 3.

Dickery, Richard – He was a linen-weaver in Martin. In 1682 he leased a cottage in East Harnham from John Wyndham of The Close, Salisbury. (Counterpart of lease ref. 2667/1/7/8 Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre).

Dilicote, William – Born in Martin in 1856. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 15, living with his grandparents, William and Mary Lawes. See also the family name Delicate.

Dolan, Mary – She was the wife of Frank Ford.

Dove, Charles – He was born in Martin, in 1819 and died in 1893, aged 74. He was married to Jane. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1846. In 1855, 1867, 1871 and 1875 he is recorded as a boot and shoemaker in Martin. In E.H.Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven in the story. See Chapter 23 ‘Master of the Village’):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’ Charles Dove’s gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Dove, Jane – She was born in 1811 and died in 1895. She was the wife of Charles Dove. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1846. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Dove, Sarah – She was born in 1846. She was the daughter of Charles and Jane Dove.

Dowding, John – In 1897 he was a keeper.

Down, Mary Eunice – She was the daughter of Mary (?) from Martin and William Down from Pentridge. In 1847 she married George Poore. They had a son, Aben.

Downs, Eliza – Born in Wyle, in 1811. She was the wife of William Downs. At the time of the 1871 census they had a grand-daughter, Ellen Jeffers, aged 3 and a scholar, living with them.

Downs, William – Born in Martin in 1811. He was a carter. He married Eliza. At the time of the 1871 census they had a grand-daughter, Ellen Jeffers, aged 3 and a scholar, living with them.

Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick, created Duke of Northumberland – In 1551 John Dudley was granted ‘Damerham, Bollesborough, Alyngford, Twoyd, Tytpyt and Estmarten with the farm called Tulkes.’ Lane Poole says ‘Before he lost his head for his assertion of the claims to the throne of Lady Jane Grey, he found time to dispose of this property to William, the first Earl of Pembroke. The date is probably 1553.’

Dowes, Stephen – He was the Rector of Tidpit in 1510.

Dyer, Charlotte – Born in Martin in 1819. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 52, unmarried, and recorded as an ‘imbecile’. She was still in the workhouse ten years later, in 1881, when the census records that she had been ‘an Imbecile from birth’.

Dyer, John – In 1757 he was apprenticed to John Yelf, wheelwright of Martin. He had a daughter, Mary.

Dyer, Mary – She was the daughter of John Dyer. Her aunt was Jane Bagus, who bequeathed to her ‘all my wearing apparel and all the rest of my residue of my household goods, plates chattles and money and all other things belonging to me’ in her will, dated 1797.

Dyett, Barnett – He died in 1782. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Dyett, Henry – He died in 1781. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Dyke, John – Born in 1781. In the 1851 census he is recorded as receiving support from the Talks Charity, aged 70.

Dyke, John (2) – In 1855 he was a farmer.

Elle, Robert – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1471 to 1496.

Elliot, John – His will, dated 1563, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Elliot, John (2) – Born in Wimborne St Giles, in 1848. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Martha Reed. At the time of the 1811 census they were living with her parents at Union Chapel Cottage.

Elliot, Katherine – She died, a widow, in 1591. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Ellis, Thomas – He was the curate at Martin from 1676 to 1678.

Elmore, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1427 to 1433.

Ely, Thomas – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent.

Eme, William – In 1332 he paid 3s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Espin, William – In 1756 he was apprenticed to Thomas Thorp, the weaver.

Evans, Betsy – The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 22nd January 1853, records that Jane Chalk and Betsy Evans were summoned for unlawfully taking sticks from a hedge, on the 17th of January, in the parish of Martin. Defendants were seen to go to the hedge and pull out the sticks and carry them away; this they denied, and said they only picked up some sticks that the shepherd’s boy had thrown away, but it was stated that some of the sticks found in their possession were covered with wet mud and bore marks of having been but recently taken from the earth. They were fined 5s each, including costs, or seven days imprisonment, and to pay the amount of damaged done to the hedge.’ (Note the time of year at which they were trying to gather firewood.)

Evans, John – In 1855 he was a farmer in the village.

Everard, Agnes – Wife of John. In 1331 they rented one messuage, 1 carucate of land and 1 acre of meadow at Estmerton from Robert Peytevyn (2) and his wife, Christine.

Everard, John – Husband of Agnes. In 1331 they rented one messuage, 1 carucate of land and 1 acre of meadow at Estmerton from Robert Peytevyn (2) and his wife, Christine.

Evered, Mary – Her will, dated 1670, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Everit, Aaron – He was a tailor. He died in 1637. His depositions, interrogatory, inventory, sentence and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Eyre Coote, Lady – In 1788 she held the Manor under the Bishop of Sarum.

Eyre Coote, Lady – Local legend tells that she was responsible for closing The White Hart, after riding past and seeing drunken behaviour outside it. She let the license lapse and did not renew it. No date for this.

Eyre Coote, Sir – In 1810 he obtained the leases of the Bishop of Salisbury’s copyholds at Martin and in 1863 he obtained the leaseholds.

Faber, Stephen – In 1275 he was indicted for robbery. Richard Pik, the bailiff at Damerham, is recorded as having extorted 6s 8d from him in exchange for a promise to set him at liberty.

Fanstone, Richard – He was a yeoman. His administration bond and renunciation, dated 1795, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Felde, Robert de la – He sold a third part of a virgate in Tidpit to Walter Boteler.

Ferthynge, William – In 1332 he paid 6s 8d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Fidkin, Richard – He died in 1747. His administration bond and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Fisher, Roger – He died in 1675. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Flemington, Abraham – Born in Martin in 1827. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Elizabeth. They had five children; Henery, born 1853, Sarah (2), born 1856, George (3), born 1861, Agnes, born 1863 and Sidney, born 1866. In 1897 he was a farmer in the village.

Flemington, Agnes – Born in Martin, in 1863. She was the daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Flemington.

Flemington, Albert – Born in Martin in 1869. He was the son of Andrew and Mary Ann Flemington.

Flemington, Albert Edwin – Born in Martin, in 1863. He was the son of John Flemington (2) and his wife, Ann (2).

Flemington, Andrew – Born in Martin, in 1842. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Mary Ann. They had four children; Frank Augustus, born 1864, Charles, born 1867, Albert, born 1869 and Fanny, born 1871.

Flemington, Ann – Born in Warminster in 1825. She was the wife of Ruben Flemington and she worked as an agricultural labourer. They had a daughter, Bessey, born in 1860.

Flemington, Ann (2) – Born in Woodland, Dorset, in 1829. She was the wife of John Flemington (2). They had two children; Isabella Annie, born 1860 and Albert Edwin, born 1863.

Flemington, Bessey – Born in Martin, in 1860. She was the daughter of Ruben and Ann Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 11.

Flemington, Charles – Born in Martin in 1867. He was the son of Andrew and Mary Ann Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 4. He may be the same Charles Flemington (2) below.

Flemington, Charles (2) – In 1897 he was a carrier. In Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 he is recorded as a farmer. He may be the same Charles Flemington above.

Flemington, Charlotte – She married George White. They had five children; George, born 1829, Daniel, born 1831, James, born 1833, Sarah, born 1825 and Henry, born 1838.

Flemington, Cornelius – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington.

Flemington, Elias – Born in 1804. He was a farm labourer. He married Susanna and they had a daughter, Ellen, born in 1833.

Flemington, Elias (2) – At the time of the 1871 census he was married to Jane (3) and had a step-daughter called Charlotte West, aged 12. This could be the same Elias Flemington, above.

Flemington, Ellen – Born in 1833. She was the daughter of Elias and Susanna Flemington. She probably had a daughter, Sarah Ann, whose married name was Titford.

Flemington, Eliza – Born in Martin, in 1818. She had a daughter, Jane, who was crippled from birth. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a widow, aged 53, recorded as deaf, working as a midwife, and Jane (2) was living with her.

Flemington, Elizabeth – Born in Martin, in 1828. She was the wife of Abraham Flemington. They had five children; Henery, born 1853, Sarah (2), born 1856, George (3), born 1861, Agnes, born 1863 and Sidney, born 1866.

Flemington, Emma – Born in Martin. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 4. She was recorded as a scholar. Another girl, Mary Ann Flemington, aged 6, was also an inmate there and was probably her sister. No parents of that name are on the list of inmates at that time but John Flemington, a widow, aged 83, was there. By the time of the 1881 census Emma is no longer an inmate, although Mary Ann is still there.

Flemington, Fanny – Born in Martin, in 1871. She was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann Flemington.

Flemington, Frank – Born in Martin, in 1853. He was the son of George and Mary Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was a labourer, aged 18.

Flemington, Frank (2) – Born in Martin, in 1860. He was the son of William Flemington (3) and Jane Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 11.

Flemington, Frank Augustus – Born in Martin in 1864. He was the son of Andrew and Mary Ann Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 7.

Flemington, George – Born in Martin, in 1823. He married Mary. He was a farm labourer. They had three sons; Frank, born in 1853, Ryland, born in 1859 and Walter, born in 1864. At the time of the 1871 census he was a bricklayer’s labourer.

Flemington, George (2) – Born in 1850. He married Louisa. In 1897 he was a farmer. Kelly’s Directory records George and Charles Flemington as farmers in 1911 and 1915.He died in 1929, aged 79. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Flemington, George (3) – Born in Martin, in 1861. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Flemington.

Flemington, Henery – Born in Martin, in 1802. He was a shepherd. He had a son, Henery (3), born in 1858. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a widow, aged 69, still working as a shepherd and his son aged 13 and recorded as an imbecile, was living with him.

Flemington, Henery (2) – Born in Martin, in 1853. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 18.

Flemington, Henery (3) – Born at Ashton in Dorset, in 1858. He was the son of Henery Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was 13, an imbecile, living with his widowed father.

Flemington, Honour – Born in Downton in 1788. She was the wife of Thomas Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census they were both paupers, he was aged 74 and she was aged 83 and a cripple.

Flemington, Isaac – Born in Martin, in 1819. He was a labourer. He married Matilda Reed and they had a son, Henery. At the time of the 1871 census, Matilda’s brother, David Reed, aged 34, a labourer, was living with them.

Flemington, Isabella Annie – Born in Martin, in 1860. She was the daughter of Ann (2) and John Flemington (2). At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged 11.

Flemington, Jane – Born in Dorset, in 1817. She was the wife of William Flemington (3). They had a son, Frank (2), born in 1860.

Flemington, Jane (2) – Born in Martin, in 1851. She was the daughter of Eliza Flemington and was crippled from birth. At the time of the 1871 census, she was recorded at a pauper, aged 20, living with her mother.

Flemington, Jane (3) – She was the wife of Elias Flemington (2). At the time of the 1871 census she was married to Elias, with a daughter called Charlotte West, aged 12.

Flemington, John – Born in Martin in 1788. At the time of the 1871 census he was a widow, aged 83, living as an inmate at the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge. His occupation was given as ‘Farm Servant’.

Flemington, John (2) – Born in Martin in 1831. He was a labourer. He married Ann. They had two children; Isabella, born 1860 and Albert, born 1863.

Flemington, Louisa – Born in Heytesbury, in 1835. She was the wife of William Flemington (4).

Flemington, Louisa (2) – She was born in 1861. She was the wife of George Flemington (2). She died in 1934, aged 73. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Flemington, Mary – Born in Martin, in 1825. She was the wife of George Flemington. They had three sons; Frank, born in 1853, Ryland, born in 1859 and Walter, born in 1864. She worked as an agricultural labourer.

Flemington, Mary Ann – Born in Martin in 1843. She was the wife of Andrew Flemington. They had four children: They had four children; Frank Augustus, born 1864, Charles, born 1867, Albert, born 1869 and Fanny, born 1871.

Flemington, Mary Ann (2) – Born in Martin. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 6. She was recorded as a scholar. Another young girl, Emma Flemington, aged 4, was also an inmate there and was probably her little sister. No parents of that name are in the list of inmates at that time, but John Flemington, a widow, aged 83 was there. Mary Ann was still at the workhouse ten years later, in 1881, when the census records her as a scholar, aged 15. Emma Flemington was not there with her.

Flemington, Matilda – See Matilda Reed.

Flemington, Ruben – Born in Martin, in 1808. He was a carter. He married Ann. They had a daughter, Bessey, born in 1860.

Flemington, Ryland – Born in Martin in 1859. He was the son of George and Mary Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 12. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, Ryland Flemington was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Herbert Dibben, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5.

Flemington, Sarah – Born in Martin, in 1848. She was the daughter of William Flemington (2).

Flemington, Sarah (2) – Born in Martin, in 1856. She was the daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Flemington.

Flemington, Sidney – Born in Martin in 1866. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Flemington.

Flemington, Susanna – Born in Martin in 1813. She was the wife of Elias Flemington. She had a daughter, Ellen, born in 1833.

Flemington, Thomas – Born in Martin in 1797. He married Honour, who came from Downton. At the time of the 1871 census they were both paupers, he was aged 74 and she was 83 and a cripple. He may be the same as Thomas Flemington (2), below.

Flemington, Thomas (2) – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent. He may be the same as Thomas Flemington, above.

Flemington, Walter – Born in Martin, in 1864. He was the son of George and Mary Flemington. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 7.

Flemington, William – At some time a William Flemington lived at Walnut Tree Cottage.

Flemington, William – At the time of the 1841 census, he was aged 40. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Ann. They had three children, (ages at the time of the 1841 census); Frederick 15, Sarah 11 and Charlotte 5.

Flemington, William (2) – Born in Martin, in 1810. He was a woodsman. He had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1848. In 1828 he received a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for a dwellinghouse in the occupation of himself and Ann Hersey to be used for Primitive Methodist worship. In 1839 he received a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for a chapel and premises in the holding and occupation of himself, William Larkam and Robert Bailey, Primitive Methodists. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a widow, aged 61, a woodsman and Primitive Methodist Society Preacher. His unmarried daughter, Sarah, was living with him.

Flemington, William (3) – Born in Martin, in 1815. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Jane and they had a son, Frank (2), born in 1860.

Flemington, William (4) – Born in Martin in 1841. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Louisa.

Flemyng, Alice le – She was married to John le Flemyng. In 1325 they came from Suthampton and rented land in Estmerton from William Aunger; this consisted of 1 messuage and 31 and a half acres of land.

Flemyng, John le – He was married to Alice. In 1325 they came from Suthampton and rented land in Estmerton from William Aunger; this consisted of 1 messuage and 31 and a half acres of land.

Follett, Walter – In 1631 he was a churchwarden. John Bishop was the church clerk at the time.

Ford – On 21st June 1900 The Hampshire Advertiser reported on a law suit ‘A Lord of the Manor’s Rights’ Coote v. Ford in which ‘the plaintiff sought to restrain the copyholders of the Manor of Martin, in Wiltshire, from interfering with the rights of the lord of the manor’. The two main questions were, firstly, the alleged right of the defendants, copyholders of the Manor of Martin, to kill rabbits; and secondly, the right of pasturage on the common without interference by anyone whatsoever. It seems that Mr Ford represented the interests of the villagers and defended the commoners’ rights. The case was argued before Mr Justice Kennedy in the Court of the Queen’s Bench, but the evidence was taken at the Assizes at Salisbury. The villagers lost the case and had to pay costs.

Ford, Dinah – Born in 1800. She was the daughter of Edward and Hannah Ford.

Ford, Edmund – Born in 1808. He was the son of Edward and Hannah Ford.

Ford, Edmund (2) – Born in Martin in 1834. He was the son of John Ford and had a sister, Sarah. At the time of the 1871 census, he was unmarried and living with his father. They were farming 47 acres, employing 2 men and 1 boy.

Ford, Edward – He married Hannah White. They had six children; John, born 1798, Dinah, born 1800, Mary, born 1801, Luanna, born 1804, Edmund, born 1808 and William, born 1812.

Ford, Frank – He was born in 1857 in Martin. He married Mary Dolan. He died in 1938 at Kingston upon Thames.

Ford, George, senior – He was a churchwarden from 1884 to 1886. In 1897 he was a farmer.

Ford, George, junior – In 1897 he was a butcher in Martin.

Ford, Hannah – She was the wife of Edward Ford. They had six children; John, born 1798, Dinah, born 1800, Mary, born 1801, Luanna, born 1804, Edmund, born 1808 and William, born 1812.

Ford, Harriet – Born in 1784. She was the wife of John Ford (2). She died in 1850, aged 66 years. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Ford, John – Born in 1798. He was the son of Edward and Hannah Ford. In the 1871 census he is recorded as farming 80 acres, employing two men and one boy. He was 73 at this time and a widow. He had a son, Edmund, born 1834 and a daughter, Sarah, born 1827, living with him, both unmarried, at this time. His nephew, George Parsons, aged 18, and his niece, (name undecipherable), aged 19, from Jersey, were also living with him.

Ford, John (2) – He was the husband of Harriet (1784-1850).

Ford, John (3) – He was the husband of Amelia Harris (1835-1863). Could this be the John Ford below?

Ford, John (4) – In I855, 1867 and 1875 he is recorded as a farmer in Martin. Could he be the husband of Harriet or Amelia?

Ford, Luanna – Born in 1804. She was the daughter of Edward and Hannah Ford.

Ford, Mary – Born in 1801. She was the daughter of Edward and Hannah Ford.

Ford, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1827. She was the daughter of John Ford and had a brother, Edmund. In 1871 she was unmarried and living in her father’s house.

Ford, William – Born in 1812. He was the son of Edward and Hannah Ford.

Foster, Elizabeth – Born in Fordington, Dorset, in 1820. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, aged 51, a Turnpike Gate Keeper (unemployed), living in Martin. She had a son, William, born 1847, and a daughter, Mary, born 1855.

Foster, Francis – A bell in All Saints Church, Martin, bears the legend ‘O.H.I.G., 1657, H., F.F.’ According to Lane Poole in his book, ‘Damerham and Martin’, the F.F. is for Francis Foster.

Foster, Mary – Born in Winfrith, Dorset, in 1855. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Foster.

Foster, William – Born in Fordington, Dorset, in 1847. He was the son of Elizabeth Foster. He was a blacksmith.

Fox, Elizabeth – She was the wife of James Fox, the gamekeeper. They had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1841.

Fox, James – Born in West Dean in 1812. He was married to Elizabeth and they had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1841. At the time of the 1871 census he was a gamekeeper in Martin, aged 59.

Fox, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1841. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Fox. At the time of the 1871 census she was unmarried, aged 30, and living in her father’s house.

Frampton – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows one field called ‘Frampton’s Down’. It measures 13.3.22. It was probably enclosed by farmer Frampton.

Frampton, Anne – She was born in 1777. She was married to John Frampton (2). She died in 1829, aged 52. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Frampton, Frederick – Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 records him as the Parish Clerk.

Frampton, John – He was a husbandman. He died in 1699. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Frampton, John (2) – Born in 1771. He married Anne. He died in 1843, aged 72. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Frampton, Walter – He died in 1719. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Frampton, William – In 1911 he farmed at Kite’s Nest. By 1915 it was being farmed by his wife and son.

Francis – In the early 20th century the Francis family lived in ‘Shrimptons’.

Francis – On 21st June 1841, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported on ‘A Case of “Three Straws”. ‘George Brown was charged with setting fire to his father-in-law’s house at Martin, Wiltshire, on February 12th, his father-in-law and others being there at the time. – Mr Ravenhill prosecuted. It appeared that the father-in-law, an old man named Francis, was ill. His son, Thomas, was asked to sleep with him, and this aroused the jealousy of Brown, who remonstrated. The son said that Brown had not acted properly to the old man. Words ensued and prisoner took up the lamp and said he would set the house on fire. He placed the lamp against the walls and then under the thatch, and but for his wife, who put it out, there would have been a serious fire, as there were huddled together in the room four or five people, a crowding together which the Judge deprecated. The police produced the three straws which caught fire. Prisoner, who had a good character, said he was ill-used by the parties because he objected to the indecent crowding in the house. He never meant to set fire to the cottage. He was found guilty and strongly recommended to mercy. The Judge said it was a malicious act, but as prisoner was recommended to mercy by his father-in-law, the sentence on him would be very light, viz., one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.’

Francis, Charles – Born in Martin, in 1850. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Francis, who lived in Tidpit. He was an agricultural labourer. On March 7th 1863, The Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported that ‘George Francis and Charles Francis were convicted of using a dog and a gun for the purpose of taking game on land in the occupation of Mr George Waters, at Martin. Defendant admitted having the gun, but said he was only shooting pigeons, and that he had permission to shoot rabbits. George Francis, who has been several times convicted of the same offence, was fined 40s and costs, or two months imprisonment, and the other defendant, a boy about 14 years of age, was fined 20s and costs, or 40 days imprisonment.’ The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated November 12th 1870, reported under the heading ‘Killing Game without a License. – The young man named Charles Francis, who was charged a week ago with killing game without having a license authorising him to do so, in the parish of Martin, on the 13th of October, and whose case was referred for a week, in order that inquiries might be made as to whether a license which he produced had been tampered with so that it would save him from being convicted again came before the Bench. A gamekeeper named William Delicate stated that on the day in question he observed the defendant lurking about the hedges on land occupied by Mr Friend, near Martin Down, and when some 30 or 40 yards from him he heard the report of a gun. On looking round afterwards he saw defendant with a partridge in his hand, and observed that he endeavoured to conceal it under his coat, but when he noticed that witness had seen the bird he held it up. A brace of partridges had flown over witness’s head shortly before the gun was fired. It was on Mr Street’s land that the bird was killed. Witness, in answer to Lord Radnor, said he was not aware that there was a farmer of the name of George Francis in that neighbourhood. There was a man of that name, defendant’s father, who rented an allotment of land of some two or three acres, but he could not properly be termed a farmer. – Lord Radnor said defendant had taken out a certificate which authorised him to kill game on land occupied by George Francis, which according to witness’s statement, was only some two or three acres in extent. Under no circumstances did it warrant him in shooting off that land. It appeared that he had done so, and the Bench considered that he had not only killed game, where he had no right to do so, but had made an attempt at fraud, and, having been twice previously convicted, they ordered him to pay 5l. and costs, or go to prison for three months.’ At the time of the 1871 census, he was unmarried and living with his mother, Elizabeth, and his sister, Marria.

Francis, Charles (2) – Born in 1850. He was the son of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, Eliza – She was the wife of George Francis (2). See Eliza Case.

Francis, Eliza (2) – See Eliza White. Born in Martin in 1812. She was the wife of Richard Francis. They had four children; William (2), born 1831, Mary Jane, born 1833, Elizabeth, born 1837 and John, born 1840.

Francis, Eliza (3) – Born in Martin, in 1852. She was the daughter of George and Eliza Francis. On September 1st 1866, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported; ‘Juvenile Offender- Thomas Francis, aged 12 and Eliza Francis, aged 14, were charged under the Juvenile Offenders Act with stealing a fowl, the property of Mr William Scammell, farmer of Martin. The boy was fined 10s, and the girl 7s, or, in default, seven days imprisonment.’

Francis, Elizabeth – Born in Homington, in 1816. She was the wife of Thomas Francis (2). They lived at Tidpit and had four children; Mary, born 1843, Harriet (2), born 1845, Fanny, born 1847 and Charles, born 1850. At the time of the 1851 census, Thomas Francis (2)’s father, Thomas, aged 72, was living with the family.

Francis, Elizabeth (2) – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1817. She was the wife of George Francis. They had four children; Charles, born 1850, Eliza, born 1852, Marria, born 1853 and Thomas, born 1854. On September 1st 1866, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported; ‘Juvenile Offender- Thomas Francis, aged 12 and Eliza Francis, aged 14, were charged under the Juvenile Offenders Act with stealing a fowl, the property of Mr William Scammell, farmer of Martin. The boy was fined 10s, and the girl 7s, or, in default, seven days imprisonment.’

At the time of the 1871 census, she was a widow and a pauper. Her son, Charles, born 1850, and her daughter, Marria, born 1853, both unmarried, were living with her.

Francis, Elizabeth (3) – Born in Martin, in 1837. She was the daughter of Richard and Eliza Francis (2). At the time of the 1861 census, she was a general servant, aged 24, working at the house of the linen and woollen draper in the Market Place, Romsey.

Francis, Fanny – Born in Martin, in 1847. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Francis.

Francis, George – Born in Martin in 1810. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Elizabeth Francis (2). They had four children; Charles, born 1850, Eliza, born 1852, Marria, born 1853 and Thomas, born 1854. On September 1st 1866, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported; ‘Juvenile Offender- Thomas Francis, aged 12 and Eliza Francis, aged 14, were charged under the Juvenile Offenders Act with stealing a fowl, the property of Mr William Scammell, farmer of Martin. The boy was fined 10s, and the girl 7s, or, in default, seven days imprisonment.’ On March 7th 1863, The Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported that ‘George Francis and Charles Francis were convicted of using a dog and a gun for the purpose of taking game on land in the occupation of Mr George Waters, at Martin. Defendant admitted having the gun, but said he was only shooting pigeons, and that he had permission to shoot rabbits. George Francis, who has been several times convicted of the same offence, was fined 40s and costs, or two months imprisonment, and the other defendant, a boy about 14 years of age, was fined 20s and costs, or 40 days imprisonment.’ The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 12th November 1870, reported that, on 13th October, Charles Francis killed game on farmland belonging to Mr Street without a license. In his defence, Charles Francis produced a license, claiming it gave him the right to kill game on his father, George Francis’s land, but according to the witness, gamekeeper William Delicate, George Francis’s land ‘was only some two or three acres in extent’ and he could ‘not properly be termed a farmer.’ Charles Francis was charged with killing game without a license and an attempt at fraud.

Francis, George (2) – Born in Martin in 1812. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Francis. He married Eliza Case and they had six children; Joseph, born 1832, William, born 1834, George (3), born 1839, Mary Ann (or Marriane), born 1844, Nancy, born 1847 and Charles, born 1850.

Francis, George (3) – Born in 1839. He was the son of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, Harriet – She was married to Thomas Francis and had a son, George (2), born in Martin in 1812.

Francis, Harriet (2) – Born in Martin, in 1845. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Francis.

Francis, Jane – Born in Martin, 1844. At the time of the 1861 census, she was a 17 year old kitchen maid at The Training School in The Close, Salisbury, run by Margaret Duncan, where Sarah Francis, aged 42, was the Cook. Their relationship is not known.

Francis, James – Born in Martin in 1818. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Francis. He had a twin brother, William. He was an agricultural labourer.

Francis, John – Born in Martin, in 1840. He was the son of Richard and Eliza Francis (2).

Francis, John (2) – Born in Martin, in 1857. He was the son of William (2) and Mary Francis.

Francis, Joseph – Born in 1832. He was the son of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, Joseph (2) – Born in Martin, in 1837. At the time of the 1851 census, he was an errand boy, aged 14, for the Carrier and Wood Dealer, George Herrington, at Mead End in Bowerchalke.

Francis, Marria – Born in Martin in 1853. At the time of the 1871 census, she was 18 and a Pupil Teacher at the village school, living with her mother, Elizabeth, and her brother, Charles.

Francis, Mary – Born in Woodyates, in 1841. She was the wife of William Francis (2). They had two sons, William (4), born 1856, and John, born 1857 and a daughter, born in 1859.

Francis, Mary (2) – Born in Martin, in 1843. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Francis.

Francis, Mary Ann (Marriane) – Born in 1844. She was the daughter of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, Mary Jane – Born in Martin in 1833. She was the daughter of Richard and Eliza Francis (2).

Francis, Nancy – Born in 1847. She was the daughter of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, Richard – Born in Martin in 1807. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Francis. He was a farm labourer. He married Eliza White (2). They had four children; William (3), born 1831, Mary Jane, born 1833, Elizabeth, born 1837 and John, born 1840. At the time of the 1841 census, they had Harry White, aged 80, living with them. At the time of the 1871 census they had Rachel White, Eliza’s mother, aged 80, living with them and two lodgers – George Poor and George Bishop.

Francis, Sarah – Born in Martin, in 1819. At the time of the 1851 census, she was a general servant, aged 33, working for John Milner at Hordle Farm, Hordle, Hants. In 1861, she was a Cook, aged 42, working for Margaret Duncan at The Training School in The Close, Salisbury. At this time, Jane Francis, aged 17, from Martin, was a kitchen maid at the same establishment, so must have been associated with her.

Francis, Thomas – Born in Wishford, in 1779. He married Harriet Hayter. They had five sons; Richard, born 1807, Thomas (2), born 1809, George (2), born 1812 and twins William and James, born 1818. On 21st June 1841, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported on ‘A Case of “Three Straws”. ‘George Brown was charged with setting fire to his father-in-law’s house at Martin, Wiltshire, on February 12th, his father-in-law and others being there at the time. – Mr Ravenhill prosecuted. It appeared that the father-in-law, an old man named Francis, was ill. His son, Thomas, was asked to sleep with him, and this aroused the jealousy of Brown, who remonstrated. The son said that Brown had not acted properly to the old man. Words ensued and prisoner took up the lamp and said he would set the house on fire. He placed the lamp against the walls and then under the thatch, and but for his wife, who put it out, there would have been a serious fire, as there were huddled together in the room four or five people, a crowding together which the Judge deprecated. The police produced the three straws which caught fire. Prisoner, who had a good character, said he was ill-used by the parties because he objected to the indecent crowding in the house. He never meant to set fire to the cottage. He was found guilty and strongly recommended to mercy. The Judge said it was a malicious act, but as prisoner was recommended to mercy by his father-in-law, the sentence on him would be very light, viz., one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.’ This seems likely to be Thomas Francis, who had a son, Thomas. If so, it implies that he had a daughter, who married George Brown. At the time of the 1851 census, he was a widow, aged 72, an agricultural labourer and a pauper, living with his son, Thomas Francis (2) and family.

Francis, Thomas (2) – Born in Stratford, Wilts, in 1809. He was the son of Thomas Francis. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Elizabeth. They lived at Tidpit and had four children; Mary, born 1843, Harriet (2), born 1845, Fanny, born 1847 and Charles, born 1850. In February 1841 George Brown was convicted of setting fire to the house of Mr Francis, who was his father-in-law, after a disagreement with his brother-in-law, Thomas – who was probably Thomas Francis (2). See Francis, above. At the time of the 1851 census, Thomas Francis (2)’s father, Thomas, aged 72, was living with the family.

Francis, Thomas (3) – Born in Martin, in 1854. He was the son of George and Eliza Francis. On September 1st 1866, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported; ‘Juvenile Offender- Thomas Francis, aged 12 and Eliza Francis, aged 14, were charged under the Juvenile Offenders Act with stealing a fowl, the property of Mr William Scammell, farmer of Martin. The boy was fined 10s, and the girl 7s, or, in default, seven days imprisonment.’ At the time of the 1871 census Tom was 17, an agricultural labourer, living with his parents.

Francis, William – Born in Martin in 1818. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Francis. He had a twin brother, James.

Francis, William (2) – Born in Martin, in 1834. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Mary, from Woodyates. They had two sons, William (4), born 1856, and John, born 1857.

Francis, William (3) – Born in Martin in 1831. He was the son of Richard and Eliza Francis (2). He was an agricultural labourer.

Francis, William (4) – Born in 1834. He was the son of George Francis (2) and Eliza (2).

Francis, William (5) – Born in Martin, in 1856. He was the son of William (2) and Mary Francis.

Fraunceys, John – He was married to Marjorie Coty and had a son, Stephen Fraunceys. In 1318 they were tenants in Tudeputte. They farmed land belonging to John Coty, the elder, Marjorie’s father. They had 3 messuages, 87 acres 1 rood of land, 1 and a half acres of meadow, 10 acres of wood and pasture for 3 oxen, 2 heifers, 2 cows and 60 sheep in Tudeputte by Merton and Berewyk Sancti Johannis (Berwick St John). In 1332 he paid 2s ¼ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Fraunceys, Stephen – The son of John Fraunceys and his wife, Marjorie. He was convicted of felony in 1341.

Friend, Catherine – Born in Wimborne St Giles, in 1803. She was the wife of Martin Sweetapple Friend.

Friend, Martin – Born in Gussage All Saints, in 1803. Also known as Martin Sweetapple Friend. He was a farmer. He married Catherine. In 1837 he lived in Sweetapples, which he rented from Amelia Street, who lived at Sweetapples Farm, next door. He was a churchwarden from 1841 until 1884, for forty-two years without a break. In 1855 he was a farmer in the village. In 1867 he was recorded as Martin Sweetapple Friend, a farmer and landowner. At the time of the 1871 census he farmed 250 acres, employing 6 men, 2 women and 4 boys.

Frensshe, Godfrey le – In 1332 he paid 22 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Frensshe, Nicholas le – In 1332 he paid 3s 4 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Fry, Jane – Born in 1844. She married Henry Catterns. They had three daughters; Charlotte, born 1867, Fanny, born 1868 and Latitia, born 1870. At the time of the 1871 census, her brother James Fry was living with them.

Fry, James – Born in Pie Lane, Dorset, in 1856. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a fifteen year old undercarter, living in the home of his sister Jane and her husband Henry Catterns.

Furber, Charlotte – Born in Broadchalke in 1835. At the time of the 1871 census she was recorded as the head of the household, married with six children, although her husband was not recorded at the house that day. The children were Henry, born 1858, Sarah Ann, born 1859, William, born 1863, Hannah, born 1865, Charlotte Jane, born 1868 and Mary Ellen, born 1870. At the time of the census, her nephew John Martin, a plowboy, aged 13, was living with them.

Furber, Charlotte Jane – Born in Penterage (Pentridge) in 1868. She was the daughter of Charlotte Furber.

Furber, Hannah – Born in Penterage (Pentridge) in 1865. She was the daughter of Charlotte Furber.

Furber, Henry – Born in Bishopstone in 1858. He was the son of Charlotte Furber. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a plowboy, aged 13.

Furber, Mary Ellen – Born in Martin, in 1870. She was the daughter of Charlotte Furber.

Furber, Sarah Ann – Born in Bishopstone in 1859. She was the daughter of Charlotte Furber.

Furber, William – Born in Penterage (Pentridge), in 1863. He was the son of Charlotte Furber.

Fychett, Robert – In 1518 he farmed 10 ¼ acres at West Martin.

Gargrave, William – He was the Rector at Tidpit in 1453. In 1463 he was appointed the Rector of Edmonsham.

Garrat, John – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 20s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France

Garrat, Nicholas – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 26s. 8d ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Garrett, Agnes – She was the daughter of John Garrett, Senior (1) and his wife Elizabeth.

Garrett, Albert – Born in Martin, in 1871. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Garrett.

Garrett, Allis – She was the sister of Charles, Ann, Margaret and Edmond Garrett.

Garrett, Ann – The sister of Charles, Edmond, Margaret and Allis Garrett.

Garrett, Anne – She died in 1725. Her administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Garrett, Charles – Probably the brother of Edmond, Ann, Margaret and Allis Garrett. Described as a shoemaker in 1668, when he was convicted of being a recusant (either a popish nonconformist or possibly a Quaker). He was convicted again for nonconformity, in 1675, when he was described as a yeoman. He was married to Katherine.

Garrett, Edmond – He was the brother of Charles, Ann, Margaret and Allis Garrett. He was a yeoman. He died in 1683. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Garrett, Edmund – He died in 1593. His inventory and tuition bond are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Garrett, Edwin – Born in Martin, in 1868. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Garrett.

Garrett, Ellen – Born in Martin, in 1861. She was the daughter of Henry and Sarah Garrett.

Garrett, Elizabeth – Her will, dated 1559, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. She was a widow at this time. She was probably the wife of John Garrett, Senior (1).

Garrett, Elizabeth (2) – Born in 1870 or 1871. At the time of the 1871 census, she was six months old and living with her grandfather, George Garrett, his daughter Louisa, who may have been her mother, and his son, Henry.

Garrett, George – Born in Martin, in 1796. He was a farm labourer. He was married to Rachel. At the time of the 1851 census, he had he had his daughter, Louisa, born 1827, his son Henry, born 1834 and his grand-daughter, Elizabeth (2), six months old, living with him. At the time of the 1871 census, he and Rachel were living alone. He was a recipient of the Talks Charity.

Garrett, Henry – Born in Martin, in 1834. He was the son of George Garrett. He was recorded as a ploughboy and then an agricultural labourer. He married Sarah, from Cranborne. They had five children; Ellen, born 1861, William (3), born 1863, Herbert, born 1865, Edwin, born 1868 and Aben, born 1871.

Garrett, Herbert – Born in Martin, in 1865. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Garrett.

Garrett, Jane – She was the heiress of Alderholt Park. Her marriage to Joseph Reade brought him all the Garrett copyholds in Martin. In 1630, she had a son, George Reade Esq. (4). She is buried in the churchyard.

Garrett, John, Senior (1) – He was a husbandman. In 1518 he farmed 212 acres at West Martin. He was married to Elizabeth. They had a son, John and a daughter, Agnes. His will, dated 1558, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. It was witnessed by Thomas Laurence and John Lanary. In his book, ‘Damerham and Martin’ p.187, E.H. Lane Poole writes ‘…since the number of rights for grazing sheep on the downs was dependent upon the extent of the arable, farmers were anxious to enlarge their arable holdings. By 1518 they had become copyhold or rent-paying tenants. Moreover, they were also gentlemen of substance, like John Garrett of Alderholt Park, or Lavenham and Sevior, whose affluence brought their wills within the probate of the prerogative courts. Such persons were not, like their predecessors, dependent upon their strips for subsistence, rather, they farmed for profit. Their holdings were usually much in excess of the medieval virgate, and were managed in conjunction with the lucrative business of sheep farming.’

Garrett, John, (2) – In 1518 he farmed 64 acres at West Martin.

Garrett, John (3) – In 1618 he was a witness to the inventory of Agnes Storke.

Garrett, John (4) – He was a yeoman. His inventory and will, dated 1695, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Garrett, Katherine – Wife of Charles Garrett. She was convicted of being a recusant, a nonconformist, along with her husband, in 1668 and 1675. She may have been a Catholic or a Quaker.

Garrett, Louisa – Born in Tidpit in 1827. She was the daughter of George Garrett. She was a dressmaker. At the time of the 1851 census, she was living with her father and his grand-daughter, Elizabeth (2), six months old, who may have been her daughter?

Garrett, Margaret – She was the sister of Charles, Ann, Edmond and Allis Garrett.

Garrett, Rachel – Born in Martin, in 1791. She was the wife of George Garrett. They had a daughter, Louisa, born in 1827 and a son, Henry, born in 1834. They also had a grand-daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1871. At the time of the 1871 census, Rachel, aged 80, and George, aged 75, were living alone. He was a recipient of the Talks Charity.

Garrett, Sarah – Born in Cranborne, in 1839. She was the wife of Henry Garrett. They had five children; They had five children; Ellen, born 1861, William (3), born 1863, Herbert, born 1865, Edwin, born 1868 and Aben, born 1871.

Garrett, Walter – He died in 1639. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Garrett, William – He died in 1648. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Garrett, William (2) – In 1778, he was apprenticed to Robert Coombes, the tailor.

Garrett, William (3) – Born in Martin, in 1863. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Garrett.

Gerberd, William – In 1324, William Gerberd of Martin was a witness to an agreement between Abbot Adam of Sodbury and William of Biddlesgate. In 1333 he made an indenture with the Abbot concerning a field named ‘Eyresmede next to Elingforde (Allenford)’. The grant contained the following provision: that every year he shall open four entrances, one at each end and one at either side, from Michaelmas to the Day of Purification (February 2nd) for the stock of the abbot and his tenants to depasture them. Lane Poole says ‘this may be the common mead between Allenford and the parish boundary.

Gifford, Radulfus – In 1518 he farmed 59 acres at Tidpit.

Glover, William – His inventory and will, dated 1663, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Godwine, Geoffrey – In 1281 the Foresters of the Chase arrested Geoffrey Godwine because he had captured a wild beast and he was fined half a mark.

Godwyne, Robert – In 1518 he farmed 23 ¾ acres at West Martin.

Godwyne, William – In 1332 he paid 2s ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). In 1235 a farm called ‘Godwynes’ was recorded in the village.

Godwyne, William 2 – In 1332 he paid 6s 8 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). (This could be a second payment by the same William Godwyne, above?)

Goff, Charles – He died in 1627. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Goff, Roger – See Roger Thomas, alias Goff.

Goodridge, Annie – Born in Penterage (Pentridge), in 1813. She was the wife of Francis Goodridge, the shepherd.

Goodridge, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1849. She was the daughter of John Goodridge, the shepherd, and his wife, Sarah. At the time of the 1871 census she was living at the house of her parents under her married name, Elizabeth King; she had two daughters with her – Alice King, aged 3 and Sarah King, aged 1.

Goodridge, Fanny – Born in Martin in 1857. She was the daughter of George and Jane Goodridge. The 1871 census records her living in the house of George and Elizabeth Tasker as their general servant, aged 14.

Goodridge, Francis – Born in Martin in 1816. He was a shepherd. He married Annie, from Penterage.

Goodridge, Frank – Born in Martin in 1853. He was the son of John and Sarah Goodridge. He was a shepherd, like his father.

Goodridge, George – Born in Martin in 1822. He was a shepherd. He married Jane, from Woodyates. They had two sons; George (2), born 1850, and John (2), born 1852.

Goodridge, George (2) – Born in Woodyates, in 1850. He was the son of George and Jane Goodridge. He was a shepherd, like his father.

Goodridge, Henry – Born in Martin, in 1817. At the time of the 1891 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 74 and married. His wife was not with him there.

Goodridge, Jane – Born in Woodyates, in 1824. She was the wife of George Goodridge, the shepherd. She worked as a washer woman. They had two sons, George (2), born 1850, and John (2), born 1852.

Goodridge, Jane (2) – Born in Martin, in 1839. She was the wife of Joseph Bright who ran The White Hart in 1875. They had four children; Ellen, born 1865, James, born 1866, Joseph, born 1868 and Mary Jane, born 1871. Ellen, James and Joseph were all born in Cranborne. She died in 1917, aged 78 years. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Goodridge, John – Born in Damerham in 1807. He was a shepherd. He married Sarah. At the time of the 1871 census they had two children living with them; Frank, born 1853, also a shepherd, aged 18, and Elizabeth King, a married daughter, born 1849. They also had Elizabeth’s two daughters, Alice King, aged 3 and Sarah King, aged 1, with them at that time.

Goodridge, John (2) – Born in Martin in 1852. He was the son of George and Jane Goodridge. He was an agricultural labourer.

Goodridge, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1809. She was the wife of the shepherd, John Goodridge. At the time of the 1871 census they had two children living with them; Frank, born 1853, also a shepherd, aged 18, and Elizabeth King, a married daughter, born 1849. They also had Elizabeth’s two daughters, Alice King, aged 3 and Sarah King, aged 1, with them at that time.

Grant, William – He died in 1728. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Gray Ann – Born in Martin in 1797. She was the wife of Francis Gray. They had four children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census) Mary, 20, George 15, James 10 and Charlotte 7.

Gray, Ann (2) – Born in Lytchett (?) in Dorset, in 1830. She was the wife of James Gray.

Gray, Charlotte – Born c. 1834. She was the daughter of Francis and Ann Gray.

Gray, Edmund – In 1690 he was a churchwarden with W.M.Newman.

Gray, Edmund (2) – He died in 1742. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could this be Edmund Gray above?

Gray, Eleanor – She was the second wife of George Harris (2). She was the mother of Barnard Harris.

Gray, Francis – Born in Damerham in 1797. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Ann. They had four children; (Ages at the time of the 1841 census) Mary, 20, George 15, James 10 and Charlotte 7. At the time of the 1871 census he was 74 and a recipient of the Talks Charity.

Gray, George – Born in Martin, in 1824. He was probably the son of Francis and Ann Gray. He was a carter. He was married to Louisa. They had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1868.

Gray, James – Born in Martin, in 1831. He was the son of Francis and Ann Gray. He was a groom. He was married to Ann (2).

Gray, Louisa – Born in Martin, in 1837. She was the wife of George Gray. They had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1868.

Gray, Mary – Born c. 1821. She was the daughter of Francis and Ann Gray.

Gray, William – He died in 1728. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Greenaway, William – He was a miller who lived in Tidpit. He died on March 26th, 1666. His Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1666, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. His inventory includes a windmill, valued at £10. Items listed in the Inventory are: The warminge clothes – £1 6s 5d, the Windmill – £10, the Asse – 10s, two Piggs – 10s, a Bond – £5, a Bond – 13s 4d, a payerr of sheets – 6s 8d, a payerr of blanketts – 4s, a Coverled – 3s 4d, a Feather bolster – 2s 4d, Ffoure pewter dishes – 6s, a candlesticke – 6d, a pottage dish pewter – 6d, a pewter bottle – 6d, two brasse potts – 10s, a Table boarde – 1s 4d, A forme – 6d, a Coffer – 1s 6d, a Cubberd – 5s, two barrels – 2s, three flitches of bacon – £1, Lumber – 10s. It was witnessed by Roger Thayne and John Kent.

Grove, Alice – She was the daughter of Thomas Grove. In the book ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’, edited by Desmond Hawkins, it is noted that ‘From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne Pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience.

Grove, David – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Grove, Edmund – He was the son of Thomas Grove. In the book ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’, edited by Desmond Hawkins, it is noted that ‘From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne Pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience.

Grove, Elizabeth – See Elizabeth Hooke.

Grove, John – In 1657 he was a churchwarden with Henry Prince. In 1674 he was a sidesman with Henry Parker.

Grove, John (2) – He was a gentleman. His will, dated 1723, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Grove, John (3) – Born c.1700. Described as a gentleman. He died in 1772, aged 72, and there is a stone to his memory on the floor of the south transept of the church. His family had lived in Martin since the end of the 16th century.

Grove, John (4) – Born at Ferne House in Donhead St Andrew, but baptised in Martin in November 1697. He was the son of Thomas Grove (4) and his wife, Elizabeth, who lived in Martin for over thirty years. When his father returned to Ferne House, after his mother died in 1726, John (4) remained in Martin. He later inherited Ferne House himself, aged 54, after his elder brother, Thomas Grove (5) died.

(NOTE: There were two Grove families, completely unconnected, living in Martin at the same time. Thomas Grove (4) is well documented, but it is difficult to clarify the identities of the others, so I have listed references separately.)

Grove, Nicholas – He was the son of Thomas Grove. In the book ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’, edited by Desmond Hawkins, it is noted that ‘From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne Pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience.

Grove, Patience – She was the daughter of Thomas Grove. In the book ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’, edited by Desmond Hawkins, it is noted that ‘From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne Pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience.

Grove, Thomas (1) – Churchwarden in 1608. In the book ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’, edited by Desmond Hawkins, it is noted that ‘From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne Pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience. He himself was described as husbandman, not as gentleman.’ This history of the Grove family of Ferne House, Donhead St Andrew, (see Thomas Grove (4)), refers to the problem of several Grove families living in Martin at the same time and could be referring to this churchwarden of 1608. Could also or alternatively be Thomas Grove below?

Grove, Thomas (1?) – He was a husbandman. He died in 1612. His administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Grove, Thomas (2) – He was a gentleman. His inventory, dated 1645, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Grove, Thomas (3) – In 1682 he was a churchwarden with Nicholas Street (2).

Grove, Thomas – Died in 1713. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Grove, Thomas (4) – Born 1664. He was the son of Robert Grove, of Ferne House, Donhead St Andrew. His grandfather was Thomas Grove, a staunch protestant, who was appointed a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643 and represented Shaftesbury in the Long Parliament. Thomas Grove (4) married Elizabeth Hooke of Tangier Park, Hants. They had two sons, Thomas (5) and John (4). Their association with Martin is detailed in ‘The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925’ edited by Desmond Hawkins. An extract from this book explains…’At the age of 78 Thomas, (the grandfather of Thomas Grove (4)), had the satisfaction of having survived to witness ‘The Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 and the ultimate triumph of the protestant cause for which he had suffered. 1688 was memorable in a more personal way also with the birth of a great-grandson. (Thomas Grove (5)). There were now four generations of Grove living at Ferne: the elderly widower Thomas, his son Robert whose wife died in 1688, their son Thomas (4) and the wife, Elizabeth Hooke, whom he had married in 1686, and the newly born Thomas (5). The senior Thomas lived for three more years and Ferne then settled down to a domestic life in which Thomas (4) and Elizabeth cared for the widowed Robert and their little son. Within a year, however, Robert took a second wife, Tryphena Lloyd, widow of a citizen of London and daughter of Lady Alice Lisle…The introduction of a stepmother evidently disturbed the household. In 1695 Robert provided an annuity for his son Thomas (4) so that they might keep ‘distinct and separate houses’ for their ‘better conveniency of living’. Robert and Tryphena now had Ferne to themselves, but only briefly; Robert died within the year. As his widow, Tryphena remained in occupation until her death in 1725/26. The ‘distinct and separate’ house to which Thomas (4) moved in 1695 was not another of the existing Grove properties, which were already occupied under lease, but an unidentified residence in the village of Martin, north of Cranborne and on the eastern side of the great earthwork known as Bokerly Dyke. His younger brother John may have joined him there in an interlude lasting over thirty years which remains one of the most obscure periods in Grove history. Very little documentary evidence has survived, and an element of confusion is added by the presence of established Grove families in Martin who also used the familiar Christian names of Thomas and John, but yield no positive link of kindred. The earliest Grove record in Martin refers to David Grove in 1576. From 1595 onwards a Thomas Grove was fathering children and giving them names which suggest no kinship with the Ferne pedigree – Nicholas, Edmund, Alice, Patience. He himself was described as a husbandman, not as a gentleman. Among later Groves at Martin a Thomas or a John may appear but has no claim to a kinship with Ferne. A striking example is a John Grove named in an agreement with Thomas of Ferne but who seals his signiature with a seal displaying a coat of arms or a badge which is not the Ferne family seal. The presence of Thomas (4) and Elizabeth Grove at Martin after 1695 is well attested. Their younger son, John (4), was born at Ferne, but baptised at Martin in November 1697. In 1697 Thomas (4) is described as ‘Thomas Grove of Martin’ in an indenture concerning property at Donhead St Andrew, with the inference that there was no head of the family at Ferne at that time. (Draft of lease ref. 1641/63 Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.) Other references in 1700 and 1713 show him as continuing at Martin. In the 1705 Glebe Terrier he is recorded as owning a field in East Martin. When his wife died, in 1726, she was buried at Berwick St. John (adjacent to Ferne) and in the same year Tryphena died. The two deaths evidently prompted Thomas to return to Ferne. In 1730 he made his will as Thomas Grove of Ferne and was so described when he died in 1738. Like his grandfather he represented Shaftesbury in Parliament (elected in 1713) and in 1727 he was appointed as Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Martin is not mentioned in his will. His younger son, John (4), evidently remained at Martin when Thomas (4) returned to Ferne. In a will made by John (4), in 1740, the trustees are men of social prominence in Martin.’

Grove, Thomas (5) – He was the son of Thomas Grove (4) and Elizabeth Hooke.

Gunner, Albert – Born in Martin in 1871. He was the son of the Police Constable, James Gunner, and his wife Eliza.

Gunner, Allas – Born in Winkton, Hants, in 1865. She was the daughter of the Police Constable, James Gunner, and his wife, Eliza. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 6.

Gunner, Charles – Born in Salisbury in 1869. He was the son of the Police Constable, James Gunner, and his wife, Eliza.

Gunner, Eliza – Born in Crendall, Hants (?) in 1841. She was the wife of the Police Constable, James Gunner. They had four children; He was married to Eliza and they had four children; Allas, born 1865, William, born 1867, Charles, born 1869 and Albert, born in 1871.

Gunner, James – Born in Crendall, Hants (?) in 1847. He was a Police Constable with the Wiltshire Constabulary and lived in the Police Constable’s House in Martin. (At one time this was what is now ‘The Old Farmhouse’ and at another time it was ‘Corner Cottage’ in Tidpit.) He was married to Eliza and they had four children; Allas, born 1865, William, born 1867, Charles, born 1869 and Albert, born in 1871.

Gunner, William – Born in Southampton in 1867. He was the son of the Police Constable, James Gunner, and his wife Eliza. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 4.

Gurd, Edward – Born in Donhead St. Andrew in 1856. He was the son of James and Susanah Gurd. He was an undercarter.

Gurd, Emily – Born in Donhead St. Andrew in 1869. She was the daughter of James and Susanah Gurd.

Gurd, James – Born in Donhead St. Andrew in 1832. He was married to Susanah. He was a carter. They had two children, Edward, born 1856, and Emily, born 1869, both born in Donhead St Andrew. At the time of the 1871 census they were all living in Martin.

Gurd, Susanah – Born in Donhead St. Andrew in 1832. She was the wife of James Gurd. They had two children: Edward, born 1856, and Emily, born 1869, both born in Donhead St. Andrew. At the time of the 1871 census they were all living in Martin.

Haines, Beatrice – Born 1889. Nee Poore.

Haines, Percy – Married Beatrice Poore. They lived at ‘the Cross, Martin.’

Haiter, Henry – In 1760 he was apprenticed to James Hibberd, a wheelwright.

Haiter, Joseph – In 1744 he was a churchwarden with James Shrimpton.

Hally (?) Christopher – In 1784 he was a witness to the will of Elizabeth Bennett.

Hamby, John – In 1723 he was apprenticed to Thomas Crouch, smith of Martin.

Hammond, Henry – In 1235 he was granted two virgates at Martin for an annual rent of one mark.

Hammond, Robert – He inherited the tenement of two virgates from Henry Hammond.

Hammond, Robert 2 – (See also Hamond and Hamund.) He inherited the tenement of two virgates from Robert Hammond. He was a customary tenant of Martin under the Abbot of Glastonbury, Adam of Sodbury. He was witness to a deed in 1329. In 1331 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem at Butelegate into the estate of the late John Mautravers the younger. In 1332 he paid 12d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). He did homage to John de Breynton in 1336. His land passed to William Sturton. The Hammonds may have lived in East Martin and their name may survive in the field called Hamonstyle.

Hamond, John – In 1332 he paid 16d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Hamond, John 2 – In 1332 he paid 3s 2d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). (This could be a second payment by the same John Hamond, above?)

Hamond, Robert – See Hammond, Robert. In 1331 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem at Butelegate into the estate of the late John Mautravers the younger

Hamund, Robert – See Hammond, Robert. In 1332 he paid 12d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Hancock B.A., John – He was the curate in Martin from 1678 to 1680. Described as John Hancock, gentleman. He died in 1725.

Hancock, Margaret – She died in 1677. Her administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Hannam, Mr – The Elizabethan ‘Certificate as to Parks in Dorset’, of 1583, lists Blagdon as a royal park (‘in the Queen’s Majesty’) saying that it is three miles in compass, with no deer, and adding ‘Mr Hannam, farmer of this same’. This might be taken to indicate that the park had been disparked, but it is included also in a list of ‘Her Majesty’s Parks this side Trent’ of 1584. The hill on Martin Down is known as Hannam’s Hill.

Harding, Rev. John – Born 1822. He married Louisa. He died in 1883. He was the vicar of Martin from 1872 to 1881. There is a tablet to his memory in the church.

Harding, Louisa – Born in 1823. She was the wife of the Rev. John Harding. She died in 1887.

Hardyng, Robert – He was a villein of Ralf de Baskerville. Sometime after 1281, the vicar of Damerham and Martin, Richard of Chisingbury, paid twenty shillings in order to liberate him from the bonds of servitude.

Harries, Edith – In 1518 she farmed 11 acres at West Martin.

Harries, Richard – In 1518 he farmed 23 ½ acres at West Martin.

Harries, William – In 1518 he was farming 49 ¾ acres at West Martin.

Harris – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) records four fields enclosed by farmer Harris, all called ‘Harris’s Down’. They measure 15.3.25, 11.1.3, 5.0.31 and 4.1.31. This is the third largest named area of enclosure, after Haskell’s Ground and Cacknells.

Harris, Albert – Born in Martin in 1871. He was the son of George Harris (4) and Annie.

Harris, Alice – She was the wife of William Harris (4).

Harris, Amelia – She was born in 1835 at Gussage, Dorset. She married John Ford (3). She died at Cranborne in 1863.

Harris, Ann – She lived at Comptons and, according to her will, also held ‘one yard land’ at Thaines. She had two sons, Timothy and John and a daughter, Sarah. She made a will in 1783 which was witnessed by John and Thomas Yelf. She made a second will, dated 1785, at which time she was a widow. The wills are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She died in 1785. Her executor was her son-in-law, Michael Saunders, to whom she bequeathed her ‘dwelling house, workshop, out houses and yard of garden’ and all her money.

Harris, Ann (2) – Born in 1826. She was the wife of William Harris (9). They had six children; Henry, born 1848, Benjamin, born 1852, Louisa, born 1856, Walter, born 1858, Jane, born 1861 and Samuel, born 1865.

Harris, Ann (3) – She was the daughter of Titus Harris. In 1855 she married Elias Priest.

Harris, Annie – Born in East Godstone, Berkshire, in 1840. She was the wife of George Harris (4). They had a daughter, Ella, born 1868, and a son, Albert, born 1871.

Harris, Barnard – Born in 1743. The son of George Harris and Eleanor Gray. In 1764 he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransom, the cordwainer (shoemaker). He married Mary Saunders. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. He died in 1802, in Martin.

Harris, Benjamin – Born in Martin in 1851. He was the son of William Harris (9) and Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was a labourer, aged 17.

Harris, Bernard – According to the details of the Coroner’s bill, dated August 1762, he was ‘bruised to death by the hind wheel of a wagon’. The Coroner’s bill for attending the death was £1. 6s. 9d.

Harris, Bernard (2) – Born in 1770, in Martin. He married Barbara Hayter. In 1815 he received a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for his dwellinghouse to be used for worship as an Independent. He died in 1845, in Martin.

Harris, Charlotte – Born in Cranborne, in 1861. She was the daughter of Jane and the step-daughter of Joseph Butcher.

Harris, Charlotte (2) – Born in Damerham in 1871. Her mother came from Damerham but the family was living in Martin. She was the daughter of Job and Geraldine Harris.

Harris, Dorothy – In 1672 she received a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Presbyterian worship in her house. This may have been Harris’s Farm. A similar licence was granted to Mary Harris, probably her sister, at Damerham in the same year.

Harris, Edgar – Born in Poole in 1899. He was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Harris (3).

Harris, Elizabeth – See Elizabeth Blandford. She was the wife of William Harris (2).

Harris, Elizabeth (2) – Born in Martin, in 1833. At the time of the 1901 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 68 and married. Her husband was not there with her.

Harris, Elizabeth (3) – She was the wife of Walter Harris. They married in 1882 and had eight children, including Edgar, born 1899, Reginald, born 1901 and Percy, born 1903. These three children were born in Poole. At the time of the 1911 census the family lived in the Extra Parochial Parish of Toyd and Allenford.

Harris, Ella – Born in St Giles, Dorset, in 1868. She was the daughter of George Harris (4) and Annie.

Harris, Emaline (?) – She was the wife of Thomas Harris. Her first name on the record was difficult to read.

Harris, George – His Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1695, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, George (2) – Born in 1686. He married Mary Reade. He later married Eleanor Gray. He had a son, Barnard Harris, from his second marriage. In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. He served at the Hilary sessions that year. His will, dated 1744, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. He is described as a yeoman.

Harris, George (3) – He was born in 1797. He married Kitty White. In 1855 he was a boot and shoemaker in the village. In 1841 a shoemaker called Harris lived at The Priest’s House. This could have been George Harris (3). The entry for that house in the Martin Millennium Book records that scraps of shoe leather could still be found there. He died in 1863, in Martin.

Harris, George (4) – Born in Martin in 1839. He was a carpenter. He was married to Annie. They had a daughter, Ella, born 1868, and son, Albert, born in 1871.

Harris, Geraldine – Born in Damerham in 1837. She was the wife of Job Harris. They had a daughter, Charlotte, born in 1871.

Harris, Henery – Born in Martin in 1848. He was the son of William Harris (9) and Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was 23, staying with his parents and working as a cook’s mate on HMS Binnel (?).

Harris, Henery (2) – Born in Cranborne, in 1859. He was the son of Jane and the step-son of Joseph Butcher. At the time of the 1871 census, he was 12 and working as a plow boy.

Harris, Henry – He was a yeoman. He died in 1648. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, James – He was born in Martin in 1812. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Jane and they had a daughter, Sarah, and a son, John, born 1843. In 1867, 1871 and 1875 he is recorded as the Parish Clerk. He died in 1888, aged 76. His gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Harris, Jane – She was born in 1805 and died in 1878, aged 73. She was the wife of James Harris and had a daughter, Sarah and a son, John, born 1843. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Harris, Jane (2) – Born in Martin, in 1861. She was the daughter of William Harris (9) and Ann. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 10.

Harris, Joan – She died, a widow, in 1646. Her administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, Joan (2) – Her Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1698, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. She was a widow at this time.

Harris, Job – Born in Martin in 1838. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Geraldine and they had a daughter, Charlotte, born 1871.

Harris, John – His will, dated 1549, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, John (2) – He was a husbandman. In November 1602, he entered into a bond with the Salisbury Clothier, George Bedford, for £10, to ‘sufficiently and in good husbandlike order and sorte till, plowe, eare, harrowe and sowe…Twentie ackers of lande lyinge and beinge in Blackdin Parke…whereof fower are to be sowen with oade, sixe with barlie and ten with peason’. He is probably the same as one of the John Harris’s below.

Harris, John (3) – He died in 1607. His administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, John (4) – He was a husbandman. Father of Thomas Harris. His Grant of Administration and will, dated 1609, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, John (5) – He was a husbandman. He died in 1619. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, John (6) – He died in 1632. His administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, John (7) – He was a yeoman. He died in 1672. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, John (8) – He was a husbandman and lived in West Martin. Hants Archive Local Studies ref 44M69/L57/1 contains ‘a Bond in £3 for delivery of 8 bushels of seed wheat, dated 13th Jan 1596, between John Harris (8) and George Bedford of New Sarum, Wilts, clothier.’

Harris, John (9) – In 1762 he was apprenticed to John Blandford, the blacksmith. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Harris, John (10) – He was the son of Ann Harris. Probably the same John Harris (8), above.

Harris, John (11) – He was born in 1802 and died in 1869. He was a shepherd. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 14th August 1869, reported ‘Sudden Death of a Shepherd. – An inquest was held by Mr Wilson, on Monday last, at Martin, on the body of John Harris, aged 67, a shepherd of that place, who died rather suddenly on the previous day whilst at his sheepfold. During the last twelve months the deceased had frequently complained of pains in his chest and shortness of breath, but continued at his work up to the day of his death. Mr Clifton, surgeon of Fordingbridge, who had previously attended him, attributed death to congestion of the lungs, and a verdict was returned in accordance therewith.’

Harris, John (12) – He was born in Martin in 1843. He was the son of James and Jane Harris. He was a blacksmith. At the time of the 1871 census he was unmarried and living at home with his parents.

Harris, Louisa – Born in Martin in 1824. She married Thomas Dibben. They had six children; Charles, born 1848, Frank, born 1849, Frank, born 1855, Sarah Ann, born 1856, Herbert, born 1859 and William, born 1868.

Harris, Louisa (2) – Born in Martin in 1856. She was the daughter of William Harris (9) and Ann.

Harris, Percy – Born in Poole, in 1903. He was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Harris (3).

Harris, Reginald – Born in Poole, in 1901. He was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Harris (3).

Harris, Richard – His will, dated 1557, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, Richard (2) – His Grant of Administration, dated 1587, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, Robert – He was a yeoman. He died in 1640. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, Robert (2) – In 1662 he was a churchwarden with Richard Compton. In 1665 his name was inscribed, as churchwarden, on a new bell. He died in 1681. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, Samuel – In 1897 he was a farmer and dealer.

Harris, Samuel (2) – Born in Martin, in 1865. He was the son of William Harris (9) and Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 6.

Harris, Samuel (3) – In 1911 and 1915 Kelly’s Directory he is recorded as a farmer. Is he the same as either Samuel Harris above?

Harris, Sarah – She was the daughter of Ann Harris. She married Michael Saunders.

Harris, Sarah (2) – She was born in 1847, the daughter of James and Jane Harris. She died in 1864, aged 17 years. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Harris, Susan – She was the wife of William Harris (3).

Harris, Thomas – Born 1570. His father was John Harris (3). He was a husbandman. In 1593 he married Emaline (?). In 1610 Thomas Harris was admitted to a messuage, attached to which were thirteen acres in Blackland field and twelve acres in Longbarrow. His ancestor, William, a hundred years previously, held only one strip of less than one acre in each of these fields. He died in 1623. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, Thomas (2) – His administration bond, dated 1626, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Harris, Timothy – In 1671 he was a churchwarden.

Harris, Timothy (2) – He was a wheelwright. In 1775 he took William Redman as an apprentice. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. His will, dated 1810, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Harris, Timothy (3) – He was the son of Ann Harris. Probably the same Timothy Harris (2), above.

Harris, Titus – He was the father of Ann Harris (3).

Harris, Walter – Born in Martin, c. 1858. He was the son of William Harris (9) and Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 13. He became a fish salesman and dealer. He married Elizabeth (3) in 1882 and they had eight children, including Edgar, born 1899, Reginald, born 1901 and Percy, born 1903. These three children were born in Poole. They lived in Church Lane, Martin. At the time of the 1911 census he was living with Elizabeth, Edgar, Reginald and Percy in the extra parochial parish of Toyd and Allenford, in a cottage with three rooms.

Harris, William – In the early 1500’s William Harris held one strip of land in Blackland field and one strip in Longbarrow.

Harris, William (2) – Born in 1595 in Martin. He married Elizabeth Blandford. In 1638 he was a churchwarden with John Short. He died in Martin, date unknown.

Harris, William (3) – Born in 1629 in Martin. He married Susan. He died in Martin, date unknown.

Harris, William (4) – Born in 1652. He married Alice. He died in 1734 in Martin.

Harris, William (5) – The Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, dated August 23rd 1823, records that William Harris was ‘committed to the House of Correction for three months for stealing a quantity of apples, the property of William Brooks of the parish of Martin.’ This could have been either William Harris (6), (7) or (8).

Harris, William (6) – In 1828 the mark of William Harries was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington.

Harris, William (7) – On 1st January 1848, The Hampshire Advertiser reported: ‘Sheep Stealing.- William Harris, a labourer, of the parish of Martin, Wiltshire, was charged with having stolen a sheep, the property of Mr William Street, farmer, of the same place. A boy named Samuel White, the under shepherd on the prosecutor’s farm, deposed that on the 25th uit. he was in one of his master’s fields with his dog. He had not been there many minutes before he observed the dog very busy at the hedge, apparently eating something. He went to the spot, and found the dog was eating from the skin of a sheep. He examined the skin, and from its particular appearance, he believed it to be the skin of one of his master’s sheep. He was the more led to this conclusion by the skin having a long tail to it, and he knew that his master had a sheep of the same description. He then went and gave information of what he had seen to his master, and afterwards went to the sheep-fold – the long-tailed sheep was missing. Police-constable Bradley, who was sent for on the theft having being discovered, stated that he, in company with the shepherd and others, went to the fold of Mr Street, and having examined the spot, the found footsteps in the fold, which they traced over several fields, and finally to within ten yards of Harris’s house. They afterwards entered the prisoner’s house, and finding his wife there, told her they were come to look for stolen sheep. They went up-stairs, and continued their search, and under the bed they found a large pan, in which was the entire carcase of a sheep. Witness too possession of the carcase, and on returning to the prosecutor’s farm, compared it with the skin, and found it to correspond exactly. The shepherd-boy, on seeing the head, immediately identified it as the head of his master’s long-tailed sheep. The prisoner was afterwards apprehended. The prisoner made no statement in defence, merely saying he knew nothing about it. The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions.’ He could be the same William Harris (6) above or William Harris (8) below.

Harris, William (8) – In 1897 there was a dealer called William Harris in Martin. Could this have been William Harris (6 or 7)?

Harris, William (9) – Born in Martin, in 1825. He was a labourer. He married Ann and they had six children. Henery, born 1848, Benjamin, born 1852, Louisa (2), born 1856, Walter, born 1858, Jane (2), born 1861 and Samuel, born 1865. Is he the same as William Harris (7) or (8)?

Harryes, John – In 1518 he farmed 29 ¾ acres at Tidpit. In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s, ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Harrys, Thomas – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer from ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 40s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Hart, John – Born in Martin in 1802. At the time of the 1871 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 69 and married. His wife is not recorded there.

Hart, Joseph – He was a shepherd. He was married to Sarah. The Tithe Map (which – 1837?) shows that Sweetapples Cottage was occupied by Joseph and Sarah Hart. The house came with the right to keep 120 sheep on West Martin Down.

Hart, Uritta – She was married to James White.

Hart, Sarah – She was the wife of the shepherd, Joseph Hart. They lived at Sweetapples Cottage.

Hart, Tom – Born in Spetisbury in 1855. At the time of the 1871 census, he was an undercarter, aged 15, lodging in the house of Charles and Mary Coombs.

Harvey, Amelia – She was born in 1855. She married Hedley Harvey. She died in 1923, aged 68. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Harvey, Hedley – Born in 1860. He married Amelia. In 1897 he was a farmer at Tidpit Farm. In 1911 and 1915 editions of Kellys’ Directory he is recorded farming at Tidpit.

Harwood, John – In 1771, he was apprenticed to John Yelf, the wheelwright.

Haskell – The 1788 Estate Map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows seven fields named ‘Haskell Ground’. It is not known if these were enclosed by a farmer named Haskell.

Hawkins – The 1788 Estate Map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows one field enclosed by farmer Hawkins, called ‘Hawkins’ Down’. Its area was 13.3.34.

Hawkins, Robert – He was a yeoman. His Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1741, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Haydon, Robert – His Grant of Administration, inventory and will, dated 1588, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Haynes, Charles Mein – He was the vicar of Martin in 1783. He was the vicar of Martin in 1808.

Haysome, John – He died, a widower, in 1662. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Hayter, Barbara – She was the wife of Bernard Harris.

Hayter, Harriet – She married Thomas Francis. They had five sons; Richard, born 1807, Thomas (2), born 1809, George (2), born 1812 and twins William and James, born 1818. On 21st June 1841, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported on ‘A Case of “Three Straws”. ‘George Brown was charged with setting fire to his father-in-law’s house at Martin, Wiltshire, on February 12th, his father-in-law and others being there at the time. – Mr Ravenhill prosecuted. It appeared that the father-in-law, an old man named Francis, was ill. His son, Thomas, was asked to sleep with him, and this aroused the jealousy of Brown, who remonstrated. The son said that Brown had not acted properly to the old man. Words ensued and prisoner took up the lamp and said he would set the house on fire. He placed the lamp against the walls and then under the thatch, and but for his wife, who put it out, there would have been a serious fire, as there were huddled together in the room four or five people, a crowding together which the Judge deprecated. The police produced the three straws which caught fire. Prisoner, who had a good character, said he was ill-used by the parties because he objected to the indecent crowding in the house. He never meant to set fire to the cottage. He was found guilty and strongly recommended to mercy. The Judge said it was a malicious act, but as prisoner was recommended to mercy by his father-in-law, the sentence on him would be very light, viz., one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.’

Hayter, Stephen – On the 1788 map of the parish he is recorded as being a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, at Tidpit.

Hemington, John – According to the details of the Coroner’s bill, dated January 1786, he was killed by a wagon. The bill for attending to the death was £1. 17s. 6d.

Herbelot, William – In 1275 he was indicted for robbery. Richard Pik, the bailiff at Damerham, is recorded as having extorted 6s 8d from him in exchange for a promise to set him at liberty.

Herberde, John – In 1332 he paid 16d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Herbert, William, the first Earl of Pembroke – See William, the first Earl of Pembroke.

Hersey, Ann – In 1828 she received a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for a dwellinghouse in the occupation of William Flemington (2) and herself to be used for Primitive Methodist worship.

Hewett, Edward – See Edward Hewitt. Between 1780 and 1797 Edward Hewett occupied the Earl of Shaftesbury’s farm but not the parsonage (the Manor House,). He also occupied Sweetapples.

Hewett, John – He was a gentleman. In 1838 he was a churchwarden with Edmond Bound. His will, dated 1841, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. In 1797 he occupied the Earl of Shaftesbury’s farm at Martin, also Sweetapples.

Hewett, Thomas – In 1797 he was a witness to the will of Jane Bagus.

Hewitt, Edward – In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as a tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury at Rack Rent. He administered the will of William Talk with Mr James Bushell of London. In 1784 he was a witness to the will of Elizabeth Bennett. In 1795 he was the proprietor of ‘The White Hart’. See Edward Hewett.

Hewitt, John – He was a churchwarden for twenty years, from 1820 to 1840.

Heynes, Rev. Charles Meyne – In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as the vicar. See Haynes, Charles Mein.

Hibberd, Charity – Born in 1725. She was the wife of James Hibberd. She died in 1792, aged 67. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Hibberd, Isaac – In 1897 he farmed at Allingford Farm.

Hibberd, James – He was a wheelwright. He married Charity. In 1760 he took Henry Haiter as an apprentice. In 1762 he took Thomas Dawkins as an apprentice.

Hibberd, Josiah – Born in 1851. He died in 1925, aged 74. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Highmore, Richard – He was the curate at Martin from 1691 to 1716.

Hill, John – He lived in ‘Weste Martine’. In 1598 he leased ‘a close called Rowe Copps in Blagdon Parke, Dorset’ from ‘George Bedforde of New Sarum, clothier. Consideration £100.’ The lease was for 3 years. (Lease ref. 44M69/L28/1 Hants Archives and Local Studies). This may have been to grow woad for dye, as other farmers in Martin were doing for George Bedford at this time.

Hodding, Augusta – Born in 1833. She was the daughter of Matthias and Eleanor Hodding. Sister of John and Eleanor (2). She died in 1856, aged 23.

Hodding, Eleanor – Daughter of George Reade, of Fryern Court, who owned most of the copyholds of Martin. She married Matthias T. Hodding and they had a daughter, Eleanor (2).

Hodding, Eleanor (2) – The daughter of Matthias T. Hodding and his wife, Eleanor. She married the Rev. Edward Peacock and they lived at Read’s Farm. In 1867 she presented the gift of a chair to the church.

Hodding, John – Born in 1830. He was the son of Matthias and Eleanor Hodding, the brother of Augusta and Eleanor (2). He died in 1844, aged 14.

Hodding, Matthias T. – Born 1802. He married Eleanor Reade, daughter of George Reade of Fryern Court, who owned most of the copyholds of Martin. They had a son, John, and a daughter, Augusta. Another daughter, Eleanor (2) married the Rev. Edward Peacock. He held copyholds in Martin which were taken on the lives of H.R.H. Princess Helena Augusta, aged nine, and H.R.H. Princess Louise, aged thirteen, the daughters of Queen Victoria, and a third party, in order to prolong his tenancy.

On 21st June 1841 the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported: ‘Fordingbridge. – Considerable excitement was caused here on Thursday the 17t …by a hasty requisition for the fire-engines, when it was ascertained that a fire, which had broken out almost ten o’clock in the forenoon, was raging at Martin, in Wiltshire, and we are informed that considerable property was destroyed, consisting chiefly of two dwelling-houses, the property of Mr Hodding, two dwelling houses, the property of Mr Griffin, of Salisbury, and a cart-house and other farm buildings belonging to the Earl of Shaftesbury, with the furniture &c, belonging to the several occupiers. The fire is attributed to an accident supposed to have been caused by some one carelessly emptying hot ashes in or too near a fuel-house, in which situation the fire was first discovered.’

According to the Rev. Edward Peacock’s ‘History of Martin’ (Hants Record Office ref: 9M66/PZ) ‘The Parsonage House was built by subscription: amongst other subscribers Lord Shaftesbury contributed £100 and Matthias T. Hodding, (one of the chief copyholders under the lessee of the Bishop,) the ground for the House, Garden and field: the estimated cost of the House was £800, but the present incumbent has probably spent no small sum in making it complete as it has been built about ten years…’ According to Lane Poole he bought Bustard Manor Farm in 1864, but the tablet to his memory in the church records that he died in 1863, aged 61.
Hoff, Joseph, Rev. – He died in 1740. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Hoghton, Thomas de – He was the Rector of Tidpit in 1316.

Holbrook, Margaret – Her will, dated 1571, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. She was a widow at this time.

Holles, John, the first Duke of Newcastle – In 1698 he obtained the patronage of the church of Damerham and Martin. The Pelhams, who succeeded the dukedom, retained it until 1801.

Hollins, John M.A. – He was the vicar of Martin. He died in 1931. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Holloway, Barnard – He was a yeoman. He died in 1662. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Holloway, Francis – He was a linen weaver. He died in 1674. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Holloway, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1525 to the suppression of the Monasteries in 1535. In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer ‘John Holway’ and paid 20s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Holloway, Thomas – In 1640 he was a churchwarden with Bernard Blandford.

Holmes, John – He was a husbandman. His inventory and will, dated 1619, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Holway, John – See John Holloway.

Honiss, Catherine – Married to the Rev. N. Honiss, vicar of Martin from 1871 to 1872. They had four children; Nigel, born 1864, Louisa, born 1866, Kate, born 1869 and Florence, born 1870.

Honiss, Florence – Born in 1870. She was the daughter of Rev. N. Honiss and his wife, Catherine.

Honiss, Kate – Born in 1869. She was the daughter of Rev. N. Honiss and his wife, Catherine.

Honiss, Louisa – Born in 1866. She was the daughter of Rev. N. Honiss and his wife, Catherine.

Honnis, Rev. N. – Born in Hastings in 1837. He was the vicar of Martin from 1871 to 1872. He was married to Catherine. They had four children; Nigel, born 1864, Louisa, born 1866, Kate, born 1869 and Florence, born 1870. At the time of the 1871 census they lived at the vicarage and employed Mary Bell, a general servant (domestic), and Mary Lamb, a nursemaid.

Honnis, Nigel – Born in 1864. He was the son of the Rev. N. Honiss, vicar of Martin, and his wife, Catherine.

Hooke, Elizabeth – She was born at Tangier Park, near Basingstoke, Hants. She married Thomas Grove (4) of Ferne House. They had two sons, Thomas Grove (5) and John Grove (4). She and her husband lived at Martin for over thirty years. She died in 1726 and is buried at Berwick St John, adjacent to Ferne.

Horne, Mary – Her affidavit certificate and will, dated 1833, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Horsey, Ann – Born in Portsmouth, in 1805. She was the wife of George Horsey.

Horsey, Sir Bartholomew – Son of William Horsey (2). He succeeded to the Manor of West Martin on his father’s death in 1571. He married Elizabeth Devenish and they had a son, Thomas Horsey (2). Lane Poole says Sir Bartholomew ‘rose to be a man of some eminence in his county: When England was threatened by the Spanish Armada, he was appointed to take charge of the southern division of Wiltshire. He had responsibility for the erection and maintenance of the beacons designed to signal across the country, from village to village, intelligence of the sighting of the Armada.’ In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer and paid £20 ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. Sir Bartholomew died in 1596.

Horsey, David – His will, dated 1763, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Horsey, David (2) – In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as a tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury at Tidpit, at Rack Rent and also as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote at Tidpit. From 1791 to 1793 he occupied Tidpit Parsonage from the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Horsey, Dorothy – She was the wife of William Horsey (2).

Horsey, Edith – The daughter of Sir John Horsey and his wife Isobel Horsey.

Horsey, Elizabeth – She died in 1774. Her administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Horsey, George – Born in Martin in 1801. He was married to Ann. At the time of the 1871 census he was recorded as an imbecile. He died in 1877 at the age of 76. He was the last of the Horsey family to live in the village.

Horsey, Henry – He was born in 1376 in Martin. His father was John Horsey and his mother was Alice Carent. In 1407 he married Eleanor Bingham. In 1417 they had a son, William.

Horsey, Isobel – First wife of Sir John Horsey. Mother of William Horsey and Edith Horsey.

Horsey, John – He was married to Alice Carent. In 1376 they had a son, Henry. He died in 1422.

Horsey, Sir John – In 1477 John Horsey inherited the Manor of West Martin from his father, Thomas Horsey. He must have been young at the time because he survived until 1550. He was knighted. Sir John Horsey was the first of the family to occupy the Manor House. In the 1518 Terrier he is Johannes Horseye, Armiger, and holds six virgates of land. He was married three times; first to Isobel Hussey of Shapwick, who gave him an heir, William Horsey (2), and a daughter, Edith Horsey. His second marriage was to Ann Payne. They had a son, Peter Horsey. Sir John’s third wife was Edith Lyte. In 1545 he was recorded as John Horse, armiger on the Wiltshire taxpayers list and paid £6. 13s. 4d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. He died in 1550. To him is attributed the transformation of the north transept of the church into an aisle, terminating in a chapel in which he and his successors are buried. Lane Poole says that ‘it is a reasonable assumption that he inspired, designed and largely built the Manor House at West Martin.’ The manor passed to his eldest son, William Horsey (2).

Horsey, Mary – Great grandmother of Sir Gabriel Lapp.

Horsey, Oliver, senior – He was a gentleman. He died in 1673. His inventory is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Horsey, Oliver (2) – He died in 1673. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. How does he relate to Oliver Horsey (2) below?

Horsey, Oliver (3) – He is recorded as the curate at Martin in 1657, when a new church bell was given to the church. He is also recorded as the curate at Martin from 1680 until 1684. In 1689 he was preferred to the rectory at Wimborne St Giles.

Horsey, Peter – The son of Sir John Horsey and his second wife, Ann Payne. In 1535 he became the Vicar of Damerham and Martin, being the last incumbent to be appointed by Glastonbury Abbey. ‘In the register of Institutions under the date 1554 the letters p.d. are appended to his name, indicating per dismissionem, and he was duly succeeded by Thomas Pope as vicar. For what scandal he was deprived of his living does not appear, but it seems probable that it was an error of doctrine. By the end of the following decade he emerges, his indiscretion attoned for, and is re- instated in his benefice at Damerham, described as ‘modernus vicarious.’ Lane Poole. The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records Peter Horsey as the clerk of the Church of Damerham and Marten’ and that he held the church and the vicarage. His will, dated 1584, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Horsey, Robert – He was a gentleman. He died in 1627. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Horsey, Robert (2) – The Court Rolls record that he fathered a bastard child in 1683.

Horsey, Solomon – His will, dated 1767, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Horsey, Thomas – The son of William Horsey, from whom he inherited the Manor of West Martin in 1448, at the age of eight. Thomas married Anne Wykes of Binden. They lived at Bridport. He died in 1477.

Horsey, Thomas (2) – Son of Sir Bartholomew Horsey and his wife, Elizabeth. He inherited the Manor of West Martin on the death of his father in 1596. About 1621 Thomas Horsey sold his Martin estate to Sir John Cooper. After this, the Horseys lived in Tidpit, but still retained a number of copyholds in Martin.

Horsey, Thomas (3) – From 1780 to 1791 he occupied the Parsonage at Tidpit, from the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Horsey, William – He was born in Martin in 1417, the son of Henry Horsey and Eleanor Bingham. He was a grand-nephew of Sir Walter Romsey. In 1447 he inherited the Manor of West Martin from Joan Romsey, his second cousin. He died in 1448, a year or so after inheriting the manor. It passed to his son, Thomas Horsey.

Horsey, William Esq. (2) – The son of Sir John Horsey and his first wife, Isobel Horsey. He inherited the Manor of West Martin from his father in 1550. He married Dorothy, the daughter of John Ludlow of Hill Deverill. They had a son, Bartholomew Horsey. His Note of Sequestration of goods, dated 1570, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. Also a Grant of Administration, dated 1570. He died in 1571.

Horsey, William (3) – He was a curate at Martin from 1769 to 1772.

Hosse, John – He was a curate at Martin. He died in 1739 and is buried in the churchyard, although there is no stone to record his grave.

Hosse, Joseph – He was the curate at Martin from 1716 to 1744.

Hort, Alice – 1774-1855. Mother of William Lawes (senior). She was in receipt of a ‘Bastardy Order’.

Hort, John – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Hort, Joseph – Born in 1789. He was a shepherd. At the time of the 1851 census he was a widower, living with his niece, Caroline Raymond, aged 20, who was his housekeeper.

Horte, Benjamin – His Administration Bond and inventory, dated 1723, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. He was a widower at this time.

Hows, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit in 1433.

Hughes, William – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Humphrey, John – Recorded as the Vicar of Martin in 1608. The Glebe Terrier of October 1608 records that ‘the Glebe lands of Marten in the Countie of Wilts belong to Mr John Humphrey, vicar of Damerham and Marten aforesaid ‘two acers and a half of Arrable grownd lying in the Easte Ffield of a certene ffarm called and knowen by the name of Tulse Ffarme butt and bownde uppon the Earl of Pembroke’s Lande.’

Hunt, Agnes – Born in Martin, in 1870. She was the grand-daughter of Joseph and Jane Hunt. Her mother was possibly their daughter, Hanah Hunt. At the time of the 1871 census, she was 1 year old, living with her grandparents and Hanah, who was unmarried.

Hunt, Charles – Born in Portsmouth, in 1817. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Sarah and they had a daughter, Eliza (2), born in Martin in 1856. At the time of the 1871 census, Eliza was living with them, aged 15. They also had two grandchildren living with them; Ellen Hillwood, aged 7 and Josiah K. Hillwood, aged 5, both scholars.

Hunt, Eliza – Born in Martin in 1835. She was the wife of Emmanuel Hunt.

Hunt, Eliza (2) – Born in Martin in 1833. She was the daughter of Charles and Sarah Hunt.

Hunt, Emmanuel – Born in Martin in 1833. He was a carter. He married Eliza, also from Martin. At the time of the 1871 census his brother, Malachi, was living with them. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, Emannuel Hunt was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Herbert Dibben. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5.

Hunt, Hanah – Born in Martin, in 1847. She was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Hunt. She was possibly the mother of Agnes Hunt. At the time of the 1871 census she was unmarried, living with her parents and 1 year old Agnes.

Hunt, Jacob – Born in Martin in 1835. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Sarah, from Damerham. At the time of the 1871 census he was unemployed.

Hunt, Jane – Born in Martin in 1806. She was the wife of Joseph Hunt. They had a daughter, Hanah, born 1847, and a grand-daughter, Agnes, born in 1870. At the time of the 1871 census, Hanah and Agnes were living with Joseph and Jane.

Hunt, Joseph – The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated April 4th 1823, records that Joseph Hunt was committed to Fisherton Gaol, charged with entering the cottage of Joseph Upjohn, in the parish of Martin, and stealing therefrom a knife and a quantity of bread and cheese.’

Hunt, Joseph – Born in Portsmouth, in 1807. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Jane and they had a daughter, Hanah, born 1847, and a grand-daughter, Agnes, born in 1870. At the time of the 1871 census Hanah and Agnes were living with Joseph and Jane. Hanah was also working as an agricultural labourer at this time. This could be the same Joseph Hunt, above.

Hunt, Malachi – Born in Martin in 1845. He was a groom. At the time of the 1871 census, he was unmarried and living in the house of his brother, Emmanuel.

Hunt, Robert – His Grant of Administration, dated 1572, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Hunt, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1817. She was the wife of Charles Hunt and they had a daughter, Eliza (2), born in Martin in 1856. At the time of the 1871 census, Eliza was living with them, aged 15. They also had two grandchildren living with them; Ellen Hillwood, aged 7 and Josiah K. Hillwood, aged 5, both scholars.

Hunt, Thomas – Born in Martin in 1833. At the time of the 1901 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 68 and a widower. He was recorded as a ‘General Labourer’.

Hurd – In E.H.Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven in the story. See Chapter 23 ‘Master of the Village’):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’

Hurd, Anne – Born in Milksham, Wilts (Melksham?) in 1825. She was the wife of Robert Hurd. They had two children; Eliza, born 1845 and James, born 1870. Both children were born in Bath.

Hurd, Eliza – Born in Bath in 1845. She was the daughter of Robert and Anne Hurd. At the time of the 1871 census, she was an invalid, aged 26.

Hurd, James – Born in Bath in 1870. He was the son of Robert and Anne Hurd.

Hurd, Robert – Born in Canton, Somerset, in 1812. He was married to Anne and at the time of the 1871 census they had two children living with them in Martin; Eliza, born 1845 and James, born 1870. At that time he was recorded as a ‘Pensioner on Foreign Service (Licensed?)’.

Hurst, William – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Hyndman Trustees – Acquired the patronage of the church of Damerham and Martin in 1801.

Ierat, Martha – She was the elder sister of the shepherd James Lawes. She married Thomas Ierat. W.H.Hudson learnt about her from James Lawes and wrote about her at length in his book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, chapter 23, ‘Isaac’s Children’. (In this book James Lawes is characterised as the shepherd Caleb Bawcombe): ‘Of the sister, Martha, there is much more to say; her life was an eventful one as lives go in this quiet downland country, and she was, moreover, distinguished above the others of the family by her beauty and vivacity. I only knew her when her age was over eighty, in her native village where her life ended some time ago, but even at that age there was something of her beauty left and a good deal of her charm. She had a good figure still and was of good height; and had dark, fine eyes, clear, dark unwrinkled skin, a finely shaped face, and her grey hair, once black, was very abundant. Her manner, too, was very engaging. At the age of twenty-five she married a shepherd named Thomas Ierat – a surname I had not heard before and which made me wonder where were the Ierats in Wiltshire that in all my rambles among the downland villages I had never come across them, not even in the churchyards. Nobody knew – there were no Ierats except Martha Ierat, a widow, of Winterborne Bishop (Martin) and her son – nobody had ever heard of any other family by that name.’ Hudson goes on to reveal that Thomas Ierat was the illegitimate son of Ellen Ierat, a dairymaid from Bowerchalke. After they were married, Thomas took a position as shepherd at the manor house farm on a large estate in Somerset, where Martha was persuaded to wet nurse the child of the Lady of the Manor. The Lady became so attached to Martha that when she was sent abroad for a year for her health she took Martha as a companion. During this time they lived in France and Italy. They later made a second trip, when Martha visited ‘India and other distant countries, including the Holy Land.’ The Ierats stayed in Somerset for many years and then returned to live in Martin. Thomas Ierat continued shepherding up to the age of seventy eight. Hudson writes poignantly about the shepherd’s last days in his book. Martha outlived her husband and died at Martin aged over 80 years.

Ierat, Thomas – He was a shepherd. According to notes extracted by E.H.Lane Poole from the Parish Records and written into his own copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, Thomas Ierat was married to Martha Lawes, who was the elder sister of the shepherd James Lawes (immortalised as Caleb Bawcombe in the book). In the book, W.H.Hudson reveals that Thomas Ierat was the illegitimate son of Ellen Ierat, a dairymaid from Bowerchalke. After he married, Thomas took a position as shepherd at the manor house farm on a large estate in Somerset. The Ierats stayed in Somerset for many years and then returned to live in Martin. Thomas Ierat continued shepherding up to the age of seventy eight. Hudson writes poignantly about the shepherd’s last days; ‘One Sunday, early in the afternoon, when she (Martha) was ill with an attack of influenza, he came home, and putting aside his crook said, “I’ve done work.” “It’s too early,” she replied, “but maybe you got the boy to mind the sheep for you.” “I don’t mean I’ve done work for the day,” he returned. “I’ve done for good – I’ll not go with the flock no more.” What be saying?” she cried in sudden alarm. “Be you feeling bad – what be the matter?” “No, I’m not bad,” he said. “I’m perfectly well, but I’ve done work;” and more than that he would not say. She watched him anxiously but could see nothing wrong with him; his appetite was good, he smoked his pipe and was cheerful. Three days later she noticed that he had some difficulty in pulling on a stocking when dressing in the morning, and went to his assistance. He laughed and said, “Here’s a funny thing! You be ill and I be well, and you’ve got to help me put on a stocking!” and he laughed again. After dinner that day he said he wanted a drink and would have a glass of beer. There was no beer in the house, and she asked him if he would have a cup of tea. “Oh, yes, that’ll do very well,” he said, and she made it for him. After drinking his cup of tea he got a footstool, and placing it at her feet sat down on it and rested his head on her knees; he remained a long time in this position so perfectly still that she at length bent over and felt and examined his face, only to discover that he was dead. And that was the end of Tommy Ierat, the son of Ellen. He died, she (Martha) said, like a baby that has been fed and falls asleep on its mother’s breast.’ Martha died at Martin aged over 80 years.

Isaac, Aron – Born in Handley in 1832. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Hanah. They had six children; Constance, born 1858, Tom, born 1860, Mary, born 1862, another son, born 1867, Georgina, born 1868 and Dorcas, born 1870 or 1871. Only the last two children were born in Martin.

Isaac, Constance – Born in Handley in 1858. She was the daughter of Aron and Hanah Isaac.

Isaac, Dorcas – Born in Martin in 1870 or 1871. She was the daughter of Aron and Hanah Isaac.

Isaac, Georgina – Born in Martin in 1868. She was the daughter of Aron and Hanah Isaac.

Isaac, Hanah – Born in Handley in 1833. She was the wife of Aron Isaac. They had six children – see Aron Isaac.

Isaac, Mary – Born in Winterborne Gunner in 1862. She was the daughter of Aron and Hanah Isaac.

Isaac, Tom – Born in Handley in 1860. He was the son of Aron and Hanah Isaac. At the time of the 1871 census, he was a plowboy, aged 11.

Isabel, wife of William of Martin – They owned the manor of West Martin in the late 13th, early 14th centuries. Through her, the Manor of West Martin passed to Thomas Northlode.

Ivans, Hannah – She was the granddaughter of George Reade (2). In his will he bequeathed to her one shilling. (Spelling of Ivans in his will is not clear.)

Ivy, Anne – Married to Edward Ivy. ‘Wiltshire Names in the recusant rolls, 1664 to 1690’ records her as being convicted as a recusant, (a popish nonconformist or possibly a Quaker,) along with Charles Garrett and his wife, Katherine. This would have been either in 1668, or 1675, as their records show, or possibly on both dates.

Ivy, Edward – Married to Anne Ivy.

Janes, James – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Jarred, James – Born in 1839 in Dinton. At the time of the 1851 census he was recorded as living with John Cork and his family, as his son-in-law, aged 12 and a shepherd boy.

Jeffers, Ellen – Born in Martin, in 1868. She was the grand-daughter of William and Eliza Downs. At the time of the 1871 census she was living with them, aged 3 and a scholar.

Jenkins, James – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent.

Jenkins, Mary Ann – The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 3rd December 1853, records that ‘Louisa Chalke and Mary Ann Jenkins were charged with stealing turnips, the property of Mr William Botley, in the parish of Martin on the 22nd November: – Fined 10s and cost, and in default of payment, 21 days imprisonment.’

John of Martin – In 1281 the Foresters of the Chase came to the house of John of Martin and took away a man and hanged him in Cranborne that same day.

Johnson, William – In 1911 he was farming at Toyd.

Joliffe, Annie – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Thomas and Marria Joliffe.

Joliffe, Charles – Born in Martin in 1862. He was the son of Thomas and Marria Joliffe. At the time of the 1871 census he was a nine year old plowboy.

Joliffe, Edward – Born in Martin in 1864. He was the son of Thomas and Marria Joliffe.

Joliffe, George – Born in Boveridge, in 1804. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Sarah.

Joliffe, Marria – Born in Martin in 1834. She was the wife of Thomas Joliffe. They had four children; Sarah, born 1855, Charles, born 1862, Edward, born 1864 and Annie, born 1869.

Joliffe, Sarah – Born in Martin, in 1805. She was the wife of George Joliffe.

Joliffe, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1855. She was the daughter of Thomas and Marria Joliffe.

Joliffe, Thomas – Born in Martin in 1834. He was a carter. He was the husband of Marria. They had four children; Sarah, born 1855, Charles, born 1862, Edward, born 1864 and Annie, born 1869. In 1897 he was recorded as a resident in Martin.

Jones, James – He was the curate at Martin from 1615 to 1625.

Keeping, John – He was a gentleman. His will, dated 1875, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Kendall, William – In 1886 he was a churchwarden with George Waters.

Kent, Eliza – Born in 1862. She was the wife of Sidney. She died in 1951, aged 89. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Kent, John, senior – He was a yeoman. He died in 1662. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Kent, John – In 1666 he was a witness to the inventory of William Greenaway, the miller of Tidpit, along with Roger Thayne. He died in 1672. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Kent, Sidney – Born in 1861. He married Eliza. He died in 1949, aged 88 years. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Kente, William Esq. – In 1629 he and Anthony Weeks made an indenture with John Lowe, for the farm called Twyde and the pasture called Sheepsleight, to hold for 21 years. For this they paid 10s. They subsequently paid John Lowe and his heirs 4d yearly and William, Earl of Pembroke, the yearly rent of £3. 15s.

King, Alice – Born in 1868. She was the daughter of Elizabeth King. At the time of the 1871 census she was living with her mother and sister, Sarah, at the home of her grandparents, John and Sarah Goodridge.

King, Daniel – In 1855 he was a farmer in the village.

King, Elizabeth – She died, a widow, in 1624. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

King, Elizabeth (2) – See Elizabeth Goodridge. She had two daughters; Alice King, born 1868 and Sarah King, born 1870.

King, Frank James – Born in East Knoyle in 1866. He was the grandson of James and Harriet King. At the time of the 1871 census he was living with his grandparents, a scholar, aged 5.

King, Harriet – Born in Martin, in 1820. She was married to James King. They had two sons; James (2) and Tom. At the time of the 1871 census, their son, James was living with them, aged 21, also their grandson, Frank James King, aged 5. She died in 1885, aged 65. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

King, James – Born in Honiss, Wilts, in 1810. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Harriet. They had two sons; James (2) and Tom. At the time of the 1871 census, their son, James was living with them, aged 21, also their grandson, Frank James King, aged 5. James King died in 1880, aged 70 years. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

King, James (2) – Born in Martin, in 1850. He was the son of James and Harriet King. He was a shepherd. At the time of the 1871 census he was living with his parents, aged 21.

King, Robert – He was a husbandman. In the sixteenth century, Robert King farmed Toyd, along with Richard Compton, Thomas Prince and John Prince, as a syndicate. Their arable consisted of 120 acres at Toyd and 60 at Allenford, which they were allowed to sow, in accordance with the medieval practice of the three field system, with 60 acres of winter and 60 acres of spring corn. Moreover they had the use of the lord’s sheep fold for which they had to find the hurdles. The rent was eight pounds and twenty-four capons annually. The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’ His will, dated 1574, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

King, Sarah – Born in 1870. She was the daughter of Elizabeth King. At the time of the 1871 census she was living with her mother and sister, Alice, at the home of her grandparents, John and Sarah Goodridge.

King, Thomas – He died in 1603. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

King, Tom – Born in Martin in 1856. He was the son of James and Harriet King. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 15.

Kingsman, T. M. – He was the curate at Martin from 1669 to 1676.

Kipping, John – In 1855 he was a farm bailiff.

Knowles, H – He was the last curate of Martin, from 1845 to 1854.

Knutt – The 1788 Estate Map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office), shows two fields enclosed by farmer Knutt, both called ‘Knutt’s Down’. They measure 17.1.37 and 12.3.2.

Kyng, James – In E.H.Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven in the story. See Chapter 23 ‘Master of the Village’):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’

Kyng, Richard – In 1518 he farmed 26 acres at East Martin.

Kynge, Robert – The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’

Kywel, John – In 1332 he paid 9d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Kywele, Roger – In 1332 he paid 3s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Lambert & Marsh, Messers – In 1897 they farmed at Toyd.

Lammann, Jeffery – He was a husbandman. In 1603 he and William Lammann entered into a bond with the Salisbury clothier, for £15, to ‘eare, plowe, harrowe and dragge…the one moytye or half parte of one close of pasture grounde commonly called or knowne by the name of Small Thornes lyeinge and being in a place or upon a downe called Martyn Downe…nexte unto a highe waye commonly called Blandforde Way’.

Lammann, William – He was a husbandman. In 1603 he and Jeffery Lammann entered into a bond with the Salisbury clothier, for £15, to ‘eare, plowe, harrowe and dragge…the one moytye or half parte of one close of pasture grounde commonly called or knowne by the name of Small Thornes lyeinge and being in a place or upon a downe called Martyn Downe…nexte unto a highe waye commonly called Blandforde Way’.

Lanary, John – In 1558 he was a witness to the will of John Garrett (John Garrett, Senior (1)).

Lane, John in the – From 1312 to 1315, Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls record John in the Lane as the Reeve for Damerham, which included Martin. In 1332 he paid 14d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Langhame, John – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £6. 10s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Lanham – The 1788 Estate Map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office), shows two fields enclosed by farmer Lanham – one named ‘Lanham’s Ground’, measuring 4.2.10 and another, named ‘Lanham’s Middle Ground’, measuring 4.2.13.

Lanham, John senior – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 13s 4d ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Lanham, Nicholas – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £5. 8s. 4d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Lanham, Robert – He died in 1605. His administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lanklry, Betsey – Born in Martin in 1867. She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Lanklry. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged four.

Lanklry, Lydia – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Lanklry.

Lanklry, Mary Ann – Born in Wyle in 1832. She was the wife of the shepherd, Thomas Lanklry. They had two daughters, Betsey, born in 1867, and Lydia, born in 1869.

Lanklry, Thomas – Born in Broad Chalk, in 1832. He was a shepherd. He was married to Mary Ann. They had two daughters, Bessey and Lydia.

Lannam, Jeffrey – Sidesman at the Church in 1608.

Lannam, Anne – She died, a widow, in 1603. Her two administration bonds and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, Ellis – He was a husbandman and servant to William Grome, Gentleman. He died in 1626. His administration bond, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, John – His will, dated 1550, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, John (2) – His will, dated 1559, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, John (3) – His will and inventory, dated 1563, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, John (4) – He was a yeoman. He died in 1629. His administration bond and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, William – He was a husbandman. His inventory and will, dated 1563, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, William (2) – He was a churchwarden in 1608. In 1618 he was a witness to the inventory of Agnes Storke. He died in 1630. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lannam, William (3) – He was a lace maker. He died in 1676. His inventory is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lapp, Gabriel – Married Margaret Errington of Durnford. He was the father of Sir Gabriel Lapp.

Lapp, Sir Gabriel – Born in 1618. Son of Gabriel Lapp and Margaret Errington. He was a great grandson of Mary Horsey. He died in 1668. His hatchment was unearthed from an old barn behind The White Hart Inn, bearing his crest and arms and now hangs in the church, along with a note of his family tree. See Lane Poole p 131 for the heraldry.

Larkam, William – In 1839 he received a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for a chapel and premises in the holding and occupation of himself, William Flemington (2) and Robert Bailey, Primitive Methodists.

Lasley, Henry – In 1750 he was apprenticed to John Dench, the blacksmith.

Laurence, Charles – In 1584 Charles Laurence, gentleman, was bound for 20 pounds to answer at the Quarter sessions.

Laurence, Thomas – In 1558 he was a witness to the will of John Garrett (John Garrett, Senior (1)).

Laurence, Robert – In 1518 he farmed 43 ½ acres at East Martin.

Lavenham – In his book, ‘Damerham and Martin’ p.187, E.H.Lane.Poole writes ‘…since the number of rights for grazing sheep on the downs was dependent upon the extent of the arable, farmers were anxious to enlarge their arable holdings. By 1518 they had become copyhold or rent-paying tenants. Moreover, they were also gentlemen of substance, like John Garrett of Alderholt Park, or Lavenham and Sevior, whose affluence brought their wills within the probate of the prerogative courts. Such persons were not, like their predecessors, dependent upon their strips for subsistence, rather, they farmed for profit. Their holdings were usually much in excess of the medieval virgate, and were managed in conjunction with the lucrative business of sheep farming.’
Lavenham, John – In 1518 he farmed 23 ½ acres at Tidpit.

Lavenham, Walter – In 1518 he rented the demesne farm at Tidpit from Glastonbury Abbey, which was 62 acres. He also farmed 41 acres of his own at Tidpit.

Lavenhame, Robert – In 1518 he farmed 57 ¾ acres at West Martin.

Lawes, Albert John – Born in Martin in 1866. He was the son of James Lawes and Emma Bush. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 4. He died in 1898.

Lawes, Edgar – Born in Martin in 1865. Son of James Lawes and Emma Bush. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 6.

Lawes, Edward James – Born 1865. He was the son of James and Emma Lawes.

Lawes, Emily – Born in Alderholt, Dorset, in 1861. She was the daughter of George and Louisa Lawes. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 10.

Lawes, Emma Agatha – She was the wife of James Lawes. See Emma Agatha Bush.

Lawes, Fanny – Born in Broughton, Hants, in 1858. She was the daughter of George and Louisa Lawes. At the time of the 1871 census she was an agricultural labourer, like her mother, aged 13.

Lawes, Fanny (2) – Born in Upton Lovell in 1859. She was the daughter of James Lawes and Emma Bush. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 12. She died in 1897.

Lawes, George – Born Edmonston (Edmonsham?) in 1826. He was a shepherd. He was married to Louisa, who was an agricultural labourer. They had three daughters; Fanny, born in 1858, Emily, born in 1861 and another born in 1866.

Lawes, George (2) – 1832-1890. Son of William Lawes (senior) and Mary Upjohn. He moved from Martin to live in Dorset.

Lawes, Harriet – Born in Upton Lovell in 1863. She was the daughter of James Lawes and Emma Bush. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 8. She died in 1931.

Lawes, James (senior) – Born in Martin 1829. He was a shepherd. He married Emma Agatha Bush. Their children were James, William George, born in 1857, Fanny (2), born in 1859, Joseph, born 1861, Harriet, born 1863, Edgar, born 1865 and Albert, born 1867. He was the model for Caleb Bawcombe in W.H.Hudon’s book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’. The book is based on James Lawes recollections of his life as a shepherd on Martin Down, related to Hudson later in his life, when James and Emma were living at Soke, Silchester. Hudson writes ‘I was at first struck with the singularity of Caleb’s appearance, and later by the expression of his eyes. A very tall, big-boned, lean, round shouldered man, he was uncouth almost to the verge of grotesqueness, and walked painfully with the aid of a stick, dragging his shrunken and shortened bad leg. His head was long and narrow, and his high forehead, long nose, long chin, and long coarse grey whiskers, work like a beard on his throat, produced a goat-like effect. The big ears stood out from his head, and owing to a peculiar bend or curl in the membrane at the top they looked at certain angles almost pointed. The hazel eyes were wonderfully clear, but that quality was less remarkable than the unhuman intelligence in them – fawn-like eyes that gazed steadily at you as one may gaze through the window, open back and front, of a house at the landscape beyond.’ James Lawes, like Caleb Bawcombe in Hudson’s book, was lame most of his life. Hudson writes…‘Early in life he “caught a chill” through long exposure to wet and cold in winter; this brought on rheumatic fever and a malady of the thigh, which finally affected the whole limb and made him lame for life. Thus handicapped he had continued as shepherd for close on fifty years, during which time his sons and daughters had grown up, married, and gone away, mostly to a considerable distance, leaving their aged parents alone once more. Then the wife, who was a strong woman and of enterprising temper, found an opening for herself at a distance from home where she could start a little business. Caleb indignantly refused to give up shepherding in his place to take part in so unheard-of an adventure; but after a year or more of life in his lonely hut among the hills and cold, empty cottage in the village, he at length tore himself away from that beloved spot and set forth on the longest journey of his life – about forty-five miles – to join her and help in the work of her new home.’ One story told in Chapter 23 ‘The Master of the Village’ recalls Caleb Bawcombe being denied sickness pay when he falls seriously ill after ingesting sheep dip. This results in a court case, which the shepherd wins. James Lawes was involved in a court case for unpaid sickness benefit. In E.H.Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven in the story. See Chapter 23 ‘Master of the Village’):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’

During the time that James Lawes and Emma lived at Soke, Silchester, they took in lodgers who were visiting or working on a nearby archaeological dig. They included the archaeologist W.J. Hemp. who later recalled in 1945 that ‘Lawes, then very lame, was a most attractive person – as attractive as Caleb, especially when he could be brought to talk of his dog, and his wife a “character”, with a sharp tongue, and a kind heart and a gift for “malapropisms”. Mill Stephenson lodged with them for several summers while he was excavating the Roman town at Silchester for the Society of Antiquaries, and one of Mrs Lawes’ sayings that I remember was – “Mr Stephenson he can’t abide them Slicy Island potatoes.” It was when W.H.Hudson came to visit the dig that he spent time with James and became interested in the stories that he had to tell.

In a letter dated March 3rd 1949, A.H. Baverstock, Rector of Hinton Martell, wrote to Daphne Lawes (James’ Great Grand-daughter) ‘When I went to Hinton Martell your great-grandfather was more or less on his last legs. But I visited him often, I administered to him on his deathbed.’ In a further letter to Daphne on March 10 1949 he wrote ‘I told him (Lord Shaftesbury) in my letter that Shepherd used to be very interested in his periodic visits to the village, then part of his estate, he always amused me by describing him as “the Lord”! You will see that this rather tickles Lord Shaftesbury.’ In another letter to Lord Shaftesbury, dated Dec. 21 1949 he wrote ‘Daphne Lawes (Harry Lawes young daughter) delights me with the following account of old shepherd Lawes from one of his descendants who can still remember him: “He was a shepherd, a very tall man, and a terrible one for reading the Bible! He actually read his Bible to his sheep. And he thought he was somebody.” I think the picture of the old shepherd reading his bible to the sheep is one to treasure! And, if he did think he was someone, so did the distinguished author who wrote about him!’ These letters can be found in Daphne Lawes album (see below).

An undated newspaper extract to be found in Daphne Lawes album (see below) announces ‘SILCHESTER. A Diamond Wedding. – On Monday Mr and Mrs Lawes completed the sixtieth year of their married life. Their original home was in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, where Mr Lawes was occupied as a shepherd. He is a veritable storehouse of Wiltshire folklore, dialect and anecdote. Mr W.H.Hudson, who writes so pleasantly and learnedly on natural history and rural life, used, during his sojourns at Silchester, to spend many evenings in Mr Lawes’ company and those who read Mr Hudson’s ‘A Shepherd’s Life’ may be interested to learn that Mr Lawes was the prototype of ‘Caleb Bawcombe’. Many of the incidents in the book were those of Mr Lawes own experience. He is now in his 85th year whilst his wife is four years his junior. They are both justly esteemed by their neighbours of whatever rank in life.’

Salisbury and Winchester Journal of 1st October 1937 printed an interview with William Easter, with whom W.H. Hudson lodged at Harris Farm in Martin, while he was writing ‘A Shepherd’s Life’. William Easter recalled ‘Caleb Bawcombe was believed to be a Master Shepherd named Lawes. He was crippled in one foot and rode to his fold in a donkey cart. Then he would hobble along behind his sheep. He could be seen on the Downs between Martin and Pentridge.’ In another article the following week in the same paper Mr R. Whitlock, of Pitton, writes ‘Shepherd ‘Jimmy’ Lawes was born at Martin and lived there the greater part of his life. The older Martin folk can remember both him and his father. Owing to his lameness and other infirmities his working life was not as long as it might otherwise have been, and he was no more than elderly when he gave up work and left the village. He went to live with a son who had a carrier’s business near Ilchester, in Somerset. It was in this home of his retirement that Hudson first met him. Hudson was doubtless attracted by the old man as a possible character for a book, and cultivated their acquaintance. Lawes could neither read nor write, and was probably grateful for Hudson’s presence when he felt in the mood for talking. As a result of their conversations Hudson visited Martin, first, I think, in 1908 and again in subsequent years, staying with Mr Easter.’ James Lawes died in 1914.

Dr James Fairweather Milne contacted James’ great grand-daughter, Daphne Lawes and, in collaboration with E.H.Lane Poole, attempted to work out the Lawes family history. Daphne writes…’Had he (James) left any descendants? This was not an easy question to settle; but as last came a hotter scent than usual, and we followed it full tilt to land outside a tiny cottage not so very far from those same places (the churchyard at Mortimer West End where James is buried and Aldermaston Stoke, where he lived). Inside we found Caleb’s widowed daughter-in-law, by now an old lady of some eighty years, rich in memories. Yes, she could remember Mr Hudson well. Had he ever lodged in Caleb’s cottage? No, she did not think so. Caleb and Caleb’s wife usually took in the archaeological gentlemen (engaged in the Silchester discoveries). But Mr Hudson used to sit with the old shepherd hour after hour, and as the old man talked so Mr Hudson made notes of what he related. This habit of writing down what the old shepherd said did not meet with the approval of Caleb’s wife: it puzzled and alarmed her. What did she say, one wonders, when Hudson gave them a copy of the book?’

James’s great grand-daughter, Daphne Lawes, created an album of memorabilia, containing letters and a photograph of James and Emma, which she presented to Martin Church. It is available to read on request.

Lawes, James – Born 1854. Son of James Lawes (senior) and Emma Bush.

Lawes, Joseph – 1838-1900. Son of William Lawes (senior) and Mary Upjohn. He died at Warminster.

Lawes, Joseph Frank – 1860-1941. Son of James Lawes and Emma Bush.

Lawes, Louisa – Born in Charlton, Dorset in 1831. She was the wife of the shepherd, George Lawes. She was an agricultural labourer. They had three daughters; Fanny, born in 1858, Emily, born in 1861 and another born in 1866.

Lawes, Martha – See also Martha Ierat. According to notes extracted by E.H.Lane Poole from the Parish Records and written into his own copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, Thomas Ierat was married to Martha Lawes, who was the elder sister of the shepherd James Lawes (immortalised as Caleb Bawcombe in the book). They had a son and ‘migrated’ to Somerset. Martha died at Martin aged over 80 years. Could Martha have been modelled on Sarah Ann Lawes, who was James’s real elder sister?

Lawes, Mary Jane – 1834-1905. Daughter of William Lawes (senior) and Mary Upjohn.

Lawes, Sarah Ann – 1826-1904. Daughter of William Lawes (senior) and Mary Upjohn. She was the elder sister of James Lawes. Could Sarah Ann Lawes have been the model for Martha, the elder sister of Caleb Bawcombe in W.H. Hudson’s book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’? See Martha Ierat.

Lawes, William (senior) – Born 1799. He was the only son of Alice Hort. He was shepherd. The Church Warden’s accounts for the year 1809 show that William Lawes was paid one shilling for the destruction of 3 dozen sparrows. He was then nine years old. He married Mary Upjohn. Their children were William, born 1824; Sarah Ann, born 1826; James, born 1829; George (2), born 1832; Mary Jane, born 1834; and Joseph, born 1838. William Lawes was the model for Isaac Bawcombe, the father of Caleb Bawcombe (James Lawes) in W.H.Hudson’s book ‘A Shepherd’s Life’. Hudson writes… ’Even more interesting were some of the memories of his (Caleb’s) father, Isaac Bawcombe, whose time went back to the early years of the nineteenth century. Caleb cherished an admiration and reverence for his father’s memory which were almost a worship, and he loved to describe him as he appeared in his old age, when upwards of eighty. He was erect and tall, standing six feet two in height, well proportioned, with a clean-shaved, florid face, clear dark eyes, and silver-white hair; and at this later period of his life he always wore the dress of an old order of pensioners to which he had been admitted – a soft, broad, white felt hat, thick boots and brown leather leggings, and a long, grey cloth overcoat with red collar and brass buttons. According to Caleb he must have been an exceedingly fine specimen of a man, both physically and morally. Born in 1800, he began following a flock as a boy, and continued as shepherd on the same farm until he was sixty, never rising to more than seven shillings a week and nothing found, since he lived in the cottage where he was born and which he inherited from his father.’ Hudson writes that shepherd Isaac Bawcombe was rewarded one day by an elderly gentleman who was a keen sportsman for keeping his flock on the down in such a way that rabbits, hares and partridges were plentiful. At first the sportsman rewarded Bawcombe with half a crown, but, Hudson writes…’Isaac had not long to wait for…something more…It happened that the sportsman was one of the trustees of an ancient charity which provided for six of the most deserving old men of the parish of Bishop (Martin); now, one of the six had recently died, and on this gentleman’s recommendation Bawcombe had been elected to fill the vacant place. The letter from Salisbury informing him of his election and commanding his presence in that city filled him with astonishment; for, though he was sixty years old and the father of three sons now out in the world, he could not yet regard himself as an old man, for he had never known a day’s illness, nor an ache, and was famed in all that neighbourhood for his great physical strength and endurance. And now, with his own cottage to live in, eight shillings a week and his pensioner’s garments, with certain other benefits, and a shilling a day besides which his old master paid him for some services at the farm-house in the village, Isaac found himself very well off indeed, and he enjoyed his prosperous state for twenty-six years. Then, in 1886, his old wife fell ill and died, and no sooner was she in her grave than he, too, began to droop; and soon, before the year was out, he followed her, because, as the neighbours said, they had always been a loving pair and one could not ‘bide without the other.’ The Lawes family are believed to have lived at Bridge Cottage at some time. At the time of the 1871 census William Lawes was a recipient of the Talks Charity, aged 71, living with Mary and their 15 year old grandson, William Dilicote, an undercarter. He died in March 1886 and his wife died in December of the same year. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Lawes, William – 1824-1909. Son of William Lawes (senior) and Mary Upjohn.

Lawes, William George – Born in Upton Lovell in 1857. Son of James Lawes and Emma Bush. At the time of the 1871 census he was an undercarter, aged 14. He died in 1927.

Legg, Beatrice – Born in 1865. She died in 1929, aged 64. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Legiare, William – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £5. 8s. 4d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Lewington, William – In 1911 and 1915 he was running The Coote Arms. He later established The Martin Club. His photograph hangs by the bar in the Club.

Litele, William le – In 1332 he paid 3s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Loader, Albert – Born at Blagdon in 1870. He was the son of John and Mary Loader.

Loader, Eliza – Born in 1868. She was the daughter of John and Mary Loader.

Loader, John – Born in Verwood in 1836. He was an agricultural labourer. At the time of the 1871 census he was living in Martin with his wife, Mary. They had three children; Eliza, born 1868, Albert, born 1870 and Sarah, aged seven months at that time. The last two children were born at Blagdon.

Loader, Mary – Born in Amesbury in 1850. She was the wife of John Loader. They had three children – see John Loader.

Loader, Sarah – Born at Blagdon in 1870/1871. She was the daughter of John and Mary Loader.

Locklesly, John – He died in 1625. His inventory is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lockyer, Charles – He was born in Martin in 1857. He was the son of Caroline and the brother of Edwin. Caroline later married John Amey, the grocer. At the time of the 1871 census Charles was 14, an agricultural labourer, living with his mother and stepfather.

Lockyer, Edwin – He was born in Martin in 1855. He was the son of Caroline and the brother of Charles. Caroline later married John Amey, the grocer. At the time of the 1871 census Edwin was 16, a blacksmith, living with his mother and stepfather.

Loden, Lares – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent.

Lodge, William – Son of Anthony Lodge. In 1742 he was apprenticed to William Waters, wheelwright of Martin.

Lodge, Anthony – Father of William Lodge.

Lodge, William – Son of Anthony Lodge.

Longland, Thomas – He was the vicar of Damerham and Martin from 1822 to 1849.

Love, Alice – In 1332 she paid 12d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of her moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Lowe, Elizabeth – She was the wife of John Lowe (2).

Lowe, John – After his death, in 1632, an inquisition post mortem recorded that John Lowe was seised of land including ‘a farm in Martyn and Titpitt, commonly called Twyde; a pasture there called Sheepsleight, occupied with said farm; and all the tithes of the said farm and pasture.’ It also recorded that in 1629 John Lowe made an indenture between himself and Anthony Weeks and William Kente – ‘for the sum of 10s. to him in hand paid, bargained and sold…the said farm called Twyde, the said pasture called Sheepsleight, and the tithes thereto belonging in Martyn and Titpitt, to hold for 21 years…they paying therefor yearly to the said John and his heirs 4d; and also to William, then Earl of Pembroke, and his heirs, so much rent as the said John Lowe used to pay him, to wit £3 15s.’ From this inquisition it appears that John Lowe lived in New Sarum. His son and heir was John Lowe (2).

Lowe, John (2) – Born 1604, son of John Lowe and his wife, Elizabeth. He was married to Mary. John was the heir to his father’s estate which included Twyde farm and a pasture called Sheepsleight.

Loxley – In the eighteenth century, the Court Rolls record a farm in the village called Loxley’s.

Loxley, Henry, senior – He was a yeoman. He died in 1696. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could be the same Henry Loxley (2) below?

Loxley, Henry (2) – In 1688 he was a churchwarden with Thomas Blandford.

Loxley, Henry (3) – In 1716 he was witness to the inventory of John Walters. He died in 1741. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could this be the same Henry Loxley (2)?

Loxley, Henry (4) – He was a yeoman. In 1748 he was apprenticed to John Dench, blacksmith of Martin. He made a will in 1772.

Loxley, William – He is recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, in East Martin, on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Lush, John – He died in 1717. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Lyte, Edith – She was the third wife of Sir John Horsey.

Lytele, William le – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls record William le Lytele as one of the Reeves at Damerham, which included Martin, in 1301 to 1302.

Maheld, father of Radulfus – According to the Inquisition of 1189, his son, Radulfus, son of Maheld, held one virgate at Martin.

Mai, Nicholas – In 1189 he held one-and-a-half virgates at Martin. In 1235 he held only one virgate, although E.H.Lane Poole suggests that the other half virgate may have been entered in the records separately.

Main, Alfred – Born in Martin in 1870. He was the son of James and Silina Main.

Main, Eliza – Born in Martin, in 1868. She was the daughter of James and Silina Main. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 3.

Main, Fanny – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of James and Silina Main.

Main, George – Born in Martin, in 1870/71. He was the son of Henery and Sarah Main.

Main, Henery – Born in Martin, in 1843. He was the son of William Main. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Sarah and they had a son, George, born in 1870/71. At the time of the 1871 census he and his family lived with his widowed father.

Main, James – Born in Martin, in 1837. He was a carter. He was married to Silina and they had four daughters and a son; Mary Jane, born in 1862, Sarah Ann, born in 1866, Eliza, born in 1868, Fanny, born in 1869 and Alfred, born in 1870.

Main, Mary Jane – Born in Martin, in 1862. She was the daughter of James and Silina Main.

Main, Sarah – Born in Bowerchalke, in 1841. She was the wife of Henery Main. They had a son, George, born in 1870/71. At the time of the 1871 census the family was living with Henery’s widowed father.

Main, Sarah Ann – Born in Martin in 1866. She was the daughter of James and Silina Main. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 5.

Main, Silina – Born in Martin in 1843. She was the wife of James Main and they had four daughters and a son; Mary Jane, born in 1862, Sarah Ann, born in 1866, Eliza, born in 1868, Fanny, born in 1869 and Alfred, born in 1870.

Main, William – Born in Martin in 1795. He had a son, Henery, and a grandson, George. At the time of the 1871 census, he was widowed, a pauper and blind in one eye. His son and daughter-in-law, Henery and Sarah, and their 10 month old child, George, lived with him.

Marchaunt, Richard le – The Wiltshire Eyre of 1268 records that ‘A quarrel arose between Richard le Marchaunt of East Martin and his wife Clarice, so that Richard beat Clarice. And Peter Peytevin, Clarice’s brother, hearing this, came up and entered Richard’s house by force and arms, and attacked Richard in his house and tried to kill him and laid hands upon him, so that he could in no way escape except by defending himself, in that he was trapped in his own house. And in defending himself and trying to save his own life, he struck Peter with a knife so that later he died of it. Richard has made off, so let him be exacted and outlawed. His chattels 40s. , W., bishop of Bath and Wells to answer. He was in the frankpledge of Roger le Peytevin, which is in mercy. (N.B. to be fined.) Tidpit township did not come to the inquest, so it is in mercy.’

Marlow, Andrew – In 1757 he was apprenticed to James Shrimpton, butcher of Martin.

Marlow, Charles – Born in Martin in 1868. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Marlow.

Marlow, Elizabeth – Born in Gussage in 1841. She was the wife of William Marlow. They had three children; William, born 1862, Charles, born 1868 and Emma, born 1866.

Marlow, Emma – Born in Burley in 1866. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Marlow.

Marlow, Frank – Born in Martin in 1850. At the time of the 1891 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 41 and single.

Marlow, Frank (2) – Born in Rockbourne, in 1858. He was the son of John and Marria Marlow. At the time of the 1871 census he was a plowboy, aged 12.

Marlow, George – Born in Martin, in 1859. He was the son of John and Marria Marlow. At the time of the 1871 census he was a plowboy, aged 12.

Marlow, John – Born in Whitsbury in 1836. He was a carter. He married Marria. They had three sons; Frank (2), born 1858, George, born 1859 and Walter, born 1864.

Marlow, Marria – Born in Martin, in 1837. She was the wife of John Marlow. They had three sons; Frank (2), born 1858, George, born 1859 and Walter, born 1864.

Marlow, Walter – Born in Martin, in 1864. He was the son of John and Marria Marlow. At the time of the 1871 census he was a scholar, aged 7.

Marlow, William – Born in Bockford in 1841. He was a groom. He married Elizabeth. They had three children; William, born 1862, Charles, born 1868 and Emma, born 1866.

Marlow, William (2) – Born in Damerham in 1862. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Marlow.

Marlowe, William – In 1518 he farmed 34 ¼ acres at West Martin.

Marstress, William – His will, dated 1751, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Marten, John – His will, dated 1558, and his administration bond, dated 1559, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Martin, Charles – His will, dated 1814, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. He is described as a labourer.

Martin, Charles (2) – Born in Martin in 1816. In 1855 he was recorded as a farmer in the village. In 1867 and 1875 he was recorded as a landowner and farmer in the village. At the time of the 1871 census he was unmarried, aged 55, and recorded living in a farmhouse with his brother, Malachi. (Possibly at Harris Farm, where Malachi lived at one time.) They jointly farmed 160 acres, employing 5 men and 1 boy.

Martin, Edward – On 22nd January 1870 the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported that Thomas Martin and Edward Martin were ‘charged with breaking and entering the White Hart Inn, at Martin, and stealing therefrom a pint of brandy, a pint of gin, two gallons of mead, and other property’. They were remanded for three days.

Martin, Elizabeth – She was the wife of Thomas Martin. They had a son, Malachi, born in 1817.

Martin, Elizabeth (2) – Born in Chilbolton, Hants, in 1874. She married William Cox. See Elizabeth Cox.

Martin, John – Born in Broadchalke in 1858. At the time of the 1871 census he was a thirteen year old plowboy, living with his aunt, Charlotte Furber and her family in Martin.

Martin, Malachi – Born in Martin in 1817. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Martin. In 1856 he was elected to be an Assistant Overseer to the Poor in the village. In 1867 he was recorded as a farmer and landowner. In 1871 he was the census enumerator, gathering information from every household in the village and transcribing it. The copy of this census which exists is in his handwriting. At the time of the 1871 census he was unmarried, aged 54, and recorded living in a farmhouse with his brother, Charles (2); they jointly farmed 160 acres, employing 5 men and 1 boy. In 1875 he was a landowner and farmer in the village. In 1897 he was a farmer. In 1900 he made a bequest of £200 to the Methodist Chapel, although, Lane Poole says he had ‘at one time, been a prominent orthodox churchman’. E.H.Lane Poole identifies Malachi Martin as the character Elijah Raven in ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, who refused to pay sickness benefit, from the Village Society fund he managed, to a shepherd (James Lawes) who fell ill from ingesting sheep dip. (See Chapter 23 ‘The Master of the Village’) In E.H.Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’ Lane Poole also notes that Malachi Martin lived at Harris Farm.

Martin, Malachi – Born 26th February 1874. Died 1965. He married Rachel Jane Herrington of Woodyates on 18th October 1900 at Pentridge. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, Malachi Martin was one of the first elected councillors, along with Herbert Dibben, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5.

Martin, Juliana – See Juliana Boteler.

Martin, Nicholas – He held the knight’s fee of five hides at Tidpit after William, the son of Robert, the son of Martin. He sublet part of this fee to Ralf de Baskerville. Lane Poole says ‘it appears from the subsequent absence of Nicholas from the records, that he surrendered the other half of the fee to Ralf de Baskerville.’ He died in 1282.

Martin, Robert – In 1086, Robert Martin acquired the knight’s fee of five hides at Tidpit, previously held by Serlo. In return for this land, (which was about 640 acres,) and its revenue, he was obliged to retain one knight, fully armed, equipped and trained. After him, the fee was passed on to William, son of Walter.

Martin, Robert son of (2) – In 1209, on the death of William, son of Walter, he held the knight’s fee of five hides at Tidpit. (See Serlo and Robert Martin.) In 1224 he married Juliana. This alliance formed a connection with Ralf de Baskerville. He was succeeded by William, the son of Robert, the son of Martin.

Martin, Thomas – He was married to Elizabeth and they had a son, Malachi in 1817.

Martin, Thomas (2) – On 22nd January 1870 the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported that Thomas Martin and Edward Martin were ‘charged with breaking and entering the White Hart Inn, at Martin, and stealing therefrom a pint of brandy, a pint of gin, two gallons of mead, and other property’. They were remanded for three days.

Martin, William, the son of Robert, the son of – He inherited the knight’s fee at Tidpit from Robert Martin (2). He was succeeded by Nicholas Martin.

Maton, George – On the 1788 map of the parish he is recorded as holding a lifeholder tenancy under Lady Coote, at Tidpit, in trust for the children of the late Thomas Harris. He may not have lived in the village himself.

Maurice, William – He was the curate at Martin from 1606 to 1615.

May, John le – In 1332 he paid 3s 1d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). In 1189, a farm called ‘Mayshouse’ was recorded in the village.

May, Geoffrey le – In 1332 he paid 3s 5d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce). In 1189, a farm called ‘Mayshouse’ was recorded in the village.

May, William – In subscriptions to the Act of Uniformity in 1677 and 1690 he was recorded as the vicar of Damerham and Martin.

McCallum, John – In 1897 he was the schoolmaster.

Melmoth, Elizabeth – In 1875 she was the schoolmistress.

Merton, Isabel de – She was married to William. See William of Martin.

Merton, William de – See William of Martin.

Mervin, Edward – He lived in Martin and was a gentleman. He was married to Frances. In 1673 he and his wife leased a property to Thomas Buffet the elder, of Sturminster Newton. (Counterpart of lease ref. MS 3415/18 Birmingham Archives.)

Mervin, Frances – She was the wife of Edward Mervin. They lived in Martin. In 1673 she and her husband leased a property to Thomas Buffet the elder, of Sturminster Newton. (Counterpart of lease ref. MS 3415/18 Birmingham Archives.)

Michell, Rev. E. W. – He was the vicar of Martin from 1881 to 1910. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, the Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The first elected councillors were Herbert Dibben, Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The annual precept was £5.

Miller, Walter – He died in 1672. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Minty, David – His mark is recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Presbyterian worship in the house of James Prince in 1711.

Moller, William – He was the son-in-law of George Reade (2). He had a son, William Moller (2). In George Reade’s will, dated 1725, he bequeaths one shilling to his son-law, William Moller, also a shilling to his grandson, William Moller (2).

Moller, William (2) – He was the son of William Moller and the grandson of George Reade (2). His grandfather bequeathed one shilling to William in his will.

Moody – The 1788 Estate Map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office), shows three fields enclosed by farmer Moody, each called ‘Moody’s Down’. They measured 5.3.32, 3.3.0 and 1.3.32.

Moody, Edward – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1802, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. There was a farm called ‘Moody’s’ in the village at one time – see John Shrimpton.

Moon, Edward – He was recorded in the Court Rolls for a clandestine marriage.

Mullens, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1848. She was the wife of Henery Mullens. They had a daughter, Fanny, born in 1871.

Mullens, Fanny – Born in Martin in 1871. She was the daughter of Henery and Elizabeth Mullens.

Mullens, Henery – Born in Chettle in 1849. At the time of the 1871 census he was a groom in Martin, aged 22. He was married to Elizabeth and they had a daughter, Fanny, born that year.

Munday, Joseph – He was the curate at Martin from 1689 to 1691.

Nash – Nash Farm administration History record: dated 1839-1897, held in the Museum of English Rural Life (ref. WIL 15) notes that the Nash family was at Toyd and also held farms in East Martin and elsewhere.

Nettleton, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1401 to 1411.

Newman, John – He died in 1638. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Newman, Mary Ann – Born in Martin in 1832. At the time of the 1881 census she was an inmate of the Union workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 49 and married. Her husband was not recorded there.

Newman, Nicholas – He was a yeoman. He died in 1672. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Newman, W.M. – IN 1690 he was a churchwarden with Edmund Gray.

Nicholas – In 1257, Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls record Nicholas (no surname) as the Reeve at Damerham, which included Martin.

Nicholas, Mary – In 1788 she was the executor of her sister Elizabeth Bennett’s will. She was a widow at this time.

Nicken, Mary – She was the wife of Charles Shering. See Charles Shering.

Niwe, Clement le – In 1332 he paid 4s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Norris, Grace – Wife of John Norris, mother of Jane.

Norris, Jane – Daughter of John Norris and his wife, Grace. In May 1614 Jane was registered as a vagrant and ‘given a passport to Martyn, where she said she was born.’ It was assigned for two days.

Norris, John – Husband of Grace Norris. Father of Jane.

Northlode, John – The son of Thomas Northlode (2). He inherited the Manor of West Martin from his father. He died without heirs, so the Manor passed to Joan Romsey.

Northlode, Thomas – Around 1300 he inherited the Manor of West Martin from William of Martin. He was married to Joan. He had a son, Thomas Northlode (2), who inherited the Manor. It then passed to his grandson, John Northlode.

Northlode, Thomas (2) – The son of Thomas Northlode and Joan. He inherited the Manor of West Martin. He had a son, John Northlode.

Nycholas, Edmund – In 1518 he farmed 52 ¼ acres in West Martin.

Oak, Simon – He died in 1639. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Oborne, William – (Osborne?) In 1750 he was apprenticed to James Shrimpton, butcher of Martin.

Paddison, William – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Padner, Frances – She had an illegitimate child by Thomas Storke (elder). This son was also named Thomas. (Thomas Storke, younger). In 1623, the Wiltshire Easter Sessions ordered that Frances, recently committed to the house of correction, should not be discharged until she guaranteed the overseers of Martin against the maintenance of her son. However, in 1631 an order made at the Hampshire Midsummer sessions, freed Storke from further responsibility for the child and ordered it to be removed to Harbridge. This was reviewed at the Hampshire Michaelmas sessions in October 1631, which took into consideration the 1623 Wiltshire order, by which Storke was pronounced the reputed father and instructed to provide for its upkeep and to relieve Martin parish of all responsibility. Other documents were then produced which showed that Thomas Storke and his father, William Storke, were bound by a recognizance of £40 and a bond of £30 to perform this order and to discharge Martin parish of all responsibility. After considering the facts, the Hampshire JPs judged that Thomas Storke should assume responsibility and that the child should be returned from Harbridge to Martin.

Page, Geoffrey – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls record Geoffrey Page as one of the Reeves at Damerham, which included Martin, in 1301 to 1302. In 1332 he paid 4s 8d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Page, John – In 1332 he paid 9d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Page, William – In 1332 he paid 5s 2d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Pain, Amelia – Born in Donhead St Mary in 1850. She was married to Mark Pain, the shepherd. They had a daughter, Emma, born in 1870 in Shipton Berenger, Wilts.

Pain, Emma – Born in Shipton Berenger, Wilts, in 1870. She was the daughter of Mark and Amelia Pain.

Pain, Mark – Born in Homington, Wilts, in 1846. He was a shepherd. He was married to Amelia and they had a daughter, Emma, born in 1870 in Shipton Berenger, Wilts.

Palmer, Agnes – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1862. She was the daughter of John and Hanah Palmer.

Palmer, Edwin – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1867. He was the son of John and Hanah Palmer.

Palmer, George – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1865. He was the son of John and Hanah Palmer.

Palmer, Hanah – Born in Cashmoor, in 1824. She was married to John Palmer. They had four children; John (2), born 1859, Agnes, born 1862, George, born 1865 and Edwin, born 1867. Although all the children were born in Coombe Bissett, the family were living in Martin at the time of the 1871 census.

Palmer John – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1824. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Hanah. They had four children; John, born 1859, Agnes, born 1862, George, born 1865 and Edwin, born 1867. Although all the children were born in Coombe Bissett, the family were living in Martin at the time of the 1871 census.

Palmer, John (2) – Born in Coombe Bissett, in 1859. He was the son of John and Hannah Palmer. At the time of the 1871 census he was a 12 year old shepherd boy.

Parker – Recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Parker, Elizabeth – She was a spinster in 1726, when she made her will.

Parker, Henry – He was a yeoman. He died in 1694. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. How does he relate to Henry Parker (2)?

Parker, Henry (2) – His name recorded in the 1671 Glebe Terrier. In 1674 he was a church sidesman with John Grove. In 1696 he was a churchwarden with John Bagus. Does any of this relate to Henry Parker, above?

Parker, James, senior, – In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. He served at the Hilary sessions that year. His will, made in 1747, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Parker, John – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1726, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Parry, Luke – He was the curate of Martin from 1639 until 1643.

Parsons, George – Born in Jersey in 1853. He was a confectioner. At the time of the 1871 census he was aged 18, living with his uncle, John Ford, in Martin. His sister, (name undecipherable), aged 19, also lived with them.

Payne, Ann – The second wife of Sir John Horsey. Mother of Peter Horsey.

Peacock, Rev. Edward – He married Eleanor Hodding, the daughter of his Bishop. Eleanor’s grandfather, George Reade, of Fryern Court, owned most of the copyholds of Martin. Rev. E. Peacock added considerably to the land she owned by purchase. Before coming to Martin he was the Vicar of Fifehead Magdalen in Dorset, where ‘he lived in the style of a country gentleman’. They lived at Read’s Farm. In 1867, 1875 and 1886 he is recorded as the principal landowner in the village. In 1896 he presented the church with a chair which he’d made and carved. He wrote a notebook about the village, illustrated with some drawings and photographs, which can be seen at Hampshire Records Office. Extracts and photos from his notebook can be found elsewhere in the Martin Village Archive. In 1869 he also published an article called ‘The Downs’ for the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine’ Vol XI pp262-267. Kelly’s Directory of 1911 records Rev. Reginald Peacock as a principle landowner in Martin (although living in Lambourne as the Vicar of Woodlands St Mary). Could he have been the son of Rev. Edward Peacock?

Peacock, Eleanor – See Eleanor Hodding (2)

Peacock, Rev. Reginald – Kelly’s Directory of 1911 records Rev. Reginald Peacock as a principle landowner in Martin (although living in Lambourne as the Vicar of Woodlands St Mary). Could he have been the son of Rev. Edward Peacock?

Pearcy, Henry – He was a tailor. In 1743 he took William Blandford, orphan son of Margaret Blandford, as an apprentice. He also took on William’s sister, Ann Blandford that year. In 1744 he took James Street as an apprentice.

Pepper, Benjamin – He was the curate of Martin from 1773 until 1782.

Percy, Edwin – Kelly’s Directory of 1915 records Edwin Percy and son as blacksmiths in Martin. They were not in the 1911 edition.

Perry, John – Between 1814 and 1818 John Perry rented the farm and parsonage at Martin (the Manor House), Staples, Sweetapples and Tidpit Parsonage from the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Perry, Thomas – According to the Coroner’s bill, dated September 1789, he was ‘killed by a tree falling on his head’. The bill for attending the death was £1. 7s. 6d.

Peytevin, Clarice – Sister of Peter Peytevin. She married Richard le Marchaunt and lived in East Martin. In 1268 the Wiltshire Eyre records that a quarrel arose between Richard and Clarice and he beat her. When her brother Peter heard of this he came to the house and attacked Richard. Richard struck him with a knife and Peter later died of it. Richard made off and was outlawed.

Peytevin, Peter – In 1268 he was killed by his brother-in-law, Richard le Marchaunt. When he heard that Richard had beaten his sister, Clarice Peytevin, Peter went to their house and attacked Richard and tried to kill him. In defending himself with a knife, Richard struck Peter, who later died of it.

Peytevyn, Alice – Daughter of Robert Peytevyn (2) and his wife Christine. The Feet of Fines of 1331 records her confusingly as the wife of Henry Russel, but also as ‘the wife of William Aunger during her life’. Should this read ‘during his life’?

Peytevyn, Christine – She was married to Robert Petevyn (2) and was the mother of Alice. Her name is recorded in the Feet of Fines of 1331.

Peytevyn, Robert – Sometime after his election as Abbot of Glastonbury in 1126, Henry of Blois made a grant of two hides, which consisted of about 360 acres, to Robert Peytevyn, for a rent of one mark and a sextarius of honey. Lane Poole identifies this property as what is now Bustard Farm. In 1189 he made homage to the Abbot, Henry de Sully. He was followed by a son, Roger Petevyn, and a grandson, William Petevyn.

Peytevyn, Robert (2) – He was married to Christine. They had a daughter, Alice. In 1297 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem of the lands and tenements of Hugh and Margery Peverel at Parva Domerham. In 1300 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem at ‘Domerham’, of the estate of Thomas Peverel of Samford (Devon), which included lands and tenements in Damerham. In 1330 he is recorded as the owner of Bustard Farm, but with only one hide, half the amount of land that the previous Robert Peytevyn had held. He commuted his rent in honey to money. In 1331 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem at Butelegate into the estate of John Mautravers the younger. In 1331 he and his wife are recorded in the Feet of Fines entering into an agreement to let one messuage, 1 carucate of land and 1 acre of meadow in Estmerton to John Everard and his wife, Agnes.

Peytevyn, Roger – The son of Robert Peytevyn. He held Bustard Farm after his father. In 1246 he made a grant ‘in frankalmoin’ to Glastonbury Abbey of four acres lying in a field called To-hyde (Toyd or Two Hides), which was called ‘Peytwynsfield’ – ‘where the lord’s wethers could be folded in stormy seasons’. In 1268 the Wiltshire Eyre records that, ‘Concerning defaults, they say that the abbot of Glastonbury (writ) Roger le Peytevin…did not come here on the first day, so (he) is in mercy.’ (N.b. He is to be fined.)

Peytevyn, William – The grandson of Robert Petevyn. He held Bustard Farm after Roger Petevyn, who may have been his father.

Phelps, Mr – In 1835 he lived at Bustard Manor Farm.

Philps – At some time in the eighteenth century, Sweetapples Cottage was known as ‘Philps’.

Pickname, William – He was instituted as the vicar of Damerham and Martin in 1507.

Pinchard, William – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1773, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Pincke, Henry – In 1705 he was the vicar of Martin.

Pinhorn, Abraham – In 1741 he worked for Margaret Blandford at Toyd Farm.

Plonte, William – He was the Rector of Tidpit in 1411.

Poor, Emma – Born in Martin in 1851. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 20 and unmarried.

Poor, George – Born in Martin in 1848. He was an agricultural labourer. At the time of the 1871 census he was 23, unemployed, and living as a lodger in the home of Richard and Eliza Francis.

Poore, Aben – Born in 1861. He was the son of George and Mary Poore. In June 1887 he married Caroline Manstone. They had nine children. Beatrice, Marion, Mabel, Aben George (known as George), Rubbie, Lottie, Dorothy and Nellie. In 1897 he was a threshing-machine proprietor. They lived in a cottage where Mulberry House now stands. In 1912 Aben demolished part of the cottage and built a new house, called Clovelly. A lay-by was later built and petrol pumps. The Poore family lived in the house for eighty years and ran an agricultural machinery business there for several generations.

Poore, Aben George (known as George) – Born 1894. Son of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Poore, Beatrice – Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore. She married Percy Haines and they lived at ‘The Cross, Martin.’ She took in an evacuee during the war. That evacuee’s daughter recalls her mother describing Beatrice…’Beatrice had beautiful long, dark hair and was very dark skinned, she looked almost Indian’.

Poore, Caroline – Born in 1862. Married to Aben Poore in 1887. Mother of Beatrice, Marion, Mabel, Aben George (known as George), Rubbie, Lottie, Dorothy and Nellie.

Poore, Dorothy – Born 1897. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore. First woman in Martin to drive a car. She owned a Model T Ford. (See photo in archive collection.)

Poore, George – He married Mary Eunice Down in 1847. They had a son, Aben.

Poore, Lottie – Born 1896. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Poore, Mabel – Born in 1893. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Poore, Marion – Born in 1891. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Poore, Mary – She was born Mary Eunice Down and married George Poore. They had a son, Aben.

Poore, Nellie – Born in 1899. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Poore, Rubbie – Born 1895. Daughter of Aben and Caroline Poore.

Pope, Edmund – He was a husbandman. He died in 1633. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Pope, Nicholas le – In 1332 he paid 18 ¼ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Pope, Thomas – In 1554 he became vicar of Damerham and Martin.

Pore, William – In 1518 he farmed 32 acres at West Martin.

Price, Anne – She married James White.

Priest, Ann – Born in Martin, in 1823. She was Anne Harris before she married. See Ann Harris (3). She married Elias Priest and they had three daughters; Elizabeth, born 1857, Eliza, born 1860 and Emily, born 1864. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, aged 48, working as an agricultural labourer to support her children.

Priest, Elias – He was the son of Henry Priest. In 1855 he married Ann Harris (3). They had three daughters; Elizabeth, born 1857, Eliza, born 1860 and Emily, born 1864.

Priest, Eliza – Born in Martin in 1860. She was the daughter of Elias and Ann Priest. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged 11.

Priest, Emily – Born in Martin, in 1864. She was the daughter of Elias and Ann Priest. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a scholar, aged 7.

Priest, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1857. She was the daughter of Elias and Ann Priest.

Priest, Henry – He was the father of Elias Priest.

Prince, Catherine – Mother of Elizabeth Prince (2). In 1719, when Elizabeth was apprenticed to John Barter, weaver of Bishopstone, Catherine was referred to as a ‘singlewoman’.

Prince, Elizabeth – Her will, dated 1611, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a widow at this time.

Prince, Elizabeth (2) – Daughter of Catherine Prince. In 1719 she was apprenticed to John Barter, weaver of Bishopstone.

Prince, Grace – She died, a widow, in 1719. Her administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Harry – He was the son of Walter Prince (2). He had a sister, Mary.

Prince, Henry – He was a yeoman. He had three sons, Walter, Henry and John. In 1657 he was a churchwarden in Martin with John Grove. In 1686 he was a churchwarden with Simon Thane. His son, Walter, made a bequest to him in his will in 1712. His own will, dated 1716, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Henry (2?) – He was the son of Henry Prince and the brother of Walter Prince (2) and John Prince (2).

Prince, Henry (3?) – In 1701, his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Presbyterian worship in the house of James Prince. Could this be the same Henry Prince or Henry Prince (2), above?

Prince, Henry (4?) – In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. He served at the Hilary sessions that year. His account and Administration Bond, dated 1779, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could this be the same Henry Prince (3)?

Prince, James – In 1701 and 1711 he received a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for his house to be used for Presbyterian worship.

Prince, James (2) – In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as a lifehold tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Also recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote on the same map. Beside his entries are the words ‘South Lodge Living’, ‘Cacknell Living’ and ‘late Henry Prince’. This is unlikely to be the same James Prince as above? His will, dated 1799, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, John – In the sixteenth century John Prince farmed Toyd, together with Richard Compton, Thomas Prince and, later, Robert King, as a syndicate. (See Thomas Prince.) His will, dated 1557, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, John (2) – He was the son of Henry Prince and the brother of Walter Prince (2) and Henry Prince (2).

Prince, John (3) – In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. He served at the Hilary sessions that year.

Prince, Margery – She died, a widow, in 1590. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Mary – She was the daughter of Walter Prince (2). She died in 1764. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Sisly (?) – She was the wife of Walter Prince (2). Her christian name appears on his will, dated 1712, but is hard to read. They had a son, Harry and a daughter, Mary. His will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Thomas – In the sixteenth century Thomas Prince farmed Toyd, together with Richard Compton, John Prince and, later, Robert King, as a syndicate. Their arable consisted of 120 acres at Toyd and 60 at Allenford, which they were allowed to sow, in accordance with the medieval practice of the three field system, with 60 acres of winter and 60 acres of spring corn. Moreover they had the use of the lord’s sheep fold for which they had to find the hurdles. The rent was eight pounds and twenty-four capons annually.

Prince, Walter – His will, dated 1580, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prince, Walter (2) – He was a yeoman. He was the son of Henry Prince. He married Sisly (?). They had a son, Harry and a daughter, Mary. His will, dated 1712, was witnessed by Thomas Blandford, Ann Blandford and Ann Newman. He died in 1713. His will is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Prynce, John – In the sixteenth century Richard Compton farmed Toyd, together with Thomas Prince, John Prince and, later, Robert King as a syndicate. Their arable consisted of 120 acres at Toyd and 60 at Allenford, which they were allowed to sow, in accordance with the medieval practice of the three field system, with 60 acres of winter and 60 acres of spring corn. Moreover they had the use of the lord’s sheep fold for which they had to find the hurdles. The rent was eight pounds and twenty-four capons annually. The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’ In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Prynce, Peter – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Prynce, Thomas – In 1518 he farmed 22 acres at West Martin. In the sixteenth century Richard Compton farmed Toyd, together with Thomas Prince, John Prince and, later, Robert King as a syndicate. Their arable consisted of 120 acres at Toyd and 60 at Allenford, which they were allowed to sow, in accordance with the medieval practice of the three field system, with 60 acres of winter and 60 acres of spring corn. Moreover they had the use of the lord’s sheep fold for which they had to find the hurdles. The rent was eight pounds and twenty-four capons annually. The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’ In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £6. 10s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Prynce, Walter – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 13s. 4d. ‘benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. This could be the same Walter Prince, above.

Pullen, Elizabeth – Born in Bright Waltham, Berkshire, in 1810. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a widow, aged 61, living in a private house and recorded as a retired grocer’s wife. Her niece, Agnes Bestall, aged 21, was living with her. She may have been the wife of William Pullen?

Pullen, William – In 1855 he was a shopkeeper in the village. In 1867 he was recorded as a baker, shopkeeper and responsible for the Post Office.

Pully, Geoffrey – In 1332 he paid 5s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Purs, Peter – In 1275 he was imprisoned for robbery. Richard Pik, the bailiff at Damerham, is recorded as having extorted 20/ from him in exchange for a promise to set him at liberty.

Pykerell, John – He was the Rector at Tidpit in the 1390’s. He was also the Rector of Broadchalke in 1394.

Pypere, William – In 1332 he paid 9d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Radalfus, son of Maheld – According to the Inquisition of 1189 he held one virgate at Martin. The labour services due for this were the following; ‘He ought to reap, load and carry the corn crop. In autumn he ought to reap half an acre every day until the whole crop is cut, and carry it and collect straw for thatching the houses and to help in the thatching and to drink one of the lord’s scot-ales for threepence, and another for twopence halfpenny.’

Ransom, Thomas – He was a cordwainer (a shoemaker). In 1764 he took on Barnard Harris as an apprentice. In 1775 he took on John Upjohn as an apprentice. In 1788 his name appears on the Map of the Parish as a tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury at Rack Rent.

Randell, John – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Ranger, William – In 1828 his mark was recorded on a Dissenters’ Meeting House certificate for Ann Hersey and William Flemington, as a Primitive Methodist.

Raymond, Caroline – Born in Martin in 1831. She was the niece of Joseph Hort, the shepherd. At the time of the 1851 census, she was living with him as his housekeeper, aged 20.

Read – In 1874, Mr Read built Holly Tree Cottage.

Read, Acquilla – Born in 1884. Possibly married to Alice? He died in 1933. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Read, Alice – Born in 1881. She was possibly the wife of Acquilla Read. She was the church organist. She lived most of her life at Paradise Farm, but later in St George’s Cottages, with Mrs Cox. She died in 1960. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Read, George – Recorded in the Glebe Terrier of 1608. In 1631 he was a churchwarden.

Read, George (2) – In 1897 he was a farmer. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, George Read was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, Herbert Dibben, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5.

Read, Henry – Born in Martin in 1859. At the time of the 1871 census he was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge. He was aged 12 and recorded as a scholar. May Read, aged 14, was also at the workhouse and is likely to have been his sister. There were no parents by the name of Read as inmates at that time.

Read, John – Born 1875. He died in 1937, aged 57. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Read, (Reade) Joseph – He married Jane Garrett. In 1630 they had a son, George Reade (3).

Read, May – Born in Martin in 1857. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge. She was 14 and recorded as a scholar. Henry Read, aged 12, was also at the workhouse with her and is likely to have been her brother. There were no parents by the name of Read as inmates at that time.

Read, William – He was a blacksmith. He died in 1597. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Read, William Esq. (2) – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. By his name are the words Garrets, Lodge Down, Hardimans, Living Townsend and Andrews. He is also recorded on the same map under ‘East Martin’ at Harris’s.

Reade, Charles – In 1614 he was a churchwarden with Matthew Stoop.

Reade, Eleanor – Born in 1802. She was the daughter of George Reade, Esq. (4). She married Matthias T. Hodding and had a son, John and daughters Augusta and Eleanor (2).

Reade, Elizabeth – She was the daughter of George Reade. Her married name was Elizabeth Adams. In his will, dated 1725, George Reade bequeaths one shilling to his daughter, Elizabeth Adams, and also to his grandson, Andrew Adams – suggesting that Andrew was her son.

Reade, Francis – He was the son of George Reade (2). In George Reade’s will, dated 1725, he bequeaths one shilling to his son, Francis Reade.

Reade, George Senior – He was a yeoman. His administration bond and inventory, dated 1678, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Reade, George – In 1618 he was a witness to the inventory of Agnes Storke.

Reade, George (2) – He had a daughter, Elizabeth and two sons, John and Francis. At the time of his will he had ten grandchildren. His will, dated 1725, was witnessed by Elizabeth Compton, who could not sign her name but made her mark; also by two others, whose names are illegible. In his will, he bequeathed one shilling, his horse trough at Blagdon and sideboard therein to his son John Reade. He also bequeathed one shilling each to his daughter Elizabeth Adams, his son, Francis and his sons-in-law, William Moller and John Bagus; he also made bequests to his ten grandchildren – one shilling each to William Moller (2), Hannah Ivans (?) and Elizabeth; five shillings each to John Bagus (2) and George Reade (which?) and twenty shillings each to William Bagus, Mary Bagus, Mary Reade and Jane Reade. He died on 17th January 1726. Is this the same George Read Esq. (4)?

Reade, George Senior (2) – He was a yeoman. In 1716 he was a witness to the will of John Walters. His will, dated 1727, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Could be the same George Reade (2) above?

Reade, George Esq. (4) – Born in 1630. He was the son of Joseph Reade (Read) and Jane Garrett. He married Barbara, daughter of Peter Rooke of Fryern Court and so acquired that property, as well as the property he inherited from his father. His daughter, Eleanor, married Matthias T. Hodding. He is buried in the churchyard. He was the largest copyholder in Martin and nominated the ‘lives’ of the two sons of his gardener, aged five and seven, to prolong his tenancy. He died in 1726 at the age of ninety-six and had lived through the reigns of six sovereigns and the Commonwealth.

Reade, George (5) – He was the grandson of George Reade (2). In his will, dated 1725, George Read (2) bequeathed five shillings to his grandson, George Reade (5).

Reade, Jane – She was the granddaughter of George Read (2). In his will, he bequeathed her twenty shillings.

Reade, John – He was a yeoman. In 1716 he was a witness to the will of John Walters. He was the son of George Reade. In 1725 George Reade bequeathed ‘one shilling, my horse trough at Blagdon and my sideboard therein,’ to his son, John Reade in his will. John Reade’s inventory and will, dated 1727, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Reade, Joseph – In 1716 he was a witness to the will and inventory of John Walters. Could this be the same Joseph Reade (2), below?

Reade, Joseph (2)? – He married Jane Garrett, heiress of Alderholt Park, which brought him all the Garrett copyholds in Martin. They had a son, George Reade Esq. (4). In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. Joseph and Jane are both buried in the churchyard.

Reade, Louise – Born in 1850. She was the wife of Robert Reade. She died in 1905, aged 55 years.

Reade, Martha – In 1744 she gave the gift of a communion plate to the church.

Reade, Mary – She was the first wife of George Harris.

Reade, Mary (2) – In 1750 as a widow, she married Thomas Staples.

Reade, Mary (3) – Born in 1877. She died in 1893, aged 16 years. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Reade, Mary (4) – She was the granddaughter of George Reade (2). In his will he bequeathed her twenty shillings. How does she relate to the Mary Reades above?

Reade, Robert – Born in 1841. He married Louise. He died in 1910, aged 69.

Redman, William – In 1775 he was apprenticed to Timothy Harris, the wheelwright.

Reed, Amelia – Born in Martin in 1866. She was the grand-daughter of Eliza White.

Reed, Bessey – Born in Martin in 1862. She was the daughter of George and Susannah Reed.

Reed, Charles – Born in Martin in 1870. He was the son of Robert Reed, the shepherd, and his wife Louisa.

Reed, David – Born in Martin in 1837. He was the brother of Matilda Reed. At the time of the 1871 census he was living with his sister, Matilda, and her family.

Reed, Edward – Born in Martin in 1871. He was the son of George and Susannah Reed.

Reed, Emma – Born in Sandalheath in 1866. She was the daughter of George and Susannah Reed.

Reed, George – Born in Martin in 1839. At the time of the 1871 census he was a shoemaker and a Primitive Methodist preacher, aged 32. He was married to Susannah and they had three daughters and a son: Bessey, born in 1862, Emma, born in 1866, Matilda (2), born in 1869 and Edward, born in 1871.

Reed, John – Born in Martin in 1817. He was an agricultural labourer. He married Mary. They had a daughter, Martha. At the time of the 1871 census, John and Mary were living in the Union Chapel Cottage, with Martha and her husband, John Elliot. At this time, Mary was recorded as ‘afflicted’.

Reed, Louisa – Born in Martin in 1850. She was the wife of Robert Reed, the shepherd. They had a son, Charles, born in 1870.

Reed, Mary – Born in Cranborne in 1807. She married John Reed. They had a daughter, Martha. At the time of the 1871 census, John and Mary were living in the Union Chapel Cottage, with Martha and her husband, John Elliot. At this time, Mary was recorded as ‘afflicted’.

Reed, Martha – Born in Martin in 1852. She was the daughter of John and Mary Reed. She married John Elliot. At the time of the 1871 census she and John lived with her parents in the Union Chapel Cottage. Her mother was recorded as afflicted on this census.

Reed, Matilda – Born in Martin in 1820. She married Isaac Flemington. They had a son, Henery, born 1849. At the time of the 1871 census her brother, David Reed, was living with them.

Reed, Matilda (2) – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of George and Susannah Reed.

Reed, Robert – Born in Martin in 1847. He was a shepherd. He was married to Louisa and they had a son, Charles, born in 1870.

Reed, Susannah – Born in Martin in 1839. She was the wife of George Reed. They had four children: Bessey, born 1862, Emma, born 1866, Matilda (2), born 1869 and Edward, born 1871.

Reginald – In 1257 to 1258, Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls record Reginald as the Reeve at Damerham, which included Martin. This was probably Reginald de Smallana.

Reginald of Tidpit – Also as Reginald de Tudeputte. He inherited a tenement of one and a half virgates from William of Tidpit. He gave this tenement to John Coty. In 1300 he was a juror at an inquisition post mortem at ‘Domerham’ of the estate of Thomas Peverel, of Samford (Devon), which included lands and tenements in Damerham.

Richard of Martin – In 1275 the Foresters of the Chase went to the house of Richard of Martin and took away a horse, valued at 10s. This horse had belonged to a man they had arrested at the house of John le Bor and subsequently hanged at Cranborne.

Ridout, Emma – Born in Eastington (Gloucestershire?) in 1825. At the time of the 1871 census she was married to William Ridout, but this must have been her second marriage, as she had two children named George Edmund Waters, born in 1857, and Ruth Waters, born in 1860. Both of her children were born in Massachusetts U.S.A., but were British Subjects.

Ridout, William – Born in Cashmoor, Dorset, in 1823. He was a carter. He married Emma Waters and was step-father to her children, George Edmund Waters and Ruth Waters.

Rigby, Mr – He was the curate at Martin from 1782 to 1792.

Robegarde, John – In 1332 he paid 8 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Robert, ‘persona de Tudeput’ – He was the Rector of Tidpit in c.1255.

Rode, John – In 1518 he rented Boulsbury farm from Glastonbury Abbey.

Rogers, John – In 1705 he was a churchwarden.

Romsey, Joan – She was married to Walter de Romesy. They had a son, Thomas, and two daughters, Cecily and Maud. Their names are mentioned in an entry in the Feet of Fines of 1351.

Romsey, Joan (2) – She was the great-granddaughter of Sir Walter Romsey by his second wife, Alice Fyllol. She married Thomas Pain and was widowed. She held a concentration of immense properties, through lines of inheritance from the Bisset, Romsey and Pain families. This included the manor of Rockbourne, but she also held a messuage and a virgate of arable at Martin. She inherited the Manor of West Martin after John Northlode died without heirs. She died around 1447, without any children, and the property was inherited by her second cousin, William Horsey.

Romsey, Sir Walter – Married twice – first to Joan and then to Alice Fyllol. His great-granddaughter, through his second wife was Joan Romsey (2).

Rooke, Henry – In 1741 he worked for Margaret Blandford at Toyd Farm.

Rose, Henry – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1717, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Runyeard, Hilsty Marris Acquila – He was born in 1898. He was the son of Rose, who later married Charles Francis in 1901, when he was about three years old. Before her marriage to Charles Francis, Hilsty and Rose lived with her parents, John and Anne Runyeard in Cranborne. See WW1 documents in the Martin Village Archive for his service details. Hilsty served with the Hants Regiment. He died in 1919, aged 21. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Runyeard, Rose – Her parents were John and Anne Runyeard and they lived in Cranborne. She had a son, Hilsty Marris Acquila. Rose and Hilsty lived with her parents, until she married Charles Francis, in 1901.

Russel, Henry – Married Alice Peytevyn.

Ryall, Christopher – In 1888 he was a churchwarden with George Waters.

Ryall, Georgina – See Georgina Wyall.

Ryall, Henry – He was born in 1857. He married Rosa. He farmed at Sparrow Farm (Read’s Farm). He died in 1928, aged 61. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Ryall, Rosa – She was born in 1867. She was the wife of Henry Ryall. She died in 1928, aged 61. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Samways, Elizabeth – According to the Coroner’s bill, dated January 1792, she died a ‘natural death’. The bill for attending the death was £1. 7s. 6d.

Saunders – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish. Could be either of the Saunders below?

Saunders, Bernard – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent.

Saunders, Elizabeth – Her will, dated 1792, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a widow at this time.

Saunders, Fanny – Born in Martin in 1797. At the time of the 1871 census she was widowed, aged 74. She was crippled and lived alone next door to Joseph Saunders, who may have been her son. She was a recipient of the Talks Charity.

Saunders, James – Born in Martin in 1861. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Saunders.

Saunders, Jane – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Saunders.

Saunders, Joseph – Born in Martin in 1827. He was married to Mary Saunders (2). Their children were James, born 1861, Mary Jane, born 1863, Rosa, born 1866, Jane, born 1869. They also had a daughter called Sarah. They lived in Ye Olde Cottage, now Yew Tree Cottage. Their daughter, Sarah Saunders, married Alfred Woodford. At the time of the 1871 census Joseph was recorded as ‘afflicted’, aged 44 and a pauper.

Saunders, Mary – She married Barnard Harris.

Saunders, Mary (2) – She was the wife of Joseph Saunders. They lived in Ye Olde Cottage, now Yew Tree Cottage. Their daughter, Sarah Saunders, married Alfred Woodford.

Saunders, Mary (3) – Born in 1853. At the time of the 1871 census she was 18 years old, unmarried and working as a General Servant for Amelia Street at the Manor House, where she lived.

Saunders, Mary Jane – Born in Martin in 1863. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Saunders.

Saunders, Michael – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1772, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Saunders, Michael (2) – He was married to Sarah Harris. In 1785 he was the executor of the will of his mother-in-law, Ann Harris. She bequeathed to him her ‘dwelling house, workshop, out houses and yard of garden and belonging known by the name of late Comptons’. Could this be the same Michael Saunders (3)?

Saunders, Michael (3) – In 1815 his mark was recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Bernard Harris, Independent.

Saunders, Roger – He was the curate at Martin from 1686 to 1687.

Saunders, Rosa Eliza – Born in Martin in 1866. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Saunders.

Saunders, William – He was a yeoman. In 1816 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams. His will, dated 1820, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Saye, Thomas – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1498 to 1510.

Scammell, Mrs Ellen – Born in Martin in 1849. She was the wife of James Scammell (3). In 1897 she was a baker and grocer. She died in 1908, aged 59. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Scammell, Hubert – In 1911 and 1915 he was recorded in Kelly’s Directory as one of the two carriers to Salisbury.

Scammell, James – Born in 1841. He married Ellen. He died in 1877, aged 36. His gravestone is in the churchyard. Was this James Scammell (2)?

Scamell, James, senior (2) – In 1867 he was recorded as a farmer.

Scamell, James (3) – Born in Donhead St Mary. In 1867 he was recorded as a carpenter and wheelwright in the village. At the time of the 1871 census he was a Master Carpenter, aged 30, employing 1 man. He was married to Ellen and they lived in ‘Carpenter’s House’. They had no children at this time. 1875 he was a carpenter, wheelwright, grocer and baker in the village. In 1897 he was a carrier.

Scammell, James (4) – Born in 1872. He married Martha. He died in 1922, aged 50. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Scammell, Martha – Born in 1881. She was the wife of James Scammell (4). She died in 1971, aged 90.

Scammell, William – He was a farmer. On September 1st 1866, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported; ‘Juvenile Offender- Thomas Francis, aged 12 and Eliza Francis, aged 14, were charged under the Juvenile Offenders Act with stealing a fowl, the property of Mr William Scammell, farmer of Martin. The boy was fined 10s, and the girl 7s, or, in default, seven days imprisonment.’

Scammells, Sarah – She married William White.

Scot, Nicholas – In 1332 he paid 4s 11 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Scot, Thomas – In 1332 he paid 20 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Scotes, Maud – In 1332 she paid 2s 1d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of her moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Scott, William – He married Alice Blandford in 1667. They were Quakers.

Selfe, Jacob – He was a Quaker. Married to Joan Blandford. He was a member of the Selfe family who were prominent Quakers, possibly from Market Lavington.

Sellwood, William – In 1911 and 1915 he was recorded in Kelly’s Directory as one of the two carriers to Salisbury.

Serlo – When Glastonbury Abbey was under an obligation to produce knights for the King it relieved itself of this duty by leasing land and the revenue from it – known as a knight’s fee. In return for this land and revenue, the tenant had to retain one knight, fully armed, equipped and trained. The Abbey let one knight’s fee of five hides at Todeputte to Serlo. Lane Poole calculates that these five hides comprised about 640 acres, ‘and must, therefore, have embraced beside the arable in the open fields also the meadow and the downland pasture’. Around 1086 Serlo’s fee passed to Robert Martin and through him to the Martin family of Tidpit.

Sevier – Also see Sevior, Sevyar and Sivior.

Sevier, Robert – He was a husbandman. He died in 1637. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sevier, Thomas – See also Thomas Sevior, below. He died in 1590. His will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sevior – In his book ‘Damerham and Martin’ p.187, E.H. Lane Poole writes ‘…since the number of rights for grazing sheep on the downs was dependent upon the extent of the arable, farmers were anxious to enlarge their arable holdings. By 1518 they had become copyhold or rent-paying tenants. Moreover, they were also gentlemen of substance, like John Garrett of Alderholt Park, or Lavenham and Sevior, whose affluence brought their wills within the probate of the prerogative courts. Such persons were not, like their predecessors, dependent upon their strips for subsistence, rather, they farmed for profit. Their holdings were usually much in excess of the medieval virgate, and were managed in conjunction with the lucrative business of sheep farming.’

Sevior, Thomas – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. This was probably the same Thomas Sevier, above.

Sevyar – Also see Sevier, Sevior and Sivior.

Sevyar, John – In 1518 he farmed 12 acres at West Martin.

Sevyar, Thomas – In 1518 he farmed 46 acres at West Martin.

Sevyar, William – In 1518 he farmed 23 acres at West Martin.

Shearing, Charles – In 1897 he farmed at Kite’s Nest.

Shearing, Mark – In 1897 he was a farmer and blacksmith.

Sherfield, Henry – He did not live in Martin, but was a prominent Salisbury lawyer and Member of Parliament who was also involved in large scale woad production on land including Blagdon and Boveridge. In 1610 he leased twenty-two acres at Tidpit for the purpose of growing woad.

Shering, Charles – He married Mary Nicken in January 1892 at Alderholt. They had four children; Levi, born 1893. David, born 1895, Francis, born 1898 and Jesse, born 1899. In the 1890’s Charles farmed at Kite’s Nest. His sons went to school at Martin. Around 1899 the family moved to North Allenford Farm, where Jesse was born. Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 records him farming at North Allenford. Charles died of a sudden heart attack in 1926, aged 62. At the time of his death he was a tenant farmer at Allenford Farm, but owned cottages at Alderholt, Pear Tree Farm at Sandleheath, Haskells (5 9 acre fields at the Blandford Road, Martin) and Elm View Farm at East Martin.

Shering, David – Born in 1895. He was the son of Charles and Mary Shering. David worked for his father on the farm at Allenford Farm until the First World War, when he joined the army. He fought in the Dardanelles and in France, where, according to his nephew, Arthur, he was wounded in the back and gassed. He suffered from this at times until his death in 1962. When he returned from the war he purchased a few acres of land at Toyd and built a Nissan hut to live in and started a poultry farm. He married Hilda and built a bungalow and then they later moved to Elm View Farm at East Martin.

Shering, Elsie – Elsie was born Elsie Shearing and grew up at Hawk Hill Farm in Alderholt. She married Jesse Shering and they bought Drove End Farm in Martin in around 1932, having lived for the first few years of married life in one of the family’s cottages at Alderholt. Jesse and Elsie had five children; Mable, born 1929, Leslie, born 1931, Arthur, born 1933, Frederick, born 1937 and Ronald, born 1940.

Shering, Fanny – Born in 1858. She died in 1897, aged 39. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Shering, Francis – Born in 1898. He was the son of Charles and Mary Shering. He died in 1975.

Shering, Jesse – Born in 1899. He was the son of Charles and Mary Shering. He went to school in Martin and then worked for his father at Allenford Farm. He married Elsie Shearing of Hawk Hill Farm, Alderholt in 1928 and bought Drove End Farm in Martin in around 1932, having lived for the first few years of married life in one of the family’s cottages at Alderholt. Drove End Farm was about 40 acres and consisted of cow-pens for 4 cows, stables for 2 horses with a loft above, a granary and a pig sty for about 10 pigs. It has recently been sold and a new house built on the site. Jesse and Elsie had five children; Mable, born 1929, Leslie, born 1931, Arthur, born 1933, Frederick, born 1937 and Ronald, born 1940.

Shering, Levi – He was born in 1893. He was the son of Charles and Mary Shering. He worked for his father on the farm at Allenford Farm, until his father died in 1926, when Levi took over. According to his nephew, Arthur, Levi was a very strong cyclist and runner in his younger days and was known to cycle to Bournemouth twice in one day on occasions. He never married. He contracted TB and died in 1935.

Shering, Mark – Born in 1855. He died in 1929, aged 74. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Shorland, James – Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 record him as an Assistant Overseer.

Short, Charles – From 1806 to 1808 he rented the farm and Parsonage (the Manor House), Staples and Sweetapples, which were owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Short, John, senior – He was a yeoman. From 1638 to 1640 he was a churchwarden with William Harris. He died in 1679. His account, administration bond, commission, court papers and inventories are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Shrimpton, James – He was a butcher in Martin. In 1744 he was a churchwarden with Joseph Haiter. In 1750 he took William Osborne as an apprentice. In 1757 he took Andrew Marlow as an apprentice. In 1759 he took on John West as an apprentice.

Shrimpton, James – In 1855 he was a shopkeeper in the village. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 21st November 1857, reported under the heading ‘Opposition to a Church Rate at Martin’ that ‘James Shrimpton appeared to answer to an information laid by George Watson, one of the churchwardens of the parish of Martin, charging him with refusing to pay to the said churchwardens the sum of 6s 7d, to which he was duly rated by a church-rate made on the 20th day of April 1857…Mr Squarey appeared as attorney for the churchwardens, and Mr Bennett, of Ludgate Hill, London, for the defendant…The assessment was based on the poor’s-rate, and (Mr Squarey) did not therefore suppose there would be any question as to its inequality. The fact was that one of the buttresses of the Church was in a defective state, and the fencing required repairing and this was estimated at 52l. being at the rate of about 4d in the pound, which was a very moderate assessment…Many of the parishioners had paid this rate, but some few persons in the parish had thought fit to refuse the payment, but the churchwardens had not thought fit to summon the whole, but had allowed the question to be decided on the merits of one case’. No further information on how the case was judged.

Shrimpton, John – He was a butcher. In 1759 he took John West as an apprentice.

Shrimpton, John (2) – He was a yeoman. Recorded as a tenant under Lady Coote, at Moodys, on the 1788 Map of the Parish. ‘(Moodys)’ is written beside his name. His will, dated 1814, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Shrimpton, Luke – In 1809 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams.

Sivior – Also see Sevior, Sevier and Sevyar.

Sivior, William – He was a husbandman. On 21st May 1597 William Sivior entered into a bond with the Salisbury clothier, George Bedford, for £6, to ‘plowe or eare in Blagdon Parke…Twelve Acres of grounde…in manner and form following; that is to saye, All the hare grase grounde of the sayd twelve acres to be eared three several tymes, and the residue of the sayd twelve acres to be eared once. And the sayd twelve acres also to be edged and dragged at the tyme of sowing’.

Skilton, William – In 1911 he was the Schoolmaster.

Skynnere, Ralph le – In 1305 Ralph le Skynnere was hanged ‘for slaying Alice Bonyour in Merton’.

Smalelane, Rex de – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls of 1274 to 1275 record Rex de Smalelane as the Reeve at Damerham, which included Martin.

Smallana, Reginald de – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls of 1281 to 1300 record Reginald de Smallana as the Reeve at Damerham, which included Martin. Was this a mis-spelling of the name ‘Smallane’ which appears in the records shortly after?

Smallane, Thomas – Glastonbury Abbey Court Rolls of 1331-1332 and 1334-1335 record him as the Reeve for Damerham, which included Martin. In 1332 he paid 2s 8 ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Smith, John – He was a gentleman. He died in 1691. He inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Smythe, Peter le – In 1332 he paid 3s tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Somerset, Alice – Married to Edward. They lived at Tulkes Farm from 1566.

Somerset, Avicia – She was the wife of Edmund Somerset. The survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke in 1563 records that ‘Edmund Somerset and Avicia, his wife, hold a farm called Towkes, in East Martin.’

Somerset, Edward – Married to Alice. They lived at Tulkes Farm for the term of their lives by an indenture dated 1566. The farm is described as containing all the arable, meadow and pasture abutting upon and adjacent to the farm, both enclosed and unenclosed. Belonging to the farm were a house and stabling, with a barn for storing grain, a stable and other farm buildings; a garden of an acre, a meadow called Myllclose of one acre and another, called Barnclose of two acres: a meadow of three acres and 140 acres of arable in three fields and 140 acres on the downs where he may graze 500 sheep. The rent was £7 a year. The similarity of the names Tulkes and Talks has caused confusion, but Lane Poole was certain that Tulkes was the farm now known as Bustard Manor Farm. (See Lane Poole pp. 95, 96.)

Somerset, Edmund – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid £3 ‘benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. The survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke in 1563 records that ‘Edmund Somerset and Avicia, his wife, hold a farm called Towkes, in East Martin.’

Sottingdean, Robert of – He was rector of Damerham and Martin sometime before 1247. He ‘seems’ to have been engaged in building operations at the church of Damerham and the parsonage house there. Lane Poole.

Sowy, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1422 to 1427.

Spray, Sophia – Born in Middlesex in 1845. By the time of the 1871 census she was a schoolmistress at the Church School, aged 26, lodging at the house of the grocer, John Amey and his family.

Stanfield, James – According to the Land Tax Assessment of 1837, James Stanfield rented the farm and Parsonage (the Manor House), Staples and Sweetapples, all owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Stanley, Hercules – Styled ‘King of the Gypsies’, his headstone, which stood in the graveyard of All Saint’s Church, Martin, was broken by some horses that strayed into the churchyard.

Staples, Christopher – He died in 1717. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Staples, George – In 1797 George Staples held the leasehold of the Earl of Shaftesbury’s land in Martin, excluding the Parsonage (the Manor House), Sweetapples and Tidpit Parsonage.

Staples, Mary – She died, a widow, in 1782. Her administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Staples, Sarah – She was the niece of Jane Bagus, who bequeathed one shilling to her in her will, dated 1797.

Staples, Thomas – He was the curate at Martin from 1744 to 1754. In 1750 he married Mrs Mary Reade (2), a widow. He died in 1775.

Staples, Thomas (2) – Recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Starke, John, senior – He was a yeoman. He died in 1698. His will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Starke, John, senior (2) – He was a yeoman. He died in 1710. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Starke, Matthew – His will, dated 1735, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. He was a widower when he died.

Starke, Timothy – He died in 1694. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Stone, Edward – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Stoop, Matthew – In 1614 he was a churchwarden with Charles Reade and in 1615 with George Reade.

Stork – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows one field called ‘Stork’s Ground’, adjacent to the south end of Paradise Lane, where there are three dwellings. Its area measures 5.2.17.

Storke Agnes – She died, a widow, in 1619. Her inventory was witnessed by George Reade, John Garret, William Lanam and William Storke. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Stork, Thomas – His will, dated 1574, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Storke, Edmund – He was a husbandman. He died in 1678. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Storke, Francis – He was a witness to the will of Robert Streete, the shepherd, in 1609.

Storke, John – In 1518 he rented the large demesne farm at East Martin from Glastonbury Abbey. It amounted to 229 ¾ acres and lay in strips in the open fields. He also farmed 68 acres at West Martin. In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. This contribution was not among the largest in the village, which might suggest he was no longer farming so extensively, or that it was another John Storke?

Storke, Peter – Church sidesman in 1608.

Storke, Richard – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Storke, Robert – In 1518 he farmed 28 acres at West Martin.

Storke, Robert (2) – He was a yeoman. He died in 1642. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Storke, Robert (3) – His will, dated 1728, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Storke, Richard – His will, dated 1583, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Storke, Thomas (elder) (2) – Thomas Storke had a bastard child, Thomas Storke (younger) (3) with Frances Padner. In 1631, an order made at the Hampshire Midsummer Quarter sessions freed Thomas from responsibility for his son and the child was ordered to be removed from Martin, where it had been born, to Harbridge. However, some months later, the Hampshire Michaelmas sessions, held at Winchester Castle in October 1631, reviewed this decision and took into consideration an earlier order, made in April 1623, by two Wiltshire JPs, by which Storke was pronounced the reputed father of the child and ordered to provide for its upkeep and to relieve Martin parish of all responsibility. Other documents, then produced, showed that Thomas Storke and his father, William Storke, were bound by a recognizance of £40 and a bond of £30 to perform this order and to discharge Martin parish of all responsibility. After considering these facts, the Hampshire JPs ordered that Thomas Storke should assume responsibility, in accordance with the Wiltshire order, and that the child should be returned from Harbridge to Martin.

Storke, Thomas (younger) (3) – The illegitimate son of Thomas Storke (elder) and Frances Padner. When he was a young child, in 1623, his mother was committed to a house of correction and was told she would not be discharged until she could guarantee the overseers of Martin against maintenance for him. His father was ordered to take responsibility for him and to relieve the parish of Martin of any expense. This was overturned by a new order in 1631 and Thomas was sent away from the village to Harbridge. However, a review, a few months later, reinstated the requirement for his father to be responsible for him and he was returned to Martin. His father, Thomas Storke, and his grandfather, William Storke, were bound by a recognizance of £40 and a bond of £30 to perform this order.

Storke, William – He was a yeoman. Father of Thomas Storke, elder, and grandfather of Thomas’s illegitimate son, Thomas Storke, younger. In 1618 he was a witness to the inventory of Agnes Storke. In 1623 he was bound, along with his son, by a recognizance of £40 and a bond of £30 to support his grandson and to discharge the parish of Martin of all responsibility. He died in 1639. His account, administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Stratton, Rachel – She married William White. They had eight children: Eliza, born 1812, Mary, born 1813, Jane, born 1815, Endor, born 1817, John, born 1820, George, born 1822, Elizabeth, born 1827 and Samuel, born 1831.

Streate, Edmund – He lived in ‘Tidpitt’. He was a yeoman. In March 1602, he entered into a bond with the Salisbury clothier, George Bedford, for £16, to ‘till, plowe, eare and harrowe with one earthe for the sowing of oade one grounde…called Rowe Coppice conteyninge by estimacion Sixteene Acres…lyinge and beinge in Blagdon Parke.’

Streate, Nicholas – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Streat, John – His will, dated 1576, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Street, Mrs Amelia – Born in Woodyates in 1818. She had three children, William Street (2), born 1836, Thomas, born 1839, Ellen, born 1852 and one other daughter – who became the mother of Ada Bennett. In 1837 she lived at Sweetapples Farm. She also rented out Sweetapples, next door, to Martin Friend. In 1855 she was recorded as a farmer in the village. In 1856 her husband bought the Manor of West Martin, which was 206 acres. In 1856 she owned High Bank. By the time of the 1861 census she was a widow, living at the Manor House with her children; she was 47, ran a grocery and the farm and employed 12 labourers. In 1867 and 1875 she was recorded as a farmer, shopkeeper and baker. At the time of the 1871 census she was recorded as a Landowner (and grocer). At this time her sons, William and Thomas, were living with her, farming 600 acres and 350 acres respectively. Her daughter was also living with her and a general servant, Mary Saunders. Amelia died in 1885. Her son, William Street, took over the Manor House and lived there until he died, just before the First World War.

Street, Amy Amelia – She was the daughter of Thomas Street. They lived at Handley House, Sixpenny Handley. On the death of her father, in 1922 she and her brother Thomas Edward Street (2) and her sister, Elizabeth Ellen Street, (known, possibly, as Ellen) inherited his estate in Martin, which included High Bank and Bennetts Cottage. They extended the 70 yr. lease of Bennett’s Cottage to Ada Ayles to last the rest of her lifetime. When her brother died, intestate, the rights to his share of the estate was transferred to Ellen and Amy Amelia. They sold Bennett’s Cottage to Beaver Properties in 1955.

Street, Edward – He was the father of James Street.

Street, Elizabeth Ellen – (Known possibly as Ellen). She was the daughter of Thomas Street. They lived at Handley House, Sixpenny Handley. On the death of her father in 1922 she and her brother Thomas Edward Street (2) and her sister, Amy Amelia Street, (known, possibly, as Amelia) inherited his estate in Martin, which included High Bank and Bennetts Cottage. They extended the 70 yr. lease of Bennett’s Cottage to Ada Ayles to last the rest of her lifetime. When her brother died, intestate, the rights to his share of the estate was transferred to Ellen and Amy Amelia. They sold Bennett’s Cottage to Beaver Properties in 1955. She married James Edward Ray in 1942. See Ellen Street.

Street, Ellen – Born 1852. She was the daughter of Amelia Street. Ellen bought Walnut Tree Cottage from William Street for £25.

Street, Francis (2) – He died in 1755. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Street, James – In 1744 he was apprenticed to the tailor, Henry Pearcy.

Street, Mary – She died, a widow, in 1725. Her administration bond and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Street, Mary, senior – She died, a widow, in 1726. Her Grant of Probate and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Street, Nicholas – His Grant of Administration, account, inventory, tuition bond and renunciation, dated 1609 and 1614, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Street, Nicholas (2) – He was a yeoman. In 1682 he was a churchwarden with Thomas Grove. His will, dated 1701, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Street, Thomas – Between 1806 and 1813 he rented Tidpit parsonage, which was owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Street, Thomas (2) – Born in Martin in 1839. He was the son of Amelia Street. He had three children; Thomas Edward, Elizabeth Ellen and Amy Amelia. In 1867 he was a farmer. At the time of the 1871 census, he was living with his mother and his brother, William, in the Manor House, aged 32, unmarried, and farming 350 acres, employing 5 men and 3 boys. William was farming 600 acres. By 1912 he was living in Gussage St Andrews and that year he sold the cottage that is now Mulberry House, to Aben Poore. In 1913 he inherited High Bank, on the death of his brother, William. At that time he also owned Bennett’s Cottage and in 1913 he leased it to Mrs Ada Clara Ayles, a widow, for 70 years on a rent of one peppercorn per annum. It is suggested that Ada reverted to her name before marriage – Bennett – and that is why the cottage became known by that name. In 1918 he was still living in Gussage St Andrew. At the time of his death, in 1923, he was living at Handley House, Sixpenny Handley, along with his daughters. His three children inherited High Bank and Bennetts Cottage. They extended the lease of Bennetts Cottage to last throughout Ada Ayles’s lifetime.

Street, Thomas Edward (3) – He was the son of Thomas Street (2). On the death of his father, in 1922, he and his two sisters inherited High Bank and Bennetts Cottage. He lived at Anerley, Surrey. He died, intestate, in 1948 at South Norwood, Surrey. The rights to administer his estate was granted to Eric Thomas Street (probably his son?) who transferred these rights to Ellen and Amelia Street.

Street, William – He was possibly the husband of Amelia Street and the father of Thomas, William, Ellen and one other daughter (the mother of Ada Bennett). He was a churchwarden in 1846 and 1868 with Martin Sweetapple Friend. On 1st January 1848, the Hampshire Advertiser reported: ‘Sheep Stealing:- William Harris, a labourer, of the parish of Martin, Wiltshire, was charged with having stolen a sheep, the property of Mr William Street, farmer, of the same place. A boy named Samuel White, the under shepherd on the prosecutor’s farm, deposed that on the 25th uit. he was in one of his master’s fields with his dog. He had not been there many minutes before he observed the dog very busy at the hedge, apparently eating something. He went to the spot, and found the dog was eating from the skin of a sheep. He examined the skin, and from its particular appearance, he believed it to be the skin of one of his master’s sheep. He was the more led to this conclusion by the skin having a long tail to it, and he knew that his master had a sheep of the same description. He then went and gave information of what he had seen to his master, and afterwards went to the sheep-fold – the long-tailed sheep was missing. Police-constable Bradley, who was sent for on the theft having being discovered, stated that he, in company with the shepherd and others, went to the fold of Mr Street, and having examined the spot, the found footsteps in the fold, which they traced over several fields, and finally to within ten yards of Harris’s house. They afterwards entered the prisoner’s house, and finding his wife there, told her they were come to look for stolen sheep. They went up-stairs, and continued their search, and under the bed they found a large pan, in which was the entire carcase of a sheep. Witness too possession of the carcase, and on returning to the prosecutor’s farm, compared it with the skin, and found it to correspond exactly. The shepherd-boy, on seeing the head, immediately identified it as the head of his master’s long-tailed sheep. The prisoner was afterwards apprehended. The prisoner made no statement in defence, merely saying he knew nothing about it. The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions.’

The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated November 12th 1870, reported under the heading ‘Killing Game without a License. – The young man named Charles Francis, who was charged a week ago with killing game without having a license authorising him to do so, in the parish of Martin, on the 13th of October, and whose case was referred for a week, in order that inquiries might be made as to whether a license which he produced had been tampered with so that it would save him from being convicted again came before the Bench. A gamekeeper named William Delicate stated that on the day in question he observed the defendant lurking about the hedges on land occupied by Mr Friend, near Martin Down, and when some 30 or 40 yards from him he heard the report of a gun. On looking round afterwards he saw defendant with a partridge in his hand, and observed that he endeavoured to conceal it under his coat, but when he noticed that witness had seen the bird he held it up. A brace of partridges had flown over witness’s head shortly before the gun was fired. It was on Mr Street’s land that the bird was killed. Witness, in answer to Lord Radnor, said he was not aware that there was a farmer of the name of George Francis in that neighbourhood. There was a man of that name, defendant’s father, who rented an allotment of land of some two or three acres, but he could not properly be termed a farmer. – Lord Radnor said defendant had taken out a certificate which authorised him to kill game on land occupied by George Francis, which according to witness’s statement, was only some two or three acres in extent. Under no circumstances did it warrant him in shooting off that land. It appeared that he had done so, and the Bench considered that he had not only killed game, where he had no right to do so, but had made an attempt at fraud, and, having been twice previously convicted, they ordered him to pay 5l. and costs, or go to prison for three months.’ In 1855 Walnut Tree Cottage was owned by Mr William Street, a farmer. It was sold to Miss Ellen Street for £25. In 1875 and 1897 William Street was recorded as a farmer. Some of these details may refer to William Street (2).

Street, William (2) – He was born in 1836. He was the son of Amelia Street. He had a brother, Thomas, a sister, Ellen and one other sister. At the time of the 1871 census he was living at the Manor House, with his mother and brother, farming 600 acres, employing 9 men, 2 women and 4 boys. In 1885 he inherited the Manor of West Martin and the ownership of High Bank from his mother, Amelia Street. In 1875 and 1897 William Street was recorded as a farmer. At the time of the 1911 census, William was living at the Manor House, with his niece, Ada Ayles, a widow, aged 32, as his companion and housekeeper. Ada’s name before marriage was Bennett, so she must have been the daughter of William’s sister – but the dates for Ellen don’t fit, so there must have been a second sister. William lived and farmed at the Manor of West Martin, where he died in 1913, aged 77. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Streete, Elizabeth – She was the daughter of the shepherd, Robert Streete.

Streete, Francis – He was a yeoman. His name recorded in the 1671 Glebe Terrier. He died in 1689. His will and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Streete, Henry – He was a weaver. He died in 1699. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Streete, Nicholas – He died in 1618. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Streete, Robert – He was a shepherd. He had a daughter, Elizabeth. His will, administration bond and inventory, dated 1609, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Francis Storke was one of the witnesses to his will.

Strete, John – In 1518 he farmed 48 acres at Tidpit.

Sturton, William – He inherited land from Robert Hammond in the 14th century.

Stykelynch, John of – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1307 to 1316.

Sunurt, Richard – In 1332 he paid 3s 4d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Sutton, Amelia – Born in Amesbury in 1846. She was the wife of farmer Thomas Sutton. They had three daughters; Amelia, born 1867, Susan, born 1869 and Annie, born 1871.

Sutton, Amelia (2) – Born in Martin in 1867. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Sutton.

Sutton, Annie – Born in West Dean in 1850. She was the sister of Thomas Sutton. At the time of the 1871 census, she was 21, unmarried, and living with Thomas and his family.

Sutton, Annie (2) – Born in Martin in 1871. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Sutton.

Sutton, Susan – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Sutton.

Sutton, Thomas Blake –Born in Clarendon in 1844. He was a farmer. He was married to Amelia. They had three daughters; Amelia, born 1867, Susan, born 1869 and Annie, born 1871. At the time of the 1871 census he farmed 400 acres, employing 4 boys and 3 women. His unmarried sister, Annie, aged 21, lived with the family at that time, also a general servant called Alice Vincent, aged 17. In 1875 he was recorded as a farmer. In E.H. Lane Poole’s notes on his personal copy of ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, he makes the following note regarding the legal case of James Lawes (the shepherd) and Malachi Martin (Elijah Raven in the story. See Chapter 23 ‘Master of the Village’):

‘The Solicitor who acted for James Lawes was of the firm of Houseman and Poynings. Wheatman acted for Malachi Martin. The farmer who took up the case was Sutton who, I believe, farmed Curtis’ Farm. The following extract is in the parish chest in the Church Vestry. “Writing Mr Sutton requesting him to let his shepherd James Lawes come to see me…..3/6. Attending James Lawes taking instructions for Affidavit…..6/8. The like to Charles Dove. Requesting Mr Hurd to get James Lawes, Charles Dove and James Kyng to attend Monday next. The total funds amounted to One hundred pounds, three shillings and nine pence and the share-out per head was Two pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence halfpenny.’ The farmer mentioned may have been Thomas Blake Sutton.

Sweetapple Mrs Amelia – In the Post Office Directory of 1855 she is recorded under the heading ‘Gentry’.

Sweetapple, Christopher – He was a husbandman. He died in 1563. His inventory is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sweetapple, Edmund – He was a husbandman. In July 1602, he entered into an obligation with the Salisbury clothier, George Bedford, ‘to till, plowe, eare, harrowe and roole in good husbandlike order and sorte…twentye acres of earrable lande lying in Blagdon Parke’.

Sweetapple, Joan – She died, a widow, in 1616. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sweetapple, John – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1558, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sweetapple, John (2) – He died in 1609. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sweetapple, John (3) – He died in 1731. An entry in the Martin Millennium Book for Sweetapples Farmhouse notes that the tombstone of John Swetapulle, who died in 1731, can be found in the churchyard.

Sweetapple, John (4) – He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1732, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. Is this John Sweetapple (3)?

Sweetapple, J. – In 1807 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Sweetapple, Martin Friend – Recorded as a resident in Kelly’s Directory in 1875.

Sweetapple, Thomas – He was a husbandman. He is recorded farming land in the Glebe Terrier of 1783. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, (late Princes), on the 1788 Map of the Parish. His will, dated 1798, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Sweetapple, William – He was a husbandman. His Grant of Administration and will, dated 1563, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Swetaple, Robert – The Survey of Lands of the First Earl of Pembroke, dated 1563, records that ‘all those lands, both in the Lord’s hands now, and in the hands of Richard Compton, Thomas Prynce, John Prynce, Robert Kynge and Robert Swetapple shall not pay tithes in accordance with some things.’ Around the 1550’s Robert Swetaple paid rent of twelve shillings to sow six acres at Tidpit ‘where the lord’s wethers graze and are folded’.

Swetapulle, John – In 1518 he farmed 45 ¾ acres at West Martin.

Sweteaple, Christofer – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Sweteaple, Edmund – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Sweteaple, John – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £6. 10s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Syward, John – In 1268 he fell from a mare in the King’s highway near Martin and died instantly. He was married to Ellen. (No evidence that he came from Martin.)

Taillour, Henry le – In 1332 he paid 2s 3 ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Talk, Charles – A gentleman. Father of John Talk and possibly Elizabeth Talk. He died in 1730. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Talk, Elizabeth – She was the sister of John Talk. She married into the Blandford family. No dates for her.

Talk, John – Son of Charles Talk. Possibly the brother of Elizabeth Talk. In 1718 he was apprenticed to Richard Long, grocer of Salisbury.

Talk, William – Born in 1729. He was a magistrate and Alderman of Salisbury. In 1762 he was the Mayor of Salisbury and in 1769 he was the High Sheriff for Wiltshire. He succeeded to copyholds in Martin from his ancestors who first appeared in the village in the first decade of that century. He erected a gallery over the transept arch in the church. Recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

He died in 1797, aged 68 years and was the last of the Talk family to be interred in the family vault, on Christmas Eve, 1797. There is a tablet to his memory in the church. In his will he left £3,000 to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish, part of which was ‘for the support of six old persons of the parish,’ who were to be provided with ‘cloth coats and waistcoats for the men and camblet gowns and petticoats for the women’ and £3 worth of faggots. A pension was later substituted for the clothing.

Tasker, Elizabeth – Born in Fordingbridge in 1850. She was the wife of George Stoneham Tasker.

Tasker, George Stoneham – Born in Hinton Parva in 1849. He married Elizabeth. In 1871, when he was 22 years old, the census records him farming 340 acres in Martin and employing 7 men and 2 boys. At that time he also employed Fanny Goodridge, aged 14, as a general servant. In 1873 he was a churchwarden with Martin Friend and in 1884 with George Ford. In 1875 he was a farmer in the village.

Taylor – He was the Curate of Martin in 1834. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated May 19th 1834, records him attending ‘a very interesting meeting…in the parish of West Martin for the purpose of forming a Bible Association for supplying the poorer inhabitants of that parish and its neighbourhood with copies of the Holy Scriptures at reduced prices, assisting the objects of the British and Foreign Bible Society’.

Taylor, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit in 1393.

Thaine, John – He died in 1726. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thaine, Margaret – She died, a widow, in 1703. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thaine, Sarah – Born in 1751. She was the wife of Simon Thaine (2). She died in 1828, aged 75. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Thaine, Simon – He was a yeoman. In 1686 he was a churchwarden with Henry Prince. His mark is recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Presbyterian worship in the house of James Prince in 1701 and in 1711. His Administration Bond, inventory and will, dated 1726, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thaine, Simon (2) – Born in 1752. He married Sarah. He was a yeoman. His will, dated 1828, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. He died in 1828, aged 76 years. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Thaine, William – His mark is recorded on a Dissenter’s Meeting House certificate for Presbyterian worship in the house of James Prince in 1701.

Thaine, Thomas – In 1736 he was recorded as qualified to serve as a juror at the Quarter Sessions. He served at the Hilary sessions that year. He could be the same Farmer Thane, below.

Thane, Farmer – On the night of ‘Old New Year’s Day – Friday 12th January, New Style’ 1753 Farmer Thane gave lodgings to a pair of gypsy women in his barn. One of these women, the gypsy Mary Squires, became the defendant in a notorious criminal case involving the abduction and imprisonment of a young servant girl, Elizabeth Canning, in London. Mary Squires’ defence rested on witness evidence that she had been in Dorset and Wiltshire at the time of the crime, but the case was full of mystery and intrigue. Farmer Thane’s carter and the blacksmith, John Blandford, saw the gypsies in the barn that night. The farmer’s servant also saw them in the house, by the fire, mending china for him. Farmer Thane set off for London, to give evidence on their behalf at the trial at the Old Bailey, but was supposedly taken ill along the journey and returned home. Many eminent people took up the case, including the Lord Mayor himself, who petitioned the King. Some believed the gypsy and her alibis and supporters were all involved in smuggling and Free Trade. (There was a local tradition that Tidpit was a depot or warehouse of the Free Trade.) It was said that everyone in the country had an opinion on the case. The case can be read about in many online accounts and also in the book ‘Alibi Pilgrimage’ by F.J. Harvey Darton, who followed in the footsteps of the accused gypsies from Dorset to London.

Thane, John – In 1674 he was a churchwarden with Richard Compton.

Thayne, Anne – Her tuition bond, dated 1732, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She is described as a minor at this time.

Thayne, Roger – In 1666 he was a witness to the inventory of William Greenaway, the miller of Tidpit, along with John Kent.

Thayne, Thomas – He is recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, at East Martin, on the 1788 Map of the Parish. He could be the same Farmer Thane, above.

Thomas, alias Goff, Roger – His Administration Bond, dated 1727, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thompson, Frederick –In 1896 he was a churchwarden with W. Bennett. In 1897 he was a farmer.

Thompson, Isaac – Born in 1813. He was an innkeeper. He married Jane. In 1855 he ran the ‘Coote’s Arms’. He died in 1865, aged 52. His gravestone is in the churchyard. His will, dated 1865, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thompson, James – Born in Broadchalke 1793. He was married to Martha. They had three children; Matilda, born 1846, Mary, born 1848 and James Thomson (2). In 1855 he was recorded as a farmer. At the time of the 1871 census he was a widow, aged 79, a retired farmer, and his two unmarried daughters lived with him. He died in 1883, aged 90. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Thompson, James (2) – Born in 1836. He was the son of James and Martha Thompson. He died in 1881, aged 45 years. His gravestone is in the churchyard. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, James Thompson was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, Herbert Dibben, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5. This could have been James Thompson (3) below.

Thompson, James (3) – Born in 1847. In 1897 he was recorded as a farmer. Kelly’s Directory of 1915 records him as a farmer. He died in 1916, aged 69. His gravestone is in the churchyard. When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, James Thompson was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, Herbert Dibben, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Charles White and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5. This could have been James Thompson (2) above.

Thompson, Mrs Jane – Born in 1818. She was the wife of Isaac Thompson. In 1875 she ran The Coote Arms. In 1897 she was still doing the same. She died in 1900, aged 82 years. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Thompson, Martha – She was married to James Thompson. They had three children; Matilda, born 1846, Mary, born 1848 and James Thomson (2). She died in 1858.

Thompson, Mary – Born in Martin, in 1848. She was the daughter of James and Martha Thompson.

Thompson, Matilda – Born in Martin, in 1846. She was the daughter of James and Martha Thompson.

Thompson, Mrs Mary – In 1867 she ran the Coote’s Arms.

Thorn, Emma – Born in Martin in 1839. She was the wife of George Thorn. They had three children: Frank, born 1861, Georgina, born 1866 and Flora, born 1870/71.

Thorn, Flora – Born in Martin. At the time of the 1871 census she was 6 months old. She was the daughter of George and Emma Thorn.

Thorn, Frank – Born in Martin in 1861. He was the son of George and Emma Thorn. At the time of the 1871 census, when he was 10 years old, he was a shepherd boy.

Thorn, George – Born in Edmonsham in 1828. He was an undercarter. He married Emma, from Martin. At the time of the 1871 census they had three children: Frank, born 1861, who was a shepherd boy, aged 10, Georgina, born 1866 and Flora, aged 6 months.

Thorn, Georgina – Born in Martin in 1866. She was the daughter of George and Emma Thorn.

Thorne, Agnes – She died, a widow, in 1564. Her inventory is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thorne, Edmund – He was a husbandman. He died in 1633. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thorne, Georgina – Born in Martin in 1862. At the time of the 1891 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, aged 29 and single. Is she the same Georgina Thorn? (Age discrepancy?)

Thorne, John – In 1518 he farmed 23 acres at East Martin.

Thorne, Phillip – Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 records him as a farmer in Martin.

Thorne, Richard – In 1518 he farmed 9 ¾ acres at West Martin.

Thorne, Thomas – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1561, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thornell, Robert – He was a blacksmith. His inventory and will, dated 1710, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Thorp, Thomas – He was a weaver. In 1756 he took William Espin as an apprentice.

Thorpe, John – In 1668 he was a churchwarden with William Yeadley.

Tiller, Charles – Born in Damerham in 1830. He was a carpenter. He worked for James Scammel (3). He was married to Elizabeth and they had two children: Hannah, born 1866 and Charles W. John Tiller, born 1869.

Tiller, Charles W. John – Born in Martin in 1869. He was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Tiller.

Tiller, Elizabeth – Born in Fordingbridge in 1830. She was the wife of Charles Tiller and they had two children: Hannah, born 1866 and Charles W. John Tiller, born 1869.

Tiller, Fanny – Born in Damerham in 1854. At the time of the 1871 census, she was working as a domestic servant for Matthew and Mary Aldridge at Manor Farm (Bustard Manor Farm), aged 17.

Tiller, Hannah – Born in Martin in 1864. She was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Tiller. At the time of the 1871 census she was a scholar, aged 5.

Titt, Francis – Born in Martin in 1867. He was the son of John and Hannah Titt.

Titt, Hannah – Born in 1840. She was the wife of John Titt, who ran the Post Office. They had a daughter, Sarah, born 1867 and a son, Francis, born 1869. They lived in a Cottage Post Office. She died in 1907, aged 67.

Titt, John – Born in Downton in 1840. He married Hannah. They had a daughter, Sarah, born 1867 and a son, Francis, born 1869. They lived in a Cottage Post Office. In 1867 he was a shoemaker in the village. In 1875 he was a shoe maker and he also ran the Post Office. In 1897 he was a Boot and Shoemaker, still running the Post Office. He died in 1907, aged 67. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Titt, Sarah – Born in Martin in 1867. She was the daughter of John and Hannah Titt.

Tokerde, William – Beere’s Terrier of 1518 records that William Tokerde kept the hospitium in Martin, probably The White Hart. (A hospitium was a building where pilgrims or guests could find hospitality and dormitory accommodation.) He farmed 8 ½ acres at West Martin. He also leased the demesne at Damerham and farmed the demesne farm at Allenford.

Tomkins, Peter – He was a victualler. He died in 1774. His administration bond is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Tooke, John – See John Touke, below.

Topp, Mr – In 1889 he sold Bustard Manor Farm to Charles Bentink.

Touke, John – In 1493 John Selwood, Abbot of Glastonbury ‘ordained as his obit that every year on the anniversary of his death there should be distributed to the poorest of the paupers fortyshillingsworth of bread, and that the convent should on the same day make wine and wassail, the cost to be born from his own revenues, namely from the land and tenements recently occupied by William Christmas, and of Rading and of John Touke. A marginal note gives the variant spelling Tooke. In 1518 the Medarius of Glastonbury was holding this property as a freeholder. It was then described as comprising two virgates of land, once belonging to Agnes Attewelle and Ada Coffyne and lately to John Tooke for an annual rent of 16s 8d.’ This farm occupied by John Touke was Tulkes farm – which Lane Poole was certain is the farm now known as Bustard Manor Farm. (See Lane Poole pp. 95, 96.)

Trobrige, Charles – Born at Donhead in 1827. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Ann.

Trobrige, Ann – Born in Chettle in 1831. She was the wife of Charles Trobrige.

Troke, Charles – In 1897 he farmed at Talk’s Farm.

Troke, Mabel – She was born in 1823. She was the wife of Charles Troke, so probably lived at Talk’s Farm. She died in 1893, aged 70. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Trulle, Nicholas le – On 21st June 1277 he was delivered to Salisbury gaol, to appear before Hereward of the marsh, John de Grimstede, Eustace de Hulle and John de Cormailles, knights, justices thereto assigned; He was taken and imprisoned, with five other men, for stealing ‘winnowed and unwinnowed corn at the Abbot of Glastonbury’s court at Domerham’. They were ‘all judged not guilty and so quit.’

Upjohn, Charlotte – Born in Martin in 1805. At the time of the 1871 census, she was an invalid widow, a pauper, living on her own.

Upjohn, John – In 1775 he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransom, the cordwainer (boot and shoemaker).

Upjohn, Joseph – The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated April 4th 1825, records that ‘Joseph Hunt was committed to Fisherton Gaol, charged with entering the cottage of Joseph Upjohn, in the parish of Martin, and stealing therefrom a knife and a quantity of bread and cheese.’ Was he the father of Mary Upjohn, who named one of her sons, Joseph?

Upjohn, Mary – Born in Martin in 1804. Mary married William Lawes (senior). Their children were William, Sarah Ann, James, George, Mary Jane and Joseph. At the time of the 1871 census, their grandson, William Dilicote, aged 15, was living with them and working as an undercarter. At that time Mary was recorded as an imbecile, aged 68. She died in 1886, aged 82.

Uvidale (Uvedale), Sir William – Recorded in the Glebe Terrier of 1631 as a landowner in Martin.

Vidler – Elizabeth Vidler married John Bennett and lived in Martin. Her mother was Mary Vidler, her brothers John, Richard Peter, James and Joseph and her sister Mary (who became Mary Nicholas). No record to confirm whether the Vidler family lived in Martin.

Vincent, Alice – Born in Netton, Wilts, in 1854. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Vincent. At the time of the 1871 census, she was a general servant, aged 17, working for Thomas and Mary Sutton in the village, and living in their house. It is possible that she was the mother of Mark Vincent.

Vincent, James – Born in Milford, Wilts, in 1811. He was a carter. He was married to Elizabeth. They had two daughters, Pamela, born 1850 and Alice, born 1854. At the time of the 1871 census, Pamela was living with them, aged 21 and unmarried, and they had a grandson, Mark, aged 4 months, also living with them. Mark’s mother could either have been Pamela or Alice, who, at that time, was working as a general servant, aged 17, for Thomas and Mary Sutton in the village, where she lived in.

Vincent, Mark – Born in Fordingbridge in 1871. He was the grandson of James and Elizabeth Vincent. At the time of the 1871 census he was living in his grandparent’s house, aged 4 months, with their unmarried daughter, Pamela. His mother may have been Pamela or Alice Vincent.

Vincent, Pamela – She was born in Netton, Wilts, in 1850. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Vincent. At the time of the 1871 census she was 21, unmarried and living with her parents. Their grandson, Mark, aged 4 months, may have been her son, or the son of her sister, Alice.

Viney, Anne – She was the daughter of Lawrence Viney. Her married name was Anne Lader.

Viney, Lawrence – He had three daughters, Anne, Mary and Sarah. He made his will in 1776, in which he left ‘daughter Anne Lader- my dwelling house and to other two daughters, Mary and Sarah Viney, to aforesaid house as long as they live without lever or license. Give to my three daughters all my money and debts.’ He was unable to sign his name, so made his mark.

Viney, Mary – She was the daughter of Lawrence Viney.

Viney, Sarah – She was the daughter of Lawrence Viney.

Waleys, William – In 1332 he paid 2s 8d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Walters, Ann – She was the daughter of John Walters, senior.

Walters, John, senior – He was a wheeler (wheelwright?). He had four children: John, Mary, Ann and William. His will, dated 15th June 1716, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. In it, he bequeaths the sum of 5 shillings to his son, John, ten pounds each to his daughters, Mary and Ann and the rest of his goods and chattels to his son William. His will was witnessed by George Reade, Joseph Reade and John Reade.

Walters, John (2) – He was the son of John Walters, senior.

Walters, Mary – She was the daughter of John Walters, senior.

Walters, Matilda – Born in Martin in 1826. At the time of the 1871 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge. She was aged 45, unmarried, and recorded as an imbecile.

Walters, William – The son of John Walters, senior.

Waters, Caroline – Born in 1819. She died in 1874, aged 55. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Waters, Emily – Born in 1861. She was the wife of William Waters (2). She died in 1931, aged 70. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Waters, Emma – See Emma Ridout. She had two children; George Edmund Waters, born 1857 and Ruth Waters, born 1860. Both were born in Massachusetts U.S.A. but were British citizens, according to the 1871 census. By 1871 she had married William Ridout.

Waters, George – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, at Tidpit (Farolets?), (Whites), on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Waters, George (2) – Born in Martin in 1788. The 1871 census records him as a retired farmer, widowed. He was living in a private house, with his housekeeper, Emily Budden, and Charlotte Beffin, aged 17, a general servant (housemaid).

Waters, George (3) – Born in 1818. In 1855 he is recorded as a farmer and in 1867 and 1875 as a farmer at Toyd. On March 7th 1863, The Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported that ‘George Francis and Charles Francis were convicted of using a dog and a gun for the purpose of taking game on land in the occupation of Mr George Waters, at Martin. Defendant admitted having the gun, but said he was only shooting pigeons, and that he had permission to shoot rabbits. George Francis, who has been several times convicted of the same offence, was fined 40s and costs, or two months imprisonment, and the other defendant, a boy about 14 years of age, was fined 20s and costs, or 40 days imprisonment.’ He was a churchwarden for twenty-eight years, from 1850 to 1891. He died in 1901, aged 83. His gravestone is in the churchyard. His will, dated 1875, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Waters, George (4)? – He farmed at Toyd. Kelly’s Directory of 1915 records him farming at Toyd. When the monks left Bustard Farm after the First World War, George Waters gave their church to the Catholic community at Bulford, where it was re-erected as the Garrison Church. Was this the same George Waters as above? Ken Woodvine remembers that George Waters had a very large flock of sheep. During WW2 he was told by the War Ag. that he had to plough up his pasture, to grow food. He had to give up his flock and pay the War Ag. to plough and harvest as he had no equipment of his own. This expense and loss of income ruined him. Many of the sheep were old breeds that could not be replaced.

Waters, George, Edmund – Born Massachusetts U.S.A. in 1857, but was a British citizen. He was the son of Emma Waters. She later married William Ridout, who became his step-father. At the time of the 1871 census he was a groom, aged 14. Is he the same George Waters (4)?

Waters, John – Born in 1746. He married Susannah. In 1812 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams. According to the land tax records, between 1819 and 1827, John Waters senior rented Tidpit parsonage from the Earl of Shaftesbury. He died in 1865, aged 79 years.

Waters, Joseph – Born in 1813. He died in 1834, aged 21. His gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Waters, Mary – Born in Martin in 1808. Married to Thomas Waters. In 1879 they donated glass for the chancel windows in the church. In 1887 the stained glass in the south window of the transept of the church was inserted in memory of Thomas and Mary.

Waters, Ruth – Born in Massachusetts U.S.A. in 1860, but was a British citizen. She was the daughter of Emma Waters, who later married William Ridout. In 1871 she was a scholar, aged 11.

Waters, Susannah – Born in 1786. She was married to John Waters. She died in 1874, aged 88. Her gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Waters, Thomas – He was born in Martin in 1797. Married to Mary. In 1841 he was a churchwarden with Martin Sweetapple Friend. According to the land tax assessments, from 1828 to 1837 Thomas Waters rented the parsonage at Tidpit from the Earl of Shaftesbury. Before that, John Waters, senior, lived there. In 1855 he is recorded as a farmer and in 1867. At the time of the 1871 census, he was retired. In 1879 he and Mary donated glass for the chancel windows in the church. In 1883 he donated a new lectern to the church. At his death, Thomas Waters bequeathed £275, invested in consols, the interest of which he desired be distributed on St Thomas’ day among old people in Martin, in the form of money, food or clothing. He died in 1887, aged 91 years. A stained glass window in the south transept of the church was inserted in memory of Thomas and his wife, Mary. His gravestone can be found in the churchyard.

Waters, Thomas (2)? – Thomas Waters was recorded as a farmer in Tidpit in 1875. Was this the same Thomas Waters, above?

Waters, William – In 1742 he was a wheelwright in Martin and took on William Lodge as an apprentice. In 1783 he was a churchwarden.

Waters, William (2) – He married Emily. He died in 1930, aged 68. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Watson, Edward – He was the curate of Martin from 1665 until 1669.

Watson, George – In 1857 he was a churchwarden. The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, dated 21st November 1857, reported under the heading ‘Opposition to a Church Rate at Martin’ that ‘James Shrimpton appeared to answer to an information laid by George Watson, one of the churchwardens of the parish of Martin, charging him with refusing to pay to the said churchwardens the sum of 6s 7d, to which he was duly rated by a church-rate made on the 20th day of April 1857…Mr Squarey appeared as attorney for the churchwardens, and Mr Bennett, of Ludgate Hill, London, for the defendant…The assessment was based on the poor’s-rate, and (Mr Squarey) did not therefore suppose there would be any question as to its inequality. The fact was that one of the buttresses of the Church was in a defective state, and the fencing required repairing and this was estimated at 52l. being at the rate of about 4d in the pound, which was a very moderate assessment…Many of the parishioners had paid this rate, but some few persons in the parish had thought fit to refuse the payment, but the churchwardens had not thought fit to summon the whole, but had allowed the question to be decided on the merits of one case’. No further information on how the case was judged.

Way, Charles – In 1897 he was a farmer in Martin.

Webbe, Gervase le – In 1332 he paid 12d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Webbe, Richard le – In 1332 he paid 4s ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Weeks – The 1788 Estate map of the Parish of Martin (Hants Record Office) shows one field enclosed by farmer Weeks, called ‘Weeks Down’. It measures 24.2.3.

Weeks, Ann – Born in Martin in 1870 or 1871. She was the daughter of Charles and Emma Weeks.

Weeks, Anthony – In 1629 he and William Kente, Esq. made an indenture with John Lowe, for the farm called Twyde and the pasture called Sheepsleight, to hold for 21 years. For this they paid 10s. They subsequently paid John Lowe and his heirs 4d yearly and William, Earl of Pembroke, the yearly rent of £3. 15s.

Weeks, Charles – Born in Broadchalke, in 1839. He was a shepherd. He was married to Emma and they had three children; Elizabeth, born 1865, George, born 1868 and Ann, born 1870/71.

Weeks, Elizabeth – Born in Martin, in 1865. She was the daughter of Charles and Emma Weeks.

Weeks, Emma – Born in Broadchalke, in 1840. She was the wife of the shepherd, Charles Weeks. They had three children; Elizabeth, born 1865, George, born 1868 and Ann, born 1870/71.

Weeks, George – Born in Broadchalke, in 1868. He was the son of Charles and Emma Weeks.

Weekes, Francis – He was a yeoman. Sheep accounts of Sir John Cooper, from his Rockbourne farm, dated 25th June 1621, show ‘Sould to Francis Weekes of Marteine to paie St Thomas day (21 December) 48 lambs. The price paid was £6 17s 6d. He died in 1660. His commission, inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wekes, Edmund – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £4. 6s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Wekes, George – In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £7. 11s. 8d. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Wekes, John – In 1545 he was listed as a Wiltshire taxpayer of ‘Damerham and Martyn’ and paid 20s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France. In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid a second subsidy of £3. 5s.

Welch – In the eighteenth century the Court Rolls describe a large holding attached to a farm called Welch’s.

Welsteed, George – In 1713 he was a butcher in Martin and took on Moses Hayter, from Whiteparish, as an apprentice.

West, John – In 1759 he was apprenticed to John Shrimpton, butcher of Martin.

Westmoreland, The Earl of – Recorded as a tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Wharton – At some time in the eighteenth century, Sweetapples Cottage was known as ‘Whartons’.

White, Amelia – Born in Martin in 1845. She was the daughter of Eliza White. At the time of the 1871 census she was aged 26, an invalid and a pauper, living with her mother. Eliza’s grand-daughter, Amelia Reed, aged 5, was also living with them. This may have been Amelia’s daughter.

White, Anna – Born in 1802. She was the daughter of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. She married James Bromley.

White, Augusta – Born in Martin in 1857. She was the daughter of Elizabeth and John White (3).

White, Burnett – He or she was the child of Thomas (2) and Mary White.

White, Caroline – Born in 1821. She was the daughter of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Caroline (2) – Born in 1830. She was the daughter of Robert and Jane White.

White, Catherine – She was the wife of Samuel White (2). They had eight children – see Samuel White (2).

White, Charles – He was the curate at Martin from 1687 to 1689.

White, Charles – Born 1829. He was the son of Robert and Jane White. How does he relate to the other Charles Whites, below? When The Local Government Act of 1894 provided for an elected rural parish council, Charles White was one of the first elected councillors, along with Malachi Martin, James Thompson, Ryland Flemington, George Read, Herbert Dibben and Emannuel Hunt. The Rev. W. Michell took the chair. The annual precept was £5. This could have been Charles White (2) or (3)?

White, Charles (2) – Born in Martin in 1829. He was married to Mary White (6) and they had four children: William, born 1854, John White (6), born 1863, a daughter, born 1866 and Elizabeth (4), born 1869. In 1897 he was recorded as a farmer. According to the 1871 census, he was a licensed hawker.

White, Charles (3) – He was the husband of Ethel.

White, Charlotte – She was Charlotte Flemington. She married Simon George White. They had five children: George, born 1829, Daniel, born 1831, James, born 1833, Sarah, born 1835 and Henry 1838.

White, David – Born 1831. He was the son of Simon and Charlotte White.

White, Elizabeth – Born in Martin in 1820. She was the wife of John White (3). They had a son, Harry, born in 1856 and a daughter, Augusta, born in 1857.

White, Elizabeth (2) – Born in 1826. She was the daughter of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Elizabeth (3) – Born 1827. She was the daughter of William and Rachel White.

White, Elizabeth (4) – Born in Martin in 1869. She was the daughter of Charles White (2) and his wife, Mary White (5).

White, Eliza – Born in Martin in 1809. At the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, aged 62, a pauper, living with her invalid daughter, Amelia, aged 26, also a pauper, and her grand-daughter, Amelia Reed, aged 5.

White, Eliza (2) – Born in Martin in 1812. She was the daughter of William and Rachel White. She married Richard Francis. They had four children; William, born 1831, Mary Jane, born 1833, Elizabeth, born 1837 and John, born 1840. At the time of the 1841 census, they had Harry White, aged 80, living with them. At the time of the 1871 census they had Rachel White, Eliza’s mother, aged 80, living with them and two lodgers – George Poor and George Bishop.

White, Endor – Born 1817. He was the son of William and Rachel White.

White, Enos – Born in 1824. He was the son of Robert and Jane White.

White, Ethel – Born in 1896. She was the wife of Charles White (3). She died in 1937, aged 31. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

White, Frederick – Born in 1821. He was the son of Robert and Jane White.

White, George – Born in 1822. He was the son of Robert and Jane White.

White, George (2) – Born 1822. He was the son of William and Rachel White.

White, George (3) – Born 1827. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, George (4) – Born 1829. He was the son of Simon and Charlotte White.

White, George (5) – Born 1831. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Hannah – Born in 1776. She was the daughter of Thomas (2) and Mary White. She married Edward Ford. They had six children: John, born 1798, Dinah, born 1800, Mary, born 1801, Luanna, born 1804, Edmund, born 1808 and William, born 1812.

White, Harriet – Born in Damerham in 1825. She was the wife of Josiah White, the blacksmith. They had three children; Sarah (2) born in 1855, Josiah (2), born 1856 and William, born 1862.

White, Harriet (2) – Born in 1861. She was the wife of Harry White. She died in 1927, aged 66. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

White, Harry – Born in 1761. At the time of the 1841 census, he was living with Richard and Eliza Francis. Eliza may have been his grand-daughter?

White, Harry – Born in 1857. He married Harriet (2). He died in 1944, aged 87. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

White, Henry – Born 1765. He was the son of Thomas (2) and Mary White. He had two children, Mary, born 1789 and John, born 1796.

White, Henry (2) – Born 1838. He was the son of Simon and Charlotte White.

White, Jabez – In 1897 he was a farmer.

White, James – Born 1780. He was the son of Thomas (2) and Mary White. He married Uritta Hart and, later, married Ann Price.

White, James (2) – Born 1833. He was the son of Simon and Charlotte White.

White, Jane – See Jane Dibben. She married Robert White. They had eight children; Frederick, born 1821, George, born 1822, Reuben, 1823-27, Mary Ann, born 1824, Reuben, born 1827, Charles, born 1829, Caroline, born 1830 and Enos, born 1834.

White, Jane (2) – Born 1815. She was the daughter of William and Rachel White.

White, Joan – Her court papers and will, dated 1640, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. She was a widow at this time.

White, John – He was a husbandman. He died in 1681. His administration bond and inventory are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

White, John (2) – Born 1796. He was the son of Henry White.

White, John (3) – Born in Martin in 1821. He was recorded in the 1871 census as a Grocer, Landowner and Farmer of 30 acres, employing one man. He live in a Farmhouse (Grocers). He was married to Elizabeth. They had a son, Harry, born in 1856, and a daughter, Augusta, born in 1857.

White, John (4) – Born 1839. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White. Is he the same John White (5) below?

White, John (5) – In 1855 he was recorded as a boot and shoemaker. In 1867 as a shoemaker. In 1875 he was recorded as a farmer and a shopkeeper in the village. In 1897 he was still farming.

White, John (6) – Born in Martin in 1863. He was the son of Charles White (2) and his wife, Mary.

White, Josiah – Born in Martin in 1823. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White. He was a blacksmith. He married Harriet. They had three children; Sarah (2) born in 1855, Josiah (2), born 1856 and William, born 1862. He was recorded as a blacksmith in Martin In 1855, 1867 and 1875. In 1897 he was recorded as a resident, but not a blacksmith.

White, Josiah (2) – Born in Martin in 1856. He was the son of Josiah and Harriet White.

White, Kitty – Born in 1808. She was the daughter of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. She married George Harris (3).

White, Mary – She was married to Thomas White (2). They had seven children: Henry, born 1765, Thomas (3), Burnett and Samuel, all born 1769, Hannah, born 1776, James, born 1780 and William, born 1786.

White, Mary – Married to Samuel White (4). See Mary Bound. They had ten children; Caroline, 1821, Josiah, 1823, Elizabeth (2), 1826, George, 1827, Robert Bound, 1830, George, 1831, Samuel, 1833, Mary A. 1835, John (4), 1839 and William, 1840.

White, Mary (2) – Born 1789. She was the daughter of Henry White.

White, Mary (3) – Born 1813. She was the daughter of William and Rachel White.

White, Mary Ann (4) – Born in 1824. She was the daughter of Robert and Jane White.

White, Mary (5) – Born in Sandalheath in 1828. She was the wife of Charles White (2). They had four children. William, born 1854, John (6), born 1863, a daughter, born 1866 and Elizabeth (4), born 1869.

White, Mary (6) – Born 1835. She was the daughter of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Rachel – She was married to William White (5). They had seven children: Eliza, born 1812, Mary (2), born 1813, Jane (2), born 1815, Endor, born 1817, George, born 1822, Elizabeth (3), born 1827 and Samuel, born 1831.

White, Recab – Kelly’s Directory of 1911 and 1915 records him as a farmer in Martin. Is this a wrong spelling of Rechab?

White, Reuben – Born 1797. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White.

White, Reuben (2) – Born in 1823. He was the son of Robert and Jane White. He died in in 1827, aged four.

White, Reuben (3) – Born in 1827. He was the son of Robert and Jane White.

White, Robert – Born 1794. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. He married Jane Dibben. They had nine children: Frederick, born 1821, George, born 1822, Reuben, born 1823 – died 1827, Mary Ann, born 1824, Reuben, born 1827, Charles, born 1829 and Enos, born 1834.

White, Robert Bound – Born 1830. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Samuel – In 1797 he was a witness to the will of Jane Bagus.

White, Samuel (2) – Born 1796. He was the son of Thomas (2) and Mary White. He married Catherine. They had eight children: Thomas, born 1791, Robert, born 1794, Reuben, born 1797, Samuel (3), born 1799, Anna, born 1802, Kitty, born 1808, William, born 1809 and Simon George, born 1811. Is this the same Samuel White (2) below?

White, Samuel (3) – He was a blacksmith in Martin. His deposition and will, dated 1845, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

White, Samuel (4) – Born 1799. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. He married Mary Bound (2). They had ten children: Caroline, born 1821, Josiah, born 1823, Elizabeth White (2), born 1826, George, born 1827, Robert Bound, born 1830, George, born 1831, Samuel, born 1833, Mary (6), born 1835, John (4), born 1839 and William, born 1840.

White, Samuel (5) – On 1st January 1848, the Hampshire Advertiser reported: ‘Sheep Stealing:- William Harris, a labourer, of the parish of Martin, Wiltshire, was charged with having stolen a sheep, the property of Mr William Street, farmer, of the same place. A boy named Samuel White, the under shepherd on the prosecutor’s farm, deposed that on the 25th uit. he was in one of his master’s fields with his dog. He had not been there many minutes before he observed the dog very busy at the hedge, apparently eating something. He went to the spot, and found the dog was eating from the skin of a sheep. He examined the skin, and from its particular appearance, he believed it to be the skin of one of his master’s sheep. He was the more led to this conclusion by the skin having a long tail to it, and he knew that his master had a sheep of the same description. He then went and gave information of what he had seen to his master, and afterwards went to the sheep-fold – the long-tailed sheep was missing. Police-constable Bradley, who was sent for on the theft having being discovered, stated that he, in company with the shepherd and others, went to the fold of Mr Street, and having examined the spot, the found footsteps in the fold, which they traced over several fields, and finally to within ten yards of Harris’s house. They afterwards entered the prisoner’s house, and finding his wife there, told her they were come to look for stolen sheep. They went up-stairs, and continued their search, and under the bed they found a large pan, in which was the entire carcase of a sheep. Witness too possession of the carcase, and on returning to the prosecutor’s farm, compared it with the skin, and found it to correspond exactly. The shepherd-boy, on seeing the head, immediately identified it as the head of his master’s long-tailed sheep. The prisoner was afterwards apprehended. The prisoner made no statement in defence, merely saying he knew nothing about it. The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions.

White, Samuel (6) – Born 1831. He was the son of William and Rachel White.

White, Samuel (7) – Born 1833. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, Sarah – Born 1835. She was the daughter of Simon and Charlotte White.

White, Sarah (2) – Born in Martin in 1855. She was the daughter of Josiah and Harriet White.

White, Simon George – Born 1811. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. He married Charlotte Flemington. They had five children: George, born 1829, Daniel, born 1831, James, born 1833, Sarah, born 1835 and Henry 1838.

White, Thomas – He was a husbandman and labourer. His inventory and will, dated 1692, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

White, Thomas (2) – He was married to Mary. They had seven children: Henry, born 1765, Thomas (3), Burnett and Samuel, all born 1769, Hannah, born 1776, James, born 1780 and William, born 1786.

White, Thomas (3) – Born in 1769. He was the son of Thomas (2) and Mary White.

White, Thomas (4) – Born 1791. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. He married Mary Osboldstone from Gussage All Saints.

White, William – He is recorded as a husbandman, living in East Martin. On 21st May 1597 he entered into an agreement for the ‘Some of Twelve Pounds’ with the Salisbury clothier George Bedford, ‘to eare and sowe for oade (woad) or corne Twelve Acres of Grownde … in Blagdon Parke…for the space of three yeares…in manner and forme following; that is to saye, this firste yeare to be eared three tymes so muche of the sayd Twelve Acres of grounde as it shalbe Thoughte good by the sayd George Bedford…And for thother two yeres of the said three yeres to vallowe and sowe with tow earthes the sayd Twelve Acres.’ He was also obliged to bring ‘Four carte loads of wood or woade from Blagdon Parke to the Cittie of Newe Sarum’ and to ‘plowe, eare, sowe and edge Tenn Acres of grounde in Blagdon Parke’. In November 1602, he entered into a bond with George Bedford, for £15, to grant and let ‘All that parte or parcel of grounde called and knowen by the name of Old Close lyinge and beinge in Blagdon Parke…conteyninge by estimacion ten acres, be it more or lesse’. And on George Bedford’s behalf, to ‘grubb, eare, till, plowe, vallowe, harrowe, dragge, rowle and sowe the saide parte or parcel of grounde…to sowe wheate, barlie, oade or other grayne’, with George Bedford ‘findinge and providing seede to sowe the same’.

White, William (2) – Born in 1809. He was the son of Samuel (2) and Catherine White. He married Sarah Scammells.

White, William (3) – Born 1840. He was the son of Samuel (4) and Mary White.

White, William (4) – Born in Martin in 1854. He was the son of Charles and Mary White. At the time of the 1871 census he was a 17 year old undercarter.

White, William (5) – He was married to Rachel. They had seven children: Eliza, born 1812, Mary (2), born 1813, Jane (2), born 1815, Endor, born 1817, George, born 1822, Elizabeth (3), born 1827 and Samuel, born 1831.

White, William (6) – Born in Martin in 1862. He was the son of Josiah and Harriet White.

Whiting, John – His administration bond and inventory, dated 1625, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Whitting, Edwyne -In 1576 he was recorded as a Wiltshire taxpayer of Martin and paid £3. 5s. ‘Benevolence’, an unparliamentary subsidy to Henry VIII, towards the cost of wars with Scotland and France.

Whittinge, Owen – His Grant of Administration, dated 1580, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wickes, John – He was a husbandman. He died in 1575. His inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wikes, Joan, senior – Should this be John? His or her will, dated 1580, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wikes, John – He was a husbandman. His will, dated 1575, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wilde, Walter – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1467 to 1471.

William, First Earl of Pembroke – William Herbert. In 1553 he obtained ‘Damerham, Bollesborough, Alyngford, Twoyd, Tytpyt and Estmarten with the farm called Tulkes’. The property the Earl acquired consisted of the former demesne lands of Glastonbury Abbey including the Manor Farm at East Martin and such demesne arable there and at Tidpit, which lay in the open fields, distributed among the strips of the tenants. In 1554 he was granted the patronage of the church in Damerham and Martin. In 1569 there was a survey made of his property, undertaken by two agents, Robert Grove and Thomas Vaughan, one of whom made thumbnail sketches of the Manor House and the Church in the document. The First Earl of Pembroke died in 1570. The patronage of the church was retained by his two successors until 1622.

William (son) of Helya, (William, son of Elias) – Sometime before 1189 Henry of Blois, Abbot of Glastonbury, granted one hide (approx 160 acres) and half a virgate (possibly 20 acres) in the parish of Martin to William, son of Helya. This grant represented the Manor at West Martin and its land. In 1189 he made homage to the Abbot, Henry de Sully. The estate passed to Peter Elias of Martin.

William of Martin – Married to Isabel. He owned the manor of West Martin, succeeding William of Helya, (or Peter Elias?). In 1268, the Wiltshire Eyre records that, ‘Concerning defaults, they say that the abbot of Glastonbury (writ) William of Martin…did not come here on the first day, so (he) is in mercy.’ (N.b. He is to be fined.) In 1300-1 he settled the manor of West Martin as a messuage and a carucate of land upon himself and his wife, Isabel. In 1301 he let 1 messuage, 1 carucate of land, 9 acres of meadow and 16 acres of wood in West Merton and Stapleham to Ingram Berenger. He was later successful in an action for the recovery of that land. He was witness to a deed in which Juliana, daughter of Walter Boteler, renounced her dowry in Tidpit. He died around 1301. Through his wife, Isabel, the Manor of West Martin passed to Thomas Northlode.

William of Tidpit – In 1252 Abbot Roger Forde granted a tenement of one and a half virgates in Martin to William of Tidpit. This tenement descended to Reginald of Tidpit, who gave it to John Coty.

William, the son of Walter – In 1166 he held the knight’s fee of five hides at Tidpit (see Serlo). In 1189 he paid homage to Henry de Sully, Abbot of Glastonbury. He died in 1209. Lane Poole notes that ‘although he held the fees, William, son of Walter does not appear to be a member of the Martin family. But on his death the fee was restored to Robert Martin.’

Williams, John (senior) – Recorded as a lifeholder tenant under Lady Coote, at Moody’s, on the 1788 Map of the Parish. In 1808 he was a churchwarden with Richard Williams.

Williams, John – He is recorded farming land in the village in the Glebe Terrier of 1783. His name appears on the 1788 Map of the Parish as a life tenant of the Earl of Shaftesbury. He was a churchwarden in 1805 and 1808 with Richard Williams. In the Glebe Terrier of 1808 he is recorded as occupying the vicarage. From 1809 to 1813 he rented the farm and Parsonage (the Manor House), Staples and Sweetapples from the Earl of Shaftesbury. His two Administration Bonds and oath, dated 1818 and 1819, are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Williams, M – There is a gravestone with his name in the churchyard.

Williams, Richard – He was a churchwarden in 1805 and 1807 to 1832.

Williams, Richard (2) – According to Land Tax Assessments, Richard Williams Junior rented the farm and Parsonage (the Manor House) owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury between 1819 and 1827. Is this the same Richard Williams above?

Willis, William – His will, dated 1573, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wilton, William – He was the Rector of Tidpit from 1511 to 1525.

Wiltshire, Ernest – According to ‘Wiltshire Motor Vehicle registrations 1903-1914’, Ernest Wiltshire, of The Coote Arms, Martin, registered an Ariel motor bicycle 1 1/2cwt in May 1904.

Witt, Asenarth – Born in 1820. She was married to Isaac Witt. She died in 1910, aged 90 years. Their gravestone is in the churchyard. Another stone with name Robert, lies above it.

Witt, Elizabeth Asenarth – Born in 1848. She was married to Isaac Witt (2). Could they have been cousins? She died in 1928, aged 80 years. Her gravestone is in the churchyard.

Witt, Isaac – Born in 1820. He was married to Asenarth. He died in 1910, aged 90 years. Their gravestone is in the churchyard. Another stone, with the name Robert, lies above it.

Witt, Isaac (2) – Born 1849. He married Elizabeth Asenarth. Could they have been cousins? He died in 1928, aged 79. Their gravestone is in the churchyard.

Witt, William – In 1897 he was a blacksmith.

Woode, Henry le – In 1332 he paid 20d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Woodford, Alfred – He came to lodgings in Martin, where he assisted on General Pitt Rivers archaeological excavations of the Roman ditch on Martin Down. He married Sarah Saunders and they had nine children. They lived in Pilgrim’s cottage and all their children were born there. His daughter, Emily, was George Willis’s mother.

Woodford, Ellen – Born in Cranborne, in 1832. She was the wife of James Woodford. They had a son, George, born in 1852.

Woodford, George – Born in Cranborne, in 1852. He was the son of James and Ellen Woodford. He was an agricultural labourer.

Woodford, James – Born in Handley, Dorset, in 1841. He was an agricultural labourer. He was married to Ellen. They had a son, George, born in 1852.

Woodford, Sarah – See Sarah Saunders. She married Alfred Woodford. They had nine children and lived in Pilgrims cottage, where all the children were born. Her daughter, Emily, was George Willis’s mother.

Woodward, John – He died in 1731. His administration bond and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Woodward, John (2) – Born 1726. He is recorded as a tenant on the 1788 Map of the Parish under the heading ‘East Martin’. He died in 1794, aged 68 years. There is a plaque to his memory on the wall of the south transept in the church.

Wort, Dennis – In 1911, Kelly’s Directory recorded him as a farmer in Martin.

Wright, Jonas – In 1776 he was apprenticed to the blacksmith, John Blandford.

Wryhtte – In 1332 he paid 2s 6 ½ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Wroyn, Roger – In 1332 he paid 2s 8d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Wyall, Georgina – Born in Martin in 1872. At the time of the 1901 census she was an inmate of the Union Workhouse in Fordingbridge, age 39 and married. She is recorded as a ‘Charwoman’. Her husband is not there with her, but she has three children with her in the workhouse; Albert Thorn, born 1890, Susan Wyall, born 1895 and William Wyall, born 1896. All the children were born in Fordingbridge. Could Wyall be a mis-spelling of Ryall?

Wykes, Agnes – In 1518 she farmed the demesne farm of 94 acres at Tidpit.

Wykes, Joan, senior – She died, a widow, in 1579. Her inventory and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive.

Wylmington, John – He was the Rector of Tidpit in the 1390’s.

Wyngeham, Henry of – Sometime between 1255 and 1261, Abbot Roger Forde appointed Henry of Wyngeham as rector of Damerham and Martin, in opposition to the wishes of the convent. It was only on the intervention of Ottobonus, the papal legate, that the appropriation was enforced.

Yeadley, William – In 1668 he was a churchwarden with John Thorpe.

Yelf, John – In 1757 he was a wheelwright in Martin and took John Dyer to be his apprentice. In 1771 he took John Harwood as an apprentice. In 1776 he took Thomas Yelf as an apprentice. In 1783 he was a witness to the will of Ann Harris. Recorded as a lifeholder tenant of Lady Coote on the 1788 Map of the Parish.

Yelf, John (2) – His will, dated 1807, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. In it he is described as yeoman. Is this John Yelf above?

Yelf, Luke – Born in 1668. He was a wheelwright. He died in 1746, aged 68. His tuition bond and will are in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive. His gravestone is in the churchyard.

Yelf, Thomas – In 1776 he was apprenticed to John Yelf, the wheelwright. In 1783 he was a witness to the will of Ann Harris.

Yonge, Geoffery le – In 1332 he paid 8 ¾ d tax, being a fifteenth of the value of his moveable goods (farm livestock and agricultural produce).

Yonge, John – In 1518 he farmed 30 acres at East Martin.