Saxelbye is a small parish N.W. of and near Melton Mowbray. It has a hamlet formerly called Sholeby or Sholby, but now Shoby, though the parish of Grimston intervenes, geographically, between the hamlet and the mother parish. The first volume of the Registers is early, interesting and important. It contains 25 parchment leaves of various sizes, 14 3/8-3/4 by 5 5/8-3/4 to 6½ in., and one leaf all cut away but a fragment 3¾ by 5¾ containing a memorandum as to distribution of a legacy of £10 from Matthew Noble, of Wartnaby, to the poor of S. in 1672. The binding is limp parchment, much wrinkled and injured by damp. Condition fair, but badly needs repairing and binding, some leaves are quite loose. The writing is generally good and legible, but many entries are badly faded.
The contents are Baptisms and Burials from 1538 to 1691, and Marriages from 1555 to 1690. The portion which is a transcript of an earlier book comprises Baptisms to 1595, Marriages to 1601, and Burials to 1595. One side of leaf 6 is almost blank, no “entries”; leaf 7 is quite blank both sides. There are no Marriages registered in 1644-51, nor in 1691-1754. In 1680 occurs this :—“Viri vere sinceri vitoeque integerrimi Mri Roberti Kirkby hujus ecciesiae annorum viginti spatio pastoris pientissimi
Anima ) (Coelo ) (28)
In occluditur dic. Augusti.
Corpus ) (Solo) (30)
Vol. II., containing Baptisms and Burials from 1690 to 1806, and Marriages 1690-1754 is missing, though it was extant in 1831, when it is fully recorded in the Parliamentary Return. The present vicar has held the living 33 years, and has no knowledge of the missing volume, and is much concerned at the hiatus.
Vol. III., Marriages 1755 to 1812. Paper leaves bound in tooled calf; printed forms; in good order.
Vol. IV. Parchment leaves in parchment boards. Only about 2pp. full of entries, Baptisms and Burials 1807-12 ; the rest quite blank.
Vol. V Marriages 1813-37. Printed forms.
The Bishops’ Transcripts exist for the following years (marked * at Lincoln):—1561-78-9-87-8, 1604*, ‘7 to ‘9*, ‘12-16-17-22, 162 to ‘29, ‘32 to ‘34, ‘37 to ‘39, ‘60 to ‘67, ‘72 to ‘80, ‘84 to ‘87, 1690 to ‘97, 1700.
These abstracts have been made by Mr. E. K. Elliott, of Leicester, and the Rector, the Rev. F. Murray Symonds, by whose permission they are here printed.
Begun the 29th Harry Eighth the year before the Bible was printed, order’d to be set up in Churches in English.”
[The above note has been inserted by a later hand.]
“The regester of Saxulbe in the year of the incarnation of Christ, 1538.”
[The first entry is] “Margaret Brokesby, the daughter of Anthonye, was baptized the 12th of Nove.”
Marriages.
Bartholomew Byrd & Agnes Borow 16 Nov. 1555
Richard Connd {?] & Ann Margaret Wells 19 Nov. 1555
John Henson & Elizabeth Conn[?] 27 Jan. 1555
Thomas Hekeling & Isabel Swinherd 27 Jan. 1555
Thomas Morres & Agnes Freeman 16 Nov. 1556
Richard Gamble & Esme Innocent 18 Oct. 1557
Edward Pickerd & Agnes Slater 8 Apr. 1559
John Bayle & Joan Sunerd 26 Apr. 1560
Valentine Wels & Esme Coley 8 July 1563
Edward Gawton & Margaret Brokysbe 25 Oct. 1563
Robert Haunfry & Mary Free[m]an 19 Nov. 1564
Nicholas Byth & Joan Gamble 2 Nov. 1567
Thomas Pare & Agnes Gesson 25 Nov. 1568
Robert Morres & Alice Neyle 9 June 1569
John Rychardson & Margery Gamble 14 Nov. 1570
William Hart & Agnes Power 19 Oct. 1572
George Willowes & Alice Gesson 9 Oct. 1573
Thomas Bruarn & Agnes Howay 4 July 1574
John Webster & Mary Jesson 19 Oct. 1574
William Free[m]an & Alice Cowper 15 Nov. 1574
Thomas Gamble & Bridget Bond 13 July 1599
John Yeats & An[n] Gamble 23 Jan. 1600
Nicholas Henfrye & Lucy Millner 13 July 1601
John Thomasman al[ia]s Symson & Grace Gamble 24 Aug. 1601
[This entry has been inserted by a later hand.]
Thomas Buteryes & Agnes Andrews 1 Feb. 1601
Peter Knight & Elsabey Hyds 30 Nov. 1601
Edward Powar & Elizabeth Rook 10 Mar. 1604
John Huskinsonne & Elizabeth Gliese [or Cliese?] 12 May 1604
Thomas Crowley & Mary Hanley 13 Nov. 1604
Robert Gamble & Agnes Jesson 5 July 1606
William Oxston & Leuce Gamble 15 June 1607
Robert Hickling & Susanna Newton 16 Mar. 1608
Will[ia]m Cowley & Elizabeth Jesson 23 Nov. 1609
William Picklock & Joan Bayly 2 May 1610
John Rowell & Judith Callice 20 Apr. 1612
William More & Mary Gamble 7 Sept. 1614
Alexander Paulson & Margerey North 20 May 1615
Thomas Smith, alias Cooke, & Ann Pecke 20 Jan. 1617
Robert Gamble & Margaret Boylson 4 Feb. 1617
John Neale & Isabel Sprigg 26 Nov. 1618
William Whittaker & Alice Brightman 25 July 1620
William Cattle & Agnes Gamble 19 Oct. 1622
Thomas Stevenson & Agnes Munckland 7 Nov. 1622
Thomas Steele & Mary Jesson 29 Apr. 1623
John Kinton & Agnes Andrews 9 Nov. 1624
John Warnabie & Joan Orton 16 Nov. 1624
William Tales & Agnes Caulton 15 Jan. 1626
Georg[e] Bird & Mary Stevenson 7 Apr. 1627
William Dawson & Ann Jarvis 10 Apr. 1627
Thomas Dale & Alice Cowdale 6 July 1629
Thomas Gamble & Margaret Munckland 17 Jan. 1630
John Greete & Bridgett Jesson 7 Feb. 1632
James Rouse & Ann Whittaker 24 Oct. 1633
William Huffe & Ann Greene 2 June 1634
Nicholas Bonner, labourer, & Jane Green, s. 1 July 1637
William Thomasman, alias Simpson, husbandman, & Mary Boman, S. 17 Oct. 1637
John Brigges, yeoman, & Alice Jackson, s. 29 Nov. 1638
William Boman, sheapheard, & Alice Gamble, s. 9 Feb. 1638
Robert Kilbie & Agnes Blacke 28 Apr. 1639
Robert Wilde, labourer, & Susanna Cowdede, S. 23 Aug. 1640
William Holt, weaver, & Frances Hickling, s. 4 Nov. 1640
Richard Spencer & Elizabeth Peate 10 Aug. 1641
George Simpson, labourer, & Elizabeth Gamble 22 Sept. 1641
Robert Simmes, servant, & Grace Browne, a mayd servant 7 Nov. 1641
Thomas Gamble & Theodoria Clemenson 4 May 1643
John Spencer, tailor, & Frances Bennitt, s. 10 Sept. 1643
Edward Wilford, yeoman, & Mary Simpson, s. 30 Nov. 1643
Thomas Guddicare* [“Goodicary” occurs in neighbouring parishes] & Margaret Stevenson 19 Apr. 1652
Hugh Taylour & Mary Tough 26 Oct. 1652
Matthew Sheapheard & Mary Franck 27 Oct. 1654
William Simpson s. of Edward Simpson & Joyce Gamble, of Grimston 26 Dec. 1655
Edward Gregorie & Priscilla Gooding 9 Feb. 1655
Mr. Charles Waatsgrave & Mrs. Ellen Ingl[e]field 6 Oct. 1656
Thomas Ludnam, minister [&] Jane Needham 9 Feb. 1656
Thomas Steevi[n}son & An[n] Dallewater 17 Mar. 1656
John Pebody & Mrs. Mary Gregory 3 Nov. 1656
William Wartnaby, single p[er]son, & Anne Greete, s. 17 July 1660
John Roworth & Dorothy Bradshaw, single persons 23 Jan. 1662
Hugh Turner, of Willoughby, w., & Mary Brewin, w., lic. 20 Feb. 1663
William Hart, of Grimston, b., & Elizabeth Frisby, s. 22 July 1665
Robert Guy, b., & Elizabeth Newton, s. 14 Nov. 1666
William Frisby, b., & Elizabeth Harte, w. 28 July 1667
Mr. John Woodhouse, b., & Mrs. Mary Hubbert, s., lic. 26 Nov. 1667
Richard Butler, b., & Frances Frisby, s., both of Sholeby 3 July 1670
William Frisby, w., & Anne Butler, s., of Sholby 1 May 1671
John Simson, jun., b., & Mary Simson, s., both of Sax[elb]y 28 Oct. 1672
Henry Bowman, b., & Frances Harte, S. 13 Nov. 1672
Will[ia]m Hose, w., & Alice Francis, s., lic. 29 Jan. 1673
John Gregory & Jane Baker, single persons 21 Nov. 1675
Thomas Hickling, b., & Anne Walker, s. 1 May 1678
Robert Hubbert, b., & Elizabeth Hardall, s. 1 Aug. 1678
Francis Hollingshead, taylor, & Mary Elliot, s. 21 Nov. 1678
Andrew Woollerton, of Kinaulton, co. Nottingham, & Alice Burton, of Saxelby 19 Nov. 1681
Nicholas Simpson & Mary Geal [?Gate] 14 Nov. 1683
Mr. Richard Butler & Mrs. Elizabeth Halford, w., lic. 9 Apr. 1684
William Crisp,. esq., w., & Mrs. Isabella Nedham, of S., s., having first obtained a license from the Arch. Bp. of Canterbury to that purpose 9 Mar. 1684
Anthony Gale & Mary Simpson, alias Tomasman 19 Nov. 1687
Peter White, of Hose, & Joan Simpson, alias Thomasman, of S., single persons 21 Apr. 1688
Mr. William Pemberton, w., & Mrs. Sarah Mucklow, lic. 14 Aug. 1688
William Stevenson, jun., & Jane Bacon, servants 13 Nov. 1688
Clement Watson, shoomaker, & Mary Hart, s. 17 Nov. 1688
John Silverwood, of Asfordby, & Anne Greet, of S. 22 Apr. 1689
Thomas Measures, of Kirby Bellars, b., & Eleanor Burton, of S., s., lic. 4 June 1690
John Black & Sarah Clark, S. 2 Nov. 1690
[Volume II. missing.]
Volume III.
William Tugwood, of Melton Mowbray, & Eleanor Hollingshead 26 Nov. 1755
Joseph Large, of Somerby, & Frances Newton 5 Jan. 1756
Thomas Adcock, of Melton Mowbray, & Ann Hollingshead 14 Jan. 1756
Thomas Gamble, of S., & Esther Bull, of Grimston, lic. 27 Feb. 1756
William Stevenson, w., & Ann Barrows, w. 3 Feb. 1757
William Gamble & Ann Johnson 6 Dec. 1757
Francis Gamble & Alice Houghton 3 Jan. 1758
James Olfin, of Ashfordby, & Ann Stevenson 31 July 1758
Jasper Houghton, b., & Ellen Gamble, s. 22 Nov. 1759
William Gibson, of Dalby-on-the-Wolds, & Ann Colleshaw 26 Nov. 1759
William Hill, p. Grimston, & Ann Hydes, of Sholby, p. S. 26 Nov. 1759
Edward Middleton, p. S. Margaret, Leicester, & Margaret Barnes 13 Feb. 1760
William Burrows & Jane Hubbard 8 Dec. 1760
John Bishop, of Dalby-on-the-Wolds, & Mary Gamble 22 Apr. 1761
William Skirritt, of Burton Lazars, & Elizabeth Johnson 23 June 1762
Robert Hollingshead & Alice Gamble, W. 3 Apr. 1763
David Copley & Mary Bull, both of the hamlet of Sholby, p. S. 11 Apr. 1763
John Haines & Sarah Flewitt, both of Sholby 1 Dec. 1763
Thomas Green of Somerby, gentleman & Eleanor Hill of Sholby, lic. 2 Feb. 1764
William Sneath, of Mellon Mowbray, w., & Mary Parker, w., lic. 4 July 1764
Thomas Perkins & Alice Simpson, lic. 8 Apr. 1765
John Humberston, of Asfordby, & Mary Heazlewood, of the hamlet of Sholby, p. S., lic. 23 May 1765
Thomas Johnson & Mary Coldershaw, lic. 7 Apr. 1766
Jasper Simpson, of S., & Elizabeth Jesson, p. Grimston, lic. 28 Dec. 1767
John Hose, p. Asfordby, miller, & Ann Crofts, lic. 29 May 1768
Daniel Smith & Margaret Marriat 10 Oct. 1768
Richard Kirk & Elizabeth Dale 3 July 1769
Edward Brown, w., & Jane Burrows 2 Oct. 1769
William Hollingshead & Judith Barrows 14 Nov. 1771
Thomas Savage, p. S. Mary, Nottingham, & Ann Rest [signs Reast] 17 Nov. 1771
William Burgess & Mary Hare 13 Aug. 1772
John Adcock, of Syston, & Mary Richardson 12 July 1773
Edward Iliff, of Hoby, & Lucy Bird 22 Sept. 1773
John Peat & Alice North 27 Nov. 1775
John Dale & Sarah Hammond 5 Feb. 1776
John Bishop, of Grimston, & Ann Simpson, lic. 1 May 1776
John Johnson, p. Dalby-on-the-Wolds, & Elizabeth Barnes 20 Oct. 1777
John Smith, p. Kirby Bellars, & Mary Dracod 24 Nov. 1779
Francis Gutteridge, p. Somerby, & Elizabeth Gamble, lic. 3 Jan. 1780
John Hollingshead & Alice Brewster 20 Apr. 1780
Thomas Henton [signs Hinton], of Melton Mowbray, & Millicent Deverill, lic., consent of parents 1 June 1780
John Sjmpson, of S., & Alice Cross, p. Upper Broughton, lic. 26 Oct. 1780
William Bonner, p. Grimston, & Elizabeth Simpson, lic. 16 Apr. 1781
George Wall, of Freeby, p. Melton Mowbray, & Ann Gambel, lic. 26 Nov. 1781
Benjamin Dixon, p. King’s Cliffe, co. Northampton, & Lucy Gamble 23 Sept. 1782
William Frisby & Elizabeth Digby 1 Dec. 1783
William Underwood, p. Shepy Parva, & Alice Guess, lic. 4 Jan. 1785
John Austin, of Ashfordby, & Alice Perkins 21 Feb. 1786
Robert Hollingshead & Elizabeth Johnson 15 Oct. 1787
Thomas Johnson & Mary Stevens, lic. 26 July 1789
John Gregg & Margaret Lumley 23 Oct. 1791
John Peet & Elizabeth Richardson 6 Nov. 1791
Charles Latham, p. Melton Mowbray, & Sarah Healy, of Sho[l]by, p. S., lic. 28 Jan. 1793
William Jesson, p. Eaton, & Mary Felstead 1 May 1793
William Dale & Mary Johnson 2 Nov. 1794
Robert Hayes, p. Whissendine, Co. Rutland & Elizabeth Smith, lic. 5 Apr. 1795
John Dale & Martha Peters 23 July 1797
James Surguy, p. S. Margaret, Leicester, & Mary Watson 25 Dec. 1799
Joseph Goodband, p. Wymeswold, & Ann Watson 25 Dec. 1799
William Johnson, of Saxelby, & Elizabeth Barnes, lic. 24 Dec. 1801
George Stevens, p. Wartnaby, & Mary Barns 8 Sept. 1802
Thomas Hill, p. Grimston, & Elizabeth Peet 14 Oct. 1805
William Storer, p. Grimston, & Sarah Barnes, lic. 22 Dec. 1806
Charles Raper, p. S. Margaret, Leic., & Lucy Watson 14 Sept. 1807
James Sutton & Mary Bright 18 Jan. 1808
James Hollingshead & Mary Calverley 24 Nov. 1808
George Healey, p. S., & Mary Dalby, p. Thrussington, lic. 21 Nov. 1809
William Humphreys, p. Billesdon, & Ann Bishop, lic. 18 Jan. 1810
David Sleath, p. Grimston, & Elizabeth Hollingshead 11 Sept. 1811
Thomas Pickard & Elizabeth Shuttlewood, both of Sho[l}by, p. S. 5 Dec. 1811
William Rippen, p. Ragdale, & Mary Tinkler 6 Jan. 1812
Joseph Watson & Mary Claton 26 May 1812
[Volume IV, Baptisms and Burials only.]
Volume V.
Edward Sleath, of Grimston, f.w.k., & Sarah Bright, with consent of parents 21 June 1813
James Gamble, of Grimeston, cordwainer, w., & Elizabeth Johnson, w., lic. 31 July 1813
Edward Barnes & Hannah Tomlin 2 May 1814
Thomas Corbutt, of Wymeswold, labourer, & Elizabeth Dale, consent of parents 27 Nov. 1816
Robert Paling, labourer, w., & Mary Dra[y]cott 9 Feb. 1818
Gervase Simpson, of Marborn, co. Huntingdon, & Ann Perkins, lic. 8 Nov. 1819
George Healy w., of Shoby & Mary Manton, w. of Thrussington, lic. 14 Nov. 1821
George March, of Hickling, co. Nottingham, & Lucy Johnson, lic. 17 Jan. 1822
George Lovett, w., of Ashfordby, & Ann Hollingshead, lic. 2 June 1822
George Johnson & Elizabeth Hayes 17 Apr. 1823
William Pick, of Great Dalby, & Ann Johnson, lic. 26 Aug. 1823
John Dale & Sarah Knapp 29 Jan. 1824
John Freckingham, of Ab-Kettleby, & Elizaeth Pickard, of Shoby 26 Dec. 1825
Samuel Whittaker, of Nether Broughton, w., & Elizabeth Holland 5 June 1826
Soloman Dale & Ann Picard 14 Aug. 1826
William Stevens & Mary Perkins, lic. 18 Dec. 1826
George Johnson & Elizabeth Bates 6 Aug. 1827
John Lowe, of Scalford, & Phoebe Dale 25 Nov. 1828
Thomas Berridge, p. S. Mary, Nottingham, Ann Dale 25 Dec. 1828
Thomas Marriott, of Old Dalby, & Mary Hayes, lic. 19 Nov. 1834
John Dale, w., & Ann Elliott, s. 24 Nov. 1834
George Johnson, w., & Alice Gamble, lic. 13 July 1835.
David Paling & Phoebe Burton 26 Nov. 1835
Samuel Hollingshead & Martha Dale 26 Nov. 1835
John Sanders, of Burton-on the-Wolds, p. Prestwold,
& Sarah Ann Lomas, lic., consent of parents 5 Apr. 1836
John Fairbrother & Eleanor Wortley 24 Nov. 1836
Francis Porter & Rhoda Brewin 29 Dec. 1836
Samuel Chamberlain, p. S. Peter, Nottingham, & Lucy Dale 13 Mar. 1837
