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From: "Janelle Penney" <>
Subject: May 1868 East Suffolk Gazette
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:08:38 +1200

DEATHS - if anyone finds a death listed here, it would be a good idea to
check with me for any other details that might come to hand. Deaths through
accidents, or those resulting in an inquest, may have additional material in
the paper. In addition, auctioneers' advertisements for sales relating to
deceased estates can sometimes yield quite detailed lists of the late
person's possessions.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
5 May 1868 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
MARRIAGES
On the 28th April, at Thursley, the Rev Francis Harcourt GOOCH, son of the
Rev William GOOCH, rector of Benacre, Suffolk, to Catherine, only child of
the late Richard PAINE, Esq., of Dye House, in the county of Surrey.

On the 29th April, at the Independent Chapel, Bungay, by the Rev C.S. CAREY,
Henry, youngest son of Mr R. COOKE, of Stalham, to Emily Crisp, eldest
daughter of Mr D. WALKER, of Bungay.

DEATHS
On the 11th April, at Wandsworth, Herbert MONTAGU, Esq., aged 40, sixth son
of the late E.P. MONTAGU, Esq., of Beccles.

On the 21st April, at the Rectory, Blickling, the Rev John CUSTANCE, rector
of Blickling and Erpingham, aged 80.

On the 28th April, at Lowestoft, aged 56, Mr James SNOOD, landlord of the
Fox and Hounds Inn.

On the 28th April, at the Vicarage, Steyning, Sussex, aged 66, Fanny, the
beloved wife of the Rev Thomas MEDLAND, and third daughter of the late Robt.
[sic] CRABTREE, Esq., of Halesworth.

On the 1st May, at Kennington, Surrey, Henry STARLAND, aged 40, second son
of John STARLAND, painter, Beccles.

On the 2nd May, at Albany Road, Camberwell, Jane Eleanor ROGERS, fifth
daughter of the late Mr Isaac ROGERS, of Ardleigh Hall, Essex.

On the 3rd May, at Beccles, in her 65th year, Mrs Mary ASHFORD, widow of the
late Mr Wm.[sic] ASHFORD, farmer, Whaley Lodge, Essex.

On the 4th May, after along illness, James BOYDEN, gentleman, of Beccles,
aged 77 years.

In addition to the above: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
5 May 1868 Page 5, column 1
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
BECCLES
....Religious Tract Society.---The annual meeting of the Beccles Branch of
this society was held in the Corn Hall on Wednesday evening. The chair was
taken at half-past seven by the Rev John FLOWER. There was not a large
attendance. A hymn having been sung, the chairman read a portion of
scripture, after which the Rev Henry STACEY engaged in prayer. - The
Chairman regretted they had not the attendance of representatives of the
different religious denominations in the town on the platform, as they had
in the body of the hall. But their absence was owing to the meeting being
held on a Wednesday evening, which was in some respects an inconvenient
evening. He then called upon Mr GARRARD to give them some information of the
operations of the society in this town during the past year. Mr GARRARD
stated that about 3,000 tracts had been circulated in the town and adjacent
villages, and he had good reason for believing that, by means of them, a
great amount of good had been done. With regard to the finances, they were
rather encouraging. Though in the course of the year they had lost three
subscribers they had six new ones. The receipts were 8 Pounds 13 Shillings
and 7 Pence, and there had been paid away 7 Pounds 3 Shillings and 3 Pence,
leaving a balance 1 Pound 10 Shillings and 4 Pence. - The chairman and the
Rev Henry STACEY next briefly addressed the meeting. The Rev Edmund CRISP,
the deputation from the Parent Society, spoke for a considerable time of the
work of the Society at home and abroad. He read extracts from the Society's
last report showing the extent to which its publications are distributed in
the hospitals, workhouses and prisons throughout the kingdom, and the
gratitude expressed by prisoners for the privilege thus afforded them of
reading good books during their confinement. He also described the way in
which the Society's tracts and other publications were distributed at the
Paris Exhibition last year, and he briefly referred to its operations in
India. The income of the Parent Society for the Past year was 113, 467
Pounds. The total expenditure 112,323 Pounds. Free grants have been made
amounting to 13, 467 Pounds. The number of publications issued from the
Depository during the year is 40,991,763, besides issues from branches in
foreign countries. The Honorary Secretaries of the Society are the Rev Canon
CHAMPNEYS, M.A., and the Rev R. VAUGHAN, D.D. At the close of the meeting, a
collection was made in aid of the Society's funds.

.....Poor Rate.----At A Vestry meeting held on Thursday, at which the Rector
presided, a rate was made of eight-pence in the pound for the relief of the
poor, for the ensuing quarter.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
12 May 1868 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
DEATHS
On the 29th April, in his 35th year, Mr William DAY, draper, late of Great
Ellingham.

On the 1st May, at Harleston, in her 89th year, Mary, relict of the late Mr
James FISHER, of Redenhall.

On the 4th May, at his residence, Yoxford, Joseph O. COTTINGHAM, Esq., aged
72, greatly regretted.

On the 5th May, at Beccles, William SOANS, labourer, aged 22 years.

On the 7th May, at Beccles, Ellen Mary, infant daughter of James and
Caroline LOCKWOOD, bricklayer.

On the 7th May, at Beccles, George, son of George WEST, labourer, aged 5
years.

On Saturday last, the 9th May, at the house of his master, aged 75, Samuel
BAULDRY, a faithful servant of Mr James COLMAN, of Henstead.

In addition to the above: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
12 May 1868 Page 8, column 3
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, & RADICAL NEWSPAPERS
Regularly and Punctually Supplied (Daily and Weekly) by Arthur STEBBINGS,
Bookseller, Stationer, Printer, And General Advertising Agent,
56 & 57 , High St., Lowestoft.
Agent For Lowestoft And District For The "East Suffolk Gazette."

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
19 May 1868 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
BIRTH
On the 11th May, at Bungay Staithe, the wife of Mr George WEBBER, Inland
Revenue-office, of a son.

MARRIAGES
On Saturday week, at St John's Church, Paddington, Edmund Knowles LACON,
Esq., eldest son of Sir Edmund LACON, Bart., to Miss Henrietta Julia HARVEY,
eldest daughter of R.J.H. HARVEY, Esq., M.P., and Lady Henrietta HARVEY.

On the 12th May, at the parish church, Beccles by the Rev J.J. S BIRD,
William BALLS, labourer, to Christina STANNARD, both of Beccles.

DEATHS
On the 12th May, at Southwold, Mr Henry GARROD, formerly landlord of the
Crown Hotel, in that place, aged 82.

On the 12th May, at Southwold, in his 71st year, Mr Robert ROGERS, late
harbour pilot, of that town.

On the 12th May, at Bungay, aged 4 years, Emily Jane BROWN, the youngest
daughter of Mr William and Sarah BROWN, beloved by all her knew her.

On the 16th May, at Beccles, Jemima, wife of Wm. [sic] CARTER, shoemaker,
aged 55 years.

On the 16th May, at Tuddenham, Robert, the second son of the late Robert
CHASTON, of Beccles, aged 34.

In addition to the above: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
19 May 1868 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
EPITOME OF SUFFOLK NEWS
....Lucifer Matches Again!----On Tuesday evening last, shortly after seven
o'clock, a fire was discovered proceeding from a stable on the premises of
James PAGE, a carter residing in Benton Street, Hadleigh, and there is no
doubt that it was occasioned by the now so frequent use of lucifer matches
by children. There is a thoroughfare past the stable, and shortly before the
fire broke out some children were seen to run from that direction, and two
lucifer matches were found near the burning building. Fortunately no
extensive damage was done, but PAGE had some difficulty in getting his horse
from the stable without injury, and much of the harness was destroyed. The
property, we understand, is uninsured, and it is fortunate, from the close
proximity of other old buildings and cottages, that the fire was quickly
discovered.

And also: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
19 May 1868 Page 8, column 2
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
FAMILY BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE,
Ditchingham, Bungay.
Samuel TIBNAM
Begs respectfully to call attention of Ladies and Gentlemen to his class of
Boots, in which Neatness and Quality, Style and Fit are especially studied.
A variety always in Stock, and orders to measure personally and punctually
attended to.
Price List on application.
Repairs of every description neatly and strongly executed.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
26 May 1868 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
DEATHS
On the 20th May, at Beccles, aged 80 years, Sarah, widow of the late Richard
GRICE, labourer, St Andrew's Ilketshall.

On the 21st May, at Beccles, Charles, third son of the late Mr Robert
JOHNSON, farmer, Boyton.

In addition to the above: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
26 May 1868 Page 5, column 3
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
EPITOME OF SUFFOLK NEWS
....Burning A Ghost In Effigy.----At about nine on Saturday night several
hundreds of persons assembled at Ashfield-green in Wickhambrook, to witness
the burning in effigy of a ghost which had been caught on the proceeding
Monday night by a butcher. On the 23rd December last the wife of Edward
SMITH died suddenly, and since that time it has been rumoured that the
deceased woman has many times revisited her last abode, and her son, with
his wife and child, who had since her death lived with his father, left
their abode about a fortnight ago, in order to evade the nightly visits of
the sprite, and no amount of reasoning could dissipate the fear that some
supernatural agency was at work against them. Many of their neighbours have
also been much frightened by the apparition, and have been afraid to leave
their dwellings after dark, but on Monday, the 11th May, between 11 and 12
at night, Mr James PRYKE, a butcher, had the temerity to give it chase, and
the ghost, on finding its pursuer gaining ground vanished behind a hedge at
the entrance to the occupation of Mr J.H. PRYKE. On overtaking it, and
finding it a neighbour's wife, Mr PRYKE quietly retreated. The inhabitants
being disgusted at the conduct of the woman prepared an effigy which they
carried on a pole for about three hours, and then consigned it to a bonfire,
of 30 or 40 faggots, prepared on a field in the occupation of Mr R. GOODWIN,
opposite Mr J. PRYKE's mill.

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