Updated 5 Dec 2000

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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BASTARDY

Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Bastardy Cases
for 1682-1784
listing only those pertaining to people in the parish of Wirksworth.
data compiled by Kathryn Farrell

Kathryn writes: "These records come from the Quarter Sessions of Derbyshire 1682-1784, LDS microfilm # 1696630. I suspect that there may be many more people from Wirksworth involved, but many of the men don't have their town listed. Unfortunately, this is an index only and does not allow one to read the full details of each case. There's probably another film that does that, which I haven't discovered yet. It's also interesting to note that many of the Wirksworth PR's that mention illegitimacy are not the cases that are being heard at the Quarter Sessions. I wonder if that's because in the court cases, the reputed father was not supporting the child and in the cases that never went to court, the father was."


Year SURNAME      Firstname Abode         SURNAME      Firstname Abode          Reference

1768 -            -         -             SPENCER      Anthony   Wirksworth     380,407
1780 ABEL         John                    WALL         Hannah    Wirksworth     115,161
1703 ALLEN        Edward    Wirksworth    TURNER       Elizabeth Higham         197
1703 ANNABLE      Mary      Cromford      HUDSON       Benjamin                 233
1682 BANKS        Thomas    Cromford      LIMB         Hannah    Cromford       188,190
1703 BARBER       Joseph                  CHARLETON    ?         Wirksworth     3
1754 BEARDSLEY    John                    RED          Bethia    Wirksworth     96
1748 BEELEY       Anthony                 LITCHFIELD   Hannah    Wirskworth     24
1780 BRIDDEN      ?         Wirksworth    POUNDALL     Thomas Jr Bonsall        27,63
1774 BRIDDON      Joseph                  MOSS         Elizabeth Wirskworth     385
1682 BRIER        John                    HOUGH        Ann       Wirksworth     357
1780 BRITTON      Hannah    Wirksworth    WRAGG        Adam                     500,540,581
1703 BROUGH       Charles MrWirksworth    SORESBY      Ruth      -              80
1774 BROUGHTON    John      Derby St. Wbs GIBSON/YORKSHIREAnn    Wirksworth     504
1748 BUNTING      Mary      Wirksworth    LANT         George                   135
1774 BUNTING      Sarah     Wirksworth    COLLIER      William                  73
1774 BUXTON       Henry     Matlock Bath  TOMLINSON    Sarah     Wirskworth     64
1703 CHARLETON    ?         Wirksworth    BARBER       Joseph                   3
1780 CLAY         William                 COCKER       Mary      Wirksworth     /644
1780 COCKER       Mary      Wirksworth    CLAY         William                  /644
1774 COLLIER      William                 BUNTING      Sarah     Wirksworth     73
1774 COTTERILL    Francis   Cromford      NUTTALL      Ann       Duffield       178,212
1774 DUFFIELD     Elizabeth Wirksworth    SMITH        William                  18/1768:538,573,613
1774 GIBSON/YORKSHIREAnn    Wirksworth    BROUGHTON    John      Derby St. Wbs  504
1780 GREATOREX    Elizabeth Wirksworth    JOHNSON      Isaac Jr  Duffield       157,192
1754 HAMFORD      John                    HOUGH        Elizabeth Wirksworth     216
1774 HARVEY       Mary      S. Wingfield  REDFERN      Joseph    Wirksworth     417
1703 HASSLETON    William                 POTTER       Grace     Wirksworth     240,242,257
1768 HODGKINSON   Henry                   ORRIDGE      Mary      Cromford       224,247,286
1726 HOLBROOK     Isaac     Wirksworth    TOMPSON      Mary      Wirskworth     513
1748 HOLEBROOK    Alice     Wirksworth    HOLLIS       William                  73
1748 HOLLIS       William                 HOLEBROOK    Alice     Wirksworth     73
1682 HOUGH        Ann       Wirksworth    BRIER        John                     357
1754 HOUGH        Elizabeth Wirksworth    HAMFORD      John                     216
1774 HOUGH        Hannah    Wirksworth    RYLEY        Arnold                   179
1703 HUDSON       Benjamin                ANNABLE      Mary      Cromford       233
1729 JACKSON      John      Wirksworth    SHAW         Hannah    Longford       73
1780 JOHNSON      Isaac Jr  Duffield      GREATOREX    Elizabeth Wirksworth     157,192
1682 JOVET        Anthony   Wirksworth    WOODROOFE    Elizabeth Wirksworth     174
1748 KEELING      Dorothy   Wirksworth    ORME         William                  112
1754 KNIFETON     Joseph                  WAGSTAFF     Lydia     Cromford       200
1748 LANT         George                  BUNTING      Mary      Wirksworth     135
1768 LEEDHAM      Mary      Wirksworth    SIMES        James                    245,280
1682 LIMB         Hannah    Cromford      BANKS        Thomas    Cromford       188,190
1748 LITCHFIELD   Hannah    Wirskworth    BEELEY       Anthony                  24
1682 MOLINUS      Edward    Wirksworth    SMITH al CROFTAnn      -              283
1774 MOSS         Elizabeth Wirskworth    BRIDDON      Joseph                   385
1774 NUTTALL      Ann       Duffield      COTTERILL    Francis   Cromford       178,212
1748 ORME         William                 KEELING      Dorothy   Wirksworth     112
1768 ORRIDGE      Mary      Cromford      HODGKINSON   Henry                    224,247,286
1780 PEDLEY       Sarah     Wirksworth    REINES       Josiah                   26
1703 POTTER       Grace     Wirksworth    HASSLETON    William                  240,242,257
1780 POUNDALL     Thomas Jr Bonsall       BRIDDEN      ?         Wirksworth     27,63
1780 POYSER       Benjamin                TIMPERLEY    Sarah     Wirksworth     583
1754 RED          Bethia    Wirksworth    BEARDSLEY    John                     96
1774 REDFERN      Joseph    Wirksworth    HARVEY       Mary      S. Wingfield   417
1780 REEDS        John                    THOMPSON     Susannah  Wirksworth     449,492
1780 REINES       Josiah                  PEDLEY       Sarah     Wirksworth     26
1774 RYLEY        Arnold                  HOUGH        Hannah    Wirksworth     179
1729 SHAW         Hannah    Longford      JACKSON      John      Wirksworth     73
1716 SHAWE        Edward    Higham        TURNER       Elizabeth Wirksworth     75
1768 SIMES        James                   LEEDHAM      Mary      Wirksworth     245,280
1774 SMITH        William                 DUFFIELD     Elizabeth Wirksworth     18/1768:538,573,613
1682 SMITH        Ann       -             MOLINUS      Edward    Wirksworth     283
     alius CROFT
1703 SORESBY      Ruth      -             BROUGH       Charles MrWirksworth     80
1774 SOUTER       Hannah    Wirksworth    SPENCER      John                     626
1768 SPENCER      Anthony   Wirksworth    -            -         -              380,407
1774 SPENCER      John                    SOUTER       Hannah    Wirksworth     626
1780 THOMPSON     Susannah  Wirksworth    REEDS        John                     449,492
1780 TIMPERLEY    Sarah     Wirksworth    POYSER       Benjamin                 583
1774 TOMLINSON    Sarah     Wirskworth    BUXTON       Henry     Matlock Bath   64
1726 TOMPSON      Mary      Wirskworth    HOLBROOK     Isaac     Wirksworth     513
1716 TURNER       Elizabeth Wirksworth    SHAWE        Edward    Higham         75
1703 TURNER       Elizabeth Higham        ALLEN        Edward    Wirksworth     197
1754 WAGSTAFF     Lydia     Cromford      KNIFETON     Joseph                   200
1780 WALL         Hannah    Wirksworth    ABEL         John                     115,161
1682 WOODROOFE    Elizabeth Wirksworth    JOVET        Anthony   Wirksworth     174
1780 WRAGG        Adam                    BRITTON      Hannah    Wirksworth     500,540,581