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Events

Thu 19 April	No meeting because of the Winslow Annual Town Meeting
Thu 26 April	Winslow History Project workshop, 16 McLernon Way, 19:45-21:45 Drop in at any point in the evening or stay for the whole evening. Transcribing 18th-19th century wills and other documents.
Thu 3 May	Winslow History Project workshop, 16 McLernon Way, 19:45-21:45 Drop in at any point in the evening or stay for the whole evening. Transcribing 18th-19th century wills and other documents.
Thu 10 May	Winslow History Project workshop, 16 McLernon Way, 19:45-21:45 Drop in at any point in the evening or stay for the whole evening. Transcribing 18th-19th century wills and other documents.
Thu 17 May	Winslow History Project workshop, 16 McLernon Way, 19:45-21:45 Drop in at any point in the evening or stay for the whole evening. Transcribing 18th-19th century wills and other documents.
Thu 24 May	No meeting
Sat 8 September	Heritage Open Day in Winslow - more information to follow

If you would like to join in the transcribing but don't want to come on a Thursday evening, please contact d.noy@btinternet.com - there is plenty of material which you can work on at home.

News

Winslow books for sale:

David Noy, Winslow in 1556: The Survey of the Manor (Bucks Archaeological Society, 2013): £5
David Noy, Winslow Manor Court Books 1327-1377 and 1423-1460 (2 vols, Bucks Record Society, 2011): £50
Alan Wigley, A Window on Winslow (Winslow, 1981): £5 - this contains many historical photos of Winslow

Please contact d.noy@btinternet.com for more information.

Additions to website

17 April 2018	Inventory of Joseph Rogers, currier, 1722/3: founder of the Rogers Free School Inventory of Jonathan Townsend of Shipton, yeoman, 1729/30 Nicholas Merwin's dispute with the vicar over tithe milk, 1727
11 April	Mitchell v Wilmott 1671: another dispute over The Bull
9 April	Mitchell family of Winslow: bakers who also kept The Bull; there was a dispute about the inheritance in 1696-97
7 April	Will of Thomas Wilson of Shipton, dairyman, 1803 (proved 1804): he lived at Shipton Farm
5-6 April	Will of John Willeat Cowley of Buckingham, coroner, 1848 (proved 1849): son of Dr John Cowley; his will mentions a photograph Will of John Cowley, surgeon, 1856: doctor in Winslow for 54 years; lived at Lawn House Jane Langley (nee Gyles) v John Woodward & Robert Lowndes: Chancery case from 1725 Richard Edmonds v John Grainge: Chancery case from 1661 about property in Little Horwood
2 April	Grant v Hewitt, 1698: a dispute between cousins over Grants Baulk (west of Burleys Road)
29-30 March	Will of Samuel Bull, victualler, 1839 (proved 1841): landlord of the Royal Oak Will of Thomas Fyge of London, apothecary, 1704 (proved 1705): the last of the male line of the Fige family Chancery case of 1674 brought by Sarah Brinsall against her aunt Alice Coates about the estate of her grandfather Nicholas Brinsall
20-21 March	Will of Sarah Eagles, widow, 1805 (proved 1831): daughter of Benjamin Ingram of the Sow & Pigs Will of Thomas Bowler, gentleman, 1833 (proved 1836) Manor court, 1718: criminal cases concerning murder and smallpox
15 March	Will of Thomas Barton of Little Horwood, shopkeeper, 1717/18 (in 1719 manor court roll) Will of George Cowley, surgeon and apothecary, 1854 (proved 1855)
14 March	Will of William Norman of Steeple Claydon, grocer, 1700 (proved 1701): related to the Winslow Baptists Manorial chest, 1718: it had to be opened in Shipton because of smallpox in Winslow Manor court, 1766: includes an entry about the Red Bull
11 March	Grant Harris of Westminster, water-closet maker (d.1819): owner of 1 Church Street
8-9 March	Will of Elizabeth Clark, widow, 1821 (proved 1826) Will of Hannah Martha Jones, spinster, 1832 (proved 1833) Winslow Hall building accounts 1700-03: mainly entries involving Winslow people, including 3 suppliers of bricks
5-6 March	Court rolls, 1718 Court rolls, 1719
26 February	Additions to: Bowling Green, Charities, King's Head, Lock-up, Turnbull, Twining Philip Walker was sentenced to 6 months hard labour in 1833 for stealing some hens Winslow Benevolent Association, established 1830 Railway proposals, 1845: three routes which would have come through Winslow but were abandoned by 1846
20 February	Will of Robert Sinfield, victualler, 1822 (administration 1823): he wrote his own will, using Bucks dialect Grant of the Rectory to Joseph Seare, 1658: his contract included an obligation to repair the chancel Register of electors for Bucks, 1831: a majority of the 8 voters with property in Winslow supported the Reform Bill
15 February	Will of Walter Tomlyns of London, mariner, 1644 (proved 1645): a younger son who had moved away Bucks Assizes, Lent 1662: several cases involving Winslow people, including one who avoided hanging because he was literate Bucks Assizes, Summer 1681: Mary Glenister of Winslow was accused of housebreaking in Cublington Station Road: new photo from 1963 (scroll to bottom of page) Windmill: a case in Chancery in 1662-63 which refers to a recently-built house at the mill Will of John Dover, dairyman, 1840: ancestor of the Monk family of Tuckey Farm
11 February	Zilpah Walker (court case, 1838) Selby Lowndes sale, 1875: houses in Sheep Street and land in Buckingham Road Sale of 1-2 Nevada Villas, Buckingham Road, 1881 Winslow Book Society, 1845: a lecture in the old Tithe Barn using an early form of slide projector
8 February	Will of Alice Foxley of London, widow, 1646: a member of the Lambert family of Buckingham, and a mortgagee in Winslow
5 February	Court rolls, 1646: the first appearance of some families which became very prominent (Henley, Townsend)
3 February	Court rolls, 1645: the first manor court for two years, presumably due to the Civil War
1 February	Report on charitable property in Winslow, 1677
31 January	William Lowndes & others v estate of Richard Barker, 1720: many Winslow traders and professional men were trying to recover money owed to them Stephen Bigg v William Baldwyn & Joseph Tofield, 1727: Stephen went to Chancery against his son-in-law over part of his daughter's marriage portion
29 January	Will of John Deverell of Swanbourne, yeoman, 1704 (proved 1705): owner of some property in Winslow Will of Mary Elizabeth West, spinster, 1862 (proved 1878): inherited extensive property from her aunt and left it to her niiece; lived at 17 Market Square
24 January	Will of Anthony Dodsworth of Whaddon Park, gentleman, 1640 (proved 1641)
22 January	Will of Robert Watson of Shipton, baker, 1816 (proved 1817) Sale of part of Selby-Lowndes estate, 1865: including land north and west of Winslow, Selby Villa and the former Tithe Barn Additions to: Red Hall Farm (sale of equipment, 1840); Vicarage (sale of contents, 1841); Windmill (Oddfellows song by Mr Wigley, 1844); 14 Market Square (sale of stationery and fancy goods, 1882)
19-20 January	Court rolls, 1642-3: at the height of the Civil War, the main issue in Winslow was (apparently) the new kitchen at The Angel Sequestration Committee, 1647: George Reeve's lease of the manor of Winslow was confirmed
17 January	Court rolls, 1641: 20 people in Winslow were fined for using illegal measures to sell beer
14 January	Hearth Tax, 1662/3: a list of 94 people who paid; the biggest house had 7 hearths Robert Lowndes v Henry Wyatt, 1664: a dispute arising from dealing in sheep in Cheshire
10 January	Duke of Buckingham and trustees v William Gyles, 1677: a very well-documented case about the market (over 11,000 words of evidence) which provides a lot of information about Winslow in the 1630s-70s
8 January	Court rolls, 1640: including arrangements for a brother who was "devoid of reason"
4 January	William Lowndes' 1709 notebook: Winslow-related income and expenditure
1 January	Court rolls, 1639: a long list of offences including blocking the road with dunghills and failing to work on hghway repair
28 December 2017	Anonymous manuscript description of Winslow, c.December 1702: the first eye-witness account of Winslow Hall Court rolls 1638: The Fige family are prominent including Valentine, a London apothecary who was later a friend of Samuel Pepys
11 December	Court rolls 1637: Some unusual offenders were punished, including a night-walker and a shunner of daylight
5 December	Court rolls 1636: problems included illegal sub-letting and over-grazing; the Grant alias Miller family were very active in the land market
4 December	Court rolls 1619: 17 people were selling beer, and Thomas Stonehill used illegal measures for selling wine
27 November	Poll books 1705-22: The lord of the manor and (usually) the vicar voted Tory, the Baptists voted Whig
21 November	Court rolls 1656: several people were penalised for building houses illegally Court rolls 1657: mainly about Little Horwood, but one entry seems to concern 6 High Street Burglary, 1832: 3 teenagers sentenced to death for stealing some bacon
19-20 November	Taxation certificate of Silvester Claver, 1663/4 Sequestration of the Rectory, 1658 Will of Joan Forde, 1644: details added of a case in Chancery brought by William Lowndes More about Roger Vaughan of Little Horwood (d.1715)
13-14 November	Will of Andrew Veal, retired officer of excise, 1855 (proved 1857): lived at 3 Market Square Will of Robert Ivatts, grocer and tallow chandler, 1812 (proved 1821): he lived at 1 Horn Street Hearth Tax, 1670-3: a list of exempted householders, 80 in all
10 November	Will of Francis Robinson, tailor, 1812 (proved 1813): he lived at 24 High Street Will of Richard Gibbs, yeoman, 1812 (proved 1816): the last of the bell-ringing Gibbs brothers Will of George Cross, draper and maltster, 1862 (proved 1864): lived at 15 Market Square
9 November	Charities: the decisions in 1863 which led to the establishment of the present Winslow Charities Vestry minutes, 1867: Rev. Preston had to sign the minutes of a meeting which denounced him to the Bishop. A number of people applied for permission to install bow windows.
6 November	Vestry, 1839: minutes of a very well attended meeting Additions to: Poor's Piece; Firefighting and fire insurance; Lock-up
2 November	Will of Richard Mayne, yeoman, 1840