Principal sources used: Online censuses for 1841 and 1851 ** National Burial Index, 2nd edition ** Robert Deloyde's 1820 Warwickshire freeholders list transcription on “Pickard’s Pink Pages” (see Downloads and links, Warwickshire 4) ** Charles Holbech: Clergy of the Church of England 1540-1835 ** William Holbech: Burke's Landed Gentry ** Thomas Griffin and Francis Hammond: personal research and family papers.
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Recorded in the census is my great-great-great grandfather Francis Hammond (1763-1835), born in Yorkshire at Hornbriggs, a North Riding moorland farm in the parish of Kirby Ravensworth. He was a tenant farmer in the area, and just over the border in Co. Durham, before moving down to Warwickshire between 1801 and 1803. Judging by the ages given, at the census his household probably consisted of wife Elizabeth, née Outhwaite, (1771-1837), son Thomas (1807-1846), and another son, aged 15-20 - either Richard (1801-1871), Joshua (1803-1832) or John (1805-1875). There was an unidentified man in the household, aged between 40 and 50, and the eldest daughter, Margaret (1799-1851) was apparently not present. Francis and Elizabeth’s eldest son, George (1797-1868), was also absent - he had been working since at least 1817 as an accounts clerk and assistant to Henry Rolls, Banbury solicitor and Secretary of the local turnpike trust.
Three large Hammond gravestones stand in line in the parish churchyard. Nearest the church door is that of Francis and his wife, next to their children Thomas and Margaret's. The third is son Joshua's. The inscriptions are now partly or wholly indecipherable but fortunately were recorded in the early 20th century. At the baptism in 1813 of his son Francis, who died when a few days old, Francis Hammond was "bailiph to Wm. Holbech Esq." This William's great-uncle, also William Holbech, had been the employer of the Thomas Elkington whose accounts are reproduced on this site.
Also named is my 4 x great-uncle Thomas Griffin (1760-1835), who farmed in Farnborough. He was a nephew of Thomas Elkington and almost inevitably, a tenant of William Holbech: the then occupant of the Hall was lord of the manor of Farnborough from 1812 to 1856. Thomas Griffin married Elizabeth Shearby of Mollington and they had ten children, of whom four are known to have died before their first birthday and another, aged just five.
In 1910, a great-grandson of Thomas’s brother William, another Thomas Griffin, married Helen Elizabeth Hammond, a great-granddaughter of Francis, and so Griffins and Hammonds were united on my family tree as my maternal grandparents.
Notes
1841 census has a Henry Allen, schoolmaster, aged 54.
May be the John Allen bur. 18 Jan 1850 aged 82. 1841 census: aged 72, Ag. Lab.
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1841 census - a sawyer, aged 48. Ag Lab aged 59 in 1851..
Poss. the Ag Lab, aged 62, of the 1841 census.
Farmer, aged 55 (1841). The Elizabeth Bates farmer of 230 acres in 1851 may be his widow.
A William Beer buried Farnborough 9 Jan 1831 aged 78.
What appears to be "etc." added to her name might suggest some doubt over exactly who the householder was. Among the names on the reverse of the householder list (see the notes on the transcript for the status of these) was "Daniele Berry" - was he the de facto head of the household?
A namesake appears in the 1841 and 1851 censuses as an Ag Lab aged 50 and 60..
1841 census: Ag Lab, aged 71.
1841 census (as Valentine Cannon above): Ag Lab, aged 71.
1841 census: James Clarke, labourer, aged 65, living alone.
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Buried Farnborough 6 December 1822 aged 82. The grazier Thomas of the 1851 census, aged 55, is possibly his son (20-30 years old in 1821)
1841 census: Thomas Curtis, farmer, aged 51
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Maybe bur. Farnborough 7 May 1823 aged 75 Poss. son John, butcher, aged 60 in 1841 census.
There is a John Eucott, Farnborough, in WAR freeholders' list 1820.
Maybe bur. Farnborough 26 November 1825 aged 64.
A namesake appears in the WAR freeholders' list 1820.
1841 census - a carrier, aged 57.
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Farmer, tenant of Wm Holbech (1760-1835). See additional biographical notes.
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(1763-1835) Bailiff to Wm Holbech in 1813. See additional biographical notes.
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1841 census - a carrier, aged 46. Wife (?) Elizabeth, aged 50.
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1841 census - an Ag Lab, aged 40. Wife (?) Priscilla, aged 50..
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A namesake in 1820 WAR freeholders' list (Farnborough). 1841 census - a watchmaker, aged 62.
1841 census: a William Heydon aged 65, occupation is not given. Wife's age fits.
(1782-1837) Vicar of Farnborough from 1812 until his death. Brother of William, below.
(1774-1856) Landowner and magistrate. Of Farnborough Hall (now a National Trust property)
1841 census: Ag Lab, aged 55.
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Poss. father of farmer John King, farming 170 acres in 1851.
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By 1841 (cen.) he was living at the "vickerage" in nearby Priors Hardwick.
surname not present in 1851 census of Farnborough.
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1841 census - a labourer, aged 67.
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1841 census: Thomas an Ag Lab, aged 70.
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1841 census: Ag Lab, aged 50.
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1841 census: aged 56, Ag. Lab.
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A Henry Tomes (probably same person) is in 1820 WAR freeholders' list (Farnborough).
An Anne Tompkins buried Farnborough 19 February 1827 aged 59.
Maybe bur. Farnborough 14 January 1841 aged 81
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1841/1851 census - a butcher, aged 67/77. Wife aged 77 in 1851. Age poss. wrongly rec. in 1841.
1841: Ag Lab, aged 75. Wife Elizabeth aged 73.
