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Visitation of Rennington, Northumberland

A visitation is an inspection by an ecclesiastical officer, usually a bishop or an archdeacon, of the district he controls. It should not be confused with a "heralds' visitation" which was concerned with heraldic and armigerous affairs. Canon law required an official, usually a bishop or archdeacon, to visit his diocese every three years, but this instruction was frequently ignored. The clergy and churchwardens of a parish or chapelry were summoned to appear and were asked to produce names of parishioners guilty of moral failings and other illegal actions, so that punishment could if necessary be awarded. Surviving records will usually be with the diocesan archives but notes may, in some instances, have been made in the parish papers of relevant matters.

The details below are taken from the transcript of the Rock & Rennington register at Newcastle Library, a fiche of which is available from Northfiche.

Families In Rennington, in 1774 & 1781

In 1912, when the parish register of Rennington in north Northumberland was transcribed, there were some loose pages headed "Primary Visitation 1774" and "Primary Visitation 1781" which gave details of the sizes of some families apparently then living in the parish. The details are given below.

PRIMARY VISITATION, 1774.

[On a slip of paper]

Foster, Robert eight a famley
Angley, Wilam five a famley
Foster, George seven a famley
Martin, John six a famley
Taylor, Wiliam three a famley
Lewens, Mary two a famley
Gladstones, John seven a famley
Wright, Frank three a faimley
Lowery, Robert four a famley
Watson, Robert three a famley
Hall, Edward four a famley
Taylor, Hendrey eight a famley
Foster, Thomas his servent seventen two servents disenters.
Robsen, Andrew, two a famley
Gilderoy, Thomas seven a famley dissenters
Brown, Wiliam thre a famley disenters
Wilson, Adam four a famley disenters
Fowler, Wiliam five a famley disenters
Foster, Wiliam eight a famley
Palester, Thomas seven a famley disenters
Martin, John two a famley
Beel, Jane two a famley
Apelby, John twelve a famley two servents disenters
Apelby, John eightten
Stencen, James 7 a famley
Scot, James 7 a famley
Wetherly, Wiliam thre a famley
Mils, Wiliam four a famley
Comon, Jane one disenter Alce Sharp 7 ten a desenter
Sharp, Andrew eight a famley disenters.

[On another piece of paper]

Note - it is not clear whether these details relate to the 1774 or the 1781 visitation.

James, Mr Thomas 11 a famley
Padester, Hanery 7 a famley
Bardfort, John 8 a famley
Gladstons, Andery 2 a famley
Wreagh, Alzender 5 a famley
Amelton, Robert 4 a famley
Scoot, John 6 a famley
Mitchson, Marget 2 a famley
Gram, Robert 4 a famley
Watson, George 6 a famley
Gibson, William 9 a famley
Smart, Horsley 2 a famley

PRIMARY VISITATION, 1781

Brous, James 6 a famley
Brous, James 2 a famley
Forster, William 7 a famley
Busbey, Thomas 2 a famley
Busbey, George 8 a famley
Buren, Thomas 2 a famley
Forster, George 2 a famley
Willias, Robert 6 a famley
Young, Jarsay 4 a famley

105 of all the Famelys of Stamford Novr 25 1781.

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