Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...

George Read
Elenor Read
Elisabeth Read
Ann Read Wid".
Samuel Hz~nt
Widow jllarshadl
Josiah Marshall
yohn Pozrlt?zey
Mary Poultney
William Cotton
Nathaniel Cotton
Mr. Ford
Mrs. Ford
<strong>of</strong> Secki~~g 1 ton.
Mary Ling
William La thanz
Mary Lathanz <strong>of</strong> Stafordshire Moor.
JosQh Heath
Gudy Ueafh
Shusannah PassaI~t
Mary Bro7un <strong>of</strong> Bodettzore Heath.
Richard Rord's Wz;fe
as entered on first page on Tamworth Register, now in Somerset House,
This is ta certqy that whereas Mr. Thornas Rlavel, <strong>of</strong> Daventry, hath afilyd
hilnseGf for Ordinatzbn to us, <strong>the</strong> ?tzi?zisters whose names are underwritten, We having
examined <strong>the</strong> said Mr. TAo. flavel foz~nd him in our jz~&vtt. well Qz~alged far
<strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ministry, and havifrg Recd. satisfying testi~?toniaZs <strong>of</strong> his good Con-
versation did propose to set him apart to that work by liasti~tg and Prayer, and
Inzposition <strong>of</strong> hands at Mount Sorrel, i?z Leicestershire, on 2le I 5th Sept., I 708, And
do recomnzend him and hk minishy to <strong>the</strong> Acce?tance <strong>of</strong> aM those who may be
disposed to attend it,
Edm. Spenser
?Vi'L7iaam Bill?)/
Alich. Mat<strong>the</strong>ws
F. Shaw, M A.
Ab. Chambers
yohn Norrzs
30hn Vans
B. Some
3h5n yackson
Jos. Rogerson
The date <strong>of</strong> Malkin's settlement is preserved in this entry :-
Children baptized by me, Jonak Malkin, since 7ny coming to ~a;riltWo~th, 18
A~g'z/~t, 1713.
His list <strong>of</strong> briefs in <strong>the</strong> regipter contains many interesting items :-
Recd. a brieJ'for a new Church nt Sz~nderland, October 24, 1715, read it and
collected upon it A3 3 o, October 30, I 7 I 5 ; returned it OctoBer 20, 17 16 (sic).
&Iay I 6, I 7 26, recd. a brief for a $re at Buckingham, collected upon this brief
sixteen shillings and 7d., Septenzber 5, I 7 26.
Recd. a brief for Pershore Church, Worcestershire, August 29, I 729. Collected,
September 28, 1729, A o 4 6.
Recd. a briefSor St. John Baptist Ch., Gloster, August 29, I 729. Collected 3s.
John Byng's settlement is also noted in <strong>the</strong> register :-
Chil'dren baptized by me, John Byng, from ?yv coming to Ta??zwort/z, JZL~ 3,
I 768.
He remained here until his death in 1827 ; he is buried in <strong>the</strong> adjacent
ground, and his many virtues are commemorated on a mural tablet in <strong>the</strong>
meeting-house; close to it being one to his daughter, Henrietta, whose-
life was a picture <strong>of</strong> Christian piety and acts <strong>of</strong> Benevolence.
The register states that she gave A200 in shares <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ashby Road, <strong>the</strong> interest
<strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong> to be aflrojriated towarais <strong>the</strong> nlaintenance <strong>of</strong> public worsh$ in <strong>the</strong> Cole
Bill Chapel.
Particulars <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lives and labours <strong>of</strong> more recent ministers here are
easily available, and need not be alluded to at any length in <strong>the</strong>se pages.
Owen was a Dudley lecturer in 1823, and an Oldbury one in 1836. At
<strong>the</strong> fVonth& Meeting- he preached on four occasions. His name is seen on
this inscription on an upright stone in <strong>the</strong> burial ground here :-
Here 1 lie <strong>the</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> I Alfred Worthington I son <strong>of</strong> I Hugh Worthington I
<strong>of</strong> Altrincham I Cheshire I who died Sept. ~sth, 1827 1 at <strong>the</strong> Rev. John
Owen's I Freasley Hall i Warwickshire I aged IS. I