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Notes relating to the Richens family
George and Ann Richens lived at Knowle Farm, Little Bedwin, Wilts. They had
six children - 3 boys and 3 girls. They are buried in Little Bedwin churchyard.
Ann Riohens left nearly £12,000. In her will she states that she is living with
her son Osmond at Knowle Farm and that she has made bequests to him, to her sons
William and John and her daughters - Catherine, wife of William G-erard of Paulton
Somerset, Ann Bill, wife of Thomas Bill of Great Bedwin, draper and grocer and
Mary Deborah Atherton, wife of William Ffulbrook Atherton of Ramsbury, Wilts.
William Richens died at Harrow Cottage, Little Bedwin in 1872. His will was
proved by his brothers Osmond and John. He left just under £12,000.
John Richens married Sarah Slade in 1847 and they had 13 children - 7 boys and
6 girls. They lived at North Standen Farm and he left over £15,000 at his death.
His will stated - "All goods and chattels to my wife, Sarah. I also give and
bequeath to my wife the sum of £25 for her immediate occasions. I also give to
my trustees and executors the sum of £50 each. I give William Henry Slade of
Weybridge in Surrey, miller, and G-eorge Frederick Slade of Wallingford, Berks,
solicitor out of the sale of getting in and converting all residuary personal
estate to set apart and invest the sum of £2,000 in Government securities to pay
dividends on annual income thereof to my widow. And upon her decease or marriage
I direct that the sum of £2,000 and all future income thereof shall be in trust
for all my children who have already attained or shall live to attain the age of
21 years in equal shares. But I direct that the share of my daughter Hellen of
such sum of £2,000 shall be subject to the same trusts as are declared the sum
of £1,500 next hereinafter bequeathed".
Anne, William and John had already died by 1887 and therefore only 6 children
had attained their majority when the will was read - George, Mary, Henry,
Leonard, Richard and Osmond.
Sarah Richens (nee Slade) died at Lancaster Villa, Hungerford. Her will was
proved by Richard Richens, Sarah Elizabeth Richens, Catherine Astley (nee Richens)
and George Frederick Slade, solicitor. She left £350.
Osmond Richens lived with M ary at Knowle Farm and died there in 1897. His will
was proved by his widow, Alfred Hissey and Stephen Thomas Osmond. He left just
over £6,000.
Mary Richens. his widow, died in 1920 at Great Bedwyn, though possibly not at farm.
Her will was proved by Florence Mary Bryant and Alfred Hissey. She left about
£6,500.
George Richens died on the 16th January, 1889 at Hungerford but was a resident
of Carlton, Orleans and State of New York, USA. His will was proved by George
Frederick Slade, solicitor, lawful attorney of John Marshall Dunning one of
the executors now living in the USA.
Leonard Richens married Emily Curnick in 1882 and they lived at Ash Lawn Farm,
Clanville, Weyhill, near Andover. They had 12 children - 6 boys and 6 girls.
He died on the 23rd December 1924 and he left the sum of £455.
Emily Richens (nee Curnick) was born and brought up at Beanacre Manor Farm, near
Lacock, Wilts but moved to Standen Farm, Hungerford before her marriage. She d-ierl
in 1937 at her daughter Madge,'s house in Wimbledon but her residence was with iier
daughter Leslye at North End Farm, Cheriton, Hants. She left £442.

William Richens married Nancy Richards. They had 6 children - Stanley, Cyril,
Leonard, Reginald, Gladys and Eric and lived at Alton, Hants.
Winifred Richens married Victor Frampton. They had 5 children - Peggy, Leonard,
Eric, Hilda and Peter and lived at Dewlish Manor House, near Dorchester, Dorset.
John Richens married Amelia Legg and they had one daughter, Joyce. They lived
at Poole in Dorset.
Edith Richens married Edward Gvyer and they had one son, Alfred.
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Leonard Richens married Anne Niven.
They had no children and lived at Ropley, Hants.
Osmond Richens married Constance Oulton. They had no children and lived in and
near Winchester, Hants.
Elsie Richens died of the Spanish Influenza at the end of the First World War.
Kadge Richens married Frank Loveland. They had no children and lived at
Wimbledon and later at Saltdean, Sussex.
Stuart Richens married Ethel Bird. They had 3 children - John, Margaret and Audrey.
They lived at Ives Farm, Stratfield Saye, Berkshire.
Doreen Richens married Frederick G-wyer and had one daughter, Barbara. They lived
at Romford, West Kirby, Cheshire and finally at Rowledge, near Farnham.
Leslye Richens married William Coleman and had three sons - Leonard, Arthur and
Godfrey. They lived at Chisbury, then North End Farm, Cheriton and finally at
Rowledge and Cranleigh, Surrey.
Eric Richens married Kathleen Foot and had one daughter, Ruth.
Wheely Farm, Warnford, near Southampton, Hants.
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The Curnick family
The earliest reference to the Curnick family in the Wilts Record Office is in the
yea r 1629 when Samuel Curnocke married Margaret Summers and in 1647 when
Grate Curnocke (possibly their daughter) married Hugh Niall. It seems probable that
they were Flemish immigrants connected with the wool trade. There are references to
marriages of Curnicks in 173"!, 1733 and 1751 at Seend, near Melksham and I think
these were almost certainly relatives of later Curnicks.
Robert and William Curnick were brothers - Robert was born in 1792 and William in
1800. I do not know their parents' names or addresses or whether they had brothers
and sisters.
Robert Curnick married Anne about 1820 and had 6 children - William, John, Thomas,
Sarah, Frances and Jane. In 1840 Robert was living at New Farm, Lacock. He died
on 23rd September 1851 in the parish of Melksham. To his wife he left the rents and
rates from various dwellinghouses in Melksham. To his eldest son William he left
farming stock and implements.
To his second son, John he left the rents on all other real estates.
To his third son, Thomas, Yeoman, he left Beanacre Manor Farm and all effects.
To his daughters £1,000 each. In addition to his daughter Sarah his silver teapot
marked ST and also his tea urn. To his daughter Jane he left New Farm, Lacock,
He entru sted his brother William Curnick of Hungerford and Robert Hulbert of
Thingley, Corsham to act on his behalf to preserve his estates from destruction
during the life of his sons and daughters.
He left all farming stock, household furniture, monies and securities for money to
William Curnick the elder and Robert Hulbert situate at Sleight in the parish of
Potterne, Wilts.
Robert's daughter, Sarah, did not marry and died in 1880 aged 50 leaving under £1,500.
Thomas Curnick died 17th June » 1887 . He had moved from Beanacre Manor House to
Standen Farm, Hungerford about 1880 with his wife and sons William and Frederick
and presumably his unmarried daughters. He left about £3,000.
William Curnick died 1889. He used to live at Manor Farm, Stert, Wilts but moved
to Manor Farm, Little Hinton, Berks. He left about £1,000.
John Curnick died 1866 at Netherstreet, Bromham, Wilts leaving about £2,500 to his
wife and 2 sons.
Hannah Sophia Curnick. widow of Thomas, died in 1899 and, finally, William Curnick.
eldest son of Thomas died in 1901 at Polesdon Farm, Hungerford.
William Curnick married tarn about 1835 and had 5 children - Jane, Mary, Sarah, John,
Annie. He died in 1870 aged 70 at Sanham &reen Farm, Hungerford,
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left to his wife all goods and chattels and freehold farm lands for her natural life.
He left his daughter Jane Edwards Washbourne the sum of £200 and £2,000 to his
executors - son John, nephew Thomas of Melksham and Henry Edward Astley of Hungerford
to invest for Jane.

He left £3,000 to each of the above executors and also £3,000 each to his
daughters Mary, Sarah and Annie.
To his son John he left all his freehold farm lands and hereditaments at East
Holey, Berks called Church Farm and leasehold and messuage with the workshops and
appurtenances thereto belonging situate in Temple St, Bristol and also to my
copyhold estate tithes or rent charges in lieu of tithes at Pickwick Mills, also
Bacon's Farm.
He devised all his Trust Estates and Mortgage Estates vested in him at his decease
to the said John Curnick, Thomas Curnick and Henry Astley upon the trusts and
subject to the equities affecting the same respectively he empowered his Trustees
to invest any portion of his estate in Public Stocks, Funds of Great Britain,
Indian Empire or any Colonial or Foreign Estate or Government or real securities.
John Curnick . son of William, died 19th March, 1873 at Sanham Green Farm.
His will proved by Charles Godwin of Sanham Green, farmer (husband of Mary) and
Sarah Curnick, spinster, sister, of Hill View, Hungerford. He left under £9,000.
William's widow, Ann, died 26th July 1888 at Hungerford.
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Notes relating to the Slade family
John Slade married Elizabeth Deborah in 1782 and they lived at Thorpe Farm,
Aston Upthorpe, near Wallingford. They had a large family - at least 115 children -
their names were - Elizabeth, John, Henry, Bartholomew, Frederick, Eleanor,
Septimus, Clara, Mary, Joseph, Martha, Letitia, Charlotte, Amelia and Jane.
Of this family Bartholomew and Clara died without marrying.
Of the boys I have some information. John married Sarah and had, I think, 5 children
- John, Maria, Charles, William and Elizabeth. John died in 1868 at about 80 years
of age. He lived an Newbury and was a broker.
Henry had, I think, 8 children - Henry, William, Frederick, Benjamin, Annie,
Kezia, Deborah and Charlotte.
Henry junior died in 1880 aged 63. He lived at Blewberton House, Aston Upthorpe.
His brother Benjamin lived at Thorpe Farm and died in 1905- Brother Frederick
had moved away to Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Joseph had, I think, 3 children - Henry, Susan and Sarah. When Sarah was
married in 1847 to John Richens her father Joseph was a yeoman farmer in the
parish of Froxfield, near Hungerford.
A Slade whose name crops up frequently is G-eorge Frederick Slade, solicitor of
ffallingford, who acted as trustee for many of the Blades and Richens when they died.
He himself married twice. His first wife, Emma Jane, died in 1901 at Wallingford
and his second wife, who lived at Woodlea, Wood St, Wallingford, died in 1924.
There is a wide spread of Slades right across Berks, Wilts and Somerset but the
Berkshire Slades who made wills are as follows:-
John Slade of Aston Tirrold, Berks died 1861
John Slade of Newbury died 1868
John Slade of Northbrook St, Newbury died 1873
William Slade, also of Northbrook St, Newbury died 1873
Jane Slade, widow of John of Aston Tirrold, died 1879
Henry Slade, late of Blewbury, then of Aston Upthorpe, died 1880
Frances Mary, widow of above died 1882
Henry Slade of Newbury, coach builder, died 1887
Martha Slade of Newbury died 1900
Emma Jane Slade, wife of George F. Slade died 1901
Benjamin Slade of Thorpe Farm, Aston Upthorpe, died 1905
Susannah, widow,of Ashton Upthorpe died 1906
Charles G-odfrey Mitford Slade of Dry Sandford, near Abingdon - captain killed in
action.
Frederick Rupert Slade of Scatwell, Wargrave died 1915 in Reading
Hilda Marion, wife of above, died 1914
William Bertram Mitford Slade of "Upthorpe", Woodfield Rd, Ealing died 1919
Anna Milton Slade of Wallingford, wife of George Frederick Slade died 1924
Caroline Slade of North Standen, Hungerford died 1927.

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