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24 BULLETIN JUNE 2012 TEL: 01234 834700 EDITORIAL: editorial@biggleswadebulletin.co.ukAnnouncements1. IT’S oFFIcIaL!Biggleswade History Society’snew home is to be the TrinityMethodist church in ShortmeadStreet. The last indoor meeting atMillennium House took place on1 May, our archives will move tothe church over the summer andall future indoor meetings will beheld at Trinity Methodist churchon the first Monday of eachmonth, starting on 3 September.Fortunately our pre-bookedspeakers were able to switch tothe new meeting day, so we haveonly had to make minor adjustmentsto our programme.2. our next slot on theBigglesFM Breakfast Show willbe on Thursday, 28 June, from8.30 to 9.00am. Listen in on104.8 or go towww.bigglesfm.com and clickon Listen Live. online listenerscan also catch up on missedbroadcasts: Go to the BigglesFMwebsite and select ‘Listen’ on theyellow menu bar, then click on‘Listen again’, then ‘BreakfastShow Guests’ and, on the playlist that comes up, scroll downuntil you find BiggleswadeHistory Society. You will alsofind interviews with GeorgeHowe of Potton History Societyhere. Happy listening!3. update on contributionsfrom Biggleswade to BatterseaDogs &cats Home. Member DesBall informed us last month thathe has received from Batterseaacknowledgment of a donationthat he passed to them on behalfof Biggleswade Town council inrecognition of Mary Tealby, thefounder, who died inBiggleswade in 1865 and whosegravestone in St andrew’schurchyard was restored lastyear. This brings the total donatedfrom Biggleswade to £420.Events & exhibitions1. Jane & Mick croot andMollie Stocker will represent theSociety at the celebration of HMthe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee &ServiceofThanksgiving/Rededication forVoluntary organisations inBedfordshire at St Paul’s,Bedford, on Sunday 27 May.This is by invitation of the Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire,Helen Nellis, who recently tookoffice following the long-servingBiggleswade History SocietySam Whitbread. The preacherwill be the Venerable Richardatkinson, Bishop of Bedford.2. Tim Haddow’s library windowdisplay with a sports themeto coincide with the olympicswill appear at the end of June.Details will be given in nextmonth’s news.News from the archivesaccessions. our thanks forthe following:1. From MalcolmHandscombe’s collection, fouroriginal ca.1880 photographsfound in Goldthorpe’s barns andbelieved to be by chew ofBiggleswade, donated by TedMartin of Langford HistorySociety: portrait of WilliamGoldthorpe senior; study of adrawing room with piano, probablyGoldthorpe’s; two differentviews of St andrew’s church andgraveyard showing old gravestonesin situ.2. Donated by Ken Page,original 1874 sale notice forStratton cottage (now the premisesof Balderston Warren solicitors,London Rd.) together withthe British School room and fourcottages in Palace Street.3. Donated by LindsayJordan, recently compiled list ofroyal visits to Bedfordshire1991–2012 during SamWhitbread’s period of office asLord-Lieutenant ofBedfordshire.4. From Mike Strange, smalldie-cast model of a traditionaldelivery van commemorating thecentenary of the Biggleswadechronicle (1891-1991).Last month we gave detailsabout two reels of cine filmdonated by Joe Lane. MikeStrange has transferred theremaining three Biggleswadeitems to digital format. Theseshow a wedding at St andrew’s,children in hospital and theremoval of the War Memorialfrom its original site in front ofWhiteman’s building to theMarket Square. The reels will bedonated eventually to theanglian Film archive whenMike has completed the task ofcarefully identifying and documentingthe entire content.Publications1. an illustrated list of theSociety’s publications can beviewed on the website. Nonmembers should contact us aboutorders for collection or for posting.also, the new 434-page Danalbone a4 hardback book byRay Miller & Lee Irvine is stillavailable from the NewsletterEditor at the discounted price of£20 (plus postage and packing ifrequired).2. The Society has this monthhad reprints done of Volumes 1& 3 of the ‘Townsfolk’ series.3. a special offer to all ourreaders. You do not need to be amember to take advantage ofthis.Save 25% off ‘HoW BED-FoRDSHIRE VoTED’How Bedfordshire Voted,1685-1735: The Evidence ofLocal Poll BooksVolume I: 1685-1715 (ISBN:978 0 85155 071 8, published2006)Volume II: 1716-1735(ISBN: 978 0 85155 073 2, published2008)How Bedfordshire Voted,The Programme for 2012:Mark these dates on your new calendar!3 July Members only. Visit to the Signals Museum, RaF Henlow.14 august Members only. The archaeology of Biggleswadecommon – a walk with David Mcomish.For the full programme for 2012 – 2013, please refer to the newSociety information leaflet on the website.Diary dates - other organisationsMany other societies are, like us, now beginning their summerprogramme of walks and visits for their members. also, there are lotsof local events planned in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee – andBiggleswade carnival parade will be on Saturday 23 June, so there isplenty to do and see during June.The BLHa (Bedfordshire Local History association) website:www.bedfordshire-lha.org.uk has a calendar of affiliatedBedfordshire societies’ meetings and local history events.1735-1784: The Evidence ofLocal Documents and PollBooks(ISBN: 978 0 85155 077 0,published april 2012)Poll books tell the story oflocal people and their link withnational history. Written byJames collett-White, an archivistat Bedfordshire and Lutonarchives and Records Service,and to Sir Samuel Whitbread,these books contain transcripts ofthe poll books for the county andBorough seats of Bedford andsome election accounts showingcandidates’ expenditure.Providing evidence for an indepthstudy of people, places andlandholding in Bedfordshire,they are a crucial resource forlocal and family historians andgenealogists.We would like to offer membersand friends of theBiggleswade History Society adiscount of 25% off the full priceof all three volumes, makingeach one £18.75 rather than£25.00.orders can be placed byphone on 01394 610600, by faxon 01394 610316, by email attrading@boydell.co.uk or onlineat www.boydellandbrewer.comPostage rates are £3.00 in theuK, £6.50 per book (up to maximum£26.00) to mainlandEurope and £10.00 per book outsideEurope. Free postage iforders are placed online.However an order is placed,please quote the offer code12096 to ensure that the discountis given.This offer applies to directorders from individual purchasersonly. The offer ends 31stJuly 2012.MembershipThe Society welcomes threenew members this month: Brian& Josephine Wilson and HelenKeenan. Welcome Packs havebeen sent out to the six newmembers who have joined ussince april. Readers of theBiggleswade Bulletin wishing tojoin Biggleswade HistorySociety will find a downloadableinformation leaflet andMembership application formon our website, or may phone aContinued on page 26For further information contact: Jane Croot 01767 650340, editor@biggleswadehistory.org.uk www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk
TEL: 01234 834700 ADVERTISING: advertising@biggleswadebulletin.co.uk BULLETIN JUNE 2012 25The Three WilliamsThis article by Jane Croot firstappeared in the BiggleswadeHistory Society Newsletter in June1998.MaNY years ago I was at theRecord office in Bedfordlooking through the list ofcontents of the deposited records ofHooper & Fletcher, the Biggleswadefirm of solicitors. My interest wassparked by mention of the apprenticeshippapers of William albone,dated 1856, and so I asked to seethem. What emerged was a neatlyfolded down document yellow withage, bearing on the exterior the date24th June 1856 and a brief descriptionin fine Victorian handwriting:“Mr. William albone the Elder,William albone Secundus andWilliam albone the Younger and Mr.Edward Twelvetrees. Indenture ofapprenticeship of William albonethe Younger for the term of sevenyears.”What a pleasant surprise! Herewas not only the young apprenticehimself, whom I had already identifiedand placed in his context on oneof the many branches of the familytree of the albones of Biggleswade,but here were also what looked likehis father and grandfather – threegenerations of Williams! and so, onreading the document, it proved to be.an indenture is a legal documentwritten out twice onto the sameparchment or large sheet of paper andthen cut to make two separate copies.It is not cut straight across the middlebut indented, that is, in a wavy line, sothat the two parts can be matchedtogether if need be, to avoid fraud.This one was folded in half to make itmore manageable. What you see inthe extract is the top of the front page(reduced in size here) which thenopens like a book and the script continuesacross the centre spread.THE terms of the contract arethen set out. The apprenticeagrees to serve his master for afull seven years during which time hewil be taught the business of a carpenterand builder:“…William albone the Youngershall and will keep the secrets of andwell and faithfully serve his saidMaster by obeying his lawfuldemands neither wasting lending orembezzling the goods monies oreffects of his said Master neither shallhe play for money at cards dice or anyother unlawful games nor haunt orfrequent taverns or ale houses norenter into any matrimonial contractneither shall he at any time during hissaid service and apprenticeshipdepart or absent himself from theservice of his said Master without hissaid Master’s leave…”Edward Twelvetrees for his partagrees to instruct young William fullyin the knowledge and practice of histrade, “…and shall and will also payunto the said apprentice the sum ofone shilling per week during the firstyear of the said term, the sum of twoshillings and six pence per week duringthe second year, the sum of fourshillings per week during the thirdyear, the sum of five shillings and sixpence per week during the fourthyear, the sum of nine shillings perweek during the fifth year, the sum ofeleven shillings per week during thesixth year and the sum of fourteenshillings per week during the seventhand last year of the said term.”William the father and Williamthe grandfather are to undertake to“…find and provide the said Williamalbone the Younger with all properand necessary meat lodging clotheswashing pocket money tools medicalattendance and all other necessaries.”Finally, all parties to the agreement“…bind themselves and eachbinds himself to the other in the penalsum of one hundred pounds as andfor liquidated damages.” and theindenture is sealed and signed by all.■ ■ ■To finish, just a little about thethree Williams. William the Elder, acarpenter born in 1790, had beenarrested in December 1815 togetherwith his brother Henry and someother Biggleswade men, kept inBedford prison until the followingMarch, then tried for the murder ofthe Southill Park gamekeeper,charles Dines. William and Henrywere acquitted, but one of the otherpoachers was found guilty of theshooting and was hanged. So nowhere we have the same Williamalmost exactly forty years on, withhis only son, a market gardenerreferred to in this document asWilliam Secundus – the Second – andin turn his only son William theYounger, born in 1842. The fatherand grandfather, it seems, wereunable to write, for they used themark of a cross by way of signing thedocument.Young William’s great-grandfather,who had died in 1832, was – youguessed it – also William albone![Jane croot, with thanks to theBedfordshire & Luton archives andRecords Service for permission toreproduce extracts from the indenture– Ref: HF20/205/2]Sandy Historical Research GroupSaturday 16th June 2012Exhibition at Sandy carnival DaySunderland Road Recreation Ground 1.30-5pmSaturday 28th July 2012Exhibition at Beeston Flower FestivalBeeston Methodist church 11-4 (NB date subject to change– see local press & our website Diary Page)Sat-Sun 18th & 19th August 2012Exhibition at the 46th Sandy & District Horticultural associationShowSandye Place academy Park RoadSat 1.30-5pm; Sun 11-3.30pmSaturday 8th September 2012Exhibition – Venue to be confirmed11am-4pm
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