Vestry Book 1855-1912
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Minute Book of Vestries for the Parish of
Holnest Lady day 1855
(mainly election of officers, some other
information included)
24.3.1855
At a Vestry holden this day
Present Mr Obadiah Collis; Mr William Marsh; E. Scott; W. Barter
Mr Ebenezer Scott and Mr Isaac Hann nominated overseers for the year ensuing and a rate ordered to be made ?9d in the pound
Mr William Barter and Mr William Marsh nominated surveyors for the ensuing year
Highway Rate ordered at one penny in the £
Signed on behalf of the Vestry R. Cosens, Chairman
9.4.1855
At a Vestry held this day
Mr Obadiah Collis and Mr William Marsh appointed Churchwardens for the ensuing year.
A Church Rate ordered to be collected at fourpence in the pond
Signed on behalf of the Vestry R. Cosens, Chairman
21.2.1856
A list of persons qualified and Liable to serve as Constables
William Marsh yeoman
William Barter yeoman
Henry Hann yeoman
Henry Collis yeoman
Ebenezer Scott yeoman
24.3.1856
A a Vestry held this day We the undersigned Do Nominated Isaac Hann and Henery Collis for Overseers The year Enseuing William Barter and Ebenezer Scot nominated Surveiours for the Enseuing year
Hignway rate at 1 ½ d in the pound
Poor Rate at 1/- in the pound
Signed Ebenezer Scott; William Barter; Charles Hann for Isaac Hann; William Marsh
9.10.1856
Rate of 10 ½ d in the £
Signed O. Collis; William Marsh; Charles Hann for Isaac Hann
12.3.1857
A list of Persons Qualoified and Liable to serve as Constables
William Barter Yeoman
William Marsh Yeoman
Obadiah Collis Yeoman
Ebenezer Scott Yeoman
24.3.1857
Wm. Barter; Wm. Marsh Overseers
Ebenezer Scott; Wm. Marsh Surveiours
Highway Rate 1d in the £
Signed Charles Hann for I. Hann, Overseer; Obadiah Collis; Wm. Barter; Wm. Marsh
22.4.1857
Rate 8d in the £
Signed William Barter; O. Collis
1.10.1857
Rate 1s in the £
Signed William Barter, Overseer
11.3.1858
A list of persons liable to Serve As Constables for the parish of Holnest
William Barter Yeoman
William Marsh Yeoman
Obediah Collis Yeoman
Charles Hann Yeoman
Ebenezer Scott Yeoman
Signed William Barter, Overseer; William Marsh
24.3.1858
Present: Mr O. Collis; Mr W. Marsh; Mr W. Barter; C. Hann; E. Scott
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Overseers
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Waywardens
Way rate 4d £
Poor rate 10 ½ d £
Mr E. Scott nom. Guardian
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
25.3.1859
Present: Mr O. Collis; Mr E. Scott; W. Marsh; C. Hann
Mr Obadiah Collis and Mr Ebenezer Scott Overseers
Poor Rate 10 ½ d in the £
Mr William Marsh and Mr Charles Hann Waywardens
Way Rate 6d in the £
Mr E. Scott nominated Guardian
Signed R Cosens, Chairman
25.4.1859
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens
Rate 1 ½ d £
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
24.3.1860
Present: Mr O. Collis; Mr W. Marsh; Mr E. Scott
Mr William Marsh nominated Guardian
Mr Ebenezer Scott and Mr Charles Hann Overseers
Rate 10 ½ d £
Charles Hann and William Barter Waywardens
Rate 1 ½ d in the £
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
9.4.1860
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens
Rate 1 ½ d £
Signed Robt. Cosens, Chairman
27.?4.1860
Present: Mr O. Collis; Mr E. Scott; Mr W. Marsh; Mr C. Hann
Mr William Marsh nominated Guardian
Mr Charles Hann and Mr Isaac Louis Reed Waywardens
Signed Robt. Cosens, Chairman
6.4.1861
Present: Mr Marsh; Mr O. Collis; Read; Scott
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens
Rate 1d £
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
25.3.1862
Present: Mr Marsh; Mr Collis; Mr Reed
Mr Reed and (blank) Overseers
Mr Obadiah Collis and Mr Isaac Louis Reed Waywardens
Mr William Marsh Guardian
(Entry not signed)
20.4.1862
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens Rate 1d £
'Requested that Mr Obadiah Collis render an Acct. of Rent due to the parish on 3 Cottages at Farthing Gate at 1/6 pr week from Nov 1856 to Lady Day 1862
5 years and 4 months amounting to £20.16.0'
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
24.3.1863
Present: The Vicar; Mr E. Scott; Mr Wm. Marsh; Mr I.L. Reed; Mr O. Collis
Mr William Marsh Guardian
Mr Ebenezer Scott Waywarden
Mr Isaac Lewis Reed and Mr Obadiah Collis Overseers
Rate 16d in the £
Way Rate 2 ½ d £1
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
6.4.1863
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens Rate 2d £1
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
24.3.1864
Mr Obadiah Collis and Mr William Marsh Overseers
Mr W. Marsh Waywarden
A rate ordered for the relief of the poor and wayrate 10d £
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
29.3.1864
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens Rate 1d £1
17.4.1865
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens
26.3.1866
Mr Eli Cox and Mr Wm. Marsh Overseers rate 13d £1
Mr Wm. Marsh Waywarden
Mr Wm. Marsh Guardian
3.4.1866
Mr William Marsh and Mr Obadiah Collis Churchwardens Rate 1d £1
Signed R. Cosens, Chairman
30.4.1867
Mr Wm. Cook and Mr Oliver Ridout Churchwardens
Mr Eli Cox and Mr Wm. Cook Overseers
Signed Hugh ?Allun, Curate
N.B. This minute book being in the possession of a Parishioner who had left this entry was not made till the 3rd of July 1867
July 1867
Mr Cosens the Chairman of the Vestry having died before the minute book was recovered this entry was made by me Hugh Alla/un July 3rd 1867
27.3.1868
Mr Wm. Cook and Mr Isaac Pearce Overseers
Mr ?Wm. ?Cadey Waywarden
Signed Charles King, Chairman
14.4.1868
Mr Oliver Ridout and Mr Wm. Cook Churchwardens
Signed Chas. King, Vicar; Eli Cox
N.B. It was ordered that the Churchwardens collect a Rate of Two pence in the Pound
25.3.1869
Isaac Pearce and Oliver Ridout Overseers
Wm. Cook Waywarden and Guardian
Signed Charles King, Vicar; Eli Cox; Wm. Cook
1.4.1869
Rate Churchwardens 1d in £
Oliver Ridout and William Cook Churchwardens
Signed Charles King, Vicar; Eli Cox; Isaac Pearce; John ?Perrett;
31.3.1870
Oliver Ridout and Eli Cox Overseers
Mr Ridout and Mr Cook Waywarden
Signed Charles King, Vicar and Chairman; Joseph Sampson; Isaac Pearce; William Cook
25.3.1871
Eli Cox and Mr Cook Overseers
George Miles Guardian and Waywarden
Signed Charles King, Vicar; George Miles; Oliver Ridout; Eli Cox
12.4.1871
Oliver Ridout and Geo. Miles Churchwardens
Signed Charles King, Vicar; Geo. Miles; Eli Cox
27.3.1872
Geo. Miles and ? Cook Overseers
Geo. Miles Waywarden
Signed Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout; Wm. Cook
2.4.1872
Oliver Ridout and Geo. Miles Churchwardens
Signed Geo. Miles; Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout
26.3.1873
Eli Cox and Geo. Miles Overseers
John Cox Asst. Overseer
Mr William Cook Waywarden
Eli Cox Guardian
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; Geo. Miles; Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout, Wm. Cook
16.4.1873
Oliver Ridout and Geo. Miles Churchwardens
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout
1.11.1873
At a Vestry held in the Parish of Holnest on the first day of November 1873 the following resolution was proposed by Mr Eli Cox, Overseer, and Mr George Miles, Churchwarden,
We the undersigned do hereby consent to the Guardian of the Poor of the Union of Sherborne selling the premises described as follows; viz "Three tenements under one roof, and land consisting of a small piece of Garden Ground"
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; Eli Cox; George Miles; William Cook
At a meeting of the owners of Property in the Parish legally entitled to vote, and of the Rate-payers therein, held at the Parish Church od Holnest in the said Parsih on Thursday the twentieth day of November 1873, pursuant to notice of such meeting duly given:
Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman
It was resolved, by a majority of such owners, present in person, or by proxy, and of such Rate-payers, at such meeting:-
That this meeting consent to the Guardians of the Poor of Sherborne Union selling the Premises described in the margin thereof, under the provision of 'The Union and Parish Property Act ?1635' in such manner, and subject to such rules, orders and regulations touching such Sale, the Conveyance of such Property, and the application of the Produce arising therefrom, for the Permanent advantage of the Parish, as the Local Government Board shall be in that behalf direct.
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Minister; Oliver Ridout, Churchwarden; Eli Cox and
William Cook, Overseers
26.3.1874
Oliver Ridout and Eli Cox Overseers
Wm. Cook Waywarden
Eli Cox Guardian
7.4.1874
Eli Cox and Wm. Cook Churchwardens
27.3.1875
Wm. Cook and Oliver Ridout Overseers
Wm. Cook Waywarden
Eli Cox Guardian
1.5.1875
Eli Cox and Wm. Cook Churchwarden
1.5.1875
At a Vestry held May 1, 1875, at the Usual Place in the Parish of Holnest, we the undersigned Ratepayers agree to allow the Overseer, Mr Oliver Ridout, the sum of £3.0.0, rates not recoverable from land late in the occupation of Giles Elsworth
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; Eli Cox
27.3.1876
Eli Cox and Wm. Cook Overseers
Wm. Cook Waywarden
Rev. C.H. Mayo Guardian
20.4.1876
Eli Cox and Wm. Cook Churchwardens
Rate 2d in £1
24.11.1876
At a meeting held this 24th day of November 1876 to consider the proposed Basics or Standard for County Rates. Resolved that as the proposed annual value of the Parish of Holnest is, in the opinion of this meeting, excessive, by reason of the amount of common and waste land in the parish an objection be made by the Overseers of the Parish at Blandford on December 15th next to that effect.
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; William Cook; Oliver Ridout; M. Codey
2.4.1877
Oliver Ridout and Eli Cox Overseers
Wm. Cook Waywardens
Eli Cox Churchwarden
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman; William Cook; Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout
28.3.1878
Michael Codey and Charles Gould Overseers
Archibald Kingman Waywarden
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman; M. Codey; Eli Cox; Oliver Ridout; Archibald Kingman
22.4.1878
Eli Cox and John Robert Cox Churchwardens
Signed C.H. Mayo; O. Ridout; Eli Cox
3.4.1879
Charles Gould and Oliver Ridout Overseers
Michael Codey Waywarden
Eli Cox and John Robert Cox Churchwardens
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo; Michael Codey; Oliver Ridout; Charles Gould;
Archibald Kingman
19.9.1879
Agreed rate 'three-half-pence in the £'
25.3.1880
Oliver Ridout and Charles Gould Overseers
Michael Codey Waywarden
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo; Charles Gould; A. Kingman; Oliver Ridout
10.6.1880
'to audit the Church Wardens accounts for the year ending Easter 1880'
J.S.W.S. Erle-Drax and Oilver Ridout Churchwardens
Signed M. Codey; O. Ridout; A. Kingman; Charles Gould
26.3.1881
Charles Gould Guardian
William Phillips Overseer
Charles Gould Sidesman
Michael Codey Waywarden
Note Rev. C.H. Mayo did not attend
Signed M. Codey, Chairman; Charles Gould; Oliver Ridout; A. Kingman
27.3.1882
John Dunning Guardian and Overseer
William Phillips Overseer
A. Kingman Assessor
M. Codey Waywarden
Note Rev. C.H. Mayo did not attend
Signed M. Codey, Chairman; Wm. Phillips; A. Kingman
26.3.1883
Mr Frederick Charles Gould and ?Baruch Thorne Overseers
Michael Codey Waywarden
William Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
Rate 1d in the £
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; A. Kingman; Wm. Phillips
31.3.1884
Jonathan Hounsell and William Phillips Overseers
Michael Codey Waywarden
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo, Chairman; M. Codey; A. Kingman; J. Hounsell;
Wm. Phillips
14.4.1884
Wm. Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
Rate 1d in the £
Signed Chas. H. Mayo, Chairman
24.3.1885
Jonathan Hounsell and Walter Adams Overseers
(as Mr Hounsell did not serve last year)
Archibald Kingman Waywarden
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman; A. Kingsman; J. Hounsell; Wm. Phillips; F.C. Gould
9.4.1885
Wm. Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
'The Churchwardens are authorized to direct the clerk to clean the Church once a week, and wash it once a quarter.'
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
22.3.1866
Walter Adams and William Phillips Overseers
Mr Kingman Waywarden
Signed Charles Herbert Mayo; Sydney Thorne; Frederick Gould X his mark; Walter A. Adams; William Phillips; A. Kingman
25.4.1886
William Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
24.3.1887
Wm. Phillips and William Dampney Overseers
Mr Kingman Waywarden
Signed Chas. Herbert Mayo, Chairman
11.4.1887
William Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
Signed Chas. Herbert Mayo, Chairman
2.12.1887
Messrs. S. Thorne, W. Phillips, A. Kingman, B. Holloway were appointed a Committee to draw up a new assessment of the Parish of Holnest, and were authorized to expend the sum of £1, for expenses appertaining to the same.
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
23.3.1888
Mr William Dampney and Thomas Trowbridge Overseers
A. Kingman Waywarden
Signed Sydney Thorne, Chairman
19.4.1888
Mr Phillips and Archibald Kingman Churchwardens
Rate 1d in the £
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
22.3.1889
Thomas Trowbridge Overseer
Robert Mowlem Asst. Overseer
Benjamin Holloway Waywarden
Signed Sydney Thorne, Chairman
14.5.1889
Wm. Phillips and Walter Adams Churchwardens
'.. and were authorized to collect by subscription sufficient to defray the expenses for the last and the current year, the debt for the year ending Easter 1889 being £4.9.9, less 4d in hand'
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman; ?J.S.W.S. Erle-Drax; Sydney Thorne
24.3.1890
Benjamin Holloway Overseer
James Gould Asst. Overseer
Wm. Phillips Waywarden
Signed Sydney Thorne, Chairman
7.4.1890
Wm. Phillips and Walter Albert Adams Churchwardens
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
23.3.1891
James Gould and Herbert William Ridout Overseers
Walter A. Adams Waywarden
Signed C.H. Mayo
8.4.1891
William Phillips and Walter Albert Adams Churchwardens
' The Churchwardens are requested to engage Thomas Sartin as ?-sexton for the ensuing year.'
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
24.3.1892
(Herbert crossed through) William Herbert Ridout and William Bartlett Overseers
Walter A. Adams Waywarden
Signed Sydney Thorne, Chairman
25.4.1892
William Phillips and Walter Albert Adams Churchwardens
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
24.3.1893
William Bartlett and Walter Adams Overseers
Walter A. Adams Waywarden
Signed Sydney Thorne, Chairman
?10.4.1893
William Phillips and James Gould Churchwarden
'Proposed by Mr Walter Adams and Seconded by Mr William Phillips, and carried unanimously, that this Vestry records its emphatic protest against the Welsh Suspensory Bill.'
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
24.3.1894
Walter A. Adams and William Phillips Overseers
Walter A. Adams Waywarden
Signed W.S. Erle-Dax, Chairman
6.4.1894
William Phillips and James Gould Churchwardens
' Proposed by the Churchwardens at the same Vestry that Thomas Sartin be Sexton for the ensuing year at £1.10.0 and to clean the Churchyard for the sum of 15/- : and for a further sum of 15/- to be paid to him for cleaning the interior of the Church.
Agreed that the Churchwardens be empowered to pay the sum of 10/6 towards the repairs of the Church porch.'
Signed W.S. Erle-Drax, Chairman
18.4.1895
William ?May Phillips and James Gould Churchwardens
Signed C.H. Mayo
Also 1896-1900
18.4.1898
'A vote of thanks was carried unanimously to Mr James Gould for his energy in collecting subscriptions.'
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
15.4.1901
Mr William May Phillips and George Harris Churchwardens
Signed C.H. Mayo
Also 11.4.1902
24.4.1903
Joseph May Phillips and George Harris Churchwardens
Also 1904-1906
15.4.1907
' The Churchwardens accounts were passed but no new Churchwardens were appointed.'
Signed C.H. Mayo
12.5.1907
?Mrs Julia Ann Gould Churchwarden
proposed by George Harris, seconded by Joseph May Phillips
Signed C.H. Mayo
27.4.1908
Mrs Julia Ann Gould Churchwarden proposed by George Harris
Signed C.H. Mayo, Chairman
19.4.1909
Mrs Julia Ann Gould and Mr George Harris Churchwardens
Also 1910-1912. Mr GeorgeHarris given as of Rye Water Farm in 1911 and 1912.
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