Rowley Registry

English Records

Marriage Registers of the Parish Church of All Saints, Maidstone, England

Spencer # Year Date Record
  1543 May 21 Richard basset and Agnes rylay.
  1641 Aug. 7 Sir Drew Drewry,* of Reddlesworth, Knight and Baronett, and Mrs Mary Reynolds, widdow, of this parrish.(* Or "Sir Drue Drury" (for so the patent runs). His grandfather, whom Camden in 'Annales Elizabethe Regine' calls Drugo Drurius, had been placed in conjunction with Sir Amyott Powlett in charge of Mary, Queen of Scots, when it was found that the closer, though really gentler, custody exercised by Lord Shrewsbury, as Grand Marshal of England, left no opening for conspiracy on her part, or for intrigue against her. He was no doubt at the end privy to her death. What irony of fate that the descendants of the jailor of that frail but ill-fated Queen should have been marked for special favour by her royal son and grandson ! for James I. included his father among the 300 (? 133) whom he knighted previously to his coronation in 1605, and Charles I. created the son himself a baronet within a year of his accession. The Mary Reynolds whom he married was the daughter of John Boys, Esq., and had married Mr. James Reynolds. She died in 1649, leaving one only daughter, Margaret, by her first husband. (See her will in Somerset House.))
  1745 Feb. 10 George Nill and Mary Story. [Nill and Jackson were soldiers in St. Clair's* Royal Scotch, as also the next, Gartow.](* Colonel James St. Clair commanded the 1st Royals.)
  1746 Nov. 17 Daniel Bull, a dragoon in General Hawley's* Reg., and Grace Tatem.( * General Henry Hawley commanded the 1st Royal Dragoons.)

Allegations for Marriage Licenses Issued by the Commissary Court of Surrey between 1673-1770

Spencer # Year Name Record
  1738 Rowley 7 Sept.,1738. Arthur Rowley of St. Dunstan's in the West, bachelor, 26,and Elizabeth Warren of St. Botolph's, in Cambridge, spinster, 21;at St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey.
  1739 Rowley 26 Dec., 1739. George Rowley of Godalming, plumber and tlazier, bachelor, 27, and Elizabeth Friend of Godalming, spinster, 2 ; at Godalming. William Coston of Godalming, bricklayer, 2nd s. Both sign. 1 Jan., 1739 (i.e., 1739-40). Christopher Brewer of "Hownsloe," co. Middlesex, labourer, widower, 25, and Sarah Einblyne of Walton- •uponLThames, spinster, 22; at Thames Ditton. Henry Wmg of Walton-upon-Thames, 2nd s.
  1740 Riley 8 Sept., 1740. Thomas Riley of Kingston-upon-Thames, cooper, bachelor, 24, and Jane Hitch of Kingston, spinster, 25 ; at Worlpesdon. James Daniells of Holy Trinity, Guildford, tobacconist, 2nd s. Both sign-
  1746 Ryley 12 June, 1746. Joseph Ryley of Kingston-upon-Thames, tanner, widower. 40' (or 70), and Martha Fox of Kingston aforesaid, spinster, 30; at-Kingston-upon-Thames.. 13 Jane,. 1746 (Bond has 13 June; Allegation has 13 July). Edward Baker of Sheperton, co. Middlesex, Gent., bachelor, 28, and Mary-Qouldhawk of Chertsey, spinster, 25; at Byfleet, Wisley, or Pirfor-d. Isaac Gouldhawk of Chertsey, carpenter, 2nd s.
  1747 Riley 17 May, 1747. John Riley of Fetcham, malster, bachelor, above 33, and Elizabeth Barrett of the same place, spinster, above 25; at Fetcham.
  1747 Ryley 12 Jan., 1747-8. John Ryley of Kingston-upon-Thames, waterman, bachelor, 25, and Elisabeth Raven of Kingston, spinster, 22; at Kingston. Thomas Ryley of Kingston-upon-Thames, waterman, 2nd s. Both sign
  1750 Ryley 24 Sept., 1750 (no bond). James Ryley, Esq., of St. James', Westminster, bachelor, and Miss Frances Slaughter of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, spinster, 23 ; at Thorpe.
  1754 Roiell 4 July, 1754. Robert Roiell of Borrough and Parish of Haslemere, abode 9 months, attorney-at-law, bachelor, 30, and Elizabeth Jackson of Thursley, abode several years, spinster, 21; at Haslemere. Wm. Ride of Haslemere, blacksmith, 2nd s.
  1761 Rawley 23 Sept., 1761. Elizabeth Rawley of St. Mary, Rotherhith, abode 4 weeks, widow, and John Penry of Mitching, co. Sussex, widower; at St. Mary, Rotherhith.
  1766 Rowley 1 July, 1766. William Rowley of " Chidle " [? Cheadle], co. Stafford, labourer, he marks, bachelor, 21, and Alice Fowell of St. Mary- Magdalen, Bermondsey, abode 4 weeks, spinster, 21; at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. P P
  1769 Riley 20 Nov., 1769. John Riley of Kingston-upon-Thames, abode 4 weeks, signs, bachelor, 26, and,Elizabeth Collett of Kingston, spinster, 22; at Kingston.
  1770 Rowley 27 Aug., 1770. Edward Rowley of Little Bookham, abode 4 weeks, Gent., signs, widower, 21, and Sarah Francis of Little Bookham, spinster, 21; at Little Bookham.

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