Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameRev Spencer Perceval Powys 
[36], [5, Son Frederic's birth, as reported by Stephen Powys Marks]
[36], [5, Son Frederic's birth, as reported by Stephen Powys Marks]Birth27 Mar 1814, Achurch, Northants
Death17 Aug 1868, Kensington district, London
General3rd s. Rector of Achurch, Northants
EducationShrewsbury school: -1830. Christ’s Cantab: Adm Pens: 1833, BA 1837.
FatherRev Frederick Powys (1782-1850)
MotherMary Gould (1770-1837)
Spouses
Marriage15 Oct 1841, St Andrew the Less, Cambs [5, As reported by Stephen Powys Marks], [3, Their marr., Q4 of 1841, Cambridge dist, vol 14, p. 8.]
ChildrenFrederick Spencer (1845-1906)
Marriage21 Jun 1852, British Embassy, Brussels [272, 26 June 1852, page 9 in the Marriages section]
No Children
Marriageca Nov 1857, St Margaret Westminster district, London [3, Marriage, Q4 of 1857, St Margt Westminster, vol 1a, p. 430]
No Children
Notes for Rev Spencer Perceval Powys
His birth was announced in the Salisbury and Wichester Journal on Monday 11th April 1814:
“On Sunday se’nnight, at Aldwinckle, the lade of the Hon and Rev F Powys, of a son”
This give a birth date of 3rd April; it might just be that the notice was put in a day or three late and it was by then 14 days previously, on the 27th March 1914.
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I am wondering if he ever was the Rector of Achurch himself? His father definitely was, but was he?
Yes, from his entry on Alumni Cantabriensis:
Powys, Spencer Perceval.
Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Feb. 25, 1833. [3rd] s. of the Hon.
Frederick (1799).
B. [Apr. 1814], at Achurch, Northants. [School, Shrewsbury.] Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837.
Ord. deacon, 1837; priest (Ely) May, 1838.
C. of Snareston, Leics., 1855-8. C. of St Mark's Chapel, Hilgay, Norfolk, 1859.
Succeeded his father as R. of Thorpe Achurch with Lilford, Northants., 1850-9. Unbeneficed latterly.
Married (1) June 21, 1852, at Brussels, Harriet, eldest dau. of William Hole, of London; (2) Oct. 8, 1857, Caroline, yst. dau. of T. G. R. Bishop, and had issue.
Died, s.p., Aug. 17, 1868.
Brother of Frederic H. Y. (1827).
(Peile, II. 447, and add.; Northants.
Clergy, XI. 61, which gives date of first marriage 'July 21, 1852'; Burke, P. and B.; Clergy List; Crockford.)
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He played cricket for Cambridge University.
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The Annual Register of 1852 reports that at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys m. Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq. on 21st June 1852. (Sounds like he married at least three times.)
This report appears to be repeated in The Spectator of 26 June 1852, page 9 in the Marriages section:
“On the 21st, at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys, youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Frederick Powys, Rector of Achurch and Aldwinkle Northamptonshire, to Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq., of London.”
I can find no other clear record of Harriet. There is a death in Ashby in 1856 and it might be worth getting her death certificate.
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This gives us two wives and Achievements Ltd of canterbury gave him a third, Caroline Bishop who died on 27th March 1814.
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On Weds July 2 1862, The Taunton Courier had this announcement on page 4, in the Ecclesiastical section:
“The Bishop of Peterborough has licensed the Rev. Spencer Percival (sic) Powys. M.A., of Christ’s College, Cambridge, curate of St Mark’s Chapel, Helgay, near market Downham, to the perpetual curacy of Trinity Church, Hinkley, Leicestershire.”
The Bucks Herald of 21 June 1862 also held this report.
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From the London Gazette:
28 Oct 1864: “The Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the 10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the county of Leicester, at Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto, of Bruntingthorpe, in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and eight months prior to commencing to reside at Brnntingthorpe aforesaid, of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the Birmingham District, on the 25th day of October, 1864, is hereby required to surrender himself to Alfred Hill, Esq., a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 14th day of November next, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at the said Court, at Birmingham. Mr. George Kinnear, of No. 37, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. Miles, Gregory, and Bouskell, of Leicester, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.”
18 Nov 1864: “The Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the 10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the. county of Leicester, at Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto of Brimtingthorpe,
in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and ei^ht months prior to commencing to reside at Bnmtingthorpe aforesaid of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, hn\ing been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the Birmingham District, on the 25th of October, 1864, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to publish his Last Examination, and make application for bis Discharge, w i l l bit held before George Williams Sanders, Esq., a Commissioner of the said Court, on the 12th day of December next, at the said Court, at Birmingham, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited tor the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. George Kinnear, o? No. 17, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, is tue Official Assignee, and Messrs. James and Griliin, of Birmingham, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.”
27 December 1864: “npHIS is to give notice, that the Court acting in the prosecution of a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, at Birmingham, on the 25th day of October, 1864, by the Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the'10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the county of Leicester, at"Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto of Bruntingthorpe, in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and eight months prior to commencing to reside at Bruntingthorpe aforesaid, of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, did, on the 16th day of December, 1864, grant the Discharge of the said Reverend Spencer Percival Powys;
and that such Discharge will be- delivered to the said bankrupt, unless an appeal be duly entered against the judgment of the Court, and notice thereof be given to the Court.”
4 My 1866: “Spencer Perceval Powys, of the city of York, previously • of Kirby-hill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition fur adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 1st day of May, 1866, is hereby required to surrender himself to Mr. Richard Perkins, a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 23rd day of May instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court. The Registrar of the Court is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Joseph Mason, of King-street, Castlegate, York, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.”
29 May 1866: “The Reverend Spencer Perceval Powys, of the city of York, previously of Kirby-iiill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Cl^rk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 1st day of May, 1866, a public sitting, lor the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be held at the said Court, at the Guildhall, in the city of York, on the 3rd day of July next, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. The Registrar of the Court is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Joseph Mason, of King-street, Castlegate,
York, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.”
17 July 1866: “-The Reverend Spencer Percival -Powys, of the city of :York, previously of Kirby-hill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, adjudicated bankrupt on the 1st day of May, 1866. An Order of Discharge was granted by the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 3rd day of July, 1866.”
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In the 1841 census he was apparently on his own with two servants in the rectory at Achurch, aged 25 and a curate, born in the county.
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He was not found in the 1851 census (married in Brussels the following year???)
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In the 1861 census his household was:
Person: POWYS, Spence P Address: Church Street, Dean
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation
Disability Where born
POWYS, Spence P Head Married M 42 1819 Curate Of Dean
Aldwincle, Northamptonshire
POWYS, Caroline Wife Married F 22 1839 Liverpool, Lancashire
POWYS, Frederic S Son Unmarried M 14 1847 Haggerston, Middlesex
MORSELL, Henery Nephew M 5 1856 Liverpool, Lancashire
Piece: 984 Folio: 8 Page: 10
Registration District: St Neots
Civil Parish: Dean
Municipal Borough:
Address: Church Street, Dean
County: Huntingdonshire
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On 26 May 1866, the York Herald had this report:
“ THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1861
“IN the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, the Reverend SPENCER PERCEVAL POWYS, of the City of York (previously of Kirby Hill, near Richmond, in the County of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged Bankrupt on the 1st day of May, 1866, a Public Sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and and make application for his Discharge, will be held at the said Court at the Guildhall, in the City of York, on the 3rd day of July, 1866. at Two o’Clock in the Afternoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said Bankrupt to surrender. The Registrar of the Court is the official Assignee; and Mr Joseph Mason, of King-Street, Castlegate, York, is the solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.
“ RICHARD PERKINS, Registrar”
There is a related notice in the same paper on the 5th May 1866.
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His death:
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1868 (>99%)
Powys Spencer Percival 56 Kensington 1a 73
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“On Sunday se’nnight, at Aldwinckle, the lade of the Hon and Rev F Powys, of a son”
This give a birth date of 3rd April; it might just be that the notice was put in a day or three late and it was by then 14 days previously, on the 27th March 1914.
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I am wondering if he ever was the Rector of Achurch himself? His father definitely was, but was he?
Yes, from his entry on Alumni Cantabriensis:
Powys, Spencer Perceval.
Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Feb. 25, 1833. [3rd] s. of the Hon.
Frederick (1799).
B. [Apr. 1814], at Achurch, Northants. [School, Shrewsbury.] Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837.
Ord. deacon, 1837; priest (Ely) May, 1838.
C. of Snareston, Leics., 1855-8. C. of St Mark's Chapel, Hilgay, Norfolk, 1859.
Succeeded his father as R. of Thorpe Achurch with Lilford, Northants., 1850-9. Unbeneficed latterly.
Married (1) June 21, 1852, at Brussels, Harriet, eldest dau. of William Hole, of London; (2) Oct. 8, 1857, Caroline, yst. dau. of T. G. R. Bishop, and had issue.
Died, s.p., Aug. 17, 1868.
Brother of Frederic H. Y. (1827).
(Peile, II. 447, and add.; Northants.
Clergy, XI. 61, which gives date of first marriage 'July 21, 1852'; Burke, P. and B.; Clergy List; Crockford.)
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He played cricket for Cambridge University.
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The Annual Register of 1852 reports that at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys m. Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq. on 21st June 1852. (Sounds like he married at least three times.)
This report appears to be repeated in The Spectator of 26 June 1852, page 9 in the Marriages section:
“On the 21st, at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys, youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Frederick Powys, Rector of Achurch and Aldwinkle Northamptonshire, to Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq., of London.”
I can find no other clear record of Harriet. There is a death in Ashby in 1856 and it might be worth getting her death certificate.
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This gives us two wives and Achievements Ltd of canterbury gave him a third, Caroline Bishop who died on 27th March 1814.
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On Weds July 2 1862, The Taunton Courier had this announcement on page 4, in the Ecclesiastical section:
“The Bishop of Peterborough has licensed the Rev. Spencer Percival (sic) Powys. M.A., of Christ’s College, Cambridge, curate of St Mark’s Chapel, Helgay, near market Downham, to the perpetual curacy of Trinity Church, Hinkley, Leicestershire.”
The Bucks Herald of 21 June 1862 also held this report.
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From the London Gazette:
28 Oct 1864: “The Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the 10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the county of Leicester, at Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto, of Bruntingthorpe, in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and eight months prior to commencing to reside at Brnntingthorpe aforesaid, of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the Birmingham District, on the 25th day of October, 1864, is hereby required to surrender himself to Alfred Hill, Esq., a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 14th day of November next, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at the said Court, at Birmingham. Mr. George Kinnear, of No. 37, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. Miles, Gregory, and Bouskell, of Leicester, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.”
18 Nov 1864: “The Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the 10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the. county of Leicester, at Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto of Brimtingthorpe,
in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and ei^ht months prior to commencing to reside at Bnmtingthorpe aforesaid of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, hn\ing been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy for the Birmingham District, on the 25th of October, 1864, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to publish his Last Examination, and make application for bis Discharge, w i l l bit held before George Williams Sanders, Esq., a Commissioner of the said Court, on the 12th day of December next, at the said Court, at Birmingham, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited tor the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. George Kinnear, o? No. 17, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, is tue Official Assignee, and Messrs. James and Griliin, of Birmingham, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.”
27 December 1864: “npHIS is to give notice, that the Court acting in the prosecution of a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, at Birmingham, on the 25th day of October, 1864, by the Reverend Spencer Percival Powys, Clerk, now and since the'10th day of October, 1864, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol for the county of Leicester, at"Leicester, in the said county, and for eleven months prior thereto of Bruntingthorpe, in the said county of Leicester, and for one year and eight months prior to commencing to reside at Bruntingthorpe aforesaid, of Ansley, in the county of Warwick, did, on the 16th day of December, 1864, grant the Discharge of the said Reverend Spencer Percival Powys;
and that such Discharge will be- delivered to the said bankrupt, unless an appeal be duly entered against the judgment of the Court, and notice thereof be given to the Court.”
4 My 1866: “Spencer Perceval Powys, of the city of York, previously • of Kirby-hill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition fur adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 1st day of May, 1866, is hereby required to surrender himself to Mr. Richard Perkins, a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 23rd day of May instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court. The Registrar of the Court is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Joseph Mason, of King-street, Castlegate, York, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.”
29 May 1866: “The Reverend Spencer Perceval Powys, of the city of York, previously of Kirby-iiill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Cl^rk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 1st day of May, 1866, a public sitting, lor the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be held at the said Court, at the Guildhall, in the city of York, on the 3rd day of July next, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. The Registrar of the Court is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Joseph Mason, of King-street, Castlegate,
York, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.”
17 July 1866: “-The Reverend Spencer Percival -Powys, of the city of :York, previously of Kirby-hill, near Richmond, in the county of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, adjudicated bankrupt on the 1st day of May, 1866. An Order of Discharge was granted by the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, on the 3rd day of July, 1866.”
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In the 1841 census he was apparently on his own with two servants in the rectory at Achurch, aged 25 and a curate, born in the county.
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He was not found in the 1851 census (married in Brussels the following year???)
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In the 1861 census his household was:
Person: POWYS, Spence P Address: Church Street, Dean
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation
Disability Where born
POWYS, Spence P Head Married M 42 1819 Curate Of Dean
Aldwincle, Northamptonshire
POWYS, Caroline Wife Married F 22 1839 Liverpool, Lancashire
POWYS, Frederic S Son Unmarried M 14 1847 Haggerston, Middlesex
MORSELL, Henery Nephew M 5 1856 Liverpool, Lancashire
Piece: 984 Folio: 8 Page: 10
Registration District: St Neots
Civil Parish: Dean
Municipal Borough:
Address: Church Street, Dean
County: Huntingdonshire
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On 26 May 1866, the York Herald had this report:
“ THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1861
“IN the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at York, the Reverend SPENCER PERCEVAL POWYS, of the City of York (previously of Kirby Hill, near Richmond, in the County of York, Clerk in Holy Orders, having been adjudged Bankrupt on the 1st day of May, 1866, a Public Sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and and make application for his Discharge, will be held at the said Court at the Guildhall, in the City of York, on the 3rd day of July, 1866. at Two o’Clock in the Afternoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said Bankrupt to surrender. The Registrar of the Court is the official Assignee; and Mr Joseph Mason, of King-Street, Castlegate, York, is the solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.
“ RICHARD PERKINS, Registrar”
There is a related notice in the same paper on the 5th May 1866.
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His death:
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1868 (>99%)
Powys Spencer Percival 56 Kensington 1a 73
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Notes for Spencer Perceval & Lucy Lait (Family)
Their marriage:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1841 (>99%)
COTTAGE Sarah Cambridge 14 8
CROXON Mary Cambridge 14 8
CUTTER Hannah Cambridge 14 8
DISBRO Henry Cambridge 14 8
HOWELL Lucy Lait Cambridge 14 8
MORLEY James Cambridge 14 8
NICHOLS John Cambridge 14 8
POWYS Spencer Percival Cambridge 14 8
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Cambridge FHS had provided this transcription from the register:
Day:15
Month:Dec
Year:1841
Groom forename:Spencer Percival
Groom surname:POWYS
Groom's residence:of Victoria St
Groom's condition:bac
Groom's occupation:clerk
Groom's age:full
Groom's father's forename:Frederick
Groom's father's surname:
Groom's father's occupation:clerk
Bride forename:Lucy Lait
Bride surname:HOWELL
Bride's residence:of Victoria St
Bride's condition:sp
Bride's occupation:[blank]
Bride's age:full
Bride's father's forename:Henry
Bride's father's surname:
Bride's father's occupation:gent
By Licence:by lic
Place:Cambridge, St Andrew the Less
County:Cambridgeshire,England
Witness 1 forename:Henry
Witness 1 surname:HOWELL
Witness 2 forename:Frances
Witness 2 surname:HOLMES
Witness 3 forename:
Witness 3 surname:
Witness 4 forename:
Witness 4 surname:
Notes:
Record source:Cambridgeshire Marriages
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Data provider:Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1841 (>99%)
COTTAGE Sarah Cambridge 14 8
CROXON Mary Cambridge 14 8
CUTTER Hannah Cambridge 14 8
DISBRO Henry Cambridge 14 8
HOWELL Lucy Lait Cambridge 14 8
MORLEY James Cambridge 14 8
NICHOLS John Cambridge 14 8
POWYS Spencer Percival Cambridge 14 8
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Cambridge FHS had provided this transcription from the register:
Day:15
Month:Dec
Year:1841
Groom forename:Spencer Percival
Groom surname:POWYS
Groom's residence:of Victoria St
Groom's condition:bac
Groom's occupation:clerk
Groom's age:full
Groom's father's forename:Frederick
Groom's father's surname:
Groom's father's occupation:clerk
Bride forename:Lucy Lait
Bride surname:HOWELL
Bride's residence:of Victoria St
Bride's condition:sp
Bride's occupation:[blank]
Bride's age:full
Bride's father's forename:Henry
Bride's father's surname:
Bride's father's occupation:gent
By Licence:by lic
Place:Cambridge, St Andrew the Less
County:Cambridgeshire,England
Witness 1 forename:Henry
Witness 1 surname:HOWELL
Witness 2 forename:Frances
Witness 2 surname:HOLMES
Witness 3 forename:
Witness 3 surname:
Witness 4 forename:
Witness 4 surname:
Notes:
Record source:Cambridgeshire Marriages
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Data provider:Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Notes for Spencer Perceval & Harriet (Family)
Their marriage notice from the Spectator:
“On the 21st, at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys, youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Frederick Powys, Rector of Achurch and Aldwinkle Northamptonshire, to Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq., of London.”
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“On the 21st, at the British Embassy, Brussels, the Rev Spencer Perceval Powys, youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Frederick Powys, Rector of Achurch and Aldwinkle Northamptonshire, to Harriet, elder daughter of William Hole, esq., of London.”
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Notes for Spencer Perceval & Caroline (Family)
Their marriage:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1857 (>99%)
Bishop Caroline Westminster St Margaret 1a 430
Hornsby Caroline Rebecca Westminster 1a 430
Powys Spencer Perceval Westminster 1a 430
White Henry Westminster 1a 430
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1857 (>99%)
Bishop Caroline Westminster St Margaret 1a 430
Hornsby Caroline Rebecca Westminster 1a 430
Powys Spencer Perceval Westminster 1a 430
White Henry Westminster 1a 430
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