The Wyles Family of Duddington - Wyles Blog

UK: Archibald Britton Wyles (1887-1941) & Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976) - Enhanced Photograph! (1.10.2026)

10/1/2026

Archibald & Alfred Wyles - Father & Son!

My mother, Diane Wyles, used a photographic AI programme that removes the haze from old pictures - and brings-out previously hidden details. Black and white photographs can also be rendered into colour pictures:

Archibald Britton Wyles (1887-1941)

Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976)

We think this photograph was taken perhaps in 1934 (when Alfred was 18-years old) in the back yard of the home of Alfred Wyles (67 Barclay Street, Leicester). Archibald is the "father" of Alfred - who is the "son". Archibald is my great grandfather and Alfred is my grandfather.

UK: John & Ann Wyles [of Duddington] are NOT John & Ann Wyles [of Market Deeping] Research Suggests! (28.9.2026)

9/28/2026

The "Nativity Window" was installed during 1880 on the South-aisle - East (interior-wall) of St Gulach's Church (Market Deeping). The Artist was "Henry Hughes" of the renowned Victorian Stained Glass Firm "Ward & Hughes". My initial thinking was that this may have been in response to the dismantling of the "Wyles Tomb" (formerly situated to exterior of the North-wall of St Mary's Church - Duddington). This was to clear a space for St Mary's to have a "Vestry" built (although there is no exact date - the available literature suggests this happened c.. "1880"). By way of compensation to the Wyles family (the tomb possessed four-occupants) - the names of the deceased were "engraved" along the exterior base-wall of the East-side of the Vestry - where the names can still be read today (two from the 1600s and two from the 1800s). My thinking is that John Wyles (d. 1868) and and his wife Ann Wyles (d. 1838) probably possessed ancestry from Duddington - or came from Duddington themselves - before relocating to Market Deeping. They became well-known (as a family of "Glaciers") in that place - but when passing sought to return to Duddington. The fact that they were placed in a Wyles family tomb that had not been opened since the 1600s - would suggest that both the Church and the local people of Duddington were satisfied that they were direct descendents (as I am myself) of Robert Wyles (d. 1682) and Daringold Wyles (d. 1668) - the other two occupants. The very kind and helpful people of the Church of St Gulach's (Market Deeping) have provided me with written data which suggests that during the 1800s that suggests the above theory may not be true - as there were five (5) people named "Wyles" passing-away and being in Market Deeping:

Market "Wyles" Deeping Burials (1800s):

107) Mary Wyles (Wife of Thomas Wyles) Died 27.2.1861 (Aged 21 or 24) & John Robert - [no dates given for Thomas or John Robert] - I am assuming "John Robert" was a "Son"

234) John Alfred Wyles Died 10.3.1879 (Aged 69) - Ann Wyles Died 1.8.1866 (Aged 49) - probably of the stain-glass window

The lack of a continued stream of Wyles people becoming "deceased" during the 1800s in Market Deeping would suggest a relatively small population of this family lived there - but the data from previous centuries would have to be accessed and accessed (I have not yet visited the Church in question). It would seem that the above data proves my speculation incorrect. John Wyles (d. 1868) and Ann Wyles (d. 1838) of the Duddington tomb are NOT the John Alfred Wyles (d. 1879) and Ann Wyles (d. 1866) buried in the graveyard of St Gulach's Church and memorialised on the stain-glass window located in the same Church (as "John & Ann Wyles"). Of course, as "John Alfred" passed-away in 1879 - it logically follows that a window could be design, constructed, and then installed by 1880. At this time, my partner informs me (who is a NHS Midwife), many women died during child-birth - or suffered debilitating injuries from child-birth that shortened their lives considerably. This is why we see so greater distances in time between between partner passing away - with the men living considerably longer. This was my first attempt of establishing a link between Market Deeping and Duddington - the search will go on.

UK: Email - Enquiry to St Guthlac's Church [Market Deeping] - John & Ann Wyles! (24.9.2026)

9/24/2026

St Guthlac's Church - Market Deeping

Dear St Guthlac's Church Wardens

I write in relation to the John & Ann Wyles (1881) - Stain-Glass Window - located within St Guthlac's Church. I am a local historian specialising in the Wyles family of Duddington. We have on record a "Ann Wyles" (d. 1838) and a "John Wyles" (d. 1868) buried in a tomb near the North wall of St Mary's Church. This tomb was dismantled around 1880 - and a Vestry added to the Church. The bodies were left in the ground and their names engraved on the base of the Vestry's exterior wall - where they can still be read today (the two other Wyles occupants are from the 1600s). Although only an educated guess - I think the 1881 stain-glass window at St Guthlac's might have been a consequence of the removal of this tomb in Duddington. Of course, my pieced together hypothesis only stands-up to scrutiny if John and Ann Wyles are not buried in the graveyard of St Guthlac's. What is interesting is that every other Wyles individual from the 1800s is accounted for within a Duddington genealogical lineage - except for John and Ann Wyles - who seem to suddenly appear out of nowhere. I thank you for reading.

Yours Sincerely

Adrian Wyles
Sutton - London

NRS: Payment of a Duddington School-Master in the Late 1600s! (16.9.2026)

9/16/2026

PLATEr. AN OLD NORTHAMPTO SHIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, COURTEE HALL, founded before 1593. This building, a converted farmhouse, was erected under the bequest of Sir Samueljones, who died in 1672.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT 1981-82

The journal of the Northamptonshire Record Society - Vol. VI - No.5

A Kettering resident, Mr. H. Perkins, placed local schools familiar to him in rank order consistent with size of stipend given. At "lately erected" Duddington, the master was paid £10; Burton Latimer, Little Harrowden (for pupils from Orlingbury also) and Pytchley (attended by children from Broughton and Isham) each paid £2o; this was the sum allowed to the Guilsborough usher or under-master, while the Headmaster received a grand £50. (14) One occupant of the last-named post, a Mr. Whitelaw, was occasionally invited to Lamport Hall for dinner in 1671. (15) The Diary sub-editors have conjectured:

14 CCC. 390. OXON. Vol. 3· ff.194/4.
15 The Diary, p. 71.

Page 254

NOTE: Thiess are a selection of the daily rules regarding a local Grammar School of the late 1600s - for poorer children - but who still have to pay a fee:

Yet the original Rule Book of Aynho Grammar School, founded by the Cartwrights around the time of the Wase enquiry, paints a clear picture of procedure and ought to be more widely known. Probably written by John Cartwright in pursuance of his mother's will, it stipulated that 20 scholars be grounded in reading and writing the mother tongue, arithmetic, then Latin and Greek. A selection of the 27 Rules is reproduced:

1. The master to be chosen by John Cartwright and afterwards by his heirs "to ye end of ye world".

3· The scholars should be "sons of those yt are well known, unable to pay for their schooling and will be careful to send them constantly".

5· The entrance fee to be sixpence.

7· Thursdays and Saturdays to be half holidays.

8. The master "shall not use any unlawful or unfit punishment or correction, as striking with ye fist, plucking by ye hair etc.".

I3· The boys "shall abstain from all unlawful games, sports or recreations as also from fighting, quarrelling or bargaining, from lying, swearing or stealing, from climbing trees or any high place for nests, apples etc. from washing (18a) except 5 or 6 more be present if under ye age of I4".

I4. If any gentleman shall give money "for buying books, presenting schollers to university, or setting them apprentice", the free boys to have first chance.

I5· The scholars shall learn a part of the catechism weekly.

I6. The scholars shall go to Church each Sunday, sit together, write out the sermon and repeat next morning.

I8. The bell to be rung at 6 a. m. from Candlemas to Michaelmas and at 7 a. m. outside this period.

20. School prayers to be said daily.

21. Those scholars "which learn Virgil, Homer etc. shall speak Latin continually in and about or near ye school".

23. The scholars "shall never come with their hands and face unwashed, their hayre uncombed".

26. The scholars shall contribute towards a fire in winter, either fuel or money.

27. The master to be allowed to take in fee-payers above the foundation 20. (19)

The earliest Aynho master traced is William Basset, B.A., who subscribed in December 1665. (20)

Relevant Footnotes:

18a Washing was presumably bathing or swimming.
19 N.R.O., Document ZA. 4556.
20 Subscription Book 2 (unfol.).

Pages 255-256

UK: William Tyndale's Use of the Word “Wiles”! (23.8.2026)

8/23/2026

I recently visited St aul’s Cathedral in London and successfully climbed the 528-steps (I had last accomplished this feat 20-years previous). In the book-shop (situated in the crypt) I discovered a number of books written by – and about – “William Tyndale” (1994-1536). Tyndale, although not very well-known today, was responsible for producing an “English” translation of the original [Greek] New Testament (in full) and the [Hebrew] Old Testament (around half of its content – which was completed by another scholar - following his death). Tyndale’s work developed the English language to such a profound degree that Shakespeare was later able to expertly and skilfully exploit it. More to the point, Tyndale believed that the Bible should exist in English – and that every (ordinary) person should be able to read it for themselves – free of the tyranny of a despotic church and tyrannical priest. Indeed, it was Tyndale’s English translation of the Bible which was used as a blue-print during the formulation of the 1611 “Authorised Bible” (which originally possessed “80” chapters) – known today as the “King James Version” (subsequently edited to remove typing-errors and reduced – with the 1826 removal of the 14 chapters of the Apocrypha), Tyndale wrote other books, and it was one of these – "The Obedience of a Christian Man” (1528) – that I purchased at St Paul’s. This 2000 rendering is Edited and Introduced by David Daniell. Within the chapter entitled “William Tyndale otherwise called William Hychins unto the reader.”, on Page 3, we read:

‘And forasmuch as contrarywise thou art sure that the Pope’s doctrine is not of God which (as thou seest) is so agreeable unto the world, and is so received of the world or which rather so receiveth the world and the pleasures of the world, and seeketh nothing but the possessions of the world, and authority in the world, and to bear a rule in the world, and persecuteth the word of God, and with all wiliness (18) driveth the people from it, and with false and sophistical reasons maketh them afeared of it: yea curseth them and excommunicateth them, and bringeth them to belief that they be damned, if they look into it, and that it is but doctrine to deceive men, and moveth the blind powers of the world to slay with fire, water, and sword all that cleave unto it.

NOTES (Page 202:

‘Another word Tyndale likes: he used ‘wiles’ at Ephesians 6:11, and will use ‘wilily’ at Joshua 9:4’

It is interesting that Tyndale uses a “y” wherever and whenever he can – in place of an “I”. For instance, Tyndale spells “Devil” rather exotically as “Devylle”. Even the earliest rendering of his surname (from 1165) is spelt “Tindale” – and yet his family use “Tyndale” (which is probably Celtic or pre-Celtic and derives from a “flowing-river” [tyne] which traverses through a “valley” [dale] – situated in the North of England}. Now, in the 1520s, official records exist which state that a number of individuals in Duddington and King’s Cliffe paid tax to Henry VIII. As this was around the same time period that Tyndale was writing – it is interesting that he uses “wiles” when referring to “crafty” behaviour – but not “Wyles”. Remember, there are some academic reference points (such as Oxford) which would have you believe that the surname “Wyles” equals “crafty”. Surely, if this was so, the Oxford-educated Tyndale would have used “wyles” given his penchent for the use of the letter “y” – instead of “wiles” – when compiling his book. I think this is an important observation - and may well support the idea that the surname “Wyles” is different from “Wiles” - at least in origin and meaning (if it is a Viking name meaning “Jarls” or “Warrior-Leader”). Of course, there may be a complication where “Wyles” (Viking) is misspelt “Wiles” (and vice versa) by clerics, officials, and stone masons, etc – meaning that there is a crossing of streams so-to-speak. “Wiles” (with an “I”) may well mean “crafty” – but this has no relevance for the (Viking) “Wyles” or in deed any version of the name deprived from very different sources. Finally, I note that Queen Elizabeth I - writing in 1602 - uses the term "wyles" when referring to the meaning of "crafty" - to what Tyndale refers to as "wiles". The Queen is writing 74-years after Tyndale - and this contradiction may indicate the rather lucid flexibility that crept in when spelling this word. Even so - the "Wyles" purests must stay aloof of these worldly developments whilst acknowledging and recording these developments.

UK: Wyles Family of Market Deeping - St Guthlac's Stain-Glass Window! (19.8.2026)

8/19/2026

Market Deeping - 13 Miles North-East of Duddington!

I recent received a very interesting email about a branch of the Wyles family living in Market Deeping - a place I had not heard of before. Of course, the Duddington area is steeped in these types of historic and picturesque places. As a research team, we are slowly working our way through as carefully as we can. Although our research regarding Market Deeping is in its early days - we did find-out that the local church - St Guthlac's - possesses an 19th century stain-glassed window dedicated to "John & Ann Wyles" - a prominent husband and wife couple living in the area.

Stained glass window, St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping The Nativity by H. Hughes, 1880. In memory of John and Ann Wyles.

This church is dedicated to St Guthlac - one of the few Celtic Christian saints to survive into the modern times (monastic-based Celtic Christianity arrived on the British Isles probably from Egypt long before the Roman Catholic Church appeared). He is known as "Guthlac of Crowland" (573-714 CE) and his sister was "St Pega". The Feast Day of St Guthlac in April 11. The following extract is from the book entitled Saints & Pilgrims in the Diocese of St Albans - by Alan Smith (Bishop of St Albans):

UK: Yet Another "HMS President" [Formerly "HMS Saxifrage"] from WWI! (14.7.2026)

7/14/2026

HMS President (right), pictured in 1959, served as a Royal Navy drill ship after WW1

Author's Note: My Great (paternal) Grandfather - Archibald Britton Wyles (1887-1941) - served in the "Royal Navy Air Service" (RNAS) during WWI (1917-1919). According to his War Record (a copy of which we found in the National Archives) - he served aboard a number of ships named "HMS President" (we think "I" and "II"). Our research suggests that these were either concrete ships built on the river-bank of the Thames (based in London) - or permanently moored ships performing more or less the same function. What was this function? We have been told that there was an "administrative" function (handling the tens of thousands of written files pertaining to all the enlisted men) - and and "anti-aircraft" function, the latter involving the defence of London (and East England) from aerial attack involving Imperial German aeroplanes and Zeppelins (the latter Airships were used by the Germans to bomb various areas in and around London). The MOD even told me that the Record Office keeping all the military records was once hit - causing a problem researching Veterans who fought in WWI. A third function involved "HMS President" ships acting as "training vessels" for new recruits. Obviously, the ship mentioned in this article (HMS Saxifrage) is NOT the "HMS President" my relative served aboard (as it arrived on the scene a little too late) - but it is curious that until yesterday - this ship was unknown to me despite all the research I have carried--out concerning this matter. HMS Saxifrage was a "Q-Ship" ( or "Queenstown-Ship") as it was made in Ireland which was then still part of the British Empire. A "Q-Ship" was designed to look like an unarmed merchant vessel so as to attract the Imperial German U-Boats. However, these innocuous-looking ships were in fact heavily-armed and manned by specially trained Royal Navy crews - whose job it was to "sink" these enemy U-Boats using deception. It was not until 1921, that "HMS Saxifrage" became "HMS President". I do feel a comradeship with this vessel, however, as it inherited the name of a ship my relative proudly served upon. I hope the funds and expertise can be found to save this ship as it is an important part of our nation's heritage. ACW (14.7.2026)

WW1 warship facing 'disastrous' move to scrapyard

Craig Buchan - BBCSouth East - 13.7.2026

HMS President has sat unused since being relocated from London in 2016

A World War One anti-submarine ship is due to be scrapped, to the dismay of campaigners.

HMS President, believed to be one of three surviving Royal Navy vessels built during the conflict, will imminently be removed from its current berth in Chatham, Kent and dismantled.

The ship, originally called HMS Saxifrage, has sat unused since being relocated from London in 2016.

Daniel Broom, who is campaigning to save the vessel, said its loss "would be disastrous" as it was the last surviving warship of its kind.

HMS President is moored at ArcelorMittal Kent Wire's site, but the company says it does not own the ship.

The steel company announced in December it would close its Chatham Docks site due to "the severity and scale of the challenges facing the business".

The firm said it "agreed with the owner of the ship to berth HMS President in 2016" but that the owner had "ignored requests" to "take responsibility for their ship".

A spokesperson said the company had "therefore borne the ongoing costs of maintaining the vessel, including the installation and continuous operation of bilge pumps to ensure it remains safely afloat".

ArcelorMittal Kent Wire said it had "has explored a range of options for the vessel", including for it to be berthed elsewhere, but was "unable to identify a viable location or plan for relocation".

The warship will instead be "dismantled in accordance with all relevant safety and environmental regulations, and with the owner's consent".

It is understood this depends on weather and tide conditions but is expected to take place at some point in July.

An ArcelorMittal spokesperson said this was "an outcome we regret" but that "it is with great sadness that we have reached the conclusion that this is the only responsible course of action within our control".

Broom - the chair of the Q-ship Society, which campaigns to protect the vessel - said he felt "really shocked and disappointed" when he learned its likely fate.
He told the BBC that the organisation had been searching for an alternative berth for HMS President.

"We've had so much public interest but the people that can help are not stepping up to assist," he said.

HMS President's original "dazzle" camouflage was restored in 2014

Launched as HMS Saxifrage in 1918, the vessel was a "Q-ship", designed to appear as an ordinary merchant ship to lure in enemy U-boats before unleashing its disguised armaments.

It was renamed in 1921, according to National Historic Ships UK, and became a drill ship on the Thames the following year, a role it carried out until it passed into private ownership in 1987.

HMS President's previous owners operated the vessel as an events venue from its former Thames mooring and had applied for funding for its preservation.
According to ArcelorMittal Kent Wire, a recent survey found the warship was "in very poor condition with extensive deterioration and asbestos", and that restoration would be "highly complex and prohibitively costly".

The BBC has attempted to contact the current owner.

A survey found the warship was "in very poor condition"

Broom, a postal worker, told the BBC he regularly hears from Medway residents that were trained on the vessel or maintained it at Chatham docks.

He said time was running out to rescue the vessel and it was "a matter of days to go" before it was scrapped.

"Once she's gone, she's gone," he added. "She's not replaceable."

RIP: Peter Desmond Wyles (1943-2026)

5/31/2026

My father (Peter Desmond Wyles) was born in Lincolnshire (but not Duddington - but rather Louth I believe) during WWII. His father - Alfred Wyles - was born in West Bromwich (Birmingham) but was a soldier in the British Army at the time and was only temporally based in Lincolnshire. It was his father - Archibald Wyles - who had left Duddington in the early 1900s. As far as we can tell, Alfred never mentioned Duddington to his son - Peter (my father) - and my father only first heard the name "Duddington" when his wife (Diane Wyles) used the genealogical resources available on the internet - to trace the "Wyles" family. We were skeptical at the time - but after our first visits - it was obvious that the Wyles family had lived in Duddington for at least 500-years - and probably much longer. My father lived to 84-years and 1-day. He passed away one-day after his birthday (May 28th). I believe he was just two-years younger than James Wyles who lived throughout the 1700s and into the early 1800s. It is interesting to observe the genetic patterns that manifest within family lineages. My father lived for 84-years (1943-2026), his father lived to 60-years (1916-1976), whilst his father lived to 53/54 (1887-1941). Currently, I am "59-years old" - we shall see!

Duddington: Northants Court Records - Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell - 1657-58 [Robert Wyles - Gentleman - Jury Servce]! (3.11.2025)

11/3/2025

QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON.
Files for 6 Charles I and Commonwealth (A.D. 1630, 1657, 1657-8)
Edited by JOAN WAKE with an Introduction by S. A. PEYTON.

NOTE: See "Robert Wyles died the first of November 1682"

44. Carolus [. . . as in 2] salutem precipimus tibi sicut [.. .
as in 39] quin capias Henricum Wallopp nuper de Dallington miller Carew Saunders nuper de Cold Ashbie in comitatu tuo
generosum Thomam Lapworth nuper de Heyford in comitatu
tuo yoman et Anna [sic] uxorem eius Georgium Poulton nuper de
Desborow in comitatu tuo generosum et Franciscam uxorem eius Robertum Jarvis nuper de eadem husbandman et uxorem eius
Margarettam Elliott nuper de eadem spinster Mariam Grocock nuper de eadem spinster Johannam uxorem Rolandi Campion
20 QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS Mich.
nuper de eadem clericum Johannem Benson nuper de eadem
husbandman Agnetem Newindon nuper de eadem_ spinster
Johannem Wakelin nuper de eadem husbandman [Willelmum
Freer nuper de Wooddenhoe in comitatu tuo deleted] husbandman
Theophilum Sherman nuper de [eadem deleted] [Waddenhoe']
husbandman Johannem Coles nuper de Pilton husbandman
Edwardum Henson nuper de Titchmersshe in comitatu tuo
husbandman Henricum Odell nuper de eadem husbandman
Margarett Seares nuper de Woodnewton spinster Katerinam Wyles
nuper de Duddington in comitatu tuo spinster Mariam Banner
nuper [de‘] Fotheringhay in comitatu tuo spinster Georgium
Tompson nuper de eadem laborer [inhabitantes de Towcester in
comitatu tuo deleted) Willelmum Hubberd nuper de Abthorpe in
comitatu tuo laborer Samuell Henson nuper de Weston Favell in
comitatu tuo laborer et Georgium Cressey nuper de villa
Northampton’ yeoman Si inventi fuerint in balliua tua Et eos
saluo custodias Ita quod habeas [. . . as mm 10] existunt. Et
habeas [. . . as 1m 3] sexto. (Latin - translated below)

'44. Charles [. . . as in 2] we send you greetings as [.. . as in 39] that you do not take Henry Wallopp, late of Dallington miller Carew Saunders, late of Cold Ashbie in your county gentleman Thomas Lapworth, late of Heyford in your county yeman and Anne [sic] his wife George Poulton, late of Desborow in your county, gentleman and Frances his wife Robert Jarvis, late of the same husbandman and his wife Margaret Elliott, late of the same spinster Mary Grocock, late of the same spinster Joan, wife of Roland Campion 20 QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS Mich. late of the same clerk John Benson late of the same husbandman Agnes Newindon late of the same_ spinster John Wakelin late of the same husbandman [William Freer late of Wooddenhoe in your county deleted] husbandman Theophilus Sherman late of [the same deleted] [Waddenhoe'] husbandman John Coles late of Pilton husbandman Edward Henson late of Titchmersshe in your county husbandman Henry Odell late of the same husbandman Margaret Seares late of Woodnewton spinster Catherine Wyles late of Duddington in your county spinster Mary Banner late [of‘] Fotheringhay in your county spinster George Thompson late of the same laborer [inhabitants of Towcester in your county deleted) William Hubberd late of Abthorpe in your county laborer Samuell Henson late of Weston Favell in your county laborer and George Cressey late of the town of Northampton’ yeoman If found in your bailiff And I save them to keep So that you have [. . . as mm 10] exist. And you have [. . . as 1m 3] sixth.'

484. Northampton ss.—The jurors [. . . as in 468] doe present
that William Ireland late of Wellingborrow in the county of
Northampton laborer the thirteenth day of September [1657 as in
470] beinge the Lords day, att the parish church of Thingdon in
the county aforesaid maliciously wilfully and of purpose did molest,
lett, disturbe, disquiett and trouble George Martin clerke beinge a
minister and publicke preacher and then and there, in doeinge and
performeinge the duty of his place, in preachinge to the congregacion
of Thindon aforesaid beinge then and there mett togeather, contrary
to the forme of a statute in that case made and provided, and
against the publique Peace.
Thomas Saby Valentine Mackernes prosecutors
ps [? pleads] not guilty in his owne person. | (Endd.] A trewe bill Sworne in Court ~ 3/1298

*Lewes Balston of Titchmersh gent. Thomas Fish of Brig- stocke gent. *Robert Wyles of Duddington gent, William Clarke the younger of Loddington gent, p’t Bartholmewe Craddocke of East Farndon gent. pt *Thomas Bletsoe of Bozeat gent.—Sworn.

13; JURY LISTS
485. The Names of the Grand Jury impannelled to serve for his
Highnes the Lord Protector and the body of the County
aforesaid at Mich: Sessions 1657.
1 Written above the line.
1657
486.
487.
JURY LISTS
George Burkit of Bugbrooke gent sworn
Thomas Tibbs of Blisworth gent sworn [Robert Wade of Earles Barton gent*]
William Dawkes of Ecton gent sworn
Thomas Wright of Cricke gent sworn
Henry Wyne of Pichly gent
John Smyth of Newnham gent [John Wills of Litchborough gent*] sworn
William Saunderson the younger of Pilton gent sworn
Lewes Balston of Titchmersh gent sworn
Thomas Chapman of Woodford gent sworn [Edward Nethercott of Sibbertoft gent*]
Samuell Tayler of Little Bowden gent
Humfry Cuthbert of Warmington gent sworn
William Watts of Moulton gent sworn
Richard Lambert of Weston Favell gent sworn
Robert Wyles of Duddington gent
John Brasegirdle of Holcott gent sworn --
John Shepard of Darlescott gent
Edward Buncher of Paulerspury gent sworn
Richard Newman of Hethencot gent sworn
Benjamin Lucas of Nortoft gent
John Wilkinson of Duncot gent and
Richard Strickland of Kings Cliffe gent
Francis Warner of Dallington gent sworn
John Maunsell esqr. sheriffe: 3/128

Wyles, Katherine, 20. Robert, 137, 185

33. Carolus [. . . as in 2] in balliua tua quin capias Robertum Ragdale nuper de Old in comitatu tuo yoman Willelmum Holte nuper de Wilbarston miller Vincent’ Chapman nuper de Woodford in comitatu tuo yeoman Willelmum Drewry nuper de Ketteringe in comitatu tuo yeoman Alexandrum Childe nuper de Irtlingborowe in comitatu tuo laborer [blank] Peeter de eadem viduam Eustacium Bale nuper de Duddington’ in comitatu tuo laborer, Edwinum Bellamy nuper de Weldon sivor [sc] Walterum Hefford nuper de Yeildinge in comitatu Bedd’ yeoman et Ricardum Dawes nuper de Rothwell in comitatu tuo yeoman. Si inventi fuerint in balliua tua. Et eos saluo custodias Ita quod habeas [. . . as in Io] existunt. Et habeas [. . . as in 3] sexto. (Latin translated below)

'33. Charles [. . . as in 2] in your bailiff's office, do not seize Robert Ragdale, lately of Old in your county, yeoman, William Holte, lately of Wilbarston miller, Vincent Chapman, lately of Woodford in your county, yeoman, William Drewry, lately of Kettering in your county, yeoman, Alexander Childe, lately of Irtlingborowe in your county, laborer [blank], Peter of the same, widow, Eustace Bale, lately of Duddington in your county, laborer, Edwin Bellamy, lately of Weldon, sivor [sc], Walter Hefford, lately of Yeildinge in your county, yeoman, and Richard Dawes, lately of Rothwell in your county, yeoman. If they are found in your bailiff's office. And you shall keep them safe So that you have [. . . as in Io] existing. And you shall have [. . . as in 3] sixth.'

550. igth September 1657 before John Norton esq.; Walliam Morris alias Birkett of Duddington yeoman, in 201. ; Thomas Prior and Robert Wise both of the same, husbandmen, in rol. each. Thomas Lambert of Nassington labourer also bound as surety in rol. “to testifye his knowledge in ye condicion endorsed.” “John Norton ” Condition: To appear and to answer “ the begetting a bastard child on ye body of Anne Key of Duddington singlewoman ”’ and to be of the good behaviour. [See 557.] ““ Appeared and discharged ”’ 4/59

4. INFORMATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS
557. [1] Northampton ss.—The Examination of Anne Key late
servant to William Morris alias Birkett of Duddington in ye
county of Northampton singlewoman taken upon oath the
14th day of September 1657. before John Norton esq. justice
of ye Peace, etc.
Who sayth that she is with child and that the said William Morris
alias Birkett her master did begett the same on her body, and sayth
that the first he had the carnall knowledge of her body, was about
a moneth before Easter last past, in the servants chamber, about
seaven or eight of ye clock in ye morneing, and that about May day
last past in the same chamber, about tenne of the clock in the
morneing, the said William Morris alias Birkett had againe the like carnall knowledge of her body ; and the last time he had the carnall
knowledge of her body was about the beginning of June last past
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in the chamber aforesaid, about five or six of the clock in ye morning, and that noebody else but the said William Morris alias Birkett had the like carnall knowledge of her body, and further sayth not.
[2] The Examinacion of the said William Morris alias Birkett taken
the 19th of September 1657. before Jo: Norton esqr. justice
of ye Peace etc.
Who being examined whether he had not the carnall knowledge
of the body of the said Anne Key, about a moneth before Easter
last past, as also about May day last past, as he is accused with by
the said Anne Key, denyeth the same, but confesseth that about the beginning of June last past, he was in his manns chamber to » dresse up wheate for the mill, and that he did putt up her coates
as she lay upon the bedd in the chamber, and denyeth that he hath
had any thing else to doe with her at any time, and further sayth
not,
[3] The Information of Thomas Lambert servant to the said William
Morris alias Birkett taken upon oath the 29th. day of September 1657, as aboue.
Who sayth that the beginning of June last past, he goeing into
his chamber where he lodged, betweene five and six of the clock
in ye morneing, he did see his master William Morris alias Birkett
upon his mayd the said Anne Key, with his breeches halfe downe
between her leggs, and this informant said here is good doeings,
her cloathes being up, and soe this informant stepped out of his
chamber, but whether they heard him or not this informant cannot
tell, and further sayth not.
Taken before me “ John Norton ”’ 4/66 [See 550.]
558. Memorandum.

WILLYBROOK HUNDRED.
Apethorpe, King’s Cliffe, Collyweston, Cotterstock, Duddington,
Easton, Fotheringay, Glapthorne, Lutton, Nassington, Southwick,
Tansor, Woodnewton, Yarwell.

11. JURY LISTS
349. Northampton ss.—The names of the jurors who are to enquire for his Highnes the Lord Protector of the Common _ wealth of England etc. for the body of the county aforesaid
Richard Flude Richard Sprigs John Smyth John Eile Richard Marriott Thomas Howes Richard Harris Daniell Harris Anthony Curtis Yate Pargitor Henry Bullock
1 An old form of disdain. See N.E.D.
2 This is written above the line.
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John Henson John Ladd Lewes Balston Robert Wiles Tho: Bletsoe John Brasegirdle and William Shepard—gentlemen.
John Maunsell esqr. Sheriffe 2/108
350. Northampton ss.—!The names of the jurors who are to enquire for his Highnes the Lord Protector of the Common wealth of England etc. for the body of the county aforesaid

Duddington: Looking Inside An Empty House! (31.10.2025)

10/31/2025

Whilst exploring the Green Lane running behind the East-side of the houses along the High Street of Duddington on the 30.10.2025 - I noticed that the first house opposite the village Green (Corringham) was "empty" and apparently in the early stages of refurbishment and/or renovation - with no barriers around the windows or across the glass. I filmed through the clear-glass windows for reasons of exploration and historical record. As can be seen - no one was present (no privacy was violated) - indeed, it looks like no one has been present for some time.